SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL REALITY LINKING SERVICE

• US 20120050325A1
• Filed: 08/24/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: PARK, Chang Joon, CHOI, Byoung Tae, LEE, Young Jik, JOO, Sang Hyun, LEE, Gil Haeng
• Application Number:
  US13/216,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20120050325A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/308 Details of the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5553 user representation in the game field, e.g. avatar
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8082 Virtual reality

Abstract

Provided is a terminal for providing a virtual reality linking service. The terminal providing a virtual reality linking service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a user information inputting unit receiving user information; a receiving unit receiving a virtual reality linking service including a sensory effect for each object and a rendering result corresponding to the user information; a real object characteristic information generating unit generating real object characteristic information by extracting a sensitive characteristic stimulating senses of people from a real object which really exists around the user; an object motion information generating unit generating object motion information by recognizing a physical motion of the real object; and a transmitting unit providing the user information, the real object characteristic information, and the object motion information.

Claims

1. A server for providing a virtual reality linking service, comprising:

a receiving unit receiving at least one of user information, real object characteristic information including sensitive characteristic information of a real object, motion information of a real object, and set-up information for each object;

a virtual space setting unit generating and setting a virtual space;

a virtual object managing unit generating and managing at least one virtual object corresponding to the real object according to the real object characteristic information and the object motion information;

a target object managing unit generating and managing at least one target object for providing an additional service which is providable to the user in the virtual space;

a sensory effect managing unit generating and managing a sensory effect for each object corresponding to at least one of the virtual object and the target object;

a sensory effect setting unit setting the sensory effect for each object of the sensory effect managing unit to be changed according to the set-up information for each object;

a matching unit matching at least one of the virtual object and the target object to the virtual space;

a rendering unit performing rendering according to the matching result; and

a service generating unit generating a virtual reality linking service including the sensory effect for each object and the rendering result.

2. The server of claim 1, further comprising:

a profile managing unit managing at least one profile including avatar set-up information corresponding to the user information; and

an avatar object generating unit generating and managing an avatar object which is the other self in a virtual space of the user according to the avatar set-up information,

wherein the sensory effect managing unit additionally generates and manages the sensory effect for each object corresponding to the avatar object and the matching unit additionally matches the avatar object to the virtual.

3. The server of claim 1, wherein the set-up information for each object includes object set-up information for setting a shape, a location, and a sensory effect for each object of at least one of the virtual object and the target object in the virtual space, respectively.

4. The server of claim 3, wherein the target object managing unit manages the target object by setting at least one of the shape and the location of the target object in the virtual space to be changed according to the object set-up information.

5. The server of claim 3, wherein the virtual object managing unit manages the virtual object by setting at least one of the shape and the location of the virtual object in the virtual space to be changed according to the object set-up information.

6. The server of claim 1, further comprising:

an additional service retrieving unit retrieving additional service information which is providable to the user associated with the target object; and

an additional information generating unit generating additional information corresponding to each target object according to the additional service information retrieved by the service retrieving unit,

wherein the service generating unit further includes the additional information to generate the virtual reality linking service.

7. The server of claim 1, wherein the receiving unit further receives object registration information for adding or deleting at least one of the virtual object and the target object, and

the virtual object managing unit and the target object managing unit manages the virtual object and the target object by adding or deleting at least one of the virtual object and the target object according to the object registration information.

8. The server of claim 1, wherein the receiving unit further receives rendering set-up information for setting the level of the rendering, and

the rendering unit sets the level of the rendering according to the rendering set-up information and performs the rendering according to the level of the rendering.

9. The server of claim 1, wherein the receiving unit further receives space characteristic information for a characteristic of a physical space, and

the virtual space setting unit sets the virtual space by using the space characteristic information.

10. A terminal for providing a virtual reality linking service, comprising:

a user information inputting unit receiving user information;

a receiving unit receiving a virtual reality linking service including a sensory effect for each object and a rendering result corresponding to the user information;

a real object characteristic information generating unit generating real object characteristic information by extracting a sensitive characteristic stimulating senses of people from a real object which really exists around the user;

an object motion information generating unit generating object motion information by recognizing a physical motion of the real object; and

a transmitting unit providing the user information, the real object characteristic information, and the object motion information.

11. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

an object registration information inputting unit receiving object registration information for adding or deleting at least one of a virtual object and a target object used in the virtual reality linking service from a user,

wherein the transmitting unit further provides the object registration information.

12. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

an object set-up information inputting unit receiving set-up information for each object including object set-up information for setting at least one of a virtual object, a target object, and an avatar object used in the virtual reality linking service from a user,

wherein the transmitting unit further provides the object set-up information.

13. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

a space characteristic information generating unit generating space characteristic information by extracting a characteristic depending on at least one of the usage of the space, indoor or outdoor, and illuminance by recognizing a physical space around the user,

wherein the transmitting unit further provides the space characteristic information.

14. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

rendering set-up information inputting unit receiving from a user rendering set-up information for setting the level of rendering for determining the quality of the visualization information,

wherein the transmitting unit further provides the rendering set-up information.

15. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising a screen display unit displaying a result of the rendering on a screen.

16. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising a sensory effect unit outputting the sensory effect for each object.

17. The terminal of claim 16, wherein the sensory effect unit includes a device retrieving unit retrieving a device capable of outputting the sensory effect for each object and outputs the sensory effect for each object by using the device retrieved by the device retrieving unit.

18. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

a user preference information generating unit generating user preference information to which user preference for a sensory effect for each object corresponding to at least one of the virtual object, the target object, and the avatar object used in the virtual reality linking service is reflected,

wherein the transmitting unit further provides the user preference information.

19. A method for providing a virtual reality linking service, comprising:

receiving user information;

generating an avatar object which is the other self in a virtual space corresponding to the user information;

setting the virtual space;

generating real object characteristic information by extracting a sensitive characteristic from a real object;

generating object motion information which is information regarding a motion of the real object and set-up information for each object;

receiving at least one of the real object characteristic information and the object motion information;

generating at least one virtual object corresponding to the real object according to at least one of the real object characteristic information and the object motion information;

generating at least one target object for providing an additional service which is providable to the user in the virtual space;

generating a sensory effect for each object corresponding to at least one of the plurality of virtual objects, targets objects, and avatar objects;

setting the sensory effect for each object to be changed according to the set-up information for each object;

matching at least one of the virtual object, the avatar object, and the target object to the virtual space;

performing rendering according to a result of the matching; and

generating a virtual reality linking service including the sensory effect for each object and the rendering result.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the set-up information for each object includes at least one of virtual object set-up information for setting the virtual object, target object set-up information for setting the target object, and avatar object set-up information for setting the avatar object.