KR102062911B1 - Method for providing a plurality of pieces of image information - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for providing a plurality of image information which is a method performed by a computer. The method comprises: a step of acquiring pre-broadcasted content including a plurality of channel images; a step of determining a plurality of areas in which the acquired content is to be displayed; a step of determining a channel image to be displayed in each of the plurality of areas among the plurality of channel images; and a step of displaying the determined channel image in the plurality of areas.

Description

Method for providing a plurality of pieces of image information

The present invention relates to a method for providing a plurality of image information.

As content providing means are diversified, various types of contents are diversified. Unlike conventional contents composed of a single image, contents including a plurality of channel images or various additional information have been developed and provided.

Therefore, there is a demand for the development of a technology that can efficiently provide rebroadcast of such contents.

As a means of providing various contents, virtual reality is a technology that allows a person to experience in a virtual world made of a computer.

Meanwhile, a technology that combines virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), a technology that adds virtual information to the real world, is called mixed reality (MR). VR, AR, and MR are all common in that they are technologies that realize reality that does not exist so that people can recognize it. AR differs from the fact that virtual information is added to real reality and VR is presented in a fictional situation. MR provides a mixture of AR and VR to provide a mixture of real and virtual information on a reality background, and requires technology that can process large amounts of data.

HMD (Head Mount Display) is generally used for the experience of virtual reality, which is a display device mounted on the user's head for the VR experience, and serves to show the virtual world to the user's vision after blocking the user's eyes from the outside. Do it. It can be equipped with a microphone, stereo speakers and other sensors in the form of a face that faces the display in front of you.

Publication No. 10-2017-0054754, published May 18, 2017

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a plurality of image information.

Problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a plurality of image information, including obtaining a plurality of channel images, the previously broadcasted content, a plurality of images to be displayed Determining a region, determining a channel image to be displayed in each of the plurality of channel images, and displaying the determined channel image in the plurality of regions.

The determining of the channel image may include obtaining background information of a viewer, acquiring selection information of the viewer, acquiring metadata of each of the plurality of channel images, background information of the viewer, The method may include determining a channel image to be displayed in each of the plurality of areas based on at least one of selection information and metadata of each of the plurality of channel images.

The content may include a game relay image, and the plurality of channel images may include an observer channel image and a player-specific channel image. The acquiring of the metadata may include obtaining information about one or more players of the game. And acquiring information about the progress of the game.

The acquiring of the progress information of the game may include acquiring information about a game progress state of a currently playing point, acquiring information about a game progress state after the playing point of time, and Extracting at least one highlight image from information on game progress afterwards and displaying a first channel image corresponding to the highlight image in one of the plurality of regions at a first time point corresponding to the highlight image; It may include.

The obtaining of the viewer's selection information may include displaying an interface for selecting a spoiler level and receiving a selection input for the spoiler level from the viewer, wherein the spoiler level includes steps 1 to 3. And displaying the channel image corresponding to the highlight image, when the selected spoiler level is one, when the first channel image is not displayed at the first time point. Displaying a first marker indicating that there is a highlight in a 1-channel image and displaying the first channel image when receiving a selection input for the first marker, wherein the selected spoiler level is 2 In the case of, the highlight image exists in the first view before the view corresponding to the highlight image. Displaying a second marker for notifying and registering a viewing reservation for the highlight image when receiving a selection input for the second marker, and displaying the first channel image at the first time point; If the selected spoiler level is 3, displaying a third marker indicating that the highlight image exists at the first time point, and displaying the contents of the highlight image before the time point corresponding to the highlight image; When receiving the selection input for the third marker, it may include displaying the highlight image immediately.

The plurality of regions may include an information display region, a main relay display region, and a video display region for each player, and the determining of the channel image may include an information channel image, a main relay channel image, and a channel image for each player. The determining may include displaying the channel image, displaying the information channel image on the information display region, displaying the main relay channel image on the main relay display region, and the player-specific image. And displaying the channel image for each player on a display area.

The displaying of the information channel image may include displaying a map of the relayed game, displaying the one or more players on the map, and displaying a position corresponding to a highlight image of a current view on the map. And receiving a user's input for a specific location of the map, displaying a channel image corresponding to the specific location, and if there is a player corresponding to the specific location, displaying a channel image of the corresponding player, If there is no player corresponding to the specific position, displaying an observer channel image.

The displaying of the position corresponding to the highlight image may include displaying a position corresponding to one or more highlight images after the current time point on the map, and displaying time remaining until a time corresponding to the one or more highlight images, respectively. Receiving a selection input for at least a portion of the one or more highlight images, scheduling a playback of the selected highlight image in chronological order, and selecting a selection input for a first highlight image that is one of the scheduled highlight images The method may further include receiving an image, moving a reproduction time point to a view corresponding to the first highlight image, and displaying the first highlight image in one of the plurality of regions.

Other specific details of the invention are included in the detailed description and drawings.

According to the disclosed embodiment, it is possible to provide re-broadcast content including various channel images, and to provide more advanced content such as providing more information or more convenient viewing by using previously broadcasted information. There is an advantage.

Therefore, even a user who has watched the real-time broadcast can be encouraged to watch the re-broadcast, thereby increasing the revenue due to the re-broadcast.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system according to an exemplary embodiment.
2 to 4 illustrate embodiments of displaying multi-channel rebroadcast content.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a multichannel rebroadcast content providing method according to an exemplary embodiment.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of determining a channel image to be displayed according to an exemplary embodiment.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of obtaining information according to an embodiment.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of extracting and displaying a highlight image according to an exemplary embodiment.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying a spoiler level based highlight image.
10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a plurality of channel images according to an exemplary embodiment.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a game map, according to an exemplary embodiment.
12 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a highlight image, according to an exemplary embodiment.
13 is a block diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but can be embodied in various different forms, and the present embodiments only make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform the skilled worker of the scope of the invention, which is defined only by the scope of the claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, "comprises" and / or "comprising" does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the mentioned components. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout, and "and / or" includes each and all combinations of one or more of the mentioned components. Although "first", "second", etc. are used to describe various components, these components are of course not limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Therefore, of course, the first component mentioned below may be a second component within the technical spirit of the present invention.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used in the present specification (including technical and scientific terms) may be used in a sense that can be commonly understood by those skilled in the art. In addition, terms that are defined in a commonly used dictionary are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless they are specifically defined clearly.

As used herein, the term "part" or "module" refers to a hardware component such as software, FPGA, or ASIC, and the "part" or "module" plays certain roles. However, "part" or "module" is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. The “unit” or “module” may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to play one or more processors. Thus, as an example, a "part" or "module" may include components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, properties, Procedures, subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. Functions provided within components and "parts" or "modules" may be combined into smaller numbers of components and "parts" or "modules" or into additional components and "parts" or "modules". Can be further separated.

The spatially relative terms " below ", " beneath ", " lower ", " above ", " upper " It can be used to easily describe a component's correlation with other components. Spatially relative terms are to be understood as including terms in different directions of components in use or operation in addition to the directions shown in the figures. For example, when flipping a component shown in the drawing, a component described as "below" or "beneath" of another component may be placed "above" the other component. Can be. Thus, the exemplary term "below" can encompass both an orientation of above and below. Components may be oriented in other directions as well, so spatially relative terms may be interpreted according to orientation.

In the present specification, the computer refers to any kind of hardware device including at least one processor, and according to an embodiment, it may be understood as a meaning encompassing a software configuration that operates on the hardware device. For example, a computer may be understood as including, but not limited to, a smartphone, a tablet PC, a desktop, a notebook, and a user client and an application running on each device.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Each step described herein is described as being performed by a computer, but the subject of each step is not limited thereto, and at least some of the steps may be performed by different devices according to embodiments.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system according to an exemplary embodiment.

The components shown in FIG. 1 are shown by way of example, and the components of the system according to the disclosed embodiment are not limited thereto. In addition, components not shown in FIG. 1 may be further added to the system shown in FIG. 1, and some components shown in FIG. 1 may be omitted from the system shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system according to the disclosed embodiment includes a content viewing device 100 and a server 200.

In one embodiment, the content viewing equipment 100 includes a user terminal 120, the user terminal 120 may be understood as a kind of computer described above.

In addition, the content viewing equipment 100 may include a virtual reality equipment (110). For example, the rebroadcast content may be rebroadcast content of the virtual reality content, and in this case, the content viewing device 100 may include the virtual reality device 110. In one embodiment, the virtual reality equipment 110 may include a head mount display (HMD). However, the output device included in the virtual reality device 110 is not limited to the HMD, and various types of output devices may be used to output the virtual reality.

In one embodiment, the virtual reality equipment 110 may have a built-in processing device for processing and reproducing the virtual reality image, and is connected to an external processing device to output information received from the processing device using a display. It may be. The external processing device may be the user terminal 120 or may be a computing device connected to the server 200. According to an embodiment, the virtual reality equipment 110 may output a virtual reality image based on information received from the server 200.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the virtual reality device 110 may be configured to accommodate the user terminal 120 and utilize the display of the user terminal 120 without a built-in processing device and a display.

In one embodiment, the server 200 may be a computing device that includes at least one processor. According to an embodiment, the server 200 may mean a cloud server.

In an embodiment, the server 200 may be connected to a plurality of virtual reality devices and transmit content to each of the plurality of virtual reality devices.

Each content viewing device 100 outputs a virtual reality image based on the content received from the server 200.

In one embodiment, the content output from the content viewing device 100 according to the disclosed embodiment may be a sports relay including a game relay.

For example, when the re-broadcast content according to the disclosed embodiment is relayed in real time, the system shown in FIG. 1 is installed in the game relay stadium, and the server 200 transmits game relay information to the respective virtual reality devices. The content viewing equipment 100 may be provided for each seat of the game relay stadium.

That is, the audience watching the game relay can watch the game relay in the virtual reality by using the content viewing equipment 100 provided in each seat.

In another embodiment, the audience may watch the game relay in the virtual reality using the personal content viewing equipment 100 without visiting the game relay stadium.

In another embodiment, a relay space using a virtual reality is provided in an external space other than the game relay stadium, and the audience may watch the relay like the audience watching the relay at the stadium using the virtual reality equipment provided in the corresponding relay space. have.

In another embodiment, the content may be a sports relay, such as soccer, but not a game relay. In this case, according to an embodiment, the content viewing equipment 100 is provided in each seat of the sports stadium, and the audience uses the content viewing equipment 100 to supplement the field image, the sports relay video, and the supplementary information about the sports event. Etc. can be watched through virtual reality.

In addition, virtual reality equipment is provided in the relay space outside the stadium where the actual sports game is held, and the audience can watch the broadcast together with the audience watching the relay at the stadium using the virtual reality equipment. Can be. In an embodiment, an audience in a stadium or an audience in an external relay space may select each seat of a stadium and watch a real-time image captured by the seat through virtual reality.

Therefore, the audience can feel the realism without visiting the stadium, and when the stadium is visited, the viewer can experience the view of various seats, thereby increasing the satisfaction of viewing.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide re-broadcast content of the virtual reality content, the re-broadcast content may also be provided through the virtual reality device 110, but is not limited thereto, the display of the user terminal 120 It may be provided through.

For example, the content may include a plurality of channel images, and the user may select and watch some of the plurality of channel images. The plurality of channel images may be provided through a plurality of screens in a virtual reality space, or may be provided through a plurality of screens displayed on a display of the user terminal 120 or may be viewed while switching each screen through interaction with a user. May be provided.

For example, even in the case of sports relay, different images (screens) may be generated according to the position of the camera. In the case of game relay, different images (screens) are generated according to each observer (non-player), and different images (screens) are generated according to each player screen. In particular, in the case of a game in which many players play at the same time, such as Battle Unknown's Battle Ground, up to 100 or more images (screens) may be generated for each player.

According to a preferred embodiment, each screen may be generated for each team, in which case 22 images may be generated for each team, but is not limited thereto.

In this case, it is practically impossible to relay each screen using a general display, and it is only possible to relay an image acquired at the viewpoint of some players or a specific observer.

Accordingly, the plurality of channel images may be selected and displayed according to the user's selection or the decision of the server 200 or the content viewing device 100.

When providing the rebroadcast content of the content, the server 200 includes all the information on the plurality of channel images included in the rebroadcast content, the user's selection to watch the rebroadcast or the server 200 or the user terminal 120 Automatically selected channel images may be displayed.

A method of selecting and providing a channel image will be described in detail below.

2 to 4 illustrate embodiments of displaying multi-channel rebroadcast content.

Referring to FIG. 2, an example of displaying a plurality of screens 310, 320, and 330 on a screen of the content viewing apparatus 100 is illustrated.

Referring to FIG. 3, an example in which the plurality of screens 310, 320, and 330 may be switched and displayed on the screen of the content viewing apparatus 100 is illustrated. For example, one or more screens may be displayed on the screen of the content viewing device 100, and the screens that are not displayed are input from the user 10 (eg, swiping left and right according to the positional relationship between the screens). The display can be switched to each other according to the

Referring to FIG. 4, the virtual reality space 400 and the user 10 viewing the virtual reality space 400 are illustrated. The shape of the virtual reality space 400 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 4, but this is shown as an example for description.

Referring to FIG. 4, one or more regions 410, 420, and 430 for displaying content are illustrated in the virtual reality space 400. Each area may be divided into a main screen 410 and a sub screen 420 and 430, but is not limited thereto. The main screen 410 may be a screen positioned in front of the gaze of the user 10. The sub screens 420 and 430 may be screens positioned on the left and right sides of the user's eyes, and according to an exemplary embodiment, the sub screens may be screens located on the ceiling 440 or the floor.

While viewing the main screen 410, the user 10 may view the sub-screens 420 and 430 through eye movements. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the user's gaze changes by more than a preset angle to look at a specific sub screen (for example, 420), the sub screen 420 may be changed to the main screen. In this case, the image displayed on the sub screen 420 may move to the position of the main screen 410, and the image displayed on the main screen 410 may move to the position of the sub screen 420.

According to an embodiment, the number of areas where content is displayed in the virtual space 400 may be determined automatically by a user's selection. For example, the number of areas where content is displayed in the virtual space 400 is set to three by default. When a user requests to add a specific image, the image is added, and the added image is added horizontally or vertically. Can be. For example, the added image may be displayed on the left side of the sub image 420 or may be displayed on the top or ceiling of the main image 410.

The content viewing apparatus 100 may obtain a screen from the content as many as the determined area, and display the obtained screen in each area.

In an embodiment, not only the virtual reality space 400 but also the actual appearance of the periphery of the content viewing equipment 100, for example, a stadium where a relay is performed, may be displayed through the content viewing equipment 100. In one embodiment, the content viewing equipment 100 may increase the reality by displaying the audience seat image of the stadium actually photographed even while watching the re-broadcast, by using the image photographed at the audience seat of the stadium during the actual relaying.

In one embodiment, the content viewing device 100 may display not only the virtual reality space 400 including the game image, but also the surrounding image of the stadium in a 360 degree image. Accordingly, the user 10 may experience an experience of watching an image in which reality (stadium) and virtual (game relay) are mixed.

In one embodiment, the content viewing device 100 may display the virtual reality space 400 and the surrounding image by mixing or overlapping, displaying the sections separately, or displaying the sections alternately depending on the situation. The method is not limited.

In one embodiment, when the line of sight of the user 10 moves (for example, when the user 10 turns his / her head), the line of sight of the user recognized by the content viewing device 100 may also move. Therefore, even when the user 10 turns his / her eyes, the user 10 may watch the game relay through the virtual reality space.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the gaze of the user 10 moves more than a predetermined angle, an actual surrounding image may be displayed within the gaze of the user, and a virtual space may be displayed outside the gaze of the user. Similarly, when the gaze of the user 10 moves again over a preset angle, a virtual space is displayed within the gaze of the user, and an actual surrounding image (eg, a previously taken stadium image) is displayed outside the gaze of the user. Can be.

In the present embodiment, the image may actually be displayed outside the user's line of sight, but displaying the image outside the line of sight of the user may be unnecessary or impossible due to the limitation of the display. When the gaze is turned in the corresponding direction, the concept may be rendered or loaded to display the corresponding image.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an upper limit may be set on the speed at which the gaze of the user recognized by the content viewing device 100 moves as the gaze of the user 10 moves. That is, when the gaze of the user 10 moves at a speed higher than or equal to a preset upper limit speed, the speed at which the user's gaze recognized by the content viewing device 100 does not follow this, and the user 10 views the content. The apparatus 100 may watch an image outside the line of sight recognized by the apparatus 100. That is, the user 10 may watch the pre-recorded real surrounding image displayed outside of the gaze until the movement of the gaze follows the movement of the gaze. Therefore, the user 10 may check the actual surrounding image by rapidly moving the line of sight over a preset upper limit speed.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a multichannel rebroadcast content providing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Hereinafter, the subject of each step is described as a computer, but the computer may correspond to the content viewing equipment 100 or the server 200 shown in FIG. 1, but is not limited thereto.

In step S101, the computer acquires previously broadcasted content including a plurality of channel images.

For example, the plurality of channel images may include a sports relay image or a game relay image displayed for each player as described above, but is not limited thereto.

In step S102, the computer determines a plurality of areas in which the obtained content is to be displayed.

The plurality of areas in which the content is to be displayed may be set as illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 4, but is not limited thereto.

In step S103, the computer determines a channel image to be displayed in each of the plurality of channel images among the plurality of channel images.

In step S104, the computer displays the determined channel image in the plurality of areas.

A method of determining and displaying a channel image by a computer will be described in detail below.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of determining a channel image to be displayed according to an exemplary embodiment.

In the step S103 of determining the channel image, the computer may perform step S105 of obtaining background information of the viewer.

In one embodiment, the background information of the viewer is about the viewer's personal information, information about the player or team preferred by the viewer, the viewer's search information, visit history, viewing information, the channel watched by the viewer during the live broadcast of the re-broadcast content Information, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, the computer may perform the step S106 of acquiring the selection information of the viewer.

In one embodiment, the viewer's selection information may include information for the viewer to select a specific channel among a plurality of channels, information for selecting one or more of a plurality of players or teams, and the like.

In addition, the computer may perform the step of obtaining metadata of each of the plurality of channel images (S107).

The metadata may include a player included in each channel image, a game progress state, contents of the image, and the like, which will be described later.

In operation S108, the computer may determine a channel image to be displayed in each of the plurality of regions based on at least one of the viewer's background information, selection information, and metadata of each of the plurality of channel images. .

For example, the computer may select and display a channel image including information that the viewer prefers from among the plurality of channel images included in the re-broadcast content, or select a channel image that the viewer did not watch during the live broadcast. You can also display it.

In addition, the computer may extract and display the highlight image among the entire channel images, or may extract and display the images missed by the viewer among the highlight images.

In addition, the computer may select candidate channel images among the plurality of channel images according to a viewer's selection, and display the selected candidate channel images alternately according to a predetermined condition or in any order and time.

That is, the computer may provide various contents through interaction with the user, such as real time content, in the process of broadcasting the rebroadcast content, and may recommend and provide content suitable for the user in this process. In addition, the computer may answer questions of the user based on an intelligent system, and may assist the user in easily finding and viewing desired content.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of obtaining information according to an embodiment.

In one embodiment, the content may include a game relay image. Also, the plurality of channel images included in the content may include observer channel images and player-specific channel images. In one embodiment, the channel image for each player may include a channel image for each team.

In step S107 of obtaining the above-described metadata, the computer may perform step S109 of obtaining information about one or more players of the game.

In one embodiment, the computer may select a player's preferred player from one or more players.

In addition, the computer may perform a step (S110) of obtaining information on the progress of the game.

In an embodiment, the information about the progress of the game may include information about whether a specific event occurs in the game, whether a specific player wins or drops, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of extracting and displaying a highlight image according to an exemplary embodiment.

In operation S110 of acquiring information on the progress of the game, the computer may perform operation S111 of acquiring information about the game progress at the present time of playing.

That is, the computer may recognize the progress of the currently playing game, obtain information on the progress of the previously aired game, and obtain information on the progress of the game at the time of the currently playing game based on this. .

In addition, the computer may perform the step (S112) of acquiring information on the game progress status after the point in time of the playing.

Since the content according to the disclosed embodiment is previously broadcasted re-broadcast content, the computer may obtain information about a game progress after the current playback time from the information of the previously aired content.

In addition, the computer may perform the step S113 of extracting one or more highlight images from the information on the subsequent game progress.

The highlight image may be a highlight image of a viewpoint currently being played or may be a highlight image of a subsequent viewpoint.

In operation S114, the computer may display a first channel image corresponding to the highlight image in one of the plurality of regions at a first time point corresponding to the highlight image.

That is, when the computer includes the highlight image, the computer may display the channel image including the highlight image so that the user may not miss the highlight image.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying a spoiler level based highlight image.

In one embodiment, the rebroadcast content is already broadcasted content, so the computer has information that can be a spoiler. At this time, you may want to watch the content without any spoiler according to the propensity of the viewer, or may want to watch the content while being provided with various information including the spoiler information.

Thus, the computer may ask the user for a spoiler level selection.

In one embodiment, the spoiler level may be automatically selected based on the user's existing viewing history and propensity information.

In step S106 of obtaining the viewer's selection information, the computer may perform step S115 of displaying an interface for selecting the spoiler level.

The computer may also receive a selection input for the spoiler level from the viewer, wherein the spoiler level may include steps 1 to 3. For example, step 1 may be to allow or not to allow spoilers, and step 3 may be to allow spoilers.

In the step S114 of displaying the channel image corresponding to the highlight image, when the selected spoiler level is 1, when the first channel image is not displayed at the first time point, the computer displays the first image. In operation S117, a first marker indicating that there is a highlight in the channel image may be displayed.

That is, in step 1, the computer may operate to not provide the user with information of a later time point than the current time point.

In addition, when the computer receives a selection input for the first marker, the computer may perform displaying of the first channel image (S118).

That is, when there is a highlight image on a channel that the viewer is not watching, the viewer is notified of the fact, and the computer may display a channel image including the highlight image according to the viewer's selection.

In addition, when the selected spoiler level is 2, the computer may perform a step (S119) of displaying a second marker indicating that the highlight image exists at the first time point before the time corresponding to the highlight image. have.

Since the fact that the highlight image exists at a specific point after the current point of view may also be a spoiler, when the viewer selects step 2, the computer provides information on the highlight image existing at a later point in time.

In addition, when receiving a selection input for the second marker, the computer may register a viewing reservation for the highlight image and display the first channel image at the first time point (S120). .

In addition, when the selected spoiler level is three levels, the computer displays a third marker indicating that the highlight image exists at the first time point before the time corresponding to the highlight image, and displays the contents of the highlight image. Step S121 may be performed.

When step 3 is selected, the computer may provide information on the highlight images of the viewpoint and information on the contents of each highlight image, thereby allowing the viewer to select and watch the highlight image of interest.

In addition, when receiving the selection input for the third marker, the computer may perform the step of displaying the highlight image immediately (S122).

That is, the computer may immediately display the highlight image even if the viewer selects the highlight image after the current playback time.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a plurality of channel images according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to an embodiment, the plurality of displayed regions may include an information display region, a main relay display region, and a player-specific image display region.

In the step S103 of determining the channel image, the computer may perform the step S123 of determining the information channel image, the main relay channel image, and the channel image for each player.

In addition, in the step of displaying the above-described channel image (S103), the computer may perform the step of displaying the information channel image on the information display area (S124).

In addition, the computer may perform the step of displaying the main relay channel image on the main relay display area (S125).

In addition, the computer may perform the step (S126) of displaying the channel image for each player in the video display region for each player.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a game map, according to an exemplary embodiment.

In the operation S124 of displaying the information channel image, the computer may perform operation S127 of displaying the map of the relayed game. The game map may be displayed on the information display area, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, the computer may perform the step S128 of displaying the one or more players on the map.

In operation S129, the computer may display a location corresponding to the highlight image of the current view on the map.

In addition, when a user input for a specific location of the map is received, the computer displays a channel image corresponding to the specific location, and if there is a player corresponding to the specific location, displays a channel image of the corresponding player. If there is no player corresponding to the specific position, step S130 of displaying an observer channel image may be performed.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a highlight image, according to an exemplary embodiment.

In the step S129 of displaying the location corresponding to the highlight image, the computer may perform the step S131 of displaying a location corresponding to one or more highlight images after the current time point on the map.

In addition, the computer may perform step S132 of displaying the remaining time until a time corresponding to the one or more highlight images, respectively.

In addition, the computer may perform a step S133 of receiving a selection input for at least a portion of the one or more highlight images.

In addition, the computer may perform the step S134 of scheduling the playback of the selected highlight image in chronological order.

For example, when a plurality of highlight images are selected, they may be sorted in chronological order, and the scheduled viewing time (time remaining until the corresponding time point) may be displayed.

In addition, the computer may perform a step S135 of receiving a selection input for the first highlight image, which is one of the scheduled highlight images.

In addition, the computer may perform a step (S136) of moving a playback time point to a time point corresponding to the first highlight image.

In operation S137, the computer may display the first highlight image in one of the plurality of areas.

In one embodiment, the viewer may select the highlight image to be viewed with reference to the scheduled information while viewing the content. In this case, the playback point of the entire content can be moved to the viewpoint of the selected highlight image, and the main relay image and the highlight image of the corresponding viewpoint can be displayed.

In this manner, the computer generates a viewing schedule of the entire content image based on the viewer's input, and the viewer can quickly watch the content mainly on the highlight image based on the generated schedule.

13 is a block diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment.

The processor 102 may include a connection passage (eg, a bus, etc.) that transmits and receives signals with one or more cores (not shown) and graphics processor (not shown) and / or other components. .

The processor 102 according to one embodiment executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 104 to perform the method described in connection with FIGS. 1-12.

For example, the processor 102 obtains pre-broadcasted content including a plurality of channel images by executing one or more instructions stored in a memory, determines a plurality of regions in which the obtained content is to be displayed, and the plurality of regions. A channel image to be displayed in each of the plurality of region of the channel image of the is determined.

While displaying the determined channel image in the plurality of regions, the processor 102 temporarily stores a signal (or data) processed in the processor 102 temporarily and / or permanently. And ROM (Read-Only Memory, not shown). In addition, the processor 102 may be implemented in the form of a system on chip (SoC) including at least one of a graphic processor, a RAM, and a ROM.

The memory 104 may store programs (one or more instructions) for processing and controlling the processor 102. Programs stored in the memory 104 may be divided into a plurality of modules according to functions.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented directly in hardware, in a software module executed by hardware, or by a combination thereof. The software module may be a random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or It may reside in any form of computer readable recording medium well known in the art.

The components of the present invention may be implemented in a program (or an application) and stored in a medium to be executed in combination with a computer which is hardware. The components of the present invention may be implemented in software programming or software elements, and similarly, embodiments include C, C ++, including various algorithms implemented in combinations of data structures, processes, routines, or other programming constructs. It may be implemented in a programming or scripting language such as Java, an assembler, or the like. The functional aspects may be implemented with an algorithm running on one or more processors.

In the above, embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may realize the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. I can understand that. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive.

100: content viewing equipment
110: virtual reality equipment
120: user terminal
200: server

Claims (3)

As a method performed by a computer,
Acquiring previously broadcast content including a plurality of channel images;
Determining a plurality of areas in which the obtained content is to be displayed;
Determining a channel image to be displayed in each of the plurality of channel images among the plurality of channel images; And
Displaying the determined channel image in the plurality of areas; Including,
Determining the channel image,
Obtaining background information of the viewer;
Obtaining selection information of the viewer;
Acquiring metadata of each of the plurality of channel images; And
Determining a channel image to be displayed in each of the plurality of regions based on at least one of the viewer's background information, selection information, and metadata of each of the plurality of channel images; Including,
The content includes a game relay video,
The plurality of channel images includes an observer channel image and a player-specific channel image.
Acquiring the metadata,
Obtaining information about one or more players of the game; And
Acquiring information about the progress of the game; Including,
Acquiring information about the progress of the game,
Obtaining information about a game progress status of a current playing time point;
Acquiring information about a game progress after the playing time;
Extracting at least one highlight image from the information on the subsequent game progress; And
Displaying a first channel image corresponding to the highlight image in one of the plurality of regions at a first time point corresponding to the highlight image; Including,
The plurality of areas,
An information display area, a main relay display area, and a video display area for each player;
Determining the channel image,
Determining an information channel image, a main relay channel image, and a channel image for each player,
Displaying the channel image,
Displaying the information channel image on the information display area;
Displaying the main relay channel image on the main relay display area; And
Displaying the channel image for each player in the image display area for each player; Including,
How to provide a plurality of image information The method of claim 1,
The displaying of the information channel image may include:
Displaying a map of the relayed game;
Displaying the one or more players on the map;
Displaying a position corresponding to a highlight image of a current view on the map; And
When a user input for a specific location of the map is received, a channel image corresponding to the specific location is displayed. When there is a player corresponding to the specific location, the channel image of the corresponding player is displayed. If there is no player corresponding to the position, displaying an observer channel image; Including,
A method of providing a plurality of image information. The method of claim 2,
Displaying a position corresponding to the highlight image,
Displaying a location corresponding to one or more highlight images after the current view on the map;
Displaying the remaining time until a time point corresponding to the one or more highlight images, respectively;
Receiving a selection input for at least a portion of the one or more highlight images;
Scheduling the playback of the selected highlight image in chronological order;
Receiving a selection input for a first highlight image which is one of the scheduled highlight images;
Moving a reproduction viewpoint to a viewpoint corresponding to the first highlight image; And
Displaying the first highlight image in one of the plurality of regions; Further comprising,
A method of providing a plurality of image information.

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