KR20080097518A - Digital frame capable of outputting image signal and audio signal linked mutually and output method therof - Google Patents

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KR20080097518A
KR20080097518A KR1020070042458A KR20070042458A KR20080097518A KR 20080097518 A KR20080097518 A KR 20080097518A KR 1020070042458 A KR1020070042458 A KR 1020070042458A KR 20070042458 A KR20070042458 A KR 20070042458A KR 20080097518 A KR20080097518 A KR 20080097518A
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Disclosed are an electronic frame and an output method capable of outputting cross-linked image and audio signals. The electronic picture frame of the present invention may display one image file as an image or display a plurality of image files as a slide show, search for audio files linked to the image files, and output the same to a speaker. have. In addition, the apparatus of the present invention can link the voice file generated by recording the voice of the user to the image file.

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Digital frame capable of outputting image signal and audio signal linked mutually and output method therof}

1 is a block diagram of an electronic picture frame according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a perspective view of an electronic picture frame according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart provided to explain a method of outputting an audio file during a slide show in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; and

4 is a screen displaying a list of image files included in a slide show according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to the present invention, while displaying one image file as an image or displaying a plurality of image files as a slide show, by searching for audio files linked to the corresponding image files and outputting them to a speaker, mutual linking is performed. The present invention relates to an electronic frame and an output method capable of simultaneously outputting an image and an audio signal.

Recently, with the development of display devices, various kinds of display devices have been announced.

In particular, recently, display devices using flat panel display devices such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs), plasma display panels (PDPs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), and the like have been used in various fields due to their morphological superiority. It is widely used. Digital frame is one example.

The electronic picture frame implements a flat panel display device in the form of a frame, and displays an image as an image rather than a conventional paper photograph. The digital image that can be displayed as an electronic frame is not limited in form or format, and a photorealistic image may be common.

It is common for a photograph to mediate various mental functions to human beings, but especially for live-action images, it is common to remember past experiences and convey various emotions.

In addition, just as photographs are used to convey a special news or story to a nearby person, an electronic frame may store a special video and be provided to a nearby person or as a gift.

An object of the present invention is to display one image file as an image or to display a plurality of image files as a slide show, and to search for audio files linked to the image files and output them to a speaker. In addition, the present invention provides an electronic picture frame and an output method capable of simultaneously outputting a linked image and an audio signal.

In order to achieve the above object, an image and audio output method of an electronic picture frame for outputting a predetermined image file as an image including a display unit implemented as a flat panel display device according to the present invention is selected from an image file stored in a storage medium. Displaying a corresponding image on the display unit; searching whether the audio file linked to the selected image file is stored in the storage medium; and if the linked audio file exists, the searched audio file is displayed. Reproducing and outputting audio as audio that can be audibly recognized, and maintaining the display of the selected image file until reproduction of the linked audio file is completed.

In the searching, the audio file having the same name except for the image file being output as the image and the extension may be searched as the linked audio file.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further include receiving a link setting command from a user for linking an image file and an audio file selected from a plurality of image files and audio files stored in the storage medium; And changing the names of the image file and the audio file to be linked according to the link setting command.

In addition, the present invention comprises the steps of recording the voice of the user input while the image file is displayed as an image as an audio file; And storing the name of the recorded audio file with the same name as the displayed image file.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the present invention comprises the steps of receiving a slide show execution command from the user to continuously display a plurality of image files selected from the image files stored in the storage medium; And sequentially repeating the displaying, searching, outputting to audio, and maintaining the selected plurality of image files according to the slide show execution command.

Receiving a control command of a user to display a list of the selected plurality of image files from a user before inputting the slide show execution command; And searching whether the audio file is linked to the selected plurality of image files according to the list display control command, and displaying the searched result along with the list.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the electronic frame for outputting a predetermined image file as an image including a display unit implemented as a flat panel display device includes a storage medium, an audio processor, a speaker, and an output controller.

The storage medium stores at least one image file and an audio file, and the audio processor decodes a predetermined audio file and outputs the audio file as an audio signal. The speaker converts the audio signal received by the audio processor into audio that can be recognized audibly and outputs the audio signal.

The output controller controls the selected one of the image files stored in the storage medium to be output as an image through the display unit, and searches whether the audio file linked to the selected image file is stored in the storage medium. If found, the searched audio file is output to the audio processor for playback.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic frame according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view of the electronic frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic frame 100 according to the present invention includes an input unit 101, a microphone 103, a memory 105, a storage medium 107, an image processor 109, a display unit 111, It includes an audio processing unit 113, a speaker (SPK) and a control unit 130, and in displaying a predetermined image according to the user's control command, such as audio or music that is pre-linked to the corresponding image You can output

The input unit 101 corresponds to a keypad, a jog shuttle, a touch screen, and the like, and includes predetermined control commands such as a voice recording command, an English trademark command, a link setting command, and the like. A slide show execution command or the like is received and output to the controller 130.

The microphone 103 converts the voice into a corresponding electric voice signal and outputs the voice signal to the controller 130. The user can record a predetermined voice using the microphone 103.

The memory 105 is an active or inactive memory and stores various data necessary during the operation of the controller 130.

The storage medium 107 stores audio files including various voice files or music files to be output through the speaker SPK and image files to be displayed through the display unit 111.

Here, the voice file may be stored in various formats, for example, an adaptive multi-rate (ARM) format, and other audio files may be stored in a format such as MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) according to a coding scheme.

Image files are stored in image file formats such as certain Joint Picture Experts Group (JPEG), Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), Bit Map Picture (BMP), Table Network Graphics (PNG), and the like, preferably in JPEG format. Stored as.

The storage medium 107 may be a flash memory, a hard disk, or the like, and a memory card is preferable.

According to an embodiment, the storage medium 107 may store a 'mapping table' for an image file which is mutually linked with an audio file among previously stored image files.

The image processor 109 decodes predetermined image data output from the controller 130 and outputs the decoded image data to the display unit 111.

The display unit 111 displays an image corresponding to a predetermined image signal output from the image processor 109 to the user. The display unit 111 is preferably a flat panel display device such as an LCD (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), or the like.

The audio processor 113 converts the digital audio data output from the controller 130 into an analog audio signal and outputs the audio signal to the speaker SPK.

The controller 130 controls the overall operation of the electronic picture frame 100. In addition, the controller 130 includes a voice recording unit 131 and an output control unit 133, and controls to record / store the user's voice and to display a pre-stored image file as an image.

When the voice recording unit 131 receives a voice recording command from the user through the input unit 101, the voice recording unit 131 codes a voice signal of the user input through the microphone 103 to generate a predetermined voice file, and generates the voice file. The storage medium 107 is stored.

The user inputs the voice recording command while the specific image file is being displayed through the display unit 111. The voice recording unit 131 sets the name of the generated voice file (except the extension) and the name of the specific image file. The same designation is made in the storage medium 107. For example, a newly recorded audio file is linked to an image file called abc23.jpeg and is named abc23.mp3.

The voice recording unit 131 may delete or change the existing linked audio file to another name and link the recorded voice file when the voice recording is performed on the image file having the previously set audio file.

The output controller 133 may output one of the image files stored in the storage medium 107 to the image processor 109 according to a user's control command to control the display to be displayed on the display 111.

In addition, the output control unit 133 controls to output the corresponding audio file pre-stored in the storage medium 107 through the speaker SPK when displaying the image file linked with the specific audio file. For example, the output controller 133 may control to output the recorded voice while the image file is displayed, and may serve as a kind of video letter.

The link setting of the image file and the audio file (including the pre-recorded voice file) is made by making the names of the two files the same (without the extension), similar to the generation of the voice file. When the output control unit 133 receives the 'link setting command' of the image file and the pre-stored audio file, the output controller 133 changes the name of the image file and the audio file to be linked in the same manner. Preferably, the output control unit 133 changes the name of the audio file to be the same as the image file.

 Alternatively, when the user changes or stores the name of the pre-stored audio file in the same manner as a specific image file, the corresponding audio file and the image file are linked.

In addition, when the output controller 133 receives a slide show execution command from the user through the input unit 101, the output controller 133 may control the plurality of image files to be displayed while being connected at a predetermined 'image holding time' interval. However, the maintenance time of the image file linked with the audio file may be different from the image maintenance time.

When there is a link-set audio file among the image files included in the slide show, the output controller 133 may simultaneously display the image and output the audio as described above. Therefore, the time when one image file is displayed as an image will be a long time between the image holding time set by the slide show execution command and the playing time of the audio file linked to the image file.

Hereinafter, connecting and displaying a plurality of image files is simply referred to as a slide show.

Hereinafter, the operation of the output control unit 133 will be described with reference to FIG. 3. 3 is a flowchart provided to explain a method of outputting an audio file during a slide show according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the output controller 133 receives a slide show execution command for a plurality of image files (for example, first to nth image files) through the input unit 101, the output controller 133 outputs the first image file according to a preset order. 109 and outputs the image to the display unit 111 (S301).

The output control unit 133 searches whether there is an audio file linked to the first image file at the same time as step S301 (S303).

The output control unit 133 continues to display the corresponding image file until the preset image holding time elapses when the search result link audio file of step S303 is not found (S305).

The output controller 133 outputs the searched audio file to the audio processor 113 to be output to the speaker SPK when the audio file set in the search in step S303 is searched (S307), and the playback of the corresponding audio file ends. The display of the corresponding image file is maintained until it is (S309).

When playback of the linked audio file is finished, the output controller 133 determines whether the slide show is over by determining whether the image file being displayed is the last image file included in the slide show. If the image file being displayed is not the last image file, the output control unit 133 returns to step S301 to control the next image file to be displayed (S311).

In the above manner, the slide show of the present invention is performed.

According to an exemplary embodiment, even if the reproduction of the audio file is completed in operation S309, the output controller 133 may maintain the display of the image so that the corresponding time elapses if the image holding time that is set in the slideshow has not elapsed.

The output control unit 133 may shorten the search time by using a modified search method in addition to the general linear search method to search the audio file in step S303. For example, the output controller 133 extracts only the audio file based on the file extension and compares the extracted file names. The output control unit 133 compares the entire file name, but compares the first few characters (for example, two or three) before comparing the entire name. Compare names.

Also, according to another embodiment related to the input of the user's slide show execution command and the execution of step S303, the output control unit 133 may display a list of images to be included in the slide show based on the user's control command (for example, a list display command). It may be displayed through the display unit 111.

For example, the output controller 133 may display an image file to be included in the slide show in the form of a thumbnail, search for and display whether there is an audio file linked to the image file. 4 is a screen displaying a list of image files included in a slide show according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4, eight thumbnail screens A401 to A408 are displayed on the screen A400 displayed on the display 111, and an enlarged display of the ones selected by the user among the eight thumbnail screens A401 to A408 is displayed. Screen A420 is displayed.

When the user inquires a list displayed in thumbnail form to input a slide show execution command, the output control unit 133 searches for an audio file linked to the image file and displays the result along with the thumbnail of the image file. . In addition, the output control unit 133 sets the search result in the form of a flag.

Referring to FIG. 4, predetermined icons A431 to A437 are displayed with respect to a file in which a linked audio file is searched among eight image files displayed as thumbnails. The icons A431 to A437 are displayed on the screens A401, A404, A406, and A407.

Therefore, in searching the linked audio file in step S303, the output controller 133 only needs to search the linked audio file for the image file with the flag set, and omits the search process for the image file without the flag set. And immediately proceed to step S305.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, as described above, the present invention may generate and store a mapping table related to link setting of an image file and an audio file.

In this case, when the voice recording unit 131 stores the generated voice file in the storage medium 107, the voice file is mapped to a pre-stored image file, and the corresponding mapping items are stored in the mapping table of the storage medium 107. Record it. If you use a mapping table, you do not have to name the image file and the audio file the same.

This mapping is done by various control commands of the user. One of such control commands is that a voice recording command of a user is input while a predetermined image is displayed through the display unit 111, and the voice recording unit 131 maps the newly generated voice file to the image file being displayed. .

In addition, when linking the pre-stored audio file without linking the file by voice recording to the image file, the output control unit 133 maps the specific image file and the audio file to each other according to the user's control command, and outputs the result. Write to mapping table.

As described above, the electronic frame 100 of the present invention may output an audio file or a voice file linked to the image file through the speaker while displaying the predetermined image file.

The invention can be implemented in methods, devices and systems. In addition, when the present invention is implemented in computer software, the components of the present invention may be replaced with code segments necessary for performing necessary operations. The program or code segment may be stored in a medium that can be processed by a microprocessor and transmitted as computer data coupled with carrier waves via a transmission medium or communication network.

The media that can be processed by the microprocessor include electronic circuits, semiconductor memory devices, ROMs, flash memory, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), floppy disks, optical disks, and hard disks. (Hard) Includes the ability to transmit and store information such as disks, fiber optics, wireless networks, and the like. Computer data also includes data that can be transmitted over electrical network channels, optical fibers, electromagnetic fields, wireless networks, and the like.

In addition, although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiment, the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

As described in detail above, the electronic picture frame according to the present invention may search for an audio file linked to the corresponding image files and output the same to a speaker while displaying one image file or displaying a plurality of image files as a slide show. .

In addition, the electronic picture frame of the present invention may be linked automatically while recording a predetermined voice for a specific image file, so that the recorded voice is output when the corresponding image file is displayed, thereby performing a kind of video letter function.

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In the image and audio output method of the electronic picture frame for outputting a predetermined image file as an image including a display unit implemented as a flat panel display device, Displaying an image corresponding to a selected image file among image files stored in a storage medium through the display unit; Searching whether the audio file linked to the selected image file is stored in the storage medium; Reproducing and outputting the searched audio file as audio that can be recognized acoustically when the linked audio file is found as a result of the search; And And maintaining the display of the selected image file until playback of the linked audio file is completed. The method of claim 1, The searching may include searching for the audio file having the same name except for the image file being output as the video and the extension as the linked audio file. The method of claim 1, Receiving a link setting command from a user, the link setting command linking an image file and an audio file selected from a plurality of image files and audio files stored in the storage medium; And And changing the names of the image file and the audio file to be linked in accordance with the link setting command. The method of claim 1, Recording a voice of a user input while the image file is displayed as an image as an audio file; And And storing the name of the recorded audio file under the same name as the displayed image file. The method of claim 1, Receiving a slide show execution command from a user to continuously display a plurality of selected image files among the image files stored in the storage medium; And And sequentially repeating the displaying, searching, outputting to audio, and maintaining the selected plurality of image files according to the slide show execution command. Frame image and audio output method. The method of claim 5, Receiving a control command of a user to display a list of the selected plurality of image files from a user before inputting the slide show execution command; And Searching for whether there is an audio file linked to the selected plurality of image files according to the list display control command, and displaying the searched result together with the list. Output method. In the electronic frame for outputting a predetermined image file as an image including a display unit implemented as a flat panel display device, A storage medium storing at least one image file and an audio file; An audio processor which decodes a predetermined audio file and outputs the audio signal as an audio signal; A speaker for converting the audio signal received by the audio processor into audio which can be recognized audibly; While the selected one of the image files stored in the storage medium is controlled to be output as an image through the display unit, the audio file linked to the selected image file is searched to be stored in the storage medium, and the linked audio file is searched. And an output control unit for outputting the retrieved audio file to the audio processing unit and playing the audio file. The method of claim 7, wherein And the output control unit searches for the audio file having the same name except the extension and the image file being output as the video as the linked audio file. The method of claim 7, wherein And an input unit configured to receive a link setting command from a user, the link setting command for linking an image file and an audio file selected from the plurality of image files and audio files stored in the storage medium. And the output controller changes the names of the image file and the audio file to be set to be the same when the link setting command is received through the input unit. The method of claim 7, wherein A microphone for changing a user's voice into an electrical voice signal; And When the voice signal is received from the microphone while the predetermined image file is displayed as an image, the voice signal is further coded by a predetermined coding method, and further comprising a voice recording unit for recording the audio file having the same name as the image file. Electronic frame made with. The method of claim 7, wherein And an input unit configured to receive a slide show execution command for continuously displaying a plurality of selected image files among the image files stored in the storage medium and output the same to the output control unit. When the output controller receives the slideshow execution command, the output controller continuously displays images of the plurality of selected image files, retrieves the linked audio file, and outputs the retrieved audio file to the audio processor. And an electronic frame for controlling the display of an image according to an image file linked to the audio file being played until the reproduction of the audio file output to the audio processor is completed. The method of claim 11, The input unit receives a user's control command to display a list of the selected plurality of image files, And the output control unit outputs a result of searching whether the audio file is linked to the selected plurality of image files according to the control command and outputs the result to the image processing unit together with the list to be displayed as an image.
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