KR20060060849A - System and method for providing distant information using mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a system for providing distance information by receiving location information from a GPS satellite, and after receiving the user's location information and the call signal for the call target selected by the user to transmit to the outside, the user's location information and external A first base station configured to calculate predetermined distance information by using the location information of the callee input from the first base station and transmit the predetermined distance information to the outside; A second base station which transmits a call signal for the callee input from the first base station to the outside, receives the position information on the callee, and transmits it to the first base station; A first mobile communication terminal for transmitting location information of a user received from a GPS satellite and a call signal for a call target selected by the user to a first base station, and outputting distance information with a call target transmitted from the first base station; And a second mobile communication terminal for transmitting the location information of the called party received from the GPS satellites to the second base station.

First and second mobile communication terminals, first and second base stations, distance information, GPS signals.

Description

System and method for providing distance information using mobile communication terminal {System and method for providing distant information using mobile phone}

1 is a block diagram of a distance information providing system using a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3A to 3D are LCD screens of a mobile communication terminal for displaying a GPS menu item used when a user selects a called party according to the present invention.

4 is a liquid crystal display of a mobile communication terminal displaying predetermined distance information according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing distance information using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: first mobile communication terminal 110: keypad

120: GPS communication module 130: control unit

140: memory 150: display unit

160: radio frequency processing unit 170: speaker

180: microphone 200: first base station

300: second base station 400: second mobile communication terminal

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing distance information using a mobile communication terminal.

More specifically, the present invention relates to a distance information providing system and method for calculating distance information spaced apart from each other by extracting and comparing location information from GPS signals transmitted through a base station from a GPS-based mobile communication terminal. .

With mobile terminals becoming a necessity for people, most young people use one or more mobile services. In particular, users in their teens or early twenties mostly communicate with each other using mobile communication services, and in particular, use text and voice messages a lot.

Recently, the mobile communication terminal has been developed with the expansion of wireless communication service technology and the rapid increase in the number of subscribers due to the development of wireless communication technology, and various services such as voice call, text / voice message transmission and wireless internet, etc. It provides users with additional services such as games, ringtones, music, phone number storage, video shooting and traffic information.

Conventionally, as a method of providing predetermined geographic information by using a mobile communication terminal that performs such a function, a user's location information is calculated by using a GPS receiver built in a mobile communication terminal by a GPS method using satellites. Then, the calculated location information is provided to the user along with the geographic information.

That is, the geographic information provided by the conventional mobile communication terminal can provide geographic information about the user, more specifically, location information, but cannot provide location information with other mobile communication terminals.

Therefore, if the user wants to meet the callee at a predetermined place, the user can know his / her location information through the GPS signal, but there is no way to know the caller's location information. Or there was a problem that you do not know whether you are close.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and extracts the location information from each GPS signal transmitted from the GPS-based mobile communication terminal through the base station, and compares the extracted location information with each other It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing distance information using a mobile communication terminal for calculating and providing distance information spaced apart from each other.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a distance information by receiving location information from a GPS satellite, and receives the user's location information and a call signal for a call target selected by the user and transmits them to the outside. Afterwards, the first base station for calculating the predetermined distance information using the location information of the user and the location information of the call target input from the outside to transmit to the outside; A second base station which transmits a call signal for the callee input from the first base station to the outside, receives the position information on the callee, and transmits it to the first base station; A first mobile communication terminal for transmitting location information of a user received from a GPS satellite and a call signal for a call target selected by the user to a first base station, and outputting distance information with a call target transmitted from the first base station; And a second mobile communication terminal for transmitting the location information of the called party received from the GPS satellites to the second base station.

The present invention provides a method for providing distance information using a first and a second mobile communication terminal for transmitting and receiving a GPS signal received from a GPS satellite through a first and a second base station. Transmitting a GPS signal and a call signal for a second mobile communication terminal possessed by a call target to a first base station; Setting a GPS mode according to a call signal input from the first base station through the second base station, and then transmitting, by the second mobile communication terminal, the GPS signal received from the GPS satellite to the second base station; When the GPS signal of the second mobile communication terminal is transmitted through the first mobile terminal and the second base station, the first base station extracts the location information included in the GPS signal and compares with each other to calculate the distance information with the callee ; And receiving and outputting distance information with the call target calculated from the first base station in the first mobile communication terminal.

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

First, a configuration and an operation process of a distance information providing system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the distance information providing system between mobile communication terminals according to the present invention is set to a GPS mode for retrieving predetermined location information according to a user command, and a call selected by a user for checking distance information. A first mobile communication terminal 100 which transmits a GPS signal having a call signal for the target person and a user's location information to the outside, and outputs distance information from a call target input from the outside; After receiving the call signal and the GPS signal input from the terminal 100 to the outside, and receives the GPS signal of the callee input from the outside, and the call target calculated by comparing the GPS signal of the user and the GPS signal of the callee The first base station 200 for transmitting the separated distance to the first mobile communication terminal 100 and the call message input through the first base station 200 to the outside The GPS mode according to the second base station 300 and a call message input through the second base station 300 to transmit the GPS signal having the location information of the callee input from the outside to the first base station 200. It includes a second mobile communication terminal 400 for transmitting a predetermined GPS signal to the second base station 300 in the state set to.

Here, it is preferable that the first and second base stations 200 and 300 to which the first and second mobile communication terminals 100 and 400 are connected by communication are understood as the same base station or different base stations.

The first mobile communication terminal 100 is set to a GPS mode capable of providing predetermined location information according to a menu key signal input by a user through a keypad. In this case, when the user selects a call target who wants to know predetermined distance information through the keypad, the first mobile communication terminal 100 transmits a call signal for the selected counterpart to the first base station 200.

In addition, when a predetermined GPS signal including the user's location information is input from the GPS satellite, the first mobile communication terminal 100 receives the GPS signal including the user's location information. It transmits to the first base station 200 through a communication method.

In addition, the first mobile communication terminal 100 compares the GPS signal of the user from the first base station 200 with the GPS signal of the callee input from the second mobile communication terminal 400 through the second base station 300. Receive the calculated distance information and display it on the display unit or output a sound signal through the speaker.

After the first base station 200 performs a communication connection with the first mobile communication terminal 100 through a predetermined communication method, the first base station 200 receives a call signal for a call target selected by a user transferred from the first mobile communication terminal 100. It serves to transfer to the second base station 300.

In addition, the first base station 200 receives a GPS signal including predetermined location information input from the first mobile communication terminal 100 set to the GPS mode and updates the location information of the corresponding user in real time.

Then, when the GPS signal including the location information of the call target user selected by the user through the second base station 300 is input, the first base station 200 is based on the location information included in the user's GPS signal and the GPS signal of the other party. The included location information is extracted and then compared with each other to calculate predetermined distance information.

Subsequently, the first base station 200 provides the calculated distance information to the first mobile communication terminal 100 so that the user can know how far the user is from the call target selected by the user.

Here, the distance information indicates how far apart or closer the distance between the user and the counterpart is.

After the second base station 300 performs a communication connection with the first base station 200 through a predetermined communication scheme, the second base station 300 transmits a call signal input through the first base station 200 to the second mobile communication terminal 400. send. At this time, the second mobile communication terminal 400 outputs the fact that the call signal is input from the second base station 300 to the called party, whereby the called party puts the second mobile communication terminal 400 in a predetermined GPS mode. Set it.

Therefore, the first mobile communication terminal 100 and the second mobile communication terminal 400 are set in the GPS mode, respectively, to establish a communication environment capable of providing predetermined distance information.

In addition, the second base station 300 receives a GPS signal including the user's location information transmitted from the first base station 200 through a predetermined communication method and is input from the second mobile communication terminal 400. Predetermined distance information may be calculated by comparing with a GPS signal including a location signal.

The second mobile communication terminal 400 receives a predetermined call signal input from the first mobile communication terminal 100 through the second base station 300, and then inputs the input call signal to the called party through a predetermined method. Output it. As a result, the callee sets the second mobile communication terminal 400 to a predetermined GPS mode so that the first mobile communication terminal 100 and the second mobile communication terminal 400 can provide predetermined distance information. Is set.

Further, when a predetermined GPS signal including the location information of the other party is input from the GPS satellite in the state where the GPS mode is set, the second mobile communication terminal 400 receives the GPS signal including the location information of the callee. It transmits to the second base station 300 through a predetermined communication scheme.

In addition, the second mobile communication terminal 400 receives distance information calculated by comparing the GPS signal of the counterpart with the GPS signal of the user input from the outside from the second base station 300 and displays it on the display or displays the speaker. It can also be output as a sound signal.

Hereinafter, an internal configuration and an operation process of a mobile communication terminal applied to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the present invention communicates with a keypad 110 for inputting a voice call, user commands related to various additional services and distance information service, and GPS satellite communication. The GPS communication module 120 performs a connection, receives a predetermined GPS signal, calculates a position signal from the received GPS signal, and performs various menu items input through the keypad 110. A controller 130 for calculating predetermined distance information based on a position signal input from the memory, a memory 140 for storing various characters, image information, a driving program, and predetermined distance information transmitted by the controller 730; In addition, the display unit 150 for outputting various text and image information transmitted by the controller 130 and distance information with the other party, and the baseband signal transmitted by the controller 130 is converted into a high frequency signal. To the outside and converts a high frequency signal received through a base station into a baseband signal to connect to the control unit 130 and outputs a sound signal transmitted by the control unit 130 to the outside. Speaker 170, and a microphone 180 for receiving a sound signal from the outside to pass to the control unit 130.

Here, keys for inputting numbers, symbols, characters, and the like, and keys for selecting various menus and executing various functions are arranged on the keypad 110. The keypad 110 generates a key signal for instructing input of numbers, symbols, characters, etc. when a specific key is pressed by the user, or a key signal for selecting a call and a predetermined traffic information service menu to the controller 130. To pass.

The GPS communication module 120 receives a predetermined GPS signal from a GPS satellite, extracts location information of the mobile communication terminal 100 from the received GPS signal, and delivers the location information to the controller 130. In this case, the controller 130 transmits the location information of the mobile communication terminal 100 transmitted from the GPS communication module 120 to the base station 200 through the radio frequency processing unit 160.

The memory 140 stores various additional service information and an execution program for providing a call service, and also stores a predetermined execution program for providing a distance information service according to the present invention.

In addition, the memory 140 also includes various geographic and location information for extracting predetermined distance information by mutual comparison with location information included in a GPS signal received from a GPS satellite.

The controller 130 drives an execution program stored in the memory 140 according to a user command input through the keypad 110 to perform various additional services and call services.

For example, when a user inputs a menu key signal through the keypad 110, the controller 130 drives an execution program stored in the memory 140 in association with the input menu key signal as shown in FIG. 3A. To display the top menu items such as phone book, mobile phone settings, schedule management, convenient functions, fun features, screen settings, volume ringtones and GPS movement on the display unit 150.

In this case, when the user selects a predetermined menu item, more specifically, a GPS moving menu item from the top menu item output through the keypad 110, the controller 130 sets the mobile communication terminal 100 to the GPS mode. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 3B, a submenu item such as a GPS-only menu, a map / map, a map & directions, a NEW & HOT, a service experience, a relief service, and a map storage box, which are linked to the selected top menu item, is displayed. Output to phase

Subsequently, when the user selects a predetermined menu item, for example, a GPS-only menu, from among the sub-menu items through the keypad 110, the controller 130, as shown in FIG. .. The lowest menu such as a bus arrival notification service is displayed on the display unit 150.

In this case, when the user selects a friend search, which is a predetermined lowest menu, through the keypad 110, the controller 130 displays the friend list stored in the memory 140 on the display unit 150 as shown in FIG. 3D. do.

Thereafter, when the user selects a callee who wants to know predetermined distance information from the friend list through the keypad 110, the controller 130 transmits a call signal to the mobile communication terminal 400 of the selected callee. At this time, when the callee sets the mobile communication terminal 400 to the GPS mode in response to the call signal, a communication environment that can provide predetermined distance information is set.

The controller 130 transmits the GPS signal including the location signal of the counterpart received from the GPS satellite to the first base station 200 in real time through a predetermined communication method. At this time, the first base station 200 extracts the location information of the mobile communication terminal 100 from the GPS signal transmitted in real time to perform a real-time update.

In addition, the controller 130 determines whether the distance between the predetermined distance information input through the first base station 200, and more specifically, the distance from the call target selected by the user, as shown in FIG. The received distance information is displayed on the display unit 150 or output as a sound signal through the speaker 170.

That is, the first base station 200, which is connected to the first mobile communication terminal 100, is calculated by comparing the location information of the user with the location information of the callee called by the user through the second base station 300. When the distance information is transmitted through a predetermined communication method, the controller 130 receives the calculated distance information through the radio frequency processor 160 and outputs the same to the user.

Hereinafter, a traffic information providing method using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5. Here, a process of calculating distance information between the user and the counterpart based on the first mobile communication terminal will be described for convenience of description.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, when the user selects the GPS setting menu through the keypad 110, the first mobile communication terminal 100 sets a GPS mode capable of performing a communication connection with a GPS satellite.

Subsequently, when the user selects a "find friend" menu from a predetermined GPS menu through the keypad 110, the first mobile communication terminal 100 displays a friend list stored in the memory 140 on the display unit 150. do.

Thereafter, when the user selects a callee who wants to know predetermined distance information from the friend list through the keypad 110, the first mobile communication terminal 100 calls a GPS call signal for calling the callee selected by the user. It is delivered to the second mobile communication terminal 400 possessed by the callee through the second base station 300 connected to the first base station 200.

In this case, when the callee selects the GPS setting menu in association with the GPS call message transmitted through the second device station 300, the second mobile communication terminal 400 may perform GPS communication connection with a GPS satellite. Mode is set. As a result, the first mobile communication terminal 100 and the second mobile communication terminal 400 establish a GPS communication environment for calculating distance information through GPS satellites.

As described above, when the GPS communication environment is set, the first mobile communication terminal 100 updates the GPS signal having the location information of the user received from the GPS satellites to the first base station 200 in real time through a predetermined communication method. Perform

At this time, the first base station 200 updates and stores the GPS signal received from the first mobile communication terminal 100 in real time, and simultaneously removes the GPS signal of the second mobile communication terminal 400 possessed by the call target selected by the user. 2 is received through the base station 300.

Thereafter, the first base station 200 reads predetermined location information from the GPS signal of the first mobile communication terminal 100 and the GPS signal of the second mobile communication terminal 400 transmitted through the second base station 300, respectively. The distance information between the called party and the user is calculated by comparing the read position information.

Here, the distance information calculated by the first base station 200 indicates how far apart or closer the distance interval between the user and the callee is.

As described above, when the first base station 200 calculates predetermined distance information and transmits the predetermined distance information to the first mobile communication terminal 9100, the first mobile communication terminal 100 is configured as shown in FIG. 4. The distance information transmitted from the 200 is displayed on the display unit 150 or output to the user as a sound signal through the speaker 170.

Although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described in detail according to the above-described preferred embodiment, it should be noted that the above-described embodiment is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention extracts location information from GPS signals transmitted from a GPS-based mobile communication terminal and compares the location information with each other to calculate distance information between the mobile communication terminals. It has the distinctive effect of being able to provide precisely how far apart or close they are.

Claims (6)

In the system for receiving distance information from the GPS satellites to provide distance information, After receiving the user's location information and the call signal for the call target selected by the user and transmitting the call signal to the outside, the predetermined distance information is calculated by using the user's position information and the callee's position information input from the outside. A first base station transmitting; A second base station which transmits a call signal for the called party inputted from the first base station to the outside, receives location information about the called party, and transmits the received location information to the first base station; A first movement for transmitting the position information of the user received from the GPS satellite and the call signal for the call target selected by the user to the first base station, and outputting distance information with the call target transmitted from the first base station; Communication terminal; And A second mobile communication terminal for transmitting the location information of the called party received from the GPS satellites to the second base station; Distance information providing system, characterized in that configured to include. The method of claim 1, The first base station receives the location information of the user and the location information of the call target in real time and compares each other, and calculates the distance information indicating how close or spaced the user and the call target are. How to provide distance information. In the distance information providing method using the first and second mobile communication terminals for transmitting and receiving a GPS signal received from the GPS satellite through the first and second base station, Transmitting, by the first mobile communication terminal, a GPS signal received from the GPS satellite and a call signal for the second mobile communication terminal possessed by a call target to the first base station; Setting a GPS mode according to a call signal input from the first base station through a second base station, and then transmitting, by the second mobile communication terminal, a GPS signal received from the GPS satellite to the second base station; When the GPS signal of the second mobile communication terminal is transmitted through the first mobile terminal and the second base station, the first base station extracts the location information included in the GPS signal and compares the distance with the callee. Calculating information; And Receiving and outputting distance information with the call target calculated from the first base station in the first mobile communication terminal; Distance information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the call signal from the first mobile communication terminal to the second mobile communication terminal comprises: When the user selects a GPS setting menu through a keypad, setting, by the first mobile terminal, a GPS mode to perform a communication connection with the GPS satellites; Outputting, by the first mobile communication terminal, a preset callee list on the display unit as the user selects a predetermined search menu for searching for callees in a state in which the GPS mode is set; And As a user selects a callee who wants to know spaced distance information from an output callee list, a call signal is transmitted from the first mobile communication terminal to the second mobile communication terminal possessed by a callee through the first base station. Step of sending Distance information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein the second mobile communication terminal transmits the GPS signal received from the GPS satellite to the second base station. Receiving a call signal output from the first mobile communication terminal through the second base station; As the call dialog selects a GPS setting menu in association with the call signal input through the second base station, the second mobile communication terminal sets a GPS mode for performing a communication connection with the GPS satellites. step; And As the GPS mode is set, the second mobile communication terminal receives a GPS signal from the GPS satellite and transmits the GPS signal to the second base station. Distance information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein the calculating of the distance information by the first base station comprises: Receiving, in real time, a GPS signal including location information of a user from the first mobile communication terminal; Receiving, by the second base station, a GPS signal including location information of a call target selected by the user from the second mobile communication terminal through the second base station; Extracting location information of a user and a call subject, which are changed in real time, from the GPS signals transmitted from the first and second mobile communication terminals; And Extracting distance information spaced apart from each other by comparing the extracted location information of the user and the call target in real time Distance information providing method comprising a.

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