KR100544231B1 - System and method for position tracking service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a location tracking service providing system and method thereof. This system is an automatic identification tag that stores only unique identification information with a global identification system, a reader installed in a specific region or nationwide to collect tag information from the automatic recognition tag, and the tag information from the reader to collect tag information When a user requests a location service to a location service server using a location collector that stores and manages the location service, the location service server is connected through the network with the location information collector, so that the current location, the past location, and the predicted movement location of the wearer are worn. Location information about the user and the like. According to the present invention, it is possible to determine the current position of the wear target wearing the automatic recognition tag in real time, to provide a predictable location information in the future by detecting the amount of movement of the wear target, and to determine the location regardless of people or things It can be applied to the situation, so it is easy to expand the service and more economical system can be built.

Location tracking service, global identification system, automatic identification tag, reader, location information collector

Description

Location tracking service providing system and method thereof {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITION TRACKING SERVICE}

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a location tracking service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a location tracking service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a system for providing a location tracking service and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a location tracking system and a method for tracking a location of a person or a thing in real time by attaching an automatic recognition tag to the person or the thing.

Mia outbreaks occur mainly in congested spaces such as markets, amusement parks, amusement parks, and playgrounds, mostly near homes or out with parents.

In order to prevent the loss of children, conventionally, children are wearing ribbons and bracelets with the names, addresses and contact details of children, but ribbons and bracelets may be lost and should be contacted by the person who found them. Only children can be found.

In particular, when a person who loses information about a lost child is lost, a younger child who does not know her address or contact information becomes more difficult to find a parent.

In the event of a lost child, tracking the whereabouts of the child by reporting the lost child quickly increases the probability of finding the missing child because of the relatively small radius of the child's activity, making it difficult to contact and track quickly due to lack of manpower, time and indifference. not.

In addition, as well as missing children, mental illnesses and dementia patients who are adults are missing while the protection of their families is neglected.In this case, unlike Mia, they are less likely to be found than Mia because they are recognized as adults. .

Currently, a location tracking system using a satellite or a location tracking system using a mobile communication is provided for a user's location tracking. However, in such a method, service provision is limited to mobile subscribers or expensive additional equipment is required.

Meanwhile, the barcode applied in the logistics distribution system is developed and used as a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that can operate without spatial limitations at a long distance, but most manufacturers do not guarantee mutual compatibility using different recognition systems. I can't.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is a system for providing a location tracking service that can track the current location in real time through a reader distributed in a specific region by wearing an automatic recognition tag that stores unique identification information in a person or thing And a method thereof.

In order to solve this problem, the present invention attaches an automatic recognition tag to a person or an object to track the position of the person or the object in real time through a reader and a location information collector.

Location tracking service providing system according to an aspect of the present invention,

An automatic recognition tag that stores unique identification information for uniquely distinguishing the wear target, wherein the auto recognition tag is worn on the wear target and collects tag information including the global identification information while transmitting and receiving data wirelessly. A reader distributed in a specific region; Among the tag information collected using the proximity location recognition method using the location of the reader, the moving amount of the wearing object is sensed by using the location information of the reader which has collected tag information including specific unique identification information, and the current of the wearing object is detected. A location information collector for providing location information and movement prediction location information; And requesting location tracking for a particular wearable object, extract unique identification information mapped to the specific wearable object, and transmit the extracted unique identification information to the location information collector as the specific unique identification number to request location tracking for the specific wearable object. And a location tracking service server that receives location information and movement prediction location information corresponding to the specific unique identification information from the location information collector and maps and provides map information.
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The movement prediction position information may be detected based on the number of times that the location information collector senses the same reader for the automatic recognition tag including the specific unique identification information.

Here, the location tracking service server transmits and receives data with the location information collector or the user, receives a wearer's location tracking request including identification information of the wear target from the user, and transmits the location tracking information of the wear target to the user. A data transceiver; A subscriber profile manager configured to manage profile information such as service subscription and authentication of a user input through the data transmission and reception unit, user authority, and identification information of a wear target of an auto recognition tag associated with the user; A map information provider for providing topographic map information of an area proximate to the reader based on the locations of the plurality of readers; The location information system detects the location of the wear target based on the tag information transmitted through the location information collector, maps the location information of the wear target to the map information provided by the map information provider, and transmits the location information to the data transceiver. study; And a list manager configured to set a list of location information collectors for each service provider that provides a location tracking service, and allocate and manage unique identification information stored in the automatic recognition tag.

The list manager, when receiving tag information of the auto recognition tag managed by the different service providers, analyzes the tag information and transmits the tag information to a default location information collector of the corresponding service provider. do.

In addition, the automatic identification tag is a global identification scheme, the version (VERSION) is increased based on the Electronic Product Code (EPC), the object class (OBJECT CLASS) area to wear information, the EPC manager area provides a location tracking service And unique identification information to which the service provider information is added.

In addition, the automatic recognition tag may exchange information through wireless remote sensing and recognition without control of the wearing object due to the unique identification information applying the global identification scheme.

In addition, the reader collects tag information from an auto recognition tag in coverage by applying periodic proximity recognition technology by periodic broadcasting (BROADCASTING).

The location information collector may analyze the tag information transmitted from the reader to extract proximity location information of the wear target based on the location of the reader.

The location information collector may include a tag information manager configured to analyze tag information collected from the reader, manage tag status, and count tag information input to the reader; A reader location manager that manages location information of the readers managed by the location information collectors; And an information providing unit providing current position information of the wearing target and a predicted movement position to a location tracking service server that requests the position tracking service of the wearing target through the tag information managing unit and the reader location managing unit.

In addition, the plurality of distributed location information collector manages the dynamic data of the location of the wearing target, the location tracking service server performs static data including user profile information and unique identification information in the automatic identification tag to perform the assignment It is characterized by.

Location tracking service providing method according to another feature of the present invention,

a) initializing the system by setting information for tracking the position of the wear target; b) the location tracking service according to a user's request using identification information, user profile, usage rights and authentication information of the wearer wearing the auto identification tag having unique identification information generated by the mapping with the auto identification tag. Registering; c) collecting and analyzing tag information transmitted from the auto recognition tag to increase a counter when transmitting the information state of the tag and the tag information from the auto recognition tag to calculate position information of the wear target; And d) when the location tracking service request is received, receives the location information of the specific tag wearing target calculated in step c) with respect to the unique identification information assigned to the specific tag wearing target where the location service request is received. Providing the user with the current location information of the object to be worn.

In addition, in step c), a reader for collecting real-time tag information from all the auto recognition tags in the coverage by periodic broadcasting is fixedly installed in a specific area, and the location information collector for managing the plurality of readers is installed in the reader. Receiving tag information is characterized in that the recognition of the proximity position of the wear object based on the position of the reader.

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The location information collector may be configured in a distributed hierarchical structure to process tag information generated in the plurality of readers.

In addition, in step c), history management of current location information and past location of the wear target is performed by using the information state and the countering information of the tag, and the wear is performed when the wear target moves to an area where location tracking is impossible. The method may detect the predicted movement position by detecting the movement amount of the target.

In addition, step d),

i) if a location tracking service request is received from the user together with the identification information of the wear target, verifying a user profile registered in step b), a usage right, and an authentication state; ii) when the verification of the user is completed, acquiring the position information of the wearing object calculated based on the tag information collected from the automatic recognition tag of the wearing object; And iii) mapping the obtained location information of the wear target with map information and transmitting the map to the user in a form suitable for the user.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

First, a location tracking service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a location tracking service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system for providing a location tracking service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an automatic recognition tag 10, a reader 20, a location information collector 30, and a location tracking service server 40. have.

The auto recognition tag 10 stores unique identification information for distinguishing a wearer from being worn on a person or an object.

The automatic recognition tag 10 has all the advantages of the wireless identification tag and can be checked and shared anytime, anywhere due to the standardization of the tag information. And the automatic recognition tag 10 is an automatic recognition system that enables the exchange of information without human intervention by remote sensing and recognition using wireless, it is composed of a transponder, a transceiver, an antenna.

In the present invention, since the proximity recognition method using the position of the fixed reader 20 is suitable for the automatic recognition tag 10, only the unique identification information for distinguishing each tag in the automatic recognition tag 10 is minimized to minimize the amount of information. In addition, the memory size of the automatic recognition tag 10 is minimized accordingly.

In the above, the identification information for identification of the automatic recognition tag 10 is composed of 96 bits in the EPC, the item identification system for identification, an 8-bit header for a version, an 28-bit EPC manager for a manufacturer, and a product. It consists of a 24-bit object class, meaning, and a 36-bit serial number, meaning a unique item.

In the present invention, the unique identification information of the auto recognition tag 10 increases the version based on the above-described EPC scheme, the EPC manager region additionally indicates a location tracking service provider, and the object class region represents a person or various objects. Defined as an extended version that additionally means kind. Automatic recognition tag 10 using the EPC-based identification scheme has the advantage of low cost, small life.

The object to be worn of the automatic recognition tag 10 can be attached and inserted without distinguishing people, objects, machines, etc., and various configurations are possible in a convenient form for long time wearing such as tags, badges, watches, clothes, and card types. It uses autonomous information transfer technology that does not require the wearer's intervention when exchanging information with the reader.

The reader 20 collects tag information in real time while transmitting and receiving data wirelessly with the automatic recognition tag 10, converts the tag information into a data format that can be recognized by the location information collector 30, and transmits the converted tag information. The reader 20 is first concentrated in an area where the necessity of location information service emerges, and is distributed and fixedly installed in other regions or all over the country.

The reader 20 collects information from all the auto recognition tags 10 in the coverage in a periodical broadcasting manner, and uses a positioning technique using the position information of the fixed reader 20.

That is, in order to inform location information closest to the wearer of the auto recognition tag 10, the reader 20 uses a proximity location recognition technology that recognizes a location when the object is near a known location. This proximity location-aware technology has the advantage of being deployed at low facility investment and low cost.

The location information collector 30 periodically collects and manages tag information related to the auto recognition tag from the reader 20, and transmits the tag information to the location tracking service server 40 through the network.

The location information collector 30 is configured in a distributed hierarchical structure to efficiently process a large amount of tag information generated from a plurality of readers 20 distributed in each region.

That is, the location information collector 30 includes a tag information management unit 31, a reader location management unit 32, and an information provider 33.

The tag information management unit 31 analyzes tag information collected by the reader 20 and manages a tag state and a counter when the tag corresponds to a service area of the location information collector 30.

When the automatic recognition tag 10 continuously informs the tag information to the same reader 20, the tag information management unit 31 increments a counter to detect the movement amount of the wearer and also supports the state prediction.

The reader location manager 32 manages location information of the reader 20 managed by each location information collector 30.

The information provider 33 transmits the tag information collected through the reader 20 managed by each location information collector 30 according to a request of the location tracking service server 40.

The location information collector 30 manages the history of the previous location if a trace of the wearer entering the service area is found when the network is built only in a limited area of the initial stage, as well as the current location information of the wearer who wears the auto recognition tag 10. By performing, the wearer can support predictable location information even when the wearer is out of the location trackable area.

When the location tracking service server 40 receives the location tracking request of the wearer of the auto recognition tag from the client, the location tracking service server 40 transmits the location tracking command of the corresponding wearer to the plurality of location information collectors 30 and receives the location information from the location information collector 30. The tag information is analyzed and the location information of the current wearer is provided to the client along with the topographic map information.

The location tracking service server 40 includes, but is not limited to, a data transceiver 41, a subscriber profile manager 42, a map information provider 43, a location information provider 44, and a list manager 45. Do not.

The data transmission / reception unit 41 transmits / receives data with the client or the location information collector 30, receives a wearer's location tracking request including the wearer's personal information from the client, and sends the wearer's location information in a form suitable for the client's specifications. send.

The subscriber profile manager 42 may be a user's service subscription and authentication input through the data transceiver 41, a user's authority, a name of a wearer of an auto identification tag associated with the user, a social security number (or a manufacturing number), characteristics, and the like. Register and change profile information.

The map information providing unit 43 provides the topographic map information of the region adjacent to the reader 20 based on the reader 20.

The location information providing unit 44 detects the wearer's location based on the tag information transmitted through the location information collector 30, and the map information providing unit 43 receives the map information of an area close to the wearer's location. By mapping the location and the map information of the wearer's location information is provided to the client through the data transmission and reception unit 41.

The list manager 45 sets a list of the location information collector 30 managed by each service provider, assigns unique identification information stored in the auto recognition tag 10, and then identifies the auto recognition tag 10. Integrated information management.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the location information collector, the location tracking service server, and the client transmit and receive information through the Internet, but separate service server functions, control and delivery layer functions of the application layer according to the trend of the next generation wired / wireless integrated network. Network resources owned by existing network operators may also be accessed through open application programming interfaces.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, not only subscribers connected to the Internet but also all subscribers connected to a mobile communication network or a wired communication network can provide a service through sharing the collected location information.

In addition, the distributed location information collector 30 manages the dynamic data of the wearer, and the location tracking service server 40 centrally integrates and manages static data including the profile information of the wearer, thereby improving the efficiency of large data processing. You can expect

Next, the operation of the location tracking service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a location tracking service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the location tracking service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, in order to initialize the system, the location information collector 30 managed by each service provider may include Set default location information belonging to a third-party vendor for fixed location information and roaming services. In addition, the location tracking service server 40 sets a list of location information collectors 30 managed by each service provider, allocates unique identification information stored in the automatic recognition tag 10, and then performs integrated management. )

Next, the user registers the location tracking service of the wear target wearing the automatic recognition tag 10. (S2)

That is, the client inputs unique information that is easy to remember, such as the name, social security number, manufacturing number, or feature of the wear target (person or thing) wearing the automatic recognition tag 10, and the location tracking service server 40 automatically recognizes A mapping relationship between global and unique identification information stored in the tag 10 is set.

The subscriber profile manager 42 stores in the location service server 40 information and profiles for verifying the authentication and the use authority for the user by the user input.

When receiving the radio frequency signal through the antenna, the automatic recognition tag 10 transmits the unique identification information embedded in the automatic recognition tag 10 to the reader 20. Then, the reader 20 collects tag information generated periodically and continuously and transmits the tag information to the location information collector 30. (S3)

The location information collector 30 determines the current location of the wearer by using a proximity location recognition method using the location of the fixed reader 20, and analyzes tag information collected from the reader 20 managed by the location information. Manages the status (add, delete, maintain) and counters for tags belonging to the service provider.

When the location tracking service server 40 receives the wearer's location tracking service request from the client, the location tracking service server 40 provides the current location information by tracking the wearer's location (S4 and S5).

That is, the location tracking service server 40 verifies the service subscription, authentication, and usage status of the user, and acquires unique identification information of the corresponding auto recognition tag 10 to manage a plurality of service providers to which the service provider belongs. The wearer's location tracking command is transmitted only to the location information collector 30.

The location information collector 30 transmits the tag information according to the location tracking command of the location service server 40, and the location service server 40 analyzes the received information to locate the wearer along with the topographic map information. Provide information to the client.

In this case, the location tracking service server 40 preferably generates charging information according to the wearer's location tracking service.

When the location tracking service providing process is completed above, the location tracking service server 40 deletes all the information set when the service is registered by the user (S6).

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the location of survivors and deaths in the event of a disaster, as well as the location of the lost children, the elderly, the mentally ill, dementia patients, abducted children or active children, and the position of soldiers on duty, according to the user's request You can also check the location of your personal belongings to prevent theft.

As such, the present invention provides a ubiquitous concierge type location tracking service that is applied to various situations where location is required regardless of a person or an object, and more economically solves the worry and anxiety of many people.

In addition, by performing the history management for the previous location as well as the current location information of the wearer wearing the automatic recognition tag in the embodiment of the present invention, even if the wearer is out of the location tracking area, it supports predictable location information, automatic recognition When the tag 10 notifies the tag information continuously through the same reader 20, the tag 10 increases the counter to detect the movement amount of the auto recognition tag wearer to support the state prediction.

In addition, the automatic identification tag has built-in unique identification information with a global identification system to distinguish the wearer, so that tag information of various company products can be collected in the same reader 20 or the location information collector 30, and other operators When the location information of the auto recognition tag belonging to is received, the tag information is analyzed and transferred to the default location information collector of the service provider, so that it is easy to provide continuous service even if located in different service providers' areas.

The reader and the location information collector 30 are preferentially installed in silver towns, amusement parks, apartment areas, etc., where the need for location information service emerges. The service can also be extended by adding only readers and location collectors to the required area.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various other changes and modifications are possible.

As described above, the system and method for providing a location tracking service according to the present invention can grasp the current location of the wear target wearing the auto recognition tag in real time, and manage the history of the previous position of the wear target and tag information of the auto recognition tag. Counting the number of times to detect the amount of movement of the wearing target has the effect of providing predictable location information in the future.

In addition, the location tracking service providing system and method according to the present invention has built-in unique identification information based on the global identification system in the automatic identification tag to identify the wearable, it is possible to share information with other companies, wear Even if the target is located in the area of another service provider, there is an effect of providing a continuous location tracking service.

The system and method for providing a location tracking service according to the present invention can be applied to various situations where location is required regardless of a person or a thing by using an automatic recognition tag, a reader, and a location information collector, so that the service can be easily extended and more economical. It is possible to build an in-system.

Claims (15)

In a system for providing a location tracking service, An automatic recognition tag that stores unique identification information for uniquely distinguishing a wearing object, wherein the automatic recognition tag is worn on the wearing object, to collect tag information including the unique identification information while transmitting and receiving data wirelessly. A reader distributed in a specific region; Among the tag information collected using the proximity location recognition method using the location of the reader, the moving amount of the wearing object is sensed by using the location information of the reader which has collected tag information including specific unique identification information, and the current of the wearing object is detected. A location information collector for providing location information and movement prediction location information; And When the location tracking request for a particular wearable object is requested, the unique identification information mapped to the specific wearable object is extracted and transmitted to the location information collector as the specific unique identification number, and the location information tracking for the specific wearable object is requested. Location tracking service server that receives the location information and the movement prediction location information corresponding to the specific unique identification information from the location information collector and maps the map information Including; And the movement prediction location information is detected based on the number of times the location information collector detects the same tag for the automatic recognition tag including the specific unique identification information. The method of claim 1, The location tracking service server, A data transmitting / receiving unit which transmits and receives data with the location information collector or the user, receives a wearer's location tracking request including the identification information of the wear target from the user, and transmits the position tracking information of the wear target to the user; A subscriber profile manager configured to manage profile information such as service subscription and authentication of a user input through the data transmission and reception unit, user authority, and identification information of a wear target of an auto recognition tag associated with the user; A map information provider for providing topographic map information of an area proximate to the reader based on the locations of the plurality of readers; The location information system detects the location of the wear target based on the tag information transmitted through the location information collector, maps the location information of the wear target to the map information provided by the map information provider, and transmits the location information to the data transceiver. study; And A list management unit that sets a list of location information collectors for each service provider that provides location tracking services, and allocates and manages unique identification information stored in the auto recognition tag. Location tracking service providing system comprising a. The method of claim 2, The list management unit, When tag information of the auto recognition tag managed by the different service providers is received, the tag information is analyzed and transmitted to the default location information collector of the corresponding service provider. Position tracking service providing system, characterized in that. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The automatic recognition tag, It is a global identification system that increases the version (VERSION) based on the Electronic Product Code (EPC), adds the object information (OBJECT CLASS) to wearable information, and the EPC manager area to add service provider information that provides location services. To store identifying information Position tracking service providing system, characterized in that. The method of claim 4, wherein The automatic recognition tag is a location tracking service providing system, characterized in that the exchange of information through the wireless remote sensing and recognition without the control of the wearing due to the unique identification information applying the global identification system. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The reader collects the tag information from the automatic recognition tag in the coverage by periodic broadcast (BROADCASTING) by applying the proximity location recognition technology. The method of claim 6, And the location information collector extracts proximity location information of the wear target based on the location of the reader by analyzing tag information transmitted from the reader. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The location information collector, A tag information management unit for analyzing tag information collected from the reader to manage a tag state and counting tag information input to the reader; A reader location manager that manages location information of the readers managed by the location information collectors; And Information providing unit for providing the current location information of the wear target, the predicted movement position to the location tracking service server requesting the location tracking service of the wear target through the tag information management unit and the reader position manager; Location tracking service providing system comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The distributed plurality of location information collectors manages dynamic data about the location of the wearing target, The location tracking service server may be configured to allocate static data including user profile information and unique identification information in the auto recognition tag. Position tracking service providing system, characterized in that. a) initializing the system by setting information for tracking the position of the wear target; b) the location tracking service according to a user's request using identification information, user profile, usage rights and authentication information of the wearer wearing the auto identification tag having unique identification information generated by the mapping with the auto identification tag. Registering; c) collecting and analyzing tag information transmitted from the auto recognition tag to increase a counter when transmitting the information state of the tag and the tag information from the auto recognition tag to calculate position information of the wear target; And d) When the location tracking service request is received, the geographic information is received by receiving the location information of the specific tag wearing target calculated in step c) with respect to the unique identification information assigned to the specific tag wearing target where the location service request is received. And providing the current location information of the wear target to the user. Location tracking service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 10, The unique identification information of step b) is generated by setting the mapping relationship with the tag information included in the automatic recognition tag. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein In step c), A reader that collects real-time tag information from all auto-recognized tags in coverage by periodic broadcasting method is fixedly installed in a specific area. The location information collector, which manages the plurality of readers, receives tag information from the reader to recognize a proximity position of the wear target based on the location of the reader. Location tracking service providing method, characterized in that. The method of claim 12, The location information collector is configured to have a distributed hierarchical structure for processing tag information generated in the plurality of readers. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein In step c), History management of current position information and past position of the wear target is performed by using the information state and countering information of the tag, When the wearing target moves to an area where location tracking is impossible, the predicted moving position is detected by detecting the movement amount of the wearing target. Location tracking service providing method, characterized in that. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein Step d), i) if a location tracking service request is received from the user together with the identification information of the wear target, verifying a user profile registered in step b), a usage right, and an authentication state; ii) when the verification of the user is completed, acquiring the position information of the wearing object calculated based on the tag information collected from the automatic recognition tag of the wearing object; And iii) mapping the obtained position information of the wear target with map information and transmitting the result to a form suitable for the user. Location tracking service providing method comprising a.

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