KR102012503B1 - Method and apparatus for providing travel products information - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a travel information exposing method and apparatus for automatically exposing travel product information related to a corresponding location to a user based on location information on which an image is captured.
According to one or more exemplary embodiments, a method of exposing travel product information includes: collecting, by a service server, image related data about an image; Generating, by the service server, identification information of the image based on the image related data; Searching, by the service server, location information corresponding to the identification information with reference to a first mapping table; Searching, by the service server, travel goods information corresponding to the location information with reference to a second mapping table; Generating link information on the travel product information, wherein when the image to which the link information is applied is requested by the terminal, the terminal is provided with the travel product information based on the link information. .

Description

A method and apparatus for exposing travel product information, which automatically exposes travel product information based on the location information where the image is taken.

A travel information exposing method and apparatus are disclosed. More specifically, a method and apparatus for exposing travel information is disclosed, which automatically exposes travel product information related to a corresponding location to a user based on location information on which an image is captured.

A blog is a web site where users can freely create and post posts based on their interests. Recently, more and more people are posting blogs with photos of places they visited or traveled.

However, the conventional blog can only obtain information through the photos and articles posted by the blog operator, it is not easy to obtain the travel product information related to the destination. In other words, unless the blog operator directly posts the link information on the travel product information on the blog, other users who want to obtain the information through the blog have to search for the travel product information separately.

Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-0882025 (Invention name: GPS image retrieval method, geographic location service based GS image retrieval method, blog service based GS image retrieval method and regional blog service providing method, registered date: January 29, 2009 Work)

Disclosed is a travel information exposing method and apparatus for automatically exposing travel product information related to a corresponding location to a user based on the location information on which the image is captured.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the travel product information exposure method according to an embodiment comprises the steps of collecting image-related data for the image in the service server; Generating, by the service server, identification information of the image based on the image related data; Searching, by the service server, location information corresponding to the identification information with reference to a first mapping table; Searching, by the service server, travel goods information corresponding to the location information with reference to a second mapping table; Generating link information on the travel product information, wherein when the image to which the link information is applied is requested by the terminal, the terminal is provided with the travel product information based on the link information. .

The collecting may include collecting the URL of the image as the image related data when the URL of the image exists.

Generating identification information of the image includes generating the identification URL of the image when the URL of the image is collected.

The collecting may include collecting the image as the image related data when the URL of the image does not exist.

The generating of the image identification information includes generating a hash value of the collected image as identification information of the image when the image is collected.

The first mapping table defines a mapping relationship between the identification information of the image and the location information on which the image is photographed.

The second mapping table defines a mapping relationship between location information where the image is captured and travel product information associated with the location information.

Applying the link information to the image includes adding the link information to source code of a web page including the image, wherein the link information includes link markup.

Applying the link information to the image includes mapping the link information to a partial region or the entire region of the image, wherein the link information includes link markup.

According to the present invention, since travel goods information related to the location is automatically exposed to the user based on the location information on which the image is captured, the user can conveniently obtain travel goods information related to the image.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a travel product information exposure system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a first mapping table according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a second mapping table according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of exposing travel product information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various forms, and only the embodiments are intended to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform the person having the scope of the invention, which is defined only by the scope of the claims.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in the present specification may be used in a sense that can be commonly understood by those skilled in the art. In addition, the terms defined in the commonly used dictionaries are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless they are specifically defined clearly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, "comprises" and / or "comprising" does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the mentioned components.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a travel information exposure system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the travel information exposing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first terminal 200, a second terminal 500, a web server 300, and a service server 400.

The first terminal 200 refers to a digital device used by the first user, and the second terminal 500 refers to a digital device used by the second user.

Digital devices include wired and wireless communication devices. As a communication device, a personal computer (PC), a cellular phone, a PCS phone (Personal Communication Service phone), a synchronous / asynchronous mobile terminal of IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000), Examples include Palm Personal Computers (PDAs), Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Smart Phones, Tablets, WAP Phones, and Infrared Application Protocao Phones and Mobile Game Machines. have.

The digital device as illustrated may be a wearable device that can be worn on a body part, such as a person's head, face, arms, wrists, fingers, thighs, or ankles. For example, the wearable device may be implemented in the form of a patch to be attached to a body part. As another example, the wearable device may be implemented in the form of a band or a helmet to be worn on a body part.

The web server 300 stores an image uploaded by the first terminal 200. In addition, the web server 300 manages the URL of the stored image. Uniform / universal resource locator (URL) means a standard protocol for indicating the exact location of a resource being serviced on the Internet.

The service server 400 provides a travel product information exposure service. When the second user selects the image by obtaining the travel product information exposure service by acquiring the location information where the image is photographed from the image registered by the first user and linking the travel product information related to the acquired location information to the image. The service refers to a service for providing travel product information linked to the selected image to the second user.

To this end, the service server 400 collects image related data about an image from the web server 300. Here, the image may include a still image and a video. The still image may be represented by a file format such as jpg, gif, tif, bmp, or the like. The video may be represented by a file format such as avi, mov, mpeg, asf, or the like. In addition, the image-related data may mean the image itself, and may include metadata of the image (eg, file name, creation date, size information), URL of the image, URL of a web page including the image, and the like. Can be. However, the image related data is not necessarily limited to those illustrated, and other data may be included in addition to the illustrated data.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a web server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the web server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 310, an image storage unit 320, a URL management unit 330, and an editing unit 340.

The communication unit 310 communicates with at least one of the first terminal 200, the service server 400, and the second terminal 500 through the wired / wireless network 100. To this end, the communication unit 310 supports a wired communication method and / or a wireless communication method. Wireless communication methods include W Broadband Internet, Wi-Fi, ZIGBEE, Bluetooth, Ultra Wide Band (UWB) and Near Field Communication (NFC). For example.

The image storage unit 320 stores the image uploaded from the first terminal 200. The image storage unit 320 may transmit the stored image to the service server 400 at the request of the service server 400.

The URL manager 330 manages the URL of the image stored in the image storage 320. The URL manager 330 may transmit a URL of a predetermined image to the service server 400 at the request of the service server 400.

The editing unit 340 applies the link information received from the service server 400 to the pre-stored image. Here, applying the link information to the image may mean editing the source code of the web page including the image. As such, when the link information received from the service server 400 is reflected in the source code of the web page including the image, when the corresponding image is selected by the second terminal 500, the travel product information based on the link information Is provided to the second terminal 500.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service server 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the service server 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a communication unit 410, a collection unit 420, an identification information generation unit 430, a location information search unit 440, and travel product information. The searcher 450, the link information generator 460, a first database 470, and a second database 480 are included.

The communication unit 410 communicates with the web server 300 through the wired or wireless network 100. To this end, the communication unit 410 supports a wired communication method and / or a wireless communication method.

The collector 420 collects image related data from the web server 300. In detail, the collection unit 420 transmits a collection request signal to the web server 300, and collects image related data from the web server 300 in response thereto. As described above, the image related data may mean the image itself stored in the web server 300, or may mean the metadata of the image, the URL of the image, and the URL of the web page including the image.

According to the embodiment, when the URL of the image exists in the web server 300, the collection unit 420 collects the URL of the image from the web server 300. If the URL of the image does not exist in the web server 300, the collection unit 420 collects the image itself from the web server 300.

The identification information generator 430 generates identification information based on the image related data collected from the web server 300. For example, when the URL of an image is collected as image related data, the identification information generator 430 uses the collected URL as identification information. As another example, when the image itself is collected as image related data, the identification information generation unit 430 uses the hash value of the collected image as identification information. Here, the hash value of the image may be collected together with the image.

The location information retrieval unit 440 receives the identification information generated by the identification information generation unit 430 and searches for location information corresponding to the identification information. To this end, the location information search unit 440 may refer to the first mapping table stored in the first database 470. A detailed description of the first mapping table will be made with reference to FIG. 4.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the first mapping table defines a mapping relationship between identification information of an image and position information at which the image is photographed. Referring to FIG. 4, it can be seen that 'position 1' is mapped to 'identification information 1'. This means that when the identification information of the predetermined image corresponds to 'identification information 1', the image is photographed at the location 'position 1'. Similarly, it can be seen that 'position 2' is mapped to 'identification information 2'. This means that when the identification information of the predetermined image corresponds to the 'identification information 2', the image is captured at the 'position 2'.

Referring back to FIG. 3, the location information retrieval unit 440 searches for location information corresponding to the identification information by referring to the first mapping table as described above. The searched location information is provided to the travel product information search unit 450 to be described later.

If the location information corresponding to the identification information does not exist as a result of referring to the first mapping table, the location information search unit 440 may collect image-related data collected from the web server 300, for example, an EXIF header of an image. Extract location information from

Specifically, when an image is taken by the camera, EXIF is automatically recorded in the image file. EXIF (Exchangeable Imge File Format) was developed by the Japan Electronics Industry Association (JEIDA) and is an image file metadata format used in digital cameras and the like.

Information included in EXIF includes camera information (camera manufacturer, camera model name, camera firmware version), recording time (the moment the shutter is pressed), recording time, location information (latitude and longitude) of the shooting location, camera settings (shutter speed, Examples include lens focal length, aperture value, exposure compensation value, photographing program, metering mode, white balance setting, B / W reference point, color space, rotation direction), file compression method, file name, copyright holder, and the like.

When the location information is extracted from the EXIF header of the image, the location information retrieval unit 440 registers the extracted location information and the identification information generated by the identification information generation unit 430 in the first mapping table.

According to the above-described method, since the location information is extracted from the EXIF header of the image only when the location information corresponding to the identification information of the image is not present in the first mapping table, the location information is extracted every time from the EXIF header of different images. In comparison, time required for location information extraction and resources of the service server 400 can be saved.

The travel product information search unit 450 receives the location information from the location information search unit 440 to search for travel product information corresponding to the location information. To this end, the travel product information search unit 450 may refer to the second mapping table stored in the second database 480. A detailed description of the second mapping table will be made with reference to FIG. 5.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the second mapping table defines a mapping relationship between location information and travel product information related to the location information. Referring to FIG. 5, it can be seen that 'travel product 1' is mapped to 'location information 1'. For example, if 'location information 1' is Myeongdong, Seoul, 'travel product 1' may mean a travel course including shopping, dining, or accommodation in Myeongdong.

Meanwhile, it can be seen that 'travel goods 4' and 'travel goods 5' are mapped to 'location information 4'. 'Travel product 4' and 'Travel product 5' may be travel products provided by the same travel agency or travel products provided by different travel agencies. As such, when a plurality of travel product information is mapped to one location information, any travel product information may be selected from the plurality of travel product information. Alternatively, travel product information having excellent reviews and evaluation information may be preferentially selected from the plurality of travel product information.

Referring again to FIG. 3, the travel product information search unit 450 searches for travel product information corresponding to the location information by referring to the second mapping table as described above. The searched travel goods information is provided to the link information generation unit 460 which will be described later.

The link information generation unit 460 generates link information on the travel product information searched by the travel product information search unit 450. The link information may include link markup, for example. The link information generator 460 transmits the generated link information to the web server 300. Then, the web server 300 applies the link information received from the service server 400 to the image. That is, the web server 300 adds the link information received from the service server 400 to the source code of the web page containing the image. As a result, when the corresponding image is selected by the second terminal 500, the travel product information based on the link information is provided to the second terminal 500.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of exposing travel product information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the first terminal 200 captures an image according to a command input by the first user (S600). The photographed image is stored in a storage unit (not shown) in the first terminal 200 together with metadata of the corresponding image. The metadata may include the date, time and location at which the image was captured.

The first terminal 200 uploads the captured image to the web server 300 (S605). For example, the image photographed by the first terminal 200 may be uploaded to a blog or a social network service provided by the web server 300.

The web server 300 stores the image received from the first terminal 200 and manages the URL of the stored image (S610).

Thereafter, when a collection request signal is received from the service server 400 (S615), the web server 300 transmits image-related data of an image which is previously stored to the service server 400 (S620). In step S620, when the URL of the image exists, transmitting the URL of the image as the image related data to the service server 400, and when the URL of the image does not exist, converting the image itself as the image related data to the service server ( And transmitting to 400).

Meanwhile, the service server 400 generates identification information based on the image related data received from the web server 300 (S625). In step S625, when the URL of the image is received as image related data, generating the received URL as identification information. When receiving the image itself as image related data, generating a hash value of the received image as identification information. It may include a step.

Thereafter, the service server 400 searches the first mapping table to obtain location information corresponding to the generated identification information (S630).

The service server 400 searches the second mapping table to obtain travel goods information corresponding to the obtained location information (S635).

When the travel product information is obtained, the service server 400 generates link information on the obtained travel product information (S640). The link information may include link markup, for example.

The service server 400 transmits the generated link information to the web server 300 (S645).

Then, the web server 300 applies the link information received from the service server 400 to the pre-stored image (S650). That is, the web server 300 adds the link information received from the service server 400 to the source code of the web page containing the image.

Thereafter, when an image request signal for requesting the corresponding image is received from the second terminal 500 (S655), the web server 300 transmits travel product information based on the link information to the second terminal 500 (S660). .

The transmitted travel product information is displayed through the display unit of the second terminal 500. As a result, the second user can conveniently check the travel product information related to the image simply by selecting the image uploaded by the first user. That is, since the second user does not have to search for travel product information separately, convenience is improved.

In the above, the method and apparatus for exposing travel product information according to an exemplary embodiment have been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. In the description with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6, the case where the web server 300 and the service server 400 are separated from each other has been described as an example. According to another embodiment, the web server 300 may be omitted. Hereinafter, a method and apparatus for exposing travel product information according to another exemplary embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.

7 is a diagram showing the configuration of a travel information exposure system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the travel information exposing system according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a first terminal 200 ′ and a service server 400. In the following description, a description overlapping with FIG. 1 will be omitted and the description will be given based on differences.

The first terminal 200 ′ refers to a digital device used by the first user. The first terminal 200 'stores an image. In this case, the image may be directly photographed by the first terminal 200 ′ or may be received from another terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the collection request signal is received from the service server 400, the first terminal 200 ′ transmits image-related data of previously stored images to the service server 400.

According to another embodiment, when the collection request signal is received from the service server 400, the first terminal 200 ′ outputs it to notify the first user. Thereafter, the first terminal 200 ′ transmits the image related data of the pre-stored image to the service server 400 according to a command received from the first user. For example, when an approval command for the collection request signal of the service server 400 is input by the user, the first terminal 200 ′ transmits image related data of an image, which is previously stored, to the service server 400. do. If the rejection command for the collection request signal of the service server 400 is input by the user, the first terminal 200 ′ transmits a signal indicating that the collection request is rejected to the service server 400.

Meanwhile, the first terminal 200 ′ applies the link information received from the service server 400 to the pre-stored image. Here, applying the link information to the image may mean mapping the link information to a partial region or the entire region of the image. As such, when link information is mapped to a partial region or an entire region of the image, when a partial region or the entire region of the image is selected while the image is displayed through the first terminal 200 ′, the link information is based on the link information. Travel product information may be displayed through the first terminal 200 ′. A more detailed description of the first terminal 200 'will be described later with reference to FIG. 8.

Since the service server 400 is almost similar to the service server 400 shown in FIG. 1, duplicated descriptions will be omitted and descriptions will be given based on differences.

The service server 400 communicates with the first terminal 200 ′ through the wired / wireless network 100. In detail, the service server 400 transmits a collection request signal to the first terminal 200 ′ and collects image related data from the first terminal 200 ′. Thereafter, the service server 400 obtains relevant travel product information based on the location information where the image is captured, and transmits the obtained travel product information to the first terminal 200 ′. A more detailed description of the service server 400 will be described later with reference to FIG. 9.

8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a first terminal 200 ′ according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the first terminal 200 ′ according to another embodiment of the present invention may include an input unit 210, an output unit 220, an image acquisition unit 230, a storage unit 240, and an editing unit 250. And a communication unit 260.

The input unit 210 receives a command from the first user. For example, the input unit 210 receives a touch command or a drag command from the first user. To this end, the input unit 210 may include at least one of one or more buttons, a keyboard, and a touch pad. In this case, the keyboard may be implemented in software or hardware.

The output unit 220 outputs the command processing result in audio and / or video. To this end, the output unit 220 may include a speaker and / or a display. Touch pads may be stacked on the display to form a touch screen.

The image acquisition unit 230 acquires an image. The image acquirer 230 may include a camera. The acquired image is stored in the storage unit 240 to be described later along with the metadata.

The storage unit 240 stores data, programs, applications, etc. required for the first terminal 200 ′ to operate. For example, the storage unit 240 stores an image acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 or an image received from another terminal. As another example, the storage unit 240 stores an application related to automatic exposure of travel goods information. Such an application may be provided from the service server 400.

When the link information based on the travel product information is received from the service server 400, the editing unit 250 applies the received link information to the pre-stored image. That is, the editing unit 250 maps link information to a partial region or the entire region of the image.

The communication unit 260 communicates with the service server 400 through the wired or wireless network 100.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of exposing travel product information according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, the first terminal 200 ′ stores an image (S900). The image may be obtained from the image acquirer 230 of the first terminal 200 ′ or may be received from another terminal.

Thereafter, the service server 400 transmits a collection request signal to the first terminal 200 '(S910).

The first terminal 200 ′ outputs that a collection request signal has been received from the service server 400, and notifies the first user. Thereafter, when an approval command for a collection request signal is input from the first user (S915). The first terminal 200 ′ transmits image related data of an image which is previously stored to the service server 400 (S920).

Meanwhile, the service server 400 generates identification information based on the image related data received from the first terminal 200 '(S925). The step S925 may include generating a hash value of the image received from the first terminal 200 ′ as identification information.

Thereafter, the service server 400 searches the first mapping table to obtain location information corresponding to the generated identification information (S930).

The service server 400 searches the second mapping table to obtain travel product information corresponding to the obtained location information (S935).

When the travel product information is obtained, the service server 400 generates link information on the obtained travel product information (S940). The link information may include link markup, for example.

The service server 400 transmits the generated link information to the first terminal 200 '(S945).

Then, the first terminal 200 ′ applies the link information received from the service server 400 to the pre-stored image (S950). That is, the first terminal 200 ′ maps the received link information to a partial region or the entire region of the image.

Subsequently, when the first user selects a partial region or an entire region of the image, that is, when an image selection command is input (S955), the first terminal 200 ′ travels based on link information mapped to the selected image. Display the product information on the display (S960).

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. In addition to the above-described embodiments, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented via a medium containing computer readable code / instruction for controlling at least one processing element of the above-described embodiment, for example, a computer readable medium. have. The media may correspond to media / media that enable the storage and / or transmission of the computer readable code.

The computer readable code can be recorded on a medium as well as transmitted via the Internet, for example, the magnetic storage medium (eg, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and optical It may include a recording medium such as a recording medium (for example, CD-ROM, Blu-Ray, DVD), and a transmission medium such as a carrier wave. Since the media may be distributed networks, computer readable code may be stored / transmitted and executed in a distributed fashion. Further further, by way of example only, the processing element may comprise a processor or a computer processor, and the processing element may be distributed and / or included in one device.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the illustrated drawings as described above, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may realize the present invention in other specific forms without changing its technical spirit or essential features. It will be appreciated that it may be practiced. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not limiting.

100: wired and wireless network
200, 200 ': first terminal
300: web server
400: service server
500: second terminal

Claims (10)

A first terminal;
A second terminal;
A web server providing a social network service; And
Service server; Including,
The first terminal is:
An input unit;
An image acquisition unit for photographing the first image;
A storage unit which stores the photographed first image together with metadata;
Upload the photographed first image to a social network service, wherein the social network service is provided by the web server, and is not limited to travel product association, and freely communicates and shares information between users, and the first server from the service server. Receiving a collection request signal, when the approval command for the first collection request signal from the first user through the input unit is transmitted to the first image to the service server, corresponding to the first image from the service server A communication unit for receiving link information;
An editing unit which applies the received link information to the first image and maps the link information to a partial region of the first image; And
When a selection command for the partial area of the first image is input from the first user through the input unit, the travel product information corresponding to the link information is displayed based on link information mapped to the first image. An output unit; Including,
The second terminal is:
A plurality of images and the first image uploaded from the first image are uploaded from a second user without a separate travel-related search on the social network service that provides a plurality of images not related to travel and the uploaded first image. Receiving an input for selecting, requesting the selected first image from the web server, receiving travel product information corresponding to the first image from the web server, displaying the received travel product information,
The web server is:
When the first image uploaded from the first terminal is received and a second collection request signal is received from the service server, a URL of the first image is transmitted using a URL manager, or the URL of the first image is If not present, an image request signal for transmitting the first image to the service server, receiving the link information corresponding to the first image from the service server, and requesting the first image from the second terminal. A communication unit which transmits the travel product information based on the link information to the second terminal when received;
An image storage unit storing the received first image;
The URL manager to manage a URL of an image stored in the image storage unit; And
An editing unit which applies the received link information to the first image, and adds the received link information to a source code of a social network service web page including the first image; Including,
The service server is:
Communication unit;
A collection unit which transmits the first collection request signal and the second collection request signal by using the communication unit, and collects the first image or the URL of the first image;
The identification information is generated based on the image related data of the first image received from the first terminal or the web server through the collection unit. When the URL of the first image is received, the received URL is identified. An identification information generation unit for generating information and generating a hash value of the first image as the identification information when the URL of the first image is not received and the first image is received;
A first database for storing a first mapping table defining a mapping relationship between identification information of an image and location information at which the image is captured;
A second database for storing a second mapping table defining a mapping relationship between the location information and the travel product information related to the location information;
Search for the first mapping table to obtain location information corresponding to the generated identification information, and if location information corresponding to the generated identification information does not exist in the first mapping table, A location information retrieval unit for extracting location information of the first image from metadata and registering the extracted location information and the generated identification information in the first mapping table;
Search for the second mapping table to obtain travel product information corresponding to the obtained location information, and when a plurality of travel product information is mapped to the obtained location information, A travel product information search unit that preferentially selects travel product information having excellent evaluation information; And
A link information generation unit generating link information on the acquired travel product information and transmitting the generated link information to the first terminal or the web server using the communication unit; Including,
A system that maps travel product information to images based on location information. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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