KR101074147B1 - Real-time image offer system and real-time image offer method - Google Patents

Abstract

A real time video providing system and a real time video providing method are disclosed. The method of providing a real-time video may include receiving a search word including a type of a store from a client; Searching for at least one store corresponding to the type of the store in a specific region based on the received search word and transmitting a search result to the client; And transmitting the image received from the video monitor installed in the at least one store to the client in real time in response to a real-time video request generated from the client. There is an effect that can be provided.

Real time video, surveillance video

Description

Real-time image offer system and real-time image offer method

The present invention relates to an image providing technology, and more particularly, to a real-time image providing system and a real-time image providing method.

The search service through the Internet (eg, a restaurant search service or a shopping mall search service) that is provided today provides a client (or a customer) with information such as an address, a phone number, and a location of a search target.

For example, if a client searches for "Chinese Restaurant" in the Internet search box to search for a nearby store (eg, Chinese restaurant) where the client is currently located, the service providing server (eg, Naver (www.naver.com) server) Provide a client with a map containing Chinese restaurants located near the current location, the business name, address, and telephone number of each of the Chinese restaurants.

However, the client can grasp only the information about the location of the Chinese restaurant, and cannot view the real-time internal or external image (eg, the interior interior, the number of guests, or the clean state) of the Chinese restaurant.

If the client can see the internal image of each store corresponding to the search result through the search service, the client can select and use the desired store from the client's point of view. It can be used as.

On the other hand, today's response to theft and violent crime is becoming a major social issue. In order to monitor (or monitor) and respond promptly to an unsatisfactory situation, there is a need for a solution.

Accordingly, an aspect of the present invention is to provide a real-time video system and a method for providing a real-time video corresponding to a search service result input by a client.

In addition, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a real-time image and a method for the user to monitor the surveillance region in real time anytime, anywhere.

Real-time image providing method for achieving the technical problem, the step of receiving a search word including the type of the store from the client; Searching for at least one store corresponding to the type of the store in a specific region based on the received search word and transmitting a search result to the client; And transmitting the image received from the video monitor installed in the at least one store to the client in real time in response to the real-time video request generated by the client.

The search result may include a real-time video request menu for transmitting the received video to the client, and the real-time video request may be made by the client selecting the real-time video request menu.

The specific area may be an area directly input by the client or an area within a predetermined distance from the current location of the client.

The video monitor may transmit a call to the client, receive an IP address of the client based on the origination result, access the client based on the IP address, and transmit the real time video to the client.

The real-time video may be provided through wired / wireless internet service, mobile communication service, VoIP service, or IPTV service.

The real-time image providing method may further include receiving a security request generated from a user having authority for the at least one store and stopping transmission of an image transmitted to the client in response to the received security request. have.

The real-time image providing method may further include transmitting the received image as a surveillance image to a user device of the user in response to the surveillance image request generated by the user.

The method may further include receiving and authenticating user authentication information from the user before transmitting to the user device.

The transmitting to the user device may include retrieving terminal information of the user stored in a terminal database in response to the surveillance video request, detecting image channel information of the user device based on a search result, and based on the detection result. Assigning a channel; A conversion step of receiving the surveillance video from the video monitor and converting the received surveillance video into a file suitable for the user device; And transmitting the file converted by the converting step to the user device in a streaming manner through the video channel.

The real-time video providing method, the video monitor when the event occurs in the at least one store generating event occurrence information; And transmitting the event occurrence information to the device using SMS.

The real-time video providing method may further include storing the surveillance video when the event occurs, and transmitting the surveillance video to the user device when the user requests the surveillance video through the SMS.

The real-time image providing system for achieving the technical problem, is installed in at least one store video monitor for shooting the at least one store; And receiving a search word including a type of a store from a client, searching the at least one store corresponding to the type of the store within a specific region based on the received search word, and transmitting a search result to the client. In response to the real-time video request generated from the video monitoring server may include a video providing server for transmitting in real time to the client.

The search result may include a real-time video request menu for transmitting the received video to the client, and the real-time video request may be made by the client selecting the real-time video request menu.

The specific area may be an area directly input by the client or an area within a predetermined distance from the current location of the client.

The image providing server may transmit the received image to the client through a wired / wireless internet service, a mobile communication service, a VoIP service, or an IPTV service.

The image providing server may receive a security request generated from a user having authority for the at least one store and stop transmission of an image transmitted to the client in response to the received security request.

The image providing server may transmit the received image as a surveillance image to the user's device in response to the surveillance image request generated by the user.

The image detector may generate event generation information when an event occurs in the at least one store, and the image providing server may transmit the event occurrence information to the user device using SMS.

The video providing server may store the surveillance video when the event occurs, and may transmit the surveillance video to the user's device when the user requests the surveillance video through the SMS.

The real-time image providing system for achieving the technical problem, the database for storing the terminal information of the user; A mobile server that searches for and outputs the terminal information stored in the database in response to a surveillance video request generated from the user; A streaming server that detects video channel information of the user device based on the terminal information and allocates a video channel based on a detection result; A communication server for receiving the surveillance video from the video monitor; And a live encoding server configured to receive the surveillance video through the communication server and convert the received surveillance video into a file suitable for the user device, wherein the streaming server converts the file converted by the live encoding server into the video. If the store installed with the video monitor corresponds to the type of the store that the client wants to search through the channel, the converted file may be transmitted to the client device in real time through the streaming method. have.

The streaming server may provide the converted file to the client only when an image transmission permission generated by the user is generated.

Therefore, the real-time video providing system and the real-time video providing method according to the present invention has the effect that can provide a video corresponding to the search service results input by the client in real time.

In addition, according to the real-time video providing system and a real-time video providing method according to the present invention, the customer can select and use a better store by receiving a real-time video of the store to be used, the store owner using the real-time video as a promotional means of the store There is an effect that can be utilized.

In addition, according to the real-time video providing system and the real-time video providing method according to the present invention, the user has an effect that can utilize the video monitor installed in the store as a security means.

In addition, the real-time video providing system and the real-time video providing method according to the present invention has the effect that the user can interactively communicate with the real-time video providing server and / or image sensor by providing a real-time video to the user device based on the IP.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

In the present specification, when one component 'transmits' data to another component, the component may directly transmit the data to the other component, and the data through at least one other component. Means that it may be transmitted to the other component.

On the contrary, when one component 'directly transmits' data to another component, it means that the data is transmitted from the component to the other component without passing through the other component.

In addition, in the present specification, the database (DB) may mean a functional structural combination of software and hardware that stores information corresponding to each DB. The DB may be implemented as at least one table, and may further include a separate DBMS (Database Management System) for searching, storing, and managing information stored in the DB. In addition, it may be implemented in various ways such as a linked-list, a tree, a relational DB, and includes all data storage media and data structures capable of storing information corresponding to the DB.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a block diagram of a real-time video providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 shows a video monitor according to an embodiment of the present invention of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a real-time video of the real-time video providing system of FIG. Figure for explaining a method for providing. 1 to 3, the real-time image providing system may include at least one video monitor 16 to 20 and the image providing server 30.

Each of the at least one video monitor 16 to 20 may be disposed in at least one store to photograph the inside / outside of the at least one store.

The video monitor 16 includes an image capturing unit 81, an operation display lamp 83, a card interface 85, an audio unit 86, and a motion detection sensor 88 as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B. , A sensor input / output terminal 90, a LAN port terminal 91, and a PSTN port terminal 93.

2A is a front portion of the video monitor 16 and FIG. 2B is a rear portion of the video monitor 16.

The image capturing unit 81 may be at least one of a dome camera, a square camera, a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) CCTV camera, and a pinhole camera, and may photograph the at least one inside / outside of the store.

The operation display lamp 83 may indicate an operation state of the video monitor 16, and the card interface 85 may be connected to a memory card (not shown) to convert an image generated by the image capturing unit 81 into a memory card. Can be sent and stored.

At this time, the memory card (not shown) is a compact flash, memory stick, memory stick duo, multimedia card (MMC), miniature MMC, secure digital card (SD), miniSD card, microSD card (transflash), smart media Cards, XD-picture cards, and the like.

The audio unit 86 may include a speaker and a microphone, and the audio unit 86 may generate an alarm sound through the speaker when an event (eg, an intruder invasion in the store) is detected by the motion detection sensor 88. The voice of the user input from the user terminal 12 may be output through the speaker.

In addition, the audio unit 86 may receive a voice of a person (eg, an employee) located in the store through a microphone. In this case, the received voice may be transmitted to the user terminal 12.

The motion detection sensor 88 may detect an event (eg, an intruder intrusion in the store). For example, the motion detection sensor 88 may generate electromagnetic waves and detect whether the event occurs based on electromagnetic waves reflected from an object.

The sensor input / output terminal 90 may output an event output from the motion detection sensor 88 to the outside (for example, the image providing server 30), and the image captured by the image capturing unit 81 may be a LAN port ( LAN port) terminal 91 and / or PSTN port terminal 93 may be transmitted to the image providing server 30.

Meanwhile, the video monitor 16 may transmit a call to the client, receive the IP address of the client based on the origination result, and access the client based on the IP address to transmit the real time video to the client.

The image providing server 30 receives a search word including a type of a store from a client (for example, the PC 10, the mobile phone 12, or the IPTV 14) and based on the received search word within the specific region. Search for the at least one store corresponding to the type of store, and transmit a search result to the client 10, 12, or 14, to the at least one store generated from the client 10, 12, or 14; In response to a real-time video request, the video received from at least one video monitor 16 to 20 may be transmitted to the client 10, 12, or 14.

Here, the specific area may be an area directly input from the client 10, 12, or 14, or an area within a predetermined distance from the current location of the client 10, 12, or 14.

The image providing server 30 may transmit the received image to the client 10, 12, or 14 through a wired / wireless internet service, a mobile communication service, a VoIP service, or an IPTV service.

The client 10, 12, or 14 may be at least one of a PC 10, a mobile phone 12, and an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) 14, and the client 10, 12, or 14 may be an internet network. Of course, it can be a device that can communicate through a VoIP network, or a mobile communication service network.

For example, when the client is the PC 10, the image providing server 30 may include a web page including images received from at least one video monitor 16 to 20 on the PC 10 through a wired / wireless internet network. Can be provided.

For example, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which a client searches for a type of a store. When the client inputs a "Chinese restaurant" on a web page of the image providing server 30, the image providing server 30 is located within a specific region. For example, a Chinese restaurant located in Sangdo-dong, Dongjak-gu may be searched and the search results may be transmitted to the client 10, 12, or 14.

In this case, the search result may include at least one menu (RI1 to RI5) for providing a real-time image in addition to the name, phone number, and location of each of the Chinese restaurants, the client may include the at least one menu (RI1 to RI5) By selecting or clicking, the real-time image received from at least one video monitor 16 to 20 installed in each of the Chinese restaurants can be viewed.

Meanwhile, at least one menu RI1 to RI5 that provides a real time image may be displayed as an activated or deactivated menu.

For example, at least one menu RI1 to RI5 of a Chinese restaurant that does not provide a real time image may be deactivated in a search result window. In this case, the at least one video monitor 16 to 20 of the Chinese restaurant may operate in a secure mode so that the real time video generated by the at least one video monitor 16 to 20 may be transmitted only to the user device 42. .

In addition, the at least one menu (RI1 to RI5) of the Chinese restaurant that does not provide a real-time image is activated in the search results window when the client clicks the at least one menu (RI1 to RI5) providing a real-time image May be sent to the client.

Here, the platform shown in FIG. 3 is an example of a Graphic User Interface (GUI), of course, various modifications are possible.

On the other hand, if the client is a mobile phone 12, the image providing server 30 is a page containing the image received from the at least one video monitor 16 to 20 in the mobile phone 12 via a mobile communication network or a wireless Internet network Can be provided.

In addition, when the client is the IPTV 14, the video providing server 30 may provide a page including the image received from the at least one video monitor 16 to 20 to the IPTV 14 through the IP network. have.

4 is a block diagram of a real-time video providing server according to another embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 4, the real time image providing server 50 may include a web server (or a web sub server 52) and a database 54. In the specification of the present invention, a server may be used to mean another server.

The web server 52 responds to a real-time video request for the at least one store originating from a client (e.g., a PC 10, a mobile phone 12, or an IPTV 14) as detailed in Figures 1-3. In response, the image received from at least one video monitor 16 may be transmitted to the client 10, 12, or 14.

Web server 52 may also receive security requests originating from user devices (e.g. PCs, 42) and respond to the received security requests to clients (e.g., PC 10, mobile phone 12, or IPTV 14). You can stop the transmission of the video that is sent to)).

Here, the user device may be not only a PC 42 but also a portable terminal, MP3, MP4, Portable Multimedia Player (PMP), cellular phone, or various electronic devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs). Of course.

In addition, in the specification of the present invention, the user is a person who has the authority to the store in which the at least one video monitor 16 is installed, and more specifically, may be the owner of the store.

In this case, the web server 52 may receive user authentication information from the user and authenticate (that is, authentication of whether the person has authority for the store).

In addition, the web server 52 may transmit the image generated by the at least one video monitor 16 to the user device (eg, a PC) as a surveillance video in response to the surveillance video request generated by the user.

Also, the web server 52 transmits a call to the user device, receives the IP address of the user device based on the origination result, and is connected to the user device based on the IP address, thereby receiving from the at least one video monitor 16. The received real time image may be transmitted to the user device.

Since the real-time video providing server 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a real-time video to the user device based on the IP, the user can interactively communicate with the real-time video providing server 50.

In this case, the real-time image providing server 50 may receive data such as video and audio generated from the user and transmit the received data to the video monitor 16.

In this case, the video monitor 16 may output data such as the received video and audio in the store through the audio unit 86 of FIG. 2.

The database 54 may store user authentication information to a user in advance.

5 is a block diagram of a real-time video providing server according to another embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 3 and 5, the real time video providing server 40 includes a mobile server 32, a database 34, a streaming server 36, a live encoding server 38, and a communication server 41. It may include.

The mobile server 32 may retrieve and output terminal information stored in the database 34 in response to the surveillance video request generated from the user's device 44 (eg, a mobile phone).

The database 34 may store terminal information corresponding to the user device 44 (eg, a mobile phone). The terminal information may include an IP address of the user's device 44 (eg, a mobile phone), an ID of the user, and information on the image detector 16 to which the user has authority.

The streaming server 36 detects the video channel information of the user device 44 (ie, a passage for transmitting and receiving data with the user device 44) based on the terminal information and allocates the video channel based on the detection result. The file converted by the live encoding server 41 may be transmitted to the user device 44 in a streaming manner through the video channel.

In addition, as described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the streaming server 36 may stream the converted file in response to a real-time video request generated from the client (eg, 10, 12, or 14 of FIG. 1) in a streaming manner. 10, 12, or 14).

In this case, the streaming server 36 may provide the converted file to the client 10, 12, or 14 only when an image transmission permission is generated from the user.

The communication server 41 receives the surveillance video from the video monitor 16, and the live encoding server 38 receives the surveillance video through the communication server 41 and transmits the surveillance video to the user device. The file may be converted into a file (ie, a file displayable on the user device) and transmitted to the streaming server 36.

6 is a block diagram of a real-time video providing server according to another embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 3 and 6, the real time image providing server 60 may include a communication server 62, an event media server 64, and a database 66.

The communication server 62 may receive event generation information and real-time video generated from the image detector 16.

The event media server 64 receives the event occurrence information from the communication server 62 and transmits the received event occurrence information directly to a user device 44 (eg, a portable terminal) or sends the event occurrence information to SMS (Short). A Message Service (SMS) server (not shown) may be used to transmit to the user device 44 as a Short Message Service (SMS).

In this case, when the user requests the surveillance image from the event media server 64 based on the SMS, the event media server 64 may transmit the surveillance image to the device 44 of the user.

The database 66 may store event generation information and / or real time image generated from the image detector 16, and preferably, store the real time image in response to event occurrence information generated from the image detector 16. .

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a real time image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 1, 4, and 7, the real-time image providing server 30 or 50 receives user authentication information from a user device (eg, 42 of FIG. 4) and performs authentication (S10). It may be determined whether the user device 42 has generated a security request (S20).

If the security request is not generated from the user device 42 as a result of the determination of S20, the real-time image providing server 30 or 50 receives a search word including the type of the store from the client 10, 12, or 14 (S22). In operation S24, at least one store corresponding to the type of the store may be searched in the specific region based on the received search word and the search result may be transmitted to the client 10, 12, or 14.

The real-time video providing server 30 or 50 may receive an image received from the video monitor 16, 18, or 20 installed in at least one store in response to a real-time video request generated from the client 10, 12, or 14. The client 10, 12, or 14 may be transmitted in real time (S26).

If the security request is generated from the user device 42 as a result of the determination of S20, the real-time video providing server 30 or 50 responds to the surveillance video request generated from the user device 42. In operation S30, the received image may be transmitted to the user device 42 as a surveillance image.

The present invention can also be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like. The program code for performing the message transmission method according to the present invention may be a carrier wave ( For example, transmission via the Internet).

The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. And functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to better understand the drawings cited in the detailed description of the invention, a brief description of each drawing is provided.

1 is a block diagram of a real-time video providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view illustrating a video monitor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram for describing a method of providing a real-time image by the real-time image providing system of FIG. 1.

4 is a block diagram of a real-time video providing server of FIG.

5 is a block diagram of a real-time video providing server of FIG.

6 is a block diagram of the real-time video providing server of FIG.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a real time image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (22)

In the method for providing an image in real time in the image providing server, Receiving a search word including a type of a store from a client; Searching for at least one store corresponding to the type of the store in a specific region based on the received search word and transmitting a search result to the client; Transmitting a video received from a video monitor installed in the at least one store to the client in real time in response to a real-time video request generated from the client; And Receiving a security request generated from the user device of the user having the authority for the at least one store and stopping the transmission of the image transmitted to the client in response to the received security request. The method of claim 1, wherein the search result comprises a real-time video request menu for transmitting the received video to the client. The real-time video request is made by the client selecting the real-time video request menu. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific region, And a region directly input by the client or a region within a predetermined distance from the current location of the client. The method of claim 1, wherein the video monitor, Transmitting a call to the client, receiving an IP address of the client based on the origination result, and accessing the client based on the IP address to transmit the real time video to the client. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the real-time video, Real-time video providing method through wired / wireless internet service, mobile communication service, VoIP service, or IPTV service. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time video providing method, And transmitting the received image as the surveillance image to the user device in response to the surveillance image request generated from the user device. The method of claim 7, wherein the real-time image providing method, Before the step of transmitting to the user device, And receiving and authenticating user authentication information from the user device. The method of claim 7, wherein transmitting to the user device, Retrieving terminal information of the user stored in a database in response to the surveillance video request, detecting video channel information of the user device based on a search result, and allocating a video channel based on the detection result; A conversion step of receiving the surveillance video from the video monitor and converting the received surveillance video into a file suitable for the user device; And And transmitting the file converted by the converting step to the user device in a streaming manner through the video channel. The method of claim 7, wherein the real-time image providing method, Generating an event occurrence information by the video monitor when an event occurs in the at least one store; And And transmitting the event occurrence information to the user device using SMS. The method of claim 10, wherein the real-time video providing method, And storing the surveillance video when the event occurs, and transmitting the surveillance video to the user device when the user requests the surveillance video through the SMS of the user device. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method of claim 1. An image monitor installed in at least one store to photograph the at least one store; And Receiving a search word including a type of a store from a client, searching for the at least one store corresponding to the type of the store within a specific region based on the received search word, and transmitting a search result to the client; And a video providing server for transmitting the video received from the video monitor to the client in real time in response to the generated real-time video request. The image providing server, And receiving a security request generated from a user device of a user having the authority for the at least one store and stopping transmission of an image transmitted to the client in response to the received security request. The method of claim 13, wherein the search results, And a real-time video request menu for transmitting the received video to the client, wherein the real-time video request includes: And the client selects the real-time video request menu. The method of claim 13, wherein the specific region, And a region directly input by the client or a region within a predetermined distance from the current location of the client. The method of claim 13, wherein the image providing server, Real-time image providing system for transmitting the received image to the client through a wired / wireless Internet service, a mobile communication service, or a VoIP service, IPTV service. delete The method of claim 13, wherein the image providing server, And transmitting the received image as the surveillance image to the user device in response to the surveillance image request generated from the user device. The method of claim 18, wherein the video monitor, Generating event occurrence information when an event occurs in the at least one store; The image providing server, Real-time video providing system for transmitting the event occurrence information to the user device using an SMS. The method of claim 19, wherein the image providing server, And storing the surveillance video when the event occurs, and transmitting the surveillance video to the user's device when the user requests the surveillance video through the SMS of the user device. A database storing terminal information of the user; A mobile server that retrieves and outputs the terminal information stored in the database in response to a surveillance video request generated from the user device of the user; A streaming server that detects video channel information of the user device based on the terminal information and allocates a video channel based on a detection result; A communication server for receiving the surveillance video from an image monitor; And A live encoding server for receiving the surveillance video through the communication server and converts the received surveillance video into a file suitable for the user device, The streaming server, Transmitting the file converted by the live encoding server to the user device in a streaming manner through the video channel, And transmitting the converted file in real time to the device of the client by the streaming method when the store in which the video monitor is installed corresponds to the type of the store that the client wants to search. The method of claim 21, wherein the streaming server, And providing the converted file to the client only when an image transmission permission is generated from the user device.

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