WO2013022186A1

WO2013022186A1 - Method for displaying game image

Info

Publication number: WO2013022186A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/005206
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이기혁
Original assignee: (주)네오위즈게임즈
Priority date: 2011-08-05
Filing date: 2012-06-29
Publication date: 2013-02-14
Also published as: KR101352090B1; KR20130015914A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for displaying a game image, and comprises the steps of: (a) providing information on a game comprising a plurality of icons to a second terminal, which is related to user information, when the user information is received form a first terminal; (b) searching for at least one piece of visual information which is related to at least one of the plurality of icons that are received, when the at least one of the plurality of icons that is selected by a user is received from the second terminal; (c) generating at least one side game image which is related to a basic game image, based on the at least one piece of visual information that has been searched; and (d) providing the basic game image to the first terminal, linking the at least one side game image that is generated with the first terminal, and providing same to the second terminal. As a result, the present feature provides a realistic game to the user.

Description

Game video display method

The present application relates to a game image display technology, and more particularly, to a game image display method that can implement augmented reality.

Augmented reality is emerging as a display technology suitable for the ubiquitos environment. Augmented reality technology measures the user's position and gaze direction in real time and shows a virtual object according to the gaze movement to provide a realistic image to the user. Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1998-006979 (hereinafter, referred to as a prior art) provides an immersive virtual reality implementation system on a PC. However, the prior art requires a separate sensor device for measuring the user's movement and the game content is also limited.

The present application provides a game image display technology performed by a game server capable of implementing augmented reality.

The present application provides a game image display technology that can enjoy a game from a variety of perspectives.

Among the embodiments, the method for displaying a game image may include (a) when receiving user information from a first terminal, providing information about a game including a plurality of icons to a second terminal associated with the user information, (b) When at least one of the plurality of icons selected by the user is received from the second terminal, retrieving at least one visual information associated with at least one of the received plurality of icons, (c) the retrieved at least Generating at least one side game image associated with a basic game image based on one visual information; and (d) providing the basic game image to a first terminal and providing the generated at least one side game image to the first terminal. Providing to the second terminal in conjunction with the first terminal.

In one embodiment, the second terminal may correspond to a mobile terminal that can be connected via Wi-Fi or 3G.

In one embodiment, the step (a) is (a-1) receiving and registering information on the second terminal, (a-2) when receiving the user information from the first terminal, the user information Retrieving information about the second terminal based on (a-3) determining whether the second terminal is available, and if so, a game including the plurality of icons in the second terminal. The method may include transmitting information about.

In one embodiment, the step (a-3) determines whether the second terminal is available, if it is available, sending a notification message to the second terminal and the second terminal approves the connection. And transmitting information about a game including the plurality of icons to the second terminal.

In one embodiment, the notification message may be sent as a Wireless Application Protocol Push message.

In an embodiment, the step (d) may include: (d-1) combining the at least one side game image based on the at least one visual information; and (d-2) the basic game image is the first terminal. And providing the combined side game image to the second terminal in cooperation with the first terminal.

In an embodiment, the step (a-3) may include receiving a use request of the second terminal from the first terminal and transmitting information about a game including the plurality of icons to the second terminal. It may include.

The at least one side game image may include a plurality of selection commands, and the plurality of selection commands may include at least one of a left movement, a right movement, an up movement, and a down movement.

The game image display method may further include determining a selection command associated with the user drag event when a user drag event is input to one of the at least one side game image, and based on the determined selection command. The method may further include updating one of the one side game image.

In one embodiment, updating one of the at least one side game image comprises determining a movement distance based on a drag distance and one of the at least one side game image based on the determined selection command and the movement distance. It may include updating the.

The game image display method may further include determining a selection command associated with the user touch event when a user touch event is input to one of the at least one side game image, and based on the determined selection command. The method may further include updating one of the one side game image.

The updating of one of the at least one side game image may include determining a moving distance based on the number of touches and one of the at least one side game image based on the determined selection command and the moving distance. It may include updating the.

In one embodiment, the visual information may include a direction and an angle, and the direction may include at least one of left, right, up, and down.

In one embodiment, the plurality of icons may be acquired by the user as a plurality of items through a game.

Among the embodiments, the method for displaying a game image may include (a) providing a game start screen including a plurality of icons to a mobile terminal, (b) receiving one of the plurality of icons selected by a user from the mobile terminal; Searching for visual information associated with one of the plurality of received icons; (c) generating a game image based on the searched visual information; and (d) transmitting the generated game image to the mobile terminal. Providing a step.

The disclosed technology of the present application may provide a realistic game to a gamer by providing a game image from various viewpoints.

1 is a diagram illustrating an augmented reality game system according to an embodiment of the disclosed technology.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the game server of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a first process of providing a game image in the augmented reality game system of FIG. 1.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a second process of providing a game image in the augmented reality game system of FIG. 1.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of icons.

6 is a diagram for explaining visual information.

8A and 8B illustrate a user drag event.

8C and 8D illustrate a user touch event.

9 is a diagram illustrating a method of displaying at least one side game image on a second terminal.

Description of the disclosed technology is only an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the disclosed technology should not be construed as limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, since the embodiments may be variously modified and may have various forms, the scope of the disclosed technology should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, the objects or effects presented in the disclosed technology does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effects, and thus the scope of the disclosed technology should not be understood as being limited thereto.

On the other hand, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

Terms such as "first" and "second" are intended to distinguish one component from another component, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, it should be understood that there may be other components in between, although it may be directly connected to the other component. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between. On the other hand, other expressions describing the relationship between the components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "neighboring to" and "directly neighboring", should be interpreted as well.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and terms such as "comprise" or "have" refer to features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or parts thereof described. It is to be understood that the combination is intended to be present and does not exclude in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof.

In each step, an identification code (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) is used for convenience of description, and the identification code does not describe the order of the steps, and each step clearly indicates a specific order in context. Unless stated otherwise, they may occur out of the order noted. That is, each step may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Generally, the terms defined in the dictionary used are to be interpreted to coincide with the meanings in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted as having ideal or excessively formal meanings unless clearly defined in the present application.

Referring to FIG. 1, the augmented reality game system 100 includes a first terminal 110, a second terminal 120, and a game server 130. The second terminal 120 may interwork with the first terminal 110 through the game server 130.

The first terminal 110 requests a game service from the game server 130. In one embodiment, the first terminal 110 may be connected to the game server 130 via a wired or wireless Internet, and may correspond to a PC, notebook, tablet PC.

The second terminal 120 receives a game connection request from the game server 130. In one embodiment, the second terminal 120 may receive a notification message from the game server 130. The second terminal 120 may access the game server 130 through the notification message and receive game information from the game server 130.

In one embodiment, the second terminal 120 may be connected to the game server 130 via Wi-Fi or 3G, and may correspond to a mobile terminal such as a feature phone or a smartphone.

The game server 130 provides a game image to the first or

second terminals

110 and 120. The game server 130 may provide the second terminal 120 with a game image having a different time than the game image provided to the first terminal 110 according to a user's selection. For example, the game server 130 may provide the front game image to the first terminal 110 and the rear game image to the second terminal 120.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the game server of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the game server 130 may include a member database 210, an icon database 220, an image database 230, a basic game image generator 240, a side game image generator 250, and a communication unit ( 270 and a controller 280, and may further include a notification message generator 260.

The member database 210 includes information about a plurality of members. The information about the plurality of members may include a user identifier and information about the second terminal 120, and may further include information about a holding item. In one embodiment, the information about the second terminal 120 may include one or more terminal identification numbers. In an embodiment, the member database 210 may be classified into a feature phone terminal group and a smartphone terminal group based on the information about the second terminal 120.

The icon database 220 includes visual information about each of the plurality of icons. The icon database 220 may store a plurality of icons and visual information by one-to-one matching. Here, the visual information corresponds to the gaze position of the user measured with respect to the front.

In one embodiment, the visual information may include direction information and angle information. The direction information includes at least one of left, right, up, and down, and the angle information may be more than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees. For example, the visual information may be represented by 90 degrees left.

In another embodiment, the visual information may include bearing information and location information. The azimuth information may include at least one of a plurality of directions subdividing east, west, north and south, and the position information may include coordinate values on the X axis and the Y axis. For example, the visual information may be expressed as (male, 10, 10). This indicates that the user's gaze position looks south at a position corresponding to the reference coordinates (10, 10).

The image database 230 includes a plurality of background images. The plurality of background images may be divided according to a game, a stage, or a field.

The basic game image generator 240 generates a basic game image based on at least one background image. In an embodiment, the basic game image generator 240 may search for at least one background image of the game in the image database 230 and generate a basic game image based on the found at least one background image. have. In an embodiment, the basic game image generator 240 may provide the basic game image to the first terminal 110.

The side game image generator 250 generates a side game image associated with the basic game image based on the visual information. In an embodiment, the side game image generator 250 may search for at least one background image of the game in the image database 230, and generate a side game image based on the found at least one background image. have. In another embodiment, the side game image generator 250 may generate a side game image based on the basic game image generated by the basic game image generator 240. In an embodiment, the side game image generator 240 may provide the side game image to the second terminal 120.

The notification message generator 260 generates a notification message requesting a game connection. In an embodiment, the notification message generator 260 may generate a notification message as a cellular message when the second terminal 120 is a feature phone terminal group. In another embodiment, the notification message generator 260 may generate a notification message as a WAP push message when the second terminal 120 is a smartphone terminal group.

The communication unit 270 communicates with the first or

second terminals

110 and 120. In one embodiment, the communication unit 270 may receive user information or a game connection request from the first terminal 110. In an embodiment, the communication unit 270 may transmit a notification message generated by the notification message generator 260 to the second terminal 120. In an embodiment, the communication unit 270 may transmit game images associated with the first and

second terminals

110 and 120 at the same time.

Referring to FIG. 3, the game server 130 receives user information from the first terminal 110 (step S301). The user information may correspond to the account used when the user logs in. The game server 130 may retrieve user information from the member database 210.

If the search is successful, the game server 130 transmits an authentication success message to the first terminal 110 (step S302). If the search fails, the game server 130 may transmit an authentication failure message to the first terminal 110 and request re-entry of user information.

When the first terminal 110 requests access to the game selected by the user (step S303), the game server 130 searches for the second terminal 120 based on the user information (step S304).

In one embodiment, the game server 130 may receive information about the second terminal 120 from the first terminal 110 in advance and store it in the member database 210. The game server 130 may obtain information about the second terminal 120 by searching for a user identifier corresponding to the user information.

In one embodiment, when the information about the second terminal 120 of the user is not retrieved, the game server 130 may request information about the second terminal 120 from the first terminal 110. The first terminal 110 may receive information about the second terminal 120 from the user and transmit the information to the game server 130.

In one embodiment, the game server 130 may transmit a message to the first terminal 110 confirming the use of the second terminal 120. The game server 130 may determine whether to use the second terminal 120 according to a user's selection.

In one embodiment, the game server 130 may transmit a message confirming the use of the second terminal 120 to the first terminal 110 whenever the first terminal 110 requests a game connection. When the user wants to use the second terminal 120, the user may input a request for use and information about the second terminal 120 in the first terminal 110 and transmit the information to the game server 130.

The game server 130 generates a notification message and transmits it to the second terminal 120 (step S305). The second terminal 120 may access the game server 130 through the received notification message. In one embodiment, when the second terminal 120 is a smartphone terminal group, the game server 130 may transmit a notification message in a swap push message. In another embodiment, when the second terminal 120 is a feature phone terminal group, the game server 130 may transmit a notification message in a cellular message.

If the second terminal 120 approves the connection with the game server 130 (step S306), the game server provides game information including a plurality of icons to the second terminal 120 (step S307).

The plurality of icons may include different visual information. The visual information may correspond to the gaze position of the user. For example, when the game is a "racing game", the plurality of icons may include a left side mirror, a right side mirror, and a room mirror. At this time, in the left side mirror, the visual information may correspond to the left 120 degrees around the front, and in the case of the room mirror, the visual information may correspond to the left 180 degrees around the front.

For another example, when the game is a "shooting game", the plurality of icons may include a left camera, a right camera, and a rear camera. In this case, the visual information of the left camera may correspond to the left 90 degrees with respect to the front.

In one embodiment, the game server 130 may provide a plurality of icons to all users connecting through the second terminal 120. In another embodiment, the game server 130 may provide the second terminal 120 with an icon held by the user among the plurality of icons. In one embodiment, the icon may be obtained by the user through a game. In another embodiment, icons may be purchased by the user through game server 130.

The second terminal 120 may display a plurality of icons, and the user may select at least one of the plurality of icons displayed on the second terminal 120.

The second terminal 120 transmits at least one of the plurality of icons to the game server 130 (step S308). The game server 130 retrieves at least one visual information from the icon database 220 based on at least one of the plurality of icons (step S309). For example, when the user selects the room mirror, the game server 130 may search for visual information corresponding to the left 180 degrees.

The game server 130 generates a basic game image and generates at least one side game image based on at least one visual information (step S310). The basic game image corresponds to the front image of the game.

In one embodiment, the game server 130 may search the image database 230 for at least one background image associated with the game selected by the user.

In one embodiment, the base game image may be generated based on at least one background image. In an embodiment, the side game image may be generated based on at least one background image and visual information. In another embodiment, the side game image may be generated based on the basic game image and visual information.

In one embodiment, the game server 130 may generate one side game image by combining at least one side game image. In this case, the game server 130 may consider visual information of each of the at least one side game image.

The game server 130 provides a basic game image to the first terminal 110 and a side game image to the second terminal 120 (steps S311 and S312). The game server 130 may receive a game operation command from the first terminal 110 in real time and update the basic game image and the side game image based on the game operation command. The game server 130 may provide the first and

second terminals

110 and 120 with the correlated game image.

Referring to FIG. 4, the game server 130 receives user information from the second terminal 120 (step S401). The user information may correspond to the account used when the user logs in. The game server 130 may retrieve user information from the member database 210.

If the search is successful, the game server 130 transmits an authentication success message to the second terminal 120 (step S402). If the search fails, the game server 130 may transmit an authentication failure message to the second terminal 120 and request re-entry of user information.

When the second terminal 120 requests access to the game selected by the user (step S403), the game server 130 provides the second terminal 120 with a start screen of the game (step S404). The start screen may include a plurality of icons. The plurality of icons may include different visual information. The visual information may correspond to the gaze position of the user. A description of this may refer to step S307 in FIG. 3.

When the user selects at least one of the plurality of icons, the game server 130 retrieves at least one visual information from the icon database 220 based on the at least one icon (step S405 and step S406).

The game server 130 generates a game image based on the at least one visual information (step S407). In one embodiment, the game server 130 may generate a basic game image, and may generate at least one side game image based on at least one visual information. The game server 130 may generate one game image by combining the basic game image and at least one side game image. For example, if the user selects the left side mirror and the right side mirror among the plurality of icons, the game server 130 may insert side game images at the lower left and the lower right of the basic game image.

The game server provides a game image to the second terminal 120 (step S408).

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of icons provided to a second terminal.

Referring to FIG. 5, it is assumed that the game server 130 provides a racing game. Here, a racing game is described for the sake of explanation, but it does not mean that the invention of the present application is limited to a car racing game. The invention of the present application can be applied to various games such as adventure games, shooting games, competitive games, and the like.

When the first or

second terminals

110 and 120 request a connection to a racing game, the game server 120 may provide game information including a plurality of icons to the second terminal 120.

For example, the plurality of icons may include an L side mirror 510, an R side mirror 520, and a room mirror 530. The plurality of icons may correspond to a plurality of selection commands for providing an image at various angles except the front image.

When the user selects the L side mirror 510 or the R side mirror 520, the game server 120 transmits a game image, which is viewed at a time similar to that of the left side mirror or the right side mirror of the vehicle, to the second terminal 120. Can provide.

6 is a diagram for explaining visual information.

Referring to FIG. 6, the game server 130 provides a basic game image as a front image. The game server 130 may generate visual information about each of the plurality of icons based on the position of the user's gaze in the front image.

The visual information indicates a change in the position of the user's gaze from the reference line of sight and may be expressed in degrees. In FIG. 5, visual information of the L side mirror 510 may be represented by an angle 610 of 90 degrees or more from the reference line of view to the left. The visual information of the R side mirror 520 may be represented by an angle 620 of 90 degrees or more to the right from the reference line of sight. The room mirror 530 may be represented by 180 degrees from the reference line to the left or the right.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for describing a method of displaying game images on first and second terminals.

Referring to FIG. 7, it is assumed that a user registers two second terminals 120 with the game server 130. It is assumed that the plurality of icons include an L side mirror 510, an R side mirror 520, and a room mirror 530.

The game server 130 may transmit game information including a plurality of icons to each of the

second terminals

121 and 122. The user may select the L side mirror 510 in one second terminal 121 and the R side mirror 520 in the other second terminal 122.

The game server 130 may search for visual information on the L side mirror 510 to generate one side game image. The game server 130 may transmit one side game image to one second terminal 121.

The game server 130 may search for visual information on the R side mirror 520 and generate another side game image. The game server 130 may transmit another side game image to the other second terminal 122.

The game server 130 may transmit the basic game image to the first terminal 110. The game image provided to the first terminal 110 and the

second terminals

121 and 122 may be linked by the game server 130.

As the game server 130 provides an image projected onto the side mirror in the racing game, the user may feel the realism and liveliness such as driving a car in the real world.

8A and 8B illustrate a user drag event.

8A and 8B, it is assumed that the user's second terminal 120 is a smartphone terminal group.

The game server 130 may provide a side game image including a plurality of selection commands. The plurality of selection commands may include at least one of a left move, a right move, an up move, a down move, a zoom in and a zoom out. The user may adjust the gaze position of the side game image while executing at least one of the plurality of selection commands.

When a user drag event is input to the second terminal 120, the game server 130 may determine a selection command associated with the user drag event. For example, if a user drag event 810 moving from the top to the bottom is input on the touch screen of the second terminal 120, the game server 130 may determine the up movement with a selection command. For another example, if a user drag event 820 moving from left to right is input on the touch screen of the second terminal 120, the game server 130 may determine the right movement with a selection command. 8B illustrates a side game image in which a selection command is performed by moving to the right.

The game server 130 may update the side game image based on the selection command. In one embodiment, the game server 130 may determine the moving distance based on the drag distance. For example, the moving distance may increase in proportion to the drag distance. However, the game server 130 may set a maximum movement distance in advance.

8C and 8D illustrate a user touch event.

8C and 8D, it is assumed that the user's second terminal 120 is a smartphone terminal group.

When a user touch event is input to the second terminal 120, the game server 130 may determine a selection command associated with the user touch event. The user may input a user touch event for one of a plurality of selection commands displayed on the touch screen. 8D illustrates a side game image in which a selection command is performed by moving left.

The game server 130 may update the side game image based on the selection command. In one embodiment, the game server 130 may determine the moving distance based on the number of touches. For example, the moving distance may increase in proportion to the number of touches. However, the game server 130 may set a maximum movement distance in advance.

Referring to FIG. 9, it is assumed that the plurality of icons include an L side mirror 510, an R side mirror 520, and a room mirror 530.

The game server 130 may provide game information including a plurality of icons to the second terminal 120. The second terminal 120 may select the L side mirror 510 and the R side mirror 520 and transmit them to the game server 130.

The game server 130 may retrieve visual information about each of the L side mirror 510 and the R side mirror 520. The game server 130 may generate two side game images based on the visual information.

The game server 130 may generate two side game images by combining two side game images. In this case, the game server 130 may consider visual information of each of the two side game images. For example, the visual information of the first side game image 910 corresponding to the L side mirror 510 is 120 degrees left, and the visual information of the second side game image 920 corresponding to the R side mirror 520. When the right side is 120 degrees, the game server 130 may combine the first side game image 910 and the second side game image 920 on the left side and the right side.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present application, those skilled in the art various modifications and changes to the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

Claims

(a) when receiving user information from a first terminal, providing information regarding a game including a plurality of icons to a second terminal associated with the user information;

(b) if at least one of the plurality of icons selected by the user is received from the second terminal, retrieving at least one visual information associated with at least one of the received plurality of icons;

(c) generating at least one side game image associated with a basic game image based on the retrieved at least one visual information; And

(d) providing the basic game image to a first terminal and providing the generated at least one side game image to the second terminal in cooperation with the first terminal.
The method of claim 1,

And the second terminal corresponds to a mobile terminal that can be connected via Wi-Fi or 3G.
The method of claim 2,

In step (a),

(a-1) receiving and registering information on the second terminal;

(a-2) when receiving the user information from the first terminal, retrieving information about the second terminal based on the user information; And

(a-3) determining whether the second terminal is available, and transmitting information about a game including the plurality of icons to the second terminal.
The method of claim 3,

Step (a-3),

(a-3-1) determining whether the second terminal is available and sending a notification message to the second terminal; And

(a-3-2) if the second terminal approves the connection, transmitting the game information including the plurality of icons to the second terminal.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The notification message is transmitted as a Wireless Application Protocol Push message.
The method of claim 3,

Step (a-3),

(a-3-3) receiving a use request of the second terminal from the first terminal; And

(a-3-4) transmitting the game information including the plurality of icons to the second terminal.
The method of claim 1,

In step (d),

(d-1) combining the at least one side game image based on the at least one visual information; And

(d-2) providing the basic game image to the first terminal, and providing the combined side game image to the second terminal in cooperation with the first terminal. .
The method of claim 1,

The at least one side game image includes a plurality of selection commands, and the plurality of selection commands include at least one of left move, right move, up move, down move, enlargement and reduction. .
The method of claim 8,

(e) determining a selection command associated with the user drag event when a user drag event is input to one of the at least one side game image; And

(f) updating one of the at least one side game image based on the determined selection command.
The method of claim 9,

Step (f),

(f-1) determining a moving distance based on the drag distance; And

(f-2) updating one of the at least one side game image based on the determined selection command and the moving distance.
The method of claim 8,

(g) determining a selection command associated with the user touch event when a user touch event is input to one of the at least one side game image; And

and (h) updating one of the at least one side game image based on the determined selection command.
The method of claim 11,

In step (h),

(h-1) determining a moving distance based on the number of touches; And

(h-2) updating one of the at least one side game image based on the determined selection command and the moving distance.
The method of claim 1,

The visual information includes a direction and an angle, and the direction comprises at least one of left, right, up and down.
The method of claim 1,

And the plurality of icons are acquired by the user as a plurality of items through a game.
(i) providing a game start screen including a plurality of icons to a mobile terminal;

(j) when receiving one of the plurality of icons selected by the user from the mobile terminal, retrieving visual information associated with one of the plurality of received icons;

(k) generating a game image based on the retrieved visual information; And

(l) providing the generated game image to the mobile terminal.