WO2019124897A1

WO2019124897A1 - System and method for sns live broadcast of drone-captured video

Info

Publication number: WO2019124897A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/015983
Authority: WO
Inventors: 홍성호
Original assignee: 주식회사 호그린에어
Priority date: 2017-12-19
Filing date: 2018-12-17
Publication date: 2019-06-27
Also published as: KR20190073970A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for social network service (SNS) live broadcast of a drone-captured video. The system for SNS live broadcast of a drone-captured video comprises: a drone equipped with a camera and a wireless communication unit; an integrated management server for receiving video data captured by the camera of the drone and transmitted by the wireless communication unit of the drone through an LTE communication network; and an SNS server for receiving the video data transmitted by the integrated management server and broadcasting live the same on the SNS.

Description

Live system and method of drone shooting video in SNS

The present invention relates to a live streaming system and method of a drone shot image in a SNS, and more particularly, to a live streaming service on a SNS by using various images according to flight mode using a drone, And more particularly, to a live streaming system and method of a drone shooting image in an SNS capable of stabilizing the data transmission amount and data reception and controlling the flight control of the drone using LTE communication.

With the development of Internet communication technology, the use of smart phones has been activated, and the use of communication via SNS (Social Networking Service, hereinafter referred to as "SNS") is rapidly increasing. SNS is a service that enables users to form a human network on the web, and typically includes Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

The development and dissemination of this SNS technology has lowered the barriers of communication between people and regions, which are obstacles to communication, and narrowed the distance between people using the Internet.

The use of SNS is becoming more and more diverse. The diverse photos and contents of users exposed through SNS are attracting much attention to each other.

On the other hand, various aerial photographs are acquired using drone, which is a unmanned airplane.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1708037 (Patent Document 1) discloses a method of capturing images by a drones-connected CCTV apparatus, in which the camera captures an image of a preset photographing range in a fixed state where the camera is landed on a pole by taking off and flying Photographing; Identifying a tracked subject in the image; And tracking and tracking the tracking subject when the tracking subject is out of the predetermined photographing range, wherein the droned CCTV device is configured to fly in the fixed state from the pole, The battery is charged with electric energy from the battery, and when the battery is taken off from the pole, the battery is charged with the energy of the battery. Thus, the image capturing method of the CCTV apparatus can be expanded.

However, Patent Document 1 discloses only a technique of shooting a video image by being connected to a CCTV apparatus using a drone, and there is no technology for live-broadcasting an image shot by a drone in the SNS, It is necessary to develop a technology that can be used.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a live streaming system and method of a drone shot image in a SNS in which various images can be broadcasted in real time on the SNS using a drone.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a live streaming system for a drone image in a SNS, including: a drone equipped with a camera and equipped with a wireless communication unit;

An integrated management server receiving image data photographed by the drones camera transmitted by the wireless communication unit of the drones via the LTE communication network; And

And an SNS server that receives the image data transmitted from the integrated management server and broadcasts the image data to a Social Network Service (SNS).

Here, the dron may be a camera; A drone drive for driving the flight of the drone; A first wireless communication unit for connecting to an LTE communication network; And a first control unit for controlling the camera, the drone driving unit, and the wireless communication unit,

The integrated management server includes a second wireless communication unit for accessing an LTE communication network; And a second control unit for controlling the wireless communication unit.

The second control unit of the integrated management server transmits control data for operating the drones to the drones through the LTE communication network in the second wireless communication unit,

The drones are characterized in that they receive the control data of the integrated management server in the first wireless communication unit, control the drone driving unit in the first control unit to fly the drones, and drive the camera to take an image .

Further, in the present invention, the integrated management server transmits flight control data and shooting control data for controlling the operation of the drone through the LTE communication network,

The drones control the flight of the drone with the received flight control data, and photographs the dron with a camera of the dron with the received photographing control data.

Here, the flight control data is at least one flight control data among a take-off, a landing, a predetermined distance for moving to a place to take a picture, and a flight for taking a picture,

And the photographing control data is photographing control data for photographing by driving the camera when the drones reach a place to be photographed.

The flight control data may include at least one of a plurality of flight patterns that the drones fly while photographing the camera while driving the camera, and may include control data that a drone can fly.

A method of broadcasting a droned image in an SNS according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: a) transmitting request data for live-broadcasting an image photographed at a drones to an integrated management server in an SNS server;

b) transmitting the control data through the LTE communication network to the integrated management server receiving the live request data;

c) photographing the dron which has received the control data by flying and operating with the camera;

d) transmitting data of the image photographed by the drone to the integrated management server through the LTE communication network;

e) the integrated management server transmitting the received image data to the SNS server; And

f) The SNS server is configured to live-broadcast an image photographed by the drone on the SNS.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a real-time live-broadcast service on the SNS using various images according to the flight mode using the drone.

In addition, the present invention has advantages in that a fast data transmission rate and data reception are stable by utilizing an LTE communication network, and there is an advantage that a flight control of a drones can be controlled using LTE communication.

1 is a configuration diagram of a live-broadcast system of a drone image in the SNS according to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a live streaming system of a drone image in the SNS according to the present invention;

3 is a diagram for explaining data flow between a drones, an integrated management server, and an SNS server according to the present invention;

4 is a conceptual diagram for explaining operation of the drones in the integrated management server according to the present invention.

The symbols used in the drawings are as follows.

100: Drones 110: LTE communication network

101, 202: wireless communication network 102, 201: control unit

103: camera 104: dron driver

200: Integrated management server 300: SNS server

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

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Before describing the embodiments, it is to be understood that the following examples are intended to illustrate one example of implementing the arrangements in the claims, as there may be many ways to implement the arrangements of the claims of the invention I will. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention is not limited by the following examples.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a live streaming system of a drone image in an SNS according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a live streaming system of a drone image in an SNS according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a live-broadcast system of a drone image in an SNS according to the present invention includes a dron 100 equipped with a camera and equipped with a wireless communication unit; An integrated management server 200 receiving the image data photographed by the camera of the drones 100 transmitted from the wireless communication unit of the drones 100 through the LTE communication network 110; And an SNS server 300 receiving the video data transmitted from the integrated management server 200 and broadcasting the video data to a Social Network Service (SNS).

The drone 100 shoots a specific area with a camera while flying a specific area.

Here, the specific area may be a region where a special event such as a ballroom, an athletic field, a sales hall, a graduation ceremony, a performance hall or the like occurs, or an area where a viewer wants to live, such as a farmland, a sea farm, or a sightseeing spot.

The LTE communication network 110 communicates with 4G mobile communication technology LTE. LTE offers speeds of over 1Gbps (1000Mbps) at idle, and 100Mbps or faster at high speeds of more than 60km, which allows users to download 700MB movies in three minutes from a car running at 120km per hour.

Therefore, since the image data captured by the camera of the drone 100 transmitted to the LTE communication network 110 has a fast and stable transmission speed, the present invention allows the image captured by the drones 100 to be transmitted in real time will be.

The integrated management server 200 receives the image data photographed by the camera of the drone 100 and performs a basic function of transmitting the received image data to the SNS server 300.

The integrated management server 200 controls operations of the drones 100 such as take-off and landing of the drones 100, flight paths, camera operations, and wireless communications.

In addition, the integrated management server 200 receives data on a live streaming request for an image photographed by the drones 100 from the SNS server 300, and controls the operation of the drones 100.

The SNS server 300 is a server of a person who operates a social network service, and broadcasts an image photographed by the drone 100 in conjunction with the SNS account of the member terminal.

Here, the SNS server 300 provides services such as networking, communication, media sharing, and message delivery.

In social network services, users can exchange media objects such as photos, music, and music videos in addition to drones (100) video images by sending and receiving messages, performing live communication in public, sharing media, It is possible to use as.

The type of the SNS provided by the SNS server 300 is not particularly limited, and may be Kakao Talk, Line, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and the like.

In addition, YouTube can upload a video file and share it with others.

On the other hand, the image data photographed by the drone can be transmitted as an RF signal or LTE.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the drones 100 include a camera 103; A drone driving part 104 for driving the flight of the drones 100; A first wireless communication unit 101 for connecting to the LTE communication network 110; And a first control unit (102) for controlling the camera (103), the drone driving unit (104) and the first wireless communication unit (101).

The integrated management server 200 includes a second wireless communication unit 202 (202) connected to the LTE communication network 110; And a second control unit (201) for controlling the second wireless communication unit (202).

The second control unit 201 of the integrated management server 200 transmits the control data for operating the drones 100 from the second wireless communication unit 202 thereof to the drones 100 through the LTE communication network 110 do.

The drones 100 receive the control data of the integrated management server 200 from the first wireless communication unit 101 and control the drones 104 in the first control unit 102 to fly the drones 100, And drives the camera 103 to shoot an image.

3 is a diagram for explaining data flow between a drones, an integrated management server, and an SNS server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a method of broadcasting the image of the drone according to the present invention in the SNS is as follows. First, the request data for broadcasting the image photographed by the drones is transmitted from the SNS server to the integrated management server.

Then, the integrated management server receiving the live request data transmits the control data to the DRON via the LTE communication network.

Then, the drones that receive the control data fly and photograph them by operating with a camera, and transmit data of the images photographed by the drones to the integrated management server through the LTE communication network.

Then, the integrated management server delivers the received image data to the SNS server, and the SNS server broadcasts the image photographed by the dron on the SNS.

4, the integrated management server 200 transmits flight control data and photographing control data for controlling the operation of the drone 100 through the LTE communication network 110, and the drone 100 transmits the received flight control data Controls the flight of the rodron 100, and shoots the captured shooting control data with the camera of the drones 100.

Here, the integrated management server 200 performs flight control of the drone 100 and photographing control of the camera.

That is, the integrated management server 200 performs at least one flight control of taking out of the drones 100, landing, a predetermined distance for moving to a place to take a picture, and a flight for photographing, The camera is driven to perform photographing control for photographing.

At this time, the flying distance of the drones 100 during shooting is smaller than the total flying distance of the drones 100. In other words, it is better not to carry out camera shooting at least when taking off and landing, and if the camera is taken live during takeoff and landing, the video image is fixed in one place and images other than live images are provided, It can make viewers feel dissatisfied.

Further, in the present invention, in the photographing control in which the camera is driven and photographed when the drones 100 reach a place to take a photograph, various set flight patterns (in other words, 'flight mode') (at least one of a plurality of flight patterns Pattern) of the drones 100 so that the images of the photographing sites can be precisely and variously implemented.

That is, the control data transmitted from the integrated management server 200 selects at least one of a plurality of flight patterns that the drones 100 fly while photographing the camera while driving the camera, and the control data that the drones 100 can fly .

At this time, the dragon 100 may further include a flight pattern storage unit storing a plurality of flight patterns. The control data transmitted from the integrated management server 200 may be transmitted to the first control unit 102 of the drone 100 The first control unit 102 sends control data to the drone driving unit 104 to extract one of the plurality of flight patterns stored in the flight pattern storage unit, So that the camera can take a picture.

Here, the flight pattern can be a flight of the dron 100 in the form of one of 'd', 'O', 'k', 'S', 'Z', 'Y', 'W' It is a pattern.

In addition, while the drones 100 are flying in a flight pattern, only the propeller of the drones 100 is driven in place without moving, so that it is possible to capture important live viewpoints and places intensively by photographing in the stopped state .

Also in this case, the control data transmitted from the integrated management server 200 includes control data allowing the drones 100 to stay in place.

Here, it is preferable that the drones 100 are held in place for 1 to 20 seconds. That is, when the drone 100 is in a position of 1 second or less, it is insufficient to shoot an important point and place, and if it exceeds 20 seconds, the viewer can be bored.

Accordingly, the present invention can provide real-time live streaming service on SNS (Social Network Services / sites, SNS) using various images according to flight mode using the drone 100. [

The present invention is advantageous in that a fast data transmission rate and data reception are stable by utilizing the LTE communication network 110, and even the flight control of the drones 100 can be controlled by LTE communication.

In addition, the present invention can adaptively provide a photographing service based on an automatic flight mode.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art.

Claims

A dron equipped with a camera and equipped with a wireless communication unit;

An integrated management server receiving image data photographed by the drones camera transmitted by the wireless communication unit of the drones via the LTE communication network; And

And an SNS server for receiving the image data transmitted from the integrated management server and broadcasting the image data to a Social Network Service (SNS).
The method according to claim 1,

The dron includes a camera; A drone drive for driving the flight of the drone; A first wireless communication unit for connecting to an LTE communication network; And a first control unit for controlling the camera, the drone driving unit, and the wireless communication unit,

The integrated management server includes a second wireless communication unit for accessing an LTE communication network; And a second control unit for controlling the wireless communication unit.
3. The method of claim 2,

The second control unit of the integrated management server transmits control data for operating the drones to the drones through the LTE communication network in the second wireless communication unit,

Wherein the drones receive the control data of the integrated management server in the first wireless communication unit and control the drone driving unit in the first control unit to fly the drones and drive the camera to shoot an image Live streaming system of drones in SNS.
The method according to claim 1,

The integrated management server transmits flight control data and photographing control data for controlling the operation of the drone through the LTE communication network,

Wherein the drones control the flight of the drone with the received flight control data and photographs the drones with the received photographing control data from the camera of the drones.
5. The method of claim 4,

Wherein the flight control data is at least one flight control data among a flight for taking off and landing, a predetermined distance for moving to a place to take a picture, and a flight for taking a picture,

Wherein the photographing control data is photographing control data for photographing the camera by driving the camera when the dron reaches a location to be photographed.
6. The method of claim 5,

Wherein the flight control data includes at least one of a plurality of flight patterns that the drones fly while photographing the camera while driving the camera, and includes control data that the dron can fly.
a) transmitting requested data for live-broadcasting the image photographed by the drone member to the member terminal from the SNS server to the integrated management server;

b) transmitting the control data through the LTE communication network to the integrated management server receiving the live request data;

c) photographing the dron which has received the control data by flying and operating with the camera;

d) transmitting data of the image photographed by the drone to the integrated management server through the LTE communication network;

e) the integrated management server transmitting the received image data to the SNS server; And

f) The SNS server broadcasts the image photographed by the drones on the SNS.