KR20030080568A - Management monitor system of a vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A vehicle monitoring system for managing vehicles is provided to consult a driver's convenience by managing totally a monitoring function, an information function, and a navigation function. CONSTITUTION: A vehicle monitoring system for managing vehicles includes a vehicle state sensing portion(100), a GPS position track sensor portion(110), an ITS receiving unit(120), the first integrated wireless transmission/reception portion(130), a tire monitor module(140), and a body portion(200). The vehicle state sensing portion(100) senses a traveling state of a vehicle. The GPS position track sensor portion(110) detects the position information of the vehicle according to a GPS satellite signal. The ITS receiving unit(120) receives a signal of ITS. The first integrated wireless transmission/reception portion(130) transmits a signal of the vehicle state sensing portion(100), a signal of the GPS position track sensor portion(110), and a signal of the ITS receiving unit(120). The tire monitor module(140) detects the pressure and the temperature of a tire. The body portion(200) includes the second integrated wireless transmission/reception portion(210), a display portion, an audio portion, and a control portion(230). The second integrated wireless transmission/reception portion(210) is connected to the first integrated wireless transmission/reception portion(130) and the tire monitor module(140). The display portion provides visually the information to a driver. The audio portion provides the information to the driver. The control portion(230) controls the display portion and the audio portion.

Description

Management monitor system of a vehicle

The present invention relates to a monitor system that collects various types of information on various conditions and driving conditions of a vehicle and provides the driver to manage them.

Recently, a vehicle is further provided with various convenience equipment for further improving its driving safety and allowing the driver to operate the vehicle in a more convenient environment.

Such convenient equipment includes a device that detects a collision and a collision of a vehicle and warns a driver in advance, a device that checks a pressure state of a tire and informs the driver, and a device that alerts and prevents theft of the vehicle.

In addition, recently, in connection with Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) service, it provides the driver with the function to inform the driver of the traffic conditions, road conditions, the shortest route from the starting point to the destination, the time required, and the navigation function through the GPS service. It is a situation that is provided with a device for informatization of the operation of the vehicle, such as providing.

By the way, the devices as described above are generally similar to the group to be applied to the vehicle individually, further complicating the internal structure of the vehicle, the body is installed in the instrument panel of the vehicle for the driver's use There is a problem that causes inconvenience.

In addition, the device as described above has a problem that the risk of theft accidents is further increased by the assumption that expensive electronic equipment is installed in the vehicle.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, to integrate and manage the functions of monitoring the various conditions of the vehicle in the vehicle and the information and navigation functions to drive the information of the vehicle operation, A vehicle management monitor system is designed to alleviate the problem of increasing theft of expensive products by further improving convenience and enabling the driver to monitor the equipment using a communication and display function such as a PDA or a mobile phone. The purpose is to provide.

1 is a block diagram of a vehicle management monitor system according to the present invention,

2 is a view showing a state in which the main body of the vehicle management monitor system of the present invention is mounted.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100; Vehicle state sensing means 101; Speed detector

102; Vehicle collision detection unit 103; Lane Departure Detection Department

104; Drowsy driving detection unit 105; Door open detector

110; GPS position tracking sensor unit 120; ITS receiving unit

130; A first integrated wireless transmitting and receiving unit 140; Tire monitor module

200; Main body 210; Second Integrated Radio Transceiver

220; Base 230; Control

231; Starting prevention unit 232; Hands free circuit

233; Anti-theft warning section 234; Warning sound generator

235; Allowable speed violation detection unit 236; Hazardous Area Entry Dept.

237; Switch unit 239; Display driver

240; Remote portion 241; cell phone

250; Microphone 260; speaker

270; Head-up display 280; LCD panel

290; Emergency detection unit 300; Steering wheel

400; Windshield glass

The vehicle management monitor system of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a vehicle state sensing means for sensing the driving state of the vehicle; A GPS location tracking sensor unit configured to receive GPS satellite signals and determine location information of the vehicle; An ITS receiving unit for receiving a signal of the ITS; A first integrated radio transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting a signal from said vehicle state sensing means, a signal from a GPS position tracking sensor unit, and a signal from an ITS receiving unit; A tire monitor module configured to wirelessly detect a pressure and temperature state of the tire; A second integrated wireless transmitting and receiving unit communicating with the first integrated wireless transmitting and receiving unit and a tire monitor module on a base installed on a steering wheel, display means for providing visual information to the driver, and providing acoustic information to the driver And a main body unit configured to provide audio and visual information to a driver, the apparatus comprising an audio means capable of processing the information received from the second integrated wireless transmitting and receiving unit and controlling the display means and the audio means. .

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

Figure 1 shows the overall configuration of the vehicle management monitor system according to the present invention, the vehicle state sensing means 100, GPS position tracking sensor unit 110, ITS receiving unit 120 is a first integrated wireless transmission and reception unit It is connected to the 130 is to be able to wirelessly transmit each signal, the tire monitor module unit 140 is to be able to wirelessly transmit the state of each tire alone.

The wireless signals transmitted as described above are received through the second integrated wireless transmitter / receiver 210 of the main body 200 and are provided in the control unit 230 provided in the base 220 mounted above the steering wheel 300 of the vehicle. It is determined through the) and the structure that can provide the appropriate information to the driver through the display means and audio means.

Here, the vehicle state sensing means 100 includes a speed detecting unit 101 for detecting a speed of the vehicle, a vehicle collision collision detecting unit 102 having a radar, and detecting a distance between the front and rear obstacles, and a lane Lane departure detection unit 103 for detecting whether the direction and the direction of the vehicle coincides, drowsiness driving detection unit 104 for detecting the driver's drowsiness by detecting the contour of the driver's head and the open state of the vehicle door It is composed of a door open detection unit 105 for detecting a, these are mainly composed of sensors, the first integrated wireless transmission and reception unit (wire) is mounted in a position that is most easy to detect the desired detection target physical quantity in the vehicle, respectively (wired) ( 130).

The GPS position tracking sensor unit 110 and the ITS receiving unit 120 according to a conventional known technique is loaded in an easy place in the car to perform the respective functions as a result of the signal of the first integrated wireless transmission and reception unit It is transmitted to the second integrated wireless transmission and reception unit 210 of the main body 200 through the 130 and receives a signal in reverse from the above by the driver's operation, etc. to perform the requested operation to feed back the result. .

The tire monitor module 140 may be installed in each of the tires to measure pressure and temperature inside the tire to communicate with the second integrated wireless transmitter / receiver 210 to transmit the state of the tire to the main body 200. Make sure

The main body 200 has a base 220 constituting the main body is installed near the center of the steering wheel 300, that is, approximately 45 degrees upward from the center as shown in Figure 2 affects the operation of the airbag The driver's operation is easy and the display information can be provided to the driver without giving a problem.

The main body 200 is composed of a second integrated wireless transmission and reception unit 210, a control unit 230 and a remote unit 240 that can be optionally mounted.

The second integrated wireless transmission and reception unit 210 is responsible for communicating with the first integrated wireless transmission and reception unit 130 and the tire monitor module 140 as described above, the control unit 230 is the second integrated The information received from the wireless transmitter / receiver 210 is processed to control the display means and the audio means.

In addition, the main body 200 has a state in which the remote unit 240 to determine whether to start the engine according to the state detached from the base 220, and the remote unit 240 is separated from the base 220 In the control unit 230 is provided with a start preventing unit 231 for limiting the start of the engine.

Here, the remote unit 240 may be configured as a mobile phone 241 carried by the driver or a PDA.

That is, when the driver carries the mobile phone 241 or PDA and wants to drive the vehicle in the vehicle, the driver must be mounted on the base 220 to start the engine. The start prevention unit 231 is to contact the ECU of the engine to take a known start prevention measures such as to prevent fuel injection of the engine or to release the ignition device.

On the other hand, the base 220 of the main body portion is provided with a microphone 250 for receiving the driver's voice information, and transmits the voice information input from the microphone 250 to the control unit 230 through the mobile phone 241, The hands-free circuit 232 for uttering the voice information received from the mobile phone 241 to the audio means is provided so that the main body 200 can have a hands-free function.

The audio means of the main body 200 is a simple speaker 260, and the display means includes a head up display (270) for projecting an image onto the windshield glass 400 in front of the vehicle, and an LCD panel ( 280 is adopted at the same time, the LCD panel 280 is rotated and protruded with respect to the base 220 by the instruction of the control unit 230 to deliver a message of a state of high alertness to the driver display content To display.

Here, the mechanism and the head-up display 270 to protrude the LCD panel 280 used a conventional known technique.

In this case, the display means and the audio means may replace the functions of the display means and the audio means, respectively, as the performance of recent mobile phones and PDAs is greatly improved. The function of the display means and the audio means can be implemented by a PDA or a mobile phone in place of the LCD panel and the head-up display.

In such a case, in view of the fact that the head-up display 270 and the LCD panel 280, which are the display means, are practically expensive, as described above, when the driver is replaced with a mobile phone or a PDA, the fear of theft can be greatly reduced. The effect can be obtained.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described together with the remaining components of the controller.

The control unit 230 has a theft warning unit 233, which is responsible for driving the display means and the audio means by determining whether the vehicle is stolen by the signal of the door open detection unit 105.

That is, the door open detection unit 105 detects the fact that the door is opened, and checks whether the remote unit 240 is mounted on the base 220 within a predetermined time, and if the remote unit 240 determines that the driver If it is not mounted on the base 220 even after a predetermined time corresponding to the time required to open the remote unit 240 to the base 220, the warning sound generator 234 is driven to drive the speaker 260 as audio means. The alarm will sound through.

The allowable speed violation detection unit 235 displays the allowable speed of the road currently being driven by the display means according to the signal of the speed detection unit 101 and the signal from the GPS position tracking sensor unit 110, and the vehicle speed displays the allowable speed. In case of exceeding the alarm, the display means and the audio means are alerted.

The danger zone entry detection unit 236 provides the driver with information on the display means and audio means when the vehicle enters the danger zone or the restricted traffic area by the signal from the ITS receiving unit 120. Do this.

Of course, the other various information received from the ITS receiving unit 120 is the display means and audio by the operation of the switch unit 237 to accept a switch operation for the driver to operate or set each state of the main body unit 200 By means of appropriate means the driver can be provided.

The driving condition warning unit 238 may display the audio signal and the audio signal from the vehicle collision collision detection unit 102, the lane departure detection unit 103, the drowsiness driving detection unit 104, and the tire monitor module unit 140. By driving the means, the driver is warned of the current vehicle driving status.

That is, the collision collision detection unit 102 detects the distance between the vehicle ahead and the rear vehicle by the radar and collides with the vehicle according to the current vehicle speed according to the signal from the speed detection unit 101. The lane departure detection unit 103 monitors the lane of the road on which the vehicle is traveling and warns the driver when the lane direction and the vehicle traveling direction are different from each other. When the driving detection unit 104 detects a state in which the head contour of the driver moves and suddenly violently vibrates, it determines that the driver is dozing and warns the driver of drowsiness, and the tire monitor module unit 140 of each tire. ) If it is reported that the tire is currently at the proper pressure and at the proper temperature, notify the driver of the problem and take necessary measures. It is to be taken.

On the other hand, the control unit 230, the various sensing unit and warning unit as described above to provide the image information to the driver, the LCD panel 280 and the head-up display 270 or the mobile phone 241 and PDA as described above It has a display driving unit 239 for driving the warning sound to generate a warning sound to provide audible information to the driver through the audio means, and if there is no appropriate action of the driver within a predetermined time, a warning sound that causes a stronger stimulus Warning sound generating unit 234 for generating a.

That is, when the driver is drowsy driving or the tire pressure is significantly low, if there is no action for a considerable time even after a predetermined warning, the warning sound generating unit 234 as described above is more intense stimulation A warning sound that may cause a sound may be generated through the speaker 260 so that the driver immediately takes necessary measures.

Of course, the step of raising the level of warning in this manner can be made by the appropriate means, such as using a variety of primary colors or a dazzling screen change in the display means, such a function of the display driver Can be added to (239).

On the other hand, the control unit 230 of the main body unit determines that there is no input within a predetermined time after the airbag of the vehicle is activated, the emergency situation and transmits a message of the structure to the predetermined number previously input to the mobile phone 241 The emergency detection unit 290 is provided, which is a switch unit 237 of the control unit despite a predetermined time elapsed while the driver wakes up and takes further action in a vehicle crash state in which the airbag is operated. If there is no separate operation, such as), the driver can judge that the accident is more serious than the fainting level and send appropriate rescue signals.

Almost all of the above operations are automatically controlled by the control unit 230, the use of which is convenient because all operations are made only by operating the switch unit 237 attached to the upper side of the steering wheel 300, As described above, various functions can be simultaneously implemented to simplify the configuration and overcome the limitations of the installation space even in a narrow space in the car, and can secure superior economical efficiency for the implemented functions.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to integrate and manage the functions of monitoring various conditions of the vehicle in the vehicle, the function of informatization of the vehicle operation and the navigation function, further improving the convenience of the driver, and the driver. By using a device with communication and display functions such as a PDA or a mobile phone, the operator can monitor, thereby alleviating the problem of increasing theft of expensive goods.

Claims (11)

Vehicle state sensing means for sensing a driving state of the vehicle; A GPS location tracking sensor unit configured to receive GPS satellite signals and determine location information of the vehicle; An ITS receiving unit for receiving a signal of the ITS; A first integrated radio transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting a signal from said vehicle state sensing means, a signal from a GPS position tracking sensor unit, and a signal from an ITS receiving unit; A tire monitor module for wirelessly detecting a pressure and temperature state of the tire; A second integrated wireless transmitter and receiver for communicating with the first integrated wireless transmitter and receiver and a tire monitor module on a base installed on a steering wheel, display means for providing information to the driver visually, and audio information to the driver. A main body having audio means capable of processing the information received from the second integrated wireless transmitting and receiving unit and controlling the display means and the audio means to provide the driver with audiovisual information. Vehicle management monitor system, characterized in that consisting of. According to claim 1, wherein said vehicle state sensing means A speed detecting unit detecting a speed of the vehicle; A vehicle collision collision detecting unit having a radar and detecting a distance between the vehicle and the front and rear obstacles; A lane departure detecting unit detecting whether the direction of the lane coincides with the traveling direction; A drowsy driving detection unit configured to detect a drowsiness state of the driver by detecting a contour of the driver's head moving; Door open detection unit to detect the opening of the vehicle door Vehicle management monitor system, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 2, wherein the control unit A burglar warning unit configured to receive the signal of the door open detection unit and determine whether the vehicle is stolen to drive the display unit and the audio unit; According to the signal of the speed detection unit and the signal from the GPS position tracking sensor unit, the allowable speed of the currently running road is displayed on the display means, and when the vehicle speed exceeds the allowable speed, the allowable speed violation that alarms it through the display means and the audio means. A sensing unit; A danger zone entry detection unit that provides information to the driver through the display means and the audio means when a vehicle enters a danger zone or a traffic restriction zone by a signal from the ITS receiving unit; A switch unit which accepts a switch operation for the driver to operate or set each state of the main body unit; A driving state warning unit for driving the display means and the audio means by a signal provided from the vehicle collision collision detection unit, the lane departure detection unit, the drowsiness driving detection unit, and the tire monitor module unit to warn the driver; A display driver for driving the display means; A warning sound generating unit generates a warning sound to provide the driver with audio information through audio means, and generates a warning sound that generates a stronger stimulus when there is no proper action by the driver within a predetermined time. Vehicle management monitor system, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 1, wherein the body portion A remote unit configured to determine whether to start the engine according to a state of being detached from the base; Starting prevention unit for limiting the start of the engine when the remote unit is separated from the base Vehicle management monitor system, characterized in that further comprises. The method of claim 4, wherein the remote unit Vehicle management monitor system, characterized in that consisting of a mobile phone that the driver carries. According to claim 5, wherein the control unit of the main body portion If there is no predetermined input within a predetermined time after the airbag is activated, the vehicle management further comprises an emergency detection unit for determining the emergency and transmits a rescue message to a predetermined number input to the mobile phone Monitor system. The method of claim 4, wherein the remote unit Vehicle management monitor system characterized in that the driver consists of a portable PDA. The method of claim 1, The base portion of the main body further includes a microphone for receiving the driver's voice information; The control unit further comprises a hands-free circuit for transmitting the voice information input from the microphone via a mobile phone, and hands-free circuit for uttering the voice information received from the mobile phone to the audio means. The method of claim 1, wherein the display means and the audio means of the main body portion Vehicle management monitor system, characterized in that consisting of a PDA that is removable to the base of the body portion the driver can carry. The method of claim 1, wherein the display means and the audio means of the main body portion Vehicle management monitor system, characterized in that made of a mobile phone that is removable to the base of the body portion the driver can carry. According to claim 1, wherein the display means of the main body portion Vehicle management monitor system comprising a head-up display for projecting the image to the front windshield glass of the vehicle.