KR101572261B1 - Telematics terminal and control method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a telematics system and a control method using the telematics system. The telematics system includes a receiver for receiving vehicle hardware ID information to be recognized, a storage unit for storing two or more dedicated applications according to the hardware type of the vehicle, And a controller for selecting and executing one of the two or more dedicated applications of the storage unit.

Telematics, Networks, Applications

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a telematics terminal and a control method using the telematics terminal.

The present invention relates to a telematics system that is standardized to operate only software corresponding to the network by sensing a flag attached to a vehicle network, and a control method using the telematics system.

In general, a telematics system is a device that provides a telephone function, map information, traffic information, multimedia information, GPS (global positioning system), and navigation function to a user through a wireless communication network.

As the significance of the safety field in the automobile industry is widely recognized, safety devices are rapidly increasing to recognize the situation inside and outside the vehicle. The safety devices include a lane departure warning system (LDWS), a forward collision warning system (FCWS), a pedestrian protection system (PPS), a driver drowsiness system (DDWS) Warning System). In addition, the camera mounting rate is rapidly increasing in order to recognize the situation inside and outside the vehicle during driving or stopping.

Such a telematics device provides a platform in which various information communication services can be used in a vehicle, and it is expected that the application field will be gradually expanded in the future.

The present invention is intended to provide a telematics system standardized to operate only software corresponding to the network by detecting flags attached to the vehicle network.

A telematics terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention for realizing the above object includes a receiver for receiving vehicle hardware ID information to be recognized, a storage unit for storing two or more dedicated applications according to the type of hardware of the vehicle, And a controller for selecting and executing one of the two or more dedicated applications of the storage unit based on the information.

The vehicle hardware ID information is stored in a flag form receivable by the telematics terminal.

The vehicle hardware ID information is information on a network type communicated by hardware of the vehicle.

In addition, the storage unit may store two or more handlers that enable one of the two or more dedicated applications to be selected and executed.

In addition, the control section separates and executes the dedicated handler that depends on the recognition target among the handlers.

Further, the control unit further executes an option file for determining whether or not the dedicated application according to the function of the recognition target can be executed for each function.

Also, the storage unit may include a dedicated application according to a GA, CA, Hybrid, and C2 software formats.

Further, the receiving unit uses a GPIO.

In order to achieve the above object, there is provided a method of controlling a telematics terminal according to the present invention, comprising: a storing step of storing two or more dedicated applications according to a type of hardware of a vehicle; a receiving step of receiving hardware ID information of a vehicle to be recognized And an execution step of selecting and executing a dedicated application corresponding to the network of the hardware among the two or more dedicated applications according to the received information.

In the storing step, at least two handlers for selecting and executing a dedicated application from among the two or more dedicated applications are stored, and in the executing step, And selecting and executing a dedicated handler corresponding to the network.

The execution step may further include separating and executing the handler independent of the recognition target, and executing the handler corresponding to the hardware network among the two or more dedicated handlers according to the reception information.

The execution step may include determining whether the dedicated application is executable according to the function of the recognition target, and separating and executing the executable application in the dedicated application.

Further, the control method may further include mounting a flag having ID information related to a network of hardware of a vehicle to be recognized, and the receiving step receives ID information of the flag.

The telematics system and the control method using the telematics system according to at least one embodiment of the present invention configured as described above have an advantage that standardized software can be provided regardless of the network type of the vehicle hardware.

Hereinafter, a terminal related to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

The terminal described in this specification may include a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), and navigation. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiments described herein may be applied to a fixed terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like, unless the configuration is applicable only to a mobile terminal.

1 is a configuration diagram of a telematics terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a telematics system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a receiving unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a controller 130.

The receiving unit 110 receives hardware information of a vehicle to be recognized. The receiving unit 110 of the telematics terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention receives hardware ID information included in a flag attached to the vehicle.

Specifically, the telematics system 100 receives the information to be recognized using the receiving unit, and transmits a signal for controlling a specific device to the telematics system according to a control signal.

As an example of the receiving unit 110, a GPIO (general purpose input / output pin) may be used, and the GPIO is an input / output pin used for general purposes.

The storage unit 120 stores a plurality of dedicated applications according to a network of hardware. The application is software that can execute a device of hardware of the vehicle. In the dedicated application, the executable application is variable for each network used for communication of hardware of the vehicle, and therefore, only one dedicated application can be executed in one hardware network.

Examples of the plurality of dedicated applications according to the hardware network stored in the storage unit 120 may include dedicated applications according to the GA software type, the CA software type, the hybrid software type, and the C2 software type.

In addition, the storage unit 120 may further store a plurality of handlers capable of executing the dedicated application. The handler refers to a function for providing a basis for creating and removing a program according to the type of the detected flag.

The handler executes different kinds of dedicated handlers according to the type of hardware of the vehicle.

The control unit 130 selects and executes an application corresponding to the ID information through the receiving unit 110.

The controller 130 may include a boot loader. The boot loader refers to a program that is first executed to select which O / S is to be booted by the user when there are multiple O / Ss.

Since the application executes different dedicated applications according to the network type of the vehicle, the controller 130 analyzes ID information of the hardware through the receiver 110 and executes a corresponding dedicated application.

In executing the dedicated application, the control unit 130 may further execute an option file that determines whether or not the application can be executed according to the function of the recognition target. It is possible for the control unit 130 to select a function that can be executed in the hardware for communicating with the telematics terminal 100 so that the corresponding application . ≪ / RTI >

In addition, the controller 130 analyzes ID information of the hardware through the receiver 110 and executes a corresponding handler so that different handlers are executed according to the network type of the vehicle.

In executing the handler, the control unit 130 distinguishes handlers that are independent of the recognition target. Therefore, the handler depending on the recognition object can be separately executed according to the network type of the recognition object, and the handler independent of the recognition object can be independently executed regardless of the type of the recognition object.

The flag 140 attached to the external recognition object includes ID information about the type of hardware to be recognized. The flag means a value or a variable including information of a certain state, and the flag according to an embodiment of the present invention performs a tag function including ID information of a hardware type.

The control method of the telematics terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention is as follows.

A control method of a telematics terminal according to the present invention for realizing the above object includes a storing step of storing two or more dedicated applications according to a type of hardware of a vehicle, a receiving step of receiving hardware ID information of a vehicle to be recognized, And an execution step of selecting and executing a dedicated application corresponding to the network of the hardware among the two or more dedicated applications according to the received information.

In the storing step, at least two handlers for selecting and executing a dedicated application from among the two or more dedicated applications are stored, and in the executing step, And selecting and executing a dedicated handler corresponding to the network.

The execution step may further include separating and executing the handler independent of the recognition target, and executing the handler corresponding to the hardware network among the two or more dedicated handlers according to the reception information.

The execution step may include determining whether the dedicated application is executable according to the function of the recognition target, and separating and executing the executable application in the dedicated application.

Further, the control method may further include mounting a flag having ID information related to a network of hardware of a vehicle to be recognized, and the receiving step receives ID information of the flag.

2 is a diagram illustrating a hierarchical structure of telematics software according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the telematics software according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a boot sector 210, a device interface 220, a middle layer sector 230, and an application sector 240.

The boot sector 210 performs an interface function for detecting flags of hardware attached to the recognition target. On the board of the hardware on which the telematics system is mounted, a flag including information on the type of the hardware is mounted in a chip form. The boot sector 210 performs the function of detecting the flag.

In addition, the device interface 220 performs a function of separately executing a device device for processing a bus message of a vehicle. The device refers to a program that is responsible for an interface between an operating system, an application program, and hardware, and may also be referred to as a driver device.

In addition, the middle layer sector 230 includes various handlers. A handler corresponding to the type of hardware to be recognized among the various handlers is separately executed. In addition, the middle layer sector 230 separates the handler depending on the recognition object, executes the handler depending on the recognition object in accordance with the type of the recognition object, separates the handler independent of the recognition object, .

In addition, the middle layer sector 230 may include a handler 231 that is independent of the type of the hardware, and the independent handler may be executed regardless of the hardware type.

In addition, the application sector 240 includes various applications. An application corresponding to the type of hardware to be recognized among the various applications is separately executed. Further, the application sector separates and executes an executable application according to the function of the recognition target.

In addition, when the application sector 240 is executed, an executable application 241 may be included depending on the function of the hardware.

3 is a diagram illustrating a process of applying telematics software to various hardware according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when an external user desires to apply telematics software to various hardware 320, 330, 340, and 350, a single telematics software can be executed regardless of the types of hardware.

The single telematics software includes a common software area 310 that can be commonly executed and individual software areas 311, 312, 313, and 314 that are executed differently depending on the type of hardware.

The network of hardware according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a GA software type 320, a CA software type 330, a hybrid software type 340, and a C2 software type 350.

In using the telematics software, the external user distinguishes and executes the software corresponding to the network of the hardware by using the common software area 310 regardless of the network of each hardware.

In the common software area 310, hardware flags included in the boards of various hardware are recognized, and a handler corresponding to the hardware is selected and executed. Further, the software corresponding to the hardware is executed according to the structure of the handler to be executed.

For example, if the hardware 320 requiring the GA software type corresponds to the recognition target, the hardware type is detected using the flag of the GA type hardware 320 in the common software area 310 The handler is executed so that the software corresponding to the GA type hardware 320 can be executed. The GA software 311 can be executed in response to the execution of the handler.

4 is a diagram for explaining a control process of a telematics terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the telematics system detects a flag attached to a target hardware (S410). If the flag type of the hardware is confirmed (S420), the handler depending on the recognition target is separated (S430) and the handler according to the type of the flag is executed (S440). The application is selected according to the structure of the handler to be executed (S450), and the executable application is executed separately according to the function of the recognition object (S460).

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described method can be implemented as a code that can be read by a processor on a medium on which the program is recorded. Examples of the medium that can be read by the processor include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, etc., and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet) .

The mobile terminal including the conversion icon as described above is not limited in the configuration and method of the embodiments described above, but the embodiments may be modified so that all or some of the embodiments are selectively As shown in FIG.

1 is a block diagram of a telematics terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a hierarchical structure of telematics software according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating a process of applying telematics software to various hardware according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a control process of a telematics terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (13)

A receiving unit for receiving the vehicle hardware ID information from the flag attached to the vehicle hardware to be recognized; A storage unit for storing single telematics software including two or more dedicated applications each executable corresponding to a type of recognized vehicle hardware; Recognizing the type of the vehicle hardware based on the vehicle hardware ID information received through the receiving unit by driving the single telematics software, selecting one of two or more dedicated applications of the storage unit corresponding to the recognized type of vehicle hardware And a control unit for selecting and executing, The single telematics software, Standardized software regardless of the kind of the hardware, A common software area that can be executed in common; And And an individual software area that is executed differently depending on the type of hardware, Wherein, A telematics terminal in which a user uses the single telematics software and executes an application corresponding to the type of hardware separately from other applications using only the common software area regardless of the type of the hardware. delete The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 1, And information on a type of a network communicating in the hardware of the vehicle. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, Wherein at least two handlers for selecting and executing one dedicated application from among the two or more dedicated applications are stored in the telematics terminal. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, And separates and executes the dedicated handler of the handler depending on the recognition object. The apparatus of claim 1, Further comprising an option file for determining whether or not the dedicated application according to the function of the recognition target can be executed for each function. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, GA, CA, Hybrid, and C2 software types. The apparatus of claim 1, Wherein the GPIO is used. Storing in a storage unit a single telematics software including at least two dedicated applications each executable corresponding to a type of recognized vehicle hardware; A receiving step of receiving the vehicle hardware ID information from the flag attached to the vehicle hardware to be recognized; And Recognizing the type of the vehicle hardware based on the vehicle hardware ID information received through the receiver by driving the single telematics software, selecting one of two or more dedicated applications of the storage unit corresponding to the recognized type of vehicle hardware And an execution step for selectively executing the execution step, The single telematics software, Standardized software regardless of the kind of the hardware, A common software area that can be executed in common; And And an individual software area that is executed differently depending on the type of hardware, Wherein, A method of controlling a telematics terminal using a single telematics software, wherein the user uses an application corresponding to the type of hardware by using only the common software area regardless of the type of the hardware. The method of claim 9, wherein the storing step stores at least two handlers for selecting and executing one dedicated application from the two or more dedicated applications, Wherein, And selecting and executing a dedicated handler corresponding to the hardware network among two or more handlers according to the received information. 11. The method according to claim 10, Separating and executing the handler independent of the recognition target and And executing the handler corresponding to the hardware network among the two or more dedicated handlers according to the reception information. 10. The method according to claim 9, Determining whether the dedicated application is executable according to a function of the recognition target; And separating and executing an executable application for each function in the dedicated application. 10. The method according to claim 9, Further comprising the step of mounting a flag having ID information related to a network of hardware of a vehicle to be recognized, Wherein the receiving step receives the ID information of the flag.

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