KR100686628B1 - Individual information terminal for displaying real watch image and time on it and content server - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technology that enables the display of a clock image actually produced on a personal information terminal device, such as a mobile communication terminal or an MP3, and a time display in the same manner as that on the clock image. It is possible to display an image of a watch that is actually manufactured and a time display in a realistic manner on the watch image. The user can easily obtain information on the design and operation of the actual clock without visiting the department store or watch room to watch the actual watch or watching TV home shopping.

Personal information terminal device, clock, content providing server,

Description

A personal information terminal device capable of displaying a real time image on the watch image and the watch image, and a content providing server used therein.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a personal information terminal device according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a content providing server according to the present invention;

The present invention relates to a clock image that is actually produced on a personal information terminal device, such as a mobile communication terminal or an MP3, and a technology that enables time display in the same manner as that on the clock image.

In general, a personal information terminal device such as a mobile communication terminal or an MP3 is implemented to display a current time, date day, and the like by using letters and numbers on a liquid crystal display. Accordingly, a user can simply obtain time information through a terminal that is always carried without purchasing a watch that is actually manufactured. The conventional personal information terminal device is capable of displaying a clock image displaying a time digitally as well as a clock image displaying a time in an analog manner.

However, the clock image displayed in the conventional personal information terminal device remains at a simple level of technology for notifying the user of current time information only. That is, the conventional personal information terminal device does not give information about the splendid design or operation method of the real watch. Therefore, the user has to visit a department store or watch room, watch TV home shopping, or access an internet shopping mall in order to watch a real watch.

Accordingly, the present applicant provides an image of a watch that is actually manufactured through a liquid crystal display screen of a mobile communication terminal, an MP3, a PDA, which is always carried by an individual, and further enables the display of the time in the same manner as it is on the watch image. As a result, the user has come to think of a technology that allows the user to more conveniently obtain information about the actual watch design and operation method.

The present invention has been made in the background as described above, an object of the present invention is to provide an image of a watch that is actually manufactured through a liquid crystal display screen in a personal information terminal device and further to display the time in the same manner as it actually is on the watch image It is to provide a technology to enable this.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a content providing server for providing a watch content to the personal information terminal device to display the actual clock image and the time in the same manner as it is on the clock image.

Personal information terminal device according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, it is possible to display the time of the same manner as the actual image on the watch and the watch image that is actually manufactured. The user can easily obtain information on the design and operation of the actual clock without visiting the department store or watch room to watch the actual watch or watching TV home shopping.

Specifically, the personal information terminal device according to the present invention includes a header including content summary information, object files including a clock face image, a dial image, and a clock needle image, and clock content data including a playback control command. Loading the memory to be stored, a time information providing unit for providing self-processed time information or time information input from the outside to each device component, and loading object files stored in the permanent storage area of the memory into a resource area, Reads the playback control command into the action region and sequentially plays the clock-based image, the dial image and the clock needle image loaded in the resource region according to the playback control instruction stored in the action region, and inputs the data from the time information provider. To play back the hands with the time data. A display for displaying the image reproduced from the clock reproduction unit and the reproduction unit.

According to the aspect of the present invention, the personal information terminal device can play content with content provided by a content provider. For example, the personal information terminal device calculates the angles of the second hand, minute hand, and hour hand that inform the seconds / minutes / hours in response to an event that a certain time arrives, and displays an image of each clock hand based on the calculated information. Can be displayed through

The personal information terminal device according to an additional aspect of the present invention, the operation of receiving a user operation command, the operation is defined by some of the playback control command that is activated when the playback unit is activated and included in the watch content data, The apparatus may further include an update controller configured to monitor an operation event from the operation unit and to update at least one of the components of watch content data to a new component when an event occurs. According to this aspect, the personal information terminal device of the present invention can update some or all of the contents of the contents with new contents even if the contents file is being played or not being played.

The personal information terminal device according to another additional aspect of the present invention further comprises a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data with the content providing server through a network, wherein the playback control command includes address information of the content providing server, wherein the update control unit Under the control of the playback control command, in response to an operation event from the operation unit, the communication unit is connected to a content providing server to receive and update watch content data or object files that are watch content components. According to this aspect, the user of the personal information terminal device of the present invention can easily obtain various new watch information through the content providing server. On the other hand, watch manufacturers can market through a content providing server.

The personal information terminal device according to another additional aspect of the present invention further includes a camera unit for capturing an image or a video, wherein the update controller is watch content by an image or a video input from the camera unit under the control of the playback control command. Character image of the object files constituting the data is characterized in that for updating. According to this aspect, the user of the personal information terminal device can change the contents of the existing content with his or her own image or video captured by the camera.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the personal information terminal device is characterized in that the clock face image of the object files constituting the watch content data is an advertisement design image. In one embodiment, the advertisement pattern may be a simple company logo (logo), such as SK, GS, Samsung, LG, Hyundai, etc., or the trade name of the product manufactured by the company. Accordingly, the personal information terminal device according to the present invention can be utilized as a simple advertisement device for advertising a company or a product together with the information on the watch actually manufactured.

The foregoing and further aspects of the present invention will become apparent from the following examples. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a personal information terminal device according to the present invention. As shown, the personal information terminal device 100 according to the present embodiment includes an operation unit 110, a display unit 120, a memory 130, a communication unit 140, a camera unit 150, and a control unit ( 160). In the present specification, the personal information terminal device should preferably be interpreted to include a mobile communication terminal, a computer, an MP3 player, a PDA, and the like.

The operation unit 110 is implemented as a means for inputting a user's operation command and data, and in one embodiment, implemented as a keypad, a touch panel, a handwriting input means, a voice recognition means, etc. consisting of numeric keys and function keys, etc. Can be. The display unit 120 may be implemented as, for example, a liquid crystal display.

The memory 130 stores an execution program and related data, and may be configured as one or a plurality of memory modules in one embodiment. The permanent storage area 131 may be a nonvolatile memory such as a ROM, and the temporary storage area 133 may be a volatile memory such as a RAM, but the two 131 and 133 may be implemented as a single flash memory. In one embodiment, the content stored in the persistent storage area 131 includes a header including content overview information, object files including a clock face image, a dial image and a clock needle image, and a playback control command. It is configured by. In one embodiment, the clock face image is a design image of the main body to protect the watch band and clock circuit, the dial, the hands, the dial image is usually an image engraved with Arabic numerals or Roman letters, the hands are second hand, minute hand The image may be an hour hand.

The communication unit 140 is connected to the Internet network through a wired or wireless network to transmit and receive data signals for connecting to an Internet web server or a swap server. In one embodiment, the wired communication module such as a modem or a network adapter or It may be implemented as a wireless communication module including an RF (RF) circuit and a modulation and demodulation unit for processing a mobile communication protocol of Bluetooth, WLAN, CDMA or GSM. The camera unit 150 converts an optical signal input from the lens system into an electrical signal through an image pickup device and outputs the electrical signal. The current camera module for a mobile communication terminal processes an electrical signal and converts it into a digital video signal for output.

The controller 160 controls the entire system, and is preferably implemented as a microprocessor in which ROM, RAM, and peripheral devices are integrated therein. In one embodiment, the controller 160 may include a time information providing unit 161, a playback unit 163, and an update control unit 165. The time information providing unit 161 provides time information to each device component. In one embodiment, the time information providing unit 161 may be implemented by including a real time clock circuit that can process the time information itself. In another embodiment, the time information providing unit 161 may be implemented as a digital signal processing apparatus that provides, for example, time information transmitted from the base station through the communication unit 140 through simple signal processing.

The playback unit 163 loads the object files stored in the permanent storage area 131 of the memory 130 into the resource area of the temporary storage area 133, and sends the playback control command to the action of the temporary storage area 133. Time data input from the time information providing unit 161 is sequentially read from the time information providing unit 161 by sequentially reproducing the clock-based image, the dial image, and the clock-needle image loaded in the resource region according to a read control command stored in the action region. Play back the image of the hands.

In the present specification, the action refers to a series of playback control commands for implementing one unit operation. Therefore, if one file of the object file constituting the original content is changed to a file of another content having the same name and stored in the permanent storage area 161, the changed content is played when the content is subsequently executed. In one embodiment, the playback control commands control the display order or delay time of a series of frames, for example, and define the content to be displayed in each frame. In a preferred embodiment, the frames are displayed by overlapping images of a plurality of layers, each of which has a transparent margin on the background image, according to a depth defined for each layer. In addition, the output of sound may be controlled in synchronization with the reproduction of each frame separately from the image. By appropriately combining such reproduction control commands and object files, various watch contents can be produced.

The update control unit 165 is activated when the playback unit 163 is activated, and its operation is defined by some of the playback control commands included in the clock content data, and monitors an operation event from the operation unit 110 to monitor an event. When is generated, it is processed to update at least one of the components of the clock content data to a new component. In one embodiment, the update control unit 165 may be a routine executed as an independent thread that is started upon activation of the playback unit 163. In this case, after updating the object, the update control unit 165 should notify the playback unit 163 to know that the content has been updated. Accordingly, the playback unit 163 reads the updated object file or the entire content file from the permanent storage area 131 back to the temporary storage area 133 to play the updated content. Accordingly, the contents of the contents can be changed and reproduced even during the reproduction of the contents. In the present embodiment, the update control unit 165 manages a pair of scripts defining the definition of the event and the action corresponding to the defined event, and monitors the occurrence of the defined event, the action corresponding to the event that occurred when it occurs Run

In another embodiment, the update controller 165 may be a conceptual representation of a playback control command interspersed with the playback unit 163. In this embodiment, the command for generating a frame and / or the command for outputting the generated frame among the reproduction control commands includes the definition of an event that causes execution of a script that defines an action specific to itself. For example, the command to create a frame executes a predefined script in response to this event when the 'OK' button of the mobile phone is pressed while the playback engine plays certain content. These scripts can be the process of updating some objects of the content currently playing over the network with new content.

According to an additional characteristic aspect of the present invention, the playback control command includes address information of a content providing server, and the update control unit 165 is further configured to communicate with the communication unit according to an operation event from the operation unit under the control of the playback control command. It is possible to connect to the content providing server through 140 to receive and update watch content data or object files that are watch content components. In this embodiment, the script at least receives a file from the network and converts it to a movie clip symbol, replaces a movie clip symbol created from a file imported from the network with an existing movie clip, and replaces the movie information that was replaced with the symbol. It is stored in the permanent storage area 131 and includes a function to be always played with the updated movie clip information for later playback.

In another embodiment, the update control unit 165 may update the dial image of the object files constituting the watch content data by an image or a video input from the camera unit 150 under the control of the playback control command. Do. The update controller 165 may decompress the received file so as to be replaced with an object of the current content, or perform some conversion, such as scaling or format conversion. The converted object file or content file is then stored in place of the corresponding object file or content file previously loaded in the temporary storage area 131.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a content providing server according to the present invention. As illustrated, the content providing server 200 includes a communication unit 210, a storage unit 230, and a control unit 250.

The communication unit 210 is connected to the Internet network through a wired or wireless network to transmit and receive data with the personal information terminal device through the network. The storage unit 230 includes an advertisement glyph DB 231 for storing advertisement glyph information for each advertiser and a header including content overview information, object files including a clock face image, a dial image, and a clock needle image; And a watch contents DB 233 for storing watch content data including a playback control command. In one embodiment, the advertisement pattern may be a simple company logo (logo), such as SK, GS, Samsung, LG, Hyundai, etc., or the trade name of the product manufactured by the company. Accordingly, the personal information terminal device according to the present invention can be utilized as a simple advertisement device for advertising a company or a product together with the information on the watch actually manufactured.

The controller 250 transmits the clock content preview screen information to the personal information terminal device connected through the communication unit 210, and if the content selection information is input from the personal information terminal device, the controller 250 corresponds to the corresponding watch content data or watch content component. And a content processor 251 for reading object files from the watch contents DB 233 and transmitting the object files to the personal information terminal device.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, the content processing unit 251 further transmits advertisement pattern preview screen information for each advertiser to a personal information terminal device connected through the communication unit 210 and configures watch contents from the personal information terminal device. When the object file and the advertisement pattern selection information, which are elements, are input, watch content data including the selected object file and the advertisement pattern are generated and transmitted to the personal information terminal device. According to this aspect, the personal information terminal device may display the clock face image of the object files constituting the watch content data by replacing it with an advertisement design image.

The content providing server 200 according to an additional aspect of the present invention receives the identification information of the terminal device that has selected the advertisement pattern, the selected advertisement pattern identification information, and the advertiser identification information of the corresponding advertisement from the content processing unit 251 and inputs the advertisement history DB. It may further include a compensation processing unit 255 for storing and monitoring the advertising history DB to process the compensation according to the advertising usage history.

In one embodiment, the reward is, for example, a benefit that is given according to the number of times that the personal information terminal device called A accesses the content providing server 200 and selects and downloads the advertisement pattern stored in the advertisement pattern DB 231 ( For example, various coupons, discount tickets, etc.) are generic. Accordingly, it is possible to promote service activation by increasing the frequency of use of advertisement patterns.

As described above, the personal information terminal device according to the present invention provides an image of a watch that is actually manufactured through a liquid crystal display screen, and further enables a user to display the time in the same manner as it is on the watch image. There is a useful effect that you can easily get information about the design and operation of the actual watch without visiting a department store or watch room or watching TV home shopping.

In addition, the personal information terminal apparatus of the present invention can update some or all of the contents of the contents with new contents even when the contents file is being played or not being played.

In addition, the personal information terminal device of the present invention receives and reproduces through a content providing server that provides watch contents, so that a user can easily obtain more various new watch information, and a watch manufacturer can market through a content providing server. It is.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many various obvious modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention from this description. Therefore, it should be interpreted by the claims described to include many such variations.

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In the personal information terminal device capable of displaying an image of a watch that is actually manufactured and a time display in a realistic manner on the watch image, the device may include: A memory for storing a header including content summary information, object files including an actual clock-based image, a dial image, and a clock-needle image, and clock content data including a playback control command; A time information providing unit which provides each device component with time information which has been processed itself or time information input from the outside; Load the object files stored in the permanent storage area of the memory into the resource area, read the playback control command into the action area, and load the object files in the resource area according to the playback control command stored in the action area. A playback unit for reproducing an image, a dial image, and a clock needle image sequentially, and reproducing a clock needle image according to time data input from the time information providing unit; A display unit which displays a clock image reproduced by the playback unit; Personal information terminal device comprising a. The personal information terminal device of claim 1, further comprising: An operation unit which receives a user operation command; The operation is defined by some of the control commands included in the watch content data, which are activated when the play unit is activated, and at least one of the components of watch content data when an event occurs by monitoring an operation event from the control unit. An update control unit which processes the update to a new component; Personal information terminal device further comprising. The personal information terminal device of claim 2, further comprising: Further comprising: a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data with the content providing server through a network, The playback control command includes address information of a content providing server, wherein the update control unit is connected to a content providing server through the communication unit in response to an operation event from the operation unit under the control of the playback control command to access clock content data or clock content. A personal information terminal apparatus characterized by receiving and updating object files which are components. The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the terminal device comprises: It further comprises a camera unit for shooting an image or video; And the update control unit updates a dial image of object files constituting clock content data by an image or a video input from the camera unit under the control of the playback control command. The personal information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the dial image of the object files is an advertisement design image. A content providing server connected via a network with a personal information terminal device capable of displaying an image of a watch actually manufactured and a time display in the same manner as the actual time on the watch image, wherein the watch content providing server comprises: A communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from the personal information terminal device through a network; A header including contents summary information, object files including a watch face image, a dial image, and a watch hand image, and a watch content DB storing watch content data including a playback control command. A storage unit; The watch content preview screen information is transmitted to the personal information terminal device connected through the communication unit, and when the content selection information is input from the personal information terminal device, corresponding watch content data or object files that are watch content components are transmitted from the watch content DB. A content processor which reads and transmits the content information to the personal information terminal device; Content providing server comprising a. According to claim 6, The storage unit further comprises an advertising glyph DB for storing the advertising glyph information for each advertiser, The content processing unit further transmits advertisement pattern preview screen information for each advertiser to the personal information terminal device connected through the communication unit, and when the object file and the advertisement pattern selection information, which are watch content components, are input from the personal information terminal device, the selected information is selected. And generating watch content data including an object file and an advertisement pattern and transmitting the generated watch content data to the personal information terminal device. The method of claim 7, wherein the content providing server: Receives the identification information of the terminal device that selected the advertisement pattern, the selected advertisement pattern identification information, and the advertiser identification information of the corresponding advertisement from the content processing unit, and stores them in the advertisement history DB, and monitors the advertisement history DB to compensate for the advertisement usage history. A compensation processing unit for processing; Content providing server, characterized in that it further comprises.

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