KR20060081867A - System and method for providing music data using image - Google Patents

Abstract

The method of providing sound data using an image of the present invention includes: receiving a sound data request signal using an image for sound data identification through a communication network, detecting at least one sound data registered corresponding to the image for sound data identification; And providing the detected at least one acoustic data through a communication network.

Ringtone, download, mobile phone, camera phone, image, image, matching, sound

Description

System and Method for Providing Music Data using image}             

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a conventional system for downloading a ringtone of a mobile communication terminal;

2 is a block diagram illustrating another example of a system for downloading a ringtone of a mobile communication terminal according to the related art;

3 is a block diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of a system for downloading and providing sound data to a mobile communication terminal through image recognition according to the present invention; and

4 is a diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for downloading and providing sound data to a mobile communication terminal using the image matching sound download providing system according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method and a system for downloading a ringtone of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to download a ringtone by selecting a corresponding list from a list of available ringtones by accessing a server providing a ringtone using a mobile communication terminal. Ringtone download method and system.

Today, due to the development of the communication industry, the services provided by the mobile communication system are evolving into multicasting multimedia communication that transmits not only voice services but also large data such as packet data and circuit data.

Recently developed mobile communication terminals have built-in performance and programs comparable to those of personal computers. The portability and performance improvement of the mobile terminal itself further promotes the use of additional functions. In addition, the mobile communication terminal basically stores a lot of data such as a telephone number and a personal schedule, and can output or edit it according to the needs of the user.

Recently, mobile communication terminals have reached a level capable of storing and providing multimedia information having a large capacity such as music, games, and movies. For example, a mobile communication terminal has a function of reproducing various ringtones or music which are not stored at the time of initial product delivery from an external communication device or sound provider such as a computer through an external communication interface. The present invention relates to a ringtone download method of downloading various multimedia data using a mobile communication terminal.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a system for downloading a ringtone of a mobile communication terminal in the related art.                         

When the user wants to download the ringtone, the user connects to the ringtone providing server 14 through the wireless Internet network 12 provided by the communication service providing server 16 using the mobile communication terminal 10.

The ringtone providing server 14 provides a list of available ringtones to the mobile communication terminal 10 through the communication service providing server 16. The mobile communication terminal 10 transmits a download request signal of the selected list to the communication service providing server 16 when a download request for the corresponding list is input from the ringtone list provided by the ringtone providing server 14.

The communication service providing server 16 transmits the information of the mobile communication terminal 10 and the download request signal of the selected list to the ringtone providing server 14 by wire or wirelessly.

The ringtone providing server 14 transmits the ringtone data of the selected list to the communication service providing server 16 according to a download request of the selected list by referring to the information of the mobile communication terminal 10 transmitted from the communication service providing server 16. do.

The communication service providing server 16 transmits the ringtone data transmitted from the ringtone providing server 14 to the mobile communication terminal 10 to complete the ringtone download.

However, in order to download a ringtone in the related art, the ringtone download server 14 is connected to the ringtone download server 14 by using the mobile communication terminal 10, and the list of ringtones must be checked in the same manner as in advance. Therefore, the conventional ringtone download method has a problem that the preliminary work such as unnecessary preview is too frequent to select a list to download.

2 is a block diagram illustrating another example of a system for downloading a ringtone of a mobile communication terminal in the related art.

In order to download the ringtone to the mobile communication terminal 30, the user uses a personal computer (PC) 20 to communicate with the ringtone providing server 24 via the wired Internet network 22. The ringtone providing server 24 provides a list of available ringtones to the personal computer 20 through the wired Internet network 22.

The personal computer 20 checks a list of ringtones provided by the ringtone providing server 24 and when a download request signal for the list is input, provides a ringtone with a download request signal of the selected list and information of the target mobile communication terminal 30 to be downloaded. Transfer to server 24.

The ringtone providing server 24 transmits the ringtone data corresponding to the corresponding list and the information of the download target mobile communication terminal 30 to the communication service providing server 34 according to the ringtone download request.

The communication service providing server 34 checks the information of the target mobile communication terminal 30 transmitted from the ringtone providing server 24 and transmits the ringtone data to the mobile communication terminal 30 through the wireless Internet network 32. At this time, the communication service providing server 34 transmits a message requesting connection to the communication service providing server 34 through the wireless Internet network 32 when the ring data is to be downloaded before transmitting the ring data. To 30). Accordingly, the user checks the message provided by the communication service providing server 34, accesses the communication service providing server 34 through the wireless Internet network 32 using the mobile communication terminal 30, and receives the ringtone data. Download.                         

However, in order to download the ringtone as in the prior art, the personal computer 20 is connected to the ringtone providing server 24 as described above, and the communication service providing server 34 sends a connection request message for downloading the ringtone to the mobile communication terminal ( 30, the mobile communication terminal 30 accesses the communication service providing server 34 and downloads the ringtone provided by the ringtone providing server 24. Therefore, conventionally, in order to download a ringtone to the mobile communication terminal 30, there is an inconvenience of having to make several communication connections.

In addition, conventionally, a record store that sells a music CD (Compact Disk) or a tape stores the music in the jacket to download the music data such as ringtone or MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) to the mobile terminal. Check the list by accessing the ringer providing server and download it to the mobile communication terminal. As described above, there is a problem in that conventionally, the recorded sound data cannot be downloaded in real time using only the jacket where the music is recorded anywhere.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a system and method for downloading and providing sound data to a mobile communication terminal in real time regardless of a place using only recognition information of a medium in which the music data is stored. There is.

Another object of the present invention is to download and provide sound data stored in a corresponding music jacket to a mobile communication terminal in real time using a recognition image of a music jacket such as a cover picture of a music jacket or a picture of a singer, regardless of a place. A system and method are provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the method for providing sound data using a communication network, receiving a sound data request signal using an image for sound data identification through a communication network, corresponding to the image for sound data identification A sound data providing method is provided, comprising detecting at least one registered sound data, and providing the detected at least one sound data through a communication network.

Preferably, the image for identifying the acoustic data is an image for identifying a jacket in which the acoustic data is stored. The sound data is also provided to the mobile communication terminal.

On the other hand, the above object is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the method for providing sound data using a communication network, receiving a sound data request signal using the image for sound data identification through the communication network, the image for sound data identification Detecting at least one sound data registered correspondingly; providing list information of the detected at least one sound data through a communication network; downloading sound data corresponding to at least one list of the provided list information; It is achieved by the sound data providing method comprising the step of receiving a signal for requesting, and providing the sound data corresponding to the list requested to download through the communication network.

The image for identifying sound data is an image for identifying a jacket in which sound data is stored. The sound data is provided to the mobile communication terminal.

On the other hand, the above object is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the audio data providing system, a mobile communication terminal for transmitting a sound data request signal corresponding to the image for sound data identification through a communication network, and the sound data request signal Accordingly, it is achieved by a sound data providing system including a sound data providing server for providing at least one sound data registered corresponding to an image for sound data identification to a mobile communication terminal.

Preferably, the sound data providing server includes a database storing at least one sound data corresponding to the recognition image and sound data information corresponding to the sound data.

The sound data providing server includes an image recognition unit for detecting information of sound data registered in correspondence with a recognition image received from a mobile communication terminal from a database, and sound data registered in correspondence with the detected sound data information. The apparatus further includes a sound search unit for detecting from the.

The image for identifying sound data is an image for identifying a jacket in which sound data is stored.

On the other hand, the above object is registered in correspondence with the image for sound data identification when the sound data request signal using the image for sound data identification is received through the communication network in the sound data providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image recognition unit provided through the communication network detecting the list information of the sound data, and when receiving a download request signal of the sound data corresponding to at least one of the list information provided through the communication network is registered corresponding to the list It is achieved by a sound data providing server comprising a sound search unit provided through a communication network for detecting the sound data present.

Preferably, the sound data providing server of the present embodiment includes an image / acoustic matching database storing list information of sound data registered in correspondence with the recognized image, and sound data registered in correspondence with the list information of sound data. It further includes a sound database for storing.

The image for identifying sound data is an image for identifying a jacket in which sound data is stored. The sound data is provided to the mobile communication terminal.

According to the present invention, at least a list of sound data registered corresponding to an image photographed or stored directly through a mobile communication terminal capable of storing and transmitting an image is provided from an image matching ringer providing server and requests to download the list. By receiving the sound data of the corresponding list from the image matching ringtone providing server, it is possible to receive the sound data to be easily downloaded in real time through a simple procedure regardless of the place anytime, anywhere.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same elements in the figures are represented by the same numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of a system for downloading and providing sound data to a mobile communication terminal through image recognition according to the present invention.

As illustrated, the sound download providing system includes a camera phone 200, a communication service providing server 500, and an image matching ring tone providing server 400 that are wirelessly connected through the wireless Internet network 300.

The camera phone 200 has a function of storing and transmitting image data. The camera phone 200 has a camera module 210, an acoustic driver 230, a storage 250, and a communication module 270.

The camera module 210 captures a cover 110 of a jacket (music CD in this embodiment) in which music data is stored according to a recording command. Here, the area photographed by the camera module 210 in the music CD cover 110 is a specific recognition image such as a photograph of a singer or a recognizable logo unique to the music CD.

The sound driver 230 performs a function of reproducing sound data such as voice, ringtone, and music which are input / received or stored.

The storage unit 250 stores sound data received by wire or wirelessly.

The communication module 270 provides a function of communicating with the image matching ringtone providing server 400 through the wireless Internet network 300 provided by the communication service providing server 500.

When the camera phone 200 receives a sound data download request signal for an image of a music CD display photographed through the camera module 210, the camera phone 200 connects to the image matching ring tone providing server 400 through the wireless Internet network 300. The photographed image is transmitted to the image matching ringer providing server 400.

The image matching ring tone providing server 400 detects the sound data registered corresponding to the image transmitted from the camera phone 200 and provides the camera phone 200 with a list of the detected sound data. For this operation, the image matching ringtone providing server 400 includes an image recognition unit 420 and an acoustic search unit 440. The image matching ringtone providing server 400 also includes an image / acoustic matching database 460 and an acoustic database 480. The image / acoustic matching database 460 stores the information of the sound data registered in correspondence with the recognition image of the music jacket. The sound database 480 stores actual sound data registered corresponding to the sound data information.

The image recognizing unit 420 detects information of sound data corresponding to the image received from the camera phone 200 with reference to the image / acoustic matching database 460. The sound search unit 440 detects sound data registered in correspondence with the detected sound data information by referring to the sound database 480.

The image matching ringer providing server 400 provides the camera phone 200 with a list of sound data searched through the image recognition unit 420 and sound data searched through the sound searcher.

The camera phone 200 displays a list of sound data provided from the image matching ring tone providing server 400, and when a download request signal for the corresponding list is input, the camera phone 200 transmits a download request signal of the selected list to the image matching ring tone providing server 400. To send.

The image matching ringtone providing server 400 downloads the sound data of the requested list from the list of sound data lists registered corresponding to the image requested by the camera phone 200 to the camera phone 200 through the communication service providing server 500. to provide.

Therefore, a list of sound data registered corresponding to an image photographed or stored directly through the camera phone 200 is received from the image matching ringtone providing server 400, and the download of the corresponding list is requested to provide an image matching ringtone providing server. By receiving the sound data of the list from the 400, it is possible to receive the sound data to be easily downloaded in real time regardless of the place anytime, anywhere.

4 is a diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for downloading and providing sound data to a mobile communication terminal using the image matching sound download providing system according to the present invention.

First, when a user stops at a record store to view various CD covers and downloads a CD of a favorite singer as a ringtone or an MP3 sound, the camera phone 200 downloads the cover image of the CD according to an input recording command. Shoot (S110).

When the image matching ring tone for the captured image is input to the request signal, the camera phone 200 is connected to the image matching ring tone providing server 400 through the wireless Internet network 300 provided by the communication service providing server 500. The camera phone 200 includes the phone information and the captured image in the sound download request signal and transmits the image information to the ring-tone providing server 400 through the communication service providing server 500 (S130 and S135).

The image matching ringer providing server 400 detects a list of sound data and sound data registered corresponding to the image received from the camera phone 200 (S140). In this case, the image matching ringer providing server 400 determines whether the detection of the sound data registered corresponding to the image received from the camera phone 200 is successful (S150).

If there is no sound data corresponding to the image, the image matching ringtone providing server 400 transmits a failure message of detecting image matching sound data to the camera phone 200 through the communication service providing server 500 (S160).

On the other hand, if there is sound data corresponding to the image in step S150, the image matching ringtone providing server 400 through the communication service providing server 500 information (for example, list information, singer information, etc.) of the detected sound data Provided to the camera phone 500 (S170, S175).

The camera phone 200 displays information (list) of sound data registered in response to the image received from the image matching ringer providing server 400 on the screen, and determines whether to input a download request signal for the corresponding list ( S180).

When it is determined that the download request signal is input, the camera phone 200 transmits a download request signal for the sound data of the selected list to the image matching ring tone providing server 400 through the communication service providing server 500 (S190, 195).

The image matching ring tone providing server 400 transmits the sound data of the corresponding list detected in operation S140 to the camera phone 200 through the communication service providing server 500 according to the sound data download request of the camera phone 200. (S210, S215). Accordingly, the camera phone 200 can easily download the sound data corresponding to the selected list of the sound data list registered corresponding to the transmitted image.

In the above, specific preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention attached to the claims. will be.

According to the present invention, at least a list of sound data registered corresponding to an image photographed or stored directly through a mobile communication terminal capable of storing and transmitting an image is provided from an image matching ringer providing server and requests to download the list. By receiving the sound data of the corresponding list from the image matching ringtone providing server, it is possible to receive the sound data to be easily downloaded in real time through a simple procedure regardless of the place anytime, anywhere.

Claims (14)

In the sound data providing method using a communication network, Receiving a sound data request signal using an image for sound data identification through the communication network; Detecting at least one sound data registered corresponding to the sound data identification image; And And providing the detected at least one acoustic data through the communication network. The method of claim 1, And the image for identifying sound data is an image for identifying a jacket in which the sound data is stored. The method of claim 1, And the sound data is provided to the mobile communication terminal. In the sound data providing method using a communication network, Receiving a sound data request signal using an image for sound data identification through the communication network; Detecting at least one sound data registered corresponding to the sound data identification image; Providing list information of the detected at least one sound data through the communication network; Receiving a signal for requesting download of sound data corresponding to at least one list with respect to the provided list information; And And providing the sound data corresponding to the list requesting the download through the communication network. The method of claim 4, wherein And the image for identifying sound data is an image for identifying a jacket in which the sound data is stored. The method of claim 4, wherein And the sound data is provided to the mobile communication terminal. In the sound data providing system, A mobile communication terminal transmitting a sound data request signal corresponding to an image for sound data identification through a communication network; And And a sound data providing server for providing the mobile communication terminal with at least one sound data registered corresponding to the sound data identification image according to the sound data request signal. The method of claim 7, wherein The sound data providing server includes a database storing at least one sound data corresponding to the recognition image and sound data information corresponding to the sound data. The method of claim 8, The sound data providing server, An image recognizing unit detecting information of sound data registered corresponding to the recognition image received from the mobile communication terminal from the database; And And a sound search unit for detecting sound data registered in correspondence with the detected sound data information from the database. The method of claim 7, wherein And the image for identifying sound data is an image for identifying a jacket in which the sound data is stored. In the sound data providing server, An image recognizing unit provided through the communication network to detect list information of the sound data registered corresponding to the sound data identification image when receiving a sound data request signal using the sound data identification image through a communication network; And Upon receiving a download request signal of sound data corresponding to at least one of the list information provided through the communication network, an acoustic search unit provided through the communication network to detect sound data registered corresponding to the list. Acoustic data providing server, characterized in that it comprises. The method of claim 11, An image / acoustic matching database storing list information of the sound data registered in correspondence with the recognition image; And And a sound database storing sound data registered corresponding to the list information of the sound data. The method of claim 11, And the image for identifying the sound data is an image for identifying a jacket in which the sound data is stored. The method of claim 11, The sound data is provided to the mobile communication terminal, the sound data providing server.

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