KR101009409B1 - Method for editing and generating of skin - Google Patents

Abstract

Storing property values of each object in the first skin in a skin information storage unit, receiving property values of each object in the second skin, and first property among the property values of the inputted objects It provides a skin editing method comprising the step of storing for each skin in the skin information storage only the property value and the other property value of each of the objects stored for. The method may further include providing a skin information storage unit storing basic property values of the objects included in the plurality of skins and property values of only the objects having different property values from the basic property values. In the step of selecting, the property value of each object is read for the selected skin, and in case of an object having a stored property value, the property value is read as an attribute value of the object, and in the case of an object having no stored property value, the basic value is read. It provides a skin generation method comprising the step of reading an attribute value as an attribute value of the object and generating a skin according to the read attribute value.

Skins, applications, properties

Description

How to edit and create a skin {METHOD FOR EDITING AND GENERATING OF SKIN}

The present invention relates to a method for editing and generating a skin, and more particularly, to an editing method for easily editing and storing a plurality of skins, and a generating method for easily generating a skin from compressed and stored data. .

Recently, as the performance of a computer and the data transfer speed through a network such as the Internet has increased dramatically, the user's demand for the performance of various applications running on the computer is increasing. In addition to the performance of the application, the design factor is also a big part of the sales or usage of the application. As such, skins that are overlaid on the application are widely used to determine the design elements of the application. In the case of multimedia playback-related applications such as winamp, an increasing number of users want to replace these skins frequently, so that not only application providers but also general users create and share skins themselves. These skins are also included in each object included in the game application, and their use can be very broad.

Various applications serviced through the Internet allow a user to select one of various skins and provide a service to which the selected skin is applied. In this case, the service provider needs to create various types of skins in advance in order to satisfy a user's desire. However, there is a waste of resources in terms of transmitting a skin for every request with all skins created in advance. That is, since the types of skins applied to the application generally have similar aspects, when there are differences in the properties of the skins, it is necessary to transfer only these characteristics so that the corresponding skins can be applied.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a skin editing method of storing only attribute values that differ from basic attribute values of objects included in a skin.

In addition, some embodiments of the present invention provide a method of generating a skin from the skin information storage unit, in which only attribute values that differ in addition to the basic attribute values are stored.

As a technical means for achieving the above technical problem, the first aspect of the present invention is to store the attribute value of each object in the first skin to the skin information storage unit, and at least one of each object in the second skin Receiving an attribute value of one object, storing only attribute values different from the attribute values of the object stored with respect to the first skin among the input object attribute values for each skin in the skin information storage unit; It provides a skin editing method comprising the step of generating the second skin with reference to the attribute value of the objects in the first skin.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of reading a skin information storage unit in which a basic property value of each object included in a plurality of skins and property values of only objects having different property values from the basic property value are stored for each skin, Selecting a skin to be generated from among the skins of the skin, and reading the property value of each object with respect to the selected skin, and in case of an object having a stored property value, reading the property value as the property value of the object and storing the property value. In the case of no object, a method of generating a skin may include reading the basic attribute value as an attribute value of the corresponding object and generating the selected skin by combining the read attribute values.

In addition, the third aspect of the present invention relates to a plurality of base layer skins including one or more different objects among a plurality of objects and constituting the entire skin, the basic property value of the object included in each base layer skin and Reading a skin information storage unit storing property values of modified layer skins including an object having a different property value from the basic property value, selecting a modified layer skin for each base layer skin, and selecting the selected modified layer skin Reads the property value for each object with respect to the object, but if the object has a stored property value, the property value is read as the property value of the object. For an object without the stored property value, the default property value is the property value of the object. And generating the selected deformed layer skins by combining the read attribute values. , By combining the generated modified skin layer provides a skin generation method for generating a total Skin.

According to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, even if only a part of the attribute value of each object of all the skins is stored, it is possible to generate a skin of a complete form from it. As a result, the amount of information storage medium occupied by skin-related data in the developer terminal, the application server, and the user terminal can be reduced. In addition, the amount of data related to skin information transferred between the developer terminal and the application server and between the application server and the user terminal can be significantly reduced.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 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. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. 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 "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. . In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a skin management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The skin management system 100 stores the skin information received through the developer terminal 110, the developer terminal 110 including the skin editing unit 112, the skin information storage unit 114, and the skin generation unit 116. , A user terminal 130 including an application server 120, a skin information storage unit 132, and a skin generation unit 134 for providing an application and skin information to a user.

The skin editing unit 112 included in the developer terminal 110 allows a user to define the property values of each object included in the skin to edit and generate various types of skins. It is mainly included in the computer terminals of developers developing applications, and allows developers to edit skins in various forms. Preferably, according to the WYSIWYG system, the developer can obtain the same output result as that seen by the image display apparatus. That is, the properties of the objects included in each skin may be changed as shown on the screen through the skin editing unit 112. At this time, the properties include a shape property that determines the shape of the object, an image property that determines the image of the object, a color property that determines the color of the object, a location property that determines the position within the skin, and the object is rotated based on a specific reference point. In this case, a reference point property for determining a reference point of the rotation axis is included. Attribute values of each object are digitized and stored after editing.

The skin information storage unit 114 stores attribute information for each skin of each digitized object. At this time, the properties of each object in the default skin are saved as default values, and only the changed property values are stored for the other skins. That is, only the attribute value different from the default value is stored. As a result, compared to the method of storing all attribute values for each object for the entire skin, the data capacity is compressed. The skin information storage unit 114 is transmitted not only to the developer's terminal but also to the skin information database 122 connected to the application server 120 and the computer terminal of the user whose application is serviced, so that the skin generator 134 For reference. For example, when installed and executed on a user's computer such as a game client, data including information about a skin of a game client is transferred and referred to by the skin generator 134.

The skin generator 116 reads property information of each object stored in the skin information storage 114 and generates a corresponding skin. This is installed in the user terminal 130 as well as the computer terminal of the developer to generate a skin from the value stored in the skin information storage unit 132 to display on the screen.

The application server 120 stores the skin information received from the developer terminal in the skin information database 122 and delivers skin information to the user together with the application.

The user terminal 130 may be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal that executes an application received from the application server 130. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, desktop, laptop, etc., which is equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , Personal Communication System (PCS), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) -2000, Code CDMA Division type multiple access (WDM) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wireless Broadband Internet (WBRO) terminal, and the like can include all types of handheld based wireless communication devices.

The user terminal 130 includes a skin information storage unit 132 and a skin generator 134. The skin information storage unit 132 stores skin information received from the application server 140. The skin generator 134 generates a skin based on the skin information stored in the skin information storage 132 and displays the skin on the user terminal. That is, the same function as the skin generator 116 included in the developer terminal 110 is performed.

The network 140 connects the application server 120 and the user terminal 130. Network 140 may be a wired or mobile radio or satellite communication network, such as a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), or value added network (VAN), or the like. It can be implemented in all kinds of wireless networks such as. Meanwhile, although the developer terminal 110 and the application server 120 are illustrated as directly connected in the drawing, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the developer terminal 110 and the application server 120 may be connected through the network 140.

Hereinafter, the contents related to the skin editing, skin information storage, and skin generation performed in the present invention will be described in more detail.

2 is a view for explaining the concept of skin editing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The illustrated application 200 includes a plurality of objects 210, 220, 230, and 240. The application 200 includes various software programs, such as a business program, a game program, a multimedia playback program, a web service related program, etc., which are executed on a computer, and the plurality of objects 210, 220, 230, 240). On the other hand, typically, each application 200 is covered with a skin 202 for changing the appearance, such as color or shape. In this case, the entire skin 202 includes skins 212, 222, 232, and 242 for each object.

It is assumed that the application 200 is a high-stop hit and a game client for the game. Such a game client is installed in each user terminal, and connected to a game server and the Internet to transmit and receive information related to game execution. The illustrated first object 210 is a module that performs a function of displaying the opponent's talk hand, and the second object 220 is a module that performs a function of displaying the user's talk hand, and the third object 230. Is a module that performs a function of displaying a floor hand, the fourth object 240 is a module that performs a function of displaying the score-related information of the game participants, the fifth object 260 is a property to define the background Assume a module that performs a function.

At this time, in order to provide game clients of various shapes and colors, skins having different shapes or colors are provided for each object. The skins of each object can be changed independently of each other and have various properties such as shape, image, color, position, and reference point of rotation axis. The skins can be changed according to the user's choice, and can be changed and provided by the service provider. For example, when the user wants to change the color attribute of the skin 212 for the first object, the user selects one of the skins having various color attributes preset by the service provider. Therefore, the service provider needs to edit and create various types of skins desired by the user.

To this end, the present invention provides a skin editing unit 110 to easily edit the skin of each object. As described above, when the WYSIWYG system is applied, the editor can immediately see the result of changing a specific property of each skin and can easily store it.

Hereinafter, a method of storing property information for each object of each skin stored in the skin information storage unit 120 will be described.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of storing property information for each object of each skin in a skin information storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4A to 4C are skin information storage units according to an embodiment of the present invention. A table showing attribute information of each skin of each skin stored in the table.

First, property values of each object in the basic skin are set and stored (S310).

In this case, since one skin may have several properties, the method may include first selecting a property to be edited.

4A and 4B, it is assumed that a total of six kinds of skins are provided, and each skin includes a total of six objects. The table of FIG. 4A stores the image attributes of the skin, and the table of FIG. 4B stores the position attributes of the skin. That is, a separate table may be provided and stored for each property.

The first skin functions as a basic skin, and in the first skin, basic property values of the image properties of each object are stored. In this case, the image may be an image file in which a shape and a color are combined. In the first skin, the image property of the first object is “1”, the image property of the second object is “2”, the image property of the third object is “3”, and the image property of the fourth object is “4”. , The image attribute of the fifth object is "5", and the image attribute of the sixth object is "6".

Also in FIG. 4B, the first skin functions as a basic skin, and in the first skin, basic property values among positional properties of each object are stored. In the first skin, the position attribute of the first object is “101”, the position attribute of the second object is “102”, the position attribute of the third object is “103”, and the position attribute of the fourth object is “104”. The position attribute of the fifth object is "105", and the position attribute of the sixth object is "106".

Next, an attribute value of the object is input to the second skin (S320).

At this time, the property value is stored only when the property value of each object of the first skin and the property value of each object of the second skin are different (S330).

That is, when the attribute value of the m-th object of the first skin and the attribute value of the m-th object of the second skin are the same, no separate attribute value is stored for the m-th object of the second skin. Preferably, null data is stored for the object. However, when the attribute value of the m-th object of the first skin and the attribute value of the m-th object of the second skin are different, separate attribute values are stored for the m-th object of the second skin.

As shown in FIG. 4A, in the case of the first object of the second skin, the property value is not stored because the image property is the same as the first object of the first skin. In this case, the object in which the attribute value is not stored is defined as having the same attribute as the first skin. Meanwhile, in the case of the second object of the second skin, the image property is “7”, and the property value is stored because the property value is different from that of the second object of the first skin. Similarly, in the case of the fourth object of the second skin, the image property is “8”, and since the property value is different from that of the fourth object of the first skin, the corresponding property value is stored.

The same is disclosed in FIG. 4B. In the case of the first object of the second skin, the image property is “107”, and since the property value is different from that of the first object of the first skin, the corresponding property value is stored. Similarly, in the case of the fourth object of the second skin, the image property is “108”, and since the property value is different from that of the fourth object of the first skin, the corresponding property value is stored.

The rest of the skins store image property values in this way. An object having the same property as the first skin is not stored in the separate property information, so that data is compressed.

On the other hand, considering the items set to the blank in Figures 4a and 4b, the data stored for each object is as shown in Figure 4c.

4A and 4C, the first object has the same property (“1”) in the first, second, fourth, and fifth skins. Therefore, only the attribute values of the first skin, the third skin, and the sixth skin are stored for the first object.

4B and 4C, the first object has the same property “101” in the first, third, fourth, and sixth skins. Therefore, only the attribute values of the first skin, the second skin, and the fifth skin are stored for the first object. That is, for each object, attribute values in the base skin and attribute values in skins different from the base skin are stored.

On the other hand, when newly creating a lower object for each object, the newly created lower object has properties of the upper object as it is. That is, the attribute values of the parent object are copied and stored as the attribute values of the child objects.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a skin using attribute information stored in a skin information storage unit, according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a skin, according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 illustrates a method of generating a skin using attribute information.

First, a skin information storage unit storing a table created according to the method of FIG. 3, that is, basic property values of each object and only property values of objects having different basic property values and property values is read (S510). Referring to FIG. 6, attribute values of respective objects in the first skin, which is the basic skin, are stored. This is used as the default attribute value of each object. In addition, the attribute value in the second skin is stored. The basic attribute value is not stored, and only the attribute values of objects having different attribute values from the basic attribute value are stored. That is, only the attribute value of the second object and the attribute value of the fourth object that are different from the basic attribute value are stored.

Next, a skin to be generated among the plurality of skins is selected (S520).

The specific skin is selected by the user of the application or the service provider.

Next, the property of each object of the selected skin is read, and in case of an object without stored property value, the basic property value is read as the property value of the object, and if there is a stored property value, the property value of the object The value is read (S530).

As shown in Fig. 6, when the second skin is generated, the attribute value described in the item of the second skin is preferentially used. If there is no attribute value described in the item of the second skin, the attribute value described in the item of the first skin is used. use. The attribute value that meets first is used while advancing from the direction of the second skin item to the direction of the first skin item.

Therefore, in the second skin, the property value of the first object is "1", the property value of the second object is "7", the property value of the third object is "3", and the property value of the fourth object is " 8 ”, the attribute value of the fifth object is“ 5 ”, and the attribute value of the sixth object is“ 6 ”. That is, the objects whose property values change in the second skin are the second object and the fourth object, and the first object, the third object, the fifth and sixth objects have the same property values as in the first skin.

7 is a diagram illustrating a result of reading data of a skin information storage unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates a result of reading both the image attribute of FIG. 4A and the position attribute of FIG. 4B. Based on the comma, the number before the comma represents the image attribute value, and the number after the comma represents the position attribute value.

Underlined attribute values correspond to values different from the default attribute values stored in the skin information storage. Values without underscores represent the same values as the default attribute values. This data is generated from data of the skin information storage unit stored in a compressed form, and may be regarded as data in a decompressed form. As described above, the object of each skin stores not only values different from the basic attribute values but also values such as the basic attribute values in step S530. Based on this value, a skin is created and displayed.

Next, a skin is generated based on the attribute value read in step S530 (S540).

The skin is generated by applying the attribute values read through the skin generator 134 to each object.

Meanwhile, one skin may be formed by combining a plurality of layers, and each layer may be formed by defining attribute values in the manner described above. Alternatively, each layer may define one attribute. That is, a shape layer, a color layer, an image layer, a position layer, a reference point layer, etc. may be defined according to a shape, color, image, position, reference point property, etc., and a single skin may be generated by combining the layers.

For example, one skin may be generated by combining an image layer generated only by the image property values of FIG. 4A and a location layer generated only by the location property values of FIG. 4B.

According to another embodiment, one entire skin may be formed by combining a plurality of base layer skins.

Referring again to FIG. 1, one entire skin 202 includes a plurality of skins 212, 222, 232, and 242 for each object. At this time, one full skin 202 is composed of a plurality of base layer skins including one or more skins for each object.

For example, a first base layer skin including a skin 212 for a first object, a second base layer skin including a skin 222 for a second object, and a skin 232 for a third object. A third base layer skin, a fourth base layer skin including the skin 242 for the fourth object, and a fifth base layer skin including the skin 252 for the fifth object may be generated. Each of the base layer skins may be generated in a separate form, as illustrated. Each base layer skin is combined to form the entire skin. In this case, each base layer skin may consider a deformation layer skin whose property value is different from the base property value. That is, it may include the same object as the base layer skin, the attribute value for the object may consider a different deformation layer skin.

For example, there may be a plurality of deformation layer skins for the first base layer skin, and a plurality of deformation layer skins for the second base layer skin. Property values of objects included in such deformed layer skins are stored in the skin information storage only when they differ from the default property values.

If you want to create the whole skin, select the deformation layer skin to create for each base layer skin. For example, when the entire skin is composed of a first base layer skin and a second base layer skin, the deformation layer skin for the first base layer skin is selected, and the deformation layer skin for the second base layer skin is selected. . Then, the property values of the selected deformation layer skin are read, each deformation layer skin is generated, and each generated deformation layer skin is combined to generate the entire skin.

One embodiment of the present invention can also be implemented in the form of a recording medium containing instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by the computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer readable media may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transmission mechanism, and includes any information delivery media.

While the methods and systems of the present invention have been described in connection with specific embodiments, some or all of those elements or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a skin management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view for explaining the concept of skin editing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of storing property information for each object of each skin in a skin information storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4C are tables showing property information for each object of each skin stored in a skin information storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a skin using attribute information stored in a skin information storage unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for describing a method of generating a skin by using attribute information stored in a skin information storage unit, according to an exemplary embodiment.

7 is a diagram illustrating a result of reading data of a skin information storage unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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Storing, by the skin information storage unit, attribute values of the objects in the first skin; Receiving, by the skin editing unit, an attribute value of at least one of the objects in the second skin; Storing, by the skin information storage unit, only the property values that are different from the property values of the object stored for the first skin among the property values of the input object for each skin; and Generating, by a skin generator, the second skin by referring to attribute values of objects in the first skin Including, Receiving a property value of the object in the second skin Step of inputting attribute values of each object displayed on the image display device according to WYSIWYG system Including, skin editing method. delete The method of claim 1, The step of storing for each skin Storing null data for the object if the input property value of the object is the same as the property value of the object stored for the first skin; Skin editing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, And selecting an attribute of a skin to be edited before storing or inputting an attribute value for each skin. The method of claim 4, wherein Selecting a property of the skin to be edited A shape property that determines the shape of an object, an image property that determines the image of an object, a color property that determines the color of an object, a location property that determines its position within an object's skin, and an object rotated about a specific reference point Selecting any of the base point properties to determine the base point of the axis of rotation Skin editing method comprising a. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing each step of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 on a computer. Performed by the skin generator, Reading a skin information storage unit for storing the basic property values of the objects included in the plurality of skins and the property values of only the objects having different property values from the basic property values for each skin; Selecting a skin to be generated from the plurality of skins; Reads the property value of each object for the selected skin, and in case of an object with stored property value, reads the property value as the property value of the object, and in case of an object without stored property value, the default property value is corresponding object. Reading with an attribute value of and Combining the read attribute values to generate the selected skin Skin generation method comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The step of reading the attribute value for each object If the stored attribute value is null data, reading the basic attribute value as an attribute value of the object. Performed by the skin generator, For a plurality of base layer skins including one or more different objects among a plurality of objects and constituting an entire skin, the base property value of the object included in each base layer skin and the property value different from the base property value Reading a skin information storage unit in which attribute values of deformation layer skins including an object are stored; Selecting a deformation layer skin for each base layer skin; Read the property value of each object with respect to the selected deformation layer skin, in the case of an object with a stored property value, the property value is read as the property value of the object, and in the case of an object without a stored property value, the default property value is read. Reading the property values of the object, Combining the read attribute values to generate the selected deformed layer skins; Generating a whole skin by combining the generated deformation layer skins Skin generation method comprising a. The method of claim 9, Combining the generated deformation layer skins to generate a whole skin Creating a full skin by combining the transform layer skin for the first base layer skin and the transform layer skin for the second base layer skin Skin generation method comprising a. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing each step of the method according to any one of claims 7 to 10 on a computer.

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