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Method and system for creating, receiving and playing multiview images, and related mobile communication device

Title: Method and system for creating, receiving and playing multiview images, and related mobile communication device

Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Claims

The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090163185, Method and system for creating, receiving and playing multiview images, and related mobile communication device.

What is claimed is:

1. A method for creating multi-view images, the method comprising: receiving certification of a multi-view image service at a master device; grouping mobile communication devices for creating the multi-view images by the master device; selecting an image processing server being available for the grouped mobile communication devices; acquiring images of a photographing target by the grouped mobile communication devices; transmitting the images to the selected image processing server; and converting the images into the multi-view images.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein grouping the mobile communication devices includes at least one among the followings: grouping by directly inputting phone numbers of the mobile communication devices; grouping by selecting information about the mobile communication devices in a phonebook; and grouping by collecting information about the mobile communication devices through a short-distance wireless communication channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the image processing server includes: estimating the size of images to be received from the mobile communication devices, depending on camera information and location information of the grouped mobile communication devices; and selecting the image processing server being capable of processing the estimated image size and being currently used.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the images includes: obtaining a synchronous signal for controlling cameras of the grouped mobile communication devices; enabling the cameras according to the synchronous signal; and capturing the images by using the enabled cameras.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein obtaining the synchronous signal includes: establishing a short-distance wireless communication channel between the mobile communication devices; and transmitting a signal related to camera control operation of the master device to the other device among the grouped mobile communication devices.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein obtaining the synchronous signal includes: transmitting the synchronous signal to the mobile communication devices from the image processing server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the images into the multi-view images includes: performing illumination compensation of the images in the image processing server, performing dynamic compensation of the images according to camera locations, and comparing redundancy of each image with a predefined value; and encoding the images through a specific codec according to a result of the comparison.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein encoding the images includes: if the redundancy is greater than the predefined value, encoding the images into the multi-view images while compressing the images based at least partly on the redundancy.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the encoding the images includes: encoding the images using a 3-dimensional audio video multi-view codec.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein encoding the images includes: if the redundancy is smaller than the predefined value, encoding individually each image by using an MPEG4 audio video codec; and integrating the individually encoded images.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the images includes: transmitting a standard block from the master device to at least one slave device among the grouped mobile communication devices, the standard block corresponding to at least one part of an image taken by the master device; at the slave device, comparing the standard block with an image taken by the slave device; at the slave device, detecting a compared block corresponding to the standard block; at the slave device, determining a degree of image discordance between the standard block with the compared block; and at the slave device, displaying an indicator for the movement of a camera focus so as to adjust the image discordance.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining a degree of image discordance includes: examining the distribution of similar parts in the compared block, the similar parts being determined by comparing the standard block and the compared block.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein comparing the standard block with the image taken by the slave device includes: at the slave device, dividing the standard block into several sub-blocks; and comparing one of the sub-blocks with the image taken by the slave device.

14. A method for receiving and playing multi-view images, the method comprising: selecting a content including the multi-view images; selecting a receiving type for receiving the content; receiving the content according to the selected receiving type; playing the received content; and if there is a request for playing the multi-view images while the content is played, playing the multi-view images of a scene corresponding to a time of the request.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving type includes one of a downloading type and a streaming type.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein playing the multi-view images includes: if the content is received through the downloading type, playing the requested multi-view images among images downloaded and stored in a memory.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein playing the multi-view images includes: if the content is received through the streaming type, sending the request to a server that provides the content; receiving the requested multi-view images from the server through the streaming type; and playing the received multi-view images.

18. A system for a multi-view image service, the system comprising: a plurality of mobile communication devices obtaining certification of the multi-view image service, forming a group for creating multi-view images, acquiring and transmitting images of a photographing target; and a service server performing the certification to at least one of the plurality of mobile communication, receiving the images transmitted from the mobile communication devices, and encoding the received images into the multi-view images based at least partly on redundancy of the received images.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of mobile communication devices include: a camera acquiring images; a radio frequency unit communicating with the service server, receiving a message related to the certification, and transmitting the images; a control unit controlling the acquisition of the images by the camera, and controlling the transmission of the images by the radio frequency unit; and a short-distance wireless communication module establishing a short-distance wireless communication channel between the mobile communication devices.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the control unit acquires device information and camera information about the mobile communication devices through the short-distance wireless communication module and performs grouping of the mobile communication devices.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of mobile communication devices further include: a display unit displaying a content including the multi-view images, the content being transmitted from the service server; a memory storing the image acquired by the camera and the content; and an input unit creating an input signal for controlling the acquisition of the images by the camera.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the service server include: a plurality of image processing servers, at least one of which creates the multi-view images by using the images transmitted from the mobile communication devices; and a multi-view service server managing the certification of the mobile communication devices, and selecting the image processing server being available for the mobile communication devices among the plurality of image processing servers.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the service server further include: a web server transmitting the multi-view images to the mobile communication devices.

24. The system of claim 18, wherein the plurality of mobile communication devices include: a master device determining a standard block corresponding to at least one part of an acquired image; and at least one slave device receiving the standard block from the master device, detecting a compared block corresponding to the standard block by comparing the standard block with an acquired image, determining a degree of image discordance between the standard block with the compared block, and displaying an indicator for the movement of a camera focus so as to adjust the image discordance.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the slave device examines the distribution of similar parts in the compared block to determine the image discordance, the similar parts being determined by comparing the standard block and the compared block.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the slave device divides the standard block into several sub-blocks, and compares one of the sub-blocks with the image acquired by the slave device.

27. A mobile communication device comprising: a camera acquiring images; a control unit controlling the acquisition of the images by the camera, and controlling the transmission of the images; and a short-distance wireless communication module establishing a short-distance wireless communication channel with other mobile communication devices under the control of the control unit, wherein the control unit acquires device information and camera information about the mobile communication devices through the short-distance wireless communication module and performs grouping of the mobile communication devices.

28. The device of claim 22, further comprising: a radio frequency unit communicating with a service server available for multi-view images, receiving a message related to the certification from the service server, and transmitting the images; a display unit displaying a content including the multi-view images, the content being transmitted from the service server; a memory storing the image acquired by the camera and the content; and an input unit creating an input signal for controlling the acquiring of the images by the camera.

29. The device of claim 28, wherein the control unit controls transmitting a standard block to other mobile communication devices, the standard block corresponding to at least one part of an acquired image.

30. A mobile communication device comprising: a camera acquiring images; a control unit controlling the acquisition of the images by the camera, and controlling the transmission of the images; and a short-distance wireless communication module establishing a short-distance wireless communication channel with other mobile communication devices under the control of the control unit, wherein the control unit, when receiving a standard block from a specific one of other mobile communication devices, the standard block corresponding to at least one part of an image acquired by the specific mobile communication device, detects a compared block corresponding to the standard block by comparing the standard block with the acquired image, determines a degree of image discordance between the standard block with the compared block, and displays an indicator for the movement of a camera focus so as to adjust the image discordance.

31. The device of claim 30, wherein the control unit examines the distribution of similar parts in the compared block to determine the image discordance, the similar parts being determined by comparing the standard block and the compared block.

32. The device of claim 30, wherein the control unit divides the standard block into several sub-blocks, and compares one of the sub-blocks with the image acquired by the slave device.

33. The device of claim 30, further comprising: a radio frequency unit communicating with a service server available for multi-view images, receiving a message related to the certification from the service server, and transmitting the images; a display unit displaying a content including the multi-view images, the content being transmitted from the service server; a memory storing the image acquired by the camera and the content; and an input unit creating an input signal for controlling the acquiring of the images by the camera.

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