KR20010104049A - Proffer method for image of picture frame type and device for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of transmitting an image file in a communication device using a web browser, and more particularly, to a method of transmitting an image file, comprising a first process of storing a plurality of frame images and a frame image stored through the first process. The second process of accessing a random frame image among the stored frame images after logging in to a specific web server through the Internet; and uploading the transmission image to center the frame area of the frame image accessed through the second process. A third process of matching and compositing; a fourth process of re-editing the image synthesized through the third process according to a user's taste; and a fifth process of transmitting the synthesized image re-edited through the fourth process to a destination. It provides a frame-type image mail providing method and apparatus according to the step characterized in that it comprises the step of simply transmitting the scanned image Or it can be used as a frame without using it as a wallpaper of a communication terminal having a web browser function to meet the user's taste can solve user inconvenience such as image editing.

Description

Framed image mail providing method and device thereof {PROFFER METHOD FOR IMAGE OF PICTURE FRAME TYPE AND DEVICE FOR THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a method of transmitting an image file in a communication device using a web browser. More particularly, the present invention relates to an image frame to be transmitted by simply transferring a photo or image file. The present invention also relates to a frame-type image mail providing method and apparatus for synthesizing and transmitting a framed image to a speaker image.

In general, with the development of public wide area networks (WANs) such as the Internet, message transmission by electronic mail has increased rapidly.

With reference to the accompanying Figures 1 and 2 will be described the transmission method of the existing Internet mail. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of an electronic mail system, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a mail server for realizing an electronic mail system.

The electronic mail system shown in FIG. 1 has a mail server 600, a transmitting terminal 740 for transmitting an electronic mail, and a plurality of receiving terminals 750 for receiving an electronic mail, which are connected to each other via a network. In the illustrated example, the mail server 600, the transmitting terminal 740 and each receiving terminal 750 are connected to separate networks 231, 232 and 233, respectively, and the separate networks 231, 232 and 233 are It is connected to the Internet 210 via access points 221, 222, 223.

By this arrangement, an e-mail can be sent from the transmitting terminal 740 to each receiving terminal 750. Although a transmitting terminal 740 for transmitting an e-mail and a receiving terminal 750 for receiving an e-mail are distinguished from each other for convenience of description, there is no difference in configuration as a terminal device, and an individual terminal device connected to a network receives an e-mail. When transmitting, it functions as a transmitting terminal 740, and when receiving an e-mail, it functions as a receiving terminal 750.

In the illustrated example, although the mail server 600 and the terminal devices 740 and 750 are connected to a plurality of networks connected to each other via the Internet 210, any type of network may be used and the Internet 210 may be used. Even in a simple WAN or LAN that is not connected to the network, the basic configuration of the electronic mail system including the mail server 600 and the terminals 740 and 750 is the same.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mail server 600 stores an input / output interface 610, an input unit 620, an output unit 630, and an e-mail for transmitting / receiving e-mail and other data to / from the network 231. A storage unit 640, a command processing unit 650 for performing various processes for delivery of an e-mail, and a control unit 660 for controlling operations of each of these function execution units.

In the e-mail system configured as described above, a user (hereinafter, referred to as a sender) who wishes to send an e-mail is sent from the main body (text) of the e-mail, the transmission destination data indicating the destination of the e-mail, and the terminal device 740. One set of mail data including a transmission command indicating an e-mail delivery condition to the mail server 600 is transmitted.

Mail data input to the input / output interface 610 of the mail server 600 through the network 231 is transmitted to the input unit 620 by an instruction from the controller 660. Then, among the mail data, the electronic message body and the transmission destination data are transmitted to the storage unit 640 and stored in a predetermined position. At this time, the transmission command is transmitted to the command processing unit 650.

Next, the command processing unit 650 analyzes the received transmission command and instructs the storage unit 640 to retrieve and output the electronic message body and transmission destination data according to the instruction of the transmission command. The storage unit 640 transmits the electronic message body and the transmission destination data to the output unit 630 according to an instruction from the command processing unit 650. The output unit 630 transmits the electronic message to the receiving terminal 750 used by a predetermined user (hereinafter referred to as a recipient) according to the transmission destination data.

As described above, an e-mail is transmitted. In recent years, a message such as a text or a congratulatory message is transmitted to the other party using an image as shown in FIG. Since only the scanned image file is delivered, the recipient who received the message can edit or use the program using a photo program, or use it as it is, which causes inconvenience in managing or using the image file.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to transfer the image file from the conventional method of simply transmitting a picture or image file when transmitting the image file in the communication device using a web browser (web) The present invention provides a frame-type image mail providing method and apparatus for synthesizing and transmitting a frame to a set frame or speaker image.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a general e-mail system.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mail server in FIG.

3 is an example of an image file originally to be transferred.

4 is an example of one of the various picture frames provided by the present invention.

5 is an example of an image file that is actually transmitted upon application of the present invention.

6 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a web server for providing a frame-type image mail according to the present invention.

7A to 7I are exemplary views of various frame images stored in the frame image storage unit of FIG. 6.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: frame image storage unit 110: image file uploading unit

120: frame image selection unit 130: image composition unit

140: image matching unit 150: image mail transmission unit

The present invention for achieving the above object,

CLAIMS 1. A method of transmitting an image file over the Internet, the method comprising: a first step of storing a plurality of frame images;

A second step of accessing an arbitrary frame image among the stored frame images after logging in through a Internet to a specific web server having the frame image stored in the first process;

Uploading a transmission image, and synthesizing by matching the center to the frame region of the frame image accessed through the second process;

A fourth process of re-editing the image synthesized through the third process according to the taste of the user;

And a fifth process of transmitting the synthesized image re-edited through the fourth process to a destination.

Another feature of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A frame image storage unit for storing various frame images;

An image file uploading unit for uploading a transmission image to be transmitted by a user logged in through the Internet;

A frame image selection unit for allowing a user to select an arbitrary frame image among frame images stored in the frame image storage unit;

An image synthesizing unit which receives both the image of the frame selected by the frame image selecting unit and the transmission image uploaded through the image file uploading unit and synthesizes the transmission image to the frame image;

An image matching unit configured to redefine the size and ratio of the frame image and the transmission image synthesized through the image combining unit according to a user's taste;

The image matching unit comprises an image mail transmission unit which actually transmits a frame image and a transmission image that are matched and synthesized according to a user's preference to a receiving terminal desired by the user.

The above object and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the present invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

First, a brief description will be made with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 attached to the technical idea to be applied in the present invention.

3 is an image file to be originally transmitted, and FIG. 4 is an example of one of various frames provided by the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a view of an image file that is actually transmitted when the present invention is applied. An example is shown.

That is, a picture frame as shown in FIG. 4 to which an image of a picture as shown in FIG. 3 is attached is accessed on a website according to the present invention and then synthesized as shown in FIG. To transmit.

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

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a web server for providing a frame-type image mail according to the present invention, and may correspond to a storage unit of the configuration of the mail server of FIG. 2.

Referring to the configuration of FIG. 6, a frame image storage unit 100 storing a wide variety of frame images as shown in FIG. 7A to FIG. 7I and a user who is logged in through the Internet An image file uploading unit 110 for uploading a transmission image to a web server according to the present invention, and a frame image for allowing a user to select a random frame image among frame images stored in the frame image storage unit 100. Image synthesizer which combines the image of the frame selected by the selection unit 120 and the frame image selection unit 120 and the transmission image uploaded through the image file uploading unit 110 and synthesizes the transmission image in the frame image. The frame 130 and the frame image synthesized through the image synthesizing unit 130 and the transmission image are matched precisely, that is, the frame is The image matching unit 140, which adjusts the ratio of the transmission image so as to correspond to the area where the picture can be placed in the unknown, or performs a matching operation according to the taste of the user, and the image matching unit 140 It consists of an image mail transmission unit 150 for actually transmitting the frame image and the transmission image matched according to the user's taste to the receiving terminal desired by the user.

Looking at the operation of the web server for providing a frame-type image mail according to the present invention configured as described above, a user (hereinafter, referred to as a sender) who wants to send an image mail has a configuration shown in Figure 6 attached to the present invention Login to a web server (website) according to access various frame images stored in the frame image storage unit 100.

In this case, since the frame image storage unit 100 stores a wide variety of frame images as shown in FIG. 7A to FIG. 7I, the user selects an arbitrary frame image through the frame image selection unit 120. Done. However, the frame image stored in the frame image storage unit 100 is not limited to the frame image illustrated in FIGS. 7A to 7I.

If the frame image selected through the frame image selection unit 120 is an image as illustrated in FIG. 4, the image is transferred to the image synthesizing unit 130.

After that, the user must upload an image, ie, a delivery image, to be transmitted to a specific receiver. The configuration used here is the image file uploading unit 110.

Therefore, the user uploads the transmission image as shown in FIG. 3 attached through the image file uploading unit 110, and the image file uploading unit 110 uploads the uploaded transmission image to the image synthesizing unit 130. To the side.

The image synthesizing unit 130 synthesizes the two input images. First, the image synthesizing unit 130 combines the center of the transmission image with the center of the region where the other image of the frame image may be placed.

Thereafter, the image matching unit 140 may accurately match the frame image synthesized by the image synthesizing unit 130 and the transmission image by the user, that is, the transmission image may correspond precisely to an area in which the photo may enter the frame image. To adjust the ratio of the transmission image or other matching to the user's taste, such an example is shown in Figure 5 attached immediately.

Accordingly, the user may transmit the synthesized frame image and the transmission image matched according to the user's taste through the image matching unit 140 to the receiving terminal 750 desired by the user through the image mail transmission unit 150. In addition, the receiver side can easily utilize the image without using a specific image editing program.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it is well known in the art that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as indicated by the claims. Anyone who owns it can easily find out.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to decorate and use a frame instead of simply transmitting a scanning image or using it as a wallpaper of a communication terminal having a web browser function, so that it can be customized to a user's taste. You can solve the problem.

Claims (2)

In the transmission method of an image file on the Internet, A first process of storing a plurality of frame images; A second step of accessing an arbitrary frame image among the stored frame images after logging in through a Internet to a specific web server having the frame image stored in the first process; Uploading a transmission image, and synthesizing by matching the center to the frame region of the frame image accessed through the second process; A fourth process of re-editing the image synthesized through the third process according to the taste of the user; And a fifth process of transmitting the synthesized image re-edited through the fourth process to a destination. A frame image storage unit for storing various frame images; An image file uploading unit for uploading a transmission image to be transmitted by a user logged in through the Internet; A frame image selection unit for allowing a user to select an arbitrary frame image among frame images stored in the frame image storage unit; An image synthesizing unit configured to receive both the image of the frame selected by the frame image selecting unit and the transmission image uploaded through the image file uploading unit and synthesize the transmission image to the frame image; An image matching unit configured to redefine the size and ratio of the frame image and the transmission image synthesized through the image combining unit according to a user's taste; Framed image mail providing apparatus comprising an image mail transmission unit for transmitting the frame image and the transmission image matched according to the user's preference through the image matching unit to the receiving terminal desired by the user .