The present invention relates to a system that combines AR technology with self-created elements to produce video works and a media storing the same, especially to a system that combines AR technology with self-created elements to produce video works and a media storing the same that are applied to games or teaching materials for children.
Owing to parental involvement in children's education, more and more computer-assisted instruction (CAI) programs have been developed to meet significantly growing market demands every year. According to the survey, computer has become one of the top three things parents want their children to learn, just behind language and music. In near future, learning software for kids plays a vital role in children's education, no matter viewed from the demand side or the supply side.
The augmented reality (AR) technology for education is going to be the technology of the future, not only changes the market rules but also have wide applications. The AR can connect the real word to visual images directly or indirectly. The smart phones connected to internet and the mobile devices provided with cameras contribute to the growth of AR.
Now there are interactive motion-sensing games and teaching materials produced by augmented reality (AR) technology available on the market. AR images are generated through learning flash cards and displayed in an interesting and interactive way to help children concentrate on their learning. Thus the teaching materials are both entertaining and educational. However, most of these AR materials are single-mode, such as pure voice/pattern recognition/scanning Children are unable to create their own patterns or speeches and then integrate their works with AR images to create AR animations. Thus AR teaching materials have great potential in inspiring and conveying kids' creativity.
Therefore it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a system that combines AR technology with self-created elements to produce video works, which uses users' self-created element to form AR video works in a real-time manner.
In order to achieve the above object, a system that combines AR technology with self-created elements to produce video works according to the present invention is executed in an electronic computer system and is composed of a data module used for storage of at least one software drawing template and at least one software scene, an image input module that reads a physical image corresponding to at least one physical character of a physical picture book and defines a software image border of the physical image, a recognition and analysis module that generates software drawn content by comparison of the software drawing template with the software image border, and an integration module that fills the software drawn content into the software drawing template correspondingly for generating an AR object and integrates the AR object with the software scene for generating a self-created AR work.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a non-transitory computer-readable medium used for storing the system that combines AR technology with self-created elements to produce video works mentioned above.
Implementation of the present invention at least produces the following advantageous effects:
1. The self-created AR works containing self-created elements are created by users themselves.
2. The self-created AR works are produced in a real-time manner.
The features and advantages of the present invention are detailed hereinafter with reference to the preferred embodiments. The detailed description is intended to enable a person skilled in the art to gain insight into the technical contents disclosed herein and implement the present invention accordingly. In particular, a person skilled in the art can easily understand the objects and advantages of the present invention by referring to the disclosure of the specification, the claims, and the accompanying drawings.
The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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While in use, besides the software used for executing the present system that produces video works 100, a teaching aid such as a physical picture book 60, a flash card, a jigsaw puzzle, etc. is also used. The physical picture book 60 can be an AR book formed by a plurality of contiguous pages.
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Each page of the physical picture book 60 also has a physical scene 613. The arrangement of the above physical character 61 and the physical scene 613 in the respective page or the whole physical picture book 60 forms a script of a story-unit or a story script.
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The way the image input module 20 reads the physical image 614 by using a camera to catch real-time images or read an image file. After the physical image 614 being read, define the physical border 611 of the physical image 614 by software technology, then the physical border 611 is converted into a software image border and stored in a storage unit of the computer, so that the software image border can be produced by Augmented Reality (AR) technology in the future.
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Besides the above corresponding methods, in order to make the comparison of the recognition and analysis module 30 more easy and convenient, a plurality of recognition points 310 is further but not necessary arranged at the software drawing template 110 and the physical character 61 respectively and correspondingly in advance. By the recognition point 310, the position marked “x” on the physical border 611 or the software drawing template 110, more detailed features of the respective physical character 61 such as head, eyes, tail, even different spots on the skin can be recognized more precisely and accurately.
For easy operation of the system, the file name of the software drawn content 31C is defined by a user account, a page number of the physical picture book 60, a serial number of the character of the physical picture book 60, an edition number being drawn, or their combinations while saving the software drawn content 31C.
The voice input module 40 reads a kid's real-time speech by a PDA microphone to produce voice content 80. Moreover, the voice input module 40 can also read an audio file recorded in advance. For convenient operation of the system, the file name of the voice content 80 is defined by a user account, a page number of the physical picture book 60, a serial number of the character of the physical picture book 60, an edition number being drawn, or their combinations while saving the voice content 80.
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In other words, the electronic book generating module 90 converts each page of the physical picture book 60 into a HTML file. For example, the first page of the physical picture book 60 is converted into a HTMLP1 file, the second page is converted into a HTMLP2 file, the third page is converted into a HTMLP3 file . . . and the nth page is converted into a HTMLPn file. Lastly all the HTML files are integrated to form an electronic book HTMLbk.
The respective embodiment of the system that produces video works 100 mentioned above can be a software program stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The above system that produces video works 100 is executed when the computer reads the program of the system that produces video works 100.
The above description is only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention in any form. Although the invention has been disclosed as above in the preferred embodiments, they are not intended to limit the invention. A person skilled in the relevant art will recognize that equivalent embodiment modified and varied as equivalent changes disclosed above can be used without parting from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention. All the simple modification, equivalent changes and modifications of the above embodiments according to the material contents of the invention shall be within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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106127421 | Aug 2017 | TW | national |
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Parent | 16101991 | Aug 2018 | US |
Child | 17122257 | US |