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- the present invention relates to a cloud streaming service system, a still image-based cloud streaming service method, and a device therefor, and more particularly, to a cloud.
- compression efficiency and service speed can be improved by selecting and encoding a compression scheme according to the captured screen, and still images according to image types.
- the encoding method can improve the compression efficiency and service speed of the image by encoding
- the still image compression method can be selected and encoded according to the system load and network conditions to improve the compression efficiency and service speed.
- the present invention relates to a stem, a still image-based cloud streaming service method, and an apparatus therefor.
- the present invention is the Korean Patent Application No. 10-2014-0097322, filed July 30, 2014, Korea Patent Application No. 10-2014-0110551, filed October 25, 2014, Korea, filed October 16, 2014 Claims are made on the date of filing of Patent Application No. 10-2014-0139556 and Korean Patent Application No. 10-2014-0156004 filed November 11, 2014, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein.
- Cloud streaming service is basically applied to the video codec-based cloud streaming technique, even in the case of applying the menu display, such as capturing the entire screen unnecessarily to operate using the video codec cloud streaming service was inefficient.
- an image-based cloud streaming service may be more effective than a cloud streaming service using a video codec when applying cloud streaming to a screen in which static screens slightly change according to a user input.
- the still image codec when the still image codec is applied, the amount of data varies according to the image type of the image to be compressed, and the efficiency of the cloud streaming service may vary greatly according to the still image compression technique used for compression. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a new technique that can quickly and accurately classify image types and apply an image cloud adaptively.
- the performance difference varies by set-top box, and more than 15 kinds of set-tops have been widely distributed in recent decades.
- the performance difference between a good set-top and a bad set-top is so large that content cannot be supplied to the user in the manner desired by the content provider.
- Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2014-0076668 published on June 23, 2013 (name: Method for providing a game based on cloud streaming), and Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2014-0027040, issued on March 03, 2014. May 06 (name: Adaptive Image Compression System and Method).
- An object of the present invention is to improve compression efficiency and cloud streaming service speed by using a still image compression technique suitable for a situation when providing a still image-based cloud streaming service.
- an object of the present invention is to improve the compression efficiency and cloud streaming service speed by using a still image compression technique suitable for the image type when providing a still image-based cloud streaming service.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a service quickly and to prevent service delay that may occur due to the cloud streaming server load by using a still image compression technique suitable for the cloud streaming server state when providing a still image-based cloud streaming service.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a cloud streaming service for faster and more users through the same band by maximizing the streaming extrusion efficiency through a still image-based cloud streaming service.
- an object of the present invention is a cloud streaming service in which a cloud streaming server detects a change between frames when the change between frames is not large, such as a menu screen, and compresses and streams only the region where the change occurs using a still image codec. To provide a way.
- the capture unit for capturing the change region included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame; Selecting a still image compression technique in consideration of at least one of a size of the change region and an image property corresponding to the change region, and using the still image compression technique, the change region corresponding to one frame
- An encoding unit for encoding a still image And a sending unit configured to transmit the still image encoded change area to the user to perform a still image based cloud streaming service.
- the encoding unit may compress the change region using any one of still image compression techniques of Portable Network Graphics (PNG), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), and Joint Photography Expert Group (JPEG).
- PNG Portable Network Graphics
- PNG Portable Network Graphics
- JPEG Joint Photography Expert Group
- the encoding unit may encode the change area by applying the PNG still image compression technique.
- the encoding unit may select the still image compression scheme in consideration of the image property.
- the encoder may encode the change area by applying the JPEG still image compression technique.
- the encoder may encode the change area by applying the palletized PNG still image compression technique.
- the encoding unit when the image property is an image in which the natural image and the synthetic image are mixed, the encoding unit includes a region corresponding to the natural image among the change regions and a region corresponding to the composite image among the change regions.
- the still image compression technique can be selected according to the image properties corresponding to more areas.
- the capture unit may capture the changed area as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- the capture unit may detect a section having a small frame change among the entire frame sections to be transmitted to the terminal device of the user, and capture the change region in the section having the small frame change.
- the capture unit may detect an event type of an application generated from the terminal device of the user and detect a section having less frame change.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service method capturing the change region included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame; Selecting a still image compression technique in consideration of at least one of a size of the change region and an image property corresponding to the change region, and using the still image compression technique, the change region corresponding to one frame Encoding a still image; And performing the still image based cloud streaming service by transmitting the still image encoded change region to the user.
- the encoding may be performed by compressing the change area using any one of still image compression techniques of Portable Network Graphics (PNG), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), and Joint Photography Expert Group (JPEG).
- PNG Portable Network Graphics
- PNG Portable Network Graphics
- JPEG Joint Photography Expert Group
- the change area when the size of the change area is less than a predetermined reference value, the change area may be encoded by applying the PNG still image compression technique.
- the still image compression technique may be selected in consideration of the image property.
- the encoding may include encoding the change region by applying the JPEG still image compression technique when the image property is a natural image.
- the encoding may include encoding the change region by applying the palletized PNG still image compression technique when the size of the change region is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value and the image property is a synthetic image.
- the encoding may be performed in the case where the image property is an image in which the natural image and the synthetic image are mixed, the region corresponding to the natural image among the change regions and the composite image among the change regions.
- the still image compression technique can be selected according to image properties corresponding to more regions by comparing the regions.
- the capturing may capture the changed area as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- the capturing may include detecting a section in which the frame change is small among the entire frame sections to be transmitted to the user terminal device, and may capture the change region in the section where the frame change is small.
- the detecting may include detecting an event type of an application generated from the terminal device of the user and detecting a section in which the frame change is small.
- the cloud streaming service system captures the change region included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame, and still image in consideration of any one or more of the size of the change region and the image properties corresponding to the change region.
- selecting a still image compression technique using the still image compression technique to still image encode the change region corresponding to one frame, and transmitting the still image encoded change region to the user,
- a cloud streaming server that performs a cloud streaming service;
- a terminal receiving an application execution result screen corresponding to the cloud streaming service from the cloud streaming server.
- the capture unit for capturing the change region included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame A still image compression method is selected according to an image type determined by considering at least one of the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area and the standard deviation of image pixel values, and by using the still image compression method.
- An encoding unit for still image encoding the change area corresponding to the frame And a sending unit configured to transmit the still image encoded change area to the user to perform a still image based cloud streaming service.
- the encoding unit may select the still image compression scheme according to one of the image types of the natural image and the synthetic image.
- the encoding unit may determine the image type as the natural image when the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area exceeds a preset reference number.
- the encoding unit may determine the image type in consideration of a standard deviation of the image pixel value corresponding to the change area.
- the encoding unit is configured to recognize the image type when the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area is equal to or less than the predetermined reference number and the standard deviation of the image pixel value corresponding to the change area is equal to or less than a preset reference value. This can be determined by a composite image.
- the encoding unit may determine the image type as the natural image when the standard deviation of the image pixel value corresponding to the change area exceeds a preset reference value.
- the encoding unit may encode the change region using the still image compression technique of any one of portable network graphics (PNG) and joint photography experts group (JPEG) according to the image type.
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- the capture unit may capture the changed area as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- the capture unit may detect a section having a small frame change among the entire frame sections to be transmitted to the terminal device of the user, and capture the change region in the section having the small frame change.
- the capture unit may detect an event type of an application generated from the terminal device of the user and detect a section having less frame change.
- the cloud streaming service method according to the image type according to the present invention, capturing the change region included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame;
- a still image compression method is selected according to an image type determined by considering at least one of the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area and the standard deviation of image pixel values, and by using the still image compression method.
- the encoding may select the still image compression scheme according to one of the image types of the natural image and the synthetic image.
- the encoding may determine the image type as a natural image when the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area exceeds a preset reference number.
- the encoding may determine the image type in consideration of a standard deviation of the image pixel value corresponding to the change area when the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area is equal to or less than the predetermined reference number.
- the encoding may include encoding the image type when the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area is equal to or less than the predetermined reference number, and the standard deviation of the image pixel values corresponding to the change area is equal to or less than a preset reference value. Can be determined as a composite image.
- the encoding may determine the image type as the natural image when the standard deviation of the image pixel value corresponding to the change area exceeds a preset reference value.
- the encoding may include encoding the change region using the still image compression technique of any one of portable network graphics (PNG) and joint photography experts group (JPEG) according to the image type.
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- the capturing may capture the changed area as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- the cloud streaming service system captures the change area included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame, and one of the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area and the standard deviation of the image pixel value
- the still image compression method is selected according to the image type determined in consideration of the above, and the still image compression method is used to still image encode the change area corresponding to one frame, and the still image encoded change.
- a cloud streaming server transmitting a region to the user to perform a still image based cloud streaming service; And a terminal receiving an application execution result screen corresponding to the cloud streaming service from the cloud streaming server.
- the capture unit for capturing the change region included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame A still image compression method is selected in consideration of at least one of a cloud streaming server load size and a data throughput rate of a network, and the still image compression method is used to capture the change region corresponding to one frame.
- An encoding unit for encoding And a sending unit which transmits the still image encoded change region to the user to perform a still image based cloud streaming service.
- the encoding unit may compress the change region using any one of still image compression techniques of Portable Network Graphics (PNG), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), and Joint Photography Expert Group (JPEG).
- PNG Portable Network Graphics
- PNG Portable Network Graphics
- JPEG Joint Photography Expert Group
- the encoding unit may encode the change region by applying the JPEG still image compression technique.
- the encoding unit may select the still image compression scheme in consideration of the data throughput of the network.
- the encoder may encode the change region by applying the PNG still image compression technique.
- the encoding unit may encode the change region by applying the palletized PNG still image compression technique when the size of the cloud streaming server load is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value and the data throughput of the network is greater than or equal to the predetermined throughput.
- the capture unit may capture the changed area as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- the capture unit may detect a section having a small frame change among the entire frame sections to be transmitted to the terminal device of the user, and capture the change region in the section having the small frame change.
- the capture unit may detect an event type of an application generated from the terminal device of the user and detect a section having less frame change.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service method capturing a change region included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame;
- a still image compression method is selected in consideration of at least one of a cloud streaming server load size and a data throughput rate of a network, and the still image compression method is used to capture the change region corresponding to one frame.
- Encoding And performing the still image based cloud streaming service by transmitting the still image encoded change region to the user.
- the encoding may be performed by compressing the change area using any one of still image compression techniques of Portable Network Graphics (PNG), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), and Joint Photography Expert Group (JPEG).
- PNG Portable Network Graphics
- PNG Portable Network Graphics
- JPEG Joint Photography Expert Group
- the encoding may include encoding the change region by applying the JPEG still image compression technique when the size of the cloud streaming server load is less than a predetermined reference value.
- the encoding may select the still image compression scheme in consideration of the data throughput of the network when the size of the cloud streaming server load is greater than or equal to the predetermined reference value.
- the change region when the data throughput of the network is less than a predetermined throughput, the change region may be encoded by applying the PNG still image compression technique.
- the encoding may include encoding the change region by applying the palletized PNG still image compression technique when the size of the cloud streaming server load is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value and the data throughput of the network is greater than or equal to the predetermined throughput. Can be.
- the capturing may capture the changed area as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- the capturing may include detecting a section in which the frame change is small among the entire frame sections to be transmitted to the user terminal device, and may capture the change region in the section where the frame change is small.
- the detecting may include detecting an event type of an application generated from the terminal device of the user and detecting a section in which the frame change is small.
- the cloud streaming service system captures the change region included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame, and in consideration of any one or more of the size of the cloud streaming server load and the data throughput of the network Select a still image compression technique, use the still image compression technique to still image encode the change region corresponding to one frame, and transmit the still image encoded change region to the user to obtain a still image.
- Cloud streaming server to perform a cloud streaming service based on; And a terminal receiving an application execution result screen corresponding to the cloud streaming service from the cloud streaming server.
- the present invention it is possible to accurately and quickly detect the screen change area between frames in an image-based cloud streaming service. Accordingly, by compressing and transmitting only a minimum area in the cloud streaming service, the efficiency of the cloud streaming service can be improved and more economically, a high quality image-based cloud streaming service can be provided.
- the present invention can maximize the compression efficiency of the image-based streaming to improve the efficiency of the cloud streaming service.
- image-based cloud streaming services for faster and more users are possible.
- the present invention can accurately and quickly detect the screen change area between frames during the image-based cloud streaming service, thereby improving the efficiency of the cloud streaming service, it is possible to provide a more cost-effective image-based cloud streaming service have.
- the present invention can accurately determine the image type in the image-based streaming to apply a compression method suitable for the image type to maximize the compression efficiency to improve the efficiency of the cloud streaming service.
- image-based cloud streaming services for faster and more users are possible.
- the present invention can improve the compression efficiency and cloud streaming service speed of the image by using a still image compression technique for the situation when providing a still image-based cloud streaming service.
- the present invention can provide a service quickly and prevent the service delay that may occur due to the cloud streaming server load by using a still image compression technique suitable for the cloud streaming server state when providing a still image-based cloud streaming service.
- the present invention can maximize the streaming compression efficiency through the still image-based cloud streaming service can provide a cloud streaming service to a faster and more users through the same band.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a cloud streaming service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a cloud streaming server of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a view showing a still image-based cloud streaming system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a process of capturing a change area in a still image-based cloud streaming service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart showing a still image-based cloud streaming service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a still image-based cloud streaming service method in detail according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a cloud streaming service system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a cloud streaming server of FIG. 7.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a cloud streaming service method according to an image type according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a cloud streaming service method according to an image type according to an embodiment of the present invention in detail.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a cloud streaming service system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a cloud streaming server illustrated in FIG. 11.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a still image-based cloud streaming service method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a still image-based cloud streaming service method in detail according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a cloud streaming service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- another cloud streaming service system includes a cloud streaming server 110, terminal devices 120-1,..., 120 -N, and a network 130.
- the cloud streaming server 110 receives the cloud streaming service request from the terminal devices 120-1,..., 120 -N, executes the application, and displays the execution result screen corresponding to the execution result of the terminal devices 120-1. ,..., 120-N).
- Cloud streaming service basically uses cloud codec based on video codec. Therefore, even if cloud streaming is applied to static screen such as menu display, it is an inefficient way to capture the entire screen and encode to video codec.
- a cloud streaming service In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a cloud streaming system in which a cloud streaming server detects a change between frames and encodes only the detected change region using a still image compression technique when the change between frames is not large, such as a menu display screen. do.
- the cloud streaming server 110 captures the change area included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame.
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire frames to be transmitted to the terminal devices 120-1,..., And 120 -N may be detected, and a change region may be captured in a section having a small frame change.
- an event type of an application generated from the terminal devices 120-1,..., 120 -N may be detected to detect a section having a small frame change.
- the cloud streaming server 110 selects a still image compression scheme in consideration of any one or more of the size of the change region and the image properties corresponding to the change region, and uses one frame using the still image compression technique.
- Still image encode the corresponding change region.
- the change region may be compressed using any one of still image compression techniques of portable network graphics (PNG), portable network graphics (PNG), and joint photography experts group (JPEG).
- PNG portable network graphics
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- the change area may be encoded by applying a PNG still image compression technique.
- the still image compression method may be selected in consideration of image properties.
- the change region may be encoded by applying a JPEG still image compression technique.
- the changed region may be encoded by applying a paletted PNG still image compression technique.
- the image property is an image in which the natural image and the synthetic image are mixed, the area corresponding to the natural image among the change areas and the area corresponding to the synthetic image among the change areas are compared to correspond to more areas.
- the cloud streaming server 110 transmits a still image encoded change region to a user to perform a still image based cloud streaming service.
- the terminal devices 120-1,..., 120 -N receive an application execution result screen corresponding to a cloud streaming service from the cloud streaming server 110 and provide the result to the user.
- the terminal devices 120-1,..., 120 -N are devices connected to a communication network to execute an application based on a cloud computing system, and are not limited to mobile communication terminals, but all information communication devices, multimedia terminals, and wired devices.
- Various terminals such as a terminal, a fixed terminal, and an Internet Protocol (IP) terminal.
- IP Internet Protocol
- the terminal devices 120-1,..., 120 -N are mobile phones, portable multimedia players (PMPs), mobile internet devices (MIDs), smart phones, desktops, and tablet computers, respectively. It may be a mobile terminal having various mobile communication specifications such as a PC, a notebook, a net book, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart TV, and an information communication device.
- PDA personal digital assistant
- the network 130 provides a path for transferring data between the cloud streaming server 110 and the terminal devices 120-1,..., 120 -N, and includes both a network used in the future and a network that can be developed in the future. It is a comprehensive concept.
- the network 130 is a wired or wireless local area network that provides communication of various information devices within a limited area, a mobile communication network that provides communication between each other and between the mobile and the outside of the mobile, and the communication between the earth station and the earth station using satellites. It may be made of a satellite communication network or a wired or wireless communication network providing a combination of two or more.
- the transmission standard of the network 130 is not limited to the existing transmission method standard and may include all transmission method standards to be developed in the future.
- the network used between the cloud streaming server 110 and the terminal devices 120-1,..., 120 -N is used between the terminal devices 120-1,..., 120 -N. It may be different from the network or may be the same.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a cloud streaming server of FIG. 1.
- the cloud streaming server 110 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a capture unit 210, an encoder 220, a sender 230, and a storage 240.
- Cloud streaming service basically uses cloud codec based on video codec. Therefore, even if cloud streaming is applied to static screen such as menu display, it is an inefficient way to capture the entire screen and encode to video codec.
- the present invention provides a cloud streaming server 110 in which a cloud streaming server detects a change between frames and encodes only the detected change area using a still image compression technique when the change between frames is not large, such as a menu display screen. ).
- the capturer 210 captures the change area included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame.
- the video codec-based cloud streaming technique can perform encoding by capturing all frames corresponding to the screen on which the application operates. However, if the change between frames is not large on the screen on which the application is running, the still image encoding is performed by capturing only the change area of the changed frame compared to the previous frame, and the parts except for the change area when displaying on the user's terminal device are the same. It can be displayed in such a way that it is displayed in a simple manner and only the change area is changed.
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame. For example, if the changed area is the A area compared to the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame, only the A area of the screen area corresponding to the changed frame may be captured as the change area.
- the change area may have various characteristics of an image corresponding to the size or the change area according to an input signal input from the user's terminal device.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire sections of the frame to be transmitted to the user's terminal device may be detected, and the change region may be captured at the section having a small frame change.
- the event type of the application generated from the user's terminal device may be detected to detect a section having less frame change.
- an event type of an application may be determined according to an input signal generated from a user terminal device.
- an application is executed such as a menu, an option, or a guide window according to an input signal, a static event having a small change in a frame or a dynamic event in which a frame frequently changes such as a video play and a game play may occur. Therefore, when the user detects an event type with an input signal generated through the terminal device, and if the event type is a static event, a section having a small frame change can be detected among all frame sections corresponding to the corresponding event.
- the encoder 220 selects a still image compression scheme in consideration of at least one of a size of the change region and an image property corresponding to the change region, and corresponds to a frame using the still image compression technique.
- Still image encode the change region.
- the change region can be captured in various ways, from a very small size to a large size corresponding to the overall size of the frame, depending on the region being changed in the frame.
- the image property of the captured change area may be a natural image such as a photograph or a picture or a synthetic image made by combining several images.
- the natural image and the composite image may exist simultaneously in the captured change region.
- the change region may be compressed using any one of still image compression techniques of portable network graphics (PNG), portable network graphics (PNG), and joint photography experts group (JPEG).
- PNG portable network graphics
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- PNG still image compression the image quality is good when encoding, but when the bandwidth of the transmission network is low due to the large data size, the transmission speed may be reduced.
- Palletized PNG still image compression reduces the data size of the image during encoding, which guarantees transmission speed, but degrades image quality due to the 8-bit color representation.
- the JPEG still image compression technique has a high compression efficiency and can greatly reduce the amount of data transmitted during encoding. However, the high compression efficiency can cause a large system load when encoding and decoding.
- the change area when the size of the change area is less than a predetermined reference value, the change area may be encoded by applying a PNG still image compression technique.
- a PNG still image compression technique For example, if the size of the change area is smaller than the preset reference value, since the image is not large and the amount of data to be transmitted is not large, the image can be encoded by applying a PNG still image compression technique that can be encoded with relatively high image quality. Can be.
- the preset reference value may be freely set by the server administrator in consideration of processing performance, network transmission speed, server system load, etc. of the cloud streaming server 110.
- the still image compression method may be selected in consideration of image properties. If the size of the change area is larger than the reference value, the amount of data to be transmitted is encoded using JPEG still image compression, which is highly efficient at encoding, or palletized PNG still image compression, which can reduce the data size.
- the change region when the image property is a natural image, the change region may be encoded by applying a JPEG still image compression technique.
- the JPEG still image compression technique may be more effective when compressing natural images with similar colors gathered around a pixel. Therefore, when the size of the change area is larger than a reference value and the image property corresponding to the change area is a natural image, the change area may be encoded by a JPEG still image compression technique.
- the changed region may be encoded by applying a paletted PNG still image compression technique. Because of the large size of the change region, JPEG compression can be used with high compression efficiency, but JPEG still compression can be difficult for composite images. Therefore, in this case, the change region can be encoded by using a paletted PNG still image compression technique that can reduce the size of the data.
- the image property is an image in which the natural image and the synthetic image are mixed
- the area corresponding to the natural image among the change areas and the area corresponding to the synthetic image among the change areas are compared to correspond to more areas.
- the order of considering the size of the change region and the image property corresponding to the change region in order to determine a still image compression scheme to encode the change region may be determined differently according to the cloud streaming service.
- the sending unit 230 transmits a still image encoded change region to a user to perform a still image based cloud streaming service.
- the compressed change area is transmitted to the terminal device of the user, so that the cloud streaming service may be performed so that the user can feel the application running on the terminal device.
- the storage unit 240 stores various information generated in the cloud streaming service process according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above.
- the storage unit 240 may be configured independently of the cloud streaming server 110 to support a function for a cloud streaming service. At this time, the storage unit 240 may operate as a separate mass storage, and may include a control function for performing the operation.
- cloud streaming server 110 configured as described above may be implemented as one or more servers.
- the cloud streaming server 110 may be equipped with a memory to store information in the device.
- the memory is a computer readable medium.
- the memory may be a volatile memory unit, and for other implementations, the memory may be a nonvolatile memory unit.
- the storage device is a computer readable medium.
- the storage device may include, for example, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, or some other mass storage device.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a still image-based cloud streaming system.
- the server 310 may perform a screen capture by executing a program screen 310 corresponding to a user input generated from a user terminal device.
- the server 300 may be a server that collectively refers to a cloud streaming server and a web application server.
- the process of executing the screen capture by executing the program screen 310 may correspond to the operation flow of the capture unit 210 shown in FIG. 2.
- the server 300 may encode the screen captured program screen 310 through a still image compression technique (Image Encoding) 320.
- Image Encoding a still image compression technique
- the process of performing the image encoding 320 may correspond to the operation flow of the encoding unit 220 illustrated in FIG. 2.
- the changed frame may be compared with the previous frame to capture only the changed area. Also, considering the size of the changed area and the image properties corresponding to the changed area, the still image compression method of any one of the portable network graphics (PNG), the portable network graphics (PNG), and the joint photography experts group (JPEG) is selected. Then, the selected still image compression technique can encode the changed region.
- PNG portable network graphics
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- the server 300 may provide a still image-based cloud streaming service by streaming the still image-encoded changed region to the user's terminal device.
- the process of performing the streaming 330 may correspond to the operation flow of the sender 230 shown in FIG. 2.
- the user terminal device renders the received data (Image Rendering) 340 to the user as if the program screen 310 executed in the application by the user input (User Input) as if executed in the user terminal device. It can be displayed.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a process of capturing a change area in a still image-based cloud streaming service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service may compare and capture only the changed change area 430 by comparing the first frame 410 and the second frame 420.
- the C area is different because the cursor is positioned in the C area.
- the cursor is moved from the C area to the D area so that the D area can be shaded to distinguish it from other B, C, and E areas. Can be.
- the still image compression scheme may be selected in consideration of the size of the change region 430 and the image property corresponding to the change region 430, and the change region 430 may be encoded using the selected still image compression technique.
- the first frame 410 and the second frame 420 is a frame that is clearly changed, and in the existing cloud streaming service, it may be necessary to capture and encode all the frames corresponding to the frame rate including two frames. have.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service captures only the change area 430 and encodes it using a still image compression technique, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the service than the conventional cloud streaming service method of capturing an unnecessary number of frames and the entire screen of the frame. Can be.
- FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart showing a still image-based cloud streaming service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service method captures a change region included in a changed frame in comparison with a previous frame (S510).
- the video codec-based cloud streaming technique can perform encoding by capturing all frames corresponding to the screen on which the application operates. However, if the change between frames is not large on the screen on which the application is running, the still image encoding is performed by capturing only the change area of the changed frame compared to the previous frame, and the parts except for the change area when displaying on the user's terminal device are the same. It can be displayed in such a way that it is displayed in a simple manner and only the change area is changed.
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame. For example, if the changed area is the A area compared to the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame, only the A area of the screen area corresponding to the changed frame may be captured as the change area.
- the change area may have various characteristics of an image corresponding to the size or the change area according to an input signal input from the user's terminal device.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire sections of the frame to be transmitted to the user's terminal device may be detected, and the change region may be captured at the section having a small frame change.
- the event type of the application generated from the user's terminal device may be detected to detect a section having less frame change.
- an event type of an application may be determined according to an input signal generated from a user terminal device.
- an application is executed such as a menu, an option, or a guide window according to an input signal, a static event having a small change in a frame or a dynamic event in which a frame frequently changes such as a video play and a game play may occur. Therefore, when the user detects an event type with an input signal generated through the terminal device, and if the event type is a static event, a section having a small frame change can be detected among all frame sections corresponding to the corresponding event.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service method selects the still image (still image) compression scheme in consideration of any one or more of the size of the change region and the image properties corresponding to the change region, Still image encoding is performed on the change region corresponding to one frame by using an image compression technique (S520).
- the change region can be captured in various ways, from a very small size to a large size corresponding to the overall size of the frame, depending on the region being changed in the frame.
- the image property of the captured change area may be a natural image such as a photograph or a picture or a synthetic image made by combining several images.
- the natural image and the composite image may exist simultaneously in the captured change region.
- the change region may be compressed using any one of still image compression techniques of portable network graphics (PNG), portable network graphics (PNG), and joint photography experts group (JPEG).
- PNG portable network graphics
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- PNG still image compression the image quality is good when encoding, but when the bandwidth of the transmission network is low due to the large data size, the transmission speed may be reduced.
- Palletized PNG still image compression reduces the data size of the image during encoding, which guarantees transmission speed, but degrades image quality due to the 8-bit color representation.
- the JPEG still image compression technique has a high compression efficiency and can greatly reduce the amount of data transmitted during encoding. However, the high compression efficiency can cause a large system load when encoding and decoding.
- the change area when the size of the change area is less than a predetermined reference value, the change area may be encoded by applying a PNG still image compression technique.
- a PNG still image compression technique For example, if the size of the change area is smaller than the preset reference value, since the image is not large and the amount of data to be transmitted is not large, the image can be encoded by applying a PNG still image compression technique that can be encoded with relatively high image quality. Can be.
- the predetermined reference value may be freely set by the server administrator in consideration of processing performance of the cloud streaming server, network transmission speed, server system load, and the like.
- the still image compression method may be selected in consideration of image properties. If the size of the change area is larger than the reference value, the amount of data to be transmitted is encoded using JPEG still image compression, which is highly efficient at encoding, or palletized PNG still image compression, which can reduce the data size.
- the change region when the image property is a natural image, the change region may be encoded by applying a JPEG still image compression technique.
- the JPEG still image compression technique may be more effective when compressing natural images with similar colors gathered around a pixel. Therefore, when the size of the change area is larger than a reference value and the image property corresponding to the change area is a natural image, the change area may be encoded by a JPEG still image compression technique.
- the changed region may be encoded by applying a paletted PNG still image compression technique. Because of the large size of the change region, JPEG compression can be used with high compression efficiency, but JPEG still compression can be difficult for composite images. Therefore, in this case, the change region can be encoded by using a paletted PNG still image compression technique that can reduce the size of the data.
- the image property is an image in which the natural image and the synthetic image are mixed
- the area corresponding to the natural image among the change areas and the area corresponding to the synthetic image among the change areas are compared to correspond to more areas.
- the order of considering the size of the change region and the image property corresponding to the change region in order to determine a still image compression scheme to encode the change region may be determined differently according to the cloud streaming service.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service method transmits a still image encoded change region to a user to perform a still image-based cloud streaming service (S530).
- the cloud streaming service may be performed to receive a feeling of running an application on the user terminal device by transmitting a still image encoding the compressed change region to the user terminal device.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a still image-based cloud streaming service method in detail according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service method first captures a change region included in a changed frame in comparison with a previous frame in a cloud streaming server (S610).
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire sections of the frame to be transmitted to the user's terminal device may be detected, and the change region may be captured at the section having a small frame change.
- the event type of the application generated from the user's terminal device may be detected to detect a section having less frame change.
- the cloud streaming server determines whether the size of the change area is less than a predetermined reference value (S615).
- the change area is encoded by the PNG still image compression technique (S620).
- PNG still image compression the image quality is good when encoding, but when the bandwidth of the transmission network is low due to the large data size, the transmission speed may be reduced. Therefore, since the size of the image of the change area is not large and the amount of data to be transmitted is not large, it can be encoded by applying a PNG still image compression technique that can be encoded with relatively high image quality.
- step S615 If it is determined in step S615 that the size of the change area is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value, it is determined whether the image property corresponding to the change area is a natural image (S625).
- the change region is encoded by JPEG still image compression technique (S630).
- the JPEG still image compression technique has a high compression efficiency and can greatly reduce the amount of data transmitted during encoding. However, the high compression efficiency can cause a large system load when encoding and decoding.
- the JPEG still image compression technique may be more effective when compressing a natural image having similar colors gathered around one pixel than when compressing a composite image of several pictures or photos. Therefore, when the size of the change area is larger than a reference value and the image property corresponding to the change area is a natural image, the change area may be encoded by a JPEG still image compression technique.
- the change region is encoded using a paletted PNG still image compression technique (S640). If the size of the change area is larger than the reference value and the image property corresponding to the change area is a synthetic image, the change area may be encoded using a paletted PNG still image compression technique that may reduce the size of the data. .
- the cloud streaming server delivers the still image encoded change area to the user (S650).
- the cloud streaming service may be performed to receive a feeling of running an application on the user terminal device by transmitting a still image encoding the compressed change region to the user terminal device.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a cloud streaming service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- another cloud streaming service system includes a cloud streaming server 710, terminal devices 720-1,..., 720 -N, and a network 730.
- the cloud streaming server 710 receives the cloud streaming service request from the terminal devices 720-1,..., 720 -N, executes the application, and displays the execution result screen corresponding to the execution result of the terminal devices 720-1. ,..., 720-N).
- Cloud streaming service basically uses cloud codec based on video codec. Therefore, even if cloud streaming is applied to static screen such as menu display, it is an inefficient way to capture the entire screen and encode to video codec.
- a cloud streaming service In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a cloud streaming system in which a cloud streaming server detects a change between frames and encodes only the detected change region using a still image compression technique when the change between frames is not large, such as a menu display screen. do.
- the cloud streaming server 710 captures the change area included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame.
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire frames to be transmitted to the terminal devices 720-1,..., And 720 -N may be detected, and a change region may be captured in a section having a small frame change.
- an event type of an application generated from the terminal devices 720-1,..., And 720 -N may be detected to detect a section having a small frame change.
- the cloud streaming server 710 selects a still image compression scheme according to an image type determined by considering one or more of the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area and the standard deviation of the image pixel values, and selects a still image.
- the compression technique is used to still image encode a change region corresponding to one frame.
- a still image compression technique may be selected according to one of the image types of the natural image and the synthetic image. In this case, when the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area exceeds the preset reference number, the image type may be determined as the natural image.
- the image type may be determined in consideration of the standard deviation of the image pixel values corresponding to the change area.
- the image type may be determined as a composite image.
- the image type may be determined as a natural image.
- the change region may be still image encoded using a still image compression technique of one of portable network graphics (PNG) and joint photography experts group (JPEG) according to the image type.
- the cloud streaming server 710 transmits a still image encoded change area to a user to perform a cloud image service based on a still image.
- the terminal devices 720-1,..., 720 -N receive an application execution result screen corresponding to the cloud streaming service from the cloud streaming server 710 and provide the result to the user.
- Terminal devices 720-1,..., 720 -N are devices connected to a communication network to execute an application based on a cloud computing system, and are not limited to mobile communication terminals, but all information communication devices, multimedia terminals, and wired devices.
- Various terminals such as a terminal, a fixed terminal, and an Internet Protocol (IP) terminal.
- IP Internet Protocol
- the terminal devices 720-1,..., 720 -N are mobile phones, portable multimedia players (PMPs), mobile internet devices (MIDs), smart phones, desktops, and tablet computers, respectively. It may be a mobile terminal having various mobile communication specifications such as a PC, a notebook, a net book, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart TV, and an information communication device.
- PDA personal digital assistant
- the network 730 provides a path for transferring data between the cloud streaming server 710 and the terminal devices 720-1,..., 720 -N, and includes both an existing network and a future network. It is a comprehensive concept.
- the network 730 is a wired or wireless local area network that provides communication of various information devices within a limited area, a mobile communication network that provides communication between each other and between the mobile and the outside of the mobile, and the communication between the earth station and the earth station using satellite It may be made of a satellite communication network or a wired or wireless communication network providing a combination of two or more.
- the transmission standard of the network 730 is not limited to the existing transmission standard, and may include all transmission standard that will be developed in the future.
- the network used between the cloud streaming server 710 and the terminal devices 720-1, ..., 720-N in FIG. 7 is used between the terminal devices 720-1, ..., 720 -N. It may be different from the network or may be the same.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a cloud streaming server of FIG. 7.
- the cloud streaming server 710 illustrated in FIG. 7 includes a capture unit 810, an encoder 820, a sender 830, and a storage 840.
- Cloud streaming service basically uses cloud codec based on video codec. Therefore, even if cloud streaming is applied to static screen such as menu display, it is an inefficient way to capture the entire screen and encode to video codec.
- the present invention provides a cloud streaming server 710 which detects a change between frames and encodes only the detected change region using a still image compression technique when the change between frames is not large, such as a menu display screen. ).
- the capturer 810 captures the change area included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame.
- the video codec-based cloud streaming technique can perform encoding by capturing all frames corresponding to the screen on which the application operates. However, if the change between frames is not large on the screen on which the application is running, the still image encoding is performed by capturing only the change area of the changed frame compared to the previous frame, and the parts except for the change area when displaying on the user's terminal device are the same. It can be displayed in such a way that it is displayed in a simple manner and only the change area is changed.
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame. For example, if the changed area is the A area compared to the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame, only the A area of the screen area corresponding to the changed frame may be captured as the change area.
- the change area may have various characteristics of an image corresponding to the size or the change area according to an input signal input from the user's terminal device.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire sections of the frame to be transmitted to the user's terminal device may be detected, and the change region may be captured at the section having a small frame change.
- the event type of the application generated from the user's terminal device may be detected to detect a section having less frame change.
- an event type of an application may be determined according to an input signal generated from a user terminal device.
- an application is executed such as a menu, an option, or a guide window according to an input signal, a static event having a small change in a frame or a dynamic event in which a frame frequently changes such as a video play and a game play may occur. Therefore, when the user detects an event type with an input signal generated through the terminal device, and if the event type is a static event, a section having a small frame change can be detected among all frame sections corresponding to the corresponding event.
- the encoder 820 selects a still image compression method according to an image type determined by considering at least one of the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area and the standard deviation of the image pixel values, and selects a still image compression method.
- an image type determined by considering at least one of the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area and the standard deviation of the image pixel values.
- a still image compression technique may be selected according to one of the image types of the natural image and the synthetic image.
- the natural image may mean an image of a naturally occurring object. For example, it may mean not only an optical image such as a photograph or a picture, but also images of different wavelengths such as X-rays and infrared rays.
- the synthesized image may mean an image generated or synthesized through computer or artificial means.
- the image type may be determined as the natural image. Since the natural image may be an image of a naturally occurring object, the change in brightness and saturation applied to the color representing the image may be more sophisticated than the synthesized image. Therefore, since the number of colors represented by the pixels configured to represent the natural image may be more diverse than that of the composite image, the image type corresponding to the change area may be determined in consideration of the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area. For example, if the preset reference number is set to 100,000, the image type is determined as a natural image when the number of colors constituting the image corresponding to the change area exceeds 100,000, and the image is set to 100,000 or less. The type can be determined as a composite image.
- the image type may be determined in consideration of the standard deviation of the image pixel values corresponding to the change area.
- the standard deviation of the pixel value may be a distribution of color values represented by pixels constituting an image corresponding to the change area. If the distribution of color values is 0, it may mean that all colors are the same value. Therefore, a small distribution of color values, that is, a small standard deviation of pixel values may correspond to a small number of colors constituting the image. have. Accordingly, the image type of the image corresponding to the change area may be determined in consideration of the standard deviation of the image pixel values.
- the image type may be determined as a composite image.
- the preset reference number is 100,000 for the number of colors in the image
- the preset reference value is N for the standard deviation of the image pixel values.
- the image corresponding to the change area is displayed.
- the image type can be determined as a composite image.
- the image type may be determined as a natural image. For example, if the standard deviation of the image pixel value corresponding to the change area exceeds a preset reference value, this may mean that the number of colors constituting the image is large. Therefore, if the standard deviation of the image pixel value exceeds a predetermined reference value, it may be determined that the image corresponding to the change area is a natural image composed of many colors.
- the change region may be still image encoded using a still image compression technique of one of portable network graphics (PNG) and joint photography experts group (JPEG) according to the image type.
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- PNG still image compression is good for image quality during encoding, but the transmission speed may be reduced when the bandwidth of the transmission network is low due to the large data size.
- JPEG still image compression technique is good for compressing data. Although the amount can be greatly reduced, it is a technique that can generate a lot of system load when encoding and decoding as the compression efficiency is large.
- the JPEG still image compression technique may be more effective when compressing a natural image having similar colors gathered around one pixel. Therefore, when the image type corresponding to the change area is a natural image, the change area may be encoded by a JPEG still image compression technique.
- a still image encoding of the change region may be performed by selecting a PNG still image compression technique that can improve the image quality of the image.
- the change region when the change region is a composite image and the size of the change region is large and the data is large, the change region may be encoded using a paletted portable network graphics (PNG) still image compression technique that may reduce the size of the data.
- Palletized PNG still image compression reduces the data size of the image during encoding, which guarantees transmission speed, but degrades image quality due to the 8-bit color representation.
- the sending unit 830 transmits a still image encoded change region to a user to perform a still image based cloud streaming service.
- the compressed change area is transmitted to the terminal device of the user, so that the cloud streaming service may be performed so that the user can feel the application running on the terminal device.
- the storage unit 840 stores various information generated in the cloud streaming service process according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above.
- the storage unit 840 may be configured independently of the cloud streaming server 710 to support a function for a cloud streaming service.
- the storage unit 840 may operate as a separate mass storage, and may include a control function for performing an operation.
- cloud streaming server 710 configured as described above may be implemented as one or more servers.
- the cloud streaming server 710 may have a memory and store information in the device.
- the memory is a computer readable medium.
- the memory may be a volatile memory unit, and for other implementations, the memory may be a nonvolatile memory unit.
- the storage device is a computer readable medium.
- the storage device may include, for example, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, or some other mass storage device.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a cloud streaming service method according to an image type according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the cloud streaming service method captures a change region included in a changed frame in comparison with a previous frame (S910).
- the video codec-based cloud streaming technique can perform encoding by capturing all frames corresponding to the screen on which the application operates. However, if the change between frames is not large on the screen on which the application is running, the still image encoding is performed by capturing only the change area of the changed frame compared to the previous frame, and the parts except for the change area when displaying on the user's terminal device are the same. It can be displayed in such a way that it is displayed in a simple manner and only the change area is changed.
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame. For example, if the changed area is the A area compared to the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame, only the A area of the screen area corresponding to the changed frame may be captured as the change area.
- the change area may have various characteristics of an image corresponding to the size or the change area according to an input signal input from the user's terminal device.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire sections of the frame to be transmitted to the user's terminal device may be detected, and the change region may be captured at the section having a small frame change.
- the event type of the application generated from the user's terminal device may be detected to detect a section having less frame change.
- an event type of an application may be determined according to an input signal generated from a user terminal device.
- an application is executed such as a menu, an option, or a guide window according to an input signal, a static event having a small change in a frame or a dynamic event in which a frame frequently changes such as a video play and a game play may occur. Therefore, when the user detects an event type with an input signal generated through the terminal device, and if the event type is a static event, a section having a small frame change can be detected among all frame sections corresponding to the corresponding event.
- the cloud streaming service method still image (still) according to the image type determined in consideration of at least one of the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area and the standard deviation of the image pixel value image)
- a compression scheme is selected, and a still image encoding of a change region corresponding to one frame is performed using the still image compression scheme (S920).
- the image type of the captured change zone can be a single photo or picture-like type, or an image created by combining several images, determine the image type and apply a still image compression technique suitable for each image type. By selecting and performing still image encoding, the compression efficiency of the change region can be increased.
- a still image compression technique may be selected according to one of the image types of the natural image and the synthetic image.
- the natural image may mean an image of a naturally occurring object. For example, it may mean not only an optical image such as a photograph or a picture, but also images of different wavelengths such as X-rays and infrared rays.
- the synthesized image may mean an image generated or synthesized through computer or artificial means.
- the image type may be determined as the natural image. Since the natural image may be an image of a naturally occurring object, the change in brightness and saturation applied to the color representing the image may be more sophisticated than the synthesized image. Therefore, since the number of colors represented by the pixels configured to represent the natural image may be more diverse than that of the composite image, the image type corresponding to the change area may be determined in consideration of the number of colors of the image corresponding to the change area. For example, if the preset reference number is set to 100,000, the image type is determined as a natural image when the number of colors constituting the image corresponding to the change area exceeds 100,000, and the image is set to 100,000 or less. The type can be determined as a composite image.
- the image type may be determined in consideration of the standard deviation of the image pixel values corresponding to the change area.
- the standard deviation of the pixel value may be a distribution of color values represented by pixels constituting an image corresponding to the change area. If the distribution of color values is 0, it may mean that all colors are the same value. Therefore, a small distribution of color values, that is, a small standard deviation of pixel values may correspond to a small number of colors constituting the image. have. Accordingly, the image type of the image corresponding to the change area may be determined in consideration of the standard deviation of the image pixel values.
- the image type may be determined as a composite image.
- the preset reference number is 100,000 for the number of colors in the image
- the preset reference value is N for the standard deviation of the image pixel values.
- the image corresponding to the change area is displayed.
- the image type can be determined as a composite image.
- the image type may be determined as a natural image. For example, if the standard deviation of the image pixel value corresponding to the change area exceeds a preset reference value, this may mean that the number of colors constituting the image is large. Therefore, if the standard deviation of the image pixel value exceeds a predetermined reference value, it may be determined that the image corresponding to the change area is a natural image composed of many colors.
- the change region may be still image encoded using a still image compression technique of one of portable network graphics (PNG) and joint photography experts group (JPEG) according to the image type.
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- PNG still image compression is good for image quality during encoding, but the transmission speed may be reduced when the bandwidth of the transmission network is low due to the large data size.
- JPEG still image compression technique is good for compressing data. Although the amount can be greatly reduced, it is a technique that can generate a lot of system load when encoding and decoding as the compression efficiency is large.
- the JPEG still image compression technique may be more effective when compressing a natural image having similar colors gathered around one pixel. Therefore, when the image type corresponding to the change area is a natural image, the change area may be encoded by a JPEG still image compression technique.
- a still image encoding of the change region may be performed by selecting a PNG still image compression technique that can improve the image quality of the image.
- the change region when the change region is a composite image and the size of the change region is large and the data is large, the change region may be encoded using a paletted portable network graphics (PNG) still image compression technique that may reduce the size of the data.
- Palletized PNG still image compression reduces the data size of the image during encoding, which guarantees transmission speed, but degrades image quality due to the 8-bit color representation.
- the cloud streaming service method performs a still image-based cloud streaming service by transmitting a still image encoded change region to the user (S930).
- the compressed change area is transmitted to the terminal device of the user, so that the cloud streaming service may be performed so that the user can feel the application running on the terminal device.
- the cloud streaming service method according to an image type according to an embodiment of the present invention stores various information generated in a cloud streaming service process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a cloud streaming service method according to an image type according to an embodiment of the present invention in detail.
- the cloud streaming service method first captures a change region included in a changed frame in comparison with a previous frame (S1010).
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- step S1015 If it is determined in step S1015 that the preset number of criteria is exceeded, the image type of the change area is determined as a natural image (S1020).
- step S1015 If it is determined in step S1015 that the preset number of references is not exceeded, it is determined whether the standard deviation of the pixel value of the image corresponding to the change area exceeds the preset reference value (S1025).
- step S1025 If it is determined in step S1025 that the preset reference value is exceeded, the image type of the change area is determined as a natural image (S1020).
- step S1025 If it is determined in step S1025 that the predetermined reference value is not exceeded, the image type of the change area is determined as a composite image (S1030).
- a still image compression method is selected according to the determined image type of the change area (S1040).
- one of the portable network graphics (PNG) and the joint photography experts group (JPEG) may select a still image compression technique.
- the image type is a composite image
- a paletted portable network graphics (PNG) still image compression technique may be used.
- the change region is still image encoded using the selected still image compression technique (S1050).
- the cloud streaming service may be performed to receive a feeling of running an application on the user terminal device by transmitting a still image encoding the compressed change region to the user terminal device.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a cloud streaming service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- another cloud streaming service system includes a cloud streaming server 1110, terminal devices 1120-1,..., 1120 -N, and a network 1130.
- the cloud streaming server 1110 receives the cloud streaming service request from the terminal devices 1120-1,..., 1120 -N, executes the application, and displays the execution result screen corresponding to the execution result of the terminal devices 1120-1. , ..., 1120-N).
- Cloud streaming service basically uses cloud codec based on video codec. Therefore, even if cloud streaming is applied to static screen such as menu display, it is an inefficient way to capture the entire screen and encode to video codec.
- a cloud streaming service In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a cloud streaming system in which a cloud streaming server detects a change between frames and encodes only the detected change region using a still image compression technique when the change between frames is not large, such as a menu display screen. do.
- the cloud streaming server 1110 captures the change area included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame.
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire frames to be transmitted to the terminal devices 1120-1,..., And 1120 -N may be detected, and a change region may be captured in a section having a small frame change.
- an event type of an application generated from the terminal devices 1120-1,..., 1120 -N may be detected to detect a section having a small frame change.
- the cloud streaming server 1110 selects a still image compression method in consideration of at least one of the size of the cloud streaming server load and the data throughput of the network, and selects a still image compression method in one frame using the still image compression method.
- Still image encode the corresponding change regions.
- the change region may be compressed using any one of still image compression techniques of portable network graphics (PNG), portable network graphics (PNG), and joint photography experts group (JPEG).
- PNG portable network graphics
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- the still image compression scheme may be selected in consideration of the data throughput of the network.
- the PNG still image compression may be applied to encode the change region.
- the changed region may be encoded by applying a paletted PNG still image compression technique.
- the cloud streaming server 1110 transmits a still image encoded change area to a user to perform a cloud image service based on a still image.
- the terminal devices 1120-1,..., 1120 -N receive an application execution result screen corresponding to the cloud streaming service from the cloud streaming server 1110 and provide the result to the user.
- the terminal devices 1120-1,..., 1120 -N are devices connected to a communication network to execute an application based on a cloud computing system, and are not limited to a mobile communication terminal, but all information communication devices, multimedia terminals, and wired devices.
- Various terminals such as a terminal, a fixed terminal, and an Internet Protocol (IP) terminal.
- IP Internet Protocol
- the terminal devices 1120-1,..., 1120 -N are mobile phones, Portable Multimedia Played (PMP), Mobile Internet Device (MID), smart phones, desktops, and tablet computers, respectively. It may be a mobile terminal having various mobile communication specifications such as a PC, a notebook, a net book, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart TV, and an information communication device.
- PDA personal digital assistant
- the network 1130 provides a passage for transferring data between the cloud streaming server 1110 and the terminal devices 1120-1,..., And 1120 -N.
- the network 1130 may include both an existing network and a future network. It is a comprehensive concept.
- the network 1130 may be a wired / wireless local area network that provides communication of various information devices within a limited area, a mobile communication network that provides communication between mobile devices, and a mobile device and an external device, and communication between earth stations and earth stations using satellites. It may be made of a satellite communication network or a wired or wireless communication network providing a combination of two or more.
- the transmission method standard of the network 1130 is not limited to the existing transmission method standard, and may include all transmission method standards to be developed in the future.
- a network used between the cloud streaming server 1110 and the terminal devices 1120-1,..., And 1120 -N is used between the terminal devices 1120-1,..., 1120 -N. It may be different from the network or may be the same.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a cloud streaming server illustrated in FIG. 11.
- the cloud streaming server 1110 illustrated in FIG. 11 includes a capture unit 1210, an encoder 1220, a sender 1230, and a storage 1240.
- Cloud streaming service basically uses cloud codec based on video codec. Therefore, even if cloud streaming is applied to static screen such as menu display, it is an inefficient way to capture the entire screen and encode to video codec.
- the present invention provides a cloud streaming server 1110 which detects a change between frames and encodes only the detected change region using a still image compression method when the change between frames is not large, such as a menu display screen. ).
- the capturer 1210 captures the change area included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame.
- the video codec-based cloud streaming technique can perform encoding by capturing all frames corresponding to the screen on which the application operates. However, if the change between frames is not large on the screen on which the application is running, the still image encoding is performed by capturing only the change area of the changed frame compared to the previous frame, and the parts except for the change area when displaying on the user's terminal device are the same. It can be displayed in such a way that it is displayed in a simple manner and only the change area is changed.
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame. For example, if the changed area is the A area compared to the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame, only the A area of the screen area corresponding to the changed frame may be captured as the change area.
- the change area may have various characteristics of an image corresponding to the size or the change area according to an input signal input from the user's terminal device.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire sections of the frame to be transmitted to the user's terminal device may be detected, and the change region may be captured at the section having a small frame change.
- the event type of the application generated from the user's terminal device may be detected to detect a section having less frame change.
- an event type of an application may be determined according to an input signal generated from a user terminal device.
- an application is executed such as a menu, an option, or a guide window according to an input signal, a static event having a small change in a frame or a dynamic event in which a frame frequently changes such as a video play and a game play may occur. Therefore, when the user detects an event type with an input signal generated through the terminal device, and if the event type is a static event, a section having a small frame change can be detected among all frame sections corresponding to the corresponding event.
- the encoding unit 1220 selects a still image compression scheme in consideration of any one or more of the size of the cloud streaming server load and the data throughput of the network, and changes corresponding to one frame using the still image compression technique. Encode the region to still image.
- the cloud streaming server load is an action or resource required for the actions taken by the server to achieve any desired effect on the cloud streaming server.
- the cloud streaming server load may be high when encoding or decoding still images corresponding to the change area.
- the limit of cloud streaming server load may vary depending on the hardware devices configuring the server, and if a command is input that exceeds the limit of the cloud streaming server load, a bottleneck may occur that degrades the performance of the server. . Therefore, considering the size of the cloud streaming server load in the cloud streaming service, it is possible to select a still image compression method with a small server load depending on the situation.
- the data throughput of the network is a rate at which data is processed based on the same network band, and a bottleneck may occur when the data throughput of the network and data processing beyond the network band are requested. Therefore, encoding can be performed by selecting a still image compression technique that can check data throughput of a network and reduce data size in a cloud streaming service.
- the change region may be compressed using any one of still image compression techniques of portable network graphics (PNG), portable network graphics (PNG), and joint photography experts group (JPEG).
- PNG portable network graphics
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- PNG still image compression the image quality is good when encoding, but when the bandwidth of the transmission network is low due to the large data size, the transmission speed may be reduced.
- Palletized PNG still image compression reduces the data size of the image during encoding, which guarantees transmission speed, but degrades image quality due to the 8-bit color representation.
- the JPEG still image compression technique has a high compression efficiency and can greatly reduce the amount of data transmitted during encoding. However, the high compression efficiency can cause a large system load when encoding and decoding.
- the JPEG still image compression technique has a relatively higher compression rate than the PNG still image compression technique and the palletized still image compression technique, which can cause a heavy load when encoding on the server or decoding on the client. Therefore, when the cloud streaming server load is not large, it is possible to encode the change region through the JPEG still image compression technique.
- the JPEG still image compression technique can reduce the size of the data because of the good compression ratio, so that the data throughput of the network can be prevented from increasing when the data throughput of the network is high.
- a still image compression method may be selected in consideration of network data throughput. For example, when the size of the cloud streaming server load is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value, one of the PNG still image compression technique and the palletized PNG still image compression technique may be selected to encode the change region. In this case, since the size of the transmitted data may be different depending on which of the PNG still image compression technique and the palletized PNG still image compression technique are selected, the still image compression technique may be selected in consideration of network data throughput.
- the PNG still image compression may be applied to encode the change region.
- the change region is encoded by the PNG still image compression technique
- the quality of the change region provided to the user terminal device may be good, but the service speed may decrease when the bandwidth of the network is low due to the size of the transmitted data. Can be. Therefore, when the network has a low data throughput and a smooth network, the change region may be encoded by a PNG still image compression technique that may improve the image quality of the service.
- the PNG still image compression technique may perform encoding using the PNG still image compression technique to prevent the server from increasing the load.
- the changed region may be encoded by applying a paletted PNG still image compression technique.
- the change region is encoded by applying the paletted PNG still image compression technique, the image quality may be degraded, but the size of the transmitted data may be reduced. Therefore, when there is a potential bottleneck due to the high data throughput of the network, the data transfer amount can be prevented by encoding a change region by selecting a paletted PNG still image compression technique that can reduce the size of the data.
- the order of considering the size of the cloud streaming server load and the data throughput of the network in order to determine the still image compression scheme to encode the change region may be determined differently according to the cloud streaming service.
- the sender 1230 transmits a still image encoded change region to a user to perform a still image based cloud streaming service.
- the compressed change area is transmitted to the terminal device of the user, so that the cloud streaming service may be performed so that the user can feel the application running on the terminal device.
- the storage unit 1240 stores various information generated in the cloud streaming service process according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above.
- the storage unit 1240 may be configured independently of the cloud streaming server 1110 to support a function for a cloud streaming service. At this time, the storage unit 1240 may operate as a separate mass storage, and may include a control function for performing the operation.
- cloud streaming server 1110 configured as described above may be implemented as one or more servers.
- the cloud streaming server 1110 may be equipped with a memory to store information in the device.
- the memory is a computer readable medium.
- the memory may be a volatile memory unit, and for other implementations, the memory may be a nonvolatile memory unit.
- the storage device is a computer readable medium.
- the storage device may include, for example, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, or some other mass storage device.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a still image-based cloud streaming service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service method captures the change region included in the changed frame in comparison with the previous frame (S1310).
- the video codec-based cloud streaming technique can perform encoding by capturing all frames corresponding to the screen on which the application operates. However, if the change between frames is not large on the screen on which the application is running, the still image encoding is performed by capturing only the change area of the changed frame compared to the previous frame, and the parts except for the change area when displaying on the user's terminal device are the same. It can be displayed in such a way that it is displayed in a simple manner and only the change area is changed.
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame. For example, if the changed area is the A area compared to the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame, only the A area of the screen area corresponding to the changed frame may be captured as the change area.
- the change area may have various characteristics of an image corresponding to the size or the change area according to an input signal input from the user's terminal device.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire sections of the frame to be transmitted to the user's terminal device may be detected, and the change region may be captured at the section having a small frame change.
- the event type of the application generated from the user's terminal device may be detected to detect a section having less frame change.
- an event type of an application may be determined according to an input signal generated from a user terminal device.
- an application is executed such as a menu, an option, or a guide window according to an input signal, a static event having a small change in a frame or a dynamic event in which a frame frequently changes such as a video play and a game play may occur. Therefore, when the user detects an event type with an input signal generated through the terminal device, and if the event type is a static event, a section having a small frame change can be detected among all frame sections corresponding to the corresponding event.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service method to select a still image (still image) compression method in consideration of any one or more of the size of the cloud streaming server load and network data throughput, and still image compression
- the change region corresponding to one frame is still image encoded using the technique (S1320).
- the cloud streaming server load is an action or resource required for the actions taken by the server to achieve any desired effect on the cloud streaming server.
- the cloud streaming server load may be high when encoding or decoding still images corresponding to the change area.
- the limit of cloud streaming server load may vary depending on the hardware devices configuring the server, and if a command is input that exceeds the limit of the cloud streaming server load, a bottleneck may occur that degrades the performance of the server. . Therefore, considering the size of the cloud streaming server load in the cloud streaming service, it is possible to select a still image compression method with a small server load depending on the situation.
- the data throughput of the network is a rate at which data is processed based on the same network band, and a bottleneck may occur when the data throughput of the network and data processing beyond the network band are requested. Therefore, encoding can be performed by selecting a still image compression technique that can check data throughput of a network and reduce data size in a cloud streaming service.
- the change region may be compressed using any one of still image compression techniques of portable network graphics (PNG), portable network graphics (PNG), and joint photography experts group (JPEG).
- PNG portable network graphics
- PNG portable network graphics
- JPEG joint photography experts group
- PNG still image compression the image quality is good when encoding, but when the bandwidth of the transmission network is low due to the large data size, the transmission speed may be reduced.
- Palletized PNG still image compression reduces the data size of the image during encoding, which guarantees transmission speed, but degrades image quality due to the 8-bit color representation.
- the JPEG still image compression technique has a high compression efficiency and can greatly reduce the amount of data transmitted during encoding. However, the high compression efficiency can cause a large system load when encoding and decoding.
- the JPEG still image compression technique has a relatively higher compression rate than the PNG still image compression technique and the palletized still image compression technique, which can cause a heavy load when encoding on the server or decoding on the client. Therefore, when the cloud streaming server load is not large, it is possible to encode the change region through the JPEG still image compression technique.
- the JPEG still image compression technique can reduce the size of the data because of the good compression ratio, so that the data throughput of the network can be prevented from increasing when the data throughput of the network is high.
- a still image compression method may be selected in consideration of network data throughput. For example, when the size of the cloud streaming server load is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value, one of the PNG still image compression technique and the palletized PNG still image compression technique may be selected to encode the change region. In this case, since the size of the transmitted data may be different depending on which of the PNG still image compression technique and the palletized PNG still image compression technique are selected, the still image compression technique may be selected in consideration of network data throughput.
- the PNG still image compression may be applied to encode the change region.
- the change region is encoded by the PNG still image compression technique
- the quality of the change region provided to the user terminal device may be good, but the service speed may decrease when the bandwidth of the network is low due to the size of the transmitted data. Can be. Therefore, when the network has a low data throughput and a smooth network, the change region may be encoded by a PNG still image compression technique that may improve the image quality of the service.
- the PNG still image compression technique may perform encoding using the PNG still image compression technique to prevent the server from increasing the load.
- the changed region may be encoded by applying a paletted PNG still image compression technique.
- the change region is encoded by applying the paletted PNG still image compression technique, the image quality may be degraded, but the size of the transmitted data may be reduced. Therefore, when there is a potential bottleneck due to the high data throughput of the network, the data transfer amount can be prevented by encoding a change region by selecting a paletted PNG still image compression technique that can reduce the size of the data.
- the order of considering the size of the cloud streaming server load and the data throughput of the network in order to determine the still image compression scheme to encode the change region may be determined differently according to the cloud streaming service.
- the still image based cloud streaming service method transmits a still image encoded change region to a user to perform a still image based cloud streaming service (S1330).
- the cloud streaming service may be performed to receive a feeling of running an application on the user terminal device by transmitting a still image encoding the compressed change region to the user terminal device.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a still image-based cloud streaming service method in detail according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the still image-based cloud streaming service method first captures a change region included in a changed frame in comparison with a previous frame in a cloud streaming server (S1410).
- the changed area may be captured as the change area in comparison with the screen area corresponding to the previous frame among the screen areas corresponding to the changed frame.
- a section having a small frame change among the entire sections of the frame to be transmitted to the user's terminal device may be detected, and the change region may be captured at the section having a small frame change.
- the event type of the application generated from the user's terminal device may be detected to detect a section having less frame change.
- the cloud streaming server determines whether the size of the load of the cloud streaming server is less than a predetermined reference value (S1415).
- the change area is encoded by the JPEG still image compression technique (S1420).
- the JPEG still image compression technique has a relatively higher compression rate than the PNG still image compression technique and the palletized still image compression technique, which can cause a heavy load when encoding on the server or decoding on the client. Therefore, when the cloud streaming server load is not large, it is possible to encode the change region through the JPEG still image compression technique.
- step S1415 If it is determined in step S1415 that the load of the cloud streaming server load is greater than or equal to a preset reference value, it is determined whether the data throughput of the network is less than the preset throughput (S1425).
- the change region is encoded by PNG still image compression (S1430). If the change region is encoded using the PNG still image compression technique, the quality of the change region provided to the user terminal device may be good, but the service speed may be lowered when the bandwidth of the network is low due to the size of the transmitted data. Therefore, when the network has a low data throughput and a smooth network, the change region may be encoded by a PNG still image compression technique that may improve the image quality of the service.
- step S1425 If it is determined in step S1425 that the data throughput of the network is greater than or equal to the preset throughput, the change region is encoded by using a paletted PNG still image compression technique (S1440).
- a paletted PNG still image compression technique S1440
- the image quality may be degraded, but the size of the transmitted data may be reduced. Therefore, when there is a potential bottleneck due to the high data throughput of the network, the data transfer amount can be prevented by encoding a change region by selecting a paletted PNG still image compression technique that can reduce the size of the data.
- the cloud streaming server delivers the still image encoded change region to the user (S1450).
- the cloud streaming service may be performed to receive a feeling of running an application on the user terminal device by transmitting a still image encoding the compressed change region to the user terminal device.
- Computer-readable media suitable for storing computer program instructions and data include, for example, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, such as magnetic disks, compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), and DVDs.
- Optical Media such as Digital Video Disk, Magnetic-Optical Media such as Floppy Disk, and Read Only Memory, RAM, Random Semiconductor memories such as access memory (EPM), flash memory, erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), and electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM).
- the processor and memory can be supplemented by or integrated with special purpose logic circuitry.
- Examples of program instructions may include high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter as well as machine code such as produced by a compiler.
- Such hardware devices may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.
- a change region included in a changed frame is captured in comparison with a previous frame, a still image compression technique is selected in consideration of at least one of a size of the change region and an image property corresponding to the change region, and the selected still image is selected.
- Still image encoding may be performed on a change region corresponding to one frame using a compression technique, and the still image encoded change region may be transmitted to a user to perform a still image based cloud streaming service.
- cloud streaming service providers save resources that require bandwidth expansion because they can maximize streaming compression efficiency through still image-based cloud streaming services and provide cloud streaming services to faster and more users over the same band. It can provide efficient service to users.
- the present invention it is possible to capture a change region included in a changed frame compared to a previous frame, and to capture still regions according to an image type determined by considering one or more of the number of colors of an image corresponding to the change region and a standard deviation of image pixel values.
- Select still image compression technique use still image compression technique to select still image encoding change area corresponding to one frame, and send still image encoded change region to user for cloud streaming based on still image You can perform the service.
- cloud streaming service providers can provide resources that require bandwidth expansion because they can maximize streaming compression efficiency through image streaming services and provide cloud streaming services to faster and more users through the same band. It can provide efficient service to users while saving.
- the present invention captures the change region included in the changed frame compared to the previous frame, and selects a still image compression scheme in consideration of any one or more of the size of the cloud streaming server load and the data throughput of the network, the selected still A still image based cloud streaming service may be performed by still image encoding a change region corresponding to one frame using an image compression technique and transmitting the still image encoded change region to a user.
- cloud streaming service providers save resources that require bandwidth expansion because they can maximize streaming compression efficiency through still image-based cloud streaming services and provide cloud streaming services to faster and more users over the same band. It can provide efficient service to users.
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- 이전 프레임과 비교하여 변화된 프레임에 포함된 변화 영역을 캡처하는 캡처부;상기 변화 영역의 사이즈 및 상기 변화 영역에 상응하는 이미지 성질 중 어느 하나 이상을 고려하여 스틸 이미지(still image) 압축 기법을 선택하고, 상기 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 이용하여 하나의 프레임에 상응하는 상기 변화 영역을 스틸 이미지 인코딩하는 인코딩부; 및스틸 이미지 인코딩된 상기 변화 영역을 상기 사용자에게 전송하여 스틸 이미지 기반의 클라우드 스트리밍 서비스를 수행하는 센딩부를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는PNG(portable network graphics), 팔렛티드 PNG(portable network graphics) 및 JPEG(joint photography experts group) 중 어느 하나의 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 이용하여 상기 변화 영역을 압축하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 2에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 변화 영역의 사이즈가 기설정된 기준값 미만인 경우 상기 PNG 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 적용하여 상기 변화 영역을 인코딩하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 3에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 변화 영역의 사이즈가 상기 기준값 이상인 경우 상기 이미지 성질을 고려하여 상기 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 선택하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 2에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 이미지 성질이 자연 이미지(natural image)인 경우 상기 JPEG 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 적용하여 상기 변화 영역을 인코딩하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 5에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 변화 영역의 사이즈가 기설정된 기준값 이상이고, 상기 이미지 성질이 합성 이미지(synthetic image)인 경우 상기 팔렛티드 PNG 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 적용하여 상기 변화 영역을 인코딩하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 6에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 이미지 성질이 상기 자연 이미지와 상기 합성 이미지(synthetic image)가 혼합된 이미지인 경우, 상기 변화 영역 중 상기 자연 이미지에 상응하는 영역과 상기 변화 영역 중 상기 합성 이미지에 상응하는 영역을 비교하여 더 많은 영역에 상응하는 이미지 성질에 따라 상기 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 선택하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 캡처부는상기 변화된 프레임에 상응하는 화면 영역 중 상기 이전 프레임에 상응하는 화면 영역과 비교하여 변화된 영역을 상기 변화 영역으로 캡처하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 8에 있어서,상기 캡처부는상기 사용자의 단말 장치로 전송될 프레임 전체 구간 중 프레임 변화가 적은 구간을 검출하고, 상기 프레임 변화가 적은 구간에서 상기 변화 영역을 캡처하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 9에 있어서,상기 캡처부는상기 사용자의 단말 장치로부터 발생하는 어플리케이션의 이벤트 유형을 감지하여 상기 프레임 변화가 적은 구간을 검출하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 이전 프레임과 비교하여 변화된 프레임에 포함된 변화 영역을 캡처하는 캡처부;상기 변화 영역에 상응하는 이미지의 컬러 개수 및 이미지 화소값의 표준 편차 중 하나 이상을 고려하여 결정한 이미지 타입에 따라 스틸 이미지(still image) 압축 기법을 선택하고, 상기 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 이용하여 하나의 프레임에 상응하는 상기 변화 영역을 스틸 이미지 인코딩하는 인코딩부; 및스틸 이미지 인코딩된 상기 변화 영역을 상기 사용자에게 전송하여 스틸 이미지 기반의 클라우드 스트리밍 서비스를 수행하는 센딩부를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 11에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는자연 이미지(natural image) 및 합성 이미지(synthetic image) 중 어느 하나의 이미지 타입에 따라 상기 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 선택하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 12에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 변화 영역에 상응하는 상기 이미지의 컬러 개수가 기설정된 기준 개수를 초과하는 경우 상기 이미지 타입을 상기 자연 이미지로 결정하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 13에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 변화 영역에 상응하는 상기 이미지의 컬러 개수가 상기 기설정된 기준 개수 이하인 경우 상기 변화 영역에 상응하는 상기 이미지 화소값의 표준 편차를 고려하여 상기 이미지 타입을 결정하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 14에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 변화 영역에 상응하는 상기 이미지의 컬러 개수가 상기 기설정된 기준 개수 이하이고, 상기 변화 영역에 상응하는 상기 이미지 화소값의 표준 편차가 기설정된 기준 값 이하인 경우 상기 이미지 타입을 상기 합성 이미지로 결정하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 이전 프레임과 비교하여 변화된 프레임에 포함된 변화 영역을 캡처하는 캡처부;클라우드 스트리밍 서버 부하의 크기 및 네트워크의 데이터 처리율 중 어느 하나 이상을 고려하여 스틸 이미지(still image) 압축 기법을 선택하고, 상기 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 이용하여 하나의 프레임에 상응하는 상기 변화 영역을 스틸 이미지 인코딩하는 인코딩부; 및스틸 이미지 인코딩된 상기 변화 영역을 상기 사용자에게 전송하여 스틸 이미지 기반의 클라우드 스트리밍 서비스를 수행하는 센딩부를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 16에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는PNG(portable network graphics), 팔렛티드 PNG(portable network graphics) 및 JPEG(joint photography experts group) 중 어느 하나의 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 이용하여 상기 변화 영역을 압축하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 17에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 클라우드 스트리밍 서버 부하의 크기가 기설정된 기준값 미만인 경우 상기 JPEG 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 적용하여 상기 변화 영역을 인코딩하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 18에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 클라우드 스트리밍 서버 부하의 크기가 상기 기설정된 기준값 이상인 경우 상기 네트워크의 데이터 처리율을 고려하여 상기 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 선택하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
- 청구항 17에 있어서,상기 인코딩부는상기 네트워크의 데이터 처리율이 기설정된 처리율 미만인 경우 상기 PNG 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 적용하여 상기 변화 영역을 인코딩하고, 상기 클라우드 스트리밍 서버 부하의 크기가 기설정된 기준값 이상이고,상기 네트워크의 데이터 처리율이 상기 기설정된 처리율 이상인 경우 상기 팔렛티드 PNG 스틸 이미지 압축 기법을 적용하여 상기 변화 영역을 인코딩하는 것을 특징으로 하는 클라우드 스트리밍 서버.
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