KR101150098B1 - Traffic information service method for auditory handicapped user in mobile communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a traffic information service method for the hearing impaired through a wireless communication network for allowing the hearing impaired to freely use the traffic information service running on the wireless communication network. To this end, the present invention provides a traffic information service method for providing traffic information when driving a vehicle through a wireless communication network, the method comprising the steps of a mobile terminal accessing a traffic information service of a wireless communication network to input a destination of the vehicle driving; Providing traffic information from a current location of the mobile terminal to a destination at a traffic information service server of the mobile terminal; and providing traffic notification information to be notified in real time by the traffic information service server; Is shown in the form of a pop-up window on the traffic information display screen, and the step of showing the real-time traffic notification information in the form of a pop-up window on the traffic information display screen, the traffic information display to display the real-time traffic notification information by the mobile terminal Pop of the screen It characterized in that formed so as to run for a preset time window.

Deaf, Deafness, Directional Sign, Radio Network, Traffic Information

Description

TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE METHOD FOR AUDITORY HANDICAPPED USER IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK}

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a wireless communication network system to which the method of the present invention is applied;

2 is a view showing in detail the configuration of the mobile terminal shown in FIG.

3 is a view for explaining the operation of the traffic information service method for the deaf through a wireless communication network according to the present invention.

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

10: base station (BTS), 12: base station controller (BSC),

14: mobile communication exchange (MSC / VLR), 16: home location register (HLR),

18: Short Message Center (SMC), 20: Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN),

22: packet data gateway node (PDGN), 24: traffic information server,

26: Traffic database.

The present invention relates to a method for providing a traffic information service through a wireless communication network, and more particularly to a wireless communication network for allowing the hearing impaired to freely use the traffic information service provided to a mobile terminal of a subscriber through a wireless communication network. It relates to a traffic information service method for the deaf through.

In general, a wireless communication network system adopts a wireless access scheme such as a code division multiple access scheme (CDMA), and allows a plurality of mobile terminal subscribers to simultaneously perform a voice call using a broadband frequency of 5 MHz. In addition to the original voice call function between the mobile terminals or between the mobile terminal and the landline telephone, it is used for various purposes by utilizing the broadband mobile communication frequency.

Recently, a mobile communication network and a mobile terminal of a wireless communication network system operate in conjunction with a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite to execute a GPS service that informs the current mobile location of each mobile terminal. In addition, a traffic information service called "Nate Drive" has been performed, which enables the user to be informed in text and graphic form of traffic information of the area where the mobile terminal is located.

The traffic information service using the wireless communication network receives the traffic information from the server providing the traffic information, downloads and installs a driving program that can be implemented in the terminal, and receives it in real time from the server on the communication network in the running state of the driving program. According to the specification of the terminal, the received traffic information can be displayed in text form or voice guidance and graphic form.

However, the current traffic information service is optimized to inform traffic information to normal people without disabilities. For the hearing impaired who can freely obtain a driver's license, the traffic information displayed in text or graphics is displayed in real time. Not only is it difficult to notice, there is a problem that the traffic guidance information performed by voice guidance cannot be notified at all.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to provide a traffic information service method for a hearing impaired person through a wireless communication network so that the hearing impaired person can freely use a traffic information service performed on a wireless communication network. To provide.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, in a traffic information service method for providing traffic information when driving a vehicle through a wireless communication network, a mobile terminal accesses a traffic information service of a wireless communication network to determine the destination of the vehicle operation; The step of inputting, providing traffic information from a current location of the mobile terminal to a destination at a traffic information service server of a wireless communication network, and providing traffic notification information to be notified in real time from the traffic information service server; The mobile terminal provides a traffic information service method for the hearing impaired through a wireless communication network, wherein the real-time traffic notification information is displayed in a pop-up window form on a traffic information display screen.

Hereinafter, the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

That is, Figure 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a wireless communication network system to which the method of the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, a wireless communication network system according to the present invention includes a mobile terminal (MS), a base station (BTS) 10, a base station controller (BSC) 12, and a mobile communication switchboard (MSC / VLR) ( 14, Home Location Register (HLR) 16, Short Message Center (SMC) 18, Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) 20, Packet Data Gateway Node (PDGN) 22, a traffic information service server 240, and a traffic information database 26.

The mobile terminal (MS) is made to enable voice call and data communication with the other party through a wireless communication network, and is optimized to query traffic information in consideration of a hearing-impaired subscriber, as shown in FIG. 2. The touch screen 30 includes a traffic guide service module 32, a vibrator 34, and a microprocessor 36.

The touch screen 30 is configured to directly input text and menu selection on a display screen by using a separate touch pen, and to directly input a destination by driving a vehicle by operating a touch pen of a hearing impaired subscriber. It is.

The traffic information service module 32 is a driving program downloaded from the traffic information service server 24 and installed in the terminal and used. The traffic information service server 24 is executed under the execution of the traffic information service module 32. Traffic information delivered in real time can be inquired in text form and graphic form, and the speed and direction indication function of the driving road can be performed by executing a pop-up window to notify traffic information of the deaf subscriber. .

The vibrator 34 is the microprocessor when the pop-up window of the speed and direction indication notification function of the driving road by the traffic information service module 32 is executed in the traffic information inquiry state when the vehicle is running through the traffic information service. Under control of 36, vibration of the terminal is generated.

The microprocessor 36 transmits the input information to the traffic information service server 24 in the form of a short message by inputting a destination of the deaf subscriber through the touch screen 30, and the traffic guidance service module 32. By executing the traffic information service inquiry screen is implemented on the display screen of the touch screen 30, the speed and direction indication notification of the driving road of the vehicle that is notified in real time by the traffic information service server 24 At the time, the pop-up window is executed for a predetermined time (for example, 3 to 5 seconds) on the screen of the touch screen 30, and vibration is generated in the vibrator 34.

Next, in FIG. 2, the base station 10 is a network termination device that is directly connected to the mobile terminal MS wirelessly, and is responsible for baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and transmission / reception of a radio signal.

The base station controller 12 is located between each of the base station 10 and the mobile communication switch 14 to be responsible for the management and control of the base station, which is a radio channel allocation and release function for each wireless modem, It performs transmission output control function, transcoding and vocoding function, operation and maintenance function for each base station between wireless modem and base station.

The mobile communication switch 14 performs an incoming / outgoing call process for exchanging information data of a subscriber assigned a telephone number through the mobile terminal (MS), and performs a location registration procedure of the mobile terminal and the traffic information service server ( 24) to perform an interworking function with a connected wireless Internet network, which holds a visitor location register (VLR) in which subscriber information for a mobile terminal in a location area managed by the corresponding mobile communication switch 14 is registered. Doing.

The home location register (16) registers subscriber information for a mobile terminal of an overall location area including a location area managed by the mobile communication switch (14).

The short message center 18 performs call processing for transmitting calls and messages between the mobile terminals, and transmits the speed and direction indication notification information of the driving road provided from the traffic information service server 24 into a short message ( SMS to the mobile terminal (MS).

The packet data serving node 20 performs an interface between a mobile communication network including a base station controller 12 and a mobile communication switch 14 and a wireless internet network, thereby routing and tunneling packets transmitted to the mobile terminal (MS). Then, the mobile station (MS) is assigned to manage the IP address on the IP network.

The packet data gateway node 22 connects an IP network and a wireless Internet network to perform routing of Internet packets through allocation and management of IPs (i.e., Simple IP and Mobile IP), and wireless Internet. It relays the packet from the network to the mobile communication terminal (MS) side through the base station controller 12 of the mobile communication network.

The traffic information service server 24 provides traffic information data according to the destination information of the vehicle operation transmitted from the mobile terminal MS in the form of a short message to the mobile terminal MS and notifies in real time. The notification information of the speed and direction indication of the driving road can be provided in the form of a short message through the short message selector 18.

The traffic information database 26 receives and stores road guidance and traffic information for a traffic information service in real time.

Next, the operation of the present invention made as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, when the mobile terminal MS accesses the traffic information service of the traffic information service server 24 by inputting a shortcut key or by operating a menu on the touch screen 30, the mobile terminal 10 directly inputs the terminal keypad. By inputting the destination or by inputting a character directly on the touch screen by the operation of the deaf subscriber to create the destination of the vehicle in the form of a text, the microprocessor 36 of the mobile terminal (MS) in the touch The text information of the destination input through the screen 30 is transmitted to the traffic information service server 24 in the form of a short message.

Accordingly, the traffic information service server 24 provides traffic information map data for guiding directions from the current location of the mobile terminal MS to the corresponding destination, and provides the mobile terminal MS with the mobile terminal MS. In this case, the traffic information map data provided from the traffic information service server 24 is displayed on the display screen of the touch screen 30 by executing the traffic information service module 32.

In this state, when the traffic information service server 24 needs to inform in real time the speed of the driving road with respect to the position where the mobile terminal MS moves by the vehicle, the speed information of the driving road is short. It is transmitted in the form of a short message through the message center 18.

Accordingly, when the mobile terminal MS receives the short message including the speed information of the driving road, the text data of the speed information of the driving road is displayed for a predetermined time (for example, 3 to 5 seconds) on the display screen of the traffic information. In addition to being executed in the form of a pop-up window, by vibrating the terminal through the vibrator 34 for a predetermined time so that the hearing impaired subscriber can observe the speed of the driving road.

In addition, when it is necessary for the traffic information service server 24 to inform the direction indication information in real time at the position where the mobile terminal MS moves by the vehicle, the short message center 18 provides the information of the direction indication. It will be sent in the form of a short message.

When the mobile terminal SM receives the short message including the direction indication information, the text data for the direction indication information is executed in the form of a pop-up window for a predetermined time (for example, 3 to 5 seconds) on the display screen of the traffic information. In addition, by vibrating the terminal through the vibrator 34 for a predetermined time so that the hearing impaired subscriber can observe the direction indication state at the corresponding driving position.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described typical preferred embodiments, but can be carried out in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention, various modifications, alterations, substitutions or additions are common in the art Those who have knowledge will easily understand. If such improvement, change, substitution or addition is carried out within the scope of the appended claims, the technical spirit should also be regarded as belonging to the present invention.

According to the present invention as described above, in order to implement a traffic information service freely available to the hearing impaired through a wireless communication network, the mobile terminal for the hearing impaired to input the destination of the vehicle driving through the touch screen, The speed and direction indication information of the road can be notified in the form of a pop-up window on the traffic information display screen, and the vibration can be informed by generating a vibration to the corresponding mobile terminal. The effect is that the information service is freely available.

Claims (7)

In the traffic information service method for providing traffic information when driving a vehicle through a wireless communication network, A first step in which a mobile terminal accesses a traffic information service of a wireless communication network and inputs a destination of vehicle operation; A second step of providing traffic information from a current location of the mobile terminal to a destination in a traffic information service server of a wireless communication network; When the traffic information service server provides the traffic notification information to be notified in real time, the mobile terminal comprises a third step of showing the real-time traffic notification information in the form of a pop-up window on the traffic information display screen, In the third step, the mobile terminal is a traffic information service method for the hearing impaired via a wireless communication network, characterized in that for executing a pop-up window of the traffic information display screen displaying the real-time traffic notification information for a predetermined time. The method of claim 1, In the first step, the mobile terminal is a traffic information service method for the hearing impaired through a wireless communication network, characterized in that configured to input the destination information by the text input of the subscriber via the touch screen. The method of claim 2, In the first step, the destination information text input through the touch screen is transmitted to the traffic information service server in the form of a short message (SMS) traffic information service method for the hearing impaired via a wireless communication network. The method of claim 1, In the third step, the real-time traffic notification information is at least one of the speed information or direction indication information of the driving road where the mobile terminal is located, the traffic information service method for the hearing impaired via a wireless communication network. The method of claim 4, wherein In the third step, the traffic information service server is configured to transmit the speed information, direction indication information or direction indication information of the driving road to the mobile terminal in the form of a short message (SMS) via a wireless communication network. Traffic Information Service Method for Deaf. delete The method of claim 1, In the third step, when the pop-up window of the real-time traffic notification information is executed, the mobile terminal is configured to generate a vibration to the terminal, characterized in that the traffic information service method for the hearing impaired via a wireless communication network.

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