Video Object Incorporation via Segmented Data Extraction

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Solution Overview

Problem

The television broadcast industry faces challenges in incorporating branded products into video content in a flexible and secure manner, particularly with the transition from physical placement to digital file processing, where existing systems lack efficiency and expose content before airing.

Innovation Solution

A method involving the retrieval and analysis of source video data to identify segments, creation of an intermediate working version, and transmission to a remote system for incorporating additional video objects, utilizing metadata for precise placement and reducing data transmission, thereby enhancing flexibility, security, and processing efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If the entire source video data is transmitted to the remote system for processing, then the additional video objects can be incorporated accurately, but the data transmission volume and processing time increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of additional video object incorporationVSAvoiddata transmission volume

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary portions of source video data (specifically, only the segments where additional video objects need to be incorporated) and transmits them to the remote system, rather than transmitting the entire source video data. This is achieved by identifying and extracting relevant video segments based on segment identification data, thereby reducing data transmission volume while maintaining the accuracy of additional video object incorporation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent divides the source video data into multiple segments and identifies specific segments where additional video objects should be incorporated. By segmenting the video data and processing only the relevant portions remotely, the system reduces overall data transmission while ensuring accurate placement of additional video objects in the identified segments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If the source video data is made available to the remote system in advance, then the processing can be done efficiently, but the security and confidentiality of the content is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprocessing efficiencyVSAvoidcontent security

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and transmits only the specific segments of source video data that require additional video object incorporation, rather than making the entire source video data available to the remote system. This extraction approach enables efficient processing of only the necessary portions while maintaining security and confidentiality of the complete content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary identification of video segments and prepares segment identification data locally before transmission. This preliminary action enables the remote system to process only the identified segments efficiently, while the source video data itself remains secure and is not made available in advance to the remote system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If all segments of source video data are processed for additional video objects, then comprehensive product placement is achieved, but the processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomprehensiveness of product placementVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the source video data into multiple segments and identifies only those segments where additional video objects should be incorporated. This segmentation approach allows for comprehensive product placement in relevant areas while avoiding unnecessary processing of segments that do not require additional objects, thereby reducing overall processing time and computational resources.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs partial processing by focusing only on the identified segments that require additional video objects, rather than processing all segments of the source video data. This partial action approach maintains the comprehensiveness of product placement in relevant areas while significantly reducing processing time and resource consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11164605B2System and method of producing certain video data

Publication Date: 2021.11.02 MIRRIAD ADVERTISING PLC

AI summary

A system and method of incorporating additional video objects into source video data to produce output video data. A method includes identifying segments of the source video data, selecting identified segments for the inclusion of additional video objects, creating an intermediate working version of the source video data including video material corresponding to the selected segments, creating metadata which identifies at least one frame within the source video data which corresponds to the selected segments, transmitting the intermediate working version to a remote system for the creation of additional video data including additional video objects to be included in the output video data, receiving video file data associated with the additional video data, obtaining the additional video data based on the video file data, retrieving metadata and incorporating the additional video data with the source video data on the basis of the retrieved metadata to produce the output video data.