KR20220117738A - Game apparatus and method of smartphone using location based service - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a smartphone location-based adventure education game apparatus and a method thereof. The smartphone location-based adventure education game apparatus comprises: a camera; a display unit which visually outputs data on a screen; and a location-based adventure education game application which combines a plurality of missions for each mission performance location requiring movement of a smartphone user and a video taken by the camera at the mission performance location and outputs the same to the screen in augmented reality, in order to obtain specific information. Proposed are the smartphone location-based adventure education game apparatus which increases a degree of immersion and interest in acquiring specific information of the user, and the method thereof.

Description

Smartphone location-based game device and method {GAME APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SMARTPHONE USING LOCATION BASED SERVICE}

Recently, various historical and cultural experiences, character visits, and nature experience learning are being actively carried out in family units.

In particular, when visiting a historical or cultural place in a specific area, parents understand the historical and cultural information about the visited place in advance or through the guide after the visit and explain it to their young children.

However, there is a high risk that the information on the historical or cultural place to be visited may not be accurately grasped, and as a result, parents may not be able to accurately convey information about the historical or cultural place to their children, and it is a form of unilateral delivery. You may lose interest in acquiring information about historical or cultural sites.

Therefore, a method for actively acquiring information about historical or cultural places without losing interest in children is required.

A location-based adventure of a smartphone that increases the user's immersion and interest in acquiring specific information by providing a mission set for each location and a video shot at that location in Augmented Reality while the acquisition of specific information moves to multiple locations An edu game apparatus and method are proposed.

According to the location-based adventure edu game device and method for a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention, a camera in a mission and a mission performance position set in the mission execution position while the smartphone user moves to a plurality of mission execution positions in order to acquire specific information In order to acquire specific information, the process of performing the mission after confirming the captured image of the image on the screen in augmented reality and performing the mission is provided through the screen with clue information on the location of the next mission to be performed and moving to the location where the next mission is performed. By repeatedly performing the necessary missions until complete, the immersion and interest in acquiring specific information of the smartphone user can be increased.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related well-known function or configuration may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users and operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout this specification. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a camera 1 , a display unit 2 and a location-based adventure edu game application 3 .

The camera 1 captures the surroundings of the smartphone user.

The display unit 2 visually outputs data to the screen. In one embodiment, the display unit 2 may be implemented as an LED screen or an LCD screen to output data through the screen.

The location-based adventure edu game application (3) combines a number of missions requiring movement of a smartphone user to acquire specific information, a mission for each location, and an image captured by the camera (1) at the location of the mission. ) and output to the screen of the display unit (2). In this case, augmented reality is a technology that superimposes virtual objects on the real world that the user sees with their eyes. It is also called mixed reality because the real world and the virtual world with additional information are combined in real time and displayed as a single image. Augmented reality, a concept that complements the real world with a virtual world, uses a virtual environment created with computer graphics, but the main character is the real environment. Computer graphics serve to provide additional information necessary for the real environment. This means that the distinction between the real environment and the virtual screen is blurred by overlapping the 3D virtual image on the actual image the user is viewing. Virtual reality technology immerses the user in the virtual environment so that he cannot see the real environment. However, augmented reality technology, in which the real environment and virtual objects are mixed, allows users to see the real environment, providing better realism and additional information.

Accordingly, in one embodiment of the present invention, the image captured by the camera 1 around the location of the smartphone user and the mission set in the vicinity (place) where the smartphone user is located are displayed on the screen of the display unit 2 in augmented reality. can be output. An example of this is shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B . FIG. 3A is a screen in which an icon 51 indicating a mission performance location is displayed in an augmented reality on an image 50 of a location where the smartphone user is located with the camera 1, and FIG. 3B is a location where the smartphone user performs the mission. It indicates that the mission is displayed on the screen of the display unit (2) when located in. At this time, the mission may be combined with the image 50 captured at the location of the smartphone user and displayed in augmented reality on the screen of the display unit 2 , or only the mission may be displayed on the screen of the display unit 2 .

According to an additional aspect, the smartphone according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a GPS receiver 4 . The GPS receiver 4 may use a global positioning system (GPS) technology to determine the moving location of the smartphone user.

At this time, GPS receives information from artificial satellites anywhere on the globe, such as land, sea, and air, without time restrictions to measure the position of a stationary or moving object. It is an all-weather positioning system consisting of The positioning knot of GPS is to obtain a spatial location by receiving microwaves from mid-orbit satellites and measuring the time of propagation from the satellite to the observation point. An important factor in determining the distance to the satellite is time, and when the clock mounted on the GPS satellite and the clock of the receiver exactly match, the three-dimensional position is determined by the distance from the three satellites. When the altitude is known as in the sea, but two-dimensional positioning is required, radio waves must be received from three satellites. In order to determine a three-dimensional position, radio waves are received from four satellites.

Accordingly, the location-based adventure Edu game application (3) combines a mission set in a mission execution position that matches the movement position of the smartphone user, and the camera (1) captured image at a mission execution position that matches the movement position of the smartphone user. It can be output to the screen of the display unit (2) in augmented reality.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a location-based adventure edu game application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the location-based adventure Edu game application 3 includes a mission information database 31 , a mission performance confirmation module 32 , a scenario control module 33 , and an augmented reality module 34 .

Claims (1)

Camera; Display unit for visually outputting data on the screen; and
A location-based adventure edu game in which a plurality of missions requiring movement of a smartphone user to acquire specific information are combined with a mission by location for each mission and a camera's image at the location of the mission and output to the screen in Augmented Reality. application; A location-based adventure edu game device of a smartphone equipped with

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