KR101503381B1 - The stic with complex function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multifunctional stick that can be used easily by not only visually or hearing impaired people but also ordinary people by using a stick having a lighting function, a voice guide function of telling path guide to a destination by using navigation or GPS, a video surveillance camera function for enabling a user to respond to an emergency situation, a charging function, a music playing function, etc. The main body of the device is formed below the upper hand of the stick. A support is integrally formed below the main body of the device. A smart button is configured on the plane of the handle. An earphone connection port for inserting the plug of a speaker and an earphone and a hearing aid connection port are arranged on the handle. A pair of lighting lamps at the front and the rear, a pair of video-recording surveillance cameras at the front and the rear, a navigation device having a voice guide function and an MP4 music player are installed sequentially downward from the upside on the main body of the device. The main body of the device contains a power supply module having a charging function and a control module and can supply and control electricity charged through a charging cord to each device.

Description

The stik with complex function.

The present invention relates to a cane having a complex function, and more particularly, to a cane having a complex function, a voice guidance function for voicing directions to a destination using navigation and GPS as well as a lighting function, a video surveillance camera Function, a charging function, a music reproduction function, and the like, as well as people with visual and hearing impairments.

In general, the cane is used as a walking aid for the elderly or disabled with relatively low strength of the legs, or to make steep hills more easily and safely during climbing or outdoor activities, and helps guide the visually impaired . As the recent life has become more and more popular, there are increasing numbers of people who go for a walk or climb at night or early morning to avoid healthier daytime hours for the purpose of improving health. In the case of climbing or strolling at night or at dawn, there is a possibility that a safety accident may occur, such as falling down because the foot can not be properly checked. Recently, a cane having a lighting function has been disclosed in Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2013-0106683 "A stick having LED light with a solar cell panel" has been proposed.

However, since the cane having such a lighting function is useful to the general public, it is useless to the visually impaired, and therefore, there is a need for a device for visually impaired persons to guide the path information to the destination by voice, When a person with a disability goes out alone, the caregivers can not be disturbed by worries and worries that they will be harmed by bad people. The charging function that can be used when sudden electricity is needed, such as a hearing aid, It is all necessary for disabled people.

Open Patent No. 2013-0106683 (Sep. 30, 2013) "a stick having LED light with a solar cell panel"

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the related art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a voice guidance function for voice guidance of a route guidance to a destination using navigation and GPS as well as a lighting function, A video surveillance camera function, a charging function, a music playback function, etc., which can cope with the situation, and can be used more conveniently by a single staff member as well as the general public.

To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, there is provided a cane having a complex function, wherein the cane has an apparatus main body formed under an upper handle of the cane, a support base integrally formed on a lower side of the apparatus main body, The smartphone includes a smart button on a flat surface, an earphone connection port for plugging a speaker and an earphone, and a hearing aid connection port. The device body is provided with a pair of front and rear sides, A video recording surveillance camera in the front and rear sides, a navigation device having voice guidance function, and an MP4 music player, and a power supply module and a control module having a charging function inside the main body of the apparatus, To be supplied to and controlled by the respective apparatuses. The cane may further include a ground contact hole formed at the lower end of the support member and formed with a concave / convex portion at a lower end thereof, and the ground contact hole may be detachably attached to the lower end of the support by a helical connection.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the lighting function, but also includes a voice guidance function for voice guidance of directions to a destination using navigation and GPS, a video surveillance camera function for coping with emergency situations, It is possible not only to reach the destination not only visually and deafly, but also safely in the first place or in the dark place, as well as to reach the destination with a sense of security through the music player through the music player, The recording of dangerous situations can be recorded through a surveillance camera.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall structure of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing the ground contact of Fig. 1; Fig.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of navigation and GPS of the present invention.

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

The cane having the multiple functions according to the present invention includes a video recording and monitoring camera function for coping with a lighting function and an emergency situation as shown in Fig. 1, a voice for voice guidance to a destination using navigation and GPS, It features a guide function, charging and power supply function, and music playback function, making it more convenient for the general public as well as the visual and auditory handicapped person with only one stick.

The cane 1 is provided in a long bar shape so that a handicapped person can hold it with his / her hand and detect an obstacle by tracing the forward end thereof. The cane 1 can be made of various materials such as wood, plastic, metal, synthetic resin, The device body 100 in which devices are embedded in the lower part of the handle 11 is provided and the support base 300 is integrally formed on the lower side of the device body 100. [ A smart operation button 12 for operation of each device is provided on the handle 11 in a plan view and an earphone connection port 13 for plugging the upper speaker 213 and the earphone 13a, A hearing aid connection port 14 is provided.

The apparatus main body 100 is provided with a pair of illumination lights 110a and 110b on the front and rear sides and a pair of video recording and monitoring surveillance cameras 120a and 120b on the front and rear sides, a navigation 200 having a voice guidance function, an MP4 music player 130 The light source of the illumination lamps 110a and 110b may be one of an LED bulb, a xenon bulb, and a halogen bulb, and may be powered by a power supply module and a control module to be described later, Wherein the control module controls the power provided by the power supply module so that the light source is repeatedly turned on and off for a preset time so that the light illuminated by the illumination lamp is blinked can do.

The video recording surveillance cameras 120a and 120b are capable of recording and monitoring harmful actions of an evil person that may occur when the abbreviated visual and auditory intentions do not go out alone without a guardian. The operation is controlled by the power supply module and the control module.

3, the navigation 200 includes a navigation main body 210 coupled to an upper area of the wand and guiding navigation guidance information for a disabled person by voice, and the navigation main body 210 includes: A navigation main body 210 coupled to an upper portion of the wand 1 and having a microphone 211 and a speaker built therein; A voice recognition unit 223 for recognizing destination information input through the microphone 211; A storage unit 230 in which map information is stored; A communication unit for communicating with a GPS; And route information to the destination by analyzing the map information on the basis of the current position information received through the communication unit and outputting the position guidance information corresponding to the route information through the speaker 213 And a route control unit 260 for controlling the speaker. The navigation unit 210 further includes a recording unit 240. The storage unit 230 records route guidance information input to the destination through the microphone 211 in the recording unit 240 And a recording information storage unit 230 in which recording path information generated by the recording information storage unit 230 is stored.

And a GPS (A) for recognizing the position coordinate value of the staff and transmitting the grasped position coordinate value at a preset frequency. When the handicapped person moves by holding the staff (1) by hand, So that the disabled person can safely go to the destination. A storage unit 230 for storing map information and recording path information; a communication unit for communicating with the GPS module; a communication unit for communicating with the GPS module based on path information to a destination based on the current location information; And a route control unit 260 for controlling the respective components so that the location guidance information is guided by voice.

The GPS module can recognize voices of four languages, namely, Korean, Chinese, English and Japanese. The voice is transmitted to the lower speaker 213 of the navigation device 200 through the lower speaker 213, The location guidance information or the recording path information generated by the path control unit through the upper speaker 213 installed on the mobile terminal 200, and the mobile terminal 200 can be moved while listening to the user's ear. The apparatus main body 100 includes not only a speaker 213 but also a microphone 211. The microphone 211 receives a voice guidance for generating a destination and recording path information from a user.

The input unit 220 receives an input signal from a user, converts the voice signal input through the microphones 211 and 211, and transmits the converted voice signal to the path control unit 260 or receives one of a plurality of selection modes. For this, the input unit 220 includes a mode selection button provided in the navigation body 210, and the mode selection button can be selected from an input mode, a recording mode, and a route guidance mode. The input mode is a function for receiving a destination from a user. When the user selects the input mode, the microphone 211 is activated and recognizes the voice of the user input through the microphone 211 as a destination. A plurality of mode selection buttons may be provided for each mode, or one mode selection button may be shifted in a sliding manner and a mode may be selected for each position, or a mode may be selected in accordance with the number of pressing times of the mode selection button .

The input unit 220 is provided with a voice recognition unit 223 for recognizing voices input through a microphone 211, that is, voices of four languages of Korean, Chinese, Japanese and English. Is a function to directly record a route to a person with a disability by walking and walking on a walking path of the destination of a disabled person only by the staff (1), and recording the route explained by voice. Recording path information generated through the recording mode can provide a safer route to the disabled because the recording route can record not only the route but also the location of the obstacle, the degree of danger, the danger, and the traffic congestion.

The route guide mode is used when voice guidance information is outputted through the upper and lower speakers 213 and the disabled person actually moves based on the outputted route guidance information. In the route guidance mode, recording path information previously recorded by a guardian may be output through the upper and lower speakers 213, or path guide information generated by the path control unit 260 may be output. The recording unit 240 records voice information input through the microphone 211 in the recording mode to generate recording path information. The recording path information generated by the recording unit 240 is stored in the storage unit 230. The storage unit 230 stores various information. The storage unit 230 may be fixed or detachable to the navigation body 210. For this, the storage unit 230 may be provided in the form of a removable storage medium such as an SD card, a CF card, a USB storage medium, or the like, or may be fixed in the form of a hard disk (HDD).

The storage unit 230 may include a map storage unit 230 for storing map information, a recording information storage unit 243 for storing recording path information, and an information storage unit 245 for storing other information. have. The map information is required for location analysis and path generation of the path control unit 260 by storing information corresponding to a map of the whole country. In addition, the map information stores the public transportation information together so as to guide bus routes and subway routes. The recording path storage unit 240 stores the recording path information generated by the recording unit 230. The information storage unit 245 may separately store route guidance information that is frequently traveled by a person with a disability, or may additionally store danger information, traffic congestion information, and the like.

The wireless communication unit 250 communicates with the GPS (A), receives the current location information, and transmits the current location information to the route control unit 260. The route control unit 260 generates route information so that the disabled person can safely move in consideration of the destination and the current location input through the microphones 211 and 211 and outputs the location guide information through the speaker 213. The path control unit 260 controls the respective configurations to be activated for each mode input through the mode selection button 221, and generates path information when the position guidance information is selected. When the input mode is selected, the path control unit 260 activates the microphones 211 and 211 and drives the voice recognition unit 223 to recognize the voice input from the microphones 211 and 211. When the recording mode is selected, the path control unit 260 activates the microphones 211 and 211, controls the recording unit 240 to record voice input through the microphones 211 and 211, And controls the storage unit 230 to store the information

When the position guiding mode is selected, the path control unit 260 controls the wireless communication unit 250 to receive the current position by communicating with the GPS, and stores the path information between the received current position and the destination in the map storage unit 241 Based on map information. Then, the position guidance information corresponding to the generated path information is outputted through the speaker 213. [ At this time, the path control unit 260 generates the path information so that the position guidance information output through the speaker 213 guides the distance to the step number. Instead of the meter (M) when the distance is displayed, it is converted to the number of steps or time that the disabled person can easily recognize. The route control unit 260 controls to preferentially output the recording route information when the location guidance mode is selected.

That is, when generating the route corresponding to the destination, if there is the recording route information corresponding to the destination in the recording information storage unit 243, the recording route information is outputted without analyzing the map information. In the recording path information, obstacles, traffic congestion, and dangerousness present on the route to the destination are stored together in the form of an alarm sound, and the control unit determines that the recording path information corresponding to the destination exists in the storage unit 230 , The speaker 213 is controlled so that the recording route information is output in priority to the map information. A power supply module having a rechargeable battery is installed in the lower portion of the apparatus main body 100. The power supply module is configured to store electricity in the rechargeable battery by a charging cord 310 having a plug, The stored electricity controls the supply of power to each device side by the control module.

2, the cane 1 is formed of a rubber material at the lower end of the support base 300 and has a ground contact hole 320 having a recessed portion 330 on the lower surface thereof, It is possible to attach and detach it to the lower end portion of the main body 300 so as to prevent it from slipping and to easily replace it. As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a voice guidance function for voicing directions to a destination using navigation and GPS as well as a lighting function, a video surveillance camera function for coping with an emergency situation, By providing a cane with music playback function, not only the visually and hearing-impaired but also the saver can reach the destination more safely in the first or the dark places, and the music player can reach the destination with a sense of security with a sense of mind, It is possible to record the dangerous situation that may occur when going to the destination and record it through the recording surveillance camera and to inform the danger. In the meantime, the present invention can add a waterproof function to prevent water from penetrating into the inside of each device by raining or the like, and can also include a surface sensibility recognition function.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken in conjunction with the present invention. Are determined and limited. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1: cane 11: handle
12: Smart operation button 13: Earphone connection port
13a: Earphone 14: Hearing aid connection port
100: apparatus main body 110a, 110b: illumination light
120a, 120b: Motion picture recording surveillance camera 130: MP4 music player
200: Nation 213: Speaker
300: support 310: charging cord
320: ground contacting portion 330: concave / convex portion

Claims (2)

The apparatus main body 100 is formed below the upper handle 11 of the wand 1 and the support table 300 is integrally formed on the lower side of the apparatus main body 100. The smart operation button An earphone connection port 13 and a hearing aid connection port 14 are provided in the form of a plane and have a speaker 213 and an earphone 13a for plugging the earphone 13a, A moving picture recording surveillance camera 120a and 120b as a pair of front and rear sides, a navigation 200 having a voice guidance function, an MP4 music player 130 And a power supply module having a charging function and a control module are built in the apparatus main body 100 so that electricity charged through the charging cord 310 can be supplied to and controlled by each device With features,
The navigation system 200 includes a navigation body 210 coupled to an upper portion of the wand 1 and including a microphone 211 and a speaker 213 and a voice recognition unit 210 for recognizing destination information input through the microphone 211. [ A map storage unit 231 for storing map information, a recording information storage unit 243 for storing recording path information, and an information storage unit 245 for storing other information, A recording unit 240 for recording information input through the microphone 211, a position coordinate value of the staff and a position coordinate value at a preset frequency are transmitted A wireless communication unit 250 that receives current position information by communicating with the GPS A and the GPS A and receives position information of the wireless communication unit 250 and receives an input unit 220, And a route controller 260 for controlling the GPS receiver 240, the GPS A, the microphone 211 and the speaker 213, He said,
The input unit 220 may include a mode selection button provided in the navigation body 210. The mode selection button may select one of an input mode, a recording mode, and a route guidance mode,
The cane 1 further includes a ground contact hole 320 formed at the lower end of the support base 300 and formed with a concave portion 330 at a lower end surface thereof, So as to be detachably attached to the lower end of the support base (300).
delete

Images