KR100494992B1 - method for providing synthetic information using web kiosk terminal with information extension arbitration apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing comprehensive information using a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus. According to the present invention, an information expansion arbitration device is formed between a peripheral unit for providing various information to a kiosk terminal and a kiosk main body central processing unit of the kiosk terminal according to a user's request. As a result, priority is given between various pieces of information provided in real time through the peripheral unit, thereby preventing data collision between the peripheral units, thereby allowing two or more pieces of information to be smoothly provided without an error in the kiosk terminal. In addition, the information expansion arbitration apparatus according to the present invention can be configured in the interface configuration of the serial or parallel structure can be connected to the expansion of the new peripheral unit, the program modification of the client to provide information to the server or peripheral unit tag scheme The sub-program can be easily solved, and thus it is easy to expand or reduce the function of the kiosk terminal according to the purpose.

Description

Method for providing synthetic information using web kiosk terminal with information extension arbitration apparatus}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a comprehensive information using a kiosk terminal, and more particularly, to a method for providing a comprehensive information using a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus capable of preventing a data collision between various peripheral units providing information. It is about.

In general, the kiosk terminal refers to various advertisement information, life guide information, etc., which the user wants to obtain through stills, texts, graphics, video, animations, etc., which are installed outside a public institution or a specific public place and displayed on a monitor. Means a comprehensive information guide system provided by a simple button operation.

A predetermined operating program is typically built into the kiosk terminal, and after storing image information to be provided to a storage medium such as a compact disk (CD), the image information is displayed on a monitor by a user's button manipulation. It is supposed to be. Therefore, the video information to be provided is limited in the amount of information by the storage capacity of the storage medium, in addition to the advertisement information or guidance information, various life information provided through the life information paper on the roadside can not be delivered to the users in real time There was this. In addition, the user could not be issued a discount coupon for a particular advertisement product included in the video information and the discount merchant. In addition, the kiosk terminal was mainly developed in the government administrative network system and various guide systems, and was often used only by a few users.

However, in the kiosk terminal disclosed in detail in Korean Patent No. 98-27322 filed on July 7, 1998, a video advertisement monitor displaying advertisement information about an advertisement product and its affiliated store as a video, and the video advertisement monitor A video touch screen equipped with a selection button for searching the displayed advertisement information and outputting a discount coupon of a specific product and the affiliated store, a text advertisement monitor displaying advertisement information about the mail order product stored in the optical disc and the affiliated store, the text A text advertisement touch screen having a selection button for searching advertisement information displayed on an advertisement monitor and outputting a discount coupon of a specific mail order product and its affiliated store, and providing an advertisement image to the text advertisement monitor. As it is manipulated, it retrieves advertising information and searches for specific mail order products and their merchants. Optical disk driver for outputting a coupon print signal for outputting the in-coupon, provides an advertising image to the video advertising monitor, retrieve the advertising information as the video touch screen is manipulated and output a discount coupon of a particular advertising product and its affiliates As the touch screen switch of the text advertisement touch screen is turned on while outputting a discount coupon print signal, the life information print signal for providing unattended guided information on the text advertisement touch screen and its search image and outputting the living information The above-mentioned conventional problems are solved by providing a kiosk terminal body for outputting a discount coupon print signal and a life information print signal outputted from the optical disk driver and the kiosk terminal body. have. In other words, by constructing a multi-video advertising network, not only various advertisement information and life information are displayed through multiple monitors, but also the user searches for various advertisement information and life information displayed on the monitor, Since it is possible to output specific living information, it is possible to quickly search for various advertising information and living information of electrodes as well as a specific area according to the size of the multi-video advertising network, and various local living information papers made of imported or recycled paper. It is now possible to reduce the waste of resources due to the upheaval and easily get discount coupons and necessary living information magazines from discount merchants. In addition, it is installed in public places, such as train stations and terminals where people come and go frequently, so that people can receive various information provided by various public institutions as well as advertisement information and living information regardless of time and place. It became possible.

In other words, real-time video content transmitted through a cable modem, ADSL modem, DSU, CSU, etc. to form a network connected to its own server, information provider (IP), Internet service provider (ISP), and content provider (CP). Or text advertising service, product counseling service for internet shopping, video phone service, civil document issuance and crowd service, credit card payment terminal service, cash withdrawal service, coin exchange service, giro collection service, coupon issuance service, universal mobile phone Recharge service was provided.

However, since the kiosk terminal provides various information in a multitasking manner, data collision occurs between peripheral units providing different information, so that the desired service is not provided smoothly or an error occurs in the kiosk terminal itself. This causes problems such as service interruption.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a comprehensive information using a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus that can solve the above problems.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a comprehensive information using a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus for more smoothly providing two or more information.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a comprehensive information using a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus capable of preventing data collision between peripheral devices.

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, in the present invention, a kiosk terminal having an information expansion arbitration apparatus and a kiosk terminal body connected to a server through a communication network to provide a comprehensive information service, and connected to a freely expandable peripheral device. A method for providing a comprehensive information using a device: When an optional peripheral device is additionally installed in the information expansion arbitration device, a connection extension routine is performed to give a priority ID to the peripheral device, and priority of the peripheral device already installed. Adjusting an ID; Registering the adjusted priority ID with the kiosk body central processing unit to register in the storage area; Checking the event occurrence time when the client requests access to the kiosk terminal device, and interfacing with the kiosk main processing unit according to the priority ID and the checked occurrence time to provide the requested service. It provides a comprehensive information providing method.

Hereinafter, the configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail together with the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the video advertisement monitor 11 displays advertisement information of an advertisement product and its affiliated store as a video, and the video advertisement monitor 11 outputs advertisement information output from a DVD by the following kiosk terminal body. Is compressed by the MPEG codec and NTSC generator through the information expansion mediation device 16, converted into a signal suitable for display on a video advertisement monitor or a text advertisement monitor, and is selected by a selector and supplied to a video advertisement monitor or a text advertisement monitor. do. Of course, the TV signal received by the TV tuner may be supplied to the selector to be selectively supplied to the video advertisement monitor or the text advertisement monitor, and the audio signal may be output through the audio amplifier speaker 10. .

The video touch screen 12 formed integrally with the video advertisement monitor 11 is provided with a selection button for searching advertisement information displayed on the video advertisement monitor 11 and outputting a discount coupon of a specific product and affiliated stores. have.

The video touch screen 12 has a front and rear selection button for searching the video advertisement screen forward and backward, a stop button for pausing the advertisement screen, a coupon output button for outputting a discount coupon, a moving image selection button, the next screen or The previous screen selection button and various numeric buttons are provided. Advertisement information for mail order products and merchants provided from an optical disk driver 2 having a virtual keyboard (3: key pad) and a deck (1: deck) is compressed by the MPEG codec (5) and the NTSC generator (6). After being decompressed, it is converted into a signal suitable for being displayed on the video advertisement monitor 11 or the text advertisement monitor 13 and is selected by the selector 9 and supplied to the video advertisement monitor 11 or the text advertisement monitor 13.

Here, the optical disk driver 2 is configured to receive an input of the virtual keyboard 3, read an optical disk mounted on the deck 1, and receive various information. Of course, the text advertisement provided from the optical disc driver 2 or the kiosk terminal main body 22 is displayed on the video advertisement monitor 11 or the text advertisement monitor 13 by the OSD generator 8 and the NTSC generator 6. (11) or is converted into a signal suitable for display on the text advertisement monitor 13, is selected by the selector (9) and configured to be selectively supplied.

The text advertisement touch screen 14 is provided with a selection button for retrieving advertisement information displayed on the text advertisement monitor 13 and outputting a discount coupon of a specific mail order product and its affiliated store. The text advertisement touch screen 14 has a front and rear selection button for searching the mail order goods screen back and forth, a stop button for pausing the advertisement screen, a coupon output button for outputting a discount coupon, and an optical disk to be played. On / Off button is provided.

An optical disc driver 2 having a virtual keyboard 3 for controlling the operation of an optical disc driver and a deck 1 on which an optical disc is mounted provides an advertisement image to the text advertisement monitor 13 and the text advertisement touch screen 14. ), The advertisement information is retrieved and a discount coupon print signal for outputting a discount coupon of a specific mail order product and its affiliated store is output. The optical disk driver 2 is displayed on the text advertisement monitor 14 when the communication between the following kiosk terminal main body 22 and ADSL and DSU, and a server connected through a communication modem and a common public communication network (not shown) is blocked. The advertisement information is displayed on the video advertisement monitor 11 at the same time.

In the present invention, the optical disk driver 2 retrieves the advertisement information, outputs a discount coupon print signal, and displays the advertisement information displayed on the text advertisement monitor 13 when communication between the kiosk terminal main body 22 and the server is blocked. A predetermined operating program is built in the video advertisement monitor 11 to be displayed at the same time. The video advertisement monitor 11 and the text advertisement monitor 13 are output from the DVD 23 by the kiosk terminal main body 22 below, and the information expansion arbitration apparatus 16, the MPEG codec 5, the OSD generator. (8) The unattended guided living information and the information retrieval image thereof applied through the NTSC generator 6 and the selector 9 are displayed.

The kiosk terminal main body 22 provides an advertisement image to the video advertisement monitor 11 and retrieves advertisement information as the video touch screen 12 is operated, and outputs a discount coupon of a specific advertisement product and its affiliate store. Outputs a discount coupon print signal.

In addition, the kiosk terminal main body 22 is the text advertisement is displayed on the video advertisement monitor 11 until the video touch screen 12 is turned on and the unmanned living information and the search image is displayed. Display on the monitor 13 at the same time. In addition, the kiosk terminal main body 22 allows the living information displayed on the text advertisement monitor 13 and its information search image to be displayed in a pull-down manner, and finally the displayed living information has a specific format. To output through the printer 29.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the kiosk terminal main body 22 uses a Pentium II processor, for example, in which a predetermined operating program capable of performing the above-described operations is incorporated.

The printer 29 outputs the discount coupon and the life information sheet when the discount coupon print signal and the life information print signal outputted from the optical disk driver 2 and the kiosk terminal main body 22 are input. The printer 29 displays the advertisement product displayed on the video advertisement monitor 11 and the text advertisement monitor 13, the discount coupon for the affiliate store, and the living information finally displayed on the text advertisement monitor 13. It is configured to print information sheets for output in a specific format.

In the drawing, reference numeral 4 denotes a coin provided to the kiosk terminal main body 22 so that the kiosk terminal main body 22 can provide information corresponding to the amount of coins input (coin). Recognizer, 15 is a printer terminal connected to an external printer not shown, 20 is a fingerprint that provides data about the kiosk terminal body 22 so that the kiosk terminal body 22 is driven only when a specific fingerprint is input. 19 is a plane rotating advertisement mechanism including a fluorescent lamp, and rotates a billboard of a plane connected to one or two motor shafts to advertise specific product information. Of course, since the fluorescent lamp is installed behind the flat billboard, the advertisement of the billboard is transmitted regardless of the brightness of the surroundings.

The information expansion arbitration device (16), which is a core technology of the present invention, is provided between a peripheral unit which is provided inside the kiosk terminal and provides a variety of information to users and the kiosk main body central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the kiosk terminal. It is a kind of interface card that is installed. Therefore, even if the information expansion arbitration apparatus 16 is not installed, the operation of the kiosk terminal can be normally performed. However, in the present invention, by providing the information expansion arbitration device 16 inside the kiosk terminal, public telephone / traffic card release and charger 24, cash / check dispenser 25 for providing various information according to the user's request It is possible to obtain an excellent effect to prevent data mixing between various peripheral devices such as.

In addition, the information expansion arbitration device 16 can be configured in the interface configuration of the serial or parallel structure, it is possible to expand the connection of a new peripheral device. In addition, a program modification of a client that provides information to a server or a peripheral device can also be easily solved by a tag type subprogram, which facilitates function expansion or function reduction of a kiosk terminal according to a purpose.

FIG. 2 shows a concrete diagram of the information expansion arbiter 16 shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, it can be seen that the information expansion arbiter 16 includes a main CPU 100 and an ASIC 102. The ASIC 102 includes a first address decoder 104, a ROM 106 and a RAM 108, a data latcher unit 110, a plurality of 8-bit bidirectional buffers 112, and a second address decoder 114. do. The ROM 106 and the RAM 108 are connected to the main CPU 100 through a first address decoder 104, and the plurality of 8-bit bidirectional buffers 112 are connected through the data latch unit 110. It is connected to the main CPU 100.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing comprehensive information through a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus 16 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 200, the kiosk main body central processing unit of the kiosk terminal is initialized with the power turned on. In step 202, the memory of the kiosk terminal is checked whether the memory is ready for providing information. If it is determined that the memory is not ready, the process returns to step 200 or a system error process is performed. When the memory is ready, the process proceeds to step 204 to check whether communication with a user, that is, a client, to receive information from the peripheral device is possible. As a result of the check, if communication with the client is possible, the flow proceeds to step 206 to start IIC communication, which is a communication method between the main CPU 100 and the peripheral units in the information expansion arbitration apparatus 16 shown in FIG. . Then, IIC cumulative function is received and IIC function is analyzed. On the other hand, if communication with the client is not possible, step 204 is repeated or system error processing is performed until a state in which communication with the client is possible is checked.

Subsequently, in step 208, communication is started using, for example, RS485, and it is checked whether the auxiliary communication is normal. In step 210, it is checked whether the system connected to the display device for displaying information is normal. In step 212, it is checked whether an output device for outputting information selected by the user is on. As a result of the check, if the output device is not in the on state, step 212 is repeated or the system error processing is performed until the output state is in the on state. When the output device is in the ON state, the flow proceeds to step 214 to receive a command for controlling the operation state of the kiosk terminal from the server. Step 216 is a process performed in the information expansion arbitration apparatus 16 shown in FIG. 2, and the information arbitration is performed to give priority to various data supplied from peripheral devices in real time to prevent data collision. In step 218, the service is started to the users in the order of information given priority in step 216.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing process performed in a peripheral unit that provides a service for various information to a kiosk terminal.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 300, the kiosk main unit central processing unit of the kiosk terminal is initialized. In step 302, it is checked whether the 'n'-th peripheral device is attached. If it is not attached, step 302 is repeated. In case of being attached, the process proceeds to step 304, the state of each peripheral device is checked, and a program by a unique number is assigned. In step 306, it is checked whether the network is connected to the server. If the network is connected to the server, the flow proceeds to step 308 and reports the current state of the client to the server. In operation 310, after receiving an operation state command from the server, the operation proceeds to operation 312 to perform a watchdog function. In operation 314, the security device is operated, and in operation 316, the service is started to the kiosk terminal.

On the other hand, if the network is not connected to the server in step 306 proceeds to step 318 attempts to connect to the network with the server, proceeds to step 320 to build a self-operating system, and attempts to connect to the network To guide.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an information expansion arbitration process performed in the information expansion arbitration apparatus.

Referring to FIG. 5, in step 400, after initializing the main CPU inside the information expansion arbitration apparatus, the process proceeds to step 402 to check whether a new peripheral device is to be expanded. As a result of the check, in the case of the new peripheral device access extension command, the process proceeds to step 404 to assign a new priority ID to the newly connected peripheral device so as not to be confused with a previously registered peripheral device. Subsequently, in step 406, communication is performed with the central processing unit (CPU) of the kiosk terminal main body, and the priority ID of the new peripheral device is registered. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step 408, it is checked whether there is a connection service request to receive a service from the peripheral device, and when there is a connection service request, the process proceeds to step 410, at which an event occurs at which the user freely selects desired information. In step 412, the interface according to the priority ID and the event occurrence time of the peripheral device is implemented.

What has been described above is only one embodiment for providing comprehensive information using a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus according to the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but the following claims Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed in the scope.

As described above, in the present invention, an information expansion arbitration device is formed between the peripheral device for providing various information to the kiosk terminal and the kiosk main body central processing unit of the kiosk terminal according to the user's request. As a result, priority is given between various pieces of information provided in real time through the peripheral device, thereby preventing data collision between the peripheral devices, thereby allowing two or more pieces of information to be smoothly provided without an error of the kiosk terminal.

In addition, the information expansion arbitration apparatus according to the present invention can be configured in the interface configuration of the serial or parallel structure can be connected to the expansion of a new peripheral device, the program modification of the client to provide information to the server or peripheral devices also serve as a tag method It can be easily solved by the program, and it is easy to expand or reduce the function of the kiosk terminal according to the purpose.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed diagram of the information expansion arbitration apparatus shown in FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing comprehensive information through a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing process performed in a peripheral unit that provides a service for various information to a kiosk terminal.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an information expansion arbitration process performed in the information expansion arbitration apparatus.

※ Explanation of symbols about main part of drawing ※

1: Deck 2: Optical Disk Driver

3: virtual keyboard 4: coin recognizer

5: MPEG codec 6: NTSC generator

7: TV tuner 8: OSD generator

9: selector 10: audio amplifier speaker

11: Video advertising monitor 12: Video touch screen

13: Text Ad Monitor 14: Text Ad Touch Screen

15: Terminal Printer 16: Information Expansion Arbitration Device

17: LED display 18: Pager telephone

19: Planar rotating advertisement mechanism 20: Fingerprint recognizer

21: communication modem 22: the kiosk terminal body

23: DVD 24: Public phone / traffic card release and charger

25: Cash / Check dispenser 26: Complaint issuing machine

27: Video Phone 29: Printer

Claims (8)

A method of providing comprehensive information using a kiosk terminal device having an information expansion arbitration device connected to a server via a communication network and connected to a freely expandable peripheral device and a kiosk terminal body: If any peripheral device is additionally installed in the information expansion arbitration apparatus, performing a connection extension routine to assign a priority ID to the peripheral device and adjusting the priority ID of the already installed peripheral device; Registering the adjusted priority ID with the kiosk body central processing unit to register in the storage area; Checking the event occurrence time when the client requests access to the kiosk terminal device, and interfacing with the kiosk main processing unit according to the priority ID and the checked occurrence time to provide the requested service. Comprehensive information providing method. 2. The kiosk terminal of claim 1, wherein the priority ID is assigned to the peripheral device, and the priority ID adjustment of the already installed peripheral device is performed in the main CPU inside the information expansion arbitration device. How to provide comprehensive information. A method of providing comprehensive information using a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus: Initializing the kiosk main body central processing unit of the kiosk terminal; Checking whether communication with a client providing information to peripheral units for providing information to the kiosk terminal is possible; When communication with the client is possible, initiating communication between the main CPU and the peripheral units in the information expansion arbitration apparatus, and analyzing the cumulative function reception and function of the communication; Receiving a command for controlling an operation state of the kiosk terminal from a server; Preventing data collision by giving priority to various data supplied from the peripheral units in real time through the information expansion arbitration apparatus; Comprising: starting the information providing service in the order of priority given through the information expansion arbitration apparatus comprising a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the communication method between the main CPU and the peripheral units in the information expansion arbitration apparatus is an IIC communication method. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein when communication with the client is possible, communication is initiated between the main CPI and peripheral units in the information expansion arbitration apparatus, the cumulative function reception and function of the communication are analyzed, and then RS485 is used. Initiating communication, and confirming the secondary communication further comprising the method of providing a comprehensive information using a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration apparatus. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: initiating communication using the RS485, checking auxiliary communication, searching for a display device indicating information, and checking a state of an output device for outputting selected information. Comprehensive information providing method using a kiosk terminal equipped with an information expansion arbitration device characterized in that. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: checking whether communication is possible with a client providing information to peripheral units for providing information to the kiosk terminal; Initializing the kiosk body central processing unit; After checking the attachment of the 'n' peripheral unit, and checking the status of each peripheral device and assigning a program by a unique number, After checking whether the network is connected to the server, reporting the current status of the client to the server, Receiving an operation status command from the server; Starting the watchdog function, Comprising a step of operating the security device, the information providing service to the user comprising the information expansion arbitration apparatus provided with a kiosk terminal, characterized in that it comprises a. 4. The information expansion arbitration according to claim 3, further comprising the step of attempting a network connection with the server and guiding attempts to establish a self-operating system and a network connection when the network is not connected to the server. Comprehensive information providing method using a kiosk terminal equipped with a device.