KR102445082B1 - Control method for server providing solution to block puzzle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a control method of a server providing a block puzzle and a solution, which includes the steps of: performing authentication for a block puzzle product based on a user input received through a user terminal; providing, through the user terminal, puzzle information including a plurality of sub-blocks which can be implemented through cube pieces included in the block puzzle product; and providing solution information for assembling a complete block with the plurality of sub-blocks through the user terminal.

Description

A method of controlling a server that provides a solution to a block puzzle

The present invention relates to a control method of a server that provides a solution of a block puzzle, and more specifically, allows a user to form sub-block pieces (ex. 3, 4, 5 block-shaped pieces) composed of a plurality of cubes. and assemble the final cube (ex. 3x3x3) with the formed sub-block pieces, but provide various puzzle combinations and solutions according to the difficulty.

The conventional block assembly toy simply presents the shape of a unit piece for assembling a block, and it is merely a simple assembly play, and does not provide training of spatiotemporal reasoning ability to understand a spatial concept or a distance concept.

In addition, the conventional block assembling toy does not present a problem according to the user's difficulty or provide various solutions for one puzzle.

On the other hand, the matters described as the background art above are only for improving the understanding of the background of the present invention, and should not be accepted as acknowledging that they correspond to the prior art already known to those of ordinary skill in the art. will be.

Patent Publication No. 10-2021-0109398, 2021.09.06.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to allow the user to form sub-block pieces (ex. 3, 4, 5 block-shaped pieces) composed of a plurality of cubes, and use the formed sub-block pieces to form a final cube (ex. 3x3x3) is to be assembled, but to provide a control method of the server that provides various puzzle combinations and solutions according to the difficulty.

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

In the control method of a server providing a block puzzle and a solution according to an aspect of the present invention for solving the above-described problems, the step of performing authentication for a block puzzle product based on a user input received through a user terminal , through a user terminal, providing puzzle information including a plurality of sub-blocks that can be implemented through cube pieces included in the block puzzle product, and through the user terminal, for assembling a complete block into a plurality of sub-blocks providing solution information.

At this time, the step of performing authentication for the block puzzle product is, when the user terminal accesses the web page of the server, outputs a UI (User Interface) for receiving an authentication code to the user terminal, and outputs the user input received through the UI. It is possible to obtain an authentication code according to

On the other hand, the server control method according to an aspect of the present invention includes the steps of: obtaining a first image from a user terminal through a camera application; when images for a plurality of sub-blocks are recognized from the first image, capturing the first image Storing a viewpoint, acquiring a second image from a user terminal through a camera application, when an image of a complete block is recognized from the second image, storing a photographing time of the second image, the first image Calculating the time taken to derive the user's solution for the puzzle information based on the shooting time and the shooting time of the second image, and determining the user's level based on the calculated time, and matching the user's level with the authentication code It is possible to include the step of storing the

In this case, in the step of providing the puzzle information, it is possible to identify the level of the user matched with the authentication code, and calculate the difficulty of the puzzle information based on the identified level of the user.

In this case, in the step of providing the puzzle information, it is possible to make at least one of the number of cube pieces, the number of sub-blocks, and the total amount of the surface area of each of the sub-blocks proportional to the difficulty of the calculated puzzle information.

Meanwhile, the step of outputting the solution information includes generating solution information including a complete block image and a location image matching each of the plurality of sub blocks, and outputting the location of at least one location image on the complete block image. When a requested UI (User Interface) is generated and a user input to the UI is obtained through the user terminal, a location image is output on the completed block image based on the obtained user command, and the output location image is plural. , output in different colors.

At this time, the complete block image is provided as a three-dimensional UI through the user terminal, rotates based on a user input to the three-dimensional UI, and the position image is the position and volume occupied by the matching sub-block on the complete block. It is an image.

On the other hand, the step of providing the puzzle information may include identifying one of the final cube pieces matching each of the plurality of sub-blocks from among the cube pieces included in the completed block, and selecting the definitive cube piece from among the cube pieces included in the completed block. The excluded cube pieces are defined as non-confirmed cube pieces, and at least one non-determined cube piece adjacent to the fixed cube piece of the first sub-block from among the plurality of sub-blocks is randomly selected and changed to the fixed cube piece of the first sub-block, , it is possible to randomly select at least one non-determined cube piece adjacent to the fixed cube piece of the second sub-block from among the plurality of sub-blocks and change it to the fixed cube piece of the second sub-block.

In this case, in the step of providing the puzzle information, when an unconfirmed cube piece adjacent to at least one of the determined cube pieces of the first sub-block does not exist, it is possible to determine the determined cube pieces constituting the first sub-block .

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

According to the control method of the server for providing the block puzzle and solution of the present invention, the puzzle information and solution information are provided to the user as a rotatable three-dimensional image, but by providing it through the web or mobile, it is free from temporal and spatial constraints, and the user's authentication Since the puzzle information is acquired through the , it is possible to identify the user's past puzzle performance history according to the authentication code, determine the difficulty level suitable for the user, and provide it.

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 system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a basic flowchart according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 7 are implementation diagrams according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a configuration diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods of 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 may be implemented in various different forms, and only these embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform those skilled in the art of the scope of the present invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the embodiments and is not intended to limit the present 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 stated components. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout, and "and/or" includes each and every combination of one or more of the recited elements. Although "first", "second", etc. are used to describe various elements, these elements are not limited by these terms, of course. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Therefore, it goes without saying that the first component mentioned below may be the second component within the spirit of the present invention.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein will have the meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. In addition, terms defined in a commonly used dictionary are not to be interpreted ideally or excessively unless clearly specifically defined.

As used herein, the term “unit” or “module” refers to a hardware component such as software, FPGA, or ASIC, and “unit” or “module” performs certain roles. However, “part” or “module” is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. A “part” or “module” may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium or may be configured to reproduce one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, “part” or “module” refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, processes, functions, properties, Includes procedures, subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. Components and functionality provided within “parts” or “modules” may be combined into a smaller number of components and “parts” or “modules” or additional components and “parts” or “modules”. can be further separated.

Spatially relative terms "below", "beneath", "lower", "above", "upper", etc. It can be used to easily describe the correlation between a component and other components. A spatially relative term should be understood as a term that includes different directions of components during use or operation in addition to the directions shown in the drawings. For example, when a component shown in the drawing is turned over, a component described as “beneath” or “beneath” of another component may be placed “above” of the other component. have. Accordingly, the exemplary term “below” may include both directions below and above. Components may also be oriented in other orientations, and thus spatially relative terms may be interpreted according to orientation.

In this specification, a computer means all types of hardware devices including at least one processor, and may be understood as encompassing software configurations operating in the corresponding hardware device according to embodiments. For example, a computer may be understood to include, but is not limited to, smart phones, tablet PCs, desktops, notebooks, and user clients and applications running on each device.

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

1 is a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the server 100 that provides the block puzzle and solution of the present invention communicates with the user terminal 200 which is the user's electronic device.

In an embodiment, the electronic device includes a smartphone, a tablet personal computer, a mobile phone, a video phone, an e-book reader, a desktop PC, and a laptop. PC (laptop PC), netbook computer (netbook computer), workstation (workstation), server, PDA (personal digital assistant), PMP (portable multimedia player), MP3 player, mobile medical device, camera, or wearable device (wearable device) ), and may include at least one of an AI speaker.

2 is a basic flowchart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the server 100 that provides the block puzzle and solution according to an aspect of the present invention performs authentication on the block puzzle product based on the user input received through the user terminal 200 (S210) do.

Specifically, in the server 100 performing step S210, when the user terminal 200 accesses the web page of the server 100, the server 100 provides a UI (User Interface) for receiving an authentication code to the user terminal. It is possible to output to 200 and obtain an authentication code according to a user input received through the UI.

Subsequently, the server 100 provides puzzle information including a plurality of sub-blocks that can be implemented through cube pieces included in the block puzzle product through the user terminal 200 (S220), and through the user terminal 200 , provides solution information for assembling the complete block 10 with a plurality of sub-blocks (S230).

On the other hand, the server 100 determines the user level for the user of the corresponding user terminal 200 based on the record of performing steps S210 to S230 through one user terminal 200 that has authenticated for one authentication code. and the user level determined by the corresponding authentication code may be matched and stored.

Specifically, when the server 100 acquires the first image through the camera application from the user terminal 200 that has received the puzzle information, it is determined whether images for a plurality of sub-blocks are recognized from the first image. do.

As a result of the determination, when images of all the plurality of sub-blocks are recognized from the first image, the server 100 stores the capturing time of the first image.

Thereafter, when a second image is obtained from the user terminal 200 through a camera application, and an image of the complete block 10 is recognized from the second image, the capturing time of the second image is stored.

Accordingly, the server 100 calculates the time taken to derive the user's solution for the corresponding puzzle information based on the photographing time of the first image and the photographing time of the second image, and calculates the difficulty of the puzzle information and the calculated time. Based on the determination of the level of the user, the determined level of the user is matched with the corresponding authentication code and stored.

Then, when the server 100 performs step S210, if the level of the user previously matched to the authentication code obtained through the user terminal 200 is identified, in the server 100 performing step S220, the server ( 100) identifies the level of the user matched to the authentication code, and based on the identified level of the user, it is possible to calculate the difficulty of the puzzle information.

Specifically, the server 100 may set at least one of the number of cube pieces, the number of sub-blocks, and the total amount of the surface area of each of the sub-blocks to be proportional to the difficulty of the calculated puzzle information.

For example, as the number of cube pieces increases, the number of sub-blocks or a time required to assemble the sub-blocks increases, thereby increasing the difficulty of puzzle information.

In addition, as the number of sub-blocks increases, the geometric thinking time for assembling the complete block 10 increases, so the difficulty of puzzle information increases.

In addition, since the total amount of the surface area of each of the sub-blocks is proportional to the number of sub-blocks or the quantity of cube pieces, the higher the difficulty (difficulty) of the puzzle information, the higher it increases.

3 to 7 are implementation diagrams according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 , when the server 100 performs step S220, the server 100 may provide an image for each of a plurality of sub-blocks included in the puzzle information through the user terminal 200, , In this case, a color and/or pattern distinguished from other sub-block images may be inserted in each of the plurality of sub-block images.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 , when the server 100 performs step S230, the server 100 includes a complete block 10 image and a location image matching each of a plurality of sub-blocks. create information

At this time, the server 100 generates a UI (User Interface) that receives a request to output a location for at least one location image on the completed block 10 image, and receives a user input to the UI through the user terminal 200 . Upon acquisition, a position image is output on the image of the completed block 10 based on the acquired user command.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 5 , when there are a plurality of output location images, the server 100 outputs each of the plurality of location images in different colors and/or patterns.

On the other hand, the image of the complete block 10 is provided as a three-dimensional UI through the user terminal 200, and rotates based on a user input to the three-dimensional UI.

In addition, the position image is an image of the position and volume occupied by the matching sub-block on the complete block 10 .

Although not shown, in the server 100 performing step S230, the server 100 includes a center line of a surface in contact between different position images, and a plurality of position images on the image of the complete block 10 are The volume it occupies can be partitioned.

At this time, the server 100 provides the user terminal 200 with a UI that outputs a simulation in which a plurality of sub-blocks included in the solution information are combined and decomposed with the image of the finished block 10 based on the center line of the surface. it is possible

In addition, when the server 100 performs step S230, the server 100 configures a plurality of solution information for one puzzle information, and displays a UI for selecting a solution for any one of the plurality of solution information to the user terminal ( 200 ), solution information for any one of a plurality of solution information may be provided to the user terminal 200 based on a user input to the UI for selecting a solution.

That is, when there are a plurality of methods of assembling the complete block 10 through a plurality of sub-blocks for one piece of puzzle information, the server 100 may generate solution information for each method.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 7 , when the server 100 performs step S220 , the server 100 determines cubes matching each of a plurality of sub-blocks among cube pieces included in the completed block 10 . The pieces may be identified one by one, and cube pieces excluding the fixed cube piece among the cube pieces included in the completed block 10 may be defined as non-determined cube pieces.

At this time, as shown, the server 100 randomly selects at least one non-determined cube piece adjacent to the determined cube piece of the first sub-block 21 from among the plurality of sub-blocks, and Change to a definite cube piece.

In an embodiment, if the cube piece changed to the final cube piece of the first sub-block 21 satisfies the preset surface area condition or the preset number of cube pieces condition of the first sub-block 21, the server 100 The determined cube pieces constituting the first sub-block 21 may be determined.

Thereafter, the server 100 randomly selects at least one non-confirmed cube piece adjacent to the confirmed cube piece of the second sub-block 22 from among the plurality of sub-blocks and changes it to the fixed cube piece of the second sub-block 22 . do.

In this case, when the server 100 performs step S220, if there is no non-determined cube piece adjacent to at least one of the fixed cube pieces of the first sub-block 21, the first It is possible to determine the determined cube pieces constituting the sub-block 21 .

For example, if there is no face shared with the non-confirmed cube piece among the six faces of one fixed cube piece among the fixed cube pieces of the first sub block 21, the server 100 may perform the first sub block 21 It is determined that the volume can no longer be increased in the completed block 10 , and the current state of the first sub-block 21 can be determined as the first sub-block 21 .

Accordingly, at least one non-determined cube piece adjacent to the fixed cube piece shares one surface with the fixed cube piece.

Meanwhile, although not shown, when the server 100 performs step S220 , the server 100 may first determine a maximum of eight reference sub-blocks including at least one vertex of the completed block 10 . .

Specifically, the server 100 causes at least one of the definite cube pieces included in each reference sub-block to include the vertex of the completed block 10, and at least one remaining sub-block connecting the generated reference blocks. create

Accordingly, the plurality of sub-blocks includes a maximum of 8 reference sub-blocks and at least one remaining sub-block.

8 is a configuration diagram of a server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the server 100 may include a memory 110 , a communication unit 120 , and a processor 130 .

The memory 110 may store various programs and data necessary for the operation of the server 100 . The memory 110 may be implemented as a non-volatile memory 110 , a volatile memory 110 , a flash memory 110 , a hard disk drive (HDD), or a solid state drive (SSD).

The communication unit 120 may communicate with an external device. In particular, the communication unit 120 may include various communication chips such as a Wi-Fi chip, a Bluetooth chip, a wireless communication chip, an NFC chip, and a low-power Bluetooth chip (BLE chip). At this time, the Wi-Fi chip, the Bluetooth chip, and the NFC chip perform communication in a LAN method, a WiFi method, a Bluetooth method, and an NFC method, respectively. In the case of using a Wi-Fi chip or a Bluetooth chip, various types of connection information such as an SSID and a session key are first transmitted and received, and then various types of information can be transmitted and received after communication connection using this. The wireless communication chip refers to a chip that performs communication according to various communication standards, such as IEEE, ZigBee, 3rd Generation (3G), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), and Long Term Evolution (LTE).

The processor 130 may control the overall operation of the server 100 using various programs stored in the memory 110 . The processor 130 may include a RAM, a ROM, a graphic processing unit, a main CPU, first to n interfaces, and a bus. In this case, the RAM, ROM, graphic processing unit, main CPU, first to n interfaces, etc. may be connected to each other through a bus.

RAM stores O/S and application programs. Specifically, when the server 100 is booted, O/S may be stored in the RAM, and various application data selected by the user may be stored in the RAM.

The ROM stores an instruction set for booting the system, and the like. When a turn-on command is input and power is supplied, the main CPU copies the O/S stored in the memory 110 to the RAM according to the command stored in the ROM, and executes the O/S to boot the system. When booting is completed, the main CPU copies various application programs stored in the memory 110 to the RAM, and executes the application programs copied to the RAM to perform various operations.

The graphic processing unit generates a screen including various objects such as items, images, and texts by using a calculation unit (not shown) and a rendering unit (not shown). Here, the calculating unit may be configured to calculate attribute values such as coordinate values, shape, size, color, etc. of each object to be displayed according to the layout of the screen by using the control command received from the input unit. In addition, the rendering unit may be configured to generate screens of various layouts including objects based on the attribute values calculated by the operation unit. The screen generated by the rendering unit may be displayed in the display area of the display.

The main CPU accesses the memory 110 and performs booting using the OS stored in the memory 110 . In addition, the main CPU performs various operations using various programs, contents, data, etc. stored in the memory 110 .

The first to n interfaces are connected to the various components described above. One of the first to n interfaces may be a network interface connected to an external device through a network.

Meanwhile, further, the processor 130 may control the artificial intelligence model. In this case, of course, the processor 130 may include a graphics-only processor (eg, GPU) for controlling the artificial intelligence model.

On the other hand, the processor 130 may include one or more cores (core, not shown) and a graphic processing unit (not shown) and/or a connection path (eg, a bus, etc.) for transmitting and receiving signals with other components. can

The processor 130 according to an embodiment executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 110 to perform the method described in relation to the present invention.

For example, the processor 130 acquires new learning data by executing one or more instructions stored in the memory 110 , and performs a test on the acquired new learning data using the learned model, and the test As a result, the first learning data in which the labeled information is obtained with an accuracy greater than or equal to a predetermined first reference value is extracted, the extracted first learning data is deleted from the new learning data, and the extracted learning data is deleted. The learned model may be re-trained using the training data.

Meanwhile, the processor 130 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory, not shown) and ROM (Read-Only Memory) for temporarily and/or permanently storing signals (or data) processed inside the processor 130 . , not shown) may be further included. In addition, the processor 130 may be implemented in the form of a system on chip (SoC) including at least one of a graphic processing unit, a RAM, and a ROM.

The memory 110 may store programs (one or more instructions) for processing and controlling the processor 130 . Programs stored in the memory 110 may be divided into a plurality of modules according to functions.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in relation to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented directly in hardware, as a software module executed by hardware, or by a combination thereof. A software module may include 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 type of computer-readable recording medium well known in the art to which the present invention pertains.

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

As mentioned above, although embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can realize that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without changing its technical spirit or essential features. you will be able to understand Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive.

10: complete block
21: first sub-block
22: second sub-block
100 : server
110: memory
120: communication department
130: processor
200: user terminal

Claims (8)

In the control method of a server that provides a block puzzle and solution,
based on a user input received through the user terminal, performing authentication for the block puzzle product;
providing, through the user terminal, puzzle information including a plurality of sub-blocks that can be implemented through cube pieces included in the block puzzle product; and
Providing solution information for assembling the complete block with the plurality of sub-blocks through the user terminal;
The step of providing the puzzle information includes:
One by one identification of the determined cube pieces matching each of the plurality of sub-blocks from among the cube pieces included in the completed block,
Among the cube pieces included in the completed block, cube pieces excluding the fixed cube piece are defined as non-determined cube pieces,
At least one non-determined cube piece adjacent to the determined cube piece of the first sub-block from among the plurality of sub-blocks is randomly selected and changed to the fixed cube piece of the first sub-block;
A method of controlling a system, wherein at least one non-determined cube piece adjacent to the determined cube piece of the second sub-block from among the plurality of sub-blocks is randomly selected and changed to the determined cube piece of the second sub-block. The method of claim 1,
The step of performing authentication for the block puzzle product includes:
When the user terminal accesses the web page of the server, it outputs a UI (User Interface) for receiving an authentication code input to the user terminal, and obtains an authentication code according to the user input received through the UI, control of the server Way. 3. The method of claim 2,
The control method of the server,
obtaining a first image from the user terminal through a camera application;
when images of the plurality of sub-blocks are recognized from the first image, storing a photographing time of the first image;
obtaining a second image from the user terminal through a camera application;
when the image of the finished block is recognized from the second image, storing the photographing time of the second image;
calculating a time taken for a user to derive a solution for the puzzle information based on the photographing time of the first image and the photographing time of the second image; and
Determining the level of the user based on the calculated time, matching the level of the user to the authentication code and storing; 4. The method of claim 3,
The step of providing the puzzle information includes:
Identifies the level of the user matched to the authentication code,
Based on the identified level of the user, calculating the difficulty of the puzzle information, a control method of the server. 5. The method of claim 4,
The step of providing the puzzle information includes:
A method for controlling a server, wherein at least one of the number of cube pieces, the number of sub-blocks, and the total amount of the surface area of each of the sub-blocks is proportional to the difficulty of the calculated puzzle information. ◈Claim 6 was abandoned when paying the registration fee.◈ The method of claim 1,
The step of outputting the solution information is
generating solution information including a complete block image and a location image matching each of the plurality of sub-blocks;
On the completed block image, generating a UI (User Interface) that receives a request to output a location for at least one location image,
When a user input for the UI is obtained through the user terminal, a location image is output on the completed block image based on the obtained user command,
When there are a plurality of output position images, they are output in different colors,
The complete block image is,
It is provided as a three-dimensional UI through the user terminal, and rotates based on a user input to the three-dimensional UI,
The location image is
A method of controlling a server, wherein the matching sub-block is an image of the position and volume occupied on the completed block. delete The method of claim 1,
The step of providing the puzzle information includes:
When an unconfirmed cube piece adjacent to at least one of the determined cube pieces of the first sub-block does not exist, determining the determined cube pieces constituting the first sub-block.

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