KR101625872B1 - system and method of providing vehicle light control based on events of smart terminal, and computer-readable recording medium for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technique which changes a lighting pattern of a vehicle lamp if an event such as a text message, an email, a call, a missed call, etc. is present on a smart terminal (e.g., a smartphone) to allow a user to visually recognize the event. More specifically, the present invention installs dedicated software (e.g., an Android application) for detecting an event in a smart terminal to transmit an event of the smart terminal detected while an event detection unit monitors the smart terminal to a vehicle event notification device installed on a vehicle via short-range wired/wireless communication. Then the vehicle event notification device controls a lamp according to a lighting pattern divided by event to change light emission of the lamp to allow the user to recognize the change. According to the present invention, the user can intuitively know an event generated by the smart terminal to contribute to safe driving.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an event-based vehicle lighting control system for a smart terminal, a control method thereof, and a computer-readable recording medium for the same,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for allowing a user to visually recognize a lighting pattern of a vehicle lamp when a smart phone (e.g., a smart phone) has an event such as text, e-mail, telephone,

More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for installing an exclusive software (e.g., an Android application) for detecting an event in a smart terminal and detecting an event of the smart terminal to be detected while the event detection unit monitors the smart terminal, When the vehicle event notification device is transmitted to the vehicle event notification device, the lamp is controlled in accordance with the illumination pattern classified according to the event, thereby changing the light emission of the lamp so that the user can recognize the light emission.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] Recently, with the rapid development of computer, electronic, and communication technologies, various wireless communication services using a wireless communication network have been provided.

In recent years, smart phones that combine functions of a mobile communication terminal and functions of a wireless communication service (e.g., mail, SMS reception, SNS event, and navigation notification) have been attracting attention. And as more and more users use these smartphones, they receive a lot of information every day.

However, it is very cumbersome to manipulate various events occurring in a smartphone carried while the user is driving, and it can interfere with safe driving.

In addition, if you know what events are happening on your smartphone without manipulating your smartphone, you can determine if you can react immediately to events on your smartphone or check it after a certain amount of time, Will be.

1. Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0074364 "LED lighting system capable of dimming control using a smartphone and lighting method using the same"

2. Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0115494 entitled "Lighting Control System Using Smartphone"

3. Korean patent application No. 10-2012-0054031 "Control device of LED lighting unit using smart phone"

4. Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0044893 "Lighting Device Control Device Using Smart Phone"

5. Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0114181 "Vehicle exterior lamp lighting control system and vehicle beep sound control system interlocked with smart phone"

6. Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0101339 entitled " System and method for interlocking a vehicle head unit with a smart phone "

7. Korean Patent Application No. 10-2012-0043402 entitled "Interfacing Device and Interlocking Method between Smart Phone and Vehicle Display Using the Device"

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a smart phone, which controls a lighting pattern of a lamp installed in a vehicle interior to operate in a predetermined pattern in conjunction with various events occurring in a smart terminal, The present invention provides an event-based vehicle lighting control technology of a smart terminal that enables intuitive recognition of events of a smart terminal through illumination.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an event-based vehicle lighting control system for a smart terminal, the vehicle event notification apparatus controlling a plurality of illumination patterns for a lamp in a vehicle in cooperation with a plurality of events generated in a smart terminal, A system for allowing a user to recognize an event, the system comprising: an event detection unit installed in a smart terminal for monitoring a plurality of events generated in a smart terminal and notifying a detected event to a vehicle event notification device; And a vehicle event notification device for controlling the plurality of illumination patterns for the lamp in the vehicle based on the detected event transmitted from the smart terminal.

A vehicle event notification device according to the present invention includes: a memory unit for storing a plurality of illumination patterns for one or more lamps installed in a vehicle; A lighting control unit for setting and managing illumination patterns, identifying and analyzing events transmitted from smart terminals, and controlling the lamps based on illumination patterns corresponding to events analyzed and identified among a plurality of illumination patterns; A signal receiving unit for receiving an event transmitted from the smart terminal and transmitting the received event to the lighting control unit; A lamp driving unit for executing an operation of the lamp according to an operation command of the lighting control unit; And a lamp communication unit for transmitting an operation command signal of the lamp generated by the lighting control unit to the lamp driving unit.

The illumination control unit is configured to match a plurality of illumination patterns with a plurality of events in response to a user operation and store the same in a memory unit, and to upload one or more specific patterns related to illumination patterns by a user operation and store the uploaded patterns in the memory unit .

The method of controlling an event-based vehicle lighting of a smart terminal according to the present invention allows a user to recognize an event by controlling a plurality of illumination patterns for a lamp in a vehicle in conjunction with an event generated in a smart terminal, (a) setting a plurality of illumination patterns for one or more lamps installed in a vehicle by a lighting control unit of the vehicle; (b) monitoring a plurality of events generated in the smart terminal by an event detection unit installed in the smart terminal; (c) detecting an event generated from the smart terminal and transmitting the detected event to the vehicle event notification device; (d) the lighting control unit identifies and analyzes an event transmitted from the smart terminal, and inquires the lighting unit for an illumination pattern corresponding to the identified and analyzed event; (e) transmitting an operation command signal to the lamp driving unit so that the lamp operates in accordance with the illumination pattern searched by the lighting control unit; (f) causing the lamp driving unit to execute the operation of the lamp in accordance with the operation command of the lighting control unit.

At this time, the step of setting a plurality of illumination patterns in step (a) includes the steps of: setting a basic value for a plurality of illumination patterns for one or more lamps; Identifying a first selection operation for matching a plurality of illumination patterns with a plurality of events by a user operation; And matching the plurality of illumination patterns with a plurality of events in response to the first selection operation by the illumination control unit.

The step (a) further includes the steps of: the lighting control unit uploading at least one specific pattern relating to the illumination pattern by a user operation; Identifying a second selection operation for matching a specific pattern with a plurality of events by a user operation; And the lighting control unit matching the specific pattern with the plurality of events in response to the second selection operation.

In the present invention, the event of the smart terminal handled by the vehicle event notification device is interlocked with the function of the smart terminal. For example, the event may include at least one of SMS reception, telephone reception, schedule notification, timer notification, email reception, missed call, SNS event, And < / RTI >

Meanwhile, a computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention records a program for causing a computer to execute an event-based vehicle lighting control method of a smart terminal as described above.

The present invention is advantageous in that the user can intuitively know the event of the smart terminal while driving by controlling the operation of the lamp installed in the vehicle in conjunction with the event occurring in the smart terminal.

In addition, since various events occurring in a smart terminal can be intuitively recognized through a vehicle lamp, the present invention has an advantage of contributing to safe driving because it is not necessary to operate the smart terminal during operation.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the entire configuration of an event-based vehicle lighting control system of a smart terminal according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an event-based vehicle lighting control system of a smart terminal according to the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling a lamp of a vehicle according to the transmission of an event in the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user operation for matching an event with an illumination pattern in the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process in which a lighting control unit sets a plurality of lighting patterns for a lamp in the present invention. FIG.

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

[0012] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an event-based vehicle lighting control system of a smart terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an event- FIG.

1 and 2, the vehicle event notification device 200 controls a plurality of illumination patterns for a lamp in a vehicle in association with a plurality of events generated in the smart terminal 10 It is a system that allows the user to distinguish and recognize the event.

To this end, the vehicle lighting control system according to the present invention includes an event detection unit 100 installed in the smart terminal 10 and a vehicle event notification device 200 installed in the vehicle (automobile). The vehicle event notification device 200 is for controlling the lamp in response to an event and includes a memory unit 210, a lighting control unit 220, a signal receiving unit 230, a lamp driving unit 240, and a lamp communication unit 250 Respectively.

First, the event detection unit 100 monitors a plurality of events generated in the smart terminal 10, installed in the smart terminal 10. Here, the plurality of events are interlocked with the functions of the smart terminal 10 and include at least one of SMS reception, telephone reception, schedule notification, timer notification, email reception, missed call, SNS event, and navigation notification.

The event detecting unit 100 transmits the detected event to the vehicle event notifying device 200 through the signal transmitting and receiving unit 110. [ For this purpose, it is assumed that the smart terminal 10 and the vehicle event notification device 200 are connected to each other via a local wired or wireless communication such as Bluetooth.

After receiving an event from the event detection unit 100 of the smart terminal 10, the vehicle event notification device 200 controls one or more lamps in the vehicle according to an illumination pattern corresponding to the received event among a plurality of illumination patterns . Accordingly, the user can intuitively recognize the event occurring in the smart terminal 10 without any operation on the smart terminal 10.

The memory unit 210 is mounted in the vehicle event notification device 200 and stores a plurality of illumination patterns for one or more lamps. The memory unit 210 stores information that the lighting control unit 220 matches with a plurality of illumination patterns and a plurality of events through a user operation.

The illumination control unit 220 controls the lamps based on the illumination patterns corresponding to the events identified and analyzed among the plurality of illumination patterns by identifying and analyzing the events transmitted from the smart terminal 10 by setting and managing the illumination patterns.

In detail, the illumination control unit 220 includes a memory unit 210 for identifying and analyzing events received from the smart terminal 10 through the signal receiving unit 230 and storing a plurality of illumination patterns in advance in correspondence with the events analyzed and analyzed, .

The illumination control unit 220 controls the lamp driving unit 240 to drive the lamp so that the lamp operates according to the inquired illumination pattern if the event and the illumination pattern are inquired in advance as a result of inquiry into the memory unit 210 And transmits an operation command signal.

Meanwhile, the illumination control unit 220 matches a plurality of illumination patterns with a plurality of events in response to a user operation, stores the illumination patterns in the memory unit 210, and uploads one or more specific patterns related to the illumination patterns from the outside And stores it in the memory unit 210.

On the other hand, the plurality of illumination patterns set by the illumination control unit 220 may be configured to include at least one of an operation of selectively irradiating a plurality of colors with a lamp or an operation of blinking a lamp.

More specifically, the operation of the lamp may be variously implemented so that the user can intuitively know from the illumination pattern of the lamp what event has occurred in the smart terminal 10. For example, it is possible to allow the lamp to illuminate a different specific color according to various events of the smart terminal 10 among a plurality of colors, or to implement the operation of flashing the lamp in various patterns according to various events of the smart terminal 10 have.

In the case where there are a plurality of lamps installed in the vehicle, the flashing operation of the lamps can be sequentially implemented differently. When a lamp arranged at a certain position emits light and a lamp arranged at another position emits light Other illumination patterns can be set.

The signal receiving unit 230 receives the event transmitted from the smart terminal 10 and transmits the received event to the lighting control unit 220. The lamp communication unit 250 transmits the operation command signal of the lamp generated by the lighting control unit 220 to the lamp driving unit 240, and the lamp driver 240 directly controls operation of the lamp according to an operation command of the illumination controller 220. [

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling a lamp of a vehicle according to the transmission of an event in the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in the present invention, the vehicle event notification apparatus 200 controls a plurality of illumination patterns for lamps in a vehicle in association with a plurality of events generated in the smart terminal 10, Which controls the lighting of the vehicle.

Step S110: First, the lighting control unit 220 of the vehicle sets a plurality of illumination patterns for one or more lamps installed in the vehicle. This is usually done by user UI manipulation.

Step S120: In the smart terminal 10, the event detection unit 100, which is preferably implemented by dedicated software, monitors various events generated in the smart terminal 10.

The event of the smart terminal 10 monitored by the event detection unit 100 is interlocked with the function of the smart terminal 10 related to the user and includes an SMS reception, a telephone reception, a schedule notification, a timer notification, An SNS event, and a navigation notification.

Step S130: When the event detecting unit 100 detects an event generated from the smart terminal 10 through monitoring, the event detecting unit 100 transmits the detected event to the vehicle event notifying apparatus 200 installed in the vehicle through the communication means.

Step S140: The illumination control unit 220 provided in the vehicle event notification device 200 identifies and analyzes the event received through the signal reception unit 230, and identifies the kind of the event. Then, the memory unit 210 inquires the identified event for an illumination pattern corresponding thereto.

Step S150: The illumination control unit 220 obtains the illumination pattern previously matched with the corresponding event as the memory unit 210 is inquired. The illumination control unit 220 transmits an operation command signal to the lamp driving unit 240 so that the lamp of the vehicle can operate in accordance with the acquired illumination pattern.

On the other hand, if the illumination control unit 220 fails to acquire the illumination pattern corresponding to the event as a result of inquiry into the memory unit 210, it is regarded that there is no matching setting according to the user operation on the event and the illumination pattern, The control unit 220 transmits an operation command signal to the lamp driver 240 in accordance with the setting of a plurality of illumination patterns for the at least one lamp.

Step S160: When the lighting control unit 220 sends an operation command signal of the lamp to the lamp driving unit 240 through the lamp communication unit 250 in response to the inquiry to the memory unit 210, the lamp driving unit 240 outputs the corresponding operation command The operation of the lamp is executed.

In this case, the operation of the lamp is variously implemented to inform the user intuitively about what event has occurred in the smart terminal 10. For example, the lamp may be configured to allow a specific color to be inspected among a plurality of colors according to an event of the smart terminal, The operation of blinking the lamp according to the event of the terminal can be realized in various patterns.

In the case where there are a plurality of lamps installed in the vehicle, the flashing operation of the lamps can be sequentially implemented differently. When a lamp arranged at a certain position emits light and a lamp arranged at another position emits light Other illumination patterns can be set.

4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a user operation for matching an event with an illumination pattern in the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, a plurality of illumination patterns stored in the memory 210 may be matched with an event of the smart terminal 10 through a first selection operation performed on a UI menu installed in a vehicle.

To this end, the vehicle event notification device 200 is preferably provided with dedicated software for implementing the functions according to the present invention. The dedicated software manages these illumination patterns with a basic illumination pattern set, and then manages the existing illumination pattern and the uploaded specific pattern as one illumination pattern when one or more specific patterns related to the illumination pattern are uploaded.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a plurality of illumination patterns for a lamp by the illumination control unit 220 in the present invention.

Step S111: The illumination control unit 220 sets a basic value for a plurality of illumination patterns for one or more lamps in the beginning before the user's operation. To this end, the vehicle event notification device 200 is provided with dedicated software for uploading a specific pattern regarding the illumination pattern to the memory unit 210 and managing the illumination patterns stored in the memory unit 210, as described above.

Step S112: Then, the user manipulates the menu plate of the vehicle dashboard to select a plurality of illumination patterns stored in the memory unit 210 as a first selection operation . The lighting control unit 220 identifies such a first selection operation.

Step S113: Next, the illumination control unit 220 matches a plurality of illumination patterns stored in the memory unit 210 with a plurality of events generated in the smart terminal 10, corresponding to the first selection operation.

In this case, when an event matched by the first selection operation is generated in the smart terminal 10 in step S113, the illumination control unit 220 receives the event occurrence and stores the corresponding illumination pattern in the memory unit 210 And transmits an operation command signal for operating the lamp to the lamp driving unit 240.

Step S114: On the other hand, the lighting control unit 220 uploads an additional specific pattern from the external source device (e.g., external server, external hard disk, USB memory) by the user operation to the menu plate of the vehicle dashboard, Lt; / RTI > This specific pattern is managed separately from the existing illumination pattern and can be used as a matching means with an event by a user operation.

Step S115: Then, when the user operates the menu plate of the vehicle dashboard to input a second selection operation for matching one or more specific patterns stored in the memory unit 210 with the plurality of events of the smart terminal 10, 220 identifies a second selection operation by a user operation.

Step S116: The lighting control unit 220 then matches one or more specific patterns stored in the memory unit 210 with one or more events occurring in the smart terminal 10 in response to the second selection operation. In this case, when an event matched by the user's operation is generated in the smart terminal 10, the illumination control unit 220 inquires the illumination pattern (specific pattern) corresponding thereto to the memory unit 210, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > command < / RTI >

The present invention can also be embodied in the form of computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. At this time, the computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage, and the like, and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave . The computer-readable recording medium can also be stored and executed by a computer-readable code in a distributed manner on a networked computer system. And functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily deduced by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in the present specification and drawings, and although specific terms have been used, they have been used only in a general sense to easily describe the technical contents of the present invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention. And is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

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Claims (9)

A vehicle lighting control system for allowing a user to recognize an event by controlling a plurality of illumination patterns for a lamp in a vehicle, in association with a plurality of events generated in a smart terminal,
An event detector (100) installed in the smart terminal for monitoring a plurality of events generated in the smart terminal and notifying the event detected by the monitoring to the vehicle event notification device;
A vehicle event notification device (200) for controlling a plurality of illumination patterns for a lamp in a vehicle based on the detected event transmitted from the smart terminal;
And,
The vehicle event notification device (200)
A memory unit 210 for storing a plurality of illumination patterns for one or more lamps installed in the vehicle;
A lighting control unit (220) for setting and managing the illumination pattern, identifying and analyzing an event transmitted from the smart terminal, and controlling the lamp based on an illumination pattern corresponding to the identified and analyzed event among the plurality of illumination patterns;
A signal receiving unit 230 receiving an event transmitted from the smart terminal and transmitting the received event to the lighting control unit;
A lamp driving unit 240 for performing an operation of the lamp according to an operation command of the lighting control unit;
A lamp communication unit 250 for transmitting an operation command signal of the lamp generated by the illumination control unit to the lamp driving unit;
Wherein the event-based vehicle lighting control system of the smart terminal comprises:
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the illumination control unit (220) matches the plurality of illumination patterns with the plurality of events in response to a user's operation, and stores the plurality of illumination patterns in the memory.
The method of claim 2,
Wherein the illumination control unit (220) uploads at least one specific pattern related to the illumination pattern from the outside by a user operation and stores the uploaded one in the memory.
The method of claim 3,
The event received from the smart terminal includes at least one of SMS reception, telephone reception, schedule notification, timer notification, email reception, missed call, SNS event, and navigation notification linked to the function of the smart terminal Based vehicle lighting control system of a smart terminal.
A vehicle lighting control method for allowing a user to recognize an event by controlling a plurality of illumination patterns for a lamp in a vehicle in association with a plurality of events generated in a smart terminal,
(a) setting a plurality of illumination patterns for one or more lamps installed in a vehicle by a lighting control unit of the vehicle;
(b) monitoring a plurality of events generated in the smart terminal by an event detection unit installed in the smart terminal;
(c) detecting, by the event detector, an event generated from the smart terminal and transmitting the event to the vehicle event notification device;
(d) the lighting controller identifies and analyzes an event transmitted from the smart terminal, and inquires of the memory an illumination pattern corresponding to the event analyzed and analyzed;
(e) transmitting the operation command signal to the lamp driving unit so that the lamp is operated corresponding to the inquired illumination pattern;
(f) executing the operation of the lamp according to an operation command of the lighting control unit;
Wherein the event-based vehicle light control method comprises:
The method of claim 5,
The step of setting the plurality of illumination patterns in the step (a)
The illumination controller setting a default value for the plurality of illumination patterns for the one or more lamps;
Identifying a first selection operation for matching the plurality of illumination patterns with the plurality of events by a user operation;
Matching the plurality of illumination patterns with the plurality of events corresponding to the first selection operation;
The method of claim 1, further comprising:
The method of claim 6,
The step of setting the plurality of illumination patterns in the step (a)
The lighting control unit uploading at least one specific pattern relating to the illumination pattern by a user operation;
Identifying a second selection operation for matching the specific pattern with the plurality of events by a user operation;
The lighting control unit matching the specific pattern with the plurality of events in response to the second selection operation;
Wherein the event-based vehicle lighting control method further comprises:
The method of claim 7,
The event received from the smart terminal by the illumination control unit includes at least one of SMS reception, telephone reception, schedule notification, timer notification, email reception, missed call, SNS event, and navigation notification linked to the function of the smart terminal Wherein the event-based vehicle lighting control method comprises:
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute an event-based vehicle lighting control method of a smart terminal according to any one of claims 5 to 8.

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