Smartphone Video Overlay for Sport Vehicle Performance Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for overlaying performance data on sport vehicle videos are time-consuming and costly, requiring offloading and processing on a laptop, and lack real-time data verification.

Innovation Solution

A sport vehicle video system that overlays performance data directly on a smartphone during operation, capturing and syncing data with video recording to create a composite video, reducing processing time and cost.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If video is offloaded to a laptop for processing and overlaying performance data, then data overlay capability is achieved, but processing time and cost increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveperformance data overlay capabilityVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the video processing and performance data overlay functions directly into the smartphone, merging multiple functions (video recording, screen recording, data overlay, and composite video generation) into a single device. This eliminates the need to offload video to a laptop, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining full data overlay capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Loss of information

If video is processed on a laptop after the sport vehicle operation, then comprehensive data overlay is achieved, but real-time verification of data viewing is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveperformance data overlayVSAvoidreal-time data verification

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs data overlay and composite video generation in real-time during the sport vehicle operation itself, rather than as a post-processing step. The smartphone creates the composite video with performance data overlay simultaneously while recording, enabling immediate verification that the data is being displayed and viewed by the operator during the actual activity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Manufacturing precision

If professional video processing systems are used to overlay performance data, then high-quality output is achieved, but cost and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevideo processing qualityVSAvoidprocessing system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The smartphone serves itself by performing all video processing and data overlay functions internally using its own processing capabilities. The device records video with its camera, records the performance data displayed on its screen, automatically synchronizes these recordings, and generates the composite video without requiring external professional processing equipment or services.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a simplified copy of the performance data display by screen-recording the smartphone's own screen showing the performance data, and overlays this copied visual representation onto the video footage. This approach achieves the data overlay effect using simple recording and composition techniques rather than complex professional video processing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20260025562A1Sport Vehicle Video System

Publication Date: 2026.01.22 WHITSERVE LLC

AI summary

A system for sport vehicle video includes a sport vehicle; a video of an operator controlling the sport vehicle; a smartphone mounted to the sport vehicle, the smartphone for sensing and displaying performance data to the operator of the sport vehicle; a screen recording of the performance data displayed to the operator on the smartphone; and a composite video of the performance data screen recording overlaid on the sport vehicle video.