APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HYBRID CONTENTS GENERATED BY COMBINING MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION AND GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION

• US 20100162411A1
• Filed: 12/07/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Kyungok, Lee, Seongho, Kim, Jaechul, CHANG, Yoonseop
• Application Number:
  US12/632,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20100162411A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

An apparatus for managing hybrid contents generated by combining multimedia information and geospatial information includes an input/output unit that is connected with a contents storage and a contents using device to control input/output of the hybrid contents; a structure calculating unit that generates the hybrid contents having a layer structure using an XML format by interconnecting the multimedia information having the layer structure using the XML format provided from the input/output unit and the geospatial information having the layer structure using the XML format; and a relationship establishing unit that is connected with the input/output unit or the structure calculating unit to establish and provide the relationship of the multimedia information having the layer structure, the geospatial information having the layer structure, and the hybrid contents.

Claims

1. An apparatus for managing hybrid contents generated by combining multimedia information and geospatial information, comprising:

an input/output unit that is connected with a contents storage unit and a contents using device to control input/output of the hybrid contents;

a structure calculating unit that generates the hybrid contents having a layer structure using an XML format by interconnecting the multimedia information having the layer structure using the XML format provided from the input/output unit and the geospatial information having the layer structure using the XML format; and

a relationship establishing unit that is connected with the input/output unit or the structure calculating unit to establish and provide the relationship of the multimedia information having the layer structure, the geospatial information having the layer structure, and the hybrid contents.

2. The apparatus for managing hybrid contents according to claim 1, further comprising:

an access managing unit that is connected to the input/output unit to manage a usage right of the hybrid contents.

3. The apparatus for managing hybrid contents according to claim 1, wherein the structure calculating unit includes:

a multimedia structure calculating unit that manages the multimedia information having the layer structure;

a geospatial information structure calculating unit that manages the geospatial information having the layer structure;

a connection unit that generates the hybrid contents by combining the geospatial information having the layer structure corresponding to the multimedia information having the layer structure.

4. The apparatus for managing hybrid contents according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia information having the layer structure has a layer structure including at least one of a photo, a cubic photo including the plurality of photos, a geophoto including the plurality of photos or the plurality of cubic photos, a sequence geophoto including the plurality of geophotos at different places or different times, and a surround geophoto including the plurality of geophotos about the same object.

5. The apparatus for managing hybrid contents according to claim 1, wherein the geospatial information having the layer structure has a layer structure including at least one of GPS information, positional information including the GPS information or general coordinate information, trajectory information including the plurality of positional information, and a geospatial information collection including the plurality of GPS information, the plurality of positional information, and the plurality of trajectory information.

6. The apparatus for managing hybrid contents according to claim 1, wherein the relationship establishing unit includes:

a target entity establishing unit that defines a target entity designating all or some of the hybrid contents received from the input/output unit;

a content entity establishing unit that defines a content entity based on at least one of text information, the multimedia information having the layer structure received from the input/output unit, the geospatial information having the layer structure, and the hybrid contents; and

a relationship control unit that controls the relationship between the target entity and the content entity corresponding to the information of the target entity.

7. The apparatus for managing hybrid contents according to claim 6, wherein the relationship control unit includes at least one of a point-to control unit that defines the contents entity which can directly display the target entity on the hybrid contents, a hyperlink control unit that connects the target entity and the content entity to an external communication network, an enlargement control unit that enlarges the content of the target entity, and an overlay control unit that display only the target entity.

8. The apparatus for managing hybrid contents according to claim 6, wherein the content includes at least one of a label annotation, an image annotation, and the hybrid contents.

9. A method for managing hybrid contents generated by combining multimedia information and geospatial information by a contents control unit, comprising:

receiving multimedia information having a layer structure using an XML format and geospatial information having a layer structure using the XML format from a contents storage unit;

generating the hybrid contents which combine the multimedia information having the layer structure and the geospatial information having the layer structure;

inputting/outputting the hybrid contents with the contents storage unit or a contents using device; and

establishing the relationship of the multimedia information having the layer structure, the geospatial information having the layer structure, or the hybrid contents.

10. The method for managing hybrid contents according to claim 9, wherein generating the hybrid contents includes:

analyzing the multimedia information having the layer structure;

analyzing the geospatial information having the layer structure; and

generating the hybrid contents by combining the multimedia information having the layer structure to the geospatial information having the layer structure corresponding to the multimedia information having the layer structure.

11. The method for managing according to claim 9, wherein the multimedia information having the layer structure has a layer structure including at least one of of a photo, a cubic photo including the plurality of photo, a geophoto including the plurality of photos or the plurality of cubic photos, a sequence geophoto including the plurality of geophotos at different places or different times, and a surround geophoto including the plurality of geophotos about the same object.

12. The method for managing hybrid contents according to claim 9, wherein the geospatial information having the layer structure has a layer structure including at least one of GPS information, positional information including the GPS information or general coordinate information, trajectory information including the plurality of positional information, and a geospatial information collection including the plurality of GPS information, the plurality of positional information, and the plurality of trajectory information.

13. The method for managing hybrid contents according to claim 9, wherein establishing the relationship includes:

defining a target entity designating all or some of the hybrid contents received from the input/output unit;

defining a content entity based on at least one of text information, the multimedia information having the layer structure received from the input/output unit, the geospatial information having the layer structure, and the hybrid contents; and

controlling the relationship between the target entity and the content entity corresponding to the information of the target entity.

14. The method for managing hybrid contents according to claim 13, wherein controlling the relationship between the target entity and the content entity corresponding to the information on the target entity includes at least one of a point-to control unit that defines the contents entity which can directly display the target entity on the hybrid contents, a hyperlink control unit that connects the target entity and the content entity to an external communication network, an enlargement control unit that enlarges the content of the target entity, and an overlay control unit that display only the target entity.

15. The method for managing hybrid contents according to claim 13, wherein in defining the content entity, the content includes at least one of a label annotation, an image annotation, and the hybrid contents.