WO2017204473A1

WO2017204473A1 - Beacon speaker for guiding visually impaired person, and beacon recognition server for recognizing beacon information and method therefor

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Publication number: WO2017204473A1
Application number: PCT/KR2017/004551
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김동우
Original assignee: 김동우
Priority date: 2016-05-24
Filing date: 2017-04-28
Publication date: 2017-11-30

Abstract

Disclosed are a beacon speaker for guiding a visually impaired person, and a beacon recognition server for recognizing beacon information. The beacon speaker for guiding the visually impaired person comprises: a beacon transmission module for transmitting a beacon signal corresponding to facility information or moving body information; a near field communication module for receiving a response signal in response to the beacon signal from a terminal of the visually impaired person; and a speaker module for outputting the facility information or moving body information such that the visually impaired person can recognize a position of a corresponding facility or moving body by using an auditory sense, when the near field communication module receives the response signal. The beacon recognition server comprises: a beacon recognition request reception module for receiving, from the terminal of the visually impaired person, a beacon recognition request for the beacon signal; a beacon recognition module for searching for the facility information or moving body information, corresponding to the beacon signal, according to the beacon recognition request received by the beacon recognition request reception module; a facility information/moving body information transmission module for transmitting, to the terminal in real time, the facility information or moving body information searched for the beacon recognition module.

Description

Beacon recognition server and method for recognizing beacon speaker and beacon information for the guidance of the visually impaired

The present invention relates to a beacon speaker (beacon speaker) and a beacon recognition server and method for recognizing the beacon signal, specifically, a beacon speaker server for the recognition of beacon speaker and beacon information for the guidance of the blind and its It is about a method.

Conventionally, there are various devices that transmit various beacon signals to periodically radiate some information around. Publication 10-2016-0056086 exemplifies a configuration for providing an advertisement by beacons.

On the other hand, visually impaired people feel very inconvenient to find or use new facilities when going out. Even if you go to the park, finding a restroom can be quite difficult. Visually impaired people find it difficult to find the direction of the toilet and how far it is.

Also, it is not easy for the visually impaired to take a bus or taxi. Even if the bus comes, it doesn't know which line the bus is coming from, and it's hard to know where the bus is located. In addition, even if you take a taxi, it is not possible to check whether it is a taxi capable of riding.

As such, it is difficult for the visually impaired to use facilities or transportation while doing external activities.

However, it is not possible to provide voice guidance for the visually impaired in all such facilities and transportation. Rather, it can be inconvenient for the visually impaired, who occupy the majority.

Accordingly, when the visually impaired are needed, a method for receiving and using voice guidance of facilities or transportation means is required.

An object of the present invention to provide a beacon speaker for the guidance of the visually impaired.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for guiding a blind person of a beacon speaker.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a beacon recognition server for recognizing beacon information.

Another object of the present invention to provide a beacon information recognition method of the beacon recognition server.

The beacon speaker for guiding the visually impaired according to the above object of the present invention, the beacon transmission module for transmitting a beacon (beacon) signal corresponding to the facility information or body information; A short range communication module configured to receive a response signal for the beacon signal from a terminal of a visually impaired person; When a response signal is received from the short range communication module, the speaker may be configured to output the facility information or the fuselage information so that the visually impaired person can detect the location of the facility or the fuselage by hearing.

Here, the short-range communication module may be configured to receive the response signal by performing pairing by Bluetooth 4.0 or more when pairing is attempted by the Bluetooth 4.0 or more from the terminal.

The beacon transmission module may be configured to transmit power by setting power of the beacon signal according to a preset transmission distance.

The facility information or the fuselage information may be configured to include distance information according to the type of the facility or the fuselage and the preset transmission distance.

The speaker module may be configured to set and output an output power corresponding to distance information of a corresponding beacon signal when a response signal is received from the short range communication module.

A beacon speaker for guiding the blind according to the above object of the present invention, the short-range communication module for receiving a beacon (beacon) signal from the terminal of the blind; When the beacon signal is received in the short-range communication module, it may be configured to include a speaker module for outputting the facility information or the fuselage information so that the visually impaired to determine the location of the facility or the fuselage by hearing. .

Here, the short range communication module may be configured to receive a beacon signal according to a communication method of Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth 4.0, BLE) or more from the terminal.

In this case, the facility information or fuselage information may be configured to include guide information of the facility or fuselage.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for guiding a blind person of a beacon speaker includes: transmitting, by a beacon transmission module, a beacon signal corresponding to facility information or body information to a terminal of a visually impaired person; Receiving, by a short range communication module, a response signal for the beacon signal from the terminal of the blind; And when a response signal is received from the short range communication module, a speaker module outputting the facility information or the fuselage information so that the visually impaired person can detect the location of the facility or the fuselage by hearing. Can be.

Here, when the near field communication module receives a response signal for the beacon signal from the terminal of the visually impaired, when pairing is attempted by the Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth 4.0) or more from the terminal, Bluetooth 4.0 or more It may be configured to receive the response signal by performing a pairing by.

The transmitting the beacon signal corresponding to the facility information or the fuselage information by the beacon transmission module to the terminal of the visually impaired may be configured to set and transmit the power of the beacon signal according to a preset transmission distance. .

Here, the facility information or the fuselage information may be configured to include distance information according to the type of the facility or fuselage and the preset transmission distance.

And when a response signal is received from the short range communication module, outputting the facility information or the fuselage information so that the speaker module can identify the location of the corresponding facility or the fuselage by hearing. When a response signal is received from the communication module, the communication module may be configured to set and output an output power corresponding to the distance information of the corresponding beacon signal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for guiding a blind person of a beacon speaker includes: receiving, by a short-range communication module, a beacon signal from a terminal of a blind; When a beacon signal is received in the short range communication module, a speaker module may be configured to include outputting the facility information or the fuselage information so that the visually impaired person can detect the location of the facility or the fuselage by hearing. Can be.

Here, the receiving of the beacon signal from the terminal of the near field communication module by the visually impaired may be configured to receive the beacon signal from the terminal according to a Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth 4.0, BLE) or more communication scheme.

The facility information or the fuselage information may be configured to include guide information of the facility or fuselage.

A beacon recognition server for recognizing beacon information according to another object of the present invention, a beacon recognition request receiving module for receiving a beacon recognition request for the beacon signal from the terminal of the visually impaired; A beacon recognition module for searching facility information or body information corresponding to the beacon signal according to the beacon recognition request received by the beacon recognition request receiving module; It may be configured to include a facility information / fuselage information transmitting module for transmitting the facility information or the fuselage information retrieved by the beacon recognition module in real time to the terminal.

The beacon signal recognition method for the visually impaired in the beacon recognition server according to another object of the present invention, the beacon recognition request receiving module receiving a beacon recognition request for the beacon signal from the terminal of the blind; Searching, by a beacon recognition module, facility information or body information corresponding to the beacon signal according to a beacon recognition request received by the beacon recognition request receiving module; The facility information / body information transmitting module may be configured to include real-time transmission of facility information or body information retrieved from the beacon recognition module to the terminal.

According to the beacon speaker server and the method for recognizing the beacon information for the guidance of the blind and the method described above, the beacon signal continuously transmitted from the facility or the fuselage is received by the terminal that can be operated by the visually impaired According to the configuration of the voice guidance through the speaker of the facility or the fuselage, there is an effect that the visually impaired can sense easily the direction of the facility or fuselage to easily and safely access.

On the other hand, by receiving the beacon signal continuously transmitted from the terminal of the visually impaired in the beacon speaker, and the voice information through the beacon speaker installed facilities or the fuselage facility information, the visually impaired person of the facility or fuselage It can sense the direction audibly and make it easy and safe to approach.

In addition, the voice guidance is output only by the need of the visually impaired, thereby not causing inconvenience to non-disabled people.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a beacon speaker and a beacon recognition server for recognizing beacon information for guiding a blind person according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a beacon speaker for guiding the visually impaired according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a perspective view schematically illustrating the terminal and the prompting module of the visually impaired person.

4 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the palpation module of FIG. 3 is coupled to a terminal.

5 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a facilitating plate is coupled in a state in which a fixing sheet is bonded to the terminal of FIG.

6 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which an input signal is generated by the user's pressing in a state in which the pacing module and the terminal of FIG. 3 are coupled to each other.

7 is a perspective view illustrating that a plurality of haptic plates are replaced in the haptic module of FIG. 3.

8 is a perspective view illustrating various forms of a tapping plate in the tapping module of FIG. 3.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for guiding the visually impaired of a beacon speaker according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a method for guiding a blind person of a beacon speaker according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a flowchart of a method for recognizing beacon information of a beacon recognition server according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As the inventive concept allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing the drawings, similar reference numerals are used for similar elements.

Terms such as first, second, A, and B may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. The term and / or includes a combination of a plurality of related items or any item of a plurality of related items.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

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

Referring to FIG. 1, the beacon speaker 100 for guiding the visually impaired according to the first embodiment of the present invention is configured to include a beacon transmitting module 110, a short range communication module 120, and a speaker module 130. Can be. In addition, the beacon recognition server 200 for recognizing the beacon information according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the beacon recognition request receiving module 210, the beacon recognition module 220 and the facility information / body information transmission module 230 It can be configured to include.

Beacon speaker 100 may be installed in a variety of facilities, such as toilets, subway entrances, bus stops, building entrances, government offices, crosswalks. The beacon speaker 100 is configured to continuously transmit a beacon signal to identify which facility is the facility to receive and recognize it in the terminal 10 of the visually impaired.

Meanwhile, the beacon recognition server 200 receives a request from the terminal 10 as to whether a beacon signal received from the terminal 10 of the visually impaired is a beacon signal indicating which facility, and accordingly searches for the facility of the beacon signal by searching for the terminal. It is configured to inform (10).

The beacon speaker 100 is configured so that the visually impaired person can visually detect the location of the beacon speaker 100 by audio output of the information of the facility and the information on the distance.

The beacon speaker 100 may be installed in a moving object such as a bus or a taxi, as well as various facilities, and the visually impaired person knows which bus or bus the bus is on which line through the guidance output from the fuselage. It can be recognized, and even in the case of taxis, it is possible to find out whether a taxi is available or where a taxi is.

In addition, the crosswalk may be configured to guide the button position of the voice guidance device from the beacon speaker 100 so that the visually impaired person can find and operate the voice guidance device.

Here, the terminal 10 of the visually impaired may be configured as a terminal 10 coupled with a facilitating means operable by the visually impaired.

Hereinafter, the detailed structure is demonstrated.

The beacon transmission module 110 may be configured to continuously transmit a beacon signal corresponding to facility information or body information.

Here, the beacon transmission module 110 may be configured to transmit by setting the power of the beacon signal according to a preset transmission distance. That is, the beacon transmission module 110 may transmit a beacon signal that can reach up to 10 m or a beacon signal that can reach up to 50 m, and transmit a beacon signal by adjusting the output power according to the transmission distance.

The facility information or the fuselage information may be information on the type of facility or fuselage, for example, a toilet, an entrance, an elevator, an escalator, or a bus line number, a taxi, a taxi, or the like.

The facility information or the fuselage information may include distance information on the distance to the facility or the fuselage. Such distance information may be determined according to a preset transmission distance according to the above-described output.

The application of the terminal 10 of the visually impaired receives the beacon signal continuously, and generates a response signal for requesting voice guidance for facility information or body information necessary for the visually impaired among the received beacon signals of the visually impaired beacon speaker. Can be configured to transmit to 100.

In this case, the terminal 10 may transmit a response signal according to a short range communication method, and generate and transmit a response signal according to various methods such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Direct, and ZigBee. Can be configured.

The terminal 10 of the visually impaired with respect to the beacon signal to the beacon recognition request receiving module 210 of the beacon recognition server 200 to determine whether the beacon signal is a beacon signal of the facility or the body with respect to the received beacon signal. And may transmit a beacon recognition request.

However, if facility information or fuselage information on the beacon signal is stored in advance in the terminal 10 of the visually impaired, it is not necessary to transmit a beacon recognition request to the beacon recognition server 200.

On the other hand, such facility information or fuselage information may be decoded by parsing the combined information in the terminal 10 when the beacon signal itself includes information such as the type of facility or fuselage and its transmission distance. have. Even in this case, the terminal 10 does not need to transmit a beacon recognition request to the beacon recognition server 200. For example, a toilet may have a code of 001100 and an elevator may have a code of 010011. The distance information may also be coded and displayed.

The beacon recognition request receiving module 210 may be configured to receive a beacon recognition request for the beacon signal from the terminal of the visually impaired.

The beacon recognition module 220 may be configured to retrieve facility information or fuselage information corresponding to the beacon signal according to the beacon recognition request received from the beacon recognition request receiving module 210. Such facility information or fuselage information may be configured to correspond to a beacon signal in advance and be constructed as a database. The beacon recognition module 220 may retrieve such facility information or body information from a database.

The facility information / body information transmitting module 230 may be configured to transmit facility information or body information searched by the beacon recognition module 220 to the terminal 10 in real time.

The terminal 10 of the visually impaired may be configured to receive facility information or fuselage information and output the same on a display. In this case, the terminal 10 may be configured to output audio once unconditionally for facility information or body information.

On the other hand, the visually impaired person may select on the terminal 10 to receive a request for guidance when the information on the facility or the fuselage to be found is output. The terminal 10 may be configured to generate a response signal for the selected facility or body and transmit the generated response signal to the short range communication module 120.

The short range communication module 120 may be configured to receive a response signal to the beacon signal from the terminal 10 of the visually impaired.

At this time, the short-range communication module 120 may be configured to receive a response signal by performing a pairing by Bluetooth 4.0 or more when attempting to pair (pairing) by the Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth 4.0) or more from the terminal 10. . In addition, various short-range communication schemes such as Zigbee and Wi-Fi Direct may be used.

When the response signal is received from the short range communication module 120, the speaker module 130 may be configured to output the facility information or the fuselage information so that the visually impaired person can detect the location of the facility or the fuselage by hearing.

Here, when the response signal is received from the short range communication module 120, the speaker module 130 may be configured to set and output an output power corresponding to the distance information of the corresponding beacon signal.

For example, a guide voice such as "toilet is within 10 m" can be output. The distance of 10 m may be determined according to the transmission distance of the preset beacon signal. If the transmission distance of the beacon signal is set to 20 m, it will output "The toilet is within 20 m." The visually impaired person may acoustically detect a change in the size of the voice in a direction of the voice output from the speaker module 130 and visit the corresponding facility or the fuselage.

Referring to FIG. 2, the beacon speaker 100a for guiding the visually impaired according to the second embodiment of the present invention may be configured to include a short range communication module 110a and a speaker module 130a.

Beacon speaker (100a) may be installed in a variety of facilities, such as toilets, subway entrances, bus stops, building entrances, offices, crosswalks. The beacon speaker 100a may be configured to output facility information or fuselage information that allows to visually identify what facility the facility is. The blind person may listen to the voice of the beacon speaker 100a and detect the location of the beacon speaker 100a.

The beacon speaker 100a may be installed in a moving object such as a bus or a taxi, in addition to various facilities, and the visually impaired person knows which bus or bus on which line through the guidance outputted from the fuselage. It can be recognized, and even in the case of taxis, it is possible to find out whether a taxi is available or where a taxi is.

In addition, the crosswalk may be configured to guide the button position of the voice guidance device from the beacon speaker 100a so that the visually impaired person can find and operate the voice guidance device.

Hereinafter, the detailed structure is demonstrated.

First, the terminal 10 of the visually impaired may be configured to continuously transmit a beacon signal indicating that the visually impaired.

Here, the terminal 10 of the visually impaired may be configured to transmit and set the power of the beacon signal according to the preset transmission distance information. That is, the terminal 10 may transmit a beacon signal reachable up to 10 m or a beacon signal reachable up to 50 m, and transmit a beacon signal by adjusting the output power according to the transmission distance.

And the beacon signal may be configured to include transmission distance information corresponding to the output power. For example, when the output power is set such that the beacon signal can be transmitted up to about 20m, the beacon signal may include transmission distance information of 20m.

The beacon speaker 100a may recognize that the visually impaired person appears at a distance of 20m by receiving and parsing the beacon signal.

Meanwhile, the terminal 10 may be configured to transmit a beacon signal according to a Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE) or higher protocol. In addition, various short-range communication schemes such as Zigbee and Wi-Fi Direct may be used.

The short range communication module 110a may be configured to receive a beacon signal from the terminal 10 of the visually impaired person.

When the beacon signal is received from the short range communication module 110a, the speaker module 130a may be configured to output facility information or fuselage information on the facility or the fuselage where the beacon speaker 100a is installed.

For example, a guide voice such as "toilet is within 10 m" can be output. The distance of 10 m may be determined according to the transmission distance information included in the beacon signal received from the short range communication module 110a. If the transmission distance information of the beacon signal is set to 20 m, "toilet is within 20 m" will be output. The visually impaired may sense the direction and the contents of the audio output from the speaker module 130a and may visit the corresponding facility or the fuselage.

Meanwhile, the facility information or the fuselage information may be output as follows so that the visually impaired person can recognize the location of the facility or the fuselage by hearing. For example, the information may be information on a restroom, a doorway, an elevator, an escalator, or the like, or information about a bus line number, a taxi, or a taxi ride.

On the other hand, when the beacon signal is received from the short range communication module 110a, the speaker module 130a may be configured to output voice guidance by setting output power corresponding to transmission distance information of the corresponding beacon signal. For example, when the visually impaired person appears at a distance of 50m, the output power is set to be audible up to 50m, and when the visually impaired person appears at a distance of 10m, the output power is configured to be audible up to 10m. Can be.

Hereinafter, the terminal 10 of the visually impaired person will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8. The visually impaired user can select a beacon signal previously received through the prompting module 300 for operating the terminal 10 and request an audio output.

3 is a perspective view schematically showing the terminal and the palpation module of the visually impaired, FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the palpation module of FIG. 3 is coupled to the terminal, and FIG. 5 is a fixing sheet bonded to the terminal of FIG. 3. It is a perspective view which shows the state in which a contact plate is couple | bonded in the state.

In the following description of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the information guide device including not only the palpation module 300 but also the terminal 10 coupled thereto.

The present invention is intended to enable the disabled to use the same level as a normal person by developing an information guide device that can be handicapped by people with disabilities, such as large public facilities, parks, amusement parks can be directly identified.

The information guide device for the visually impaired according to the present invention is a device for the visually impaired to carry and easily operate, and includes a prompt module 300 and a terminal 10.

The terminal 10 is a general mobile device (cell phone, tablet, etc.) and is provided with a touch screen 310 on one side.

In addition, an interlocking program interworking with the prompting module 300 may be provided therein.

In the present embodiment, the terminal 10 may be configured as a general smart phone, and is configured to allow a user to selectively install a linked program as a device capable of communicating with the outside.

And the touch screen 310 is provided on one side is configured to allow the user to generate an input signal through the touch.

On the other hand, the palpation module 300 is coupled to the touch screen 310 in a stacked form and configured to transmit an input signal to the touch screen 310 when the visually impaired touches it.

In detail, the palpation module 300 includes a fixed sheet 320 and a palpation plate 310.

The fixing sheet 320 is formed in a sheet form and an adhesive is applied to the upper and lower surfaces, respectively.

The lower surface of the fixing sheet 320 is bonded to the upper surface of the touch screen 310 in a stacked form.

In the present embodiment, the fixing sheet 320 is formed in a shape similar to a general protective film, and a general adhesive that can be adhered to the touch screen 310 is applied, and an adhesive component such as silicon is coated on the upper surface.

That is, different components are applied to the upper and lower surfaces of the fixing sheet 320, and the adhesive force of the adhesive applied to the lower surface is formed to be relatively larger than the adhesive strength of the adhesive applied to the upper surface.

This is later coupled to the upper surface of the fixing sheet 320 to be detachable to the touch plate 310, the fixing sheet 320 when the separation of the touch plate 310 is not separated from the touch screen 310 to the combined state To maintain it.

On the other hand, the fixing sheet 320 includes a separate reference protrusion 322 protruding downward from the upper surface.

The reference protrusion 322 is provided at the edge on the upper surface of the fixing sheet 320 and is composed of at least one.

And when the coupling with the tactile plate 310 through the reference protrusion 322 can check the coupling position of the tactile plate 310.

In this embodiment, the reference protrusion 322 is composed of a pair on one side of the fixing sheet 320 are each spaced apart, are arranged on the edge of the same direction.

Subsequently, the prompting plate 310 is coupled to the upper part of the fixed sheet 320 in a stacked form, and the user can directly touch the contact information. The base film 312, the prompting protrusion 314, and the insertion hole are provided. 318 and recognition unit 316.

The base film 312 is formed in the form of a sheet is composed of an electrically conductive material, the lower surface is coupled to the upper surface of the fixing sheet 320.

In detail, the base film 312 may be formed of a flexible material, and is disposed in a stacked form on the touch screen 310.

In the present embodiment, the base film 312 is formed of a transparent material so as to be able to be bent, otherwise it may be composed of an opaque material.

On the other hand, the palpation protrusion 314 is formed to protrude upward from the upper surface of the base film 312, and includes a plurality of palpation information.

Here, the touch projection 314 is a configuration in which a visually impaired person can sense the touch and obtain information through a touch, similar to the configuration applied to general touch.

In this embodiment, the palpation protrusion 314 may be integrally formed with the base film 312, and the top surface may be formed to protrude and include palpation information.

In this case, the palpation information includes text information such as braille, a pictogram including a line or circle indicating a structure or a terrain, or information on a map or a picture.

That is, since the palpation protrusion 314 is formed on the upper surface of the base film 312, the palpation is formed similarly to a general palpation shape, and the user may obtain information through a touch.

On the other hand, at least one or more insertion holes 318 are formed on the base film 312, and the reference protrusion 322 is inserted when the prompting plate 310 is coupled to the fixing sheet 320.

In more detail, the insertion hole 318 is formed at a position corresponding to the position of the reference protrusion 322 at the position at which the prompting plate 310 and the fixing sheet 320 are coupled to each other.

In the present embodiment, the pair of insertion holes 318 is configured to have a position and number corresponding to the reference protrusions 322, and the reference protrusions 322 are inserted one by one.

At this time, the insertion hole 318 may be configured to be configured so that only one reference protrusion 322 is inserted, which can be variously selected by adjusting the arrangement of the reference protrusion 322 and the insertion hole 318 at the time of manufacture.

As such, the insertion hole 318 and the reference protrusion 322 may be a reference for mutual coupling when the contact plate 310 and the fixing sheet 320 are coupled to each other, and thus the arrangement of the contact protrusion 314 including the contact information may be used. The interface I output on the touch screen 310 may be matched.

The interface I output from the touch screen 310 will be described later.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the insertion hole 318 may be formed in the form of a simple hole, but alternatively, may be formed in the form of an open hole with one side open.

Specifically, the insertion hole 318 is formed in a form that one side is opened in the edge direction as shown.

And when the insertion hole 318 is composed of a plurality it is preferable that all open in the same direction.

As such, when the insertion hole 318 is formed to be open, the visually impaired person may more conveniently insert the reference protrusion 322 into the insertion hole 318.

In this way, after the user inserts the reference protrusion 322 into the insertion hole 318, the contact plate 310 may be coupled to the fixing sheet 320 around the corresponding area.

In general, the visually impaired may not be visually identified, and thus, the reference plate 322 and the insertion hole 318 may confirm whether the prompting plate 310 is properly disposed at the coupling position.

Accordingly, the reference protrusion 322 is formed on the fixed sheet 320, and the prompting plate 310 is formed with the insertion hole 318, so that the user can move the prompting plate 310 at the correct position with the fixed sheet 320 at the correct position. Can be combined.

As the insertion hole 318 is configured as described above, the user can easily couple the touch plate 310 to the fixing sheet 320 together with the above-described reference protrusion 322.

On the other hand, the recognition unit 316 is provided on the base film 312, and when coupled to the fixed sheet 320, the interface (I) corresponding to the corresponding prompt information is output to the terminal screen (I) 10) to pass on.

In more detail, the recognition unit 316 may recognize recognition information about the palpation information formed on the palpation plate 310.

As a configuration for transmitting to the terminal 10, the terminal 10 to output the corresponding interface (I) through a communication program in response to the recognition information.

Here, the coordinated program includes a plurality of interfaces (I) and is configured to output an interface (I) corresponding to the recognition information.

Accordingly, the interface I is output to the touch screen 310 so that the arrangement of the palpation protrusions 314 and the interface I coincide.

Accordingly, even if the user touches the palpation protrusion 314, the touch screen 310 of the position corresponding thereto may be touched.

Accordingly, since the recognition unit 316 is provided on the prompting plate 310, the recognition information is transmitted to the terminal 10 such that the interface I corresponding to the prompting information formed on the prompting plate 310 is output when the recognition plate 316 is coupled to the terminal 10. Send.

In the present embodiment, the recognition unit 316 may transmit the recognition information by the general NFC method, and transmits the recognition information corresponding to the prompting information to the terminal 10.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment may be a plurality of haptic plate 310, each haptic plate 310 includes different haptic information.

And each of the prompting plate 310 is provided with a recognition unit 316 to transmit the corresponding recognition information, respectively, the terminal 10 is recognized even if it is coupled to the terminal 10 to replace the prompting plate 310 The interface I output to the touch screen 310 is changed by the information.

Accordingly, the recognition unit 316 transmits unique recognition information to the terminal 10 in response to the prompting information formed on the prompting plate 310, and the terminal 10 corresponds to the received recognition information to the corresponding interface I. You can output

Thus, the contact plate 310 according to the present invention is composed of a plurality, the user selects any one to be combined with the fixing sheet 320, and when combined with the fixing sheet 320, the recognition unit 316 is By transmitting the recognition information to the terminal 10, the terminal 10 outputs the interface (I) corresponding to the touch screen 310.

On the other hand, it may further include a separate separating portion 319 for easily separating the contact plate 310 coupled to the fixing sheet 320 according to the present invention.

In detail, the separating part 319 is formed to protrude to the outside of the fixing sheet 320 when laminated to the fixing sheet 320.

Since the protruding separator 319 is not bonded to the fixing sheet 320 and protrudes to the outside, even the visually impaired person may easily grip to separate the contact plate 310.

In this embodiment, the separator 319 is formed to protrude along the circumference at one side of the base film 312 as shown, and is disposed in an area that does not overlap with the fixing sheet 320.

At this time, the separation unit 319 may be configured integrally with the base film 312, otherwise may be configured separately.

As such, the separating part 319 is further included in the prompting plate 310, so that the user can easily detach it when the prompting plate 310 is replaced.

On the other hand, although not shown in the present embodiment, the separating portion 319 is not provided on the contact plate 310 and a separate separation region may be formed on the upper surface of the fixing sheet 320.

Specifically, the branched area is a region in which the adhesive is not applied to the edge of the upper surface of the fixing sheet 320 and is simply maintained in a stacked state even when the prompting plate 310 contacts.

In addition, even though the separation unit 319 is not provided through the separation region, a part of the touch plate 310 corresponding to the separation region may be gripped to separate the fixing sheet 320.

As described above with respect to the palpation module 300 according to the present invention, the information module for the visually impaired may be configured by further including a separate terminal 10 in the palpation module 300.

Next, referring to FIG. 6, a state in which a user touches the prompting plate 310 according to the present invention to generate an input signal is as follows.

6 is a view showing a state in which an input signal is generated by the user's pressing in a state in which the prompting module 300 and the terminal 10 of FIG. 3 are coupled to each other.

Referring to the drawing, the fixing sheet 320 and the prompting plate 310 are stacked on the terminal 10, and the prompting protrusion 314 protrudes from the upper surface of the prompting plate 310.

When the user touches and presses the touch plate 310 formed as described above, information about the user's pressure is transmitted to the touch screen 310.

Specifically, since the prompting plate 310 is made of an electrically conductive and flexible material as described above, the pressure is transmitted to the touch screen 310 when pressing the prompting protrusion 314.

In this way, the touch screen 310 that receives the pressure acting on the palpation protrusion 314 generates an input signal similarly to the user's direct touch.

Therefore, the terminal 10 performs a corresponding operation by an input signal generated from the touch screen 310, and informs the user of the corresponding information by voice or performs an additional operation.

Here, the terminal 10 is set not to recognize an input by sliding on the touch screen 310 when receiving the recognition information transmitted by the combination of the facilitation plate 310.

This is to prevent inadvertent generation of an input signal in the process of obtaining the touch information by touching the touch protrusion 314 because the user is visually impaired.

At this time, although the touch screen 310 is described as being a piezoelectric method in this embodiment, it may be configured as an electrostatic method, thereby generating an input signal by simply touching the pressing protrusion 314 without pressing it. It may be.

As such, by configuring the information guide device for the visually impaired, the user can directly carry the terminal 10 and selectively receive the desired information by combining the prompting plate 310 according to the purpose.

Next, referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, the state in which the plurality of prompting plates 310 are replaced in the prompting module 300 according to the present invention is as follows.

7 is a view showing that the plurality of haptic plates 310 are replaced in the haptic module 300 of Figure 3, Figure 8 is a view showing the various forms of the haptic plate 310 in the haptic module 300 of FIG. to be.

First, referring to FIG. 7, the user separates the existing touch plates 310 and 300a coupled to the fixed sheet 320 from among the plurality of touch plates 310, and combines the new touch plates 310 and 300b.

At this time, the terminal 10 receives the recognition information when combined with the new prompting plate 310 (300b) and outputs the interface (I) corresponding thereto.

In this way, the user can perform a desired operation by touching the prompting plate 310 in the state in which the prompting module 300 is coupled to the terminal 10 having the new interface I output.

For example, a user mounts a prompt plate 310 corresponding to a corresponding area, such as a building, a park, or a historic place, on the fixed sheet 320, and recognizes the prompt plate 310 by the terminal 10. Outputs the interface I.

In addition, the user may touch the prompting plate 310 to obtain information about a corresponding region.

In addition, in response to a user inputting a finger on the prompting plate 310, the screen may be changed or voice guidance may be performed.

In particular, when the terminal 10 is capable of wireless communication or GPS, the user may touch the prompting plate 310 to easily check the current location, information on the target location, distance from the current location, and the like by voice.

In addition, as shown in (a) of FIG. 8, when the user wants to listen to music, the interface I as shown is output to the touch screen 310 by coupling the corresponding touch plate 310 to the fixed sheet 320. The user can easily assemble.

In addition, as shown in (b) of FIG. 8, by coupling the prompting plate 310 for the inside of the building to the fixing sheet 320, it may serve as a navigation that can move from the current position of the user to a desired position.

Accordingly, the contact information of the prompting plate 310 and the interface I output on the touch screen 310 are matched, so that the visually impaired person may visit a museum, a national park, a public office, etc. without the help of others, and perform necessary tasks. .

As such, the palpation module 300 and the information guide device for the visually impaired person having the same according to the present invention attach a fixing sheet 320 fixedly supported to the terminal 10 on the touch screen 310 or the desired area. By combining the corresponding touch plate 310 according to the intended use can be obtained by directly manipulating the information desired by the user.

Referring to FIG. 9, the beacon transmission module 110 transmits a beacon signal corresponding to facility information or body information to the terminal 10 of the visually impaired (S101).

Here, the facility information or the fuselage information may be configured to include distance information according to the type of the facility or fuselage and a preset transmission distance.

And the beacon transmission module 110 may be configured to set and transmit the power of the beacon signal in accordance with a preset transmission distance.

Next, the short-range communication module 120 receives a response signal to the beacon signal from the terminal 10 of the visually impaired (S102).

Here, when pairing is attempted by the Bluetooth 10 (Bluetooth 4.0) or more from the terminal 10, it may be configured to perform a pairing by Bluetooth 4.0 or more to receive a response signal.

Next, when a response signal is received from the short range communication module 120, the speaker module 130 outputs facility information or fuselage information so that the visually impaired person can detect the location of the corresponding facility or fuselage by hearing. (S103).

At this time, when the response signal is received from the short-range communication module 120, it may be configured to set and output the output power corresponding to the distance information of the beacon signal.

First, the short range communication module 110a receives a beacon signal from the terminal 10 of the visually impaired (S201).

Here, the short range communication module 110a may be configured to receive a beacon signal according to a communication method of Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth 4.0, BLE) or more from the terminal 10.

Next, when the beacon signal is received from the short range communication module 110a, the speaker module 130a outputs facility information or fuselage information so that the visually impaired person can detect the location of the corresponding facility or fuselage by hearing. (S202).

Here, the facility information or the fuselage information may be configured to include distance information corresponding to the type of the facility or fuselage and the transmission distance information preset in the terminal 10.

When the beacon signal is received from the short range communication module 110a, the speaker module 130a may be configured to set and output an output power corresponding to the transmission distance information of the corresponding beacon signal.

Referring to FIG. 11, the beacon recognition request receiving module 210 receives a beacon recognition request for a beacon signal from the terminal 10 of the visually impaired (S301).

Next, the beacon recognition module 220 searches for facility information or fuselage information corresponding to the beacon signal according to the beacon recognition request received from the beacon recognition request receiving module 220 (S302).

Here, the facility information or the fuselage information may be configured to include distance information according to the type of the facility or the fuselage and a preset transmission distance.

Next, the facility information / body information transmitting module 230 transmits the facility information or the body information searched by the beacon recognition module 220 to the terminal 10 in real time (S303).

Although described with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can understand that the present invention can be variously modified and changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. will be.

Claims

Beacon transmission module for transmitting a beacon (beacon) signal corresponding to the facility information or body information;

A short range communication module configured to receive a response signal for the beacon signal from a terminal of a visually impaired person;

When the response signal is received from the short range communication module, the visually impaired guide includes a speaker module that outputs the facility information or the fuselage information so that the visually impaired person can identify the location of the facility or the fuselage by hearing. Beacon speaker for.
The method of claim 1, wherein the short-range communication module,

When the pairing is attempted by the Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth 4.0) or more from the terminal, it is configured to perform the pairing by Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth 4.0) or more to receive the response signal Beacon speaker for.
The method of claim 1, wherein the beacon transmission module,

Beacon speaker for the guidance of the visually impaired, characterized in that configured to transmit by setting the power of the beacon signal in accordance with a preset transmission distance.
According to claim 3, The facility information or body information,

Beacon speaker for guiding the visually impaired, characterized in that configured to include distance information according to the type of the facility or the fuselage and the preset transmission distance.
The method of claim 4, wherein the speaker module,

When the response signal is received from the short-range communication module, the beacon speaker for guiding the blind, characterized in that configured to output the output power corresponding to the distance information of the beacon signal.
A near field communication module configured to receive a beacon signal from a terminal of a visually impaired person;

When the beacon signal is received from the short-range communication module, the visually impaired guide includes a speaker module that outputs the facility information or the fuselage information so that the visually impaired person can detect the location of the facility or the fuselage by hearing. Beacon speaker for.
The method of claim 6, wherein the short-range communication module,

Beacon speaker for the guidance of the visually impaired, characterized in that configured to receive a beacon signal in accordance with a Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth 4.0, BLE) or more communication method from the terminal.
The method of claim 7, wherein the facility information or body information,

Beacon speaker for guidance of the visually impaired, characterized in that configured to include the guide information of the facility or the fuselage.
A beacon recognition request receiving module for receiving a beacon recognition request for a beacon signal from a visually impaired terminal;

A beacon recognition module for searching facility information or body information corresponding to the beacon signal according to the beacon recognition request received by the beacon recognition request receiving module;

A beacon recognition server for recognizing a beacon signal for the visually impaired including a facility information / fuselage information transmitting module for transmitting the facility information or body information retrieved by the beacon recognition module in real time to the terminal.
The method of claim 9, wherein the facility information or the fuselage information,

A beacon recognition server for recognizing a beacon signal for the visually impaired, characterized in that configured to include distance information according to the type of the facility or the fuselage and the preset transmission distance.
Transmitting, by a beacon transmission module, a beacon signal corresponding to facility information or body information to a terminal of a visually impaired person;

Receiving, by a short range communication module, a response signal for the beacon signal from the terminal of the blind;

Beacon speaker comprising the step of outputting the facility information or fuselage information so that the speaker module can determine the location of the facility or the fuselage by hearing when the response module receives a response signal from the short-range communication module; How to guide visually impaired people at (beacon speaker).
The method of claim 11, wherein the short-range communication module receives a response signal to the beacon signal from the terminal of the visually impaired person,

When pairing (pairing) is attempted by the Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth 4.0) or more from the terminal, performing the pairing by the Bluetooth 4.0 or more is configured to receive the response signal of the blind beacon speaker.
The method of claim 11, wherein the beacon transmission module transmits a beacon signal corresponding to facility information or body information to a terminal of a visually impaired person.

Blind speaker guide method for visually impaired, characterized in that configured to transmit by setting the power of the beacon signal in accordance with a preset transmission distance.
The method of claim 13, wherein the facility information or body information,

Blind speaker guide method for the visually impaired, characterized in that configured to include distance information according to the type of the facility or the fuselage and the preset transmission distance.
The apparatus of claim 14, wherein when a response signal is received from the short range communication module, a speaker module outputs the facility information or the fuselage information so that the visually impaired person can detect the location of the facility or the fuselage by hearing. The steps are,

When the response signal is received from the short-range communication module, the visually impaired guidance method of the beacon speaker, characterized in that configured to output the output power corresponding to the distance information of the beacon signal.
Receiving, by the near field communication module, a beacon signal from a terminal of the visually impaired;

Beacon speaker when the beacon signal is received from the short-range communication module, the speaker module (Speaker) module comprising the step of outputting the facility information or fuselage information so that the visually impaired to determine the location of the facility or fuselage by hearing How to guide visually impaired people at (beacon speaker).
The method of claim 16, wherein the short range communication module receives a beacon signal from a terminal of a visually impaired person,

The visually impaired guidance method of the beacon speaker, characterized in that configured to receive a beacon signal in accordance with the Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth 4.0, BLE) or more communication method from the terminal.
The method of claim 17, wherein the facility information or body information,

Method for guiding the visually impaired of a beacon speaker, characterized in that configured to include the guide information of the facility or the fuselage.
Receiving, by the beacon recognition request receiving module, a beacon recognition request for a beacon signal from a terminal of a visually impaired person;

Searching, by a beacon recognition module, facility information or body information corresponding to the beacon signal according to a beacon recognition request received by the beacon recognition request receiving module;

Beacon signal recognition method for the visually impaired of the beacon recognition server comprising the facility information / fuselage information transmitting module to transmit the facility information or the fuselage information retrieved from the beacon recognition module to the terminal in real time.
The method of claim 19, wherein the facility information or body information,

Beacon signal recognition method for the visually impaired of the beacon recognition server, characterized in that configured to include the distance information according to the type of the facility or the fuselage and the preset transmission distance.