KR101421059B1 - Method of providing streaming movie over image file - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing a streaming video using an image file is disclosed. The present invention is conducted in the form of an integrated viewer capable of receiving and reproducing a streaming video by processing an image file including information on the streaming video independently in platforms or services. According to the present invention, a client with the integrated viewer installed thereon receives and displays an image, read an EXIF header of an image when the image displayed on a screen is selected by a user, and reproduces a streaming video by reading a URL stored in the EXIF header and accessing the URL, when a predetermined identification information exists in the EXIF header. Therefore, it is possible to reproduce a streaming video relative to an image file in real time at a position where the image file is displayed and, further, to share a streaming video relative to an image by only exchanging or sharing the image file between users.

Description

METHOD OF PROVIDING STREAMING MOVIE OVER IMAGE FILE "

The present invention relates to a viewer for reproducing and displaying a streaming image.

Since the advent of smartphones, the software technology field has been changing dramatically, especially in smartphones. Streaming technology of real-time video is also showing signs of change centered on mobile in web environment.

Mobile has the property of being connected through the network regardless of the portability and the time and place that the user always carries.

When these attributes are combined with the streaming technology field, various businesses and services are expected to be possible.

For example, in using a social network service, only the text or image is exchanged between users, but a live streaming image can be shared in a social network service space.

Alternatively, a smartphone user on the off-line may be provided with a live streaming video of the place where the user is located, including advertisements or information about the place.

In the former case, if the social network service provides these functions, it can be technically solved. In the latter case, the latter is also being continuously studied in the field of LBS (Location Based Service).

On the other hand, in the web environment, the utilization of such real time images is already widely performed. For example, in the past, a graphic image was inserted into a web page for publicity or advertisement of a product or a company, and a streaming image was directly hosted by a web server as a network infrastructure rapidly spread, It has already been generalized.

However, the conventional technology of the web environment and the technology development trend of the mobile are showing platform-dependent limitations.

In other words, it is another problem that one service that can provide a real-time video service in the corresponding service and a real-time video service in the corresponding application can not be utilized, and that the application can not be used in connection with a heterogeneous platform or service.

[Patent Document 1] Korean Patent No. 10-1082845 entitled "Smart Phone Video Providing System Using IP Camera" [Patent Document 2] Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2010-0045669 "Terminal, Server, System and Method for Mobile Streaming" Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1152026 entitled " Method and Apparatus for Providing Streaming Information to a Wireless Mobile Wireless Device "

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the related art as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for accessing a streaming image of an image file through an image file, It is aimed to provide a methodology for enabling streaming video to be distributed, shared, or accessed from anywhere, and a viewer for the method.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of exchanging information about a streaming image of a corresponding image or sharing the corresponding streaming image by simply exchanging or sharing an image file among users.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a streaming image using an image file, the method comprising the steps of: displaying an image received by a first client on a screen;

140 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying an EXIF header of a selected image according to an embodiment of the present invention;

If the identification information exists in the EXIF header, fetching the url stored in the EXIF header;

A step 160 of establishing a session by accessing the retrieved URL through a network; And

And a step 170 in which the streaming image is received from the URL and reproduced and displayed in the area in which the image is displayed.

According to the present invention, it is possible to access a streaming image of a corresponding image file in all types of environments that process an image file, not limited to a platform or a service type.

In this case, it is possible to reproduce the streaming image of the image file in real time at the position where the image file is displayed, regardless of the web environment or the mobile and without using the existing web browser or the social network service application.

Furthermore, by simply exchanging or sharing an image file among users, it is possible to exchange information about the streaming image of the image, or to share the streaming image.

1 is a diagram illustrating a structure in which a client, a streaming server, and a web server are connected,
2 is a flow chart for explaining a method of providing a streaming image using an image file according to the present invention in a time-
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of sharing an image file and a streaming image through a social network service according to the present invention shown in FIG. 2,
4 is a diagram illustrating a process of sharing an image file and a streaming image through a social network service,
5 is a diagram illustrating a screen illustrating a process of playing a streaming image when an image file is selected in a web browser,
FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining a process of accessing a streaming image by photographing a QR code using a smartphone according to the present invention shown in FIG. 2,
7 is a view illustrating a process of accessing a streaming image by capturing a QR code using a smartphone,
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of selecting a CCTV image according to location information according to the present invention shown in FIG. 2, and receiving an image file corresponding thereto and uploading the image file on the web.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments and accompanying drawings. In order to clarify the present invention, contents which are not related to the configuration of the present invention will be omitted, and the same reference numerals are used for the same components.

On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "comprising" another element in the description of the invention or in the claims, it is not interpreted as being limited to only that element, Elements may be further included.

Also, in the description of the invention or the claims, the components named as "means", "parts", "modules", "blocks" refer to units that process at least one function or operation, Each of which may be implemented by software or hardware, or a combination thereof.

1 is a diagram illustrating a structure in which a client, a streaming server, and a web server are connected.

1, the client 11, 12 corresponds to a smartphone or a web browser, and uploads or downloads an image file to the web server 30 and streams the image from the streaming server 20 And reproduced by being provided by the method.

At this time, the image file corresponds to the medium for accessing the streaming image as described later.

On the other hand, the clients 11 and 12 can exchange image files with each other, and the clients 11 and 12 receiving the image files access the streaming server 20 using the images and receive the streaming images related to the image files do.

The clients 11 and 12 can access the web server 30 and the streaming server 20 by the wired / wireless communication method, upload and download image files, exchange image files with each other, Which corresponds to a subject that reproduces the image provided by the user.

The streaming image providing method using the image file according to the present invention can be executed in the clients 11 and 12 connected to the streaming server 20 and the web server 30 through the network.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a streaming image using an image file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the first client 11, which is a client, receives an image file from the second client 12, the streaming server 20, or the web server 30, which is another client, (S130).

For example, an image file is received through a social network service and displayed on the screen, or an image file included in the web page is accessed by accessing the web page, or an image file is downloaded and displayed through an image viewer program It can be displayed in the form.

Meanwhile, the user of the first client 11 can select an image displayed on the screen.

Since the image file is the content itself and does not correspond to the user interface, existing software such as an operating system, a web browser, or a social network service client program, when the image file is selected by touch, click, drag, To move the focus to a different point, so that different actions or functions are not performed.

However, when the first client 11 selects an image, the first client 11 processes the streaming video to access the streaming image through the following process.

First, when an image displayed on the screen is selected by the user, the first client 11 reads the EXIF header of the selected image and determines whether there is predetermined identification information in the EXIF header (S140).

If there is identification information in the EXIF header, the URL stored in the EXIF header is fetched (S150).

The Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF) is a combination of the camera manufacturer, the camera model, the software, the date of the photo correction, the Exif version, Shoot Datetime, Image Size, Exposure Time, Exposure Program, Focal Length, F-Number, and the like of the pictures loaded on the web. , And whether to use the flash.

The EXIF is usually stored in the header of a TIFF or JPEG file. In the present invention, the use of the EXIF is expanded to include an add-on for accessing a streaming image, identification information indicating that an application is required to be called or executed, It assumes that url is stored in EXIF.

The process of storing such information in the EXIF header of the image file is described in the separate invention of the present applicant. In the present invention, the first client 11 transmits an image file in which the identification information and the url are stored together in the EXIF header, It assumes the situation that it received.

An image file is a graphic image displaying basic information (title, contents, and the like) of a screen shot or thumbnail of a streaming image and contents of the streaming image, and can be stored in a known format such as JPEG or TIFF.

The URL stored in the EXIF header of the image file corresponds to the address for accessing the streaming image pointing to the image file. In the present invention, the url is an address where the streaming image is hosted by the streaming server 20.

The first client 11 that fetches the url from the EXIF header of the image file accesses the fetched url through the network and establishes a session with the streaming server 20 at step S160.

Then, a streaming image is received from the streaming server 20 and displayed.

In this case, it is important that the streaming image is reproduced and displayed in the area where the image is displayed (S170).

In step S130, the stream image is displayed on the screen at the same size and position as that of the graphic image. However, in step S160, the user feels that the stream image is a stream image. do.

For example, the user experiences a play by pressing a play button on the still image of the YouTube image.

In the meantime, the present invention can be applied to the case where the clients 11 and 12 independently perform this process or this series of processes is performed by two or more interactions, or the type of the clients 11 and 12 is a smart phone or a web browser Thus, various modifications are possible.

FIG. 3 illustrates a process in which the clients 11 and 12 are smartphones and share images and images through a social network service.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a process of sharing images and images through a social network service.

The present invention shown in Fig. 3 is implemented on the extension line of the present invention.

3, the user of the first client 11 who has reproduced and confirmed the streaming image in step S170 transmits the image to the user of the second client 12 connected with the social network service by himself / herself (S181).

Accordingly, an image file is displayed on the screen of the second client 12 as shown in FIG. 4 (a).

As the image file is displayed on the screen, the user of the second client 12 can select the image file, and the second client 12 transmits the streaming video provided by the streaming server 20 through the processes of S130 to S170 .

Meanwhile, the second client 12 accesses the URL stored in the EXIF header of the image file to reproduce the streaming video, and notifies the first client 11 of the streaming video.

Social network service program, or through a separate push message.

The second client 12 accesses the streaming video and reproduces and displays the streaming video, the first client 11 notified of the streaming video accesses the extracted URL from the EXIF header of the corresponding image file to reproduce the streaming video (S182) .

Through this process, the first client 11 and the second client 12 can exchange image files with each other, as well as share the streaming image.

In particular, in the case of a real-time streaming video such as a CCTV video, it is important that the first client 11 and the second client 12 simultaneously view the same video. By processing as described above, To be synchronized.

At this time, there are two methods of allowing the clients 11 and 12 to read the EXIF header of the image file and access the URL of the streaming image even though the image is displayed in the social network service application while the social network service application is running have.

The first is that the social network service app itself supports these features. In this case, although it can be solved simply, there is a limitation that it can not be used for general purpose.

The second method is to use an exclusive viewer app that displays the image file, reads the EXIF of the image file, and accesses the URL of the streaming image for playback.

In this case, the dedicated viewer app is executed in the background, and when the image file is received through the network, it is intercepted and the EXIF header is read, and when the selection event of the image file by the user occurs, the streaming image can be played in the foreground .

At this time, the streaming image can be played in a pop-up form in a part of the screen so as not to block the execution screen of the social network service application.

Both Apple's IOS and Google's Android OS now support multitasking and sizing of foreground apps. However, in the case of IOS, interception of data by other apps may not be easy due to the nature of the closed operating system.

On the other hand, when the client 11 is a web browser, another modification is possible.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a process of reproducing a streaming image when an image file is selected in a web browser.

When the first client 11 is a web browser, strictly speaking, when the web browser is a hardware resource to be executed, the first client 11 displays the image file, the EXIF header, and the streaming video And the active X control that is installed in advance for reproduction.

In step S130, the first client 11 displays the image file on the web browser screen if the received web document includes the image file.

Thereafter, when the user selects the image displayed on the web browser screen, the EXIF header of the image is read using the ActiveX control.

If the EXIF header contains identification information, the ActiveX control accesses the url and reads the URL, and then reproduces and displays the streaming video.

Accordingly, only by selecting an arbitrary graphic image on the web, an image related to the image can be reproduced by the streaming method.

For example, if a specific point is selected on a known map web page (e.g., Google map, Naver map, etc.) as illustrated in FIG. 5A, an image of the corresponding point can be viewed. The streaming image related to the corresponding image is executed on the spot as shown in FIG. 5 (b).

For example, by connecting the streaming link of the CCTV installed in the place to the corresponding image, the Internet users can easily check the current image of the place by viewing the picture related to the specific place on the map.

The important point is that even if the uploading of the image file is allowed only in the web page, the image can be directly displayed at the position of the image file through the above process.

Meanwhile, the present invention can be extended even when a QR code is shot using a smartphone, and a QR code is read to access a streaming image.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining a process of accessing a streaming video by photographing a QR code using a smartphone according to the present invention shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of capturing a QR code using a smartphone, Fig. 6 is a screen example explaining a process of approaching a user.

The present invention shown in Fig. 6 assumes that the client 11, 12 is a smart phone equipped with a camera module, and can be executed on the extension line of the present invention shown in Fig.

6, when the QR code is printed or displayed on the off-line, the user of the second client 12 can drive the camera module mounted on the second client 12 to photograph the QR code image have.

Accordingly, the second client 12 reads the photographed QR code image and obtains url (S111).

Then, the second client 12 connects to the read URL and receives and reproduces the streaming video (S112).

On the other hand, if the user of the second client 12 who has thus confirmed the streaming video wishes to view the image together with the user of the first client 11, the captured QR code image may be transmitted to the first client 11 .

At this time, instead of simply transmitting the photographed image, predetermined identification information and the read url may be stored in the EXIF header of the photographed image and transmitted (S113).

On the other hand, instead of directly transmitting the image of the captured QR code, a screen of the streaming image may be captured and transmitted.

In this case, in step S112, the second client 12 captures a screen of the streaming image, and in step S113, the second client 12 stores predetermined identification information in the EXIF header of the captured image instead of the QR code image, The URL can be stored and transmitted.

The first client 11 receives the image file, displays the image file on the screen through steps S130 through S170, and accesses the URL stored in the EXIF header of the image file to reproduce the streaming image.

Meanwhile, in the present invention shown in FIG. 2, a process of uploading an image file on the web and receiving it by the first client 11 may be supplemented.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of selecting a CCTV image according to location information according to the present invention shown in FIG. 2, and receiving an image file corresponding thereto and uploading the image file on the web.

The present invention shown in Fig. 8 assumes that the client 11, 12 is a smart phone or a web browser, and can be executed on the extension line of the invention shown in Fig.

The user of the second client 12 may access the streaming server 20 to transmit his or her current location or select a specific location (S121).

In the former case, the second client 12 may be processed by a known method, such as sending a GPS coordinate value, or transmitting an ip assigned to it.

Accordingly, the streaming server 20 transmits the information of the CCTV image installed in each area to the second client 12.

When the second client 12 displays the transmitted CCTV images on the screen, the user of the second client 12 can select any one of them and view the CCTV image of the selected region.

Meanwhile, the user of the second client 12 may request the streaming server 20 of the image file of the CCTV image selected by the user of the second client 12.

Accordingly, the second client 12 transmits the selection value of the user among the plurality of CCTV information displayed on the screen to the streaming server 20.

The streaming server 20 generates an image storing predetermined identification information and a URL of the streaming video of the CCTV in the EXIF header as an image related to the CCTV, and provides the image to the second client 12.

Accordingly, the second client 12 uploads the received image to the web server 30 (S124).

In step S130, the first client 11 receives the uploaded image from the web server 30 via the network.

Through this process, an image file related to a CCTV streaming video of a specific area can be distributed via the web, and the CCTV image can be accessed using the web.

Meanwhile, a method of providing a streaming image using an image file according to the present invention can be embodied as computer-readable code and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

The computer-readable recording medium may include any type of medium in which data readable by a computer system is stored. Examples of the medium include a DVD-ROM, a CD-ROM, a hard disk, a USB memory, a flash memory And the like.

On the other hand, the expression to be recorded on the recording medium encompasses not only a case where a large amount is recorded on a recording medium, a case where it is distributed in the form of a package, a case where it is provided on a recording medium through a network in the form of a data packet.

In the above description, the expression "server" is used. However, in a distributed computing environment, it is common to divide a function or a load into a plurality of servers for processing. Therefore, a "server" does not necessarily refer to a single hardware component, And < / RTI >

Although the term "smartphone" is used in the above description, the expression "smartphone" is used as an example of a terminal for receiving a social network service, and thus a tablet, a laptop computer, , A netbook, or the like, which can be connected to a server without being restricted by space, is to be understood as an equivalent of a "smart phone".

In the above description, the network is referred to as a local area network (WAN), a wide area network (WAN), or an intranet, a virtual private network (VPN) Therefore, it should be construed as a broad concept covering wired and wireless communication methods known as WiBro, WiFi, and the like.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. . Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be determined only by the technical idea of the appended claims, and is not limited to the above embodiments.

The present invention can be applied to the field of video streaming technology.

11: First client
12: second client
20: Streaming server
30: Web server

Claims (8)

delete delete delete 1. A method executed in a first client for receiving an image file via a network and displaying the image file on a screen,
130 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying an image received by a first client on a screen;
140 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying an EXIF header of a selected image according to an embodiment of the present invention;
If the identification information exists in the EXIF header, fetching the url stored in the EXIF header;
A step 160 of establishing a session by accessing the retrieved URL through a network; And
And a step 170 in which a streaming image is received from the URL and reproduced and displayed in the area in which the image is displayed,
Wherein the first client is a smartphone,
In operation 130, when an image is received through the network during execution of the application, the received image is displayed on the screen of the application,
In operation 140, the viewer is executed according to the selection of the image displayed on the screen by the user, the size is set so as to occupy a part of the screen, and the image is overlaid on the application. Reads the EXIF header, and determines whether predetermined identification information exists in the EXIF header. 1. A method executed in a first client for receiving an image file via a network and displaying the image file on a screen,
130 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying an image received by a first client on a screen;
140 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying an EXIF header of a selected image according to an embodiment of the present invention;
If the identification information exists in the EXIF header, fetching the url stored in the EXIF header;
A step 160 of establishing a session by accessing the retrieved URL through a network; And
And a step 170 in which a streaming image is received from the URL and reproduced and displayed in the area in which the image is displayed,
The first client is a web browser and executes the pre-installed ActiveX control at the time of execution,
In operation 130, if the received image file is included in the received web document, the first client displays the image file on the screen,
Determining whether the image is selected by the user using the active X control in step 140, and reading the EXIF header of the image using the active X control if the image is selected by the user A method of providing a streaming image using a file. 1. A method executed in a first client for receiving an image file via a network and displaying the image file on a screen,
130 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying an image received by a first client on a screen;
140 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying an EXIF header of a selected image according to an embodiment of the present invention;
If the identification information exists in the EXIF header, fetching the url stored in the EXIF header;
A step 160 of establishing a session by accessing the retrieved URL through a network; And
And a step 170 in which a streaming image is received from the URL and reproduced and displayed in the area in which the image is displayed,
The second client is a smartphone,
111) before the operation 130, the second client drives the camera module to capture the QR code image, read the captured QR code image, and obtain the url;
A step 112 of receiving and reproducing a streaming image by accessing a URL read by a second client; And
And the second client stores the predetermined identification information and the url in the EXIF header of the captured QR code image and transmits the URL to the first client in step 113. The streaming method using the image file . The method according to claim 6,
In step 112, the second client captures a screen of the streaming video,
The second client stores predetermined identification information and the url in the EXIF header of the captured streaming video image instead of the QR code image in step 113 and transmits the same to the first client. Method of providing images. 1. A method executed in a first client for receiving an image file via a network and displaying the image file on a screen,
130 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying an image received by a first client on a screen;
140 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying an EXIF header of a selected image according to an embodiment of the present invention;
If the identification information exists in the EXIF header, fetching the url stored in the EXIF header;
A step 160 of establishing a session by accessing the retrieved URL through a network; And
And a step 170 in which a streaming image is received from the URL and reproduced and displayed in the area in which the image is displayed,
The second client is a smartphone or a web browser,
121 is a flowchart illustrating a method for transmitting a location information of a second client to a streaming server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
A step 122 of receiving a plurality of CCTV information from the streaming server and displaying the CCTV information on a screen;
A step 123 of transmitting a selection value by a user to a streaming server when any one of the plurality of CCTV information displayed on the screen is selected by a user;
And (b) receiving, from the streaming server, an image storing predetermined identification information in the EXIF header and the URL of the streaming video of the CCTV as an image related to the CCTV, and uploading the image to the web server,
Wherein the first client receives the uploaded image from the web server through the network in step 130. The method of claim 1,

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