KR-20260067898-A - On-line Virtual Discussion System based on Metabus and its Method
Abstract
As an embodiment of the present invention, an online virtual discussion system comprises: a plurality of debater terminals; a plurality of viewer terminals; a network connecting the debater terminals and the viewer terminals to a virtual discussion metaverse platform; and a virtual discussion metaverse platform. The debater terminal includes a display device for displaying a discussion room, a camera device capable of capturing the behavior and facial expressions of the debater, and a microphone device capable of collecting voice. The viewer terminal includes a display device for displaying a discussion room and an input device capable of inputting an evaluation of the debater. The virtual discussion metaverse platform comprises: a user authentication unit for granting access permission to the debater and the viewer; a discussion room opening unit for opening a discussion room; an avatar generation unit for generating an avatar of the debater and outputting behavior, facial expressions, and voice data of the debater avatar based on the real-time behavior, facial expressions, and voice data of the debater; a statistical processing unit for receiving evaluation data of the viewer regarding the debater, statistically processing the evaluation data to generate and output evaluation statistical data; and a discussion room display unit for displaying the behavior, facial expressions, and voice of the debater avatar output from the avatar generation unit and the evaluation statistical data output from the statistical processing unit.
Inventors
- 김대근
Assignees
- 주식회사 아우데나
Dates
- Publication Date
- 20260513
- Application Date
- 20241106
Claims (4)
- In online virtual discussion systems, A plurality of debater terminals; a plurality of viewer terminals; a network connecting the debater terminals and the viewer terminals to a virtual debate metaverse platform; and a virtual debate metaverse platform, comprising The above debater terminal is It includes a display device for displaying a discussion room, a camera device capable of capturing the behavior and facial expressions of a debater, and a microphone device capable of collecting voice, and The above viewer terminal is It includes a display device for displaying a discussion room and an input device for receiving evaluations of a debater, The above virtual discussion metaverse platform is An online virtual discussion system comprising: a user authentication unit for granting access permission to debaters and viewers; a discussion room opening unit for opening a discussion room; an avatar creation unit for creating a debater's avatar and outputting behavior, facial expression, and voice data of the debater's avatar based on the debater's real-time behavior, facial expression, and voice data; a statistical processing unit for receiving viewer evaluation data regarding the debater and statistically processing the evaluation data to generate and output evaluation statistical data; and a discussion room display unit for displaying the behavior, facial expression, and voice of the debater's avatar output from the avatar creation unit and the evaluation statistical data output from the statistical processing unit.
- In claim 1, The above avatar creation unit An avatar storage unit in which multiple avatars are stored, allowing a debater to select from the said multiple avatars; A debater video and voice input unit that receives behavior, facial expression, and voice data of the debater collected from the debater terminal via the network; An avatar video and voice generation unit that generates avatar behavior, facial expression, and voice data based on the behavior, facial expression, and voice data of a debater received from the above debater video and voice input unit, so that it can be expressed through the avatar; and An online virtual discussion system characterized by including: an avatar output unit that receives behavior, facial expression, and voice data of the avatar generated from the avatar video and voice generation unit, expresses them on the avatar, and outputs them to the discussion room display unit.
- In claim 1, The above statistical processing unit Evaluation input unit that receives viewer evaluation data about the debater via a network; An evaluation statistics processing unit that statistically processes the evaluation data for the debater received from the evaluation input unit to generate evaluation statistics data; and An online virtual discussion system characterized by including an evaluation statistics output unit that outputs the evaluation statistics data generated from the evaluation statistics processing unit to the discussion room display unit.
- An online virtual discussion method using an online virtual discussion system comprising: a plurality of debater terminals; a plurality of viewer terminals; a network connecting the debater terminals and the viewer terminals to a virtual discussion metaverse platform; and a virtual discussion metaverse platform, wherein Steps for authenticating debaters in an online virtual discussion system; Steps for opening a discussion room in an online virtual discussion system; A step for authenticating viewers in an online virtual discussion system; Step of creating debater-specific avatars in an online virtual discussion system; In an online virtual discussion system A step of receiving the debater's behavior, facial expressions, and voice data; A step of generating behavior, facial expression, and voice data of an avatar by processing the behavior, facial expression, and voice data of the debater received in an online virtual discussion system; A step of outputting behavior, facial expression, and voice data of the generated avatar in an online virtual discussion system; A step of receiving viewer evaluation data for debaters in an online virtual debate system; A step of statistically processing the above evaluation data received from an online virtual discussion system; A step of outputting statistical data on viewer evaluations of debaters in an online virtual debate system; A step of displaying the behavior, facial expressions, and voice of an avatar in an online virtual discussion system; and An online virtual discussion method comprising the step of displaying statistical data on viewer evaluations of debaters in an online virtual discussion system.
Description
On-line Virtual Discussion System based on Metabus and its Method The present invention relates to an online virtual discussion system, and more specifically, to an online virtual discussion system in which the behavior, facial expressions, and voice of a debater can be displayed through an avatar on a metaverse platform. Unless otherwise indicated in this specification, the contents described in this section are not prior art for the claims of this application, and are not to be recognized as prior art simply because they are included in this section. Recently, due to pandemics like COVID-19 and the need to hold meetings and discussions with geographically distant people, online meetings and discussions have become more prevalent. Many systems supporting this have been launched recently, and these systems are being widely utilized not only for discussions on politics, society, and culture but also for educational purposes. As an online meeting and discussion system that directly transmits the video and audio of participants, such a system has been implemented and is being commercialized. However, since the participants' faces are directly exposed, this system has a drawback in that it is less useful for participants who are reluctant to be seen or those who are too shy to speak effectively when their faces are visible. Virtual debate systems utilizing metaverse platforms, which have recently been gaining popularity, are being implemented and commercialized. These systems create a virtual reality forum for debaters and allow viewers to access the metaverse platform via a network to watch debaters' avatars engage in discussions within the virtual reality forum. However, these systems suffered from a lack of realism because the actual actions or facial expressions of the debaters were not displayed during their speeches. Figure 1 is a configuration of a metaverse-based online virtual discussion system as an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a configuration of an avatar generation unit, which is one of the components of a metaverse-based online virtual discussion system as an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 is a configuration of a statistical processing unit, which is one of the components of a metaverse-based online virtual discussion system as an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 illustrates the online virtual discussion method of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a metaverse-based online virtual discussion system as an embodiment of the present invention. The online virtual discussion system of the present invention includes a plurality of debater terminals (1100), a plurality of viewer terminals (1200), a network (1300) connecting the debater terminals and the viewer terminals to a virtual discussion metaverse platform, and a virtual discussion metaverse platform (1400). The above debater terminal (1100) may be a PC, a laptop, or any other terminal capable of connecting to a network. The above debater terminal (1100) includes a display device that displays a discussion room so that the debater can view the discussion room, a camera device capable of capturing the debater's real-time actions and facial expressions, and a microphone device capable of collecting voice generated when the debater speaks. The viewer terminal (1200) may be a PC, a laptop, or any other terminal capable of connecting to a network. The viewer terminal (1200) includes a display device that displays a discussion room so that a viewer can view the discussion room, and an input device that allows the viewer to input an evaluation of a debater while viewing the discussion room. The network (1300) connecting the above debater terminal and the above viewer terminal to the virtual debate metaverse platform is a general public communication network. The network (1300) may be a 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, and future 6G mobile communication network and/or an IP-based data network. Alternatively, it may be a Local Area Network (LAN) or WiFi network, which are IP-based private communication networks, and in the case of any debater terminal (1100) or viewer terminal (1200), it may be a Personal Area Network (PAN) using Bluetooth, etc. The virtual discussion metaverse platform (1400) described above includes: a user authentication unit (1410) for granting access permission to debaters and viewers; a discussion room opening unit (1420) for opening a discussion room; an avatar creation unit (1430) for creating a debater's avatar and outputting the debater's avatar's behavior, facial expressions, and voice data based on the debater's real-time behavior, facial expressions, and voice data; a statistical processing unit (1440) for receiving evaluation data from viewers regarding the debater, statistically processing the evaluation data to generate and output evaluation statistical data; and a discussion room display unit (1450) for displaying the debater's avatar's behavior, facial expressions, and vo