KR101935926B1 - Server and method for webtoon editing - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a webtoon editing server to edit text and images of a webtoon and a method thereof. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the webtoon editing server comprises: a device to store a raw image, a text file, an edited webtoon image of a webtoon, and a webtoon specification by website; an image editing module extracting an image to be edited from the database storing the raw image of the webtoon, cutting the extracted image to generate at least one cut and editing and converting the generated cut into a predetermined specification by website; and a text editing module recognizing a text area from the raw image stored in the database, switching the recognized text area into a semi-transparent state to generate a text recognition window when the recognized text area is selected and displaying text represented on the generated text recognition window by overlapping raw text of the webtoon to allow a user to edit the text represented on the text recognition window while comparing the text represented on the text recognizing window with the raw text of the webtoon.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a webtoon editing server and a webtoon editing server,

And more particularly, to an apparatus and method for image editing and text editing of a webtoon using an OCR (Optical Character Reader).

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the contents set forth in this section are not prior art to the claims of this application and are not to be construed as prior art to be included in this section.

In general, manga is a picture that depicts characters, animals, and objects in a concise and humorous manner, or exaggerated, and provides short stories with humor, satire, or a certain plot by inserting short fingerprints. Cartoons are more effective at attracting readers than ordinary books made up of letters only, by expressing content using a visual system of pictures (images) and letters (texts).

Recently, online comics have been released and many users are getting fun and information through comics reading. In addition, with the spread of the Internet and smartphones, there has been a big change in the cartoon market, which has been reduced to the release of monograms for bookstores and bookstores, and has become a cartoon that is distributed as a digital format webtoon.

Webtoon is a compound word of web and cartoon, and collectively refers to cartoons served through the Internet. Cartoons of video animation using video, audio dubbing, flash technique, etc. are being provided as well as online cartoons which currently scan comic books as they are.

Since the images and texts are stored as image format files, Webtoons provided on the Internet can be used to edit images through an image editing program and edit text in image format files. Text editing is a very important process in the webtoon. In the conventional webtoon editing program, since the text is edited by editing the original image of the webtoon, there is a lot of difficulty in the detailed correction of the text. In addition, since the text is recognized as an image, it takes much time to check and check the text.

1. Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1616671 (2014.02.22) 2. Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1552509 (2015.09.07)

A webtoon editing apparatus and method for editing text and images of a webtoon are disclosed.

The Webtoon editing device recognizes the text in the original image of the webtoon and creates a semitransparent text recognition window for text editing, and compares and edits the text displayed in the text recognition window with the original text.

The webtoon editing apparatus extracts an image to be edited from a database storing the original image of the webtoon for image editing, cuts the extracted image, generates at least one cut, and edits the generated cut to a stored standard. Editing device.

A webtoTool editing server according to an embodiment includes a database storing an original image of a webtoon, a text file, an edited webtoon image, and a webtoon specification according to a web site; An image editing module for extracting an image to be edited from a database storing the original image of the webtoon, cutting the extracted image, generating at least one cut, editing the generated cut, and converting the cut to a specific standard for each website; Recognizes a text area in the original image stored in the database, and when the recognized text area is selected, converts the selected text area into a translucent state to generate a text recognition window, and displays the text displayed in the generated text recognition window and the original text of the webtoon A text editing module for comparing the text displayed in the text recognition window with the original text of the webtoon and editing the text displayed in the text recognition window; .

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for editing a webtoon, comprising: storing an original image of a webtoon, a text file, an edited webtoon image, and a webtoon specification for each web site in a database; (B) extracting an image to be edited from a database in which an original image of the WebToon is stored in the image editing module, cutting the extracted image, creating at least one cut, and editing the generated cut to a stored standard; (C) recognizing the text area in the original image stored in the database in the text editing module, and when the recognized text area is selected, converting the selected text area into a semi-transparent state to generate a text recognition window; (D) editing the text displayed in the text recognition window by comparing the text displayed in the text recognition window with the original text of the webtoon by displaying the text displayed in the text recognition window created by the text editing module and the original text of the webtoon in a superimposed manner; .

The webtoon editing apparatus and method as described above makes it possible to edit and store the text of the webtoon quickly and easily, by recognizing the text in the original image of the webtoon, comparing the text to be edited and the original text and enabling text editing.

In addition, it enables quick editing of a number of cuts included in the original image of the webtoon, and when the edited image is stored, another editor can download the stored image and edit the webtoon image, thereby improving the editing efficiency of the webtoon.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and include all effects that can be deduced from the detailed description of the present invention or the configuration of the invention described in the claims.

1 is a diagram showing a webtoons editing system according to an embodiment;
2 is a diagram showing a data processing block configuration of the webtoTool editing server 100 according to the embodiment
3 is a block diagram illustrating a specific configuration of a webtoTool editing server according to an embodiment
4A is a diagram illustrating a display embodiment for editing a webtoon image
4B is a view showing an example of a text editing display according to the embodiment
5 is a diagram showing a data processing flow in the image editing process according to the embodiment
6 is a flowchart illustrating a data processing procedure for text editing according to an embodiment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions in the embodiments of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention of the user, the intention or the custom of the operator. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is a diagram showing a webtoons editing system according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, the webtoon editing system may include a webtoTune editing server 100 and smart devices 200a, 200b, and 200c that communicate with a server.

The webtoons editing server 100 according to the embodiment provides the webtoon editing program in a distributed manner and stores the original image and text of the edited webtoon. The webtoon editing workers can download and work on the webtoon image and text being edited through their own smart devices 200a, 200b, and 200c, and then save the same. In an embodiment, the smart devices 200a, 200b, 200c may be a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer (PC), a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) A personal digital assistant (PDA), and a mobile communication terminal. That is, the smart device refers to a terminal having a memory for storing a specific application for connecting to the webtoTop editing server 100 via a wired / wireless communication network, a microprocessor for executing and controlling a program, and the like. In other words, although the smart devices 200a, 200b, and 200c are generally personal PCs, any terminal can be used as long as it is capable of server-client communication with the WebtoTool edition server 100, And a communication computing device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a data processing block of the webtoTool edition server 100 according to the embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, the webtoons editing server 100 may include a database 110, an image editing module 130, and a text editing module 150.

The term " module ", as used herein, should be interpreted to include software, hardware, or a combination thereof, depending on the context in which the term is used. For example, the software may be machine language, firmware, embedded code, and application software. As another example, the hardware may be a circuit, a processor, a computer, an integrated circuit, an integrated circuit core, a sensor, a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS), a passive device, or a combination thereof.

The database 110 stores a series of data required for the operation of the webtoon editing server 100, such as an original image of the webtoon, a text file, and an edited webtoon image and a webtoon specification for each web site.

The image editing module 130 edits the original image of the webtoon. For example, the image editing module 130 extracts an image to be edited from the database 110 in which the original image of the webtoon is stored, and cuts the extracted image to generate at least one cut. Thereafter, the created cut is edited to a previously stored specific standard.

The text editing module 150 recognizes the text in the Webtoon image, edits the detailed information such as the font, size, and characters of the text, and compares the text with the original to enable verification. For example, the text editing module 150 recognizes a text area in the original image stored in the database 110, and when the recognized text area is selected, converts the selected text area into a translucent state to generate a text recognition window. The text recognition window is a window for displaying text included in the image currently being edited for text editing. In an embodiment, the text editing module may display the text displayed in the text recognition window and the original text of the webtoon in a superimposed manner. This makes it possible to compare the text displayed in the text recognition window with the original text of the webtoon and conveniently edit the text displayed in the text recognition window.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a specific configuration of a webtoTool editing server according to an embodiment.

3, the image editing module 130 may include an operation unit 131, a resizing unit 133, a cut generation unit 135, and an image editing unit 137, The recognition unit 150 may include a text area recognition unit 151, a recognition window generation unit 153, a text comparison unit 155, and a text editing unit 157.

The operation unit 131 of the image editing module 130 calculates the size of the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) and coordinates (x, y) to be extracted from the original image of the webtoon. For example, the operation unit 131 divides the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) values of the actual image into the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) values of the area selected by the user when the webtoon image is in the reduced or enlarged state (X, y) size and coordinates (x, y) to be extracted from the original image of the webtoon are computed by calculating the enlargement or reduction ratio and the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) y).

The resizing unit 133 replicates the original image of the web token in the database 110 and then resizes the image according to the size of the horizontal (x), vertical (y) and coordinates (x, y) .

The cut generation unit 135 extracts the original image of the web token from the database 110, reduces the image to a monochrome ratio at a predetermined ratio, extracts a line from the converted image of the horizontal direction of the black and white image, Cut the image to create a cut. The cut generation unit 135 extracts a horizontal direction contour line from the monochrome converted image and extracts the entire line again from the extracted black and white horizontal direction contour image to convert the black line to 0 and the white line to 1 And can calculate the positions of the characters on the original image of the WebTune based on the converted array type.

Then, the cut generation unit 135 recognizes the transformed array as a blank space if the sum is 0 after the repeated sum of the widths of the images, stores the row numbers in a separate list, and outputs the empty space row numbers stored in the list in order If the number of consecutive empty spaces exceeds 3, the previous empty space row number is added to the current row number, then divided by 2, the intermediate row number is calculated, and the division ratio is divided to calculate the position of the character on the original web image. Then, the cut generation unit 135 stores the calculated last row numbers in a separate list, calculates the horizontal, vertical, x, and y values in the same manner as the image cutting according to the last row number list value, Only Base64 encoding is performed, and cuts are generated in the right edit result area.

The image editing unit 137 edits the cut created from the original image of the webtoon. Specifically, in the embodiment, the editing standard includes a maximum width of an image, a maximum capacity of an image, a maximum number of divided images, and a file extension of an image. The size of the webtoon image file to be edited, the extension of the webtoon image file to be edited, and the size (width, height) of the webtoon image to be edited are confirmed by the image editing unit 137. (2) when the file size is larger than the specification; (3) when the image width and file size are larger than the specification;

If the width of the webtoon image is larger than the standard size, the image editing unit 137 copies the original image of the webtoon, calculates the width / height ratio according to the width size of the webtoon and stores it in the memory, Encoded in the Base64 format and generated in the right-hand edit result area.

If the file size is larger than the standard size, the image editing unit 137 calculates the number of images to be cut by adding 1 to the capacity / image maximum capacity of the webtoon image file to be edited, The image data is selectively cut according to the number of images to be cut and stored in the database 110. The image created in the database is encoded in Base64 format and created in the right-hand edit result area.

(3) When the image width and the file size are larger than the standard, the image editing unit 137 performs the same processing as (1) the case where the width of the webtoon image is larger than the standard. Specifically, if the capacity of the image stored in the date base 110 is checked again and the file capacity is larger than the standard, the file capacity is processed in the same manner as in the case where the file capacity is larger than the standard. The generated image is encoded in Base64 format and created in the right edit result area. If it meets the editorial standard, it expresses that there is no modification.

The text area recognition unit 151 of the text editing module 150 reduces the original image of the web token at a predetermined ratio, converts the original image to black and white, and recognizes the text area based on the OCR (Optical Character Reader).

The text recognition window generation unit 153 may generate a text recognition window by adjusting the saturation of the selected text area to a low level when one of the recognized text areas is selected.

The text comparing unit 155 displays the text to be edited in the generated text recognition window and displays the original text in the text area.

The text editing unit 157 compares the text displayed in the text recognition window with the original text and edits the text displayed in the text recognition window. The text editing unit 157 edits the text detail state including the font, size, line spacing, character spacing, skew, color, and effect of the text.

4A is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a display for editing a webtoon image.

4A, the enlargement / reduction ratio is obtained from the original image e (e) of the webtoon, and the image size (x, y) is calculated according to the values of the width x, y, To divide the original image into cuts (b). While performing image editing, you can also use the text edit function by clicking the edit dialog (a) icon. The dialog editing (a) function can be used to create a text recognition window (d) after the recognition of the text area (c), and edit the text directly in the text recognition window (d).

4B is a diagram illustrating an example of a text editing display according to an embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 4B, in order to edit the webtoon text, the text areas 21 and 11 are first recognized by an OCR (Optical Character Reader) or the like, and then a text recognition window 13 or 23 is created after recognition. In the text recognition windows 13 and 23, the Webtoon text being edited is displayed. In the embodiment, it is possible to edit the webtoon text to be the same as the original text while comparing the text of the webtoon text being edited with "I am worried about being a beginner" and the original text of the webtoon image is "I am frankly worried about being first. In addition, you can edit text details such as font, line spacing, color, spacing, and line spacing.

Hereinafter, the method of editing the Webtoon will be described in turn. The function (function) of the webtoon editing method according to the present invention is essentially the same as the function on the webtoTune editing server and system, and therefore, the description overlapping with those of Figs. 1 to 4B will be omitted.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a data processing process of an image editing process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S410, a series of data necessary for editing a webtoon image such as an original image of the webtoon and a webtoon specification for each site is stored in the database. In step S420, an image to be edited is extracted from the original image of the webtoon. In step S430, the extracted image is cut to generate a cut. For example, in step S430, when the sum is repeated by the width of the image in the converted array, if the sum is 0, the empty space is recognized as a blank space, and the row numbers are stored in a separate list. If the space exceeds 3 lines, the previous empty space line number and the current line number are added, then divided by 2, the middle line number is calculated, and then the reduced ratio is divided to calculate the position of the character on the original image of the WebToon. In step S430, the image included in the generated cuts is edited, and in step S450, the edited image is stored.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a data process for text editing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S510, the original image and the text file of the web token are stored in the database, and the text area is recognized in the image to be edited in step S520. Specifically, when you click edit dialog in the user interface, the original image of the webtoon to be edited in the database is searched and read. The original image file of the downloaded webtoon is reduced to a certain ratio and then converted to black and white. At this time, additional editing and editing operations are performed so that the text can be recognized according to the image state. In the embodiment, a new image is generated for each cut by recognizing the cut and cut in the same manner as " Cut by Cut ", and then stored in the database. The stored cut image is sequentially read, and the text content and area size (horizontal and vertical) and position (x, y) values are stored in the list in the cut image. Based on the saved list, create an area where you can enter text in size (width, height) and position (x, y), and then enter the text content recognized in the image. At this time, the recognized text can be spell checked according to the user's selection. The font size should be the same as the original text by adding or subtracting a constant value to the height value of the text area.

In step S530, a text recognition window is generated through selective metabolism recognition. Specifically, if an area that the user wants to recognize is designated using a user interface, the image is stored as a separate image file from the original image of the web toon using the values corresponding to the size (horizontal and vertical) and the position (x, y) Read it again. The original image file of the downloaded webtoon is reduced to a certain ratio and then converted to black and white. At this time, the image is further modified and edited so that the text is recognized according to the state. The stored cut image is sequentially read, and the text content and area size (horizontal and vertical) and position (x, y) values are stored in the list in the cut image. Based on the saved list, create an area where you can enter text in size (width, height) and position (x, y), and then enter the text content recognized in the image. At this time, the recognized text can be spell checked according to the user's selection. The font size should be the same as the original text by adding or subtracting a constant value to the height value of the text area.

In step S540, the text displayed on the text recognition window is compared with the text of the original image of the webtoon. In step S550, the text displayed on the text recognition window is edited according to the comparison result. When the text area recognized by the user interface is clicked, it is converted into a translucent state, so that the text of the original webtoon is compared with the recognized result text (overlapped) and can be edited and edited using the keyboard. The recognized text area can be selectively removed, moved, and resized. The user can create a text area by adding it to an unrecognized area. Each text area can change the size, type, color, alignment, etc. of each typeface.

In step S560, the edited text is stored. Specifically, when the user presses the save button, a text file in which the size (horizontal and vertical) of the currently recognized text, the position (x, y), text content and font information is recorded is generated and stored in the database. Extracts the background color from the area corresponding to the size (horizontal and vertical) and the position (x, y) of the text, and then overwrites the existing image text with the same color as the background color. Capture the area of the last edited text, convert it into an image, fill it into an existing area, and save it as a separate image in the database.

The webtoon editing apparatus and method as described above makes it possible to edit and store the text of the webtoon quickly and easily, by recognizing the text in the original image of the webtoon, comparing the text to be edited and the original text and enabling text editing. In addition, it enables quick editing of a number of cuts included in the original image of the webtoon, and when the edited image is stored, another editor can download the stored image and edit the webtoon image, thereby improving the editing efficiency of the webtoon.

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. It is not limited to the embodiment.

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Claims (11)

In a webtoon editing server,
A database for storing original images of Webtoons, text files and edited webtoon images, and webtoon specifications for each website;
An image editing module for extracting an image to be edited from a database storing the original image of the webtoon, cutting the extracted image, generating at least one cut, editing the generated cut, and converting the cut to a specific standard for each website;
Recognizing a text area in the original image stored in the database, and when the recognized text area is selected, converting the selected text area into a semi-transparent state to generate a text recognition window, Text is overlapped, the original image of the web token is reduced to a certain ratio, and then converted into black and white to recognize the text area based on the OCR (Optical Character Reader). When one of the recognized text areas is selected Generating a text recognition window by adjusting the saturation of the selected text area to be lower than the saturation of the recognized text area,
A text editing module displaying the text to be edited in the generated text recognition window and displaying the original text in the text area; And
The image editing module; silver
It calculates the width, height, and coordinates to be extracted from the original image of the webtoon, adjusts the image size according to the calculated width and the coordinate value, reduces it to a certain ratio and converts it to black and white,
If the sum is 0 after the repeated sum of the width of the image in the converted array, it is recognized as an empty space, the row number is stored in a separate list, and the empty space row number stored in the list is read in order, And when the number of times is exceeded, the position of the character on the original web image is calculated by adding the previous blank space line number and the current line number, then dividing by 2, dividing the middle line number and dividing the reduction ratio.
delete delete The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: the image editing module; silver
The enlargement or reduction ratio is obtained by dividing the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) values of the actual image into the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) values of the region selected by the user when the webtoon image is in the reduced or enlarged state, (X, y) to be extracted from the original image of the webtoon by calculating the enlargement or reduction ratio and the values of the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) specified in the user interface, ;
(X, y) values to be extracted from the original image of the webtoon, which is generated by the operation unit, after the original image of the web token is copied to the database, and resizing )part;
Extracts the original image of the web token from the database, and reduces the image to a black-and-white ratio at a predetermined ratio, extracts a line from the converted outline image of the black and white image, and cuts the original image of the webtoon according to the extracted line to generate a cut part; Wherein the webtoot editing server comprises:
The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising: a cut generator; The
The horizontal direction contour is extracted from the converted image in black and white, and the entire line is extracted again from the extracted horizontal and vertical directional image of the black and white. The black and the white are converted into the array form represented by 0 and 1, respectively, Wherein the position of the character on the original image of the web token is calculated based on the position of the character on the original image.
delete In a method for editing a webtoon,
(A) storing an original image of a webtoon, a text file, an edited webtoon image, and a webtoon specification for each web site in a database;
(B) extracting an image to be edited from a database in which an original image of the WebToon is stored in the image editing module, cutting the extracted image, creating at least one cut, and editing the generated cut to a stored standard;
(C) recognizing a text area in the original image stored in the database in the text editing module, and when the recognized text area is selected, converting the selected text area into a semi-transparent state to generate a text recognition window;
(D) displaying the text displayed in the text recognition window created by the text editing module and the original text of the webtoon in a superimposed manner; Including the
(B) editing the generated cut to a stored specific specification; The
The enlargement or reduction ratio is obtained by dividing the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) values of the actual image into the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) values of the region selected by the user when the webtoon image is in the reduced or enlarged state, Calculating a width (x) and a length (y) size and coordinates (x, y) to be extracted from the original image of the web toon by calculating the enlargement or reduction ratio and the values of the width (x) ;
Adjusting an image size according to a size of a horizontal (x), a vertical (y) and a coordinate (x, y) to be extracted from the original image of the WebToon, And
Extracting a webtoot original image from the database, reducing the image to a monochrome ratio, extracting a line from the converted black and white horizontal contour image, and then cutting the original image of the webtoon according to the extracted line; Including the
Generating a cut image of a webtoon original image according to the extracted line; The
The horizontal direction contour is extracted from the converted image in black and white, and the entire line is extracted again from the extracted horizontal and vertical directional image of the black and white. The black and the white are converted into the array form represented by 0 and 1, respectively, If the file size is larger than the specification, the number of images to be cut is calculated by adding 1 to the maximum image capacity of the Webtoon image file to be edited, and then the number of cuts The image is selectively cut according to the number of images to be cut from the list,
Converting the selected text area into a translucent state to generate a text recognition window; The
Reducing the original image of the web token at a predetermined ratio, converting the original image to black and white, and recognizing the text area based on the OCR (Optical Character Reader);
Generating a text recognition window by adjusting the saturation of the selected text area to be lower than the saturation of the recognized text area when one of the recognized text areas is selected;
Displaying the text to be edited in the generated text recognition window and displaying the original text in the text area; Wherein the webtoon editing method comprises:
delete delete delete 8. The method of claim 7, further comprising: generating a cut image of a webtoon original image according to the extracted line; The
If the sum is 0 after the repeated sum of the width of the image in the converted array, it is recognized as an empty space, the row number is stored in a separate list, and the empty space row number stored in the list is read in order, And calculating a position of a character on the original image of the webtoon by dividing the ratio of the reduced number after calculating the number of the intermediate line by dividing the previous blank space line number by the current line number and dividing by 2.

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