Telestration System for Dynamic Image Search
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current telestration systems in broadcasting and interactive media lack the ability to dynamically extract and search for information from images without pre-existing links or metadata, limiting user interaction and information retrieval.
Innovation Solution
A telestration system that detects user inputs on images displayed on a device, determines image portions based on telestrations, applies image recognition to generate tags, and uses operators to form search queries, allowing users to search for additional information without manual typing or pre-associated links.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If telestration systems are used in broadcasting to annotate video, then user understanding of events is improved, but user interaction capability is limited because the system is not accessible to the user
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a telestration manager as an intermediary component that bridges the broadcasting system and the user's computing device. This manager receives telestration data from the broadcasting system, processes it locally, and enables users to interact with the annotated content directly on their devices, thus maintaining information quality while enabling user interaction.
2Loss of information
If links or images are used for user interaction on web pages, then users can access additional information, but user flexibility is limited because links are hard-coded and images show only larger versions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the interaction model by changing the parameters of user input from fixed link selections to free-form telestration gestures. Users can draw arbitrary shapes, lines, and annotations on the image, and the system dynamically interprets these gestures to generate search queries, thereby providing both information access and user flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables users to perform their own information retrieval by allowing them to directly annotate images with telestrations. The telestration manager processes these annotations and automatically generates search queries, eliminating the need for pre-defined links or manual typing, and empowering users to independently explore image content.
3Measurement precision
If manual typing or pre-associated links are required for information retrieval, then search precision can be maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical systems of manual typing and link selection with a gesture-based telestration interface. Users draw intuitive shapes and markings directly on the image, and the telestration manager uses image recognition and natural language processing to convert these gestures into precise search queries, thereby maintaining search precision while dramatically reducing input effort.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a method detects a user input for a telestration on an image being displayed on a display device and determines a plurality of image portions of the image based on the telestration. The plurality of image portions are determined by a boundary around each image portion based on the telestration. The method then determines a set of tags for the plurality of image portions. The set of tags are determined based on image recognition of content in the plurality of image portions. An operator is determined based on the telestration where the operator characterizes an operation to perform for the plurality of image portions. The method determines a search query based on applying the operator to the set of tags and causes a search to be performed using the search query.