KR101651529B1 - Apparatus and method for activating beacon receiver in a mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for activating a beacon receiver of a mobile terminal, which includes a beacon signal receiver for receiving a beacon signal from a wired/wireless AP. To achieve this, the apparatus includes: a detection sensor unit for detecting a movement of the mobile terminal with respect to a direction of at least one axis and outputting a movement detection signal; a movement pattern generation unit for generating and outputting a movement pattern on the basis of the movement detection signal output by the detection sensor unit; a voice recognition unit for recognizing a voice signal from a voice input unit of the mobile terminal and generating a voice pattern, when a predetermined operation pattern and a pattern output from the movement pattern generation unit coincide with each other within a predetermined error range; and a beacon activation unit for generating an operation signal for operating the beacon receiver and activating the beacon receiver, through a comparison between the generated voice pattern and a predetermined reference voice pattern. According to an embodiment of the present invention, power consumption of the mobile terminal can be minimized by operating the beacon receiver even at a specific movement and voice signal.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING BEACON RECEIVER IN A MOBILE TERMINAL [0002]

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for activating a beacon receiver in a mobile terminal capable of operating a beacon receiver in a mobile terminal according to a specific movement of the mobile terminal.

With the recent expansion of network infrastructure, the spread of the Internet, and the development of mobile communication technology, modern people can access communication services through their portable terminals, for example, mobile devices anytime and anywhere. In addition, interactive services are widely spread based on such communication services.

Interactive service is a type of service that enables bidirectional data transmission in existing unidirectional data transmission.

In order to provide such an interactive service, an access point (AP) for transmitting a beacon signal and a terminal for receiving such a beacon signal, such as a smart terminal, are indispensable.

A terminal for receiving an interactive service may include a module for receiving a beacon signal, and may receive a beacon signal in an active state of the module.

For this reason, the terminal can only receive the interactive service if the module is kept turned on to receive the beacon signal.

As described above, in order for the interactive service to be provided, the terminal has to improve the module, so that the consumption of the battery increases rapidly compared to the terminal that does not receive the interactive service because of the rapid increase of the power consumption.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2004-0091155 (published on October 27, 2004)

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for activating a beacon receiver of a mobile terminal capable of activating a beacon receiver so as to recognize a specific motion and generation of a voice signal to receive a beacon signal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal having a beacon receiver for receiving a beacon signal from a wired or wireless AP, the mobile terminal comprising: a detection sensor unit for detecting movement of the mobile terminal in at least one axial direction and outputting a motion detection signal; A motion pattern generation unit for generating and outputting a motion pattern based on a motion detection signal output from the detection sensor unit, and a motion pattern generation unit for, when a pattern output from the motion pattern generation unit matches a preset error range A voice recognition unit for recognizing a voice signal from the voice input unit of the mobile terminal to generate a voice pattern; and an operation signal generating unit for generating an operation signal for turning on the power of the beacon receiver through comparison between the voice pattern and the predetermined reference voice pattern And a beacon activation unit for activating the beacon receiver A beacon receiver activating device of a mobile terminal is provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the activation device provides an interface for setting the reference voice pattern, generates a pattern based on a signal input from the voice input unit according to an operation of the interface, The beacon activation unit generates the operation signal by comparing the reference speech pattern stored in the memory and the speech pattern output from the speech pattern generation unit, And activates the beacon receiver.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the activation device includes a drive time setting unit for providing an interface for setting a drive time of the detection sensor unit, and a drive time setting unit for turning on or off the power of the detection sensor unit according to the drive time set in the interface And a sensing sensor driving unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the beacon signal has a unique identification information for a position and is a sound signal in a high frequency band in a predetermined variation pattern.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, as the beacon receiver activated by the operation signal receives the beacon signal, the mobile terminal transmits the unique identification information corresponding to the sound signal and the unique number of the mobile terminal to the content server And a computer-readable recording medium storing an application for receiving and servicing the content in response to the request for the content, wherein the beacon activation unit further comprises an application activation module for activating the application.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the detection sensor unit outputs the motion detection signal to the movement pattern generation unit only in a preset recognition frequency band.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the beacon receiver activation apparatus further includes a frequency band setting unit for providing an interface capable of setting the recognition frequency band through driving of the detection sensor unit, And outputs the motion detection signal to the motion pattern generation unit.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of activating a beacon receiver in a mobile terminal having a beacon receiver for receiving a beacon signal from a wired or wireless AP, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a movement of the mobile terminal in at least one axial direction Generating a pattern based on the sensed movement; recognizing a voice signal received from a voice input unit of the mobile terminal when a predetermined operation pattern and the generated pattern match in a predetermined error range; And activating the beacon receiver by generating an operation signal by comparing the generated voice pattern with a predetermined reference voice pattern to activate the beacon receiver. / RTI >

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the activation method provides an interface for setting the reference voice pattern, generates a pattern based on a signal inputted from the voice input unit according to an operation of the interface, Wherein the step of activating comprises generating the operation signal by comparing the reference speech pattern stored in the memory and the speech pattern output from the speech pattern generation unit, The beacon receiver is activated.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the beacon signal is a sound signal of a high frequency band having a predetermined variation pattern and having unique identification information for a position, and the mobile terminal determines whether the beacon receiver activated by the operation signal is a beacon signal Readable recording medium storing an application for transmitting unique identification information corresponding to the sound signal and a unique number of the mobile terminal to a content server to request a content and receiving the content in response thereto, Wherein the activating step further comprises activating the application.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the step of sensing the motion may detect the motion only in a predetermined recognition frequency band.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the beacon receiver activation method further includes providing an interface capable of setting the recognition frequency band through driving of the sensing sensor unit, And the motion is detected based on a frequency band.

According to embodiments of the present invention, power consumption of the mobile terminal can be minimized by operating the beacon receiver only for specific motion and voice signals.

In addition, according to embodiments of the present invention, power consumption of the mobile terminal according to the driving of the detection sensor unit can be reduced by operating the detection sensor unit for detecting a specific motion only during a time period desired by the user.

According to the embodiments of the present invention, since contents can be serviced through driving of an application with only specific motion and voice signals, user's convenience in providing interactive services can be improved.

Brief Description of Drawings FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a local interactive platform system based on a sound signal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a beacon receiver activation apparatus of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of activating a beacon receiver activation apparatus of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The following detailed description is provided to provide a comprehensive understanding of the methods, apparatus, and / or systems described herein. However, this is merely an example and the present invention is not limited thereto.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may be changed according to the intention or custom of the user, the operator, and the like. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification. The terms used in the detailed description are intended only to describe embodiments of the invention and should in no way be limiting.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a local interactive platform system based on a sound signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a local interactive platform system based on a sound signal according to the present invention includes a wired / wireless AP 100, a mobile terminal 120, a location server 140, a content server 160, and the like .

The wired / wireless AP 100 can output a sound signal of a high frequency band to the outside with a predetermined variation pattern with unique identification information on the position. Specifically, the wired / wireless AP 100 can output a beacon signal corresponding to a sound signal by generating a sound wave through a speaker of a PC communicating with the Internet network or a dedicated AP equipped with a speaker.

The mobile terminal 120 may refer to a user terminal that can access the location server 140, the content server 160, and the like through the network to receive the interactive service. The mobile terminal 120 for receiving the interactive service has unique identification information, and an application for receiving the interactive service on the recording medium is installed.

In addition, the mobile terminal 120 includes a beacon receiver 130 for receiving a beacon signal from the wired and wireless AP 100 in order to receive an interactive service. When the beacon signal is received, the beacon signal and the corresponding unique identification information And the unique information of the mobile terminal 120 to the location server 140.

The beacon receiver 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a short range wireless communication module such as Bluetooth 3.0, Bluetooth LE, WiFI, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

On the other hand, the mobile terminal 120 is provided with an activation application on the recording medium, which can determine whether the beacon receiver 130 is activated based on a movement pattern and a voice pattern corresponding to the motion of the mobile terminal 120 itself. Such an application will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The mobile terminal 120 may be a mobile phone, a smart phone, a smart pad, a notepad, a tablet PC, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

The location server 140 receives the unique information (e.g., the unique number of the mobile terminal), the unique identification information and the sound signal from the mobile terminal 120 and transmits the unique information and the unique identification information corresponding to the sound signal to the content server 160 Lt; / RTI >

The content server 160 receives the unique information and the unique identification information, and transmits the pre-mapped multi-format content information including the audio data and the video data to the mobile terminal 120 in real time in response to the unique identification information do.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a beacon receiver activation device 200 of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the beacon receiver activation apparatus 200 of the mobile terminal 120 having the beacon receiver 130 includes a detection sensor unit 210, a movement pattern generation unit 212, a voice recognition unit 214 A beacon activation unit 216 including an audio input unit 215 and an application activation module 216a, an operation pattern setting unit 218, a detection sensor driving unit 220, a frequency band setting unit 222, a power source unit 224, A reference voice pattern setting unit 216, a memory 228, and the like.

The detection sensor unit 210 may detect movement of the mobile terminal 120 and provide the detected movement to the movement pattern generation unit 212. Specifically, the detection sensor unit 210 senses the rotation state of the mobile terminal 120 in at least one direction and outputs a motion detection signal corresponding to the rotation state to the movement pattern generation unit 212.

Meanwhile, the detection sensor unit 210 may output a motion detection signal for operating the voice recognition unit 214 according to the motion frequency of the mobile terminal 120, for example, the vibration frequency. Specifically, the detection sensor unit 210 may output a motion detection signal for operating the beacon activation unit 214 only in the recognition frequency band set as the recognition frequency band for the specific motion of the mobile terminal 120 is set . In other words, the detection sensor unit 210 may output the motion detection signal only for the motion of the mobile terminal 120 having a frequency that is out of the frequency band corresponding to the general motion.

The sensing sensor unit 210 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include acceleration sensors capable of sensing an acceleration signal according to movement of the mobile terminal 120 in the X and Y axis directions.

The motion pattern generation unit 212 generates a motion pattern of the mobile terminal 120 corresponding to the buffered motion detection signal after buffering the motion detection signal for a preset time and outputs the generated motion pattern to the voice recognition unit 214. [ As shown in FIG.

The speech recognition unit 214 may be activated by comparing the movement pattern generated by the movement pattern generation unit 212 with a predetermined reference movement pattern. Specifically, the voice recognition unit 214 is activated when the movement pattern generated by the movement pattern generation unit 212 matches the predetermined reference movement pattern within a predetermined error range, and is input to the voice input unit 215, for example, via a microphone A voice pattern can be generated based on the voice signal. The generated voice pattern may be provided to the beacon activating unit 216. [

The beacon activation unit 216 may generate an operation signal for operating the beacon receiver 130 by comparing the voice pattern received from the voice recognition unit 214 with a predetermined reference voice pattern. Specifically, the beacon activating unit 216 generates an operation signal when the voice pattern received from the voice recognizing unit 214 matches the preset reference voice pattern in a predetermined error range, and outputs the operation signal to the beacon receiver 130 may be supplied with power. Accordingly, the beacon receiver 130 can be activated, i.e., powered on, to receive a beacon signal from the outside.

The application activation module 216a of the beacon activation unit 216 executes the application recorded on the recording medium of the mobile terminal 120 to transmit the unique identification information corresponding to the sound signal and the unique number of the mobile terminal 120 to the content server 160 to request the content and receive the content in response thereto.

The operation pattern setting unit 218 provides an interface through which a pattern can be set by driving the sensing sensor unit 210. The operation pattern setting unit 218 may set a pattern set through the interface as an operation pattern and store the pattern in the memory 228. [ The beacon activation unit 216 compares the operation pattern stored in the memory 228 with the movement pattern provided from the movement pattern generation unit 212 to generate an operation signal for activating the beacon receiver 130 from the power unit 224 As shown in Fig.

Meanwhile, the operation pattern setting unit 218 may provide an interface for setting the driving time of the detection sensor unit 210.

If the driving time is set through the above-described interface, the detection sensor unit 210 can be powered on only during the driving time. Specifically, the sensing sensor driver 220 may control the power supply 224 to supply power to the sensing sensor 210 based on the driving time stored in the memory 228. Accordingly, the detection sensor unit 210 can be operated only for the time set by the user and can detect the motion.

In addition, the frequency band setting unit 222 may provide an interface capable of setting a recognition frequency band of the detection sensor unit 210. Specifically, the frequency band setting unit 218 operates the detection sensor unit 210 to display a corresponding recognition frequency band on the display unit (not shown) according to the degree of motion of the mobile terminal 120, And the recognized frequency band displayed in response to the setting request can be set in the detection sensor unit 210.

The beacon activating unit 216 and the sensing sensor driving unit 220 are connected to the beacon receiver 130 and the sensing sensor unit 210 through the control of the power source unit 222 for supplying power to the mobile terminal 120. [ The supply can be controlled.

The reference voice pattern setting unit 226 provides an interface for setting a reference voice pattern and generates a pattern based on a signal input from the voice input unit 215 according to a user interface operation and sets it as a reference voice pattern And may be stored in the memory 228. The beacon activating unit 216 applies the operation signal to the power supply unit 224 by comparing the voice pattern output from the voice recognition unit 214 and the reference voice pattern stored in the memory 228, .

The operation of the beacon receiver activation apparatus 200 of the mobile terminal 120 having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of operating the beacon receiver activation apparatus 200 of the mobile terminal 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the beacon receiver activating apparatus 200 activates an operation pattern to be used as an operation pattern through the operation pattern setting unit 218, the frequency band setting unit 222, and the reference voice pattern setting unit 226, And the detection sensor unit 210 provides an interface for setting a recognition frequency band for outputting a motion detection signal (step 302).

When the operation pattern, the recognition frequency band, and the reference voice pattern are set through the interface, the beacon receiver activation apparatus 200 sets the recognition frequency band to the pass filter (not shown) in the sensor unit 210, The reference speech pattern is stored in the memory 228 (step 304). Accordingly, the detection sensor unit 210 can provide a motion detection signal to the motion pattern generation unit 212 only in the recognition frequency band.

Thereafter, when a motion detection signal is received from the detection sensor unit 210 in the recognition frequency band (step 306), the beacon receiver activation apparatus 200 generates a pattern corresponding to the motion detection signal through the movement pattern generation unit 212 (Step 308), and then provides the generated pattern to the speech recognition unit 214.

The speech recognition unit 214 determines whether the pattern provided from the movement pattern generation unit 212 matches the operation pattern stored in the memory 228 within a predetermined error range (step 310).

As a result of the determination in step 310, if they match, the speech recognition unit 214 operates to receive a speech signal from the speech input unit 215 to generate a speech pattern, and provides the generated speech pattern to the beacon activation unit 216 Step 312).

Accordingly, the beacon activating unit 216 determines whether the voice pattern matches the reference voice pattern stored in the memory 228 (step 314).

As a result of the determination in step 314, if they match, the beacon activating unit 216 generates an operation signal and supplies the operation signal to the power supply unit 224 to operate the beacon receiver 130 by applying power to the beacon receiver 130 316). Accordingly, the beacon receiver 130 operates to receive a beacon signal from the external wired and wireless AP 100 (step 318).

Upon receipt of the beacon signal, the application activation module 216a executes the application recorded in the recording medium of the mobile terminal 120 (step 320), and transmits the unique identification information corresponding to the beacon signal and the unique number of the mobile terminal 120 Transmits the content to the content server 160, requests the content, receives the content in response thereto, and displays the content on the display unit of the mobile terminal 120 (step 322).

The method of operation of the beacon receiver activation device 200 described above may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium can include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the foregoing description of the embodiments is for illustrative purposes and that those skilled in the art can easily modify the invention without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

It is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents. .

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Claims (13)

A mobile terminal having a beacon receiver for receiving a beacon signal from a wired or wireless AP,
The beacon receiver transmits unique identification information corresponding to the sound signal and the unique number of the mobile terminal to the content server as the beacon receiver receives the beacon signal having the unique identification information for the position and the sound signal of the high frequency band in the predetermined variation pattern A computer-readable recording medium storing an application for receiving content by receiving a content in response to the request,
A sensing sensor unit for sensing a movement of the mobile terminal in at least one axial direction and outputting a motion detection signal,
A drive time setting unit for providing an interface for setting a drive time of the detection sensor unit,
A sensing sensor driver for turning on or off the power of the sensing unit according to the driving time set in the interface,
A movement pattern generation unit for generating and outputting a movement pattern based on a motion detection signal output from the detection sensor unit after the detection sensor unit is powered on,
A voice recognition unit for recognizing a voice signal from a voice input unit of the mobile terminal and generating a voice pattern when a predetermined operation pattern and a pattern output from the movement pattern generation unit coincide within a predetermined error range;
And activating the beacon receiver by generating an operation signal for turning on the power of the beacon receiver by comparing the generated voice pattern with a preset reference voice pattern,
The beacon-
And an application activation module for activating the application after activating the beacon receiver.
The method according to claim 1,
The activation device comprises:
A reference voice pattern setting unit configured to generate a pattern based on a signal input from the voice input unit according to an operation of the interface and to set the reference voice pattern as a reference voice pattern and store the reference voice pattern in a memory; Further comprising:
The beacon-
Wherein the beacon receiver activates the beacon receiver by generating the operation signal by comparing the reference voice pattern stored in the memory with the voice pattern output from the voice pattern generator.
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The detection sensor unit,
And outputs the motion detection signal to the motion pattern generation unit only in a predetermined recognition frequency band.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the beacon receiver activation device comprises:
And a frequency band setting unit for providing an interface capable of setting the recognition frequency band by driving the detection sensor unit,
The detection sensor unit,
And outputs the motion detection signal to the movement pattern generation unit based on the set recognition frequency band.
A beacon receiver activation method of a mobile terminal having a beacon receiver for receiving a beacon signal from a wired or wireless AP,
Setting a drive time of the detection sensor unit,
Sensing movement of the mobile terminal in at least one axial direction by driving the sensing sensor unit according to the driving time;
Generating a pattern based on the detected motion;
Generating a voice pattern by recognizing a voice signal received from a voice input unit of the mobile terminal when a predetermined operation pattern and the generated pattern coincide within a predetermined error range;
And activating the beacon receiver by generating an operation signal by comparing the generated voice pattern with a preset reference voice pattern,
The beacon receiver activated by the operation signal receives the beacon signal having the unique identification information for the position and the beacon signal of the high frequency band in a predetermined variation pattern, And a computer-readable recording medium storing an application for transmitting a unique number of the mobile terminal to a content server, requesting the content and receiving the content in response thereto,
Wherein the activating comprises:
Further comprising the step of activating the application in which the beacon receiver is activated.
9. The method of claim 8,
The activation method comprises:
And generating a pattern based on the signal input from the voice input unit according to an operation of the interface and setting the pattern as the reference voice pattern and storing the voice in the memory In addition,
Wherein the activating comprises:
Wherein the beacon receiver activates the beacon receiver by generating the operation signal by comparing the reference voice pattern stored in the memory and the voice pattern output from the voice pattern generator.
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The method of claim 1,
Wherein the mobile terminal detects the movement only in a predetermined recognition frequency band.
12. The method of claim 11,
The beacon receiver activation method includes:
Further comprising the step of providing an interface capable of setting the recognition frequency band by driving the detection sensor unit,
The method of claim 1,
And detecting the movement based on the set recognition frequency band.
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