KR100703136B1 - Morning call service by mobile robot - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wake-up service system and a method for automatically providing a user's schedule and various life information according to the schedule when the user wakes up using a mobile wake-up device that recognizes and tracks the user. A wake-up service providing method in a wake-up call apparatus that provides a wake-up service through a connection with a wake-up service server that collects and provides life information, the method comprising: receiving and storing schedule and life information from the server when the wake-up time is close to the wake-up call time; Stage 1; Identifying a current location of the user; A third step of playing the set morning call music when the morning call time arrives; Outputting a text for confirming whether the user is truly awake when the playing of the morning call music is stopped; A fifth step of receiving a question and answer corresponding to the text and confirming a match; A sixth step of replaying the wake-up call music if it does not match in the fifth step; And a seventh step of recognizing that the user has truly woken up if the user agrees with the fifth step, and outputting the stored schedule and life information.

Wake-up call, Mobile, Wireless, Mobile, Schedule, Life information, User, Recognition, Robot

Description

Mobile wake-up service system and method thereof {Morning call service by mobile robot}

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a wake-up service system according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detailed block diagram of a mobile wake-up call device according to the present invention.

3 is a process flow diagram for providing a wake-up service according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

21: control unit 22: wireless communication module

23: mobile control device 24: wireless receiving unit for user recognition

25: sensor 26: key input

27: display unit 28: audio output unit

29: voice input unit 30: memory

31: hard disk (HDD)

The present invention relates to a wake-up service system and a method using a mobile robot, and more particularly, a user wakes up from a sleep using a mobile wake-up device that recognizes and tracks the user. The present invention relates to a wake-up service system and a method thereof.

A typical wake-up call device is a device that generates a sound at a time set by a user so that the user wakes up. Such a wake-up call function is implemented in various devices such as a clock, a mobile phone, and a landline phone.

In general, the wake-up call device is a device that is first touched at the beginning of the day, and thus is suitable for providing various information such as schedule and life information of the user after waking the user.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2002-61697 discloses a wake-up call service, e-mail reception status, and various information news set by a user regardless of a user's location according to a business trip when the user is provided with a wake-up service through a mobile communication terminal. A method of providing a morning call service using a mobile communication terminal that can be provided with a morning call service is disclosed. This is as follows.

A mobile communication terminal carried by a user is connected to a morning call service providing server through a wireless communication network, and the morning call service providing server is connected to an e-mail reception history management server, a news information management server, a weather information management server, and the like.

The user accesses the morning call service providing server and registers a morning call time to receive the service, morning call music, an e-mail account to be provided with reception details, a mobile communication terminal identification number, and the like.

When the morning call service is set, the morning call service providing server acquires a mobile communication terminal identification number corresponding to the set morning call time. The morning call service providing server transmits the audio file set as the morning call music to the mobile communication terminal. Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal plays the audio file transmitted from the morning call service providing server.

Then, when the user operates the mobile communication terminal to stop the reproduction of the morning call audio file, the morning call service providing server acquires the information of the e-mail received in the registered e-mail account from the user and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, when the user stops playing the audio file, the morning call service providing server provides the mobile communication terminal with news information acquired on the field registered from the user, and grasps the current location of the user to move weather information of the region. Provided to the communication terminal.

However, such a wake-up service providing system using a conventional mobile communication terminal does not know whether the user has really woken up by playing music. Furthermore, when the user wakes up, he or she is prepared to make various preparations by moving from place to place in the house. The conventional wake-up service providing system using a mobile communication terminal is not suitable for a user's active morning time zone. .

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, by using a mobile wake-up call device that recognizes and tracks the user, to determine whether the user is really awake, and when the user wakes up, An object of the present invention is to provide a wake-up service system and a method for automatically providing a user with various life information according to a schedule.

The system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the morning call service server that collects and provides the user's schedule and life information, and the morning call device connected to the morning call service server to provide the user with the wake-up call and information at the wake-up call setting time A wake-up service system comprising: a wake-up call apparatus comprising: wireless communication means for wireless connection with the wake-up service server; User recognition means for receiving a signal transmitted from a transmitter possessed by a user, recognizing the owner, and measuring a direction and a distance to the user; Speech recognition means for receiving and recognizing speech from a user; Audio output means for reproducing morning call music; Memory means for storing a program and various information; Movement control means for controlling the operation of the movement means for moving the morning call device; And close the set morning call time, control the wireless communication unit, receive and store schedule and life information from the server, confirm the current location of the user, play the wake-up call music when the wake-up time arrives, and recognize the voice. Control means for reproducing the stored schedule and life information when it is confirmed by the means that the user is truly awake.

In addition, the system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the morning call service server that collects and provides the user's schedule and life information, the morning call is connected to the morning call service server and provides the morning call and information to the user at the wake-up call setting time A wake-up service system comprising: a wake-up call apparatus comprising: wireless communication means for wireless connection with the wake-up service server; User recognition means for receiving a signal transmitted from a transmitter possessed by a user, recognizing the owner, and measuring a direction and a distance to the user; A tactile sensor for recognizing a signal touched by a user; Audio output means for reproducing morning call music; Memory means for storing a program and various information; Movement control means for controlling the operation of the movement means for moving the morning call device; And close the set morning call time, control the wireless communication means, receive and store schedule and life information from the server, confirm the current location of the user, play the wake-up call music when the wake-up time arrives, and the tactile sensor If it is confirmed that the user has truly woken up, the control means for reproducing the stored schedule and life information.

In addition, the method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, in the wake-up call service providing method in the wake-up device for providing a wake-up service through a connection to the morning call service server that collects and provides the user's schedule and life information, A first step of receiving and storing schedule and life information from the server when the time is close; Identifying a current location of the user; A third step of playing the set morning call music when the morning call time arrives; Outputting a text for confirming whether the user is truly awake when the playing of the morning call music is stopped; A fifth step of receiving a question and answer corresponding to the text and confirming a match; A sixth step of replaying the wake-up call music if it does not match in the fifth step; And a seventh step of recognizing that the user has truly woken up if the user agrees with the fifth step, and outputting the stored schedule and life information.

Preferably, the control means reproduces the schedule and living information while tracking the user by controlling the movement control means based on the distance and direction information from the user recognition means to the user received.

Preferably, the control means, when the user stops playing the wake-up call music, the voice output through the voice output unit for confirming whether the user has woken up from sleep, the user recognized through the voice recognition means Compared to the speech recognition result of the sentence and if the match rate is more than a certain amount of time, the user is recognized as awake.

Preferably, when the user stops playing the wake-up call music, the control means outputs a voice notifying the touch of the tactile sensor through the voice output unit to check whether the user has truly woken up from the sleep, and the touch sensor If the input signal is matched, the user perceives that he is truly awake.

Preferably, the control means, when approaching the wake-up call time, checks the user at the current location, and if the user is not confirmed, the control unit moves to a place previously registered by the user to check the user.

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

1 is an overall conceptual diagram of a wake-up service system according to the present invention.

The wake-up service server 11 recognizes a unique identifier of the mobile wake-up call device 12 and provides the mobile wake-up call device 12 with life information such as a user's schedule and weather. The morning call service server 11 is connected to a schedule management server 14 for storing and managing a user's schedule and a server 15 for providing weather and living information. The morning call service server 11 communicates with the mobile morning call device 12 through the wireless Internet network 13.

The user accesses the schedule management server 14 using various terminals and registers his or her schedule, anniversaries, and the like. The weather and living information server 15 collects information on a user's field of interest and provides the morning call service server.

Wake-up service server 11 includes a database for managing subscription information for a user. That is, when the morning call service server 11 is connected to the mobile morning call device 12 through the wireless Internet network 13, the unique information of the mobile morning call device 12 (eg, a phone number, IP information, and a device unique identifier) may be used. , Subscriber ID, etc.). In addition, the subscriber's information is identified using the unique information of the mobile wake-up call device, and various information to be provided to the subscriber is obtained from the schedule management server 14 and the weather and living information server 15 using the confirmed subscriber information. do. Then, the morning call service server 11 provides the obtained various information to the mobile morning call device 12.

2 is a detailed block diagram of a mobile wake-up call apparatus according to the present invention.

The mobile wake-up call apparatus according to the present invention includes a control unit 21 for controlling the overall operation, a wireless communication module 22 for establishing a communication link with the morning call service server 11 under the control of the control unit 21, and a user. In order to recognize the user, receiving a wireless signal containing the user's unique information to calculate the distance and angle from the mobile wake-up device to the user to provide to the control unit 21 for the user recognition wireless receiver 24 and the control unit A movement control device 23 for controlling the speed, acceleration, and direction of the mobile device under the control of 21, and a touch sensor 25 for recognizing the user's touch to check whether the user has woken up; A key input unit 26 for the user to finish playing wake-up music and input various types of information, a display unit 27 for displaying various types of information as text and images, and wake-up music and various types of information A voice output unit 28 for outputting a voice, a voice input unit 29 for receiving a user's voice and providing it to the controller 21 for voice recognition, a memory 30 for temporarily storing various data, and And a hard disk (HDD) 31 for storing programs and data.

The mobile wakeup call device according to the present invention has the ability to distinguish between users. That is, the user has a transmitter that sends a unique identifier. The transmitter is attached to an article that the user always carries. The transmitter is preferably a wireless transmission device having a transmission output within about 5 m. The mobile wake-up call device recognizes its own owner by receiving a radio signal transmitted from a transmitter possessed by a user and confirming a unique identifier. In other words, even if a plurality of wireless signals are received, the mobile wake-up call apparatus can confirm the actual owner by estimating the unique identifier obtained through the demodulation of the received wireless signals, and can estimate the location thereof.

To this end, the morning call apparatus according to the present invention includes a wireless receiver 24 for user recognition. The user recognition wireless receiver 24 calculates a distance and an angle from the wireless signal received from the wireless transmitter possessed by the user to the user in the wake-up call apparatus, demodulates the wireless signal and provides the demodulated signal to the controller 21. In addition, the controller 21 controls the movement based on the distance and angle information with respect to the user transmitted from the user recognition wireless receiver 24 to the controller 21 so that the user can always move along the user while maintaining a constant distance. Device 23 provides direction of movement, speed and acceleration information.

The wireless communication module 22 establishes a communication link with the morning call service server 11 under the control of the controller 21. When the controller 21 approaches the set morning call time, the controller 21 controls the wireless communication module 22 to establish a communication link with the morning call service server 11 and requests transmission of schedule information and life information. At this time, the control unit 21 transmits its own unique identifier to the morning call service server. Here, the wireless communication module 22 may be a conventional mobile communication modem or a wireless Internet modem.

The hard disk (HDD) 31 may store a program for operating the mobile wake-up call device and various information and data for reproduction. The display unit 27 displays information related to the operation of the mobile wakeup call device and received information. The key input unit 26 includes a keypad for inputting information by the user and selecting to stop playing the wake-up call music. Of course, various input devices may be added including the key input unit 26 proposed in the present invention.

The voice output unit 28 reproduces the wake-up call music and outputs the information transmitted from the wake-up service server as voice. The voice input unit 29 is for providing a voice input from the user to the control unit 21. The controller 21 recognizes the voice input from the voice input unit 29 and checks whether the user has truly woken up. This will be described later.

The sensor 25 may include various sensors. In the present invention, the sensor includes a sensor for driving the mobile wake-up device and a sensor for user recognition, and in particular, includes a tactile sensor for checking whether the user has actually woken up. Use the tactile sensor to see if the user is really awake.

The tactile sensor is attached to the outside of the mobile wake-up call device to detect a user's touch. The type of touch that can be distinguished by the tactile sensor is different depending on the type of sensor, but generally, a touch such as a strong touch, a weak touch, or a press can be distinguished. In the present invention, the wake-up device notifies the user of the best answer consisting of a combination of strong touch and weak touch, and the user checks whether the user has woken up by touching the sensor of the wake-up device to fit the best answer. For example, the wake-up call device outputs a best answer "two strong touches, three weak touches" by voice when the user stops playing music. The wake-up device checks the signal input through the sensor 25 and recognizes that the user has woken up if it matches the best answer.

Meanwhile, the voice recognition technology may be used as a method of checking whether the user has woken up.

Speech recognition refers to comparing a voice input corresponding to a voice input by a user with voice features corresponding to text data stored in a memory in advance and confirming a match. The result of speech recognition generally consists of a pair of speech recognized result sentences and confidence values that indicate how similar the input speech is to the correct answer speech.

In the present invention, whether the user has woken up by using a complex sentence as the correct answer text that is the object of speech recognition. This is because speech recognition is not successful by accurately pronouncing complex sentences without waking up. In this case, the confidence value of the recognized sentence is used higher than the confidence value used in speech recognition. When using a higher confidence value than the usual confidence value, the user must pronounce the correct answer sentence more accurately than usual to succeed in recognition.

3 is a flowchart of a morning call service performed by a controller of a morning call apparatus according to the present invention.

The controller 21 maintains the standby state after loading the program. When the user approaches the wake-up call time preset by the user (101), the controller 21 controls the wireless communication module to receive schedule and life information to be provided to the user from the server (102). Here, the proximity to the wake-up call time may be, for example, 30 minutes before the wake-up call time.

The controller controls the movement control device to check whether there is a user in a place where the current wake-up call device is present (103). If there is no user at the current location, go to the location where the user is sleeping to see if the user exists. The user may register in advance a sleeping place (for example, a bedroom) on the mobile wake-up call device. If there is a place registered by the user, the mobile wake-up device checks whether there is a user, but if there is no place registered by the user, the mobile wakeup call device moves along the pre-registered path and transmits the signal through a signal transmitted from the user's wearing transmitter. Check.

When the user is confirmed and the wakeup call time (104), the mobile wakeup call device plays the set wakeup call music (105). The wake-up call music may be an MP3 audio file. In order to play MP3 audio files, the mobile wake-up device must be equipped with the hardware and programs for this purpose.

When the user stops playing the wakeup call music by playing the wakeup call music (106), a process for checking whether the user has truly woken up is performed (107). This is done by selecting one of two methods as described above. That is, the controller may output a voice instructing the user to touch the sensor, and alternatively, may output a problem voice for the user to pronounce. In this way, after outputting a text for checking whether the user has truly woken up from the sleep, the user receives a question and answer (107). In operation 108, the received answer is checked whether the answer is correct or not.

If the received answer is not the correct answer, the user is recognized as not yet waking up, and after a predetermined time to play the wake-up music (105). However, if it is recognized that the received answer is the correct answer, the controller outputs the schedule of the user of today and the important (interest) life information of the user, which have been previously downloaded from the server and stored on the hard disk, by voice (109). When the user starts moving in the process of outputting schedule and living information by voice, the controller controls the movement control device based on the information received from the wireless recognition unit for recognizing the user, and maintains the schedule and living information while maintaining a certain distance from the user. To be played. If the user moves quickly and no longer recognizes the user, the reproduction of schedule and living information is stopped.

When the user issues a stop command or plays all stored schedule and life information (110), the mobile wake-up call device returns to the standby state.

Although the above has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment according to the present invention, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can be carried out by other specific forms of example without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. I can understand. Therefore, the embodiments described above are to be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all aspects. That is, the scope of the present invention is shown by the claims below rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts are included in the scope of the present invention. Should be interpreted.

As described above, the present invention checks whether the user has truly woken up, and outputs the information received from the server by voice only when waking up, and automatically provides information near the user while tracking the user. can do.

Claims (12)

A morning call service system including a morning call service server configured to collect and provide user's schedule and life information, and a morning call device connected to the morning call service server and providing a morning call and information to a user at a morning call setting time. The morning call device, Wireless communication means for wireless connection with the morning call service server; User recognition means for receiving a signal transmitted from a transmitter possessed by a user, recognizing the owner, and measuring a direction and a distance to the user; Speech recognition means for receiving and recognizing speech from a user; Audio output means for reproducing morning call music; Memory means for storing a program and various information; Receiving a direction and distance from the user recognition means to the user to generate a first control signal for moving the wake-up device, and close to the set wake-up time to control the wireless communication means to schedule and life information from the server Receive and store the user, the current location of the user is confirmed, wake-up music when the wake-up call time, and if it is confirmed that the user is truly awake using the voice recognition means, to play the stored schedule and life information Control means; And A movement control means for controlling an operation of a movement means for moving the morning call device according to the first control signal Wake-up service system comprising a. A morning call service system including a morning call service server configured to collect and provide user's schedule and life information, and a morning call device connected to the morning call service server and providing a morning call and information to a user at a morning call setting time. The morning call device, Wireless communication means for wireless connection with the morning call service server; User recognition means for receiving a signal transmitted from a transmitter possessed by a user, recognizing the owner, and measuring a direction and a distance to the user; A tactile sensor for recognizing a signal touched by a user; Audio output means for reproducing morning call music; Memory means for storing a program and various information; Receiving a direction and distance from the user recognition means to the user to generate a first control signal for moving the wake-up call device, and when approaching the set wake-up call time, control the wireless communication means, and the schedule and distance from the server. Receives and saves the living information, the user's current location is confirmed, wakes up the wake-up music when the wake-up time, and when the user is truly awake using the tactile sensor to play the stored schedule and life information Control means; And A movement control means for controlling an operation of a movement means for moving the morning call device according to the first control signal Wake-up service system comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The control means, the morning call service system, characterized in that to play the schedule and living information while tracking the user by controlling the movement control means based on the distance and direction information from the user recognition means received from the user. The method of claim 3, wherein And the control means stops the reproduction of the schedule and the living information if the user recognition fails because the unique information of the user recognized by the user recognition means does not match. The method of claim 1, When the user stops playing the wake-up call music, the control means outputs a sentence for confirming whether the user has woken up from the voice through the voice output unit, and outputs a user voice recognition result recognized by the voice recognition unit. Wake-up service system, characterized in that by comparing the sentence and recognizes that the user is truly awake when the match rate is more than a predetermined. The method of claim 2, The control means outputs a voice notifying the touch of the tactile sensor through the voice output unit when the user stops playing the wake-up call music and confirms that the user has truly woken up from sleep. Wake-up service system, characterized in that the user is recognized as a real waking up when the signals match. The method according to claim 5 or 6, The control means checks the user at the current location when approaching the wake-up call time, and if the user is not confirmed, moves to a pre-registered place to check the user. In the morning call service providing method in a wake-up device for providing a wake-up service through a connection to a wake-up service server that collects and provides the user's schedule and life information, A first step of receiving and storing schedule and life information from the server when approaching a wake-up call time; Identifying a current location of the user; A third step of playing the set morning call music when the morning call time arrives; Outputting a text for confirming whether the user is truly awake when the playing of the morning call music is stopped; A fifth step of receiving a question and answer corresponding to the text and confirming a match; A sixth step of replaying the wake-up call music if it does not match in the fifth step; And And a seventh step of recognizing that the user has truly woken up from the fifth step and outputting the stored schedule and life information. The method of claim 8, The wake-up service method comprising the step of outputting a specific sentence as a voice in the text for checking whether the user has woken up in the fourth step, and in the fifth step compares the speech recognition result with the sentence. The method of claim 8, In order to check whether the user has woken up in the fourth step, the voice outputting the touch of the tactile sensor is output, and in the fifth step, whether the signal input through the tactile sensor is consistent with the voice-informed text. Wake-up service method characterized in that the comparison. The method according to claim 9 or 10, In the sixth step, the wake-up call service method characterized in that the playback of the schedule and the life information, while tracking the user, if the user is not recognized, the playback of the schedule and the life information is stopped. The method of claim 11, In the second step, the user's current location confirmation, Checking whether the user is recognized at the current location; If the user is not identified at the current location, checking the user by moving to a place previously registered by the user; And And if there is no place information registered by the user, confirming the user while moving along the designated path.

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