KR20070019375A - Method and Device for providing information by employing code of various type - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an information providing method and apparatus using a code, and more particularly, to an information providing method and apparatus using various types of codes. According to an aspect of the present invention, in a method for providing information according to a code image received from a terminal coupled through a communication network in an integrated code processing server, (a) using a base image having a specific pattern terminal code image Receiving from; (b) recognizing the code type of the code image; (c) extracting code information from the code image using a code recognition method corresponding to the recognized code type; And (d) transmitting code related information corresponding to the code information to the terminal. Accordingly, there is an effect that the terminal can provide an information providing method and apparatus using a code capable of acquiring related information according to various types of codes without having to read the code.

Code, image, terminal

Description

Method and device for providing information by employing code of various type

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall system for providing information using a code according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A illustrates a code in accordance with one preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2b shows a generic two-dimensional code.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration according to the function of the integrated code processing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing code related information corresponding to a code image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing code related information corresponding to a code image according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates a screen according to a process of acquiring related information corresponding to a code in a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

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10: code

11: base image

13: information image

30: terminal

50: integrated code processing server

70: information mapping server

The present invention relates to an information providing method and apparatus using a code, and more particularly, to an information providing method and apparatus using various types of codes.

As a method of easily acquiring specific information, a method of acquiring corresponding information through code information embedded in a code using a code such as a barcode has been widely used.

In particular, recent mobile communication terminals such as PCS and PDA are equipped with a camera module, and as a code is recognized using a camera, a service for acquiring information corresponding to the code through the Internet is provided. That is, when the user photographs or illuminates the code with the camera of the mobile communication terminal, as the code information of the code is read and transmitted to the specific server, the user may receive related information corresponding to the code information.

Currently, the most commonly used codes are one-dimensional barcodes, but recently, not only two-dimensional barcodes, but also three-dimensional barcodes and color barcodes, and codes such as images and characters as well as bar codes are developed or used. Therefore, codes according to respective formats are used for each purpose of using the codes.

In order to accommodate these various types of codes in a mobile communication terminal, code recognition software for each code type must be installed in the terminal. In other words, the code is read using code recognition software suitable for the format of each code to read out the corresponding code information. However, the following limitations exist in installing all the code recognition software in the terminal. First, there is a problem such as memory consumption according to the installation of all code recognition software, and second, there is a problem that the corresponding code recognition software must be installed separately when developing and using a new type of code. Third, separate software is required to determine the format of the code for recognizing the code, or each code recognition software must be operated sequentially, so that an excessive process in the terminal can proceed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and provides a method and apparatus for providing information using a code capable of acquiring related information according to various types of codes without the terminal having to read the code. There is a purpose.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for providing information using a coded image obtained by imaging all types of codes into an image using a specific pattern.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an information providing method and apparatus using various types of codes that do not need to change a function of a terminal even when a new type of code is applied.

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent through the preferred embodiments described below.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the integrated code processing server in the information providing method according to the code image received from the terminal coupled through the communication network, (a) a basic image having a specific pattern Receiving a code image photographed using the terminal from the terminal; (b) recognizing a code type of the code image; (c) extracting code information from the code image using a code recognition method corresponding to the recognized code type; And (d) transmitting code related information corresponding to the code information to the terminal, and a method for providing the information using the code, and an apparatus for performing the method.

Here, at least one code analysis module corresponding to each code type may recognize the code type by analyzing each of the code images. The code type may be preset according to the shape of the base image, and the code type may be recognized as the information on the shape of the base image is received from the terminal. The code type may be recognized using the basic image shape by being imaged and received in the same or similar shape.

In addition, the step (c) is a step of requesting the retransmission of the code image to the terminal, if the code information is not extracted due to lack of data of the code image; And (c2) receiving a code image having a different pixel number or data amount from the terminal. In addition, the step (c1) may transmit information on the required data amount to the terminal. In addition, the steps (c1) and (c2) may be repeated until a code image having a pixel number or data amount of a level capable of extracting code information is received.

The method may further include transmitting the code information to an information mapping server. And receiving the detailed information from the information mapping server.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the code associated information corresponding to the code including the basic image and the information image is coupled to the integrated code processing server and the communication module, the terminal equipped with the camera module A method of providing, the method comprising: capturing the code including at least the information image by recognizing the base image having a specific pattern using the camera module, wherein the information image embeds code information. ; Transmitting a code image generated by photographing the code to the integrated code processing server; And receiving code related information corresponding to the code information from the integrated code processing server from which the code information is extracted from the code image. An information providing method using a code, an apparatus for performing the method, and a method thereof are recorded. A record carrier is provided.

Here, the code may include a margin of a predetermined space between the base image and the information image.

In addition, recognizing the shape of the base image; And transmitting the information about the recognized shape to the integrated code processing server.

The transmitting of the code image generated by capturing the code to the integrated code processing server may include generating and storing the code image for each preset pixel number or data amount; Transmitting a code image of a minimum pixel number or data amount among the code images to the integrated code processing server; And when a code image retransmission request is received from the integrated code processing server, transmitting a code image of a pixel number or data amount higher than the transmitted code image to the integrated code processing server.

In addition, the camera module may be equipped with an auto focus function to focus the code as the specific pattern of the basic image is recognized.

Hereinafter, a method and apparatus for providing information using various types of codes according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Components to which the same reference numerals are given and duplicate description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall system for providing information using a code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2a is a diagram showing a code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2b Is a diagram illustrating a general two-dimensional code.

As shown in FIG. 1, the entire system includes a code 10, a terminal 30, an integrated code processing server 50, and an information mapping server 70.

The terminal 30 of the present invention is not only a mobile communication terminal including a PCS, a PDA, a smart phone, but also an Internet such as a wireless LAN (LAN) terminal, a Bluetooth (Bluetooth) terminal, a portable Internet terminal, a portable multimedia player (PMP) This includes all possible terminals and in particular refers to a device to which the camera module can be mounted or subsequently mounted and used.

The camera module not only captures a general subject but also performs a function of capturing the code 10 according to a specific pattern so as to acquire related information using the code 10 of the present invention.

The terminal 30 may acquire information related to the code 10 by transmitting an image of the code 10 (hereinafter referred to as a “code image”) to the integrated code processing server 50 coupled through a communication network. The relevant information acquisition process will be described in detail below.

The code 10 includes not only one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional barcodes, but also color codes, image codes, and character codes. In addition, the code 10 may be embedded by specific information such as a serial number, a name of a product to which the code 10 is attached, a URL of a specific server, and may be read by a specific device such as a barcode reader.

Referring to FIG. 2A, the code 10 according to the present invention includes a base image 11 and an information image 13. The camera module of the terminal 30 recognizes the base image 11, thereby imaging the information image 13 using the recognized base image 11.

The base image 11 has a specific pattern that is distinguished from other images. Therefore, the terminal 30 may recognize the base image 11 by recognizing the pattern of the base image 11 of the code 10 using the camera module. The information image 13 incorporates substantial information of the code 10 (hereinafter "code information"). Accordingly, the terminal 30 captures the information image 13 substantially associated with the information to be acquired by recognizing the base image 11. For this purpose, the terminal 30 may recognize the base image 11. Function should be provided. In this case, the terminal 30 may capture the code 10, including the basic image 11, and may capture only the information image 13. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that this may vary depending on a predetermined standard between the integrated code processing server 50 and the terminal 30.

It is preferable that a certain distance (for example, 1/5 of the height of the information image 13) is maintained between the base image 11 and the information image 13 so that the code information of the information image 13 can be read. Typically, in order to read the code 10, a space of a predetermined space is required on the top, bottom, left, and right sides of the code 10. If lines / letters / pictures other than the code 10 are present in this margin, the code 10 becomes difficult to read. Therefore, for the accuracy of code information reading of the information image 13, it is preferable that the code 10 is set so that a certain space exists between the base image 11 and the information image 13.

Referring to FIG. 2B, a two-dimensional barcode 20 that is typically recognized by a camera module is composed of a finder pattern 21 and a data pattern 23. The data pattern 23 is embedded with code information, and the finder pattern 21 recognizes the data pattern 23 and recognizes the position and inclination of the code 10 by using the finder pattern 21. The width, height, and the like of the data pattern 23 can be recognized.

Referring again to FIG. 2A, the base image 11 of the code 10 according to the present invention performs the same function as the finder pattern 21 of FIG. 2B. That is, the terminal 30 recognizes the position and inclination of the code 10 by using the base image 11, and captures the code 10 to correspond to the width, height, and the like of the information image 13.

Here, the basic image 11 may be set in various forms as shown in FIG. 2A. As long as the basic image 11 has a pattern that can be recognized by the terminal 30 and thus can form a code image, any one of the basic images 11 can be applied. That is, the base image 11 may be set to have a pattern that is distinguished from other images and to recognize the width and height of the information image 13. The information image 13 may be a code 10 in any form, such as a barcode format, a general image, or a character. This can simplify the configuration of the terminal 30 because the terminal 30 only captures the image itself and is read out from the integrated code processing server 50 without having to separately read the information image 13.

In addition, the base image may include data for error correction of the information image. The basic image 11 includes error correction data so that the error of the information image 13 can be corrected by a check sum or a separate algorithm, which is usually included in the finder pattern 21. The description will be omitted. However, the base image 11 preferably includes integrated error correction data to be applicable to all codes of various formats. Of course, it may be natural to include error correction data corresponding to each code format. In addition, the error correction data included in the base image 11 may be recognized by the terminal 10 and used to correct an image according to code image capturing. An integrated code that receives a code image including the base image 11 may be used. It may be recognized by the processing server 50 and used to extract code information.

Also, according to the shape of the base image 11 having the same pattern (for example, a constant thickness and a predetermined dotted line), the code type may be set in advance. For example, a code type may be set according to the shape of the base image 11 such as a one-dimensional barcode if the base image 11 is a rectangle, a two-dimensional barcode if a circle, a color barcode if a rhombus, and a character if an ellipse.

That is, the terminal 30 recognizes the shape of the base image 11 after recognizing the pattern of the base image 11 and transmits information according to the shape (shape information or code type information according thereto, hereinafter, shape information, The integrated code processing server 50 transmits the code type to the integrated code processing server 50 together with the code image. Therefore, the integrated code processing server 50 can recognize the code type through the information according to the shape of the base image 11 together with the code image, so that the load for determining the code type can be reduced. In an embodiment of the method of recognizing the shape of the basic image 11, the angle at which the line is bent is preset for each shape, thereby recognizing the shape as the angle is recognized. In addition, other methods for recognizing the shape of the basic image 11 having the same pattern may be applied in the same manner.

In another embodiment, the terminal 30 recognizes the base image 11 to capture only the inside of the base image 11 with or without the base image 11, and the captured shape (that is, the base image). The code type may be determined as the integrated code processing server 50 recognizes the shape of the code image captured according to the shape of the image 11. For example, when the base image 11 is circular, only the inside of the base image 11 is picked up, so the circular code image is picked up. Recognizing that the integrated code processing server 50 that has received the circular shape can recognize the preset code type. Here, it is preferable that the code image includes the base image so that the integrated code processing server 50 can more easily recognize the shape of the base image 11.

The integrated code processing server 50 analyzes a code image received from the terminal 30 and extracts code information. In order to extract the code information, the integrated code processing server 50 must first determine the code type of the code image received from the terminal 30. Each code type may have a different method of embedding code information or a method of extracting code information. Therefore, the integrated code processing server 50 first recognizes the code type of the code image (for example, the type according to a barcode, a character, an image, etc.) and applies a code recognition method suitable for the recognized code type, thereby making it possible to code the code in the code image. Information can be extracted.

In addition, the integrated code processing server 50 provides the terminal 30 with related information corresponding to the extracted code information. The relevant information may be received from the information mapping server 70. That is, by transmitting the code information to the information mapping server 70, the related information according to the code information is received from the information mapping server 70 and provided to the terminal 30. In another embodiment, the information mapping server 70 is directly related to the terminal 30 by transmitting code information and terminal 30 information (eg, IP address or telephone number) to the information mapping server 70. You can also provide information.

The information mapping server 70 searches for information (hereinafter referred to as "code related information") corresponding to code information received from the integrated code processing server 50 and provides a function to the terminal 30. The information mapping server 70 extracts the relevant code related information from a database managed by itself, or an external search database (for example, a search portal server such as naver.com and yahoo.co.kr). The code can be obtained from. For example, if the code represents a specific song in image format, and the code information obtained by the integrated code processing server 50 reads it is a string of song titles, the information mapping server 70 may be a string (i.e., a song title). ) Can be provided to the terminal 30 by receiving information (for example, an MP3 file, a song related article, etc.) corresponding to the information from an external search database.

As described above, the code related information may be provided to the terminal 30 through the integrated code processing server 50.

3 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 3, the terminal 30 includes a camera module 31, a memory 33, a transmission / reception module 35, and a control module 37.

The camera module 31 performs a function of imaging the code 10. Typically, the camera module 31 converts light incident through the lens into an image. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the camera module 31 generates an image of digital data like a digital camera. . Thus, the camera module captures the code 10 to generate a digital code image. In addition, the camera module 31 may photograph the entire code 10 including the basic image 11 as described above, but may also photograph only the information image 13 in the code 10.

In addition, the camera module 31 is preferably equipped with an auto focus function so as to capture a clearer code image. When the base image 11 is recognized, the code automatically focuses to capture the inside of the base image 11 including the base image 11 or excluding the base image 11.

The picked-up code image is preferably stored for each of a plurality of pixel bands or data amounts. For example, if the camera module 31 is 3 million pixels, the captured code image is stored for each pixel such as 100,000 pixels, 300,000 pixels, 1 million pixels, 2 million pixels, and 3 million pixels. Alternatively, it stores data by 30K, 50K, 100K, etc. Of course, the amount of data is naturally determined according to the pixel. This is for minimizing the amount of data transmitted when the code image is transmitted to the integrated code processing server 50. The integrated code processing server 50 is configured to transmit only the pixel information enough to extract code information from the code image. will be.

The memory 33 performs a function of storing a code image. As described above, each code image corresponding to a preset pixel or data amount is stored. In addition, the memory 33 preferably stores data necessary for each component of the terminal 30 to operate, in particular, in order for the control module 37 to recognize the base image 11. Pattern information about a specific pattern may be stored.

The transmission / reception module 35 transmits a code image to the integrated code processing server 50 or receives a code related information from the integrated code processing server 50 or the information mapping server 70. In addition, it is natural that transmission and reception according to separate data from the integrated code processing server 50 and the information mapping server 70 may be performed.

The control module 37 performs a function of controlling the operations of the above-described components, and in particular, the base image 11 using the pattern information stored in advance in the memory 33 in the image photographed through the camera module 31. It performs the function of recognizing it. That is, by recognizing a specific pattern of the base image 11 using the pattern information, the base image 11 is recognized, and when the base image 11 is recognized, the camera module 31 can capture the code 10. It transmits a control signal to the camera module 31 so as to. In addition, the control module may recognize the shape of the base image 11.

In addition, when the control module 37 receives the code image retransmission request from the integrated code processing server 50, the control module 37 stores the code corresponding to the preset pixel or data amount for transmitting the code image back to the integrated code processing server 50. Extract the code image of the next step from the image.

Here, the terminal 30 may further include a display module (not shown) for displaying the captured code image. In addition, the terminal 30 displays the code related information acquired using the display module to the user.

4 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration according to a function of an integrated code processing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 4, the integrated code processing server 50 includes a transceiver 51, a code analyzer 53, a storage 55, and a controller 57.

The transceiver 51 performs a data transmission / reception function with the terminal 30 and the information mapping server 70. That is, a code related information request message including a code image is received from the terminal 30 or a code related information is provided to the terminal 30. In addition, it transmits the code information to the information mapping server 70, or receives the code-related information corresponding to the code information from the information mapping server 70.

The code analyzer 53 analyzes the code image and extracts code information. Since the method of extracting code information for each code type may be different, the code analyzer 53 includes at least one code analysis module corresponding to each code type. Therefore, the code analyzer 53 determines the code type of the code image received from the terminal 30 through each code analysis module, and extracts code information by using a code analysis module corresponding to the determined code type. Here, as described above, the code type is set in advance so as to correspond to the shape of the base image 11, and shape information on the shape of the base image 11 received together with the code image from the terminal (the terminal 30 as described above). ) Can recognize the code type through the shape of the recognized base image 11 to transmit the code type information), thereby determining the code type of the corresponding code image. In addition, the code type may be recognized according to the shape of the received code image itself.

The storage unit 55 temporarily stores a code image and information (for example, an IP address or a phone number) of the terminal 30. In addition, the storage unit 55 may store data for operating each component of the integrated code processing server 50.

The control unit 57 performs a function of controlling the operation of each component of the integrated code processing server 50, and in particular, the code analysis unit 53 codes the code from the code image to request retransmission of the code image to the terminal 30. Determine whether to extract information. In addition, each component is controlled so that code related information corresponding to code information extracted from the code image can be acquired in association with the information mapping server 70.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing code related information corresponding to a code image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 5, in step S500, the terminal 30 uses the camera module 31 to illuminate the code 10 to include the information image 13 as the base image 11 of the code 10 is recognized. The code 10 is imaged. In this case, the terminal may recognize the shape of the base image 11. In addition, the terminal 30 may store the code image of the captured code 10 by preset pixel bands (or data amounts). An example thereof will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings below.

In operation S510, the terminal 30 requests code related information by transmitting the code image to the integrated code processing server 50. The terminal 30 may automatically transmit the code image to the integrated code processing server 50 when the code image is captured using the URL of the integrated code processing server 50 stored in advance. Alternatively, when a gateway of a communication network (not shown) receives a code-related information request message including a code image from the terminal 30, the gateway 30 recognizes that the service is provided by the integrated code processing server 50 and then transfers it to the integrated code processing server 50. Sends information message requesting code. Alternatively, when the code 10 is captured by the terminal 30, the code image is displayed, and when the user presses the Internet connection button after confirmation, the code 10 may be transmitted to the integrated code processing server 50.

In step S520, the integrated code processing server 50 analyzes the received code image to recognize the code type. The integrated code processing server 50 recognizes code types by sequentially analyzing code images of each code analysis module corresponding to each code type. In addition, the code analysis module analyzes the code image at regular intervals, and recognizes the code type of the code image through the code analysis module with the most accurate analysis result. In addition, as described above, the code type is set differently according to the shape of the base image 11, and the code type may be recognized using the code type.

In step S530, the integrated code processing server 50 extracts code information from the code image by using a code analysis module corresponding to the recognized code type, and transmits the code information extracted in step S550 to the information mapping server 70. Request code related information corresponding to code information.

In step S540, the information mapping server 70 extracts code related information corresponding to the code information from a database provided therein or a database of another search server and transmits the code related information to the terminal 30 in step S500. Of course, the transmission of code related information may be provided via the integrated code processing server 50.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing code related information corresponding to a code image according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, in step S600, the terminal 30 illuminates the code 10 using the camera module 31 to recognize a specific pattern of the basic image 11 of the code 10. Image the code 10 to include the &lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt; In addition, the terminal 30 recognizes the shape of the base image 11.

In operation S610, the terminal 30 stores the code image of the captured code 10 by preset pixel bands (or data amounts). For example, when the terminal 30 supports 1 million pixels, the terminal 30 temporarily stores each code image as 300,000 pixels, 500,000 pixels, 700,000 pixels, and 1 million pixels.

In operation S620, the terminal 30 transmits shape information regarding the shape of the base image 11 and the code image of the minimum pixel (300,000 pixels) to the integrated code processing server 50.

In step S630, the integrated code processing server 50 recognizes the code type of the received code image through the received shape information. That is, each code type is preset according to each shape of the basic image 11, and information about the code type is stored so that the code type according to the received shape information can be recognized.

 In step S640, the integrated code processing server 50 extracts code information of a code image. That is, code information is extracted using a code recognition module corresponding to a code type. Here, if the code image is not a pixel enough to extract the code information, request for retransmission of the code image to the terminal 30 in step S650. In step S660, the terminal 30 extracts the code image of the next pixel (500,000 pixels) (that is, the pixel one level higher than the previously transmitted code image) from among the code images stored according to each pixel, and in step S670, the integrated code processing server. Transfer to 50. Here, steps S650 to S670 may be repeated until the integrated code processing server 50 can extract the code information. That is, a request for retransmission of the code image until a code image having a pixel enough to extract code information from the terminal 30 is received. In addition, if the terminal 30 receives a retransmission request from the integrated code processing server 50 even when all the code images of each pixel are transmitted, the terminal 30 notifies the user of the information about the retransmission, thereby re-imaging the code 10. To do this.

In another embodiment, after determining the amount of data enough to extract code information from the code image, the integrated code processing server 50 transmits the information about the required data amount to the terminal 30. Therefore, the integrated code processing server 50 may extract code information as the code image corresponding to the required data amount is received from the terminal 30.

When the code information is extracted, the integrated code processing server 50 obtains code related information through the information mapping server 70 in step S680 and provides the terminal 30 in step S690.

Although not shown in the drawing, when the terminal 30 receives the code related information, it is preferable to delete the corresponding code image stored in the memory 33. Alternatively, only the code image of the remaining pixels may be deleted except the code image last transmitted to the integrated code processing server 50.

7 is a diagram illustrating a screen according to a process of acquiring relevant information corresponding to a code in a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, as the user illuminates the code 10 using the camera module 31 of the terminal 30 in step S710, the code 10 is displayed on the screen. As the terminal 30 recognizes the basic image 11 of the code 10 in step S730, the corresponding code 10 is captured to attempt a network connection to transmit the code image to the integrated code processing server 50. . Here, the terminal 30 may output the captured code image on the screen before transmitting the code image to the integrated code processing server 50. Therefore, after checking the photographed code image, the user may press a predetermined specific key (for example, an Internet access key) of the terminal 30 to transmit the code image to the integrated code processing server 50.

In operation S750, for example, as shown in the figure, a specific web page is received and output as code related information corresponding to a code image. Therefore, the user can acquire information corresponding to the code 10 by illuminating the code 10 with the camera of the terminal 30 (or pressing a specific key after checking the captured code).

The method of the present invention as described above may be implemented in a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.).

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many variations are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an effect of providing an information providing method and apparatus using a code capable of acquiring related information according to various types of codes without the terminal having to read the code.

In addition, there is an effect of providing an information providing method and apparatus using the captured code image by imaging the code of all formats into an image using a specific pattern.

In addition, since the terminal recognizes only the basic image, there is an effect of providing an information providing method and apparatus using various types of codes that do not need to change the function of the terminal even when a new type of code is added.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art that various modifications of the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below And can be changed.

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In the integrated code processing server, the information providing method according to the code image received from the terminal coupled through the communication network, (a) receiving a code image captured from the terminal by using a base image having a specific pattern; (b) recognizing a code type of the code image; (c) extracting code information from the code image using a code recognition method corresponding to the recognized code type; And (d) transmitting code related information corresponding to the code information to the terminal; Information providing method using a code comprising a. The method of claim 1, At least one code analysis module corresponding to each code type analyzes the code image to recognize the code type. The method of claim 1, The code type is preset according to the shape of the basic image, and receiving information on the shape of the basic image from the terminal, and using the code to recognize the code type. The method of claim 1, A code type is preset according to the shape of the base image, and the code image is captured by the same or similar shape as that of the base image, thereby receiving a code for recognizing the code type using the shape of the base image. Information provision method used. The method of claim 1, Step (c) if the code information is not extracted due to lack of data of the code image, (c1) requesting retransmission of a code image to the terminal; And (c2) receiving a code image having a different pixel number or data amount from the terminal Information providing method using a code comprising a. The method of claim 5, The step (c1) is an information providing method using a code for transmitting information on the required data amount to the terminal. The method of claim 5, A method of providing information using a code which repeats the steps (c1) and (c2) until a code image having a pixel number or data amount of a level capable of extracting code information is received. The method of claim 1, Transmitting the code information to an information mapping server; And And receiving the detailed information from the information mapping server. A method for providing code related information corresponding to a code including a basic image and an information image in a terminal coupled with an integrated code processing server through a communication network and equipped with a camera module, Imaging the code including at least the information image as the base image having a specific pattern is recognized using the camera module, wherein the information image embeds code information; Transmitting a code image generated by photographing the code to the integrated code processing server; And Receiving code related information corresponding to the code information from the integrated code processing server from which code information is extracted from the code image; Information providing method using a code comprising a. The method of claim 9, The code is an information providing method using a code including a margin of a predetermined space between the base image and the information image. The method of claim 9, Recognizing a shape of the base image; And Transmitting the information on the recognized shape to the integrated code processing server. Information providing method using a code further comprising. The method of claim 9, The step of transmitting the code image generated by the image of the code to the integrated code processing server, Generating and storing the code image for each preset pixel number or data amount; Transmitting a code image of a minimum pixel number or data amount among the code images to the integrated code processing server; And And when a code image retransmission request is received from the integrated code processing server, transmitting a code image of a pixel number or data amount higher than the transmitted code image to the integrated code processing server. An apparatus for providing related information corresponding to a code image received from a terminal through a communication network, A transceiver for receiving a code image photographed using a base image having a specific pattern from the terminal; A storage unit for storing the code image and information of the terminal; A code analysis unit for recognizing a code type by analyzing the code image and extracting code information from the code image using a code recognition module corresponding to the recognized code type; And A control unit controlling the transmitter to transmit code related information corresponding to the code information to the terminal Integrated code processing server comprising a. The method of claim 13, The code analysis unit comprises at least one code analysis module corresponding to each code type. The method of claim 13, The controller determines whether the code analysis module has extracted the code information, and if the code information is not extracted, requesting the code image retransmission to the terminal. A terminal coupled to an integrated code processing server through a communication network and providing code related information corresponding to a code including a basic image and an information image, Camera module; Memory; A control module for controlling the camera module to capture the code as the specific pattern of the basic image is recognized using the pattern information previously stored in the memory in the image photographed by the camera module; And Transmitting and receiving module for transmitting the captured image generated code image to the integrated code processing server, or receives code-related information corresponding to the code information in the code image from the integrated code processing server ?? Extracting the code information by analyzing the code image; Terminal comprising a. The method of claim 16, The camera module is equipped with an auto focus function, and focuses on the code in accordance with the recognition of a specific pattern of the base image. The method of claim 16, The memory terminal stores each code image corresponding to a preset pixel band or data amount. The method of claim 16, And a display module configured to display the code image or the code related information. In order to provide code related information corresponding to a code including a basic image and an information image, it is tangibly embodied for execution in a terminal equipped with a camera module and coupled through an integrated code processing server and a communication network, by the terminal In the recording medium recording a program that can be read, Capturing at least one of the information images according to the recognition of the base image having a specific pattern by using the camera module, wherein code information is embedded in the information image;  Transmitting the photographed and generated code image to the integrated code processing server; And Receiving code related information corresponding to the code information from the integrated code processing server from which code information is extracted from the code image; Recording medium recording a program comprising a.

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