SERVER FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENTS AND METHOD THEREOF, AND TERMINAL FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY

• US 20100321379A1
• Filed: 06/18/2008
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Kang, Moon-Soon, Park, Jang
• Granted Patent: US 8,907,942 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/194 Transmission of image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D contents providing service. A 3D contents providing server includes a 3D contents providing request receiver for receiving a 3D contents providing request through a communication network, a subscriber manager for checking a communication terminal to which the 3D contents will be provided when the 3D contents providing request is received, a 3D contents selecting extractor for receiving 3D contents selecting information to be provided to the checked communication terminal and extracting the selected 3D contents, and a 3D contents provider for providing the extracted 3D contents to the communication terminal, and the 3D contents include side information provided to the communication terminal and output by the communication terminal.

Claims

1. A 3D content data providing server for providing a 3D content data providing service, the server comprising:

a 3D content data providing request receiver for receiving a 3D content data providing request through a communication network;

a subscriber manager for checking a communication terminal for receiving the 3D content data when the 3D content data providing request is received;

a 3D content data selecting extractor for receiving 3D content data selecting information to be provided to the checked communication terminal, and extracting corresponding 3D content data; and

a 3D content data provider for providing the extracted 3D content data to the communication terminal, wherein

the 3D content data includes a plurality of multimedia data and side information specifying each side of a communication terminal for outputting the plurality of multimedia data, the plurality of multimedia data being combined to configure a united piece of multimedia data.

3. The server of claim 1, wherein a type of the plurality of multimedia data is one of image, video, sound, and fragrance, wherein the 3D contents 3D content data further includes type information of the plurality of multimedia data.

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13. A communication terminal for generating 3D content data comprising:

a 3D content data receiver for receiving 3D content data from a 3D content data providing server, the 3D content data including a plurality of multimedia data and side information specifying each side of a communication terminal for outputting the plurality of multimedia data, the plurality of multimedia data being combined to configure a united piece of multimedia data; and

a 3D content data display manager for analyzing side information included in the received 3D content data, and respectively outputting the plurality of multimedia data of the received 3D content data on the side corresponding to the side information.

14. The communication terminal of claim 13, further comprising:

a 3D content data requester for requesting the 3D content data from the 3D content data providing server; and

a 3D content data selector for selecting the 3D content data.

15. The communication terminal of claim 13, wherein the 3D content data display manager controls at least one of a display, a speaker, and a fragrance generator installed on the respective sides of the communication terminal so that the 3D content data may be output corresponding to side information included in the 3D content data.

17. The communication terminal of claim 13, wherein the communication terminal further includes:

a 3D display condition setter for receiving a condition for the output 3D content data; and

the 3D content data display manager outputs the 3D content data according to the input condition.

18. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein the 3D display condition setter sets the condition so that images of at least two things are separately displayed on the entire side of the communication terminal and the images displayed on the respective sides of the communication terminal are combined to provide a changed image.

19. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein the input condition is time information, and the 3D content data display manager outputs predetermined 3D content data according to the input time information.

20. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein the communication terminal further includes a position determiner, the condition is position information, and the 3D content data display manager outputs 3D content data that are preset or real-time downloaded according to the position information.

21. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein the communication terminal further includes a temperature sensor, and the condition is temperature information, and the 3D content data display manager outputs 3D content data that are preset or real-time downloaded according to the temperature information.

22. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein the communication terminal further includes a brightness sensor, the condition is brightness information, and the 3D content data display manager outputs 3D content data that are preset or real-time downloaded according to the brightness information.

23. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein he communication terminal further includes a noise sensor, the condition is information on the volume of noise, and the 3D content data display manager outputs 3D content data that are preset or real-time downloaded according to the information on the volume of noise.

24. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein the 3D display condition setter sets the condition so that the 3D content data may be displayed on one side of the communication terminal and information set by the user may be displayed on another side of the communication terminal.

25. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein the 3D display condition setter sets the condition so that the 3D content data may be displayed on one side of the communication terminal and another side may be an input region for receiving information from the user of the communication terminal.

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26. A method for a communication terminal to provide 3D content data comprising:

receiving 3D content data from a 3D content data providing server, the 3D content data including a plurality of multimedia data and side information specifying each side of a communication terminal for outputting the plurality of multimedia data, the plurality of multimedia data being combined to configure a united piece of multimedia data; and

analyzing side information included in the received 3D content data, and respectively outputting the plurality of multimedia data of the received 3D content data to the side that corresponds to the side information.

27. The method of claim 26, further including,

before the receiving of the 3D content data,

requesting the 3D content data from the 3D content data providing server;

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selecting the 3D content data.

28. The method of claim 27, further including,

before the selecting of the 3D content data,

receiving menu information for selecting the 3D content data from the 3D content data providing server;

outputting the menu information through a user interface; and

receiving information for selecting the 3D content data by using the output menu information.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein the method further includes,

after outputting the 3D content data,

receiving an output condition of the 3D content data;

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outputting the input contents according to the input condition, wherein

the input condition includes at least one of time information, position information, temperature information, brightness information, information on the volume of noise, and contact information.