TWI644280B - Augmented reality (ar) business card system - Google Patents

Abstract

An augmented reality business card system, the business card generation platform module provides a business card database for registering a user account on a business card platform, providing an uploaded identification image or automatically generating an identification image corresponding to the user account by the system to the business card database Providing a business card database to select an augmented reality character image corresponding to the user account, providing editing of a business card data to the business card database, the camera module for capturing the card image, and the image recognition module identifying whether the card image corresponds to For identifying the image, the augmented business card display module displays the augmented reality character image corresponding to the recognized image and the business card data corresponding to the recognized image on the screen when the card image is identified as corresponding to the recognized image. This achieves the interaction of the business card and enhances the scalability of the data.

Description

Augmented reality business card system

The present invention relates to the design of a business card system, and more particularly to an augmented reality business card system.

The staff of the general store or company line number will print the physical business card, and the name, phone number, address, email address, website address and other information will be printed on the business card to enable the customer to know his own promotional purpose and exchange the physical business card. A business card can also produce a cautious feeling. However, due to the limited size of physical business cards, it is difficult to convey more information that others want to know. Moreover, the content of the physical business card is inconvenient to modify. If the information on the physical business card is to be changed, the physical business card must be reprinted, and the physical business card cannot be updated immediately, and the previously unused physical business card is also wasted because it cannot be used. Although there is currently a virtual business card that exchanges business cards via virtual network media, its realism is reduced, and the feeling of careful introduction when communicating is reduced.

In view of this, how to develop a business card system to increase the information of the business card content, and the advantages of the traditional physical business card communication method is an important research topic.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an augmented reality business card system that improves the problems of the prior art, achieves communication interactions of business cards, and enhances data scalability.

The technical means adopted by the present invention to solve the problems of the prior art is an augmented reality business card system for a mobile electronic device, and the augmented reality business card system comprises a business card generating platform module, a camera module, and a The image recognition module and an expanded business card display module. Business card generation platform module The group includes a registration mechanism, an identification image generation mechanism, a character generation mechanism, and a business card content editing mechanism. The registration organization provides a business card database in which a user registers a user account on a business card platform, wherein the user is A holder of a physical business card, the identification image generation mechanism provides an identification image uploaded by the holder to the business card database or automatically generates an identification image corresponding to the user account by the identification image generation mechanism to the business card database The character generation organization provides the holder to select an augmented reality character image from a character database to correspond to the user account, and the card content editing institution provides the holder to edit a business card data to the business card database. The camera module is disposed on the mobile electronic device, and the camera module is used to capture a card image. The image recognition module is disposed on the mobile electronic device and is connected to the business card database through a network. The image recognition module identifies whether the card image has an identification image corresponding to the business card database. The augmented business card display module is disposed on the mobile electronic device and is connected to the business card database through the network. The expanded business card display module includes a character display mechanism and a business card content display mechanism, and the card image is identified by the image recognition module. To correspond to the identification image, the character display mechanism displays an augmented reality character image corresponding to the recognized image on one of the mobile electronic devices, and the business card content display mechanism displays the business card data corresponding to the recognized image on the screen.

In an embodiment of the invention, the character generation mechanism includes a detail selection component that provides selection of detailed conditions for augmenting the reality character image, and the detailed condition is selected from the group consisting of posture, hairstyle, body shape, clothing, sound, and scenery theme. One or more of the groups.

In an embodiment of the invention, the character generating mechanism further includes an action sleeve, and the action sleeve provides a role action for the augmented reality character image, so that the character display mechanism inputs according to one of the mobile electronic devices. The operation displays the corresponding role action of the augmented reality character image on the screen.

In an embodiment of the invention, the input operation is selected from one or more of a group consisting of a touch operation, a voice control operation, a gesture operation, an image recognition operation, and a shaking operation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an action output module is further disposed on the mobile electronic device and coupled to the character display mechanism and/or the business card content display mechanism, and the action output module is configured according to the image of the augmented reality character and/or Or one of the business card materials controls the action to cause the mobile electronic device to perform a corresponding action output.

In an embodiment of the invention, when the camera module captures a plurality of card images corresponding to the recognized images, the character display mechanism displays a plurality of augmented reality character images corresponding to the recognized images on the screen.

In an embodiment of the invention, a business card interaction module is further included, and a corresponding business card interaction action is performed according to an interaction relationship between the plurality of card images.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an account interaction module is further included, so that a friend interaction action is performed between a plurality of user accounts, and the friend interaction action is selected from a friend interaction action, a chat interaction action, and a game interaction. One or more of the groups of actions.

In an embodiment of the invention, an identification image downloading module is further included, and the identification image is provided for downloading.

By means of the technical means adopted by the present invention, by uploading an identification image to the business card database or automatically generating an identification image corresponding to the user account by the system to the business card database, by providing an expansion of the business card database The virtual character image is corresponding to the user account, and by providing a business card data to the business card database, when the card image is recognized as corresponding to the identification image, the mobile electronic device displays the expansion corresponding to the identification image. The real-life character image and the business card data corresponding to the recognized image are displayed on the screen, thereby achieving the interaction of the business card and enhancing the expandability of the data.

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be further described by the following examples and the accompanying drawings.

100‧‧‧Augmented Reality Business Card System

1‧‧‧Business Card Generation Platform Module

11‧‧‧Registered institutions

12‧‧‧ID image generation mechanism

13‧‧‧Character generation agency

131‧‧‧Details

132‧‧‧Action kits

14‧‧‧Business card content editing agency

2‧‧‧ camera module

3‧‧‧Image recognition module

4‧‧‧Augmented business card display module

41‧‧‧ Character display agency

42‧‧‧Business card content display agency

5‧‧‧ID image download module

6‧‧‧Action output module

7‧‧‧Business Card Interactive Module

8‧‧‧ Account Interaction Module

D1‧‧‧Registrar device

D2‧‧‧Server end device

D3‧‧‧Mobile electronic device

D31‧‧‧ screen

DA‧‧‧Business Card Information

DB1‧‧‧Business Card Database

DB2‧‧‧ Character Database

E‧‧‧ entity business card

E1‧‧‧ card image

N‧‧‧Network

P‧‧‧Business Card Platform

R‧‧‧Augmented Reality Character Image

S‧‧‧ identification image

U1‧‧‧ holder

U2‧‧‧Recipient

1 is a system architecture diagram showing an augmented reality business card system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing an augmented reality business card system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing the implementation of an augmented reality business card system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

4A is a diagram showing the creation of an identification image of an augmented reality business card system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4B is a diagram showing the selection of augmented reality character images of an augmented reality business card system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4C is a diagram showing the editing of business card data for an augmented reality business card system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a diagram showing one of the schematic diagrams of an augmented business card display of an augmented reality business card system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6A shows a second schematic diagram of an augmented business card display of an augmented reality business card system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6B is a diagram showing the interaction of business cards of an augmented reality business card system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 at the same time. Specifically, in this embodiment, the augmented reality business card system 100 is used for a registrar device D1, a server device D2, and an action. The electronic device D3, the registrant device D1, the server device D2, and the mobile electronic device D3 are connected to each other through a network N. The registrant device D1 is used by the holder U1 of a physical business card, and the mobile electronic device D3 is used by the recipient U2 of the physical business card, as shown in FIG. Although the mobile electronic device D3 is a smart mobile phone in this embodiment, it may be a smart eyeglass, a smart watch, a smart wristband or the like.

Referring to FIG. 3, the augmented reality business card system 100 provides the holder U1 to register a user account on a business card platform P (step S1), and establishes an identification image (step S2). Selecting the augmented reality character image (step S3), editing the card data (step S4), and causing the mobile electronic device 3 used by the receiver U2 to capture the card image (step S5), and identifying whether the card image corresponds to the identification map If the image is (step S6), the augmented reality character image corresponding to the recognized image is displayed (step S7), and the business card data corresponding to the recognized image is displayed (step S8). As shown in FIG. 2, an augmented reality business card system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a business card generating platform module 1, a camera module 2, an image recognition module 3, and an expanded business card. The module 4 is displayed to implement the above steps, which will be further detailed in the following: The business card generation platform module 1 includes a registration mechanism 11, an identification image generation mechanism 12, a character generation mechanism 13, and a business card content editing mechanism 14. In this embodiment, the business card generating platform module 1 is disposed on the server device D2, and the registrant device D1 is connected to the server device D2 through the network N, so that the registration mechanism 11 provides a user to register. The account is a business card database DB1 of the business card platform P (step S1), wherein the user is the holder U1 of a physical business card.

The identification image generating unit 12 provides an identification image S (FIG. 4A) uploaded by the holder U1 to the business card database DB1 or automatically generates an identification image S corresponding to the user account by the identification image generating unit 12 ( 4A) to the business card database DB1 (step S2). The identification image S can be printed on the physical business card of the holder U1, or can be printed on other printed materials for publication, such as a leaflet. Preferably, the augmented reality business card system 100 further includes an identification image downloading module 5, which provides for downloading the identification image S, whereby the identification image S can be printed on the physical business card of the holder U1. .

The character generation unit 13 provides the holder U1 to select an augmented reality character image R (Fig. 4B) from a character database DB2 to correspond to the user account (step S3). Preferably, the character generating mechanism 13 includes a detail selecting unit 131 for selecting a detailed condition for augmenting the real character image R. The detailed condition is selected from the group consisting of a posture, a hairstyle, a body shape, a clothes, a sound, and a scenery theme. One or more of the groups, whereby the holder U1 can shape the desired augmented reality role Image R. In addition, the character generating mechanism 13 may further include a action sleeve 132, and the action sleeve 132 provides a role action for the augmented reality character image R, so that the character display mechanism 41 of the augmented business card display module 4 is The input operation of one of the mobile electronic devices D3 is displayed on the screen D31 of the mobile electronic device D3 to perform the character actions corresponding to the augmented reality character image R, such as squatting, greeting, handshake, and the like. The input operation may be selected from one or more of a group consisting of a touch operation, a voice control operation, a gesture operation, an image recognition operation, and a shaking operation for the mobile electronic device D3. The business card content editing unit 14 provides the holder U1 to edit a business card data (FIG. 4C) to the business card database DB1 (step S4).

The camera module 2 is disposed on the mobile electronic device D3, and the camera module 2 is configured to capture a card image (step S5). In actual use, the camera module 2 can be used to capture the card image E1 (FIG. 5) printed on the physical business card E sent by the holder U1 to the recipient U2.

The image recognition module 3 is disposed on the mobile electronic device D3 and connected to the business card database DB1 via the network N. The image recognition module 3 recognizes whether the card image E1 corresponds to the identification image S of the business card database DB1 (step S6).

The augmented business card display module 4 is disposed on the mobile electronic device D3 and connected to the business card database DB1 via the network N. The expanded business card display module 4 includes a character display mechanism 41 and a business card content display mechanism 42, and the card image E1 is displayed. When the image recognition module 3 is identified as corresponding to the identification image S, the character display mechanism 41 displays the augmented reality character image R corresponding to the identification image S on the screen D31 of the mobile electronic device D3 (step S7). The content presentation unit 42 displays the business card data DA corresponding to the identification image S on the screen D31 (step S8) as shown in FIG. In addition, for the physical business card E which successfully displays the augmented reality character image R on the screen D31, the corresponding business card data DA can be stored in the local machine by augmenting the business card display module 4 (ie, mobile electronic The communication list of device D3) is convenient for the user to contact at any time.

In a preferred embodiment, the augmented reality card system 100 further includes an action output module. The group 6 is disposed on the mobile electronic device D3 and is coupled to the character display mechanism 41 and/or the business card content display mechanism 42. The action output module 6 causes the mobile electronic device D3 to perform a corresponding action output based on one of the augmented reality character image R and/or the card data DA. For example, when the recipient U2 clicks on the augmented reality character image R on the screen D31 with his finger, the mobile electronic device D3 performs an action such as sound, vibration, and the like. For another example, when the recipient U2 clicks on the telephone portion of the business card data DA on the screen D31 with the finger, the mobile electronic device D3 performs an action output such as making a call.

The present invention can realize the above functions not only by capturing the card image E1 of a single business card E, but also achieving the same functional effect for the card image E1 of a plurality of physical business cards E. When the camera module 2 captures a plurality of card images E1 corresponding to the identification image S, the character display mechanism 41 displays a plurality of augmented reality character images R corresponding to the identification image S on the screen D31, such as the 6A. The figure shows. In addition, the augmented reality business card system 100 further includes a business card interaction module 7 that performs a corresponding business card interaction according to an interaction relationship between the plurality of card images E1, for example, when having When the physical card E of the different card image E1 or the augmented reality character image R is touched in the screen D31 or simultaneously reflected on the screen D31, the user account corresponding to the card image E1 is added to the community on the business card platform P. A friend (for example, Facebook), as shown in Figure 6B.

The present invention also provides an interactive function of the user account on the business card platform P. In a preferred embodiment, the augmented reality business card system 100 further includes an account interaction module 8 to enable a plurality of user accounts. The friend interaction action is selected from one or more of the group consisting of a friend interaction action, a chat interaction action, and a game interaction action. Thereby, a good, interesting and vivid interaction between the holder U1 having the user account on the business card platform P or the recipient U2 can be provided, and the interaction of the business card can be further achieved.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make other improvements according to the above description, but these changes still belong to the inventive spirit of the present invention. And in the scope of patents defined below.

Claims (9)

An augmented reality business card system for capturing a user's card image by a mobile electronic device and displaying the image on a screen, the mobile electronic device being connected to a server device through a network, the expansion The augmented business card system comprises: a business card generating platform module disposed on the server device, the business card generating platform module comprising a registration mechanism, an identification image generating mechanism, a character generating mechanism, and a business card content editing The registration institution provides a card database in which a user registers a user account on a business card platform, wherein the user is a holder of a physical business card, and the identification image generation mechanism is selectively provided Uploading an identification image to the business card database by the holder or automatically generating an identification image corresponding to the user account by the identification image generation mechanism and uploading the identification image to the business card database, the character generation mechanism provides The holder selects an augmented reality character image from a character database to correspond to the user account and the identification image, and the card content editing mechanism is For the holder to edit a business card data to the business card database; a camera module is disposed on the mobile electronic device, the camera module is used to capture a card image of a physical business card; an image recognition module is disposed on The mobile electronic device is connected to the business card database through the network, and the image recognition module identifies whether the card image has the identification image corresponding to the business card database; and an augmented business card display module, The mobile card display module includes a character display mechanism and a business card content display mechanism, and the card image is identified by the image recognition module as being Corresponding to the identification image, the character display mechanism displays the augmented reality character image corresponding to the identification image on a screen of the mobile electronic device, and the business card content display mechanism displays the image corresponding to the recognized image. The business card information is on the screen, The augmented business card display module simultaneously displays the augmented reality character image, the business card data, and the card image as a composite image on the screen. The augmented reality business card system of claim 1, wherein the character generation mechanism comprises a detail selection component for selecting a detailed condition of the augmented reality character image, the detail condition being selected from the group consisting of a gesture, a hairstyle, and One or more of the groups consisting of body, clothes, sound, and set theme. The augmented reality card system of claim 1, wherein the character generating mechanism further comprises an action kit, the action kit providing a role action for the augmented reality character image to enable the character to be displayed The mechanism performs the corresponding character action on the screen to display the augmented reality character image according to an input operation to the mobile electronic device. The augmented reality business card system of claim 3, wherein the input operation is selected from the group consisting of a touch operation, a voice control operation, a gesture operation, an image recognition operation, and a shaking operation. One or more of them. The augmented reality business card system of claim 1, further comprising an action output module disposed on the mobile electronic device and coupled to the character display mechanism and/or the business card content display mechanism, the action output module The mobile electronic device performs a corresponding action output according to the manipulation action of one of the augmented reality character image and/or the business card data. The augmented reality card system of claim 1, wherein when the camera module captures a plurality of card images corresponding to the identification image, the character display mechanism displays a plurality of corresponding identification images. The augmented reality character image of the image is on the screen. The augmented reality business card system of claim 6, further comprising a business card interaction module, wherein the corresponding business card interaction action is performed according to an interaction relationship between the plurality of card images. The augmented reality business card system as claimed in claim 1 further includes an account interaction module, which causes a majority of the user accounts to perform a friend interaction action, and the friend interaction action is selected from a plus. One or more of the groups consisting of a friend interaction action, a chat interaction action, and a game interaction action. The augmented reality card system of claim 1 further includes an identification image downloading module for providing the identification image for downloading.