Digital image processing apparatus and controlling method thereof

• US 9,669,302 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2014
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Sihwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US14/448,353
• Publication Number:
  US 20160005199A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,041 Days
• Field of Search: 345633
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition

Abstract

A digital image processing apparatus and a controlling method thereof are disclosed. The digital image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive information on a real travel path, a sensor unit configured to detect position change information of the digital image processing apparatus, a display unit configured to play a scene image of a virtual travel path, and a controller configured to control the input unit, the sensor unit, and the display unit, wherein the controller may detect similarity levels of virtual travel paths in accordance with a predetermined reference based upon the real travel path, select one virtual travel path respective to a highest similarity level among the detected similarity levels or respective to a user selection, and control the play of a scene image of the selected virtual travel path based upon the information on the real travel path and the detected position change information.

Claims

1. A digital image processing apparatus, comprising:

an input unit receiving user input information of a real travel path, wherein the user input information includes at least one of a point of departure, a point of arrival, a means of transportation, a departure time of a transportation and an arrival time of a transportation;

a sensor unit including a Global Positioning System (GPS), the sensor unit detecting position change information of the digital image processing apparatus by using a GPS signal;

a storage unit including a memory, the storage unit storing path information of the real travel path, path information of virtual travel paths and at least one scene image of the virtual travel paths, wherein the path information of the real travel path and the path information of the virtual travel paths respectively include travel path length, travel path shape, and travel path direction information;

a display unit; and

a controller controlling the input unit, the sensor unit, the storage and the display unit, wherein the controller is further;

acquiring the path information of the real travel path corresponding to the user input information,

detecting similarity levels of the virtual travel paths by comparing the travel path length, travel path shape, and travel path direction information between the real travel path and the virtual travel paths,

selecting one virtual travel path respective to a highest similarity level among the detected similarity levels or respective to a user selection,

calculating a travel speed by calculating the detected position change information of the digital image processing apparatus, and

controlling the display unit to play the scene image of the selected virtual travel path for a user using the means of transportation and adjust a play speed of the scene image of the selected virtual travel path by multiplying the detected travel speed by a ratio of a distance of the selected virtual travel path to a distance of the real travel path,

wherein, when the controller detected that the digital image processing apparatus deviates from the real travel path by comparing the detected position change information and the path information of the selected virtual travel path, the controller changes the selected virtual travel path in accordance with the detected position change information.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller quantifies the compared results to detect the similarity levels.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller divides each of the selected virtual travel path and the real travel path to multiple sections and controls the display unit to play a scene image of each section of the virtual travel path corresponding to each respective section of the real travel path.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the multiple sections are configured to be spaced apart from one another at equal intervals.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the multiple sections are configured based upon at least one of stations, predetermined locations in a city, and turning points turning at predetermined turning angles or more.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein, when the multiple sections are configured based upon station, the controller configures a number of stations on the real travel path to be equal to a number of stations used for configuring sections within the selected virtual travel path.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when no position change of the digital image processing apparatus occurs, the controller stops the display unit to play the scene image respective to the selected virtual travel path.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distance of the real travel path and the distance of the virtual travel path are configured based upon the point of departure and the point of arrival.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distance of the real travel path and the distance of the virtual travel path are configured based upon an interval between stations within each travel path.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distance of the real travel path and the distance of the virtual travel path are configured based upon a distance between turning points turning at more than a predetermined angle.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distance of the real travel path and the distance of the virtual travel path are configured based upon a distance between predetermined location points within a city.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller controls a time of arrival at a predetermined location point within the selected virtual travel path to be equal to a time of arrival at a point of arrival within the respective real travel path.

13. A controlling method of a digital image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving, via an input unit, user input information of a real travel path, wherein the user input information includes at least one of a point of departure, a point of arrival, a means of transportation, a departure time of a transportation, and an arrival time of a transportation;

acquiring path information of the real travel path corresponding to the user input information, wherein the path information of the real travel path and path information of the virtual travel paths are stored at a storage, and the path information of the real travel path and the path information of the virtual travel paths respectively include travel path length, travel path shape and travel path direction information;

detecting, via a controller, similarity levels of virtual travel paths by comparing the travel path length, travel path shape, and travel path direction information between the real travel path and the virtual travel paths;

selecting, via the controller, one virtual travel path respective to a highest similarity level among the detected similarity levels or respective to a user selection;

detecting, via a sensor unit including a Global Positioning System (GPS), position change information of the digital image processing apparatus by using a GPS signal; and

controlling, via the controller, a display unit to play a scene image of the selected virtual travel path for a user using the means of transportation and adjust a play speed of the scene image of the selected virtual travel path by multiplying the detected travel speed by a ratio of a distance of the selected virtual travel path to a distance of the real travel path,

wherein, when the controller detected that the digital image processing apparatus deviates from the real travel path by comparing the detected position change information and the path information of the selected virtual travel path, the controller changes the selected virtual travel path in accordance with the detected position change information.