KR101217624B1 - Apparatus of guiding walk using mobile terminal and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a walking guidance apparatus using a mobile terminal, and a method thereof. After receiving the target location space, the mobile terminal calculates the optimal walking path in consideration of the number and moving distance of waiting sections of the walking path between the current location space and the target location space, and the occurrence schedule of the target event associated with the target location space. After calculating the walking method including the recommended walking speed to meet the timing, the calculated walking path and walking method are displayed and guided.

Description

Apparatus for guiding walk using mobile terminal and method

The present invention relates to a walking guidance method using a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for guiding walking so as to match an occurrence timing of an event associated with a target location space.

In addition to the improvement of mobile terminals such as smartphones, various sensors such as gyroscopes, GPS, cameras, etc. are installed in the mobile terminals, and various services that collect and analyze context information of users and provide appropriate functions for each situation are provided. Is being developed. However, the conventional services simply grasp the user situation and provide simple information to the mobile terminal. For example, when providing bus operation information to a mobile terminal, it simply provides information such as a timetable inquiry of a route of interest, a location of a stop closest to a user's current location, and a current location or estimated time of arrival of a bus. However, in order to get on the bus of interest in the desired time zone, the user has to walk from the current position to the bus stop before the arrival of the bus, but the situation frequently arrives at the bus stop too early or too late.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for guiding a walking method from a current position to a target position using a mobile terminal so as to match an occurrence timing of an event associated with a target position space.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an example of a walking guidance method using a mobile terminal according to the present invention, after receiving the target location space, the number and movement of waiting sections of the walking path between the current location space and the target location space Calculating an optimal walking path in consideration of distance; Calculating a walking method including a recommended walking speed capable of matching a timing of an occurrence schedule of a target event associated with the target location space; And displaying the walking path and the walking method.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an example of a mobile terminal according to the present invention, after receiving the target location space is optimal considering the number of moving sections and the walking distance of the walking path between the current location space and the target location space Pedestrian path calculation for calculating pedestrian paths; A pedestrian method calculating a pedestrian method including a recommended pedestrian speed capable of matching a timing of an event schedule associated with the target location space; And a walking guide unit displaying the walking path and the walking method.

According to the present invention, the user can grasp the event that can be adjusted at the time of walking movement of the event schedule for the target location space in the current location space. In addition, by guiding the optimal walking speed during walking movement to adjust the timing of the event, it minimizes the waiting time while walking and arrives at the target location space according to the timing of the event. You can prevent late arrivals.

1 is a view showing an example of the configuration of a mobile terminal and a server for performing a walking guidance method according to the present invention,
2a is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a walking guidance method using a mobile device according to the present invention;
2b is a flowchart illustrating a specific example of an event selection method for a walking guidance service according to the present invention;
3 to 6 is a view showing an example of the event selection method when the target location space of the walking guidance service according to the present invention,
7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of selecting an event capable of timing alignment according to the present invention;
8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of calculating a walking method according to the present invention;
9 is a view showing the calculation result of the walking method in the present invention,
10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of guiding a walking method according to the present invention to a user through a mobile terminal, and
11 to 13 are diagrams illustrating an example of a method of displaying a walking guide on a screen of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a walking guidance method and apparatus using a mobile device according to the present invention.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a mobile terminal and a server for performing a walking guidance method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile terminal 100 is connected to a server 150 through a wired or wireless communication network, and the mobile terminal 100 grasps a walking guidance method based on information of various databases stored in the server 150 to a user. to provide. Herein, the mobile terminal 100 may be a personal portable terminal capable of determining its own location, communicating with the server 150, and performing a predetermined calculation process, for example, a smartphone.

In detail, the mobile terminal 100 includes a walking path calculation unit 110, an event check unit 120, a walking method calculation unit 130, and a walking guide unit 140, and the server 150 includes a location spatial information DB. 160, the event information DB 170, and the waiting section schedule DB 180.

The walking path calculation unit 110 calculates an optimal walking path in consideration of the number of moving sections and the moving distance of the walking path between the current location space and the target location space after receiving the target location space from the user. The pedestrian path calculation unit 110 receives the location space map from the location space information DB 160 of the server and displays the location space map to the user so that the user can easily input the target location space.

The event checking unit 120 searches and displays an event category of a target location space selected by the user through the event information DB 170 of the server, and also displays an event schedule of the event category selected by the user in the event information DB 170. Display a list of events for which timing can be customized. If there is only one information on the event category for the target location space and the user's selection is not necessary, the user's selection process for the event can be omitted. A method of identifying an event list capable of timing alignment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 7.

The pedestrian method calculation unit 130 divides the pedestrian path into each section based on the point where the air is generated and then predicts the waiting time between each section by referring to the waiting section schedule DB 180. After calculating the average period of waiting time at the point, calculate the recommended walking speed for each section so that the waiting time does not occur between the sections as much as possible. A method of calculating the walking method will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 8.

The walking guide unit 140 displays the walking path and the walking method through various methods that can be recognized by the user. The walking guidance method will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13.

2A is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a walking guidance method using a mobile device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2A, the mobile terminal 210 receives a target location space from the user 200 (S254). In order to facilitate input of the target location space of the user 200, the mobile terminal 210 first receives a location space map from a location spatial information DB (not shown) of the server 220 (S250). Displayed on the screen (S252). The user 200 may easily select a desired target location space using a map (S254). Although the present embodiment illustrates a case of using a location space map, the target location space may also be input through an address search or a name of the target location space (for example, a station name or a movie theater name).

After inputting the target location space of the user, the mobile terminal 210 detects the current location of the terminal by using the GPS (S256). The current location of the mobile terminal 210 is not limited to the GPS, and the current location may be determined through various methods that can be conventionally implemented.

The mobile terminal 210 selects an optimal walking path among the walkable moving paths between the current location space and the target location space (S258). That is, the mobile terminal 210 selects an optimal walking path in consideration of the moving distance and the number of waiting sections such as a crosswalk among the possible walking paths between the current location space and the target location space. As the optimal walking path, a path having a minimum number of waiting sections or a minimum moving distance may be selected.

The mobile terminal 210 displays and receives an event category associated with the target location space selected by the user through the event information DB (not shown) of the server 220 and displays it on the mobile terminal (S260, S262). 200 selects a target event category to receive a service through the mobile terminal 210 (S264). If there is only one event category associated with the target location space, the process of searching for and selecting the target event category may be omitted.

The event information DB (not shown) of the server 220 stores information associated with a specific location space for each category. For example, the event information DB stores information about bus information such as bus route and bus arrival time in each category when a specific location space is a bus stop.In the case of a movie theater, a movie or a show time is categorized. Store as classified. In particular, an event inquiry and selection process when a specific location space is a bus stop will be described with reference to FIGS. 2B to 6.

When the target event category is selected (S266), the mobile terminal 210 displays and displays the schedule of occurrence of the target event category from the event information DB (S268). At this time, the mobile terminal 210 refers to the selected pedestrian path to determine whether the target location space can be reached according to the timing of the event occurrence schedule and displays an event capable of timing alignment. A method of determining whether or not an event is capable of timing alignment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 7.

When the user selects a target event among the timing alignment events (S270), after calculating a walking method that minimizes the waiting time that may occur in the waiting section of the walking path selected to enable timing alignment of the target event. In operation S272, the user walks the walking path and the walking method (S274). The calculation method of the walking method will be described with reference to FIG. 8, and the walking guidance method will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13.

2B is a flowchart illustrating a specific example of an event selection method for a walking guidance service according to the present invention, and FIGS. 3 to 6 are events selection when the target location space is a bus stop among the walking guidance services according to the present invention. One example of a method is shown. Hereinafter, a description will be given with reference to FIGS. 2B to 6.

First, referring to FIG. 3, when the user selects a bus stop as the target location space 330, the mobile terminal calculates a walking path 320 between the current location space 330 and the target location space 330. At this time, the walking path includes a waiting section 310.

2B and 4, when the user selects a bus stop as the target location space 330 as shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal displays an event category associated with the bus stop by searching the event information DB of the server (S280). ). When the user selects the 'bus arrival' event among the event categories, the mobile terminal inquires the event information DB of the server and displays the 'bus route' list 400 which is the 'bus arrival' event category (S282).

2B and 5 and 6, when the user selects the 2010 number 500 as the bus number in the 'bus route' list 400, the mobile terminal displays and displays the arrival schedule 510 of the bus number 2010. At step S284, the timing 600 that matches the timing of the selected walking path among the arrival schedule, that is, the arrival schedule 600, is displayed (S286).

The user selects one of the arrival schedules capable of timing alignment displayed on the mobile terminal as the target event (S288).

7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of selecting an event capable of timing alignment according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the mobile terminal divides the selected walking path into respective sections based on the point where the air is generated (for example, pedestrian crossing, etc.) (S700). The maximum waiting time for each section is obtained (S702) and the sum is calculated to obtain the total waiting time for the walking path (S704). For example, if there is an L-1 point where waiting occurs, the walking path is divided into L sections (section 1, section 2, ..., section L), and the maximum waiting time for each section is waiting in each section. MW1, MW2, ... MWL-1 is obtained according to the maximum waiting time at the point where is generated. Therefore, the total waiting time (MW) can be obtained as MW1 + MW2 + ... + MWL-1.

In addition, after calculating the slow walking speed and the fast walking speed based on the average walking speed of the user, the movement time of the walking path is calculated based on the set slow walking speed and the fast walking speed, respectively (S710, S720).

Specifically, for the user's slow pace, a value (S) between 0.8 and 1 is set in the average pace, and the walking movement time (T1) for the S times slower pace is calculated as shown in Equation 1 (S710). The total walking movement time MT1 in consideration of the waiting time is obtained (S730).

In the same way, for a fast pace, the user sets a value (F) between 1 and 1.2 for the average pace and obtains a walking movement time (T2) for a F times faster pace as shown in Equation 2 (S720). Obtaining the total walking movement time MT2 in consideration of the time (S750).

In this way, the current time is identified and summed up to the maximum and minimum values of the total walking movement time obtained through this method (S750), and the event that the occurrence schedule belongs to, ie, "(current time + MT2) <= event occurrence schedule An event satisfying <= (current time + MT1) "is selected as an event capable of timing alignment (S760).

8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of calculating a walking method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the mobile terminal divides the selected walking path for each section based on a point where waiting occurs (for example, a crosswalk, etc.) (S800).

The mobile terminal refers to the standby section schedule DB 850 of the server and inquires the schedule of occurrence of the wait at the point where each wait occurs (S810). By predicting through the simulation to obtain the waiting time for each section (S820). For example, if you calculate the travel time to the point where the first wait occurs based on the average pace, you can see how long after you arrive at the point where the first wait occurs. Find the waiting time at the point where the first wait occurs and find the waiting time. This method is simulated for each section to calculate the waiting time for each section.

In addition, the mobile terminal calculates an average period of waiting occurring between sections (S830) and calculates a recommended walking speed for each section so that the waiting time does not occur as much as possible during the movement of the walking path (S840). Specifically, the recommended walking speed for each section is reduced to the average walking speed so that if the predicted waiting time for each section is larger than the 'waiting average period of the section * (1/2)', it arrives at the point before the predicted waiting is possible. Calculate the recommended speed (S842, S844), and calculate the walking speed by increasing from the average step speed if the waiting time predicted for each section is smaller than the 'waiting average period of the interval * (1/2)' (S842, S846). . Through this process, the recommended walking speed for each section is calculated.

9 is a view showing the calculation result of the walking method in the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 9 is a walking method when a bus stop is selected as the target location space 330 and a schedule of 14:53 is selected among the arrival times (600 in FIG. 6) of the bus shown in FIG. 6 as the target event. An example of displaying the calculation result on the mobile terminal.

Referring to FIG. 9, the walking path 320 from the current location space 300 to the target location space 330 is displayed on a map, and each section divided based on the point 310 where an atmosphere occurs. The difference between the recommended walking speed and the recommended walking speed and average walking speed for each section is indicated. For example, in the case of interval 1, the recommended walking speed is 4.5 km / hr, which is 0.1 km / hr slow.

10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of guiding a walking method according to the present invention to a user through a mobile terminal.

Referring to FIG. 10, the current location of the mobile terminal is determined (S1000) to determine which section of the walking path is located (S1010). In addition, the mobile terminal measures the walking speed of the user (S1020). The walking speed can be measured in real time because the current position of the mobile terminal can be grasped in real time, and may be easily obtained through calculation of the moving time and the moving distance.

When the grasp of the currently located section and the user walking speed is completed, the mobile terminal determines whether the recommended walking speed of the current section and the walking speed of the user are the same (S1030). If the walking speed of the user is slower than the recommended speed of the current section (S1040), the mobile terminal informs the user that the walking speed of the user is slower than the recommended speed (S1050), and in the opposite case, the walking speed of the user is faster than the recommended walking speed. Inform (S1060). At this time, the mobile terminal may use a method such as an alarm sound or vibration as a method of informing the user of a slow or fast walking speed, for example, an alarm sound or vibration type when a slow walk is required and an alarm when a fast walk is required. By varying the type of sound or vibration, the user can recognize the mobile terminal without checking it. If the user adjusts the pace of walking and corresponds to the recommended walking speed, the alarm sound or vibration is terminated so that the user may know the recommended speed. The walking guidance of the user may also be guided through a visual display method as shown in FIGS. 11 to 13.

11 to 13 are diagrams illustrating an example of a method of displaying a walking guide on a screen of a mobile terminal according to the present invention. The walking method will be described based on the case calculated as shown in FIG. 9.

Referring to FIG. 11, when the user is present in section 1 and the current user walking speed is 4.5 km / hr, the mobile terminal exists within the range of the recommended walking speed, and thus the current speeds together with the messages 1100 and 1130 to maintain the current speed. The speed 102 is displayed. Information on the walking path and the calculated walking method is displayed on the left side of the screen (1140), and the current location space 1150 of the user is displayed in green.

Referring to FIG. 12, when the user exists in section 1 and the current user walking speed is 6.0 km / hr, the mobile terminal is present with a message 1210 indicating that the user walking speed is lower than the recommended walking speed. Step speed 1220 is indicated. It also displays the recommended walking speed 1230. Information on a walking method for calculating a walking path is displayed on the left side 1240 of the screen, and the current location space 1250 of the user is indicated in blue.

Referring to FIG. 13, when the user is present in section 1 and the current user walking speed is 3.0 km / hr, the mobile terminal is present with a message 1310 indicating that the user walking speed is slower than the recommended walking speed. The walking speed 1320 is displayed. Also, the recommended walking speed 1330 is displayed together. Information on a walking method for calculating a walking path is displayed on the left side 1340 of the screen, and the current location space 1350 of the user is marked in red.

The present invention can also be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the present invention.

Claims (14)

Calculating an optimal walking path in consideration of the number and moving distances of waiting sections of the walking path between the current location space and the target location space after receiving the target location space;
Calculating a walking method including a recommended walking speed capable of matching a timing of an occurrence schedule of a target event associated with the target location space; And
And displaying the walking path and the walking method.
Calculating the walking method,
Dividing the selected walking path for each section based on a point where an atmosphere occurs;
Calculating an average waiting time at each waiting point when moving at the average step speed at the present time with reference to the waiting section schedule DB in which the waiting schedule for each waiting point is stored; And
Calculating an increase or decrease of the walking speed for each section based on the average walking speed so as to minimize the average waiting time at each waiting point; How to walk. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating of the walking path comprises:
Identifying at least one walking path movable between the current location space and the target location space; And
Calculating a walking path that takes the shortest time as an optimal walking path based on the number of waiting sections including the moving distance and the crosswalk among the determined walking paths; Guide way. The method of claim 1, wherein before calculating the walking method,
Searching for an event information DB storing event information associated with each target location space, searching for and displaying an event associated with the target location space, and receiving any one of the displayed events from the user as a target event; Walking guide method, characterized in that. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving of the target event comprises:
Displaying an event category associated with the target location space;
Displaying an event capable of timing alignment in consideration of the calculated walking path in the event list of the target event category selected by the user in the displayed event category;
Receiving one of the events that can be adjusted timing from the user as a target event; Walking guidance method using a mobile terminal comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying of the timing alignment event comprises:
Dividing the walking path by each section based on a point where an atmosphere is issued;
Calculating a total waiting time of the entire walk based on the maximum waiting time of each point where the waiting occurs;
Calculating first and second travel times of the walking path according to a slow walking speed and a fast walking speed set by a user, respectively; And
The timing of the event occurrence schedule existing between the minimum travel time of the first travel time and the total waiting time at the present time and the maximum travel time of the sum of the second travel time and the total waiting time at the present time are adjusted. Selecting a possible event; walking guidance method using a mobile terminal comprising a. delete The displaying in claim 1,
Comparing the recommended walking speed with the walking speed of the current user and displaying a difference between the recommended walking speed through visual or auditory means; a walking guidance method using a mobile terminal. A pedestrian path calculation unit for calculating an optimal pedestrian path in consideration of the number of moving sections and the moving distance of the pedestrian path between the current location space and the target location space after receiving the target location space;
A pedestrian method calculating a pedestrian method including a recommended pedestrian speed capable of matching a timing of an event schedule associated with the target location space; And
And a walking guide unit displaying the walking path and the walking method.
The walk method calculation unit divides the walking path into each section on the basis of the point where the air is generated, and moves to the average step speed with reference to the waiting section schedule DB in which the air occurrence schedule of each point is generated. Calculate the average waiting time at the point where is generated, and calculate the increase and decrease of the walking speed for each section based on the average walking speed so as to minimize the average waiting time at each waiting point Mobile terminal, characterized in that to calculate. The method of claim 8, wherein the walking path calculation unit,
After identifying at least one walking path that can be moved between the current location space and the target location space, the optimal walking path is optimized by considering the number of waiting sections including the moving distance and the crosswalk among the identified walking paths. Mobile terminal, characterized in that to calculate the walking path of the. The method of claim 8,
The event category associated with the target location space can be found and displayed by referring to the event information DB storing event information for each target location space, and timing can be adjusted in consideration of the walking path calculated by the user selected event category. And an event confirming unit which displays an event and receives one of the events that can be timing-adjusted as a target event from the user and provides the event to the walking method calculation unit. The method of claim 10, wherein the event check unit,
The walk path is divided into sections based on the point where the air is issued, and the total wait time of the walk path is calculated based on the maximum wait time of each point where the air is generated, and the slow pace and the fast pace set by the user are calculated. Computing the first and second travel time of the walking path according to the speed, respectively, and the maximum travel time of the sum of the first travel time and the total waiting time at the present time and the second travel time and the current time The mobile terminal, characterized in that the event occurrence schedule that exists between the minimum travel time of the sum of the total waiting time to display as an event capable of timing alignment. delete The method of claim 8, wherein the walking guide portion,
Mobile terminal, characterized in that by comparing the recommended walking speed and the walking speed of the current user to display the difference between the recommended walking speed through a visual or auditory means. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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