WO2016078454A1

WO2016078454A1 - Method and apparatus for realizing dynamic head portrait

Info

Publication number: WO2016078454A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/087563
Authority: WO
Inventors: 宋秀娟
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-11-19
Filing date: 2015-08-19
Publication date: 2016-05-26
Also published as: CN105635232A

Abstract

A method and apparatus for realizing a dynamic head portrait. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a head portrait resource, obtaining a time-varying static image sequence of a head portrait content according to the acquired head portrait resource, and establishing a directory name of the static image sequence; binding the directory name of the static image sequence with account number information about an application expecting to dynamically display a head portrait; when the head portrait of a certain account number needs to be displayed, judging whether the account number information has been bound with the directory name of the static image sequence; and if it is judged that the account number information has been bound with the directory name of the static image sequence, displaying the static image sequence frame by frame. The technical solution can present a head portrait in an animation form, is flexible in deployment, and is applicable to head portrait information about a network account number and a local account number, thereby improving user experience.

Description

Method and device for realizing dynamic avatar

Technical field

This paper relates to the technical field of dynamic avatar implementation, and in particular to a method and device for implementing dynamic avatar.

Background technique

Software products such as web forums, network address books, and local address books (contacts) all involve account information. Currently, the avatars in the account information are static images. If you can present your avatar in the form of a moving image or animation, this fun will greatly enhance the user experience and enhance the competitiveness of these products. The avatar is presented in an animated form. Currently, only one patented technical solution (publication number 303N101599017) is as follows: [1] The communication user terminal transmits the video file or image sequence and corresponding processing parameters to a specific server, [2] receiving by the server pair The resulting video file or sequence of images and processing the received video file or sequence of images in accordance with the received processing parameters to generate a dynamic avatar. The shortcomings of this solution are: only applicable to the animated avatar of the account under the network structure of the client/server, unable to display the dynamic avatar of the local address book or the contact; when uploading the avatar from a client, to other customers The moment of the avatar is called the avatar synchronization time, because the dynamic avatar is completely produced on the server side, and the concurrent client is used for a long time, which causes a heavy burden on the server, and the time for synchronizing the avatar information increases.

Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for implementing a dynamic avatar, which solves the problem of causing a heavy burden on a server when there are many concurrent clients in the related art, and the method and the device also solve the problem only at the client end. The network structure of the server can support the problem of dynamic avatars.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the following technical solutions are adopted:

A method for implementing a dynamic avatar includes the following steps:

Obtain an avatar resource, and generate a static image sequence that changes with time according to the acquired avatar resource Columns, and create a directory name for the sequence of still images;

Binding the directory name of the static image sequence to the account information of the application for which the avatar is dynamically displayed;

When it is required to display an avatar of an application account, determine whether the account information of the account and the directory name of the static image sequence are bound;

If it is determined that the account information is already bound to the directory name of the still image sequence, the still image sequence is displayed frame by frame.

Optionally, the step of generating a static image sequence that changes with time according to the acquired avatar resource includes:

Generating a plurality of still images in a unified format by parsing the acquired avatar resources;

Sorting the plurality of the still images in order of display time, and obtaining a sequence of still images that change with time.

Optionally, the step of binding the directory name of the static image sequence with the account information of an application that is required to dynamically display the avatar includes:

Adding avatar information in a database of account information of an application for which avatar dynamic display is desired;

The directory name of the static image sequence is bound to the added avatar information, and the directory name of the static image sequence is saved in the avatar information.

Optionally, if the account information is determined to be bound to the directory name of the static image sequence, the step of displaying the static image sequence frame by frame includes:

Searching for avatar information in the account information according to the account information;

Obtaining a directory name of the static image sequence according to the avatar information found;

The obtained still image sequence in the static image sequence directory name is displayed frame by frame.

Optionally, the step of acquiring an avatar resource includes:

Obtain the avatar resource in any of the following ways:

Obtaining the avatar resource from a video file;

Obtaining the avatar resource from the animation file;

The avatar resource is obtained from a sequence of still pictures.

A device for implementing a dynamic avatar includes: establishing a directory name module, a binding module, a display control module, and a display module, wherein:

The establishing a directory name module is configured to: obtain an avatar resource, generate a static image sequence that changes with time according to the acquired avatar resource, and establish a directory name of the static image sequence;

The binding module is configured to: bind a directory name of the static image sequence with account information of an application that is required to dynamically display an avatar;

The display control module is configured to: control display and disappearance time of an avatar of an account of the application, and determine whether the account information of the account and the directory name of the static avatar sequence are bound;

The display module is configured to display the static image sequence frame by frame when it is determined that the account information is bound to the directory name of the static image sequence.

Optionally, the establishing a directory name module includes a generating unit and an acquiring unit, where:

The generating unit is configured to: generate a plurality of static images in a unified format by performing parsing processing on the acquired avatar resources;

The acquiring unit is configured to: sort the plurality of the static images in order of display time, and obtain a sequence of still images that change with time.

Optionally, the binding module includes an adding unit and a saving unit, where:

The adding unit is configured to: add avatar information in a database of account information of an application for which dynamic display of the avatar is desired;

The saving unit is configured to: bind the directory name of the static image sequence to the added avatar information, and save the directory name of the static image sequence in the avatar information.

Optionally, the display module includes a search unit, a directory name unit, and a display unit, where:

The searching unit is configured to: search for avatar information in the account information according to the account information;

The obtaining directory name unit is configured to: obtain the static according to the found avatar information The directory name of the image sequence;

The display unit is configured to display the sequence of still images in the acquired still image sequence directory name frame by frame.

Optionally, the establishing directory name module is configured to obtain the avatar resource according to any one of the following manners:

Obtaining the avatar resource from a video file;

Obtaining the avatar resource from the animation file;

The avatar resource is obtained from a sequence of still pictures.

A computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform any of the above-described methods of implementing dynamic avatars.

A carrier carrying the computer program as described.

Compared with the related art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:

The technical solution of the present invention can present an avatar in an animated form, and is flexible to deploy, and is applicable to both the network account and the avatar information of the local account, thereby improving the user experience.

BRIEF abstract

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a dynamic avatar according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for implementing a dynamic avatar according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of an application example of an apparatus for implementing a dynamic avatar according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a dynamic avatar according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a first schematic diagram of implementing a dynamic avatar of a local address book according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a second schematic diagram of a dynamic avatar implementation of a local address book according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 7 is a first schematic diagram of implementing a dynamic avatar of a web forum client according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a second schematic diagram of implementing a dynamic avatar of a web forum client according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a dynamic avatar according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes the following steps:

Step S101: Acquire an avatar resource, obtain a static image sequence that changes with time according to the acquired avatar resource, and establish a directory name of the static image sequence;

Step S102: Binding a directory name of the static image sequence with account information of an application that is required to dynamically display an avatar;

Step S103: When it is required to display an avatar of an account, determine whether the account information and the directory name of the static image sequence are bound;

Step S104: If it is determined that the account information is bound to the directory name of the static image sequence, the static image sequence is displayed frame by frame.

Optionally, the sequence of the static image whose content changes with time according to the obtained avatar resource according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: parsing the acquired avatar resource to generate multiple static images in a unified format; The plurality of still images are sorted in order of display time, and a sequence of still images whose contents change with time is obtained.

Optionally, the binding the directory name of the static image sequence to the account information that is required to dynamically display the avatar includes: adding avatar information in a database of account information that is desired to dynamically display the avatar; and the static image The directory name of the sequence is bound to the added avatar information, so that the directory name of the static image sequence is saved in the avatar information.

Optionally, if the account information is determined to be bound to the directory name of the static image sequence, displaying the static image sequence frame by frame includes: searching for the account information according to the account information. The avatar information is obtained, and the directory name of the static image sequence is obtained according to the avatar information found; and the static image sequence in the obtained static image sequence directory name is displayed frame by frame.

Optionally, the acquiring the avatar resource includes: obtaining the avatar resource from the video file; acquiring the avatar resource from the animation file; and acquiring the avatar resource from the static image sequence.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for implementing a dynamic avatar according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes: creating a directory name module 201, a binding module 202, a display control module 203, and a display module 204.

The establishing directory name module 201 is configured to: obtain an avatar resource, obtain a static image sequence whose content changes with time according to the acquired avatar resource, and establish a directory name of the static image sequence;

The binding module 202 is configured to: bind the directory name of the static image sequence to the account information of the application that is required to dynamically display the avatar;

The display control module 203 is configured to: control the display and disappearance time of an account avatar, and determine whether the directory name of the account and the static avatar sequence is bound;

The display module 204 is configured to: when it is determined that the account information of the enabled corresponding application is bound to the directory name of the static image sequence, the static image sequence is displayed frame by frame.

Optionally, the establishing the directory name module 201 includes: a generating unit, configured to: generate a plurality of static images in a unified format by parsing the acquired avatar resources; and acquire a unit, the English pairs the plurality of still images Sorting in order of display time results in a sequence of still images whose contents change over time.

Optionally, the binding module 202 includes: an adding unit, configured to: add avatar information in a database of account information that is desired to dynamically display the avatar; and the saving unit is configured to: associate the directory name of the static image sequence with The added avatar information is bound, so that the directory name of the static image sequence is saved in the avatar information.

Optionally, the display module 204 includes: a searching unit, configured to: according to the account information, look up the avatar information in the account information to obtain a directory name unit, and set the method to: obtain the static according to the found avatar information. The directory name of the image sequence; the display unit, set to: will be obtained The sequence of still images in the static image sequence directory name is displayed frame by frame.

The acquiring the avatar resource includes: obtaining the avatar resource from the video file; acquiring the avatar resource from the animation file; and acquiring the avatar resource from the static image sequence.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an application example of a device for implementing a dynamic avatar according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes: an avatar resource receiving module 301, an avatar resource processing module 302, a dynamic avatar storage module 303, and an avatar display control. Module 304 and dynamic avatar display module 305.

The avatar resource receiving module 301 is configured to: obtain avatar resources in various formats, and then send the avatar resources to the avatar resource processing module 302. The avatar resource processing module 302 parses different avatar resources to generate a avatar resource in a unified format. And the dynamic avatar storage module 303 is configured to: store the received avatar resource to the destination location corresponding to the account, and the avatar display control module 304 is configured to: when it is determined that an animated image of an account is required to be displayed The dynamic avatar display module 305 is configured to: after receiving the display notification sent by the avatar display control module 304, obtain the avatar resource parsing of the account from the dynamic avatar storage module 303 and display the avatar resource.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a dynamic avatar according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes the following steps:

In the implementation, when the avatar resource providing module X (the avatar resource providing module X does not belong to the scope of the present invention) provides a new avatar resource, the process proceeds to step S401 to step S403.

Step S401: The avatar resource receiving module 301 obtains avatar resources in various formats, and then pushes it to the avatar resource processing module 302;

The avatar resource receiving module 301 may take the initiative to request the avatar resource providing module X to obtain the avatar resource, or the avatar resource providing module X may push the avatar resource to the avatar resource receiving module 301. The avatar resource providing module X and the avatar resource receiving module 301 can be deployed on both ends of the network, such as the network forum and the network address book, and the avatar resource is transmitted through the network; the avatar resource providing module X and the avatar resource receiving module 301 can also be deployed on the avatar resource providing module X and the avatar resource receiving module 301. Different applications of the same device, such as the avatar update of the local address book.

Step S402: Parsing different avatar resources, generating a unified format avatar resource and pushing Send to the dynamic avatar storage module 303;

The avatar resource before processing allows for a variety of formats, such as a video file, an animation file, or a sequence of pictures. In order to maximize compatibility with existing implementations and reduce implementation difficulty, a unified format after parsing different avatar resources may optimize image sequences, for example, N static image files, and files are named with increasing counts. Taking the avatar resource as a video file as an example: first parsing the video file to obtain a video stream and a voice stream, and decoding the video stream according to the information carried by the file container, obtaining a frame image file, and taking out all or part according to the video length. Key frames (such as a long video, the number of key frames is greater than N, you need to extract N).

Step S403: Store the received avatar resource to the destination location corresponding to the account.

In combination with the account information storage technology of the current contact or the forum, the preferred embodiment is: adding a column of "avatar location" to the database storing the account information, the column storage content being the directory name of the avatar sequence of each account. If an account information is empty in the column, the animation avatar is not displayed, or the original static avatar is displayed. When an account information is stored in the column, the animation avatar is displayed first.

In implementation, the display of the animated avatar involves steps S404 through S405.

Step S404: determining that an animation image of an account needs to be displayed, and notifying the dynamic avatar display module 305;

For example, when the forum view or the address book list view is scrolled to somewhere, and the corresponding account information and avatar need to be displayed, the avatar display control module 304 will get a system notification, and then the avatar display control module 304 notifies the dynamic avatar display module 305 to display the avatar. At the same time, the avatar display control module 304 obtains the animated avatar directory name or the still image data from S03 according to the animation avatar priority principle, and sends the information and the time parameter customized by the avatar display control module 304 to step S405.

Step S405: The avatar resource of the account is obtained from the dynamic avatar storage module 303 and parsed and displayed.

The obtained time parameter is used as an interval to display the picture in the animated avatar directory frame by frame. If the directory name is empty, the static avatar picture is still displayed by related technology.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 respectively show first and second schematic diagrams of implementing a dynamic address avatar of a local address book according to an embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment describes an application of the present invention in a local address book to implement the present invention. The local address book presents the effect of an animated avatar. Compared with the original static avatar solution, the avatar resource processing module 302 of the embodiment of the present invention may be placed in a separate plug-in/device as shown in FIG. 5, or may be added to the local address book application as shown in FIG. 6. The embodiment includes an avatar resource receiving module 301, an avatar resource processing module 302, a dynamic avatar storage module 303, an avatar display control module 304, and a dynamic avatar display module 305.

The local address book requests an animated avatar from the camera application through the avatar resource receiving module 301. The original static avatar scheme only specifies the image format, and the format specified by the request is a compatible video file (eg, .3gp/.mp4), animation. File (.gif) and image sequence. The request also contains the path Dir where the resource should be stored. The camera obtains the video file by recording, and can also obtain the animation file or the image sequence by continuously taking photos, store it in the Dir path, and feed back the operation end message to the avatar resource receiving module 301. After receiving the feedback, the avatar resource receiving module 301 notifies the avatar resource processing module 302 that the information carried by the notification is the avatar resource path Dir and the processed resource (image sequence) storage path Dir1 of the unified format is completed by the avatar resource processing module 302. The processing described in the following: for the video file, the processing is completely the same as the description of the step S402; for the animation file such as gif, the file is parsed to obtain the image sequence; no additional processing is required for the image sequence. The avatar resource processing module 302 stores the processed avatar resource to Dir1. The avatar resource processing module 302 then notifies the dynamic avatar storage module 303 that the message carries Dir1. Compared with the related static avatar technology, the dynamic avatar storage module 303 adds a column of "avatar location" to the database for storing account information, and the dynamic avatar storage module 303 stores Dir1 to the location corresponding to the account of the column.

After the avatar resource storage module 303 completes the above processing, the avatar display control module 304 performs the avatar update, and the avatar display control module 304 completes the process of step S404: the avatar display control module 304 obtains the animation from the dynamic avatar storage module 303 according to the animation avatar priority principle. The avatar directory name or the static image data is sent to the dynamic avatar display module 305 by the information and the time parameter T customized by the avatar display control module 304. The dynamic image display module 305 displays each picture under the received directory name on a frame-by-frame basis at a time interval T. The avatar display control module 304 obtains the static image data from the dynamic avatar storage module 303 and sends the static image data to the dynamic avatar display module 305. The dynamic avatar display module 305 directly displays the image.

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 respectively show first and second schematic diagrams of the implementation of the dynamic forum avatar of the web forum client according to the embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment describes the present invention on the client side of the web forum (browser or The application in the forum client) to achieve the effect of presenting the animated avatar on the client side of the web forum. Compared with the original static avatar solution, the avatar resource processing module 302 of the embodiment of the present invention may be placed in a separate plug-in/device as shown in FIG. 7, or may be added to the network forum client-side application as shown in FIG. 8. This solution will be implemented on the client side of the forum, reducing the burden on the server when multiple users. The embodiment includes an avatar resource receiving module 301, an avatar resource processing module 302, a dynamic avatar storage module 303, an avatar display control module 304, and a dynamic avatar display module 305.

The account ACC1 updates its avatar, that is, pushes a gif file to the account storage unit of the server. In the related art, the step S401 is received by the server and the step S402 is processed. In the embodiment of the present invention, the server performs only receiving and simple storage, and the processes of step S401 and step S402 are not performed.

When the client side requests the content of a certain page from the server, the server sends the required content to the client-side avatar resource receiving module 301. In the content processing, if the content contains one or more avatar information, the client side processes each avatar information as follows:

The avatar resource processing module 302 processes the avatar information according to step S402. For the video file, the processing is completely the same as the description of step S402. For the animation file such as gif, the file is parsed to obtain the image sequence; the image sequence does not need to be additionally processed. . The resulting sequence of images is then stored in a temporary directory, and the dynamic avatar storage module 303 stores the directory name in a list retrieved by account, or in a temporary database. When the page is displayed to the account avatar, the avatar display control module 304 retrieves the directory name from the dynamic avatar storage module 303 by using the account, extracts the sequence of the image, and notifies the dynamic avatar of the time sequence T customized by the image sequence path and the avatar display control module 304. The display module 305 performs display. The related art processes the avatar resources into an animation file (such as a gif file). The embodiment of the present invention processes the image sequence, and the avatar display control module 304 customizes the time interval T according to the client capability, thereby improving compatibility with the client side.

In summary, the embodiment of the present invention obtains an avatar resource that is not limited in format, parses the resource, and regenerates a avatar resource such as an image sequence suitable for the display module, and finally displays the resource in a unified format by the display module.

In summary, the embodiments of the present invention have the following technical effects:

The embodiment of the invention can display an avatar in an animated form, and is flexible to deploy, and is applicable to both the network account and the avatar information of the local account, thereby improving the user experience.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a computer program, comprising program instructions, when the program instruction is executed by a computer, so that the computer can execute the implementation method of any dynamic avatar described above.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a carrier carrying the computer program.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

Although the invention has been described in detail above, the invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art in accordance with the principles of the invention. Therefore, modifications made in accordance with the principles of the invention are to be understood as falling within the scope of the invention.

Industrial applicability

The technical solution of the present invention can present an avatar in an animated form, and is flexible to deploy, and is applicable to both the network account and the avatar information of the local account, thereby improving the user experience, and therefore the invention has strong industrial applicability.

Claims

A method for implementing a dynamic avatar includes the following steps:

Obtaining an avatar resource, generating a static image sequence that changes with time according to the acquired avatar resource, and establishing a directory name of the static image sequence;

Binding the directory name of the static image sequence to the account information of the application for which the avatar is dynamically displayed;

When it is required to display an avatar of an application account, determine whether the account information of the account and the directory name of the static image sequence are bound;

If it is determined that the account information is already bound to the directory name of the still image sequence, the still image sequence is displayed frame by frame.
The method for implementing a dynamic avatar according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating a static image sequence that changes with time according to the acquired avatar resource comprises:

Generating a plurality of still images in a unified format by parsing the acquired avatar resources;

Sorting the plurality of the still images in order of display time, and obtaining a sequence of still images that change with time.
The method for implementing a dynamic avatar according to claim 1, wherein the step of binding the directory name of the static image sequence with the account information of an application for which the avatar is dynamically displayed includes:

Adding avatar information in a database of account information of an application for which avatar dynamic display is desired;

The directory name of the static image sequence is bound to the added avatar information, and the directory name of the static image sequence is saved in the avatar information.
The method for implementing a dynamic avatar according to claim 3, wherein the step of displaying the static image sequence frame by frame if the account information is determined to be bound to the directory name of the static image sequence comprises:

Searching for avatar information in the account information according to the account information;

Obtaining a directory name of the static image sequence according to the avatar information found;

The obtained still image sequence in the static image sequence directory name is displayed frame by frame.
The method for implementing a dynamic avatar according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the step of acquiring an avatar resource comprises:

Obtain the avatar resource in any of the following ways:

Obtaining the avatar resource from a video file;

Obtaining the avatar resource from the animation file;

The avatar resource is obtained from a sequence of still pictures.
A device for implementing a dynamic avatar includes: establishing a directory name module, a binding module, a display control module, and a display module, wherein:

The establishing a directory name module is configured to: obtain an avatar resource, generate a static image sequence that changes with time according to the acquired avatar resource, and establish a directory name of the static image sequence;

The binding module is configured to: bind a directory name of the static image sequence with account information of an application that is required to dynamically display an avatar;

The display control module is configured to: control display and disappearance time of an avatar of an account of the application, and determine whether the account information of the account and the directory name of the static avatar sequence are bound;

The display module is configured to display the static image sequence frame by frame when it is determined that the account information is bound to the directory name of the static image sequence.
The apparatus for implementing a dynamic avatar according to claim 6, wherein the establishing directory name module comprises a generating unit and an obtaining unit, wherein:

The generating unit is configured to: generate a plurality of static images in a unified format by performing parsing processing on the acquired avatar resources;

The acquiring unit is configured to: sort the plurality of the static images in order of display time, and obtain a sequence of still images that change with time.
The apparatus for implementing a dynamic avatar according to claim 6, wherein the binding module comprises an adding unit and a saving unit, wherein:

The adding unit is configured to: add avatar information in a database of account information of an application for which dynamic display of the avatar is desired;

The saving unit is configured to: the directory name of the static image sequence and the added avatar letter The binding is performed, and the directory name of the static image sequence is saved in the avatar information.
The apparatus for implementing a dynamic avatar according to claim 8, wherein the display module comprises a search unit, a directory name unit, and a display unit, wherein:

The searching unit is configured to: search for avatar information in the account information according to the account information;

The obtaining directory name unit is configured to: obtain a directory name of the static image sequence according to the found avatar information;

The display unit is configured to display the sequence of still images in the acquired still image sequence directory name frame by frame.
The device for implementing a dynamic avatar according to any one of claims 6-9, wherein the establishing directory name module is configured to acquire the avatar resource according to any one of the following manners:

Obtaining the avatar resource from a video file;

Obtaining the avatar resource from the animation file;

The avatar resource is obtained from a sequence of still pictures.
A computer program comprising program instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of implementing a dynamic avatar according to any one of claims 1-5.
A carrier carrying the computer program of claim 11.