KR100684171B1 - System and method for furnishing a point of interest information using portable phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a location information service system and method using a mobile phone that can receive location information and map information from a service server, and can acquire location information of any point and store it in the service server. Transmits a service server for providing location information through a mobile communication network, a search command for receiving desired location information to a service server, receives location information and corresponding map information retrieved from a service server, and acquires location information of an arbitrary point. Include a mobile phone requesting storage to the service server. By allowing users to store or change location information in real time, they can build a location database without investing extra money or expensive equipment, and various location information services are possible.

Location information, service server, mobile phone, location detector, coordinates, azimuth, tilt

Description

Location information service system and method using a mobile phone {System and method for furnishing a point of interest information using portable phone}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a location information service system using a mobile phone according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a location information service method using a mobile phone according to the present invention.

3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining FIG. 2.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: coordinate acquisition unit 20: azimuth acquisition unit

30: tilt acquisition unit 40: distance acquisition unit

50: information acquisition unit 100: mobile phone

110: position detector 120: second processor

130: first processing unit 140: program module

200: mobile communication network 300: service server

310: second database 320: first database

330: map processing engine 340: search engine

350: administrator 360: authentication manager

370: Program Manager

The present invention relates to a location information service system and method applied to a location based services (LBS) field, and more particularly, location information and map information can be provided from a service server, and location information of an arbitrary point. It relates to a location information service system and method using a mobile phone that can obtain and store in the service server.

Recently, information communication networks such as the Internet are expanding all over the world, and the exchange of information and the provision of communication services through such information communication networks are increasing rapidly. One representative information and communication service is the use of a mobile phone through a mobile communication network. In particular, location tracking or point of interest (POI) using a mobile phone provides a lot of convenience to individual users.

As a conventional location information providing technology using a mobile phone, Korean Patent Application No. 2001-0072589 (June 1, 2001) transmits positioning information transmitted from one or more GPS satellites to a base station, Provided is a portable communication device that corrects transmitted position indication information with orientation information obtained through a sensor and displays the corrected position and orientation indication information.

Korean Patent Application No. 2001-0019204 (April 11, 2001) provides a technology for detecting a moving direction of a mobile phone using a high frequency (RF) signal transmitted from a base station. The RF receiver receives received power intensity data and direction data from a plurality of neighboring base stations as a radio frequency (RF) signal, and reads the intensity variation of the plurality of received power intensity data output from the RF receiver. Identify specific base stations located in the direction of progress. The controller receives the direction data from the specific base station, outputs a direction indication display control signal, and displays the current traveling direction according to the control signal.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0342722 (Nov. 9, 2002) discloses that when a personal mobile communication terminal having a GPS function accesses a mobile compass server via the Internet, the server transfers to the requested destination point from the personal mobile communication terminal. Disclosed is a technique for providing information on a movement route in real time.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2004-0083338 (October 1, 2004) is equipped with a vector map engine on a mobile phone having a GPS positioning function, and linked with a service center operating a vector map server and a route search server, In this case, a technique of providing map information to a mobile phone in a vector map manner using GPS information is disclosed.

As described above, the conventional location information (POI) providing technology is configured to unilaterally receive location information service from a specific center or server. Therefore, there is a disadvantage in that the location information cannot be constructed or changed as the user intends.

The present invention provides a location information service system and method using a mobile phone that can be provided with the location information and map information from the service server, to obtain the location information of any point and to store in the service server to solve the above disadvantages The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, a location detection unit for obtaining location information of any point in a mobile phone providing a location information service combined with a service server for providing location information and corresponding map information through a mobile communication network, And a processing module for processing the location information of the arbitrary point obtained through the location detection unit and a processing unit for transmitting the location information of the arbitrary point processed by the program module to the service server.
On the other hand, the position detection unit means for obtaining the latitude and longitude coordinates of the mobile phone, means for obtaining the azimuth angle of the mobile phone, means for obtaining the inclination angle of the mobile phone, means for obtaining the distance from the mobile phone to the point; And means for obtaining an image of the arbitrary point, text and audio information of the point.
On the other hand, the location information of the arbitrary point is characterized in that the latitude and longitude coordinates, azimuth, tilt angle of the mobile phone, the distance to the point, the image of the point, text and voice information for the point.
On the other hand, the program module is characterized in that for executing the operating program provided from the service server.
In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention, a) requesting authentication to the service server through the mobile communication network to be granted the authority to use the location information service in the mobile phone, b) if the authentication is completed in the step a) (C) downloading an operation program for location information service from the service server to the mobile phone; c) searching for location information and map information stored in a database by the service server according to a search request of the mobile phone through the operation program; Providing the retrieved location information and the corresponding map information to the mobile phone; d) downloading the information provided in the step c) to the mobile phone and displaying it on an electronic map; and e) obtaining location information of any point in the mobile phone. Requesting the service server to store the obtained location information. Including a system, the location information of the arbitrary point is characterized in that the latitude and longitude coordinates, the azimuth, the tilt angle, the distance to the point, the image of the point, the text and voice information for the point of the mobile phone .
On the other hand, the mobile phone is positioned toward the point to obtain the position information of the arbitrary point.

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Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are provided to those skilled in the art to fully understand the present invention, and may be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. .

1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a location information service system using a mobile phone according to the present invention.

The service server 300 providing the location information service may be provided from a mobile communication company or the like, and provides the location information service to the mobile phone 100 through the mobile communication network 200. The service server 300 includes a database 320 in which location information is stored, a database 310 in which map information is stored, a manager 350, a search engine 340, an authentication manager 360, and a program manager 370. It is composed.

The manager 350 stores location information of a predetermined point provided from the mobile phone 100 in the database 320, or retrieves location information and map information retrieved for a search command provided from the mobile phone 100. Provided by 100. The map processing engine 330 processes and provides map information stored in the database 310 according to the request of the manager 350. The search engine 340 searches for location information stored in the database 320 according to a request of the manager 350 and provides the searched location information. The authentication manager 360 checks the service use authority of the mobile phone 100, and the program manager 370 provides an operation program for location information service to the mobile phone 100.

The mobile phone 100 not only has functions of a general mobile phone such as a call, a text message, a phone book, a memo pad, etc., but also transmits a search command for receiving desired location information to the service server 300, and the service server ( 300 may be provided with the searched location information and the corresponding map information, and may be configured to request storage to the service server 300 by obtaining location information of any point.

The mobile phone 100 processes a location detector 110 for obtaining location information of a predetermined point, the location information of the point obtained through the location detector 110, and is provided from the service server 300. A program module 140 for receiving and processing information and map information, a first processing unit 130 for transmitting the location information of the point processed by the program module 140 to the service server 300, and the search command. It is composed of a second processing unit 120 for receiving and transmitting to the service server 300.

The position detecting unit 110 is a coordinate obtaining unit 10 for detecting the longitude and latitude coordinates (WGS84) of the current mobile phone 100, the azimuth obtaining unit 20 for detecting the azimuth of the mobile phone 100, the inclination of the mobile phone 100 Tilt acquisition unit 30 for acquiring a load angle, distance acquisition unit 40 for obtaining a distance from a mobile phone 100 to a desired (to be stored) point, image of the point, text and voice for the point It consists of an information acquisition unit 50 for obtaining information. For example, the coordinate acquisition unit 10 is composed of a GPS receiver receiving position information from the satellite, the azimuth acquisition unit 20 is composed of a geomagnetic field sensor or an electronic compass, the tilt acquisition unit 30 ) May be configured as a tilt sensor, the distance acquisition unit 40 may be configured as a distance sensor, and the information acquisition unit 50 may be configured to include an input device such as a camera or a microphone. These components may be embedded in the mobile phone 100 or may be installed outside the mobile phone 100. In addition, the user may be configured to input a longitude coordinate, azimuth, tilt angle, distance information, etc. obtained from separate devices without using these components.

The program module 140 executes an operation program provided from the program manager 370 of the service server 300 and processes information.

Next, a process of serving location information in the location information service system using the cellular phone of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

First, a user of the mobile phone 100 requests an authentication to the service server 300 through the mobile communication network 200 in order to receive a location information service permission (step 410). The authentication manager 360 of the service server 300 confirms that the user is registered in advance through personal information input through the mobile phone 100.

When the authentication is completed in step 410, an operation program for location information service is downloaded from the program manager 370 of the service server 300 to the program module 140 of the mobile phone 100 (step 420). . At this time, if the downloaded operating program is stored in the mobile phone 100, the program download step may be omitted from the next service use. In addition, after the step 420 is completed, the current location information and map information from the service server 300 may be downloaded to the mobile phone 100 and displayed on an electronic map.

In another embodiment, when the mobile phone 100 enters a specific area, for example, a tourist destination, an industrial complex, and the like, the program manager 370 of the service server 300 automatically detects the program of the mobile phone 100. The module 140 may be configured to download an operation program for the location information service.

In the state in which the operation program is downloaded as described above, the user may acquire location information of the point of interest and store it in the service server 300 or search for desired location information (step 430). For convenience of explanation, first, a process of acquiring and storing location information of a predetermined point through the mobile phone 100 and storing it in the service server 300 will be described.

A user acquires location information of a predetermined point A through the mobile phone 100 according to the operation program (step 440). For example, in the state where the mobile phone 100 is located toward the point A, as shown in FIG. 3, the coordinate obtaining unit 10, the azimuth obtaining unit 20, and the tilt obtaining unit 30 ), The longitude coordinates (x1, y1), the azimuth angle (θ), the tilt angle, and the distance (L) indicating the current position of the mobile phone 100 are obtained from the distance obtaining unit 40 and the information obtaining unit 50, respectively. do. In this case, the distance L may be obtained by a user input, and the image of the point A and text and voice information of the point A may be obtained through the information acquisition unit 50. For example, the image information may be an image of the point A taken by a camera embedded in the mobile phone 100, and the text and voice information is input through the keypad and microphone of the mobile phone 100. This may be a description of (A).

The position information acquired through the position detection unit 110 (that is, the latitude and longitude coordinates x ₁ and y ₁ , the azimuth angle θ, the tilt angle and the distance L) is obtained through the program module 140. 1 is transmitted to the processing unit 130, and is transmitted to the manager 250 of the service server 300 through the mobile communication network 200 (step 450). The manager 250 stores the location information received from the first processor 130 in the database 320 (step 460). At this time, the manager 250 uses the location information (latitude and longitude coordinates (x ₁ , y ₁ ), azimuth angle (θ), tilt angle, distance L) to the longitude and latitude coordinates of the point A (x ₂₎ , y ₂ ), and store the location, video, text, and voice information acquired by the user in the database 320 for each category. The database 320 stores location information prepared in advance. For example, the information is stored in the database 320 in the following form.

EPOSTION ID: Public Office

Media description: Multimedia

POI Name: Government Office

X_COORD (x ₂ ): 354155

Y_COORD (y ₂ ): 4026787

Media Type: IMAGE (image / jpeg)

Media File: 200503045672041.jpg

Next, a process of searching for desired location information by using the mobile phone 100 will be described.

The user inputs a search command through the mobile phone 100 according to the operation program (step 470). The search command may include a current location (coordinate), a direction and angle to search from the current location, text information related to the location information to be searched, and the like. For example, a public office located within a radius of 45 degrees, 500 mm forward from the current location.

The search command is transmitted to the second processing unit 120 through the program module 140 and transmitted to the manager 250 of the service server 300 through the mobile communication network 200 (step 480). The manager 350 searches for and extracts location information from the database 320 in which location information is stored through the search engine 340 (step 490). At this time, since the location, image, text, and voice information prepared in advance or stored by the user are stored in each category in the database 320, the search engine 340 extracts the corresponding information according to the user's request. Can provide.

The location, video, text and voice information extracted by the search engine 340 is transmitted to the manager 350. At this time, the manager 350 requests the map processing engine 330 for map information corresponding to the location information extracted from the database 310. When the corresponding map information is extracted by the map processing engine 330, the manager 350 processes the extracted location, image, text and voice information, and map information, and the mobile phone (200) through the mobile communication network 200. 100 to the program module 140 (step 500). The program module 140 processes the location information and the map information received from the manager 350 and displays them on an electronic map through a monitor of the mobile phone 100, and displays image, text and audio information about the retrieved location information to the user. Provide (step 510). Accordingly, the user may obtain image, text, and voice information regarding the location information as well as the location information of the desired point through the displayed electronic map.

The location information service according to the present invention may be used for various purposes, for example, a region of interest (POI) guide for tourists' associations, tourist guides, advertisements, and the like. You can easily build a database of location information without investing money.

As described above, the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been disclosed through the detailed description and the drawings. The terms are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, the present invention can receive location information and map information from a service server, and obtain location information of any point and store it in the service server. Accordingly, the user can arbitrarily store or retrieve the location information or change the information in real time, thereby easily constructing the location information database without investing an additional cost or expensive equipment, and providing various location information services.

The present invention can be applied to a personal information management system (PIMS), a personal navigation system (PNS), a car navigation system (CNS), and the like.

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delete delete delete delete In the mobile phone providing location information service combined with a service server providing location information and corresponding map information through a mobile communication network A position detector for acquiring position information of an arbitrary point; A program module for processing position information of the arbitrary point obtained through the position detector; And A processor for transmitting the location information of the arbitrary point processed by the program module to the service server Mobile phone comprising a. The method of claim 5, The position detection unit Means for obtaining latitude and longitude coordinates of the mobile phone; Means for obtaining an azimuth angle of the mobile phone; Means for obtaining an inclination angle of the mobile phone; Means for obtaining a distance from the mobile phone to the point; And Means for obtaining an image of the arbitrary point, text and audio information for the point Mobile phone comprising a. The method of claim 5, The location information of the arbitrary point is a mobile phone, characterized in that the latitude and longitude coordinates, the azimuth, the tilt angle, the distance to the point, the image of the point, text and voice information for the point. The method of claim 5, And the program module executes an operation program provided from the service server. a) requesting an authentication from a mobile phone to a service server through a mobile communication network in order to be granted authority to use location information service; b) when the authentication is completed in step a), downloading an operation program for location information service from the service server to the mobile phone; c) searching for location information and map information stored in a database by the service server according to a search request of the mobile phone through the operation program, and providing the searched location information and corresponding map information to the mobile phone; d) downloading the information provided in step c) to the mobile phone and displaying it on an electronic map; And e) obtaining location information of an arbitrary point in the mobile phone, and requesting the service server to store the obtained location information; Including but not limited to: The location information of the arbitrary point includes the latitude and longitude coordinates, the azimuth, the tilt angle, the distance to the point, the image of the point, text and voice information about the point of the mobile phone. Location information service method using a mobile phone characterized in that. delete delete delete delete 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the mobile phone is positioned toward the point to obtain location information of the arbitrary point.

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