METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING USER-CREATED STICKER AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING USER-CREATED STICKER

• US 20180182149A1
• Filed: 12/20/2017
• Published: 06/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seerslab, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Seerslab, Inc.
• Inventors: CHONG, Jinwook, KIM, Jaecheol
• Application Number:
  US15/847,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20180182149A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/40 of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10004 Still image; Photographic image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2213/08 Animation software package
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2004 Aligning objects, relative positioning of parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/13 Edge detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information

Abstract

Provided is a method for creating a user-created sticker. The method includes displaying a subject, executing a tool for designing a sticker for decorating the displayed subject, receiving a user input for sticker design, identifying coordinates of a sticker design element generated according to the user input, generating relationship information associating the sticker design element with at least one of the subject and a display screen based on information on the identified coordinates of the sticker design element, and storing the user-created sticker based on the generated relationship information and the sticker design element.

Claims

1. A method for creating a user-created sticker, the method comprising:

displaying a subject;

executing a tool for designing a sticker for decorating the displayed subject;

receiving a user input for sticker design;

identifying coordinates of a sticker design element generated according to the user input;

generating relationship information associating the sticker design element with at least one of the subject and a display screen based on information on the identified coordinates of the sticker design element; and

storing the user-created sticker based on the generated relationship information and the sticker design element.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a contour of the subject;

identifying a center point of the subject based on the identified contour of the subject; and

generating relationship information by considering the center point of the subject, the contour of the subject, and the coordinates of each sticker design element.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a contour of the subject; and

generating a synchronization point that associates the sticker design element with the identified contour of the subject based on the coordinates of the sticker design element,

wherein the user-created sticker is stored based on the synchronization point and the sticker design element.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the synchronization point comprises a specific point on the contour of the subject having an association with an end of the sticker design element.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein information stored when the user-created sticker is stored comprises information related to a synchronization point that is a specific point indicating an association between the sticker design element and the subject, and information on the sticker design element itself.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the sticker design elements move together with the subject based on the relationship information when the subject moves.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sticker design element varies so as to have a size proportional to the size of the subject in response to a change in size of the subject.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the sticker design element is created in plurality, and

wherein the plurality of sticker design elements have relationship information with at least one subject.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising recognizing a specific motion of the subject and giving a moving effect to the user-created sticker in response to the recognized motion.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the sticker design element comprises at least one of a text, a drawing, a figure, an image, and a functional figure that calls a sound and an animation.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein when a drawing input is selected, a menu for selecting at least one of a thickness, a shape, and a color of a line for drawing is provided.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein when a text input is selected, a sticker generating apparatus calls a keyboard that is basically provided and allows a user to enter a text using the keyboard.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein after a text is inputted, at least one of a size, a position, and a tilt of the inputted text is changeable.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the figure and the image are called from a camera or an album to be used.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the figure comprises a still figure, an animation figure, or a 3D object.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-created sticker is created in a state of being photographed by a camera or is created using a pre-stored photograph.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-created sticker is created in addition to a pre-stored sticker.

18. An apparatus for creating a user-created sticker, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit for displaying a subject;

an input unit receiving a user input;

a sticker generating unit executing a tool for designing a sticker for decorating the displayed subject through a control signal inputted through the input unit, generating a sticker design element according to a user input for designing a sticker, identifying coordinates of the generated sticker design element, and generating relationship information associating the sticker design element with at least one of the subject and a display screen based on information on the coordinates of the identified sticker design element; and

a storage unit for storing a user-created sticker based on the generated relationship information and the sticker design element.

19. A system for sharing a user-created sticker, the system comprising:

a user-created sticker generating apparatus executing a tool for designing a sticker for decorating a displayed subject through an input unit, generating a sticker design element according to a user input for designing a sticker, identifying coordinates of the generated sticker design element, generating relationship information associating the sticker design element with at least one of the subject and a display screen based on information on the coordinates of the identified sticker design element, storing a user-created sticker based on the generated relationship information and the sticker design element, and transmitting the stored user-created sticker to a server; and

a server for receiving the user-created sticker and distributing the user-created sticker to other apparatuses.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising a user-created sticker receiving apparatus downloading and using the user-created sticker through the server or directly from the user-created sticker generating apparatus.