KR101103333B1 - Method for supplying sea traffic information using smart phone application - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a maritime traffic information providing method using a smart phone application, a 3G network or a wireless Internet network (Wifi) providing a server, augmented reality application and a GPS-equipped smart phone and the island providing a server When providing maritime traffic information using a subscribed ship terminal, requesting a connection to a provision server and entering a standby state even if an application mounted on the ship terminal is activated; Confirming the subscriber information of the ship terminal requesting the connection through the subscriber DB and allowing access to the access request; If the connection is allowed, the standby state is released and at the same time, the chart providing server checks the position of the ship terminal through GPS and transmits the corresponding regional chart information and maritime traffic information; A ship terminal receiving the chart information and the sea traffic information to display the corresponding information on the screen; Marine traffic information providing method using a smart phone application comprising; In the step of transmitting the local chart information and sea traffic information, the transmitted information is a simple electronic chart of the open API state converted from the ISO / IEC 8211-encoded form into the KML (XML) form of the information expression language of Google Earth ( ECS) information; The simplified electronic chart (ECS) information includes reef information, port information necessary for anchoring, docking facility information, weather information, tides information, fishing (fishing) information, ship information that operates at sea, lighthouse (marine transportation facility) information. It provides a marine traffic information providing method using a smart phone application characterized in that.
According to the present invention, even a relatively small vessels can use the sea traffic information with the accuracy of the GPS plotter of the function even at a low cost through a smart phone application, there is no restriction in the range of use, and accurate information It is possible to navigate on the basis, which can be useful for safe navigation.

Description

Maritime traffic information providing method using a smartphone application {METHOD FOR SUPPLYING SEA TRAFFIC INFORMATION USING SMART PHONE APPLICATION}

The present invention relates to a method for providing maritime traffic information using a smartphone application, and more particularly, a smartphone application that improves navigational safety of a small vessel by implementing e-navigation of a relatively small vessel using a smartphone application. It relates to a marine traffic information providing method using.

 Proposed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2006, 'e-Navigation' said, “E-Navigation is an electronic means to promote navigation and related services from dock to dock for the purpose of safety and security at sea and protection of the marine environment. To harmonize the collection, integration, exchange, presentation and analysis of maritime information. ”

Of course, long before the concept of 'e-Navigation' emerged, 'e-Navigation' was established because various countries have already established various systems and systems according to their own international regulations or their own maritime safety policies. It is moving toward a primary focus on standardizing and disseminating internationally.

In particular, the current focus is on the maritime control centered on VTS and the technical correlations, interconnections, and the introduction of advanced technologies in the field of ship navigation centered on RADAR, ECDIS and AIS.

However, while competition for preoccupation of leadership, technology and policy in each country conscious of the enormous potential market size of 'e-Navigation' is becoming more intense in Korea, the adoption of standard methods is also weak.

'e-Navigation' is not only an evolutionary and dynamic concept that integrates technological opportunities so that development can continue and be available according to new user requirements, as well as expansion and contraction of all ships to improve the safety of the entire maritime population. The development of route marker-based information provision system for relatively small vessels is also an important task because it must be possible.

According to Chapter 5 of the Marine Life Safety Convention (SOLAS), all ships are subject to the application of steel equipment for navigation equipment, non-commercial ships owned by the government, and ships engaged in sailing Inland Water. However, the competent authorities are required to determine the targets for vessels under 150 G / T, vessels under 500 G / T not engaged in international navigation, and fishing vessels.

In Korea, even a relatively small ship that is not subject to maneuver is sailing using a GPS Plotter, a small navigation radar, and VHF communication equipment.

For example, FIG. 1 illustrates an example of implementing various chart information on a screen through a GPS plotter.

However, it is virtually impossible to use real-time maritime traffic information because of the relatively high cost of navigational equipment and many functional limitations compared to ship size.

In addition, GPS Plotter with Electric Chart System (ECS) function of navigators of relatively small vessels is inconvenient for the maintenance and operation of the latest chart, and small navigation radar is less distinguishable. This situation is to be avoided.

In addition, the use of equipment such as AIS is even more distant, making it difficult for navigators of relatively small ships to actually fall into the category of 'e-Navigation'.

The present invention was created in view of the limitations of the prior art as described above, and provides a real-time maritime traffic information using a smartphone application, a 3G mobile communication terminal, which has recently been in the spotlight, so that even relatively small vessels are inexpensive. The main purpose is to provide a method of providing 'e-Navigation' maritime traffic information using a smartphone application that enables simple, easy, accurate and safe navigation at a cost.

The present invention is a means for achieving the above object, a sea island providing server using a 3G network or a wireless Internet network (Wifi), a smartphone equipped with augmented reality application and GPS function and a ship terminal subscribed to the island providing server When providing the maritime traffic information by using, even if the application mounted on the ship terminal is requested to connect to the providing server and enters the standby state; Confirming the subscriber information of the ship terminal requesting the connection through the subscriber DB and allowing access to the access request; If the connection is allowed, the standby state is released and at the same time, the chart providing server checks the position of the ship terminal through GPS and transmits the corresponding regional chart information and maritime traffic information; A ship terminal receiving the chart information and the sea traffic information to display the corresponding information on the screen; Marine traffic information providing method using a smart phone application comprising; In the step of transmitting the local chart information and sea traffic information, the transmitted information is a simple electronic chart of the open API state converted from the ISO / IEC 8211-encoded form into the KML (XML) form of the information expression language of Google Earth ( ECS) information; The simplified electronic chart (ECS) information includes reef information, port information necessary for anchoring, docking facility information, weather information, tides information, fishing (fishing) information, ship information that operates at sea, lighthouse (marine transportation facility) information. It provides a marine traffic information providing method using a smart phone application characterized in that.

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According to the present invention, even a relatively small vessels can use the sea traffic information with the accuracy of the GPS plotter of the function even at a low cost through a smart phone application, there is no restriction in the range of use, and accurate information It is possible to navigate on the basis, which can be useful for safe navigation.

1 is an exemplary screen showing an example of implementing a variety of chart information on the screen through the GPS plotter of the prior art.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

Prior to the detailed description, the present invention uses a smart phone (Smart Phone) location-based and augmented to enable safe navigation quickly using the maritime traffic information at a relatively small vessel, that is, small vessels, accurate, simple and low cost It is to build a real service system.

Here, a smart phone is a mobile phone that performs a communication function and a personal information terminal device that performs a computing function, and refers to a multimedia device that enables access to the desired information anytime and anywhere in a desired form. There are a great variety of functions, and there are various functions such as a portable computer function, an electronic organizer function, and an Internet search function.

For example, the iPhone released by Apple provides a powerful capability to download and mount various types of applications to use various new functions.

In addition, Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) is a type of wireless LAN technology based on a wired line, and a wireless LAN (near field mobile communication) is a wired high-speed internet network to a home or school office. It is a technology that enables low-cost wireless access point (AP, Access Point) to internet modem in home or office and transmits signal to laptop by wireless at close range within tens of meters.

In addition, the latest technology includes a technology called Wireless Broadband Internet, which allows users to use the Internet at high speeds, even in wireless.

In particular, the present invention intends to actively use the AR (Augumented Reality) application through the GPS, wireless Internet, built-in camera function of the smart phone for maritime traffic information.

Here, augmented reality is a technology that combines the real world and virtual information in real time, and originated from Boeing's Top Cordell, which superimposed virtual images on real screens in order to educate the wire assembly process of expensive aircraft in 1990. It is a technology that is being put into practical use recently after the trial application phase in the 2000s.

For example, if you run an application such as' Layer ',' Ineedcoffee 'or Sekai camera' on your smartphone, and you look around with the built-in camera, you can search for information such as coffee shops, restaurants, and parks on the actual screen. You can also find business hours, phone numbers, and evaluations.

Then, the call is connected to the retrieved phone number.

Simply put, if you bring the camera of your smartphone, you can get the surrounding information related to the location.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the present invention is provided with a ship terminal 200 and a ship terminal 200 equipped with an application for receiving maritime information by wirelessly connecting to the island providing server 100 and the island providing server 100. It is composed.

At this time, since the application itself may be developed and modified in various forms, it does not need to be specifically limited, but is preferably based on an electric navigation chart (ECS) developed by the National Maritime Research Institute. By modifying the basic chart, customizing, and database to fit the service base, rapid uploading of information providers (national navigation information) and periodic updates of user ship terminals can be easily achieved.

In this case, most smartphone applications are based on Google Maps. Even though the information is simple, the information is converted to ISO / IEC 8211 encoding method and converted into KML (XML) format, which is the information expression language of Google Earth. It can be implemented by providing it in the form of an open API.

That is, when a navigator (user) connects to the system of the present invention, the information of the simplified electronic chart is provided to the ship terminal by the open API.

Open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are based on the Web, so they provide real-time updates of the latest navigation information announced by national agencies.

In other words, Open API is a public disclosure of its API, which is generally published in the form of Web Services, which means that "the application can control the functions provided by the operating system or programming language for use by applications. Interface that you have created ".

Therefore, the development of the standardized open API of the simplified electronic chart can be directly developed so that the information fee can be added or provided free of charge for the development from a national agency. Promote the development of creative multimedia contents by providing a variety of information related to fishing (fishing), water leisure, etc., which are applied to the above, by the domestic maritime authorities (national institutions). do.

In addition, in the present invention, it is preferable to configure a communication channel through a 3G network or a wireless Internet network (Wifi) required for communication of the smartphone, and if the infrastructure is sufficiently built in the future, it can be implemented as a WiBro (Wiress Broadband Internet). to be.

In the present invention, there are two types of exchange of marine traffic information: information provider (maritime authority) to user and navigator to navigator information exchange. For example, in the first case, in addition to the chart information, the control room and the navigator mainly use VHF communication, which can be replaced by the wireless phone function of the smartphone. In the second case, the ship (navigator) and the ship are called 'Sekai Camera'. Since augmented reality applications and the like can basically provide location information, if the navigator's consent is premised, the location-based information of each other can be shared (exposed) and confirmed to each other.

In addition, the island providing server 100 may be further configured a subscriber DB (110) for subscriber management, a payment processing unit 120 for calculating the bill.

In addition, the ship terminal 200 should be all smartphones 3G or more, basically the GPS function and the camera must be mounted and operable, and further, the application used in the present invention should be mounted.

In addition, the ship terminal 200 is to be subscribed to the islands providing server 100 to receive the service of the present invention.

To this end, the island provision server 100 is provided with a subscriber DB (110), the subscriber DB (110) is to store, update, and delete information about the terminal and the subscriber to receive the maritime traffic information service .

In addition, the chart providing server 100 may be further provided with a payment processing unit 120, the payment processing unit 120 is associated with a credit card company or VAN company for payment processing and their payment server 400 It can be configured to communicate.

The present invention having such a basic configuration provides a maritime traffic information service for a relatively small vessel, that is, a small vessel through the following method.

As shown in FIG. 3, first, the ship terminal 200 forms a communication channel to the island-providing server 100 through the wireless Internet and accesses it (S100).

At this time, the chart providing server 100 checks the subscriber information of the ship terminal 200, the communication channel is to be formed through the subscriber DB (110), and through the appropriate connection procedure (login procedure or security procedure) even if the provision server ( 100) allow access even if the information is available (S110).

Here, the vessel terminal 200 must be associated with the application in advance before accessing the islands providing server 100, and at the same time the position information (GPS) of the vessel terminal 200 is transmitted along with the provision even The server 100 should be maintained in a state of confirming the position of the connected vessel terminal 200.

Thereafter, the chart providing server 100 transmits the chart information of the area where the ship terminal 200 is located to the ship terminal 200 (S120).

At this time, the chart information provided by the islands providing server 100 preferably includes the waters near the West Sea, South Sea, East Sea and Jeju Island, which are the territorial waters of the Republic of Korea as shown in FIG.

Subsequently, the ship terminal 200 that has received the chart information is displayed on the screen of a nearby simple island in which the small ship is currently sailing, and the small ship navigator can perform safe navigation based on this (S130).

Of course, the sea chart information includes, if necessary, the reef information of the area, port information necessary for anchoring, docking facility information, weather information, tides information, fishing (fishing) information, ship information that operates at sea, especially lighthouses (marine transportation facilities). Information may be further supported in the form of additional services, and in some cases, necessary information may be set to be provided as a basic service.

It is desirable to set this up at the time of initial sign-up, and the cost estimate can be handled according to the set-up and agreement.

In the present invention, the payment itself is not the main concept, it is to provide a simple electronic chart in the form of an application to make it possible to safely sail even small vessels based on this.

In addition, the search function may be further performed through a separate search box in the state where the chart information is displayed. For example, when searching for 'lighthouse' as shown in FIG. 5 to be described later, the search information is displayed on the information. It can be in the form of.

As a result of this process, even a small ship can use marine traffic information comparable to that of a GPS plotter at a low cost, so that safer navigation is possible, and it can be easily used without additional equipment at a low cost.

In order to confirm whether or not the present invention can be actually implemented, Busan Haeundae was selected, and the seawater was sampled and processed according to the Google map, and then mounted on a ship terminal.

As a result of the demonstration, as shown in Figure 5, the safe operation was possible through a small ship, it was possible to search the necessary information in real time as it was used in the sea as in the 'augmented reality' of the land.

Therefore, it is expected that a drastic improvement in safety and smooth and efficient navigation in the operation of small vessels.

100: chart providing server 110: subscriber DB
120: payment processing unit 200: ship terminal

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When providing maritime traffic information using a chart providing server using a 3G network or a wireless Internet network (Wifi) and a ship terminal equipped with an augmented reality application and a GPS function and subscribed to the chart providing server, the vessel Requesting a connection to a provision server and entering a standby state even when an application mounted on the terminal is started; Confirming the subscriber information of the ship terminal requesting the connection through the subscriber DB and allowing access to the access request; If the connection is allowed, the standby state is released and at the same time, the chart providing server checks the position of the ship terminal through GPS and transmits the corresponding regional chart information and maritime traffic information; A ship terminal receiving the chart information and the sea traffic information to display the corresponding information on the screen; Marine traffic information providing method using a smart phone application comprising;
In the step of transmitting the local chart information and sea traffic information, the transmitted information is a simple electronic chart of the open API state converted from the ISO / IEC 8211-encoded form into the KML (XML) form of the information expression language of Google Earth ( ECS) information;
The simplified electronic chart (ECS) information includes reef information, port information necessary for anchoring, docking facility information, weather information, tides information, fishing (fishing) information, ship information that operates at sea, lighthouse (marine transportation facility) information. Maritime traffic information providing method using a smart phone application characterized in that it was. delete delete

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