Personalized Video Actor Integration System

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Solution Overview

Problem

The conventional process of selecting actors for movie roles is time-consuming and lacks flexibility, as it relies on traditional casting methods that do not allow for user choice or customization.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilize performance data associated with individuals to enable users to select and feature specific actors in videos, allowing for personalized content creation by retrieving and integrating performance data, such as video clips and facial expressions, into existing video content, and updating the look and feel to match the selected actor's characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional casting methods are used to select actors for movie roles, then the selection process ensures professional quality and appropriateness for roles, but the process becomes time-consuming and lacks flexibility for user choice

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveUser ability to select preferred actorsVSAvoidTime required for actor selection process
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-capturing and storing performance data of actors in a database before the actual video creation process. This includes recording video clips, facial expressions, and performance characteristics in advance, so that when users want to create personalized videos, they can immediately select from pre-prepared actor data without time-consuming traditional casting processes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates copies of actor performances through performance data that can be reused across multiple video projects. Instead of requiring actors to be physically present for each new video, the system captures their performance characteristics once and creates reusable digital copies that can be integrated into different video content, saving significant time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

If performance data is captured and stored for multiple actors, then users gain flexibility to select their preferred actors, but the system complexity and data storage requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveAbility to feature different actors in videosVSAvoidSystem structure for managing performance data
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a universal performance data database that can store and manage various types of actor performance data (video clips, facial expressions, body language) in a standardized format. This multi-functional database serves multiple purposes: storing raw performance data, processing it for different video formats, and enabling various selection and integration methods, thereby reducing overall system complexity through consolidation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces a performance data database as an intermediary layer between actors and video content. This database acts as a mediator that standardizes the storage, retrieval, and integration of actor performance data, simplifying the interaction between users and the complex actor selection process while maintaining high adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If performance data processing is performed to integrate selected actors into video content, then personalized video creation is enabled, but the processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveSpeed of personalized video creationVSAvoidTime for performance data retrieval and integration
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary processing of performance data by pre-capturing, organizing, and storing actor performance characteristics in an optimized database format before they are needed for video creation. This includes pre-processing video clips, facial expression data, and performance metrics so that during actual video personalization, the system can quickly retrieve and integrate the data without extensive real-time processing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces traditional mechanical actor selection and integration processes with automated digital processing. Instead of manually coordinating actor availability, scheduling, and physical presence, the system uses automated performance data retrieval, digital integration algorithms, and computer-generated imagery techniques to seamlessly insert selected actors into video content, significantly reducing processing time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS10311917B2Systems and methods for featuring a person in a video using performance data associated with the person
Publication Date: 2019.06.04 DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC
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AI summary

There is provided a system comprising a non-transitory memory and a hardware processor configured to determine elements of a performance in a video, identify one or more people to feature in the video based on the elements of the performance in the video, receive a user input selecting a person from the one or more people to feature in the video, retrieve performance data for featuring the selected person in the video based on actions performed by the actor in the video, create a personalized video by featuring the selected person in the video using the performance data, and display the personalized video on a user device.