WO2022260264A1 - Real-time video relay device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a real-time video relay device and method, the device comprising: a photography request acquisition unit, which receives a photography request from a user terminal to acquire photography request information including an input location; a photography area setting unit for setting a photography area on the basis of the input location; a photographer determination unit for providing, to the user terminal ,a plurality of photography spots located in the photography area, providing, to the user terminal, a plurality of photographer terminals capable of performing photography in the vicinity of the photography spots selected by the user terminal from the plurality of photography spots, and calling the photographer terminals selected, by means of the user terminal, from the plurality of photographer terminals; and a captured video provision unit for providing, in real time, the videos captured by means of the photographer terminals to the user terminal in response to the photography request from the user terminal.

Description

Real-time video relay device and method

The present invention relates to a real-time video relay apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a real-time video relay apparatus and method in which a photographer captures a video reflecting user's requirements in real time and provides it to a user.

In 2019, COVID-19, an infectious disease (Infection, Infectious Disease), first occurred in Wuhan, China, and has since spread throughout China and around the world, causing many confirmed cases and casualties until recently. Microorganisms are transmitted to living organisms and proliferate to cause diseases, and are generated through various pathways such as contact with other people.

Due to this, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Corona 19 a pandemic, the highest warning level of infectious diseases, a pandemic.

Due to these, corona pendemic, many people have not been able to travel abroad. Even if you travel abroad, you will be subject to inconvenience and time constraints due to self-isolation for 2 weeks upon entry into Korea and self-isolation at the destination. In addition, due to immigration restrictions in each country to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, flights are currently on the decline. Accordingly, people's desire to travel is occurring due to travel restrictions caused by the corona crisis.

On the other hand, efforts to relieve the travel desire caused by the prolonged corona pendemic are developing into a culture of 'lan line travel' enjoyed at home.

A video service in the form of 'lan line trip' is being serviced on a number of SNS and video media platforms, but there are many limitations. In other words, in order to meet the user's needs in online travel, it is necessary to share the screen that is filmed in real time at the time and place desired by the user. So far, content related to online travel is simply reprocessed and uploaded by the photographer. As a result, a lot of time, money, and labor were required to complete the content production. In addition, there is a limit to the immediate response to user requirements, and there is a problem in that it is impossible to match the desired time zone, location, and shooting composition.

[Prior art literature]

(Patent Document 1) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1457529

(Patent Document 2) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0038735

The present specification has been devised to solve the above problems, and an object of the present specification is to provide a real-time video relay device and method that allows a user to request a shooting by selecting a photographer at a desired place on a map of an application.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for relaying real-time video that does not require a user's requirements to be reflected and does not require a reprocessing operation that causes time and cost.

According to one embodiment of the present specification to achieve the above object, the real-time video relay device according to the present specification receives a photographing request from a user terminal and obtains a photographing request for obtaining photographing request information including an input location. wealth; a shooting area setting unit configured to set a shooting area based on the input location; A plurality of photographing spots located in the photographing region are provided to the user terminal, and a plurality of photographer terminals capable of photographing near a photographing spot selected by the user terminal among the plurality of photographing spots are provided to the user terminal. a photographer determining unit calling a photographer terminal selected by the user terminal among photographer terminals; and a captured video providing unit that provides the video captured by the photographer terminal to the user terminal in real time according to a photographing request from the user terminal.

Preferably, the captured video providing unit provides a shooting direction selection icon to the user terminal, and when the user selects a specific direction from the shooting direction selection icon, provides a pop-up image corresponding to the selected direction to the photographer's terminal. to be characterized

Preferably, the photographing request acquisition unit acquires the input location based on coordinates input from the user terminal or obtains the input location from a search word input from the user terminal.

Preferably, a shooting request log including at least one shooting request information is collected, at least one shooting spot is selected from among the plurality of shooting spots based on the shooting request log, and a preferred shooting location is selected based on the selected shooting spot. It is characterized in that it further comprises a preferred location determining unit for determining information.

Preferably, the preferred shooting location determination unit determines, as the preferred shooting location information, a shooting spot selected the most during a predetermined period among a plurality of shooting spots included in the shooting area.

Preferably, the preferred shooting location determining unit determines the preferred shooting location information based on a search word input from the user terminal.

Preferably, the preferred shooting location determination unit determines, among a plurality of shooting spots included in the shooting region, a shooting spot at which a moving picture associated with the unique information can be taken as the preferred shooting location information by referring to the original information in the shooting region. It is characterized by doing.

Preferably, the preferred filming location determination unit selects a filming spot from among a plurality of filming spots included in the filming area where a spot for which an advertisement contract is concluded is capable of being photographed, when a spot for which an advertisement contract is concluded exists within the filming area. It is characterized in that the decision is made based on the preferred location information.

Preferably, the captured video providing unit provides at least a part of a pre-stored advertisement video to the user terminal while buffering the video.

Preferably, the preferred shooting location determining unit outputs an indicator on the display of the user terminal 110 in the direction in which the sound signal is input, using a result of processing a sound signal input to the photographer terminal from the outside of the photographer terminal. and when other photographer terminals existing in the shooting spot are photographing a specific location, the specific location is determined as a preferred shooting location, and when a voice signal of the photographer is input to the photographer terminal from the outside of the photographer terminal, the photographer terminal It is characterized in that a location where the photo was taken through a camera that is not currently in use is determined as a preferred location.

According to one embodiment of the present specification, a method performed by a real-time video relay device according to the present specification includes a photographing request obtaining step of receiving a photographing request from a user terminal and acquiring photographing request information including an input location; a capturing region setting step of setting a capturing region based on the input location; A plurality of photographing spots located in the photographing region are provided to the user terminal, and a plurality of photographer terminals capable of photographing near a photographing spot selected by the user terminal among the plurality of photographing spots are provided to the user terminal. a photographer terminal selection step of calling a photographer terminal selected by the user terminal among photographer terminals; and providing a video captured by the photographer terminal to the user terminal in real time according to a photographing request from the user terminal.

Preferably, a shooting request log including at least one shooting request information is collected, at least one shooting spot is selected from among the plurality of shooting spots based on the shooting request log, and a preferred shooting location is selected based on the selected shooting spot. It is characterized in that it further comprises a step of determining the preferred location for determining the information.

Preferably, the video providing step is characterized in that the video received from the photographer's terminal is buffered by periodically detecting network delays and errors.

A computer program stored in a computer readable recording medium is provided to execute the method according to the present invention.

As described above, according to the present specification, by providing a real-time video relay device and method that is operated based on map location and connects a user and a photographer in a P2P (Peer to Peer) method, the user can view a video in a desired composition at a desired location. can be seen in real time, so you can fully feel the vivid scene, and the use time per case is short, so there is little burden on using the application.

In addition, the photographer can focus more on providing real-time service quality without feeling the burden of reflecting the user's requirements and not going through the existing time-consuming and costly reprocessing work.

In addition, users can use the service regardless of country or race because they can convey their requirements to the photographer and receive images through direction signs with high attention, rather than text and audio media.

1 is a diagram showing an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram for explaining the internal configuration of a user terminal and a server in one embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of a processor according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an example screen for explaining a method of setting coordinates of an input position according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is an exemplary screen for explaining a method of instructing a photographer terminal of a direction selected by a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

6 to 8 are signal flow diagrams illustrating a real-time video relay method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9A to 9E are diagrams showing other embodiments according to the present invention.

It should be noted that technical terms used in this specification are only used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, technical terms used in this specification should be interpreted in terms commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless specifically defined otherwise in this specification, and are overly inclusive. It should not be interpreted in a positive sense or in an excessively reduced sense. In addition, when the technical terms used in this specification are incorrect technical terms that do not accurately express the spirit of the present invention, they should be replaced with technical terms that those skilled in the art can correctly understand. In addition, general terms used in the present invention should be interpreted as defined in advance or according to context, and should not be interpreted in an excessively reduced sense.

Also, singular expressions used in this specification include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, terms such as "consisting of" or "comprising" should not be construed as necessarily including all of the various components or steps described in the specification, and some of the components or some of the steps It should be construed that it may not be included, or may further include additional components or steps.

In addition, the suffixes "module" and "unit" for the components used in this specification are given or used together in consideration of ease of writing the specification, and do not have meanings or roles that are distinguished from each other by themselves.

Also, terms including ordinal numbers such as first and second used in this specification may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. These terms are only used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, a first element may be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element may be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

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310: shooting request acquisition unit 320: shooting area setting unit

330: Photographer determining unit 340: Recording video providing unit

350: Preferred filming location determination unit 360: Point payment unit

370: rating management department

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the same or similar components are given the same reference numerals regardless of reference numerals, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings are only for the purpose of easily understanding the spirit of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the spirit of the present invention by the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The network environment of FIG. 1 shows an example including a user terminal 110, a plurality of photographer terminals 120, a server 130, and a network 140. 1 is an example for explaining the invention, and the number of photographer terminals or servers is not limited as in FIG. 1 .

The user terminal 110 and the plurality of photographer terminals 120 may be fixed terminals implemented as computer devices or mobile terminals. Examples of the user terminal 110 and the plurality of photographer terminals 120 include a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation device, a computer, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a portable multimedia player (PMP). , tablet PC, etc. For example, the user terminal 110 may communicate with the plurality of photographer terminals 120 and/or the server 130 through the network 140 using a wireless or wired communication method.

The communication method is not limited, and short-distance wireless communication between devices as well as a communication method utilizing a communication network (eg, a mobile communication network, a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, and a broadcasting network) that the network 140 may include may also be included. For example, the network 140 may include a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a broadband network (BBN). , one or more arbitrary networks such as the Internet. In addition, the network 140 may include any one or more of network topologies including a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star-bus network, a tree or a hierarchical network, and the like. Not limited.

The server 130 is implemented as a computer device or a plurality of computer devices that communicate with the user terminal 110 and the plurality of photographer terminals 120 through the network 140 to provide commands, codes, files, contents, services, and the like. It can be.

For example, the server 130 may provide a file for installing an application to the user terminal 110 and the plurality of photographer terminals 120 accessed through the network 140 . In this case, the user terminal 110 and the plurality of photographer terminals 120 may install applications using files provided from the server 130 . In addition, each of the user terminal 110 and the plurality of photographer terminals 120 provides information to the server 130 under the control of an operating system (OS) and at least one program (for example, a browser or an installed application). By accessing, a service or content provided by the server 130 may be provided. For example, when the user terminal 110 transmits a service access request to the server 130 through the network 140 under the control of an application, the server 130 selects a plurality of photographers by the user terminal 110. One of the terminals 120 is selected, and a video taken by the selected photographer terminal 120 is delivered to the user terminal 110 in real time, and the user terminal 110 can display the video according to the control of the application. . As another example, the server 130 may establish a communication session for data transmission and reception, and route data transmission and reception between the user terminal 110 and the plurality of photographer terminals 120 through the established communication session.

2 is a block diagram illustrating internal configurations of a user terminal and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2 , internal configurations of the user terminal 110 and the server 130 are described. The plurality of photographer terminals 120 may also have the same or similar internal structure as the user terminal 110 .

The user terminal 110 and the server 130 may include memories 211 and 221 , processors 212 and 222 , communication modules 213 and 223 , and input/ output interfaces 214 and 224 . The memories 211 and 221 are computer-readable recording media and may include a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), and a permanent mass storage device such as a disk drive. In addition, the memories 211 and 221 may store an operating system and at least one program code (for example, a browser installed and driven in the user terminal 110 or a code for the above-described application). These software components may be loaded from a computer-readable recording medium separate from the memories 211 and 221 using a drive mechanism. The separate computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, a disk, a tape, a DVD/CD-ROM drive, and a memory card. In another embodiment, software components may be loaded into the memories 211 and 221 through the communication modules 213 and 223 rather than computer-readable recording media. For example, at least one program is a program that is installed by files provided by developers or a file distribution system (for example, the server 130 described above) that distributes installation files of applications through the network 140 (for example, It may be loaded into the memories 211 and 221 based on the above-described application).

The processors 212 and 222 may be configured to process commands of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. Instructions may be provided to processors 212 and 222 by memories 211 and 221 or communication modules 213 and 223 . For example, the processors 212 and 222 may be configured to execute instructions received according to program codes stored in a recording device such as the memories 211 and 221 .

The communication modules 213 and 223 may provide a function for the user terminal 110 and the server 130 to communicate with each other through the network 140, and the plurality of photographer terminals 120 and the server 130 may communicate with each other. Ability to communicate can be provided. For example, a request generated by the processor 212 of the user terminal 110 according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 211 is transmitted to the server 130 through the network 140 under the control of the communication module 213. ) can be transmitted. Conversely, control signals, commands, contents, files, etc. provided under the control of the processor 222 of the server 130 pass through the communication module 223 and the network 140 to the communication module 213 of the user terminal 110. ) through the user terminal 110 may be received. For example, control signals or commands of the server 130 received through the communication module 213 may be transferred to the processor 212 or memory 211, and content or files may be further transferred to the user terminal 110. It can be stored in a storage medium that can include.

The input/ output interfaces 214 and 224 may be means for interface with the input/output device 215 . For example, the input device may include a device such as a keyboard or mouse, and the output device may include a device such as a display for displaying a communication session of an application. As another example, the input/output interface 214 may be a means for interface with a device in which functions for input and output are integrated into one, such as a touch screen. As a more specific example, the processor 212 of the user terminal 110 processes a command of a computer program loaded into the memory 211, a service configured using data provided by the server 130 or the photographer terminal 120. A screen or content may be displayed on the display through the input/output interface 214 .

Also, in other embodiments, the user terminal 110 and the server 130 may include more components than those shown in FIG. 2 . However, there is no need to clearly show most of the prior art components. For example, the user terminal 110 is implemented to include at least some of the aforementioned input/output devices 215 or other components such as a transceiver, a global positioning system (GPS) module, a camera, various sensors, and a database. may further include.

3 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of a processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The processor 222 may include a web browser or application capable of outputting a web page provided from online. The configuration for performing the real-time video relay function according to an embodiment of the present invention in the processor 222 includes a shooting request acquisition unit 310, a shooting area setting unit 320, and a photographer determining unit as shown in FIG. 330), a captured video providing unit 340, a preferred filming location determining unit 350, a point payment unit 360, and a rating management unit 370. Depending on embodiments, components of the processor 222 may be selectively included in or excluded from the processor 222 . Also, components of the processor 222 may be separated or merged to express functions of the processor 222 according to embodiments.

The photographing request acquisition unit 310 receives a photographing request from the user terminal 110 and obtains photographing request information including an input location. Specifically, in the map view mode of the electronic map as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the user moves the search circle 410 on the electronic map to set the coordinates of the input position, or in FIG. 4 (b) Coordinates of the input position may be input using the move button 430 in the video viewing mode.

Alternatively, the photographing request acquisition unit 310 may obtain photographing request information including an input location from a search word input by the user to the search word input window 420 of FIG. 4 (a). In this case, when it is difficult to specify the coordinates of the input location based on the search word input by the user, the input location may be a region rather than coordinates. For example, when a user inputs 'Samcheong-dong' as a search term, the input location may be the entire Samcheong-dong.

The shooting region setting unit 320 may set a shooting region based on the input position of the shooting request information. Here, the capturing area may be an adjacent area within a preset range including the input location.

The photographer determining unit 330 provides the user terminal 110 with a plurality of photographing spots located in the photographing area, and selects a plurality of photographer terminals capable of photographing near the photographing spot selected by the user terminal 110 among the plurality of photographing spots. It is provided to the terminal 110, and a photographer can be determined by calling the photographer terminal 120 selected by the user terminal 110 among a plurality of photographer terminals 120.

The captured video providing unit 340 provides the video captured by the photographer terminal 120 to the user terminal 110 in real time according to a photographing request from the user terminal 110 .

In addition, the captured video providing unit 340 provides a recording direction selection icon 510 to the user terminal 110 in the video viewing mode as shown in FIG. When a direction is selected, a pop-up image 520 corresponding to the selected direction may be provided to the photographer's terminal 120 .

Also, the captured video providing unit 340 may buffer the video received from the photographer terminal 120 by periodically detecting network delays and errors. At this time, the captured video providing unit 340 may provide at least a part of the pre-stored advertisement video to the user terminal 110 while buffering the video. To this end, the captured video providing unit 340 may extract a highlight part from at least one advertisement video, and reproduce at least a part of the extracted highlight part corresponding to the playback time of the streaming video of the lost packet data during the buffering time. Also, the advertisement video provided by the shooting video providing unit 340 may be an advertisement video related to the shooting spot. For example, when the shooting spot is a night market, an advertisement image for a restaurant related to the shooting spot may be transmitted.

The preferred shooting location determining unit 350 collects a shooting request log including at least one shooting request information, selects at least one shooting spot from among a plurality of shooting spots corresponding to the shooting region based on the shooting request log, and selects the selected shooting spot. Based on the photographing spot, preferred photographing location information is determined.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 may determine, as the preferred shooting location information, a shooting spot selected the most during a predetermined period, that is, a shooting spot loaded the most among a plurality of shooting spots included in the shooting area. have. For example, as described above, when the shooting area is 'Samcheong-dong', among a plurality of shooting spots included in Samcheong-dong, a shooting spot requested by other users for the most recent week may be determined as preferred shooting location information.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 may determine preferred shooting location information by referring to a user's search word. For example, if the user's search term is 'Mt. Jirisan hiking course', the shooting area is determined by Mt. Jirisan, and the most popular course in Mt. Preferred shooting location information may be determined as a shooting spot that can show B.

Meanwhile, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 may obtain shooting request information of users and collect a shooting request log in order to determine preferred shooting location information. That is, the favorite shooting location determining unit 350 may collect a history of past shooting requests of users. In more detail, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 may obtain photographing requests from users and record and convert a photographing log for the requested photographing spot into data. The log may be stored by the preferred shooting location determining unit 350, and the preferred shooting location may be determined based on the trend of log data stored over time. For example, if there is a difference between region A, which generates a lot of logs in spring, and region B, which generates a lot of logs in summer, region A can be recommended when a photo shoot request comes in in spring.

Also, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 may determine a shooting spot requested by users in order to collect a shooting log. This may be determined in consideration of the user's intention of what kind of video they finally want to see. In one embodiment of the present invention, the user can move a photographing spot to be viewed using the movement button 430 in (b) of FIG. 4 . In this case, when the user presses the palm-shaped stop button among the movement buttons 430, the corresponding photographing spot may be the user's requested photographing spot. Alternatively, in another embodiment of the present invention, a spot corresponding to a video loaded by the user for the longest time may be a user-requested photographing spot. The preferred shooting location determining unit 350 according to an embodiment of the present invention may collect a shooting log by determining a requested shooting spot in the above-described manner.

In addition, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 according to an embodiment of the present invention refers to the original information in the shooting area, and prefers a shooting spot where a video related to the original information can be taken from among one or more shooting spots included in the shooting area. It can be decided based on the location information. The accident information refers to an accident or event that may affect the flow of a road, such as road accident information or road control information. Since users often want to directly view a video of a related location when there is original information, a shooting spot related to the original information may be determined as preferred location information.

In addition, the preferred filming location determining unit 350 according to an embodiment of the present invention, when there is a spot for which an advertisement contract has been concluded in the filming area, may photograph a spot for which an advertisement contract is concluded among one or more filming spots included in the filming area. Possible shooting spots may be determined as preferred shooting location information. For example, if shop C exists in a shooting area and an advertisement contract for shop C is concluded, a shooting spot where the corresponding shop C can appear may be preferentially determined as preferred shooting location information. That is, when users request a nearby video, since a video showing store C is preferentially provided, an advertising effect for store C can be expected.

Also, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 according to an embodiment of the present invention may determine a preferred shooting location by using a signal input from the outside to a photographer's terminal within the shooting area. More specifically, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 processes a sound signal input to the photographer terminal from the outside of the photographer terminal, and uses the processing result to determine the direction in which the sound signal is input on the display of the user terminal 110. Directives can be printed. For example, when a specific voice, such as the sound of a crowd gathering in a specific area that is not visible on the screen, is input, a specific indicator is output on the display of the user terminal 110 in the direction of a place estimated to be where the sound is generated, By requesting the photographer's terminal to move in a specific direction through this, the user can feel as if he or she is actually sightseeing or reporting even just by looking at the screen. Referring to FIG. 7 , an icon 530 related to a sound event is provided according to an embodiment of the present invention, and when a user selects a specific direction from the shooting direction selection icon 510, the photographer's terminal 120 can be moved. can

In addition, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 according to an embodiment of the present invention may determine a preferred shooting location when another photographer terminal other than the photographer terminal existing in the shooting area is photographing a specific location. When another photographer's terminal is photographing toward a specific location within a shooting area made up of a predetermined space, the preferred location determination unit 350 may determine the specific location as a preferred location. Through this, it is possible to easily select a filming location with high utilization value by using the experiences of other virtual tourists or virtual reporters.

In addition, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 according to an embodiment of the present invention may select a camera in the photographer's terminal using a signal input from the outside to the photographer's terminal in the shooting area. More specifically, in a situation where cameras are installed on the front and back of the photographer's terminal, the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 determines the camera located on the front of the photographer's terminal when a voice signal of the photographer is input to the photographer's terminal from the outside of the photographer's terminal. , so that the photographer can ultimately be output to the display of the user terminal. Through this, the user who has finished can get the feeling of being interviewed on the actual site. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating that the preferred shooting location determining unit 350 photographs a photographer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9A to 9E are diagrams showing other embodiments according to the present invention. 9A is a diagram showing a real-time introduction service for real estate transaction using the present invention. 9B is a diagram showing that a parking space in a visited area is checked in real time. 9C is a view showing checking the waiting site of the rendezvous. 9D is a diagram illustrating monitoring of traffic conditions near an arrival area. 9E is a diagram showing monitoring of local disasters, disasters, and weather conditions in a business trip area. In this way, through the present invention, it is possible to check a desired place in real time anytime, anywhere.

The point payment unit 360 receives registration of payment means information including at least one or more of credit card information, check card information, and phone bill information for point charging from the user, and the video by the photographer terminal 120. When the shooting is finished, the payment is processed by deducting the points held by the user by the payment amount corresponding to the shooting time and accumulating corresponding points for the photographer.

The rating management unit 370 receives rating information for each photographer from a plurality of users, collects rating information, analyzes and aggregates the collected rating information, calculates rating information for each photographer, and provides the rating information to the user terminal 110. can Also, the rating management unit 370 may display rating information along with the location of each photographer on the electronic map.

Here, the components of the processor 222 are performed by the processor 222 according to a command provided by a program code stored in the server 130 (for example, a command provided by a web browser running in the server 130). They may be representations of different functions of the processor 222.

The processor 222 and components of the processor 222 may control the server 130 to perform steps S610 to S632 included in the real-time video relaying method of FIG. 6 . For example, the processor 222 and components of the processor 222 may be implemented to execute instructions according to an operating system code and at least one program code included in the memory 221 .

6 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a real-time video relay method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the user terminal 110 accesses the server 130 providing a real-time video relay service using an installed application (S610).

If the user is a member, the server 130 loads the web page and displays a member ID and password input guide window on the screen asking whether or not the user is a member (S612). Depending on the implementation conditions, it is also possible to provide a separate icon to allow the user to log in.

If the user is a non-member, the server 130 displays a guide message about membership registration on the screen, stores the member information entered by the user in a separate database, and assigns a new member ID and password. to register as a member (S613).

When the user logs in, the server 130 requests the user terminal 110 to set a shooting area (S614). At this time, the server 130 may request the user terminal 110 to set the shooting area through an electronic map or a search word input window.

The user terminal 110 transmits photographing request information including the input location to the server 130 (S616). In the map view form of the electronic map as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the user moves the search circle 410 to set the coordinates of the input position, or in the video view mode as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the movement button ( 430) to input the coordinates of the input position. Alternatively, the user may specify the coordinates of the input position by inputting a search word into the search word input window 420 of FIG. 4(a). In this case, when it is difficult to specify the coordinates of the input location based on the search word input by the user, the input location may be a region rather than coordinates. For example, when a user inputs 'Samcheong-dong' as a search term, the input location may be the entire Samcheong-dong.

The server 130 sets a shooting area based on the input location (S618) and provides a plurality of shooting spots located in the shooting area to the user terminal 110 (S620).

The user terminal 110 selects one of the plurality of photographing spots (S622).

The server 130 provides the user terminal 110 with a plurality of photographer terminals 120 capable of taking pictures in the vicinity of the photographing spot selected by the user terminal 110 among a plurality of photographing spots (S624).

The user terminal 110 selects one photographer terminal among a plurality of photographer terminals 120 (S626). In this case, the user may select a photographer by inquiring about rating information of each photographer.

The server 130 calls the photographer terminal 120 selected by the user terminal 110 (S628).

The server 130 checks whether the photographer terminal 120 accepts (S630), and if the photographer terminal 120 refuses, displays the user terminal 110 that the corresponding photographer terminal is a service-restricted photographer terminal, and the user terminal 110 to select another photographer terminal 120 (S631).

When the photographer terminal 120 accepts, the server 130 provides the video captured by the photographer terminal 120 to the user terminal 110 in real time (S632).

The above method may be implemented through various means. For example, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.

In the case of hardware implementation, the method according to the embodiments of the present invention includes one or more ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), DSPs (Digital Signal Processors), DSPDs (Digital Signal Processing Devices), PLDs (Programmable Logic Devices) , Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, microcontrollers and microprocessors.

In the case of implementation by firmware or software, the method according to the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a module, procedure, or function that performs the functions or operations described above. The software code may be stored in a memory unit and driven by a processor. The memory unit may be located inside or outside the processor and exchange data with the processor by various means known in the art.

In the above, the embodiments disclosed in this specification have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings. As such, the embodiments shown in each drawing should not be construed as being limited, and may be combined with each other by those skilled in the art who have been familiar with the contents of this specification, and when combined, it may be interpreted that some components may be omitted.

Here, terms or words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, but should be interpreted as meanings and concepts consistent with the technical spirit disclosed in this specification.

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the embodiments disclosed in this specification, and do not represent all of the technical ideas disclosed in this specification, and various equivalents that can replace them at the time of this application It should be understood that there may be waters and variations.

It is operated based on map location, and it is possible to provide a real-time video relay device and method that connects a user and a photographer in a P2P (Peer to Peer) method.

Claims (10)

1. a photographing request acquisition unit receiving a photographing request from a user terminal and acquiring photographing request information including an input location;

   a shooting area setting unit configured to set a shooting area based on the input location;

   A plurality of photographing spots located in the photographing region are provided to the user terminal, and a plurality of photographer terminals capable of photographing near a photographing spot selected by the user terminal among the plurality of photographing spots are provided to the user terminal. a photographer determining unit calling a photographer terminal selected by the user terminal among photographer terminals;

   a captured video providing unit that provides the video captured by the photographer terminal to the user terminal in real time according to a photographing request from the user terminal; and

   Collecting a shooting request log including at least one shooting request information, selecting at least one shooting spot among the plurality of shooting spots based on the shooting request log, and determining preferred shooting location information based on the selected shooting spot Including; preferred shooting location determining unit,

   The preferred location determining unit,

   Outputting an indicator in the direction in which the sound signal is input on the display of the user terminal 110 using a result of processing a sound signal input to the photographer terminal from the outside of the photographer terminal,

   When other photographer terminals existing in the shooting spot are photographing a specific location, determining the specific location as a preferred shooting location;

   A real-time video relay device, characterized in that when a voice signal of a photographer is input to the photographer terminal from the outside of the photographer terminal, a place where the photograph was taken through a camera that is not currently used by the photographer terminal is determined as a preferred filming location.
2. According to claim 1,

   The captured video providing unit provides a shooting direction selection icon to the user terminal, and when the user selects a specific direction from the shooting direction selection icon, provides a pop-up image corresponding to the selected direction to the photographer terminal. video relay device.
3. According to claim 1,

   The real-time video relay device of claim 1 , wherein the capture request acquisition unit obtains the input location based on coordinates input from the user terminal or obtains the input location from a search word input from the user terminal.
4. According to claim 1,

   Collecting a shooting request log including at least one shooting request information, selecting at least one shooting spot among the plurality of shooting spots based on the shooting request log, and determining preferred shooting location information based on the selected shooting spot a preferred filming location decision unit;

   Real-time video relay device further comprising a.
5. According to claim 1,

   The real-time video relay apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the preferred shooting location determining unit determines, as the preferred shooting location information, a shooting spot selected the most during a predetermined period among a plurality of shooting spots included in the shooting area.
6. According to claim 1,

   The real-time video relay device according to claim 1 , wherein the preferred shooting location determining unit determines the preferred shooting location information based on a search word input from the user terminal.
7. According to claim 1,

   The preferred location determining unit,

   The real-time video relay device, characterized in that by referring to the original information in the shooting area, a shooting spot at which a video associated with the original information can be filmed among a plurality of shooting spots included in the shooting area is determined as the preferred shooting location information.
8. a photographing request acquisition unit receiving a photographing request from a user terminal and acquiring photographing request information including an input location;

   a shooting area setting unit configured to set a shooting area based on the input location;

   A plurality of photographing spots located in the photographing region are provided to the user terminal, a plurality of photographer terminals capable of photographing near a photographing spot selected by the user terminal among the plurality of photographing spots are provided to the user terminal, a photographer determining unit calling a photographer terminal selected by the user terminal among photographer terminals;

   a captured video providing unit that provides the video taken by the photographer terminal to the user terminal in real time according to a photographing request from the user terminal; and

   Collecting a shooting request log including at least one shooting request information, selecting at least one shooting spot among the plurality of shooting spots based on the shooting request log, and determining preferred shooting location information based on the selected shooting spot Including; preferred shooting location determining unit,

   The preferred shooting location determination unit determines, as the preferred shooting location information, a shooting spot selected the most during a predetermined period among a plurality of shooting spots included in the shooting area;

   The preferred location determining unit,

   If there is a point where an advertisement contract is concluded in the shooting area, a shooting spot at which the advertisement contract is concluded among a plurality of shooting spots included in the shooting area is determined as the preferred shooting location information. real-time video relay device.
9. According to claim 1,

   The real-time video relay device according to claim 1 , wherein the captured video providing unit periodically detects network delays and errors and buffers the video received from the photographer terminal.
10. According to claim 9,

    The real-time video relay device according to claim 1 , wherein the captured video providing unit provides at least a part of a pre-stored advertisement video to the user terminal while buffering the video.

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