Video Distribution Device Trimming Live Broadcast Highlights

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Solution Overview

Problem

Viewers face difficulty in determining the interest level of live video broadcasts in advance, leading to premature disengagement and missed exciting moments, which hampers the creation of favorites lists and consistent engagement with live broadcasts.

Innovation Solution

A video distributing device that acquires real-time video data and viewer input, determines exciting content based on viewer interaction, trims video data to highlight exciting portions, and generates a list for easy selection, distributing this list to viewers to enhance content discovery.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If viewers select live broadcasts based on title and distributor information, then the selection process is simple, but the accuracy of identifying interesting content is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo selection processVSAvoidcontent interest prediction accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of live broadcast content to identify exciting portions before viewers make their selection. By pre-processing the video content and generating trimmed versions highlighting key moments, the system enables viewers to make more informed decisions about which broadcasts to watch, thus improving prediction accuracy without complicating the selection process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates copied/trimmed versions of live broadcast content that extract and highlight the most exciting portions. These trimmed video segments serve as representative samples that allow viewers to assess content quality without watching the entire broadcast, thereby improving content identification accuracy while maintaining simple selection interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Productivity

If viewers watch live broadcasts without preview, then the selection process is fast, but exciting moments may be missed leading to disengagement

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo selection speedVSAvoidcontent quality assurance
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of requiring viewers to watch entire live broadcasts or providing exhaustive previews, the system applies partial action by presenting only the most exciting trimmed portions of content. This selective presentation ensures viewers see the highlight moments that guarantee content quality, while maintaining fast selection speeds by avoiding the need to review complete broadcasts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Quantity of substance

If the system provides complete live broadcast content, then all exciting moments are available, but the information overload makes selection difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo content availabilityVSAvoidcontent presentation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts the most exciting portions from complete live broadcast content and presents them as trimmed video segments. By taking out only the essential highlight moments rather than presenting the entire broadcast, the system maintains availability of exciting content while significantly reducing the complexity of content presentation and making selection easier for viewers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments complete live broadcast content into distinct trimmed portions based on excitement levels and key moments. This segmentation divides the overwhelming amount of content into manageable, labeled segments that highlight specific exciting moments, allowing viewers to efficiently evaluate and select content without being overwhelmed by the full broadcast duration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12155873B2Video distribution device, video distribution method, and video distribution program
Publication Date: 2024.11.26 DOWANGO KK
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AI summary

It is an object of the present invention to display a list of trimmed portions of exciting live video content to a viewer who is in the process of selecting a video in order to make it easier for the viewer to select live broadcast video. A video distributing device in an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first acquiring unit that acquires real-time video data; a second acquiring unit that acquires inputted information supplied from a viewer terminal; a generating unit that generates video data for distribution based on real-time video data and inputted information; a determining unit that determines whether or not video data for distribution is exciting based on inputted information; a trimming unit that generates video data by trimming portions of video data for distribution including timing determined to be exciting by the determining unit; a list generating unit that generates list data combining a plurality of sets of video data generated by the trimming unit; and a list distributing unit that distributes list data.