Video Graphic Overlay Device With Local Template Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video production systems face challenges in efficiently integrating graphical overlays with live video streams, particularly in live broadcasts, due to issues such as delayed internet data transfer, corrupted template files, and hindered access to graphic templates.
Innovation Solution
A device and method for creating a graphic image of time-specific data that can be synchronized with video and audio, using a video graphic overlay device with a memory containing a graphics engine, video input and data input ports, a graphics processor, and a display screen to generate and overlay graphical elements onto a video stream.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If graphic overlay templates are accessed from external data stores (laptop computers, internet, cloud), then template availability and storage capacity are improved, but access speed and reliability deteriorate due to delayed internet data transfer, hindered access when templates are moved or reconfigured, and potential corruption from software updates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the graphics engine and template storage from external data stores (laptops, cloud, internet) and embeds them directly into the broadcast control device. This extraction eliminates dependency on external systems for template access, resolving the contradiction by providing both sufficient storage capacity within the device and immediate access speed without internet delays or configuration issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary component - the integrated graphics engine with local template storage - that mediates between the broadcast control system and external data sources. This intermediary allows the system to maintain template storage capacity while eliminating the access speed problems associated with external cloud or internet-based templates, as all template operations occur locally within the broadcast control device.
2Adaptability or versatility
If technicians manually download and populate templates from external sources, then template customization and flexibility are improved, but workflow efficiency and reliability deteriorate due to time-consuming manual processes and potential errors in live broadcast environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service functionality where the integrated graphics engine automatically manages template loading, rendering, and population with broadcast data without requiring manual technician intervention. The system autonomously handles template customization based on broadcast parameters, maintaining full adaptability while dramatically improving workflow efficiency by eliminating manual download and population steps in live broadcast environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring multiple graphic overlay templates within the integrated graphics engine before the broadcast begins. These templates are pre-loaded into local storage and automatically ready for selection and customization during the broadcast, eliminating the need for manual downloading and population at critical moments while maintaining full adaptability through on-the-fly data population.
3Ease of manufacture
If external data stores are used for template storage, then system portability and ease of setup are improved, but system reliability and stability deteriorate due to corrupted template files and inaccessible templates from software updates or device reconfiguration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the graphics engine, template storage, and broadcast control functionalities into a single integrated system. By combining these previously separate components into one unified broadcast control device with local storage, the system maintains the ease of setup from portable devices while eliminating reliability issues from external data stores, as all template operations occur within the protected, self-contained system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies beforehand cushioning by implementing local storage of templates within the broadcast control device, creating a buffer against external failures. This prior cushioning protects against corrupted template files, inaccessible templates from software updates, and reconfiguration issues that affect external data stores, ensuring continuous reliable access to templates throughout the broadcast without dependency on external systems.
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AI summary
A graphic overlay device and method for creating a graphic image of time-specific data that can be synchronized with video and audio. A video graphic overlay image can be populated with a data stream input relevant to a video stream, live or pre-recorded, and can be combined with a high resolution video stream. This provides broadcasters and video producers a way to enhance their multi-media capabilities and program quality while improving speed, robustness, reliability, efficiency and story-telling capabilities, particularly during live broadcasts.