KR100868733B1 - Mobile terminal for augmented reality based game and method for providing the game using the mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal for playing a game based on augmented reality and a method for providing the game using the mobile terminal are provided to be unnecessary for a user to search a game by connecting a game provider server due to searching the game by using the image included in a photographed image. A searcher(22) searches a game corresponding to image in case that an image photographed through a camera includes the image of the game of the provider side. A transceiver(26) downloads the searched game. A game controller(25) operates a game according to the input of user after game is downloaded. A display(27) provides the scene for game for user.

Description

A mobile terminal for augmented reality based game and method for providing the game using the mobile terminal}

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of augmented reality-based games, and more particularly, a mobile terminal capable of augmented reality-based games, which enables a user to search for and select a game without accessing a game provider. The present invention relates to a method for providing an augmented reality based game and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method.

Augmented Reality is generally a term derived from virtual environment and virtual reality, and refers to a mixture of real world image and virtual image by inserting computer graphic image into the real environment. Real-world information may contain information that the user does not need, and sometimes the user may lack information. However, using computer-generated virtual environments, you can simplify or hide information you don't need. In other words, the augmented reality system combines the real world and the virtual world to allow interaction with the user in real time.

A technology for applying such augmented reality technology to the game has been developed, and in particular, research on a technology for providing a game based on augmented reality using a mobile terminal is in progress. Conventionally, in order to play a game with a mobile terminal, there is an inconvenience of accessing a game provider providing a game, searching for a game, and selecting a game before downloading the game.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention, when augmented reality-based game using a mobile terminal, a user can search and select a game without access to the game provider side, a mobile terminal capable of augmented reality-based games The present invention provides a method for providing an augmented reality-based game using the mobile terminal and a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a mobile terminal capable of augmented reality-based game according to the present invention includes a camera; A search unit searching for a game corresponding to the predetermined image when the image photographed by the camera includes a predetermined image; A transceiver for downloading the searched game; A game controller which operates the game according to a user input after the game is downloaded; And a display for providing the user with a scene for the game.

The game controller may augment the downloaded game based on the predetermined image.

In addition, the predetermined image may be an image that is previously determined to correspond to the game by the provider providing the game.

The mobile terminal may further include a database storing at least one image and a list of games corresponding to the at least one image, wherein the search unit may search for the game corresponding to the predetermined image in the database. have.

The searcher may search for a game corresponding to the predetermined image by accessing a provider providing the game.

In addition, the display may provide the user with a preview scene of the retrieved game before downloading the retrieved game.

Method for providing augmented reality-based game using a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, (a) when the image taken by the camera provided in the mobile terminal includes a predetermined image, the predetermined Searching for a game corresponding to the image of the; (b) downloading the retrieved game; And (c) operating the downloaded game according to a user's input.

In the step (c), the downloaded game may be augmented and operated based on the predetermined image.

In addition, the predetermined image may be an image that is pre-determined to correspond to the game at the provider 30 that provides the game.

The mobile terminal may include a database storing at least one image and a list of games corresponding to the at least one image. In step (a), the mobile terminal may include a game corresponding to the predetermined image in the database. You can search.

Meanwhile, in the step (a), a game corresponding to the predetermined image may be searched by accessing a provider that provides the game.

In addition, the method may further include providing a preview scene of the retrieved game to the user before step (b).

The present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method for providing an augmented reality-based game using a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

According to the present invention described above, since a game corresponding to the game is searched for by using a predetermined image included in the captured image, the user does not have to go through the trouble of accessing the game provider and searching for the game. If a predetermined image is used as a game title such as a logo or an image representing a specific game, the promotion and propagation effect can be maximized.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, the substantially identical components are represented by the same reference numerals, and thus redundant description will be omitted. In addition, in the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal capable of augmented reality-based game according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 20 according to the present embodiment captures an image including each of the predetermined images 10, and is connected to a network of the game server 30 of the provider that provides a game. have. Here, the network is preferably a wireless network.

Each of the predetermined images 10 according to the present exemplary embodiment is an image that is determined to correspond to a specific game by a provider that provides a game, for example, a logo of a provider or a logo that represents a corresponding game. It may be in the form. The image A 10a to be described below as an example is an image B, an image C,... , May be any one of the images N.

The mobile terminal 20 according to the present embodiment includes a camera 21, a searcher 22, a database 23, a user inputter 24, a game controller 25, a transceiver 26, a display 27, Tracker 28, memory 29, and the like.

The camera 21 captures a still image or video, and the searcher 22 checks whether the image captured by the camera includes the image A 10a, and if so, plays a game corresponding to the image A 10a. Search. According to the present exemplary embodiment, a list of games corresponding to each of the images 10 is stored in the database 23, and the searching unit 22 searches for a game corresponding to the image A 10a in the database 23. do. Meanwhile, according to another exemplary embodiment, the mobile terminal 10 is connected to the game server 30 so that the database 23 is not included in the mobile terminal 20 but is provided in the game server 30. The image A 10a recognized in 10 may be transmitted to the game server 30, and the game server 30 may search for a game corresponding to the image A 10a.

When the game corresponding to the image A 10a is retrieved from the database 23 by the searcher 22, the transceiver 26 connects to the game server 30 through the network at the user's request, and retrieves the game. Download it. The downloaded game is stored in the memory 29. According to this embodiment, before downloading the searched game, a preview scene of the searched game is downloaded at the user's request, and the preview scene is augmented and provided to the user through the display 27 to determine whether to download the searched game. Allow users to have a chance to decide. Furthermore, this preview scene may be in the form of a preview game in which the user can play the game directly under limited requirements.

The game controller 25 operates the downloaded game according to the user's input through the user input unit 24, and the display 27 provides a scene for the game to the user. The game according to the present embodiment is an augmented reality-based game that is augmented based on the image A 10a. To this end, the tracker 28 receives an image captured by the camera 21 to track the image A 10a, and the game control unit 25 tracks 25 the image A 10a by the tracker 28. Augments the game according to the tracked result, and the display 27 provides the augmented scene to the user.

2 is a view for explaining the appearance that the augmented reality-based game is manipulated based on the image A (10a) according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Fig. 2, relative positions and directions of the mobile terminal and the recognized image, for example, image A 10a, are shown in (a), (b) and (c), respectively, according to the present embodiment. The game is operated according to a change in the relative position of the camera 21 provided in the terminal 20 and the recognized image. That is, the movement of the mobile terminal 20 by the user becomes a form of user input. As the user moves the mobile terminal 20, the relative position of the camera 21 and the recognized image changes, and thus the game. This works. Referring to FIG. 2, (a) represents a state in which a user converts a bearing by using a tilt of the mobile terminal 20, (b) represents rotation using a rotation angle of the mobile terminal 20, and (c ) Represents the size conversion using the distance between the mobile terminal 20 and the recognized image.

3 is a flowchart of a method for providing an augmented reality-based game using a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method according to the present embodiment consists of steps processed in a mobile terminal capable of augmented reality-based game described with reference to FIG. 1. Therefore, although omitted below, the contents described with reference to FIG. 1 also apply to a method for providing an augmented reality-based game using a mobile terminal according to the present embodiment.

In operation 310, the mobile terminal 20 captures an image through a camera, and acquires a predetermined image, for example, image A 10a, included in the image captured in operation 315. In operation 320, the mobile terminal 20 searches the database 23 or the game server 30 for a game corresponding to the acquired image.

In step 325, the mobile terminal 20 receives an input of whether to provide a preview scene of the searched game from the user, proceeds to step 330 when a request for a preview scene is input, and proceeds to step 340 when a preview scene is not requested. Proceed.

In operation 330, the mobile terminal 20 downloads the preview scene from the game server 30, and in operation 335, the preview scene is augmented based on a predetermined image and provided to the user through the display 27. Although not shown, the method may further include a step of receiving a request for re-viewing the preview scene from the user after step 335, and may be configured to repeat step 335 when requested to see it again.

In step 340, the mobile terminal 20 receives an input of whether to download the searched game from the user. If the download request is input, the mobile terminal 20 proceeds to step 345, and terminates if the download request is not input.

In step 345, the mobile terminal 20 downloads the game from the game server 30, and in accordance with the user's game start request, the mobile terminal 20 augments the downloaded game based on a predetermined image to the user through the display 27. In operation 355, the game is operated according to a user input.

Meanwhile, the above-described embodiments of the present invention can be written as a program that can be executed in a computer, and can be implemented in a general-purpose digital computer that operates the program using a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may be a magnetic storage medium (for example, a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, etc.), an optical reading medium (for example, a CD-ROM, DVD, etc.) and a carrier wave (for example, the Internet). Storage medium).

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal capable of augmented reality-based game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view for explaining a state that augmented reality-based game is manipulated based on a predetermined image according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a method for providing an augmented reality-based game using a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (13)

In the mobile terminal capable of augmented reality-based games, camera; A search unit for searching for a game corresponding to the predetermined image when the image photographed by the camera includes a predetermined image which is previously determined to correspond to the game by a provider providing the game; A transceiver for downloading the searched game; A game controller which operates the game according to a user input after the game is downloaded; And And a display for providing the user with a scene for the game. The method of claim 1, The game control unit is characterized in that for augmenting the downloaded game on the basis of the predetermined image. delete The method of claim 1, A database for storing at least one image and a list of games corresponding to the at least one image, The search unit searches for the game corresponding to the predetermined image in the database. The method of claim 1, And the searching unit searches for a game corresponding to the predetermined image by connecting to a provider providing the game. The method of claim 1, And wherein the display provides a preview scene of the retrieved game to the user before downloading the retrieved game. In the method for providing an augmented reality-based game using a mobile terminal, (a) searching for a game corresponding to the predetermined image when the image photographed by the camera included in the mobile terminal includes a predetermined image which is previously determined to correspond to the game at the provider providing the game; ; (b) downloading the retrieved game; And (c) operating the downloaded game according to a user's input. The method of claim 7, wherein In the step (c), the game providing method, characterized in that to operate by augmenting the downloaded game on the basis of the predetermined image. delete The method of claim 7, wherein The mobile terminal includes a database for storing at least one image and a list of games corresponding to the at least one image, In the step (a), the game providing method, characterized in that for searching the database corresponding to the predetermined image. The method of claim 7, wherein In the step (a), the game providing method, characterized in that for searching for a game corresponding to the predetermined image connected to the provider providing the game. The method of claim 7, wherein Before the step (b), further comprising providing a preview scene of the retrieved game to the user. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method for providing an augmented reality based game using a mobile terminal according to any one of claims 7 to 8 and 10 to 12. .

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