KR100839623B1 - Electronic Information Providing System and Control Method for Word, Symbol and Image of Physical Document - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for controlling digital information about words, symbols, and images in a physical document are provided to output hypertext type digital information by photographing the physical document with an imaging device, and searching the stored digital information or obtaining/accessing a stored URL(Uniform Resource Locator) based on the image data. An input device includes a main unit, a reference line lighting system, a reference bar, an imaging device, and a transmitter. An information device(200) includes a receiver(210) receiving document information and image data from the transmitter, a database(220), an image recognizer(230), an information searcher(240) searching the digital information corresponding to ID data generated from the image recognizer, a display unit(250), and a controller(260). The database stores hyperlink tables including e-document images, image data, digital information, corresponding addresses, and URLs of web pages representing the digital information for the image data. The image recognizer extracts the digital information corresponding to the image data when the image data is stored in the database, and generates the ID data by recognizing characters included in the image data when the image data is not stored in the database.

Description

Digital Information Offering System about Word, Symbol, Image of Physical Document and Method for Control Thereof}

The present invention relates to an electronic information providing system for a word, a symbol and an image of a physical document and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a word, a symbol and an image for obtaining additional information without the user's knowledge on the physical document. Create the target image data by shooting the target image with the input device, and use the generated target image data to search the electronic information stored in advance or obtain and access the link address on the Internet. to provide.

In addition, by searching electronic information using electronic dictionaries and web searchers, you can skip and read footnotes or refer to other documents by using words in physical documents that allow you to quickly and easily search for various forms of electronic information without stopping reading. An electronic information providing system for a symbol and an image, and a control method thereof.

In addition, the present invention inputs the target image data that clearly displays the target image on the physical document to obtain additional information by using a reference line illumination system and the reference bar to the information device, the shooting focus is always constant in taking the target image Even when the target image is re-photographed by the photographing apparatus, the target image data can be generated in the same manner so that the target image data can be input to the information apparatus.

In general, a physics document means an off-line book, newspaper, and all other printed materials in which a target image such as words, symbols, and images is recorded. Conventionally, when a user does not know while reading a physical document, and the user wants to obtain additional information, the user has to skip reading and stop reading to read a footnote or refer to another document.

The development of personal information devices and the Internet has made it possible to read documents without this inconvenience by constructing hypertext-type electronic documents. Hypertext is a non-linear document that, when read from beginning to end, does not know its meaning, and when you want to see something, you can immediately refer to the information related to it. For example, when you read a book, a person named “Sejong the Great” comes up and you want to know more about that person. You have to read through the index or look up the index to find related information. However, if the document is made in the way of hypertext, the word King Sejong is linked to related information such as biography, achievements, and Hangeul creation, so you can get detailed information about King Sejong simply and easily by searching the link. However, the hypertext, which enables efficient reading as described above, has been available only in electronic documents on a computer.

In addition, in the method of inputting to an information device, there has been a conventional method of generating an image with an input device such as a camera or a scanner and inputting it to the information device. However, the image generated by the input device has a limitation in clearly inputting a specific word, image, and symbol from the surrounding image due to the plurality of words, images, and symbols included in the photographing area or the scan area of the input device. . In addition, the prior art of generating an image and inputting the same to an information device is that even when re-shooting the same target image, the same result is generated by the shooting magnification and the focusing point that change according to the user operating the input device or the shooting environment. Was difficult.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, a more realistic and highly available solution is urgently needed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the present invention is to apply the convenience of an electronic document consisting of a hypertext to a physical document words, symbols and to obtain additional information that the user does not know on the physical document By taking a target image such as an image by using an input device to generate target image data, and by using the generated target image data, searching for electronic information stored in advance or obtaining and accessing a link address on the Internet previously stored. Provides electronic information in the form of hypertext.

In addition, the electronic information on the target image data not stored in the information device is skipped during reading, similarly to obtaining information using hypertext on the Internet by searching the information using an electronic dictionary and a web searcher. An electronic information providing system and control method for words, symbols and images in physical documents that can be used to quickly and easily search for various types of electronic information without stopping reading to read footnotes or refer to other documents. It is to provide.

In addition, in the physical document in which words, images, and symbols are recorded, the target image data is clearly inputted to the information device using the baseline illumination system and the reference bar. Even if the target image is re-photographed by a photographing device that maintains a constant focus at all times, the target image data can be generated in the same manner so that the target image data can be input to the information device so that the information device can be searched more accurately. It provides an input device.

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic information providing system for a word, a symbol, and an image of a physical document according to an embodiment of the present invention captures a target image of a word, an image, and a symbol recorded on the physical document. Receiving the target image data from the input device and the input device to generate and transmit, and compares the received target image data with the image data of the word, image, symbol stored in advance to obtain electronic information corresponding to the target image data Characterized in that it comprises an information device for searching, extracting and displaying.

Electronic information providing system for the words, symbols and images of the physical document according to another embodiment of the present invention, the upper end is disposed parallel to the installation surface, one side in the vertical direction and the installation surface is fixed to one side of the upper end A main line consisting of a main body consisting of a lower end connected to the installation surface and connected to the installation surface, and a base line illumination system fixedly disposed at an upper end of the main body to illuminate a target image of a word, an image, and a symbol recorded in a physical document; A reference bar fixedly disposed at a lower surface of the lower end of the main body in parallel with the installation surface to display the target image; a photographing device installed at an upper end of the main body to photograph the target image to generate target image data; and the photographing apparatus An input device including a transmission unit for transmitting the target image data generated by the controller to the information device; A receiving unit for receiving the target image data from the input device, a DB storage unit storing a plurality of the image data, a plurality of electronic information, and a plurality of addresses of the electronic information, and storing the target image data in the DB storage unit The identification data is generated by recognizing the target image data by a character recognition technique that compares and searches the stored image data with electronic data corresponding to the target image data, and reads and identifies the characters on the image and converts them into characters. An image recognizing unit, an information retrieval unit for retrieving and extracting electronic information on the identification data, a display unit for displaying the electronic information extracted from the image recognizing unit and the information retrieval unit, and the image recognizing unit upon request Search and extract the electronic information for the identification data; Beam Search control section, and is characterized in that comprising the information device to a control unit for controlling the display unit to display the image recognition unit and the search portion searches and the electronic information extracted.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a control method of an electronic information providing system for a word, a symbol, and an image of a physical document includes an input device having a photographing and transmitting / receiving function that captures the title, ISBN, and page number of the physical document. Generating document information data and transmitting the document information data to the information device; receiving the document information data from the information device and searching the hyperlink information DB; Transmitting to the information device, receiving the target image data by the information device, retrieving the received target image data from the image DB, and electronic information about the target image data retrieved from the image DB. Acquiring an address of and displaying electronic information by the obtained address of the electronic information. Characterized in that made.

According to the present invention, a target image of a word, a symbol, and an image of which a user wants to obtain additional information on a physical document by an electronic information providing system for a word, a symbol, and an image of a physical document is captured by an input device. By generating the data and using the generated target image data, it searches for and provides electronic information that is stored in advance, or obtains and accesses a link address on the Internet that was previously stored to provide necessary electronic information. Electronic information about the target image data that is not stored in the device is searched and provided by using an electronic dictionary and a web searcher, so that the information is skipped during reading as if the information was immediately acquired by using hypertext on the Internet. Read or another document You can quickly and easily search for various types of electronic information without stopping reading for reference.

In addition, in the physical document in which words, images, and symbols are recorded, the target image data is clearly inputted to the information device using the baseline illumination system and the reference bar. Even when the target image is re-photographed by a photographing device that maintains a constant focus at all times, the target image data can be generated in the same manner and input to the information device, so that the information can be searched more accurately. .

According to the present invention, a target image of a word, a symbol, and an image, which the user does not know on a physical document, to obtain additional information, is photographed with an input device, and the target image data is generated, and the image is stored by using the generated target image data. The electronic information for the target image data which is not stored in the information device is not only provided with the necessary electronic information by searching the electronic information, or by obtaining and accessing a pre-stored link address on the Internet. Electronic information providing system for words, symbols, and images of physical documents, which makes it possible to quickly and easily search various types of electronic information without stopping to read footnotes or refer to other documents by using a web searcher. It is to provide a control method. Accordingly, the present invention is based on the premise that an information apparatus is installed and implemented in an environment where the Internet is available.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic information providing system for words, symbols, and images of a physical document according to the present invention. The electronic information providing system includes an input device 100, an information device 200, a physical document 300, and the Internet. It consists of 400.

The input device 100 generates document information data by photographing document information such as the title, ISBN, and page number of the physical document 300, and targets such as words, symbols, and images recorded on the physical document 300. Takes an image to generate target image data, and transmits the generated document information data and the target image data to the information device 200.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the input device 100 includes a main body 110, a reference line illumination system 120, a reference bar 130, a photographing device 140, and a transmission unit 150. .

The main body 110 has an upper end disposed in parallel with an installation surface installed in an L-shaped structure, and one side is fixedly connected to the upper end in a vertical direction with the installation surface, and the other side is stably installed in contact with a flat installation surface. It consists of the lower part.

The baseline illumination system 120 is fixed to the upper end of the main body 110 and the baseline 121 in the physical document 300 for photographing the target image, such as words, images, symbols recorded in the physical document 300 Illuminate to display. The reference line 121 is displayed as a red line at the bottom of the target image.

The light illuminated by the reference line illumination system 120 is infrared or laser, and the length of the reference line 121 displayed by the reference line illumination system 120 is variably adjusted according to the width of the target image. The target image may be more clearly distinguished and illuminated from the target image data by the length of the reference line 121 which is variable to correspond to the width of the target image. The reference line illumination system 120 recognizes the length of the reference line 121 adjusted to correspond to the width of the target image and transmits it to the photographing apparatus.

The reference bar 130 is fixedly disposed parallel to the installation surface on the bottom surface of the lower end of the main body 110 to display a target image recorded in the physical document 300. The physical document 300 is disposed on the lower surface of the reference bar 130 such that the upper left of the reference bar 130 is positioned at the lower left of the target image. The reference bar 130 displays the target image to more clearly distinguish the target image data.

The photographing apparatus 140 is disposed at the center of the upper end of the main body 110 and is movable in the longitudinal direction of the upper end of the main body 110, and photographs the target image to generate target image data. The photographing device 140 is illuminated by the reference line illumination system 120 and is clearly displayed, and photographs the target image recorded on the physical document 300 disposed on the lower surface of the reference bar 130. Generates data and transmits the generated target image data to the transmission unit 150.

Since the photographing device 140 may maintain a constant focusing point, the photographing device 140 constantly generates the object image data even when the object image is re-photographed.

In addition, when the width of the target image has a width larger than the width of the photographing area, the photographing device 140 divides the target image into units of the width of the photographing area previously stored, and the main body 110. A plurality of target image data are generated by sequentially photographing the target image divided by the width unit of the photographing area along the length direction of the upper end. That is, when the width of the target image is greater than the width of the shooting area by comparing the width of the target image received from the reference line illumination system 120 and the width of the shooting area set in the shooting device 140, the shooting device 140 moves in units of widths of the photographing regions and sequentially photographs the target image by dividing the target image. In addition, even when the photographing device 140 is photographed by illuminating the document information such as the title, ISBN and page number of the physical document 300 by the reference line illumination system 120, the physical image by the same method as the target image The reference line 121 is illuminated and displayed on the document 300, and the document information data generated by dividing the document information by a width unit of a preset photographing area and photographing sequentially is transmitted to the transmission unit 150.

The transmission unit 150 transmits the target image data generated by the photographing device 140 to the information device 200. When the photographing device 140 transmits the target image data generated by photographing the target image to the transmitter 150, the transmitter 150 transmits the target image data to a word, an image, or a symbol. The electronic device transmits the information to the information device 200 that searches for and provides electronic information. In addition, the transmission unit 150 also transmits the document information data generated by the photographing device 140 to the information device 200 together with the target image data.

In addition, the transmission unit 150 sequentially transmits a plurality of target image data generated by dividing the photographing device 140 by a width unit of a preset photographing area and photographing sequentially to the information device 200.

The transmission unit 150 may convert the target image data generated by the photographing device 140 to a universal serial bus (USB), an infrared data association (IrDA), a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART), or a wireless ubiversal serial bus (WUSB). , Bluetooth and ZigBee to transmit to the information device 200 by any one of.

Accordingly, the input device 100 clearly displays a target image to obtain additional information from the physical document 300 in which words, images, and symbols are recorded using the reference line illumination system 120 and the reference bar 130. And transmits the target image data generated by photographing to the information device 200, and the photographing device 140 has a structure in which the focusing point is always kept constant, even when the target image is re-photographed. Since the information device 200 can be transmitted to the information device 200, the information device 200 can more accurately search for information.

The information device 200 receives the document information data and the target image data from the input device 100, and obtains document information and words about a title, ISBN, and page number to obtain additional information that the user does not know. The electronic information is searched and extracted based on the target image such as an image and a symbol.

In more detail, as shown in FIG. 3, the information device 200 includes a receiver 210, a DB storage 220, an image recognition unit 230, an information search unit 240, and a display unit 250. ) And the control unit 260.

The receiving unit 210 captures the document information data received from the input device 100 by recording the physical document 300 including the title, the ISBN, the page number, etc., and the word, image, symbol, etc., following the document information data. The recorded physical document 300 is photographed to receive the received target image data. That is, the input device 100 photographs document information such as the title, ISBN and page number of the physical document 300, or a target image such as a word, an image, a symbol, or the like recorded in the physical document 300. After generating the data or the target image data and transmitting the generated document information data or the target image data to the information device 200, the receiving unit 210 of the information device 200 is the document information data or the target image. Receives data and transmits it to the image recognition unit 230

In addition, the receiver 210 temporarily stores two or more pieces of the target image data from the input apparatus 100 continuously, and ends reception of the target image data from the input apparatus 100. When the plurality of target image data is transmitted to the image recognition unit 230.

The receiver 210 may include target image data generated by the input apparatus 100 by using a universal serial bus (USB), an infrared data association (IRDA), a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART), a wireless ubiversal serial bus (WUSB), Received by Bluetooth and ZigBee.

The DB storage unit 220 includes a plurality of electronic information for the plurality of image data including the plurality of electronic document images and a plurality of image data, addresses of the plurality of electronic document images, addresses of the plurality of image data. And a plurality of hyperlink tables including addresses of the plurality of electronic information and URL addresses on the Internet on which the electronic information of the plurality of image data is displayed.

In more detail, the DB storage unit 220 includes an electronic document DB 221, an image DB 222, an electronic information DB 223, and a hyperlink information DB 224.

The electronic document DB 221 stores an electronic document image generated by scanning the plurality of physical documents 300. The plurality of electronic document images stored in the electronic document DB 221 are controlled by the control unit 260 when displaying electronic information about target image data recorded in the same physical document 300 as each electronic document image. It is used as a background image of the display unit 250. That is, the searched electronic document image corresponding to the document information data is displayed and the searched electronic document image is displayed as a background image, and the electronic information searched and extracted by referring to the target image data is displayed on the displayed background image.

The image DB 222 stores a plurality of image data selectively extracted from the plurality of electronic document images. The plurality of image data stored in the image DB 222 is selectively extracted from the electronic document image. The image data has the same size and focus as the target image data received by the image recognition unit 230 from the receiver 210. The plurality of image data are the same size as the photographing area of the input device 100, and extracted in consideration of the positional relationship between the reference line 121 and the reference bar 130 and the items in the photographing area. It becomes the same shape as the target image data input through the input device 100. This is to more accurately recognize the target image from the target image data.

The electronic information DB 223 stores a plurality of electronic information corresponding to the plurality of image data stored in the image DB 222.

Finally, the hyperlink information DB 224 displays addresses of the plurality of electronic document images, addresses of the plurality of image data, addresses of the plurality of electronic information, and information corresponding to the plurality of image data. Many hyperlink tables including URL addresses on the Internet are stored. More specifically, the hyperlink table includes a hyperlink header and a hyperlink list.

Doc ID: 0000 0001 Title: Animal World Encyclopedia Author: 홍길동 ISBN: 07-123-0885-2 Electronic Document Image Address: .. \ Doc \ "UEID" \ EDoc Image data address: .. \ Doc \ "UEID" \ Img Electronic address: .. \ Doc \ "UEID" \ EC Date-Version: 07-09-008-0001

page index Image data text link URL One One PI-00-0001 e_contents ED-00-0001 2 2 PI-00-0002 Tiger Tiger of Korea http: //www.unichal.com \ tiger.html ... ... ... ... ... ... n N PI-00-000N Lion Lion http: //www.unichal.com \ lionkr.html

Doc ID: 0000 0001 Title: Animal World Encyclopedia Author: 홍길동 ISBN: 07-123-0885-2 Electronic Document Image Address: .. \ Doc \ "UEID" \ EDoc Image data address: .. \ Doc \ "UEID" \ Img Electronic address: .. \ Doc \ "UEID" \ EC Date-Version: 07-09-008-0001 page index Image data text link URL One One PI-00-0001 e_contents ED-00-0001 2 2 PI-00-0002 Tiger TigerOfKorea http://www.unichal.com/tiger.html ... ... ... ... ... ... n N PI-00-000N Lion Lion http://www.unichal.com/lionkr.html

[Table 1] is a table showing the structure of the hyperlink header. As shown in [Table 1], the hyperlink header includes a Doc ID, a document's unique identification number, a document's title, a document's author, an international standard book number (ISBN), and the electronic document in which an image of the electronic document is stored. The address in the DB 221, the address in the image DB 222 where the image data extracted from the electronic document is stored, the electronic information stored in the electronic information DB 223 corresponding to the image data extracted from the electronic document, and the corresponding hyperlink table. Consists of the date-version created.

[Table 2] is a table showing the structure of the hyperlink list. As shown in [Table 2], the hyperlink list is generated by reading and identifying the page of the physical document 300 included in the document information data, the image data name stored in the image DB 222, and the characters on the image. It includes a character, a link representing a web page link name on the Internet, a URL on the Internet of electronic information corresponding to the image data, or a URL indicating a file name in which electronic information produced in the information device 200 is stored. .

[Table 3] is a structure of a hyperlink table completed by combining the hyperlink header and the hyperlink list.

The image recognizing unit 230 generates a document information by reading and identifying the document information data received by photographing the physical document 300 having the title, ISBN and page number recorded from the input device 100. The document information is searched in the hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB 224 to determine whether the information device 200 is a previously stored physical document 300 corresponding to the document information. Subsequently, the image recognition unit 230 compares the plurality of image data stored in the DB storage unit 220 with the image data stored in the DB storage unit 220 and stores the image in the target image data received by the receiver 210. Determine if the image data is present. If image data corresponding to the target image data is pre-stored and present, electronic information corresponding to the pre-stored image data is immediately extracted and transmitted to the display unit 250. However, if the image data corresponding to the target image data is not stored in the DB storage unit 220 as a result of the search, identification data is generated by reading and identifying characters in the target image data, and generating the identification data. The identification data is transmitted to the control unit 260 to allow the information retrieval unit 240 to search for electronic information corresponding to the identification data.

In addition, the image recognition unit 230 recognizes a combination of the plurality of target image data received by the receiving unit 210 and transmitted to the image recognition unit 230 in the same target image data. In the input device 100, when the width of the target image is larger than the width of the photographing area of the input device 100, the photographing device 140 of the input device 100 stores the target image in the pre-stored photographing area. The image is divided into units of width, photographed, and transmitted to the information device 200. In this case, the receiving unit 210 continuously receives and temporarily stores the divided target image data, and when the reception is completed, sequentially transmits the plurality of temporarily stored target image data to the image recognition unit 230. The image recognition unit 230 recognizes the plurality of target image data received from the receiving unit 210 by combining them into one target image data.

In addition, a physical document 300 having a title, a serial number, and a page number recorded from the input apparatus 100 is photographed, and the document information identifying the received document information data and an image around the target image in the target image data. Referring together, the received image data is retrieved from the image DB 222 in the DB storage unit provided in the information device, thereby improving the accuracy of the electronic information search for the target image.

For example, assuming that there are a large number of target images "tigers" in the same physical document 300 and refer to "tigers" in the north and "tigers" in the south, respectively, the target image called tiger is In reality, the northern tiger and the southern tiger actually differ in appearance, roaring cry, and main living area. That is, the contents of the electronic document to be displayed in connection with the target image are different from each other. Therefore, even if the target image itself is the same, even if the contents are different, it is possible to improve the image recognition rate by identifying the target image more accurately by referring to the page containing the target image and the surrounding image so that accurate electronic information can be searched and displayed. It can provide accurate electronic information.

4 is a block diagram of the target image data according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the target image data includes the target image and the reference line 121 of the input device 100 in order for the image recognition unit 230 of the information device 200 to accurately recognize the target image. And an image of the reference bar 130.

The information search unit 240 is composed of an electronic dictionary 241 and a web searcher 242 to search and extract electronic information about the identification data. When the document information corresponding to the document information data received from the input apparatus 100 is not retrieved in the DB storage unit 220, the image recognition unit 230 receives the image recognition unit 230. Characters in the target image data are read and identified to generate identification data, and the generated identification data is transmitted to the controller 260. The controller 260 controls the information search unit 240 to search for electronic information corresponding to the identification data transmitted from the image recognition unit 230 using the electronic dictionary 241 or the web searcher 242. The information retrieval unit 240 transmits the retrieved electronic information to the control unit 260 again.

In addition, although the document information data received from the input device 100 was retrieved from the DB storage unit 220 by the image recognition unit 230, the target image data received from the input device 100 is the image Even when the recognition unit 230 does not search the DB storage unit 220, the image recognition unit 230 generates identification data by reading and identifying characters in the target image data, and generates the identification data. Transmits to the control unit 260. The controller 260 controls the information search unit 240 to search for electronic information corresponding to the identification data transmitted from the image recognition unit 230 using the electronic dictionary 241 or the web searcher 242. The information retrieval unit 240 transmits the retrieved electronic information to the control unit 260 again.

 The display unit 250 displays electronic information retrieved and extracted from the image recognition unit 230 or the information retrieval unit 240. The display unit 250 is the electronic information extracted by the image recognition unit 230 in the DB storage unit 220 or the electronic dictionary 241 and the web searcher 242 of the information search unit 240 searched Electronic information is received from the controller 260 and displayed. When the document information data received from the input apparatus 100 is searched in the DB storage unit 220 by the image recognition unit 230, the display unit 250 displays an electronic document image corresponding to the retrieved document information data. Displayed as a background image, and superimposed electronic information on the target image data to be retrieved and extracted later on the displayed background image.

The controller 260 controls the information retrieval unit 240 to retrieve and extract electronic information about the identification data at the request of the image recognizing unit 230, and the image recognizing unit 230 and the information. The display unit 250 controls the display unit 250 to display the electronic information searched and extracted. The control unit 260 is received when the document information data received from the input device 100 is not retrieved from the DB storage unit 220 by the image recognition unit 230 and received from the input device 100. When the document information data is retrieved in the DB storage unit 220 by the image recognition unit 230, but the received target image data is not retrieved in the DB storage unit 220, the image The recognition unit 230 transmits identification data generated by reading and identifying a character in the target image data to the controller 260, and the controller 260 transmits the identification data to an electronic dictionary 241 or a web searcher ( The information retrieval unit 240 is controlled to retrieve the electronic information using the reference numeral 242.

In addition, the controller 260 receives the electronic information transmitted from the image recognition unit 230 and the information retrieval unit 240 and controls the display unit 250 to display the received electronic information.

The physical document 300 is an off-line book, a newspaper, and all other printed matters on which a target image such as a word, a symbol, and an image is recorded.

The Internet 400 is one huge computer communication network through which computers can connect and exchange information. An element such as a word or phrase, symbol, image, symbol, etc. in an electronic document on the Internet 400 and another element in the electronic document or another element in another hypertext electronic document are connected by a hyperlink. The user activates or activates a hyperlink by clicking on an underlined element in the hypertext electronic document or an element linked and displayed in a different color than the rest of the electronic document. By doing so, you can select a link between one element and another in the same hypertext electronic document to retrieve that electronic information, and select a link to another element in a hypertext electronic document on a World Wide Web server on another Internet host. You can also search for electronic information. In the Internet 400, a plurality of hypertexts are connected by hyperlinks, so that a huge amount of electronic information content is connected to each other.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of an electronic information providing system for a word, a symbol, and an image of a physical document 300 according to the present invention. The control method of the electronic information providing system includes the following steps.

The document information data is recorded by recording the document information such as the title, ISBN, and page number, and the document information is generated, and the target image of the words, symbols, and images recorded on the physical document 300 is photographed. An input apparatus 100 having a photographing and transmitting / receiving function for generating a plurality of target image data, and an information apparatus for searching, extracting and displaying electronic information corresponding to document information data and target image data generated by the input apparatus ( In the control method of the electronic information providing system for the words, symbols and images of the physical document consisting of 200, to transmit the document information data photographed and generated by the input device 100 to the information device 200 Step S10; The receiving unit provided in the information device 200 receives the document information data, reads and identifies the text in the received document information data to generate document information, and the generated document information is the information device 200. Checking whether the document exists by searching the hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB 224 provided in the DB storage unit 220 (S20); When the document information is a pre-stored document existing in the hyperlink information DB 224 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200, a plurality of photographed images generated by the input device 100 are generated. Transmitting target image data to the information device 200 (S30); Receiving, by the receiving unit 210 of the information device 200, a plurality of target image data (S40); The image recognition unit 230 included in the information device 200 recognizes the plurality of received target image data by combining them into one target image data, and recognizes the image data corresponding to the recognized target image data. Searching in the image DB 222 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the device 200 (S50); When the image data corresponding to the recognized target image data is stored in the image DB 222 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200, the DB provided in the information device 200 The hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB 224 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200 with the address of the electronic information for the image data retrieved from the image DB 222 in the storage unit 220. Obtaining from (S60); And displaying, by the display unit 250 provided in the information device 200, the electronic information by the obtained address of the electronic information (S70).

More specifically, the step (S10) of transmitting the document information data photographed and generated by the input device 100 to the information device 200, the physical image recording the target image, such as words, symbols and images The document information data generated by the input apparatus 100 by photographing the document information such as the title, ISBN, and page number of the document 300 is transmitted to the information device 200.

The receiving unit provided in the information device 200 receives the document information data, reads and identifies the text in the received document information data to generate document information, and the generated document information is the information device 200. The step S20 of checking whether the document exists by searching the hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB 224 provided in the DB storage unit 220 is performed by the receiving unit 210 of the information device 200. The document information data is received from the input device 100 and transmitted to the image recognition unit 230 of the information device 200, and the image recognition unit 230 reads and identifies the text on the document information data. Document information such as the title, ISBN, and page number of the physical document 300 is generated. The document information is searched in the hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB 224 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device by using the generated document information.

When the document information is a pre-stored document existing in the hyperlink information DB 224 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200, a plurality of photographed images generated by the input device 100 are generated. In the step S30 of transmitting the target image data to the information device 200, the target image is recorded such that the upper left side of the reference bar 130 provided in the input device 100 is located at the lower left side of the target image. And a reference line 121 having a variable length thereof so that the reference line illumination system 120 provided in the input device 100 corresponds to the width of the target image at the bottom of the target image. Illuminating step (S32), the photographing device 140 of the input device 100 to take the target image to generate the target image data (S33) and the transmission unit provided in the input device (100) 150) to define the generated target image data The transmission is made to the viewer 200 (S34).

6 is a flowchart specifically illustrating a step (S30) of transmitting a plurality of target image data photographed and generated by the input apparatus 100 according to the present invention to the information device 200.

More specifically, the step (S31) in which the physical document 300 in which the target image is recorded is disposed such that the upper left side of the reference bar 130 is located at the lower left side of the target image, the lower end of the main body 110. The reference bar 130 is located at the lower left of the target image, such as a word, an image, a symbol, and so on, so that the physical document 300 on which the target image is recorded is not crimped or shaken. 130 is disposed at the bottom.

The step S32 of illuminating the reference line 121 at the bottom of the target image by the reference line illumination system 120 is recorded in the physical document 300 by the reference line illumination system 120 fixedly disposed at the upper end of the main body 110. The reference line 121 is illuminated by a red line at the bottom of the target image such as a word, an image, or a symbol. The length of the reference line 121, which appears when the reference line illumination system 120 illuminates an infrared ray or a laser, is variable according to the width of the target image, and then the target image within the target image data generated by the photographing device 140. To make it clearer. The reference line illumination system 120 recognizes the length of the reference line 121 variable according to the width of the target image and transmits the length to the photographing device 140.

In step S33, when the photographing device 140 photographs the target image to generate target image data, the target image recorded in the physical document 300 arranged based on the reference bar 130 is the reference line. It is clearly displayed by the illumination system 120 and the photographing device 140 captures and generates the target image data and transmits it to the transmission unit 150. The photographing device 140 maintains a constant photographing focus to generate the same target image data even when the target image is retaken.

In operation S33, when the photographing device 140 captures the target image to generate target image data, the photographing device 140 uses the target image having a width larger than that of the photographing area in units of widths of the photographing area. A plurality of target image data are generated by dividing and photographing sequentially. When the width of the target image received from the reference line illumination system 120 is larger than the width of the photographing area preset in the photographing device 140, the photographing device 140 moves in units of the width of the photographing area and the target image. To shoot sequentially.

The transmitting unit 150 transmits the generated target image data to the information device 200 (S34), wherein the photographing device 140 captures the target image and generates the target image data. When transmitting to 150, the transmitting unit 150 transmits the target image data to the information device 200 that searches for and provides electronic information using a word or an image.

The transmission unit 150 sequentially stores a plurality of pieces of target image data generated by dividing and capturing the target image having a width greater than the width of the photographing region by the unit of the photographing region. Send to the device 200.

Receiving unit 210 provided in the information device 200 receives a plurality of target image data (S40), the target image from the input device 100 in the receiving unit 210 of the information device 200 Receive data. When the target image data received from the input device 100 is plural, the plurality of target image data are sequentially combined to be recognized as one target image data.

The image recognition unit 230 included in the information device 200 recognizes the plurality of received target image data by combining them into one target image data, and recognizes the image data corresponding to the recognized target image data. Searching in the image DB 222 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the device 200 (S50), the information device 200 is provided with the target image data received from the input device 100. The image data is compared with the image data pre-stored in the image DB 222 to search whether the same image data exists.

The image data is selectively extracted from the electronic document image in the same size and focus as the target image data received from the input apparatus 100. The image data is the same size as the photographing area of the input device 100, and extracts the target image in consideration of the positional relationship between the reference line 121, the reference bar 130, and the items in the photographing area. Since the same form as the target image data input through the input device 100 from the actual physical document 300 can be compared more accurately.

The order of the image data to be compared with the target image data is determined based on the page number of the received document information data. The comparison procedure proceeds in the order close to the current page number, starting with the image data included in the current page number. If pages with the same page numbers of the same difference exist before and after, image data of a page number larger than the current page number is first compared, and then image data of a page number smaller than the current page number is compared.

For example, if the page number of the physical document 300 received from the input device 100 is 15 and both the page number 13 and the page number 17 are present in the hyperlink table, the image data extracted from the page number 17 is first compared. After that, the image data extracted from page 13 is compared.

When the image data corresponding to the recognized target image data is stored in the image DB 222 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200, the DB provided in the information device 200 The hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB 224 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200 with the address of the electronic information for the image data retrieved from the image DB 222 in the storage unit 220. In operation S60, if the received target image data includes the same image data as the image data previously stored in the image DB 222, the electronic information on the corresponding image data may be included in the hyperlink table. Obtain the address. The address of the electronic information has two kinds of file names, which are produced by themselves and stored in the electronic information DB 223, as the URL address on the Internet.

The display unit 250 of the information device 200 displays the electronic information by the obtained address of the electronic information (S70), the URL address of the obtained electronic information or the electronic device in the information device 200. Electronic information about the target image data is displayed on the display unit 250 according to the information file name. In this case, the electronic document image from which image data corresponding to the electronic information indicated by the address of the electronic information is extracted is searched, and the retrieved electronic document image is displayed as a background image.

In addition, the control method of the control method of the electronic information providing system for the words, symbols and images of the physical document 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention is as follows, that is, the physical document according to an embodiment of the present invention ( In the control method of the electronic information providing system for the word, symbol and image of 300, the steps S10 to S20 are performed by the same process, except that the receiving unit provided in the information device 200 Receives document information data, reads and identifies the received character in the document information data to generate document information, the generated document information is a hyperlink in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200 In step S20 of checking the hyperlink table of the information DB 224 to determine whether the document exists, the document information corresponding to the document information data is stored in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200. Ha If it is not present in the perlink information DB 224, the receiving unit provided in the information device 200 receives the document information data, reads and identifies the characters in the received document information data, and displays the document information. Generating and checking whether the generated document information is an existing document by searching the hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB 224 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200 (S20). Transmitting a plurality of target image data photographed and generated by the input apparatus 100 to the information device 200 (S30); Receiving, by the receiving unit 210 of the information device 200, a plurality of target image data (S40); The image recognition unit 230 included in the information device 200 recognizes the plurality of received target image data by combining them into one target image data, and reads, identifies, and identifies characters in the recognized target image data. Generating data (S80); Searching, extracting, and displaying electronic information corresponding to identification data generated from the image recognition unit 230 by the electronic dictionary 241 of the information retrieval unit 240 provided in the information device 200 (S90). Or searching and extracting and displaying electronic information corresponding to the identification data generated from the image recognition unit 230 by the web searcher 242 provided in the information search unit 240 (S100).

More specifically, in the step S30 of transmitting the plurality of target image data photographed and generated by the input device 100 to the information device 200, the input device 100 may transmit the physical document 300. The target image such as a word, a symbol, and an image recorded on the image is taken to generate target image data, and the generated target image data is transmitted to the information device 200.

When the width of the target image intended by the user is larger than the width of the shooting area of the input device 100, the input device 100 divides the target image into units of the width of the shooting area and captures the plurality of the target images. Image data is generated and all of the generated plurality of target image data are sequentially transmitted to the information device 200.

The input device 100 captures the target image to generate target image data and transmits the target image data to the information device (S30). As described above, the physical document 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described. It is made by the same process as the control method of the electronic information providing system for the word, symbol and image and will be omitted.

Receiving unit 210 provided in the information device 200 receives a plurality of target image data (S40), the receiving unit 210 of the information device 200 is the target image from the input device 100 Receive data. When the target image data received from the input apparatus 100 is plural, the plurality of target image data are sequentially combined to be recognized as one target image data.

The image recognition unit 230 included in the information device 200 recognizes the plurality of received target image data by combining them into one target image data, and reads, identifies, and identifies characters in the recognized target image data. In the generating of the data (S80), the image recognition unit 230 recognizes by combining a plurality of received target image data into one target image data, and reads and identifies a character in the recognized target image data to convert the characters. Generate identification data.

Searching, extracting, and displaying electronic information corresponding to identification data generated from the image recognition unit 230 by the electronic dictionary 241 of the information retrieval unit 240 provided in the information device 200 (S90). ), The electronic information on the identification data generated by the image recognition unit 230 is searched by the electronic dictionary 241 of the information search unit 240, the searched electronic information is displayed on the display unit 250 do.

Searching, extracting and displaying the electronic information corresponding to the identification data generated from the image recognition unit 230 by the web searcher 242 provided in the information search unit 240 (S100), the image recognition unit Electronic information on the identification data generated at 230 is searched by the web searcher 242, and the searched electronic information is displayed on the display unit 250.

In addition, after searching, extracting and displaying the electronic information corresponding to the identification data generated from the image recognition unit 230 by the web searcher 242 provided in the information search unit 240 (S100) The method may further include storing the electronic information searched by the web searcher 242 included in the information searcher 240 in the DB storage 220 (S110).

The step S110 of storing the electronic information searched by the web searcher 242 provided in the information search unit 240 in the DB storage unit 220 may include the web searcher 242 provided in the information search unit 240. Storing the URL, the identification image and the target image data of the electronic information on the Internet searched at the step S100 of displaying the electronic information related to the identification data by searching the identification data; The newly stored information about the target image data is added to the hyperlink table, or a new hyperlink table is generated and stored when the target image data of the physical document 300 does not exist.

In addition, in the control method of the electronic information providing system for the words, symbols and images of the physical document according to another embodiment of the present invention, and also, the words, symbols of the physical document 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention And a control method of a control method of an electronic information providing system for an image as follows: That is, the control method of the electronic information providing system for a word, a symbol, and an image of a physical document 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Steps S10 to S50 are performed by the same process, except that the image recognition unit 230 included in the information device 200 converts the received plurality of target image data into one target image data. In step S50 of combining and recognizing and retrieving the image data corresponding to the recognized target image data in the image DB 222 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200, If the image data corresponding to the previously recognized target image data is not stored in the image DB 222 in the DB storage unit 220 provided in the information device 200, the image recognition unit 230 is Generating identification data by reading and identifying characters in the recognized object image data (S80); Searching, extracting, and displaying electronic information corresponding to identification data generated from the image recognition unit 230 by the electronic dictionary 241 of the information retrieval unit 240 provided in the information device 200 (S90). Or searching and extracting and displaying electronic information corresponding to the identification data generated from the image recognition unit 230 by the web searcher 242 provided in the information search unit 240 (S100). After that, the method further includes storing the electronic information searched by the web searcher 242 included in the information searcher 240 in the DB storage 220 (S110).

Therefore, according to the electronic information providing system for the words, symbols and images of the physical document 300 and the control method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user does not know on the physical document 300 to obtain additional information Target image such as words, symbols and images to be taken by the input device 100 to generate the target image data, and using the generated target image data to retrieve the electronic information that is stored in advance or the Internet was previously stored Obtaining and accessing the link address of the electronic device, as well as providing the necessary electronic information, the electronic information for the target image data that is not stored in the information device 200 using the electronic dictionary 241 and the web searcher 242 By retrieving information from the Internet, using the hypertext on the Internet to instantly read the information. While the skip reading the footnotes or other documents without stopping to read to see quickly the various forms of electronic information there is an effect that can be easily retrieved.

In addition, by using the reference line illumination system 120 and the reference bar 130 on the physical document 300 in which words, images, and symbols are recorded by the input device 100, the target image to obtain additional information is clearly displayed. The target image data is input even when the target image data is input to the information device 200 and the target image is re-photographed by the photographing apparatus 140 which always maintains a constant focus in capturing the target image. Since the same information can be input to the information device 200, the information device 200 can search information more accurately.

The present invention has been described in detail so far, but the embodiments mentioned in the process are merely illustrative and are not intended to be limiting, and the present invention is provided by the following claims. Within the scope of not departing from the scope of the present invention, changes in the components that can be coped evenly will fall within the scope of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic information providing system for words, symbols, and images of a physical document according to the present invention.

2 is a perspective view of an input device according to the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of an information device according to the present invention.

4 is a configuration diagram of target image data according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of an electronic information providing system for words, symbols, and images of a physical document according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart specifically illustrating a step in which an input apparatus photographs a target image, generates target image data, and transmits the same to an information device according to the present invention;

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120: reference line illumination system 121: reference line

130: reference bar 140: recording device

150: transmission unit 200: information equipment

210: receiver 220: DB storage unit

221: Electronic document DB 222: Image DB

223: Electronic information DB 224: Hyperlink information DB

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241: Electronic Dictionary 242: Web Search Machine

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Claims (24)

delete delete delete An input device for generating document information data by capturing document information such as a title, ISBN, and page number of a physical document, and photographing a target image of words, symbols, and images recorded on the physical document; And an electronic information providing system for a word, a symbol, and an image of a physical document comprising an information device for searching, extracting, and displaying document information or electronic information corresponding to the document information data and target image data generated by the input device. In The input device may include: a main body including an upper end disposed in parallel with an installation surface, one end fixedly connected to the upper end in a direction perpendicular to the installation surface, and the other end connected to the installation surface; A reference line illumination system fixedly disposed at an upper end of the main body to illuminate a reference line whose length is variable so as to correspond to the document information and the width of the target image; A reference bar fixedly disposed at the bottom of the lower end of the main body in parallel with the installation surface to display the document information and the target image; A photographing apparatus installed at an upper end of the main body to photograph the document information and the target image to generate the document information data and the target image data; And a transmission unit for transmitting the document information data and the target image data generated by the photographing device to the information device. The information device includes: a receiving unit for receiving the document information data and the target image data transmitted by the transmitting unit of the input device; A plurality of electronic document images, a plurality of image data and a plurality of electronic information, addresses of the plurality of electronic document images, addresses of the plurality of image data, addresses of the plurality of electronic information and electronic information about the plurality of image data A DB storage unit for storing a plurality of hyperlink tables including URL addresses on the Internet; The target image data is compared with the image around the target image in the document information data and the target image data, and the target image data is compared with the plurality of image data previously stored in the DB storage unit. If the image data corresponding to the image data are pre-stored in the DB storage unit, the electronic information corresponding to the pre-stored image data is extracted, and as a result of the comparison search, the image data corresponding to the target image data is stored in the DB storage unit. An image recognition unit that recognizes the target image data and generates identification data by reading and identifying a character in the recognized target image data, if not stored; An information search unit for searching and extracting electronic information corresponding to the identification data generated from the image recognition unit; A display unit which displays the electronic information extracted by the image recognition unit or the information retrieval unit; And controlling the information retrieval unit to retrieve and extract the electronic information on the identification data generated from the image recognizing unit at the request of the image recognizing unit, and the electronic information retrieved and extracted by the image recognizing unit or the information retrieval unit. Electronic information providing system for a word, symbol and image of a physical document comprising a control unit for controlling the display unit to display. The method according to claim 4, wherein the target image data, And an image of a reference line illuminated by the target image, the reference line illumination system, and an image of a reference bar. The method according to claim 4, wherein the photographing apparatus, Even when re-shooting the target image, the electronic image providing system for words, symbols, and images of the physical document, characterized in that to maintain a constant shooting focus to generate the same target image data as the target image data. delete The apparatus of claim 4, wherein when the width of the target image is larger than the width of the photographing region, the photographing apparatus provided in the input device divides the subject image by the width unit of the pre-stored photographing region, and length of the upper end of the main body. Generating a plurality of target image data by sequentially photographing the divided target images according to a direction; A transmission unit provided in the input device sequentially transmits the generated plurality of target image data to an information device; A receiving unit provided in the information device receives the plurality of target image data transmitted sequentially; And an image recognizing unit provided in the information device combines the plurality of target image data received sequentially and recognizes the target image data as one target image data. delete delete The method of claim 4, wherein the DB storage unit, An electronic document DB storing a plurality of electronic document images generated by scanning a plurality of physical documents; An image DB storing the plurality of image data selected and extracted from the plurality of electronic document images; An electronic information DB in which the plurality of electronic information corresponding to the plurality of image data is stored; And A plurality of hyperlink tables comprising addresses of the plurality of electronic document images, addresses of the plurality of image data, addresses of the plurality of electronic information, and URL addresses on the Internet on which electronic information for the plurality of image data is displayed. Electronic information providing system for the words, symbols and images of the physical document, characterized in that consisting of; hyperlink information DB to be stored. delete The method according to claim 4, wherein the information search unit, It consists of an electronic dictionary and a web searcher, and provides electronic information for words, symbols, and images of a physical document, wherein the electronic information corresponding to the identification data is searched and extracted by any one of the electronic dictionary and a web searcher. system. The method of claim 4, wherein the display unit, Search for the electronic document image corresponding to the document information data and display the searched electronic document image as a background image, and superimpose and display the extracted electronic information with reference to the target image data on the displayed background image. Electronic information provision system for words, symbols, and images in physical documents. Generates document information data by photographing a physical document in which document information such as title, ISBN, and page number are recorded, and generates a plurality of target image data by photographing a target image of words, symbols, and images recorded on the physical document. An input device having a photographing and transmitting / receiving function, and an information device for searching, extracting and displaying electronic information corresponding to document information data and target image data generated by the input device. In the control method of the electronic information providing system for, Transmitting the document information data photographed and generated by the input device to the information device; Receiving, by the receiver, the document information data provided in the information device; The document information is generated by reading and identifying the characters in the received document information data, and the generated document information is a document existing by searching in the hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information apparatus. Confirming; If the document information is a pre-stored document existing in the hyperlink information DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information device, transmitting a plurality of target image data photographed and generated by the input device to the information device; ; Receiving a plurality of target image data by a receiver provided in the information device; The image recognition unit included in the information device recognizes the received plurality of target image data by combining them into one target image data, and refers to the image around the target image together, and image data corresponding to the recognized target image data. Searching for an image DB in a DB storage unit provided in the information device; If the image data corresponding to the recognized target image data is stored in the image DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information device, the image data retrieved from the image DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information device Obtaining an address of electronic information from a hyperlink table of a hyperlink information DB in a DB storage unit provided in the information device; Displaying, by the display unit provided in the information device, electronic information based on the obtained address of the electronic information; A control method of an electronic information providing system for words, symbols, and images of a physical document, characterized in that consisting of. Generates document information data by photographing a physical document in which document information such as title, ISBN, and page number are recorded, and generates a plurality of target image data by photographing a target image of words, symbols, and images recorded on the physical document. An input device having a photographing and transmitting / receiving function, and an information device for searching, extracting and displaying electronic information corresponding to document information data and target image data generated by the input device. In the control method of the electronic information providing system for, Transmitting the document information data photographed and generated by the input device to the information device; Receiving, by the receiver, the document information data provided in the information device; The document information is generated by reading and identifying the characters in the received document information data, and the generated document information is a document existing by searching in the hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information apparatus. Confirming; If the document information is a pre-stored document existing in the hyperlink information DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information device, transmitting a plurality of target image data photographed and generated by the input device to the information device; ; Receiving a plurality of target image data by a receiver provided in the information device; The image recognition unit included in the information device recognizes the received plurality of target image data by combining them into one target image data, and refers to the image around the target image together, and image data corresponding to the recognized target image data. Searching for an image DB in a DB storage unit provided in the information device; If the image data corresponding to the recognized target image data is not stored in the image DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information device, the image recognition unit reads, identifies and identifies characters in the recognized target image data. Generating data; Searching, extracting and displaying electronic information corresponding to identification data generated from the image recognition unit by an electronic dictionary or a web searcher of the information retrieval unit provided in the information device; A control method of an electronic information providing system for words, symbols, and images of a physical document, characterized in that consisting of. Generates document information data by photographing a physical document in which document information such as title, ISBN, and page number are recorded, and generates a plurality of target image data by photographing a target image of words, symbols, and images recorded on the physical document. An input device having a photographing and transmitting / receiving function, and an information device for searching, extracting and displaying electronic information corresponding to document information data and target image data generated by the input device. In the control method of the electronic information providing system for, Transmitting the document information data photographed and generated by the input device to the information device;  Receiving, by the receiver, the document information data provided in the information device; The document information is generated by reading and identifying the characters in the received document information data, and the generated document information is a document existing by searching in the hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information apparatus. Confirming; If the document information does not exist in the hyperlink information DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information device, transmitting a plurality of target image data photographed and generated by the input device to the information device; Receiving a plurality of target image data by a receiver provided in the information device; An image recognizing unit provided in the information device recognizes the plurality of received target image data by combining them into one target image data, and generates identification data by reading and identifying a character in the recognized target image data; Searching, extracting and displaying electronic information corresponding to identification data generated from the image recognition unit by an electronic dictionary or a web searcher of the information retrieval unit provided in the information device; A control method of an electronic information providing system for words, symbols, and images of a physical document, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 15 or 17, wherein the transmitting of the plurality of target image data photographed and generated by the input device to the information device, The physical document on which the target image is recorded is disposed such that the upper left side of the reference bar provided in the input device is located at the lower left side of the target image. Illuminating a baseline whose length is variable so as to correspond to a; Generating a target image data by maintaining a consistent focus of the photographing apparatus and capturing the target image so as to generate the same target image data even when re-shooting the target image; And And a transmitting unit provided in the input device to transmit the generated target image data to an information device. The method of claim 15 or 17, wherein the transmitting of the plurality of target image data photographed and generated by the input device to the information device, When the target image has a width larger than the width of the preset shooting area, the input device divides the target image by the width unit of the shooting area, and captures the shooting area in the longitudinal direction of the upper end of the main body provided in the input device. The photographing method sequentially moves by the width unit of the photographing, and generates a plurality of the target image data to be transmitted to the information device sequentially characterized in that the control method of the electronic information providing system for the words, symbols and images of the physical document. delete delete The method according to claim 16 or 17, after the step of searching, extracting and displaying electronic information corresponding to the identification data generated from the image recognition unit by an electronic dictionary or a web searcher of the information retrieval unit provided in the information device, And storing the electronic information retrieved by the web searcher provided in the information retrieval unit in a DB storage unit. The method according to claim 15, wherein the address of the electronic information for the image data retrieved from the image DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information device is obtained from the hyperlink table of the hyperlink information DB in the DB storage unit provided in the information device. In step, the address of the electronic information for the image data, Control method of the electronic information providing system for the words, symbols and images of the physical document, characterized in that any one of the address of the electronic information previously stored in the electronic information DB provided in the information device or the URL address of the electronic information on the Internet. The method of claim 15, wherein the display unit provided in the information device to display the electronic information by the address of the obtained electronic information, Searching for the electronic document image corresponding to the document information data and displaying the searched electronic document image as a background image, and superimposing the electronic information by the address of the electronic information on the target image data obtained on the displayed background image. A control method of an electronic information providing system for words, symbols, and images of a physical document.

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