KR20060087808A - Location memorizing mobile station, location memorizing service system and method thereof using it - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a location memory mobile terminal, a location memory service system using the same, and a method thereof, which help to easily recall a memory of a specific point or place and provide guidance to a corresponding location. To this end, after the mobile terminal takes a picture of a predetermined place, transmitting the picture and the location information of the place to a location information server; Mapping, by the location information server, location information of the photo and the location to each other; The mobile terminal selecting at least one photo from a user and transmitting the photo and current location information to the location information server; Generating, by the location information server, geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the picture is mapped, and transmitting the geographic information to the mobile terminal in real time; And the mobile terminal outputting the transmitted geographic information in real time, so that the mobile terminal can easily receive the location information of a place that was desired to be stored in the past in real time, thereby easily storing a specific point or a specific place. .

Location, memory, mobile, GPS, mapping

Description

Location memory mobile terminal, location memory service system and method using same {Location Memorizing Mobile Station, Location Memorizing Service System and Method method using It}

1 is a block diagram showing a position memory mobile terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the position memory mobile terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a block diagram showing a location memory service system according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart showing a location memory service method according to the present invention;

* Explanation of Codes on Major Parts of Drawings *

100, 200: mobile terminal 110, 210: GPS receiver

120, 220: camera 130: location memory mapping unit

140, 230: information storage unit 150, 240: geographic information processing unit

160: distance measuring unit 170, 250: text output unit

180, 260: audio output unit 270: graphic output unit

300: location information server 310: location information mapping unit

320: location information processing unit 330: geographic information DB

340: location information guide

The present invention relates to a mobile communication service system and a method thereof, and more particularly, a location memory mobile terminal, a location memory service system using the same, which helps to easily recall a memory for a specific point or place and provides guidance to a corresponding location. It's about how.

Starting with the Geographic Information System (GIS), which stores maps on a storage medium so that users can easily display and view the maps by using a terminal means such as a computer, a general-purpose global positioning system using satellites in recent years. Rapidly evolving navigation systems that use GPS (GPS) information to detect and verify your location and easily find the distance and shortest route from its location to your desired location And commercialized, many additional services are possible.

GPS is a state-of-the-art navigation system using satellites that allow you to measure position, speed, and time in a standard coordinate system.It is orbiting the earth twice a day over 20,183km, at the time when the coordinate signal and coordinate signal of the current position are transmitted. A total of 18 GPS satellites (24 in total, including spare satellites for each orbit) are arranged at equal intervals, each of which has three GPS satellites transmitting six signals. Receiving and processing the transmitted signal, it is a device that can detect the position where the GPS receiver can exist, using a GPS receiver consisting of a GPS antenna and GPS receiver circuit to detect the signal transmitted from three or more GPS satellites It is a device for detecting magnetic signals.

Currently, it is adopted and used in many navigation systems. In general, a navigation system is a combination of GIS and GPS, and it is easy to find a desired location by using GPS information, which is location information, from geographic information produced on a map. Make sure

In the case of pedestrians, the navigation system as described above is being serviced through a mobile terminal. However, there is a problem in that when a certain place actually needs to be remembered or desired to be remembered, it is often forgotten after a predetermined time and its position is also forgotten. In particular, in the case of dementia patients, the degree was so severe that they had lost the way they passed.

An object of the present invention is to store the location information for a place that you want to remember or remember with a picture, and if you request the location information for the picture, the location memory mobile terminal for guiding the location information for the picture in real time In addition, the present invention provides a location memory service system and a method thereof.

In order to achieve the above object, the location memory service method provided through a mobile terminal according to the present invention, (a) receiving a picture for at least one or more places; (b) calculating location information of the place; (c) mapping and storing the location information and the photo, respectively; (d) measuring current location information when one of the stored pictures is selected by the user for memory playback; And (e) outputting geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the selected picture is mapped.

In addition, the location memory service method according to the invention, (a) after the mobile terminal takes a picture of a predetermined place, transmitting the picture and the location information of the place to a location information server; (b) the location information server mapping and storing location information of the photo and the place, respectively; (c) the mobile terminal selecting at least one photo from a user and transmitting the photo and current location information to the location information server; (d) generating, by the location information server, geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the photo is mapped, and transmitting the geographic information to the mobile terminal in real time; And (e) the mobile terminal outputting the transmitted geographic information in real time.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, a location memory mobile terminal including a GPS receiver for outputting current location information through a GPS satellite and a camera for photographing, the location information received from the GPS receiver and a picture taken from the camera Location memory mapping unit for mapping each; An information storage unit for storing the picture transmitted from the camera and the location information to which the picture is mapped; And a geographic information processor configured to display geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the picture is mapped based on the location information to which the picture is mapped when the user selects one of the stored pictures. .

In addition, the location memory service system according to the present invention maps and stores the photo of the predetermined place photographed by the camera and the location information of the photo, respectively, and when the location memory service request from the user, the photo from the current location information A mobile terminal for displaying geographic information up to the mapped location information; And a location information server that creates geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the picture is mapped based on the picture transmitted from the mobile terminal and the current location information, and transmits the geographic information to the mobile terminal in real time. It is characterized by.

Here, the mobile terminal, the GPS receiver for outputting position information through the GPS satellite; A camera photographing a predetermined place; An information storage unit for storing a picture transmitted from the camera; And when the user selects one of the stored pictures, transmits the picture to the location information server, and then displays geographic information from the current location information transmitted from the location information server to the location information to which the picture is mapped. And a geographic information processing unit.

In addition, the location information mapping unit for mapping the location information of the location and the photo transmitted from the mobile terminal, respectively; A location information processor for creating geographic information from the current location information to location information to which the photo is mapped; A geographic information DB storing the geographic information; And a location information guide unit which receives the current location of the mobile terminal based on the geographic information created by the location information processing unit and transmits the location guide to the location information to which the photo is mapped to the mobile terminal in real time. .

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments. Like reference numerals refer to like or similar elements throughout the drawings.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a location memory mobile terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 100 includes: a GPS receiver 110 for outputting current location information through a GPS satellite; A camera 120 for taking a photograph; A location memory mapping unit 130 for mapping the location information received from the GPS receiver with the picture taken by the camera; An information storage unit 140 for storing the picture transmitted from the camera and the location information to which the picture is mapped; And a geographic information processor 150 for displaying geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the picture is mapped based on the location information to which the picture is mapped when the user selects one of the stored pictures.

In addition, the distance measuring unit 160 for measuring the distance and direction of the location information to which the picture is mapped and the current location information; A text output unit 170 for outputting the measured distance and direction as text; And a voice output unit 180 for outputting the measured distance and direction as voice.

The GPS receiver 110 is mounted in the mobile terminal 100 to position a current position of the mobile terminal 100 through a GPS satellite. The positioned current position is used as position information according to the present invention.

The location memory mapping unit 130 maps the current location information received from the GPS receiver 110 and the picture taken from the camera 120 to each other. That is, when the user selects a location memory service and takes a picture, the user simultaneously receives the current location data measured by the GPS receiver 110 and maps it to the picture information (for example, assigning an identification code to the picture) to store. do. The stored mapping information outputs location information of a place where a picture was taken when picture information is input from the geographic information processing unit 150.

When the photo information selected by the user is input, the geographic information processing unit 150 receives location information from the location memory mapping unit 130 and creates geographic information corresponding to the location information. The geographic information is downloaded and processed from a geographic information database (not shown). Subsequently, the GPS receiver 110 receives the current location information, and rewrites and outputs geographic information up to the location information to which the picture is mapped.

The distance measuring unit 160 calculates distance information and direction information from the current location to the location information to which the photo is mapped based on the geographic information created by the geographic information processing unit 150. The calculated distance information and direction information are output to the display window of the mobile terminal 100 in a text form or a graphic form or output the distance information and direction information as a voice signal.

Hereinafter, a location memory service method using the location memory mobile terminal 100 will be described.

First, a picture of at least one place is received (S201). That is, the user takes a picture through the camera 120 where the user wants to remember or a point or post to be stored. These pictures are added to the identification code is stored in the information storage unit 140.

Next, the location information of the place is calculated (S202). That is, the location information of the place is calculated through the GPS satellites based on the location information at the moment of taking the picture.

Then, the location information and the picture are respectively mapped and stored (S203).

Thereafter, when one of the stored pictures is selected by the user for memory playback, the current location information is measured (S204). At this time, the stored pictures are displayed on the user and then selected.

Geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the selected picture is mapped is output (S205). That is, the current location information is measured, and the location information to which the selected picture is mapped is received from the location information mapping unit 130. Then, after generating geographic information up to the current location information and the mapped location information, the measured geographic information is output. At this time, the geographic information is output as at least one of text, map graphics, or voice.

3 is a block diagram showing a location memory service system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the system maps and stores the photo of the predetermined place photographed by the camera and the location information of the photo, respectively, and then requests the location memory service from the user. A mobile terminal 200 for displaying geographic information up to the mapped location information; And generating geographic information from the current location information to the location information mapped to the picture based on the picture transmitted from the mobile terminal 200 and the current location information, and transmitting the geographic information to the mobile terminal 200 in real time. Location information server 300 is included.

The mobile terminal 200, the GPS receiver 210 for outputting position information via the GPS satellites; A camera 220 for photographing a predetermined place; An information storage unit 230 for storing a picture transmitted from the camera 220; And when the user selects one of the stored pictures, transmits the picture to the location information server 300 and then, from the current location information transmitted from the location information server 300 to the location information to which the picture is mapped. Geographic information processing unit 240 for displaying geographic information of the.

At this time, the mobile terminal 200 is a text output unit 250 for outputting the geographic information as text, a voice output unit 260 for outputting the geographic information as a voice, and a graphic output for outputting the geographic information as a graphic A portion 270 is further included.

In addition, the location information server 300 includes a location information mapping unit 310 for mapping the location information of the photo and the location transmitted from the mobile terminal 200, respectively; A location information processor 320 for creating geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the picture is mapped; A geographic information DB (330) storing the geographic information; And a location for receiving the current location of the mobile terminal 200 based on the geographic information created by the location information processing unit 320 and transmitting the location guide to the location information to which the photo is mapped to the mobile terminal 200 in real time. It includes an information guide 340.

Hereinafter, the location memory service method according to the present invention will be described.

First, after taking a picture of a predetermined place through the mobile terminal 200, and transmits the picture and the location information of the place to the location information server 300 (S401). That is, the location information at the moment of taking the picture is calculated as the location information of the place.

Subsequently, the location information server 300 maps and stores location information of the photo and the location, respectively (S402).

Thereafter, the mobile terminal 200 selects at least one picture from the user and transmits the picture and the current location information to the location information server 300 (S403).

Then, the location information server 300 prepares geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the picture is mapped and transmits the geographic information to the mobile terminal 200 in real time (S404). That is, after reading the location information to which the selected picture is mapped, it generates geographic information up to the current location information and the mapped location information and transmits the generated geographic information to the mobile terminal 200 in real time.

Accordingly, the mobile terminal 200 outputs the transmitted geographic information in real time (S405). At this time, the geographic information is output as at least one of text, map graphics, or voice.

Through this, the user can easily remember or search through geographic information including distance information and direction information up to a predetermined location, which has been photographed at a specific location in the past.

While the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications or changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by receiving the real-time location information on the place that you want to remember in the past, there is an effect that it is easy to store the specific point or the specific place.

In addition, according to the present invention, by receiving the location information about the excessive place in real time, in the case of dementia patients to help memorize the places where they came, there is an effect that helps to find the place.

Claims (13)

In the location memory service method provided through a mobile terminal, (a) receiving a photo of at least one place; (b) calculating location information of the place; (c) mapping and storing the location information and the photo, respectively; (d) measuring current location information when one of the stored pictures is selected by the user for memory playback; And (e) outputting geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the selected picture is mapped. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) And calculating location information of the place through a GPS satellite based on the location information at the moment of taking the picture. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein step (d) And displaying the stored pictures to the user and selecting the stored pictures. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein step (e) (e-1) measuring current location information; (e-2) reading location information to which the selected picture is mapped; (e-3) generating geographic information up to the current location information and the mapped location information; And (e-4) outputting the measured geographic information. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein step (e) And outputting the geographic information in at least one of a text, a map graphic or a voice. (a) after the mobile terminal takes a picture of a predetermined place, transmitting the picture and location information of the place to a location information server; (b) the location information server mapping and storing location information of the photo and the place, respectively; (c) the mobile terminal selecting at least one photo from a user and transmitting the photo and current location information to the location information server; (d) generating, by the location information server, geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the photo is mapped, and transmitting the geographic information to the mobile terminal in real time; And (e) the mobile terminal outputting the transmitted geographic information in real time. The method of claim 6, wherein step (a) And calculating location information of the moment of taking the picture as location information of the place. The method of claim 6 or 7, wherein step (d) (d-1) reading location information to which the selected picture is mapped; (d-2) generating geographic information up to the current location information and the mapped location information; And (d-3) outputting the generated geographic information in real time. The method of claim 6 or 7, wherein step (e) And outputting the geographic information in at least one of a text, a map graphic or a voice. In a location memory mobile terminal including a GPS receiver for outputting current location information through a GPS satellite and a camera for taking a picture, A location memory mapping unit for mapping the location information received from the GPS receiver and the picture taken by the camera; An information storage unit for storing the picture transmitted from the camera and the location information to which the picture is mapped; A geographic information processor configured to display geographic information from current location information to location information to which the picture is mapped based on location information to which the picture is mapped when a user selects one of the stored pictures; A distance measuring unit measuring a distance and a direction between the location information to which the picture is mapped and the current location information; A text output unit which outputs the measured distance and direction as text; And And a voice output unit for outputting the measured distance and direction as voice. Mapping and storing the location of the photo and the location information of the photo taken by the camera, respectively, and displays the geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the photo is mapped when requesting a location memory service from the user Mobile terminal; And And a location information server for creating geographic information from the current location information to the location information to which the picture is mapped based on the picture transmitted from the mobile terminal and the current location information, and transmitting the geographic information to the mobile terminal in real time. Location memory service system characterized. The method of claim 11, wherein the mobile terminal A GPS receiver for outputting location information through a GPS satellite; A camera photographing a predetermined place; An information storage unit for storing a picture transmitted from the camera; When a user selects one of the stored pictures, the photo is transmitted to the location information server, and then geography displaying geographic information from the current location information transmitted from the location information server to the location information to which the picture is mapped. An information processing unit; A text output unit which outputs the geographic information as text; A voice output unit for outputting the geographic information as a voice; And And a graphic output unit which outputs the geographic information as a graphic. The method of claim 11 or 12, wherein the location information server A location information mapping unit for mapping the picture transmitted from the mobile terminal and location information of the place, respectively; A location information processor for creating geographic information from the current location information to location information to which the photo is mapped; A geographic information DB storing the geographic information; And A location information guide unit for receiving a current location of the mobile terminal based on the geographic information created by the location information processing unit and transmitting a location guide to the location information to which the photo is mapped to the mobile terminal in real time; Memory service system.

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