KR100760025B1 - Method for providing from user information requested via ubiquitous robotics companion and ubiquitous robotics companion of enabling the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing information requested from a user using a ubiquitous robotics device (URC) and a ubiquitous robot device employing the above method, and more particularly, recognized by a user in a ubiquitous robot device. A user by using a ubiquitous robot device that reads the generated code, generates code information, receives multimedia data from one or more information providing servers using the code information, and outputs the received multimedia data through a predetermined output means. The present invention relates to a method for providing information requested from a ubiquitous robotic apparatus employing the method. According to the present invention, the ubiquitous robot device (URC: Ubiquitous Robotics Companion) generates code information on the code recognized by the user, and the multimedia data corresponding to the code information from the one or more information providing servers according to the generated code information It is possible to provide the information desired by the user by receiving the output to a predetermined output means.

Ubiquitous Robotic Device (URC), Information, Provision, Output Means

Description

METHOD FOR PROVIDING FROM USER INFORMATION REQUESTED VIA UBIQUITOUS ROBOTICS COMPANION AND UBIQUITOUS ROBOTICS COMPANION OF ENABLING THE METHOD}

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a network connection relationship of a ubiquitous robot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a ubiquitous robot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of approaching a code to a code recognition means of a ubiquitous robot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputting multimedia data using the output means of the ubiquitous robot apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen output through an external output device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a ubiquitous robot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform the information providing method according to the present invention.

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600: ubiquitous robotic device

601: code information reading unit 602: server connection setting unit

603: multimedia data receiving unit 604: multimedia data output unit

605: data sink module

The present invention relates to a method for providing information requested from a user using a ubiquitous robotics device (URC) and a ubiquitous robot device employing the above method, and more particularly, recognized by a user in a ubiquitous robot device. A user by using a ubiquitous robot device that reads the generated code, generates code information, receives multimedia data from one or more information providing servers using the code information, and outputs the received multimedia data through a predetermined output means. The present invention relates to a method for providing information requested from a ubiquitous robotic apparatus employing the method.

Ubiquitous is a Latin word meaning to exist at any time and anywhere. It is used as a concept of being able to access a network anytime, anywhere, regardless of wire or wireless. It is also called "3A" because the user should be able to use the network freely regardless of Anywhere, Anytime, or Any device. On the other hand, while the agricultural and industrial revolutions were revolutions in physical space, the basis of human civilization, the information revolution was the revolution of cyber space. In contrast, the ubiquitous revolution is a revolution of a new paradigm in the integrated space through the intelligent combination of physical space and cyber space.

This ubiquitous is already happening in the real world. Mobile phones, wireless Internet, intelligent buildings and artificial intelligence electronics are the examples. These are, of course, nothing more than primitive technology, like bicycles in the automobile age or electronic calculators in the computer age. In the full-scale ubiquitous era, users are connected not only between users but also between buildings and roads. For example, cars and roads with computer chips can provide information to each other to help prevent accidents, find out the fastest way, and when you arrive near your home, turn on the air conditioner, ventilate, Run it to warm up the bath water. The bathtub checks the user's blood pressure or blood circulation, and the toilet checks the state of health through the stool and sends the data to the attending physician. Ubiquitous is a revolution that may change not only life but also the fate of mankind.

According to the technology used for ubiquitous, the infrastructure for building sensor networks is rapidly spreading with the spread of mobile communication and the Internet due to the development of wired / wireless communication technology. Ubiquitous Robotics Companion (URC), which can provide services anytime and anywhere, or does not have the appearance of a robot, but is intelligent and built into the environment to provide various information and services to people. There is a growing interest in intelligent service robots, such as the new form of embedded ubiquitous robots, and some of these ubiquitous robots have been on the market. In order to obtain information desired by a user in a conventional ubiquitous robot, an input means (for example, a remote controller or a touch screen) included in the ubiquitous robot should be used. However, the input means included in the conventional ubiquitous robot has a inconvenience that a user must operate the input means one by one. In addition, the conventional ubiquitous device has a problem that can not be solved when an abnormal situation occurs for the data received from a predetermined server through the communication network.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and generates code information for the code recognized by the user in the Ubiquitous Robotics Companion (URC: Ubiquitous Robotics Companion), and at least one according to the generated code information An object thereof is to provide information desired by a user by receiving multimedia data corresponding to code information from information providing servers and outputting the same to a predetermined output means.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to enable the user to conveniently request the desired data without the inconvenience of operating a separate input means by using a ubiquitous robot device.

In addition, the present invention provides a user by buffering a packet of multimedia data received from one or more information providing servers in a Ubiquitous Robotics Companion (URC), and correcting the order error, delay error, loss of the packet The purpose is to improve the quality of multimedia data services.

In addition, the present invention transmits the multimedia data transmitted from the one or more information providing server in the Ubiquitous Robotics Companion (URC) to the external output device using a predetermined communication module, and outputs through the output means of the external output device It is for that purpose.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a method for providing information requested from a user using a Ubiquitous Robotics Companion (URC) according to an embodiment of the present invention, Generating code information by reading a code recognized by the user using a predetermined code recognizing means; Establishing a connection with one or more information providing servers by using server address information included in the code information; Receiving multimedia data corresponding to a data identifier included in the code information from the information providing servers; And outputting the received multimedia data by using a predetermined output means.

In addition, Ubiquitous Robotics Companion (URC) according to another embodiment of the present invention, the code information reading unit for generating code information by reading the code recognized by the user using a predetermined code recognition means; A server connection setting unit for establishing a connection with one or more information providing servers by using server address information included in the code information; A multimedia data receiver configured to receive multimedia data corresponding to a data identifier included in the code information from the information providing servers; And an information output unit configured to output the received multimedia data by using a predetermined output means.

Hereinafter, a method of providing information requested from a user using a ubiquitous robot device according to the present invention and a ubiquitous robot device employing the method will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a network connection relationship of a ubiquitous robot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the ubiquitous robot device 110 generates code information by reading a code recognized by a user, and uses one or more information providing servers 120 using server address information included in the code information. It establishes a connection with and receives the multimedia data corresponding to the data identifier included in the code information from the one or more information providing server 120 through a predetermined communication network and outputs it through a predetermined output means. In addition, the ubiquitous robot device 110 may transmit the received multimedia data to an external output device through a predetermined communication module, and the external output device may output the transmitted multimedia data through a predetermined output means. have.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a ubiquitous robot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, in step 201, the ubiquitous robot device generates code information by reading a code recognized by the user using a predetermined code recognition means. The code includes one or more of a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode, an RFID tag, or a color code. The code recognition means comprises a barcode reader or an RFID reader. The color code is a new concept of data representation technology for recording and storing digital information using a combination of predetermined color colors. Whereas barcodes consist of black and white bars, color codes are in the form of a matrix using multiple colors (for example, red, green, blue, and black). The color code is a method of finding the location where the URL is recorded and retrieving the online information from the URL by recognizing the color code, rather than inputting information into itself, and the online information can be changed at any time. This color code can be read by a color code reader used for color code recognition.

Furthermore, the code recognition means may be a smart card reader. That is, the ubiquitous robot device may generate code information by reading a code recognized by a user through a smart card reader.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the user approaches the medium on which the code is printed on the code recognition means, the ubiquitous robot device may activate a camera of the ubiquitous robot device (URC) to enable code recognition. The ubiquitous robot device in the code recognizable state may generate the code information by reading a code printed on the medium through a camera. For example, when the user approaches the medium on which the code corresponding to the "spaghetti recipe" is printed to the code recognition means of the ubiquitous robot device as shown in FIG. 3, the ubiquitous robot device may transmit the code. The code information can be generated by reading. Alternatively, when the user approaches a medium on which a code corresponding to Andersen's fairy tale "Ugly Duckling" is printed to the code recognition means of the ubiquitous robot device, the ubiquitous robot device may read the code to generate the code information. .

In step 202, the ubiquitous robot device establishes a connection with one or more information providing servers using server address information included in the code information. The code information includes server address information and data identifiers. For example, the code information may include "IP address: 120.0.14.401" which is the server address information and "Ugly Duckling" which is a data identifier.

In step 203, the information providing server reads the multimedia data corresponding to the data identifier included in the code information by referring to a predetermined database means. For example, when the data identifier is "spaghetti recipe", the information providing server may read the multimedia data corresponding to the data identifier "spaghetti recipe" with reference to the database means.

In step 204, the information providing server transmits the read multimedia data to the ubiquitous robot device.

In step 205, the ubiquitous robot device receives multimedia data corresponding to the data identifier included in the code information from the information providing servers.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the ubiquitous robot device may receive and buffer one or more packets for the multimedia data corresponding to the code information from the information providing servers in the order of arrival. In addition, the ubiquitous robotic device may correct and delay the delayed errors of the buffered one or more packets in order and combine them. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the size of the buffer for buffering the packet may vary according to the situation of the network in which the packet is received.

In step 206, the ubiquitous robotic device outputs the received multimedia data using predetermined output means. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the output means may include display means for outputting image information corresponding to the multimedia data, or speaker means for outputting audio information corresponding to the multimedia data.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputting multimedia data using the output means of the ubiquitous robot apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the ubiquitous robotic device may output multimedia data on the “spaghetti recipe” received from the information providing servers using the output means (reference numeral 401). Also, for example, the multimedia data for the "ugly duckling" moving picture received from the information providing servers may be output using the output means. In FIG. 4, the output means included in the ubiquitous robot apparatus is illustrated at a predetermined position, but the position of the output means is merely an example, and it may be apparent to those skilled in the art that the output means may be provided at any position in an external form of the ubiquitous robot apparatus. something to do.

Meanwhile, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the ubiquitous robot device may output the received multimedia data using an external output device including an output means connected to the ubiquitous robot device through a predetermined communication module. The communication module may include any one or more of a predetermined data transmission / reception cable means, a Bluetooth module for performing Bluetooth communication, or an IrDA module for performing infrared communication. For example, the external output device may be a TV, a computer terminal, a notebook computer, a PDA or a communication terminal including a predetermined output means.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen output through an external output device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the ubiquitous robot device may transmit the multimedia data to the TV, the external output device, through the communication module, and the TV, the external output device, may output the multimedia data.

Figure 6 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a ubiquitous robot device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the ubiquitous robot device 600 includes a code information reading unit 601, a server connection setting unit 602, a multimedia data receiving unit 603, a multimedia data output unit 604, and a data sink module ( 605).

The code information reading unit 601 of the ubiquitous robot device 600 generates code information by reading the recognized code by using a predetermined code recognizing means. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the code may include one or more of a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode, an RFID tag, or a color code, and the code recognition means may include a barcode reader or an RFID reader. have.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the code information reading unit 601 activates a camera of the Ubiquitous Robotics Companion (URC) when the user approaches the medium on which the code is printed on the code recognition means. The ubiquitous robotic device, which is set to a recognizable state, may generate the code information by reading a code printed on the medium through a camera.

The server connection setting unit 602 establishes a connection with one or more information providing servers by using server address information included in the code information.

The multimedia data receiving unit 603 receives multimedia data corresponding to a data identifier included in the code information from the information providing servers.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the multimedia data receiving unit 603 includes a data sink module 605, and the data sink module 605 is provided to the multimedia data corresponding to the code information from the information providing servers. One or more packets for the first and second packets may be received and buffered in the order of arrival, and the delayed errors for the buffered one or more packets may be corrected and arranged and combined in order.

The multimedia data output unit 604 outputs the received multimedia data by using a predetermined output means.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the multimedia data output unit 604 may output the received multimedia data using an external output device including an output means connected to the ubiquitous robot device through a predetermined communication module. .

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the communication module includes any one or more of a predetermined data transmission / reception cable means, a Bluetooth module for performing Bluetooth communication, or an IrDA module for performing infrared communication.

The method for providing information requested from a user using the ubiquitous robot device according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

7 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform the information providing method according to the present invention.

Computer device 700 includes one or more processors 710 connected to a main memory device including random access memory (RAM) 720 and read only memory (ROM) 730. The processor 710 is also called a central processing unit (CPU). As is well known in the art, the ROM 730 serves to transfer data and instructions to the CPU unidirectionally, and the RAM 720 typically transfers data and instructions bidirectionally. Used to. RAM 720 and ROM 730 may include any suitable form of computer readable media. Mass storage 740 is bidirectionally coupled to processor 710 to provide additional data storage capabilities, and may be any of the computer readable recording media described above. The mass storage device 740 is used to store programs, data, and the like, and is typically an auxiliary memory device such as a hard disk which is slower than the main memory device. Certain mass storage devices such as CD ROM 760 may be used. The processor 710 may include one or more input / output interfaces, such as video monitors, trackballs, mice, keyboards, microphones, touchscreen displays, card readers, magnetic or paper tape readers, voice or handwriting readers, joysticks, or other known computer input / output devices. 750 is connected. Finally, the processor 710 may be connected to a wired or wireless communication network through the network interface 770. Through this network connection, the procedure of the method described above can be performed. The apparatus and tools described above are well known to those skilled in the computer hardware and software arts. On the other hand, the hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.

As described above, although the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

According to the present invention, the ubiquitous robot device (URC: Ubiquitous Robotics Companion) generates code information on the code recognized by the user, and the multimedia data corresponding to the code information from the one or more information providing servers according to the generated code information It is possible to provide the information desired by the user by receiving the output to a predetermined output means.

In addition, according to the present invention, a user can conveniently request desired data using a ubiquitous robot device without the inconvenience of manipulating a separate input means.

Further, according to the present invention, a user of the ubiquitous robot device (URC: Ubiquitous Robotics Companion) by buffering a packet of multimedia data received from one or more information providing servers, and corrects the order error, delay error, loss for the packet Improve the quality of multimedia data services provided to

In addition, the present invention transmits the multimedia data transmitted from the one or more information providing server in the Ubiquitous Robotics Companion (URC) to the external output device using a predetermined communication module, and outputs through the output means of the external output device can do.

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In the method for providing information requested by a user using a ubiquitous robot device (URC: Ubiquitous Robotics Companion), Generating code information by reading a code recognized by the user using a predetermined code recognizing means; Establishing a connection with one or more information providing servers by using server address information included in the code information; Receiving multimedia data corresponding to a data identifier included in the code information from the information providing servers; And Outputting the received multimedia data using a predetermined output means; Information providing method characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, The code includes one or more of a one-dimensional barcode, two-dimensional barcode, RFID tag, or color code, And said code recognizing means comprises a barcode reader, an RFID reader or a color code reader. The method of claim 1, The step of generating the code information, When the user approaches the medium on which the code is printed on the code recognition means, activating a camera of the ubiquitous robot device to set the code recognition state; And Generating, by the ubiquitous robot device in the code recognizing state, the code printed on the medium through the camera to generate the code information Information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Receiving the multimedia data, Receiving and buffering one or more packets of the multimedia data corresponding to the code information from the information providing servers in an arrival order; And Correcting delay errors for the buffered one or more packets, sorting and combining them in order Information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The step of outputting the received multimedia data by using a predetermined output means, And outputting the received multimedia data using an external output device including an output means connected to the ubiquitous robot device through a predetermined communication module. The method of claim 5, The communication module comprises at least one of a predetermined data transmission and reception cable means, a Bluetooth module for performing a Bluetooth communication, or an IrDA module for performing an infrared communication. The method according to claim 1 or 5, The output means includes display means for outputting image information corresponding to the multimedia data, or speaker means for outputting audio information corresponding to the multimedia data. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 6 is recorded. In the Ubiquitous Robotics Companion (URC) that provides information requested from a user, A code information reading unit which generates code information by reading a code recognized by the user using a predetermined code recognizing means; A server connection setting unit for establishing a connection with one or more information providing servers by using server address information included in the code information; A multimedia data receiver configured to receive multimedia data corresponding to a data identifier included in the code information from the information providing servers; And Multimedia data output unit for outputting the received multimedia data using a predetermined output means Ubiquitous robot device, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 9, The code includes one or more of a one-dimensional barcode, two-dimensional barcode, RFID tag, or color code, The code recognition means is a ubiquitous robot device, characterized in that it comprises a barcode reader, RFID reader or color code reader. The method of claim 9, The code information reading unit, When the user approaches the medium on which the code is printed on the code recognition means, the camera of the ubiquitous robot device is activated and set to the code recognition state, and the ubiquitous robot device in the code recognition state is printed on the medium through the camera. The ubiquitous robot device, characterized in that for generating the code information by reading the code. The method of claim 9, The multimedia data receiver, Receiving and buffering one or more packets of the multimedia data corresponding to the code information from the information providing servers in the order of arrival, correcting and delaying the delayed errors of the one or more buffered packets, and ordering and combining them. Ubiquitous robotic device comprising a data sink module. The method of claim 9, The multimedia data output unit, And outputting the received multimedia data using an external output device including an output means connected to the ubiquitous robot device through a predetermined communication module. The method of claim 13, The communication module is a ubiquitous robot device comprising at least one of a predetermined data transmission and reception cable means, a Bluetooth module for performing a Bluetooth communication, or an IrDA module for performing an infrared communication.

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