KR20190139500A - Method of operating apparatus for providing webtoon and handheld terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

According to various embodiments, a webtoon providing method and an operating method of a webtoon providing apparatus, and an operating method of a portable terminal communicating with the webtoon providing apparatus are provided. The operating method of the portable terminal comprises the steps of: detecting a preset action; transmitting terminal position information of the portable terminal, in which the action has occurred, to the webtoon providing apparatus in response to the preset action; receiving, from the webtoon providing apparatus, content information about an episode associated with image location information corresponding to the terminal location information; and displaying the content information on a display. Therefore, a webtoon associated with a place visited by a user can be recommended to the user of the portable terminal.

Description

Method of operating apparatus and providing webtoon and handheld terminal

The present disclosure relates to a webtoon providing method and a method of operating a webtoon providing apparatus having a location-based webtoon recommending function, and a method of operating a mobile terminal communicating with the webtoon providing apparatus.

Recently, with the popularization of mobile terminals such as smart phones, it is easy for users to access various digital contents through the mobile terminals. Therefore, the environment in which users watch webtoons is moving from a personal computer (PC) environment to a mobile environment.

Webtoons do not have to devote more space than published cartoons, so the cost of adding serials is relatively small, and the barriers to entry for webtoon artists are low. As a result, many works are serialized every day, and users are hard to select webtoon works that suit their tastes.

In order to solve such a problem, for example, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0092962 (published August 5, 2016) discloses a serialized content recommendation apparatus and a serialized content recommendation method.

Meanwhile, a place that is the background of a work such as a movie, a drama, a novel, or the like may give a greater impression to a user who has experienced the work than a user who does not. However, if you don't pay special attention to the place where your work is based, you will be overwhelmed without knowing that even if you visit the place, you have become the background of your experience.

An object of various embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide a method of operating a mobile terminal, which is recommended for a webtoon or a specific episode of a webtoon related to the location based on the location of the user's portable terminal.

An object of various embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide a webtoon providing method for recommending a specific episode of a webtoon or a webtoon related to the location based on the location of the user's portable terminal.

Another problem to be solved by various embodiments of the present disclosure is image location information and thumbnails when uploading cut images of a webtoon to recommend a specific episode of a webtoon or a webtoon related to the location based on the location of the user's portable terminal. It is to provide an operation method of the webtoon providing apparatus for storing the association.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, according to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of operating a mobile terminal communicating with a webtoon providing apparatus. The operation method may include detecting a preset action, transmitting terminal location information of the mobile terminal in which the action is performed in response to the preset action, to the webtoon providing apparatus, and an image corresponding to the terminal location information. Receiving content information about an episode associated with location information from the webtoon providing apparatus, and displaying the content information on a display.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a webtoon providing method of a webtoon providing apparatus communicating with a mobile terminal is provided. The webtoon providing method includes receiving terminal location information from the mobile terminal, determining an episode associated with image location information corresponding to the terminal location information, and transmitting content information regarding the episode to the mobile terminal. Steps. The episode includes a plurality of cut images having a story structure, wherein at least one of the plurality of cut images or the episode is associated with the image location information.

According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, an operation method of a webtoon providing apparatus communicating with a terminal is provided. The operation method may include receiving and storing a plurality of cut images constituting an episode of a webtoon from the terminal, storing image location information in association with the episode, and viewing at a location corresponding to the image location information. And storing a thumbnail image representing a scene in which the scene is present is associated with the image position information. The thumbnail image is a reduced image of at least part of one of the plurality of cut images.

According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program stored in a medium is provided to execute the above-described method of operating a mobile terminal, a webtoon providing apparatus of a webtoon providing apparatus, and a method of operating a webtoon providing apparatus using a computer.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a user of the mobile terminal may be recommended a webtoon related to a place visited by the user. By watching the recommended webtoons, users can gain knowledge about the places they visited and become more interested and more impressed with the places they visit. Authors of webtoons can have the opportunity to inform their visitors of the visited users by inputting information about the place that is the background of the work.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile terminal and a webtoon providing server according to an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for describing image location information stored in a storage device of a webtoon providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a location-based webtoon recommendation service performed between a mobile terminal and a webtoon providing server according to an exemplary embodiment.
5A through 5C are reference diagrams for describing a location-based webtoon recommendation service according to the flowchart of FIG. 4.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting of a mobile terminal for a location-based webtoon recommendation service, according to an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 7A is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of inputting image location information in association with a cut image or an episode between a writer terminal and a webtoon providing server, according to an exemplary embodiment.
7B exemplarily illustrates a user interface (UI) provided by a webtoon providing server to a writer terminal according to an embodiment.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a thumbnail image from cut images between a writer terminal and a webtoon providing server according to another exemplary embodiment.
9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of generating image position information from cut images between a writer terminal and a webtoon providing server according to another embodiment.

Hereinafter, various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present disclosure. However, the technical idea of the present disclosure may be implemented in various forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In the description of the various embodiments of the present disclosure, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the technical idea of the present disclosure, a detailed description of the known technology will be omitted. The same or similar components will be given the same reference numerals and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

Throughout the specification, when an element is "connected" to another element, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. . When an element is said to "include" another element, this means that it is possible to further include another element, not to exclude another element other than the other element unless specifically stated otherwise.

Some embodiments may be described in terms of functional block configurations and various processing steps. Some or all of these functional blocks may be implemented in various numbers of hardware and / or software configurations that perform particular functions. For example, the functional blocks of the present disclosure may be implemented by one or more microprocessors or by circuit configurations for a given function. The functional blocks of the present disclosure may be implemented in various programming languages or scripting languages. The functional blocks of the present disclosure may be implemented in algorithms executed in one or more processors. Functions performed by the functional blocks of the present disclosure may be performed by a plurality of functional blocks, or functions performed by the plurality of functional blocks in the present disclosure may be performed by one functional block.

Connecting lines or connecting members between the elements shown in the figures are merely illustrative of functional connections and / or physical or circuit connections. In an actual device, the connection between elements may be realized by various functional connections, physical connections, or circuit connections that are replaceable or added.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment.

The network environment of FIG. 1 illustrates an example including user terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140, a server 150, and a network 160. 1 is an example for describing the present disclosure, and the number of portable terminals and the number of servers are not limited as illustrated in FIG. 1.

The user terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be communicatively connected to the server 150 to provide a user with a webtoon providing service and a location-based webtoon recommending service provided by the server 150. The user terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be portable terminals. For example, the user terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140 may use a smart phone, a mobile phone, navigation, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a tablet PC, and the like. It may include. For example, the first user terminal 110 may be connected to the network 160 through wireless communication to communicate with other user terminals 120, 130, and 140 and / or the server 150. In the present specification, a user terminal (eg, the first user terminal 110) provided with a webtoon providing service from the server 150 is referred to as a “mobile terminal”.

At least one of the user terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140 is a computer device communicatively connected to the server 150, and may be a computer device used by a webtoon writer to upload a webtoon work to the server 150. have. In this case, the user terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals, for example, personal computers (PCs), connected to the network 160 through wireless and / or wired communication, and the server 150. Communicate with The webtoon artist may upload the webtoon work to the server 150 using the portable user terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140. In the present specification, a user terminal (eg, the fourth user terminal 140) used by a webtoon writer to upload a webtoon work to the server 150 is referred to as an "author terminal".

The communication method of the user terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140 is not limited, and a communication method utilizing a communication network (for example, a mobile communication network, a wired internet, a wireless internet, and a broadcasting network) that the network 160 may include. In addition, short-range wireless communication between devices may be included. For example, the network 160 may include a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a broadband network (BBN). And one or more of networks such as the Internet. Network 160 may include any one or more of network topologies including, but not limited to, bus networks, star networks, ring networks, mesh networks, star-bus networks, trees, or hierarchical networks, and the like. Do not.

The server 150 is connected to the network 160 through wired communication and / or wired communication to communicate with the user terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140, and provides commands, codes, files, contents, services, and the like. It may be implemented with at least one computer device. The server 150 may be referred to as a "webtoon providing server" or "webtoon providing apparatus".

According to an example, the first user terminal 110 may control a service or content provided from the server 150 under the control of an operating system (OS) and at least one program (eg, a web browser or an installed application). Can be received. For example, when the first user terminal 110 transmits a service access request including a content address to the server 150 under the control of an application, the server 150 reads and generates a content resource corresponding to the content address. The cut images of the webtoon may be transmitted to the first user terminal 110, and the first user terminal 110 may display the received cut images on the display under the control of the application.

According to another example, the server 150 may provide an installation file for installing an application to the first user terminal 110 connected through the network 160. The first user terminal 110 may install an application using the installation file provided from the server 150.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile terminal and a webtoon providing server according to an exemplary embodiment.

An internal configuration of the mobile terminal 110 as an example of one user terminal and an internal configuration of the webtoon providing server 150 as an example of one server will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The other user terminals 120, 130, 140 may also have the same or similar internal configuration as the mobile terminal 110.

The mobile terminal 110 may include a memory 211, a processor 212, a communication interface 213, an input / output interface 214, a display 215, and a bus 216. The mobile terminal 110 may omit at least one of the components or additionally include other components.

The bus 216 may include circuitry that couples the components 211-215 to each other and conveys communication (eg, control messages or data) between the components.

The processor 212 may include at least one of a central processing unit, an application processor, or a communication processor (CP). The processor 212 may execute, for example, operations or data processing related to the control and / or communication of at least one other component 211, 213-215 of the mobile terminal 110. According to an example, the processor 212 may generate screen data displayed through the display 215. The processor 212 may control the communication interface 213 to receive screen data from another device such as the webtoon providing server 150, for example.

The processor 212 may be implemented with, for example, a system on chip (SoC). According to an embodiment, the processor 212 may further include a graphic processing unit (GPU) and / or an image signal processor. The processor 212 may include at least some of the components (eg, a cellular module). The processor 212 may load and process instructions or data received from at least one of the other components (eg, nonvolatile memory) into the volatile memory, and store the resulting data in the nonvolatile memory.

The memory 211 may include volatile and / or nonvolatile memory. The memory 211 may store, for example, instructions or data related to at least one other component of the mobile terminal 110. The memory 211 may include, for example, an internal memory and / or an external memory.

According to an example, the memory 211 may store software and / or a program. Software and / or programs stored in memory 211 may include, for example, a kernel, middleware, an application programming interface (API), and / or an application program (or “application”). At least a portion of the kernel, middleware, or API may be referred to as an operating system (OS).

The kernel controls system resources (e.g., bus 216, processor 212, memory 211, etc.) used to execute operations or functions implemented in other programs (e.g., middleware, APIs, or applications). Or manage. The kernel may provide an interface for controlling or managing system resources by accessing individual components of the mobile terminal 110 from middleware, APIs, or applications.

The middleware may act as an intermediary to allow the AP or application to communicate with the kernel to exchange data. The middleware may process one or more work requests received from the application according to priority. For example, the middleware gives priority to the use of system resources (eg, the bus 216, the processor 212, the memory 211, etc.) of the mobile terminal 110 to at least one of the applications, and at least one of the applications. Work requests can be processed.

An API is an interface for an application to control functions provided by a kernel or middleware. For example, an API includes at least one interface or function (eg, a command) for file control, window control, image processing, or character control. can do.

The application may include at least one of a home, dialer, SMS / MMS, instant message (IM), browser, camera, alarm, contact, voice dial, email, calendar, media player, album, or clock application. According to an example, the application may include a notification delivery application that receives notification information from an external electronic device and provides the notification information to a user.

According to an example, the application may include an application received from an external electronic device. For example, the application may include an application for displaying cut images of the webtoon provided from the webtoon providing server 150 on the display 215. The application may include an application for receiving recommended webtoon notification information received from the web-to-providing server 150 and providing the received to the user.

The input / output interface 214 transfers commands or data input from a user or other external device to other component (s) of the mobile terminal 110 or commands received from other component (s) of the mobile terminal 110. Alternatively, data can be output to the user or other external device. The mobile terminal 110 may include an input device connected through the input / output interface 214. The input device may include, for example, at least one of a touch panel, a (digital) pen sensor, a key, or an ultrasonic input device.

The display 215 may display various content (eg, text, images, videos, icons, and / or symbols, etc.) and / or various information (eg, multimedia data, text data, etc.) to the user. Display 215 may include a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a light emitting diode (LED) display, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) display, or an electronic paper display. The display 215 may display screen data under the control of the display driver integrated circuit. The display 215 may include a touch screen, and may receive, for example, a touch, gesture, proximity, or hovering input using an electronic pen or a part of a user's body.

The communication interface 213 may be connected to the network 160 through wireless or wired communication to communicate with an external device (eg, the webtoon providing server 150). The communication interface 213 may establish communication between the mobile terminal 110 and an external device (eg, the webtoon providing server 150).

Wireless communications include, for example, LTE, LTE Advance (LTE-A), code division multiple access (CDMA), wideband CDMA (WCDMA), universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), wireless broadband, WiBro, or Global System for Mobile Communications Cellular communication using at least one of According to an example, the wireless communication may include at least one of wireless fidelity (WiFi), Bluetooth, Bluetooth low power (BLE), Zigbee, near field communication (NFC), or radio frequency (RF).

According to one example, the wireless communication may include a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The GNSS may include, for example, at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia's global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) or European Union's global satellite-based navigation system (Galileo). Hereinafter, in the present specification, "GPS" may be used interchangeably with "GNSS".

Wired communication may include, for example, at least one of a universal serial bus (USB), a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a reduced standard-232 (RS-232), a power line communication, or a plain old telephone service (POTS). The network 160 may comprise at least one of a telecommunications network, eg, a computer network (eg, LAN or WAN), the Internet, or a telephone network.

The communication interface 213 may include at least one of a cellular module, a WiFi module, a Bluetooth module), a GNSS module, an NFC module, and an RF module.

The mobile terminal 110 may further include a camera. A camera is, for example, a device capable of capturing still images and moving images, and according to one example, one or more image sensors (eg, front or rear sensors), lenses, image signal processors (ISPs), or flashes (eg, LEDs or xenon). lamps, etc.).

The mobile terminal 110 may further include a sensor module. The sensor module may measure a physical quantity or detect an operation state of the mobile terminal 110 to convert the measured or detected information into an electrical signal. Sensor modules include, for example, gesture sensors, gyro sensors, barometric pressure sensors, magnetic sensors, acceleration sensors, grip sensors, proximity sensors, color sensors (eg, red, green, blue sensors), biometric sensors, temperature / humidity Sensor, illuminance sensor), or UV (ultra violet) sensor. Additionally or alternatively, the sensor module may include, for example, an infrared (IR) sensor, an iris sensor, and / or a fingerprint sensor.

The mobile terminal 110 may further include at least one of an audio device, a power management device, and a battery. The audio device can bidirectionally convert sound and electrical signals. The audio device may process sound information input or output through a speaker, a receiver, an earphone, a microphone, or the like. The power management device may manage power of the portable terminal 110, for example.

The webtoon providing server 150 may include a memory 221, a processor 222, a communication interface 223, an input / output interface 224, a bus 226, and a storage device 227.

The memory 221 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may include volatile and / or nonvolatile memory. The memory 221 may store an operating system (OS) and at least one program code.

According to one example, software components may be loaded from storage 227. The storage device 227 may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, a disk, a tape, a DVD / CD-ROM drive, a memory card, and the like. According to another example, the storage device 227 may be connected to the webtoon providing server 150 through the communication interface 223.

The cut image of the webtoon may be stored in the storage device 227. The cut image information, the image position information, and the thumbnail image information may be stored in the storage device 227 in association with each other. Storage device 227 may include a database.

The processor 222 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input / output operations. The processor 222 may be configured to execute an instruction according to a program code stored in the memory 221. The communication interface 223 may be connected to the network 160 to provide a function for communicating with the mobile terminal 110. The input / output interface 224 transfers commands or data input from a user or other external device to other component (s) of the webtoon providing server 150 or receives from other component (s) of the webtoon providing server 150. Command or data can be output to the user or other external device. The bus 226 may include circuitry that couples the components 221-224, 227 to each other and conveys communication (eg, control messages or data) between the components.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for describing image location information stored in a storage device of a webtoon providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the title, episode number, image file, image location information, and thumbnail file of the webtoon are stored in the storage device 227 of the webtoon providing server 150 in association with each other.

A webtoon is a digital cartoon created by a webtoon writer and includes cut images having a story structure. Webtoons are usually serialized weekly or at predetermined intervals or irregularly. An episode is a unit in which a webtoon is serialized and may be numbered in the order in which the episode is serialized. In this regard, the webtoon may be composed of a plurality of episodes, and each episode may include cut images having a story structure.

Cut image refers to an image of a cut separated by a dividing line. However, in the present specification, the cut image may mean an image corresponding to each of at least one image file uploaded by the webtoon artist. In this case, a plurality of cuts may be displayed in one cut image, or only a part of one cut may be displayed. For ease of understanding, it is assumed that each of the image files uploaded to the webtoon providing server 150 corresponds to an image of a cut. However, each image file may include an image of multiple cuts or may include an image of a portion of a cut.

The plurality of cut images included in each episode of the webtoon may be arranged vertically, and a part thereof may be displayed on the display 215 of the mobile terminal 110. The user may control the cut images displayed on the display 215 by vertically scrolling the display 215 of the mobile terminal 110. Accordingly, the display 215 may display two or more consecutive cut images, but some of either of the two cut images may not be displayed. According to another example, the cut images are arranged horizontally so that the user can control the cut image displayed on the display 215 by dragging horizontally with respect to the display 215 of the mobile terminal 110. If only one cut image is displayed on the display 215, the previous cut image or the next cut image may be displayed on the display 215 through horizontal dragging.

According to the present embodiment, at least one of a plurality of cut images constituting the episode or episode of the webtoon may be associated with image position information. According to an example, when any episode is about a specific location or place, image location information indicating the specific location or place may be associated with the episode. For example, in the case of episode number "01" of the webtoon title "CCC" in FIG. 3, there is no image file associated with the image location information. In this case, the image location information may be directly associated with the episode rather than the cut image.

According to another example, when a specific location or place is represented in a background in one cut image constituting the episode, image location information indicating the specific location or place may be associated with the cut image. For example, in the case of episode number "01" of the webtoon title "AAA" in FIG. 3, one of the plurality of cut images constituting episode number "01" is associated with the image position information described next to it. Can be. If the image position information is associated with a cut image, the image position information is also associated with an episode that includes the associated cut image.

Image location information may be associated with a thumbnail file. The thumbnail file may be directly uploaded by the webtoon artist or extracted from cut images in the episode or the cut image associated with the webtoon providing server 150.

In FIG. 3, the webtoon title, episode number, image file, image location information, and thumbnail file are shown to be stored in one table. However, this is only for easy understanding and may be stored through a plurality of tables. Although an image file name and a thumbnail file name are described in FIG. 3, this is only for easy understanding, and may include a path where the file is located or may be managed by an identification number corresponding to the file. The identification number may include information about the webtoon and episode number to which the file belongs. The set of data shown in FIG. 3 is called a table, but may be stored in the form of a database.

The webtoon title and episode number are also described as "AAA" or "01" for easy understanding, but image files belonging to them may be managed in a stored path or may be managed using a separate identification number.

In FIG. 3, the image location information is expressed in latitude longitude coordinates in the DMS format, but this is exemplary. The image location information may be in the form of a famous place name (eg, Namsan Tower, Gwanghwamun, etc.) or an address on an administrative area. The webtoon providing server 150 may provide a function of converting a name of a famous place, an address on an administrative area, and latitude and longitude coordinates to each other. Whatever image location information is input, the webtoon providing server 150 may convert the image location information into a format required for calculation using the above function.

In the following, the mobile terminal 110 receives a recommendation notification and displays it to the user based on the information stored through the table illustrated in FIG. 3, and the webtoon providing server 150 provides the recommended webtoon information. , And the webtoon providing server 150 will be described in detail the operation method for receiving and storing the above information.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a location-based webtoon recommendation service performed between a mobile terminal and a webtoon providing server according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the mobile terminal 110 detects a preset action, the mobile terminal 110 may transmit the terminal location information on which the action is performed to the webtoon providing server 150 (S110).

The mobile terminal 110 may detect a preset action. According to an example, the preset action may be that the location of the mobile terminal 110 changes as the user moves. When the user moves to a place associated with a specific webtoon, the user may receive content information about the webtoon associated with the place through the mobile terminal 110.

According to another example, the preset action may be to stay in a place for a predetermined time by the mobile terminal 110. The mobile terminal 110 may transmit the location information on the place stayed for a predetermined time to the webtoon providing server 150. When the preset action is that the location of the mobile terminal 110 is changed, since there are many places that the mobile terminal 110 passes when the user moves a long distance, the content information about the webtoon associated with each place is displayed. You may receive too often.

According to another example, the preset action may be an action of taking a picture using a camera of the mobile terminal 110. The place where the user takes a picture is generally a famous place such as a tourist attraction or a landmark, and the webtoon is also likely to be created against a famous place. When the preset action is a photo taking action, the frequency of the photo taking action is smaller than the frequency of the other actions described above, so that the mobile terminal 110 can reduce power consumption and data transmission amount.

The mobile terminal 110 may transmit the terminal location information of the mobile terminal 110 in which the action is performed to the webtoon providing server 150 in response to detecting the preset action. When a preset action is detected, the portable terminal 110 can detect the location of the portable terminal 110 using, for example, a GPS. According to an example, the mobile terminal 110 may transmit the location of the mobile terminal 110 detected using the GPS to the webtoon providing server 150 as terminal location information. According to another example, the mobile terminal 110 generates an address on a place name or an administrative area corresponding to the detected latitude and longitude coordinates using GPS, and transmits the place name or address to the webtoon providing server 150 as terminal location information. can do. The mobile terminal 110 may generate a place name or address by connecting to another server (eg, a map providing server), transmitting latitude and longitude coordinates, and receiving information about a place name or an address on an administrative area corresponding to the latitude and longitude coordinates. have.

The webtoon providing server 150 may determine a cut image or episode associated with the image location information corresponding to the terminal location information (S120).

The webtoon providing server 150 may receive terminal location information from the mobile terminal 110. The webtoon providing server 150 may select image location information corresponding to the terminal location information, for example, based on the table of FIG. 3. When the image position corresponding to the image position information is located within a preset distance from the terminal position corresponding to the terminal position information, the corresponding image position information may be selected. The preset distance may be, for example, a distance such as 50m, 100m or 500m. The preset distance may be set by the administrator of the webtoon providing server 150 and may be stored in advance in the webtoon providing server 150.

When the image location information and the terminal location information is the name, when the name of the image location corresponding to the image location information is the same as the name of the terminal location corresponding to the terminal location information, the corresponding image location information may be selected. When the image location information and the terminal location information is an address, when the address of the image location corresponding to the image location information is the same within the preset range of the address of the terminal location corresponding to the terminal location information, the corresponding image location information is selected. Can be.

When the image location information corresponding to the terminal location information is selected, the webtoon providing server 150 may determine a cut image or episode associated with the image location information, for example, based on the table of FIG. 3. In the table of FIG. 3, when the image position information is associated with a specific cut image, an episode including the specific cut image may also be associated with the image position information.

The webtoon providing server 150 may transmit the content information about the episode associated with the selected image location information or the episode including the cut image to the mobile terminal 110 (S130).

The content information may include at least one of a title of a webtoon to which an episode associated with the selected image location information belongs, a subtitle of the episode, and link information for requesting the episode.

According to another example, the content information may include a thumbnail image of the cut image associated with the selected image position information. The cut image associated with the selected image position information or a thumbnail image thereof may express a scene that can be viewed from the terminal position of the mobile terminal 110. For example, the cut image associated with the selected image position information may be a cut image in which a scene viewed from the terminal position of the portable terminal 110 is used as a background, and a corresponding background of the cut image may be expressed in a thumbnail image thereof. .

The mobile terminal 110 may receive the content information from the webtoon providing server 150 and display it on the display (S140). As described above, the content information relates to an episode associated with the image location information corresponding to the terminal location information. According to an example, the mobile terminal 110 may display the content information on the display in the form of a push alarm.

When the mobile terminal 110 detects a user input for selecting content information, the mobile terminal 110 may request the webtoon providing server 150 for the full cut image included in the episode (S150). The user input may be touching an area of the display where content information is displayed. The mobile terminal 110 may drive an application (eg, a browser or a dedicated reading application) for displaying a webtoon on a display in response to a user input. The application may transmit a link for requesting the episode to the webtoon providing server 150.

The webtoon providing server 150 may receive the request from the mobile terminal 110 and transmit the entire cut images included in the episode to the mobile terminal 110 (S160).

The mobile terminal 110 may receive the entire cut images included in the episode and display the received cut images on the display (S170). The mobile terminal 110 may display the cut images on the display according to a predetermined format by using an application for displaying the webtoon on the display.

5A through 5C are reference diagrams for describing a location-based webtoon recommendation service according to the flowchart of FIG. 4.

For example, the picture PI of FIG. 5A may be taken. The picture (PI) is taken using the mobile terminal 110 at Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain. The mobile terminal 110 may detect a preset action (eg, take a picture) and transmit terminal location information corresponding to the park Guell where the mobile terminal 110 is located to the webtoon providing server 150. The terminal location information may be in the form of at least one of latitude and longitude coordinates, place name, landmark name, address.

The webtoon providing server 150 receives the terminal location information and searches a table (eg, the table of FIG. 3) in which the image location information in the storage device 227 is recorded to find the image location information corresponding to the terminal location information. Can be. For example, the webtoon providing server 150 may determine that the episode associated with the image location information corresponding to the terminal location information is the webtoon title "AAA" and the episode number "03".

The webtoon providing server 150 may transmit the content information regarding the webtoon title "AAA" and the episode number "03" to the mobile terminal 110. The mobile terminal 110 may receive content information and display the alarm AL shown in FIG. 5B on the display 215 in a push form. The alarm AL of FIG. 5B may include the title "AAA" of the webtoon, the episode number and subtitle "Third-Barcelona Guell Park", and a thumbnail image.

When the user selects an episode of the alarm AL, such as by touching an area of the display 215 where the alarm AL is displayed, the episode is included in the "03" episode of the webtoon "AAA" as shown in FIG. 5C. The cut images CIa, CIb, and CIc may be displayed on the display 215. In this example, the cut images CIa, CIb, CIc are listed vertically, and the cut images CIa, CIb, CIc displayed on the display 215 by the user scrolling up and down relative to the display 215. Can be controlled.

As shown in FIG. 5A, some of the cut images CIa, CIb, and CIc may be displayed on the display 215. The rest of the cut images CIa, CIb, and CIc correspond to a portion NDA that is not displayed on the outside of the display 215, and may be displayed on the display 215 by a scroll operation.

The cut image CIb is drawn on the background shown in the photo PI of FIG. 5A. As the user moves to the place of the picture PI of FIG. 5A, the user receives information about an episode of the webtoon associated with the place of the picture PI of FIG. 5A, and the user may view the episode. Users can get additional description or information related to the place through the episode, and they can feel more familiar with the webtoon work including the episode, and as a result, they can be more impressed with the place.

The place shown in the photo PI of FIG. 5A may also be expressed in the thumbnail image of FIG. 5B. As shown in FIG. 5B, the thumbnail image may be part of the cut image CIb of FIG. 5C. The user will be curious about the episode of the webtoon associated with the thumbnail image by being provided with a thumbnail image containing a view of the place. Through this process, webtoon artists can promote their webtoon works, and users can get descriptions and information about the place through the provided webtoons, and the episodes are added to the place. You will be more impressed with it.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile terminal for a location-based webtoon recommendation service according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6, a user may select whether to receive a recommendation / event notification service through a setting window displayed on the display 215 of the mobile terminal 110 through a check button Cb1.

The user may select whether to receive the location-based webtoon recommendation service through the setting window displayed on the display 215 of the mobile terminal 110 through the check button Cb2.

The user may select, via the check button Cb3, whether to receive the recommendation notification only when the camera is operated through the setting window displayed on the display 215 of the portable terminal 110. When the check button Cb3 is not selected, the mobile terminal 110 may transmit the terminal location information to the webtoon providing server 150 whenever the location is changed according to the default setting. According to another example, the mobile terminal 110 may transmit the terminal location information to the webtoon providing server 150 when the location is changed and stays at the location for a predetermined time.

The setting window of FIG. 6 is provided as an example and may be variously modified, and does not limit the inventive concept of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7A is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of inputting image location information in association with a cut image or an episode between a writer terminal and a webtoon providing server according to an embodiment.

7B exemplarily illustrates a user interface (UI) provided by a webtoon providing server to a writer terminal according to an embodiment.

7A and 7B, the artist terminal 140 may be connected to the webtoon providing server 150 and provided with a user interface (UI). The webtoon writer using the writer terminal 140 may use image interface information and image location information associated with at least one of a plurality of cut images, episodes, or cut images constituting the episode of Hannah using a user interface (UI). At least one of a thumbnail image associated with may be input.

The artist terminal 140 may upload a plurality of cut images constituting an episode of the webtoon to the webtoon providing server 150 (S210). The webtoon artist may select cut image files to be uploaded to the webtoon providing server 150 by selecting the upload button B5 of the user interface UI displayed on the artist terminal 140. The webtoon artist may preview the cut image files to be uploaded to the webtoon providing server 150 by selecting the full preview button B6 of the user interface UI.

The webtoon providing server 150 may receive the cut images from the artist terminal 140 and store the cut images in the storage device 227 (S220). The storage device 227 can be an external device connected via the communication interface 223.

The artist terminal 140 may transmit image position information related to one or one episode of cut images constituting one episode to the webtoon providing server 150 (S230).

According to one embodiment, the image location information may be associated with an episode consisting of cut images rather than any one of the cut images. In this case, the webtoon writer may input image location information using a user interface (UI) displayed on the writer terminal 140. According to an example, the webtoon artist selects a background photo upload button B1 of the user interface UI, and then, in response to the selection of the button B1, the webtoon artist takes a picture or cuts the background of the cut image to cover the episode. You can select a picture to take pictures. Shooting location information may be recorded in the metadata of the selected picture. The artist terminal 140 may extract the photographing position information from the metadata of the selected photo and transmit the photographing position information to the webtoon providing server 150 as the image position information.

According to another example, the webtoon artist may select a location registration button B2 on the map of the user interface UI, and then select a location related to the episode in a map window that is activated in response to the selection of the button B2. . The artist terminal 140 may obtain latitude and longitude coordinates, a place name, a landmark name, or an address of a location selected by the webtoon artist on the map and transmit the image to the webtoon providing server 150 as image location information.

According to another example, the webtoon writer selects the name input button B3 of the user interface UI, and then, in the name input window activated in response to the selection of the button B3, the name or landmark name associated with the episode. Can be entered. The artist terminal 140 may transmit the input place name to the webtoon providing server 150 as image location information. In connection with steps S110 and S120 of FIG. 4, the webtoon providing server 150 may collect terminal location information of the received mobile terminal 110 and store the terminal location information in, for example, the storage device 227. The webtoon providing server 150 may statistics the collected terminal location information. For example, the webtoon providing server 150 may extract a place frequently visited by a user or a place of much interest based on the collected terminal location information. The place name input window in which the place name input button B3 is input in the user interface UI may support not only text input but also hierarchical selection. When a place name is input in a hierarchical selection manner, information extracted by statistically collecting the collected terminal location information may be utilized. For example, frequently visited places may be arranged to be exposed above.

According to another embodiment, the image location information may be associated with any one of the cut images. The webtoon artist may select a cut image related to image position information to be input from among cut images uploaded through a user interface (UI). Thereafter, the webtoon artist may input image position information associated with the selected cut image by selecting the cut image position registration button B8. When the cut image location registration button B8 is selected, the UI may perform the same functions as the background image upload button B1 described above, the location registration button B2 on the map, and the name input button B3. It may provide input buttons. The webtoon artist may input image position information associated with the cut image selected in the manner desired by the input buttons provided.

The webtoon providing server 150 may receive image location information from the artist terminal 140 and store the image location information in association with the cut image or episode (S240). The image location information and the cut image or episode associated therewith may be stored in the storage device 227 in the form of a table of FIG. 3.

The artist terminal 140 may transmit a thumbnail image associated with the image location information to the webtoon providing server 150 (S250). According to an embodiment, when the image location information is associated with the episode, that is, when the image location information is input using the buttons B1, B2, and B3 of the user interface UI, the webtoon artist may display a thumbnail registration button. You can upload a thumbnail image using (B4). According to another embodiment, when the image position information relates to the cut image, that is, the user selects the cut image uploaded from the interface UI, and then uses the button B8 to locate the image position associated with the selected cut image. When the information is input, the webtoon artist may upload the thumbnail image using an input button having the same function as the thumbnail registration button B4 in the new window activated in response to the selection of the button B8.

The webtoon providing server 150 may store the thumbnail image from the artist terminal 140 so as to be associated with the image position information (S260). Accordingly, the image location information, the cut image or episode, and the thumbnail image may be stored in the storage device 227 in association with each other in the form of the table of FIG. 3.

When the user selects the registration button B10 of the user interface UI, the artist terminal 140 may transmit both uploaded files and input information to the webtoon providing server 150 through the user interface UI. . Although steps S210 to S260 are sequentially shown in FIG. 7A, this is for easy understanding, and the artist terminal 140 simultaneously performs steps S210, S230 and S250, and provides a webtoon providing server. 150 may perform the steps (S220, S220, S260) at the same time. The user may cancel both files uploaded and information input through the user interface UI by selecting the cancel button B9 of the user interface UI.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a thumbnail image from cut images between a writer terminal and a webtoon providing server according to another exemplary embodiment.

Steps S210-S240 and S260 of FIG. 8 have been described above with reference to FIG. 7A, and thus will not be repeated.

The webtoon providing server 150 collects pictures of a place corresponding to the image location information based on the image location information received in step S240, and analyzes the collected pictures and the cut images received in step S220. In operation S251, a thumbnail image associated with the image location information may be generated.

The webtoon providing server 150 may access the network 160 through the communication interface 223 and collect pictures of places corresponding to the image location information from the Internet or a separate external server. According to an example, when the image position information is stored in association with the cut image of any one of the cut images in step S240, the webtoon providing server 150 analyzes the collected photos, frequently from the collected photos At least one object to be exposed may be determined. The object may be a subject or a background in the photos. The webtoon providing server 150 may determine an object from the collected pictures by using a machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm. The webtoon providing server 150 may extract a portion corresponding to the determined object from the cut image associated with the image location information. The webtoon providing server 150 may extract the same part as the object from the cut image by using a machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm. The webtoon providing server 150 may generate a thumbnail image using the same part as the object extracted from the cut image.

According to another example, when the image location information is stored in association with the episode consisting of the cut images in step S240, the webtoon providing server 150 displays the pictures collected using a machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm, for example. The analysis may determine at least one object that is frequently exposed in the collected photos. The webtoon providing server 150 may analyze the cut images received in operation S220 and extract a portion corresponding to the determined object from the cut images. The webtoon providing server 150 may extract the same part as the object from the cut images by using a machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm. The webtoon providing server 150 may generate a thumbnail image using the same portion as the object extracted from the cut images.

The thumbnail image generated in operation S251 may be stored in the storage device 227 in association with image position information in operation S260.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating image position information from cut images between a writer terminal and a webtoon providing server according to another embodiment.

Steps S210, S220, S240 and S260 of FIG. 9 have been described above with reference to FIG. 7A and step S252 of FIG. 9 is substantially the same as step S251 described above with reference to FIG. I never do that.

The webtoon providing server 150 may generate image position information from the cut images received in step S220 (S232). According to an example, at least one of the cut images may include location information metadata. The webtoon providing server 150 may generate image location information based on the location information metadata. The webtoon providing server 150 may store the generated image position information in association with the cut image in which the position information metadata is recorded (S240). When substantially the same location information metadata is recorded in all of the cut images, the webtoon providing server 150 may store the generated image location information in association with episodes composed of the cut images (S240). Since cut images are not photographs, they do not usually contain location information metadata. When a webtoon artist draws a webtoon picture by laying out a background photo as a lower layer in the webtoon production program, the webtoon production program may provide a function of recording the location information metadata of the background photo in the finally generated cut image.

According to another example, the webtoon providing server 150 may generate image location information by automatically analyzing the cut images and extracting the landmark or the place name information (S232). According to an example, the webtoon providing server 150 may extract and recognize landmarks included in the cut images by analyzing the cut images, for example, using a machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm. The webtoon providing server 150 may generate image location information based on the landmarks extracted from the cut images. According to another example, the webtoon providing server 150 may perform optical character recognition on the cut images and extract a place or a place name from the recognized text. The webtoon providing server 150 may generate the extracted place or place name as image location information. The webtoon providing server 150 may store the generated image location information in association with the cut image from which the place or the place name is extracted (S240). The webtoon providing server 150 may generate a thumbnail image in operation 252, and store image location information, thumbnail images, cut images, or episodes in association with each other in operation S260.

9, steps S210 and S220 may be omitted. The webtoon providing server 150 may perform steps S232, S240, S252, and S260 on cut images previously stored in the storage device 227.

Embodiments according to the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of a computer program that can be executed through various components on a computer, such a computer program may be recorded on a computer readable medium. In this case, the medium may be to continuously store a program executable by the computer, or to store for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be a variety of recording means or storage means in the form of a single or several hardware combined, not limited to a medium directly connected to any computer system, it may be distributed on the network. Examples of media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, And program instructions may be stored including a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, and the like. In addition, examples of other media may include a recording medium or a storage medium managed by an app store that distributes an application, a site that supplies or distributes various software, a server, or the like.

Although the present invention has been described by specific matters such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, it is provided only to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications and changes from this description.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, and the scope of the spirit of the present invention is defined not only in the claims below, but also in the ranges equivalent to or equivalent to those of the claims. Will belong to.

Claims (20)

An operating method of a mobile terminal communicating with a webtoon providing apparatus,
Detecting a preset action;
Transmitting terminal location information of the mobile terminal in which the action is performed to the webtoon providing apparatus in response to the preset action;
Receiving content information about an episode associated with image location information corresponding to the terminal location information from the webtoon providing apparatus; And
And displaying the content information on a display. According to claim 1,
The preset action is a mobile terminal operation method, characterized in that for taking a picture by using the camera of the mobile terminal. According to claim 1,
The preset action is to stay in a place for a predetermined time by the mobile terminal,
And the terminal location information includes location information of the place. According to claim 1,
The episode includes a plurality of cut images having a story line,
At least one or the episode of the plurality of cut images is associated with the image location information,
And an image position corresponding to the image position information is located within a preset distance from the terminal position corresponding to the terminal position information, or is identical to the terminal position. The method of claim 4, wherein
And the content information comprises a thumbnail image of the at least one cut image associated with the image location information. The method of claim 5,
The thumbnail image is a scene that can be viewed from the terminal location is characterized in that the mobile terminal operating method. According to claim 1,
If the user input for selecting the content information is detected, requesting the webtoon providing apparatus for all cut images included in the episode; And
And displaying the entire cut images on the display from the webtoon providing apparatus. According to claim 1,
And the content information is displayed on the display in the form of a push alarm. A webtoon providing method of a webtoon providing apparatus communicating with a mobile terminal,
Receiving terminal location information from the portable terminal;
Determining an episode associated with the image location information corresponding to the terminal location information; And
Transmitting the content information about the episode to the mobile terminal,
And the episode includes a plurality of cut images having a story structure, and at least one of the plurality of cut images or the episode is associated with the image location information. The method of claim 9,
And an image position corresponding to the image position information is located within a preset distance from the terminal position corresponding to the terminal position information, or is identical to the terminal position. The method of claim 9,
The content information includes a thumbnail image of the at least one cut image associated with the image location information,
The at least one cut image webtoon providing method characterized in that the scene that can be viewed from the terminal position is represented. The method of claim 11, wherein
The webtoon providing apparatus may include at least some of information about a webtoon work including the episode, information about the episode, information about the at least one cut image, information about the image position, and information about the thumbnail image. Webtoon providing method comprising a storage device is stored. An operation method of a webtoon providing apparatus communicating with a terminal,
Receiving and storing a plurality of cut images constituting an episode of a webtoon from the terminal;
Storing image location information in association with the episode; And
Storing a thumbnail image representing a viewable scene at a location corresponding to the image location information in association with the image location information,
The thumbnail image is an operation method of the webtoon providing apparatus, characterized in that the reduced image of at least part of one of the plurality of cut images. The method of claim 13,
Receiving the image position information and related image information related to the image position information from the terminal;
And the related image information is information about the one cut image or the episode of the plurality of cut images. The method of claim 14,
And receiving the thumbnail image associated with the image position information together with the image position information from the terminal. The method of claim 13,
Collect photos of a place corresponding to the image location information based on the image location information,
Extracting the cut image of the one of the plurality of cut images by analyzing the collected photos and the plurality of cut images,
And generating the thumbnail image from the cut image. The method of claim 13,
Extracting the image position information from the meta information recorded in at least one of the plurality of cut images;
The meta information includes a GPS location information operation method of the webtoon providing apparatus. The method of claim 13,
Extracting a landmark by analyzing the plurality of cut images; And
And extracting the location information of the image from the landmark. The method of claim 13,
And providing a user interface for inputting the plurality of cut images, the image position information, and the thumbnail image to the terminal. A computer program stored on a medium for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 19 using a computer.

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