KR20150117351A - Method of providing sound, server performing the same and storage media storing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of providing sound, comprising the steps of: analyzing an event when an event occurs in a game object to detect specific sound data among at least one sound data associated with the event; And visually providing the specific sound data by distorting the display screen up to a certain radius from the game object when the specific sound data is visually provided. Therefore, the sound reproduced on the game can be visually provided.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a sound providing server, a sound providing server, and a recording medium storing the sound providing server.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sound providing technology, and more particularly, to a sound providing method capable of visually providing a sound reproduced on a game, a sound providing server for performing the sound providing method, and a recording medium storing the sound providing server.

Generally, an online game includes a plurality of game contents, and provides a sound inherently possessed by each of a plurality of game contents according to a user's input or screen switching.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2011-0069195 discloses a method and system for visually displaying a sound capable of visually displaying a sound reproduced through a web page, and a recording medium therefor. Such a technique can improve the visual value of a web page by displaying the background image moving in real time and the sound reproduced through the web page.

Korean Patent No. 10-1373020 discloses a method and system for generating an animation art effect in a static image capable of generating an animation art effect in which effects are exhibited according to the parameter of background sound and the content of the image while static images are displayed . This technique can substantially provide for the overall effect of changing the frames according to the accompanying background sound and repeating the frames of the animation generated in real time.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0069195 Korean Patent No. 10-1373020

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a sound providing method that can visually provide a sound reproduced on a game.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a sound providing method that can visually provide a sound through at least one of screen distortion and a sound annotation.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a sound providing method capable of dynamically visualizing and providing sound in an environment (e.g., a hearing loss, a computing device not equipped with a sound device) in which sound can not be provided audibly I want to.

In embodiments, a method of providing sound may include analyzing the event when an event occurs in a game object, detecting specific sound data of at least one sound data associated with the event, determining whether to provide the particular sound data audibly And visually providing the specific sound data by distorting a display screen up to a certain radius from the game object when the specific sound data is visually provided.

In one embodiment, providing the specific sound data visually includes determining at least one of the constant radius and the magnitude for the distortion in accordance with at least one of a sound size and a type for the particular sound data .

The step of visually providing the specific sound data may include determining a distortion propagation speed from the game object to the predetermined radius according to the sound length for the specific sound data.

The step of visually providing the specific sound data may include providing a text box including the annotations on the specific sound data within the predetermined radius.

In one embodiment, the step of visually providing the specific sound data may include the step of, when an overlapping area is generated between the distortion of the display screen for the first sound data and the distortion of the display screen for the second sound data, And determining a priority for the second sound data.

The step of visually providing the specific sound data may include providing a distortion of the display screen to the overlapping area with respect to the sound data having higher priority among the first sound data and the second sound data.

And terminating the visual provision of the specific sound data when the user input is received within the predetermined radius.

In one embodiment, the step of detecting the specific sound data may include generating the event to the game entity by determining whether at least a part of the game object exists in the display screen.

In one embodiment, the step of determining whether to provide audibly or visually the particular sound data may further comprise receiving a presentation mode for the specific sound data from the game user prior to providing the specific sound data .

In one embodiment, the sound providing server includes a sound data detecting unit that analyzes the event when an event occurs in the game object and detects specific sound data among at least one sound data associated with the event, And a sound data providing unit for visually providing the specific sound data by distorting a display screen up to a certain radius from the game object when the specific sound data is visually provided do.

In one embodiment, the sound data provider may determine at least one of the certain radius and the magnitude of the distortion according to at least one of a sound size and a type for the specific sound data. The sound data providing unit may provide a text box including annotations on the specific sound data within the predetermined radius.

The sound data providing unit may determine a priority for the first sound data and the second sound data when an overlapping area occurs between the distortion of the display screen for the first sound data and the distortion of the display screen for the second sound data have.

The sound data providing unit may provide distortion of the display screen to the superimposed area with respect to the sound data having a high priority among the first sound data and the second sound data.

Among the embodiments, a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for implementing a sound providing method is recorded includes a program code for analyzing the event when an event occurs in a game object, and analyzing the event to identify specific sound data among at least one sound data associated with the event A function of determining whether the specific sound data is to be provided audibly or visually and a function of distorting a display screen up to a certain radius from the game object when the specific sound data is visually provided, As shown in FIG.

The function of visually providing the specific sound data may include determining at least one of the predetermined radius and the magnitude of the distortion according to at least one of a sound size and a type for the specific sound data.

The disclosed technique may have the following effects. It is to be understood, however, that the scope of the disclosed technology is not to be construed as limited thereby, as it is not meant to imply that a particular embodiment should include all of the following effects or only the following effects.

The sound providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention can visually provide sound reproduced on a game.

A sound providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention can visually provide sound through at least one of a screen distortion and a sound annotation.

The sound providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention can dynamically visualize and provide sound in an environment (e.g., a hearing loss, a computing device not equipped with a sound device) in which sound can not be provided audibly .

1 is a block diagram illustrating a sound providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating the sound providing server in Fig.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a sound providing process performed by the sound providing server shown in FIG.
4 is a diagram illustrating a size of a certain radius according to a sound size performed in the sound providing server of FIG.
5 is a diagram illustrating a degree of distortion of a display screen according to a sound type performed in the sound providing server of FIG.
6 is a diagram illustrating a text box containing annotations associated with the sound provided by the sound providing server in Fig.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating screen distortions due to sound superposition performed in the sound providing server in FIG. 1. FIG.

The description of the present invention is merely an example for structural or functional explanation, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, the embodiments are to be construed as being variously embodied and having various forms, so that the scope of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing technical ideas. Also, the purpose or effect of the present invention should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention, since it does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effect.

Meanwhile, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

The terms "first "," second ", and the like are intended to distinguish one element from another, and the scope of the right should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element, but there may be other elements in between. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. On the other hand, other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

It is to be understood that the singular " include " or "have" are to be construed as including the stated feature, number, step, operation, It is to be understood that the combination is intended to specify that it does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

In each step, the identification code (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) is used for convenience of explanation, the identification code does not describe the order of each step, Unless otherwise stated, it may occur differently from the stated order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as described, may be performed substantially concurrently, or may be performed in reverse order.

The present invention can be embodied as computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices for storing data that can be read by a computer system . Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) . In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over network-connected computer systems so that computer readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used predefined terms should be interpreted to be consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and can not be interpreted as having ideal or overly formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a sound providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a sound providing system 100 includes a computing device 110 and a sound providing server 120.

The computing device 110 may be coupled to the sound providing server 120 via a network. For example, the computing device 110 may correspond to a device such as a PC, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a tablet PC having a central processing unit, a memory unit, and an input / output unit.

The computing device 110 may access the sound providing server 120 or may maintain communication to receive sound provided by the sound providing server 120. [ The computing device 110 may provide the user input inputted by the user through the input means to the sound providing server 110 and output a response thereto.

The sound providing server 120 may be connected to at least one computing device 110 at the same time through an online network environment to provide at least one computing device 110 with sound reproduced on an online game. Here, the sound providing server 120 may be embodied as a plurality of computing devices capable of distributed processing without being limited to a single computing device.

The sound providing server 120 can visually or auditorily provide the sound on the online game according to the sound providing mode set by the user. In one embodiment, the sound providing server 120 may represent a sound presentation by distorting the display screen when visually presenting sounds on an online game. More specifically, the sound providing server 120 will be described with reference to FIG.

2 is a block diagram illustrating the sound providing server in Fig.

Referring to FIG. 2, the sound providing server 120 includes a sound data detecting unit 210, a sound data determining unit 220, a sound data providing unit 230, and a control unit 240.

The sound data detection unit 210 analyzes an event when an event occurs in the game object, and detects specific sound data among at least one sound data associated with the event. A game object corresponds to a dynamic object and a static object having at least one sound in an online game. The event may occur according to user input or when at least a portion of the game object appears on the display screen. For example, event and sound data can be matched as 1: 1 or 1: N.

In one embodiment, the sound data detector 210 may associate game objects, events, and sound data and store them in a sound database. The sound database may be managed by an administrator and updated at a periodic period.

The sound data determination unit 220 determines whether specific sound data is to be provided audibly or visually. Acoustically provisioning may be performed through output means (e.g., a speaker) provided on the computing device 110. In one embodiment, the sound data determination unit 220 can determine whether specific sound data is to be provided audibly and visually, in addition to determining whether to provide specific sound data visually or visually.

The sound data determination unit 220 may receive a presentation mode for specific sound data from a game user. The mode of delivery may include visual, auditory, and visual and auditory sounds. For example, the providing mode can be configured to be configurable before the start of the online game or during the online game.

The sound data providing unit 230 visually provides the specific sound data by distorting the display screen of a predetermined radius from the game object when the specific sound data is visually provided. The sound data providing unit 230 audibly provides specific sound data through output means (e.g., a speaker) provided in the computing device 110 when the specific sound data is provided audibly.

The sound data provider 230 may determine at least one of a certain radius and a magnitude for the distortion according to at least one of a sound size and a type for specific sound data. The sound size represents the size of the auditory sense induced by the sound, not the intensity of the physical sound but the sound of the ear. The sound type is a group of at least one sound data depending on the importance of the sound. For example, the sound type may be divided into upper, middle or lower depending on the importance of the sound. The importance of the sound may include the sound of the game object itself and the importance of the sound may include the sound of an object connected to the game object (for example, a knife). In the importance of the sound, For example, insects, birds).

The sound data providing unit 230 may determine the distortion propagation speed of the game object to a predetermined radius according to the sound length of the specific sound data. The sound length corresponds to the playing time of the sound. The distortion propagation velocity corresponds to a velocity that is distorted from a game object to a certain radius. For example, the distortion propagation rate slows down if the sound length for a particular sound is longer than the reference sound length (e.g., 1 second), and if the sound length for a particular sound is shorter than the reference sound length (e.g., 1 second) Can be accelerated.

The sound data providing unit 230 may provide a rectangular text box including annotations for specific sound data within a certain radius. A comment may correspond to a descriptive description (e.g., a frog sound) for a specific sound data or a monophonic (or anatomical) description (e.g., a gawk) of a sound of a specific sound data.

In one embodiment, the sound data providing unit 230 may generate the first sound data and the second sound data when an overlapping area occurs between the distortion of the display screen for the first sound data and the distortion of the display screen for the second sound data Can be determined. The priority may be determined according to the type of event or sound data for the game object. For example, the priority may be set so that the sound data for the user's game object is higher than the sound data for the other user's game object when the user's game object and another user's deception object are dueled. In another example, the priority may be set higher than an object that is associated with a game object passes through in an online game.

The sound data providing unit 230 may provide distortion of the display screen with respect to the sound data having the higher priority among the first sound data and the second sound data to the overlapping area.

In one embodiment, the sound data provider 230 may terminate the visual presentation of specific sound data when user input is received within a certain radius. The user input may include touch, click, and the like.

The control unit 240 controls the overall operation of the sound providing server 120 and controls the control flow or data flow between the sound data detecting unit 210, the sound data determining unit 220, and the sound data providing unit 230 have.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a sound providing process performed by the sound providing server shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, the sound data detecting unit 210 analyzes an event when an event occurs in the game object, and detects specific sound data among at least one sound data associated with the event (step S301).

The sound data determination unit 220 determines whether specific sound data is to be provided audibly or visually (step S302).

When the specific sound data is visually provided, the sound data providing unit 230 visually provides specific sound data by distorting the display screen up to a certain radius from the game object (steps S303 and S304).

The sound data providing unit 230 audibly provides specific sound data through output means (e.g., a speaker) provided in the computing device 110 when the specific sound data is auditorily provided (steps S303 and S303) S305).

In one embodiment, the sound data provider 230 may determine a certain radius depending on the sound size for the particular sound data. 4, the sound data providing unit 230 determines how much the sound size of the game object [frog] is larger than the reference sound size 410, determines the predetermined radii 420 and 430, To the predetermined radii 420 and 430, thereby visually providing the sound data. Here, the sound size may be smaller in Fig. 4 (c) than in Fig. 4 (b).

In another embodiment, the sound data provider 230 may determine the magnitude of the distortion according to the sound type for the particular sound data. 5, when the sound type of the game object [frog] corresponds to an image (high importance), the sound data providing unit 230 determines a predetermined radius 510 according to the sound size from the game object [frog] It is possible to visually provide sound data by largely (or strongly) distorting the display screen up to the display screen. If the sound type of the game object [frog] is low (low importance), the sound data providing unit 230 reduces the distortion of the display screen from the game object [frog] to the fixed radius 510 determined according to the sound size (Or weakly) to provide sound data visually. Here, the magnitude of the distortion can be determined according to the magnitude of the predetermined reference distortion.

The sound data providing unit 230 may provide a rectangular text box including annotations for specific sound data within a certain radius. For example, in FIG. 6 (a), the sound data providing unit 230 implements a text box including a comment [frog sound] for a sound opaquely to provide a text box within a predetermined radius of the distorted display screen can do. In another example, in FIG. 6B, the sound data providing unit 230 transparently implements the text box including the annotation on the sound, and displays the text box within a predetermined radius of the distorted display screen . Here, transparency with respect to the text box can be implemented differently depending on the administrator or user setting.

When the overlapping area occurs between the distortion of the display screen with respect to the first sound data and the distortion of the display screen with respect to the second sound data, the sound data providing unit 230 sets the first sound data and the second sound data according to the priority Distortion of the display screen with respect to the sound data of high priority can be provided to the overlapping area. For example, in FIG. 7, if superposition 710 occurs between the distortion of the display screen with respect to the sound data of the frog and the distortion of the display screen with respect to the sound data of the cow, and the sound data of the frog has a higher priority than the sound data of the cow, The distortion of the display screen with respect to the sound data of the superimposition area 710 can be provided.

4, 5, 6, and 7 illustrate distortion of the display screen as a circular wave shape, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope of the present invention. Unlike the drawings, Shape, blurring shape, light ray shape, or the like. In addition, distortion of the display screen is implemented dynamically.

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 and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

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Claims (16)

Analyzing the event when an event occurs in the game object to detect specific sound data among at least one sound data associated with the event;
Determining whether to provide the specific sound data audibly or visually; And
And visually providing the specific sound data by distorting a display screen of a predetermined radius from the game object when the specific sound data is visually provided.
The method of claim 1, wherein providing the specific sound data visually comprises:
Determining at least one of the predetermined radius and the magnitude for the distortion according to at least one of a sound size and a type for the specific sound data.
The method of claim 1, wherein providing the specific sound data visually comprises:
And determining a distortion propagation speed from the game object to the predetermined radius according to a sound length of the specific sound data.
The method of claim 1, wherein providing the specific sound data visually comprises:
And providing a text box containing annotations for the specific sound data within the predetermined radius.
The method of claim 1, wherein providing the specific sound data visually comprises:
And determining a priority for the first sound data and the second sound data when an overlapping area occurs between the distortion of the display screen for the first sound data and the distortion of the display screen for the second sound data Characterized in that the sound providing method.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein visually providing the specific sound data comprises:
And providing a distortion of a display screen to the superimposition area with respect to sound data having a higher priority among the first sound data and the second sound data.
The method according to claim 1,
And terminating the visual provision of the specific sound data when the user input is received within the predetermined radius.
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of detecting the specific sound data
Determining whether at least a part of the game object exists in the display screen, and generating the event to the game object.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to provide audibly or visually the particular sound data comprises:
Further comprising the step of receiving a provisioning mode for the specific sound data from a game user prior to the providing.
A sound data detector for analyzing the event when an event occurs in the game object and detecting specific sound data among at least one sound data associated with the event;
A sound data determination unit that determines whether the specific sound data is to be provided audibly or visually; And
And a sound data providing unit for visually providing the specific sound data by distorting a display screen of a predetermined radius from the game object when the specific sound data is visually provided.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the sound data providing unit
And determines at least one of the predetermined radius and the size for the distortion according to at least one of a sound size and a type for the specific sound data.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the sound data providing unit
And providing a text box including annotations on the specific sound data within the predetermined radius.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the sound data providing unit
And determining a priority for the first sound data and the second sound data when an overlapping area occurs between the distortion of the display screen for the first sound data and the distortion of the display screen for the second sound data. Provided server.
14. The sound reproducing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the sound data providing unit
And provides a distortion of the display screen to the superimposition area with respect to the sound data having a high priority among the first sound data and the second sound data.
Analyzing the event when an event occurs in the game object to detect specific sound data among at least one sound data associated with the event;
A function of determining whether the specific sound data is to be provided audibly or visually; And
And a function of visually providing the specific sound data by distorting a display screen of a predetermined radius from the game object when the specific sound data is visually provided. A recording medium capable of.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the function of visually providing the specific sound data comprises:
And determining at least one of the predetermined radius and the size of the distortion according to at least one of a sound size and a type of the specific sound data. . ≪ / RTI >

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