KR102038959B1 - Apparatus and method for providing traffic information service using portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service using a mobile communication terminal, the method of a mobile communication terminal for a traffic information service, comprising the steps of configuring a cluster with at least one peripheral terminal, at least one peripheral terminal included in the cluster Traffic information, including: receiving traffic information from the mobile station; measuring traffic information using location information of the terminal; and transmitting a traffic information message including the collected traffic information to a traffic information providing server; It is possible to reduce the cost due to the separate equipment to collect the traffic information from the mobile communication terminals scattered on each road can provide a universal traffic information service.

Description

Method and apparatus for providing traffic information service using mobile communication terminal {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE USING PORTABLE TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service using a mobile communication terminal supporting a Global Positioning System (GPS) function.

Today, the number of vehicles is increasing rapidly, while the roads are limited and traffic congestion is occurring frequently. Accordingly, conventionally, by providing traffic to a driver by grasping traffic conditions of each road, a service is provided that enables the driver to arrive at a destination in a shorter time, avoiding congestion or congestion of the road.

Conventionally, in order to grasp the traffic condition of the road, a method of collecting traffic information of each road using a probe car is used. That is, in the related art, a plurality of probe vehicles travels on a road, collects information such as driving time and driving distance for each road section, transmits the information to a traffic information server, and the traffic information server receives the information received from the probe vehicles. By using the method of understanding the traffic situation of each road.

However, the above method has a disadvantage in that a large number of probe vehicles are required to provide traffic situation information to a user in real time, and a huge maintenance cost is required to operate the large number of prop vehicles. have.

The present invention was derived to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a traffic information service providing method and apparatus using a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for collecting traffic information through a mobile communication terminal supporting a Global Positioning System (GPS) function.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for a plurality of mobile communication terminals to form a cluster to collect traffic information and transmit it to a traffic information server.

Another object of the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing traffic status information to a terminal for requesting traffic information by obtaining traffic information through a plurality of mobile communication terminals.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method of a mobile communication terminal for a traffic information service, comprising the steps of configuring a cluster with at least one peripheral terminal, at least one peripheral terminal included in the cluster Receiving traffic information from the mobile station, measuring traffic information using location information of the terminal, and transmitting a traffic information message including the collected traffic information to a traffic information providing server; do.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method of a mobile communication terminal for a traffic information service, comprising the steps of configuring a cluster with at least one neighboring terminal, traffic using the location information of the terminal And measuring information and transmitting the measured traffic information to a representative terminal of the cluster.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method of a traffic information server for a traffic information service, the method comprising the steps of receiving a traffic information message from at least one mobile terminal, and included in the traffic information message Searching for a corresponding road using location information; and generating information representing a traffic condition of the road using the traffic information, wherein the traffic information message includes: terminal ID, location information, and moving speed. , At least one of a moving direction, a moving angle, a moving time, and the number of terminals in the cluster.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, an apparatus of a mobile communication terminal for a traffic information service, the location information receiving unit for receiving the location information of the terminal, at least one peripheral terminal and providing traffic information Comprising a communication unit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from the server, the at least one peripheral terminal and the cluster, and when the traffic information is received from at least one peripheral terminal included in the cluster through the communication unit, using the location information of the terminal After measuring the traffic information, characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling to transmit a traffic information message including the collected traffic information to the traffic information providing server.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, an apparatus of a mobile communication terminal for a traffic information service, the location information receiving unit for receiving the location information of the terminal, at least one peripheral terminal and providing traffic information Comprising a communication unit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from the server, at least one peripheral terminal and the cluster, after measuring the traffic information using the location information of the terminal, and controls to transmit the measured traffic information to the representative terminal of the cluster It characterized in that it comprises a control unit.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, an apparatus of a traffic information server for a traffic information service, the traffic information message from at least one mobile terminal and the communication unit, the location information included in the traffic information message Search for a corresponding road using the control unit, and generate information indicating the traffic condition of the road using the traffic information, wherein the traffic information message includes: terminal ID, location information, moving speed, moving direction, And at least one of a moving angle, a moving time, and the number of terminals in a cluster.

According to the present invention, a plurality of mobile communication terminals form a cluster to collect traffic information, and then transmit the traffic information to a traffic information server, and the traffic information server grasps a traffic condition through the collected traffic information, and requests traffic information. By providing traffic status information to the terminal, it is possible to reduce costs due to separate equipment for collecting traffic information, and to collect traffic information from mobile communication terminals scattered on each road, thereby providing a general traffic information service. It has an effect.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a system for providing a traffic information service according to the present invention;
2 is a diagram illustrating a cluster configuration of mobile communication terminals for transmitting traffic information to a traffic information server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for transmitting traffic information to a traffic information server by configuring a cluster in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for transmitting traffic information to a representative terminal by configuring a cluster in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of providing traffic information service by collecting traffic information in a traffic information server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; and
7 is a block diagram of a traffic information server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, a method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service using a mobile communication terminal will be described.

1 shows a configuration of a system for providing a traffic information service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the plurality of mobile terminals 100-1 to 100-4 obtain location information from a global positioning system (GPS) 110 to obtain traffic information, that is, moving speed, moving direction, moving angle, Time information is collected, and the collected traffic information is transmitted to the traffic information server 120 in step 150. In this case, each of the plurality of mobile terminals 100-1 to 100-4 may directly transmit traffic information collected by the mobile terminals 100-1 to 100-4 to the traffic information server 120. The terminal may collect traffic information of the remaining mobile terminals and provide the traffic information to the traffic information server 120. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of mobile terminals constitute a cluster, and representative mobile terminals 100-4 and 100-5 of the cluster are the remaining mobile terminals 100-1 to 100-3, After collecting the traffic information of the 100-6 to 100-8 and statistics, it may be provided to the traffic information server 120.

When traffic information is received from the plurality of mobile terminals 100-1 to 100-4, the traffic information server 120 receives the received information through a geographic information system 130 in step 152. Search for a road corresponding to the traffic information, and generate and update traffic state information for the road.

Thereafter, when the service subscriber terminal 140 subscribing to the traffic information service requests the traffic state information for a specific location (or road) in step 154, the traffic information server 120 corresponds to the requested location in step 156. Provides the traffic situation information to the service subscriber station 140.

3 and 4, a process of transmitting traffic information to a traffic information server will be described as an example in which a plurality of mobile communication terminals form a cluster.

3 illustrates a procedure of transmitting traffic information to a traffic information server by forming a cluster in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 301, the mobile terminal determines whether the current time point corresponds to a preset cluster update period. When it corresponds to the preset cluster update period, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 303 and broadcasts a message for requesting cluster configuration. In this case, the cluster configuration request message includes a unique cluster ID for identifying a cluster, movement direction of the mobile terminal, and message transmission time information.

In step 305, the mobile terminal determines whether a cluster configuration response message is received. When the cluster configuration response message is not received, the mobile terminal returns to step 301 and performs the following steps again. When the cluster configuration response message is received, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 307 to transmit the cluster configuration response message. Create or update a cluster using mobile terminals. That is, the mobile terminal configures a cluster of mobile terminals which have transmitted the cluster response message. Here, the cluster configuration response message includes a cluster ID to which the mobile terminal which has transmitted the message belongs and message transmission time information, so that the mobile terminal can determine whether the cluster configuration response message is a valid message or not. If the cluster configuration response message is not a valid message, ignore it. For example, if the cluster ID included in the cluster configuration response message is the same as its cluster ID, and the transmission time of the cluster configuration response message is not more than a threshold value from the current time, the cluster configuration response. The message can be determined to be a valid message.

In step 309, the mobile terminal requests to transmit traffic information to the terminals included in the cluster. In step 311, the mobile terminal collects the traffic information from the terminals included in the cluster. Here, the traffic information includes the location, movement speed, movement direction, movement angle and time information of the corresponding terminal. At this time, the message requesting to transmit traffic information to the terminals included in the cluster indicates the terminals included in the cluster, so that each of the terminals included in the cluster knows which cluster it belongs to. .

In step 313, the mobile terminal generates a message including the traffic information collected so far, transmits the message to the traffic information server, and returns to step 301 to perform the following steps again. Here, the collected traffic information may include only traffic information of the mobile terminal itself, or may include all traffic information of other mobile terminals in a cluster. The mobile terminal may generate a message including all the traffic information of each of the other mobile terminals in the cluster and transmit the message to the traffic information server, divide the traffic information for each item, obtain an average value, and then A message including only an average value may be generated and transmitted to the traffic information server. Here, the mobile terminal can configure a message including the traffic information as shown in Table 1 below and transmit it to the traffic information server.

Element Name Description Data type Size (Byte) Remark Encryped MAC ID Encrypted ID String 16 Encryped Location Encrypted location information String 128 Velocity speed String 5 km / h Direction Direction of movement String 2 NW Angle Moving angle String 3 0-360 Timestamp Transmission time String 14 Member counter Number of endpoints in the cluster String 5

As shown in Table 1, the mobile terminal generates a message including an encrypted ID, encrypted location information, moving speed, moving direction, moving angle, transmission time, and the number of terminals in the cluster to the traffic information server. Can transmit Here, the encrypted ID means an ID that encrypts a unique ID of a terminal generated from a MAC address according to a preset method.

In addition, in the above description, each message may include at least one of a packet type, an ID of a corresponding mobile terminal, a cluster ID, a cluster representative terminal ID, and time information.

On the other hand, when the current time point does not correspond to the preset cluster update period, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 315 to check whether the current time point corresponds to the traffic information update period. When the current time point does not correspond to the traffic information update period, the mobile terminal returns to step 301 and performs the following steps again. When the current time point corresponds to the traffic information update period, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 317. After collecting and measuring, proceed to step 313.

4 illustrates a procedure for transmitting traffic information to a representative terminal by configuring a cluster in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 401, the mobile terminal determines whether a cluster configuration request message is received from a specific cluster representative terminal. When the cluster configuration request message is received, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 403 to obtain a moving direction from the cluster configuration request message and compares whether it is the same as its own moving direction. In this case, the cluster configuration request message includes a unique cluster ID for identifying a cluster, movement direction of the mobile terminal, and message transmission time information. Here, the comparison of the movement direction included in the cluster configuration request message with the movement direction of the mobile terminal is the same as distinguishing the terminal moving to the up line and the terminal moving to the down line on the same road. This is to determine whether the cluster configuration request message is valid by distinguishing terminals moving in different directions in an overlapping section. In addition, the mobile terminal may determine whether the message is valid through a transmission time included in the cluster configuration request message. That is, when the transmission time of the cluster configuration request message is different from the current time by more than a threshold value, the mobile terminal may determine that the cluster configuration request message is not valid.

If the moving direction included in the cluster configuration request message is not the same as the moving direction of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal ignores the cluster configuration request message and returns to step 401, and the moving direction included in the cluster configuration request message is changed. If it is the same as its own moving direction, the process proceeds to step 405 and transmits a cluster configuration response message to the cluster representative terminal. In this case, the cluster configuration response message includes the cluster ID and message transmission time information.

In step 407, the mobile terminal determines whether a traffic information transmission request message is received from the cluster representative terminal. When the traffic information transmission request message is not received, the mobile terminal returns to step 401. When the traffic information transmission request message is received, the mobile terminal collects and measures traffic information and transmits the traffic information to the cluster representative terminal in step 409. Thereafter, the mobile terminal returns to step 407 to perform the following steps again.

3 and 4 described above, when the cluster representative terminal requests to transmit traffic information to other terminals in the cluster, other terminals in the cluster transmit traffic information to the representative terminal. Other terminals in the cluster may periodically collect and measure traffic information without request of the representative terminal and transmit the traffic information to the representative terminal.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of providing traffic information service by collecting traffic information in a traffic information server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the traffic information server determines whether traffic information is received from the mobile terminal in step 501. When the traffic information is received from the mobile terminal, the traffic information server proceeds to step 503 to analyze the received traffic information to obtain location information and traffic condition information. That is, the traffic information server obtains information for each item by tokenizing serialized data received from the mobile terminal. That is, the ID, location information, moving speed, moving direction, moving angle, transmission time, and number of terminals in the cluster are obtained from the traffic information.

In step 505, the traffic information server maps the link data corresponding to the location information with the obtained traffic information using a database of a geographic information system. Here, the link data represents a digital ID of each road. That is, the traffic information server retrieves the digital ID of the road of the corresponding location from the geographic information system through the location information obtained from the traffic information, and maps it with the obtained traffic information.

In step 507, the traffic information server updates the traffic state information on the road of the corresponding location by using the obtained traffic information and returns to step 501. Here, the traffic state information on the road of the corresponding position includes speed information, state information and representative information about the road. Here, the speed information may be represented as an average of moving speeds of a plurality of terminals located on the corresponding road, and the state information may indicate whether the corresponding road section is congested or smooth based on the speed information. In addition, the representative information refers to information for recognizing the speed information and status information at a glance.

On the other hand, when the traffic information server does not receive traffic information from the mobile terminal, the traffic information server proceeds to step 509 to check whether traffic status information is requested from the subscriber terminal of the traffic information service. When the traffic condition information is not requested, the mobile terminal returns to step 501 and performs the following steps again. When the traffic condition information is requested, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 511 to search for traffic condition information of the corresponding location. Send to the subscriber terminal. In this case, when the traffic information server receives an address or a keyword from the subscriber station, the traffic information server searches for at least one road (or road sections) corresponding to the address or keyword through the geographic information system, and then searches for the searched road. Traffic condition information corresponding to the service information may be obtained and provided to the subscriber station. In addition, the traffic server may directly receive a digital ID of a road from the subscriber terminal to obtain and transmit traffic state information of the corresponding road.

Thereafter, the traffic condition information returns to step 501 to perform the following steps again.

6 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the terminal includes a control unit 600, a GPS receiver 610, a communication unit 620, a display unit 630, an input unit 640, and a storage unit 650. 600 includes a traffic information management unit 602.

The control unit 600 controls and processes the overall operation of the mobile terminal, and includes the traffic information management unit 602 to collect and measure traffic information using location information acquired through the GPS receiver 610. And controls and processes a function for providing it to the traffic information server. In addition, the controller 600 controls and processes a function for configuring a cluster with other mobile terminals, collects traffic information of other mobile terminals belonging to the same cluster, or transmits traffic information to a representative terminal of the same cluster. Control and process functions In addition, the controller 600 generates a unique ID of the terminal through a MAC address, and controls and processes a function for encrypting the unique ID. In addition, the controller 600 controls and processes a function for encrypting and transmitting the location information of the terminal when providing the traffic information to the traffic information server.

The GPS receiver 610 obtains location information from GPS at predetermined intervals under the control of the controller 600.

The communication unit 620 transmits and receives a high frequency radio signal through an antenna under the control of the control unit 600. That is, the communication unit 620 up-converts the baseband signal provided from the control unit 600 to a high frequency signal and transmits it through an antenna, and down-converts the high frequency signal received through the antenna to a baseband signal. Provided at 600.

The display unit 630 displays state information, numbers, letters, and various moving images generated during operation of the mobile terminal, and the input unit 640 includes a keypad or a touch sensor, or data or touch corresponding to a key pressed by a user. The coordinates of the position are provided to the controller 600.

The storage unit 650 stores various programs and data necessary for the operation of the mobile terminal, and stores traffic information collected under the control of the controller 600. In addition, when the mobile terminal configures a cluster, the storage unit 650 includes information on the cluster, for example, a cluster ID, an ID of a cluster representative terminal, IDs of terminals included in the cluster, and a terminal included in the cluster. Number information can be stored.

7 is a block diagram of a traffic information server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the traffic information server includes a control unit 700, a communication unit 710, and a storage unit 720, and the control unit 700 includes a traffic information processing unit 702 and a service request processing unit ( 704, and the storage unit 720 includes a Geographic Information System (GIS) DB 722 and a traffic information DB 724.

The control unit 700 controls and processes the overall operation of the traffic information server, and includes the traffic information processing unit 702 to analyze traffic information received from mobile terminals to generate traffic condition information for each road. Update and include the service request processing unit 704 to control and process a function for retrieving and transmitting traffic condition information of roads corresponding to the corresponding location when the traffic condition information provision is requested from the traffic information service subscriber terminal. do. Further, the traffic information processing unit 702 tokenizes the traffic information received from each terminal, and classifies the traffic information into respective items, and then obtains link data corresponding to the location of the terminal through the GIS DB 722 to each item. Control and process the functions to map the separated traffic information.

The communication unit 710 transmits and receives a high frequency radio signal through an antenna under the control of the control unit 700. That is, the communication unit 710 up-converts the baseband signal provided from the control unit 700 to a high frequency signal and transmits it through an antenna, and down-converts the high frequency signal received through the antenna to a baseband signal. Provided at 700.

The storage unit 720 stores various programs and data necessary for the operation of the mobile terminal, and in particular, includes the GIS DB 722 to store location information and link data (or digital ID) information for each road. And, by including the traffic information DB 724, the current traffic situation information for each road is stored. Here, the traffic state information includes speed information, state information, and representative information of the corresponding road.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

600: control unit 600, 602: traffic information management unit
610: GPS receiver 620: communication unit
630: display unit 640: input unit
650: storage unit 700: control unit
702: traffic information processing unit 704: service request processing unit
710: communication unit 720: storage unit
722: GIS DB 730: Traffic Information DB

Claims (20)

In the method for providing a traffic information service in a mobile communication terminal,
Configuring a cluster including at least one neighboring terminal having the same movement direction as the mobile communication terminal;
Receiving traffic information from the at least one neighboring terminal included in the cluster;
Measuring traffic information of the mobile communication terminal using location information of the mobile communication terminal;
Transmitting a traffic information message including traffic information received from the at least one neighboring terminal and traffic information of the mobile communication terminal to a traffic information providing server;
Transmitting a traffic condition information request message to the traffic information providing server; And
And receiving traffic condition information corresponding to the traffic condition information request message from the traffic information providing server.
The method of claim 1,
An operation of configuring a cluster including the at least one neighboring terminal may include:
Broadcasting a cluster configuration request message including at least one of a moving direction and message transmission time information of the mobile communication terminal;
Receiving a cluster configuration response message from the at least one neighboring terminal;
Determining whether the message is a valid message using a time at which the cluster configuration response message is transmitted; And
And configuring a cluster using at least one neighboring terminal that has sent a valid cluster configuration response message.
The method of claim 1,
After configuring the cluster, transmitting the traffic information request message to at least one neighboring terminal included in the cluster.
The method of claim 1,
The traffic information message includes at least one of a terminal ID, location information, a moving speed, a moving direction, a moving angle, a moving time, and the number of terminals in the cluster.
In the method for providing a traffic information service in a mobile communication terminal,
Configuring a cluster with at least one neighboring terminal;
Measuring traffic information using location information of the terminal; And
Transmitting the measured traffic information to a representative terminal of the cluster;
The operation of configuring the cluster,
Receiving a cluster configuration request message including movement direction and message transmission time information from a representative terminal of the cluster;
Determining whether the cluster configuration request message is valid using the movement direction and message transmission time information;
If valid, transmitting a cluster configuration response message including transmission time information;
The cluster configuration request message is determined to be valid when the moving direction of the mobile communication terminal and the moving direction of the representative terminal is the same.
The method of claim 5,
After configuring the cluster, receiving a request message of traffic information from a representative terminal of the cluster;
The traffic information includes at least one of a terminal ID, location information, a moving speed, a moving direction, a moving angle, a moving time, and the number of terminals in the cluster.
delete delete delete delete An apparatus for providing a traffic information service in a mobile communication terminal,
A location information receiver for receiving location information of the mobile communication terminal;
A communication unit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from at least one neighboring terminal and a traffic information providing server;
Comprising a cluster including at least one peripheral terminal having the same movement direction as the mobile communication terminal, traffic information is received from the at least one peripheral terminal included in the cluster through the communication unit, the location of the mobile communication terminal Measure traffic information of the mobile communication terminal by using the information, and transmit a traffic information message including the traffic information received from the at least one neighboring terminal and the traffic information of the mobile communication terminal to a traffic information providing server; And a control unit for controlling to transmit a traffic condition information request message to the traffic information providing server, and receiving traffic condition information corresponding to the traffic condition information request message from the traffic information providing server.
The method of claim 11,
The controller broadcasts a cluster configuration request message including at least one of a moving direction of the mobile communication terminal and message transmission time information through the communication unit, and responds to the cluster configuration from the at least one neighboring terminal through the communication unit. When the message is received, it is determined whether the message is a valid message using the time when the cluster configuration response message is transmitted, and the apparatus for configuring the cluster using at least one neighboring terminal that has sent a valid cluster configuration response message.
The method of claim 11,
The controller controls the traffic information request message to be transmitted to at least one neighboring terminal included in the cluster through the communication unit after configuring the cluster.
The method of claim 11,
The traffic information message includes at least one of a terminal ID, location information, a moving speed, a moving direction, a moving angle, a moving time, and the number of terminals in the cluster.
An apparatus for providing a traffic information service in a mobile communication terminal,
A location information receiver for receiving location information of the mobile communication terminal;
A communication unit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from at least one neighboring terminal and a traffic information providing server;
A control unit configured to form a cluster with at least one neighboring terminal, measure traffic information using location information of the terminal, and transmit the measured traffic information to a representative terminal of the cluster;
The control unit receives a cluster configuration request message including movement direction and message transmission time information from the representative terminal of the cluster, and determines whether the cluster configuration request message is valid using the movement direction and message transmission time information. And, if valid, send a cluster configuration response message including transmission time information.
The cluster configuration request message is determined to be valid when the movement direction of the mobile communication terminal and the movement direction of the representative terminal is the same.
The method of claim 15,
The communication unit, after configuring the cluster, receives a request message of traffic information from the representative terminal of the cluster,
The traffic information includes at least one of a terminal ID, location information, a moving speed, a moving direction, a moving angle, a moving time, and the number of terminals in the cluster. delete delete delete delete

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