KR20030006460A - System and method of making electornic album on the internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electronic album construction method is provided to enable a user to access a server over the internet, to select relevant moving pictures or static images and to edit them for making an electronic album. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises several steps. A user accesses a server over the internet, and the server offers a home page to a terminal of the user(202). The user passes a member authentication procedure(203), or if not a member, subscribes for the server as a member(204). The user selects some moving pictures or images among a list of the moving pictures and images displayed on a screen of the terminal by the server(206). The server searches for the moving pictures or images in a database if they are selected, and loads the searched moving pictures or images(207). In a case of moving pictures, an electronic album producing software executes the moving pictures, and the user selects frames among the moving pictures for editing the frames, and stores frames at a member database(208). In a case of images, the user stores the searched images at a member database(208). Then the user edits the frames of the moving pictures or the images stored at the member database(209) and produces an electronic album by using the edited moving pictures and images(210).

Description

System and method of making electornic album on the internet}

The present invention relates to a system and method for producing an electronic album on the Internet, and more particularly, to a system and a method for a user to create an electronic album by selecting and editing a video or image related to the user by connecting to a server through the Internet. It is about.

In recent years, the provision of services for producing digitized electronic albums through the Internet is becoming a trend. Most of these services send a video or photo taken by a user to a service provider through online or offline, and the service provider digitizes the video or photo to produce an electronic album according to a predetermined format.

1 is a flow chart of a conventional typical album production service on the Internet. When an Internet user accesses the Internet (101) and accesses a web site providing an electronic album production service, the web server transmits and loads a home page (103). In order to receive the electronic album production service, a certification process is performed to determine whether a member is registered on a corresponding website (105), and a user who does not register must go through a member registration process (107). When a new user registers as a member, member information is stored in the member DB (109).

When the user who completes the membership authentication process applies for the production of the electronic album, the user selects a favorite from among the electronic album formats provided by the server, and transmits a video or image to the service provider to the service provider (113). The transmission of a video or an image may be transmitted through the Internet through the digitized one or may provide an analog data such as a video or an image offline. In this case, the service provider digitizes the analog data to produce an electronic album (115). The produced electronic album is transmitted to the user by making a CD or downloading or the like (117).

In the above-mentioned conventional electronic album production system, the customer only needs to select a format of an album provided by a service provider and provide a video or an image, and plays a very limited and passive role in the electronic album production process. It is stopping.

The present invention has been made to overcome the above limitations of the conventional electronic album production system on the Internet, the object of the present invention is to more actively participate in the production process of the electronic album, edit the video frame by frame It is possible to provide a system and a method for producing an electronic album as it is intended.

1 is a flow chart of a conventional electronic album creation system

2 is a block diagram of an electronic album creation system according to the present invention.

3 and 4 are flowcharts of a method for creating an electronic album according to the present invention.

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10 database section, 11 video DB, 13 image DB, 15 member DB, 20 server, 21 DB management section, 23 server control section, 25 interface section, 27 web page, 29 image processing section, 30 user system, 31 web browser, 33 interface section , 35 user system controls, 37 memory units, 39 electronic album production software, 40 Internet

Summary of the Invention

Electronic album creation system on the Internet according to the present invention is implemented by a client-server system on the Internet,

A video DB, which produces various information such as travel and retreat, as a video, and stores them as digital information; An image DB for storing digitized images; A database unit including member information and a member DB for storing frames or videos and electronic albums edited by each member;

A database manager for managing the database unit; An interface unit in charge of access to the Internet; A web page displaying a list of various videos or images stored in a DB; An image processing unit capable of digitizing an analog image or a photograph; A server including a control unit,

An interface unit in charge of access to the Internet; A web browser capable of searching a server to display a web page; Electronic album production software comprising a video driving module capable of driving a video and an image editing module capable of editing an image; Control unit; A user system including a memory unit,

It is composed of the Internet connecting the server and the user system.

The video DB is a digital processing by photographing the process of events such as various retreats, school trips or graduation trips and stored for each frame of the moment, the image DB stores an image such as a picture. Member DB is a space to store edited and produced videos, frames and electronic albums by allocating a certain amount of memory for each member along with registered member's personal information.

The electronic album production software, which is a component of the user system, can be downloaded from the server when the user registers as a member on the server, and is a program that can play a video and edit a frame image.

In addition, the present invention proceeds by the above-mentioned electronic album production system, the electronic album creation method on the Internet according to the present invention,

The first step in which the user connects to the server through the Internet, the second step in which the user selects a video or image to edit from the video list of the web page, and the server searches the video DB and the image DB to display the selected video and image. A third step includes a fourth step of selecting and storing a frame to be edited from a video and an image displayed by the user, and a fifth step of producing an electronic album by editing the stored frame.

In addition, in the method according to the present invention, by adding a user authentication process between the first step and the second step, the user may be given permission to use only the authenticated user, and in the case of an unregistered member, may further include a registration step. .

In addition, the fifth step may include loading a frame to be edited among stored frames, inputting frame information into the frame and editing the frame, repeating the above two steps, and arranging the edited frames according to the user's intention. It is composed of steps.

Actions and Examples of the Invention

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described the operation and preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system for creating an electronic album on the Internet according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for creating an electronic album.

When the user 30 accesses the server 20 via the Internet 40, the server 20 loads a home page from the web page 27 (202) to display the user's 30 display device (not shown). Is displayed. In order to use the system according to the present invention, the user 30 undergoes a member authentication process (203). The member authentication process may enter an ID or password given at the time of member registration or use a special method such as fingerprint authentication. If you are not a registered member, you must register (204) and use the service. Member registration is stored in the member DB (15).

When the user 30 applies for the electronic album production through the member authentication process, the server 20 records a list of videos stored in the video DB 11 and an image stored in the image DB 13. Is displayed on the display device of the user 30.

The user 30 selects a video or image to be edited from the list of displayed videos and images (206). When the user 30 selects the video, when the server 20 searches the video DB and loads the selected video (207), the video driving module of the electronic album production software 39 drives the video. A moving picture is represented by successive still frames every moment. The user 30 selects a frame to be edited by himself / herself while watching the driven video and stores it in the member DB (208).

Since the image itself is one frame, the user 30 selects an image to be edited from the image and stores it in the member DB (208).

When the selection of the frame to be edited is completed, the frame is edited (209) to produce an electronic album (210), a process flow diagram of this process is shown in FIG. The user 30 edits all the frames by retrieving the frames stored in the member DB 10 and editing the frames using the frame editing module of the electronic album production software 39 (303). The electronic album is produced by arranging the frames as intended.

Although the above has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment according to the present invention, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto. The scope of the technical idea of the present invention extends to the range determined by the interpretation of the claims and their equivalents.

According to the present invention, the user can actively participate in the production process of the electronic album, in particular, by providing a function that can edit the video frame by frame has the effect that the user can produce the electronic album as intended.

In particular, on the Internet site about youth training facilities or educational facilities, the present invention can revisit various events performed indoors and outdoors during the training, educational events, and tours that youths participated, and also new training, educational events, and performances. It can be used as a reference for travel or to edit and produce videos of individuals and groups, and to actively use various social facilities, to plan new events, and to expand facilities. Activation can provide an opportunity to create a lot of added value.

Claims (5)

A video DB, which produces various information such as travel and retreat, as a video, and stores them as digital information; An image DB for storing digitized images; A database unit including member information and a member DB for storing frames and electronic albums produced by each member; A database manager for managing the database unit; An interface unit in charge of access to the Internet; A web page capable of displaying a list of various videos or images stored in a DB; An image processing unit capable of digitizing an analog image or a photograph; A server including a control unit, An interface unit in charge of access to the Internet; A web browser capable of searching a server to display a web page; Electronic album production software comprising a video driving module capable of driving a video and an image editing module capable of editing an image; Control unit; A user system including a memory unit, The electronic album production system on the Internet is composed of the Internet connecting the server and the user system, the user can select and edit the video or image of the database portion to produce an electronic album to their tastes. The method of claim 1, The video driving module and the image editing module can be downloaded from the server when the user registers as a member on the server. As a method carried out by the apparatus according to claim 1, A first step in which a user connects to a server through the Internet, The second step, in which the user selects the video or image to edit from the list of videos on the web page, The third step of the server searching the video DB and the image DB and displaying the selected video and image; Step 4 in which the user selects and saves a frame to be edited from the displayed video and image, A method of producing an electronic album on the Internet, comprising a fifth step of editing the stored frame to produce an electronic album. The method of claim 3, Adding a user authentication process between the first step and the second step to grant the use rights only to the authenticated user, if the unregistered member, the electronic album production method on the Internet, characterized in that the registration step. The method of claim 2, wherein the fifth step, (a) loading a frame to be edited among stored frames, (b) inputting frame information into the frame and editing the frame, (c) repeating steps (a) and (b), (d) arranging the edited frames according to the user's intention.