KR100817604B1 - Digital image processing system for map uniform resource locator information and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a digital image processing system and method for providing map U.L.El information. In the digital image processing system according to the present invention, a method for providing map U.L. information includes: photographing a photograph; Obtaining location information at the time of photographing from the satellite positioning system; Generating a map Uniform Resource Locator (URL) using x, y coordinate values of the obtained location information; And when the map URL is generated, moving to the corresponding URL and displaying it on a screen in the form of a map or a satellite photo map. Therefore, when taking a picture with a digital camera equipped with a GPS receiver, the location information of the shooting location is provided in the form of a map URL, so that the user can be provided with the picture in the form of a map.

Internet Map, URL, GPS, Map Information, Geolocation, Digital Camera

Description

DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MAP UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF

1 is a block diagram of a general digital camera with a GPS receiving function;

2 is a block diagram of a digital camera to which a map URL generation function is added according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a map URL address according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram of a method for obtaining a map URL from a general website according to the present invention;

5 is a view showing a state in which a map URL is obtained from a general website and linked on a screen;

6 is a diagram of a method for uploading location information with a photo to a website according to the present invention;

7 is a diagram illustrating a case where a user directly installs a map URL viewer program to implement the present invention;

8 is a diagram for a method for obtaining a map URL from a photo file in an internet map site according to the present invention;

9 illustrates a method for receiving a map URL from an internet map site according to the present invention;

10 is a view showing a real picture taken with a digital camera,

11 is a view showing a state where a photo is uploaded from a website,

12 is a view showing a screen when the map view is selected,

13 is a diagram illustrating a screen when the satellite photo map view is selected.

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110: GPS receiver 120: filming unit

200: control unit 210: location information URL conversion unit

300: storage unit

The present invention relates to an internet map service, and more particularly, to a digital image processing system and method for providing map U.L. information in an internet map server.

Recently, attention has been focused on geo-based tagging technology for digital cameras. This is a technology that records the geographic information on the place where the picture was taken in the picture file taken by the digital camera so that it can be used for finding directions.

This geographic information recording is made possible by incorporating a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver into the digital camera. The location information can be received from the GPS receiver and stored in the exchangeable image file format (EXIF) on the storage medium of the digital camera.

EXIF is an image file format for digital cameras, and together with image data, it is possible to record additional information such as photographing date and a reduced image on one film, so that the image file can be efficiently managed using this information. Since JPEG compression is mainly used as a method of storing image data, this type of file can be displayed and edited as a JPEG file as a normal photo retouching software.

1 is a block diagram of a general digital camera to which a GPS reception function is added. Referring to FIG. 1, a GPS receiver 11 is mounted on a digital camera to receive location information (X, Y coordinates) of a current location and store location information together with a picture taken through the photographing unit 12. Stored in the unit (30).

However, since the prior art provides only the X and Y coordinates of the location information using the GPS receiver, there is no easy way for the user to know which region the location information is provided only in numbers.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a digital image processing system and method for providing map U. L. information by linking location information with a map site.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing location information of a photographed place using a satellite positioning system, the method including: photographing a photograph; Acquiring position information from a photographed viewpoint from the satellite positioning system; Generating a map Uniform Resource Locator (URL) using x, y coordinate values of the obtained location information; And when the map URL is generated, moving to the URL and displaying the map URL on a screen.

The generating of the map URL may include generating a map URL directly by the digital image processing apparatus. The map URL may directly include location information or may be encrypted. In addition, the map URL may be displayed in a general URL format of http (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).

The generating of the map URL may include receiving location information x, y coordinate values from a digital image processing apparatus and converting the map URL into map URL data using the coordinate values in an internet map service. The position information x, y coordinate values are obtained from the header of the picture file stored in the storage of the digital image processing apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, a digital image processing system for providing map U.L. information according to an aspect of the present invention, using a satellite positioning system to map the location information of the shooting location map URL (Uniform Resource Locator) Providing a digital image processing device; And an internet map server for providing a place where a picture is taken in an internet browser using a map URL provided from the digital image processing apparatus. The Internet map server further includes a map database for storing map data of various parts of the country in a digital data format for a map service, and a map engine that connects display information, trade names, branch numbers, etc. for each map position of the map database.

In addition, the digital image processing system for providing the map U.R.el information according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, by using the satellite positioning system to provide the location information of the shooting location in the x, y coordinate value A digital image processing device; And an internet map server that converts the x, y coordinate values provided from the digital image processing apparatus into map URL data and provides a place where a picture is taken in a map form. The Internet map server further includes a map URL processing unit for converting the map URL information into coordinates using the coordinate values recorded in the header of the picture file.

The digital image processing apparatus for providing map U.L. information according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a digital image processing apparatus having a satellite positioning system function, and receives satellite position signals. A GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver; A photographing unit which photographs an image of a subject with an imaging device; A control unit including a location information map URL converter for extracting current location information from a GPS receiver and converting coordinate values of the location information into a map URL (Uniform Resource Locator) signal when capturing any image in the photographing unit; And a storage unit for storing the map URL information output from the controller in a header of the photo file.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention is to provide a map URL information to add a GPS reception function to the digital camera to obtain the location information by taking a picture, and to receive the location information in the form of a map on the Internet site.

First, a case of converting location information into a map URL directly from a digital camera will be described.

2 is a block diagram of a digital camera to which a map URL generation function is added according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the digital camera includes a GPS receiver 110 for receiving location information, a photographing unit 120, a controller 200 for controlling overall control of the digital camera, and a storage unit 300 capable of storing image files. It consists of.

The digital camera may include a location information URL converter 210 to provide location information obtained from the GPS receiver 110 to an Internet address instead of x and y coordinate values.

The location information URL converting unit 210 converts the x, y coordinate values into a web page address (URL: Uniform Resource Locator) provided in a form easily recognized by a user such as a map form.

In order to convert to a web page address, it is desirable to be able to select an arbitrary site from a portal site that performs a map service or is linked with an arbitrary map site in advance.

Alternatively, if there is a map site provided by the digital camera manufacturer, the manufacturer site (www.congnamul.com) may be selected as a default when the user does not select another site.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of obtaining a map URL according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, when a user takes a picture by using a digital camera (S10), the GPS receiver detects a location at the time of taking the picture and acquires location information (S12). If the location information is obtained, a map URL is generated using the x, y coordinate values of the location information (S14). When the map URL is generated, it moves to the corresponding URL and displays it on the screen in the form of a map (S16).

Here, in step S14, the map URL may be generated directly by the digital camera, but the digital camera may provide only the location information x and y coordinate values. If only the digital camera provides the location information, the user should use a separate map URL generating means.

4 is a diagram for a method of obtaining a map URL from a general website according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, when a photo file stored in a storage unit is uploaded to a website, a map URL is read from a header of the file and stored in a database of a web server or directly recorded in an HTML document. You can link to the map URL with a photo directly from the HTML screen.

In the present invention, the map URL may directly include or encrypt location information, and is displayed in a general URL format of the http (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) protocol. Therefore, you can check the map by entering the URL directly into the address bar of your Internet browser.

5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a map URL is obtained from a general website and linked on a screen. Referring to FIG. 5, a map view of a photo and a photo is linked to a web page screen provided from a web server. Clicking the map view button will call the map URL directly and display it on the map for the location where the photo was taken so that the user can easily recognize the location.

The above technique was a method of converting location information into a map URL directly from a digital camera.

Hereinafter, a description will be given of a method in which a digital camera provides only location information as x and y coordinate values and utilizes the coordinate values in a manner desired by a user.

6 is a diagram of a method for uploading location information with a photo to a website according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, a user may first install a program for viewing a map URL in an internet browser or obtain a map URL using an EXIF viewer. In this state, after uploading a photo file to a website and loading a viewer program to view a map URL, the corresponding web page screen is displayed and the location of the photographing location is displayed on the map.

7 is a diagram illustrating a case where a user directly installs a map URL viewer program to implement the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, when a user browses a photo in an Internet browser and needs a photographing location, a viewer program for opening an EXIF file is loaded to obtain a map URL.

8 is a diagram for a method of obtaining a map URL from a photo file in an internet map site according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, a user may view a photo image in an internet browser on a photo file provided from a web server. Clicking the map view invokes the map link, which links to the Internet map site.

The map link processing unit provided in the Internet map site calls the map URL and displays the photographing position of the picture on the map.

9 is a diagram illustrating a method for receiving a map URL from an internet map site according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 9, when a map URL is called by a map link processor of an internet map site, the coordinates of the location information are converted into a position value on the map by the map URL processor, and the corresponding map for the photo is displayed in the map browser of the map site. do.

The actual screen implemented by the above method will be described as an example.

FIG. 10 is a view showing actual pictures taken with a digital camera, and FIG. 11 is a view showing a state where a picture is uploaded from a website.

Shown in FIG. 10 is an actual photographic image. When uploading the picture to the website, as shown in Fig. 11, a map view button is provided that provides the location of the photographing place together with the photographic image.

This may be implemented when the map URL conversion service is provided by the Internet map site.

12 is a diagram illustrating a screen when a map view is selected.

When the user selects the map view to know the photographing place, as shown in FIG. 12, the location where the photograph is taken is displayed on the map provided with the map browser. Such an electronic map service is implemented by a vector method.

13 is a diagram illustrating a screen when the satellite photo map view is selected.

If the user wants to view the satellite image according to the user's preference, the user can click the view satellite image button to receive the satellite image provided by the raster method as shown in FIG. The drawings and detailed description of the invention are merely exemplary of the invention, which are used for the purpose of illustrating the invention only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, the present invention allows the user to be provided with a photograph in the form of a map while providing a location information on the location of the photograph in the form of a map URL when photographing with a digital camera equipped with a GPS receiver. . Therefore, there is an effect that makes it possible to conveniently check the picture and the map. In addition, there is no need to develop a separate map browser when connected to the Internet map site, thereby reducing the development cost.

Claims (12)

In the method for providing location information of a place photographed using a satellite positioning system, Photographing, by a user, using a digital image processing apparatus including a digital camera; Acquiring position information from the satellite positioning system at the point in time at which the picture was taken by the digital image processing apparatus; Generating a map Uniform Resource Locator (URL) directly from the digital image processing apparatus using the obtained x, y coordinate values of the location information; And When the map URL is generated, moving to the URL and displaying on the screen in the form of a map or satellite photo map digital image processing method for providing the U.L.L information. delete The digital image processing method of claim 1, wherein the map URL directly includes location information. The digital image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the map URL is encrypted. The digital image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the map URL is displayed in a general URL format of a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http) protocol. In the method for providing location information of a place photographed using a satellite positioning system, Photographing, by a user, using a digital image processing apparatus including a digital camera; Acquiring position information from the satellite positioning system by the digital image processing apparatus at the time when the picture is taken; Receiving location information x, y coordinate values from the digital image processing apparatus, and generating a map Uniform Resource Locator (URL) using the coordinate values in an internet map service; And When the map URL is generated, moving to the URL and displaying on the screen in the form of a map or satellite photo map digital image processing method for providing the U.L.L information. The digital image processing method according to claim 6, wherein the position information x, y coordinate value is obtained from a header of a photo file stored in a storage unit of the digital image processing apparatus. A digital image processing apparatus for providing location information of a photographing location as a map URL using a satellite positioning system; And It is composed of an Internet map server that provides a place where a picture is taken in the Internet browser using a map URL provided from the digital image processing device in the form of a map or satellite photo map, The Internet map server is a map database for storing maps or satellite image map data of various parts of the country in digital data format for a map service, and a map engine for connecting display information, trade name, address, etc. for each map or satellite image map location of the map database. Digital image processing system for providing a map U.R.El information, characterized in that further comprises. delete A digital image processing apparatus for providing location information of a photographing location as an x, y coordinate value using a satellite positioning system; And It is composed of an Internet map server that converts the x, y coordinate values provided from the digital image processing device into map URL data and provides a place where a picture is taken in the form of a map or a satellite picture map. The Internet map server further comprises a map URL processing unit for converting the map URL information using the coordinate values recorded in the header of the picture file. delete The apparatus of claim 8 or 10, wherein the digital image processing apparatus A GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver for receiving a satellite position signal; A photographing unit which photographs an image of a subject with an imaging device; A control unit including a location information map URL converter for extracting current location information from a GPS receiver and converting coordinate values of the location information into a map URL (Uniform Resource Locator) signal when capturing any image in the photographing unit; And And a storage unit for storing the map URL information output from the control unit in a header of the photo file and storing the map URL information.

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