KR20100066210A - Photographing information providing serve - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A photographing information providing server is provided to automatically set camera of a mobile communication terminal according to camera setting information of setting information providing server, thereby photographing a high quality photograph more easily. CONSTITUTION: A photographing information providing system comprises a LBS(Location Based Service) server(150) and photographing information providing server(130). The LBS server provides the location information of a mobile communication terminal(100). According to the photographing information request of the mobile communication terminal, the photographing information providing server requests the location information of the mobile communication terminal in the location information providing server. According to the location information of the mobile communication terminal, the photographing information providing server provides the photographing information according to the photographing information request.

Description

Photographic information providing server {Photographing information providing serve}

The present invention relates to a camera photographing information providing server, and more particularly, to a server for providing photographing information to a mobile communication terminal.

Recently, the performance of the camera mounted on the mobile phone is rapidly improving, and it is predicted that the camera equipped on the mobile phone will catch up with the performance of the high-end digital camera in the future.

Mobile phone users also take pictures of their favorite moments with their cell phone cameras and share their pictures with friends.

In general, digital single lens reflex (DSLR) or high-end digital cameras, unlike general digital cameras, if the camera settings are different or the location where the pictures are taken, the quality of the picture is significantly different. Therefore, the camera mounted on the mobile phone also has a problem in that when taking a picture in the automatic mode (auto mode) like a general digital camera, the satisfaction of the picture is greatly reduced.

An object of the present invention is to propose a shooting information providing server that can provide the user of the mobile communication terminal with the current location of the mobile communication terminal or the recommended location information of the desired destination.

Another object of the present invention is a shooting information providing server that provides camera configuration information for automatically setting camera settings by the mobile communication terminal so that the mobile communication terminal user can easily take a high-quality picture even if a beginner to take a picture. To suggest.

Still another object of the present invention is to propose a photographing information providing server that provides a camera position change guide message according to a recommendation composition so that a user can take a picture by changing the composition more easily.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a location information providing server for providing location information of a mobile communication terminal; And requesting the location information of the mobile communication terminal from the location information providing server according to the shooting information request received from the mobile communication terminal, and shooting information according to the shooting information request according to the received location information of the mobile communication terminal. Provided is a shooting information providing system including a shooting information providing server for providing a.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a server for providing photographing information to a mobile communication terminal, including a photographing location information for each region, the photographing location determination unit for providing a recommended photographing location according to the location of the mobile communication terminal of the region-specific photographing location information; And a composition determining unit including composition information for each image and providing recommendation composition which is composition information selected from the composition information for each image according to the main image received from the mobile communication terminal.

The shooting information providing server according to the present invention has an advantage of providing the mobile communication terminal user with the current location of the mobile communication terminal or recommendation shooting location information of a destination desired by the user.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal user has a merit that a mobile communication terminal can automatically set up a camera by providing a camera environment setting in consideration of the mobile communication terminal location so that even a beginner of photography can easily take a high quality picture.

In addition, by providing a camera position change guide message according to the recommendation composition, there is an advantage that the user can easily change the composition to take a picture.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate a thorough understanding of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same means regardless of the number of the drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a connection structure of a photographing information providing system for providing photographing information to a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a photographing information providing system for providing photographing information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 100, a mobile communication network 110, an internet network 120, a weather information providing server 140, It may include one or more of the LBS (Location Based Service) server 150 and the photographing information providing server 130.

The structure of the mobile communication terminal 100 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The mobile communication network 110 to which the mobile communication terminal 100 is connected may be, for example, a Node-B, a Radio Network Controller (RNC), a Serving GPRS Service Node (SGSN), and a Gateway (GGSN) in the case of a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) network. GPRS Service Node), which is a well-known technology, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The mobile communication network 110 illustrated in FIG. 1 is merely an example assuming a WCDMA network, and may correspond to a mobile communication network capable of transmitting and receiving data packets regardless of its name.

The weather information providing server 140 may provide weather information for each region, more specifically for each mobile terminal location. Since various methods of providing weather information are known, a detailed description of the weather information providing server 140 will be omitted.

The LBS server 150 is an example of a location information providing server that provides a location-based service. For example, the LBS server 150 may provide location information of a mobile communication terminal in association with a satellite positioning system (GPS). In the method for calculating the position of the mobile communication terminal 100, a Cell-ID method for transmitting a cell identifier to which the mobile communication terminal belongs (hereinafter referred to as "Cell ID"), and the time when radio waves arrive from each terminal to each base station. Since various positioning techniques are known, such as a method for calculating the position of the mobile communication terminal using a triangulation and a method using GPS after the measurement, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Shooting information providing server 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

Up to now, a description has been given of a connection structure of a photographing information providing system for providing photographing information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The configuration illustrated in FIG. 2 is just an example, and all or a part of the weather information providing server 140 and / or the LBS server 150 may be included in the photographing information providing server 130. It is apparent to those skilled in the art in light of this.

Hereinafter, a mobile communication terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 100 uses at least one of the communication unit 101, the display unit 102, the camera unit 103, the image processing unit 104, the input unit 105, and the audio output unit 106. May contain

Here, the communication unit 101 may transmit and receive data between the photographing information providing server 130 through the mobile communication network 110 and the Internet network 120.

The display unit 102 may display an input, a processing process, and a processing result, and may be, for example, an LCD. The display unit 102 may output an image input from the image processor 104 (to be described later) to the user.

The camera unit 103 may include a camera (not shown) provided in the mobile communication terminal, and may output an input image by processing a signal input to the camera. In addition, when the camera unit 103 receives a camera setting, the camera unit 103 may set a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the received camera setting information.

Here, the camera setting information may include at least one of a WB value, an ISO value, a shutter speed value, and an aperture value of the camera.

The image processor 104 may extract a key feature from the input image input from the camera 103. The main image may be extracted from an outline of the input image or a portion of the input image having a large change in pixel value, and various methods are known, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted. In addition, the image processor 104 may include the composition information in the input image and output the composition information to the display unit 102.

The input unit 105 may receive a predetermined command from the user. For example, it may be a keypad form of a numeric or special purpose key or a touch screen.

The voice output unit 106 may output a voice signal to the user through the speaker.

So far, the structure of the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to FIG. 2. Hereinafter, the photographing information providing server 130 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a photographing information providing server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the photographing information providing server 130 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 131, a photographing location determining unit 132, a composition determining unit 133, a camera setting determining unit 134, and a guide message. It may include one or more of the generation unit 135.

The communication unit 131 transmits and receives data with the mobile communication terminal 100 through the mobile communication network 110 and the Internet network 120, or provides the weather information providing server 140 and the LBS server 150 through the Internet network 120. You can send and receive data between them.

The photographing location determiner 132 may include photographing location information for each region.

Here, the photographing location information for each region may include at least one of a photographing location name, a representative image, and location information of a photographing location.

When the photographing location determiner 132 receives the recommended photographing location information request from the mobile communication terminal 100 through the communication unit 131, the photographing location determining unit 132 may determine the photographing location according to the location of the mobile communication terminal 100. Here, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that a plurality of recommended shooting locations may be determined.

For example, the photographing location determiner 132 may determine a photographing location within a predetermined range from the location of the mobile communication terminal 100 among photographing locations for each region as a recommended photographing location.

Here, the position of the mobile communication terminal 100 may be received from the LBS server 150 through the communication unit 131.

The composition determining unit 133 includes a plurality of image composition information, and when receiving a main image from the mobile communication terminal 100 through the communication unit 131, recommending among the composition information for the plurality of images based on the main image. The composition can be determined.

For example, the composition determiner 133 may extract the main composition information, which is the composition information of the main image, from the main image, and determine the recommended composition from the composition information for each image based on the main composition information.

For example, the composition determiner 133 may extract an image similar to the main image from a previously stored image, and determine the composition information of the image as the recommended composition information.

Here, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that a plurality of recommended composition information may be determined.

The camera setting determiner 134 may include camera setting information according to the weather, and determine the recommended camera setting according to the weather at the location of the mobile communication terminal 100.

Here, the location of the mobile communication terminal may be provided from the LBS server 150, the weather information according to the location may be provided from the weather information providing server 140.

Here, the recommended camera setting may include at least one of a WB value, an ISO value, a shutter speed value, and an aperture value.

The guide message generator 135 may generate a guide message using the main image received from the mobile communication terminal 100 and the recommendation structure information determined by the composition determiner 133.

For example, the guide message generation unit 135 may generate a guide message "Move the camera to the left" when the main image is on the right side based on the recommendation structure.

So far, the configuration of the photographing information providing server 130 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to FIG. 3.

However, the configuration of the photographing information providing server 130 illustrated in FIG. 3 is just one example, and may be variously implemented.

For example, the photographing information providing server 130 may include a separate storage unit (not shown), and the photographing location determining unit 132, the composition determining unit 133, and the camera setting determining unit 134, respectively. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that region information may include location information, image composition information, and weather setting for each camera.

Accordingly, the divisions of the components illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 are merely classified by the main functions of each component. That is, two or more components to be described below may be combined into one component, or one component may be provided divided into two or more for each function. Each of the components to be described below may additionally perform some or all of the functions of other components in addition to the main functions of the components, and some of the main functions of each of the components are different. Of course, it may be carried out exclusively by. Therefore, the existence of each component described through this specification should be interpreted functionally, and for this reason, the configuration of the components differs from the examples illustrated in the drawings to the extent that the objects of the present invention can be achieved. Make it clear that it can be done.

Therefore, in the following description of the method for providing photographing information according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 4 to 5, the photographing information providing server 120 is not limited to the internal configuration of the photographing information providing server 120. It demonstrates as a whole subject.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing photographing information to the mobile communication terminal 100 by the photographing information providing server 120 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, in the method of providing photographing information according to the first embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 4, the description overlapping with the above description with reference to FIGS. 2 to 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. Omitted because it may blur the point.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step s402, the mobile communication terminal 100 may transmit the recommended shooting location information request to the setting information providing server 130 through the mobile communication network 110 and the internet network 120.

Although not shown in FIG. 4, before the step s402, the photographing information providing server 130 requests one or more of recommended photographing location information, composition information, or setting information according to the photographing information request received from the mobile communication terminal 100. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the guide traffic for receiving or the web content for the mobile communication terminal 100 can be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100.

Subsequently, in step s404 and step s406, the photographing information providing server 130 may request the location information of the mobile communication terminal 100 from the LBS server 150 and receive a response.

Here, the mobile communication terminal 100 may be provided with a positioning module (for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module) and the like, and in step S402 the location information of the mobile communication terminal 100 together with the recommended shooting location information request. Is received by the photographing information providing server 130, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that steps s404 and s406 may not be performed.

Subsequently, in step S408, the photographing information providing server 130 may determine a recommended photographing location within a specified range at the location of the mobile communication terminal.

Referring to FIG. 3, the photographing information providing server 130 may include photographing location information for each region, and the photographing location information may include one or more of a photographing location name, a representative image, and location information.

In step s408, when the photographing information providing server 130 determines the recommended photographing location, an additional input may be received from the mobile communication terminal 100 on a specific subject (for example, building, tree, flower). It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the subject can determine the recommended location according to the location of the mobile communication terminal 100 using the subject.

In addition, in step s408, the photographing information providing server 130 determines that the recommended photographing location is determined by using the current location of the mobile communication terminal 100. However, destination information (for example, place name) from the mobile communication terminal 100 is described. It is apparent to those skilled in the art that the user can determine the recommended location by receiving the input, and receiving the location according to the destination information in steps s404 and s406.

Subsequently, in step S410, the shooting information providing server 130 may provide the determined shooting location information to the mobile communication terminal 100.

Subsequently, when the photographing information providing server 130 receives the camera setting request from the mobile communication terminal 100 in step s412, the location information of the mobile communication terminal 100 is obtained from the LBS server 150 in steps s414 and s416. Can be received upon request.

Here, the steps s414 and s416 are illustrated on the assumption that the position of the mobile communication terminal 100 is changed, and if the step s412 is performed immediately after the step s410, the steps s414 and s416 may be omitted. It is apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the invention.

Subsequently, in steps 418 and 420, the photographing information providing server 130 may request weather information of the location of the mobile communication terminal 100 from the weather information providing server 140 through the internet network and receive corresponding information.

Subsequently, in operation S422, the photographing information providing server 130 may determine a camera setting according to the weather information of the location of the received mobile communication terminal 100.

Referring to FIG. 3, the photographing information providing server 130 may include a camera setting for each weather, and the camera setting may include one or more of a camera's WB value, ISO value, shutter speed value, and aperture value. Explained.

Here, in providing the camera setting information determined by the photographing information providing server 130 to the mobile communication terminal 100 in step s424, a control signal is transmitted to control the camera of the mobile communication terminal 100 to the determined camera setting. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention.

Subsequently, in step S426, the mobile communication terminal 100 may change the camera setting according to the received camera setting or control the camera to be set to the received camera setting.

Therefore, according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 can receive the current location of the mobile communication terminal 100 or recommended photographing location information of a destination desired by the user from the photographing information providing server 100. There is an advantage.

In addition, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the camera provided in the mobile communication terminal 100 is automatically set according to the camera setting information received from the shooting information providing server 130, thereby photographing the user of the client terminal 100. Even beginners can take high-quality pictures more easily.

So far, the method of providing the camera setting information by the shooting information providing server 130 according to the first embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to FIG. 4.

However, this is only an example, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that some order of steps illustrated in FIG. 4 may be changed or omitted.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 5, the photographing information providing server 130 may further provide composition information and a guide message.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which the photographing information providing server 130 provides composition information and setting information to a mobile communication terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, in the description with reference to FIG. 5, the description overlapping with the above description with reference to FIG. 4 may be omitted since it may obscure the gist of the method for providing the composition information illustrated in FIG. 5.

Although not shown in FIG. 5, one or more of steps s402 to s412 of FIG. 4 may be performed before step s502 of FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 5, in operation s502, the mobile communication terminal 100 may extract a main image by using a point where an outline or a pixel value suddenly changes from an input image input through a camera.

Subsequently, in step S504, the photographing information providing server 130 may use the main image received from the mobile communication terminal 100 and determine the recommendation structure using the main image received in step 506.

For example, the photographing information providing server 130 may extract main composition information, which is the composition information of the main image, from the main image, and determine a recommendation composition from the composition information for each image based on the main composition information.

For example, the photographing information providing server 130 may extract an image similar to the main image, and determine the composition information of the corresponding image as the recommendation composition.

Subsequently, in operation S518, the photographing information providing server 130 may generate a location change guide message of the camera using the determined recommendation composition and the main image.

For example, the photographing information providing server 130 extracts the main composition information which is the composition of the main image, and compares the extracted main composition information with the recommended composition information determined in step s518 to generate a location change guide message of the camera. Can be.

For example, the photographing information providing server 130 may generate a guide message "Move the camera to the left" when the main image is on the right side based on the recommendation structure.

Subsequently, in step s520, the photographing information providing server 130 may provide the determined recommendation composition information and guide message information to the mobile communication terminal 100. In step s522, the mobile communication terminal 100 receives the received recommendation composition information and The guide message may be output to the user of the mobile communication terminal 100.

So far, the method of providing the recommendation composition information and the camera position change guide message to the mobile communication terminal 100 by the photographing information providing server 130 has been described with reference to FIG. 5.

The order illustrated in FIG. 5 is only one example, and it may be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention that it may be performed in combination with the steps illustrated in FIG. 4 in various orders.

In operation 506, the photographing information providing server 130 may determine a plurality of recommendation compositions, and provide a plurality of recommendation composition information to the mobile communication terminal 100 (not shown). The composition information may be received (not shown) from the mobile communication terminal 100. In this case, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention that the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 may generate the location change guide message using the recommendation composition information selected from the plurality of recommendation compositions in step s518. .

In addition, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the photographing information providing server 130 may further transmit main composition information, which is a composition of the main image, to the mobile communication terminal 100 in step s520.

6 is a diagram illustrating a camera position change guide message displayed on the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the mobile communication terminal 100 may output the main composition information 602 and the recommended composition information 604 extracted by the setting information providing server from the input image to the user.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 100 may output a camera position change guide message 600 received from the photographing information providing server 130 to the user.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 100 outputs a camera location change guide message received from the photographing information providing server 130 to the user, whereby the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 is photographed. Even beginners can easily take pictures with good composition.

The photographing information providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. Computer-readable media may include, alone or in combination with the program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like.

The program instructions recorded on the computer readable medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media and ROM, RAM, flash memory and the like. In addition, the above-described medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that the invention may be varied and varied without departing from the scope of the invention.

1 is a diagram illustrating a connection structure of a system for providing camera setting information to a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a photographing information providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing camera setting information to a mobile communication terminal 100 by a photographing information providing server according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing composition information and setting information to a mobile communication terminal by a photographing information providing server according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a camera position change guide message displayed on the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

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100: mobile communication terminal

130: shooting information providing server

131: communication unit

132: shooting location determination unit

133: composition determination unit

134: camera setting determiner

135: guide message generation unit

140: weather information server

150: location information server

Claims (6)

Location information providing server for providing location information of the mobile communication terminal; And In response to the photographing information request received from the mobile communication terminal, requesting the location information providing server location information of the mobile communication terminal, and receiving the photographing information according to the photographing information request according to the received location information of the mobile communication terminal. Shooting information providing system comprising a shooting information providing server to provide. The method of claim 1, The shooting information may include one or more of recommended shooting location information according to the location of the mobile communication terminal, recommendation composition information according to a main image received from the mobile communication terminal, and camera setting information according to the weather of the location of the mobile communication terminal. Shooting information providing system characterized in that. The method of claim 2, The photographing information providing server further provides a photographing information providing system of providing a location change guide message of a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal by using the main image and the recommendation composition. In the server for providing shooting information to the mobile communication terminal, A photographing location determination unit including photographing location information for each region and providing a recommendation photographing location according to the location of the mobile communication terminal among photographing location information for each region; And And a composition determining unit including composition information for each image and providing recommendation composition which is composition information selected from the composition information for each image according to the main image received from the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein And a camera setting determination unit including camera setting information according to weather and providing a recommended camera setting which is camera setting information selected from the camera setting information according to the weather of the location. The method according to claim 4 or 5, And a guide message generation unit for generating a location change guide message of a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal by using the main image and the recommendation composition.

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