METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS WITH ENHANCED REALITY

• US 20140135121A1
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SATEESH, Brhmadesam
• Application Number:
  US14/077,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20140135121A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/58 by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/655 by importing photos, e.g. of the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories

Abstract

A method of providing through a server a three-dimensional (3D) character on a game to a client in a cloud computing environment is provided. The server receives images from the client that are designated by a user, generates the 3D character by using the received images, and executes a game in which the generated 3D character appears, by interworking with the client. The user may generate a new 3D character by optionally editing a 3D character by a selection based on a menu provided by the server, selecting a style of a new 3D character to be generated, modifying a portion of a body of a current 3D character, or by only using an image designated by the user. Accordingly, it is possible to provide enhanced reality to the user by generating a new 3D character and executing a game in which the new 3D character appears.

Claims

1. A method of providing to a client a three-dimensional (3D) character on a game through a server in a cloud computing environment, the method comprising:

receiving from the client images designated by a user;

generating the 3D character by using the received images; and

interworking with the client to execute a game in which the generated 3D character appears.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the 3D character comprises generating a new 3D character by modifying only a portion of a body of a 3D character that is provided in the game.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising giving the generated 3D character a new attribute based on an external feature of the generated 3D character.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the 3D character comprises providing a menu to edit an external shape of the 3D character, according to a user selection.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the menu for editing the external shape of the 3D character comprises a menu to edit a color or size of a portion or all of a body or costume of the 3D character.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the 3D character comprises providing a menu to select one of predetermined styles by the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the 3D character comprises generating the 3D character by using only an image which satisfies a predetermined image quality reference among the received images.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the game comprises replacing a current character with the generated 3D character.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the game comprises providing a menu to add the generated 3D character to a current character and selecting the generated 3D character by the user.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a program, which, when executed by a processor of a computer, performs the method of claim 1.

10. A server for providing a three-dimensional (3D) character on a game to a client in a cloud computing environment, the server comprising:

a receiver configured to receive from the client images designated by a user;

a generator configured to generate the 3D character by using the received images; and

an executor configured to execute a game in which the generated 3D character appears, by interworking with the client.

11. The server of claim 10, wherein the generator is configured to generate a new 3D character by only modifying a portion of a body of a 3D character that is provided in the game.

12. The server of claim 10, further comprising an attributing unit configured to provide the generated 3D character with a new attribute based on an external feature of the generated 3D character.

13. The server of claim 10, wherein the generator is configured to provide a menu to edit an external shape of the 3D character according to a user selection.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein the menu for editing the external shape of the 3D character comprises a menu for editing a color or size of a portion or all of a body or costume of the 3D character.

15. The server of claim 10, wherein the generator is configured to provide a menu for selecting one of predetermined styles by the user.

16. The server of claim 10, wherein the generator is configured to generate the 3D character by only using an image which satisfies a predetermined reference image quality from among the received images.

17. The server of claim 10, wherein the executor is configured to replace a current character with the generated 3D character.

18. The server of claim 10, wherein the executor is configured to provide a menu to add the generated 3D character to a current character and selecting the generated 3D character by the user.

19. A client for receiving a three-dimensional (3D) character on a game from a server in a cloud computing environment, the client comprising:

a user input configured to receive a user input to designate images;

a transmitter configured to transmit to the server the images designated by the user input; and

an executor configured to interworking with the server in order to execute a game in which the 3D character generated by the server appears, by.

21. A server configured to generate a three-dimensional (3D) character on a game, the server comprising:

a receiver configured to receive images designated by a user;

a generator configured to use the received images to generate the 3D character; and

an executor configured to execute a game in which the generated 3D character appears.

22. The server of claim 21, further comprising an attributing unit configured to provide the generated 3D character with a new attribute based on an external feature of the generated 3D character.

23. The server of claim 21, wherein the images designated by the user are received from a client.

24. The server of claim 21, wherein the generator is configured to provide a menu to edit an external shape of the 3D character according to a user selection.

25. The server of claim 21, wherein the executor is configured to replace a current character with the generated 3D character.