Providing notifications in video streams to control video playback

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11208226-B2
Application number	US-201916286929-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2019
Priority date	Aug 23, 2016
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

A computer-implemented wardrobe packing method, system, and a computer program product, include selecting a plurality of items stored in a memory to pack into a container, generating a packing order of the plurality of items based on packing preference data and item data stored in the memory, creating and displaying a video of step-by-step packing instructions for the plurality of items in the packing order, monitoring and comparing an actual packing process to a generated packing order, and controlling the displaying of a step of the step-by-step packing instructions, in response to the monitoring and comparing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented packing method, the method comprising:
selecting a plurality of items stored in a memory to pack into a container;
generating a packing order of the plurality of items based on packing preference data and item data stored in the memory;
creating, displaying, and outputting, via a device, an interactive video that interactively depicts step-by-step packing instructions for the plurality of items in the packing order;
monitoring and comparing an actual packing process in real-time to the generated packing order; and
controlling said displaying of a step of the step-by-step packing instructions to correspond to a current place of the actual packing process, in response to said monitoring and comparing,
wherein the item data is selected from a group consisting of:
a dimension of the plurality of items;
a type of each of the items; and
a fragility of each of the items.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the packing preference data is selected from a group consisting of:
a preferred location of an item in the container; and
a preferred condition of the item including a crease or a wrinkle in clothing items.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step-by-step packing instructions of the video comprise folding instructions for one or more of the plurality of items in the packing order.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the packing order is based on a dimension of one or more of the plurality of items correlated with a dimension of the container.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said monitoring and comparing further comprises:
determining that the step of the step-by-step packing instructions is correctly completed, based on a location of the item and a preparation of the item matching a location of the item and a preparation of the item in the step-by-step packing instructions; and
playing a next step of the step-by-step packing instructions, in response to said determining.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising modifying the packing order based on at least one of a prior packing order, the packing preference data and crowd sourcing data.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step-by-step packing instructions of the video comprise a placement for one or more of the plurality of items in the container and folding instructions for one or more of the plurality of items.

8. A computer program product for packing, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform:
selecting a plurality of items stored in a memory to pack into a container;
generating a packing order of the plurality of items based on packing preference data and item data stored in the memory;
creating, displaying, and outputting, via a device, an interactive video that interactively depicts step-by-step packing instructions for the plurality of items in the packing order;
wherein the item data is selected from a group consisting of:
a dimension of the plurality of items;
a type of each of the items; and
a fragility of each of the items,

further comprising:
monitoring and comparing an actual packing process in real-time to the generated packing order; and
controlling said displaying of a step of the step-by-step packing instructions to correspond to a current place of the actual packing process, in response to said monitoring and comparing,

wherein the packing preference data is selected from a group consisting of:
a preferred location of an item in the container; and
a preferred condition of the item including a crease or a wrinkle in clothing items.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the step-by-step packing instructions of the video comprise folding instructions for one or more of the plurality of items in the packing order.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the packing order is based on a dimension of one or more of the plurality of items correlated with a dimension of the container.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein said monitoring and comparing further comprises:
determining that the step of the step-by-step packing instructions is correctly completed, based on a location of the item and a preparation of the item matching a location of the item and a preparation of the item in the step-by-step packing instructions; and
playing a next step of the step-by-step packing instructions, in response to said determining.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the step-by-step packing instructions of the video comprise a placement for one or more of the plurality of items in the container and folding instructions for one or more of the plurality of items.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the computer program product is adapted for a cloud-computing environment.

14. A packing system, said system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory, the memory storing instructions to cause the processor to:
selecting a plurality of items stored in a memory to pack into a container;
generating a packing order of the plurality of items based on packing preference data and item data stored in the memory;
creating, displaying, and outputting, via a device, an interactive video that interactively depicts step-by-step packing instructions for the plurality of items in the packing order;
monitoring and comparing an actual packing process in real-time to the generated packing order; and
controlling said displaying of a step of the step-by-step packing instructions to correspond to a current place of the actual packing process, in response to said monitoring and comparing,

wherein the packing preference data is selected from a group consisting of:
a preferred location of an item in the container; and
a preferred condition of the item including a crease or a wrinkle in clothing items.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the item data comprises:
a dimension of the plurality of items;
a type of each of the items; and
a fragility of each of the items.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the step-by-step packing instructions of the video comprise folding instructions for one or more of the plurality of items in the packing order.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the packing order is based on a dimension of one or more of the plurality of items correlated with a dimension of the container.

18. The system of claim 14 , embodied in a cloud-computing environment.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Ekambaram Vijay
• Mittal Ashish R
• Mittal Ruhi Sharma
• Shrinivasan Yedendra B

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