KR101669635B1 - Method and system for providing virtual space lecture, virtual studio contents - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a virtual space video image service and a method and system for providing virtual studio image contents. More particularly, the present invention provides a service capable of generating a video image by matching a video of a lecturer with a virtual classroom space, The present invention also relates to a method and system for providing such a generation service through a virtual studio, and also provides a virtual space image generating apparatus to a person who creates a video of such a lecture in a standalone manner, And to a method and system for providing a system.
According to the present invention, it is possible to display a lecture screen of various layout types while flexibly changing the output mode while displaying a lecturer and a data screen on a single screen, and to display a background image and a lecture data So that the output mode conversion and the replacement of the image can be easily performed while the ordinary person who is not an expert teaches it so that the image of an impressive and sophisticated lecture can be easily authored do.
In addition, a user who is hard to purchase such equipment can easily generate such a lecture video through an online service. Also, a user who uses a standalone virtual space lecture image generating device can easily create a virtual studio content Through an online service such as the Internet, so that more sophisticated lecture images can be generated.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a virtual space lecture video service, a virtual studio lecture video service,

The present invention relates to a virtual space video image service and a method and system for providing virtual studio image contents. More particularly, the present invention provides a service capable of generating a video image by matching a video of a lecturer with a virtual classroom space, The present invention also relates to a method and system for providing such a generation service through a virtual studio, and also provides a virtual space image generating apparatus to a person who creates a video of such a lecture in a standalone manner, And to a method and system for providing a system.

A lecture provided through conventional online means that the lecturer and the material screen of the lecture are uniformly arranged to give a very boring feeling to the audience or the lecturer or when the lecturer screen and the data screen are separated from each other in the presentation , The audience has been unable to see the lecturer and the data screen at a glance, and there has been a problem of discomfort and distraction due to frequent shifting of gaze.

In order to solve such problems, broadcasting companies have introduced programs of the instructor who applied the virtual space. However, since they use complicated and expensive equipment for use, it is very difficult for the general public to use them, There is a problem that a portion of the screen can not be easily replaced and used.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to overcome the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a lecture screen of various layout types while flexibly changing an output mode while displaying a lecturer and a data screen on one screen, It is possible not only to partially replace the images such as the background screen and the lecture data but also to enable the ordinary person who is not an expert to easily operate the lecture by switching the output mode and changing the image, So that the lecture image can be easily authored.

Another purpose is to allow a user who is hard to purchase such equipment to easily create such a lecture video through an online service.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a user of a standalone virtual space lecture image generation apparatus to generate a more sophisticated lecture image by providing virtual studio contents of a design that is difficult to be created directly through an online service such as the Internet .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a video service of a virtual space using a virtual space on-line, comprising the steps of: (a) Providing a web page for providing a lecture video service; (b) providing a virtual studio image content list to the user terminal; (c) receiving, from the terminal of the user, image content to be used by the user from the provided virtual studio image content list; (d) receiving, from the terminal of the user, a photographed image of a lecturer or a lecturer performing a lecture; (e) receiving, from the user terminal, an output mode for arranging the photographed image and the selected virtual studio image content; (f) generating a lecture image by combining the photographed image and the selected virtual studio image contents so as to be applied to the selected output mode; And (g) transmitting an image of the steel produced in the step (f) to the user terminal. In the output mode, when the automatic switching mode is set by the user's selection, Wherein the predetermined condition includes a condition for changing a position of a lecturer, and the condition for changing the position of the lecturer means that the lecturer senses the movement of the lecturer on the screen, ) Is a layout in which the lecturer focuses on the center, and when the lecturer views the board or the data, the board or the data is set to be automatically switched to the center.

After step (c), (c11) downloading the selected virtual studio image content to the user terminal; And (c12) receiving, from the user terminal, virtual studio image contents created by editing the downloaded virtual studio image contents by the user, wherein in step (f), the virtual studio image contents The image content may be the virtual studio image content received from the user terminal in step (c12).

The method of claim 1, further comprising: after step (c): (c21) providing an editing function for the selected virtual studio image content, wherein the virtual studio image content used for creating the lecture image in step (f) Or the virtual studio image content edited by the user using the editing function provided by the user.

(f011) if the photographed image received in step (d) is a lecturer image, removing the background image from the photographed image.

Further comprising the step of (f021) receiving, from the user terminal, a lecture data content to be used in lecturing before the step (f), wherein the output mode includes a location where the lecture data content is located, In the image of the lecture generated in f), the lecture data contents may be included.

The lecture data contents may be a file (hereinafter referred to as 'lecture data file') containing contents used during lecture or a lecturer's lecture screen during lecture.

The formatter screen may be a screen input by a touch pen, a finger, or a mouse using dragging when the user terminal includes a touch screen.

In the lecture data contents screen, a screen of the lecture data file and a book form screen may be synthesized and arranged at the lecture data contents position.

The virtual studio image contents can be changed by instructor selection during the course video transmission.

The output mode can be changed by instructor selection even during transmission of a lecture image.

If the captured image includes one or two or more images and includes two or more images, the image of the lecture generated in accordance with the output mode and transmitted to the user terminal may be stored in the received image All images may be included, or only the photographed image selected by the instructor may be included.

The lecture image transmitted to the user terminal may be recorded and stored when there is a user's recording selection.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing a video service of a lecture using a virtual space on-line, comprising: a web page for providing a web page for providing a virtual space lecture video service to a terminal of a user connected online; module; A virtual studio image content database storing a virtual studio image content list provided through the web page; A photographed image receiving module for receiving a photographed image of a lecturer or a lecturer who is taking a lecture from the user terminal; A lecture image generation module that generates a lecture image by combining a virtual studio image content selected by the user with the lecture image and a lecture image taken by the user; An output mode control module for controlling generation of a lecture image of the lecture image generation module according to an output mode selected by the user terminal; A lecture image transmission module for transmitting a lecture image generated by the lecture image generation module to a user terminal; And a controller for controlling each of the modules of the virtual space lecture video service system to perform a series of processes related to provision of a virtual space lecture video service. In the output mode, when the automatic switching mode is set by the user's selection, And an automatic switching mode in which a screen arrangement is automatically switched when a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein the predetermined condition includes a condition for changing a position of a lecturer, and the condition for changing the position of the lecturer is a condition , The instructor looks at the front (audiences), the lecturer takes the center, and when the lecturer looks at the chalkboard or the data, the chalkboard or the data is automatically set to the centralized appearance.

Wherein the virtual space lecture video service system downloads virtual studio image contents selected by the user from the virtual studio image contents list to the user terminal and edits the downloaded virtual studio image contents by the user The virtual studio image content used for generating the lecture image of the lecture image generation module may be the virtual studio image content received from the user terminal by the content editing module .

The video service system of the virtual space class may further include a contents editing module for providing an editing function for the virtual studio image contents selected by the user in the virtual studio image contents list, The virtual studio image content may be virtual studio image content edited by the user using the editing function provided by the content editing module.

The virtual space class video service system may further include a background removal module for removing the background image from the photographed image when the photographed image to be received is a lecturer's image.

Wherein the virtual space lecture video service system further comprises a lecture data content receiving module for receiving lecture data contents to be used in the lecture from the user terminal, wherein the output mode includes a location where the lecture data contents are arranged, The lecture image generated by the lecture image generating module may include the lecture data contents.

The lecture data contents may be a file (hereinafter referred to as 'lecture data file') containing contents used during lecture or a lecturer's lecture screen during lecture.

The formatter screen may be a screen input by a touch pen, a finger, or a mouse using dragging when the user terminal includes a touch screen.

The lecture image generation module may synthesize a screen image of the lecture data file and a screen image of a lecture, and place the lecture image content at a location of the lecture data content.

The virtual studio image contents can be changed by instructor selection during the course video transmission.

The output mode control module may include a function of controlling the lecture image generation module so that the screen layout is changed by selecting the output mode change of the lecturer during the lecture image transmission.

The output mode control module may include a function of controlling the lecture image generation module such that, when the automatic switching mode is set by a user's selection, the screen layout is automatically switched when predetermined conditions are satisfied.

If the received photographed image includes one or two photographed images and includes two or more photographed images, the lecture image generated according to the output mode and transmitted to the user terminal may include all of the received photographed images , Or only the photographed image selected by the instructor.

The video service system of the virtual space class includes a video database of a lecture storing an image of the generated lecture; And a lecture image recording module for recording a lecture image transmitted to the user terminal and storing the lecture image in the lecture image database when there is a user's recording selection.

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According to the present invention, it is possible to display a lecture screen of various layout types while flexibly changing the output mode while displaying a lecturer and a data screen on a single screen, and to display a background image and a lecture data So that the output mode conversion and the replacement of the image can be easily performed while the ordinary person who is not an expert teaches it so that the image of an impressive and sophisticated lecture can be easily authored .

Also, a user who is hard to purchase such equipment can easily generate the image of the lecture through the online service.

In addition, it is possible to generate more sophisticated lecture images by providing virtual studio contents of a design that is difficult to be created directly to a user using a standalone virtual space lecture image generating apparatus through an online service such as the Internet.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration for providing a virtual studio image service used to generate a video service or a virtual space lecture image using a virtual space according to the present invention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001]
3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a video image service system using a virtual space according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing virtual studio image contents used for generating a virtual space image on-line, according to the present invention. FIG.
5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a virtual studio image content providing system according to the present invention.
6 is a view showing an embodiment of a process of removing a background from a photographed image;
7 is a view showing an embodiment of a process of synthesizing virtual studio image contents, lecture contents, and lecture shooting images.
8 is a diagram showing a layout of a screen of a virtual lecture image according to various output mode embodiments;
9 is a view showing a process of composing a lecture data file and a planner screen;
10 is a view showing embodiments of various types of virtual studio image contents provided to a user in a video image service system or a virtual studio image content providing system using a virtual space.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of the terms appropriately It should be interpreted in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration for providing virtual studio image contents used to generate a video image service or a virtual space image using a virtual space according to the present invention.

The virtual space lecture video service system 100 provides various tools for generating a lecture image by applying a virtual space to a user connected through a terminal 10 such as a notebook PC or the like on a network through online, After composing a video of a lecture and a virtual studio image in which the lecture is performed, the lecture image of the lecture is provided through various arrangements of such images. Of course, the photographed image of the instructor must be photographed by a video camera or the like, and transmitted to the virtual space lecture image service system 100 through the terminal 10. [

The virtual space lecture image generating device 21 is connected to each user's terminal 20 and generates a lecture image in which a virtual space is applied to individual users. In this case, each user can create a virtual space lecture image in a standalone manner by using his or her own virtual space lecture image generating device 21. However, in this case, it is difficult to use the virtual studio image contents other than the virtual studio image contents (image files to be used as images of the virtual space in which the lecture is performed) fundamentally provided when each device 21 is purchased.

Accordingly, the virtual studio image content providing system 200 provides the user of the individual virtual space image generating apparatus 21 with a variety of sophisticated virtual studio image contents via the Internet or the like, It makes it possible to use it as a classroom video file.

Although the virtual studio image contents can be designed and uploaded by the operator who operates the virtual studio image contents providing system 200, the public studio image contents can be downloaded to the public through his / her terminal 30 You can also make it up.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a video image service using a virtual space according to the present invention.

The virtual space lecture video service system 100 provides a web page for providing a virtual space lecture video service to a terminal 10 of a user connected online through the virtual space lecture video service system 100 (S201). That is, for example, such a web page can be provided in the form of a portal site on the Internet. Here, the user may be a lecturer instructing a lecture, and the user terminal 10 may be a computer such as a notebook or a desktop used by the user.

Web pages provide various tools for generating lecture images by applying virtual space. That is, a tool for easily generating a live lecture image through synthesis of a user's lecture shot image and a virtual studio image in which the lecture is performed, through various arrangements of such images.

The strength of the present invention is that it enables various arrangements such as selecting and changing virtual studio contents to be described below, selecting and changing lecture contents, instructor images on the screen, lecture contents, and virtual studio contents (Lecturer) can perform a lecture while performing a lecture while performing a very simple method such as a mouse click or a screen touch on the terminal of the PC or the like at the same time, , Layout, background image, and content of lecture contents can be directly, easily, and dynamically changed without losing the lecture.

In order to allow the user to select a type of virtual studio image, i.e., a virtual space image representing a virtual space representing the place where the lecture proceeds, which is to be combined with the lecture image of the instructor, To the user terminal 10 (S202). The virtual studio image contents may include 2D, 3D contents, components, moving images, and the like necessary for configuring the virtual studio.

The user selects virtual studio image contents to be used as a virtual space image to be synthesized with the lecture taken by himself / herself from the list of virtual studio image contents (S203).

The selected virtual studio image content may be used for creating a lecture image as it is, but the user may edit and use the content according to his / her taste.

In one embodiment for enabling editing, the virtual studio image content selected by the user is downloaded to the user terminal, and the user can edit the downloaded virtual studio image content in his or her terminal as desired (S204) . The user uploads the edited virtual studio image content to the virtual space lecture image service system 100 (S205). Then, in step S210, the user creates the lecture image using the virtual studio image content edited by the user .

As another embodiment for enabling editing, the virtual space class video service system 100 provides a direct editing function. That is, the user can be provided with a function of editing the selected virtual studio image content on the web page (S206), and the user can edit the selected virtual studio image content according to his or her preference. Then, in step S210, the virtual studio image contents edited by the user are used for creating the lecture image.

The user also takes a lecture of the instructor (the user himself or herself may be a lecturer) through a video camera. The video camera is connected to the user terminal 10, and the photographed image is transmitted to the user terminal 10 through the virtual space lecture And transmitted to the video service system 100 (S207). There may be one such video camera, but a plurality of video cameras may be installed. For example, one may be shooting an instructor, and the other may be shooting an audience.

The virtual space lecture video service system 100 removes the background image from the photographed image and synthesizes the virtual studio image content selected by the user with the lecture image when the received photographed image is a lecturer image, You can do the same thing as lecturing in a virtual studio. Referring to FIG. 6, a lecturer image 620 after removing the background from the instructor image 610 is shown.

In addition, the user terminal 10 may receive the data content of the lecture to be used in the lecture (S208). For example, it may be a resource consisting of a PowerPoint file.

The virtual space lecture video service system 100 further includes a virtual space lecture image service system 100 for acquiring virtual photography image contents selected by the user from the user terminal 10, 710) are arranged in various forms in the virtual steel image (S209). Here, the arrangement of the lecture data contents 720 received from the user terminal may be included. One embodiment of the image of the lecture generated (S210) by the synthesis of the images according to the selected output mode is shown in FIG. 7 (740) of FIG. The lecture image service system 100 transmits the finally generated lecture image to the user terminal 10 in a streaming manner or the like (S211), and the user terminal is finally generated by the virtual space lecture image service system 100 The lecture image can be presented to the audience while the lecture image received from the virtual space lecture image service system 100 is displayed.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a screen layout of a virtual lecture image according to various output mode embodiments. That is, the virtual studio image content 810, the lecture content 820, and the lecturer taken image 830 with the background removed are arranged in various forms according to various output modes. The virtual space lecture video service system 100 can provide a list of such output modes to the user in a form intuitively viewable as shown in FIG. 8, The output mode can be easily selected by clicking on a specific layout form from the list of the selected layouts, thereby determining the type of the output image of the lecture.

Meanwhile, the photographed image received from the user terminal may include one or two photographed images. That is, the user may select one of the images photographed by one or more video cameras and select one of the images, so that the virtual space lecture image service system 100 may receive only one image. However, To the space class video service system 100.

When the virtual space lecture video service system 100 receives two or more photographed images, the lecture image that is finally synthesized and transmitted to the user terminal 10 includes all of the received photographed images, Only the selected photographed image can be included.

The user can select to change the output mode to the output mode different from the currently applied output mode while streaming the image of the synthesized steel to the user terminal 10, Re-synthesizes the images in the output mode requested by the change and streams them to the user terminal 10 (S212). In addition, the virtual studio image content can be changed to a different image than the one currently applied. An embodiment of a list of virtual studio image contents provided by the virtual space lecture video service system 100 is shown in Fig. The user can select one of these lists even during the lecture to change the virtual lecture room image screen to provide an interesting lecture to the audience without getting bored more visually (S212). Of course, the contents of the lecture can also be changed during lecture.

Some lecture contents are provided in the form of files in advance, but the instructor's lecture screen can also be displayed to the audience during lecture. Such a form board screen may be a screen input by a teacher using a touch pen or a finger, or a mouse using dragging when the user terminal has a touch screen. Such a lecture data file and a boarding screen may be combined and provided. FIG. 9 is a view showing a process of composing such a data file and a boarding screen. 9, the lecture data can be decomposed into a lecture data file screen 911 and a planer screen 912 on a planter screen 910 in which an instructor is displayed on a lecture data file by a pen or the like, (921, 922), the synthesis of the lecture data file and the boarding screen can be performed again (930)

On the other hand, in the output mode, the automatic switching mode can be set by the user's selection. In this case, the virtual space class video service system 100 detects whether the predetermined condition is satisfied, And the stream of the re-synthesized stream is streamed to the user terminal 10. The predetermined condition is, for example, a predetermined time elapsed condition or a condition for changing the position of the instructor. The position change condition of the instructor is a layout in which the lecturer takes the center when the lecturer looks at the front (audience) by sensing the movement of the lecturer on the screen, and when the lecturer looks at the chalkboard or the data, To be automatically switched to a batch format that is emphasized in < / RTI >

In addition, the image of the lecture synthesized and transmitted to the user terminal 10 may be recorded and stored by the virtual space lecture image service system 100 in the case of the user's recording selection (S213).

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a virtual space class image service system 100 according to the present invention.

The details of the lecture image service method performed by the virtual space lecture image service system 100 have already been described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 and FIGS. 6 to 10, and therefore, a virtual space lecture image Only the functions of the respective modules of the service system 100 will be briefly described.

The control unit 101 controls the respective modules of the virtual space class video service system 100 to perform a series of processes related to provision of a virtual space class video service.

The web page providing module 102 provides a web page for providing a virtual space lecture video service to a terminal of a user connected online.

The selected virtual studio image content may be used for creating a lecture image as it is, but the user may edit and use the content according to his / her taste. In one embodiment that enables editing, the virtual studio image content selected by the user is downloaded to the user terminal from the virtual studio image content list, and the downloaded virtual studio image content is edited by the user And a content editing module 103 for receiving the created virtual studio image content. In this case, the virtual studio image content used for creating the lecture image of the lecture image generation module 108 to be described below becomes the edited virtual studio image content received from the user terminal by the content editing module 103.

As another embodiment for enabling editing, the content editing module 103 may directly provide the user with an editing function for the virtual studio image content selected by the user in the virtual studio image content list. At this time, the user performs editing on the selected virtual studio image contents using the editing function provided by the virtual space lecture video service system 100 on the web page, and the contents editing module 103 directly . In this case, the virtual studio image content used for creating the lecture image of the lecture image generation module 108 becomes the virtual studio image content edited by the user using the editing function provided by the content editing module 103 .

The photographed image receiving module 104 receives a photographed image of a lecturer or audience who is lecturing from the user terminal.

The background removal module 105 removes the background image from the photographed image when the photographed image to be received is a lecturer image.

The data content receiving module 106 receives the lecture data contents to be used in the lecture from the user terminal.

The output mode control module 107 controls the generation of the lecture image of the lecture image generation module 108 according to the output mode selected by the user terminal 10. And a function of controlling the lecture image generation module so that the layout of the screen is changed by selecting the output mode change of the instructor during the transmission of the lecture image. If the automatic transition mode is set by the user's selection, And controlling the lecture image generation module so that the screen layout is automatically switched. The output mode includes how to arrange the virtual studio image contents selected in the virtual studio image contents list, the arrangement of the instructor image, and the like, and the location where the lecture contents are arranged may be included. The lecture data contents may be a file containing contents used during lecture or a lecturer's lecture screen during lecture.

The lecture image generation module 108 generates a lecture image by combining the virtual studio image contents selected by the user in the virtual studio image contents list and the lecture shooting image under the control of the output mode control module 107. [ The virtual studio image content files contained in the virtual studio image content list are stored in the virtual studio image content database 111. [ In addition, the lecture image generation module 108 may display a lecture data content screen by composing a lecture data file screen and a writing board screen.

The lecture image transmission module 109 transmits the lecture image generated by the lecture image generation module 108 to the user terminal.

If there is a user's recording selection, the lecture image recording module 110 records a lecture image transmitted to the user terminal and stores the lecture image in the lecture image database 112.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing virtual studio image contents used for generating a virtual space image on-line, according to the present invention.

The virtual studio image contents providing system 200 provides a web page for providing virtual studio image contents to the user's terminal 20 (see Fig. 1) of the virtual space lecture image generating apparatus connected online through the user terminal (S401). That is, a web page in the form of a portal site can be provided. In this case, the user terminal 20 has a virtual space class image generating device 21 (see FIG. 1).

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, a method and system 100 for providing a virtual space class image generation service to each user terminal 10 connected online on a network has been described.

On the other hand, the virtual space class image generating apparatus 21 shown in FIG. 1 is connected to each terminal 20 and generates an image of the virtual space class in a stand-alone manner, not on-line, to the terminal 20. It is needless to say that a video camera for the terminal 20 is also connected to the terminal 20. The virtual studio image content providing system 200 can provide virtual studio video contents of a more novel and sophisticated design to the user terminal 20 having the individual virtual space image generating apparatus 21 on-line It is a system to provide. Such virtual studio image contents can be distributed free to each user as occasion demands, but they can be paid for at a fixed price.

Referring to FIG. 4, a list of virtual studio image contents used to generate a virtual space class image in the user's virtual space class image generating device 21 is provided through the web page S401 as described above ( S404). An embodiment of a list of virtual studio image contents provided by the virtual studio image content providing system 200 is shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the virtual studio image contents may include various items such as a desk constituting a studio, a decoration wall, a virtual blackboard (monitor) frame, and the like. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the content including the video of the indoor studio, but may include a variety of contents such as an outer space content such as an outer space such as an outer space, a sea, a human body, .

Also, the virtual studio image contents provided in this manner may include 2D or 3D video contents providing virtual experiment or virtual experience training. That is, it may be a content that can provide contents such as virtual experiment and virtual experience training in 3D or 3D video, and can be animated by users or can be experimentally learned and interacted with each other.

Such a content may be designed and uploaded by a person who operates the virtual studio image content providing system 200, but he or she may allow the general person to upload the content designed by the user for sale.

In this case, a person who sells the virtual studio image contents produced by himself / herself in a web page for providing the virtual studio image contents (hereinafter, referred to as 'content seller' The virtual studio image content providing system 200 uploads the virtual studio image content to be sold to the virtual studio image content providing system 200. The virtual studio image content providing system 200 uploads the virtual studio image content to the virtual studio image content providing system 200, The studio image contents are uploaded (S402). The content thus uploaded can be accessed by other users.

In this way, a certain fee may be charged to the seller who uploads the content (S403). The settlement for such content sellers may be made such that the predetermined amount of money is paid in advance according to the uploading of the virtual studio image contents to the web page or the virtual studio image contents uploaded to the web page by the content seller The user may choose to pay a certain percentage or a certain amount of sales for each sale on-line.

The virtual studio image contents included in the list of virtual studio image contents may include a virtual studio contents image file designed according to the type of each of the virtual space image generating devices 21 used by users on the network. In other words, it may be an image content file designed in various versions according to the types of the virtual space lecture image generating devices 21 for sale in the virtual studio image content providing system 200 or providing free of charge from the beginning.

Alternatively, the virtual studio image contents included in the list of the virtual studio image contents may include a studio background related image file purchased from a specific studio image producer, the type of the virtual space image generating apparatuses 21 used by users on the network May be a virtual studio content image file generated by converting the virtual studio content image file. That is, for example, if the designs of desks and chairs designed by a specific furniture company are very original and sophisticated, they are purchased. Since the purchased image file is a design file that can not be used directly by the image generating devices 21 of each virtual space lecture, it is converted according to the type of the virtual space lecture image generating devices 21 and stored in a database The virtual studio image contents can be sold to the users through the list of the virtual studio image contents.

In the virtual studio image content list provided through the web page, the user selects one or more virtual studio image contents to be used as the classroom screen image when generating the virtual space class image using his virtual space class image generating device 21 (S405).

If the types of virtual studio image content files available to the users are different from each other and the types of virtual studio image content files that can be used are different from each other, (S406). The virtual studio image content selected in step S405 is input to the type of the virtual space class image generating apparatus 21 The virtual studio image content file of the correct version is determined as a content file to be downloaded to the user terminal 20 (S407).

If the virtual studio image content determined at this time is content that is paid for by the user, payment processing for the content is performed (S408).

Then, the selected virtual studio image contents are downloaded to the user terminal (S409).

Meanwhile, the user who has downloaded the virtual studio image content can provide an editing function for editing the downloaded content (S410). That is, a function of editing various parts such as logo, color, size, shape or position of the items included in the downloaded virtual studio image contents according to their needs or preferences is provided on the web page.

5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a virtual studio image content providing system 200 according to the present invention.

Details of the virtual studio image content providing service method performed by the virtual studio image content providing system 200 have already been described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 10. Therefore, Only the functions of the respective modules of the video content providing system 200 will be briefly described.

The control unit 201 controls each module of the virtual studio image content providing system to perform a series of processes related to providing virtual studio image content.

The web page providing module 202 provides a web page for providing virtual studio image contents to the terminal of the user of the virtual space lecture image generating apparatus connected online.

The seller content providing module 203 receives the virtual studio image content from a web page for providing the virtual studio image content (hereinafter, referred to as a 'content seller terminal' The virtual studio image content to be sold is received and is uploaded to the virtual studio image content list provided in the web page.

The content selection module 204 selects one or more virtual studio image contents from the user terminal in the list of the virtual studio image contents stored in the virtual studio image contents database 210 and provided to the user terminal through the web page Receive. The content selection module 204 also receives from the user terminal 20 the type of the virtual space class image generation device 21 used by the user, The virtual studio image content may further include a function of determining a version of the virtual studio image content available for the input type device as the virtual studio image content to be downloaded with respect to the studio image content.

The contents providing module 205 downloads the selected virtual studio image contents to the user terminal 20. [

The editing function providing module 206 provides the user who has downloaded the virtual studio image contents with an editing function to edit the logo, color, size, shape or position of the item included in the downloaded virtual studio image contents.

The content conversion module 207 generates a virtual studio image content file by converting a studio background related image file purchased from a specific studio image producer according to the type of each of the virtual space image generating devices used by users on the network.

The content payment module 208 performs settlement of the charged virtual studio image contents purchased and selected by the user.

The merchant payment module 209 may settle the virtual studio image content to be sold at a predetermined amount according to the uploading of the virtual studio image content to the web page at the time of payment for the content seller, We pay users a certain percentage or a certain amount of sales each time they are sold online.

The virtual studio image contents database 210 stores virtual studio image contents used for creating a virtual space class image in the user's virtual space class image generating apparatuses 21. The virtual studio image contents stored in the virtual studio image contents database 207 may be a studio image file designed according to the types of virtual space steel image generating apparatuses used by users on the network, And may be a virtual studio image content file generated by converting the designed image file into a file that can be used in each virtual space image generation apparatuses 21 by the content conversion module 205. [

100: Virtual space lecture video service system
200: Virtual Studio Video Content Providing System
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21: a virtual space lecture image generation device provided in a user terminal
610: Instructor shot image 620: Background removal instructor image
710: Virtual Studio Video Contents 720: Lecture Contents
730: background removal instructor image 740: synthesized lecture image
810: Virtual Studio Video Contents 820: Lecture Contents
830: Instructor video
910: Screen which synthesized lecture data file format and book form screen
911,912: Separate lecture file file and screen
921,922: The lecture data file format and the screen which transformed the boarding screen
930: A composite picture of the converted lecture data file and the boarding screen

Claims (25)

A virtual space lecture video service system is a method of providing a lecture video service in which a virtual space is applied through online,
(a) providing a web page for providing a virtual space lecture video service to a terminal of a user connected online;
(b) providing a virtual studio image content list to the user terminal;
(c) receiving, from the terminal of the user, image content to be used by the user from the provided virtual studio image content list;
(d) receiving, from the terminal of the user, a photographed image of a lecturer or a lecturer performing a lecture;
(e) receiving, from the user terminal, an output mode for arranging the photographed image and the selected virtual studio image content;
(f) generating a lecture image by combining the photographed image and the selected virtual studio image contents so as to be applied to the selected output mode; And
(g) transmitting the image of the steel generated in the step (f) to the user terminal
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In the output mode,
And an automatic switching mode in which, when the automatic switching mode is set by the user's selection, the screen layout is automatically switched when a predetermined condition is satisfied,
The predetermined condition includes a condition for changing the instructor's position,
The position changing condition of the instructor is,
When the lecturer observes the movement of the lecturer on the screen and the lecturer looks at the front (audience), the lecturer focuses on the center. When the lecturer watches the chalkboard or the data, Set to switch
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. The method according to claim 1,
After step (c)
(c11) downloading the selected virtual studio image content to the user terminal; And
(c12) receiving, from the user terminal, virtual studio image contents created by editing the downloaded virtual studio image contents by the user
Further comprising:
In the step (f), the virtual studio image contents used for creating the lecture image are,
The virtual studio image contents received from the user terminal in the step (c12)
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. The method according to claim 1,
After step (c)
(c21) providing an editing function for the selected virtual studio image content
Further comprising:
In the step (f), the virtual studio image contents used for creating the lecture image are,
The virtual studio image contents edited by the user using the editing function provided in the step (c21)
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. The method according to claim 1,
(f011) removing the background image from the photographed image when the photographed image received in step (d) is a lecturer image
The method comprising the steps of: receiving a virtual space; The method according to claim 1,
Prior to step (f)
(f021) receiving, from the user terminal, lecture data contents to be used in lecture
Further comprising:
Wherein the output mode includes a position at which the lecture data contents are arranged,
The image of the lecture generated in the step (f) includes the lecture data contents
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. The method of claim 5,
The contents of the lecture are,
A file containing the content to be used during the lecture (hereinafter referred to as "lecture file"), or
It is screen of instructor's writing during lecture
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. The method of claim 6,
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If the user terminal has a touch screen,
It is input screen by using mouse dragging
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. The method of claim 6,
In the lecture data contents screen,
The screen of the data file of the lecture and the placard screen are synthesized and placed at the lecture data contents position
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. The method according to claim 1,
The virtual studio image content includes:
Things that can be changed by the instructor's choice during the course video transmission
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. The method according to claim 1,
In the output mode,
Things that can be changed by the instructor's choice during the course video transmission
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. delete The method according to claim 1,
The photographed image received in the step (d)
One or more photographed images,
When two or more images are captured, the image of the lecture generated according to the output mode and transmitted to the user terminal includes all of the received shot images or only the shot images selected by the lecturer
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the lecture image transmitted to the user terminal comprises:
If the user's recording selection is recorded and stored
Wherein the virtual space is applied to the lecture video service. A system for providing a video service of a lecture applying a virtual space on-line,
A web page providing module for providing a web page for providing a virtual space lecture video service to a terminal of a user connected through online;
A virtual studio image content database storing a virtual studio image content list provided through the web page;
A photographed image receiving module for receiving a photographed image of a lecturer or a lecturer who is taking a lecture from the user terminal;
A lecture image generation module that generates a lecture image by combining a virtual studio image content selected by the user with the lecture image and a lecture image taken by the user;
An output mode control module for controlling generation of a lecture image of the lecture image generation module according to an output mode selected by the user terminal;
A lecture image transmission module for transmitting a lecture image generated by the lecture image generation module to a user terminal; And
A controller for controlling each of the modules of the virtual space lecture video service system to perform a series of processes related to provision of a virtual space lecture video service;
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In the output mode,
And an automatic switching mode in which, when the automatic switching mode is set by the user's selection, the screen layout is automatically switched when a predetermined condition is satisfied,
The predetermined condition includes a condition for changing the instructor's position,
The position changing condition of the instructor is,
When the lecturer observes the movement of the lecturer on the screen and the lecturer looks at the front (audience), the lecturer focuses on the center. When the lecturer watches the chalkboard or the data, Set to switch
A virtual space lecture image service system.


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