KR20090072773A - Method, system, terminal and computer-readable recording medium for providing emoticon corresponding to written image - Google Patents

Abstract

A method, a system, a terminal and a computer-readable recording medium for providing an emoticon corresponding to a written image are provided to extract an emoticon suitable for an intention of a user by only inputting a simple written image. One or more written images inputted through an image input interface(450) are received from a user terminal. One or more emoticons corresponding to one or more received written images are extracted from an emoticon database. One or more extracted emoticons are provided to the user terminal.

Description

METHOD, SYSTEM, TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING EMOTICON CORRESPONDING TO WRITTEN IMAGE}

The present invention relates to a method, a system, a terminal device, and a computer-readable recording medium for providing an emoticon corresponding to a handwritten image, and more particularly, to an emoticon corresponding to a handwritten image input by a user through an image input device. A method, system, terminal device and computer readable recording medium for extracting and providing from a database.

With the development of communication technology and the rapid spread of the Internet, users are increasingly using instant messengers, blogs, and web bulletin boards. In the past, a network environment such as the Internet mainly used in terms of information exchange has been used as a place for revealing the user's self beyond the mere information exchange.

As a result, users have increased their desire to express their intentions and emotions in a more colorful way, and in response, messenger operators and Internet portal sites have referred to various emoticons and icons (hereinafter referred to as "emoticons" for convenience). Collectively) to create digital content such as messages and cyber posts. The case of FIG. 5 is taken as an example.

FIG. 5 illustrates a user interface for inputting an emoticon into a messenger chat window, which is widely known in the art.

According to FIG. 5, when a user wants to insert an emoticon in a message, the user clicks an "emoticon" button to browse a list of emoticons and selects a desired emoticon from the message and includes the selected emoticon in the message, or a reserved word associated with the desired emoticon ( For example, "wink" or ":)" should be entered in the message input window.

The conventional emoticon input method is inconvenient that the user must check and select the emoticon himself / herself within a list of sizes that he or she desires, or inconveniently memorize the reserved word corresponding to the emoticon desired by the user. It is true.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve all the problems of the prior art as described above.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an interface that enables a user to input an emoticon more conveniently.

Still another object of the present invention is to extract an emoticon that most closely matches the intention of the user and provide the same to the user.

The characteristic structure of this invention for achieving the objective of this invention mentioned above, and realizing the characteristic effect of this invention mentioned later is as follows.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for providing an emoticon to a user terminal device having an image input device, comprising: receiving, from the user terminal device, at least one handwritten image input through the image input device, from an emoticon database And extracting at least one emoticon corresponding to the at least one received handwritten image, and providing the at least one extracted emoticon to the user terminal device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a system for providing an emoticon to a user terminal device having an image input device, comprising: an emoticon database for storing a plurality of emoticons, and at least one input from the user terminal device through the image input device; A communication unit for receiving a handwritten image, an emoticon extractor for extracting at least one emoticon corresponding to the at least one received handwritten image from the emoticon database, and the at least one extracted emoticon to the user terminal device; A system including an emoticon providing unit for providing is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for inserting an emoticon into digital content on a user terminal device having an image input device, the method comprising: obtaining at least one handwritten image input through the image input device; Extracting at least one emoticon corresponding to at least one obtained handwritten image, and inserting the at least one extracted emoticon into the digital content.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a terminal device for inserting an emoticon into digital content, comprising: an emoticon database for storing a plurality of emoticons, an image input unit, and a handwriting for obtaining at least one handwritten image input through the image input unit An image obtaining unit, an emoticon extracting unit for extracting at least one emoticon corresponding to the at least one obtained handwritten image from the emoticon database, and digital content creation for inserting the at least one extracted emoticon into digital content A terminal device including a unit is provided.

The effects of the present invention achieved due to the characteristic constitution of the present invention are as follows.

According to the present invention, the user does not have to find the desired emoticon visually from a list of emoticons including a plurality of emoticons or know a reserved word for inputting an emoticon. You can extract emoticons.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the emoticon can be extracted by reflecting the user's selection information, the accuracy of emoticon extraction can be increased.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings that show, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be embodied in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention with respect to one embodiment. In addition, it is to be understood that the location or arrangement of individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The following detailed description, therefore, is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention, if properly described, is defined only by the appended claims, along with the full range of equivalents to which such claims are entitled. Like reference numerals in the drawings refer to the same or similar functions throughout the several aspects.

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

[Preferred Embodiments of the Invention]

In the present specification, an emoticon is a generic term for a pictogram of a small size displayed on a screen of a user terminal device. The emoticon is not only used in connection with one or more functions of the computer, but is also used regardless of the function of the computer. It should be understood as a broad concept that includes everything that is used to bring a visual effect to the eye.

Configuration of the entire system

1 illustrates an emoticon corresponding to a handwritten image input through an image input unit (not shown) of the user terminal device 300 from the server 200 to the user terminal device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the whole system.

Referring to Figure 1, the entire system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the Internet 100, a server 200 for providing an emoticon, an emoticon database 250 for storing various information corresponding to the emoticon and the emoticon And a plurality of user terminal devices 300 that can connect to the Internet 100 and communicate with the server 200.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the Internet 100 is a computer communication network which can be configured without regard to its communication aspects such as wired and wireless, and is preferably a known World Wide Web (WWW). Can be.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server 200 communicates with the user terminal device 300 through the Internet 100, and provides a messenger program module (not shown) to the user terminal device 300 so that This function enables you to have a conversation (virtual conversation) with each other on a messenger. In the present embodiment, and in the following other embodiments, it is assumed that the server 200 is basically a messenger server. However, according to the technical idea of the present invention, an emoticon for inserting an emoticon into various digital contents such as an e-mail or a cyber post is provided. If it is a server, it should be noted that whatever service is provided, it is within the scope of the present invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the server 200 extracts an emoticon used when a user talks to another user through a messenger from an emoticon database 250 that can communicate with the server 200 and the user terminal device. 300 may be provided. In detail, the server 200 receives a handwriting image corresponding to the emoticon to be extracted by the user from the user terminal device 300, extracts an emoticon determined to correspond to the handwriting image, and extracts the emoticon from the user terminal device 300. To be provided.

Detailed configuration of the server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 2.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the emoticon database 250 functions to store emoticons that can be provided to the user terminal device 300 and various information associated with the emoticons. Here, examples of the information related to the emoticon may include an emoticon handwriting image which may be input in advance by the administrator of the emoticon database 250 and selection information of the users for the emoji.

Examine the handwriting images of emoticons. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user has an intention to extract an emoticon of an image similar to the handwritten image input through the image input unit of the user terminal device 300. However, most of the emoticons stored in the emoticon database 250 may have a profile that is significantly different from the handwriting image input by the user. This is because a handwriting image input by a user tends to be rough and simple due to its input limitation, whereas an actual emoticon may be composed of a fairly sophisticated and complicated image. Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in order to facilitate the matching between the handwriting image inputted by the user and the emoticon, in the emoticon database 250, the user may abbreviate the actual emoticon (ie, handwriting). The emoticon handwriting image, which is a standard handwriting image including representative patterns that can be used a lot in expression, can be associated with an emoticon.

과 같은 이미지를 입력할 수 있다. 이때에, 사용자가 원하는 이모티콘이

과 같이 상기 이미지와 유사한 프로파일을 갖는 것일 수도 있지만,

과 같이 전혀 다른 프로파일을 갖는 것일 수도 있다. 따라서, 이모티콘 데이터베이스(250)에서, 사용자가 입력한 필기 이미지와 매칭되는 것이 바람직한 상기 두 가지의 이모티콘을 모두

과 같은 이모티콘 필기 이미지에 대응시켜 저장하여 둠으로써, 보다 사용자의 의사에 부합되는 이모티콘 제공이 가능하게 된다.Let's take an example. If the user wants to be provided with a rabbit-shaped emoticon, the user

You can enter an image such as At this time, the emoticon you want

May have a profile similar to the above image,

It may have a completely different profile, for example. Therefore, in the emoticon database 250, both of the above emoticons that are preferably matched with the handwritten image input by the user.

By storing corresponding to the emoticon handwriting image, such as, it is possible to provide an emoticon more in accordance with the user's intention.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the server 200 or the emoticon database 250 further includes a history database (not shown) that stores accumulated user selection information on the emoticon selected and used by the user. It may be. In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the history database may be included in the user terminal device 300 to store only information on the user's emoticon selection of the corresponding terminal device.

In FIG. 1, the emoticon database 250 is illustrated as being separated from the server 200 to communicate with each other, but the emoticon database 250 may be included in the server 200.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal device 300 includes a function for allowing a user who wants to generate a message including an emoticon to communicate after accessing the server 200 through the Internet 100. As a digital device, it is provided with a memory means and equipped with a microprocessor, such as a personal computer (for example, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a palmtop computer, etc.), a workstation, a PDA, a web pad, a mobile phone, etc. As long as the digital device equipped with the present invention can be adopted as the user terminal device 300 according to the present invention.

The user terminal device 300 may be connected to the server 200 via the Internet 100 or may be connected to a terminal device of another user in a peer-to-peer (P2P) manner. And data with the terminal device of another user).

The user terminal device 300 may be preferably provided with a messenger program module. The messenger program module is for enabling a user to easily send and receive various digital contents such as a message. Examples of the messenger program module include Nateon ^TM messenger provided by Nate and MSN ^TM messenger provided by Microsoft Corporation. Can be. The messenger program module may be downloaded and installed from the server 200.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the messenger program module installed on the user terminal device 300 may not only include all functions provided by a known messenger program, and the user may have a conversation through a messenger. When an emoticon is input to a message to express one's intention or emotion, it may be linked with an image input unit that enables a user to easily extract an emoticon.

The image input unit of the user terminal device 300 may include various input devices. For example, instead of an input device such as a keyboard, the user may use an image input device including an input device such as a mouse, a pen mouse, an electronic pen, a digitizer, a touch pad, a touch panel, or a tablet. As a preferred example, by combining the mouse with the image input interface 450 of FIG. 4A, an image input unit may be implemented. At least a part of such an image input unit may also be downloaded and installed from the server 200 to the user terminal device 300.

Detailed configuration of the user terminal device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B.

Server configuration

Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of the server 200 will be described.

2 is a diagram illustrating in detail the internal configuration of the server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2, the server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a controller 210, a messenger program module provider 220, an emoticon provider 230, and a communicator 240. It can be seen that. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 210, the messenger program module providing unit 220, the emoticon providing unit 230, the communication unit 240 is a program in which at least some of them communicate with the user terminal device 300 May be modules. Such program modules may be included in the server 200 in the form of operating systems, application modules, and other program modules, and may be physically stored on various known storage devices. In addition, these program modules may be stored in a remote storage device that can communicate with the server 200. On the other hand, such program modules include, but are not limited to, routines, subroutines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or execute particular abstract data types, described below, in accordance with the present invention.

First, the control unit 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention performs a function of controlling the flow of data between the messenger program module providing unit 220, the emoticon providing unit 230, and the communication unit 240. That is, the controller 210 according to the present invention controls the flow of data from the outside or between each component of the server 200, thereby providing a messenger program module providing unit 220, an emoticon providing unit 230, and a communication unit 240. Control each to perform its own function.

The messenger program module providing unit 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a messenger program module that can be installed in the user terminal device 300 as a program package so that a user can easily use a messenger service. Can be performed.

The emoticon providing unit 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives and recognizes a handwriting image input by the user through the image input unit of the user terminal device 300, extracts a corresponding emoticon, and extracts the corresponding emoticon from the user terminal device ( 300) can provide a function. Emoticon providing unit 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be composed of a handwriting recognition unit 232, emoticon storage unit 234, emoticon extractor 236, matching training unit 238 and the like again.

The handwriting recognition unit 232 receives the handwriting image from the user terminal device 300, recognizes the handwriting image, and analyzes it by a known image analysis algorithm. In this regard, one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may refer to the image analysis technique disclosed in the Korean Information Science Society Vol. 34, No. 1 (C), which is a well-known technical document. have.

In addition, when the user wants to directly register an emoticon using an image drawn by the user, the emoticon storage unit 234 receives the emoticon data uploaded by the user and stores the emoticon data in the emoticon database 250. At this time, the user may upload the emoticon handwriting image which he / she created directly together with the emoticon.

The emoticon extractor 236 has a similarity to the handwritten image input by the user based on the information analyzed by the handwriting recognition unit 232 (in some cases, conceptually associated with the handwritten image input by the user). ) Extracts an emoticon of an image from the emoticon database 250 and provides the same to the user terminal device 300. Since the similarity between the user's handwriting image and the image of the actual emoticon may be considerably low in any case, in order to compensate for this, the emoticon handwriting image as described above is stored in the emoticon database 250 in association with the emoticon, and the emoticon extraction is performed. When a request for a is received, a method of measuring the similarity between the user's handwriting image and the emoticon handwriting image other than the image of the actual emoticon may be effective.

In addition, the emoticon extractor 236 may extract a plurality of emoticons with respect to one user handwritten image and recommend the same to the user terminal device 300 (of course, there may be only one recommended emoticon). The plurality of emoticons extracted / recommended in this way may be transmitted to the user terminal device 300 to be determined as one by the user's selection. In this case, in the case of the extracted emoticon, the similarity between the corresponding emoticon image and the user's handwriting image or the similarity between the emoticon handwriting image and the user's handwriting image may be greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value.

The matching training unit 238 will be described. When the emoticon is extracted / recommended by the emoticon extractor 236 and transmitted to the user terminal device 300, and the user's selection information is received, the selection information may be stored in the history database as described above. The matching training unit 238 may correspond to the user's handwriting image and the emoticon based on the user's selection information stored in the history database.

In the history database, when the user's selection information is cumulatively stored, and thus a plurality of handwritten images input by the user correspond to one emoticon, a common profile that users think about the emoticon may naturally be derived. . For example, a handwriting image input by many users who desire an emoticon in the form of a rabbit face may be profiled as an image including two inverted long U characters at the top and a circle at the bottom. Such an image may be reused as an emoticon handwriting image as described above, which may be stored in the emoticon database 250.

That is, when the matching training unit 238 repeatedly inputs the handwriting image and records the selected emoticon in response to the history database, the average and universal handwriting image input by the user to extract the corresponding emoticon (that is, the emoticon is preferable) An image that can be utilized as a handwriting image) can be derived, and based on the handwriting image, an emoticon extraction result that is more consistent with the user's intention can be provided later.

The communication unit 240 receives a writing image input by the user from the user terminal device 300, and transmits an emoticon extracted / recommended corresponding to the received writing image to the user terminal device 300. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 240 may also process transmission and reception of various signals for allowing a user to use a messenger service. That is, the communication unit 240 performs a function to enable data transmission and reception to and from the server 200.

In the above, the structure of the whole system of this invention and the structure of the server 200 were demonstrated. Hereinafter, the configuration of the user terminal device 300 when the user downloads and installs the messenger program module from the server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

Configuration of User Terminal Device

3A and 3B are detailed diagrams illustrating an internal configuration of the user terminal device 300 according to an exemplary embodiment.

First, referring to FIG. 3A, a user terminal device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a messenger interface 310 for allowing a user to use a messenger service, and for allowing a user to talk to another user. It may be configured as a dialog interface 320 to control the supporting dialog. In addition, the chat window interface 320 may further include a text input unit 330 for inputting a text message, a chat display unit 340 for displaying text input by the user and other users who are talking with the user, and when the user inputs a message. It may be configured to include an emoticon selector 350 for selecting and inputting a desired emoticon. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the messenger interface 310, the chat window interface 320, the text input unit 330, the chat display unit 340, and the emoticon selector 350 may be at least some of them from the server 200. The program module to be downloaded may communicate with the server 200. Such program modules may be installed after being downloaded to the user terminal device 300 in the form of an operating system, an application program module, and other program modules, and may be physically stored on various known storage devices. In addition, these program modules may be stored in a remote storage device that can communicate with the user terminal device 300. On the other hand, such program modules include, but are not limited to, routines, subroutines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or execute particular abstract data types, described below, in accordance with the present invention.

The messenger interface 310 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a user interface for providing and controlling a basic window for using a messenger service to a user, and is similar to a main interface included in a known messenger program module. Detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, the chat window interface 320 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

At least a part of the chat window interface 320 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be displayed on a display means such as a monitor of the user terminal device 300 when the user talks with another user. For the conversation, the chat window interface 320 may include a text input unit 330, a chat display unit 340, and an emoticon selector 350.

The text input unit 330 may be configured to include a message input window in which a user inputs a text message to transmit a message to another user. The text input unit 330 may insert an emoticon selected by the user into a message in association with an emoticon selecting unit 350 for selecting an emoticon to be described later.

The chat display unit 340 includes a chat window that displays a chat in progress between users. The emoticon input by the user may be displayed on the chat window, and another user may perform a predetermined operation on the emoticon displayed on the chat window to store the emoticon in his terminal device.

The emoticon selecting unit 350 may include a handwriting input unit 352, an emoticon display unit 354, and an emoticon adding unit 356 as shown in FIG. 3B according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The handwriting input unit 352 may input a handwriting image input in conjunction with an input device such as a mouse, a pen mouse, an electronic pen, a digitizer, a touch pad, a touch panel, a tablet, and the like, which allows a user to input an image in the form of handwriting. It stores in the image buffer (not shown), and transmits it back to the emoticon providing unit 230 of the server 200. On the other hand, before the user inputs the handwriting image through the handwriting input unit 352 to request an emoticon, the user may designate a category (eg, animal, facial expression, etc.) of the desired emoticon in the image input interface 450. You may be provided with emoticons that match your wishes.

The emoticon display unit 354 displays the emoticon that is extracted / recommended from the emoticon extracting unit 236 of the server 200 and transmitted to the user terminal device 300 so as to select a desired emoticon. In response to the selected emoticon, the text input unit 330 is transmitted. In this case, the emoticon display unit 354 may increase the data of the history database by transmitting the selected emoticon to the matching training unit 238 of the server 200 in association with the corresponding handwriting image.

The emoticon adding unit 356 stores a predetermined emoticon selected by the user in the user terminal device 300 when the user desires it. As such, the stored emoticon may be managed separately from other emoticons of the emoticon database 250.

Application Examples of the Invention

Hereinafter, a specific example in which an emoticon corresponding to a handwritten image input by a user is provided to the user will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B. 4A and 4B illustrate an example in which an emoticon corresponding to a user's handwriting image is extracted and used according to an embodiment of the present invention.

If a user wants to input a message including an emoticon while chatting with another user using a messenger, the user can use an input device such as a mouse in the handwriting input window 452 in the image input interface 450 to select a desired emoticon. You can enter the image of. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4A, the user may input an image in which the rabbit's profile is reflected in the writing input window 452.

In this case, the handwriting input unit 352 transmits the user's handwriting image to the handwriting recognition unit 232, and the handwriting recognition unit 232 analyzes the handwriting image and transmits the analyzed information to the emoticon extraction unit 236. do.

The emoticon extractor 236 receiving the analysis information extracts an emoticon similar to the analyzed image and transmits the emoticon to the emoticon selector 350. The user may select at least one of recommended emoticons displayed on the recommended emoticon display window 454 by the emoticon selector 350.

The selected emoticon may be input to the message input window 430 and displayed on the chat window 440 of the user and the other user who is the chat partner as shown in FIG. 4B according to the user's request.

Etc Example

The aforementioned emoticon providing method and system may be modified in various forms.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, at least a part of the emoticon providing unit 230 described as included in the server 200 may be included in the user terminal device 300.

More specifically, the user terminal device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a handwriting recognition unit 232, an emoticon storage unit 234, an emoticon extraction unit 236, and a matching training unit 238. And communicate with an emoticon database 250, a history database, or the like inside or outside the user terminal device 300. If necessary, the emoticon database 250 and the history database are separately present in the user terminal device 300 and the external device, respectively, and may be synchronized between data stored at both sides periodically or at the request of the user. .

Also, for example, when all of the emoticon providing system according to the present invention is included in the user terminal device 300, the history database may be based on selection information of only the corresponding user.

Embodiments according to the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of program instructions that may be executed by various computer components, and may be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the computer software field. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, etc., and magneto-optical media such as floptical disks. And hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine code, such as produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter. The hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the process according to the invention, and vice versa.

Although the present invention has been described by specific embodiments such as specific components and the like, but the embodiments and the drawings are provided to assist in a more general understanding of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations can be made from such descriptions.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the embodiments described above, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the claims below, are included in the scope of the spirit of the present invention. I will say.

1 is a schematic block diagram of an entire system for providing an emoticon corresponding to a handwritten image input through an image input unit of a user terminal device from a server to a user terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating in detail the internal configuration of the server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B are detailed views illustrating an internal configuration of a user terminal device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4A and 4B illustrate an example in which an emoticon corresponding to a user's handwriting image is extracted and used according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 illustrates a user interface for inputting an emoticon into a messenger chat window, which is widely known in the art.

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Claims (24)

A method for providing an emoticon to a user terminal device having an image input device, Receiving at least one handwritten image input through the image input unit from the user terminal device, Extracting at least one emoticon corresponding to the at least one received handwritten image from an emoticon database, and Providing the at least one extracted emoticon to the user terminal device How to include. The method of claim 1, The at least one handwriting image is an image generated by at least one of a mouse, a pen mouse, an electronic pen, a digitizer, a touch pad, a touch panel, and a tablet. The method of claim 1, The emoticon database, a plurality of emoticon handwriting images having a profile similar to the user's handwriting image is stored in advance, and in the emoticon database, each of the plurality of emoticon handwriting images correspond to at least one emoji . The method of claim 3, The emoticon extraction step, Extracting from the emoticon database at least one emoticon handwriting image similar to the at least one received handwriting image, and Extracting at least one emoticon corresponding to the at least one extracted emoticon handwriting image from the emoticon database; How to include. The method of claim 1, The emoticon extraction step, Extracting at least one candidate emoticon corresponding to the at least one received handwritten image from the emoticon database; Transmitting the at least one extracted candidate emoticon to the user terminal device, and Determining an emoticon for providing to the user terminal device according to user selection information on the at least one transmitted candidate emoticon; How to include. The method of claim 5, The determining of the emoticon comprises storing the selection information of the user in a user selection information database. The method of claim 5, The extracting of the candidate emoticon includes referring to a user selection information database storing cumulatively stored user selection information. The method of claim 7, wherein The cumulatively stored user selection information includes a handwritten image of a user stored corresponding to the at least one candidate emoticon. The method of claim 7, wherein And wherein the cumulatively stored user selection information is selection information of a user of the user terminal device. The method of claim 7, wherein The cumulatively stored user selection information may include selection information of a user other than the user of the user terminal device. A computer readable recording medium for recording a computer program for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10. A system for providing an emoticon to a user terminal device having an image input device, Emoticon database that stores a number of emoticons, A communication unit for receiving at least one handwritten image input through the image input unit from the user terminal device; An emoticon extracting unit for extracting at least one emoticon corresponding to the at least one received handwritten image from the emoticon database, and Emoticon providing unit for providing the at least one extracted emoticon to the user terminal device System comprising a. The method of claim 12, The at least one handwritten image is an image generated by at least one of a mouse, a pen mouse, an electronic pen, a digitizer, a touch pad, a touch panel, and a tablet. The method of claim 12, The emoticon database, And a plurality of emoticon handwriting images having a profile similar to a user's handwriting image, wherein each of the plurality of emoticon handwriting images corresponds to at least one emoticon. The method of claim 14, The emoticon extracting unit, Extracting at least one emoticon handwriting image similar to the at least one received handwriting image from the emoticon database, and extracting at least one emoticon corresponding to the at least one extracted emoticon handwriting image from the emoticon database system. The method of claim 12, The emoticon extracting unit, And extracting at least one candidate emoticon corresponding to the at least one received handwriting image from the emoticon database and transmitting the at least one extracted candidate emoticon to the user terminal device. The method of claim 16, And an emoticon for providing to the user terminal device according to the user's selection information on the at least one candidate candidate emoticon, and the selection information of the user is stored in a user selection information database. The method of claim 16, The emoticon extractor, the system refers to a user selection information database for storing the user's selection information stored cumulatively. The method of claim 18, The cumulatively stored user selection information includes a handwritten image of a user stored in correspondence with the at least one candidate emoticon. The method of claim 18, And the cumulatively stored user selection information is user selection information of the user terminal device. The method of claim 18, The cumulatively stored user selection information may include selection information of a user other than the user of the user terminal device. A method for inserting an emoticon into digital content on a user terminal device having an image input device, the method comprising: Obtaining at least one handwritten image input through the image inputter, Extracting at least one emoticon corresponding to the at least one obtained handwritten image from an emoticon database, and Inserting the at least one extracted emoticon into the digital content How to include. A computer readable recording medium for recording a computer program for executing the method according to claim 22. A terminal device for inserting an emoticon into digital content, Emoticon database that stores a number of emoticons, Image Input Method, A handwriting image acquisition unit for acquiring at least one handwriting image input through the image input unit; An emoticon extraction unit for extracting at least one emoticon corresponding to the at least one obtained handwritten image from the emoticon database, and Digital content creation unit for inserting the at least one extracted emoticon into digital content Terminal device comprising a.

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