KR20150142301A - Collaboration production system of photo book and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for collaboratively producing a photograph book are disclosed. The system for collaboratively producing a photograph book comprises: a plurality of smartphones in which a collaborative photograph editing application which allows multiple users to collaboratively edit a photograph is installed and executed; and a photograph book providing server to which the smartphones are simultaneously connected via the internet, and in which a photograph book for each connected user is generated and stored by the execution of the collaborative photograph editing application. According to the present invention, multiple users can collaboratively edit a photograph book to reduce editing time, and a desired photograph book for each user can be generated. Also, the photograph book for each user can be stored and ordered when needed.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a photo book production system,

The present invention relates to a photobook co-production system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a photobook co-production system and method thereof, in which a friend who participates in a photobook production on-line is invited and co- And a photobook co-production system and method for ordering the created photobook as needed.

Recently, as the use of digital cameras is becoming common, users take a lot of pictures by using a digital camera in traveling, gathering, and event, and only necessary photographs are outputted and stored or stored in a storage medium and a server.

In the case of a photo album that stores and prints photographs, it is common that the user purchases the albums and stores the desired pictures in an arbitrary order of arrangement. Dramatic effect is reduced. Since the description of each picture is generally written by a user using a pen, there is a disadvantage that the written phrase is discolored or becomes dirty according to the passage of time.

When storing pictures on a storage medium, the user must create folders for each day or place and store and sort many pictures. In this case, in order to edit the picture or add a description of the picture, it is necessary to edit the picture through a separate program such as Photoshop and save it in the classified folder. In addition, when a photograph is uploaded to a portal site or a homepage and stored in a server, a user can not upload a photograph because the user can log in through a personal ID and upload a photograph. In the past, there is no way to edit photographs or descriptions with other people online in order to make photobooks by outputting pictures stored on such storage media or servers.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0047243 discloses an online album self-publishing system. In this technique, when an SNS object storing photographs is selected according to a user's input, the user's photos are detected by accessing the corresponding SNS object using the stored user information. Then, if the photos to be included in the online album are selected from among the detected pictures, the selected pictures are edited according to the predetermined layout, and an online album is created. Stores the generated online album, adds it to the album list, and shares or publishes one of the albums in the album list according to the user's selection.

 In this technique, when the user selects the photographs, it is disclosed that they are edited according to a preset layout, and the user can not edit the photograph in the desired form. In addition, since the user's photos are detected and edited in the SNS accessed through a predetermined authentication procedure, the user can collaborate with the friends who are in the photographs or those who want to be assisted with the photo editing I can not.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2008-0094854 discloses an online image creation / editing service system and a service method thereof. In the second technique, a database server for distinguishing a plurality of fields including characters, props, backgrounds and photographs and storing at least one image corresponding to each of the fields, a web page for uploading an image, and a form of a messenger window An image frame storage server for storing a plurality of image frames having a size and a shape matched to the image frame stored in the image server, a client connected via the Internet can select at least one of image frames stored in the image frame storage server and images stored in the database server An image combining server for providing an image combining tool for combining the selected images in the selected image frame, and a fixed image generating server for creating a fixed image by fixing the combined image frame and image by the image combining tool to include the .

In the second technique, it is disclosed that an image stored on a server is selected on the Internet and combined with an image frame, so that there is a limitation in editing a photograph in a form desired by the user. You also can not collaborate on photos or descriptions with friends who are in the picture, or with people who want to help with editing the picture.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2014-0047243 (Published April 24, 2014) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2008-0094854 (published on October 27, 2008) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0140427 (published on December 31, 2012)

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a photobook capable of satisfying a plurality of people by editing a photograph together with an online friend by inviting friends or a person who wants to help a photograph, Which can be conveniently ordered as needed, and a method thereof.

In order to accomplish the object of the present invention, a photobook co-production system of the present invention comprises a plurality of smartphones, in which a photo collaboration editing application, in which a plurality of users can edit photographs jointly, is installed and executed, And a photobook providing server in which a connected phone book is created and stored according to the execution of the photo sharing editing application.

Wherein the photo book providing server comprises: an Internet interface unit for accessing the Internet to communicate with the plurality of smartphones; a picture storage unit in which pictures for editing are uploaded and stored from the plurality of smartphones; A photo book storing unit for storing the photo book created by the user, and a photo book storing unit for storing the photo book stored in the photo book storing unit, when the friend invite command is received from the first smart phone, And a control unit for transmitting the cooperative edit notification message to the smartphone of the user having the ID and controlling the internet interface unit to transmit the edited status of the cooperative editing application to the plurality of smartphones while co-editing.

The photobook providing server may further include an order generator for generating order information on the photobooks for each user for each user.

Herein, the editing state includes the number of participants participating in photo collaboration editing, a photograph being edited, and a user ID being edited.

Meanwhile, a photobook co-production method of a photobook co-production system including a photobook providing server connected to a plurality of smart phones via the Internet includes a photo collaborative editing application in which a plurality of users can jointly edit photographs, A step of simultaneously connecting the plurality of smart phones to the photo book providing server via the Internet, and a step of creating and storing a photobook for each connected user according to execution of the photo sharing editing application .

The step of generating and storing the per-user photobook may include generating an album cover when the album creation is selected through the plurality of smart phones, and transmitting the album cover to the friends invited from the smartphone And a step of uploading and editing a photo stored in the plurality of smart phones to the photo book providing server.

When a friend invite command is received from the first smart phone on which the photo collaboration editing application is executed among the plurality of smart phones, a joint edit notification message is transmitted to the smartphone of the user having the ID included in the friend invite command And transmitting, in real time, a plurality of smart phones under co-editing an edited state by executing the photo collaborative editing application.

The method further comprises generating order information for the user-specific photobooks for each user.

According to the photobook co-production system and method of the present invention, it is possible to save editing time by editing a plurality of photobooks jointly, to generate a desired photobook for each user, and to store a photobook generated for each user Since the order can be made according to need, the user's satisfaction with the photo book can be increased.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a photobook co-production system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a photo book providing server included in a photo book co-production system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 3 to 12 are views for explaining a photobook co-production process according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS.
13 is a flowchart illustrating a method of co-producing a photobook according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, It will be possible. The present invention is capable of various modifications and various forms, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the text. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprising" or "having ", and the like, are intended to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, 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.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A photobook co-production system and method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a photo book production system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a photo book providing server included in a photo book production system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

1, the photo book co-production system of the present invention includes a plurality of smart phones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n, an Internet 200, a photo book providing server 300, And a server 400.

A plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2,..., 100-n are installed with a photo collaboration editing application that allows a plurality of users to edit photographs jointly. The photo collaborative editing application, like a normal smartphone application, can be installed on the user's smartphone after the smartphone user accesses the internet and searches for necessary applications and authentication steps such as membership registration.

A plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n are simultaneously connected to the photo book providing server 300 via the Internet, and a photo book per user connected according to the execution of the photo sharing editing application And stored. 2, the photo book providing server 300 includes an Internet interface unit 310, an application storage unit 320, a photo storage unit 330, a photo book storage unit 340, an order generation unit 350, And a control unit 360.

The Internet interface unit 310 accesses the Internet 200 to communicate with a plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n.

In the application storage unit 320, an installation program for installing a photo collaboration editing application in a plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n is stored. That is, the installation program stored in the application storage unit 320 is transmitted to the plurality of smart phones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n that request installation through the Internet interface unit 310, The application is installed.

Alternatively, the installation program stored in the application storage unit 320 may be provided to an external application providing server (not shown) so as to be downloaded. That is, when a setup program for installing a photo collaboration editing application is registered in an application providing server such as Google Play or an Apple Store, and a smartphone user searches for an application required to install the application, (100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n).

In the picture storage unit 330, pictures uploaded from a plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n are stored. That is, the photos stored in the plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n provided with the photo collaboration editing application are transmitted through the Internet 200 according to the selection of the smartphone user, 330).

The photobook storage unit 340 stores a photobook for each user generated according to the execution of the photo collective editing application. For example, if three users were involved in photo editing, a photo book would be created and stored for each of the three users. At this time, one of the three users can create a photo book of a different form from the other two users by applying the edited content of the user to the co-edited photo.

The order generating unit 350 generates order information for each user on a per-user basis for each user.

The control unit 360 receives a friend invitation command from the first smartphone 100-1 in which the photo collaboration editing application among the plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n is executed, And controls the Internet interface unit 310 to transmit the common editing notification message to the smart phones 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 of the user having the ID included in the invitation command. The control unit 360 controls the Internet interface unit 310 to transmit the edited state of the photo collaboration editing application to the plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2, ..., .

For example, when the first smartphone 100-1 invites a user of the second smartphone 100-2 and the third smartphone 100-3, the second smartphone 100-2 ) And the third smartphone 100-3. When the second smartphone 100-2 and the third smartphone 100-3 user confirm the notification message, the second smartphone 100-2 100-2) and the third smartphone 100-3 execute a photo collaborative editing application. Here, the first smartphone 100-1, the second smartphone 100-2, and the third smartphone 100-3 are users who have edited their photos by editing their own smartphone .

It is possible for the smartphone user to select and start the photobook created in the photobook providing server 300 in the SNS server 400. [ For example, the first smartphone 100-1 is stored in the photo book storage unit 340, and the user who uses the first smart phone 100-1 stores the photo book It is possible to select a photobook desired by the user from the photobook stored in the storage unit 340 and upload the photobook to his or her SNS.

3 to 12 are views for explaining a photobook co-production process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the user of the first smartphone 100-1 selects the photo collaborative editing application, the program is executed in the first smartphone 100-1. When the user selects 'My Album' as shown in FIG. 3, The photobooks generated so far are displayed on the first smartphone 100-1. The photobooks shown in FIG. 3 are stored in the photobook storage unit 340, and different photobooks are stored in the photobook storage unit 340 for each user.

Here, when the user selects 'Create', a screen capable of creating a new photobook is displayed on the first smartphone 100-1 as shown in FIG. The user can select the hard cover setting icon 110 to set the cover form of the photo book. Further, an album name is input to the album name input window 120, and the name of the creator is input to the creator input window 130. [

After the creation date is selected and creation 140 is clicked, the screen shown in Fig. 5 is displayed on the first smartphone 100-1. At this time, the user can click on the invitation 150 to invite friends to create the photo book together. That is, when the invitation 150 is clicked, as shown in FIG. 6, a list registered as a friend is displayed on the screen. The user of the first smartphone 100-1 may be a user of the second smartphone 100-2, a user Yoo of the third smartphone 100-3, a fourth smartphone 100-4, You can invite a friend by selecting the user 'Yng'.

As shown in FIG. 7, the color of each user can be set in the user window 160, and it is possible to confirm which picture is being edited by the invited friends as shown in FIG. At this time, the users of the respective smart phones 100-1, 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 click the photos to upload the photos stored in the smart phone to the photo book providing server 300. [ That is, as shown in FIG. 9, when any one of the albums stored in the smartphones 100-1, 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 is selected, the stored pictures are displayed as shown in FIG. When a photograph to be edited is selected from these pictures, an editing screen as shown in Fig. 11 is displayed on each of the smartphones 100-1, 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4.

The user of each of the smartphones 100-1, 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 performs 'photo effect', 'position change', 'inversion / rotation', etc. on the selected photo according to the functions provided by the photo collaboration editing application . That is, 'photo effect' is a function for changing brightness, contrast, color and the like of a photograph, and 'position change' is a function for selecting where a selected photograph is to be positioned on a photo book. That is, in the case of FIG. 11, the user can change the position of the photograph from 'A' to 'B' by selecting 'change position'. 'Invert / rotate' is a function for rotating a picture by a predetermined angle.

In addition, the ability to change the color of the background 170, change the layout, and add stickers and text are further included in the photo collaboration editing application.

Then, as shown in FIG. 12, it is possible to order a photobook generated for each user. That is, the user of each of the smart phones 100-1, 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 selects a desired photobook among the photobooks stored in the photobook storage unit 340, inputs the delivery information, You can order.

13 is a flowchart illustrating a method of co-producing a photobook according to an embodiment of the present invention.

13, first, a photo collaborative editing application is executed in a plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n (S500-Y) , An album cover is generated in accordance with a command input to the plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n (S520).

At this time, if the friend invitation is selected (S530-Y), the color of the selected friends is set and stored (S540). Then, a photo is uploaded from the plurality of smartphones 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n to the photo book providing server 300 and edited (S550). If the friend invitation is not selected (S530-N), only the step S550 is performed.

When the album order is selected (S560-Y), the order information is generated (S570), and the created photo book is stored in the photo book storage unit 340 (S580).

Through the above process, it is possible for a plurality of users to edit, share or order pictures together on a smartphone.

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

100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n:
200: Internet 300: Photo book providing server
310: Internet interface unit 320: Application storage unit
330: photo storage unit 340: photo book storage unit
350: order creating section 360:
400: SNS server

Claims (8)

A plurality of smartphones in which a photo collaborative editing application is installed and executed, in which multiple users can collaboratively edit photographs; And
And a photo book providing server, wherein the plurality of smart phones are simultaneously accessed via the Internet, and a photo book is created and stored for each user in accordance with execution of the photo photo editing application. The method according to claim 1,
The photo book providing server comprises:
An Internet interface unit for accessing the Internet to communicate with the plurality of smartphones;
A photograph storage unit in which a photograph for editing is uploaded and stored from the plurality of smartphones;
A photobook storage unit in which the photobook for each user generated according to the execution of the photo joint editing application is stored; And
When a friend invite command is received from a first smart phone in which the photo collaborative editing application is executed among the plurality of smart phones, a joint edit notification message is transmitted to a smartphone of a user having an ID included in the friend invite command, And a controller for controlling the Internet interface unit to transmit the edited state of the photo collaborative editing application to a plurality of smartphones under co-editing in real time. 3. The method of claim 2,
The photo book providing server comprises:
And an order generation unit for generating order information for the user-specific photo book on the basis of each user. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the edit state includes a number of participants participating in photo collaboration editing, a photograph being edited, and a user ID being edited. A photobook co-production method of a photobook co-production system including a plurality of smart phones and a photobook providing server connected via the Internet,
A photo collaborative editing application in which a plurality of users can collaboratively edit photographs is installed and executed in the plurality of smartphones;
Connecting the plurality of smartphones to the photo book providing server through the Internet at the same time; And
And creating and storing a connected photobook for each user according to the execution of the photo joint editing application. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the user-specific photo book is created and stored,
Creating an album cover through the plurality of smartphones;
Setting colors for friends invited from smart phones in which friend invitations among the plurality of smart phones are set; And
And uploading the photo stored in the plurality of smart phones to the photo book providing server and editing the photo book. The method according to claim 6,
Transmitting a joint edit notification message to a smartphone of a user having an ID included in the friend invite command when a friend invite command is received from a first smart phone in which the photo collaborative editing application is executed among the plurality of smart phones; And
Further comprising the step of: transmitting in real time to a plurality of smartphones under co-editing an editing state by executing the photo collaborative editing application. The method according to claim 6,
And generating order information on the photobooks for each user for each user.

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