KR101785985B1 - Apparatus and method for controlling beacon receiver based on location information of bus station buildings - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling a beacon receiver in a mobile terminal having a beacon receiver for receiving a beacon signal from a wired or wireless AP, the apparatus comprising: a position information deriving unit for deriving a position of the mobile terminal; A memory for storing position information of a bus stop and a memory for storing a position of the mobile station based on a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit in the mobile terminal when the position of the mobile terminal is close to the position information of the bus stop stored in the memory, When the user estimates that the user has got off the bus, comparing the position of the mobile terminal with the position information of the wired / wireless AP stored in the memory, An operation signal generating unit for generating an operation signal, W provides a bus stop location based on the beacon receiver control apparatus comprising: a beacon receiver control unit to activate the beacon receiver.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a beacon receiver control apparatus and a beacon receiver control apparatus based on bus stop position information,

The present invention relates to a beacon receiver control apparatus and method based on bus stop position information that can activate a beacon receiver as it is located at a bus stop.

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.

In order to solve these drawbacks, there has been an increasing interest in customized interactive services tailored to the user's circumstances. Accordingly, development of various types of service platforms is urgently required.

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

Since the beacon receiver is activated according to the presence or absence of a wired or wireless AP when a user gets off the bus stop, the contents can be provided to the user, thereby providing various contents provided by a company located near the bus stop to the user. A beacon receiver control apparatus and method based on bus stop position information capable of providing a service suited to a situation are provided.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to minimize the power consumption of the mobile terminal by reducing the unnecessary operation of the beacon receiver by determining the presence or absence of the beacon on the bus based on the sensing signal sensed from the inertial sensor unit and deactivating the beacon receiver based thereon A beacon receiver control apparatus and method based on bus stop position information are provided.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beacon receiver controller based on bus stop position information, the beacon receiver including a beacon receiver for receiving a beacon signal from a wired / wireless AP, A memory for storing location information of the wired / wireless AP and a location of a bus stop; and a memory for storing a location of the mobile terminal, the position of the mobile terminal being stored in the memory, A state estimator for estimating whether or not the user gets off the bus based on a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit in the mobile terminal when the position information is within a predetermined error range; The location of the mobile terminal and the location of the mobile terminal And a beacon receiver controller for activating the beacon receiver on the basis of the operation signal. The beacon receiver includes a beacon receiver,

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the position information deriving unit may calculate the position of the mobile terminal using at least one of a plurality of base station signals received by the mobile terminal, a satellite signal received through the GPS receiver, and a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit, And deriving a position of the mobile terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the state estimating unit estimates whether or not the user boarding the bus is based on a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit in the mobile terminal, and the operation signal generating unit generates, from the state estimating unit, And generates an operation stop signal for deactivating the beacon receiver when it is estimated that the beacon receiver is onboard the bus, and provides the operation stop signal to the beacon receiver controller.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the state estimating unit may determine whether or not the user gets off by using at least one of a user's step history, a height change, and a user's movement speed based on a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the beacon receiver of the mobile terminal receives a beacon signal corresponding to a sound signal of a high frequency band with a predetermined variation pattern, after the beacon receiver is activated, And a computer-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, requesting the content, and receiving and servicing the content in response thereto, The beacon receiver control unit may further include an application activation module that activates the application after activating the beacon receiver.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a beacon receiver based on bus stop position information in a mobile terminal having a beacon receiver for receiving a beacon signal from a wired / wireless AP, The method comprising the steps of: determining whether a user's bus ride or unloading is based on a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit in the mobile terminal when the position of the mobile terminal approaches the position information of the pre- Determining a position of the mobile terminal when it is determined that the user has got off the bus; comparing the position of the mobile terminal with location information of the pre-stored wired / wireless AP to generate an operation signal; Based on the operation signal, And activating the group.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of deriving the position may use at least one of a plurality of base station signals received by the mobile terminal, a satellite signal received through a GPS receiver, and a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit Thereby deriving the position of the mobile terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the beacon receiver control method includes the step of deactivating the beacon receiver when it is determined that the user has boarded the bus.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the beacon receiver of the mobile terminal receives a beacon signal corresponding to a sound signal of a high frequency band with a predetermined variation pattern, after the beacon receiver is activated, And a computer-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, requesting the content, and receiving and servicing the content in response thereto, The beacon receiver control method may further include activating the application after activating the beacon receiver.

According to the embodiments of the present invention, when the user gets off the bus stop, current position information is obtained by triangulation using a cellular base station, and current position information is stored in the memory of the bus stop extracted from the memory storing the stop position information The beacon receiver is activated according to the presence or absence of the wired / wireless AP and the content is provided, so that various contents provided by the vendor located near the bus stop can be provided to the user It is possible to provide a service suited to the user's situation.

In addition, according to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to determine whether or not to board the bus based on a sensing signal sensed from the inertial sensor unit, and deactivate the beacon receiver based thereon, thereby reducing unnecessary operations of the beacon receiver, The consumption amount can be minimized.

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 control apparatus based on bus stop position information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of operating a beacon receiver control apparatus based on bus stop position information 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, a local interactive platform system based on a sound signal according to the present invention includes a plurality of base stations 20, a plurality of GPS satellites 50, a wired / wireless AP 100, a mobile terminal 120, A server 140, a content server 160, and the like.

The plurality of base stations 20 may be a wireless repeater for providing mobile communication services to the mobile terminal 120 and may transmit a plurality of positioning reference signals to the mobile terminal 120 in synchronization with the mobile terminal 120.

On the other hand, the plurality of base stations 20 can simultaneously transmit different positioning reference signals, e.g., preamble signals, to the mobile terminal 120. At this time, the mobile terminal 120 restores a positioning reference signal of each base station 50 through a correlator, and then calculates a difference value between reception times when the positioning reference signals of the respective base stations 20 arrive at the mobile terminal 120 And the position of the mobile terminal 120 can be derived by applying the difference between the calculated reception times to the TODA algorithm.

A plurality of GPS satellites 50 may transmit GPS signals through communication with the mobile terminal 120.

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.

In addition, the mobile terminal 120 has unique identification information, and an application for providing interactive services to the recording medium is installed.

The mobile terminal 120 includes a beacon receiver 130 for receiving a beacon signal from the wired / wireless AP 100 to receive an interactive service. When the beacon signal is received, the beacon signal, corresponding unique identification information, And may transmit unique information of the terminal 120 to the location server 140. Specifically, the mobile terminal 120 may receive and display content through the location server 140 and the content server 160 using an application.

The mobile terminal 120 as described above is a mobile communication device that is guaranteed to be portable and mobility and can be used as a mobile communication device such as a PCS (Personal Communication System), a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication), a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) -2000, W-CDMA (W- , A smartphone, a smart pad, a tablet PC, and the like.

The beacon receiver 130 according to the 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.

The location server 140 may receive unique information, unique identification information, and a sound signal from the mobile terminal 120 and may transmit unique identification information corresponding to the unique information and the sound signal to the content server 160.

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.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 120 according to the embodiment of the present invention determines whether or not the user gets off the bus when the user is adjacent to the bus stop by comparing the position information of the bus stop and the position of the mobile terminal 120, And a beacon receiver control device 200 (FIG. 2) capable of determining whether to activate the beacon receiver 130 based on the determination. This will be described with reference to FIG.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a beacon receiver control apparatus 200 based on bus stop position information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the beacon receiver control apparatus 200 based on the getting on and off state of the vehicle includes an inertial sensor unit 205, a GPS receiving unit 210, a base station signal receiving unit 215, a position information deriving unit 220, A memory 230, a state estimator 235, an information register 240, an operation signal generator 245, a beacon receiver controller 250, and a power supply 260.

The inertial sensor unit 205 uses a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) type sensor and is configured to include a three-axis acceleration sensor 205a, a three-axis gyro sensor 205b, and a geomagnetic sensor 205c .

The three-axis acceleration sensor 205a measures dynamic forces such as acceleration, vibration, and shock of the mobile terminal 120, and can detect the motion state of the mobile terminal 120. Specifically, the three-axis acceleration sensor 205a can sense the movement of the mobile terminal 120 in three axial directions, that is, acceleration and deceleration states.

The three-axis gyro sensor 205b senses the height, the rotation, and the inclination of the mobile terminal 120, and senses the moving direction and the acceleration of the mobile terminal 120. [

The geomagnetic sensor 205c can detect azimuth and elevation values using a geomagnetic field.

The signals sensed by the three-axis acceleration sensor 205a, the three-axis gyro sensor 205b, and the geomagnetic sensor 205c of the inertial sensor unit 205 having the above-described configuration are input to the position information deriving unit 220 and the board- And is provided to the < / RTI >

The GPS receiving unit 210 receives GPS signals emitted from a plurality of GPS satellites 50 and calculates the difference between the received GPS signals to calculate the current position (GPS coordinate information). GPS signals transmitted by GPS satellites include a specially designed PRN code (Pseudo Random Noise Code) according to each satellite number. That is, since the navigation data is transmitted to the GPS receiving unit 210 through the carrier wave in the code division multiple access (CDMA) mode, the GPS receiving unit 210 can correctly receive the GPS signals transmitted from the respective satellites 50. Here, a single satellite navigation system or a GPS method can be used as the position measurement method.

The GPS receiver 210 may provide a GPS signal received from a plurality of GPS satellites 50 to the positional information deriving unit 220.

The base station signal receiving unit 215 may receive the positioning reference signals transmitted from the plurality of base stations 20 and provide the received positioning reference signals to the position information deriving unit 220.

The position information derivation unit 220 derives the location information of the user through the interlocking operation with the GPS reception unit 210 in the mobile terminal 120 or transmits the position information of the plurality of base stations 20, The location information of the mobile terminal 120 may be derived based on the strength of the positioning reference signal received from the base station 20 capable of communicating within the established radius or may be determined based on the sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit 205, Can be derived.

The position information deriving unit 220 derives the position of the mobile terminal 120 based on signals received from at least two of the inertial sensor unit 205, the GPS receiver unit 210 and the base station signal receiver unit 215 .

The position of the mobile terminal 120 thus derived may be provided to the state estimator 235 and the operation signal generator 245.

The memory 230 stores the location information of the bus stop and the location information of the wired / wireless AP 100. The location information of the bus stop stored in the memory 230 and the location information of the wired / wireless AP 100 may be set by a user's selection or may be information provided from an external server (not shown).

The state estimator 235 estimates the state of the user by applying a state estimation algorithm such as a walking state estimation algorithm based on the sensing signal provided from the inertial sensor unit 205, And supplies the detected state to the operation signal generating unit 245. [ More specifically, the state estimation unit 235 detects the user's step using the sensing signal output from the three-axis acceleration sensor 205a, and calculates the stride of the user using the sensing signal output from the three-axis gyro sensor 205b Axis acceleration sensor 205a and the altitude value output from the geomagnetism sensor 205b to estimate the altitude of the user so that the altitude change degree of the user, the step history, the moving speed The user can estimate whether the user has boarded or unloaded the bus. For example, when the estimated user's height gradually decreases and the number of steps is detected for a preset time, it is assumed that the user has got off the bus. The height of the estimated user gradually increases and the number of steps If it is not detected, it can be assumed that the user has boarded the bus.

The state estimator 235 according to an embodiment of the present invention operates when the position of the mobile terminal 120 is close to the position information of the bus stop stored in the memory 230 within a predetermined error range, Or whether to get off.

Information on whether or not the bus is on or off the bus may be provided to the operation signal generator 245. [

The information registration unit 240 provides an interface for registering the bus stop with the wired and wireless AP 100 and transmits the location information of the bus stop selected and inputted through the interface and the location information of the wired and wireless AP 100 to the memory 230 Can be stored.

The operation signal generator 245 compares the position of the mobile terminal 120 with the position information of the wired and wireless AP stored in the memory 230 when the state estimator 235 estimates that the user has got off the bus Signal to the beacon receiver controller 250. The beacon- More specifically, the operation signal generator 245 can generate an operation signal when the location information of the wired and wireless AP 100 matching the location of the mobile terminal 120 within the predetermined error range is stored in the memory 230 .

On the other hand, when it is estimated that the user aboard the bus in the state estimation unit 235, the operation signal generation unit 245 provides an operation stop signal for deactivating the beacon receiver 130 to the beacon receiver control unit 250 .

The beacon receiver control unit 250 activates the beacon receiver 130 by supplying power to the beacon receiver 130 under the control of the power unit 260 in accordance with the generation of the operation signal, The beacon receiver 130 can be deactivated by turning off the power supplied to the beacon receiver 130 through the control.

On the other hand, the application activation module 250a of the beacon receiver control unit 250 executes an application recorded on the recording medium of the mobile terminal 120, and when receiving a beacon signal corresponding to the bus information data from the wired or wireless AP 100, On the display unit (not shown) of the mobile terminal 120.

The application activation module 250a of the beacon receiver control unit 250 executes the application recorded on the recording medium of the mobile terminal 120 to generate unique identification information corresponding to the sound signal and unique number of the mobile terminal 120 And transmits the content to the server 160 to request the content and receive the content in response thereto. The beacon receiver 130 may be activated by the beacon receiver control module 250 and may be stored in the recording medium of the mobile terminal 120 after the beacon signal is received from the wired or wireless AP 100. [ The application may be executed 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.

A process in which the beacon receiver control apparatus 200 having the above-described configuration controls the operation of the beacon receiver 130 will be described with reference to FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling an operation of the beacon receiver 130 by the beacon receiver control apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the state estimator 235 of the beacon receiver controller 200 determines whether the user has boarded or unloaded the bus based on the sensing signal provided from the inertial sensor unit 205 302). Specifically, the state estimator 235 determines whether the user boarded or unloaded the bus based on the height change of the user detected from the sensing signal, the step history information, and the movement speed of the user.

As a result of the determination in step 302, if the beacon receiver control apparatus 200 gets off the bus, the position information derivation unit 220 of the beacon receiver control apparatus 200 receives at least one of the inertial sensor unit 205, the GPS reception unit 210, The location of the mobile terminal 120 is derived based on the signal received from the mobile terminal 120 (step 304). The derived location information of the mobile terminal 120 is provided to the operation signal generator 245.

The operation signal generator 245 determines whether the location information of the wired or wireless AP 100 matching the location of the mobile terminal 120 within the predetermined error range exists in the memory 230 (step 306).

If it is determined in step 306, the operation signal generator 245 generates an operation signal and provides the operation signal to the beacon receiver controller 250. Accordingly, the beacon receiver controller 250 turns on the beacon receiver 130 by activating the beacon receiver 130 under the control of the power unit 260 (step 308).

If a beacon signal is received after activation of the beacon receiver 130, the beacon receiver control unit 250 operates the application activation module 250a. Accordingly, the application activation module 250a executes the application recorded on the recording medium of the mobile terminal 120 to transmit the unique identification information corresponding to the beacon signal and the unique number of the mobile terminal 120 to the content server 160 And displays the content on the display unit of the mobile terminal 120 in response to the request.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 302 that the user has boarded the bus, the operation signal generation unit 245 generates an operation stop signal and provides the operation stop signal to the beacon receiver control unit 250. Accordingly, the beacon receiver controller 250 turns off the power of the beacon receiver 130 under the control of the power source unit 260 in response to the operation stop signal (step 310).

The manner in which the beacon receiver control device 200 described above controls the operation of the beacon receiver 130 may also be embodied in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module, have. 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 may 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. .

100: wired and wireless AP
120: mobile terminal
130: Beacon receiver
140: Location server
160: Content server
200: Beacon receiver control device
205: inertia sensor unit
210: GPS receiver
215: base station signal receiver
220: Position information derivation unit
230: Memory
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240: Information register
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250: Beacon receiver control unit
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Claims (10)

An apparatus for activating a beacon receiver in a mobile terminal having a beacon receiver for receiving a beacon signal,
A location information deriving unit for deriving a location of the mobile terminal;
A memory for storing positional information of a plurality of beacon transmitters and position information of bus stops having unique identification information on positions and transmitting beacon signals corresponding to sound signals of a high frequency band in a predetermined variation pattern;
A state estimating unit for estimating whether or not the user gets off the bus based on the sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit in the mobile terminal when the position of the mobile terminal approaches the position information of the bus stop stored in the memory within a predetermined error range; Wow,
An operation signal generating unit for generating an operation signal by comparing the position of the mobile terminal with the position information of a plurality of beacon transmitters stored in the memory when the state estimating unit estimates that the user has got off the bus,
And a beacon receiver control unit for activating the beacon receiver based on the operation signal,
The mobile terminal comprises:
Upon receipt of the beacon signal from the beacon transmitter, the beacon receiver activated by the beacon receiver control unit transmits the unique identification information corresponding to the sound signal and the unique number of the mobile terminal to the content server to request the content, And a computer-readable recording medium storing an application for receiving and serving contents,
The beacon receiver control unit includes:
And an application activation module for activating the application so that a content corresponding to the beacon signal received by the activated beacon receiver is received from the content server.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the position information deriving unit comprises:
Wherein the position of the mobile terminal is derived using at least one of a plurality of base station signals received by the mobile terminal, a satellite signal received through a GPS receiver, and a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor. Information based beacon receiver control device.
The method according to claim 1,
The state estimator may include:
Estimating whether or not the user is on a bus based on a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit in the mobile terminal,
Wherein the operation signal generating unit comprises:
And generates an operation stop signal for deactivating the beacon receiver when the user estimates that the user boarded the bus from the state estimator and provides the operation stop signal to the beacon receiver controller based on the bus stop position information. .
The method according to claim 1,
The state estimator may include:
Wherein the controller determines whether or not the user is getting off by using at least one of a user's step history, a height change, and a user's movement speed based on a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit. Receiver control device.
delete A method for controlling a beacon receiver in a mobile terminal having a beacon receiver for receiving a beacon signal,
Determining whether the user is boarding or getting off the bus based on the sensing signal output from the inertial sensor unit in the mobile terminal when the position of the mobile terminal approaches the position information of the pre-stored bus stop within a predetermined error range;
Deriving a position of the mobile terminal when it is determined that the user has got off the bus;
And comparing the position of the beacon transmitter with the position of the beacon transmitter, which transmits the beacon signal corresponding to the high frequency band sound signal with the predetermined variation pattern, Generating,
Activating the beacon receiver based on the operation signal;
The activated beacon receiver receives the beacon signal transmitted from the beacon transmitter, and when the activated beacon receiver receives the beacon signal, the beacon receiver transmits the unique identification information corresponding to the sound signal in the beacon signal Executing an application for transmitting a unique number of the mobile terminal to a content server to request a content and receiving the content in response thereto;
And receiving a content corresponding to the received beacon signal from the content server through the executed application.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein deriving the position comprises:
Wherein the position of the mobile terminal is derived using at least one of a plurality of base station signals received by the mobile terminal, a satellite signal received through a GPS receiver, and a sensing signal output from the inertial sensor. Information based beacon receiver control method.
The method according to claim 6,
The beacon receiver control method includes:
And deactivating the beacon receiver when it is determined that the user has boarded the bus.
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