KR101118536B1 - Method for providing authoring means of interactive contents - Google Patents

Abstract

A method is provided for providing an interactive content authoring means. A method of providing an interactive content authoring means includes (a) receiving summary information about a scenario of the content in a flow order of scene units, and displaying the summary information in a first area of a first interface; b) if the summary information is selected, generating a scene box of a flowchart corresponding to the selected summary information and placing it in a second area of the first interface; (c) if the scene box is selected, the selected scene box Providing a second interface including a production tool for producing a scene for the scenario content of (d) When a scene for the selected scene box is produced, a script in the form of text corresponding to the produced scene is generated And (e) integrating each scene comprising the script to create one completed content, In step (b), when the summary information is selected, a flowchart symbol corresponding to the logical flow of the scene is automatically generated and connected to the scene box.

Content, scenarios, authoring skills, interaction

Description

How to provide interactive content authoring methods {METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTHORING MEANS OF INTERACTIVE CONTENTS}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a content authoring means, and more particularly, to a method for providing a means for authoring content that can interact with a user in a flowchart manner.

In general, the method of producing animation content is to create a storyboard specifying the arrangement of cameras, screen composition, and visual devices based on the written scenario, and use the created storyboard to initially create the scenario according to the flow of the entire scenario. The overall contents are composed by producing contents sequentially.

FIG. 1 illustrates a content production method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. After creating a storyboard 12 based on a content scenario 11, a writing program, a rendering job, a sound job, and the like are performed using a professional program. The final content 13 is completed by producing animation through the programmer, or by using a programmer to create an interactive game.

In this general way of creating content, it is not easy to grasp the intentions of the planner through text scenarios, and to add content scenes again or change the order of the scenes after the final editing of the content. Difficulties also follow.

In particular, in the case of game contents in which scenarios are developed in various directions according to a user's input in various directions, it is difficult to grasp the overall flow of the scenario at a glance with the general content production method described above. When creating interactive scenes, the use of skilled tools and programming requires considerable effort to create the elements of the content.

Therefore, a time relationship specification that can apply dynamic changes and order changes of various data for a multimedia presentation, for example, a flow chart configuration-based method that allows a user to easily understand and manage the flow of a work process. In addition to the models, techniques have been presented to help design work by visualizing how the system is structured through flow charts and graphically depicting the results of the processes that will be followed through virtual design.

2 is a diagram illustrating a content production method according to another conventional embodiment of the present invention.

After the storyboard 22 is created based on the content scenario 21, a flowchart 23 is created based on the storyboard again. Thereafter, the professional programmer directly creates the script-based content 24 according to the flowchart-based scenario using the program to complete the final content 25.

However, although the prior art illustrated in FIG. 2 as described above allows an operator to easily understand the flow of the system and data, the user may input contents including interactions in which the scenarios are developed in various directions according to the user's input. In the case of production, understanding the basic structure of the scenario and using skilled tools and programming for creating a scene are still required, so it is difficult to produce content for a general user, not a professional producer.

Therefore, there is a demand for a method that allows an ordinary user to easily and conveniently create contents with interaction.

In order to solve the above problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a means for efficiently managing the entire flow of content content for content authoring.

In addition, the present invention provides a means for configuring the progress of the scenes constituting the scenario of the content based on an intuitive flow chart.

In addition, the present invention provides an intuitive interface for creating a scene in the form of a script.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing an interactive content authoring means according to an aspect of the present invention (a) receiving a summary information about the scenario of the content in the order of scenes in the flow order, the summary information Displaying in the first area of the first interface, (b) if the summary information is selected, generating a scene box of a flowchart corresponding to the selected summary information and placing the scene box in the second area of the first interface, (c) if the scene box is selected, providing a second interface including a production tool capable of producing a scene for scenario contents of the selected scene box; (d) if a scene for the selected scene box is produced Generating a script in a text form corresponding to the produced scene; and (e) passing through each scene including the script. By comprising the step of generating one of the completed content, the step (b) is a flow chart symbol is selected the summary information corresponding to the logical flow of the scene is automatically generated and coupled to the scene box.

In order to achieve the above object, a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that provides an interactive content authoring means according to an aspect of the present invention includes (a) a flow sequence of summary information about the scenario of the content; Receiving input in a scene unit and displaying the summary information in a first area of a first interface; (b) when the summary information is selected, a scene box of a flowchart corresponding to the selected summary information is generated to generate the scene; (C) providing a second interface comprising a production tool capable of producing a scene for the scenario content of the selected scene box if the scene box is selected; When a scene for the selected scene box is produced, generating a script in a text form corresponding to the produced scene. And (e) integrating each scene including the script to generate one completed content, and a program for performing each of the steps described in any one of the steps.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.

However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be configured in different forms, and the present embodiments are intended to complete the disclosure of the present invention and to provide general knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform those who have the scope of the invention.

According to one of the problem solving means of the method for providing an interactive content authoring means of the present invention described above, an operator-centered scene configuration is possible.

In addition, accessibility to the logical flow configuration of the content content is easy, so that non-production users can easily and conveniently author content.

In addition, it is possible to efficiently manage the overall flow of the content of the content for content authoring.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

For reference, in the entire specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, it is not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. Also includes.

Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus for providing an interactive content authoring means according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for providing interactive content authoring means (hereinafter, referred to as content authoring means providing apparatus) 100 may include a scenario summary information input unit 110, a summary information display unit 120, and a scene box. The generator 130, the scene production tool providing unit 140, the script generator 150, and the content generator 160 are included.

To describe each component in detail, first, the scenario summary information input unit 110 receives and stores summary information about a scenario of a content (hereinafter, referred to as a scenario) from a user in a flow order of scene unit.

Here, the 'scene' refers to a visual semantic transmission unit constituting the scenario, and the 'summary information' includes a summary of the scenario in terms of scenes and tags for characteristics of the scene. Tags for the characteristics of the scene can be used for later scene search or classification.

Meanwhile, the summary information display unit 120 displays the summary information input from the scenario summary information input unit 110 in a first area of a flowchart-based scene composition interface (hereinafter, referred to as a first interface).

A detailed description of the first interface and the first region will be described later with reference to FIG. 3.

Meanwhile, when the summary information displayed in the first area of the first interface is selected, the scene box generation unit 130 generates a scene box of a flowchart corresponding to the selected summary information and arranges the scene box in the second area of the first interface.

In this case, the selection of the summary information may be performed by dragging the summary information of the first area to the second area. If a plurality of summary information displayed in the first area is selected, the scene box generation unit may be selected. 130 generates a scene box corresponding to each of the selected summary information, automatically branches and places it in the second area.

In addition, when a scene box corresponding to each summary information is generated, the scene box generation unit 130 generates a flowchart symbol corresponding to the logical flow based on the logical flow of the scene, and generates the generated flowchart symbol in the second area. Connect to the placed scene box.

A detailed description of the selection of the summary information, the automatic branching and the flow chart symbols will be described later with reference to FIG. 3.

Meanwhile, when the scene box disposed in the second area is selected (clicked or double-clicked), the scene production tool providing unit 140 includes a production tool-based scene production that includes a production tool that can produce content for the selected scene. It provides an interface (hereinafter referred to as a second interface).

Meanwhile, when a scene for each scene box is produced, the script generation unit 150 generates and stores a script in a text format corresponding to the produced scene.

A detailed description of the second interface and the script corresponding to each scene box will be described later with reference to FIG. 4.

Meanwhile, the content generator 160 integrates each scene including the script generated by the script generator 150 to generate one completed content.

For reference, components shown in FIG. 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention mean software components or hardware components such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and perform predetermined roles. .

However, 'components' are not meant to be limited to software or hardware, and each component may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to reproduce one or more processors.

Thus, by way of example, an element may comprise components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, processes, functions, attributes, procedures, Routines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

Components and the functionality provided within those components may be combined into a smaller number of components or further separated into additional components.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an interactive content authoring means according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a flowchart of FIG. 4 will be described based on the apparatus 100 providing the content authoring means illustrated in FIG. 3.

First, the apparatus 100 providing the content authoring means receives a summary information on a scenario of the content from a user (user terminal) in the order of scenes in a flow order, and displays the summary information in the first area of the first interface ( S401).

After the step S401, when the summary information displayed in the first area is selected, the apparatus 100 for providing the content authoring means determines the number of the selected summary information (S402).

As a result of the step S402, when the number of the selected summary information is plural, the apparatus 100 for providing the content authoring means generates a scene box of a flowchart corresponding to the plurality of selected summary information, respectively, and automatically branches the same to generate the first interface of the first interface. It arrange | positions in 2 area | regions (S403).

If, as a result of step S402, the number of the selected summary information is singular, the apparatus 100 for providing the content authoring means generates a scene box of a flowchart corresponding to the selected summary information and places it in the second area of the first interface. (S404).

After the step S403 or S404, when the scene box disposed in the second area of the first interface is selected (clicked or double-clicked), the device 100 providing the content authoring means may produce a scene for the scenario content of the selected scene box. In operation S405, a second interface including a manufacturing tool may be provided.

After operation S405, the apparatus 100 providing the content authoring means generates a script in a text form corresponding to the created scene when the scene for the selected scene box is produced using the second interface (S406).

After the step S406, the apparatus 100 providing the content authoring means integrates each scene including the script to generate one completed content (S407).

5 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart-based scene composition interface (first interface) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The first interface 500 illustrated in FIG. 5 includes a first area 510 and a second area 520, and scenario summary information 511 is displayed in the order of scenario flow in the first area 510. In the second area 520, a scene box 521 of a flowchart corresponding to the summary information 511 selected in the first area 510 is displayed.

The summary information 511 of the first area 510 includes a summary of the scenario in a scene unit and a tag for characteristics of the scene. The summary information 511 may be added, deleted, or added through a separate menu (icon) 512. It is possible to search or classify summary information that has been produced previously. In this case, a tag for a characteristic of a scene included in the summary information may be used to search and classify the summary information.

For reference, within the first area 510, the summary information may be freely arranged according to the flow of the scenario as desired by the producer.

The summary information 311 of the first area 510 and the scene box 521 of the second area 520 correspond one-to-one, and the scene box 521 has a summary information 511 of the first area 510. When dragged and dropped to the second area 520, the automatic generation is performed. In this case, a flow chart symbol 522 corresponding to the logical flow may be automatically connected to the generated scene box 521 based on the logical flow of the scene.

In addition, when a plurality of pieces of summary information 511a, 511b, and 511c are dragged and dropped from the first area 510 to the second area 520, a scene box 521a, 521b and 521c may be automatically branched out.

The scene box 521 of the second area 520 can also be added or deleted through a separate menu (icon) 530, and the scene box 521 is changed by changing the order of the scene boxes 521 according to the desired flow of the producer. Reconstruction of contents can be done easily and simply.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a production tool based scene production interface (second interface) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The second interface shown in FIG. 6 is provided when the scene box shown in FIG. 5 is selected (clicked or double-clicked), and the producer is provided with a resource component (e.g., Scenes can be produced in the desired form while visually checking the scene information such as size, layout shape, position, and sound effects.

In more detail, in the second interface, drag and drop an object 620 stored in each folder 610 in a predetermined area 630 in the second interface to arrange a background, a character, or a surrounding object of a scene. Can be.

In addition, the arranged objects may perform enlargement, reduction, rotation, or predetermined animation through a separate menu 640 in the second interface, through which a scene may be completed. For reference, the user may check the actual movement of the completed scene using the play button 650 in the second interface.

7 is a diagram illustrating a script generated automatically for a produced scene according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The scene produced through the second interface is stored as a script in a text form as shown in FIG. 7 through a script engine. For reference, in addition to the method of producing a scene through the second interface illustrated in FIG. 6, a producer may directly create a scene using a text-type script as illustrated in FIG. 7. Producers can also create or modify scenes directly by editing scripts.

8 illustrates a scene box in which a thumbnail image is displayed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

After the scene box is produced, as shown in FIG. 8, a thumbnail image 810 for the scene may be displayed in the scene box, and the thumbnail image displayed in the scene box is the main scene of the produced scene. By providing a preview of, the creators can more intuitively understand the overall scene composition.

9 is a diagram illustrating a detailed information confirmation screen of a scene according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The screen shown in FIG. 9 may be provided when the scene box shown in FIG. 8 is selected (clicked or double-clicked) after the scene is produced, and the producer may display detailed information of the corresponding scene through the screen shown in FIG. You can enter or confirm.

At the top of the screen shown in FIG. 9, playback information 910 of the produced scene and detailed configuration information 920 of the resource can be checked, and a detailed scenario of the scene is provided at the bottom through the provided text input window 930. You can also write or check

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be.

It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

1 is a view showing a content production method according to a conventional embodiment.

2 is a view showing a content production method according to another conventional embodiment.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus for authoring interactive content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of authoring interactive content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart-based scene composition interface (first interface) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a production tool based scene production interface (second interface) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a script automatically generated for a produced scene according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 illustrates a scene box in which a thumbnail image is displayed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a detailed information confirmation screen of a scene according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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110: scenario summary information input unit

120: summary information display unit

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140: scene creation tool provider

150: script generation unit

160: content generation unit

Claims (8)

In the method for providing a content authoring means that the content authoring means providing apparatus can interact with, (a) receiving summary information about a scenario of the content in a flow order of scene units, and displaying the summary information in a first area of a first interface; (b) when the summary information is selected, generating a scene box of a flowchart corresponding to the selected summary information and placing the scene box in a second area of the first interface; (c) if the scene box is selected, providing a second interface including a production tool for producing a scene of scenario contents of the selected scene box; (d) if a scene for the selected scene box is produced, generating a script in a text form corresponding to the produced scene; and (e) integrating each scene comprising the script to create one finished content; Wherein (b) comprises the step of, when selecting the summary information, a flow chart symbol corresponding to the logical flow of the scene is automatically generated and connected to the scene box, interactive content authoring means providing method. The method of claim 1, And selecting summary information of step (b) is performed by dragging summary information of the first area into the second area. The method of claim 2, In the step (b), when a plurality of pieces of summary information are selected, a scene box corresponding to each of the selected pieces of summary information is automatically branched and placed in the second area. The method of claim 1, The first interface provides an interactive content authoring means for providing at least one of adding, deleting, retrieving and retrieving a previously deleted scene box, and sorting and sorting according to characteristics of the scene box. Way. The method of claim 1, And the first area is an area in which the summary information can be freely arranged as desired by the user according to the flow of the scenario. The method of claim 1, In the step (c), an object pre-stored in a folder is placed on the screen, and the scene is produced by controlling the movement of the arranged object. The method of claim 1, And the scene box displays a thumbnail image of the produced scene, wherein the thumbnail image provides a preview of a main scene of the produced scene. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for providing interactive content authoring means, A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing each step according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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