KR20130083049A - An apparatus for electronic visotor's book - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electron guest book apparatus is provided to making into a database in order to help the convenience of a visitor and keep it. CONSTITUTION: An electron guest book apparatus comprises a main body, a camera (20), a name card scan part (30), first and second touch screen parts (40,50), and a note issuing part (60). The name card scan part is formed so that a user can insert an own name card and a scan circuit for scanning characters described on the name card is built in the inner side of the main body. The first touch screen part is formed on the whole front side of a protrusion surface and is made of a first image display part (41), a second image display part (42) which displays a background screen image in the electron guest book preparation, and a user input part (43) fir providing a user interface. The second touch screen part is formed on the center portion of the main body and displays a screen which is connected with the first touch screen part. Blackboard demonstration contents are input in the second touch screen part from a user. The note issuing part outputs the contents of a generated guest book according to the selection of the user in the form of a printed matter.

Description

An Apparatus For Electronic Visotor's Book

The present invention relates to an electronic guestbook, and more particularly, by inserting a photographic image of a visitor message or a visitor into an electronic guestbook so that a visitor who visits a tourist spot or a cultural facility can retain the guestbook in the form of a photograph. The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing an electronic language book so that a foreign guest can easily prepare an electronic guestbook and naturally make the guestbook database by inducing a guestbook.

In general, at wedding halls, destinations, exhibitions, events, and product presentations, visitors record their guestbooks in booklets to keep records of their visits.

Since the guest book is provided in the form of a booklet, it is not only bulky and easy to store, so it is not easy to be lost or damaged, and it is not useful to the event organizer or visitors.

In order to solve this problem, recently, a method of storing visit records together with pictures or videos of attendees by using an electronic guestbook has been attempted, but the attendees of the event only unilaterally leave their messages or photos in the guestbook. There is also a problem that it is difficult to expect active participation, and you cannot view or keep the guestbooks and event-related photo albums created by yourself or others, so there is no material to remember later.

In addition, the conventional electronic guestbook has a disadvantage in that the guestbook cannot be edited at will because the size and screen position of the writing area and the image display unit are set in advance. That is, there is a disadvantage in that the participant can not edit the writing position and the position of the image display part or change the size of the writing area and the size of the image display part.

In addition, foreign tourists do not know how to use the electronic guestbook, so there is a problem that the effect of promoting tourism to foreigners is poor.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2009-0003979

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, an object of the present invention is to insert a visited message or a video image of the visitor in the electronic guestbook, visitors who visited tourist attractions or cultural facilities can keep the guestbook in the form of photos, etc. In addition, the guestbook can be databased by inducing visitors to create a guestbook naturally.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a multi-language language so that even a foreigner can easily prepare an electronic guestbook, and furthermore, even if the foreigner does not know the initial usage, the foreigner's language is determined by analyzing the face and voice of the foreigner. In this way, the electronic guestbook can be easily created regardless of the language used.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a main body, a camera installed on one side of the front side of the main body, a card installed on one side of the main body, a business card scanning unit for scanning a business card, the upper portion of the main body A first touch screen unit installed at one side and including a first image display unit displaying an image acquired through the camera, a second image display unit displaying a background screen image, and a user input unit, and a lower end of the first touch screen unit; A second touch screen unit installed on the screen and associated with the first touch screen unit to receive writing contents from the user, and displaying the guestbook type through the first or second touch screen unit and writing the guestbook according to the user input. Guestbook mode setting unit to determine any one of the following: Photo Guestbook, Video Guestbook, Writing input from the user Guestbook generation unit for generating a type of guestbook set by the guestbook mode setting unit by using at least one of the user, business card scan data, the user image taken by the camera, the contents of the generated guestbook according to the user's selection There is provided an electronic guestbook device including a ticketing unit for outputting at least one of a sticker photo, a photograph, an admission ticket, a discount coupon in a printed form, and a database for storing the guestbook generated by the guestbook generating unit. .

Here, the guest book generation unit for writing a book guest book, if the writing input is detected through the touch screen unit, the writing processing unit to perform the writing process according to the input signal, the desktop, photographed image, and the contents of the writing according to the type of the guest book, respectively And a layer processing unit configured to display a layer on the second touch screen in the form of a preset layout and to perform a layer change process corresponding to a touch and a layer change signal for a specific layer of a user. It is done.

The layer change signal may be at least one of a layer shift signal, a layer size change signal, and a layer quality change signal.

The writing processor may calculate the input speed of the input writing content at a predetermined time to vary the filling effect of the writing content displayed according to the input speed, and the filling effect may be a color, gradation, shadow effect, or stereo effect. It may be any one of.

In addition, the user input unit preferably includes a language selection unit for manually or automatically selecting a language used by the user.

In the automatic selection mode of a language used, feature information is extracted from a user's face image obtained through the camera, and at least one candidate nationality group is generated by comparing the feature information with facial feature information stored in the database. The voice recognition unit may further include a voice recognition unit configured to analyze the voice of the user from the voice signal input through the image recognition unit and the microphone to determine which language among the languages corresponding to the candidate nationality group. When the user's language is determined by the user, it is more preferable that the guide phrase and the guide voice are displayed in the corresponding language.

According to the present invention as described above, leave a message, or photographs or video recording function to enhance the service function in the presence of a large number of floating population, such as airports, passenger ship terminals, tourist attractions, convention centers, hotels, etc. Providing a variety of information using the screen function can increase the effect of policy promotion and advertising.

In addition, there is an effect of increasing the tourist satisfaction by inducing the visitor's interest through the electronic guestbook and photo printing when visiting the tourist destination.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the electronic guestbook device according to the present invention,
2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an electronic guestbook device according to the present invention;
3 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the visitor record generator of FIG. 2;
4 is an initial screen of a first touch screen unit;
5 shows an initial screen for each language,
6A to 6C are screens for writing guest books, photo guest books, and video guest books, respectively,
7 shows an example of writing a guestbook creation screen,
8 exemplarily shows a picture guestbook creation screen;
9 is an example for showing the effect of filling the writing content variable according to the writing speed,
10 is an exemplary view showing an admission ticket output using the electronic guestbook device of the present invention;
11 is an electronic guestbook statistics calculation screen;
12 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which automatic user language determination processing is performed.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the electronic guestbook device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic guestbook device according to the present invention includes a main body 10, a camera 20, a business card scanning unit 30, first and second touch screen units 40 and 50, and a ticketing unit 60. It is configured to include).

The main body 10 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape and has a form in which a protruding surface is formed on one side upward.

The camera 20 is installed on the upper front surface of the protruding surface and is for capturing a user.

Business card scanning unit 30 is installed in the lower end of the protruding surface in the form of a slot so that the user can insert their own business card, the scan circuit for scanning the characters described in the business card is built in the body 10 have. Business card scanning unit 30 is preferably configured to include a banknote recognition function in addition to the purpose of scanning business cards to be used for cash payments such as electronic guestbook photos, stickers, discount coupons, tickets.

The first touch screen unit 40 is formed over the entire front surface of the protruding surface, and displays a first image display unit 41 displaying an image acquired through the camera 20 and a background screen image when the electronic guestbook is created. And a second image display unit 42 and a user input unit 43 for providing a user interface.

The second touch screen unit 50 protrudes forward at the center of the main body 10, that is, the lower end of the first touch screen unit, a screen associated with the first touch screen unit 40 is displayed, and the writing content is input from the user. Receive. That is, the same screen as the second touch screen unit 40 is displayed on the second touch screen unit 50 or when the user selects the writing guest book as a type of guest book, as described later, the writing guest book screen is displayed on the screen. It is possible to input the contents of the writing from.

Ticketing unit 60 is installed in the form of a slot on the front lower portion of the main body 10, printed at least one of a sticker picture, photograph, admission ticket, discount coupon of the form containing the contents of the generated guest book according to the user's selection Output in the form of.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the electronic guestbook device according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a detailed block diagram of the visit book generating unit of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic guestbook device in terms of circuits includes a camera 20, an image recognition unit 21, a business card scanning unit 30, first and second touch screen units 40 and 50, The guest book mode setting unit 55, the ticketing unit 60, the database 70, the microphone unit 80, the voice recognition unit 81, the speaker unit 90 and the guest book generator 100 is configured.

Of these configurations, the configuration of the camera 20, the business card scanning unit 30, the first and second touch screen units 40 and 50, and the ticketing unit 60 are the same as those described with reference to FIG. Shall be.

The image recognizing unit 21 and the voice recognizing unit 81 are components for automatically detecting a language used by a user who creates an electronic guestbook, which will be described in detail later.

The guestbook mode setting unit 55 displays a guestbook type through the first or second touch screen units 40 and 50 and determines one of a writing guestbook, a photo guestbook, and an image guestbook according to a user's selection input. It may include a language selection unit for manually or automatically selecting a language used by the user.

The database 70 stores the created electronic guestbook file, guide information for each user language, facial feature information for each nationality for the automatic language guide mode to be described later, and a language analysis program for user language analysis.

The microphone unit 80 is used to receive a user's voice, and is used to receive a user's voice input for the purpose of analyzing a user's language in an auxiliary means of touch input or in an automatic language guide mode.

The speaker unit 90 is for outputting guide voice for using the electronic guestbook.

The guestbook generating unit 100 generates a guestbook of the type set by the guestbook mode setting unit by using at least one of writing contents input from a user, business card scan data, and a user image photographed by the camera 20, and FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 3, the writing processing unit 110 and the layer processing unit 120 may be included in detail.

The writing processing unit 110 performs writing processing according to an input signal when a writing input is detected through the touch screen units 40 and 50 for writing writing guest books. The writing processing unit 110 may vary the filling effect of the writing contents displayed according to the input speed by calculating the input speed of the writing contents input for a predetermined time to improve the writing feeling or to add design elements to the writing contents. . The filling effect may be any one of a color, a gradation, a shadow effect, and a three-dimensional effect. An example of providing a gradation effect will be described with reference to FIG. 9.

The layer processor 120 designates the desktop, the captured image, and the writing content as layers according to the type of the guestbook, and then displays the layer on the second touch screen unit 50 in the form of a preset layout. When a touch and a layer change signal are input, a layer change process corresponding thereto is performed. The layer change signal includes at least one of a layer shift signal, a layer size change signal, and a layer quality change signal. A more detailed embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 8.

4 illustrates an initial screen of the first touch screen unit, and FIG. 5 illustrates an initial screen for each language.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the initial screen of the first touch screen unit 40 includes a first image display unit 41 displaying an image acquired through the camera 20 and an electronic guestbook. A second image display unit 42 for displaying a background screen image and a user input unit 43 for providing a user interface, and when a specific language is selected from the language menu of the user input unit 43, is shown in FIG. Go to the same electronic guestbook type selection screen.

As shown in (a) to (d) of FIG. 5, when a desired language is selected from a language menu of the user input unit 43, various guide phrases are displayed in various languages such as Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese. 5 is exemplary and can be guided in more languages.

6A to 6C show screens for creating a writing guestbook, a photo guestbook, and a video guestbook, respectively.

The user input unit 43 of the screen of FIG. 4B selects the type of electronic guestbook. When the user selects the writing guestbook, the screen of FIG. 6A is displayed, and when the user selects the photo guestbook, If the screen selects the video guestbook, the screen of FIG. 6C is displayed.

7 exemplarily illustrates a writing guestbook creation screen. When the user selects the writing guestbook in the user input unit 43 of FIG. 4B, the writing input screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 7.

Referring to FIG. 7, in the writing input screen, a background screen 42 is displayed on the entire screen, a toolbar 46 is displayed on the left side of the background screen, and the writing input unit 45 is displayed on the background screen.

The toolbar 46 is an auxiliary tool for effective writing input. The font menu 46a for writing font selection, the font boldness menu 46b for font thickness selection, and the font color menu 46c for font color selection are provided. It is configured to include.

The writing input unit 45 may allow writing to be made only in the writing input unit 45 as an area for writing.

8 exemplarily shows a photo guestbook creation screen. A background screen 42 is displayed over the entire screen, and a toolbar 46 for writing input is displayed on the left side of the background screen 42. In addition, the image photographed by the camera 20 is positioned at a specific position on the background screen 42, and the writing content input by the user is recorded on one side of the background screen 42.

In this case, as described above, the layer processing unit 120 designates the background screen, the captured image, the writing content, and the like as the layers, respectively, and recognizes each as a layer. The photo guestbook creation screen may be divided into a background screen layer 42, a captured image layer 41, and a writing layer 47. Accordingly, when the background layer 42, the captured image layer 41, and the writing layer 47 are displayed on the second touch screen unit 50 in the form of a preset layout, the user touches a specific layer to select the layer. After the selection, the layer change processing is performed through a specific touch operation.

For example, after the user touches the captured image layer 41 with a finger and moves the finger to another point while maintaining the touch, the captured image layer 41 may be moved accordingly. Alternatively, the user may change the size of the writing layer 47 by pinching or spreading two fingers after selecting the outer portion of the writing layer 47 with the thumb and the index finger. Alternatively, when the user touches the background screen layer 42 with a finger for a predetermined time or more, various layers may be changed, such as changing the background screen to another screen or changing the brightness or color of the background screen.

9 is an example for showing a variable writing content filling effect according to the writing speed, it is possible to give a writing feeling by varying the filling effect of the writing content according to the writing input speed of the user, Figure 9 is a gradient effect as a filling effect This is an example for the case where.

In other words, when the user enters the word Jeju, it is possible to give a different color to each word, and the slower parts are expressed in darker colors and the faster parts are written in bright colors even in one stroke. Speed can be reflected in writing content, giving users the same effect as writing real calligraphy when writing.

FIG. 10 is a view illustrating an admission ticket output by using the electronic guestbook device of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, a discount coupon or an admission ticket of a tourist spot or a cultural facility is used by using the electronic guestbook device of the present invention. By inserting the user's photo into the discount coupon or ticket that is issued at this time, the user can keep the ticket as a memory and compare the face printed on the ticket with the user's face at the time of entry. If only the admission is allowed to prevent unauthorized entry is effective.

11 is an electronic guestbook statistics calculation screen.

As shown in FIG. 11, according to the present invention, the frequency of use for each month, date, time zone, and electronic guestbook type can be statistically calculated, which may be useful for operation and management.

In addition, when using the automatic selection mode of the user language as described below, it is possible to automatically manage the current status by nationality, there is an advantage that can easily obtain advanced statistical information, such as the frequency of visits by nationality.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which an automatic user language determination process is performed, and shows an operation in an automatic user language determination mode in which a language of a user is automatically determined without providing a separate user language selection screen.

Referring to FIG. 12, when an image of a user who wants to create an electronic guestbook is photographed through the camera 20, the image recognition unit 21 extracts feature information from the user face image obtained through the camera 20. At least one candidate nationality group is generated in contrast to the facial feature information for each nationality previously stored in the database 70 (S10 and S20).

Here, the candidate nationality group may be a plurality of countries. For example, in the case of photographing Japanese people, Koreans with similar facial features to Japanese people may determine Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, and Mongolian as candidate nationals.

The facial feature information may include the color of the face, the thickness of the eyebrows, the distance between the hairs, the shape of the lips, the depth of the eye, and the like. The facial feature information may be classified and stored in the database unit 70 for each nationality. The simplest form of facial features can be divided into three stages: Asian, Caucasian, and Black.

When the candidate nationality group is determined by facial feature analysis, the voice recognition unit 81 analyzes the user's voice from the voice signal input through the microphone unit 80 and the user's voice corresponds to the candidate nationality group. It is determined which language belongs to (S30, S40). In order to determine the user's language through speech recognition, complex language processing software and a large database are required. However, according to the present invention, since the language candidate group is limited by facial image analysis, the process for determining the user's language is greatly reduced. It has the advantage of being.

Finally, when the language used by the user is determined by the voice recognition unit 81, the guide phrase and the guide voice are displayed in the corresponding language (S50).

1: electronic guestbook device 10: main body
20: camera 21: image recognition unit
30: business card scanning unit 40: first touch screen unit
41: first image display unit 42: second image display unit
43: user input unit 44: third image display unit
45: writing input unit 46: toolbar
47: writing layer portion 50: second touch screen portion
55: guest book mode setting unit 60: ticketing unit
70: database portion 80: microphone portion
81: speech recognition unit 90: speaker unit
100: guest book generation unit 110: writing processing unit
120: layer processing unit

Claims (7)

main body;
A camera installed at one front side of the main body;
A business card scanning unit installed at one side of the main body to scan a business card;
A first touch screen unit installed at an upper side of the main body and including a first image display unit for displaying an image obtained through the camera, a second image display unit for displaying a background screen image, and a user input unit;
A second touch screen unit installed at a lower end of the first touch screen unit and displaying a screen associated with the first touch screen unit and receiving writing contents from a user;
A guestbook mode setting unit which displays a guestbook type through the first or second touch screen unit and determines one of a writing guestbook, a photo guestbook, and a video guestbook according to a user input;
A guestbook generator configured to generate a guestbook of the type set by the guestbook mode setting unit by using at least one of a writing content input from a user, business card scan data, and a user image photographed by the camera;
A ticketing unit that outputs at least one of a sticker photograph, a photograph, an admission ticket, and a discount coupon in a form of printed matter including contents of the generated guestbook according to a user's selection; And
Electronic guestbook device comprising a database for storing the guestbook generated by the guestbook generator.
The method of claim 1,
The guestbook generation unit
A writing processing unit which performs writing processing according to an input signal when a writing input is detected through the touch screen unit to create an writing guest book;
When the desktop, shooting video, and writing content are designated as layers according to the type of guestbook set, and displayed on the second touch screen in the form of a preset layout, and a touch and layer change signal for a specific layer of the user are input. The electronic guestbook device comprising a layer processing unit for performing a layer change processing corresponding thereto.
3. The method of claim 2,
And the layer change signal is at least one of a layer shift signal, a layer size change signal, and a layer quality change signal.
3. The method of claim 2,
The writing processing unit is an electronic guestbook device, characterized in that for varying the filling effect of the writing content displayed according to the input speed by calculating the input speed of the input writing content for a predetermined time.
5. The method of claim 4,
The filling effect is an electronic guestbook device, characterized in that any one of color, gradient, shadow effect, three-dimensional effect.
The method of claim 1,
And the user input unit comprises a language selection unit for manually or automatically selecting a language used by the user.
The method according to claim 6,
In the automatic selection mode of a language used, image recognition extracts feature information from a user's face image obtained through the camera and generates at least one candidate nationality group by comparing it with face feature information for each nationality previously stored in the database. part;
The voice recognition unit may further include a voice recognition unit configured to analyze the voice of the user from the voice signal input through the microphone to determine which language among the languages corresponding to the candidate nationality group.
The electronic guestbook device, characterized in that if the language used by the user is determined by the speech recognition unit, the guide phrase and the guide voice in the language.

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