KR100950070B1 - Apparatus and method for authoring travel information content and apparatus for reproducing the same content - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for producing content information, and a content reproducing apparatus.

According to the present invention, there is provided a device for producing traveled information as a content, comprising a plurality of operations associated with a control unit, map information, and at least a portion of map information, movement trajectory information representing a movement trajectory for each information time, and a plurality of stored time information. Reads the movement trajectory information from the memory in which the media files are stored, and calculates the position at which each of the media files on the movement trajectory is obtained from the obtained visual information associated with the file for each of the plurality of media files. In addition, the icon generating unit generates an icon related to each of the media files and associated with the obtained location, map information stored in memory, movement trajectory information, media files, and icons generated by the icon generating unit. It characterized in that it comprises a control unit including a content integration unit for integrating the content.

According to the aspect of the present invention, the traveling information content producing apparatus according to the present invention calculates a location where each of the media files is generated, and generates an icon related thereto. Accordingly, map information, movement trajectory information, media files, and icons are integrated into one piece of content.

Travel information, trajectory information, navigation, GPS, content, flash, multimedia

Description

Apparatus and method for authoring travel information content and apparatus for reproducing the same content}

The present invention relates to multimedia content production technology and reproduction technology, and more particularly, to multimedia content technology related to travel information.

Conventionally, in producing and providing travel-related travel information as content, the travel-related information is updated or necessary travel-related information is shared using a personal blog or a homepage provided on the web. In this way, the traveler posts images or videos taken while traveling using a digital camera, a camcorder, a mobile phone, etc. to a personal blog or homepage created on the web. The travel-related images or videos posted on personal blogs or homepages were shared with each other to share opinions regarding travel information.

However, the system sharing such traveling information does not have a uniform system because it is provided as individual files, and there are many inconveniences because many files are collected. Because of the limited way of describing individual files, it was inconvenient to provide even basic information about when and where a picture was taken.

In addition, users must read all the lengthy posts in order to obtain practical information such as the location of restaurants and restaurants related to the destination, and even then it was difficult to obtain very inconvenient or accurate information.

Recently, navigation devices have been widely used. The navigation device has a function of a kind of black box, so that it is possible to provide the traveler's travel information. Such movement trajectory information may be extracted to the outside of the navigation apparatus through a generalized memory card. However, at present, only a service that checks its movement trajectory on a website provided by a manufacturer of a navigation device is provided.

The present invention aims to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to enable a traveler to conveniently present travel information obtained during a trip to a third party.

Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a production tool that can conveniently produce multimedia content about travel information.

Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to more conveniently present additional information related to travel information.

Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to enable the existing information content to be independently distributed and used as one independent content.

The foregoing technical problem is achieved by the characteristic aspects of the present invention described below. The traveling information content production apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of media files stored in association with an operation unit, map information, and at least a portion of map information, movement trajectory information representing a movement trajectory for each information time, and acquired visual information. The media files are obtained by reading the stored memory and movement trajectory information from the memory, and calculating the position at which each of the media files on the movement trajectory is obtained from the obtained time information associated with the file for each of the plurality of media files. Integrating the icon generation unit for generating icons associated with each of the acquired position, the map information stored in memory, the movement trajectory information, the media files, and the icons generated in the icon generation unit into one content. And a control unit including a content integrating unit.

According to this aspect of the present invention, since the trajectory of the movement of the user is displayed on the map, and the multimedia files are provided as icons on the movement trajectory, the user can display the photographed position and visual information of the photographed picture. It can be obtained immediately, and you can enjoy the information while imagining the destination on the map. The user can view the multimedia files photographed at the location where the content creator stayed along the movement trajectory, as if the user were traveling on the same trip.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for producing a content information content includes a content integrating unit controlling display of a map information layer, a movement trajectory information layer, and an icon layer according to header information, an operation command of an operation unit, and selecting media icons. A playback control command for controlling display, map image and media files are added, and are generated as graphic content including an object file including their instruction information and area information.

According to this aspect, since the traveling information content according to the present invention is produced as one independent content, it can be independently distributed or reproduced by a player. Travelers can post their own travel information content on their blogs or send it to friends via e-mail.

The traveling information content according to the present invention presents a multimedia file acquired at the travel destination in relation to the location information on the movement trajectory on the map, so that the information is not only visually convenient but also presented in accordance with the characteristics of travel, so that the psychological affinity You can give it and learn how to use it.

Furthermore, the traveling information content according to the present invention can be independently distributed since it is produced as independent multimedia content.

Furthermore, in the travel information content according to the present invention, since the additional information is presented in association with the icon on the locus, it is possible to present various additional information to the user more conveniently. For example, when producing content for guiding the company location using the travel information content according to the present invention, while providing a picture of the feature encountered while visiting the company, the information related to the picture through the text or graphics It is possible to present directly from the location.

Travel information content according to the present invention can not be used merely for entertainment purposes for providing travel information. It can be used to conveniently present the information to guide the driver or the user about a lot of moving businesses such as management of the road network, guidance of the newspaper distribution path network, daily delivery route of the delivery company. For example, a road facility manager may conduct on-site surveys to determine whether roads are damaged or signs are damaged, and to quickly and accurately identify the location of recovery, thereby reducing the time and cost of recovery.

In order to help the understanding of the present invention, a realistic example to which the present invention is applied is first presented. This application example is not intended to limit the technical scope of the patent at all, but is merely presented as an example to help understand.

1 illustrates travel information content according to an embodiment of the present invention. Such content is produced through the following process, for example. That is, when a traveler starts to travel and starts to move, the navigation device periodically stores time-specific location information, that is, movement trajectory information according to the moving trajectory. This movement trajectory information is continuously stored in a memory card, here an SD-card, inserted in the navigation device. A commercially available navigation device provides a function of withdrawing stored movement trajectory information to the outside via an SD card. GPS (Global positioning system) data is navigation data, which in essence comprises the original visual data.

On the other hand, travelers may take pictures while traveling, record videos using a camcorder, record voice using a digital recorder, or record nature sounds such as waves. Such media files obtained by recording on a traveling trajectory include visual information recorded according to a characteristic aspect of the present invention. In this embodiment, if the time at which the picture was taken and started recording in the memory is 2007.08.01 and 10:00, the taken picture is stored under a file name of 200708011000.jpg. Some commercially available digital cameras, digital recorders, and digital camcorders support these features. If not, the user can take note of when the file was recorded and later change the name of the file on his or her personal computer.

At the end of the trip, the user removes the SD card storing the track information from the navigation device and inserts it into the PC. Next, the user accesses the travel information content creation website, selects a content creation function, and uploads the locus information of the SD card inserted into the PC according to the on-screen instructions. Next, when uploading the media files on the screen is requested, the user inserts the SD-card in which the media files including visual information, which were photographed and recorded while traveling, is inserted into the PC. Next, the user accesses the travel information content creation website and uploads the media files stored on the SD card inserted in the PC.

The website related to the traveling information content generates and provides the content as shown in FIG. 1 using the uploaded file. For example, this content can be created in Flash format, an open multimedia standard from Adobe. The user can download this content to his computer for playback by the flash playback engine. As this content is independent, it can be distributed or viewed via the web, or it can be delivered to others via e-mail or recording media.

When the user places the mouse pointer on the location icon 10 of one of the location icons in FIG. 1, the media icons 20 representing the types of media files photographed at the location and additional information briefly describing the contents thereof. 30 is displayed. When the user clicks, for example, the photo icon 23 of the media icons 20 with a mouse, the album program is driven, and the photos taken while traveling at the corresponding location are displayed in the album. When the user clicks, for example, the video icon 25 on the content indication icon 20 with a mouse, a video reproducing program is executed, and a video taken while traveling at the corresponding position is reproduced. When the user clicks, for example, the voice icon 21 on the content indication icon 20 with a mouse, the voice reproducing program is executed, and the voice file recorded while traveling at the corresponding position is reproduced.

Such technology related to automatic content generation and playback may not be simply entertainment, but may be directly used to help work. For example, a company that manages a highway produces a report by periodically patrolling the highway, observing road damage or signs.

When the content production tool according to the present invention is used, the patrolman records a situation report using a digital recorder while photographing a damaged part of a road surface or a damaged part of a sign while moving to a vehicle equipped with a navigation terminal. At the office after the patrol, the patrolman connects to the patrol report generation system according to the present invention. The trajectory information stored in the SD-card separated from the navigation terminal device, the media files of the photographed pictures and the recorded voices are uploaded, and the patrol report generating system generates contents similar to those shown in FIG. 1 and provides them as a report. The report not only marks the problem area on the freeway, but also describes the condition with pictures and voice. The content is generated as a wireless web page, and the road maintenance work group can access a web page where the content is stored to the wireless Internet terminal to read the report and obtain necessary information.

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

2 is a block diagram of a traveling information content producing apparatus according to the present invention. The illustrated device may be implemented as a personal computer equipped with a production program according to the present invention. As shown, the traveling information content production apparatus according to the present invention comprises a memory 100, the control unit 200, the operation unit 900 is configured.

The memory 100 may be one or a plurality of memories such as a hard disk, a RAM, and a flash, and the controller 200 may use hardware such as a CPU. In addition, the manipulation unit 900 may be one or more of a manipulation device such as a touch panel when a keyboard, a mouse, or the present invention is manufactured in the form of a kiosk.

Hereinafter, the operation of the traveling information content production apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described. The memory 100 stores general electronic map information and movement trajectory information according to a characteristic aspect of the present invention. The movement trajectory of the movement trajectory information is information over at least a portion of an area covered by the map stored in the memory 100. Here, the movement trajectory information is positional information such as a coordinate value indicating a movement trajectory stored in the movement trajectory device, and movement trajectory information for each time including time information at the corresponding position. This movement trajectory information is read into the memory 100 from the SD card of the navigation apparatus, for example.

The memory 100 further stores a plurality of media files including recording time information. In this case, the media files are preferably composed of one or a plurality of formats of photo, voice, and video. In one embodiment, the time information is stored in a predetermined area of the header portion of the media file. In another embodiment, the visual information may be the name of the file itself. Various methods are available for storing visual information.

For example, if the picture is taken and the time information at the time when recording is started is 2007.08.01 and 10:00:10, the taken picture is stored under a file name of 20070801100010.jpg. Among commercially available mobile devices, products using visual information as file names are sold. If not, the user may remember the time at which the media file was recorded, and then change the file name by checking the acquired time later.

 According to a characteristic aspect of the present invention, the controller 200 includes an icon generator 210 and a content integrator 250. The icon generator 210 first reads movement trajectory information stored in the memory 100 and acquired visual information of each of the plurality of media files. From this, the icon generator 210 calculates a position coordinate of each of the media files on the movement trajectory. For example, if one of the media files stored in the memory 100 wants to extract the location where the photo file is taken, visual information of the picture is extracted from the file name of the photo.

Next, the visual information of the movement trajectory information is searched to find visual information that most closely matches the visual information recorded above. If there is matching time information, the coordinate value corresponding to the corresponding time of the movement trajectory information is the position coordinate value at which the picture is recorded. If there is no matching information, the movement trajectory information is approximated by a general method such as linear interpolation to calculate the position coordinate where the picture is recorded.

For example, when the file name of the picture is 20070801100010.jpg, the movement trajectory information stored in the memory 100 and the picture file information are matched with each other to extract a location where the picture file is captured. In the present embodiment, the movement trajectory information is composed of position coordinates for each movement time. For example, when the positional information by time is 10 seconds, a part of the movement trajectory information is illustrated as follows.

                                .....

{20070801100000, (x ₁ , y ₁ )}

{20070801100010, (x ₂ , y ₂ )}

{20070801100020, (x ₃ , y ₃ )}

{20070801100030, (x ₄ , y ₄ )}

....

Where (x1, y1), (x ₂ , y ₂ ), (x ₃ , y ₃ ), (x ₄ , y ₄ ) are GPS coordinate values.

The above-described photo file of 20070801100010.jpg corresponds to {20070801100010, (x ₂ , y ₂ )} of the movement trajectory information. Therefore, it can be seen that the picture file is obtained at a position coordinate of (x ₂ , y ₂ ). If the time of the movement trajectory information that exactly matches the recording time of the media file cannot be found, the position coordinates of the media file may be set to a linearly interpolated position on the time interval of the movement trajectory information.

In this way, when the recording position coordinate values of the respective media files are obtained, the icon generator 210 generates icon information. The icon information includes the position coordinates at which the media file is recorded, the file type of the media file, and the specific information of the media file linked to this icon.

The position coordinate at which the media file is recorded is a position coordinate value calculated through the above process. The file type of the media file indicates the type of media, that is, whether it is an audio file, an image file, or a video file. For example, type information may be allocated as follows.

type voice image video code One 2 3

The specific information of the media file may be, for example, a name of a related media file or URL information including a location where the related media file is stored when the content is produced as a web page.

For example, the file name of the photo file is 20070801100010.jpg, the extracted position coordinates are (x ₂ , y ₂ ), and the data type is an image as in the above-described example. In this case, the information of the icon 210 generated in association with the photo file is a record having a value of (2, (x ₂ , y ₂ ), 20070801100010.jpg). By this method, icons on the movement trajectory of the traveling information content are stored in a database.

In the present embodiment, icons of adjacent positions are displayed in one group. For example, media files recorded within a radius of 4 km are bundled between albums of the same type. A plurality of video files are stored in one video album. One photo album stores a plurality of photo files. One voice album stores a plurality of voice files. Icons are displayed to the user through the location icon 10 and the media icon 20, as shown in FIG. The position icon 10 is a graphic icon displayed on the position coordinate value of the icon at the center position coordinate among the icons existing at the position on the movement trajectory included in the icon information. When the mouse is placed on the location icon 10, a group of media icons 20 is displayed. The media icons 20 are icons representing the types by grouping a series of icons having adjacent position coordinate values by type.

In the present embodiment, the media icons 20 include a video icon, a photo icon, and a voice icon. When the video icon 25 is selected, a list of videos captured in the vicinity is displayed as an album. When the picture icon 23 is selected, a list of pictures taken in the vicinity is displayed as an album. When the voice icon 21 is selected, a list of voice files recorded in the vicinity thereof is displayed as an album. When the user selects them, the file is played and output.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the control unit 200 includes an additional information generating unit 230. According to an exemplary embodiment, the additional information generator 230 may generate additional information corresponding to each icon in addition to the icon generator 210. The additional information here includes a brief comment for each of the media files. The additional information may preferably provide brief information in graphic or text.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the user places the mouse pointer on the location icon 10 of one of the location icons to indicate. Correspondingly, the additional information 30 in the form of a simple comment is displayed next to the location icon 10. In this case, when the mouse pointer is positioned and displayed on the media icon 20 displayed together, additional information 30 related to the media icon is displayed.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the content integrator 250 integrates icons and trajectory information stored in the memory 100 into one content. In addition, the content integrator 250 may integrate additional information. In addition, the content integrator 250 may integrate map information.

3 illustrates an embodiment of a single content integrated in the content integrator 250. As shown, the content includes a header, a playback control command, and object files. The illustrated content is an open multimedia format from Adobe. It is similar to the Flash format. Here, the header defines the summary information of the existing content. The object files may be composed of unit images constituting images displayed on the screen when the content is played, video files, voice files, text files, or other flash content. The playback control command is a script language program that draws a graphic screen to be displayed on the screen as a user operates.

For example, when the user selects one of the icons, the album frame is displayed on the screen in response to this event, and the photo is read, decoded, and outputted in the frame. Graphic processing is controlled by the superimposed display of multiple layers. For example, in the main screen of the content, a reproduction control command is prepared so that a trajectory information layer is output on the map information layer, icon images are superimposed on the map information layer, and additional information is output to the upper layer. The method of describing content in Flash itself is a general-purpose configuration, and various implementations are possible, so detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In another embodiment, the content integrator 250 integrates the content elements stored in the memory 100 into a web document such as an HTML document. When integrated into a web document, it can be executed in a browser even without a separate player, and has an advantage in that it can be directly inserted into a personal blog or homepage without any modification. Individual icons are treated as links, and album pages that should be executed when the link is selected are stored as web documents. In one embodiment, the map information and the trajectory information are superimposed and combined into an image, and maps corresponding to respective magnifications are selected and reproduced by a link when the zoom button is clicked. The application reads the map information, the trajectory information, and the link information on each trajectory and provides it to the browser.

Hereinafter, a method of producing travel information as content according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4. 4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method of producing travel information as content according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, in one embodiment, the movement trajectory information meaning the movement trajectory by time, the map information including the movement trajectory information, and a plurality of media files stored in association with the photographing time information are stored in the memory (S10). ). The movement trajectory information is, for example, read from a memory card inserted into a slot of the navigation device and stored in the memory. Map information does not necessarily need to be stored in memory. For example, map information may only be downloaded from the server at the time of content creation. As another example, the map information may be obtained by extracting only a necessary portion from the server or the memory of the local computer at the time of executing the content. Media files have been read into the computer's memory, for example, from a memory card or mass storage device of a digital camera, portable recorder or camcorder.

Next, the controller reads the movement trajectory information stored in the memory and the acquired time information associated with the file for each of the plurality of media files. Thereafter, the controller calculates a position on the movement trajectory where each of the media files is obtained from visual information of the media file, and generates icons related to each of the media files and related to the obtained position (S20). In addition, the controller corresponds to the generated icons, and generates additional information including graphics and text associated with each icon (S30).

Specifically, the controller reads the movement trajectory information stored in the memory and the acquired visual information of each of the plurality of media files. From this, the icon generator 210 calculates a position coordinate of each of the media files on the movement trajectory. For example, if one of the media files stored in the memory 100 wants to extract the location where the photo file is taken, the visual information of the photo is extracted from the file name of the photo. Next, the visual information of the movement trajectory information is searched to find visual information that most closely matches the visual information recorded above. If there is matching time information, the coordinate value corresponding to the corresponding time of the movement trajectory information is the position coordinate value at which the picture is recorded. If there is no matching information, the movement trajectory information is approximated by a general method such as linear interpolation to calculate the position coordinate where the picture is recorded. If the time of the movement trajectory information that exactly matches the recording time of the media file cannot be found, the position coordinates of the media file may be set to a linear interpolated position on the time interval of the movement trajectory information.

In this way, when the recording position coordinate values of the respective media files are obtained, the icon generator 210 generates icon information. The icon information includes the position coordinates at which the media file is recorded, the file type of the media file, and the specific information of the media file linked to this icon.

The position coordinate at which the media file is recorded is a position coordinate value calculated through the above process. The file type of the media file indicates the type of media, that is, whether it is an audio file, an image file, or a video file. The specific information of the media file may be, for example, a name of a related media file or URL information including a location where the related media file is stored when the content is produced as a web page. By this method, icons on the movement trajectory of the traveling information content are stored in a database.

In the present embodiment, icons of adjacent positions are displayed in one group. For example, media files recorded within a radius of 4 km are grouped into albums of the same type. A plurality of video files are stored in one video album. One photo album stores a plurality of photo files. One voice album stores a plurality of voice files. The icons are displayed to the user through the location icon 10 and the media icon 20, as shown in FIG. The position icon 10 is a graphic icon displayed on the position coordinate value of the icon in the center position coordinate among the icons existing at the position on the movement trajectory included in the icon information. When the mouse is placed on the location icon 10, a group of media icons 20 is displayed. The media icons 20 are icons representing the types by grouping a series of icons having adjacent position coordinate values by type.

In the present embodiment, the media icons 20 include a video icon, a photo icon, and a voice icon. When the video icon 25 is selected, a list of videos captured in the vicinity is displayed as an album. When the picture icon 23 is selected, a list of pictures taken in the vicinity is displayed as an album. When the voice icon 21 is selected, a list of voice files recorded in the vicinity thereof is displayed as an album. When the user selects them, the file is played and output.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, the controller 200 receives additional information corresponding to the generated icon and stores it in a database (S30). According to an exemplary embodiment, the additional information generator 230 may generate additional information corresponding to each icon in addition to the icon generator 210. The additional information here includes a brief comment for each of the media files. The additional information may preferably provide brief information in graphic or text. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the user places the mouse pointer on the location icon 10 of one of the location icons to indicate. Correspondingly, the additional information 30 in the form of a simple comment is displayed next to the location icon. In this case, when the mouse pointer is positioned and displayed on the media icon 20 displayed together, additional information 30 related to the media icon is displayed.

Next, the content integration unit 250 of the controller basically integrates icons and trajectory information stored in the memory 100 into one content. In addition, the content integrator 250 may integrate additional information. In addition, the content integrator 250 may integrate map information (S40).

3 illustrates an embodiment of a single content integrated in the content integrator 250. As shown, the content includes a header, a playback control command, and object files. The illustrated content is an open multimedia format from Adobe. It is similar to the Flash format. Here, the header defines the summary information of the existing content. The object files may be composed of unit images constituting images displayed on the screen when the content is played, video files, voice files, text files, or other flash content.

The playback control command is a script language program that draws a graphic screen to be displayed on the screen as a user operates. For example, when the user selects one of the icons, the album frame is displayed on the screen in response to this event, and the photo is read, decoded, and outputted in the frame. Graphic processing is controlled by the superimposed display of multiple layers. For example, a reproduction control command is prepared such that a main information screen is output on a map information layer, a trajectory information layer is output, icon images are superimposed thereon, and additional information is output to an upper layer. The method of describing content in Flash itself is a general-purpose configuration, and various implementations are possible, so detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In another embodiment, the content integrator 250 integrates the content elements stored in the memory 100 into a web document such as an HTML document. When integrated into a web document, it can be executed in a browser even without a separate player, and has an advantage in that it can be directly inserted into a personal blog or homepage without any modification. Each icon is treated as a link, and the album pages that should be executed when the link is selected are stored as web documents. In one embodiment, the map information and the trajectory information are superimposed and combined into an image, and maps corresponding to respective magnifications are selected and reproduced by a link when the zoom button is clicked. The application reads the map information, the trajectory information, and the link information on each trajectory and provides it to the browser.

5 is a block diagram schematically showing the main configuration of the apparatus for reproducing traveling information contents according to the present invention. The traveling information content reproducing apparatus according to the present invention reproduces and provides the content produced by the above-described embodiment of the content producing apparatus to the user. As shown, according to one embodiment, memory 100 stores travel information content according to the present invention. This content includes map information, movement trajectory information over at least a portion of the area covered by the map stored in memory 100, and icons and media files located on the trajectory. The trajectory content stored in the memory 100 may be one of the trajectory contents produced by the above-described content producing apparatus.

Meanwhile, the controller 300 controls to output the track content stored in the memory 100 through the display 400. In this case, the display unit 400 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD) having a conventional well-known configuration.

In the present embodiment, the controller 300 includes a media player 330, a track screen generator 350, and a user interface 310.

The media player 330 processes the playback of the media file. The media file to be played may be one of an image, a voice, and a video file.

The trajectory screen generating unit 350 generates an output screen so that the trajectory content stored in the memory 100 can be displayed through the display unit 400.

The user interface unit 310 refers to a general user interface unit that responds to a user's manipulation. The user interface 310 includes a playback controller 311. In response to a user's manipulation, the playback controller 311 instructs the track screen generation unit 350 to output the track content of a predetermined range stored in the memory 100. Also, when one of the icons is selected, the playback controller 311 instructs the media player 330 to play the media file associated with the icon from the manipulation unit 900. Herein, the manipulation unit 900 may use one or more of a manipulation device such as a touch panel when a keyboard, a mouse, or the present invention is manufactured in the form of a kiosk. Accordingly, the media file played by the media player 330 and the track content output by the track screen generator 350 are output through the display 400.

According to a further aspect of the present invention described above, the user interface unit 310 includes a zooming control unit 313. In a preferred embodiment, when the zoom command is input from the operation unit 900, the zooming control unit 313 instructs the trajectory screen generation unit 350 that outputs the trajectory content. In accordance with the command instructed, the trajectory screen generating unit 350 zooms and plays the content related to the map of the corresponding range. Accordingly, the zoomed content is displayed on the display unit 400 and played back.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the traveling information content providing apparatus according to the present invention includes a communication unit 500. The communication unit 500 receives the traveling content from the outside and stores it in the memory 100 or transmits the traveling content stored in the memory 100 to the outside. Accordingly, the traveling information providing apparatus may configure various contents and provide characteristic contents related to the traveling information.

Hereinafter, the overall operation of the traveling information content reproducing apparatus configured as described above will be described. First, when a user inputs an operation command to the user interface 310 to select playback of travel information content according to the present invention, the playback control unit 311 of the user interface 310 travels to the trajectory screen generation unit 350. Control to output the main screen of the information content at the default magnification. The trajectory screen generating unit 350 reads the corresponding map information, the trajectory information and the icon information, and outputs the trajectory information layer on the map information layer and the icon information layer on the trajectory information layer. According to a characteristic aspect of the present invention, the additional information layer associated with each icon may be output by being overlaid on the icon information layer in the main screen.

When the user selects a specific icon on the main screen by moving the mouse, for example, through the user interface 310, the playback controller 311 acquires information about a media file associated with the icon and plays the media player 330. ) To play the file. The playback controller 311 of the media player 330 executes a player according to the file type to play the file. If the user instructs playback to stop while the player is running, the user interface 310 may stop the execution of the player and return to the previous screen generated by the trajectory screen generating unit 350. That is, in the present embodiment, the trajectory screen generating unit 350 and the media reproducing unit 330 are independent processes and are always executed in the background. But this is not necessarily necessary.

When the user selects zooming on the main screen again, the zooming controller 313 calculates specific information regarding map information and trajectory information corresponding to the selected magnification. In this embodiment, map and trajectory data are stored separately for each magnification. The icon and the additional information are the same information regardless of the magnification. When the zooming button is selected, the zooming control unit 313 calculates which map information and trajectory information corresponding to the magnification is passed to the playback control unit 311. Then, the reproduction control unit 311 controls the trajectory screen generating unit 350 to reproduce the map information and the trajectory information.

6 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a computer-readable storage medium storing multimedia contents according to the present invention. As shown, the travel information content may, in one embodiment, include a header 600 containing overview information of the multimedia contents, object files 800 that are components of the multimedia contents to be played, and a playback control command 700. ).

The object files 800 include media files, trajectory information, and icon information. Here, each of the media files may be one of image, voice, and video files. The trajectory information is a series of coordinate values in one embodiment. In another more preferred embodiment, the trajectory information is a vector graphic object. Icon information consists of graphic files and related data. In addition, the object files 800 may further include map information. The map information consists of many map frames according to the zooming magnification. In addition, the object files 800 may further include additional information related to each icon.

Among other components, the playback control commands 700 are program parts in a script language. The contents of the reproduction control commands are commands for outputting the map information included in the object file 800 and the movement trajectory on the map on the screen, superimposing them on the screen, and outputting additional information thereon.

In addition, the playback control commands include an output control command unit 710 for playing the selected media file in response to a user's operation. The output control command unit 710 includes a user interface command unit 711, a media play command unit 713, and a trajectory screen generation command unit 715. Among these configurations, the control command unit 711a of the user interface command unit 711 instructs the locus screen generation command unit 715 to generate an output screen on which the locus content can be output. Do it. The control command unit 711a also instructs the media play command unit 713 to play the media files. Meanwhile, when the media play command unit 713 issues an instruction to play the media files, the media files that receive the instruction command may be one of an image, a video, and an audio file.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the user interface command unit 711 according to the present invention includes a zooming control command unit 711b. The zoom command is received from the user, and the zooming control command unit 711b instructs the trajectory screen generation command unit 715 to execute the zoom command. Accordingly, the trajectory screen generation command unit 715 instructs the zoom command to play the map of the corresponding range and contents related thereto.

Hereinafter, the overall operation of the playback control command 700 configured as described above will be described. First, when an output command of the traveling information content is instructed from the output control command unit 710, the control command unit 711a of the user interface command unit 711 moves the trajectory screen generation command unit 715 to the main screen of the traveling information content. To output the default magnification.

The locus screen generation command unit 350 reads the corresponding map information, the locus information and the icon information, and instructs the locus information layer to be superimposed on the map information layer and outputs the locus information layer on the locus information layer. According to a characteristic aspect of the present invention, the additional information layer associated with each icon may be instructed to be superimposed and output on the icon information layer in the main screen.

When the user instructs the user to select a specific icon on the main screen by moving the mouse, for example, through the user interface command unit 711, the control command unit 711a obtains information about the media file associated with the icon. The media play command unit 713 instructs the play command of the file. The control command unit 311 of the media play command unit 330 instructs the player to play the file according to the file type. The user interface command unit 711 stops the execution of the player and returns to the previous screen generated by the trajectory screen generation command unit 715 when the user instructs playback to stop while the player is running. That is, in the present embodiment, the trajectory screen generation command unit 350 and the media playback command unit 713 are independent processes and are always executed in the background. But this is not necessarily necessary.

When the user selects zooming on the main screen again, the zooming control command unit 711b instructs to calculate specific information regarding map information and trajectory information corresponding to the selected magnification. In this embodiment, map and trajectory data are stored separately for each magnification. The icon and the additional information are the same information regardless of the magnification. When the zooming button is selected, the zooming control command unit 711b instructs the control command unit 711a to calculate which map information and trajectory information corresponding to the magnification are selected. Then, the control command unit 711a commands the locus screen generation command unit 350 to control playback of the map information and the locus information.

On the other hand, the above-described production method of information content can be written in a computer program. Codes and code segments constituting such a program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the art. In addition, such a program is stored in a computer readable media, and read and executed by a PC, thereby implementing a method for producing travel information contents. Such information storage media include magnetic recording media, optical recording media, and carrier wave media.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. 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 diagram showing travel information content according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of a traveling information content producing apparatus according to the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of a single content integrated in the content integrator 250,

4 is a flowchart of a method for producing travel information as content according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a block diagram of a main configuration of an apparatus for providing travel information contents according to the present invention;

Figure 6 is a block diagram of a computer readable storage medium configuration in which multimedia content is stored in accordance with the present invention.

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10: location icon 20: media icon

21: Voice Icons 23: Photo Icons

25: video icon 30: additional information

100: memory 200, 300: control unit

210: icon generator 230: additional information generator

250: content integration unit 310: user interface unit

311: playback control unit 313: zooming control unit

330: Media playback unit 350: Trajectory screen generation unit

400: display unit 600: header

700: control output control 710: output control command unit

711a: control command unit 711b: zooming control command unit

713: Media playback command unit 715: Trajectory screen generation command unit

800: Object File 900: Control Panel

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delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete In a device that reproduces travel information as content: An operation unit; A display unit; Map information, movement trajectory information over at least a portion of the map information, which represents a time-based movement trajectory, and a plurality of icon information each associated with a point on the movement trajectory, each associated with at least one media file. A memory in which trajectory content is stored; A media playback unit for playing the indicated media file, a trajectory screen generating unit for displaying a related movement trajectory on a map of the indicated range, and generating a trajectory content output screen for displaying related icons on the movement trajectory; A user interface including a playback control unit for instructing a track screen generation unit to output a range of track contents and instructing the media player to play a media file associated with the icon when one of the icons is selected in response to a user manipulation; A control unit including a unit; Travel information content playback device comprising a. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the media playback unit: A traveling information content playback device, characterized in that the media file to be played is one of an image, a video, and an audio file. The method of claim 11, wherein the user interface unit: A zooming control unit for instructing the trajectory screen generating unit to zoom content related to a map of a corresponding range when a zoom command is input from the operation unit; Travel information content playback device further comprises. The device of claim 11, wherein the device is: A communication unit configured to receive travel content from the outside and store the travel content in the memory or to transmit the travel content stored in the memory to the outside; Travel information content playback device further comprises. A header including content summary information, object files which are components of multimedia content to be played, and playback control commands for controlling playback of the object files and the graphic objects in graphic layers sequentially frame by frame. A computer-readable storage medium in which multimedia content is stored, The object files include a media file and map information, The reproduction control commands may include: a travel information output control command unit displaying the map information, a movement trajectory on the map, and icons on the movement trajectory, and reproducing a media file associated with the icon when one of the icons is selected; The computer-readable storage medium of the multimedia content comprising a. The method of claim 15, wherein the traveling information output control command unit: A media play instruction unit for playing the indicated media file; A trajectory screen generation instruction unit for displaying a related trajectory on a map of the indicated range and generating a trajectory content output screen to display related icons on the trajectory; And a media play command unit instructing the track screen generation unit to output a track content in a predetermined range, and instructing the media player to play a media file associated with the icon when one of the icons is selected in response to a user manipulation. A user interface command unit; The computer-readable storage medium of the multimedia content comprising a. 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the media play command unit comprises: A computer-readable storage medium for multimedia content, wherein the media file to be played is one of an image, a video, and an audio file. 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the user interface command portion is: A zooming control command unit for instructing the trajectory screen generation command unit to play content related to a map of a corresponding range when a zoom command is input; The computer-readable storage medium of the multimedia content further comprising.

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