Video Container Multiplexing for Flexible Display Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current television viewing systems are limited in their ability to multiplex multiple video sources and provide flexible control over on-screen content, leading to a lack of user-friendly interfaces for managing diverse video inputs and internet content, which restricts the entertainment experience and advertising opportunities.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows for the multiplexing of multiple video sources, including live and deferred content from various mediums, using video containers that can be independently sized, positioned, and configured on a display device, enabling simultaneous display of multiple video streams with customizable properties and interactive features.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional television viewing systems display single channel content, then the system is simple to operate, but the system lacks the ability to multiplex multiple video sources and provide flexible control over on-screen content
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple independent video containers, each capable of displaying content from different video sources. These containers can be independently sized, positioned, and configured, allowing simultaneous display of multiple video streams without requiring complex system-level management interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The video container system provides a universal framework that can handle multiple types of video sources (live TV, recorded content, internet streaming, etc.) through a single interface paradigm. All video sources are treated uniformly as content that can be placed in containers, simplifying the user interface while maintaining versatility.
2Ease of operation
If picture in picture mode is used to display multiple video sources, then some flexibility is provided, but the control and customization options remain insufficient for most users
Solution Approach 1:
Video containers are dynamic entities that can be freely resized, repositioned, and reconfigured by users at any time. The system allows continuous adjustment of container properties including size, position, transparency, and content source, providing real-time customization without requiring mode switching or complex setup procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extends traditional picture-in-picture by allowing containers to overlap in multiple spatial dimensions and to be arranged in complex layering configurations. Users can create multi-layered displays with varying transparency levels, effectively adding a depth dimension to the traditional 2D display space.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple display devices are used to allow each viewer to surf channels independently, then each user can watch their preferred content, but the system loses centralized control and increases overall complexity
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple video sources and multiple users' content preferences are merged into a single display device through the video container system. Each user's selected content is placed in its own container on the same screen, allowing simultaneous independent viewing without requiring multiple physical devices. The system consolidates what would traditionally require multiple displays into one unified interface.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are virtual reality systems and methods. An exemplary video display system includes a computerized media processor configured to receive real time video, initialize a centering mode in response to actions by a user of a virtual reality headset, display on a display screen that a centering mode is initialized, and determine a centered orientation of the user. A portion of video may be extracted from the video based on the centered orientation and combined with an informational overlay for display on the display screen.