Visual Effect Message Transmission Using Particle System Parameters

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional communication systems lack the ability to provide visually diverse and interactive messages, relying on monotonous text or graphics that fail to engage users.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for transmitting visual effect messages, which involves receiving an input message, determining visual effect positions, encoding this information, and displaying it at the receiving end using a particle system visual effect, enabling interactive and diverse visual presentations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional text message transmission is used, then message communication is simple and reliable, but visual diversity and interactivity are lacking

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual diversityVSAvoidmessage structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The message is segmented into text content and visual effect data. The visual effect data is further segmented into multiple parameters including particle type, emission rate, lifetime, initial velocity, acceleration, color, and position information. This segmentation allows each parameter to be independently controlled and transmitted, enabling diverse visual effects while maintaining a structured transmission format.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies parameter changes by varying multiple visual effect parameters such as particle type, emission rate, lifetime, initial velocity, acceleration, color, and position. By changing these parameters, the system can generate diverse visual effects (fireworks, bubbles, hearts, etc.) from the same basic message structure, thus improving visual diversity without fundamentally changing the message transmission mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If visual effect data is added to messages, then interactivity and visual engagement improve, but transmission data volume increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveinteractivityVSAvoidtransmission data
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential visual effect parameters needed to recreate the effect at the receiving end, rather than transmitting complete visual effect files or pre-rendered graphics. By taking out only the critical parameters (particle type, emission rate, lifetime, velocity, acceleration, color, position), the system achieves interactivity with minimized data transmission volume.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of transmitting actual visual effect files or images, the patent transmits parameter sets that define how to generate the visual effects. The receiving end uses these parameters to copy or recreate the visual effects locally, significantly reducing transmission data while maintaining visual fidelity and interactivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Illumination intensity

If particle system visual effects are implemented, then message visual appeal increases, but processing requirements at receiving end increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual appealVSAvoidprocessing capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic visual effects through particle systems that continuously update their state based on parameters like emission rate, lifetime, velocity, and acceleration. The particle effects are dynamically generated and updated in real-time at the receiving end, allowing visual appeal to be achieved through algorithmic generation rather than pre-rendered complex graphics, thus reducing processing requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS8897821B2Method for providing visual effect messages and associated communication system and transmitting end
Publication Date: 2014.11.25 XUESHAN TECH INC
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AI summary

A method for providing visual effect messages on a receiving end and associated transmitting end configuration is provided. At the transmitting end, visual effect positions and visual effects of messages are determined according to an input message. The visual effect positions and visual effect information are transmitted to the receiving end, and are displayed at the visual effect positions at the receiving end according to the visual information.