KR20150144656A - Video conference terminal, method for video conference service, and Video conference system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a video conference terminal, a video conference service method, and a video conference system. The video conference system according to the present invention includes an image recognition device for storing image and identification information of video conference participants in an image DB and providing corresponding identification information from the image DB based on the received user's image, A video conference terminal which transmits the identification information to the image recognition apparatus and acquires corresponding identification information, participates in a video conference using the obtained identification information, and video conference information and identification information of participants registered for the video conference, And a video conference management device for storing the video conference information in the management DB and searching for video conference information including the identification information from the conference management DB using the received identification information to manage participation of the video conference terminal in the conference.

Description

Technical Field The present invention relates to a video conference terminal, a video conference service method, and a video conference terminal,

The present invention relates to a video conference terminal, a video conference service method, and a video conference system, and more particularly, to a technique for providing a video conference service by providing a user video.

In the video conferencing system, the user must directly input the identifier and password in order to participate in the video conferencing, and in order to implement the video conferencing service desired by the user through the video conference terminal, You will be able to participate.

However, since each time a user participates in a video conference, the user's ID and password must be input, which is troublesome, and the user's identifier and password may be exposed to a third party, which may be vulnerable to security.

In addition, since the video conference must operate various functions and / or menus according to the operating system of the subject system, the user must know beforehand the methods for function and / or menu operation before participating in the video conference, User Experience).

Korean Patent No. 1112707

It is an object of the present invention to provide a video conference system and a video conference system in which identification information and an image identifying a video conference participant of video conference participants are registered in an image recognition apparatus and then corresponding identification information is acquired from the image recognition apparatus A terminal, a video conference service method, and a video conference system.

In addition, according to the present invention, by participating in a video conference using identification information obtained from a user's image, a user can participate in a video conference without knowing a separate function for participating in the video conference and / or how to use the menu A video conference terminal, a video conference service method, and a video conference system.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video conference terminal including a camera for capturing an image of a user, an input unit for receiving identification information for identifying a video conference participant from a user, And a controller for requesting the image recognition apparatus to register user information by using the first image of the user and the identification information input by the user.

At this time, if the participation request of the video conference is requested, the control unit transmits the second image of the user to the image recognition apparatus to request the identification information registered for the user, and the comparison of the first image and the second image And acquires corresponding identification information from the image recognition apparatus according to the result.

And the first image and the second image include a face image of the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video conferencing terminal comprising: a camera that captures an image of a user; an image recognition device that registers user information; A control unit for requesting the video conference management apparatus to participate in the video conference, and an output unit for outputting information generated when the video conference is participated.

In this case, the control unit may participate in the video conference permitted by the video conference management apparatus according to a result of the comparison between the identification information and the identification information of the video conference participants.

The video conferencing terminal according to the present invention further includes a communication unit connected to the video conferencing network configured by the video conferencing management apparatus and transmitting and receiving data with the terminals of the video conferencing participants during the video conferencing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a video conference service, the method comprising: receiving identification information for identifying a video conference participant from a user; Requesting the image recognition apparatus to register the user information using the first image of the user photographed by the camera and the identification information input by the user, and if there is a participation request of the video conference, And transmitting the image to the image recognition device and requesting the identification information registered for the user, and acquiring corresponding identification information from the image recognition device according to the comparison result of the first image and the second image And a control unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a video conference service, the method comprising the steps of: capturing a video image of a user through a camera; Acquiring identification information based on the image, requesting the video conference management apparatus to participate in the video conference using the obtained identification information, determining, based on the comparison result of the identification information and identification information of the video conference participants, Participating in a video conference permitted by the video conference management apparatus, and outputting information generated when a video conference is participated.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video conference system for storing video and identification information of video conference participants in an image DB, A video conference terminal for transmitting a user's image to the image recognition apparatus to acquire corresponding identification information, participating in a video conference using the obtained identification information, and a video conference terminal And storing the identification information of the participants registered for the video conference in the conference management DB, searching video conference information including the identification information from the conference management DB using the received identification information, And a video conference management device for managing participation.

The conference management DB stores a participant list including identification information of participants registered for each video conference.

The video conference management apparatus compares the identification information received from the video conference terminal with a list of participants stored in the conference management DB to search for presence of a participant matching the identification information received from the video conference terminal. do.

The video conference management apparatus provides video conference information including a participant matching the identification information received from the video conference terminal to the video conference terminal.

The video conference management apparatus configures a network for a video conference and permits network access to a video conference terminal of registered participants for the video conference.

According to the present invention, the identification information and the image identifying the video conference participant can be registered in the image recognition device, and the corresponding identification information can be obtained from the image recognition device only by using the user's image thereafter, There is no need to input participant information.

In addition, according to the present invention, by participating in the video conference using the identification information acquired from the user's image, it is possible to easily participate in the video conference without the user knowing how to use the separate function and / There is one advantage.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a video conference system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a video conference terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a configuration of an image DB according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary diagram for explaining the operation of the video conference terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary diagram for explaining the operation of the video conference terminal according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow of a method for registering user information in a video conference system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow of a method for providing a video conference service in a video conference system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a computing system to which the present invention is applied.

It is noted that the technical terms used in the present invention are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, the technical terms used in the present invention should be construed in a sense generally understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined in the present invention, and an overly comprehensive It should not be construed as meaning or overly reduced. In addition, when a technical term used in the present invention is an erroneous technical term that does not accurately express the concept of the present invention, it should be understood that technical terms that can be understood by a person skilled in the art can be properly understood. In addition, the general terms used in the present invention should be interpreted according to a predefined or context, and should not be construed as being excessively reduced.

Furthermore, the singular expressions used in the present invention include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. The term "comprising" or "comprising" or the like in the present invention should not be construed as necessarily including the various elements or steps described in the invention, Or may include additional components or steps.

Furthermore, terms including ordinals such as first, second, etc. used in the present invention can be used to describe elements, but the elements should not be limited by terms. Terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like or similar elements throughout the several views, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. It is to be noted that the accompanying drawings are only for the purpose of facilitating understanding of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a video conference system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the video conference system according to the present invention may include a video conference terminal 100, an image recognition apparatus 200, and a video conference management apparatus 300.

The video conference terminal 100 may be any terminal capable of capturing and outputting images and supporting a communication interface for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the video recognition apparatus 200 and the video conference management apparatus 300 It is possible. As an example, the video conference terminal 100 may be a smartphone, a tablet personal computer, a mobile phone, a videophone, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, A personal computer, a netbook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a smart watch, etc.).

The video conference terminal 100 may provide the image recognition server with the identification information input from the user and the user image, e.g., the face image, which has captured the user. In addition, the video conference terminal 100 captures a user image when there is a conference participation request from a user, provides the captured user image to the image recognition server, and requests identification information for conference participation. At this time, when the video conference terminal 100 receives the identification information corresponding to the user image from the image recognition server, the video conference terminal 100 can request participation of the conference to the video conference management apparatus 300 using the received identification information.

The video conference terminal 100 can access the video conference network through which the user can participate by the video conference management apparatus 300. [ At this time, the video conference terminal 100 photographs a face image of a user during a video conference in which the user participates, transmits the video image to the video conference management apparatus 300 through the connected video conference network, Can provide images. In addition, the video conference terminal 100 receives a conference video, i.e., images of other participants through a video conference network connected during a video conference in which the user participates, and transmits the received video to the user through a display screen .

Here, a plurality of video conference terminals may be provided corresponding to the number of video conference participants.

The image recognition apparatus 200 manages image and identification information of each participant for participating in a video conference of the video conference management apparatus 300. In other words, when the user image and the identification information are received from the video conference terminal 100 of each user, the image recognition apparatus 200 stores each received user image and identification information in the image DB 250. At this time, the image recognition apparatus 200 can store images and identification information of each user so that they correspond to each other.

When the user image is received from the video conference terminal 100, the image recognition apparatus 200 searches for the image corresponding to the received user image in the image DB 250 and corresponds to the image retrieved from the image DB 250 It is possible to recognize the identification information. The image recognition apparatus 200 transmits the identification information recognized from the received user image to the video conference terminal 100. [ On the other hand, the image recognition apparatus 200 can transmit the image recognition non-recognition information to the video conference terminal 100 when the identification information corresponding to the received user image does not exist on the image DB 250. In this case, the image recognition apparatus 200 may transmit the information for guiding the identification information registration procedure to the video conference terminal 100.

Here, the image DB 250 may be provided outside the image recognition apparatus 200 as shown in FIG. 1, but may be implemented inside the image recognition apparatus 200 according to an embodiment.

The video conference management apparatus 300 manages video conference information. In other words, the video conference management apparatus 300 stores the video conference information in the conference management DB 350, and manages the participation of the video conference of each participant through the conference management DB 350. At this time, the video conference management apparatus 300 constructs a participant list including identification information of participants for each video conference, and stores them in the conference management DB 350 together.

When there is a conference participation request from the video conference terminal 100, the video conference management apparatus 300 confirms whether there is a video conference in which the user can participate using the identification information received from the video conference terminal 100. [ At this time, the video conference management apparatus 300 searches the participant list (including the identification information for each participant) for each video conference stored in the conference management DB 350 and transmits the identification information received from the video conference terminal 100 to the participant You can check if it is included in the list.

The video conference management apparatus 300 transmits the found video conference information to the video conference terminal 100 when the participant list including the received identification information is confirmed. In addition, the video conference management apparatus 300 allows the video conference terminal 100 to be connected to the video conference network configured for the video conference so that the user can participate in the video conference. On the other hand, when there is no video conference in which the identification information received from the video conference terminal 100 is included in the participant list, the video conference management apparatus 300 transmits the non-conference participation information to the video conference terminal 100 .

Here, the conference management DB 350 may be provided outside the video conference management apparatus 300 as shown in FIG. 1, but it may be implemented in the video conference management apparatus 300 according to an embodiment .

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a video conference terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2, a video conference terminal 100 according to the present invention includes a controller 110, a camera 120, an input unit 130, an output unit 140, a communication unit 150, an image processing unit 160, (Not shown). Here, the control unit 110 may control the operations of the respective units of the video conference terminal 100.

The camera 120 is an imaging device that captures a user image. For example, the camera 120 may be a CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) camera, a CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) camera, or the like. Of course, this is only an embodiment and is not limited to any one.

The input unit 130 is a device that receives a predetermined signal from a user. At this time, the input unit 130 may be a keypad having a plurality of key buttons, a touch screen capable of implementing a soft key on the screen, and the like. In addition, the input unit 130 may be any device that can input signals to the video conference terminal 100 by a user's operation, such as a joystick, a wheel, or the like. Also, the input unit 130 may be a microphone capable of inputting a user's voice signal.

The output unit 140 is a device for outputting data generated during the video conference operation. Here, the output unit 140 may include a display unit (not shown) for displaying predetermined image data, and may further include a sound output unit (not shown) for outputting predetermined sound data.

Here, the display unit can display the user image photographed by the camera 120 on the display screen. In addition, the display unit may display video conference information and / or conference video (image) provided from the video conference management apparatus.

The display unit may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display, , A field emission display (FED), and a three-dimensional display (3D display).

Meanwhile, when the display unit is provided with a sensor for sensing a touch operation, the display unit may be used as an input device in addition to the output device. That is, a display equipped with a touch sensor such as a touch film, a touch sheet, or a touch pad can operate as a touch screen.

The voice output unit is means for outputting voice data of participants of the video conference. The voice output unit may be a speaker or any other means for outputting voice data of video conference participants.

The communication unit 150 may be connected to the image recognition apparatus and / or the video conference management apparatus by wire or wireless communication so as to transmit and receive signals. The communication unit 150 is connected to the video conferencing network under the control of the video conferencing management apparatus, transmits the user image photographed through the camera 120 to the video conferencing network, . At this time, the communication unit 150 can transmit and / or receive images of the user image and / or video conference participants in real time during the video conference. Further, the communication unit 150 may further transmit and receive additional audio data. Of course, the communication unit 150 may transmit and receive multimedia data combined with image data and voice data.

Here, the communication unit 150 may include a module for a wireless Internet connection or a module for short range communication. Here, the wireless Internet technology includes a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wireless broadband (Wibro), a Wi-Fi, a World Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax), a High Speed Downlink Packet Access ), Etc., and the short range communication technology may include Bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB (Ultra Wideband), RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Infrared Data Association (IrDA) have. The wired communication technology may include USB (Universal Serial Bus) communication and the like.

The image processing unit 160 can process the image captured by the camera 120. [ As an example, the image processing unit 160 may extract a user's face region only from the image captured by the camera 120 to generate a user image. Also, the image processing unit 160 can compress the image captured by the camera 120, and the compressed user image can be transmitted to the video conference network through the communication unit 150. Here, the image processing unit 160 may compress the image data photographed by the camera 120 and the user's voice data input through the input unit 130 into one data format.

On the other hand, the image processing unit 160 can restore the images of the video conference participants received through the video conference network, and the images of the restored video conference participants can be displayed on the screen of the display unit. Here, if the data received through the video conference network includes video data and voice data of video conference participants, the video processor 160 separates video data and audio data from the received data and provides them to the display unit and the audio output unit, respectively You may.

The storage unit 170 may store data and application programs necessary for the video conference apparatus to operate. As an example, the storage unit 170 may include an algorithm for a method of tracking and displaying a face location from an image (image) captured by the camera 120 and / or an image (image) provided from video conference participants, An algorithm for a method of compressing an image (image) photographed by the video conference participant 120 and / or restoring an image (image) provided from participants of the video conference can be stored.

The storage unit 170 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD, Micro SD And XD memories), a magnetic disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a random access memory (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an electrically erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory).

The control unit 110 controls the overall operation of the video conference terminal 100 for video conference.

In other words, the control unit 110 is an initial operation for participating in the video conference. When the user image is captured through the camera 120 and the identification information of the user is input through the input unit 130, To the image recognition apparatus via the network 150 to request registration of the user information. This initial operation should be performed only once. Of course, it is of course also possible to perform operations to update, add and delete user information in some cases. In this case, however, a separate approval process may be performed.

Here, the identification information of the user may be the information previously given from the video conference management apparatus, or may be the information arbitrarily designated by the user.

When the user image is photographed from the camera 120 to participate in the video conference, the control unit 110 transmits the photographed user image to the image recognition apparatus through the communication unit 150 to request the pre-registered identification information for the user image have. If the image recognizing disabled information is received from the image recognizing device, the control unit 110 displays the image unrecognizable information through the display unit to inform the user.

At this time, when the identification information corresponding to the user image is received from the image recognition apparatus, the control unit 110 may transmit the identification information received from the image recognition apparatus to the video conference management apparatus to request participation of the video conference. If the communication unit 150 is connected to the video conferencing network under the control of the video conferencing management apparatus for the transmitted user video, the control unit 110 causes the video conferencing network to transmit the user video to the video conferencing network, In real time. In addition, the control unit 110 outputs the image received from the terminal of the video conference participants through the output unit 140, so that the user can view the video of the video conference participants in real time.

In addition, the control unit 110 may display the received video conference information through the output unit 140 when the information about the video conference in which the user participates is received from the video conference management apparatus. Here, the video conference information may be displayed overlapping with the conference video, or may be displayed in a separate area separate from the area where the conference video is displayed.

On the other hand, when receiving the video conference unavailability information from the video conference management apparatus, the control unit 110 displays the video conference unavailability information through the display unit to inform the user.

3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a configuration of an image DB according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the image recognition apparatus stores the user image and identification information received from the video conference terminal in the image DB to register the user information. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the image recognition apparatus makes the user image and the identification information stored in the image DB correspond to each other.

3 (a) shows a user image received from a video conference terminal of each user, and FIG. 3 (b) shows identification information received together with a user image.

In other words, when the video and identification information 'abcd123' of the user 1 is received from the video conference terminal of the user 1, the image recognition apparatus registers the user as USER # 1, And the image and identification information 'abcd123' are associated with each other.

When the image and identification information 'zxcvb56' of the user 2 is received from the video conference terminal of the user 2, the image recognition apparatus registers the user as USER # 2 and displays the image of the user 2 received from the video conference terminal of the user 2 And the identification information 'zxcvb56' correspond to each other.

Similarly, when the image of the user N and the identification information 'asd12f34' are received from the video conference terminal of the user N, the image recognition apparatus registers the user as USER # N and displays the image of the user N received from the video conference terminal of the user N And the identification information 'asd12f34' correspond to each other.

Therefore, the image recognition apparatus can recognize the identification information corresponding to the received user image and provide the recognition information to the video conference terminal of the user, by simply receiving the user image from the video conference terminal of the user participating in the video conference. The operation of providing the video conference terminal with the identification information stored in the video DB will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

4 is an exemplary diagram for explaining the operation of the video conference terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the video conference terminal 100 photographs a user image using a camera, and transmits the user image photographed in the operation (a) to the image recognition apparatus 200 that recognizes the identification information of the user do.

The image recognition apparatus 200 searches the image DB 250 based on the user image received in the operation (a) as in the operation (b). Here, the image recognition apparatus 200 can search an image matching the user image received in the operation (a) among the images of the users registered in the image DB 250. In this case, the image recognition apparatus 200 may search for an image matching the user image by extracting feature points from the image and comparing the similarity between the two images. Of course, the operation of searching for an image matching the user image is not limited to any one algorithm.

When the image matching the user image is searched, the image recognition apparatus 200 recognizes the identification information corresponding to the searched user image.

As an example, the image recognition apparatus 200 may register the user image received from the video conference terminal 100 in the operation of FIG. 4 (a) as USER #N among the user images registered in the image DB 250 of FIG. It is possible to confirm that it coincides with the user image. Therefore, the image recognition apparatus 200 can recognize the identification information 'asd12f34' registered for USER # N from the image DB 250 of FIG.

At this time, the image recognition apparatus 200 provides the video conference terminal 100 with the identification information 'asd12f34' recognized in the operation (b) as in the operation (c).

Therefore, the video conference terminal 100 can acquire the identification information registered for the user by transmitting the user image to the image recognition apparatus 200. [ At this time, the video conference terminal 100 can request the video conference management apparatus to participate in the video conference using the identification information received from the video recognition apparatus 200. The operation of participating in the video conference using the identification information will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

5 is an exemplary diagram for explaining the operation of the video conference terminal according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

4, the video conference terminal 100 acquires the identification information corresponding to the video of the user N through the video recognition apparatus. As shown in FIG. 5, in the operation (a) You can ask for participation. Of course, the video conference terminal 100 transmits the identification information 'asd12f34' of the user N at the time of the conference participation request in the operation (a).

The video conference management apparatus 300 searches the conference management DB 350 using the identification information 'asd12f34' of the user N received in the operation (a) as in the operation (b). Here, the video conference management apparatus 300 receives the video conference information registered in the conference management DB 350, for example, the video conference participant list (including the identification information registered for each participant) It is possible to search for a participant matching the identification information 'asd12f34'.

When the participant matching the identification information 'asd12f34' is searched, the video conference management apparatus 300 causes the video conference terminal 100 to be connected to the video conference network configured for video conference in which the participant is registered as in the operation (c) , and (d) provide the video conference terminal 100 with the conference information in which the user N participates.

5, the video conferencing terminal 100 is automatically connected to the video conferencing network and receives the participating conference information from the video conferencing management apparatus 300. However, when the participating conference information is received from the video conferencing management apparatus 300, And may access the video conferencing network based on the participating conference information received at this time.

As described above, the video conference terminal 100 according to the present invention acquires the registered identification information for the user only by photographing and providing the user image, and can easily participate in the video conference through the obtained identification information. Accordingly, the user can easily participate in the video conference without having to know a separate function and / or menu for the video conference terminal 100 in advance.

The operation flow of the control device according to the present invention will be described in more detail as follows.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow of a method for registering user information in a video conference system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows an initial registration process of registering user information necessary for a user to participate in a video conference in the image recognition server.

Referring to FIG. 6, the video conference terminal 100 receives identification information about the user from the user (S100). In addition, the video conference terminal 100 captures a user's face image (image) through a camera (S110). At this time, the video conference terminal 100 requests the image recognition apparatus 200 to register the user information including the identification information inputted in the step 'S100' and the face image of the user photographed in the step 'S110' (S120).

Although it is shown in FIG. 6 that the 'S110' process is performed after the 'S100' process, it is natural that the 'S100' process may be performed after the 'S110' process.

The image recognition apparatus 200 stores the identification information received from the video conference terminal 100 and the user's face image in the image DB 250 in step S120 and registers the information of the user in operation S130. In this process, the image recognition apparatus 200 may assign an ID for identifying the corresponding user information. When the user information registration is completed, the image recognition apparatus 200 transmits a response signal to the video conference terminal 100 to notify that the user information registration is completed (S140).

7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow of a method for providing a video conference service in a video conference system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the video conference terminal 100 wants to participate in a video conference, a face image of the user is captured (S200). At this time, the video conference terminal 100 transmits the face image of the user photographed in the process 'S200' to the image recognition apparatus 200 to request identification information of the user (S210).

The image recognition apparatus 200 calls the image DB 250 in response to a request from the video conference terminal 100 in step S220 and displays the face image of the user received from the video conference terminal 100 in step S210, The facial image of each user registered in the facial image recognition unit 250 is compared (S230). 7, if the face image matching the face image of the user received from the video conference terminal 100 is not present in the image DB 250 as a result of the comparison of the 'S230' process, the image recognition apparatus 200 It is possible to transmit image non-recognizable information to the video conference terminal 100.

If the face image matching the face image of the user received from the video conference terminal 100 exists in the image DB 250 as a result of the comparison in the process of 'S230', the image recognition apparatus 200 displays the face image of the user (S240), and transmits the identification information to the video conference terminal 100 (S250).

Accordingly, the video conference terminal 100 can participate in the video conference using the identification information received from the video recognition apparatus 200 in step 'S250'.

In other words, the video conference terminal 100 transmits the identification information received in the process 'S250' to the video conference management apparatus 300 to request participation of the video conference (S260).

The video conference management apparatus 300 calls the conference management DB 350 at the request of the video conference terminal 100 in step S270 and searches for conference information including the identification information received in step S260 ). 7, if the conference information including the identification information received from the search result terminal 100 of the 'S280' process does not exist, the video conference management apparatus 300 transmits the search result to the video conference terminal 100 Video meeting non-participation information can be transmitted.

If the conference information including the identification information received from the video conference terminal 100 exists in the search result of the 'S280' process, the video conference management apparatus 300 transmits 'S280' to the video conference terminal 100 (S290). ≪ / RTI >

Accordingly, the video conference terminal 100 can access the video conference network configured from the video conference management apparatus 300 for video conference (S300). At this time, the video conference management apparatus 300 causes the video conference terminal 100 to transmit information on a conference in which the user can participate (S310). The video conference terminal 100 connected to the video conference network transmits / receives the face image of the user and / or the face participants of the conference generated during the video conference, and displays the conference video on the display screen in operation S320. In this process, the video conference terminal 100 can send and receive not only the face image of the user and / or the face images of the participants of the conference, but also the voice of the user and / or the participants of the conference, and output the voice through the speaker.

8 is a diagram showing a computing system applied to the present invention.

8, a computing system 1000 includes at least one processor 1100, a memory 1300, a user interface input device 1400, a user interface output device 1500, (1600), and a network interface (1700).

The processor 1100 may be a central processing unit (CPU) or a memory device 1300 and / or a semiconductor device that performs processing for instructions stored in the storage 1600. Memory 1300 and storage 1600 may include various types of volatile or non-volatile storage media. For example, the memory 1300 may include a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory).

Thus, the steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by processor 1100, or in a combination of the two. The software module may reside in a storage medium (i.e., memory 1300 and / or storage 1600) such as a RAM memory, a flash memory, a ROM memory, an EPROM memory, an EEPROM memory, a register, a hard disk, a removable disk, You may. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor 1100, which can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium may be integral to the processor 1100. [ The processor and the storage medium may reside within an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The ASIC may reside within the user terminal. Alternatively, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a user terminal.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments, such as specific elements, and specific embodiments and drawings. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above- Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the essential characteristics of the invention. Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described, and all technical ideas which are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention .

100: video conference terminal 110:
120: camera 130: input unit
140: output unit 150: communication unit
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200: image recognition device 250: image DB
300: video conference management device 350: conference management DB

Claims (1)

A camera for photographing a user's image;
An input unit for receiving identification information for identifying a video conference participant from a user; And
And a controller for requesting the image recognition apparatus to register user information using the first image of the user photographed by the camera and the identification information input by the user,
Wherein the control unit transmits the second image of the user to the image recognition apparatus when the participation request of the video conference is requested and requests the identification information registered for the user to compare the first image and the second image, And acquires corresponding identification information from the image recognition device.

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