JP2009064418A - Instant message system with personal object and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instant message system with a personal object and a method therefor, capable of solving a problem in a conventional instant message system in which character information is difficult to read due to coexistence of expression symbols with character information. <P>SOLUTION: In the instant message system with personal object and the method therefor, character information is separated from a personal object, and whether an expression term is included in the character information is determined, whereby an expression image of the personal object is selected and displayed on the personal object. According to this, separation between input character information and the expression image of the personal object can be effectively performed without affecting the reading of the character information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an instant message system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to an instant message system and a method thereof including a personalized object that shows facial expression symbols and character information separately.

  With the rapid development of electronic communication, the chat method for making friends between people in modern society has changed from the first letter exchange to telephone communication. Currently, because of the convenience of network application, instant messaging has gradually become a chat method for making friends between people, so users can chat with all devices that can connect to the network. Now comes with instant messaging software.

  Among conventional instant messaging software, ICQ developed by Mirabilis is the fastest, but Windows (registered trademark) Live Messenger (MSN) developed by Microsoft and Skype developed by KaZaA developer are the most representative. Is. The MSN performs reception so as to transmit character information input from the user to the receiving side, and among them, the transmitting side transmits character information in real time via the network.

  In order to make conversation more active, facial expression symbols necessary for instant messaging software, from the first simple image symbol to the current video graphic symbol, have appeared to convey the emotional facial expression that the user wants to express. It was. However, such animated graphic symbols are merely emotional symbols, and when the user wants to insert any facial expression symbol during conversation, he clicks on the insertion position or searches for an appropriate facial expression symbol. The operation is very inconvenient and time consuming.

  For the insertion of animated graphic symbols, MSN and Skype have developed a simple method for setting specific input terms for each expression symbol in the list. Therefore, when the user inputs, the facial expression symbol can be inserted simply by inputting a specific input term, so that the usage method of the facial expression symbol is simplified, the input becomes convenient, and time is saved. .

  However, since a specific input term is replaced and displayed with a facial expression symbol, other problems that affect the reading of the input character information occur, which is very inconvenient for reading the character information.

  In view of the problems caused by the replacement of specific input terms when displaying in conventional instant message software, there is a need for an improved expression symbol input and display method. In the middle of inputting character information, how to solve a problem that affects the reading of character information in order to replace a specific input term with a facial expression symbol is also an important problem for those skilled in the art.

  In view of the current situation in which character information is difficult to read because the expression symbols are present in the character information in the conventional instant message software as described in the background art, the present invention cannot solve the expression in the character information. An object of the present invention is to provide an instant message system including a personal object and a method thereof that can solve a problem that character information is difficult to read because symbols exist simultaneously.

  The instant message method comprising a personal object according to the present invention is applied to an instant message between a transmission side and a reception side, and includes the step of receiving character information input from the transmission side, and at least one kind Determining whether the character information has an emotion term based on the emotion term classification information, and if the character information has an emotion term, selecting a personal object state based on the emotion term classification information, The step of selecting one of the facial expressions of the personal object based on the state of the personal object, and the character information and the facial expression image of the personal object in the personal object on the transmitting side and the receiving side, respectively. Displaying.

  An instant message system including a personal object according to the present invention is applied to an instant message between a transmission side and a reception side. The transmission side receives character information input from the transmission side. And an emotion term analysis module for determining whether or not there is an emotion term in the character information based on at least one kind of emotion term classification information. Emotional term analysis module that selects the state of the target object and selects one from the facial expression image of the personal object based on the state of the personal object, the personal object on the sending side, and the individual on the receiving side Display module that displays the target object on the transmission side, and if the character information has emotion terms, the character object and the personal object on the transmission side and the reception side respectively And a display module for displaying the facial expressions of the human subject.

  According to the instant message system and method including the personal object according to the present invention, the character information and the personal object are separated by activating the function of the instant message and displaying the personal object. Since the personal object is displayed with a lively facial expression image of the personal object instead of the symbol, the problem that the character information is difficult to read because the facial expression symbol is simultaneously present in the character information is solved. Also, by determining whether or not there is an emotional term in the character information, a facial expression image of a personal object is selected without entering a special keyword and activating the facial expression symbol, making it easy to input Thus, the effect of separating the input character information and the facial expression image of the personal object without affecting the reading of the character information is achieved.

  Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that this detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the preferred embodiment of the invention, are only described by way of illustration. This is because, according to this detailed description, various changes and modifications in the spirit and scope of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

  The present invention will be more fully understood from the following embodiments, which are provided for the purpose of illustration only and are not intended to limit the present invention.

  The present invention is applied to instant messages between a transmission side and a reception side, and for the sake of convenience of explanation, the embodiment will be described in the direction from the transmission side to the reception side. They may be exchanged, i.e., the transmitting side may be the receiving side and the receiving side may be the transmitting side.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an instant message system including a personal object according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, an instant message system including a personal object according to the present invention is applied to an instant message between a transmission side 10 and a reception side 20, and the transmission side 10 is a transmission side 10. An input module 11 that receives character information input from the input module, receives character information transmitted from the input module 11, and determines whether there is an emotion term in the character information based on at least one type of emotion term classification information An emotion term analysis module, where if there is an emotion term in the character information, the state of the personal subject is selected based on the emotion term classification information, and the personal subject state is selected based on the state of the personal subject. If one of the facial expression images is selected but there is no emotion term in the character information, the emotion term analysis module 12 that does not analyze the character information, A personal object of 0 and a personal object of the receiving side 20 are displayed on the transmitting side 10, and character information and a facial expression image of the personal object are displayed on the personal objects of the transmitting side 10 and the receiving side 20, respectively. Display module 13 for display. The transmission side 10 and the reception side 20 perform instant message communication between both ends via the network 701 to transmit / receive character information and personalized facial expression images.

  The receiving side 20 receives an input module 21 that receives character information input to the receiving side 20, and a text message transmitted from the input module 21, and converts the text message into the text message based on at least one emotional term classification information. An emotional term analysis module that determines whether or not there is an emotional term, and if there is an emotional term in the character information, the state of the personal subject is selected based on the emotional term categorization information. An emotion term analysis module 22 for selecting one of facial expression images of a personal object based on the state; a personal object on the receiving side 20 and a personal object on the transmitting side 10 are displayed on the receiving side 20; The personal object of the transmitting side 10 and the receiving side 20 includes a display module 23 for displaying character information and a facial expression image of the personal object, respectively. The transmitting side 10 and the receiving side 20 include similar modules, which perform the same thing. Thus, it is clear that the transmitting side 10 and the receiving side 20 may be exchanged with each other, that is, the transmitting side 10 may be the receiving side 20 and the receiving side 20 may be the transmitting side 10. I understand.

  The above-described emotion term classification information classifies emotion adjectives in conversation, and may be classified into, for example, “pleasant classes”, “depressive classes”, and “general classes”. The state of the personal object has a one-to-one correspondence with the emotion term categorization information, and determines the expression image of the personal object. The expression image of the personal object is an image displayed on the personal object, and each of the states of the personal object may correspond to a plurality of expression images of the personal object. With reference to FIG. 3A to FIG. 3C, emotion term categorization information, the state of the personal object, and the expression image of the personal object can be further understood.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an instant message method including a personal object according to the present invention. The instant message method including the personal object according to the present invention is applied to an instant message between the transmission side 10 and the reception side 20, but receives the character information input to the transmission side 10 (step 100). ) And at least one type of emotion term categorization information to determine whether the character information has an emotion term (step 200) and, if the character information has an emotion term, the individual based on the emotion term categorization information A step of selecting a target object state (step 300), a step of selecting one of facial expression images of the personal object based on the state of the personal object (step 400), and the transmission side 10 and reception Displaying the character information and the facial expression image of the personal object on the personal object on the side 20 (step 500). If there is no emotional term in the character information, the process returns to the step of receiving the character information input to the transmitting side 10 (step 100).

  As shown in FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C, FIG. 3A is a diagram showing the correspondence between emotion term category information and emotion terms according to the present invention, and FIG. 3B is emotion term category information and personal according to the present invention. FIG. 3C is a diagram showing the correspondence between the state of the personal object and the expression image of the personal object according to the present invention.

  The selection of emotion term categorization information, personal object state, and expression image of the personal object described above is based on character information having emotion terms input from the transmitting side 10, emotion term categorization information, personal object This is done by converting to a state and personal facial expression image. The conversion includes the correspondence between emotion term categorization information and emotion terms through the database, the correspondence between emotion term categorization information and the state of the personal object, and the state of the personal object and the expression image of the personal object. However, in practice, the method and contents of the database correspondence are not limited to the contents disclosed in the present invention.

  First, the correspondence process between emotion term category information 31 and emotion term 32 will be described. When the emotion term analysis module 12 receives the character information input from the transmission side 10, the emotion term analysis module 12 uses at least one kind of emotion term classification according to the correspondence table of emotion term classification information and emotion terms shown in FIG. 3A. Based on the information 31, it is determined whether or not there is an emotion term 32 in the character information. When the text information includes emotion terms 32 such as “haha”, “fun”, and “good”, the text information belongs to “pleasantness” of the emotion term classification information 31 and the content of the text information is “unpleasant”. If there is an emotion term 32 such as “bad” or “sad”, this character information belongs to “melancholy” of the emotion term classification information 31, and if there is no emotion term 32 in the character information, this character information is It belongs to “general class” in the emotion term classification information 31.

Next, the correspondence process between the emotion term classification information 31 and the state 33 of the personal object will be described. In this case, the correspondence table between the emotion term categorization information and the state of the personal object shown in FIG. 3B is used. The emotion term analysis module 12 selects the state 33 of the personal object based on the selected emotion term classification information 31. If the selected emotion term category information 31 belongs to “pleasant”, the state 33 of the corresponding personal object is “second state”, and the selected emotion term category information 31 is “depressed”. If it belongs, the state 33 of the corresponding personal object is “third state”. If the selected emotion term classification information 31 belongs to “general class”, the state 33 of the corresponding personal object is “ “First state”.
Finally, a corresponding process between the state 33 of the personal object and the expression image 34 of the personal object is executed. In this case, the correspondence table between the state of the personal object and the expression image of the personal object shown in FIG. 3C is used. The emotion term analysis module 12 selects one from the facial expression images 34 of the personal object based on the state 33 of the selected personal object. When the state 33 of the personal object is the “second state”, one of the “first image”, “second image”, and “third image” in the expression image 34 of the personal object. Select. Since the selection method of the “third state” and the “first state” of the state 33 of the personal object is the same as described above, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, the operation mode and process of this invention are demonstrated by one Embodiment. 4A and 4B are diagrams schematically showing the operating states of the transmission side and the reception side according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4A, a transmitting side personal object 41 and a receiving side personal object 42 are displayed on the transmitting side 10, and the transmitting side personal object 41 and the receiving side are also displayed on the receiving side 20. A personal object 42 is displayed. This establishes an initialization state for instant messaging. For this reason, the state 33 of the personal object of the personal object 41 on the transmitting side and the personal object 42 on the receiving side does not have any emotion term in the initialization state, and the personal object on the transmitting side The state 33 of the personal object of the object 41 and the receiving personal object 42 belongs to the “first state”. The expression image 34 of the personal object selected based on the “first state” is the “first image”. An input area 44 for inputting character information 43 is provided around the personal object 41, and after the input is completed, "Confirm" (ie, the Enter key on the keyboard) is pressed to complete the input of the character information 43. Let

  When the character information 43 “haha, I feel good today” is input from the transmission side 10, the emotion term analysis module 12 will add “haha” to the character information 43 based on the correspondence table of emotion term classification information and emotion terms. It is determined that there is an emotion term 32. For this reason, the emotion term analysis module 12 selects “pleasant” as the emotion term classification information 31, selects “second state” as the state 33 of the personal object, and further states the state of this personal object. The expression image 34 of the personal object is selected based on the “second state” 33. In this embodiment, the “first image” is selected as the facial expression image 34 of the personal object.

  When the emotion term analysis module 12 determines and selects the facial expression image 34 of the personal object, the display module 13 displays the personal object 41 on the transmission side on the transmission side 10 and the personal object on the transmission side on the reception side 20. Character information 43 is displayed around the body 41. A display area 45 for displaying the character information 43 is provided. The transmitting-side personal object 41 on the transmitting side 10 and the transmitting-side personal object 41 on the receiving side 20 are updated based on the facial expression image 34 of the selected personal object, as shown in FIG. 4B. Displayed.

  When the emotion term analysis module 12 selects one of the expression images 34 of the personal object, the transmitting side 10 transmits the expression image 34 of the personal object to the receiving side 20, and the receiving side 20 The facial expression image 34 and the character information 43 are displayed. Alternatively, when the emotion term analysis module 12 selects one of the facial expression images 34 of the personal object, the transmission side 10 transmits a serial number corresponding to the facial expression image 34 of the personal object to the reception side 20 and receives it. The side 20 displays a facial expression image 34 and character information 43 of the personal object.

  The system further includes an update management function. FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the update management system according to the present invention. Compared to the block diagram of the original system, the difference is that the update management module 51 and the update management module 52 are increased on the transmission side 10 and the reception side 20, respectively. The update management module 51 is connected to the update management server 60 via the network 701. The update management module 51 first checks whether there is an update file in the update management server 60. If there is an update file, the update management module 51 downloads the update file to the transmission side 10. The update management module 51 includes emotion term categorization information 31, emotion terms 32, personal subject state 33 and personal subject facial expression image 34 on the transmission side 10, emotion term categorization information 31 in the update file, emotion terms 32, whether or not there is a difference between the state 33 of the personal object and the expression image 34 of the personal object are compared one by one. If there is a difference, the database content having the difference is written from the update file to the transmission side 10 to complete the automatic update management.

  The update management module 52 on the receiving side 20 is connected to the update management server 60 via the network 701. The update management module 52 first checks whether there is an update file in the update management server 60. If there is an update file, the update management module 52 downloads the update file to the receiving side 20. The update management module 52 includes emotion term categorization information 31, emotion terms 32, personal subject state 33 and personal subject facial expression image 34 on the receiving side 20, emotion term categorization information 31 in the update file, emotion terms 32, whether or not there is a difference between the state 33 of the personal object and the expression image 34 of the personal object are compared one by one. If there is a difference, the database contents having the difference are written from the update file to the receiving side 20 to complete the automatic update management.

  FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of the corresponding update management process. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the update management process according to the present invention. The update management step includes a step of starting the transmission side 10 / reception side 20 and connecting to the update management server 60 via the network (step 710), and a step of checking whether there is an update file in the update management server 60 (step) 720), and when there is an update file in the update management server 60, the update file is downloaded to the transmission side 10 / reception side 20 via the network (step 730), and the transmission side 10 / reception side 20 and the update file are downloaded. Are compared one by one, different items are written from the update file to the transmission side 10 / reception side 20, and automatic update is completed (step 740), and the transmission side 10 / reception side 20 is the transmission side 10 / Deleting the update file downloaded to the receiving side 20, logging out of the update management server 60 and ending automatic update (step 75) ) A. The content of the update file includes at least emotion term classification information 31, emotion terms 32, a state 33 of a personal object, and a facial expression image 34 of the personal object. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a file writing process according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the step of writing from the update file to the transmitting side 10 / receiving side 20 (step 740) is a step of determining whether or not emotion term categorization information has been newly increased (step 810), When the term category information is newly increased, a step of writing the name of the emotion term category information to the transmission side 10 / reception side 20 (step 820), and the emotion term included in the name of the emotion term category information are set to the transmission side 10 The step of writing to the receiving side 20 (step 830) and the step of writing the state of the personal object and the facial expression image of the personal object included in the emotion term classification information to the transmitting side 10 / receiving side 20 (step 840) And a step of storing data and finishing writing (step 850).

  According to the instant message system and method including the personal object described above, the character information and the personal object are separated by activating the function of the instant message and displaying the personal object. Instead, since the personal object is displayed with a lively expression image of the personal object, the problem that the character information is difficult to read because the expression information is simultaneously included in the character information is solved. Also, by determining whether or not there is an emotional term in the character information, a facial expression image of a personal object is selected without entering a special keyword and activating the facial expression symbol, making it easy to input Thus, the effect of separating the input character information and the facial expression image of the personal object without affecting the reading of the character information is achieved.

  Although the present invention has been described above, it is apparent that the present invention can be modified in various ways. Such modifications should not be considered as departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that all such modifications are within the scope of the claims.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an instant message system including a personal object according to the present invention. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an instant message method including a personal object according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows a response | compatibility with the emotion term classification and emotion term concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows a response | compatibility with the emotion term classification according to this invention, and the state of a personal object. It is a figure which shows a response | compatibility with the state of the personal object concerning this invention, and the facial expression image of a personal object. It is a figure which shows typically the operation state of the transmission side and reception side of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the operation state of the transmission side and reception side of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the update management system concerning this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the update management process concerning this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the file writing process concerning this invention.

Claims (10)

In an instant messaging method with a personal object applied to an instant message between a sender and a receiver,
Receiving character information input from the transmission side;
Determining whether there is an emotion term in the character information based on emotion term categorization information;
When the emotional term is in the character information, selecting a state of a personal object based on the emotional term categorization information;
Selecting one from a facial expression image of the personal object based on the state of the personal object;
An instant message method comprising a personal object, comprising: displaying the character information and a facial expression image of the personal object on the transmitting object and the receiving object, respectively. Activating the transmitting side / receiving side and connecting to an update management server via a network;
Checking whether there is an update file in the update management server;
When the update management server has the update file, downloading the update file to the transmitting side / receiving side via a network;
An update comprising the steps of comparing the contents of the sender / receiver and the contents of the update file one by one, writing different items from the update file to the sender / receiver, and completing the automatic update. The instant message method with a personal object according to claim 1, further comprising a management step. The step of writing from the update file to the transmission side / the reception side further includes:
Determining whether the emotion term categorization information has been newly increased,
When the emotion term categorization information is newly increased, the step of writing the name of the emotion term categorization information in the transmission side / the reception side;
Writing the emotion term included in the name of the emotion term categorization information to the transmitting side / the receiving side;
The method according to claim 2, further comprising: writing the state of the personal object included in the emotion term categorization information and a facial expression image of the personal object on the transmitting side / the receiving side. An instant messaging method comprising a personal object. The step of selecting one from the facial expression images of the personal object further comprises the emotion term analysis module transmitting the facial expression image of the personal object to the receiving side, wherein the receiving side is the personal object. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying a facial expression image. The step of selecting one from the facial expression images of the personal object further includes the emotion term analysis module transmitting a serial number corresponding to the facial expression image of the personal object to the receiving side, The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying a facial expression image of the personal object. In an instant messaging system with a personal subject applied to instant messaging between a sender and a receiver,
The sender side
An input module for receiving character information input from the transmission side;
An emotion term analysis module for determining whether or not the character information includes an emotion term based on at least one kind of emotion term category information, and selecting a state of a personal object based on the emotion term category information; An emotion term analysis module that selects one from the facial expression images of the personal object based on the state of the personal object;
A display module for displaying the personal object on the transmitting side and the personal object on the receiving side on the transmitting side, wherein the character information includes the emotion term, the transmitting side and the receiving side; An instant message system comprising a personal object, wherein the personal object includes a display module that displays the character information and a facial expression image of the personal object. The transmission side further activates the transmission side to connect to an update management server via a network, checks whether there is an update file in the update management server, and if the update management server has the update file The update file is downloaded to the transmission side or the reception side via a network, the contents of the transmission side or the reception side and the content of the update file are compared one by one, and different items are extracted from the update file. An update management module that writes to the sender and completes the automatic update;
The content of the update file includes the emotion term classification information, the emotion terms, the state of the personal object, and a facial expression image of the personal object. Instant messaging system with personal objects. The emotion term analysis module further transmits an expression image of the personal object to the receiving side after selecting one of the expression images of the personal object. Instant messaging system with multiple personal subjects. The emotion term analysis module further selects one from the expression images of the personal object, and then transmits a serial number corresponding to the expression image of the personal object to the receiving side. An instant messaging system comprising the personal subject of claim 6. The input module further includes an input area for inputting the character information, the display module further includes a display area for displaying the character information, and the input area and the display area are not stacked. 7. An instant messaging system with a personal object as claimed in claim 6, wherein the instant messaging system is displayed around.

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