KR100841010B1 - Apparatus and method for making file name - Google Patents

Abstract

A device and a method for generating a file name are provided to enable a user to search captured image data easily by setting desired area information of the user to the file name of the image data capturing an object based on current location information received from a GPS(Global Positioning System). A controller(130) calculates current location information of a terminal(100) by a signal for storing image data, which is generated by capturing an object. A location information storing part(140) stores the current location information by inserting the information into a header of the image data. A file name generator(160) searches first area information from an area information database based on the current location information of the terminal, stores first image data named by the searched first area information, extracts the current location information by analyzing the header of the first image data, outputs a list of the area information matched with the current location information, and forms/stores second image data named by second area information, which is selected amount the output area information list. An area information storing part(150) stores the area information list matched with the current location information.

Description

Apparatus and Method for Making File Name}

1 is a diagram briefly illustrating an internal configuration of a file name generation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram for describing a file name generation method using a file name generation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating a file name, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for generating a file name of image data.

Currently, mobile communication terminals, digital cameras, and camcorders can capture still images or moving images and store image data. In order to save the image data, the name of each image data should be changed using the file name editing function.

In general, in case of storing image data in the terminal, a file name of a predetermined serial number format provided by the terminal or a file name set by a user is often stored. The file name of the captured image data is inconvenient to open all the plurality of files because it is not known at what time and place it was taken and stored. Therefore, the necessity for the file name of the captured image data to include various information according to the purpose of managing the image data.

In order to solve this problem, the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for generating a file name of the image data.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating a file name, the method comprising: generating image data by photographing a subject; calculating current position information according to the generated storage signal of the image data; (c) inserting the calculated current position information into a header of the generated image data; And (d) selecting first area information on the basis of the calculated current location information from the linked area information database, and storing image data in which the selected first area information is formed as a file name.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for generating a file name includes: a controller configured to calculate current location information of a terminal according to a storage signal of image data generated by photographing a subject; A location information storage unit for inserting and storing the calculated current location information of the terminal into a header of the image data; And a file name generation unit configured to search for area information based on the calculated current location information of the terminal and to store image data obtained by forming the searched first area information into a file name.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, “block”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. It can be implemented as.

An apparatus and method for generating a file name according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram briefly illustrating an internal configuration of a file name generation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

File name generation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is a satellite positioning system (Global Positioning System, hereinafter referred to as 'GPS') antenna 110, GPS receiver 120, control unit 130, location information storage unit 140 , The region information storage unit 150 and the file name generation unit 160.

The GPS antenna 110 receives GPS radio waves from one or more satellites and transmits them to the GPS receiver 120.

The GPS receiver 120 receives the navigation data included in the GPS radio wave transmitted from the GPS antenna 110 and transmits it to the controller 130. That is, the GPS receiver 120 is configured to transmit the latitude and longitude position information and the time information of the terminal, which are calculated through the predetermined processing of the received GPS radio waves, to the controller 130. Specifically, the GPS radio wave transmitted from the GPS satellites includes an ID code, orbital position, and visual information of the GPS satellites. The GPS receiver 120 calculates a difference in arrival speed between radio waves emitted from a plurality of GPS satellites. Calculate the position coordinate of. Meanwhile, the GPS processor 120 may be mounted on the controller 130 without the GPS receiver 120 as a separate device. In the embodiment of the present invention, the current location information is calculated using GPS, but the location information may be calculated using any means such as a repeater, a phone number, and an IP.

The controller 130 photographs a subject through a camera unit (not shown), and when a storage signal of the image data is received, the controller 130 uses the latitude and longitude position information and time information of the terminal received from the GPS receiver 120. Calculate your current location information. In addition, the controller 130 controls each internal module of the file name generating apparatus to control file name generation of the image data.

The location information storage unit 140 inserts and stores the current location information of the terminal in the header of the generated image data.

The area information storage unit 150 stores a list of area information matching the current location of the terminal. Although the local information storage unit 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described as being configured inside the file name generation device for convenience of description, the local information storage unit 150 may be configured as a local information database outside the file name generation device.

The file name generation unit 160 searches for area information matching the current location information of the terminal in the area information storage unit 150 and generates and stores image data in which the searched area information is formed as a file name. In addition, the file name generation unit 160 outputs a region information list matching the current location information of the terminal through the user interface. Subsequently, when receiving the area information selection signal selected by the user from the output area information list, the file name generation unit 160 forms and stores the area information corresponding to the area information selection signal as a file name of the image data.

Next, a method of generating a file name will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a diagram for describing a file name generation method using a file name generation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 130 generates image data by photographing a subject through a camera unit (not shown).

File name generation device has 'Auto setting', 'Regional information setting' and 'Region information setting' functions in the file name setting menu. Here, the 'automatic setting' is a function menu for setting and storing the file name of the image data as a file name of a preset serial number format provided by the terminal. Here, the 'region information automatic setting' is a function menu for automatically setting and storing region information matching the current location information as a file name of image data. Here, 'Regional information manual setting' is a function menu for setting and storing various local information as a file name of image data with a file name arbitrarily set by a user.

The controller 130 captures a subject through a camera unit (not shown), and when 'Automatically set area information' or 'set area information manually' is selected in the file name setting menu (a storage signal of image data is received). In operation S102 and S104, the GPS receiver 120 calculates current location information of the terminal.

When the storage signal of the image data is received, the position information storage unit 140 inserts the calculated current position information of the terminal into the header of the generated image data (S106).

The file name generation unit 160 searches for area information on the basis of the current location information of the terminal in the area information storage unit 150 (S108). In addition, when the 'region information automatic setting' selection signal is received, the file name generation unit 160 stores image data in which the searched region information is formed as a file name (S110). Here, the file name of the image data includes location information and / or time information.

When the 'region information manual setting' selection signal is received, the file name generation unit 160 outputs a region information list matching the searched region information through the user interface (S112). In addition, when the region information selection signal is received, the file name generation unit 160 stores image data in which region information corresponding to the region information selection signal is formed as a file name (S114).

For example, it is assumed that an image is taken by a terminal (a mobile communication terminal, a digital camera, a camcorder, etc.) in a specific area of Soraksan. The file name generation unit 160 outputs a list of local information matching the current location information of the terminal in various ways, such as by tourist destination, by address (Seorak-san, several Donghae number, temple names, etc.). Subsequently, the file name generation unit 160 receives a region information selection signal selected by the user from the region information list, generates image data of the region information corresponding to the received region information selection signal, and stores the image data. Accordingly, the image data according to the embodiment of the present invention may be generated as a file name of the image data with various local information according to a user's desired purpose even at the same place.

After the operation S110 or S114, when the second file name generation device receives the image data stored in the image data storage unit, the second file name generation device calculates the position information included in the header of the image data, The second area information is selected based on the location information calculated from the second area information database.

The second file name generation device stores image data in which the selected second region information is formed as a file name. If only the location information is included in the above-described image data, the other device generates the second area information based on the location information, and stores the image data in which the generated second area information is formed as a file name, thereby obtaining various area information. You can change the file name of the video data.

Embodiments of the present invention are not implemented only through the above-described apparatus and / or method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiments of the present invention, a recording medium on which the program is recorded, and the like. Such implementations may be readily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the above-described embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

According to the above-described configuration, the present invention can be expected to have an effect that it is easy to retrieve the captured image data by setting the file name of the image data of the subject photographed by the user.

Claims (6)

delete delete delete A controller configured to calculate current location information of the terminal according to a storage signal of image data generated by photographing a subject; A location information storage unit for inserting and storing the calculated current location information of the terminal into a header of the image data; And Search for the first region information based on the calculated current location information of the terminal in the linked region information database, store first image data in which the searched first region information is formed as a file name, and store the stored first information. Analyze the header of the image data to extract the current location information of the calculated terminal, output a list of area information matching the current location information of the terminal, and select the second area information selected from the list of output area information. File name generation unit for forming and storing the second image data by the file name File name generation device comprising a. delete The method of claim 4, wherein And an area information storage unit for storing a list of area information matching the current location information of the terminal.

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