KR101581194B1 - Network System for Inter-vehicle and Method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an inter-vehicle network system and a method thereof. The inter-vehicle network system shares audio and video information between cars by connecting a plurality of cars to a single network, and comprises: an input part which receives plate numbers by community through a user terminal installed in the car; a storing part which stores the plate number information of the car, user terminal information installed in the car, community and location information; a grouping part which brings together cars registered in the same community as a group; a data transmission part which sends and receives data between cars so as to share information. According to the present invention, by using the inter-vehicle network system and method thereof, drivers sitting in different cars can share information on traffic conditions for cars and share the feeling by sharing music, radio and drivers′ voice. Also, cars moving in group can drive in safe and swift by sharing traffic conditions for cars and the system can be applied to military vehicles performing an operation or vehicles which guard special people.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inter-

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an inter-vehicle network system and method, and more particularly, to an inter-vehicle network system and method in which a plurality of vehicles are connected to one network to share voice and image information between vehicles.

The automobile has become a necessity for modern people who have increased activity. In March 2013, the number of cars in Korea is over 19 million, with about one in every two or three people. Many people travel by car and spend more time in the car. However, automobiles still function as a means of transportation, but there is no automotive system that can realize emotional ICT.

With the advancement of IT technology and the spread of smartphones, modern people exchange their feelings whenever and wherever. However, the technology to exchange emotions using devices other than smartphones has not developed yet. A car that is a necessity for modern people and a lot of time can be a means of realizing emotional ICT, and related technology is needed.

In addition, there is a need for a system that can share information among people traveling in a car. As the cultures that emphasize leisure have spread, there are many people who leave their homes by car on their holidays. When a group or associate leaves, many vehicles are used. In many cases, they communicate with each other and share information on the move.

For example, if you go to a rest area while you reach your destination, or return to a route other than the predetermined length, you communicate mainly by telephone. All information can be delivered only by the user's voice, and it is difficult to share the video information such as traffic information and maps.

Techniques for guiding the driver in the fastest way to customize the vehicle or for recording the inside and outside of the vehicle in real time have developed, but there is no system to support information exchange or emotional sharing among drivers.

The technology that is the background of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2010-0129607 (published on December 09, 2010).

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle-to-vehicle network system and method in which a plurality of vehicles are connected to one network to share voice and image information between vehicles.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an inter-vehicle network system including an input unit for inputting vehicle number information for each community through a user terminal installed in the vehicle, information on the vehicle number, A grouping unit for grouping the vehicles subscribed to the same community into one group, and a data transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving data to share data among the grouped vehicles.

In addition, the grouping unit may automatically join the same community to a vehicle that the user touched the sharing button among vehicles located within a certain distance from the vehicle joined to the community.

The data transmitting and receiving unit may receive the data through the user terminal installed in the vehicle, and may transmit the received data to the user terminal installed in the grouped other vehicle.

The data may be at least one of a music, a radio broadcast, a user's voice information, a location information, a map, a screen of a vehicle image accident recording device, various image information, and a navigation screen to be shared by the user.

Also, the user terminal can receive the position of another vehicle belonging to the same group from the data transmission / reception unit and display it on a map.

In the inter-vehicle network method according to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for inter-vehicle network, comprising the steps of: inputting vehicle number information for each community through a user terminal installed in the vehicle; receiving the vehicle number information, Grouping the vehicles subscribed to the same community into one group, and receiving the data through the user terminal installed in the vehicle, transmits the received data to the user terminal installed in another grouped vehicle .

Therefore, according to the present invention, by using the vehicle-to-vehicle network system and method, it is possible to share information on the vehicle driving situation between passengers on different vehicles, share music, radio, .

Also, the present invention can be applied to a military vehicle or a performance vehicle that can move safely and quickly by sharing information on vehicle driving situation among moving vehicles in a group, and perform an operational command.

1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an intervehicular network system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an intervehicular network system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an inter-vehicle network method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4A and 4B are views illustrating an example of a screen of step S310 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary view illustrating an example of a screen of step S330 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary view illustrating an example of a screen of step S340 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an intervehicular network system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the inter-vehicle network system 200 may be implemented through the user terminals 115, 125, 135, and 145, and may be executed in the form of an application or a program. The user terminal may be installed in a vehicle and may be implemented as portable mobile terminals 125 and 145 including a smart phone, a smart pad, a PDA, a tablet PC, and the like. ). ≪ / RTI >

The vehicles 110, 120, 130 and 140 having the user terminals 115, 125, 135 and 145 are connected to each other through the inter-vehicle network system 200 and can share data.

Hereinafter, the inter-vehicle network system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an intervehicular network system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the inter-vehicle network system 200 includes an input unit 210, a storage unit 220, a grouping unit 230, and a data transmission / reception unit 240.

The input unit 210 receives the vehicle number by community through a user terminal installed in the vehicle. The user can subscribe to the community by entering the car number into the community through the user terminal.

Here, the community means a group in which a plurality of users are gathered on a network through a user terminal installed in the vehicle, and users belonging to the same community share information using the inter-vehicle network system 200. The user can open a new community using a user terminal installed in the vehicle or join a previously established community.

The input unit 210 may further receive user information including a current location of the vehicle, IP information of the user terminal, a nickname that the user may use instead of the car number in the community, a number of the user terminal, and an account of the social network service.

The storage unit 220 stores the vehicle number, the user information, and the community information to which the user is subscribed. The storage unit 220 stores the user information in the form of a car number, stores the car number, the nickname of the car user, the IP information of the user terminal, the location information of the user terminal, .

The grouping unit 230 groups vehicles joined to the same community into one group. At this time, the information stored in the storage unit 220 is used, and the users having the same field value of the community information to which the user subscribes are grouped.

Also, the grouping unit 230 can automatically subscribe the vehicle that the user touches the sharing button to the community to which the vehicle located within a certain distance range subscribes.

The data transmitting and receiving unit 240 receives the data to be shared from the user terminal of the user who wants to share the data so that the data can be shared among the grouped vehicles and transmits the received data to the grouping unit 230, To the user terminal of the vehicle. This allows users to share data with subscribers in the same community. Bluetooth, 3G, LTE, Wi-Fi, and the like can be used for data transmission / reception with the user terminal.

The data transmitting and receiving unit 240 may receive the current position of another vehicle from other user terminals and transmit the current location to the corresponding user terminal so that the user terminal can display the position of another vehicle on the map.

In addition, the user terminal can display the location information of the other vehicle received by the data transmission / reception unit 240 on the map. The vehicle of the user who has agreed to the position information sharing may display the current position on the map and compare the current position of the other vehicle with the position of the user's vehicle.

Hereinafter, an inter-vehicle network method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3 through FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an inter-vehicle network method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4A and 4B are views illustrating an example of a screen of step S310 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the input unit 210 receives a vehicle number from a user for each community (S310). The user inputs the vehicle number, which is a unique value of the vehicle, using the user terminal installed in the vehicle. The inputted vehicle number is used as an ID for identifying the vehicle in the inter-vehicle network system 200. [ A nickname can be further input for users who are reluctant to disclose the vehicle number, and the nickname inputted identifies each vehicle and the user of the vehicle instead of the vehicle number.

Further, the input unit 210 may further receive the current position of the vehicle, IP information of the user terminal, the number of the user terminal, etc., and may receive account information of the social network service from the user, and may interwork with the social network service.

The inter-vehicle network system 200 may provide one social network service, or may interwork with other social network services. The data shared in the inter-vehicle network system 200 may be posted to another social network service, or the processed information may be shared in the inter-vehicle network system 200 through community activities.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the user selects a community which is registered in the inter-vehicle network system 200 and wants to join. The user can select a community from among a plurality of communities to view the community introduction. The community builder or operator can indicate in a brief introduction to the community the purpose of the community or the data that is primarily shared, and can automatically count the number of vehicles currently participating in the community. The community introduction may display the car number of the founder who established the community or the operator who is currently operating the community, or a nickname set by the user.

And if you have data that is currently being shared in the community, you can also display information about that data. The user can check the contents of the information being shared, who can share the information, and what data is being shared.

After confirming the information of the community, the user who has determined the community to be touched, touches the joining button of the community. When the subscription button is touched, the screen of FIG. 4B is displayed on the user terminal.

As shown in FIG. 4B, the user can input the car number necessary for joining the community, and set a nickname. In addition, the user may input setting information of the inter-vehicle network system 200. The user may also enter when to end the community connection or agree to share the location information.

The input unit 210 receives the information of the community to which the user subscribes from the user, receives the vehicle number of the user, and the nickname of the user. Also, the user can input whether the community connection is maintained until the end of the vehicle operation, the time limit is maintained for a predetermined time, or the current shared data is restored.

Also, the input unit 210 collects the current position information of the vehicle from the inter-vehicular network system 200, and selects whether or not to agree to share the collected position information of the vehicle with other users subscribing to the same community as the user Can receive. If the user agrees to collect and share the location information, the vehicle can confirm the location information of other vehicles subscribed to the same community on the map, and the location information of the corresponding vehicle can also be transmitted to the user terminal of another vehicle and shared.

After inputting the vehicle information and setting information, the user replies to the question of joining the community. When the input unit 210 receives a response from the user to join the community, the input unit 210 proceeds to the next step to register the vehicle of the user in the community.

Next, the storage unit 220 stores the information received from the input unit 210 in the form of an index in the database based on the car number (S320). The vehicle number is essentially stored and stored, and further stores the nickname of the user, the IP address of the user terminal, the location information of the user terminal, the community information to which the user subscribes, the connection end setting information, .

In addition, when the user reconnects to the inter-vehicle network system 200 and joins another community, the information stored in the storage unit 220 can be automatically retrieved from the existing community, To be able to register.

Next, the grouping unit 230 groups vehicles joined to the same community (S330). At this time, information stored in the storage unit 220 is used. Groups the vehicles of the users who have the same community information, that is, the users who belong to the same community, into one group. By grouping the vehicle number or the user terminal information of the users who have joined the same community, the users who have joined the community can share the information.

The grouping unit 230 can automatically subscribe a vehicle whose user has touched the shared button to a community to which the vehicle located within a predetermined distance from the vehicle is subscribed. Using the location information collected by the user's agreement, a vehicle located close to the vehicle touched the shared button or within a predetermined distance is identified. It is possible to identify the community to which the vehicle located in the vicinity is subscribed and to automatically join the community when touching the share button.

In addition, the grouping unit 230 can automatically establish a community among the users in the vicinity by using the collected location information. When the vehicles located within a predetermined distance touch the connection button of the user terminal within a preset time, the vehicles are grouped into one group and these vehicles can be automatically subscribed to one community.

In the above two cases, step S310 is not performed, step S320 is immediately performed, and only user terminals that have already joined the existing community can automatically join the new community. The storage unit 220 retrieves the vehicle information that the user of the vehicle has entered in the past when he joins another community, and updates and stores the community group.

5 is an exemplary view illustrating an example of a screen of step S330 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, after completing the step S330, the grouping unit 230 includes the corresponding vehicle in the group of vehicles subscribed to the community. The user can confirm that his or her car number or nickname of the user who has requested to join the community is displayed in the registered vehicle field of the joined community.

When the community subscription is completed, the user can select data to be shared with the vehicles joined to the same community, and the data transmission / reception unit 240 receives data desired to be shared by the user (S340). A user who wants to share data can touch the shared button of the community to share and select the data to be shared.

6 is an exemplary view illustrating an example of a screen of step S340 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, a user who wants to share data can select the type of information to be shared, and can share both audio information and video information. After selecting the type of information to be shared, set the location where the corresponding data is stored. Selects whether the data is included in the user terminal, the radio of the vehicle, the navigation system mounted on the vehicle or the screen of the vehicle accident recording apparatus, selects the corresponding data file, and transmits the selected data file to the inter-vehicle network system 200 send. The data transmission / reception unit 240 receives the data file selected and transmitted by the user from the user terminal.

Next, the data transmission / reception unit 240 transmits the data received by the users of the communities to which the user who has transmitted the data subscribes (S350). The data transmitting and receiving unit 240 transmits the data received in step S340 to the other user terminals grouped in step S330. The user terminal having received the data receives and reproduces the data from the data transmission / reception unit 240, so that the users of the vehicles subscribed to the same community can share the same data.

The data transmitting and receiving unit 240 of the inter-vehicle network system 200 may share music stored in the user terminal, which is voice information, a radio broadcast that the user is listening to, and the voice of the user. In addition, it is also possible to share a picture stored in a user terminal, which is video information, a map showing the current position or destination of the vehicle, a navigation mounted on the user's vehicle, and a screen of the vehicle accident recorder.

By sharing the music that the user currently enjoys with other vehicles, it is possible to transcend emotions through space. Users share emotions or everyday things with their friends using text or photos, mainly using social networks. However, the inter-vehicle network system 200 allows users to share another form of music. By listening to the same music at the same time on a moving vehicle, it is possible to exchange emotions through music, rather than simply sharing music. They can also share traffic information on the radio and share useful traffic information for users who are not listening to the radio.

In addition, the user can transmit contents to other users by voice. When a plurality of vehicles move to the same destination, it is often necessary to communicate with each other. If there was something to convey to other users who ran in the other vehicle while driving, they had to make a call to the passenger of each individual vehicle. However, using the inter-vehicle network system, content can be delivered to a plurality of other users who ride on different vehicles in a single share.

For example, if you want to go to a rest stop while driving on a highway, you have to call all of the multiple vehicles to deliver the message. However, by using the voice sharing of the inter-vehicle network system 200, a message can be transmitted by voice to a plurality of vehicles at once. As a result, it is possible to reduce the risk due to frequent operation of the user terminal during operation, and to transmit contents to a plurality of users at once.

You can also share messages with images that contain photos, or share a map. You can share your location by showing your current location on the map, or you can share the location and route of your destination or waypoint. The location information can be shared and other users can be informed of where the current vehicle is located. When a crowd moves, the occupant of the leader vehicle located at the front of the crowd can easily grasp the position of each vehicle and adjust the traveling speed based on the position of each vehicle.

It is also possible to share a screen of a navigation device or a vehicle image accident recording device mounted on the vehicle. The navigation screen can be shared so that the user who is boarding each vehicle in the group can share what route he or she plans to travel. If you go after the front car, you miss the car because of a traffic signal or intervention, you are often wandering the road. However, if you share the navigation screen, you can move toward your destination without being embarrassed even if you miss the car ahead. In addition, it is possible to move quickly by sharing the navigation route, the fastest route, and the like. In addition, video images recorded on a vehicle video accident recorder can be easily shared.

Also, the data transmission / reception unit 240 may receive the location information of the vehicle that agreed to share the location information among the users subscribed to the same community. Receives location information including latitude and longitude, and transmits the location information to the user terminal. The user terminal displays the coordinates on the map by using the received location information so that the user can confirm where the plurality of other users are located on the map.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, Of the right.

110, 120, 130, 140: vehicle 115, 125, 135 145: user terminal
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Claims (8)

A system for providing a plurality of intervehicular networks,
An input unit for receiving vehicle number information for each community through a user terminal installed in the vehicle,
A storage unit for storing the vehicle number information, user terminal information installed in the vehicle, community information, and location information,
A grouping unit for grouping the vehicles subscribed to the same community into one group and automatically subscribing to the same community of vehicles that the user touched the sharing button among the vehicles located within a certain distance from the vehicle subscribed to the community,
And a data transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving data to share data among the grouped vehicles,
The data includes:
Wherein the navigation information is at least one of music, radio broadcast, user's voice information, location information, a map, a screen image of a vehicle image accident recording device, various image information, and a navigation screen. delete The method according to claim 1,
The data transmitting /
And receives the data through the user terminal installed in the vehicle, and transmits the received data to the user terminal installed in the other grouped vehicle. delete The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal comprises:
And receives the position of another vehicle belonging to the same group from the data transmitting and receiving unit and displays the position on a map. A method for providing an inter-vehicle network using an inter-vehicle network system,
Receiving vehicle number information for each community through a user terminal installed in the vehicle,
Storing the vehicle number information, user terminal information installed in the vehicle, community information, and location information,
Grouping vehicles subscribed to the same community into one group and automatically subscribing to the same community for vehicles that the user has touched the share button among vehicles located within a certain distance from the vehicle subscribed to the community,
Receiving data through a user terminal installed in the vehicle, and transmitting the received data to a user terminal installed in another grouped vehicle,
The data includes:
Wherein the navigation information includes at least one of music, radio broadcast, voice information including location information, a map, a video image of a vehicle accident recorder, various image information, and a navigation screen. delete delete

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