KR102452203B1 - Road view video service device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a roadview image service apparatus, comprising: a roadview image service area determining unit for determining a roadview image service area on a map; a roadview image service possibility determining unit receiving a request for uploading the loadview image content from the user terminal and detecting the location of the user terminal to determine whether the user terminal exists in the roadview image service area; a roadview image content receiving unit that tracks the location of the user terminal in real time and receives the loadview image content produced through the user terminal together with the location of the user terminal while the user terminal is present in the roadview image service area; and a roadview image content service unit that selects the roadview image service area on the map and provides a service of the corresponding roadview image content to a map user.

Description

Road view video service device {ROAD VIEW VIDEO SERVICE DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a roadview image service technology, and more particularly, to a roadview image service apparatus capable of sharing roadview images of various streets around the world with various viewers in real time.

With the rapid spread of the Internet, the Internet has become an indispensable necessity in modern life. Many users use the Internet to search for information, online games, e-commerce, Internet banking, e-mail, and the like. Moreover, more and more users want to actively create their own information and share the generated information with other users, breaking away from passively accepting information through the Internet. In particular, video UCC (user created contents) is very popular with netizens and is spreading widely.

Thanks to this atmosphere, Internet personal broadcasting is also gaining popularity, and various personal broadcasting platforms are being serviced. However, for real-time broadcasting, expensive equipment is required and broadcasting-related expertise is often required, so the entry barrier is high. Recently, simple personal broadcasting platforms using smartphones have been introduced.

Most personal broadcasting has the advantage that it can be easily started indoors, especially in an individual's house, but the content that can be produced indoors is very limited. Accordingly, although the case of broadcasting outside the room is increasing, there is hardly any specialized broadcasting on a specific street or road.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0945023 (2010.02.23)

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a roadview image service device that can share roadview images for various streets around the world with various viewers in real time.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a roadview image service device that can provide an online community space that can communicate with users while experiencing various street images that are difficult to actually go to as realistic images.

In embodiments, the roadview image service apparatus may include: a roadview image service area determiner configured to determine a roadview image service area on a map; a roadview image service possibility determining unit receiving a request for uploading the loadview image content from the user terminal and detecting the location of the user terminal to determine whether the user terminal exists in the roadview image service area; a roadview image content receiving unit that tracks the location of the user terminal in real time and receives the loadview image content produced through the user terminal together with the location of the user terminal while the user terminal is present in the roadview image service area; and a roadview image content service unit that selects the roadview image service area on the map and provides a service of the corresponding roadview image content to a map user.

The service area determining unit may receive a request from the map user for a specific area on the map, determine whether the specific area satisfies a service criterion, and determine the roadview image service area.

The serviceability determining unit may detect the image resolution of the user terminal and approve the upload request when the user terminal exists in the load view image service area.

The load-view image content receiving unit generates load-moving image-view content for the service of the corresponding road-view image content by matching the load-view image content with the content representing the movement path on the map based on the location of the user terminal. can do.

The load-view image content receiving unit may receive a specific location and advertisement content in the road-view image service area from an advertiser terminal, and overlay the advertisement content before and after the specific location when the load-moving image view content is serviced. .

The roadview image content service unit may determine the corresponding roadview image content by receiving at least one of time, weather, shop, and event along with the selection of the roadview image service area.

The disclosed technology may have the following effects. However, this does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of the following effects or only the following effects, so the scope of the disclosed technology should not be construed as being limited thereby.

The roadview image service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may share roadview images of various streets around the world in real time with various viewers online.

The roadview image service device according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide an online community space that can communicate with users while experiencing various street images that are difficult to actually go to as realistic images.

1 is a view for explaining a road view image service system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a system configuration of the road view video service apparatus of FIG. 1 .
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a functional configuration of the road view video service apparatus of FIG. 1 .
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a road view video service according to the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining an embodiment of a process of providing a roadview image service.

Since the description of the present invention is merely an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiment described in the text. That is, since the embodiment is capable of various changes and may have various forms, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention includes equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, since the object or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of them or only such effects, it should not be understood that the scope of the present invention is limited thereby.

On the other hand, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

Terms such as “first” and “second” are for distinguishing one component from another, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, a first component may be termed a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be termed a first component.

When a component is referred to as being “connected” to another component, it may be directly connected to the other component, but it should be understood that other components may exist in between. On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a certain element is "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that the other element does not exist in the middle. On the other hand, other expressions describing the relationship between elements, that is, "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to", etc., should be interpreted similarly.

The singular expression is to be understood to include the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and terms such as "comprises" or "have" refer to the embodied feature, number, step, action, component, part or these It is intended to indicate that a combination exists, and it should be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of the existence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Identifiers (eg, a, b, c, etc.) in each step are used for convenience of description, and the identification code does not describe the order of each step, and each step clearly indicates a specific order in context. Unless otherwise specified, it may occur in a different order from the specified order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

The present invention can be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer-readable recording medium includes all types of recording devices in which data readable by a computer system is stored. . Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like. In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed in a network-connected computer system, and the computer-readable code may be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Terms defined in the dictionary should be interpreted as being consistent with the meaning of the context of the related art, and cannot be interpreted as having an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application.

1 is a view for explaining a road view image service system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the roadview image service system 100 may include a user terminal 110 , a roadview image service device 130 , a database 150 , and an external system 170 .

The user terminal 110 may correspond to a computing device capable of photographing a road view image or reproducing a road view image. The user terminal 110 may be implemented as a smartphone, a notebook computer, or a computer, but is not limited thereto, and may be implemented in various devices such as a tablet PC. The user terminal 110 may be connected to the roadview image service apparatus 130 through a network, and a plurality of user terminals 110 may be simultaneously connected to the roadview image service apparatus 130 . In addition, the user terminal 110 may connect to the road view image service system 100 and install and execute a dedicated program or application for using a related service.

In one embodiment, the user terminal 110 may be implemented to include a camera capable of photographing a road view image. In addition, the user terminal 110 may be implemented to include a display screen that can reproduce an image. Also, the user terminal 110 may include a support module having a shape suitable for photographing a road view image. That is, the support module may be mounted on a user's body part, and may be implemented to support the user terminal 110 capable of capturing an image while supporting the user terminal 110 at a predetermined angle. Accordingly, the user can shoot a real-time image while mounted on the support module without directly manipulating the user terminal 110 .

The road view image service device 130 is to be implemented as a server corresponding to a computer or program that can share the road view image with users to provide a real-time broadcasting service regarding the road view image and provide functions such as real-time chatting during broadcasting. can Here, the road view image may correspond to an image photographed while moving along a specific road or a specific distance, and the road view image service may correspond to a real-time broadcasting service related to the road view image.

In addition, the roadview image service device 130 may be connected to the user terminal 110 through a wireless network such as Bluetooth or WiFi, and may transmit/receive data to and from the user terminal 110 through the network. In addition, the roadview image service device 130 may operate in conjunction with the external system 170 to provide an additional function.

The database 150 may correspond to a storage device for storing various types of information required in the operation process of the load view image service device 130 . The database 150 may store data related to the current streaming load view image, and may store information about various users who share the load view image, but is not limited thereto, and the load view image service device 130 . ) may store collected or processed information in various forms in the process of providing the roadview image service.

The external system 170 may correspond to a computing device or server capable of providing an additional function in the process of providing a roadview image service in conjunction with the roadview image service device 130 . For example, the external system 170 may include a payment system, a messenger system, an authentication system, and a cloud system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a system configuration of the road view video service apparatus of FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 2 , the load view image service apparatus 130 may be implemented to include a processor 210 , a memory 230 , a user input/output unit 250 , and a network input/output unit 270 .

The processor 210 may execute a procedure for processing each step in the process of the operation of the loadview image service device 130 , and manage the memory 230 that is read or written throughout the process, the memory A synchronization time between the volatile memory and the non-volatile memory in 230 may be scheduled. The processor 210 may control the overall operation of the load view image service device 130 , and is electrically connected to the memory 230 , the user input/output unit 250 , and the network input/output unit 270 to control the data flow therebetween. can be controlled The processor 210 may be implemented as a central processing unit (CPU) of the loadview image service apparatus 130 .

The memory 230 is implemented as a non-volatile memory, such as a solid state drive (SSD) or a hard disk drive (HDD), and may include an auxiliary storage device used to store overall data required for the load view image service device 130 . and may include a main memory implemented as a volatile memory such as random access memory (RAM).

The user input/output unit 250 may include an environment for receiving a user input and an environment for outputting specific information to the user. For example, the user input/output unit 250 may include an input device including an adapter such as a touch pad, a touch screen, an on-screen keyboard, or a pointing device, and an output device including an adapter such as a monitor or a touch screen. In an embodiment, the user input/output unit 250 may correspond to a computing device connected through a remote connection, and in such a case, the load view image service device 130 may be performed as an independent server.

The network input/output unit 270 includes an environment for connecting with an external device or system through a network, for example, a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a VAN (Wide Area Network) (VAN). It may include an adapter for communication such as Value Added Network).

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a functional configuration of the road view video service apparatus of FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 3 , the roadview image service device 130 includes a service area determiner 310 , a serviceability determiner 330 , a roadview image content receiver 350 , a roadview image content service unit 370 and A control unit 390 may be included.

The service area determiner 310 may determine the road view image service area on the map. Here, the road view image service area may correspond to a local space that can provide the road view image service. That is, an image captured by a user within the roadview image service area may be defined as a roadview image. The service area determiner 310 may determine the road view image service area along a specific street or a specific road on the map. Here, the specific street or specific road may include a viewing route for viewing a famous tourist destination, a famous road, a famous street, and the like.

In an embodiment, the service area determiner 310 may determine the road view image service area according to distance information or road information input by the service manager. That is, an already designated road or street, a famous tourist route, etc. may be automatically determined as a road view image service area by the road view image service device 130, whereas an unknown road or street is directly input by the service manager. It may be determined as a road view image service area.

In an embodiment, the service area determiner 310 may determine the road view image service area by analyzing the movement path information received from the user terminals 110 . For example, the service area determining unit 310 may collect movement path information of the user terminals 110 for a specific period, and load including the most visited street or road through big data analysis of the corresponding movement path. A view image service area may be determined. Conversely, the service area determining unit 310 may determine the road view image service area including a street or road that people do not pass.

On the other hand, the road view image service area determined by the service area determiner 310 may be managed in the form of a list by designating a unique name such as a road name or a street name, and may be periodically updated with the latest information.

In an embodiment, the service area determiner 310 may receive a map user's request for a specific area on the map, determine whether the specific area satisfies a service standard, and determine the roadview image service area. In addition, the service area determining unit 310 may receive a registration request directly from the user for a road or street in a specific area, and determine whether the roadview image service criterion condition is satisfied based on the data on the map of the specific area. It can also be manually determined as the roadview video service area. Through this, users can directly designate a road or street they have pioneered as a service area and share the road view image with other users.

The serviceability determining unit 330 receives a request for uploading the load view image content from the user terminal 110 and detects the location of the user terminal 110 to determine whether the user terminal 110 exists in the road view image service area. can decide That is, the user may take a road view image through the user terminal 110 and may request to share the road view image. The serviceability determining unit 330 may determine the possibility of the road view image service based on the location of the user terminal 110 when the corresponding request is received. That is, the serviceability determining unit 330 may restrictly authorize uploading of only the image content within the roadview image service area, so that only the content corresponding to the actual roadview image can be shared by other users.

In an embodiment, when the user terminal 110 exists in the roadview image service area, the serviceability determiner 330 may detect the image resolution of the user terminal 110 and approve the upload request. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the serviceability determiner 330 may operate to be shared and exposed to other users. For example, when the photographing specification of the user terminal 110 does not satisfy a preset condition, the user's upload request may be rejected. The shooting specification may include image resolution, network quality, and terminal specification of the user terminal 110 . Accordingly, the user may share his/her own image with other people only when the condition set by the serviceability determining unit 330 of shooting within the roadview image service area is satisfied.

In an embodiment, the serviceability determiner 330 may stop uploading of the image content of the user terminal 110 by tracking the location of the user terminal 110 . That is, in order to continuously upload the road view image, the user must continuously move within the actual designated road view image service area, and when a general image is taken in a specific place, it is not a road view image, so the serviceability determining unit 330 ) can be automatically blocked.

In an embodiment, the serviceability determiner 330 may stop uploading image content when the location change rate of the user terminal 110 does not meet a preset criterion by tracking the location of the user terminal 110 . . That is, even if the user continues to move the location, if the user constantly reciprocates to and from the same place or if the user rotates in a circle based on a certain place, the road view image service standard is not satisfied by the serviceability determining unit 330. As it is determined, the upload of the image content may be stopped.

The road view image content receiving unit 350 tracks the location of the user terminal 110 in real time, and while the user terminal 110 is present in the road view image service area, the user receives the road view image content produced through the user terminal 110 . It can be received together with the location of the terminal 110 . That is, the roadview image content receiving unit 350 monitors the location and change of the location of the user terminal 110 to allow uploading of the roadview image content when the user moves while shooting within the load image service area. . The uploaded roadview video content can be exposed to other users and shared in real time.

In one embodiment, the load view image content receiving unit 350 matches the load view image content on the content representing the movement path on the map based on the location of the user terminal 110 to load the corresponding load view image content. You can create moving image view content. Here, the road moving image view content expresses the road view image captured by the user along with the moving path on the map, and may include a thumbnail of the road view image generated in association with each point on the moving path.

That is, the user can upload the road view image he has taken and keep it in his or her user account. At this time, the load view image content receiving unit 350 stores the uploaded load view image in association with the user's location on the map. Thus, when the user searches for the road view image uploaded by the user, it is possible to provide a thumbnail for the road view image registered for each point along with the moving route on the map as the load moving image view content.

The roadview image content service unit 370 may select a roadview image service area on the map and provide a service of the corresponding roadview image content to the map user. In an embodiment, the roadview image content service unit 370 may receive information about a specific route from the user terminal 110 and provide roadview image content registered along the specific route to the map user. . For example, the user may directly select a road view image service area to be searched on the electronic map displayed on the user terminal 110 by a drag method.

That is, the user may drag with his/her hand along a specific street or road on the electronic map, and information on the distance or road corresponding to the drag input may be transmitted to the roadview image content service unit 370 . The roadview image content service unit 370 may provide the registered roadview image content along a corresponding street or road as a search result to the user. In this case, the road view video content may include a video already recorded or a currently recorded broadcast video as video content uploaded by other users.

In one embodiment, the load view video content service unit 370 receives the specific location and advertisement content in the road view video service area from the advertiser terminal, and when the load moving video view content is serviced, the advertisement content before and after the specific location is provided. can be overlaid. The roadview video service device 130 may provide a service for sharing content between users as well as a function for advertisers who want advertisements to users. The load view image content service unit 370 may provide the advertisement input by the advertiser terminal together when the load moving image view content is provided to the user.

In this case, the advertisement input by the advertiser terminal may be set in association with a specific street or a specific road, or may be set in association with a specific location. That is, when the user searches for and uses the load moving image view content, an advertisement related to a specific road or a specific street on the map may be provided together, and an advertisement related to a specific location may also be provided. The advertiser can obtain a predetermined advertising effect by allowing his or her advertisement to be naturally derived in the process of using the content by the user, and the road view video service device 130 can generate advertising revenue through this.

In an embodiment, the roadview image content service unit 370 may determine the corresponding roadview image content by receiving at least one of time, weather, shop, and event along with the selection of the roadview image service area. That is, the road view image content service unit 370 provides information additionally input by the user in the process of searching the road view image content for the road view image service area selected by the user through drag input, that is, time, weather, store and The road view image content may be determined by filtering based on at least one of the events. For example, a user can selectively enjoy a road view image under special conditions different from usual, such as a snowy street, a rainy street, and an evening street, among road view images taken from a specific street (or road).

Meanwhile, the roadview image content service unit 370 may provide various search conditions as well as time, weather, shops and events, and may determine the corresponding roadview image content according to a keyword search through keyword input.

In an embodiment, the roadview image content service unit 370 may dynamically adjust and provide a playback speed according to a map user's selection in the process of providing the corresponding roadview image content. That is, if the roadview image content selected by the user from among the corresponding roadview image content is a roadview image captured in the past, the user watches an image about a specific point (ie, region of interest) even on a desired distance (or road). If you want to, you can adjust the playback speed so that the rest of the image in the distance is played quickly and the region of interest is played slowly.

To this end, the roadview image content service unit 370 may additionally receive information on the ROI of the corresponding distance from the user in the process of receiving a selection for the corresponding roadview image content from the user. That is, the roadview image content service unit 370 can quickly reproduce up to the ROI according to the user's selection, and when the image for the ROI of the user is reproduced, the playback speed can be adjusted slowly.

The control unit 390 controls the overall operation of the roadview image service device 130 , the service area determiner 310 , the serviceability determiner 330 , the roadview image content receiver 350 , and the roadview image content service It can manage the control flow or data flow between the units 370 .

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a road view video service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the roadview image service apparatus 130 may determine the roadview image service area on the map through the service area determiner 310 (step S410 ). The roadview image service apparatus 130 receives a request for uploading of the roadview image content from the user terminal 110 through the serviceability determining unit 330 and detects the location of the user terminal 110 so that the user terminal 110 is It may be determined whether or not it exists in the roadview image service area (step S430).

In addition, the roadview image service apparatus 130 tracks the location of the user terminal 110 in real time through the roadview image content receiving unit 350 and, while the user terminal 110 is present in the roadview image service area, the user terminal ( The road view image content produced through 110 may be received together with the location of the user terminal 110 (step S450). The roadview image service device 130 may select a roadview image service area on the map through the roadview image content service unit 370 to provide a service of the corresponding roadview image content to the map user (step S470).

5 is a view for explaining an embodiment of a process of providing a roadview image service.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the roadview image service apparatus 130 may provide an interface through which the user can directly select a specific road or a specific distance on a specific map through the user terminal 110 . In the case of FIG. 5A , the user may directly select a distance on a specific map through a drag method through his/her smartphone. The load view image service apparatus 130 may receive the corresponding drag input 510 and search for the load view image content associated with the corresponding drag input 510 .

In the case of FIG. 5B , the roadview image service device 130 may display the roadview image content 530 on a map and provide it through the user terminal 110 . That is, the user can check the road view image content 530 uploaded by another user on the road or street that he or she directly inputs, and can access the corresponding content by selecting the specific road view image content 530 . In this case, the road view video content 530 may correspond to a video already recorded by another user or a broadcast video currently being recorded, and the user may selectively search only a specific type in the search process.

In an embodiment, the load view video service device 130 may receive the advertisement content 550 from the advertiser terminal and display it together in the user's search results. In the case of FIG. 5B , when the load moving image view content is provided, the advertisement content 550 may be displayed together with the load view images of other users. In this case, the advertisement content 550 may display an actual store name or contact information at a corresponding location together with an image thumbnail.

Although the above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can variously modify and change the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You will understand that it can be done.

100: road view video service system
110: user terminal 130: road view image service device
150: database 170: external system
210: processor 230: memory
250: user input/output unit 270: network input/output unit
310: service area determining unit 330: serviceability determining unit
350: road view image content receiving unit 370: road view image content service unit
390: control unit
510: drag input 530: road view video content
550: advertising content

Claims (6)

a service area determining unit for determining a road view image service area defined along a specific street or a specific road on the map;
a serviceability determination unit for receiving a request for uploading the load view image content from the user terminal and detecting the location of the user terminal to determine whether the user terminal exists in the road view image service area;
a roadview image content receiving unit that tracks the location of the user terminal in real time and receives the loadview image content produced through the user terminal together with the location of the user terminal while the user terminal is present in the roadview image service area; and
A roadview image content service unit that selects the roadview image service area on the map and provides a service of the corresponding roadview image content to a map user,
The service area determining unit determines the road view image service area including the most visited street or road by analyzing movement path information received from user terminals,
The serviceability determining unit tracks the location of the user terminal during the upload of the load view image content and stops the upload when the rate of change of the location of the user terminal does not meet a preset criterion,
The road view video content service unit
providing an interface through which the map user can directly select a specific road or a specific distance on the map through the map user's terminal;
Searching for road view image contents registered along a specific road or a specific street directly selected by the map user in a drag method,
The searched road view image contents are displayed on the map and provided through the map user's terminal,
While providing the specific road view image content selected by the map user through the map user's terminal, the map user selects the specific road view image content and information on the region of interest of the specific road or specific street When additionally input, the load view image service device, characterized in that the specific load view image content is rapidly reproduced until the image for the region of interest is reproduced.
The method of claim 1, wherein the service area determining unit
The roadview image service device, characterized in that receiving a request from the map user for a specific area on the map, and determining whether the specific area satisfies a service standard to determine the roadview image service area.
The method of claim 1, wherein the serviceability determining unit
When the user terminal exists in the roadview image service area, the image resolution of the user terminal is detected and the upload request is approved.
According to claim 1, wherein the load view image content receiving unit
Load view, characterized in that by matching the load view image content to the content expressing the movement path on the map based on the location of the user terminal to generate the load moving image view content for the service of the corresponding load view image content video service device.
The method of claim 4, wherein the load-view image content receiving unit
A load view video service device, characterized in that it receives a specific location and advertisement content in the road view video service area from an advertiser terminal and overlays the advertisement content before and after the specific location when the load moving video view content is serviced .
According to claim 1, wherein the road view image content service unit
Road view image service device, characterized in that the selection of the road view image service area, and receiving at least one of time, weather, shop and event to determine the corresponding road view image content.

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