KR20020036116A - Device of Character-producing Banding machine and System for Character-transfering via Internet and Method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Provided is a vending machine for generating character which makes one's own character as sticker photo type to produce various characters with one's personality included and synchronizes with a web server on internet to transfer character so that it contributes to raise value at markets for sticker vending machine and internet. CONSTITUTION: In a vending machine for sticker photo which includes a money recognition device part(40), a camera part(10) and a monitor part(50), the vending machine for generating character comprises the parts of: an object information extraction part(110) which extracts object data and location information of objects from the filmed character image by the camera; an object database storage part(120) which stores various types of object data; an object selection tool(130) which compares object data obtained from the object information extraction part and the pre-stored object database to select storage object data, which are best suitable for the object data value; and a character composition tool(140) which bases on the location information of the objects from the selected object data to compose character.

Description

Device of Character-producing Banding machine and System for Character-transfering via Internet and Method

The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing a sticker character picture using a character generating keyboard device, a character transmission system on the Internet, and a vending machine, and more specifically, to produce a character picture containing its own personality through a sticker vending machine. The present invention relates to a system and a method for allowing a user to connect a web server on the Internet so that a user can access a web server and utilize his character for a desired purpose.

Conventionally, in order to produce a character of his own by visiting the company that produces the character directly by the method of drawing by hand. This is not only cumbersome but also burdensome in terms of time and money, and there was an inconvenience of having to draw several pictures every time in order to produce various characters. Characters are often used to create new images by depicting their characteristic parts in a simplified form. However, there have not been any devices that can easily produce characters by automating them. Furthermore, there have been no reports of producing their characters on the Internet and sending or receiving them in the form of e-mail. It is not in harmony.

Currently, the technology of making a photo in the form of a sticker is widely spread in the form of a sticker vending machine. The present invention is to introduce a method of making a character more convenient by introducing a form of a sticker vending machine as a character automatic generation device.

1 shows a conventional sticker photographic keyboard. The keyboard apparatus includes a camera unit 1 located at a height of a face of a person, an operation switch unit 2 for manipulating selection and photographing of a composite image, a money input unit 3, and a money input unit ( 4) a currency recognition unit 5 for recognizing the authenticity and the liquid level of the money put into the money, an image processing unit 6 for processing the image signal input from the camera unit 1, and an image storage unit for storing the composite image ( 7), an image synthesizing unit 8 for receiving a photographic image output from the image processing unit 6 and an image output from the image storing unit 7 and synthesizing them, and outputting from the image synthesizing unit 8; It is composed of a composite picture generating unit (9) for configuring the synthesized image to be a sticker picture, an output unit (10) for outputting the sticker picture to the outside of the device and a control unit (6) for controlling the first function can see.

According to the above configuration, a user who is a subject may not present any function of character production except for selecting a background screen to produce a real picture of herself. However, the present invention is to propose a device for generating a character of a new concept that has not existed previously by adding a character generating means that can use the configuration and the various characters of their own for the usefulness of photo production of the conventional sticker photo vending machine The present invention has been completed.

The present invention has been made to present a solution for overcoming the technical limitations of the prior art as described above, the present inventors devise a separate additional means for the character creation and apply it to the existing sticker vending machine anyone It is an object of the present invention to propose a way to easily create their own character, and also to easily use the character on the Internet by building a system that interoperates with the keyboard for character generation and the Internet.

1 is a block diagram of a conventional sticker photo vending machine block diagram.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a keyboard device for character generation of the present invention.

3 is a character transmission system in which the character generating keyboard and the web server of the present invention are linked;

4 is an exemplary view showing an object synthesis process of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart showing a character synthesis method of the present invention.

* Code descriptions for the main parts of the drawings

110: object information extraction unit. 120: database storage unit

130: object selection means 140: character synthesis unit

500: web server

The present invention includes a character generating keyboard apparatus, a character transmission system on the Internet, and a sticker character photograph synthesis method using the vending machine.

The character generating keyboard apparatus of the present invention includes a character generating apparatus in addition to a camera, an operation switch unit, a currency input unit, a currency recognition unit, a monitor unit, and an output unit which are common components to a known sticker photographic vending machine.

2 is a block diagram of the character generating keyboard device according to the present invention, the camera 10, the operation switch unit 20, the currency input port 30, the currency recognition means 40, the monitor unit ( 50, the output means 200 and the character generating apparatus 100 of the present invention.

In addition, the character generating device is an object information extraction unit 110 for extracting the object data and the position information of the object from the image of the person photographed from the camera,

An object database storage unit 120 for storing various types of object data,

Object selection means (130) for comparing the object data obtained from the object information extracting unit (110) with a previously stored object database and selecting storage object data that most closely matches the object data value;

Character synthesizing means 140 for synthesizing a character based on the location information of the object from the selected storage object data.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment and an operation relationship of the character generating keyboard apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail.

After the user inputs a predetermined amount of money into the currency input slot, checks the authenticity, bad currency and amount of the inserted bill or coin in the money recognition device, and if it is determined to be normal money and amount, a control signal is sent to the control unit 60. Is authorized.

The control unit controls each unit device so that the function of the device is activated by the switching signal applied from the money recognition device unit.

When the device is activated, the user takes a picture. In this case, it is preferable to include a means for selecting a gender of the user before taking the picture so as to select a gender corresponding to the character requested by the user. It is also possible to take a photograph several times. It is also possible to include a means for selecting various poses, hairstyles, costumes, accessories, etc. of the character to be synthesized on the monitor together with the photographing to enable various productions.

In addition, if you want to put the characters of life in one sticker together, you can take a picture of each picture separately, and then synthesize each of the generated characters.

When the photograph of the user is taken by the above process, the object information extracting unit 110 constituting the character generating apparatus extracts object information including object data and location information of the object from an image of a person photographed by a camera. Hereinafter, 'object' is used to represent each face object of the face including eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, face shape, hairstyle, and the like, and 'object data' refers to each object. Represents data in a format that can be computed by a computer to display it as an image, and 'object information' includes the object data and location information of the object, and 'object location information' is the face of each object. It is defined to represent information on the positional or proportional relationship between objects in the outline.

The object selecting unit 130 compares the object data obtained from the object information extracting unit 110 with various pre-stored object databases and selects the storage object data that most closely matches the object data value. The object selecting means is actually embodied by a computer program. The object database holds various types of image information about each object. For example, it is desirable to store image information of various shapes for each object in the form of a file, such as drawing 10,000 shapes of the nose in advance and storing them in a file. Preferably, the object information is stored in the form of a vector having a direction and a size. In this case, the object selecting means 130 may select an object having the closest shape by comparing the vectors for each object. This process is well illustrated in FIG. 3. In the drawings, reference numerals 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 denote hairstyles (user selectable), eyebrows, eyes, nose, which are selected as the closest to the user's object by the object selecting means 130. It shows mouth and face shape. The objects are each extracted from the database and synthesized by the character synthesizing unit 140.

The database storage means includes a storage medium such as a hard disk or a DVD for storing as a digital signal.

Thereafter, the selected object is additionally selected based on the location information of the object obtained by the object information extracting unit 110 through the character synthesizing unit 140 and additionally selected poses, hairstyles, accessories, clothes, etc. previously selected. Introduce the image to synthesize the desired final character.

The synthesized character is output in the form of a sticker through a known output means 200.

In addition, the keyboard device of the present invention is characterized in that it further comprises an Internet communication means for connecting to the server via an external network. The keyboard apparatus further comprises a serial number generating means 211 for assigning a unique serial number to a new user. According to the above configuration, the character generating keyboard apparatus of the present invention provides an advantage of enhancing added value by enabling interworking with a whip server that provides a service for transmitting a user's character on a network through the Internet.

4 shows a character transmission system in which the keyboard device and the web server of the present invention are linked.

The character transmission system and the character generating keyboard 300 having the Internet communication means 210,

Connected to the keyboard device and the Internet 220, and stores the user serial number, picture information, character information transmitted from the keyboard device in the associate member DB 230, and stored in the regular member DB 240 when requesting for membership through the Internet And a web server 500 for transmitting the stored character information to a desired terminal device 400 upon user's request.

The target terminal device 400 includes a computer and a terminal device for wireless mobile communication.

Hereinafter, the operation of the character transmission system of the present invention will be described in detail.

The character generating keyboard apparatus assigns a unique serial number through the serial number generating means 211 when the user uses the apparatus. In this case, the serial number is recognized by the web server 500 as an identification number for identifying the user. Photo information and character information generated when the user takes a picture using the keyboard device is automatically stored in the associate member DB 230 in the web server through the Internet communication means 210 of the keyboard device. After that, when the user accesses a web server through the Internet and inputs the serial number to request membership, the user becomes a regular member and is registered in the regular member DB 240. If the user becomes a regular member, the user can transmit his character to the intended terminal device 400. In this case, if the target terminal device is a computer, it may be sent by e-mail as an attachment.

If the terminal device is a wireless mobile communication terminal, the web server 500 is further provided with a data conversion means 250 for converting the character information in a form capable of transmitting the character information to the mobile communication terminal device, The mobile communication server 600 is connected to the web server and the communication network, and stores the character information in a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal and transmits it when the transmission request is made. In this case, the mobile communication server includes a WAP server.

In addition, the transmission system further includes a user system 700 capable of wired or wireless mobile communication with the web server, the web server adds the character information created on the basis of the picture transmitted from the user system to the regular member DB. Character transmission system on the Internet characterized by. This is usually to grant a user right to use a character by registering as a user to access the user on the Internet. In this case, the user transmits his photo offline or online and based on this, the server administrator creates a user's character and registers it in the regular member DB.

The present invention also provides a method of synthesizing a character for a sticker by a vending machine (FIG. 5). Character synthesis method of the present invention

Extracting object data and position information of the object from the image of the person photographed by the camera (S101);

Comparing and determining the obtained object data with a previously stored object database (S103);

Selecting storage object data that best matches the object data value (S105);

And synthesizing a character based on the position information of the object from the selected object data (S107). Since the specific implementation method of the method is already described in the working example of the keyboard apparatus of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention also provides a means for extracting object data and position information of an object from an image of a person photographed from a camera;

Means for comparing the obtained object data with a previously stored object database and selecting storage object data that most closely matches the object data value;

And a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for functioning means for synthesizing a character based on the positional information of the object from the selected object data.

The recording medium may include a magnetic storage medium including a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, an optical read medium including a CD-ROM, a DVD, and a carrier wave through the Internet.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily produce their own characters in the form of a sticker picture, to easily produce a variety of characters containing their own personality, as well as to receive the character transmission service in conjunction with a web server on the Internet Regardless of this, you can use your characters in media such as e-mails and business cards, which adds value to the sticker vending machine market and the Internet market.

Claims (9)

In the sticker photographic vending machine having a money recognition unit, an operation switch unit, a camera unit and a monitor unit, An object information extraction unit for extracting object data and position information of the object from an image of a person photographed by a camera; An object database storage unit for storing various types of object data, Object selecting means for comparing the object data obtained from the object information extracting unit with a pre-stored object database and selecting storage object data that most closely matches the object data value; And a character synthesizing means for synthesizing a character based on the positional information of the object from the selected object data. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vending device further comprises internet communication means for connecting to a server through an external network. The keyboard apparatus for character generation according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the keyboard apparatus further comprises serial number generating means for assigning a unique serial number to a new user. Keyboard device for character generation capable of internet communication, and user serial number, picture information, character information transmitted from the keyboard device connected to the keyboard device is stored in the semi-member DB. And a web server for storing and managing the web server and transmitting the stored character information to a target terminal device upon request of a user. [5] The character transmission system of claim 4, wherein the terminal device of interest comprises a computer and a terminal device for wireless mobile communication. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the web server further comprises data converting means for converting the character information into a form capable of transmitting the character information to a mobile communication terminal device, and connected to the web server via a communication network. Character transmission system on the Internet, characterized in that it further comprises a mobile communication server for storing the character information in the form of a transmission and transmits it when a transmission request. The transmission system according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the transmission system further comprises a user system capable of wired or wireless communication with the web server, wherein the web server is based on a picture transmitted from the user system. Character transmission system on the Internet, characterized in that by adding the character information created by the member DB. In the method of synthesizing a photograph for a sticker by a vending machine, Extracting object data and location information of the object from an image of a person photographed from a camera; Comparing the obtained object data with a previously stored object database and selecting storage object data that most closely matches the object data value; Sticker character photo synthesis method using a vending machine, characterized in that it comprises the step of synthesizing a character based on the position information of the object from the selected object data. Means for extracting object data and position information of an object from an image of a person photographed from a camera; Means for comparing the obtained object data with a previously stored object database and selecting storage object data that most closely matches the object data value; And a program for recording a program for functioning means for synthesizing a character based on the positional information of the object from the selected object data.