KR20010015005A - Apparatus of providing for drawing and drwing method using it - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A drawing function offering system and method is provided to support various services needed for a video conference, an education or a remote medical diagnosis under one application environment. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises an input device(12), an output device(15), a network card(16), a CPU(13), a main memory device(11), and a drawing function offering device(12). The main memory device(11), connected to the CPU(13), stores event information, view information and an object viewer. The input device(12) enables a user to input instructions, and the output device(15) notifies the user of the process result on the input instructions. The drawing function offering device(12) includes an object viewer, an object viewer composite, and a protocol processor. The object viewer establishes a session, browses files to be shared by a session controller and a session participant, and offers the drawing function by overlapping a dialog window over a web browser. The object viewer composite stores the browsed screen, displayed at a drawing mode conversion of the dialog within the object viewer, at a memory map.

Description

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The present invention provides a drawing function providing apparatus capable of supporting various services required for video conferencing, education and telemedicine in one application environment, a drawing method using the same, and a computer for recording the program for realizing the method. To a recording medium.

Teaching methods using HyperText Markup Language (HTML) documents on the Web not only provide information to a large number of users at the same time, but also have the appeal of being able to get information anywhere.

By the way, the information delivery method using the web can provide a variety of services by changing the form of the browser, this method has a disadvantage that it has a limited file type and only services supported by the browser.

Therefore, in order to break away from this static information delivery method, various services can be implemented in one flat form to enhance effects such as face-to-face education, that is, video conferencing, education, and remote control in one application. The plan to support various services necessary for medical treatment is essential.

The present invention proposed to meet the above-described needs, an apparatus for providing a drawing function for supporting a variety of services required for video conferencing, education and telemedicine, etc. in one application environment and a drawing method using the same; It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing the method.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a hardware system to which the present invention is applied.

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Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a drawing function providing apparatus according to the present invention.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of an embodiment of an object viewer according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of drawing an initiator of an object viewer according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for drawing a participant of an object viewer according to the present invention;

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

11: main storage 12,20: object viewer

13 central processing unit 14 input device

15: output device 16: network card

21: Object Viewer Composite 22,39: Transport Protocol Processing Unit

31: document output unit 32: user input unit

33: browser component 34: drawing controller

35: Drawing Window 36: Browser Controller

37: URL Information Extractor 38: URL Synchronizer

The present invention for achieving the above object, in the apparatus for providing a drawing function in a computing environment, under the control of the control means, the file to be shared between the initiator opening the session to control the session and the participants participating in the session A browsing and drawing function providing means provided to each of the initiator and the participant each of which provides a drawing function by browsing and adding a dialog having the same size as the browser area on the browser; The control means for managing the browsing and drawing function providing means and storing an area for a screen to be browsed in a memory map when the drawing mode is changed in a dialog in the browsing and drawing function providing means to be provided as a wallpaper; And a message transmission means for transmitting a message in real time between the initiator and the participant's browsing and drawing function providing means to share a screen of the same content between the initiator and the participant under the control of the control means. It features.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a drawing method of an initiator who has established a session in a computing environment, the method comprising: a first step of browsing a file to be shared by an object viewer of the initiator; A second step of storing a browsing area in a memory map to draw a drawing object, drawing the memory map in a drawing window, and using the same as a wallpaper; And a third step of drawing a desired object on the drawing window (dialog) and showing it on the screen.

The present invention relates to a drawing method of a participant participating in a session in a computing environment, the method comprising: requesting information from an object viewer of an initiator to receive location information about a file and browsing the file; In order to obtain information about the drawing window, the participant's object viewer saves the browsed area in the memory map and then executes the drawing window to draw the area stored in the memory map to the drawing window's desktop, and to draw the currently drawn object. Requesting information on the object viewer of the initiator; And a third step of receiving information on each object from the object viewer of the initiator and drawing the information on the object.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the object viewer of the initiator having a processor, the function of browsing a file to be shared; Storing a browsing area in a memory map to draw a drawing object, and drawing the memory map in a drawing window to use as a wallpaper; And a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a function of drawing a desired object on the drawing window (dialog) and showing it on a screen.

The present invention provides a function of requesting information from an object viewer of a participant having a processor and receiving location information of a corresponding file by requesting information from an object viewer of an initiator; In order to obtain information about the drawing window, after storing the browsed area in the memory map, the drawing window is executed to draw the area stored in the memory map to the drawing window desktop, and to display information about the currently drawn object. Requesting the object viewer of the initiator; And a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a function of receiving information about each object from the object viewer of the initiator and drawing information about the object.

The present invention is a main technique of information transmission method on a network, and it can be used by multiple users to simultaneously refer to and explain by drawing a simple picture by applying HTML format, power pointer file and word files to the collaborative work environment of synchronous mode. To provide the functionality.

To do this, a basic browser function must be provided, and a function of transferring information by a drawing function by simple mouse operation is required.

In the present invention, Internet Explorer 4.0 Control is used to support a drawing function for various file types, and a dialog having the same size as the browser area is added on the browser to provide a drawing function. In this case, when the dialog is converted to the drawing mode, the dialog stores an area of the screen to be browsed in a memory map to use as a wallpaper. Therefore, the content drawn in the dialog area appears to the user as if it is a browsing area. In other words, the picture drawn by the user looks as if he is drawing in his browsing area.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a hardware system to which the present invention is applied, in which, "11" is a main memory device, "12" is an object viewer, "13" is a central processing unit, "14" is an input device, and "15" is an output. The device and "16" each represent a network card.

As shown in FIG. 1, a hardware system (preferably a user terminal including a personal computer (PC), etc.) to which the present invention is applied includes an input device 14, an output device 15, and a network card ( 16 is connected to the central processing unit 13, which is an operating system that integrates peripheral devices such as the main memory device 11 and the like, and stores data for event information, view information, and object viewers. A main memory device 11, a drawing function providing device 12 connected to the central processing unit 13 to support a drawing function, and an input device 14 connected to the central processing unit 13 to receive a user's command. And an output device 15 connected to the central processing unit 13 for informing the user of the processing result of the user's command.

Referring to the operation of the hardware system to which the present invention having the configuration described above is applied as follows.

First, the user's input is input through the input device 14 and sent to the central processing unit 13 and sent to the drawing function providing device 12 of another user through the drawing function providing device 12, and receives this message. The drawing function providing device 12 of another user processes the output message through the output device 15 according to the defined message type.

As described above, when a user (that is, an initiator who establishes a session to control the session) generates an event to the computer PC through the input device 14, it is remotely connected through the drawing function providing device 12 of the user. It is delivered to another user (that is, the participant who participated in the session) and is passed back to the participant's drawing function providing device 12, and the participant's drawing function providing device 12 performs the processing according to the message type, so that the initiator or the participant is simultaneously You can share your screen.

2 is a configuration diagram of an apparatus for providing a drawing function according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which “20” is an object viewer, “21” is an object viewer composite, and “22” is a transport protocol processor. Represent each.

As shown in FIG. 2, the drawing function providing apparatus 12 according to the present invention is to share a session between an initiator and a participant who participated in the session by establishing a session under the control of the object viewer composite 21. To manage the object viewer 20 and the object viewer 20 provided in each of the initiators and participants who provide drawing functions by adding a dialog having the same size as the browser area on the browser. 20) In accordance with the control of the object viewer composite 21 and the object viewer composite 21 to store the area of the screen to be browsed in a memory map and to provide the background when the dialog mode in the dialog is switched. Initiate a message between the initiator and the participant's object viewer 20 to share the same content among the participants. And a transport protocol processing unit 22 to send to the liver.

The drawing function providing apparatus 12 according to the present invention utilizes a basic browser function and an information transfer function by a drawing function by a simple mouse operation, such that an HTML format, a power pointer file, a word file, and the like are synchronized in a collaborative working environment. It can be applied to multiple users at the same time, provides the ability to draw and explain a simple picture, add a dialog of the same size as the browser area on top of the browser to provide a drawing function, the dialog is converted to the drawing mode When the area of the screen being browsed is saved in the memory map, it is used as the wallpaper.

The transport protocol processor 22 transmits a message between the object viewers 20.

The object viewer composite 21 manages each object viewer 20 and maintains and transmits information of each object viewer component by managing the object viewer 20 executed according to each session.

The object viewer composite 21 transmits an execution message or an end message of the object viewer 20 to the object viewer 20, and maintains processing result information on execution and termination.

The object viewer 20 is an area showing information to users on the network. This provides each user with the ability to browse and synchronize files, to draw simple shapes, and so on.

Referring to the operation of the object viewer 20 according to the present invention as follows.

First, when the execution message and the end message of the initial session are received, the execution and end messages are transmitted from the object viewer composite 21 to each object viewer 20 and the information list for each is maintained.

Subsequently, the object viewer 20 transmits the information about the browsing and drawing objects of the file that the initial user wants to share to the object viewer 20 of the other participants through the transmission protocol processor 22, and receives the information. The object viewer 20 of another participant displays it on the screen according to the defined message type. In this way, the participant can share the same content as the remote initiator screen.

Now, the internal configuration of the object viewer 20 having the function as described above will be described in more detail.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of an object viewer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in which "31" is a document output unit, "32" is a user input unit, "33" is a browser component, "34" is a drawing controller, " 35 denotes a drawing window, 36 denotes a browser controller, 37 denotes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information extractor, 38 denotes a URL synchronizer, and 39 denotes a transport protocol processor.

In the case of simple file browsing (i.e., browsing alone), when information on the location of the file desired by the user is input through the user input unit 32, this information is processed by the browser component 33, and the result of the processing Is output through the document output unit 31.

When drawing is desired on the browsing screen, when a drawing command is transmitted to the drawing controller 34 through the user input unit 32, the drawing controller 34 draws a drawing object through the drawing window 35 on the screen. Show it.

Meanwhile, when several users share information, a process for transmitting the information is added to the above-described processing.

When the browser component 33 sends the information to the URL information extractor 37, the URL information extractor 37 extracts the information about the URL, which is synchronized in the URL synchronizer 38 and transmitted via the transmission protocol processing section 39. Done.

In addition, the URL information at the remote location received by the transport protocol processor 39 is transmitted to the browser controller 36 by being synchronized through the URL synchronizer 38, where the browser controller 36 is configured to browse at the browser component 33. The information is changed in a possible form and transmitted to the browser component 33, which is processed by the browser component 33 and output through the document output unit 31.

When the user shares the information drawn through the drawing window 35, the drawing controller 34 transmits the information about the drawing object to the transmission protocol processor 39 and transmits the information to the various users. In addition, the information about the drawing object received through the transport protocol processor 39 is transferred to the drawing controller 34 to be drawn through the drawing window 35.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary method of drawing an initiator of an object viewer according to the present invention. That is, a flowchart illustrating a case where a session is established as an initiator, in which an object viewer is executed to participate as an initiator controlling a session, and in the case of a participant, refer to FIG. 5 below.

The Initiator has control over the session and can browse files and draw individual drawing objects. That is, a function of simply browsing a file may be performed (404), and when a drawing object is desired, the browsing area is stored in a memory map (405). In this case, the information stored in the memory map is used as a wallpaper by executing the drawing window (406) and drawing the memory map in the drawing window (407). This looks like the same screen because the same content as the browsing area is the background of the dialog. The desired object is drawn in this drawing window (dialog) (408) and displayed on the screen.

Meanwhile, if the user wants to stop drawing and browse again, the drawing window may be closed (409) to browse the file (404) and the object viewer may be terminated (410).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for drawing a participant of an object viewer according to the present invention. This is the case when you join a session as a participant.

The participant requests information from the initiator to the object viewer (501) to obtain the information. At this time, the location information for the file is first received (502) to browse for the file (503).

When the browsing is completed, in order to obtain information about the drawing window, first, the browsed area is stored in the memory map (504), and then the drawing window is executed (505). In this case, while drawing the drawing window, the area stored in the memory map is drawn on the background of the drawing window, and the information on the currently drawn object is requested (506). Then, the information about each object is received (507) and the information about the object is drawn (508).

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary knowledge.

The present invention as described above, in order to escape from the static information delivery method to enhance the effect, such as face-to-face training, by implementing a variety of services in one platform (Flat Form) video conferencing, training and remote in one application (Application) It is effective to support various services necessary for medical treatment.

Claims (11)

An apparatus for providing a drawing function under a computing environment, Under the control of the control means, an initiator that establishes a session and browses a file to be shared between the initiator who controls the session and the participants who participated in the session, and provides a drawing function by adding a dialog of the same size as the browser area on the browser. And a means for providing browsing and drawing functions provided in each participant; The control means for managing the browsing and drawing function providing means and storing an area for a screen to be browsed in a memory map when the drawing mode is changed in a dialog in the browsing and drawing function providing means to be provided as a wallpaper; And Message transmission means for transmitting a message in real time between the initiator and the participant's browsing and drawing function providing means to share the same content between the initiator and the participant under the control of the control means. Drawing function providing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1, The browsing and drawing function providing means, By using the basic browser function and the information transfer function by simple mouse operation, the file can be applied to the collaborative environment in the synchronous mode, so that multiple users can refer to it simultaneously and draw a simple picture and explain it. In order to provide a drawing function, a dialog having the same size as the browser area is added to the browser, and when converting to the drawing mode of the dialog, the area of the screen being browsed is stored in the memory map and used as the wallpaper. Function provision device. The method of claim 1, The browsing and drawing function providing means, Substantially, an area for showing information to users on a network, the drawing function providing apparatus characterized by providing each user with a function of browsing and synchronizing files and drawing a simple figure. The method of claim 1, The browsing and drawing function providing means, Information on browsing and drawing objects of files that the initiator (or participant) wants to share is transmitted to the participant (or initiator or other participant) through the message transmission means, and the received information is displayed on the screen according to the defined message type. A drawing function providing device, characterized in that to display on the screen sharing the same content as the remote screen. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The browsing and drawing function providing means, User input means for accepting a user request; Browsing means for browsing the file in accordance with a user request (file location information) of the user input means; Document output means for outputting a result processed by the browsing means as a document; Drawing control means for controlling and controlling a drawing function according to a user request of the user input means; Under the control of the drawing control means, a drawing object drawn on the browsing screen is displayed on the screen through the browsing means according to a user request (drawing command) inputted through the user input means by drawing on the browsing screen. Giving drawing output means; Address information extracting means for extracting address information (URL) of a result processed by the browsing means for sharing information; Address information synchronizing means for synchronizing address information extracted by said address information extracting means and synchronizing address information received from a remote place through a communication means; The communication means for transmitting the address information synchronized by the address information synchronizing means to a remote place, and receiving the address information from the remote place; And Browsing control means for controlling and changing the address information of the remote location synchronized by the address information synchronizing means into a form that can be browsed by the browsing means. Drawing function providing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 5, The drawing control means, In order to share the information drawn by a user, transmitting information about a drawing object to the communication means to various users, and outputting information on the drawing object received through the communication means through the drawing output means. Drawing function providing device characterized in that. In the drawing method of the initiator who established a session in a computing environment, A first step of browsing a file to be shared by the object viewer of the initiator; A second step of storing a browsing area in a memory map to draw a drawing object, drawing the memory map in a drawing window, and using the same as a wallpaper; And The third step of drawing a desired object on the drawing window (dialog) to show on the screen Drawing method comprising a. In the drawing method of a participant participating in a session in a computing environment, Requesting information from an object viewer of an initiator to receive location information of a file and browsing the file; In order to obtain information about the drawing window, the participant's object viewer saves the browsed area in the memory map and then executes the drawing window to draw the area stored in the memory map to the drawing window's desktop, and to draw the currently drawn object. Requesting information on the object viewer of the initiator; And A third step of receiving information on each object from the object viewer of the initiator and drawing information on the object Drawing method comprising a. The method according to claim 7 or 8, Each object viewer, By using the basic browser function and the information transfer function by simple mouse operation, the file can be applied to the collaborative environment in the synchronous mode, so that multiple users can refer to it simultaneously and draw a simple picture and explain it. In order to provide a drawing function, a dialog having the same size as the browser area is added to the browser, and when converting to the drawing mode of the dialog, the area of the screen being browsed is stored in the memory map and used as the wallpaper. Way. In the object viewer of the initiator with a processor, Browsing a file to be shared; Storing a browsing area in a memory map to draw a drawing object, and drawing the memory map in a drawing window to use as a wallpaper; And A function of drawing a desired object on the drawing window (dialog) and showing it on the screen A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this. In the object viewer of the participant with the processor, Requesting information from an object viewer of the initiator to receive location information on the file and browsing the file; In order to obtain information about the drawing window, after storing the browsed area in the memory map, the drawing window is executed to draw the area stored in the memory map to the drawing window desktop, and to display information about the currently drawn object. Requesting the object viewer of the initiator; And A function of drawing information about an object by receiving information about each object from the object viewer of the initiator A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this.