KR101216436B1 - Method for providing personal information using business card and recording-medium recorded program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A personal information providing method using a business card and a recording medium thereof are provided to use only an image for the business card, thereby easily obtaining personal information which an owner of the business card registers in advance. CONSTITUTION: A personal information request is received from a request terminal(S540). A registration business card image which is the same as a business card is searched among registered registration images(S550). Personal information registered in the registration business card image is extracted(S560). An e-mail transmitting/receiving history between a request member according to the request terminal and a registration member according to the registration business card image is obtained. A relation keyword between the request member and the registration member is set up by analyzing the e-mail transmitting/receiving history. [Reference numerals] (10) Request terminal; (12) Registration terminal; (30) Name card management device; (S510) Name card image and personal information registration; (S520) Member information storage; (S530) Name card provision; (S540) Requesting the personal information by using the name card image; (S550) Searching a registration name card image which is the same as the name card image; (S560) Extracting the personal information corresponding to the registration name card image; (S570) Personal information provision

Description

Method for providing personal information using business card and recording-medium recorded program etc.

The present invention relates to the provision of personal information, and more particularly, to a method of providing information registered to correspond to an individual according to a business card using a business card and a recording medium on which the method is recorded.

 Most people with a job have one or more of their own business cards. In addition to the name, the business card includes the company name and contact information such as an e-mail address, a telephone number, and a mobile phone number. By exchanging such business cards with the other party, not only to inform the other party's own business card information, but also useful for storing the other business card information of the other party and can be used for other purposes.

In recent years, the number of service occupations, the importance of business cards are increasing. In addition to the basic function of the business card to simply provide a contact, it is also used as a publicity means to better inform yourself through a unique design.

However, if you receive too many business cards from different people, the management becomes inconvenient. The inconvenience of having to find someone's business card each time to reach someone. To this end, a business card is typically registered and used in a contact function provided by a mobile terminal such as an address book or a smartphone provided by an email transmission / reception program such as Outlook on a computer.

However, even when using the address book function, there is a hassle of having to type the contents of a business card by hand.

In addition, since the contents of a previously received business card are usually different from the actual contents after a certain time, the usefulness of the business card is not only lost, and it is inconvenient to modify the contents of the business card by asking the owner of the original business card one by one. .

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, the person who acquires a business card can conveniently store the contents of the business card in the address book, etc., the user who provides the business card to others who have obtained their business card It is to provide a personal information providing method using a business card to easily provide personal information (contact information, etc.) including the business card information.

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent through the following preferred embodiments.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a personal information providing method using a business card performed by a business card management device coupled to a communication network, the method comprising: receiving a request for personal information from a request terminal; Retrieving a registered business card image equal to a predetermined level or more from the business card image received from the request terminal; And extracting personal information corresponding to the registered business card image for transmission to the requesting terminal, and a recording medium having recorded thereon a personal information providing method and a program for performing the method.

The searching of the business card image may include extracting text according to a predetermined rule from the business card image; Searching for a target business card image using the text; And searching for the registered business card image among the target business card images.

The extracting of the personal information may include recognizing a handwritten character in the business card image, wherein the personal information corresponds to the handwritten character.

The extracting of the personal information may include: recognizing the handwritten character in the business card image and performing authentication on the handwritten character by using member information corresponding to the registered business card image. Only when the information is successful, the personal information may be provided to the requesting terminal.

In addition, if a search for the registered business card image fails, the business card image may be analyzed to transmit a guide message for registration of the business card information to the business owner using the recognized specific text.

The method may further include obtaining e-mail transmission / reception details between a requesting member according to the requesting terminal and a registered member according to the registered business card image; And setting a relation keyword between the requesting member and the registered member by analyzing the e-mail transmission / reception details, wherein the registered member has a history of obtaining personal information according to the business card of the requesting member. Relationship keyword setting can be performed.

In addition, the personal information providing method using a business card performed by the terminal device, comprising: generating a business card image according to the input image of the business card is photographed; Transmitting the business card image to a business card management device coupled through a communication network; Receiving the personal information from the card management apparatus which has extracted personal information corresponding to at least a predetermined level from the business card image among the registered business card images; And updating the contact information according to a preset contact function using the personal information, and a recording medium in which the personal information providing method and a program for performing the method are recorded.

Here, when the personal information includes content linked with a specific application, the contact information may be updated so that the content is played when a call is received from the counterpart according to the personal information.

According to the present invention, the personal information previously registered by the owner of the business card can be easily obtained using only the image of the business card. Furthermore, the acquired personal information is automatically stored in the address book (contact management function) of the terminal device, thereby providing a new contact information. Users who need to enter their business card information for registration can be alleviated.In addition, users who provide business cards can easily provide personal information (contact information, etc.) including business card information to others who have acquired their business cards. Do it.

In addition, according to the present invention, the owner of the business card can easily provide not only simple contact information but also various information such as multimedia contents to those who have their own business cards, and also by writing to the business card and providing it to others, it is selective for each person. There is also an effect that can provide a variety of information.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall system for providing personal information using a business card according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exemplary view showing a business card generally used.
3 is a table illustrating personal information corresponding to a specific business card managed in the business card management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary view showing handwritten characters recorded on a business card according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing personal information using a business card according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a business card information providing process corresponding to a business card in the business card management apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an exemplary view showing a relationship established between the members of the business card management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a table illustrating mail related party information of a member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout the specification and claims. The description will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the entire system for providing personal information using a business card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the entire system according to the present embodiment includes a request terminal 10, a registration terminal 12, a business card management device 30, and a business card DB 50.

The business card management device 30 stores and manages the business cards of the members and the corresponding personal information in the business card DB 50. Of course, in the present embodiment, the business card DB 50 is provided separately as an example, but of course this is only one embodiment, the information according to the business card described above in the storage medium provided in the business card management device 30 itself (hereinafter referred to as business card) Naturally, information may be stored. Hereinafter, it will be described on the assumption that the card information is stored in the card management device 30 for convenience of description.

In particular, the card management device 30 stores a card as an image. That is, members register and register their own business card in the business card management device 30, and personal information (name, address, email, contact, etc.) together with the imaged business card (hereinafter referred to as business card image). 30) to register. Here, the personal information in the present invention is a concept including not only personal information such as contact information described in a business card, but also content (document, video, sound source, etc.) to be registered by the member, and refers to all information registered by an individual. will be.

The request terminal 10 is a terminal device for requesting personal information according to a business card from the business card management device 30, and the registration terminal 12 is a terminal device for registering a business card and corresponding personal information with the business card management device 30. In other words, the request terminal 10 refers to a terminal device used by a user who receives a business card from someone offline or online, and the registration terminal 12 registers the personal information according to the business card to the business card management device 30. This refers to the terminal device to be used. The request terminal 10 and the registration terminal 12 is a computing device having a communication function through a communication network. For example, the request terminal 10 and the registration terminal 12 may be not only a general personal computer, but also a smartphone, a tablet PC, and the like. Will be explained.

Hereinafter, a method of providing personal information using a business card in the entire system according to FIG. 1 will be described in detail.

2 is a diagram illustrating a business card generally used, FIG. 3 is a table illustrating personal information corresponding to a specific business card managed by the business card management apparatus 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4. 5 is an exemplary view showing handwritten characters recorded on a business card according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing personal information using a business card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 5, the registration terminal 12 is a business card image to be registered (hereinafter referred to as a business card image registered in the business card management device 30 referred to as a registered business card image) and personal information business card management device 30 By transmitting to (S510), business card information of the member is registered in the business card management device (30) (S520). As an easy example, the user of the registration terminal 12 is obtained by using a scanning function or a camera function after the membership authentication procedure through a website (or smartphone application program) provided by the business card management device 30 Register business card image with personal information.

As shown in FIG. 2, the business card 200 records not only the name of the individual but also information such as a business place, a business address, a contact number, and an e-mail. As described above, the business card management apparatus 30 stores a business card image which is an image according to the business card 200 as shown in FIG. 2, and the corresponding personal information as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the corresponding business card image. And managed.

Referring back to FIG. 5, the registration terminal 12 provides the business card to the request terminal 10 (S530). In the case of off-line merchants, the user of the registration terminal 12 may be to provide his or her own business card itself to the user of the request terminal 10, and in the case of online, the card image is requested from the registration terminal 12, such as an electronic business card. 10) may be provided.

The request terminal 10 requests personal information corresponding to the corresponding business card image to the business card management device 30 using the acquired business card image (S540).

The business card management apparatus 30 searches for a registered business card image equal to a business card image at a predetermined level (for example, 95% or more) (S550), and if the search is successful, extracts personal information corresponding to the registered business card image (S560). ), And provides to the request terminal 10 (S570). That is, the business card management apparatus 30 searches for the same business card image received from the requesting terminal 10 (ie, similar to the predetermined level or more) among the registered business card images registered and managed in advance, and corresponds to the searched business card image. The stored personal information is provided to the request terminal 10 as a request result.

Here, the comparison between the images may be performed by subtracting the pixel-by-pixel luminance value or color value (RGB, etc.) between the images. For example, if the color values are subtracted pixel by pixel between the same images, the color values of all the pixels will be 0 to generate a white subtracted image having no color. In addition, image comparison techniques for recognizing the same image by comparison of images are still used in various fields and will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

In order to reduce the processing load and time according to the image comparison when a large number of registered business card images exist, when searching for the same business card image, a specific character (for example, , Company name or full name, etc.), and a search using the read text may be performed first. As an example, all registered business card images may be read out by an image analysis technique and stored as a keyword for retrieval. Therefore, the name and the like are read from the business card image as text, and after searching using the text, the registered business card images and the business card image extracted as a search result are compared with each other.

According to the present embodiment, users who acquire a business card from the business card owner can easily acquire personal information previously registered by the business card owner using only the business card image generated by scanning or photographing the business card. By being automatically stored in an address book (contact management function) of the terminal device, inconvenience of users who need to input business card information in order to register a new contact can be eliminated.

Furthermore, according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the card management apparatus 30 does not merely manage the information 300 recorded on the business card, but also other information (for example, Facebook, registered by members who register business cards). Account 310 or other content 320, etc.) may be further managed and provided to others as personal information about the individual. In other words, the member of the business card management device 30 passes his or her business card to another person, so that the other person can acquire various personal information registered by the member. As an easy example, if a member registers the video content in the business card management device 30 as personal information, the other person who has acquired the business card from the member uses the business card image according to the business card to display the video content in the business card management device (30). Can be obtained from

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the information 300 recorded in the business card is referred to as basic information, and the remaining information 310 and 320 will be referred to as other information. According to an embodiment, when requesting personal information using a business card image, basic information is basically provided, and if there is a handwritten character in the corresponding card image, basic information corresponding to the corresponding handwritten character may be provided. It may be.

Referring to FIG. 4, which shows an embodiment according to this, the handwritten character 410 is described on one side of the business card image 400, in which case other information corresponding to the corresponding handwritten character 410 is illustrated in FIG. 3. 333.doc file corresponding to the same handwritten character 322 may be provided. The handwritten character 410 refers to a handwritten character written by a human hand. That is, when the business card provider (original owner of the business card) passes the business card to someone, and writes an article such as the handwritten character 410 described above on the business card, the person who receives the business card receives the business card image (400) as shown in FIG. ), And when using the business card image 400 will be able to obtain other information corresponding to the corresponding handwritten character (410). Here, since an image analysis technique for recognizing handwritten characters in an image will be apparent to those skilled in the art, a more detailed description of the handwriting recognition technique will be omitted.

For example, when the other information is utilized, when the multimedia content reproduced by the video or audio execution program such as the video or sound source content is acquired as the other information, the request terminal 10 is connected to the corresponding party (that is, the business card). The contents are automatically registered as the contact information of the corresponding business card owner. According to this, when a call is received from the owner of the business card to the request terminal 10, the above-mentioned multimedia content is executed as the caller information on the request terminal 10, which causes the request terminal 10 to display the content as additional information of the caller. It can be utilized.

In the present embodiment described so far, the above-described handwritten characters are used as identification information for recognizing other information to be provided, but according to another example, as authentication information for providing personal information to legitimate users, It can also be used.

In other words, only when a specific handwritten character is included in the business card image received from the request terminal 10, the personal information according to the business card image is provided to the request terminal 10. That is, according to Figure 5, the business card management device 30 extracts the personal information corresponding to the registered business card image in S560, and if the authentication procedure is set in the personal information, the handwriting extracted from the preset authentication information and business card image By comparing the characters with each other, it is possible to determine whether to provide the corresponding personal information.

According to this, when giving a business card to another person, the owner of the business card can allow the person who receives the business card to acquire his or her personal information from the business card management device 30 only when the specific character is written on the business card.

According to the embodiment described so far, only when the card owner has previously registered the card information (business card image and personal information) in the card management apparatus 30, the request terminal 10 can obtain the personal information using the card image. Can be. On the contrary, a member who acquires a business card wants to obtain personal information according to the business card, but it may be expected that the business card information for the business card is not registered in the business card management device 30. In this case, the business card management device 30 may induce the owner of the business card to register the card information.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a business card information providing process corresponding to a business card in the business card management apparatus 30 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, when the business card management apparatus 30 receives a business card image from the request terminal 10 (S610), the business card DB 50 searches for the same business card image as the business card image (S620).

As a result of determining whether the search is successful, when the search is successful, the business card management apparatus 30 extracts the stored personal information corresponding to the member according to the searched business card image and provides it to the requesting terminal 10 (S640). Since the retrieval method and the provided personal information have been described above with reference to FIG. 5 and the like, redundant descriptions will be omitted.

On the contrary, if the search fails, it may be determined that the business card information for the business card according to the business card image is not registered in advance, and the business card management device 30 performs a procedure for guiding registration of the business card information to the business card owner. You can proceed. As an example according to the method, the business card management apparatus 30 analyzes the business card image received from the request terminal 10, and recognizes specific text (name, contact, email, etc.) recorded in the business card (S650). Then, the business card management device 30 transmits a guide message to the business card owner using a phone number or an e-mail address according to the recognized text (S660).

For example, the owner of a business card (for example, Hong Gil-dong) requested [Hungbu's business card information from Hong Gil-dong] through his terminal. If you want to register your business card information, please click the (Register) button] and a message including the business card image (ie, the image of your business card) will be displayed. As an example of the above guide message, the business card management device 30 obtains user information (for example, name) for the request terminal 10 that sent the business card image in S610 to be included in the guide message, It is possible to further induce the card owner to register the card information. Of course, although not shown in the drawing, when the business card owner registers his business card information to the business card management device 30, the business card management device 30 provides the personal information according to the corresponding business card information to the requesting terminal 10. You can proceed further.

So far, we have described the method and process of providing members with personal information about business cards. According to another example, the business card management device 30 may establish a relationship between the person who registered the personal information according to the business card and the user who acquired it, the relationship may be performed by analyzing an e-mail transmission and reception history between two people. have. As an easy example, when the personal information according to the business card of the member 1 is provided to the member 2, the business card management device 30 establishes a relationship between the member 1 and the member 2. Information about the relationship may be set by the member 2, but the e-mail sent and received between the two members is used to establish a more objective relationship. Here, the relationship setting between members may be set only when each person acquires personal information of the other party. For example, the business card management device 30 sets a relationship between members who exchange business card information among members who have registered business card information, and the e-mail details transmitted and received between the two members are used to set the relationship.

According to an embodiment, the business card management device 30 may operate an email server to provide email transmission / reception functions to members, thereby acquiring an email transmission / reception history between members.

According to another example, a method in which each member directly provides an e-mail history given or received with other members to the business card management device 30 may be used to establish a relationship.

According to another embodiment, after each member analyzes an e-mail history exchanged with other members to set a relation keyword, information about the relation keyword may be registered in a business card management server.

Hereinafter, the relation keyword will be described in detail.

7 is an exemplary view showing a relationship established between the members of the business card management device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 8 is a table illustrating the mail associate information of the member according to an embodiment of the present invention to be.

Referring to FIG. 7 on the assumption that e-mail is exchanged between members, relation keywords (refer to 700, 710 and 720) are set. That is, as shown in the drawing according to an example, a relationship keyword 700 of [security] is set in the relationship between member 1 and member 2.

The relation keyword may be set by analyzing an email history exchanged between members 1 and 2. For example, the most commonly used words among the contents of the e-mails sent and received except for the most commonly used words such as [Hello, Regards] may be set as a relation keyword. As a result of checking the contents, attachments, and the like, the word [security] is used as a key word, which is set as a relation keyword between the two.

Of course, as shown in the figure, the relationship keyword between two people does not necessarily need to be one. For example, the relationship keyword set between member 2 and member 4 is two words such as [security 710, mobile 720]. Can be.

In the case of member 2, a relationship is established with three people (member 1, member 2, member 4), and the set relation keyword is [security, patent, invention, mobile]. Therefore, through the relation keyword, the member 2 can know at a glance what kind of contents are exchanged with people.

Here, the e-mail history used for the relationship analysis, it is natural that only one or both of the member's outgoing or incoming e-mail can be used, or may analyze all the e-mail sent and received in the meantime, To reduce the load, you can also analyze one or more emails sent and received recently (for example, one month or six months).

The business card management device 30 manages the relationship information including the relationship keywords of the members, so that the members themselves know what keywords they are associated with, and furthermore, help to establish a new relationship between the members. Can give

For example, assuming that member 1 acquires member 2's business card information, member 1 can be provided with information on all related keywords of [security, patent, invention, mobile]. 1 makes it easy to know what member 2 is interested in and what topics they send and receive from other people.

In addition, the business card management device 30 may provide mail related party information of other members related to the members. That is, the member 1 is provided with information about the members 3 and 4 which are the mail related information of the member 2 related to the email (for example, name, email address, relation keyword, intimacy, etc.). In the following, other parties of related persons will be referred to as secondary members, and in the same manner, the members of secondary members will be referred to as tertiary members, and those of tertiary members will be referred to as fourth members.

According to another embodiment, the business card management device 30 may provide information on the second or more members by using relation keywords (for example, [security] between members 1 and 2) set between members. For example, for convenience of understanding, the same relationship as member [4], which is a relation keyword set with member 1, that is related to member 1, which is similar or above a certain level among other members related to member 2, to member 1 Information (for example, a name, an e-mail address, etc.) about a member having a keyword) is provided as the information about the second member. Of course, in this case, it is natural that the process of asking Member 2 whether it is possible to provide Member 1 with information about Member 4 may be further proceeded.

In this way, members can continue to expand their relationships, including not only those with whom they are associated, but also second and third acquaintances with them.

According to the above examples, the members of the business card management device 30 can know some of the relationships of other members related to them, which can be useful not only to understand the other party but also to expand the relationships. .

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, related persons through analysis of the member's e-mail history will be referred to as e-mail related parties. For example, an e-mail person, who is a person related to member 1 and the relation keyword "security", becomes member 2.

As such, the relationship information (hereinafter referred to as mail related party information) of each member through analysis of the e-mail history performed in the member computing device or the service device is managed in the business card management device 30, which is stored in the business card DB 50. We will briefly explain the member's e-mail information.

Referring to the mail related party information of any member shown in FIG. 8, the email address 800, the name, the relation keyword 810 as well as the intimacy 820 of the e-mail related parties who are related to giving or receiving e-mails with the corresponding members ) May be further set. Intimacy is to indicate the degree of intimacy between two people, and the total number of e-mails sent and received or the number of e-mails (for example, one month) may be used. This intimacy allows the member to know who he or she is primarily in contact with and to send and receive e-mails, as well as how many people are involved with other people and how close they are, as mentioned above. Will be. That is, as described above, the business card management apparatus 30 may provide any member with relation keywords and intimacy information for secondary email persons (ie, other email persons of related email persons).

This familiarity can be measured not only by the number of emails sent and received, but also by analyzing the emails themselves. In general, an email includes a subject, an attached file, and a content. Preferably, for the protection of personal information, the analysis may be performed on at least one of the subject and the attached file without analyzing the content.

In addition to setting relational keywords by analyzing subjects, attachments, and content, you can also set intimacy, for example, if the subject or content contains the word [friend], the sender and recipient of each other It can be recognized. Therefore, even if the number of e-mails exchanged with each other is small, the familiarity may be set higher than a certain level.

The above-described method for providing personal information using a business card according to the present invention can be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. Computer-readable recording media include all kinds of recording media having data stored thereon that can be decrypted by a computer system. For example, there may be a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, a flash memory, an optical data storage device, and the like. In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed and executed in a computer system connected to a computer network, and may be stored and executed as a code readable in a distributed manner.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that various modifications and changes may be made.

10: request terminal
12: registration terminal
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Claims (10)

In the personal information providing method using a business card performed by a business card management device combined with a communication network,
Receiving a request for personal information from the requesting terminal;
Retrieving a registered business card image determined to be the same as the business card image among pre-registered registered images as a result of image comparison search using the business card image received from the requesting terminal;
Extracting personal information registered to correspond to the registered business card image for transmission to the request terminal;
Obtaining e-mail transmission / reception details between a requesting member according to the requesting terminal and a registered member according to the registered business card image; And
Analyzing the e-mail transmission / reception details and setting a relation keyword between the requesting member and the registered member.
delete delete delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
And the relationship keyword is set only when the registered member has a history of obtaining personal information according to the business card of the requesting member.
In the personal information providing method using a business card performed by the terminal device,
Generating a business card image according to the input image on which the business card is photographed;
Transmitting the business card image to a business card management device coupled through a communication network;
Receiving the personal information from the business card management apparatus which has extracted the personal information registered to correspond to the registered business card image which is determined to be the same as the business card image among the pre-registered registered images as a result of the image comparison search using the business card image; And
Update the contact information according to a preset contact function using the personal information, but if the personal information includes content linked with a specific application, the contact is reproduced when the call is received from the other party according to the personal information. A method of providing personal information comprising the step of updating the information.
delete The method according to claim 8,
The card management apparatus recognizes the handwritten characters included in the business card image, performs authentication on the handwritten characters using member information corresponding to the registered business card image, and when the authentication is successful in the card management apparatus. Personal information providing method characterized in that the personal information is received only.

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