KR20030014025A - Method for internet photo service using mobile vehicle studio - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle is provided to supply an editing and printing service of a photograph image when a client connects to a web site interlocked with a database by taking a photograph using a digital camera in a mobile photographing vehicle and transmitting/storing the photograph data in the database on the Internet in real time. CONSTITUTION: A client is photographed in a mobile photographing vehicle using a digital camera, and photograph data of the client are created in the digital camera(S100,S102). The digital camera is connected to a computer system in the mobile photographing vehicle, and the photograph data are moved to the computer system(S104). An identification such as an E-mail address of the client with respect to the photograph data is inputted and stored in the computer system(S106). The photograph data and the identification are transmitted and stored in a database on the Internet from the computer system through a data communication network(S110,S114). An identification is received from the client who connects to a web site interlocked with the database. The client is identified through the identification, photograph data of the client are extracted from the database, and the photograph image is output on a web page. A purchase request with respect to a specific commodity having a printed photograph image is received from the client. The requested commodity is manufactured and delivered to a destination.

Description

Method for internet photo service using mobile photographing vehicle {Method for internet photo service using mobile vehicle studio}

The present invention relates to an Internet photo service, and more particularly, to visit a customer with a mobile photographing vehicle, take a picture with a digital camera, and transmit the photo data to a database on the Internet in real time. An Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle that provides editing of photographic images and printing services to various goods for connection.

Conventionally, we took pictures using film cameras and left the film in the studio to receive the printed pictures.

In recent years, digital cameras have become popular, allowing photographic data to be taken directly to a computer, edited as desired using graphics software, or transmitted remotely via a data network.

Accordingly, a large number of Internet service sites, that is, Internet photo studios, which provide print services for digital photo data of individuals, are actively used.

Using this Internet photo studio, customers can edit their photo images as desired on the web, and it is very convenient to receive print services for various fancy goods and promotional materials on the edited photos.

However, most internet photo studios have adopted a uniform method of providing editing and printing services when a customer scans a photo or takes a digital camera and uploads the photo data.

Therefore, there is a demand for a new service method that can be more differentiated and strongly attract the interest of customers.

The present invention was conceived in view of the above, and the customer visits the customer with a mobile photographing vehicle, takes a photo with a digital camera, stores the photo data in real time by transmitting the data to a database on the Internet, and then connects to the website linked to the database. An object of the present invention is to provide an Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle that provides editing and printing services of photographic images for connection.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the practice of the invention. Furthermore, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the appended claims.

The following drawings, which are attached to this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention, serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a block diagram of a network system in which an Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle according to the present invention is implemented.

2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a service server according to the present invention.

3 to 5 are flowcharts illustrating a process of implementing an Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle according to the present invention.

6 to 8 are diagrams showing an example of the configuration of web pages provided from a service server to a customer connecting according to the present invention.

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10: mobile shooting vehicle 12: digital camera

14: computer system 20: service server

28: database 30: customer terminal

40: network

Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, taking a photograph of a customer using a mobile photographing vehicle having a digital camera and a computer system and the photographed picture A method for providing editing and printing services for various goods on the Internet, the method comprising: (A) photographing the customer who has visited the mobile photographing vehicle with a digital camera to generate photographic data of the customer in the digital camera; (B) connecting the digital camera to a computer system provided in the mobile photographing vehicle to transfer the photographed customer's photograph data to the computer system; (C) inputting and storing identification information, such as an e-mail address of the customer of the photograph data, into the computer system; (D) real-time transmission and storage of the photo data and the identification information of the customer corresponding thereto from the computer system to a database on the Internet through a data communication network; (E) receiving identification information such as an email address from the customer accessing a website linked to the database; (F) identifying the connected customer through the identification information, extracting the identified picture data of the customer from the database, and outputting the picture image on a web page; (G) receiving from the customer a purchase request for a specific product obtained by printing the photo image; (H) producing the product requested to be purchased and delivering it to the requested shipping destination; It includes.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle, by using a mobile photographing vehicle having a digital camera and a computer system. Claims [1] A method of providing a photo editing service on a photograph and various goods on the Internet, the method comprising the steps of: (A) photographing the customer visiting the mobile photographing vehicle with a digital camera to generate photographic data of the customer in the digital camera; (B) connecting the digital camera to a computer system provided in the mobile photographing vehicle to transfer the photographed customer's photograph data to the computer system; (C) inputting and storing identification information, such as an e-mail address of the customer of the photograph data, into the computer system; (D) storing the photographic data of the computer system and the identification information of the customer matching with the photographic data later in a database on the Internet; (E) receiving identification information such as an email address from the customer accessing a website linked to the database; (F) identifying the connected customer through the identification information, extracting the identified picture data of the customer from the database, and outputting the picture image on a web page; (G) receiving from the customer a purchase request for a specific product obtained by printing the photo image; (H) producing the product requested to be purchased and delivering it to the requested shipping destination; It includes.

Preferably, in step (D) of the two aspects described above, photographing information such as photographing date of the photographic data is also transmitted from the computer system and stored in the database.

Between the steps (D) and (E), the step of the first self-editing the photo data newly stored in the database; The method further comprises: generating an e-mail including contents of introducing the website and including original or self-edited photo images of the photo data newly stored in the database; Sending the generated email to the email address of the customer; It further includes.

The method may further include outputting, on a web page, history information of the product to be sold; And synthesizing and outputting a corresponding product image on a web page in which the photographic image of the customer is printed or mapped with respect to the specific product selected by the customer. It further includes.

These products include ID cards, key chains, mug cups, cushions, T-shirts, handkerchiefs and watches, such as ID cards, key chains, mug cups, paperless ID cards, business cards, sticker photos, bromide, etc. , Screensavers, mouse pads, photo frames, mobiles and the like.

When the specific product requested for purchase is a digital product, downloading the digital product to the computer system of the customer; It further includes.

In addition, the photographic image of the customer is outputted and provided on all web pages provided for the customer's access.

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

Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to explain their invention in the best way. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

First, FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a network system in which an Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle according to the present invention is implemented.

Referring to the drawings, the service provider is constructing a service server 20 which is a web server interworking with a database 28 and implementing a website on the Internet, and a digital camera 12 for photographing and the digital camera. There is a plurality of mobile photographing vehicles 10 having a computer system 14 for receiving and storing photographed picture data connected to (12) and transmitting it to a database 28 on the Internet.

The service server 20 receives the photo data of the customer taken from the mobile photographing vehicle 10 and stores it in the interlocked database 28 so that the user can later check and edit his photo image for the customer accessing the website. In addition, it is a server computer system that provides printing services to various products, and implements wired and wireless websites for services.

Here, the service server 20 is a large computer system capable of smoothly executing a huge amount of mathematical calculations in information processing or database search to perform a large amount of business processing.

The digital camera 12 in the mobile photographing vehicle 10 uses a specification that supports high image quality as a conventional digital camera 12 which first stores the photographed picture data in its own memory and later transfers it to the computer system 14. .

The computer system 14 in the mobile photographing vehicle 10 stores the photographic data of the customer input from the connected digital camera 12 and executes a specific program (hereinafter referred to as an input program) of its own development that is installed. It is used to transmit the stored picture data of the customer according to the operation of the manager used to the service server 20 having a specific IP address (IP address) together with the identification information of the customer via wired or wireless communication in real time.

Accordingly, the computer system 14 may be provided with various hardware means such as a communication module and a communication port for realizing wired and wireless communication.

Of course, according to the present invention, the photographic data of the customer taken by the mobile photographing vehicle 10 is not transmitted in real time through data communication to the remote service server 20, and the mobile photographing vehicle 10 is later provided by the service server 20. It can also be moved to and stored directly.

On the other hand, the customer terminal 30 is a client computer system on the customer's side that took a picture in the mobile photographing vehicle 10, the customer accesses the website of the service server 20 to check and edit their own photographic image or to specify a specific product Used to request a print service for an account.

Here, the customer terminal 30 is preferably a personal computer (PC) or a notebook computer, but is not limited thereto, and wireless Internet capable cellular phones, PCs (PCS), and individuals capable of wireless communication with the service server 20. A mobile communication terminal such as a portable terminal (PDA) may be employed.

In addition, the customer terminal 30 is provided with a web browser for using the Internet, and access to the website of the service server 30 represented by a specific Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is available through the web browser.

Further, the network 40 is to connect the components (14, 20, 30) in common to perform data communication between each other, wired / wireless Internet network, public telephone network (PSTN), wireless communication network, All satellite communication networks are included.

However, hereinafter, for convenience of description, the network 40 is a wired Internet network based on the World Wide Web (WWW), and the terminal 30 is a personal computer (PC). Explain. However, it is a matter of course that the present invention is not necessarily limited to these examples.

2 shows a functional configuration of the above-described service server 20 according to the present invention.

The service server 20 includes a server engine 22, a plurality of web pages 24, a customer management module 26a, a photo data acquisition module 26b, an email sending module 26c, a photo image output module ( 26d), photo editing module 26e, product information output module 26f, purchase processing module 26g, customer information DB (DataBase) 28a, photo data DB 28b, product information DB 28c, purchase And a related DB 28d.

The server engine 22 is responsible for the overall operation of the system and provides various web pages 24 to the client terminal 10 to access, and server-side such as the modules 26a to 26g. Provide a platform for your program.

Here, the web page 24 is preferably written in HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) format, but may be written in any format as long as it can be read by a computer system.

The customer management module 26a is a program that handles authentication of member registration and login of an accessing customer. The customer management module 26a receives identification information such as ID, password, and e-mail address of the customer inputted during registration. It is stored and managed in the customer information DB 28a.

Here, the customer information DB 28a is composed of data items such as a member code, name, ID, password, email address, social security number, address (delivery address), telephone number, and mobile communication number.

The photo data acquisition module 26b acquires photo data including customer identification information and shooting information transmitted in real time through data communication from the computer system 14 of the mobile photographing vehicle 10 to the photo data DB 28b. It is a program to save.

Here, the photo data DB 28b is composed of data items such as a customer email address, a photographing date, a photographing place, a photograph data file location, and the like.

The e-mail sending module 26c is a program for generating and sending an e-mail including a photo image and introducing a website to a corresponding customer when the photo data is newly stored in the photo data DB 28b.

The photo image output module 26d is a program for extracting the photo image of the customer from the photo data DB 28b and posting it on a web page for the customer logged into the website.

The photo editing module 26e processes the client's editing work using various editing tools on the web page, outputs the edited image on the web page, and stores the edited photo image in the photo data DB 28b in response to a storage request. It is a program.

The product information output module 26f extracts the information of various print target products sold to the connected customer from the product information DB 28c and outputs the information on a web page. It is a program that synthesizes and provides a commodity image in which the photographic image of the customer is printed or mapped.

According to the present invention, the product to be printed is a paper type, such as ID photo, business card, passport photo, business card, sticker photo, bromide, etc., paperless ID card, key ring, mug, etc. , Screensavers, digital goods, cushions, t-shirts, handkerchiefs, watches, mouse pads, frames, mobiles, and the like.

Here, the product information DB 28c may be configured with data items such as a product code, a product name, a price, a standard, a manufacturer, and a product image.

The purchase processing module 26g is a program for processing a normal e-commerce process such as receiving payment for the purchase order for a specific print target product of the customer and confirming the completion of payment and manufacturing and shipping the product. Related order information, payment information, etc. are stored and managed in the purchase related DB 28d.

The purchase order DB 28d is composed of data items such as order number, order date, order customer code, order product code, shipping destination, payment type, payment identifier, payment date and delivery status.

Hereinafter, an Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, the service provider moves the plurality of mobile photographing vehicles 10 to any place where a lot of people gather or a place requested by a customer.

Accordingly, the plurality of mobile photographing vehicles 10 are each located at a specific place in the offline state, and in this state, the mobile photographing vehicle 10 is visited by a customer (S100), and the manager uses the provided digital camera 12. Take a picture of the customer (S102), obtain the e-mail address by querying the customer.

Then, the digital camera 12 is connected to the computer system 14 provided therewith, and transfers and stores the photograph data of the photographed customer to the computer system 14 (S104), and inputs of self-development installed in the computer system 14. The photograph image of the customer is confirmed using an in-put program, and an e-mail address, which is identification information obtained from the customer, is input for the corresponding photo data and stored (S106).

Of course, the administrator here asks the customer for an e-mail address and obtains it and enters it directly into the computer system 14, but the customer may input directly using the customer keyboard.

According to the present invention, a plurality of e-mail addresses may be matched and stored with respect to one photo data, and photographing information such as photographing date and photographing place may also be input and stored.

Here, although the e-mail address is preferably used as the identification information of the customer, a mobile phone number or the like for identifying the customer with another person may also be used.

Subsequently, the manager uses the input program of the computer system 14 to connect the customer's photo data, the customer identification information and the photographing information corresponding thereto to the service server 20 represented by the specific IP address, and the wireless network 40 Through the transmission in real time (S110), the service server 20 receives it and stores it in its own photo data DB (28b) (S114).

Preferably, the picture data from the computer system 14 in the mobile photographing vehicle 10 is a wireless communication service such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000 and International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT-2000) having a high transmission speed and transmission capacity. It may be transmitted to the service server 20 through.

Of course, the manager later moves the mobile photographing vehicle 10 to the service server 20 to collectively transfer the photo data of the customer stored in the computer system 14 directly to the photo data DB 28b of the service server 20. It may also be moved to the storage (S114).

Thus, the service server 20 stores the photograph data taken by visiting the customer with the mobile photographing vehicle 10 together with the corresponding customer identification information and the photographing information in the database 28b in the self.

According to the present invention, the service server 20 may newly edit and store a photo image of a customer newly stored in the database 28b by using photo makeup technology (S116).

As such, when the preparation for providing the photographic image of the customer through the website is completed, the service server 20 generates the e-mail of the contents including the photographic image and introducing the website (S118). The e-mail is sent to the customer's e-mail address (S120).

Here, the contents of the e-mails sent may include, in more detail, the original or edited photographic images of the customer, information on its own website that provides editing and printing services, automatic linking of the website, information on the editing and printing service, and prints sold. Target product information, company information, and the like may be included.

Of course, the process of sending an e-mail to the customer may optionally be used. If the mobile phone number is obtained instead of the e-mail address as identification information from the customer, the short message service (SMS) short message of the same content may be sent to the customer. It can also be sent to the mobile terminal.

Therefore, a customer who takes a picture in the mobile photographing vehicle 10 checks his / her own picture and uses the terminal 30 capable of accessing the Internet in order to use various photo services. ) To secure a data link by accessing the website (S122).

That is, the customer accesses the website of the service server 20 represented by the specific URL by using the web browser in the terminal 30, and the service server 20 transmits the webpage corresponding to the URL, and the web The browser interprets the transmitted web page and displays it on the monitor.

Preferably, the customer can check his photo image on the web page transmitted after the login (S124).

As a feature of the present invention, as shown in Figs. 6 to 8, the photographic image 6a of the customer is outputted and provided on all web pages provided later for the customer login (S124). It is realized through page coding (S128).

If, in the login (S124), the service server 20 searches the customer information DB (28a) to check whether the registered member (S126), if not a registered member, and outputs a member registration guide message, for membership registration Sending the web page to the customer terminal 30 to obtain the agreement on the terms and conditions from the customer, and receives a variety of identification information, including ID, password, and e-mail address is stored in the customer information DB (28a) and receives member registration (S130) ).

According to the present invention, since an e-mail address is obtained as identification information from a customer who has taken a picture in the mobile photographing vehicle 10, the e-mail address must be obtained in the same manner as the member registration.

On the other hand, when a customer takes a picture several times and there is a large number of photo data is provided a plurality of pictures are collectively provided through a web page, referring to Figure 7 showing an example of the configuration of the web page illustrating this case, As the album (my album) 7a, a list of the photos is presented, and the selected photographic image is output on the web page and provided. Of course, alternatively, a plurality of photographic images of the entire list may be provided through a web page at once as small thumbnail images.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 7, on the web page is provided with a variety of editing tools 7b for editing the photo image, the customer can edit the photo image as desired and store the edited image (S132).

Furthermore, the customer checks various information such as price, standard, etc. for a plurality of products that can be purchased by printing or mapping their photo image by selecting a specific menu on the web page (S134). You can execute a purchase for a specific product.

That is, according to the present invention, the product to be sold as a photo print is a paper type of ID photo, business card, passport photo, business card, sticker photo, bromide, etc. There may be rings, mugs, cushions, t-shirts, handkerchiefs, watches, mouse pads, frames, mobiles, and screen savers that are digital goods.

As an example, referring to FIG. 8, which shows an example of a configuration of a web page when a customer selects a frame among goods sold, the service server 20 may display a product image 8a in which a photograph image of the customer is printed or mapped. Is synthesized and shown.

Therefore, the customer orders the purchase of a specific product (S136), the service server 20 obtains a purchase order and confirms the payment completion, and then manufactures the corresponding product and delivers it to the requested shipping destination (S138 to S142).

Since this process is typically used in electronic commerce, a detailed description thereof is omitted, whereby the process of implementing the present invention is completed.

In addition, according to the present invention, the customer can request a business trip of the mobile photographing vehicle 10, and therefore, a menu for accepting a business trip request of the mobile photographing vehicle is preferably present on the website of the service server 20. .

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated by the limited embodiment and drawing, this invention is not limited by this, The person of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalent claims.

According to the Internet photo service method using the mobile photographing vehicle of the present invention, a differentiated Internet photo studio service in which the mobile photographing vehicle, which is a moving photographic vehicle, and the Internet service are organically connected is provided, which can induce a strong interest of the customer, and curious to the customer. Can provide fun, interest, expectation, excitement and satisfaction.

Customers can take photographs that remain memorable with their companions on the street, without carrying a camera, and check them on the Internet later, print them on various products, and make various proof photos that are urgently needed to meet real life needs. You can have fun.

As such, the present invention can produce a great effect in many aspects.

Claims (9)

A method of taking a photograph of a customer using a mobile photographing vehicle equipped with a digital camera and a computer system, and providing a photo editing service and printing on various goods on the Internet. (A) photographing the customer visiting the mobile photographing vehicle with a digital camera to generate photographic data of the customer in the digital camera; (B) connecting the digital camera to a computer system provided in the mobile photographing vehicle to transfer the photographed customer's photograph data to the computer system; (C) inputting and storing identification information, such as an e-mail address of the customer of the photograph data, into the computer system; (D) real-time transmission and storage of the photo data and the identification information of the customer corresponding thereto from the computer system to a database on the Internet through a data communication network; (E) receiving identification information such as an email address from the customer accessing a website linked to the database; (F) identifying the connected customer through the identification information, extracting the identified picture data of the customer from the database, and outputting the picture image on a web page; (G) receiving from the customer a purchase request for a specific product obtained by printing the photo image; And (H) producing the goods requested for purchase and delivering them to the requested shipping destination; Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle comprising a. A method of taking a photograph of a customer using a mobile photographing vehicle equipped with a digital camera and a computer system, and providing a photo editing service and printing on various goods on the Internet. (A) photographing the customer visiting the mobile photographing vehicle with a digital camera to generate photographic data of the customer in the digital camera; (B) connecting the digital camera to a computer system provided in the mobile photographing vehicle to transfer the photographed customer's photograph data to the computer system; (C) inputting and storing identification information, such as an e-mail address of the customer of the photograph data, into the computer system; (D) storing the photographic data of the computer system and the identification information of the customer matching with the photographic data later in a database on the Internet; (E) receiving identification information such as an email address from the customer accessing a website linked to the database; (F) identifying the connected customer through the identification information, extracting the identified picture data of the customer from the database, and outputting the picture image on a web page; (G) receiving from the customer a purchase request for a specific product obtained by printing the photo image; And (H) producing the goods requested for purchase and delivering them to the requested shipping destination; Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In the step (D), And photographing information, such as a photographing date of the photographic data, is also transmitted from the computer system and stored in the database. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Between the step (D) and (E), Primarily self-editing the photo data newly stored in the database; Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Between the step (D) and (E), Generating an e-mail containing an original or self-edited photographic image of the photograph data newly stored in the database and introducing the website; And Sending the generated email to the customer's email address; Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Outputting and providing detail information of the photo-targeted product for sale on a web page; And Synthesizing and outputting a corresponding product image on a web page in which the photograph image of the customer is printed or mapped to a specific product selected by the customer; Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to claim 1 or 2, These products include ID cards, key chains, mugs, cushions, T-shirts, handkerchiefs, watches, paperless ID cards, key cards, business cards, stickers, bromide and faceless types. Internet photo service using a mobile photographing vehicle, characterized in that a mouse pad, a picture frame, a mobile and the like, a screen saver, a wall paper, and the like, which are digital goods. The method according to claim 1 or 2, If the specific product requested to be purchased is a digital product, Downloading the digital product to the customer's computer system; Internet photo service method using a mobile photographing vehicle, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And a photographic image of the customer is output and provided on all web pages provided for the customer's connection.