KR101367889B1 - Apparatus for display overlapping game contents and method for operating the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for displaying game contents and provides an apparatus for displaying specific game contents provided in a game screen on a working screen and a method of displaying the game contents. An embodiment of the present invention includes a display window, on which a screen image is displayed; a game content image selecting unit for selecting a game content image to be displayed on the display window; a game content image extracting unit for extracting the game content image from an ongoing game screen image; and a game content image overlapping unit for displaying the extracted game content image on at least one of working screen images including a background screen image, a screen on which a program is executed, and an Internet screen by overlapping the extracted game content image and the at least one working screen. [Reference numerals] (10) Game screen image; (100) Lighting module; (20) Working screen image; (200) Glove marker module; (300) Location information outputting module; (400) Haptic function performing module; (500) Activation unit; (600) Screen switching unit; (700) Periphery detecting u nit; (800) Transparency setting unit

Description

App content overlapping display device and method of operation {Apparatus for display overlapping game contents and method for operating the same}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for displaying game content, and an apparatus and method for displaying specific game content in a game screen on a work screen.

Recently, as the online game industry has expanded and interest has been amplified, many gamers are still playing games in cyberspace through the network. Gamers invest a lot of time and effort to grow their characters and increase the assets of cyber items. Gamers want to sell their own items through cyber gaming currency (e.g., 'Adena' in 'Lineage' game) or own items better than other gamers through exchanges. Likewise, it takes a lot of effort and time to increase cyber assets.

In particular, in such an online role playing game (RPG), as shown in FIG. 1, gamers divide into characters and invest a long time in cyberspace to increase the rank and combat power. Therefore, gamers have to spend a lot of time in the game to get the character of the grade they want.

On the other hand, in recent years, various character development games have been performed in which a character is expressed in a three-dimensional image to execute the game in a more realistic form. In this character development game, in order to breed or multiply a character of an animal or a plant designated by a gamer, as if a human or a pet is raised, by feeding or feeding a character or playing the character for a certain time, the growth process of the character is developed. That is, it is to enjoy while actually seeing and confirming the form in which the character image changes.

However, in the case of the role-playing game or the character training game as described above, the gamers need to invest a lot of time in front of a personal computer to obtain a desired result. However, since such a large amount of time investment is practically difficult, there is an inconvenience to spend all night in the game. For example, an office worker may not be able to play a game at the same time while the company handles the work through a PC. In addition, there are still cases where people have to pay attention to other people's eyes when playing the game due to the society's negative perception of the game.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0030447 (March 25, 2009)

The technical problem of the present invention is to display so that the game can be carried out secretly around people.

In addition, the technical problem of the present invention is to extract and display only a specific game content image when displaying the game on the screen.

In addition, the technical problem of the present invention is to switch between the work screen and the game screen is automatically made according to the surrounding environment.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a display window on which a screen is displayed; A game content image selector which selects a game content image to be displayed on the display window; A game content image extracting unit extracting the game content image in a game screen in progress; And a game content image superimposing unit for superimposing the extracted game content image on one or more work screens including a desktop, a program execution screen on which a program is executed, and an internet screen, and displaying the extracted game content image on the display window. .

A transparency setting unit for setting the transparency of the game content image when the game content images are overlaid and displayed; .

An activation unit to provide a user input input data value to at least one of the game content image and the work screen; .

And a screen switching unit which displays only the work screen in a superimposed screen state in which a game content image and the work screen are overlapped and displayed. The screen switching unit includes a screen switching key for receiving a user operation input for screen switching. .

And a peripheral sensor including at least one camera for capturing the surrounding image of the game content overlapping display device, a monitoring sensor for monitoring the movement of the game content overlapping display device, and an audio sensor for detecting a noise around the computer. The screen switching unit displays only the work screen without overlapping and displaying the game content image when the image or motion or noise around the computer is greater than or equal to a threshold.

The game content image includes one or more of a character shape, a character information window, a shortcut key, a guidance window, a game progress weapon and skill selection window, a dialog, an option selection window, and a help window.

The game content image selector receives a game content image to be displayed on the display window from the user.

The game content image is superimposed and displayed on any one of a work screen including a desktop screen, a program execution screen on which a program is executed, and a work screen including an Internet screen.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention the process of selecting the game content image to be displayed; Extracting the game content image from the ongoing game screen; Superimposing and displaying the extracted game content image on any one of a work screen including a desktop screen, a program execution screen on which a program is executed, and a work screen including an Internet screen; Activating any one of the game content image and the work screen to receive a user's manipulation input; .

The method may further include activating any one of the game content image and the work screen to receive a user's manipulation input; .

According to the embodiment of the present invention, by displaying the work screen and the game content image by overlapping it, there is an effect that it is possible to secretly enjoy the game secretly with the surrounding people.

In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the fact that the game is in progress can be hidden by displaying only the work screen while the game content image is hidden in accordance with the change of the surrounding environment.

1 is a screen showing an example of a conventional role-playing game.
2 is a block diagram of a game content superimposing display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a screen illustrating a state in which a selected game content image is overlaid and displayed together on an Internet screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a game content superimposing display process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a detailed description of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same reference numerals are used to denote the same or similar components in the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a game content superimposing display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a screen showing a state in which a selected game content image is overlaid and displayed on an Internet screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the following description, a personal computer such as a desktop, a notebook, a netbook, or the like will be described as an example of a game content overlapping display device. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be applied to various game content overlapping display apparatuses having display windows for playing games, such as smartphones, tablet PCs, and slate PCs.

The game content superimposition display apparatus includes a display window 400, a game content image selection unit 100, a game content image extraction unit 200, and a game content image superimposition unit 300. In addition, the activator 500, the screen switcher 600, the peripheral sensor 700, and the transparency setting unit 800 may be further included. This will be described in detail below.

The display window 400 displays one or more work screens 20 including a desktop screen, a program execution screen on which a program is executed, and an Internet screen. In the above description, the background screen refers to a standby screen of an operating system (OS) such as a window without executing a program. In addition, the program execution screen refers to a screen on which document operations are performed, such as MS Office and Korean. In addition, the Internet screen refers to a screen on which an Internet window is displayed by accessing a web site or the like. The display window 400 may overlap and display the selected game content image 30 in the game screen 10 when the game is played in addition to the work screen 20. In the above description, the game screen 10 is a screen on which various games are displayed without limitation on the type of games such as role playing games such as lineage, character training games, simulation games, sports games, and shotgun games. . For reference, in order to proceed with a game or the Internet, the game content superimposed display device includes a wired and wireless communication module that can be connected to an internal and external network. Wired communication methods such as Universal Serial Bus, IEEE 1394, serial communication and parallel communication can be used, TCP / IP communication, Infrared Radiation, Bluetooth, Wired and wireless communication may be performed through a wireless communication method such as a home radio frequency (RF) and a wireless LAN.

The game content image selector 100 selects a game content image 30 to be displayed on the display window 400. Generally, the game screen 10 displays various game content images 30 of a game in progress in real time. For example, in a role-playing game, a character shape, a character information window, a shortcut, a guide window, a game progress weapon, and the like are displayed. Various game content images 30 are displayed such as skill selection windows, chat windows, option selection windows, help windows, and the like. The game content image selector 100 selects a game content image 30 to be displayed by overlapping the display window 400 among a plurality of game content images in the game screen 10. For reference, such game content image selection may select a specific game content image or receive a game content image from a user according to information previously set by the game content image selection unit 100.

The game content image extractor 200 extracts a game content image in the game screen 10 in progress. Each game content image in the game screen 10 has a unique ID (hereinafter referred to as a 'game content ID'), and has screen position information and screen color composition information for each game content ID. Therefore, the game content image extracting unit 200 may obtain the screen position information and the color composition information related to the selected game content ID of the selected game content image, and as a result, may extract the game content image.

The game content image superimposing unit 300 may include a game content image 30 extracted by the game content extraction unit 200 on at least one work screen 20 including a desktop screen, a program execution screen on which a program is executed, and an internet screen; 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d, 30e, 30f, 30g, 30h, and 30i are superimposed and displayed. That is, as shown in Fig. 3, the selected game content image 30 is overlaid and displayed on the Internet screen. For example, only a character, a chat window, and a weapon selection window of the game may be displayed on the internet screen, which is the work screen 20, of the entire game screen 10. Therefore, since the game background or the like of the game screen 10 is not displayed, the third party other than the user can be tricked to believe that the user is doing other work without playing the game. Therefore, in the case of an office worker, a game content image 30 such as a character necessary for game progress is displayed on a work screen 20 of a document such as PowerPoint, MS Word, etc., so that the game can be played even during business hours.

In addition, the game content superimposed display device, the activation unit 500 that receives a user's manipulation input by activating any one of the screen (the overlapping screen), the work screen 20 and the game content image 30 is superimposed ) May be further provided. When there is input through the input means such as a keyboard or a mouse, the activator 500 provides the input data value to the work screen 20 or the game screen 10 provided with the game content image 30. For example, if an internet screen, which is the work screen 20, is activated within the overlap screen when the keyword value 'go' is input, the word 'go' that is input is a search input field 21 in the Internet screen. On the other hand, if the game screen 10 is selected to be activated within the overlap screen when the keyword value 'go' is inputted, the word 'go' is inputted to the game screen (actually the game processing operation). The game character can move forward and move forward.For reference, such activation can be made by the user. For example, the work screen 20 and the game content are provided. When 'shift + F1' is input while the screen overlapping the unknown 30 is displayed, the input data is transferred to the work screen 20, and when 'shift + F2' is input, the game screen 10 In the case of inputting 'shift + F3', data may be simultaneously transmitted to the work screen 20 and the game screen 10 in the overlapping screen. It can be made through the activation key of, but it can be made in a toggle type, for example, when 'F5' is pressed once, the input is activated to the work screen 20 and 'F5' is pressed again. Input may be activated to 10.

Meanwhile, in the overlapping screen state in which the work screen 20 and the game content image 30 are overlapped and displayed at the same time, it may be necessary to display only the work screen 20. For example, when a person who does not want to show my game while approaching a game in an overlapped state comes up, it is necessary to hide the game content image 30 and display only the work screen 20. In this case, the game content superimposing display device includes a screen switcher 600, and the screen switcher 600 operates in a superimposed screen state in which the game content image 30 and the work screen 20 overlap and are displayed. Only the screen 20 can be displayed.

To this end, the screen switching unit 600 may include a separate screen switching key (not shown) that receives a user manipulation input for screen switching. For example, a toggle type screen switching may be performed. When pressing 'F11' once, only the work screen 20 is displayed, and when pressing 'F11' again, the game content image 30 is overlapped. It may be displayed as a superimposed screen. For reference, in case of pressing 'F10', only the game screen 10, not the work screen 20, may be displayed so that a game having a full screen can be enjoyed.

A screen change key (not shown) may be provided as described above to implement a screen change by receiving a user input, but may be implemented to automatically change the screen. To this end, the game content superimposing display device includes a peripheral sensing unit. The periphery sensing unit 700 includes one or more cameras for capturing the surrounding image of the game content overlapping display device, a monitoring sensor for detecting the surrounding movement of the game content overlapping display device, and an audio sensor for detecting noise around the computer.

The camera continuously captures the surrounding image, and the monitoring sensor continuously monitors the surrounding changes through an infrared detector or a thermal detector, and the audio sensor continuously monitors the surrounding voice or noise. Accordingly, the screen switching unit 600 displays only the work screen 20 without overlapping and displaying the game content image 30 when the image, motion, or noise around the computer is equal to or greater than a preset threshold. For example, if a motion is detected through a camera or a monitoring sensor in the vicinity of 3 meters while the game is in progress while the overlap screen is displayed, the work screen 20 is not displayed without displaying the game content image 30 on the overlap screen. ) Can only be displayed. Therefore, after the boss comes to the vicinity of the user, only the work screen 20 is displayed, it can be seen to work.

The game content superimposing display device may further include a transparency setting unit 800. The transparency setting unit 800 performs a function of setting the transparency of the game content image 30 when the game content images 30 are overlapped and displayed. For example, if the transparency of the game content image 30 is set to 0%, do not make the game content image 30 transparent but maintain the original color and display it overlapping the work screen, and the transparency is 50%. If set, the game content image 30 is made to be about 50% transparent than the original color, and is overlaid and displayed on the work screen 20. In addition, when the transparency is set to 100%, the game content image 30 is completely transparent, and as a result, the game content image 30 is not visible on the work screen 20. By controlling such transparency, overlapping screens may not be noticed by others depending on the environment.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of superimposing and displaying game content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

An embodiment of the present invention is characterized by displaying a game content image superimposed on any one of the work screen including a desktop screen, a program execution screen on which a program is executed, and a work screen including an Internet screen. By displaying the game content image so as to be superimposed in the work screen, only necessary game content images can be selected and displayed together.

The game content image superimposition method may be configured to have the following steps.

First, a process of selecting a game content image to be displayed is performed (S410). Various game content images may be displayed on the game screen such as character shapes, character information windows, shortcut keys, guide windows, game progress weapon and skill selection windows, dialogs, option selection windows, and help windows. The game content image to be displayed is superimposed on the work screen from the plurality of game content images.

After selecting the game content image (S410), a process of extracting the game content image in the ongoing game screen is performed (S420). The game content image has a game content ID, and has screen position information and screen color composition information for each game content ID. Therefore, by selecting the ID of the game content image to be displayed superimposed on the display window, the relevant screen position information and color composition information can be obtained, and as a result, the game content image can be extracted.

After the game content image is extracted (S420), the game content image extracted on the work screen is overlaid and displayed (S430). By superimposing and displaying the game content image on the work screen, the user can simultaneously view the work screen and the game content image on one screen window. In addition, since the game content image has a small size, the work screen acts as a desktop, and when viewed from the surroundings, the work screen appears to be mainly focused on the work screen, thereby avoiding surveillance of the surroundings.

On the other hand, when the display overlaps the content image (S430), when the image or motion or noise around the computer is more than the threshold value, it is possible to display only the work screen without displaying the game content image overlapping. By detecting the surrounding image, noise, motion, etc., if a value over a predetermined threshold is detected, only the operation screen is automatically displayed to avoid external management eyes.

In addition, after the game content image is overlaid and displayed on the work screen, one of the game content image and the work screen may be activated to receive a user's manipulation input. When an input is made through an input means such as a keyboard or a mouse, it is determined whether the input data value is provided to the work screen or the game screen provided with the game content image. According to the input value transfer, it is determined whether the operation screen performs an operation according to the input value or whether the game screen performs an operation according to the input value.

While the present invention has been described in connection with certain exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. Accordingly, the scope of the patent of the present invention is not limited by the above-described embodiments, and it will be obvious that the patent scope covers not only the claims but also the equivalents.

10: Game screen 20: Operation screen
30: Content image
100: game content image selection unit 200: game content image extraction unit
300: game content image superimposition portion 400: display window
500: activation unit 600: screen switching unit
700: peripheral detection unit 800: transparency setting unit

Claims (11)

A display window on which a screen is displayed;
A game content image selector which selects a game content image to be displayed on the display window;
A game content image extracting unit extracting the game content image in a game screen in progress; And
A game content image superimposing unit for superimposing the extracted game content image on one or more work screens including a desktop, a program execution screen on which a program is executed, and an Internet screen and displaying the extracted game content image on the display window;
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And a screen switcher configured to display only the work screen in an overlapping screen state in which the game content image and the work screen are overlapped and displayed.
The screen switching unit includes a screen switching key for receiving a user operation input for screen switching,
And a peripheral sensor including at least one camera for capturing the surrounding image of the game content superimposed display device, a monitoring sensor for monitoring the peripheral motion of the game content superimposed display device, and an audio sensor for detecting noise around the computer.
And the screen switching unit displays only the work screen without overlapping and displaying the game content image when the image, motion, or noise around the computer is equal to or greater than a preset threshold. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a transparency setting unit configured to set transparency of a game content image when the game content images are overlaid and displayed. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: an activator configured to provide a user's manipulation input data value to at least one of the game content image and the work screen. delete delete The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The game content image, game content superimposed display device including any one or more of a character shape, a character information window, a shortcut window, a guide window, a game progress weapon and skill selection window, a dialog, an option selection window, a help window. The method according to claim 1,
The game content image selection unit, game content superimposed display device for receiving a selection of the game content image to be displayed on the display window from the user. delete Selecting a game content image to be displayed;
Extracting the game content image from the ongoing game screen;
Superimposing and displaying the extracted game content image on any one of a work screen including a desktop screen, a program execution screen on which a program is executed, and a work screen including an Internet screen; And
Activating any one of the game content image and a work screen to receive a user's manipulation input;
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The process of overlapping and displaying the game content image,
And displaying only the work screen without overlapping and displaying the game content image when an image, a motion, or a noise around a computer is greater than or equal to a preset threshold.



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