KR20010093938A - Method and apparatus for shaping an abata using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a device for forming avatar using internet are provided to express a character of user actively by forming a three dimensional avatar which the user wants. CONSTITUTION: A user accesses an application server(10) which has a photographing member(105) connected with internet through a client server(20). A photographing member(105) photographs the user. The user outputs the image according to the user's intention, or modifies the image into a three dimensional avatar. The application server(10) records the three dimensional avatar at a database(101). The application server(10) authenticates an authority that the user may use the three dimensional avatar recorded in the database(101).

Description

Avatar shaping method and device using internet {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHAPING AN ABATA USING INTERNET}

The present invention relates to an avatar shaping method and apparatus using the Internet, and more particularly, to an avatar shaping method and apparatus using the Internet for providing a three-dimensional avatar having a desired shape.

The recent society is moving from the industrial society to the information and communication society. The Internet plays a big role in the transition of the information and communication society. The Internet is now a social medium, such as a telephone, and has established itself in our daily lives, as it is said to provide a variety of communication in real life, including the virtual world.

As the development of the Internet is accelerated, a user wants to see his / her own behaviors by viewing the actions of the other party as well as the real-time conversation with the third party using the object. Accordingly, an avatar called a shaped ID is generated and used.

However, most of the avatars mimic specific characters such as entertainers, and the user simply selects and uses them as the virtual world. Or, the user is using an animated avatar. Therefore, the virtual world can be seen that only the avatars are acting by gathering. This is why they do not meet the needs of modern people who use the Internet, which they tend to express. And the user of the virtual world, which can be defined by the user, is only provided in a two-dimensional shape.

That is, it does not provide this to users who wish to express themselves in the virtual world using the Internet.

A first object of the present invention is to provide an avatar shaping method using the Internet that can easily output a three-dimensional avatar having the same shape as a user or a shape defined by the user, and can be used in a virtual world.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an avatar shaping apparatus using the Internet for easily shaping a three-dimensional avatar having the same shape as a user or a shape defined by the user, and managing the same in a database.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an avatar shaping apparatus using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an avatar shaping method using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: application server

20: client server

101: database storage

103: ID and padword authentication unit

105: shooting member

107: I / O interface unit

201: input member

203: display member

The avatar shaping method using the Internet of the present invention for achieving the first object comprises the steps of: a user connecting to an application server having a photographing member connected to the Internet through a client server; Photographing and outputting the photographed image or transforming the user into a three-dimensional avatar in accordance with a desire of the user.

When the user transforms the photographed image into a three-dimensional avatar so that the three-dimensional avatar can be used in a virtual world, the application server storing the modified three-dimensional avatar as a database; Preferably, the server further includes authenticating the user with authority to use the three-dimensional avatar stored in the database.

The authority is preferably authenticated when the user enters an ID and password into the application server and the ID and password match.

An apparatus for shaping an avatar using the Internet of the present invention for achieving the second object comprises: an application server and a client server connected to the application server via the Internet, wherein the application server is photographed. A member having a member, photographing a user connected to the application server through the Internet by using the photographing member, and converting the photographed image into a three-dimensional avatar and outputting the image to the user; And a database storage unit for storing the 3D avatar, storing the 3D avatar in the storage unit, and authenticating the user with authority to use the 3D avatar.

Accordingly, the user may use a three-dimensional avatar that is the same as his or her own, or a three-dimensional avatar that the user directly transforms. Therefore, you can actively express your own personality in the virtual world.

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

1 is a block diagram illustrating an avatar shaping apparatus using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an application server 10 and a client server 20 connected to the application server 10 through the Internet are provided.

The application server 10 includes a photographing member 105, a database storage unit 101, an ID and password authentication unit 103, and an I / O interface unit 107. The application server 10 is then linked to a site containing a web page.

Accordingly, the application server 10 photographs a user connected to the application server 10 through the Internet using the photographing member 105. The database storage unit 101 stores data including a 3D avatar in which the user deforms based on the captured image or the captured image as a database. The ID and password authentication unit 103 is used to authenticate the authority according to the use of the 3D avatar or the like stored in the database. The I / O interface 107 is used to interface the application server 10 as well as the database storage 101, the photographing member 105, and the ID and password authentication unit 103.

The client server 20 may include a multimedia computer including a controller capable of utilizing the Internet, for example, a controller (including a micro process) for controlling overall functions of a network PC system, a monitor as a display means, and a network service block ( LAN card, modem, etc. are connected to each other (including PC communication).

In addition, the client server 20 is an operating system (O / S: operating system) for operating a system including the multimedia computer, for example, Windows or Unix-based O / S software and various necessary for Internet access Protocols include, for example, transmission control protocol (TCP), point to point protocol (PPP), hyper text transmission protocol (HTTP), hyper text markup language (HTML), and the like.

In response to a user's operation signal, the client server 20 boots itself using O / S mounted on the system including the multimedia computer and executes a network access program using a built-in modem. Uses the browser program to connect to the Internet and search for information on the web site. In this case, the web browser includes a Netscape Navigator or software plugged in thereto.

The client server 20 includes a Burmel (VRML) for representing a virtual world. Accordingly, the user may locally manipulate the virtual world including the 3D avatar through the Internet. The client server 20 also includes a display member 203 including a monitor capable of displaying a three-dimensional virtual world as described above, and an input member 201 for modifying the avatar.

The application server 10 including the database storage unit 101, the ID and password authentication unit 103, the photographing member 105 and the I / O interface unit 107, the display member 203 and the input member ( A method of shaping a three-dimensional avatar using an apparatus for using the Internet having a client server 20 including 201 and a method of using the same will now be described in detail.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an avatar shaping method using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the client server 20 is used to access the application server 10. (S30) At this time, a user who uses the client server 20 is linked with the application server 10. Get a site.

The application server 10 confirms with the user whether or not to photograph the user's image and then photographs the user's image. (Step S32, Step S32, and Step S48) Then, the captured image is transformed into a three-dimensional avatar. Then, it is checked whether or not to output the photographed image. (Step S36) If the user wants to output the image, the photographed image is output (Step S50). You can transform it into an avatar and print it out. If the user desires to transform into a three-dimensional avatar, the user is provided with a photographed image, and the image is transformed into a three-dimensional avatar. You can shape the avatar of the dimension.

Then, it is determined whether to store the shaped avatar in the database storage unit 101 or in a site providing another web page. In this case, when storing to another site, the avatar is stored by linking to the corresponding site (steps S54 and S58).

Subsequently, the 3D avatar is stored in a database to confirm whether to continue using it, and then stored in the database. (Step S40 to Step S48) At this time, the user stores the 3D avatar in the database. Input the ID and password for using the avatar to the application server (step S42), the application server 10 confirms this and then authenticates the ID and password if no problem is found (step S44). Complete (step S46).

Accordingly, the user can use the 3D avatar based on the user's image in the virtual world.

That is, according to the present invention, the user can form a three-dimensional avatar having a desired shape, store it as a database, and then express it to the user of the virtual world as needed. This can be expected to be an effect that can actively express the personality of the user.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. I can understand that you can.

Claims (4)

Connecting a user to an application server having a photographing member connected to the Internet through a client server; Photographing the user using the photographing member; And And outputting the photographed image or transforming the image into a 3D avatar according to a user's desire. The method of claim 1, wherein when the user transforms the captured image into a three-dimensional avatar, the application server stores the modified three-dimensional avatar in a database; And The application server further comprises the step of authenticating the user with the authority to use the three-dimensional avatar stored in the database. The method of claim 2, wherein the authority for using the 3D avatar is authenticated when the user inputs an ID and a password to the application server, and then the ID and password match. Way. An apparatus for using the internet comprising an application server and a client server connected to the application server via the internet, The application server has a photographing member, photographs a user connected to the application server through the Internet using the photographing member, and converts the photographed image into a 3D avatar and outputs the photographed image to the user. , The application server has a database storage unit for storing a database, stores the three-dimensional avatar in the storage unit, and authenticates the user authority to use the three-dimensional avatar. Avatar shaping device using the Internet.