Automatic Video Excerpt Generation on Data Processing Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Video stores and users face inefficiencies in previewing movie content due to the lack of automatic playback capabilities, with existing methods being labor-intensive and inconvenient for both content distributors and consumers.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for automatically generating and playing excerpts or trailers of video sequences on a data processing device, involving the initiation, reading, and decoding of video frames through a processor, allowing for efficient rendering of trailers or highlights without manual intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual post-processing is used to generate video previews, then preview functionality can be achieved, but the process becomes labor-intensive and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting keyframes and generating preview excerpts during video encoding or storage, before the user needs to preview the content. This eliminates the need for manual post-processing when users want to preview videos, as the preview generation is already completed in advance.
Solution Approach 2:
The video processing system serves itself by automatically identifying keyframes and generating preview excerpts without human intervention. The system uses automated algorithms to analyze video content, select representative frames, and create preview files, replacing the need for manual post-processing operations.
2Ease of operation
If automatic playback capability is added to data processing devices, then user experience is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential elements needed for preview generation - specifically keyframes and selected video excerpts - from the complete video file. By extracting and storing only these critical frames separately, the device can provide enhanced preview functionality without needing to process or store entire video files, thus managing complexity effectively.
Solution Approach 2:
The video content is segmented into discrete keyframes and selected excerpts that can be independently processed and displayed. This segmentation allows the device to handle preview generation as separate, manageable units rather than processing continuous video streams, reducing the computational complexity burden on the device.
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AI summary
A method includes initiating, through an interface of a data processing device, generation of one or more excerpt(s) of a video sequence associated with a video file stored in a memory of the data processing device. The method also includes automatically reading, through a processor of the data processing device communicatively coupled to the memory, video frames of the video file corresponding to the one or more excerpt(s) and reference video frames thereof in accordance with the initiation through the interface. Further, the method includes decoding, through the processor, the video frames of the video file corresponding to the one or more excerpt(s) and the reference video frames thereof following the automatic reading for rendering thereof on the data processing device.