Video Communication Interactivity via Content Transformation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Video communication lacks emotional and behavioral interactivity, limiting the fun and engagement between users, as changes in one user's behavior or expression are not intuitively reflected in real-time.

Innovation Solution

A data processing method and apparatus that allows a first communication device to receive and display second communication data from a second device, collect user operations, and transform content based on predetermined conditions, enabling real-time changes to be displayed on both devices, thereby enhancing interactivity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If video communication displays only the image obtained from the opposite party, then the communication function is simple and stable, but the interactivity and fun between users are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveinteractivityVSAvoidcommunication system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the display content into multiple independent regions: the original video image from the opposite party and the transformed image generated from user operations. This allows the system to maintain the original simple video communication function while adding interactive transformation features in separate display areas, thus improving interactivity without significantly increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a copied and transformed version of the opposite party's video image based on user operations. Instead of modifying the original communication protocol or data stream, the system generates a parallel transformed image that reflects user interactions (such as virtual slaps, kisses, or other expressive actions), thereby enhancing interactivity while keeping the core communication system unchanged.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system transforms content based on user operations, then the fun and interactivity improve, but the processing complexity and time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemotional expression capabilityVSAvoidcontent transformation time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent pre-establishes multiple transformation templates or processing modes that can be applied to the video image. When a user performs an operation, the system selects and applies the corresponding pre-defined transformation rather than generating a new transformation algorithm in real-time. This significantly reduces processing time while still providing diverse emotional expression options.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms the video image by changing specific parameters such as color, brightness, or applying filters based on user operations. Instead of complex re-rendering or generation of new image data, the system modifies existing image parameters to create transformed versions, thereby reducing processing complexity and time while maintaining emotional expression capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system displays transformed content in real-time, then the interactivity improves, but the device complexity and processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time interaction capabilityVSAvoidprocessing system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential transformation operations needed for emotional expression and implements them as separate, independent processing modules. Rather than building a completely new complex processing system, the system extracts key image processing functions and applies them selectively based on user operations, thereby achieving real-time interaction capability with controlled complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent designs the transformation system to handle multiple types of user operations and emotional expressions through a unified processing framework. The same transformation engine can apply different filters, effects, or modifications based on the type of operation detected, reducing the need for multiple separate processing systems and thereby controlling device complexity while maintaining real-time interactivity.

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

Data Source

PatentUS9693016B2Data processing method, data processing apparatus and electronic device
Publication Date: 2017.06.27 LENOVO SOFTWARE
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AI summary

A data processing method, a data processing apparatus and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: receiving second communication data from a second communication device, in the case where a data path is established between the first communication device and the second communication device; displaying, by the first display unit, a second content corresponding to the second communication data; collecting, by the first input unit, a first operation of a user of the first communication device; determining, based on the first operation, a second processing instruction for transforming the second content, in the case where the first operation meets a first predetermined condition; and controlling, in response to the second processing instruction, the first display unit and/or a second display unit to display third content associated with the second content.