KR20160120698A - Method and Apparatus for Reproducing DVD Capable of Exchanging Character, and Record Medium Storing Program for Executing The Same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for playing a DVD capable of replacing a character, and a record medium storing a program for executing the method. The method includes:an information reading-out step of reading-out DVD data and character information of a character shown in a DVD image, from a DVD medium; a selection page providing step of providing a character selection page capable of selecting a specific character among a plurality of characters to a user; and an image rendering step of continuously overlaying the specific character selected by the user on the DVD image, when the user selects the specific character among the characters on the character selection page.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a DVD reproducing method and apparatus capable of replacing characters, and a recording medium storing a program for executing the method.

The present invention relates to a DVD reproducing apparatus, and more particularly to a DVD reproducing apparatus in which character information including a position, a size, a direction, an exposure degree, and a moving speed of a character is added to DVD data, And a recording medium storing a program for executing the method. [0002] The present invention relates to a DVD reproducing method and apparatus capable of replacing a character that causes a character to be superimposed on a DVD image continuously in an overlay form.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the supply of various home appliances such as a DVD player, a CD player, and a video player has rapidly expanded, and a demand for purchasing and viewing image contents such as music videos, movies, games, and animations has also been greatly increased. The increase in the number of video content products such as video DVD, video CD, video and so on is also showing an increasing trend each year.

Generally, under such a conventional system, when the production of the image contents is completed on the side of the image contents related company, it is common to release the image contents products in a lump without considering the individual needs of the consumer. Therefore, , The characters appearing in each image content sold to the general public are always designated by the manufacturer as the character originally designed.

For example, if 1000 pieces of video content products called "Aladdin" are sold to the general public, all the characters that appear in the 1000 pieces of products are originally designed by the manufacturer, and the image content product " Even if 1000 pieces are sold to the general public, the character of Heungbu that appeared in these 1000 pieces is also the character originally designed by the manufacturer.

Therefore, even if there is a desire to convert a specific character appearing in the image content to another image or an avatar on the consumer side, it is difficult for the manufacturer to accept all the individual demands of the consumer, and thus it is impossible to realistically realize it.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2005-0083395 (titled DVD reproducing apparatus and method, Aug. 26, 2005)

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a DVD reproducing method and apparatus capable of replacing a character capable of providing users with an experience of participating in image contents in addition to simply consuming a DVD, And a recording medium storing a program for executing the method.

To this end, according to a first aspect of the present invention, a DVD reproducing apparatus capable of selecting a character according to the present invention comprises: a DVD deck for reading character data of a character appearing in DVD data and a DVD image from a DVD medium; And a character selection screen is provided to the user by driving a character selection program when the DVD media is inserted into the DVD deck. When the user selects a specific character among a plurality of characters on the character selection screen, And a control unit for continuously overlaying the specific character selected by the user in the DVD image.

Wherein the control unit comprises: an operating system for driving the DVD player; a memory unit for storing the character selection program; A rendering unit for overlaying an image on the DVD image based on the character information; And when the DVD media is inserted into the DVD deck, the character selection program stored in the memory unit is driven to provide a character selection screen to the user, and when the user selects a specific character among a plurality of characters on the character selection screen And a microprocessor for continuously overlaying the specific character selected by the user in the DVD image using the rendering unit.

Wherein the character information includes at least one of a position, a size, a direction, an exposure level, and a movement speed of a character appearing in the DVD image.

And the character selection program is a GUI (Graphic User Interface) program.

The DVD reproducing apparatus capable of selecting the character comprises: an MPEG decoder for decompressing the DVD data; A video encoder for converting the decompressed DVD data in the MPEG decoder into a format reproducible in an image display device; An input / output unit for outputting the converted DVD data from the video encoder to the image display device; And an encoder unit for analog-to-digital converting the analog signal among the video signals received from the input / output unit and then compressing the converted signal in the MPEG format.

The encoder unit and the MPEG decoder perform encoding and decoding in the form of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3 and MPEG-4, respectively.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a DVD reproducing method for selecting a character according to the present invention, comprising: an information reading step of reading character information of a character appearing in DVD data and a DVD image from a DVD media medium; A selection screen providing step of providing a user with a character selection screen capable of selecting a specific character among a plurality of characters; And an image rendering step of continuously overlaying the specific character selected by the user in the DVD image when the user selects a specific character among the plurality of characters on the character selection screen.

Wherein the character information includes at least one of a position, a size, a direction, an exposure level, and a movement speed of a character appearing in the DVD image.

In the image rendering step, the specific character selected by the user on the DVD image is continuously overlaid.

In the image rendering step, a specific character is blank in the DVD image, and the specific character selected by the user is continuously overlaid on the blank.

According to the present invention, there is provided a DVD playback method and apparatus capable of replacing a character that continuously displays characters superimposed on a DVD image in a form of an overlay on the basis of character information of a character appearing in the DVD video, There is an effect of providing a new DVD using method in which users can actively participate in a high-quality medium such as a commercial DVD.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a DVD reproducing apparatus capable of replacing characters according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a DVD reproducing method capable of replacing a character according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIGS. 3A through 3C illustrate an example screen for showing a DVD reproduction process in which a character can be replaced according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is a view showing a comparison between a DVD original picture and a DVD picture overlaid with a character selected by the user.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The configuration of the present invention and the operation and effect thereof will be clearly understood through the following detailed description.

Before describing the present invention in detail, the same components are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In the case where it is judged that the gist of the present invention may be blurred to a known configuration, do.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a DVD reproducing apparatus capable of replacing characters according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a DVD reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes an input / output unit 110, an encoder unit 120, a hard disk (HDD) 130, a control unit 140, a DVD deck 150, a key input unit 160 An MPEG decoder 170, a video encoder 180, and the like.

The input / output unit 110 receives a video signal from an external device (not shown) or the video encoder 180, and outputs the received video signal to a video display device (e.g., PDP, LCD, LED, etc.).

The input / output unit 110 receives a broadcast signal through a tuner (not shown), a composite signal from a video deck (not shown), and outputs the received broadcast signal and composite signal to the encoder unit 120). The input / output unit 110 separates the received broadcast signal into a video signal and a voice signal when receiving a broadcast signal through a tuner (not shown).

The input / output unit 110 receives a composite signal from the video encoder 180, and outputs the received composite signal to a video display device such as a television.

The encoder unit 120 performs analog-to-digital conversion of an analog signal among the video signals received from the input / output unit 110, and then compresses the converted signal into an MPEG format (for example, MPEG-2 format). This is for storing a larger amount of video signals on the hard disk 130. [

The hard disk 130 stores video signals of the MPEG format in the form of a file. At this time, when the video signal input through the input / output unit 110 is MPEG format, the hard disk 130 stores the incoming video signal as it is. In an embodiment of the present invention, the hard disk 130 stores video signals of the MPEG-2 format in the form of files. However, the present invention is not limited thereto and includes MPEG-1, MPEG-3 and MPEG-4 The video signals of various formats can be stored. In addition, although the encoder 120 and the MPEG decoder 170 perform encoding and decoding according to the MPEG-2 format in the embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited thereto, and MPEG-1, Encoding and decoding in the form of MPEG-3 and MPEG-4.

When the DVD media is inserted, the DVD deck 150 reads DVD data, that is, video / audio signals stored in the MPEG format, from the DVD media. In addition, the DVD deck 150 according to the present invention reads character information including a position, a size, a direction, an exposure degree, and a moving speed of a character appearing in a DVD image along with DVD data from a DVD media.

The control unit 140 receives DVD data in the MPEG format from the DVD deck 150 and transmits the received DVD data to the MPEG decoder 170 as the DVD media is inserted into the DVD deck 150. [ At the same time, when the DVD media medium is inserted into the DVD deck 150, the control unit 140 drives the character selecting program to transmit the character selecting screen to the video encoder 180. When the user selects a plurality of characters The specific character selected by the user is continuously overlaid on the DVD image on the basis of the character information read by the DVD deck 150. [ Here, the plurality of characters may be 2D or 3D images, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be an n-dimensional image higher in level.

The controller 140 includes a memory unit 142, a rendering unit 144, and a microprocessor 146 to perform the functions as described above.

The memory unit 142 stores an operating system for driving the DVD reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, and when the DVD media is inserted into the DVD deck 150, a character selecting program , For example, a GUI (Graphic User Interface) program.

The rendering unit 144 performs a function of overlaying the image on the DVD image based on the character information read by the DVD deck 150.

The microprocessor 146 drives the character selection program stored in the memory unit 142 to display the character selection screen when the DVD media is inserted into the DVD deck 150 and outputs the character selection screen to the video encoder 180. [ When the user selects a specific character among a plurality of characters on the character selection screen, the rendering unit 144 continuously overlays the specific character selected by the user in the DVD image.

In order to control the DVD player, the key input unit 160 generates a corresponding control signal as the user presses a setting key provided on the remote controller (not shown) or the DVD player, and transmits the generated control signal to the controller 140).

The MPEG decoder 170 receives the video and audio signals of the MPEG format pre-stored in the DVD media or the hard disk 130 through the controller 140 and decompresses the received video and audio signals.

The video encoder 180 converts the decompressed video signal and audio signal in the MPEG decoder 170 into a format that can be reproduced by a video display device such as a television (for example, NTSC / PAL), converts the converted video signal and audio signal To a video display device (not shown) or a speaker (not shown) connected to the input / output unit 110.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a DVD reproducing method capable of replacing a character according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, when the DVD media is inserted into the DVD deck 150, the DVD deck 150 records the DVD data (i.e., video / audio signals stored in the MPEG format) Direction, exposure level, moving speed, and the like (S210). To this end, it is desirable that the DVD media contain character information of a DVD image together with DVD data at the time of initial production.

Thereafter, the control unit 140 displays a character selection screen to the user to select a specific character among the plurality of characters (S220). More specifically, when the DVD media is inserted into the DVD deck 150, the control unit 140 drives the character selecting program to transmit the character selecting screen to the video encoder 180, and the video encoder 180 displays the character selecting screen To the image display device through the input / output unit (110). Here, the plurality of characters may be 2D and 3D images, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be an n-dimensional image having a higher level.

When the user selects a specific character among a plurality of characters on the character selection screen, the control unit 140 continuously overlays the specific character selected by the user in the DVD image (S230). At this time, the control unit 140 may continuously overlay the specific character selected by the user on the DVD image, or may continuously overlay a specific character selected by the user in the blank space by placing a specific character in the DVD image.

In the meantime, the present invention can be applied to various playback apparatuses by embodying a DVD playback method capable of replacing the characters described above with a software program and recording the program on a predetermined recording medium.

The various playback devices may be a PC, a notebook, and a portable terminal.

For example, the recording medium may be a hard disk, a flash memory, a RAM, a ROM, or the like embedded in each reproduction apparatus, or an external optical disk such as a CD-R or a CD-RW, a compact flash card, a smart media, have.

In this case, the program recorded on the recording medium includes the position, size, direction, degree of exposure, moving speed, and the like of the character appearing in the DVD image together with the DVD data from the DVD medium when the DVD medium is inserted as described above A step of displaying a character selection screen for selecting a specific character among a plurality of characters to the user; and a step of, when the user selects a specific character among the plurality of characters on the character selection screen, And continuously overlaying the specific character selected by the user on the display screen.

3A to 3C are exemplary screens illustrating a DVD playback process in which a character can be replaced according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3A, when a DVD media medium is inserted, character information including the position, size, direction, exposure level, and moving speed of a character appearing in the DVD image from the DVD media medium is read. Here, the position of the character can be displayed by, for example, an x-coordinate or a y-coordinate.

As shown in FIG. 3B, a character selection screen capable of selecting a specific character among a plurality of characters is provided to the user. Here, although not shown in the figure, each character includes an image of its front, back, and side faces, and the user can select a specific character corresponding to each character appearing in the DVD image.

As shown in FIG. 3C, a plurality of characters appear in the DVD image, and specific characters selected by the user based on the character information are continuously overlaid on each of the characters. For example, when a character appearing on a DVD image is facing the front, an image of the front of a specific character selected by the user is overlaid on the DVD image, and when a character appearing on the DVD image is standing on the side, The image of the side of the specific character selected by the user is overlaid on the DVD image.

4 is a view showing a comparison between a DVD original picture and a DVD picture overlaid with a character selected by the user.

As shown in Fig. 4 (a), a large number of characters appear on the DVD original screen.

As shown in FIG. 4B, according to the DVD reproducing method and apparatus capable of replacing the character according to the present invention, a character appearing on a DVD original screen can be displayed on a character (for example, an image of a real person His avatar).

Therefore, when the DVD title is the teaching material, the teacher of the teaching material can be replaced with the image of the parent of the teacher, so that the user has the same effect as receiving the education from the parent of the teacher. If the DVD title is general animation, By replacing the protagonist of an animation with your own image, you can bring about the same effect as yourself becoming the protagonist of the actual animation.

The embodiments disclosed in the specification of the present invention do not limit the present invention. The scope of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all the techniques within the scope of equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a DVD reproducing method and apparatus capable of replacing a character that is displayed on a DVD image by continuously superimposing a character designated by a user on the basis of character information of a character appearing on the DVD video, It is possible to provide a new DVD use method in which users can actively participate in a high-quality medium such as a commercial DVD, and thus, the use of a related technology It is not only the possibility of commercialization or operation of the applicable device but also the possibility of being practically and practically possible, and thus it is an invention that is industrially applicable.

110: input / output unit 120: encoder unit
130: HDD 140:
142: memory unit 144: rendering unit
146: Microprocessor 150: DVD deck
160: key input unit 170: MPEG decoder
180: Video encoder

Claims (11)

A DVD deck for reading character information of a character appearing in DVD data and DVD video from a DVD media medium; And
When the DVD media is inserted into the DVD deck, a character selection program is driven to provide a character selection screen to the user, and when the user selects a specific character among a plurality of characters on the character selection screen, A control unit for continuously overlaying a specific character selected by the user on the DVD video image;
Wherein the character is selected by the user. The apparatus of claim 1,
An operating system for operating the DVD player and a memory unit for storing the character selection program;
A rendering unit for overlaying an image on the DVD image based on the character information; And
When the DVD media is inserted into the DVD deck, the character selection program stored in the memory unit is driven to provide a character selection screen to a user, and a user selects a specific character among a plurality of characters on the character selection screen A microprocessor for continuously overlaying a specific character selected by the user in the DVD image using the rendering unit;
And the character can be selected. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the character information includes at least one of a position, a size, a direction, an exposure degree, and a movement speed of a character appearing in the DVD image.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the character selection program is a GUI (Graphic User Interface) program. The method according to claim 1,
An MPEG decoder for decompressing the DVD data;
A video encoder for converting the decompressed DVD data in the MPEG decoder into a format reproducible in an image display device;
An input / output unit for outputting the converted DVD data from the video encoder to the image display device; And
An encoder unit for analog-to-digital converting an analog signal among the video signals received from the input / output unit and then compressing the converted signal in an MPEG format;
Wherein the character is selected by the user. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the encoder unit and the MPEG decoder respectively encode and decode in the form of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3, and MPEG-4, respectively. An information reading step of reading character information of characters appearing in DVD data and DVD images from a DVD media medium;
A selection screen providing step of providing a user with a character selection screen capable of selecting a specific character among a plurality of characters; And
An image rendering step of continuously overlaying a specific character selected by a user on a DVD image when a user selects a specific character among a plurality of characters on the character selection screen;
Wherein the character is selected from the plurality of characters. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the character information includes at least one of a position, a size, a direction, an exposure degree, and a movement speed of a character appearing in the DVD image.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein in the image rendering step,
And continuously overlaying a specific character selected by the user on the DVD image. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein in the image rendering step,
Wherein a specific character is blanked in the DVD image, and a specific character selected by the user is continuously overlaid on the blank space. A recording medium storing a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 7, 9 and 10.

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