Interactive Video Overlay with Supplemental Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video systems lack interactive features that allow users to enhance their viewing experience by adding supplemental audio or video content during playback of main video content, limiting user engagement and interaction.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables users to add supplemental items of audio or video content on top of main video content during playback, using a processor and memory to render and control the display of these items, with options for user selection and timing of addition and removal, including superposition, animation, and audio effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If video content is played in a passive setting like traditional DVDs or video CDs, then the system maintains simplicity and reliability, but user interaction and engagement are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements supplemental video content nested within the main video playback by creating video data packets that contain both main video data and supplemental video data. The supplemental content is embedded in the transport stream and selectively rendered during playback, allowing enhanced interactivity without requiring a completely separate system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent pre-processes video content by creating supplemental video data packets and embedding them in the transport stream before playback. Metadata and control information are prepared in advance to enable selective rendering of supplemental content during playback, reducing real-time processing complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If supplemental video content is added during main video playback, then user engagement is improved, but processing complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments video content into main video data packets and supplemental video data packets, with each packet containing specific metadata and control information. This segmentation allows the system to selectively process and render only the necessary content during playback, reducing overall processing complexity while enabling content customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a video data packet structure as an intermediary that carries both main and supplemental video data along with metadata. This packet structure acts as a mediator between the encoded video content and the rendering engine, organizing data in a way that simplifies selective processing and rendering.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple supplemental items are rendered simultaneously on top of main video, then user interaction options increase, but rendering complexity and performance requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by rendering supplemental video content at specific locations and times within the main video playback. The system selectively activates supplemental content based on metadata indicators and control information, rendering only the necessary portions rather than processing all supplemental content simultaneously, thus maintaining rendering performance while providing interactive features.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for an interactive video system that allows a user to place supplemental items such as images on a main image being displayed. In one implementation, a user causes images of flying food to be displayed on top of a playing movie. Supplemental item data may be provided on the same media as is the main item data, e.g., on an optical disc, and control information may be provided on the media to control how supplemental item data is applied and presented.