Video Control System User Data Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current video control systems do not allow users to effectively customize the display of video content by selecting and positioning additional data, such as scores or news crawls, within the video stream, limiting user control over the viewing experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that enables users to select and position additional data within the video content, allowing it to cover, block, or integrate with the existing video stream, with the ability to hide, modify, or supplement this data dynamically, using processing and transceiver circuitry to manage user instructions and integrate user-selected data with video content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users are allowed to select and position additional data within video content, then user control and flexibility are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a data/video integration menu as an intermediary interface between the user and the video control system. This menu serves as a mediator that captures user selections for additional data (scores, news crawls, etc.) and their positioning preferences, then translates these selections into instructions for the video control system. This intermediary layer simplifies the user interaction model while enabling complex customization capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where user selections made through the data/video integration menu are processed and reflected in real-time on the video display. The system monitors user instructions, integrates selected data with the video content according to specified positioning, and displays the integrated result, allowing users to see the effect of their selections and make further adjustments if needed.
2Ease of operation
If user-selected data is integrated into video content, then viewing experience is improved, but processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining a set of available data options and positioning locations in the data/video integration menu. Users select from pre-prepared choices rather than having to specify every parameter from scratch. The system also pre-processes the integration logic, determining how selected data should be positioned and displayed based on user preferences, which reduces the computational burden during actual video playback.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the video display area into distinct regions and allows users to select specific segments or locations for displaying additional data. The video content and additional data are processed and displayed as separate segments that are composited together. This segmentation approach allows for efficient processing by handling video and data streams independently before combining them, reducing overall processing requirements.
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AI summary
A video control system transfers a video signal to display a data/video integration menu and receives user instructions indicating user-selected data and display positioning for the user-selected data. The video control system transfers a data request and receives the user-selected data. The video control system receives video content. The video control system integrates the user-selected data and the video content into a video signal that positions the user-selected data relative to the video content according to the display positioning in the user instructions. The video control system transfers the video signal to display the integrated video content and user-selected data.