KR20220129529A - Swimming safety education system using virtual reality - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a swimming safety education system and, more specifically, to a swimming safety education system using virtual reality (VR) that can provide a better experience environment to users by making the conventional experience environment and method easily accessible regardless of place using VR. The swimming safety education system using VR according to the present invention comprises: a memory including swimming safety education content; a head mounted display (HMD) playing the swimming safety education content stored in the memory to provide a VR video; and a controller interlinked to the HMD to perform control of the HMD, wherein the swimming safety education content is produced as a 360° VR video in a perspective of a first person and includes a swimming pool safety education theme related to safety education performed in a swimming pool. The swimming pool safety education theme includes: a warm-up exercise education mission; a water adaptation education mission; a basic breathing method education mission; and a survival swimming education mission at least.

Description

Swimming safety education system using virtual reality {SWIMMING SAFETY EDUCATION SYSTEM USING VIRTUAL REALITY}

The present invention relates to a swimming safety education system, and more specifically, virtual reality that can provide a better experience environment to users by making it easy to access the conventional experience environment and method regardless of location using virtual reality. It relates to a swimming safety education system using

As the years go by, the population who enjoys water sports (sea, river, swimming pool, etc.) is increasing due to the development of leisure life, and the number of people participating in water sports using underwater recreation facilities is also rapidly increasing.

However, as the number of participants increases, the number of casualties related to water sports continues to occur. In the case of swimming, it is a basic sport that can be enjoyed in the water, and it is an event that you must know to protect yourself from the threat of water.

However, considering that there are countless safety accidents related to water sports activities every year, and most of the safety accidents related to water sports activities are caused by insensitivity to safety, manager's carelessness, and participant's pride, publicity to raise safety awareness and education is required.

However, although various educations are conducted for the safety of water sports every year, most of these safety education are conducted through paper materials such as safety manuals or video media linked to websites, so education through actual experience is insufficient. .

In addition, in order to experience safety education in an actual swimming pool, it is necessary to participate in programs such as swimming education, and since safety education is also conducted for people who directly visit the pool, it is difficult to receive education through actual experience.

The present invention is an invention devised based on the above-mentioned problems to provide a swimming safety education system using virtual reality that can have the same effect as receiving swimming safety education by directly visiting the swimming pool even if the user does not directly visit the swimming pool. The purpose.

In addition, the present invention provides a swimming safety education system using virtual reality that allows a swimmer to conduct experiential learning for each place where a safety accident can occur, which is not limited to water play, and can progress an experience story for each place where a safety accident can occur. aim to do

According to the present invention in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, there is provided a swimming safety education system using virtual reality, the system comprising: means including swimming safety education contents; HMD (Head Mounted Display) for reproducing swimming safety education contents; and a controller for performing control of the HMD in conjunction with the HMD, wherein the swimming safety education content is produced as a first-person 360° VR image, and the swimming safety education content includes at least two themes selectable by the user. Including, the first theme is a first section for safety education on the bus moving to the swimming pool, a second section for safety education in the pool lobby, a third section for safety education in the swimming pool changing room, in the pool shower room It consists of four sections including a fourth section for safety education, and includes as a characteristic configuration that the second theme consists of swimming-related safety education.

In the above aspect, each of the first to fourth sections consists of a plurality of missions, is configured to proceed to the next section when all the missions in the section are completed, and the mission included in the section is a pop-up window including a subtitle is provided to the user through the , and the mission is configured to be completed by a user's action including a user's click using a controller or a movement of the HMD.

In addition, in the above aspect, the second theme is warm-up training; water adaptation training; basic breathing training; kickboard lying down training; training to wear life jackets; life jacket acquisition and survival swimming education; Education on survival knitting of plastic bottles and peripheral tools; barefoot training; circular knitting ground training education; Wonhyeon knitting underwater training education; consists of.

In addition, in the above aspect, the HMD has a resolution of 3840*2160 (75Hz) or higher, has a viewing angle of 101°, and includes a sound chip, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a proximity sensor for reproducing sound effects, so that X, Y in space , the axis of rotation of the yarn (Yaw), pitch (pitch), roll (roll) in the Z axis is configured to enable 6DOF (degrees of freedom) combined.

According to the present invention, even if the user does not directly visit the swimming pool, it can have the same effect as directly visiting the swimming pool and receiving swimming safety education. The effect of preventing safety accidents at the place can be obtained.

1 is a view showing the overall configuration of a swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a view showing the overall configuration of the swimming safety education content according to the present invention;
3 is a screen showing an example of a theme selection screen provided in the swimming safety education content according to the present invention;
4 is a view showing examples of representative screens provided to a user in a bus in swimming safety education contents according to the present invention;
5 is a view showing examples of representative screens provided to a user in a lobby in swimming safety education contents according to the present invention;
6 is a view showing examples of representative screens provided to a user in a changing room in swimming safety education contents according to the present invention;
7 is a view showing examples of representative screens provided to a user in a shower room in swimming safety education contents according to the present invention;
8 is a view showing a sub-menu configuration of theme 2 of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
9 is a view showing contents related to the warm-up exercise of theme 2 of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
10 is a view showing water adaptation related contents of theme 2 of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
11 is a view showing basic breathing method related contents of theme 2 of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
12 is a view showing contents related to the kickboard laying on the theme 2 of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
13 is a view showing the contents related to the training of wearing a life jacket of theme 2 of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
14 is a view showing a method of obtaining a life jacket and contents related to survival swimming movement of theme 2 of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
15 is a view showing contents related to survival knitting of plastic bottles and surrounding tools of theme 2 of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
16 is a view showing the content related to the naked body of the 2nd theme of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
17 is a view showing the circular knitting ground training related contents of the theme 2 of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;
18 is a view showing the contents related to the underwater training of Wonhyeon knitting of the theme 2 of the swimming safety education system using virtual reality according to the present invention;

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods of achieving them, will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various different forms.

In the present specification, the present embodiment is provided to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and to completely inform those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains to the scope of the present invention. And the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Accordingly, in some embodiments, well-known components, well-known operations, and well-known techniques have not been specifically described in order to avoid obscuring the present invention.

Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout. In addition, the terms used (mentioned) herein are for the purpose of describing the embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural, unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. In addition, elements and operations referred to as 'include (or include)' do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements and operations.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used with the meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Also, terms defined in commonly used dictionary are not to be interpreted ideally or excessively unless defined.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing an example of a swimming safety education system (1) using virtual reality according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the swimming safety education system 1 using virtual reality according to the present invention includes means 10 including swimming safety education contents; HMD (Head Mounted Display) 20 for reproducing the swimming safety education contents; and a controller 30 for controlling the HMD 20 by interworking with the HMD (Head Mounted Display) 20 .

Swimming safety education content may be stored in a means such as a memory card, may be provided by being stored in a memory in the HMD 20 device, to be downloaded to the HMD 20 in the form of a stream from an external server (not shown). may be

The swimming safety contents are produced as 360° VR images from a first-person view and are configured to include specific events that occur according to the user's actions. Such events can provide users with a more immersive feeling, and thus can improve the effect of the user's indirect experience.

The HMD 20 is not particularly limited as long as it is a device capable of reproducing a VR image, but in order to more efficiently reproduce the swimming safety content according to the present invention, a high resolution and a wide viewing angle are required, and an audio capable of reproducing its own sound It is preferable to mount the system.

For example, the HMD 20 employed in the present invention has a resolution of 3840*2160 (75Hz), a viewing angle of 101°, a built-in sound chip is provided, and an HMD having a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a proximity sensor. (20) is used, so it is more realistic, and the rotation axis of yarn, pitch, and roll in the X, Y, and Z axes in space is combined with more vivid sound effects when a specific event occurs. 6DOF (degrees of freedom) is possible, making it possible to express more immersive field learning.

The controller 30 is provided to input various user commands while the swimming safety content is being played in the HMD 20 . When a user input is required while swimming safety content is running, the controller 30 moves a pointer displayed on the screen like a mouse of a computer and provides a click function from the mouse to execute a command displayed at a specific command point do. Accordingly, the user can more conveniently proceed to the next menu or execute a command while wearing the HMD 20 . Meanwhile, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the controller may be omitted when an HMD capable of tracking the user's eyes and performing control through the operation of the eyes is used.

Next, the contents of swimming safety education created in the first person 360° screen will be explained. 2 shows a simple flowchart of swimming safety education contents according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2 , the swimming safety education content 10 may be executed in step S10 by wearing the HMD and executing the corresponding swimming safety education content.

The swimming safety education content 10 is largely divided into theme 1 and theme 2, and as shown in FIG. 3, the user selects one of a plurality of themes provided through the theme selection screen in step S10 to select a specific theme. can be done directly. Otherwise, the themes may be configured to run one after the other in a predetermined order.

Referring back to FIG. 2 , each theme may be divided into sections according to locations. In the case of theme 1 in Fig. 2, it is divided into 4 sections: place 1 (bus), place 2 (lobby), place 3 (changing room), and place 4 (shower room). Users can be trained on possible safety accidents or precautions.

Each section consists of missions that provide education to users about safety accidents that may occur in each location, and the user can proceed to the next mission by clearing the mission, and each location (section) Only after solving all the missions occurring in , the content can proceed to the next place (section), so that the user can be prevented from receiving education in unfaithful ways, such as thinking differently or digging a glance during actual offline training.

Next, theme 1 will be described in more detail. Theme 1 is provided to educate users about safety accidents that may occur in places other than swimming pools. Theme 1 consists of 4 sections, bus, lobby, changing room, and shower, as follows.

Section 1 of Theme 1 (Bus)

Section 1 of Theme 1 helps users to know what to watch out for on the bus. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a representative screen provided to a user on a bus.

In (a) of FIG. 4, the narration "We have arrived at the sports center. Please take your personal belongings and drop off." is played along with the screen, and after the narration is finished, the [Move] button is automatically created in a deactivated state.

When the user clicks the move button through the controller on the screen of FIG. 4 (b) that follows, the caption "Please bring your belongings (look around)" pops up and is maintained for a certain period of time (3 seconds). At this time, a pop-up sound effect may also be played.

Following the screen of Fig. 4 (b), when the user looks around while wearing the HMD, a bag is displayed as shown in Fig. 4 (c). Subtitles are maintained for a certain period of time. At this time, a pop-up sound effect may also be played.

On the screen of FIG. 4 (d) following the end of the bag acquisition event, the moving button, which was in the inactive state, is changed to the active state, and the user clicks the moving button through the controller.

When the move button is clicked, the screen is switched as shown in (e) of FIG. 4 and the get off button in front of the alight door is created in an inactive state.

When the user clicks the deactivated drop down button, a caption or narration of "Please look around and get down (turn your head to the right and left)" is displayed and maintained for a certain period of time as in FIG. At this time, a pop-up sound effect may also be played.

After the user turns his/her head to the left or right, the lowering button is activated as shown in FIG. 4( g ), and the user may click the lowering button. Since all missions in section 1 (bus) have been completed, the screen switches to the start screen of the next section 2.

Section 2 of Theme 1 (Lobby)

Section 2 of Theme 1 helps users know what to watch out for in the pool lobby. 5 is a diagram illustrating examples of representative screens provided to a user in a lobby.

On the screen of (a) of FIG. 5 , the narration "Hello, welcome to the sports center" is played along with the screen.

On the subsequent screen of FIG. 5 (b), the caption "Please click the floor once" pops up and is maintained for a certain period of time. When the user clicks on the floor at the same time as the subtitle pops up, a graphic effect is generated on the floor.

On the subsequent screen of Figure 5 (c), the narration "Before you enjoy swimming and exercising happily, there is a promise you must keep. The lobby has slippery floors, so running around may cause you to bump into other people." Graphical effects related to attention are still maintained.

On the subsequent screen of FIG. 5 (d), a narration is broadcast saying "If you leave the group without notifying the teacher, the teacher is worried, so please tell the teacher and move."

On the subsequent screen of FIG. 5 (e), the narration "Then shall we move to the changing room?" is played, and the changing room button is created in an activated state. When the user clicks the changing room button through the controller, it is switched to the changing room screen.

Section 3 of Theme 1 (dressing room)

Section 3 of Theme 1 helps users to know what to watch out for in the swimming pool changing room. 6 is a diagram illustrating examples of representative screens provided to a user in a changing room.

On the screen of (a) of Figure 6, first, a narration is played along with the screen, "This is the sports center changing room. There are actions to be careful about even in the changing room. You must follow it for your safety."

On the subsequent screen of FIG. 6 (b), the caption "Please click the floor once" pops up and is maintained for a certain period of time. When the user clicks on the floor at the same time as the caption pops up, a graphic effect is generated on the floor.

In the subsequent screen of FIG. 6 (c), with the graphic effect being generated, the narration "The floor of the first changing room is often wet with water, so you need to make sure it does not slip" is broadcast.

In the subsequent screen of FIG. 6 (d), the caption "Please click the water foam storage box" pops up and is maintained for a certain period of time. At this time, a pop-up sound is also played. With the appearance of a pop-up, a graphic effect is also generated in the locker.

When the user clicks the locker, the narration and graphics are played on the screen of FIG. 6(e) that follows, "You must make sure you don't injure your head at the door of the second personal locker."

When the graphic reproduction is finished, the bathroom graphic is reproduced as in the screen (f) of FIG. I hope." The narration is broadcast.

On the screen (g) of FIG. 6 that follows, a narration saying, “Shall we move to the shower room?” is broadcast, and the [shower room] button is created. As shown in (f) of Figure 6, the shower button is activated. When the user clicks the shower button, section 3 of theme 1 ends and moves to the next section 4.

Section 4 of Theme 1 (shower room)

Section 4 of Theme 1 helps users to know what to watch out for in the pool shower. 7 is a diagram illustrating examples of representative screens provided to a user in a shower room.

On the screen of Figure 7 (a), first, the narration "This is a sports center shower room. There are actions to be taken in the shower room. You must follow it for your safety" is played along with the screen.

On the subsequent screen of FIG. 7 (b), the narration "If you make noise or run around is an act that is a nuisance to others, it is better not to do it." is broadcast and graphic effects are played.

After a certain period of time has elapsed, the caption "Please click the shower" pops up in the generated state where the graphic effect is terminated on the screen of FIG. At this time, a pop-up sound effect may also be played. When the user clicks on the shower, a graphic effect is generated in the shower as shown in Fig. 7(d), and the narration is "Before taking a shower, check the location of the swimming bag and the water temperature, and then wear a swimsuit and a swimming cap after washing." is broadcast

When all missions are completed, the screen changes to the lobby screen as shown in Fig. 7 (e), and a narration is broadcast saying, "Thank you for watching the video, and I hope you don't get hurt and have fun playing. Shall we try another theme now?" After that, [Select theme], [Re-experience], and [Exit] buttons are created.

The user can move to the corresponding menu by clicking the created button.

Referring back to FIG. 3 , when the user selects the theme 2 from the selection of the theme, the contents for swimming education are played. When the user selects theme 2, a menu screen of theme 2 as shown in FIG. 8 is provided to the user. Theme 2 is [warm-up exercise], [water adaptation], [basic breathing method], [kickboard laying down], [life jacket wear training], [life jacket acquisition method and survival swimming movement], [survival knitting of plastic bottles and surrounding tools] , [Naked knitting (leaf knitting)], [Circle knitting ground training], [Wonhyeon knitting underwater training] consists of 10 missions.

Theme 2 - Warm-up

When the user clicks the warm-up menu in the menu of theme 2 of FIG. 8, the screen is switched to the warm-up screen as shown in FIG.

As in the screen of Fig. 9 (a), the warm-up image of the first-person view starts, and when the image is finished, the selection screen move button of Fig. 8 is created as in Fig. 9 (b), and the user uses the controller You can move to the selection screen by clicking the Move to Selection Screen button.

When the user clicks the water adaptation button menu in the selection screen menu as shown in FIG. 8, the screen is converted to the water adaptation screen as shown in FIG.

As in the screen of FIG. 10 (a), the first-person view water adaptation image starts, and when the image ends, the selection screen move button of FIG. 8 is created as shown in FIG. You can move to the selection screen by clicking the Move to Selection Screen button.

When the user clicks the basic breathing method button menu in the selection screen menu as shown in FIG. 8, the screen is switched to the basic breathing method screen as shown in FIG.

As in the screen of FIG. 11 (a), the basic breathing method image from the first-person view starts, and when the image ends, the selection screen move button of FIG. 8 is created as in FIG. You can move to the selection screen by clicking the Move to Selection Screen button.

When the user clicks the kickboard lay-up button menu on the selection screen menu as shown in FIG. 8 , the screen is switched to the kickboard lay-up screen as shown in FIG. 12 .

As in the screen of Fig. 12 (a), the kickboard lying-down image in the first-person view starts, and when the image ends, the selection screen move button of Fig. 8 is created as in Fig. 12 (b), and the user presses the controller You can move to the selection screen by clicking the button to move to the selection screen.

When the user clicks the life jacket wearing training button menu in the selection screen menu as shown in FIG. 8, the screen is switched to the life jacket wearing training screen as shown in FIG.

As in the screen of Fig. 13 (a), the first-person view life jacket wearing training image starts, and when the image ends, the selection screen movement button of Fig. 8 is created as in Fig. 13 (b), and the user can use the controller You can move to the selection screen by clicking the button to move to the selection screen.

When the user clicks the life jacket acquisition method and survival swimming movement button menu on the selection screen menu as shown in FIG. 8, the screen is switched to the life jacket acquisition method and survival swimming movement movement screen as shown in FIG.

As in the screen of Fig. 14 (a), the first-person view life vest acquisition method and survival swimming movement image starts, and when the image ends, the selection screen movement button of Fig. 8 is generated as in Fig. 14 (b). and the user can move to the selection screen by clicking the button to move to the selection screen through the controller.

When the user clicks the plastic bottle and peripheral tool survival floating button menu in the selection screen menu as shown in FIG. 8 , the screen is switched to the plastic bottle and peripheral tool survival floating floating screen as shown in FIG. 15 .

As in the screen of Fig. 15 (a), the first-person view of the PET bottle and surrounding tools survival image starts, and when the image ends, the selection screen movement button of Fig. 8 is created as shown in Fig. 15 (b), and the user can move to the selection screen by clicking the button to move to the selection screen through the controller.

When the user clicks the naked (leaf knitting) button menu in the selection screen menu shown in FIG. 8, the screen is switched to the naked knitting (leaf knitting) screen as shown in FIG. 16 .

As in the screen of FIG. 16 (a), the first-person view of the naked body (leaf knitting) image starts, and when the image ends, the selection screen movement button of FIG. 8 is created as in FIG. 16 (b), and the user can move to the selection screen by clicking the button to move to the selection screen through the controller.

When the user clicks the circular knitting ground training button menu in the selection screen menu as shown in FIG. 8, the screen is switched to the circular knitting ground training screen as shown in FIG.

As in the screen of FIG. 17 (a), the circular knitting ground training video from the first-person view starts, and when the video ends, the selection screen move button of FIG. 8 is created as in FIG. You can move to the selection screen by clicking the button to move to the selection screen.

Finally, when the user clicks the circular knitting underwater training button menu on the selection screen menu as shown in FIG. 8, the screen is switched to the circular knitting underwater training screen as shown in FIG.

As in the screen of FIG. 18 (a), the circular knitting underwater training image of the first-person view starts, and when the image ends, the selection screen movement button of FIG. 8 is created as in FIG. You can move to the selection screen by clicking the button to move to the selection screen.

According to the present invention described above, even if the user does not directly visit the swimming pool, it can have the same effect as directly visiting the swimming pool and receiving swimming safety education, and is not limited to water play by conducting experiential learning for each place where a safety accident may occur. The effect of preventing safety accidents can be obtained in various places without

As described above, although the embodiments have been described with reference to the limited embodiments and drawings, various modifications and variations are possible by those skilled in the art from the above description. For example, the described techniques are performed in a different order than the described method, and/or the described components of the system, structure, apparatus, circuit, etc. are combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components Or substituted or substituted by equivalents may achieve an appropriate result.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims should be construed as falling within the scope of the following claims.

1: Swimming safety education system using virtual reality
10: Swimming safety education content
20: HMD
30: control

Claims (4)

In the swimming safety education system using virtual reality,
A memory containing swimming safety education contents;
a Head Mounted Display (HMD) for providing a virtual reality (Virtual Reality) image by playing the swimming safety education contents stored in the memory; and
and a controller for interworking with the HMD to control the HMD,
The swimming safety education contents are produced as 360° virtual reality (VR) images from a first-person view,
The swimming safety education content includes a swimming pool safety education theme that conducts safety education that occurs in a swimming pool,
The swimming pool safety education theme is at least, warm-up training mission; water adaptation training mission; Characterized in that it includes a basic breathing method education mission and a survival swimming education mission,
Swimming safety education system using virtual reality. The method of claim 1,
The swimming pool safety education theme is a kickboard laying training mission; Life jacket wearing training mission; Life jacket acquisition method mission, plastic bottle and surrounding tools survival knitting training mission; barefoot training mission; Circular knitting ground training education mission; Circular knitting, characterized in that it additionally includes an underwater training training mission
Swimming safety education system using virtual reality. 3. The method of claim 2,
Each of the missions of the swimming pool safety education theme is configured to proceed with the next mission when the running mission is completed,
Each mission is provided to the user through a pop-up window including subtitles, and each mission is configured to be completed by a user's action including a user's click using the controller or a movement of the HMD.
Swimming safety education system using virtual reality. The HMD has a resolution of 3840*2160 (75Hz) or higher, has a viewing angle of 101°, and is equipped with a sound chip, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a proximity sensor to reproduce sound effects in the X, Y, and Z axes in space. Characterized in that 6DOF (degrees of freedom) in which the axis of rotation of the yarn, pitch, and roll are combined is possible.
Swimming safety education system using virtual reality.

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