KR101737493B1 - Travel Bag, Terminal And System With Function Of Weight Measurement And Location Tracing - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a travel bag, a terminal, and a system capable of weight measurement and position tracking, and more particularly, to a travel bag, a terminal, and a system that can receive weight And a load cell for measuring the weight of the load part, wherein the handle part can control the weight to be transferred to the load cell.
Therefore, according to the present invention, by controlling the function of the bag capable of measuring the weight through the handle, it is possible to prevent the looseness problem caused by frequent use of the springs used in the weight measurement, thereby prolonging the life of the bag, can do.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a traveling bag, a terminal and a system,

The present invention relates to a travel bag, a terminal, and a system capable of weight measurement and position tracking, and more particularly, to a travel bag, a terminal, and a system that can receive weight And a load cell for measuring the weight of the load part, wherein the handle part can control the weight to be transferred to the load cell.

In recent years, as more people use airplanes due to travel, business trips, etc., many people are crowded at the airport. As a result, airline passengers spend much more time at the airport than the actual travel time. In this way, especially during the time spent at the airport, it takes a lot of time to load a bag to get on a plane, or to find a bag that has been loaded after an airplane landing.

At the airport, you carry your bag from the boarding to the landing of the airplane in a luggage compartment. Sometimes the accident of an airline employee causes the baggage of a passenger to be loaded on another plane, causing the bag to move to another country. There is also a problem in that a baggage claim after a passenger landing has to look at the bag himself or herself.

In addition, most pilots currently limit the weight of bags that can be carried on board per passenger. Therefore, if the weight of the bag is exceeded, people have to clean up their bags again at a very crowded airport, and there is a problem of even throwing away excess items.

In order to solve the above problem, a bag which can load the load cell and measure the weight has been developed. The weight of the bag with the load cell is transmitted to the spring of the load cell, and the weight is measured by the change of the resistance value of the wheatstone bridge according to the change of the length of the spring. However, there is no means to control the connection between the load cell spring and the handle so that the conventional load cell has no means for controlling the connection between the load cell spring and the handle, so that the weight of the load cell is loosened every time the user lifts the bag, exist.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems based on the technical background, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device which satisfies the technical requirements of the present invention as well as additional technical elements which can not be easily invented by those skilled in the art Was invented to provide.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of controlling a weight of a bag by controlling the function of the bag through a handle, thereby preventing looseness due to frequent use of springs It is aimed to enable accurate weighing for a long time.

It is another object of the present invention to enable weight measurement only when desired by a user, thereby preventing unnecessary battery consumption.

It is another object of the present invention to enable the terminal to ascertain the position of the bag so that it can be confirmed whether the bag is loaded with the occupant in the cabin.

In addition, according to the present invention, when the position of the bag is closer to the terminal than a certain range, the user is informed by alarm or vibration that the user can easily look at his bag from the baggage claim after landing, It is aimed to be able to find.

In order to accomplish the above object, the travel bag according to the present invention is capable of weight measurement and position tracking. The travel bag includes a receiving part, a handle part connected to the receiving part to lift the receiving part,

And a load cell for receiving the weight held at both ends of the grip portion and measuring the weight of the storage portion, wherein the grip portion can control the weight to be transmitted to the load cell.

At this time, the present invention may further include fixing means for fixing both ends of the handle to open or close the handle, and to control the weight of the handle to be transmitted to the load cell.

The handle may include a handle, a first fastening member located at both ends of the handle, and engaged with the fastening means, and a second fastening member positioned at both ends of the handle and engaging with the load cell.

The fixing means may be located at both ends of the handle portion, and may be coupled with the first fastener so as to be movable within a predetermined interval while being coupled to the receiving portion.

And the load cell does not receive the weight held on both ends of the handle when the fixing means is coupled with the first fastener, or when the fixing means is separated from the first fastener, And the weight of the receiving part is measured by receiving the weight caught at both ends.

Meanwhile, the present invention may include a terminal combining unit for charging the terminal when the terminal is combined or transmitting the weight information measured by the load cell to the terminal, provided with a space for combining the terminals.

Further, the present invention may further include a communication unit for transmitting the weight information measured by the load cell to the terminal, wherein the communication unit further comprises a GPS module for measuring position information, and the communication unit transmits the position information to the terminal .

The travel bag terminal of the present invention includes a communication unit for transmitting and receiving information to and from a travel bag, a display unit for outputting information received from the travel bag, a control unit for controlling the communication unit and the display unit, And outputting the weight.

At this time, the controller receives the location information of the travel bag, and when the travel bag is within a predetermined range and when the travel bag is outside a predetermined range, the control unit outputs the information to the display unit differently.

The controller receives the position information of the travel bag and moves the specific icon from the edge to the center on the display unit as the distance from the travel bag becomes closer to the center. If the distance is less than the predetermined range, And the like.

The travel bag system according to the present invention includes a grip portion connected to a storage portion and capable of lifting the storage portion, and a load cell receiving weight received at both ends of the grip portion and measuring the weight of the storage portion And a control unit for controlling the communication unit and the display unit so as to control the communication unit and the display unit, wherein the control unit controls the communication unit and the display unit, And a terminal including a control unit.

The traveling bag may further include fixing means for fixing both ends of the handle to open or close the handle so that the weight of the handle is transmitted to the load cell.

The present invention controls the function of a weightable bag through a knob to prevent looseness caused by frequent use of springs used for weight measurement, thereby extending the life of the bag and enabling accurate weight measurement for a long time.

In addition, the present invention enables weight measurement only when desired by the user, thereby preventing unnecessary battery consumption.

In addition, the present invention allows the terminal to ascertain the position of the bag so that it can be ascertained whether the bag is loaded with the occupant in the cabin.

In addition, according to the present invention, when the position of the bag is closer to the terminal than a certain range, the user is informed by alarm or vibration that the user can easily look at his bag from the baggage claim after landing, To be found.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a travel bag system capable of weight measurement and position tracking according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a travel bag capable of weight measurement and position tracking according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a reference view for explaining a state in which the handle of the travel bag is combined with the fixing means capable of weight measurement and position tracking according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a reference view for explaining a state in which the handle part of the travel bag is separated from the fixing means, which is capable of weight measurement and position tracking according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a weight transferred to a load cell when lifting a handle of a travel bag capable of weight measurement and tracking according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a travel bag terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
7 is a reference view showing a display unit outputting a travel bag according to the position of a travel bag according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a reference view showing a display unit outputting a travel bag terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention as the distance of a travel bag approaches.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiments disclosed herein should not be construed or interpreted as limiting the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that the description including the embodiments of the present specification has various applications. Accordingly, any embodiment described in the Detailed Description of the Invention is illustrative for a better understanding of the invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention to embodiments.

The functional blocks shown in the drawings and described below are merely examples of possible implementations. In other implementations, other functional blocks may be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the following detailed description. Also, although one or more functional blocks of the present invention are represented as discrete blocks, one or more of the functional blocks of the present invention may be a combination of various hardware and software configurations that perform the same function.

In addition, the expression "including any element" is merely an expression of an open-ended expression, and is not to be construed as excluding the additional elements.

Further, when a component is referred to as being connected or connected to another component, it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but it should be understood that there may be other components in between.

Also, the expressions such as 'first, second', etc. are used only to distinguish a plurality of configurations, and do not limit the order or other features between configurations.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a travel bag 100 system 300 capable of weight measurement and position tracking according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a travel bag 100 system 300 capable of weight measurement and tracking according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a travel bag 100 and a terminal 200. More specifically, the handle 120 is connected to the storage unit 110 to lift the storage unit 110, and the weight of the storage unit 110 is measured by receiving the weight of the storage unit 110 The handle 120 including the load cell 130 includes a travel bag 100 for controlling the weight to be transmitted to the load cell 130 and a communication unit 210 for transmitting and receiving information to and from the travel bag 100, A display unit 220 for outputting the measured weight of the bag 100 and a terminal 200 including a communication unit 230 and a controller 230 for controlling the display unit 220. [

The travel bag 100 lifts the storage part 110 through the handle part 120 so that the weight of the storage part 110 applied to the handle part 120 is connected to both ends of the handle part 120, The load cell 130 measures the weight of the receiving part 110 while being transmitted to the receiving part 130. The grip 120 can control the weight to be transmitted to the load cell 130. The weight applied to the grip 120 can be controlled by controlling the joint between the grip 120 and the load cell 130, (Not shown).

The conventional bag having the load cell 130 does not have a means for controlling the connection between the load cell 130 and the grip 120 so that the weight held by the grip 120 is always transmitted to the load cell 130, Each time the bag is lifted, a weight is applied to the load cell 130 and the means for measuring the weight of the load cell 130 is loosened so that it is impossible to accurately measure the weight. Accordingly, it is possible to control the weight of the handle 120 to be transmitted to the load cell 130, thereby preventing a loosening problem of the load cell 130 and extending the service life of the travel bag 100, Measurement can be made possible.

The terminal 200 transmits and receives all the information that the travel bag 100 such as the weight and the position of the travel bag 100 and the travel bag 100 can transmit, And a control unit 230 for outputting the position of the bag 100 and controlling the communication unit 210 and the display unit 220.

The terminal 200 may be a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a smart phone, a cellular phone, a PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, a GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, a W- Phone, a CDMA-2000 phone, a mobile broadband system (MBS) phone, and the like. Here, the terminal 200 may represent a portable small device, but it may be referred to as a mobile communication terminal 200 when it includes a camcorder, a laptop computer, or the like, and therefore, the present invention is not particularly limited to this.

Meanwhile, the travel bag 100 and the terminal 200 can exchange information with each other through a local area network or a wireless communication network, and can use a short range communication technology such as Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) (IrDA), an ultra wideband (UWB), a ZigBee, or the like.

However, when the travel bag 100 and the terminal 200 transmit and receive information within the airplane, it is preferable to use a local area network.

The traveling bag 100 may further include fixing means 140 for controlling the weight of the handle 120 to be transferred to the load cell 130 by fixing or opening both ends of the handle 120 have.

When the fixing means 140 prevents the weight of the handle 120 from being transmitted to the load cell 130 by fixing both ends of the handle 120, the load applied to the handle 120 is prevented from being transmitted to the load cell 130, It is possible to extend the service life of the battery 130 and enable precise weight measurement for a long time, and unnecessary battery consumption can be prevented.

Conversely, if the user desires to use the load cell 130, both ends of the fixing unit 140 and the handle 120 may be opened to allow both ends of the handle 120 to transmit weight to the load cell 130 .

The detailed configuration in which the engagement and disengagement of the grip 120 and the securing means 140 and the transfer of the weight of the grip 120 to the load cell 130 is controlled by the travel bag 100 ) Will be described later in the embodiment.

2 to 5 are views showing the construction of a travel bag 100 capable of weight measurement and position tracking according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3, the travel bag 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 110, a handle 120, and a load cell 130. A handle 120 connected to the housing 110 and capable of lifting the housing 110 and a receiving portion 110 receiving the weight of the handle 120 held by the handle 120, And a load cell 130 for measuring the weight of the load cell 130. The handle 120 can control the weight to be transferred to the load cell 130. [

The receiving part 110 is a part which is lifted by the handle part 120 and can hold another object therein, and the weight of the receiving part 110 may be changed according to the object stored therein. Also, it is also possible that the storage unit 110 can be configured to include the storage unit 110 except for the handle 120, and the handle can be positioned inside the storage unit 110, .

The handle 120 is connected to the storage unit 110 so that the user can lift the storage unit 110. Therefore, when the user lifts the travel bag 100, the weight of the storage unit 110 is applied to the portion of the handle 120 directly to the storage unit 110.

As shown in FIG. 5, the load cell 130 receives the weight of both ends of the handle 120, and measures the weight of the receiving unit 110. On the other hand, the load cell 130 can measure the weight of the entire storage unit 110 by summing the weight held on both ends of the storage unit 110, and subtracts the weight of the storage unit 110 itself from the measured weight It is also possible to measure the weight of the object itself stored in the pouring part 110.

In one embodiment, the weight of the load cell 130 is measured, and the length of the strain gauge directly connected to the handle 120 is increased or decreased according to the weight of the handle 120. As a result, Can be changed. On the other hand, the resistance change of strain gauge can be measured by using Wheatstone Bridge, and analog voltage value can be outputted according to the change of resistance value. In addition, the output analog voltage value can be amplified through an amplifier and converted into a digital value through an A / D converter. However, this is only one embodiment, and the configuration and the method for measuring the weight of the load cell 130 of the present invention are not limited to this.

The weight measured by the load cell 130 may be transmitted to the terminal 200 through the communication unit 160 to be described later and output through the display unit 220 of the terminal 200. However, A display may be further included, and the measured weight may be output by the display mounted on the travel bag 100.

3 to 5, the present invention includes fixing means 140 for fixing or releasing both ends of the handle 120 to control the weight of the handle 120 to be transmitted to the load cell 130, As shown in FIG.

The fixing means 140 may fix the weight held by the handle 120 in place of the load cell 130 by fixing the handle 120 by means of a hook or the like, Or the weight of the handle 120 can be transferred to the load cell 130 by being transmitted to the means 140 or blocking the transmission of the weight by the fixing means 140. Accordingly, when the user does not want to measure the weight, the weight of the handle 120 is prevented from being transmitted to the load cell 130, thereby extending the service life of the load cell 130, enabling accurate weight measurement for a long time, Can be prevented.

3 to 5, the handle 120 may include a handle 121, a first fastening portion 122 positioned at both ends of the handle 121 and engaged with the fastening means 140, And a second fastening part 123 which is located at the front end of the load cell 130 and engages with the load cell 130.

The handle 121 is a portion for holding the travel bag 100 when the user lifts the bag 100. The second fastening portion 123 is a portion of the handle 120 to which the load cell 130 is coupled, 123 to the weight of the load cell 130. When the user lifts the handle 121 in the direction opposite to gravity, a force as much as the weight of the receiving portion 110 is applied to the handle 121, The weight of the same size is transmitted to the load cell 130, so that the load cell 130 can measure the weight of the storage unit 110.

3, the first fastening part 122 is an engaging space corresponding to the size of the fastening part 140. When the fastening part 140 is engaged with the first fastening part 122, The weight held on the handle 120 is not transmitted to the load cell 130 coupled to the second fastening part 123 due to the engagement of the first fastening part 122 and the fastening part 140. [ Accordingly, when the fastening means 140 is coupled to the first fastening portion 122, the load cell 130 does not receive the weight of the fastening portion 120, which is caught on both ends of the fastening portion 120.

5, when the knob 121 is lifted up, the load cell 130 coupled to the second fastening part 123 as shown in FIG. 5, when the fastening means 140 is separated from the first fastening part 122, So that the load cell 130 can measure the weight of the receiving part 110. [0053] As shown in FIG. Accordingly, when the fixing unit 140 is separated from the first fastening unit 122, the weight of the receiving unit 110 is measured by receiving the weight of the load cell 130 held by both ends of the handle 120 . ≪ / RTI >

2 and 4, the fixing unit 140 is movable in the designated section while being coupled to the receiving unit 110 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, so that the first fastening unit 122, Or may be combined or separated.

The weight of the load cell 130 is controlled from the second fastening portion 123 to the load cell 130 through the first fastening portion 122 and the fastening means 140 to extend the life of the load cell 130, And unnecessary battery consumption can be prevented.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a space is provided for coupling the terminal 200, and when the terminal 200 is coupled, the terminal 200 is charged or the terminal 200 is measured by the load cell 130 The terminal 200 may further include a combining unit 150 that transmits weight information. At this time, the storage unit 110 may include a battery to supply power to the terminal 200 through the coupling unit 150 of the terminal 200, and may be connected to the terminal 200 coupling unit 150 to transmit the weight information to the terminal 200. Accordingly, the terminal 200 can be coupled to the terminal 200 coupling unit 150 of the travel bag 100 in an airport where the filling station is insufficient, and when the travel bag 100 is stored in the home, ) Can be stored together so that the risk of loss can be reduced.

The portable terminal may further include a communication unit 160 for transmitting the weight information measured by the load cell 130 to the terminal 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention. The communication unit 160 may transmit and receive mutual information through a local area network or a wireless communication network to transmit and receive information to and from the terminal 200 and may use a short range communication technology such as Bluetooth, , Infrared data association (IrDA), ultra wideband (UWB), ZigBee, or the like can be used. However, when the travel bag 100 and the terminal 200 transmit and receive information within the airplane, it is preferable to use a local area network.

In this case, the present invention further includes a GPS module 170 for measuring position information, and the communication unit 160 transmits position information to the terminal 200. Accordingly, the terminal 200 receives the location information and determines the position of the travel bag 100 to determine whether the travel bag 100 is properly loaded on the airplane on which the user is boarding, It is possible to easily grasp when the travel bag 100 of the present invention comes out.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal 200 of a travel bag 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the terminal 200 of the travel bag 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 210, a display unit 220, and a controller 230. A communication unit 210 for transmitting and receiving information to and from the travel bag 100, a display unit 220 for outputting information received from the travel bag 100, and a communication unit 210. The control unit 210 controls the display unit 220, (230), and the display unit (220) outputs the weight measured by the travel bag (100).

The communication unit 210 may transmit and receive mutual information through a local area network or a wireless communication network to transmit and receive information to and from the travel bag 100 and may use a short range communication technology such as Bluetooth, Identification, infrared data association (IrDA), ultra wideband (UWB), ZigBee, etc. may be used. However, when the travel bag 100 and the terminal 200 transmit and receive information within the airplane, it is preferable to use a local area network.

The display unit 220 displays the information transmitted and received by the travel bag 100 so that the user can visually recognize the information.

The controller 230 controls the communication unit 210 and the display unit 220 so that the user can receive the location information of the travel bag 100 or use various functions to be described later when the user desires. The functions that can be used through the control unit 230 are as follows.

Referring to FIG. 7, the controller 230 receives the location information of the travel bag 100, divides the travel bag 100 into a predetermined range and a predetermined range, And outputs the difference value to the output terminal.

For example, if the terminal 200 receives the location information of the travel bag 100 and the distance between the terminal 200 and the travel bag 100 is within 100 m, the terminal 200 displays 'IN' on the display, If it is outside, the terminal 200 may display 'OUT' on the display to allow the user to confirm whether the travel bag 100 is loaded in the airplane on which the user is boarding. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user's travel bag 100 from being loaded on another plane through this function.

8, the controller 230 receives the location information of the travel bag 100 and moves a specific icon from the edge to the center of the display area 220 as the distance from the travel bag 100 approaches And alarming or vibrating when the distance is less than the predetermined range.

For example, when the terminal 200 receives the position information of the travel bag 100 and senses that the distance between the terminal 200 and the travel bag 100 is approaching, if the distance is 30 m, Shaped icon at the edge of the portion 220 and outputs a bag-shaped icon toward the center as it gets closer to 30 m, and when approaching 5 m or less, the terminal 200 sounds an alarm or vibrates. This allows the user to find the bag more comfortably without having to look at the baggage claim after landing and look at his bag.

Thus, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

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120: Handle portion
121: Handle
122: first fastener
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delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A load cell connected to the storage unit and capable of lifting the storage unit, a load cell receiving the weight caught by both ends of the storage unit and measuring the weight of the storage unit, A GPS module for measuring position information, a communication unit for transmitting the weight information or the position information to the terminal, and a space for coupling the terminal to the terminal, And a terminal coupling unit for charging the terminal when the terminal is coupled or transmitting the weight information measured by the load cell to the terminal. And

A terminal for transmitting and receiving information to and from the travel bag, a display unit for outputting information received from the travel bag, and a control unit for controlling the terminal communication unit and the display unit.
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The control unit may output weight information or position information received from the travel bag to the display unit,
In outputting the position information,
Wherein the display unit outputs the position information in a case where the position information is within a predetermined range and the case where the position information is outside a predetermined range,
And moving the specific icon on the display unit from the edge to the center as the terminal approaches the travel bag and alarming or vibrating when the distance between the terminal and the travel bag is less than a predetermined range. Travel bag system with measurement and location tracking delete

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