KR20040027636A - System for Editing Picture File and Method Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and method for editing photograph files using a communication network is provided so that a user can transmit a photograph file, photographed using his mobile terminal, to a photograph editing service server and the server can freely edit the transmitted photograph file through various and complicated techniques. CONSTITUTION: A system for editing photograph files is comprised of a mobile communication network(310,300), a plurality of mobile terminals(10,20), a photograph editing service server(100), and an on-line album service server(200). The mobile terminals(10,20) transmit and receive their respective original photograph files to a communication network through the mobile communication network(310,300). The photograph editing service server(100) authenticates a subscriber who accesses through the mobile communication network(310,300), receives the original photograph file from the subscriber's mobile terminal, and transmits a list of editing tools. Also the photograph editing service server(100) edits the original photograph file using the editing data corresponding to an editing tool selected by the subscriber and transmits the edited photograph file to the subscriber's mobile terminal. The on-line album service server(200), connected with the photograph editing service server(100) and the mobile terminals(10,20) through a communication network, receives the original or edited photograph files and stores them by subscribers.

Description

Photo file editing system and editing method using communication network {System for Editing Picture File and Method Thereof}

The present invention relates to a system and method for editing a photo file and providing the photo file using a communication network.

With the recent development of IT technology, mobile communication terminals with digital camera functions have been widely spread, and the performance of digital cameras added to mobile communication terminals has also been improved. However, since the mobile communication terminal is designed in consideration of portability, it is inferior to a general personal computer in terms of main processor and memory capacity. Therefore, there is a problem that it is not suitable for storing or editing a large capacity photo file.

Meanwhile, among the conventional mobile communication terminals equipped with a digital camera function, a model capable of editing a simple photographic image, such as synthesizing a picture image, has already been released. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to add a desired editing function, and complex image processing cannot be performed due to the limitation of the processing capacity of the mobile communication terminal.

Recently, more and more Internet users are posting their own pictures on blogs and online albums. However, in order to upload a photo file taken by a mobile terminal with a digital camera added to an online album, the user first connects the mobile terminal directly to a computer, or sends an e-mail to the computer, and then stores the file on the computer. There was a hassle of accessing an album and registering a photo file.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a photo editing service server having a superior processing capacity compared to a mobile communication terminal by transmitting a photo file taken by a user through a communication network to a server. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photo file editing system and a photo file editing method using a communication network that can freely edit a received photo file through a complicated technique.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by further including an online album service server by storing the edited photo file in the online album service server, not the user's mobile terminal, the picture file editing system and photos using a communication network without limitation in storage capacity The purpose is to provide a file editing method.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, by including a subscriber management unit and the billing server further provides a variety of fashion-sensitive new editing tools that can cause subscribers to continue to buy the editing tools and photo file editing system and photo file editing method The purpose is to provide.

1 is a block diagram of a photo file editing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a photo editing service server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a method of editing a photo file according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a detailed processing flowchart of a photo file editing process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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10, 20: mobile communication terminal 100: photo editing service server

110: central control unit 120: photo editing unit

130: edit database 140: subscriber management unit

150: billing processing unit 160: communication network connection

200: online album service server 300: mobile communication service provider

310: base station

In order to achieve the above object, a picture file editing system using a communication network according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of mobile communication terminals for transmitting an original picture file stored through a mobile communication network and receiving an edited edited picture file; Receives the original picture file from the mobile communication terminal by authenticating the subscriber accessing through the mobile communication network, transmits a list of editing tools to the mobile communication terminal, and uses the editing data corresponding to the editing tool selected by the subscriber. A photo editing service server to edit the original photo file to generate and transmit an edited photo file; And the online album service server connected to the photo editing service server and the mobile communication terminal through a communication network, receiving the edited photo file or the original photo file, storing the edited photo file for each subscriber, and providing the photo file through the communication network. Characterized in that comprises a.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of editing a photo file using a communication network, comprising: a first step of a subscriber accessing a photo editing service server through a mobile communication terminal, and the photo editing service server performing subscriber authentication processing; A second step of the mobile communication terminal transmitting an original photo file to the photo editing service server; A third step of transmitting, by the photo editing service server, a list of editing tools to the mobile communication terminal; A fourth step of the photo editing service server editing the original photo file based on an editing tool selected by the subscriber, generating an edited photo file, and transmitting the edited photo file to the mobile communication terminal; And a fifth step of performing any one of an operation of storing the edited photo file received at the subscriber's choice in the mobile communication terminal, transmitting to another terminal, or deleting the edited photo file. .

The above and other objects and features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 illustrates a photo file editing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The photo file editing system of the present invention includes a mobile communication network (310, 300), a plurality of mobile communication terminals (10, 20), a photo editing service server 100, an online album service server (200).

The mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 should be able to transmit and receive original photo files stored therein through a mobile communication network 300 or 310 to a communication network such as the Internet. The mobile communication terminal does not necessarily have to take a photographing function, including a digital camera, and even if it does not have a photographing function, the mobile communication terminal may retransmit the received photo file through the mobile communication network. For example, the ability to transfer a photo file received from another person as an original photo file to the photo editing service server 100 described later is required. The original photo file in the present invention refers to a photo file before the editing operation is performed in the photo editing service server 100 to be described later, and is a concept distinguished from the edited photo file on which the editing operation is performed. Therefore, even if the edited photo files that have already been edited once, the case of re-editing in the photo editing service server 100 corresponds to the original photo file.

The photo editing service server 100 authenticates subscribers connected through the mobile communication networks 310 and 300 to receive original photo files from the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20, and transmits a list of editing tools to the mobile communication terminals. And edits the original photo file using the edit data corresponding to the editing tool selected by to generate and send the edited photo file. In the present invention, the editing tool means each editing operation for editing the photo image. Examples of editing tools include background composition for compositing a background image to an original photo file, portrait synthesis for composing a person image to an original photo file, caption synthesis to composit a caption input by a user, and brightness correction to the original photo file. Image effects such as contrast correction, filtering effects, and black and white effects. The editing tool list is a list summarizing the types of editing tools available to the user. The editing tool list is displayed on the screens of the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 so that the user can select a desired photo editing task.

The photo editing service server 100 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The central control unit 110 controls the overall operation of the photo editing service server 100, and the communication network connection unit 160 provides an interface with a communication network connected to the outside to input and output data, in particular, input and edit photo of the original photo file. Control the output of the file. The photo editing unit 120 performs an edit on the original photo file through image image processing, and at this time, the original photo file editing operation based on the work selected by the user through the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 in the editing tool list. This is done. Specifically, the photo editing unit 120 performs background synthesis means for background synthesis, person synthesis means for portrait synthesis, picture frame synthesis means for frame composition, caption synthesis caption input means and caption synthesis means, and image effect processing. It is preferred to include at least one or more of the digital image processing means for.

The edit data storage unit 130 is a database for storing various image data necessary for editing. Specifically, the edit data storage unit 130 stores various background images, person images, frame images, and the like. On the other hand, it is preferable that the photo editing service provider induces a continuous interest to the user by updating an image of a singer, a talent, an athlete, a politician, etc. according to a fashion.

The photo editing service server 100 further includes a subscriber management unit 140 that stores a list of editing tools purchased by the subscriber, and a charging processing unit 150 which performs charging processing when the subscriber purchases a new editing tool. It is preferable to selectively transmit only the list of editing tools purchased by the subscriber to the communication terminals 10 and 20. In such an embodiment, the photo editing service provider may provide an effect of promoting economic benefits by charging the subscriber for the use of each editing tool, and provides the subscriber with a list of the editing tools purchased. ), The reuse of the editing tool purchased later can provide economic equity by not charging again.

The online album service server 200 is connected to the photo editing service server 100 and the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 through a communication network such as the Internet, a mobile communication network, and receives an edited picture file or an original picture file and stores it for each subscriber. To provide picture files over a network. The online album service server 200 may be connected to the subscriber's personal computer in the same or similar manner as the blog service server accessible through the personal computer. Since the online album service server 200 performs the same function as a normal blog service server, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. However, unlike the conventional blog service server, since it is directly connected to the photo editing service server 100, the subscriber edits the edited photo file through the photo editing service server 100, the mobile communication terminal (10, 20) and personal computer Provides an effect that can be registered immediately without going through.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of editing a photo file using a communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. First, the subscriber accesses the photo editing service server 100 through the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 (S100), and the photo editing service server 100 performs the first step of subscriber authentication processing (S120). . The mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 access the photo editing service server 100 through wireless data communication provided by a mobile communication service provider, and the photo editing service server 100 is provided with an ID and password inputted by the subscriber. The authentication process may be performed by a method of confirming whether or not the ID and password matched in the subscription and stored in the subscriber management unit 140 or the telephone numbers of the connected mobile communication terminals 10 and 20.

Next, the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 perform a second step of transmitting the original photo file to the photo editing service server 100 (S210). In this case, in the embodiment of providing an online album service together, the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 transmit not only the photo files stored by themselves but also the photo files registered in the subscriber's online album to the photo editing service server 100. It is preferable to control so that it can be edited (S220).

Next, the photo editing service server 100 performs a third step S230 of transmitting a list of editing tools to the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20. In this case, when the subscriber further includes a sixth step of purchasing an editing tool, the third step S230 may selectively transmit only the list of the editing tools purchased by the subscriber, as described above.

Next, the photo editing service server 100 edits the original photo file based on the editing tool selected by the subscriber to generate an edited photo file (S300), and transmits it to the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 (S400). Perform the steps. The process of editing the photo file (S300) will be described later in more detail in the description of FIG. The edited picture file is received by the subscriber's mobile communication terminal (10, 20) and displayed to the subscriber to confirm the editing result.

Next, the subscriber checks the displayed edited photo file and stores the received edited photo file in the mobile communication terminal 10 according to the subscriber's selection (S500, S510), and transmits to the other terminal 20 ( S520, S540, or any one of deleting operations is performed. The other terminal 20 which receives the edited photo file (S510) does not necessarily need to be a mobile communication terminal, but also includes a general personal computer capable of receiving the edited photo file as an e-mail via a communication network such as the Internet.

In the case of the embodiment further including the online album service server 200, the fifth step may be to register the edited photo file to the subscriber's online album (S580) according to the subscriber's selection (S560).

4 is a detailed processing flowchart showing a photo file editing process according to an embodiment of the present invention. The photo file editing tool exemplifies background composition, portrait composition, frame composition, caption composition, and image effect in this embodiment.

First, when the subscriber selects the background synthesis (S310), the background image list is further transmitted (S312), and the first sub-step of synthesizing the background image selected by the subscriber (S314) to the original photo (S316) is performed. At this time, the background image may be a famous tourist attraction image, etc., and it is desirable to regularly or irregularly updated to continuously induce the interest of the subscriber.

Next, when the subscriber selects the person synthesis (S320), the user performs a second sub-step of further transmitting the person image list (S322) and synthesizing the person image selected by the subscriber (S326) to the original picture (S326). At this time, the person image may include famous celebrities, politicians, athlete images, etc., and it is desirable to regularly or irregularly update the subscribers.

Next, when the subscriber selects the frame composition (S330), the mobile terminal further transmits the frame image list (S332), and performs the third sub-step of synthesizing the frame image selected by the subscriber (S334) into the original photo (S346). In this case, the frame image may be a leaf, a frame frame image, etc., which can decorate the edge of the screen, and is preferably updated regularly or irregularly to continuously induce the interest of the subscriber.

Next, when the subscriber selects the caption composition (S340), the caption is received from the subscriber's mobile terminal (10, 20) (S342) and the fourth sub-step of synthesizing the input caption to the original picture (S344) Perform. At this time, the input caption can be a string such as a shooting date and a favorite verse.

Finally, when the subscriber selects the image effect (S350), the fifth sub-step of applying the image effect to the original photo according to the image effect (S356) selected by the subscriber (S354) by further transmitting the image effect list (S352). Perform. The image effect may include brightness correction, contrast correction, filtering effect, black and white effect, etc. of the original photo file, and it is desirable to update various digital image filtering effects regularly or irregularly.

As described above, according to the photo file editing system and the editing method using the communication network according to the present invention, the processing capacity and storage provided on the communication network, not the subscriber's mobile communication terminal limited processing capacity and storage capacity It is possible to edit photo files in various techniques because it is processed by a high-capacity photo file editing service server. Further, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the photo file editing service server provides an effect of directly registering an edited photo file in an online album of a subscriber by interworking with an online album service server through a communication network. Lastly, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the service provider is economically profitable by charging the subscriber for the use of each editing tool and continuously inducing the interest of the subscriber by updating various edit data regularly or irregularly. It provides an effect that can be planned.

In addition, preferred embodiments of the present invention are disclosed for the purpose of illustration, those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, additions, etc. within the spirit and scope of the present invention, such modifications and modifications belong to the scope of the claims You will have to look.

Claims (9)

A plurality of mobile communication terminals for transmitting the stored original picture file through a mobile communication network and for receiving the edited edited picture file; Receives the original picture file from the mobile communication terminal by authenticating the subscriber accessing through the mobile communication network, transmits a list of editing tools to the mobile communication terminal, and uses the editing data corresponding to the editing tool selected by the subscriber. A photo editing service server to edit the original photo file to generate and transmit an edited photo file; And The online album service server is connected to the photo editing service server and the mobile communication terminal through a communication network, receives the edited photo file or the original photo file, stores each subscriber, and provides the photo file through the communication network. Photo file editing system using a communication network comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the photo editing service server, A subscriber management unit which stores a list of editing tools purchased by the subscriber; And The subscriber further includes a billing processing unit for performing a billing process when purchasing a new editing tool, And a list of editing tools purchased by the subscriber selectively to the mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The photo editing service server may include: background image data and background synthesis means for background synthesis, person image data and person synthesis means for person synthesis, frame image data and frame synthesis means for frame synthesis, caption input means for synthesis, and And at least one of caption synthesizing means and digital image processing means for image effect processing. A first step in which a subscriber accesses a photo editing service server through a mobile communication terminal, and the photo editing service server performs subscriber authentication processing; A second step of the mobile communication terminal transmitting an original photo file to the photo editing service server; A third step of transmitting, by the photo editing service server, a list of editing tools to the mobile communication terminal; A fourth step of the photo editing service server editing the original photo file based on an editing tool selected by the subscriber, generating an edited photo file, and transmitting the edited photo file to the mobile communication terminal; And a fifth step of performing any one of an operation of storing the edited photo file received at the subscriber's selection in the mobile communication terminal, transmitting to another terminal, or deleting the edited photo file. Photo file editing method using communication network. The method of claim 4, wherein In the second step, the original photo file previously stored in the online album may be transmitted to the photo editing service server according to the subscriber's selection. In the fifth step, the edited photo file can be registered in the online album according to a subscriber's selection. The method of claim 4 or 5, wherein the fourth step, A first sub-step of synthesizing the background image selected by the subscriber to the original picture by further transmitting a background image list when the subscriber selects the background synthesis; A second sub-step of synthesizing the person image selected by the subscriber to the original picture by further transmitting a person image list when the subscriber selects person synthesis; A third sub-step of synthesizing the frame image selected by the subscriber to the original picture by further transmitting a frame image list when the subscriber selects the frame composition; A fourth sub-step of receiving a caption from the subscriber and composing the caption into an original photograph when the subscriber selects the caption synthesis; When the subscriber selects an image effect, the method further includes at least one substep of the fifth substep of transmitting an image effect list to apply an image effect to the original photo according to the image effect selected by the subscriber. How to edit a photo file. The method according to claim 4 or 5, Further comprising the sixth step of the subscriber purchasing the editing tool, The third step is a method for editing a photo file using a communication network, characterized in that for selectively transmitting only the list of the editing tool purchased by the subscriber. The method of claim 6, And a sixth step, wherein the subscriber purchases any one or more of a background image, a portrait image, a frame image, and an image effect. The first sub-step, the second sub-step, the third sub-step, and the fifth sub-step selectively transmit only the image or image effect list purchased by the subscriber. The method of claim 6, At least one or more of a background image, a portrait image, a frame image, and an image effect are regularly or irregularly updated.