WO2023182876A1

WO2023182876A1 - Method for providing customized game coaching and system thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2023182876A1
Application number: PCT/KR2023/004049
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김민서; 이용수
Original assignee: 주식회사 지지큐컴퍼니
Priority date: 2022-03-25
Filing date: 2023-03-27
Publication date: 2023-09-28

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for providing customized game coaching and a system thereof. To this end, the method comprises: a step in which a prescribed online game provided from an external game server is played in a user terminal; a step in which a user terminal extracts first game data at a preset analysis point from the results of playing the online game and transmits the first game data to a coaching providing server; a step in which the coaching providing server compares the first game data with second game data extracted at the analysis point from the results of playing the same online game in the past, and analyzes the comparison result; and a step in which the coaching providing server generates a coaching feedback video according to the result of comparatively analyzing the first game data and the second data, and transmits the coaching feedback video to the user terminal.

Description

Method and system for providing customized game coaching

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing customized game coaching, and more specifically, to a method for providing personalized game coaching that can provide personalized game coaching using a scientific data-driven approach by analyzing the player's game video based on artificial intelligence, and It's about the system.

Globally, games have gone beyond entertainment enjoyed by everyone and have been recognized as E-sports, and were adopted as an official event for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. In Korea, sales of the gaming industry are maintaining high growth every year. Accordingly, the number of people who want to be good at games is increasing explosively, and technologies and services that teach or analyze how to play games well are also increasing.

To date, methods for coaching games include recorded video lectures, simple API (Application Programming Interface)-based game guides, or 1:1 coaching sessions taught by actual people. Recorded video lectures do not provide evaluation or diagnosis and are not personalized, and API-based game guides do not provide coaching and only provide simple statistical-based numerical information. And 1:1 coaching taught by real people is expensive, is not immediately available when coaching is needed, and often fails to provide accurate coaching due to unscientific methods.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and system for providing customized game coaching that can analyze the player's game video based on artificial intelligence and provide personalized game coaching in a scientific data-centered approach.

In order to achieve the purpose of the present invention described above, a method of providing customized game coaching by a game coaching providing system including a user terminal and a coaching providing server on which the coaching application of the present invention is installed is (a) a predetermined online game provided from an external game server; being played on the user terminal; (b) extracting first game data at a preset analysis point from the play results of the online game at the user terminal and transmitting it to the coaching providing server; (c) comparing and analyzing second game data extracted at the analysis point with the first game data from results previously played for the same online game as the online game on the coaching providing server; and (d) generating a coaching feedback video in the coaching providing server according to a comparative analysis result of the first game data and the second game data and transmitting it to the user terminal.

In step (b), the first game data is extracted by performing object detection based on the image displayed on the screen of the user terminal, and a method is extracted by utilizing API (Application Programming Interface) information about the online game. It is characterized in that it is extracted by any one of the methods.

The step (c) includes comparing and analyzing the second game data extracted at the analysis point from the results of the online game played by the highest ranked player among the accumulated data for the online game with the first game data. It is characterized by being.

In step (c), a point where the similarity between the first game data and the second game data is lower than a preset standard is set as a problem point requiring coaching.

The step (d) is characterized in that the game video played at the problem point among the game videos played on the user terminal is generated as the coaching feedback video.

The step (d) is characterized in that the game video played at the problem point among the game videos played by the top player is generated as the coaching feedback video by the coaching providing server.

In the step (d), the game video played at the problem point among the game videos played on the user terminal and the game video played at the problem point among the game videos played by the top player are displayed on one screen. It is characterized in that the feedback video for coaching is generated in the coaching providing server.

In addition, the method of providing customized game coaching of the present invention may further include the step of (e) generating a training game video of the problem point in the coaching providing server and transmitting it to the user terminal.

And the method of providing customized game coaching of the present invention further includes providing additional information for playing the online game before step (a), wherein the additional information includes information related to the online game and the application. It includes user information and information about other users.

The method of providing customized game coaching of the present invention analyzes the first game data in the coaching provision server and highlights one of the points that contributed decisively to winning the online game and the point where an action that is statistically difficult to achieve was performed. setting to a point; And generating the game video at the highlight point as a highlight game video at the user terminal.

Meanwhile, a game coaching providing system that performs a customized game coaching providing method includes a user terminal that extracts first game data at a preset analysis point from the results of playing a predetermined online game provided by an external game server; And a coaching providing server that sets problem points requiring coaching by comparing and analyzing the second game data extracted from the analysis point from the results of previously played online games identical to the online game with the first game data. And, either the user terminal or the coaching providing server generates a feedback image for coaching at the problem point.

The user terminal is characterized in that it generates a game video played at the problem point among the played game videos as a feedback video for coaching.

The coaching providing server is characterized in that it generates a game video played at the problem point among game videos played by a top player as a feedback video for coaching.

Through the method and system for providing customized game coaching of the present invention, points where a user's skills are lacking in an online game played can be extracted and the user can receive coaching at a low cost, and game skills can be improved through training.

Additionally, you can play online games by checking additional information related to the online game you want to play through the coaching application, so you can play the game more skillfully.

And after the game is over, you can check your play at key points of the game through the highlight scene, which can increase your interest in playing the game.

1 is a block diagram showing the schematic configuration of a customized game coaching provision system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating the process of generating a feedback video for coaching in a customized game coaching provision system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3A to 5B are diagrams showing the UI/UX of an application installed on a user terminal included in a customized coaching provision system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and

Figure 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing customized game coaching according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The features and effects of the present invention described above will become more apparent through the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and accordingly, those skilled in the art will be able to easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. You will be able to.

Since the present invention can be subject to various changes and have various forms, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific disclosed form, and should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be 'connected' to another part, this includes not only cases where it is 'directly connected', but also cases where it is 'electrically connected' with another element in between. . In addition, when a part is said to 'include' a certain component, this does not mean excluding other components unless specifically stated to the contrary, but may further include other components, and one or more other features. It should be understood that it does not exclude in advance the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Meanwhile, '~ part' is not limited to software or hardware, and '~ part' may be configured to reside in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to reproduce one or more processors. Therefore, as an example, '~ part' refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. The functions provided within the components and 'parts' may be combined into a smaller number of components and 'parts' or may be further separated into additional components and 'parts'. Additionally, components and 'parts' may be implemented to regenerate one or more CPUs within a device or a secure multimedia card.

In this specification, some of the operations or functions described as being performed by a terminal, apparatus, or device may instead be performed on a server connected to the terminal, apparatus, or device. Likewise, some of the operations or functions described as being performed by the server may also be performed in a terminal, apparatus, or device connected to the server. Some of the operations or functions described as Mapping or Matching with the terminal can be interpreted to mean mapping or matching the terminal's unique number or personal identification information, which is the identifying data of the terminal. .

Terms such as 'first' and 'second' may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The term 'at least one or more' is defined as a term that includes singular and plural, and even if the term 'at least one or more' does not exist, each component may exist in singular or plural, and may mean singular or plural. This can be said to be self-evident. In addition, whether each component is provided in singular or plural form may be changed depending on the embodiment.

Hereinafter, a customized game coaching providing method and system (hereinafter referred to as a game coaching providing method and a game coaching providing system) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic configuration of a game coaching provision system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the game coaching providing system of the present invention includes a game server 10, a user terminal 100, and a coaching providing server 200 connected through a wired/wireless network.

A wired/wireless network refers to a communication network that supports various communication standards or protocols for data transmission and reception, and includes all communication networks that are currently or will be supported by the standards in the future, and one or more All communication protocols are supported.

The game server 10 may be an official server or a private server that provides online games, and the game server 10 may provide various information necessary for playing online games. In Figure 1, one game server 10 is shown, but there may be a plurality of game servers 10, and the user connects to the wired/wireless network through the user terminal 100 to play the desired online game through the game server 10. You can play by receiving it from .

The user terminal 100 is a device that plays online games provided by the game server 10 and is a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, tablet PC, ultrabook, or a personal computer (PC). , including fixed devices such as microprocessors, mainframe computers, and digital processors.

A coaching application 300 stored in a computer-readable medium is installed in the user terminal 100 for game coaching provided by the coaching providing server 200. Computer-readable media includes computer-readable storage media and computer-readable communication media, and in one embodiment of the present invention, computer-readable communication media is used, but is not limited thereto. Computer-readable communication media includes those implemented in the form of carrier waves, such as transmission over the Internet, and such media may be distributed in systems connected to wired/wireless networks and store computer-readable codes or instructions in a distributed manner. .

The user terminal 100 records online game play video, transmits it to the coaching providing server 200, and analyzes the played online game. That is, the original data of the online game played on the user terminal 200 is collected through the coaching application 300 running on the user terminal 100, and the first game data is extracted from the played online game and then compressed to provide coaching. It is transmitted to the provision server (200).

At this time, the user terminal 200 extracts first game data by performing object detection based on the image displayed on the screen, or extracts API (Application Programming Interface) information or client API information provided by the game server 10 for the online game. Extract the first game data using . Here, the analysis point from which the first game data is extracted is set in the coaching provision server 200, and the replay files played by top players such as professional coaches or game instructors are classified using the answer key, and an artificial intelligence classification algorithm is used. Through this, detailed indicators are extracted and importance and difficulty are established.

Meanwhile, before playing an online game through the coaching application 300 running on the user terminal 100, additional information required to play the game is displayed so that the user can play the online game more easily. The additional information provided at this time includes information related to online games, user information using the coaching application 300, and information about other users.

And the highlight game video, coaching feedback video, and training game video of the online game played on the user terminal 100 are provided through the coaching application 300.

Highlight game video is a game video of a point that contributed decisively to winning the game or a highlight point where an action that is statistically difficult to achieve was performed. The highlight point is set by analyzing the first game data in the coaching providing server 200, and the user terminal 100 generates and displays the game video at the set highlight point as a highlight game video.

The coaching feedback video is a game video created based on the user video played on the user terminal 100. That is, the video of the game played by the user at the problem point requiring coaching set in the coaching providing server 200 is generated and displayed as a feedback video for coaching in the user terminal 100.

Alternatively, feedback videos for coaching may be created based on videos played by top players, such as professional coaches or game instructors. That is, the video of the game played by the top player at the problem point is generated as a feedback video for coaching in the coaching providing server 200, and is transmitted to the user terminal 100 and displayed. The coaching providing server 200 may generate a feedback video for coaching by displaying the game video played by the top player and the game video played by the user at the problem point on one screen.

Meanwhile, the coaching providing server 200 analyzes the first game data transmitted from the user terminal 100 and sets highlight points and problem points. The coaching providing server 200 analyzes the first game data and sets as a highlight point a point that contributed decisively to victory or a point where an action that is statistically difficult to achieve was performed.

And the coaching providing server 200 sets problem points by comparing and analyzing the second game data extracted from the results of previously played online games for the same online game played on the user terminal 100 with the first game data. do. Here, the second game data is preferably extracted from the results of the highest ranked player playing the online game among the data accumulated to date for the played online game. And the coaching providing server 200 selects a point where the similarity between the first game data and the second game data is lower than a preset standard as a problem point requiring coaching.

Among the online game videos created in advance by top players, the game video at problem points is transmitted to the user terminal 100 as a feedback video for coaching. At this time, a feedback video for coaching may be generated so that among the online game videos played by the user, game videos at problem points are displayed on one screen. Users can check the moments when their play went wrong by watching the coaching feedback video and comparing what they played with what the top players played.

Then, the coaching providing server 200 generates a training game video to train problem points requiring coaching and transmits it to the user terminal 100. In the training game video, training missions are presented to minimize repeated user mistakes or misjudgments by analyzing the first game data, and users can supplement their insufficient playing skills by performing training missions while playing the training game. do. The user's strengths or weaknesses according to the training results obtained through the training game video are transmitted to the coaching providing server 200 as user information.

The coaching providing server 200 generates additional information for online game play and transmits it to the user terminal 100. Additional information includes information related to online games, user information using the coaching application 300, and information about other users, and the user sets the online game by checking the user's strengths or weaknesses included in the user information. can do. This additional information is provided to the user through the UI/UX of the application 300 installed on the user terminal 100.

Figure 2 is a diagram for explaining the process of generating a feedback video for coaching in a customized game coaching provision system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First game data 410 is extracted from the analysis point set by the coaching providing server 200 from the entire game video 400 played on the user terminal 100. The first game data 410 is extracted based on the image displayed on the screen through the coaching application 300, or is extracted using API (Application Programming Interface) information or client API provided by the game server 10 for online games. .

The coaching providing server 200 compares and analyzes the second game data 420 and the first game data 410 extracted from the same analysis point from the results of the top player playing the same online game. At this time, a point where the similarity between the first game data 410 and the second game data 420 is lower than a preset standard is set as a problem point requiring coaching.

In the user terminal 100, an action image 430, which is an image of a game played by the user at a problem point, is generated and displayed as a feedback image for coaching. Alternatively, the correct answer video 440, which is a game video at a problem point among online game videos created in advance by a top player, is generated as a feedback video for coaching in the coaching providing server 200 and transmitted to the user terminal 100. Here, the coaching providing server 200 may generate the correct answer video 440 and the action video 430 provided from the user terminal 100 together as a feedback video for coaching and transmit it to the user terminal 100.

FIGS. 3A to 5B are diagrams illustrating the UI/UX (User Interface/User eXperience) of the application installed on the user terminal shown in FIG. 1.

Figures 3a and 3b are diagrams illustrating UI/UX in which additional information required to play an online game is displayed. Additional information about the online game is collected from the coaching providing server 200, transmitted to the user terminal 100, and provided to the user through the UI/UX of the application, as illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B. Additional information includes user information using the coaching application (300), information about professional gamers or game craftsmen collected by crawling from external web or video platforms, and official API information or client provided by the game server (10). This includes information collected using the API, performance of game characters, and information generated through the internal simulator, such as changes by patch.

Additional information shown in FIG. 3A includes information 301 related to the online game itself, such as updates or events of the online game, user information 302 using the coaching application 300, such as the user's game record or tendency, and statistics of other users. It includes third-party user information (303), such as analysis results, and information (304) related to the performance of characters playing in online games. In Figure 3b, when the user selects a specific character, information 305 on recommended items for the selected character, setting information 306 according to the combination of the opposing team and the friendly team, etc. are provided as additional information.

Figure 4a is a diagram illustrating UI/UX in which a highlight game video is displayed. Highlight game video is a game video of a point that contributed decisively to winning the game or a highlight point where an action that is statistically difficult to achieve was performed. When the game ends, you can select the highlight video (307) and check it immediately through the video display window (307-1).

If you select the coaching video view 308 in the UI/UX of FIG. 4A, you can check the coaching feedback video 308-1 through the UI/UX shown in FIG. 4B. The coaching feedback video (308-1) is a video showing how the user played the game at a problem point requiring coaching, and is provided for each scene depending on the time zone. When the user selects one of the problem points in the time zone scene (308-2), a feedback video (308-1) for coaching at that point is displayed. Scores by time zone (308-3) displays a graph that allows you to check the scores of users and team members by time zone.

The coaching feedback video 308-1 is a game video at a problem point where the similarity between the first game data and the second game data is lower than a preset standard. An action video played by the user at a problem point is generated as a feedback video for coaching in the user terminal 100, or a video of the correct answer played at a problem point by a top-level player such as a professional coach or game instructor is generated by the coaching providing server 200. It is created as a feedback video for coaching. At this time, the coaching providing server 200 may generate a feedback video for coaching so that the action video at the problem point and the correct answer video are displayed on one screen.

Through the mission setting 309 shown in the UI/UX of FIG. 5A, the user selects challenge points and challenges for training problem spots that require coaching. The training game video 309-1 shown in the UI/UX of FIG. 5B is provided, and the user can compensate for insufficient playing skills by performing the training mission 309-2 while playing the training game.

According to Figure 6, when additional information for online game play is generated by the coaching providing server 200 and provided through the application 300 running on the user terminal 100 (S500-Y), the user provides the additional information Confirm and play the online game on the user terminal 100 (S510).

The user terminal 100 extracts first game data at a preset analysis point from the online game play results and transmits it to the coaching providing server 200 (S520). That is, the original data of the online game played on the user terminal 200 is collected through the coaching application 300 running on the user terminal 100, and the first game data is extracted from the played online game and then compressed to provide coaching. It is transmitted to the provision server (200).

At this time, the user terminal 200 extracts first game data by performing object detection based on the image displayed on the screen, or extracts the API (Application Programming Interface) information or client API provided by the game server 10 for the online game. Use this to extract the first game data. Here, the analysis point from which the first game data is extracted is set in the coaching provision server 200, and the replay files played by top players such as professional coaches or game instructors are classified using the answer key, and an artificial intelligence classification algorithm is used. Through this, detailed indicators are extracted and importance and difficulty are established.

In the coaching providing server 200, a problem point is established by comparing and analyzing the second game data extracted from the same analysis point from the results of previously played games for the same online game with the first game data (S530). Here, a point where the similarity between the first game data and the second game data is lower than a preset standard is set as a problem point. In addition, the second game data is preferably extracted from the results of the highest ranked player playing the online game among the data accumulated to date regarding the played online game.

A feedback video for coaching at a problem point is generated and displayed on the user terminal 100 (S540). Here, in the user terminal 100, an action image 430 at a problem point is generated and displayed as a feedback image for coaching. Alternatively, the coaching providing server 200 generates the correct answer video 440 at the problem point as a feedback video for coaching and transmits it to the user terminal 100. Here, the coaching providing server 200 may generate the correct answer video 440 and the action video 430 provided from the user terminal 100 together as a feedback video for coaching and transmit it to the user terminal 100.

If there is a user's training request (S550-Y), the coaching providing server 200 generates a training game video of a problem point requiring coaching and transmits it to the user terminal 100 (S560).

Additionally, the coaching providing server 200 may analyze the first game data to set a highlight point, and the user terminal 100 may generate and display the game video at the set highlight point as a highlight game video. Highlight game video is a game video of a point that contributed decisively to winning the game or a highlight point where an action that is statistically difficult to achieve was performed.

The description of the present invention described above is for illustrative purposes, and those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical idea or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, the embodiments described above should be understood in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims described below rather than the detailed description above, and all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

Claims

In the method of providing customized game coaching by a game coaching provision system including a user terminal with a coaching application installed and a coaching provision server,

(a) playing a predetermined online game provided by an external game server on the user terminal;

(b) extracting first game data at a preset analysis point from the play results of the online game at the user terminal and transmitting it to the coaching providing server;

(c) comparing and analyzing second game data extracted at the analysis point with the first game data from results previously played for the same online game as the online game on the coaching providing server; and

(d) generating a coaching feedback video in the coaching providing server according to a comparative analysis result of the first game data and the second game data and transmitting it to the user terminal; customized game coaching comprising a. How to provide.
According to paragraph 1,

In step (b), the first game data is,

Extraction by any of the following methods: a method of extraction by performing object detection based on the image displayed on the screen of the user terminal, and a method of extraction by utilizing API (Application Programming Interface) information about the external game server and the online game. A method of providing customized game coaching, characterized in that:
According to paragraph 1,

In step (c),

A customized game, characterized in that the step of comparing and analyzing the second game data extracted at the analysis point from the results of the online game played by the highest ranked player among the accumulated data for the online game with the first game data. How to provide coaching.
According to paragraph 3,

In step (c),

A method of providing customized game coaching, characterized in that a point where the similarity between the first game data and the second game data is lower than a preset standard is set as a problem point requiring coaching.
According to paragraph 4,

In step (d),

A method of providing customized game coaching, characterized in that the step of generating the game video played at the problem point among the game videos played on the user terminal as the coaching feedback video.
According to paragraph 4,

In step (d),

A method of providing customized game coaching, characterized in that a game video played at the problem point among the game videos played by the top player is generated as the coaching feedback video by the coaching providing server.
According to paragraph 4,

In step (d),

The coaching feedback video is displayed on one screen so that the game video played at the problem point among the game videos played on the user terminal and the game video played at the problem point among the game videos played by the top player are displayed on one screen. A method of providing customized game coaching, characterized in that the step is created on a provision server.
In number 4,

(e) generating a training game video of the problem point in the coaching providing server and transmitting it to the user terminal.
According to paragraph 1,

Before step (a), it further includes providing additional information for playing the online game,

The above additional information is,

A method of providing customized game coaching, characterized in that it includes information related to the online game, user information using the application, and information about other users.
According to paragraph 1,

Analyzing the first game data at the coaching providing server and setting as a highlight point either a point that contributed decisively to winning the online game or a point where an action that is statistically difficult to achieve was performed; and

A method for providing customized game coaching, further comprising: generating a game video at the highlight point as a highlight game video in the user terminal.
In a game coaching provision system that performs a method of providing customized game coaching,

a user terminal that extracts first game data at a preset analysis point from the results of playing a predetermined online game provided by an external game server; and

A coaching providing server that sets problem points requiring coaching by comparing and analyzing the second game data extracted from the analysis point from the results of previously played online games identical to the online game with the first game data, and includes; ,

A game coaching providing system, characterized in that one of the user terminal and the coaching providing server generates a feedback image for coaching at the problem point.
According to clause 11,

The user terminal is,

A system for providing game coaching, characterized in that it generates a game video played at the problem point among the played game videos as the coaching feedback video.
According to clause 11,

The coaching providing server is,

A system for providing game coaching, characterized in that it generates a game video played at the problem point among game videos played by a top-ranked player as the coaching feedback video.