Video Content Analysis Morphing Anamorphic Frames
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automatic and objective analysis of anamorphic video content across different devices is challenging due to varying display capabilities, making it difficult to compare and assess visual artifacts or quality between different versions of the same content.
Innovation Solution
A video content analysis system that captures and morphs video frames to a common aspect ratio, resolution, and container, allowing for frame synchronization and comparative analysis, enabling efficient and accurate comparison of anamorphic video content instances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If video content is delivered in different anamorphic formats for different media content access devices, then adaptability to various display capabilities is improved, but automatic analysis and comparison of video content becomes more difficult and resource intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a reference video content as an intermediary standard for comparison. By morphing both the test video content and reference video content to match the reference's properties before comparison, the system creates a common baseline that simplifies the analysis process while maintaining the ability to handle multiple anamorphic formats
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies morphing operations that change key parameters (aspect ratio, resolution, container format) of video content to transform it into a standardized form suitable for comparison. This parameter transformation enables automatic analysis by converting diverse anamorphic formats into a uniform representation
2Measurement precision
If video content is morphed to a common format for comparison, then measurement precision of video quality is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies morphing selectively - only transforming video content when comparison is needed, and using reference video content properties as the target for morphing. This partial application of transformation reduces unnecessary processing while maintaining precision where required
3Productivity
If automatic analysis of anamorphic video content is performed without morphing to common format, then processing speed is maintained, but measurement precision and objectivity are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary morphing of video content to match reference properties before comparison begins. This preliminary transformation ensures that subsequent analysis operates on uniformly formatted data, improving measurement precision without requiring repeated transformations during the analysis process
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AI summary
An exemplary method includes a video content analysis system capturing a first set of video frames representative of a first video content instance and a second set of video frames representative of a second video content instance, applying a morphing heuristic to at least one of the first and second sets of video frames to result in the first and second sets of video frames having a common aspect ratio, a common resolution, and a common container, frame synchronizing, subsequent to the applying of the morphing heuristic, the first and second sets of video frames, and performing a comparative analysis of the frame synchronized first and second sets of video frames. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.