KR101827947B1 - Digital picture frame and method for driving of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a digital picture frame apparatus and a method of driving the same, and the disclosed digital frame apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving multimedia contents and messages through a communication network, a contents storage unit for storing multimedia contents and messages, A display unit for outputting connection state information with the communication network, reception state information of the multimedia contents, playback images of the multimedia contents, and messages of the message on the screen, and a driving program for driving the display unit And provides a function of receiving a message together with multimedia contents and a reception state information of multimedia contents in addition to a basic function of a digital frame for storing and displaying multimedia data such as photographs and alerting the user It is possible to increase the usability as a convergence device combined with the Internet and to provide a function to receive and receive messages transmitted along with multimedia contents even in the absence of a user, There is an advantage.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a digital frame device,

The present invention relates to a digital picture frame apparatus, and more particularly, to a digital picture frame apparatus, which is capable of receiving a message together with multimedia contents and receiving status information of multimedia contents in addition to a basic function of a digital frame for storing and displaying multimedia data such as photographs, And more particularly, to a digital frame apparatus and a driving method thereof that can improve the usability as a convergence apparatus combined with the Internet.

As is known, a communication terminal such as a personal computer, a notebook computer, and a mobile phone can be implemented to perform various functions. Examples of such various functions include a data and voice communication function, a function of photographing a video or a moving image through a camera, a voice storage function, a music file playback function through a speaker system, and an image or video display function. Further, the communication terminal includes an additional function capable of executing a game, and is also implemented as a multimedia device. Moreover, recent communication terminals can receive a broadcast or multicast signal and can watch a video or television program.

Currently, efforts are being made to support and enhance the functions of communication terminals. These efforts include not only changes and improvements in the structural components that form the terminal, but also improvements in software or hardware. 2. Description of the Related Art [0002] A communication terminal has various multimedia functions according to a demand of a user, and accordingly, a communication terminal has a touch screen mounted thereon. Recently, a digital frame device for displaying a digital image file on a screen has been widely used instead of a frame for putting printed pictures on paper.

The digital frame apparatus according to the prior art provides only a one-sided content receiving function even if it supports connection with the Internet. Further, even if the content is received, the user is not informed of the fact separately or the function of displaying only the received content is not provided.

In addition, there is a lack of a function of transmitting a related text message or a voice message at the time of receiving contents, thereby failing to satisfy various demands of users.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the problems of the related art, and provides a function of receiving a message together with multimedia contents and a receiving state information of multimedia contents to alert a user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying multimedia contents, comprising the steps of: receiving status information of multimedia contents on a screen through a notification display pop-up window to alert the user, and outputting a message received along with the multimedia content on a screen through a content view selection pop-up window including a graphical user interface A method of driving a digital picture frame apparatus is provided.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a digital frame apparatus for receiving and displaying multimedia contents, comprising: a communication unit for receiving the multimedia contents and a message through a communication network; a content storage unit for storing the multimedia contents and a message; A memory unit for storing a driving program for outputting the message, a display unit for outputting connection state information with the communication network, reception state information of the multimedia contents, a playback image of the multimedia contents, and a display image of the message on a screen, And a control unit for controlling the output process of the display unit by driving the driving program.

Here, the display unit may divide the screen into a playback area and an alarm area, output connection state information with the communication network in the alarm area, output reception state information of the multimedia contents through a notification display popup window, A display image of the message can be output through a pop-up window.

The display unit may output the reception status information of the multimedia contents through the advertisement display pop-up window in the form of a speech bubble.

The display unit may output the display image of the message through the content view selection pop-up window including the graphic user interface.

The graphic user interface may include a voice listening selection button when the message received by the communication unit is a voice message.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a digital frame device for receiving and displaying multimedia content, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a message together with the multimedia content; outputting reception status information of the multimedia content through a notification display pop- Displaying a display image of the message through a content view selection pop-up window including a graphical user interface when a notification display pop-up window is selected; and displaying the reception status information of the multimedia content when the playback of the multimedia content is selected through the graphic user interface And terminating the output to the output terminal.

The driving method may further include the step of dividing the screen into a playback area and an alarm area and outputting connection state information with the communication network to the alarm area.

The step of outputting the reception state information of the multimedia contents may output the announcement popup window in the form of a speech bubble connected to the output area for connection state information with the communication network.

The step of outputting the display image of the message may output the content view selection pop-up window including the graphic user interface including the audio listening selection button when the received message together with the multimedia content is a voice message.

The driving method may further include outputting a content playback selection window that allows selection of playback of one of the files including the file list of the multimedia content of the multimedia content received when the check button for each content type included in the graphic user interface is selected Step < / RTI >

According to the embodiment of the present invention, in addition to a basic function of a digital frame for storing and displaying multimedia data such as photographs, a function of receiving a message together with multimedia contents and a reception status information of multimedia contents are provided, The utilization as a convergence device can be enhanced.

In addition, the present invention provides a function of receiving delivery messages along with multimedia contents and confirming post-delivery even in the absence of a user, thereby making it possible to utilize it as a communication device devoid of merely viewing a photograph.

1 is a network configuration diagram including a digital frame apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an example of a popup window for informing display, FIG. 3 is an example of a popup window for selecting a content view, FIG. 4 is an example of a popup window for selecting a content This is an example of a playback selection window.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of outputting reception state information of multimedia contents according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of outputting a list of multimedia contents according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and the manner of achieving them, will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions in the embodiments of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention of the user, the intention or the custom of the operator. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is a network configuration diagram including a digital frame apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The digital frame apparatus 100 includes a display unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, a content storage unit 140, a communication unit 150, The multimedia contents and the delivery message included therein may be received from the device 20 in the form of a text message or a voice message. Here, the Internet device 20 may be any communication terminal device capable of transmitting a message together with multimedia contents via the Internet 10, such as a personal computer, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, a smart phone, or the like.

The communication unit 150 of the digital frame apparatus 100 receives multimedia contents and messages from the Internet device 20 through a communication network such as the Internet 10 or the like. Here, the message may be a text message or a voice message.

The content storage unit 140 stores the multimedia contents and the message received through the communication unit 150. Here, the multimedia contents, the text message, and the voice message may be stored in separate storage areas, respectively.

The memory unit 130 stores a multimedia content and a drive program for outputting a message.

The display unit 110 displays connection state information with a communication network such as the Internet 10, reception state information of multimedia contents, playback images of multimedia contents, and display images of messages.

The control unit 120 drives the driving program stored in the memory unit 130 to control an output process of the display unit 110. [

FIG. 2 is an example of a popup window for informing display, FIG. 3 is an example of a content view selection popup window, FIG. 4 is an example of a popup window for selecting a content This is an example of a playback selection window.

2, the display unit 110 divides the screen 200 into a playback region 210 and an alarm region 220, and outputs connection state information with the Internet 10 to the alarm region 220. For example, connection status information with the Internet 10 may be represented by an icon 221. [ In addition, reception state information of the multimedia contents is output through a notification display popup window 222 such as a speech balloon. For example, it is possible to change the color of the icon 221 without blinking the notification display popup window 222 or blink the icon 221 to indicate the reception state of the multimedia contents, or to display a voice guidance or a text-to-speech (TTS) Function may be utilized to indicate the reception state of the multimedia contents.

Referring to FIG. 3, the display unit 110 may output a display image of a message through a content view selection pop-up window 230 of the screen 200. For example, it is possible to output a text message to the message box 231. The content view selection pop-up window 230 includes a graphical user interface. For example, when the message received by the communication unit 150 is a voice message, the graphic user interface may include a voice listening selection button 232. In addition, the graphic user interface may include a content type check button 233 for selecting the output of the content playback selection window.

Referring to FIG. 4, the content reproduction selection window 240 may include a list area 241 for outputting a file list for each content type of the multimedia content, and a playback area 242 for displaying the content of the multimedia content.

The present invention has been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. The present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Display means for displaying connection state information with the communication network, reception state information of the multimedia contents, reproduction image of the multimedia contents and a message image of the message on the screen, And control means for controlling an output process by the digital frame apparatus.

Here, the display means divides the screen into a playback region and an alarm region, outputs connection state information with the communication network in the alarm region, outputs reception state information of the multimedia contents through a notification display popup window, Can be output.

And, the display means can output the reception state information of the multimedia contents through a pop-up window for displaying a message in the form of a speech bubble.

In addition, the display means can output the display image of the message through the content view selection pop-up window including the graphic user interface.

The graphical user interface may include a voice listening selection button when the message received by the communication means is a voice message.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of outputting reception state information of multimedia contents according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the multimedia contents are received from the Internet device 20 through the Internet 10 (S301), the received multimedia contents are stored in the content storage unit 140 (S303) A step S305 of checking whether the multimedia content includes a text message, a step S307 of storing the text message included in the text message when the text message is included in the content storage unit 140, A step S309 of storing the voice message stored in the content storage unit 140 when the voice message is stored, a step S311 of confirming whether the voice message is stored in the content storage unit 140, (Step S313).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of outputting a list of multimedia contents according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in this figure, when the message is received together with the multimedia contents, step S401 of outputting the reception state information of the multimedia contents through the notification display popup window and a content view selection popup window including the graphic user interface when the notification display popup window is selected (S403) of outputting a display image of a message through the content user interface, and selecting a playback mode for one of the files including the file list of the multimedia contents of the received multimedia content when the check button for each content type included in the graphic user interface is selected A step (S405, S407, S411) of outputting a content reproduction selection window, and a step of reproducing a voice message when a voice listening selection button included in the graphic user interface is selected when the message received with the multimedia content is a voice message S409), the reception state of the multimedia contents And terminating the output of the information (S413).

5 and 6, the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, and it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments set forth and described herein. For example, when a message is received together with multimedia contents, a process of outputting reception status information of multimedia contents through a notification display pop- Outputting a display image of a message through a content view selection pop-up window including a user interface; and terminating output of reception status information of the multimedia content when the reproduction of the multimedia content is selected through a graphic user interface And a driving method of the frame unit is provided.

Here, the driving method may further include a step of dividing the screen into a playback area and an alarm area, and outputting connection state information with the communication network to the alarm area.

The process of outputting the reception status information of the multimedia contents can be output through a speech announcement pop-up window connected to the output area for the connection status information with the communication network.

The process of outputting the display image of the message may output a content view selection pop-up window including the graphical user interface including the audio listening selection button when the received message is a voice message together with the multimedia contents.

In addition, the driving method may include a step of outputting a content playback selection window that allows selection of playback of one of the files including the file list of the multimedia contents of the received multimedia content when the check button for each content type included in the graphic user interface is selected As shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the driving process of the digital frame apparatus will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. FIG.

The communication unit 150 of the digital picture frame apparatus 100 accesses the Internet device 20 through the Internet 10 under the control of the control unit 120 and transmits a text message And receives a delivery message such as a voice message or the like (S301).

Then, the content storage unit 140 of the digital framing device 100 stores both the multimedia contents, the text message, and the voice message under the control of the control unit 120. Here, the multimedia contents may include both a text message and a voice message, and may include only one of a text message and a voice message. For example, the content storage unit 140 stores the multimedia contents, the text message, and the voice message in separate storage areas (S303 to S311).

Then, the display unit 110 of the digital framing device 100 outputs the reception state information of the multimedia contents through the notification display pop-up window under the control of the controller 120. 2, the display unit 120 divides the screen 200 into a playback area 210 and an alarm area 220 to display connection status information with the Internet 10 in the alarm area 220 as an icon 221 ). ≪ / RTI > Then, the reception state information of the multimedia contents is output through an announcement pop-up window 222 in the form of a speech bubble connected to the output area for connection state information with the Internet 10, that is, the icon 221. For example, it is possible to output the message "Content has arrived from Hong Gil-dong" (S313, S401).

When the user selects the notification display popup window 222 by a mouse click or the like, the display unit 110 displays the content view selection popup window 230 including the graphic user interface, as shown in FIG. 3, under the control of the controller 120, . Here, the text message received together with the multimedia contents is output in the message box 231 of the content view selection popup window 230, and the voice listen selection button 232 is included in the graphic user interface in the case of the voice message. In addition, the graphic user interface may include a content type check button 233 for selecting the output of the content playback selection window (S403).

When the user selects the listen button 232 by a mouse click on the content view selection pop-up window 230, the voice message stored in step S311 is reproduced under the control of the controller 120, (S405, S407, and S409).

When the content type check button 233 is selected by a mouse click on the content view selection popup window 230, the display unit 110 displays the list area 241 (FIG. 4) according to the control of the controller 120, And a playback area 242. The content playback selection window 240 includes a playback area 242, If specific multimedia contents are selected by a mouse click or the like in the list area 241, the contents are reproduced and output to the reproduction area 242 (S405, S407, and S411).

On the other hand, the display unit 110 ends the output of the reception status information of the multimedia contents as the user confirms the message. For example, the notification display popup window 222 of FIG. 2 may be removed or the color of the icon 221 may be changed to indicate that a new message is not received (S413).

The driving method of the digital framing device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above can be realized by a computer program which is stored and installed in the memory unit 130 of the digital frame apparatus 100 . Alternatively, an external memory such as a smart card storing and installing a computer program that implements the driving method of the digital framing device 100 may be mounted to the digital frame device 100 through the interface.

In the above-described embodiment, the digital framing device 100 performs the individual functions alone. However, when the digital framing device 100 is connected to the on-line cloud computing server 100 via the communication network such as the Internet 10, In a state in which a computer program capable of performing a digital frame drive process is installed in the digital framing device 100, and the digital framing device 100 can be loaded and used and executed in a cloud computing environment when necessary. The code and code segments that make up this computer program can be easily deduced by a computer programmer in the field. In addition, the computer program is stored in a computer readable medium, readable and executed by a computer or a digital frame apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, thereby performing a digital frame drive process can do. The information storage medium includes a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, and a carrier wave medium.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, in addition to a basic function of a digital frame for storing and displaying multimedia data such as photographs, a function of receiving a message together with multimedia contents and a reception status information of multimedia contents are provided, The utilization as a convergence device can be enhanced. In addition, when the user is absent, the user can receive the delivery message together with the multimedia contents and provide the function of confirming afterwards, so that it can be utilized as a communication device devoid of merely viewing the photograph.

Accordingly, the present invention can be applied not only to a dedicated digital frame apparatus but also to various communication terminal apparatuses such as a personal computer, a notebook computer, a smart phone, a mobile phone, and the like.

100: Digital frame device 110: Display
120: control unit 130: memory unit
140: content storage unit 150: communication unit
200: Screen 210: Playback area
220: an alarm area 221: an icon
222: Display notification pop-up window 230: Select content display pop-up window
231: Message box 232: Audio listening selection button
233: Check button for each content type 240: Content playback selection window

Claims (7)

A digital frame device for receiving and displaying multimedia contents,
A communication unit for receiving the multimedia contents and a message through a communication network;
A content storage unit for storing the multimedia contents and the message,
A memory unit for storing the multimedia contents and a driving program for outputting the multimedia contents;
A display unit for displaying connection state information with the communication network, reception state information of the multimedia contents, a playback image of the multimedia contents, and a display image of the message,
And a control unit for driving the driving program to control an output process of the display unit,
Wherein the display unit divides the screen into a playback area and an alarm area, outputs connection state information with the communication network in the alarm area, outputs the multimedia contents reception state information through a pop-
Outputting a display image of the message through a content view selection pop-up window including a graphic user interface,
Wherein the graphic user interface includes a check button for each content type that includes a voice listening selection button when the message is a voice message and can select and output the contents included in the received message by type,
When the check button is selected, a content playback selection window for displaying the content list area and the content playback area separately is displayed
Digital frame device. delete delete delete delete A method of driving a digital picture frame apparatus for receiving and displaying multimedia contents,
Outputting reception state information of the multimedia contents through a notification display popup window when a message is received together with the multimedia contents;
And a graphic user interface including a check button for each content type that can select and output the contents included in the received message when the notification display pop-up window is selected, and output the display image of the message through a content view selection pop-up window Step,
If the check button for each content type included in the graphic user interface is selected, outputting a file list for each content type of the received multimedia content and a content playback area;
And terminating the output of the reception state information of the multimedia contents when the reproduction of the multimedia contents is selected through the graphic user interface,
Wherein the graphical user interface includes a voice listen selection button when the message is a voice message
A driving method of a digital picture frame apparatus. [7] has been abandoned due to the registration fee. The method according to claim 6,
The driving method further includes the step of dividing the screen into a playback area and an alarm area and outputting connection state information to the communication network in the alarm area
A method of driving a device of a digital frame.

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