Digital Tutorial Replay System Voice Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional digital tutorials lack the ability to efficiently track user progress and determine if steps are completed correctly, leading to resource wastage and a negative user experience, as they require users to take images of every step for analysis.

Innovation Solution

A system that continues tutorial playback until the user indicates an issue, using voice input to detect problematic steps and provide supplemental instructions only when needed, employing neural networks or comparison algorithms to analyze user recordings and determine necessary actions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the system analyzes images of every step to track user progress, then user progress tracking accuracy is improved, but system resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser progress tracking accuracyVSAvoidsystem resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system allows users to self-report their completion status through voice commands or manual input, eliminating the need for continuous automated image analysis. Users only capture images when they need assistance or are uncertain about their progress, making the system resource-efficient while maintaining tracking accuracy through user-initiated checks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of continuous image analysis at every step, the system implements periodic checking where users are prompted to capture images only at specific intervals or when they indicate they need help. This reduces system resource consumption while maintaining adequate progress tracking through strategically timed analysis points.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

2Loss of information

If the system requires users to take images of every step, then user progress tracking completeness is improved, but user experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprogress tracking completenessVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Users voluntarily capture images when they perceive a need for verification or assistance, rather than being forced to document every step. This user-driven approach maintains progress tracking completeness for steps that need verification while eliminating unnecessary burden, significantly improving user experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback mechanisms that allow users to indicate when they are struggling or need help, triggering image capture only at those moments. This feedback-driven approach ensures complete tracking of problematic steps while avoiding unnecessary user actions, balancing completeness with ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Measurement precision

If the system analyzes all user inputs and recordings, then instructional accuracy is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstructional accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and analyzes only the specific portions of user inputs and recordings that are relevant to identifying instructional gaps. Rather than processing all user data comprehensively, it selectively extracts key information needed to determine what supplemental instructions are necessary, maintaining accuracy while reducing processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs partial analysis of user inputs, focusing only on the critical elements needed to assess understanding and determine instructional needs. This selective partial analysis provides sufficient accuracy for delivering appropriate supplemental instructions while avoiding the time cost of exhaustive comprehensive analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS10943586B2Systems and methods for replaying a step of a digital tutorial
Publication Date: 2021.03.09 ADEIA GUIDES INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for continuing playback of a digital tutorial until a user interrupts the playback by signaling to the system that there is an issue or that the user needs help. The system detects a person's utterance (e.g., through passive voice monitoring) and determines that the user's utterance is related to the digital tutorial. The system determines, based on the utterance, which step of the digital tutorial is problematic for the user, and replays the problematic step.