Method of improving the presentation of image data which inter-locked with video signals throughput of a terminal and a system thereof

• US 7,834,874 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2006
• Issued: 11/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Jong Suk
• Primary Examiner(s): SAMS, MICHELLE L
• Application Number:
  US11/452,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20070002185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,616 Days
• Field of Search: 345/428, 348/731, 348/439.1
• US Class Current: 345/428
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/00 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/16 involving adaptation to the client's capabilities

Abstract

Systems and methods for presenting image data to a terminal are disclosed, the system including a memory configured to store tolerance cycle information associated with the realization time of an image data, a processor configured to determine a realization processing cycle of a first image data transmitted to the terminal, and a controller configured to control a realization processing cycle of a second image data transmitted to the terminal after the first image data, based at least in part on the outcome of comparing the realization processing cycle of the first image data with the tolerance cycle.

Claims

1. A method of presenting image data from a server that is to be realized on a terminal, the method comprising:

setting and storing tolerance cycle information associated with realization time of image data and an image processing speed of the terminal, each image data including a plurality of image factors, and each image factor having a rendering value;

measuring, at a processor located outside of the server and the terminal and interposed between the server and the terminal, information indicating at least part of a time period to render first image data on the terminal;

determining a realization processing cycle of first image data transmitted to the terminal based on the measured time period;

comparing the realization processing cycle of the first image data with a tolerance cycle of the terminal; and

adjusting, by the processor interposed between the server and the terminal, the realization processing cycle of a second image data sent to the terminal after the first image data, based at least in part on the outcome of comparing the realization processing cycle of the first image data with the tolerance cycle,

wherein the adjusting of the realization processing cycle of the second image data comprises;

determining a level of detail adjustment with respect to the second image data using the rendering values of the image factors of the second image data,

wherein, when the realization processing cycle of the first image data is longer than the tolerance cycle, image factors having a relatively lower rendering value are adjusted before image factors having a relatively higher rendering value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the realization processing cycle is indicative of the time required between the time when data for rendering an image on the terminal is received and the time when the image is rendered on the terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the tolerance cycle of the terminal in a cycle management database.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the realization processing cycle of the second image data comprises maintaining or increasing the level of detail of the second image data if the realization processing cycle of the first image data is shorter than the tolerance cycle.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the realization processing cycle of the second image data comprises reducing the level of detail of the second image data if the realization processing cycle of the first image data is longer than the tolerance cycle.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein adjusting the realization processing cycle comprises controlling the rendering time of the second image data.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising applying the rendering values to the second image data based on weights in order to adjust the level of detail of the second image data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein adjusting the level of detail of the second image data based on the rendering values further comprises:

determining a standard level of detail of the second image data; and

adjusting the level of detail of the second image data by applying the rendering values to the standard level of detail of the second image data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein adjusting the standard level of detail of the second image data includes adjusting a screen background of the second image data, adjusting an object placed on a location of the screen background, and adjusting a shadow or effect of the object, wherein the object comprises a dynamic or static subject.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein adjusting the standard level of detail of the second image data further comprises adjusting the visible range of the screen background of the second image data, the visible range of the object being placed in a location of the screen background, and the visible range of the shadow or effect of the object.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein measuring at least part of the time period comprises measuring when input of a control signal for converting the first image data is confirmed.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein measuring at least part of the time period comprises measuring when rendering of the first image data has been completed on the terminal.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein measuring at least part of the time period comprises measuring when a user key input has been received.

14. A system for presenting image data to a terminal, the system comprising:

a first interface configured to receive, from a server located outside of the system, image data to be realized on the terminal, each image data including a plurality of image factors, and each image factor having a rendering value;

a second interface configured to provide, to the terminal located outside of the system, the images to be realized on the terminal based on a realization processing cycle;

a memory configured to set and store tolerance cycle information associated with the realization time of an image data and an image processing speed of the terminal;

a processor configured to measure at least part of a time period to render first image data on the terminal and to determine a realization processing cycle of the first image data transmitted to the terminal based on the measured time period; and

a controller configured to control the realization processing cycle of a second image data transmitted to the terminal after the first image data, based at least in part on the outcome of comparing the realization processing cycle of the first image data with the tolerance cycle, and configured to control a level of detail adjustment with respect to the second image data according to the rendering values of the image factors of the second image data,

wherein, when the realization processing cycle of the first image data is longer than the tolerance cycle, image factors having a relatively lower rendering value are adjusted before image factors having a relatively higher rendering value.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the controller controls the realization processing cycle of the second image data in order to control the rendering time of the second image data.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the memory is indicative of a cycle management database storing tolerance cycle information.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the realization a processing cycle is indicative of the time between when data for rendering an image on a terminal is received and the when the image is rendered on the terminal.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the level of detail adjustment of the second image data using the rendering values further comprises:

a level of detail management database for determining a standard level of detail of the second image data; and

a precision adjusting system for adjusting the level of detail of the second image data by applying the rendering values to the standard level of detail of the second image data.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the level of detail adjustment includes adjusting a screen background of the second image data, adjusting an object placed on a location of the screen background, and adjusting a shadow or effect of the object, wherein the object comprises the dynamic or static subject.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to measure at least part of the time period comprises measuring when input of a control signal for converting the first image data is confirmed.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to measure at least part of the time period comprises measuring when rendering of the first image data has been completed on the terminal.

22. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to measure at least part of the time period comprises measuring when a user key input has been received.

23. A computer-readable non-transitory medium storing instructions when executed perform a method comprising:

setting and storing tolerance cycle information associated with realization time of image data and an image processing speed of the terminal, each image data including a plurality of image factors, and each image factor having a rendering value;

measuring, at a processor interposed between a server providing images that are to be realized on a terminal and located outside of the server and the terminal, at least part of a time period to render first image data on the terminal;

determining a realization processing cycle of first image data transmitted to the terminal based on the measured time period;

comparing the realization processing cycle of the first image data with a tolerance cycle of the terminal; and

adjusting, at the processor interposed between the server and the terminal, the realization processing cycle of a second image data sent to the terminal after the first image data, based at least in part on the outcome of comparing the realization processing cycle of the first image data with the tolerance cycle,

wherein the adjusting of the realization processing cycle of the second image data comprises;

determining a level of detail adjustment with respect to the second image data using the rendering values of the image factors of the second image data,

wherein, when the realization processing cycle of the first image data is longer than the tolerance cycle, image factors having a relatively lower rendering value are adjusted before image factors having a relatively higher rendering value.

24. The storage medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions for measuring at least part of the time period comprises measuring when input of a control signal for converting the first image data is confirmed.

25. The storage medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions for measuring at least part of the time period comprises measuring when rendering of the first image data has been completed on the terminal.

26. The storage medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions for wherein measuring at least part of the time period comprises measuring when a user key input has been received.

27. A system for presenting image data from a server that is to be realized on a terminal located outside of the system, the system comprising:

means for receiving, from a server located outside of the system, image data to be realized on the terminal, each image data including a plurality of image factors, and each image factor having a rendering value;

means for providing, to the terminal located outside of the system, the images to be realized on the terminal based on a realization processing cycle;

means for setting and storing tolerance cycle information associated with the realization time of the image data and an image processing speed of the terminal;

means for measuring at least part of a time period to render first image data on the terminal;

means for determining the realization processing cycle of first image data transmitted to the terminal based on measured time period; and

means for controlling a realization processing cycle of second image data transmitted after the first image data if the realization processing cycle of the first image data is longer than the tolerance cycle, and controlling a level of detail adjustment with respect to the second image data according to the rendering values of the image factors of the second image data,

wherein, when the realization processing cycle of the first image data is longer than the tolerance cycle, image factors having a relatively lower rendering value are adjusted before image factors having a relatively higher rendering value.