KR20110123393A - System and method for providing mobile digital cartoon contents - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile digital cartoon content supplying system and supplying method thereof are provided to supply online transaction between digital cartoon content author and a user. CONSTITUTION: A management server(400) stores an authoring tool. A mobile digital cartoon contents author terminal(500) downloads the authoring tool from the management server. The mobile digital cartoon contents author terminal authors mobile digital cartoon content through the authoring tool.

Description

Mobile Digital Cartoon Contents Provision System and its Provision Method {System And Method For Providing Mobile Digital Cartoon Contents}

The present invention relates to a mobile comic cartoon content providing system and a method of providing the same, and in particular, the supply and demand can be made through online direct transactions between the author of the mobile digital cartoon content and a user using the mobile digital cartoon content, and as a result, the mobile digital cartoon content While the creator of the content can earn a legitimate return on their creative activities, users who use mobile digital comic content can also recognize that the profits from using their mobile digital comic content are paid to the corresponding author. The present invention relates to a mobile digital cartoon content providing system and a method of providing the same, which ensure transparency of profit distribution of cartoon content.

In general, cartoons refer to pictures that are concise, humorous, or exaggerated. Figures of characters, animals, and objects are put together. They provide brief readings with humor, satire, or a certain plot.

These comics are very familiar to the general public, such as the ninth art, but since the production of existing comics is done by hand, it is a creative process that cannot be easily touched except by some people who are good at drawing. It is.

In recent years, comics, which have been provided via print media on-line, are also provided on-line, and the digital comics market is continuously growing due to the increase in mobile content acceptance and market expansion.

That is, recently, the functions of mobile terminals such as mobile phones and PMPs are gradually diversified. When the mobile phones are described as examples, the mobile phones are capable of data communication as well as voice communication. Has the ability to Accordingly, Internet operators are currently providing a download service of various multimedia contents through wireless Internet according to the diversification of the mobile terminal functions, and digital cartoon contents are widely used as one kind of such multimedia contents.

In particular, comics generally have a high information delivery power, digital comic content also has a high information delivery power, so the digital comics content market is currently used by a large number of users, but still large in terms of supply and demand The potential of the mobile comic content market among the digital comic content market appears to be limitless due to the spread of smartphones and the activation of an app store.

However, the current domestic mobile cartoon content market is based on WIPI, and the revenue distribution between mobile carriers and actual digital cartoon content creators is due to CPs (Contents Provide), an intermediate distributor between mobile carriers and digital cartoon content creators. This is not a transparent reality. Accordingly, there is a need to enable digital comic content authors to directly create and distribute digital comic content. In other words, there is a need to promote a more transparent profit sharing structure by enabling direct transactions between digital comic content creators and users using digital comic content, which in turn promotes the creative will of digital comic content creators. This is an important issue for users to be provided with better digital comic content.

On the other hand, there is a need for an authoring tool suitable for authoring digital cartoon content for a mobile terminal. However, currently provided digital cartoon content authoring tool (hereinafter, referred to as authoring tool) is a terminal with a relatively large display screen such as a personal PC. Target digital comic content displayed through.

In other words, the existing authoring tool is a form in which the editing screen is arranged in a grid of the basic cells of the same size, and the original image files of different sizes used for authoring digital cartoon content are inserted into the basic cells of the same size. In order to be inserted while resizing uniformly. In other words, mobile comic cartoon content, like paper cartoons offline, forms various scenes with different sizes of images arranged appropriately. If the original image files of the size are inserted as they are, the authoring and editing of the digital cartoon content for mobile may be well reflected in the intention of the creator of the mobile digital cartoon content (hereinafter, referred to as author). However, the existing authoring tool was not able to do this because all original image files were arranged in a uniform size.

In addition, the existing authoring tool is a form in which the original image files are simply arranged in sequence regardless of the composition of the digital cartoon content on the editing screen, the author is arranged in a sequence of images of the same size is very simple at the same time the actual mobile will be read by the user The author works while watching a screen that is very different from the contents of the digital cartoon content. In other words, the existing authoring tool does not help the author to visualize the next scene according to the entire story of the digital cartoon content for mobile while showing the editing screen and to show better imagination and creativity.

In addition, a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone such as a smartphone or a mobile terminal such as a PMP has a relatively small display screen, and there is a limit in expressing various scenes in which various sizes of images are combined through a small display screen of the mobile terminal. Therefore, authors use only relatively small original image files when authoring mobile digital cartoon contents, and they do not reflect their creative intentions in various ways, and mobile digital cartoon contents that are authored are also relatively monotonous works consisting of limited sized images. There is no choice but to. This leads to a decrease in the workability of the digital cartoon content for mobile and consequently the interest of users using the mobile digital cartoon content. This may act as a factor to inhibit the active trading of digital cartoon content online.

In addition, the digital cartoon content for mobile authored by the existing authoring tool is fixed in size and the corresponding resolution of the image, according to the forced increase of the image size when displaying through different display screens of various mobile terminals As a result, a phenomenon of deterioration of resolution occurs. Accordingly, after the user purchases the mobile digital cartoon content, the user frequently occurs a case where the image quality is lower than what he thought when displaying on the mobile terminal, and thus, the user decides to purchase the digital cartoon content for the mobile. You will not be able to fall easily.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a digital comic book content providing system for a mobile terminal that enables supply and demand through online direct transactions between the author of the mobile digital comic book content and a user using the mobile digital comic book content.

In addition, while authors of mobile digital cartoon content can earn a legitimate return on their creative activities, users who use mobile digital cartoon content also recognize that the profits from using their mobile digital cartoon content are paid to the author. Another purpose is to provide a digital comic book content providing system for a mobile terminal to ensure the transparency of the revenue distribution of mobile digital comic book content.

In addition, the creators of mobile cartoon content can be guaranteed a legitimate return on their creative activities, which can lead to the efforts to supply better quality mobile cartoon content to the online market, thereby promoting the quality of mobile digital cartoon content. As a result, a user using mobile digital cartoon contents can continuously use high quality mobile cartoon contents, and in addition, the mobile terminal that can expand the selection of high quality mobile cartoon contents and continue to increase the use thereof. Another purpose is to provide a digital cartoon content providing system.

In addition, the mobile comic content can be produced in a state where the author's creative intention is very well expressed, so that the creative will of the mobile comic content creator can be improved. Another object of the present invention is to provide a digital cartoon content providing system for a mobile terminal, which enables to receive a relatively good mobile digital cartoon content that is well reflected.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of authoring digital cartoon content using the authoring tool of the digital cartoon content.

In addition, the original image files of different sizes are inserted in the corresponding size, respectively, properly arranged, and a plurality of original image files are continuously arranged along the horizontal or vertical direction of the edit screen to form a scene. As these scenes are arranged while forming columns along the horizontal or vertical direction of the editing screen, the editing screen is displayed in the same state as the display screen of the actual digital cartoon content, and the author authors the digital cartoon content through the editing screen. And an authoring tool for digital cartoon content for a mobile terminal that enables editing work, so that the author can author the digital cartoon content for mobile in a state that better reflects his or her authoring intention.

In addition, when authoring mobile digital cartoon content through the authoring tool downloaded to the author's terminal through the management server, the image magnification of the digital cartoon content that has been authored can be adjusted to the display screen size of the mobile terminal to be displayed. Another object of the present invention is to allow digital cartoon content to be sold to a user in a state of preventing damage to the image and deterioration of resolution according to a forced increase of the original image when displaying the display screen of the mobile terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, in the mobile digital cartoon content providing system according to the present invention, an authoring tool capable of authoring mobile digital cartoon content is stored, the authoring tool includes an editing area and a tool area, The editing area includes basic cells of the same size arranged in a grid, and the original image file used for authoring digital cartoon content for mobile is inserted into the editing area while forming an individual cut. The image file is automatically recognized in size so that one of the cuts is inserted into at least one of the basic cells, and a plurality of the cuts are continuously arranged along the horizontal or vertical direction of the editing area to create one scene. A plurality of scenes arranged in a state in which a plurality of scenes are arranged in a row or column in parallel to the edit screen; And a plurality of mobile digital cartoon content author terminals for accessing the management server to download the authoring tool, authoring and uploading mobile digital cartoon content to the management server through the downloaded authoring tool, and accessing the management server. And a user mobile terminal which downloads the mobile digital cartoon content uploaded to the management server from the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal.

The management server may further include an authoring tool management unit configured to store the authoring tool to manage download of the authoring tool, and to register, authenticate, and charge information about the management server of the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal and the user mobile terminal. An authentication / billing management unit, an author management unit for managing the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal and information of the author, a user management unit for managing the user terminal and information of the user, and mobile digital data stored in a database of the management server. And a mobile digital cartoon content manager for managing uploading and downloading of cartoon content.

The authoring tool may further include an interface module for accessing an original image file used for authoring digital cartoon content for mobiles from a storage unit storing a plurality of original image files, and one original image file accessed by the interface module. An image editing module for inserting into at least one of the basic cells in a cut unit, and an authoring control module for controlling the overall operation of the authoring tool, wherein the image editing module includes: a size of the original image file; Sets a group into a plurality of rows or columns in which a cut inserter inserts a corresponding cut into at least one of the basic cells and automatically cuts the cut inserted into the editing area by the cut inserter. Display of the cuts in a scene configuration unit forming the plurality of scenes and a plurality of scenes formed by the scene configuration unit It characterized in that it comprises a sequence prescribed by the cut flow setting.

In order to achieve the above object, the method for providing mobile digital cartoon content according to the present invention is an authoring tool that allows the author to authorize the mobile digital cartoon content stored in the management server through the mobile digital comic content author terminal The authoring step of downloading and installing the downloaded authoring tool on the mobile digital comic book content authoring terminal, and after the author authors the mobile digital comic book content using the authoring tool, the mobile digital comic book content authoring terminal The mobile digital comic content registration step of uploading the mobile digital comic content created by accessing the management server, and after the user accesses the management server through the user mobile terminal, the mobile digital comic content stored in the database of the management server Selecting the mobile digital cartoon content to purchase through the list, and the mobile digital cartoon content purchase step is downloaded when the user pays for the purchased mobile digital cartoon content to the user's mobile terminal through the management server Characterized in that.

In addition, the authoring tool includes a multi-publishing (Multi Publishing) function to format the size of the mobile digital comic content authored according to the display screen size of the mobile terminals, the author of the user who purchases mobile digital comic content Adjust the image size of the mobile digital cartoon content according to the display screen size of the mobile terminal through the multi-publishing function and upload it to the management server, and the user fits the display screen size of the user's mobile terminal through the multi-publishing function. It is characterized in that to download the mobile digital cartoon content resized image.

According to the present invention, supply and demand can be made through online direct transactions between the author of the mobile digital cartoon content and the user using the mobile digital cartoon content.

In addition, while authors of mobile digital cartoon content can earn a legitimate return on their creative activities, users who use mobile digital cartoon content also recognize that the profits from using their mobile digital cartoon content are paid to the author. As a result, transparency in revenue sharing of mobile digital cartoon content can be secured.

In addition, the creators of mobile cartoon content can be guaranteed a legitimate return on their creative activities, which can lead to the efforts to supply better quality mobile cartoon content to the online market, thereby promoting the quality of mobile digital cartoon content. As a result, a user using the mobile digital cartoon content can continue to use the high quality mobile cartoon content, and in addition, the choice of high quality mobile cartoon content can be expanded and the use thereof can continue to increase.

In addition, the mobile comic content can be produced in a state where the author's creative intention is very well expressed, so that the creative will of the mobile comic content creator can be improved. It is possible to receive relatively high quality mobile digital cartoon contents that are well reflected.

In addition, the original image files of different sizes are inserted in the corresponding size, respectively, properly arranged, and a plurality of original image files are continuously arranged along the horizontal or vertical direction of the edit screen to form a scene. As these scenes are arranged while forming columns along the horizontal or vertical direction of the editing screen, the editing screen is displayed in the same state as the display screen of the actual digital cartoon content, and the author authors the digital cartoon content through the editing screen. And an authoring tool for digital cartoon content for a mobile terminal that enables editing, so that the author can author the digital cartoon content for mobile with a better reflection of his or her authoring intention.

In addition, when authoring mobile digital cartoon content through the authoring tool downloaded to the author's terminal through the management server, the image magnification of the digital cartoon content that has been authored can be adjusted to the display screen size of the mobile terminal to be displayed. Digital cartoon content can be sold to a user in a state of preventing damage to the image and deterioration of resolution by forcibly increasing the original image when displaying the display screen of the mobile terminal.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of a mobile digital cartoon content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a mobile digital cartoon content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a digital cartoon content authoring tool used in a mobile digital cartoon content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a cartoon editing screen of the digital cartoon authoring tool according to the embodiment of FIG. 3;
5 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a large original image file is divided into a plurality of unit images and inserted into an edit screen of the digital cartoon authoring tool according to the embodiment of FIG. 3.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a process of inserting an original image file into an edit screen of a digital cartoon content authoring tool according to the embodiment of FIG.
7 to 9 are diagrams illustrating another example in which a large original image file is divided into a plurality of unit images and inserted into the digital cartoon authoring tool editing screen according to the embodiment of FIG. 3.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a process of setting image effects in an edit screen of a digital cartoon authoring tool according to the embodiment of FIG. 3.
11 is a diagram illustrating an emulator execution process in an edit screen of a digital comic book authoring tool according to the embodiment of FIG. 3.
12 is a diagram illustrating an information input screen of authored digital cartoon content of the digital cartoon authoring tool according to the embodiment of FIG.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a process of authoring a digital cartoon content according to the embodiment of FIG.
14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for providing mobile digital cartoon content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a flowchart illustrating a process of managing authors in a method for providing mobile digital cartoon content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a flowchart illustrating a process of downloading a mobile cartoon content by a user in the method for providing mobile digital cartoon content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

1 is a block diagram showing an example of a mobile digital cartoon content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the mobile digital cartoon content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the management server 400, the mobile digital cartoon content creator terminal 500, the first to third user mobile terminal (610 ~ 630) It is formed to include.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a mobile digital cartoon content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a mobile digital cartoon content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail. Explain.

The management server 400 stores an authoring tool 100 for authoring mobile digital cartoon content, and the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal 500 accesses the management server 400 to download the authoring tool 100. do. Here, although only one mobile digital cartoon content author terminal 500 is illustrated in the drawings of the present embodiment, there are a plurality of mobile digital cartoon content author terminals 500, and only one is illustrated in this embodiment for convenience.

The management server 400 includes an authoring tool manager 410, an authentication / billing manager 420, an author manager 430, a user manager 440, a mobile digital cartoon content manager 450, and a database 460. do.

The authoring tool management unit 410 stores the authoring tool 100. When the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal 500 accesses the management server 400 and requests the download of the authoring tool 100, the management server ( 400 accesses the authoring tool 100 stored in the authoring tool manager 410 and transmits it to the mobile digital comic book author terminal 500.

The authentication / billing management unit 420 authenticates the mobile digital cartoon author (hereinafter referred to as author) and the user using the mobile digital cartoon content to access the management server 400, and also manages the charging status of the author and the user. Here, the charging state refers to a charging state including a cost incurred by authoring and supplying the mobile digital cartoon content of the author, and a cost according to a download of the mobile digital cartoon content of the user.

Author management unit 430 is to manage the information of the author registered in the management server 400, the author's information may include the name, age, gender, occupation, billing status, the number of digital cartoon content supply, and the like.

The user manager 440 manages information of a user registered in the management server 400, and the user's information may include a name, age, gender, occupation, billing status, and the number of digital cartoon content purchases.

The mobile digital cartoon content management unit 450 functions to manage digital cartoon content created by the author and registered in the management server.

The database 460 stores various information managed in the management server 400, that is, information of the authentication / billing management unit 420, information of the author management unit 430, information of the user management unit 440, and mobile digital. Information of the cartoon content storage unit 40 is stored, and accordingly, the database 460 stores a plurality of components included in the management server 400 such as the authentication / billing management unit 420 and the author management unit 430. Although divided into areas, the detailed description thereof is omitted in the present embodiment.

The mobile digital cartoon content author terminal 500 is a terminal used by the author, and the author accesses the management server 600 through the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal 500 and downloads the authoring tool 100. The downloaded authoring tool 100 is installed in the digital comic book author terminal 500 to author and edit digital comic book content for mobile. In addition, the author transmits the mobile digital comic book content authored by the mobile server to the management server 400 through the mobile digital comic book author terminal (500). The management server 400 stores the transmitted mobile digital cartoon content in the database 460 through the mobile digital cartoon content management unit 450. In addition, such a mobile digital cartoon content author terminal 500 is usually used a personal PC such as a notebook PC or desktop PC.

The first to third user mobile terminals 610 to 630 are terminals used by a user who uses mobile digital cartoon content. In the present embodiment, the first to third user mobile terminals 610 to 630 include three of the first to third user mobile terminals 610 to 630. For example, the number of user mobile terminals is at least one, and only three user mobile terminals are shown in the present embodiment for convenience. In the following description, the first user mobile terminal 610 will be described as an example.

After the user accesses the management server 400 through the user mobile terminal 610, the user downloads various mobile digital cartoon content provided through the mobile digital cartoon content management unit 450. Here, the user pays a predetermined purchase cost through the authentication / billing management unit 420, and then downloads the mobile digital cartoon content.

In addition, when the author uploads the mobile digital cartoon content through the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal 500, the authentication / billing management unit 420 of the management server 400 undergoes a procedure for authenticating whether the member is a valid member. In addition, when the user downloads the mobile digital cartoon content through the user mobile terminal 610, the authentication / billing management unit 420 of the management server 400 goes through a process of authenticating whether or not a valid member.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an authoring tool.

The authoring tool 100 is formed to include an interface module 110, an image editing module 120, and an authoring control module 140. The authoring tool 100 may further include an image effect setting module 130, a digital cartoon content information input module 150, and a multi-publishing module 160.

Before describing the detailed configuration of the authoring tool, the editing function through the edit screen of the authoring tool will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the authoring tool 100 includes an edit screen 300 including an edit region 310 and a tool region 320. The editing area 310 includes basic cells 311 of the same size, and an original image file used for authoring digital cartoon content for mobile is inserted into the editing area while forming one cut (312,313). At this time, the size of the original image file is automatically recognized so that one cut is inserted into the at least one basic cell 311. The plurality of cuts are continuously arranged along the horizontal or vertical direction of the editing area to form one scene, and the plurality of scenes are arranged in a state of forming a plurality of rows or columns parallel to the editing area 310. do.

In this embodiment, cuts are continuously arranged along the horizontal direction of the editing area 310 to form one scene, and the scenes are continuously arranged along the vertical direction of the editing area 310. The invention is not limited thereto. That is, the cuts may be continuously arranged along the longitudinal direction of the editing area 310 to form a single scene, and the scenes may be variously modified, such as the shapes in which the scenes are continuously arranged along the horizontal direction of the editing area 310. have.

In addition, the authoring tool 100 may include one cut 312 and 313 inserted into a plurality of the basic cells 311 and a virtual grid line formed along the periphery of the basic cell 311. As a reference, the mobile unit digital images are recognized as a plurality of different unit images 313a, 313b, 313c, and 313d, and a scroll order of a puzzle matching method is assigned to the plurality of unit images 313a, 313b, 313c, and 313d. When the cartoon content is displayed, the plurality of unit images 313a, 313b, 313c, and 313d are displayed in a slide manner in a scroll order.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example in which a large original image file 220 is inserted into the editing area 310 while occupying four basic cells 311 in the editing area 310 of the authoring tool. At this time, the authoring tool 100 designates the scrolling order (the numbers 1 to 4 in the rectangular blocks in the drawing indicate the scrolling order) to each unit image 313a, 313b, 313c, and 313d of the original image file 220. Accordingly, the unit images 313a, 313b, 313c, and 313d of the original image file 220 may be edited in a manner of being displayed while being slid in the scroll order.

With reference to FIG. 3, the detailed structure of an authoring tool is demonstrated.

The interface module 110 accesses an original image file 220 used for authoring digital cartoon content for mobile from a storage unit in which a plurality of original image files 220 are stored. In the present embodiment, the original image file 220 is stored in the personal PC 200, and the authoring tool 100 is installed in the personal PC 1200 to access the original image file 220 while authoring the digital cartoon content for mobile. This is done by way of example. FIG. 6 illustrates a process in which the original image file 220 stored in the personal PC 200 is inserted into the edit area 310 of the edit screen 300 by the interface module 110. It is inserted into the cut display cell 184 in a drag and drop manner.

The image editing module 120 inserts and displays the original image file 220 accessed by the interface module 110 into the basic cell 311 forming the editing area 310 of the editing screen 300.

The image editing module 120 includes a cut inserting unit 121, a cut flow setting unit 122, and a scene configuration unit 123.

The cut inserter 121 inserts the original image files 220 accessed through the interface module 110 into the appropriate number of reference cells 311 based on the size thereof. Here, it is a reference that one original image file 220 is inserted into one reference cell 311, and as described above, the large original image file 220 spans a plurality of reference cells 311. Is inserted.

7 to 9, FIG. 7 illustrates an original image file 220 having a large size based on the size of one reference cell 311, and FIG. 8 illustrates an original image file 220 having such a large size. ) Is a diagram showing an imaginary grid line to be recognized as four unit images 221, and FIG. 9 shows that the original image file 220 is virtually four unit images along the grid line of FIG. 7. 221 is a view showing a divided state. In this case, as described in FIG. 5, a scroll order is designated to the plurality of divided unit images 221, and the plurality of unit images 221 are sequentially displayed in a slide manner according to the specified scroll order. I can edit it.

The cut flow setting unit 122 determines a display order of the original image files 220 inserted into the cut display cells 184.

The scene configuration unit 122 functions to divide the original image file 220 inserted into the cut display cell 184 into at least one group so that one group forms a scene. Here, the scene configuration unit 122 composes a scene while the cuts of the basic cells 311 continuously arranged along the horizontal or vertical direction of the editing area 180 form one row. This function allows you to adjust the number of cuts included in each scene differently. In the present embodiment, as described above, the cuts 312 and 313 are continuously disposed along the horizontal direction of the edit screen 300 to form a scene, and thus, the scenes of the digital cartoon content for mobile to be authored are edited to the edit screen 300. For example, the shape is arranged continuously along the longitudinal direction of the).

The image effect setting module 130 provides a sensory effect excluding the visual to the original image file 220 inserted into the cut display cell 311 of the editing area 310.

The image effect setting module 130 includes a sound source setting unit 131, a vibration setting unit 132, and an image scroll setting unit 133.

The sound source setting unit 131 functions to provide information for sound effects such as voice and sound to the original image file 220 inserted into the basic cell 311.

The vibration setting unit 182 functions to provide information for the vibration effect to the original image file 220 inserted into the basic cell 311.

The image scroll setting unit 133 sets a scroll order of the unit images so that one original image file 220 inserted in a state of being recognized as a unit image divided into two or more basic cells 311 is displayed in a slide manner. do.

Meanwhile, the authoring tool 100 may further include an attribute display area 330 on the edit screen 300 as shown in FIG. 10. The attribute display area 330 displays the attributes of the original image file 220 or the unit image to be inserted and displayed in each basic cell 311. In addition, the menu of the property display area 330 includes an effect selection menu for displaying and setting the sound, vibration, and scrolling order. In other words, the image effect setting module is used to set the sound, vibration, and scrolling order. The input display unit may be displayed through the effect selection menu of the property display area 300, and the sensory effect may be set to the original image file 220 or the unit image by operating the effect selection menu.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, the authoring tool 100 includes the item "Run emulator" in the tool area 320 of the edit screen 300 and selects the "Run emulator" item. The edit information including whether sound information, vibration information, and image scroll information of the original image file 220 is applied may be checked.

12 is a diagram illustrating an information input screen of digital comic content for mobile authored by the digital comic book authoring tool according to an embodiment of the present invention, with reference to this digital comic content information input module 150 and multi-publishing (Multi Publishing) module 160 will be described.

The digital cartoon content information input module 150 inputs various information corresponding to the authored mobile digital cartoon content, and thus various users such as digital cartoon content creators or subscribers can check various information of the authored digital cartoon content. do. Here, the information of the digital cartoon content for mobile includes a genre, a fee, a publisher, a provider, a rating, the number of pages, and the like, and the information of the digital cartoon content for mobile is edited by the content information input module 150 by the edit screen 300. It can be modified using the "change content information" item displayed on.

The multi-publishing module 160 functions to format each original image file 220 of the authored mobile digital cartoon content to fit different screen sizes of the mobile device displaying the digital cartoon content for mobile. . By the multi-publishing module 160, the display information of the authored cartoon content is displayed on the edit screen 300 of the authoring tool 100 as QVGA, WQVGA, VGA, WVGA, etc. indicating a graphics mode for each resolution.

In addition, the authoring control module 140 functions to control the overall operation of the authoring tool 100.

Reference numerals 240, 250, and 260 denote a mouse, a keyboard, and a monitor connected to the personal PC 200, and 230 denotes a graphic processing module of the personal PC 200.

Next, a method of authoring mobile digital cartoon content by the authoring tool will be described with reference to FIG. 13.

As shown, the method of authoring digital cartoon content according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the image access step (S110), the edit image display step (S120), the image flow setting step (S130), the scene setting step (S150) It is formed to include. In addition, the authoring method of digital cartoon content according to an embodiment of the present invention is formed by further comprising an image effect setting step (S140), digital cartoon content information input step (S160), a multi publishing step (S170). Can be.

In the image access step (S110), the plurality of original image files are accessed through the authoring tool 100 for authoring the digital cartoon content in the storage unit of the original image file 220.

In the editing image display step (S120), original image files 220 accessed by the authoring tool 100 are inserted into the edit screen 300 of the authoring tool 100. Here, one original image file 220 is inserted into the basic cell 311 of the edit screen 300, or a large original image file 220 is inserted into the two or more basic cells 311, where the size The large original image file 220 is recognized as a plurality of unit images having the same size as that of the base cell 311.

In the image flow setting step (S130), the display order of one original image file 220 or unit images inserted and displayed in the basic cell 311 is determined according to the story of the digital cartoon content for mobile.

In the scene setting step (S150), the original image files 220 having a predetermined display order are edited in a state where two or more are gathered to form a group, so that one group forms a scene. Here, in the scene setting step (S150), one column of the basic cells 311 continuously arranged along the horizontal or vertical direction of the edit screen 300 forms one scene, but the basic cells forming each scene ( The number of cuts inserted in 311) may be adjusted differently for each scene.

In the image effect setting step 140, at least one effect of scrolling for sound, vibration, and slide display is set in one original image file 220 or a unit image of the basic cell 311.

In the digital cartoon content information input step (S160), various information of the digital cartoon content for mobile, such as genre, fee, publisher, provider, rating, and number of pages, is included in the authored mobile digital information cartoon content.

In the multi-publishing step (S170), the cut-by-cut image of the authored mobile digital cartoon content is XML-formatted to fit different screen sizes of the mobile device displaying the digital cartoon content for mobile.

As described above, the original image files 220 having different sizes are displayed on the edit screen 300 of the authoring tool 100 for authoring the digital comic content for mobile by the authoring tool and the digital comic content authoring method using the same. Each of the original image files 200 is inserted into the corresponding size and disposed appropriately, and the plurality of original image files 200 are continuously arranged along the horizontal or vertical direction of the edit screen 300 to form a scene, and the scene is the edit screen. As arranged while forming a column along the horizontal or vertical direction of the 300, the edit screen 300 is displayed in the same state as the display screen of the actual digital cartoon content for mobile, so that the author is mobile through the edit screen 300. Work on authoring and editing digital cartoon content. Accordingly, the original intention file of the author can be better reflected in the editing screen of the existing authoring tool than the original image files of the same size are simply arranged in sequence.

In addition, the relatively large original image file 220 may be divided into several unit images and recognized, and at the same time, the scroll order, which is the display order of each unit image, may be determined. Can be displayed in a slide-like manner, even when authoring digital cartoon content for mobile, authoring digital cartoon content for mobile using original image files of various sizes without being restricted to the small display screen of the mobile terminal. You can do it.

In addition, the image magnification of the digital cartoon content for mobile that has been authored can be adjusted to the display screen size of the mobile terminal to be displayed, so that the authored mobile digital cartoon content increases the original image when displaying the display screen of the mobile terminal. Therefore, it is possible to prevent image damage and resolution degradation.

In addition, since the original image file 220 includes effects such as sound and vibration, the author of the mobile digital cartoon content may express his creative intention by including various senses other than visual. Digital comic content, which is authored in a state where it can feel the sense of touch, etc., enables readers to read digital comic content for mobile while feeling more interesting and realistic.

Next, a method of authoring mobile digital cartoon content according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 14.

14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for providing mobile digital cartoon content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the author requests the author registration by accessing the management server 400 through the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal 500 (S210), and the management server 400 approves the registration request of such authors. In addition, the management server 400 registers the author in the author management unit 430 to complete the registration of the author.

Authors registered in the management server 400 requests a login to the management server 400 (S230), if the management server 400 approves the login request, the author is logged in to the management server 400 (S240).

Subsequently, the author requests to store the mobile digital cartoon content authored in the mobile digital cartoon content management unit 450 of the management server 400. (S250) Then, the management server 400 according to the author's request After the mobile digital cartoon content is uploaded from the cartoon content creator terminal 500, the digital content is stored in the database 460 through the mobile digital cartoon content management unit 450. Accordingly, the mobile digital cartoon content storage of the author for the management server 400 is completed (S260).

On the other hand, the user accesses the management server 400 through the user mobile terminal 610 to request a user registration (S310), and the management server 400 to approve the registration request of the user, the management server 400 The user registers the user in the user manager 440 to complete the registration of the user.

In addition, the user charges an e-money through the authentication / billing management unit 420 of the management server 400 (S330), and the payment is completed by the approval of the management server 400 (S340).

Subsequently, the user requests a list of mobile digital cartoon content registered in the management server 400 (S350). Accordingly, the management server 400 stores the mobile digital cartoon content stored in the database 460 through the mobile digital cartoon content management unit. The list of the user is transmitted to the user (S360).

In addition, the user requests a download of the mobile digital cartoon content from the list of mobile digital cartoon contents to the management server 400. (S370) If the management server 400 approves this, the database of the management server 400 ( The mobile digital cartoon content purchased from 460 is downloaded to the user's mobile terminal 610 of the user (S380).

Next, a process of managing an author in a method for providing mobile digital cartoon content according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 15.

15 is a flowchart illustrating a process of managing authors in a method for providing mobile digital cartoon content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the author requests the author registration by accessing the management server 400 through the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal 500 (S410).

In addition, the manager accesses the management server 400 through the manager terminal and requests authentication to be a valid manager.

The author stores his registration information (S430), and the administrator is authorized to be a valid administrator from the management server (400) (S440).

When the author request for approval for registration is completed (S450), the management server 400 requests a login. (S460) Here, the author enters an ID and password for login, and the administrator inquires the ID and password for validity. It is determined by the author and approved. Accordingly, the author is logged in (S470).

In addition, the author requests a history inquiry of the mobile digital cartoon content (S480), the management server 400 responds to the history inquiry request of the author (S490).

Subsequently, the author requests the storage of the mobile digital cartoon content (S500), the mobile digital cartoon content by the approval of the management server 400, the mobile digital cartoon content management unit 450 of the management server 400 through the database 460 (S510).

Next, a process of downloading a mobile cartoon content by a user in the mobile digital cartoon content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 16.

16 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a user downloading a mobile cartoon content in the method for providing mobile digital cartoon content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the user requests a user registration through a process of transmitting subscriber information through the user mobile terminal 610 (S610).

When the user registration is completed (S620), the user charges an e-money (S630), and then requests payment verification confirmation (S640). When payment verification is confirmed (S650), the user Wi-fi Or connected to HSDPA (S660).

Subsequently, the user requests a list of mobile digital cartoon content stored in the database 460 of the management server 400 (S670), and the management server 400 displays the list of mobile digital cartoon content in response to the user's request. The user's mobile terminal 610 is transmitted. (S680)

Subsequently, the user requests to download the mobile digital cartoon content (S690), and requests the authentication / billing management unit 420 of the management server 400 to authenticate whether the user is an effective user (S700). When the authentication of the user is completed in the authentication / billing management unit 420 (S710), the management server 400 makes a billing request (S720) required for the purchase of the mobile digital cartoon content to the user, when the user completes the billing ( S730), the user's request for downloading the mobile digital cartoon content is transmitted to the mobile digital cartoon content management unit of the management server 400. (S740)

Subsequently, the purchased mobile digital cartoon content is downloaded to the user's mobile terminal (S750).

Then, the user is disconnected from the Wi-Fi or HSDPA (S760).

By the mobile digital cartoon content providing system and the method for providing the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, the supply and demand can be made through online direct transactions between the author of the mobile digital cartoon content and the user using the mobile digital cartoon content. do.

In addition, while authors of mobile digital cartoon content can earn a legitimate profit on their authoring activities, users who use mobile digital cartoon content can also recognize that the profits from using their mobile digital cartoon content are paid to the author. As a result, transparency in revenue sharing of mobile digital cartoon content can be secured.

In addition, the authors of mobile cartoon content can be guaranteed a fair return on their authoring activities, which can lead to the efforts to supply better quality mobile cartoon content to the online market, which can promote the quality of mobile digital cartoon content. As a result, a user using the mobile digital cartoon content can continue to use the high quality mobile cartoon content, and in addition, the choice of high quality mobile cartoon content can be expanded and the use thereof can continue to increase.

In addition, the mobile comic content can be produced in a state where the author's creative intention is very well expressed, so that the creative will of the mobile comic content creator can be improved. It is possible to receive relatively high quality mobile digital cartoon contents that are well reflected.

In addition, the mobile comic content can be produced in a state where the author's creative intention is very well expressed, so that the creative will of the mobile comic content creator can be improved. It is possible to receive relatively high quality mobile digital cartoon contents that are well reflected.

In addition, the original image files of different sizes are inserted in the corresponding size, respectively, properly arranged, and a plurality of original image files are continuously arranged along the horizontal or vertical direction of the edit screen to form a scene. As these scenes are arranged while forming columns along the horizontal or vertical direction of the editing screen, the editing screen is displayed in the same state as the display screen of the actual digital cartoon content, and the author authors the digital cartoon content through the editing screen. And an authoring tool for digital cartoon content for a mobile terminal that enables editing, so that the author can author the digital cartoon content for mobile with a better reflection of his or her authoring intention.

In addition, when authoring mobile digital cartoon content through the authoring tool downloaded to the author's terminal through the management server, the image magnification of the digital cartoon content that has been authored can be adjusted to the display screen size of the mobile terminal to be displayed. Digital cartoon content can be sold to a user in a state of preventing damage to the image and deterioration of resolution by forcibly increasing the original image when displaying the display screen of the mobile terminal.

What has been described above is only one embodiment for implementing the mobile digital cartoon content providing system and a method for providing the same according to the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, it is claimed in the claims As will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention, the technical spirit of the present invention is to the extent that various modifications can be made.

100: authoring tool 110: interface module
120: image editing module 121: cut insertion unit
122: cut flow setting unit 123: scene configuration unit
130: image effect setting module 131: sound source setting unit
132: vibration setting unit 133: image scroll setting unit
140: authoring control module 150: digital comic content information input module
160: multi-publishing module 170: digital cartoon content storage unit
200: personal PC 210: operating system
220: original image file 230: graphics processing module
240: mouse 250: keyboard
260: monitor 300: edit screen
310: Editing area 311: Default cell
312,313: Cut 313a, 313b, 313c, 313d: Unit image
314 scene 320 tool area
330: property display area 400: management server
410: authoring tool management unit 420: authentication / billing management unit
430: author management unit 440: user management unit
450: mobile digital cartoon content management unit
460: Database
500: mobile digital comic content author terminal
610: First user mobile terminal
620: second user mobile terminal
630: third user mobile terminal

Claims (5)

An authoring tool is provided for authoring mobile digital comic content, wherein the authoring tool includes an edit area and a tool area, the edit area including basic cells of the same size arranged in a grid, The original image file used for digital cartoon content authoring is inserted into the editing area while forming a separate cut, wherein the original image file is automatically recognized in size so that the cut is at least one of the basic images. A plurality of cuts are inserted into a cell, and the plurality of cuts are continuously arranged along a horizontal or vertical direction of the editing area to form a scene, and the plurality of scenes are arranged in a plurality of rows or columns parallel to the edit screen. A management server arranged in a state of forming;
A plurality of mobile digital comic book content author terminals connected to the management server to download the authoring tool, and authoring and uploading mobile digital comic book content to the management server through the downloaded authoring tool;
And a user mobile terminal accessing the management server and downloading the mobile digital cartoon content uploaded to the management server from the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the management server,
An authoring tool manager which stores the authoring tool to manage download of the authoring tool;
An authentication / billing manager configured to manage registration, authentication, and billing information for the management server of the mobile digital cartoon content creator terminal and the user mobile terminal;
An author management unit for managing the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal and information of the author;
A user manager which manages information of the user terminal and the corresponding user;
And a mobile digital cartoon content management unit for managing uploading and downloading of mobile digital cartoon content stored in a database of the management server. The method of claim 1,
The authoring tool includes an interface module for accessing an original image file used for authoring digital cartoon content for mobile from a storage unit storing a plurality of original image files, and one original image file accessed by the interface module. An image editing module inserted into at least one of the basic cells in a cut unit, and an authoring control module for controlling the overall operation of the authoring tool;
The image editing module may include a cut inserting unit for automatically recognizing the size of the original image file and inserting a corresponding cut into at least one of the basic cells, and a cut inserted into the editing area by the cut inserting unit. a scene configuration unit for setting the groups into a plurality of rows or columns in parallel to form the plurality of scenes, and a cut flow setting unit for defining display order of the cuts in a plurality of scenes formed by the scene configuration unit Mobile digital cartoon content providing system comprising a. Author author downloads the authoring tool that authors the mobile digital comic book content stored in the management server through the mobile digital comic book author terminal, and installs the downloaded authoring tool on the mobile digital comic book author terminal Preparation step;
A mobile digital cartoon content registration step of the author authoring the mobile digital cartoon content using the authoring tool and uploading the mobile digital cartoon content by accessing the management server through the mobile digital cartoon content author terminal;
After the user accesses the management server through the user's mobile terminal, the user selects the mobile digital cartoon content to purchase through the list of mobile digital cartoon content stored in the database of the management server, and pays for the purchased mobile digital cartoon content. The mobile digital cartoon content providing method comprising the step of purchasing a mobile digital cartoon content is downloaded to the user mobile terminal through the management server. The method of claim 4, wherein
The authoring tool includes a multi-publishing function to format the size of the authored mobile digital comic content in accordance with the display screen size of the mobile terminals, the author of the mobile terminal of the user who purchases the mobile digital comic content After adjusting the image size of the mobile digital cartoon content through the multi-publishing function in accordance with the display screen size of the uploaded to the management server, the user size the image to fit the display screen size of the user's mobile terminal through the multi-publishing function Mobile digital cartoon content providing method characterized in that to download the adjusted mobile digital cartoon content.

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