Automated Test Script Generation from Video and Audio Signals
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Solution Overview
Problem
The development of test scripts for Graphical User Interface (GUI) based applications and Devices Under Test (DUTs) is hindered by the need for extensive knowledge of new environments, time-consuming setup and configuration processes, and the requirement for manual understanding of test cases.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that generate test scripts by processing video and audio captured during manual testing of DUTs or GUI based applications, allowing users to pause and input events, and selecting validation types such as image comparison or signal processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If conventional techniques are used for test script development, then test scripts can be generated, but the process requires extensive manual intervention and time-consuming setup and configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent captures video and audio of the manual testing process to create a record that can be automatically processed into test scripts. This copying approach eliminates the need for developers to manually recreate test steps, significantly reducing development time while maintaining comprehensive test coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automated extraction of test cases from captured video and audio data without requiring extensive manual intervention. The automated processing converts recorded interactions into executable test scripts, allowing the system to generate test cases autonomously from the captured data
2Reliability
If script developers learn new environments for developing test scripts, then they can create accurate tests, but this becomes a time intensive task
Solution Approach 1:
By capturing and processing actual user interactions with the system through video and audio recording, the patent creates test scripts that inherently understand the environment and application behavior. This eliminates the need for developers to spend time learning the environment, as the captured data provides direct insight into system operations and expected behaviors
3Ease of manufacture
If manual understanding of test cases from documents is required, then test cases can be implemented, but significant amount of time is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent captures the actual execution of test cases as video and audio, then automatically processes this captured data to generate executable test scripts. This approach replaces manual interpretation of test case documents with automated processing of recorded interactions, dramatically reducing the time required to understand and implement test cases while improving accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of reading and understanding test case documents with an automated system that processes video and audio data. This substitution eliminates the time-consuming human interpretation step by using computational algorithms to extract and convert test case information directly from captured interactions
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a method and system for generating test scripts. The method comprises receiving at least one of a video and/or an audio captured during manual testing of a Device Under Test (DUT) comprising an output unit or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) based application. At least one of the video and/or the audio is processed for generating a test script for the DUT or the GUI based application. Generation of the test script may include allowing a user to pause at least one of the video and/or the audio at a particular time frame. Using a script generator user interface, input events corresponding to the particular time frame are received. A type of validation is selected for the output unit of the DUT or the GUI based application, and inputs are provided for the validation. The validation is device specific and performed using during runtime test execution.