KR20040015853A - The method of transmitting image integrated with characters using wireless internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A text-combined image transmission service method using a wireless Internet is provided to send a text and an image together and to read them together. CONSTITUTION: A user accesses a wireless site and selects a desired image from the database of the web site. In order to attach a text to the selected image, the user inputs a desired text using his/her mobile phone according to the guidance of the web site. Then the user inputs text attributes, such as the color and size of the inputted text, a font type, the location of the text on the image, etc. The web server of the web site combines the selected image with the text, based on the selected and inputted data. If the user inputs a receiver's information, selects a sending menu, and transmits the text-combined image, the receiver reads the transmitted text-combined image.

Description

Character synthesis image transmission service method using wireless internet {THE METHOD OF TRANSMITTING IMAGE INTEGRATED WITH CHARACTERS USING WIRELESS INTERNET}

The present invention relates to an image service method using the wireless Internet, and more particularly, to a method of transmitting a synthesized image.

Conventionally, a service for transmitting images and texts using the wireless Internet has been provided. Such a service uses a character or card form as an image, and SMS (Short Message Service) as a character.

The image and text transmission service wirelessly accesses the site, selects a desired image according to a menu provided by the website, inputs a desired character, and inputs recipient information such as a phone number of a terminal to be transmitted. To transmit.

The intended recipient will receive a message with text or image attachments, just like an existing e-mail.

In the conventional service as described above, characters are transmitted as characters, images are transmitted as images, and characters are displayed as characters on the receiver side and images are displayed as images.

Therefore, even if you want to write text on images such as birthday cards or Christmas cards, it was impossible. In addition, even in the case of a character, it was impossible to send a character as well as the image of the character.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above problems, and to provide a method of sending a text and an image together and reading the same together.

1 is a flowchart showing the flow of one embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention uses a wireless terminal to access a website on the Internet, select a desired image from a database provided by the website, and input a text message to be sent with the image. Combining with the selected image, and inputs the transfer destination of the synthesized image to transmit the image.

In addition, input of a character also inputs the font, size, color, and position value of an image.

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Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a flowchart showing one embodiment according to the present invention. 1 will be described.

A user of a mobile phone (terminal) equipped with a wireless internet first connects to a wireless site. This connection process is a technique known in the art and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

A user who accesses a wireless site selects a desired image from a website database according to a menu or a guide provided by the website.

A user who wants to send a text message to the selected image, enters a text message using a mobile phone according to the instructions of the website.

In addition, the attribute of the character such as the input color, size, font type, and position of the character on the image is input.

The server of the website synthesizes the image and the text based on the selected image, the entered text and the attributes thereof. In other words, it converts the input characters into images according to the specified attributes and synthesizes them with the selected images.

On the other hand, the user inputs the information of the receiver to receive the image, etc. in succession to the input of the text, and then select the transfer menu to transmit the image.

The receiver can display and read the composite image transmitted on the terminal (mobile phone).

Here, the synthesis of the characters into the image will be described in detail. The composition of text and image is basically the process of composing a text and composing it with a background image. In order to image a character, a mapping process between a graphic font such as a TrueType font and an input character code is required.

A font is a collection of various types of fonts such as Myeongjo, Gothic, and Cursive, and is a representative product made using computer graphics technology.In the early days, bitmap fonts were developed and used, but most of them are vector fonts. Is being used.

In bitmap fonts, when the text is enlarged, the outline is not clear, and it is difficult to change the size or change the shape of the text.

Since vector fonts have outline outline information of the fonts, it is possible to change the shape of the letters or adjust the size of them, and to enlarge them without breaking the letters. However, there is a disadvantage in that the amount of information is larger than that of the bitmap type font.

Vector fonts are created using the technology of vector graphics. Instead of simply forming a set of letters into various shapes, they are represented with coordinate values along with instructions such as lines, circles, and arcs. This makes it easy to make the text larger or smaller, to adjust the horizontal to vertical ratio of the text, or to give the original text a shadow shape. And furthermore, it is possible to lay the letters right or left.

Vector fonts include outline fonts and structured fonts. Contour fonts represent the outline of a character as a straight line or curve, and the character is represented by a control point capable of generating the straight line or curve. When outputting text, the coordinates of the control point are calculated according to the user's desired text size, and the outline of the text is formed by drawing a straight line or curve according to the calculated coordinate value. Then fill the inside of the outline with dots to complete the text.

Structured fonts do not remember the specific shape of the character, like bitmaps or outline fonts, but only the characteristics of the character. In other words, remember how thick the horizontal and vertical strokes are, and what the beginning and end of the strokes are. These memorized characteristics of the characters are used to calculate the outline of the characters from the actual use and convert them into bitmaps to represent the characters. The biggest advantage of structured fonts is that one font can represent different shapes of text. For example, in the case of Hangeul Myungjo, bitmap or outline font should have both Shinmyungjo and Nongmjojo fonts, but structural fonts can produce everything from thin to thick with just one font.

The process of compositing text and images is as follows.

A first step of constructing a character map from a true type font file stored in a file format, a second step of specifying a character pixel size for a font, and a third step of converting a Hangul code of a character input by a user to Unicode A fourth step of obtaining font information from a character map composed of the corresponding font from the converted Unicode value, a fifth step of converting font information into a bitmap image, and calculating a position on the background image to be synthesized Step 6 is a seventh step of obtaining pixel information of the background image in which the character is to be placed; and an eighth step of changing the corresponding pixel to the pixel value of the character bitmap image. Repeat step 8 until

A process of selecting and transmitting the synthesized image and text using the terminal (mobile phone) as described above will be described along the screen of the website. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing screens in each state of one embodiment according to the present invention.

A user connects to a wireless site through a wireless internet using a terminal (mobile phone). For example, select <Photo Messenger>, an image transfer service, on the main screen of the website. Then, a screen similar to the upper leftmost part of FIG. 2 appears. Select <Character Square> from the menu of <Photo Messenger>, for example. Then, the screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed. For example, select <2.Popular Best>. Then, the screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed. Here again select <1. Cheer up> for example. You will see a screen like the fourth. If this character is what you want, press Select to finish selecting the character.

You will then be prompted to enter a message. If the user wants to send a text message simultaneously with the image, the user inputs the desired message in text form. For example, type <Strengthen ... Fighting.> Then, a screen to select a font (bottom leftmost of Fig. 2) appears. The user selects one of the fonts on the screen. For example, select <1. Then, a screen for selecting the text color (lower second in FIG. 2) appears. The user selects <1. Black>, for example. Then, a screen for selecting the position of the letter (bottom 3 of FIG. 2) appears. The user selects <4.bottom left>, for example.

Then, the image synthesized based on the screen, the text, and the properties of the text so far selected is displayed on the screen. If the image on the screen is what you want, press Select to proceed. If you do not like the image and want to change the image or text, press the upper step again to select and input the desired image and text.

On the other hand, when the displayed composite image is selected, the same screen as the rightmost screen in FIG. 2 appears. Then, the user selects, for example, <1. Save as terminal> to receive and store the image to his terminal. On the other hand, if <2. Send a letter> is selected, a telephone number or the like is input according to a screen requesting a telephone number of a transmitting terminal. If you select Send, the composite image is sent to the terminal of the designated phone number.

On the other hand, the composite image received by the terminal of the designated phone number is displayed on the terminal to be able to read the text with the image.

In addition, when the sender inputs the number of his terminal, the synthesized image can be received and stored in his terminal.

The present invention is convenient because it is possible to represent the sender's intention as an image and a text by combining the text and the image to send a single file due to the configuration as described above.

In addition, by sending a text and an image together, the impact on the receiver becomes stronger and a lot of satisfaction is obtained.

In addition, when the synthesized image is received at the terminal of the user, the synthesized image can be stored in the terminal of the user and can be used whenever necessary.

Claims (2)

Use your wireless terminal to access websites on the Internet, Select the desired image from the database provided by the website, Enter the text message you want to send with the image, and combine the text with the selected image, Inputting a destination of the synthesized image to transmit the image; Character synthesis image transmission service method using the wireless Internet, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, Character input image transmission service method using the wireless Internet, characterized in that the input of the character, the font, size, color, the position value in the image.