KR100731259B1 - Mobile Telecommunication Device Having Function for Managing Image Information and Method thereby - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a video information processing function and a method using the same.

The present invention, the image input unit for receiving an image from the outside; A transmitter / receiver for transmitting the input image to an external database server and receiving a similar image of the transmitted image and information on the similar image from the database server; A control unit for selecting a similar image having the highest similarity with the transmitted image among the received similar images; And it provides a mobile communication terminal having a video information processing function including a display unit for displaying information on the selected similar image and a method using the same.

Therefore, according to the present invention, information on an image can be obtained in real time.

Image input unit, image analyzer, similar video

Description

Mobile communication terminal having image information processing function and method using same {Mobile Telecommunication Device Having Function for Managing Image Information and Method Thus}

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal having a video information processing function according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a database having a video information processing function according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for processing image information using a database according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart of another embodiment of an image information processing method using a database according to the present invention;

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile communication terminal having a video information processing function and a method using the same.

Referring to the mobile communication terminal according to the conventional invention as follows.

The mobile communication terminal first verifies the identity of the user by automatically comparing and verifying a face image of the user input through a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal and a face image previously stored in the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, by transmitting a face image of the user using a communication network, and second verification with the face image of the user stored in the server, to control the security of information on the network such as electronic commerce, financial transactions, and the use of ineligible persons through the Internet do.

The analysis of the face image of the user is performed by a method of two-dimensionally analyzing the three-dimensional structure of the face, such as the vertical gradation gray scale distribution and the isoden density line, which are three-dimensional shape features of the face.

However, according to the above-described conventional invention, it does not provide information on an image input from the outside.

In addition, according to the conventional invention described above, a database for providing information on an image to a mobile communication terminal is not established.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a mobile communication terminal and a method using the same, which provide information about an image received from an external source in real time.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a database and a method using the same, which retrieves response information about an image received from a mobile communication terminal and transmits the response information to the mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a similar image selected by a user's selection from among a plurality of similar images received from a database and information about the similar image.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile communication terminal having a video information processing function according to the present invention, the video input unit for receiving an image from the outside; A transmitter / receiver for transmitting the input image to an external database server and receiving a similar image of the transmitted image and information on the similar image from the database server; A control unit for selecting a similar image having the highest similarity with the transmitted image among the received similar images; And a display unit displaying information on the selected similar image.

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In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the image information processing method using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the step of receiving an image from the outside; Transmitting the input image to an external database server; Receiving a similar image of the transmitted image and information on the similar image from the database server; Selecting a similar image having the highest similarity with the transmitted image among the received similar images; And displaying information on the selected similar image.

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The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the detailed description thereof will be omitted for the known technology which is considered to blur the gist of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the configuration of an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal 100 having a video information processing function according to the present invention will be described in detail.

The video input unit 110 receives an image from the outside.

For example, the image input unit 110 may be a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal 100.

For example, the image may mean an image for which the user wants to obtain information. The image may include a target image which is a purpose for which the user wants to obtain response information from the database 200, and a background image of the target image. The database 200 may mean a database server.

The transceiver 120 transmits the input image to the database 200 and receives response information about the transmitted image.

For example, the response information may include at least one of a similar image for the image and information about the similar image. In addition, at least two similar images may be provided. In addition, the information on the paid image means information on the target image constituting the image.

For example, the database 200 may mean a server that stores a plurality of images and information about the images.

The controller 130 selects specific information from the received response information.

For example, the controller 130 may select a specific image from the at least two similar images according to a user's selection. Alternatively, the controller 130 may automatically select a similar image having the highest similarity based on the similarity between the transmitted image and the similar image.

The display unit 140 displays the selected specific information.

For example, the display unit 140 displays the selected similar image and information on the similar image.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 100 displays the selected similar image using the display unit 140 and simultaneously displays information on the similar image using a speaker provided in the mobile communication terminal 100. It can also be output as voice.

Referring to Figure 2, the configuration of an embodiment of a database 200 having an image information processing function according to the present invention will be described in detail.

The receiver 210 receives an image from the mobile communication terminal 100.

The storage unit 220 stores a plurality of images and information about the images.

For example, the plurality of images has information on color and energy characteristics for each image. The characteristics of the image may be calculated before or simultaneously with storing the plurality of images in the storage unit 220 to provide a criterion for searching similar images with respect to the received image.

The image analyzer 230 analyzes the received image.

In addition, the image analyzer 230 may include a preprocessor for preprocessing the received image.

For example, the preprocessor may separate a target image and a background image constituting the image by removing noise from the received image and detecting an edge. The target image refers to an object image that a user wants to obtain information, and the background image refers to an image surrounding the target image.

In addition, for example, the preprocessor may use a convex polygon technique to extract the contour of the target image.

In addition, the image analyzer 230 calculates color characteristics of the image and energy characteristics of the image.

For example, the image analyzer 230 may use a Hue Saturation Value Transformation (HSV) to calculate the color characteristics. Accordingly, the image analyzer 230 may calculate hue, saturation, and contrast values of the target image using the HSV.

Alternatively, the image analyzer 230 may histogram the hue, saturation, and contrast values of the image obtained through the HSV for accurate comparison with the image stored in the storage 220.

For example, the image analyzer 230 may use wavelet transformation to calculate the energy characteristic. In order to use the wavelet transform, the image analyzer 230 must first convert the image into a gray image. The image analyzer 230 may calculate an energy distribution for each frequency of the image through the wavelet transform.

The controller 240 searches for similar images of the received images and information on the similar images from the database 200 according to the result of analyzing the images.

For example, the controller 240 may search for an image similar to the image based on the color and energy characteristics calculated for the image. In addition, the controller 240 may search for at least two images similar to the received image according to the analysis result.

For example, the controller 240 may search images in order of an image having a high similarity to the hue, contrast, and saturation values of the image, or the image having a high correlation with the energy distribution for each frequency of the image. You can search in the order of. Alternatively, the image may be searched in order of images having high similarity in consideration of both color and energy characteristics.

The transmitter 250 transmits the searched similar image and the information about the similar image to the mobile communication terminal.

For example, when the similar image is a 'flower image', the transmitter 250 may provide information on a flower name, flowering time, flower language, distribution area, etc. as information on the 'flower image' and the flower image. I can send it.

Referring to FIG. 3, an embodiment of a video information processing method using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

An image is received from the outside (S310).

For example, the input step may use a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal.

For example, the image may mean an image for which the user wants to obtain information. In addition, the image is composed of a target image for which a user wants to obtain response information from a database, and a background image for the target image.

The input image is transmitted to the database (S320), and response information about the transmitted image is received (S330).

For example, in the receiving step, the response information including at least one of the similar image and the information on the similar image for the image may be received.

Also, for example, the receiving may include receiving at least two similar images. The information about the similar image means information about the target image.

Specific information is selected from the received response information (S340).

For example, the selecting may include selecting a specific image from the at least two similar images according to a user's selection. Alternatively, the selecting may automatically select a similar image having the highest similarity based on the similarity between the transmitted image and the similar image.

The selected specific information is displayed (S350).

For example, the displaying may include displaying the selected similar image and information on the similar image.

The method may further include displaying the selected similar image and outputting information on the similar image as a voice using a speaker provided in the mobile communication terminal.

Referring to FIG. 4, an embodiment of the image information processing method using a database according to the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

An image is received from the mobile communication terminal (S410).

The received image refers to an image requesting response information about the image.

The received image is analyzed (S420), and according to the result of analyzing the image, the similar image of the received image and the information on the similar image are searched from the database (S430).

Detailed description of the analysis step will be described below with reference to FIG. 5.

The database stores a plurality of images and information about the images.

For example, the plurality of images has information on color and energy characteristics for each image. The characteristic of the image may be calculated before or simultaneously with storing, to provide a criterion for searching for a similar image with respect to the received image.

For example, in the searching, the image similar to the image may be searched according to the color and energy characteristics calculated for the image. The search may include searching for at least two images similar to the received image according to the analysis result.

The searched similar image and the information on the similar image are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal (S440).

For example, when the similar image is a 'flower image', information about a flower name, a flowering time, a flower language, a distribution region, etc., may be transmitted as information on the 'flower image' and the flower image. Can be.

Referring to Figure 5, another embodiment of the image information processing method using a database according to the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

An image is received from the mobile communication terminal (S510).

The noise is removed from the received image, and an edge is detected (S520).

In order to separate the target image and the background image constituting the image, the outline of the target image is extracted (S530).

The target image refers to an object image that a user wants to obtain information, and the background image refers to an image surrounding the target image.

For example, in the extracting step, in order to extract the contour of the target image, a convex polygon technique may be used.

The object image and the background image from which the contour is extracted are separated from the image (S540).

The noise removal and edge detection, the contour extraction and the separation mean a preprocessing step for searching for a similar image with respect to the received image.

An energy characteristic of the separated target image is calculated (S550).

For example, the energy characteristic calculation step may use wavelet transformation to calculate the energy characteristic. In order to use the wavelet transform, the energy characteristic calculation step must first convert the image to a gray image.

Therefore, in the energy characteristic calculation step, the energy distribution for each frequency of the image may be calculated through the wavelet transformation.

The color characteristic of the separated target image is calculated (S560).

For example, the calculating of the color characteristic may use Hue Saturation Value Transformation (HSV) to calculate the color characteristic. Therefore, in the color characteristic calculating step, the hue, saturation, and contrast values of the target image may be calculated using the HSV.

Alternatively, the calculating of color characteristics may include histograms of hue, saturation, and contrast values of the image obtained through the HSV for accurate comparison with the stored image.

According to a result of analyzing the image, a similarity degree to a plurality of images stored in the database is measured (S570).

For example, the measuring may search for an image similar to the image, based on the color and energy characteristics calculated for the image. In addition, the measuring may measure similarity with respect to all of the stored plurality of images.

According to the measured similarity, the similar image of the received image and the information on the similar image are searched from the database (S580).

For example, the searching may include searching for at least two images similar to the received image according to the measured similarity. That is, in the searching step, the plurality of images may be searched in order of high similarity according to the measured similarity.

Accordingly, the searching may be performed in order of an image having a high similarity to the hue, contrast, and saturation values of the image, or in the order of an image having a high correlation with energy distribution for each frequency of the image. can do. Alternatively, in the searching step, the plurality of similar images may be searched in order of high similarity in consideration of both the color characteristic and the energy characteristic.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the accompanying drawings.

According to the present invention described above, it is possible to provide information on the image received from the outside in real time.

In addition, by using a transmission and reception system consisting of a mobile communication terminal and an external database, the database can retrieve the response information for the image received from the mobile communication terminal in real time, and transmit the response information to the mobile communication terminal. have.

In addition, among the plurality of similar images received from the database, the most similar image and information thereof may be searched according to a user's selection.

Claims (25)

Image input unit for receiving an image from the outside; A transmitter / receiver for transmitting the input image to an external database server and receiving a similar image of the transmitted image and information on the similar image from the database server; A control unit for selecting a similar image having the highest similarity with the transmitted image among the received similar images; And And a display unit for displaying the information on the selected similar image. The method of claim 1, wherein the image input unit, A mobile communication terminal having a video information processing function comprising a camera. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, And a plurality of similar images having the highest similarity, selecting one image according to a user's selection. Receiving an image from the outside; Transmitting the input image to an external database server; Receiving a similar image of the transmitted image and information on the similar image from the database server; Selecting a similar image having the highest similarity with the transmitted image among the received similar images; And And displaying information on the selected similar image. The method of claim 4, wherein the selecting step, And when the plurality of similar images having the highest similarity are selected, any one paid image is selected according to a user's selection. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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