JP2004007077A - Image distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image distribution system for distributing a motion image to a portable telephone terminal not provided with a motion picture display function. <P>SOLUTION: A system for distributing a server to a terminal 50 composed of a portable telephone of a user via a network 20 and a radio base station. The server comprises a reservation information database 100 for storing reservation information of a greeting mail, an advertisement combining portion 150 for combining information converted in an image conversion portion 160 for converting a motion image to be an image format displayable on the portable telephone terminal and advertisement information stored in the advertisement database 120, and data of a motion image player 130. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an image distribution system, and more particularly to moving image distribution of a mobile phone terminal.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, moving image digital data has an extremely large data amount compared to a still image even if the data size is reduced by a compression technique. In addition, the call charge of the mobile phone has been added by the time charge, the data amount or the packet amount.
[0003]
Further, the mobile phone terminal has a low communication processing speed. Therefore, only still images and animations with a limited number of screens were distributed.
[0004]
Mobile phone terminals capable of reproducing moving images with limited functions are limited in carriers and terminal models, are limited to distribution of moving images between specific users, and have low versatility.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Conventionally, because of a low communication processing speed, it has not been possible to upload a moving image taken by a digital camera or a video camera and deliver a video message to a general mobile phone terminal. Furthermore, it has been difficult to distribute an animation having a large number of screens, a smooth motion, and a long playback time to an unspecified number of mobile phone terminals.
[0006]
An object of the present invention is to provide an image distribution system capable of distributing a moving image to a general-purpose mobile phone terminal having no moving image reproducing function.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention uses a mobile telephone terminal having a still image display means capable of downloading and executing an application program, and designates a reservation data and a data carrier for designating a date of data distribution including digital image data and character information via a network. A first data acquisition unit that acquires the identification information of the mobile phone, a second data acquisition unit that acquires the advertisement information of the digital data, and the image data acquired by the first data acquisition unit. Image conversion means for converting to image data for display on a terminal, reservation information storage means for storing the reservation data, player storage means for storing a video playback player of the mobile phone terminal for each data carrier, A data synthesizing unit for synthesizing the advertisement information and the image data; An application service provider server having means for transmitting a moving picture reproducing player to the mobile phone terminal and transmitting means for transmitting the data synthesized by the data synthesizing means, between the mobile phone terminal and the wireless base station; And a system for wirelessly transmitting and receiving image data.
[0008]
By configuring this image data system, it is possible to send a video taken with a digital camera or video camera that can save image data in a video format to a mobile phone that has a program storage and operation function that can store a video player. You can do it.
[0009]
The present invention provides an image conversion unit that converts moving image data into a data format that can be displayed on a mobile phone terminal, an image database that stores image information converted by the image conversion unit, and image information that is stored in the image database. And an advertisement synthesizing unit for synthesizing the advertisement data stored in the advertisement database and a means for distributing a moving image player to a mobile phone terminal having a still image display means capable of downloading and executing an application program.
[0010]
The present invention distributes a moving image player that reproduces a moving image to a mobile phone terminal, distributes image information obtained by combining image information obtained by performing image conversion and advertisement information to the portable terminal, and reproduces a moving image by the moving image player. In the delivery method.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of the present invention. A terminal 10 composed of a personal computer or a portable information terminal transmits distribution information of a gridding mail and image data composed of a moving image attached to a greeting card. Here, the moving image can be sent from the digital camera or the video camera to the terminal.
These pieces of information are transmitted to the server 30 via the Internet network 20. Here, the server 30 is an application service provider server.
[0012]
In the server 30, the inputted greeting reservation information is edited and stored in the reservation information database 100. The attached image data is converted by the image conversion unit 160 into a plurality of ten or more still images, audio data, and image data. Then, the information of the animation is stored in the image database 110.
[0013]
The advertisement database 120 stores and stores advertisement information of a company including character information. The advertisement information is registered in the server 30 in advance, or is connected to a terminal of a client such as a company that performs advertisement via the network 120. If the number of clients is large, the advertisement information is transmitted through a server for client management and an Internet network. To connect to the server 30.
[0014]
The moving image player 130 is downloaded to a normal mobile phone having no moving image reproducing function, and includes a program or a program module for displaying a moving image by operating a program in the mobile phone.
[0015]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the server. A mail server 210 for storing a mail address, a management server 220 for managing a system, a WEB server 230 for exchanging data on the WEB, and security management for connection with the Internet 270. , A database server that manages a database of reservation information, images, and advertisements, and an image conversion server 250 that converts image information in a video format into a format that can be played on a general-purpose mobile phone without a video playback function. .
[0016]
The operation of the system is as follows. First, a first user transmits a moving image or a plurality of still images from a camera-equipped mobile phone. Or, send a greeting card from a personal computer. Image data is transmitted from a video camera or digital video camera via a personal computer. The server 30 receives such information via the network 20 of FIG. Here, an example in which the greeting mail is delivered to the second user will be described. As described above, the image information in the moving image format and the animation card in the server 30 are selected. The carrier of the mobile phone terminal of the second user is specified from the destination address of the cleat card.
[0017]
The server 30 optimizes the image information to the image size of the mobile phone terminal. The second user downloads the video player application distributed on a schedule based on the transmission information of the greeting card.
[0018]
FIG. 3 is a display screen of the mobile phone terminal that has received the greeting mail. The mobile phone terminal is a terminal that can run an application and that can further download and execute a program. On the screen 300, a display of the sender of the mail, a display indicating the type of the message 305, and a URL 307 indicating the location of the moving image player are displayed. When the URL 307 is clicked, a moving image player is downloaded from the server 30.
[0019]
While the video player is being downloaded, text information flows on the screen of the mobile phone, the screen displays advertisement information instead of the pause state, and corporate advertisements etc. can be repeatedly played during the mail recipient's standby time, and characters can be flashed Can be done. Therefore, the mail receiver does not disconnect the call at the time of the download and refuses to provide the service, thereby improving the efficiency of the advertisement.
[0020]
Before transmitting the image information, the server prompts the mobile phone terminal to transmit information for determining the model of the terminal, and a display function, the number of pixels, and the like that differ for each model are detected in advance. Next, the image information corresponding to the model is transmitted.
[0021]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen 300 showing a state in which image information subjected to image conversion in the server is received by the mobile phone terminal, and character information 310 of “happy birthday!” Flows from right to left at the top, Displayed repeatedly.
[0022]
Below the center of the screen is image information 320, in which the character of "Happy Birthday" moves into the screen, and the color and shape of the character i change every moment, so that the receiver can enjoy it. Here, until the image information 320 is displayed in the initial state of reception, the character information 310 is displayed first, and the call is not interrupted during the standby time. When the display of the image information 320 is started, the display of the character information 310 is continuously repeated. The image information 320 is obtained by dividing the screen 300 and displaying the image information by specifying the address of the VRAM.
[0023]
Send text information in a reading direction, in this case from right to left, in a direction to read characters, which has a smaller display size and fewer pixels than a display screen with a large number of pixels such as a personal computer, etc. Thus, character information having a relatively large number of characters can be received. For example, by displaying image information of a movie on the image information 320 and displaying subtitles on the 310, it is possible to display subtitles of a number of characters that cannot fit on one screen.
[0024]
Audio information can be transmitted together with the image information 320, and a polyphonic sound source can be used to form an effective sound field synchronized with the screen, making up for the lack of power such as animation on a small screen. You can also.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, moving image data can be transmitted to a line having a low communication speed or a mobile phone terminal having a low information processing speed, and character information can be transmitted during a standby time. The user of the terminal can easily receive the moving image.
[0026]
Furthermore, the sender of a moving image can easily distribute the moving image to a general mobile phone user from a video camera, a digital camera, or a mobile phone with a camera.
[0027]
The advertising information provider can send advertising information to mobile phone terminal users by repeatedly displaying a large amount of text information or a small amount of text information in accordance with the video information, so that the product name and tagline can be provided to the user. It can be stored efficiently. As a result, it is possible to easily improve the name of a company or a product. Also, it is possible to create an opportunity to buy and sell merchandise for returning greeting mails.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a network server of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display screen of the terminal of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen of the terminal of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 terminal 20 network 30 server 40 base station 50 terminal 100 reservation information database 110 image information database 120 advertisement database 130 video player 150 advertisement composition 160 image conversion 210 mail server 220 management server 230 WEB server 240 database server 250 image conversion server 260 firewall 270 Internet 280 Terminal 300 Screen 305 Message 307 URL
310 Character information 320 Image information

Claims (3)

A mobile phone terminal having a still image display unit capable of downloading and executing an application program,
First data acquisition means for acquiring reservation data for specifying a date of data distribution composed of digital image data and character information and identification information of a data carrier via a network, and second data acquisition means for acquiring advertisement information of digital data Data acquisition means, image conversion means for converting the image data acquired by the first data acquisition means into image data to be displayed on the mobile phone terminal, and reservation information storage for storing the reservation data Means, a player storage means for storing a moving image reproduction player of the mobile phone terminal for each data carrier, a data synthesizing means for synthesizing the advertisement information and the image data, and a moving image reproduction player stored in the player storage means Transmitting the data synthesized by the data synthesizing means to the mobile phone terminal. And Application areas service provider server and a means,
An image distribution system comprising a wireless base station interposed between the application service provider server and the mobile phone terminal for wirelessly transmitting and receiving image data. An image conversion unit that converts video data into a data format that can be displayed on a mobile phone terminal; an image database that stores image information converted by the image conversion unit; and an image database and an advertisement database that are stored in the image database. A server having an advertisement synthesizing unit for synthesizing stored advertisement data and a means for distributing a moving image player to a mobile phone terminal having a still image display means capable of downloading and executing an application program. A moving picture distribution method for distributing a moving picture player for reproducing a moving picture to a mobile phone terminal, distributing image information obtained by combining the image information obtained by performing the image conversion and the advertisement information to the portable terminal, and reproducing the moving picture on the moving picture player.

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