Visual Search System for Video Media Players
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional entertainment media delivery systems fail to provide easy and instant access to video media content tailored to viewer interests, leading to a daunting selection process that often discourages viewers from engaging with available content due to the sheer volume and lack of guiding tools.
Innovation Solution
A visual search system in a video media player that allows users to select and navigate media content by identifying and interacting with objects within video frames, using metadata and navigation controls to seek and play specific scenes or episodes featuring desired objects, enabling easy access to relevant content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional written guidance tools (reviews, episode guides, summaries) are provided, then information availability is improved, but the effort required for content selection increases and viewer engagement decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical/text-based search mechanisms with automated computer vision technology. The system automatically analyzes video frames to detect objects, scenes, and visual content, eliminating the need for viewers to manually search through written guides or summaries. This substitution of manual information gathering with automated visual analysis directly reduces selection effort while maintaining comprehensive information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service content discovery by automatically generating visual search results based on what viewers are already watching. The automated object detection and scene analysis performs the information filtering and presentation without requiring active user participation in the search process, allowing the system to serve itself in providing relevant content recommendations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the volume of media content is increased to provide more choices, then content variety is improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring viewer interests increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual methods of detecting viewer interests with automated computer vision systems that continuously analyze video content. The system automatically identifies objects, scenes, and visual patterns across large volumes of content, enabling precise measurement of viewer interests without human intervention in the analysis process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by analyzing viewer interaction patterns and automatically adjusting search results. The visual search system learns from viewer behavior and refines its object and scene detection to better match viewer interests, creating a feedback loop that improves detection accuracy as more content is processed.
3Measurement precision
If traditional search methods require manual searching through large databases, then search precision can be maintained, but the time required for content selection increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-processing and indexing video content automatically. Objects, scenes, and visual features are detected and cataloged in advance, creating a structured database that enables rapid retrieval. This preliminary organization of content eliminates the need for manual searching through unstructured databases, significantly reducing search time while maintaining precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes manual search processes with automated visual recognition systems. The computer vision algorithms automatically query and filter content based on visual criteria, replacing the mechanical process of manually browsing databases. This substitution maintains search precision through accurate visual matching while dramatically reducing the time required for content selection.
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AI summary
There is provided a system and method for visual search in a video media player. There is provided a computing device for performing a visual search in video files comprising a display, a memory, a video media player application in the memory, and a processor configured to store into the memory search terms by allowing a user to visually select objects as search terms using a user interface on the display, initiate a search using the search terms, obtain search results comprising time offsets and play durations within the video files, each play duration containing at least one frame corresponding to the search terms, and display navigational controls in the user interface for presenting the search results, including selectable graphical thumbnail images or preview videos. A user can select objects via outlined, highlighted, or otherwise visually identified objects in a video frame, the selecting enabled by associated search metadata.