KR102525485B1 - Self-authentication wearable device for the visually impaired - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a self-authentication wearable device for the visually impaired, which is composed of a pair of lenses, a front frame to which the lenses are fixed, and a pair of side frames extending on both sides of the front frame, the front side of the front frame wearable glasses equipped with a glass camera provided on the side frame to acquire a forward image, and a speaker mounted on the side frame to output a voice for guiding user authentication according to the image information acquired by the glass camera; an authentication module for outputting an authentication means for user authentication in a user terminal by receiving information by which the glass camera recognizes a user authentication terminal; and a control module generating voice information of location guidance so that the authentication means displayed on the user's terminal output by the authentication module is recognized by the user authentication terminal.

Description

Self-authentication wearable device for the visually impaired {SELF-AUTHENTICATION WEARABLE DEVICE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED}

The present invention relates to a wearable device for self-authentication, and relates to a wearable device for self-authentication for the visually impaired, which guides the blind to tag their authentication means to the correct location in a user authentication terminal that receives user personal information. .

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 (novel coronavirus disease) a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The cycle of epidemics is gradually shortening due to the prosperity of mankind and the destruction of the environment. Unlike the situation of the previous pandemic, the Spanish flu in the early 1900s, advanced countries, which were confident that it would be possible to contain the epidemic through technological development, were unexpectedly concerned about coping with the epidemic in connection with policy issues such as close population and privacy issues. are eating

Meanwhile, in the environment of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the Republic of Korea is minimizing damage with the basic principle of rapid diagnosis and isolation. In such a special environment, one of the main reasons why South Korea's rapid diagnosis and quarantine of infection clusters was possible was that the government-promoted response guidelines for group facilities or multi-use facilities were quickly established. Under the circumstances of the pandemic, the Republic of Korea is making it mandatory for users entering group facilities, etc. to check whether they have visited by means such as QR codes in a step-by-step response step.

The visitor access authentication task uses a universal platform such as Naver or Kakao to share the information of an individual with minimal exposure to privacy by tagging a QR code containing the minimum information that can be contacted with the individual on a terminal using a collective facility. it's work In Korea, most of the population owns mobile terminals such as smartphones, and based on an infrastructure that has no difficulty in using QR code IT technology, a group authentication policy differentiated from neighboring countries is in effect.

However, as it is a policy due to a special pandemic situation, there are limitations that require consideration for a specific small number of users. For example, in the case of the visually impaired, even if they have a smartphone terminal, it is extremely difficult to print and tag their own QR code on a terminal for user authentication in a group facility. For certification, severely blind people inevitably need help from people around them. The QR code requires a process of accessing a platform such as Naver or Kakao, and clicking the icon of the user's QR code exposure. When the output of the QR code is completed, the QR code is recognized only when the rectangular box line of the authentication terminal for recognizing it is maintained for a certain period of time at a predetermined interval.

Over time, the COVID-19 pandemic will be resolved with the development of a vaccine, but the outbreak cycle of these infectious diseases is continuously shortening. According to experts, climate change due to global warming and environmental destruction is expected to cause continuous infectious diseases and pandemics in the future. Therefore, the manual for coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and IT technology for user authentication will be continuously used in the process of coping with future epidemics, and problems that were difficult to use will need to be improved and prepared in advance.

Accordingly, the applicant of the present invention devised a wearable device for self-authentication that can assist the visually impaired person to tag by outputting his or her authentication means to a user identification terminal for confirming basic information such as the user's access.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1741918

The present invention assists visually impaired people who have difficulty in outputting and tagging their own authentication means for user authentication, not only can deliver detection situations such as surrounding obstacles, but also output individual authentication means and tag them to an appropriate location. It is intended to provide a self-authentication wearable device for the visually impaired.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, in a wearable device for self-authentication for the visually impaired, consists of a pair of lenses, a front frame to which the lenses are fixed, and a pair of side frames extending to both sides of the front frame wearable glasses provided with a glass camera provided on the front side of the front frame to obtain a forward image, and a speaker mounted on the side frame to output a sound for guiding user authentication according to image information acquired by the glass camera; an authentication module for outputting an authentication means for user authentication in a user terminal by receiving information by which the glass camera recognizes a user authentication terminal; and a control module generating voice information of location guidance so that the authentication means displayed on the user's terminal output by the authentication module is recognized by the user authentication terminal.

Preferably, the wearable glasses may further include a distance sensor for recognizing an obstacle disposed on the front frame or the side frame.

Preferably, the speaker is provided as a bone conduction earphone that transmits sound vibration through bone, and may be provided inside the side frame positioned in the user's temple region.

Preferably, the authentication module includes a recognition function for determining whether an authentication screen of the user authentication terminal is included in an image acquired by the glass camera, and user authentication in a user terminal when the glass camera recognizes the authentication screen. It is possible to execute a call function that calls an authentication means for and automatically outputs it to a display.

Preferably, the control module, when the authentication module outputs the authentication means to the user's terminal, receives image information of a terminal camera built in the user's terminal, and the distance relationship between the user's terminal and the user authentication terminal. may be generated as voice information of location guidance.

Preferably, the authentication means output by the authentication module may be a QR code.

According to the present invention, when it is necessary to authenticate a person's access or other circumstances regardless of their will, a visually impaired person who has difficulty in authentication can automatically output an authentication means to his/her terminal and tag it at a designated location of the terminal for authentication. let it be Furthermore, according to the present invention, without requiring a separate terminal and wearing means for user authentication, it can be implemented in glasses generally worn by visually impaired people, and can also function to grasp environmental information such as surrounding obstacles. In addition, there is an advantage in that a guidance function for authentication of a person can be implemented.

1 shows an outline of the configuration of a wearable device for self-authentication for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram for explaining how a wearable device for self-authentication for the visually impaired according to an embodiment of the present invention is driven.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the contents described in the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited or limited by exemplary embodiments. The same reference numerals in each figure indicate members performing substantially the same function.

The objects and effects of the present invention can be naturally understood or more clearly understood by the following description, and the objects and effects of the present invention are not limited only by the following description. In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted.

1 shows an outline of the configuration of a wearable device 1 for self-authentication for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining how the wearable device 1 for self-authentication for the visually impaired according to an embodiment of the present invention is driven. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , an identity authentication wearable device 1 for the visually impaired may include wearable glasses 10 , an authentication module 301 and a control module 303 .

The wearable glasses 10 may include a pair of lenses 12, a front frame 11 to which the lenses 12 are fixed, and a pair of side frames 13 extending on both sides of the front frame 11. there is. Severely visually impaired people often wear sunglasses-type glasses for cosmetic reasons to cover their eyes. Therefore, glasses are being developed as a wearable device that presents the transmission of visual information in various forms by adding a wearable sensor helpful to the visually impaired in the form of glasses.

The wearable glasses 10 according to this embodiment may additionally provide a guide function for user authentication as well as a function of detecting a surrounding space for a severely visually impaired person.

A glass camera 15 , a speaker 19 , and distance sensors 171 and 173 may be additionally mounted on the wearable glasses 10 .

The glass camera 15 is provided on the front side of the front frame 11 to obtain a front image. The glass camera 15 may be linked to acquire an image of the front side, communicate the obtained image with the user terminal 30, and record automatically for a predetermined period. As will be described later, the authentication module 301 and the control module 303 according to the present embodiment may be provided in the form of an application to a smartphone terminal, and the glass camera 15 may be the authentication module 301 or the control module 303 according to the present embodiment. By transmitting a video signal to the control module 303, the surrounding environment of the visually impaired person, such as a black box, can be recorded for a predetermined period.

The speaker 19 is mounted on the side frame 13 and outputs a sound for guiding user authentication according to image information acquired by the glass camera 15 . The speaker 19 is preferably provided as a bone conduction earphone that transmits sound vibration through bone. The bone conduction earphone may be provided inside the side frame 19 positioned in the user's temple region. As the speaker 19 is provided in the form of a bone conduction earphone, safety accidents can be prevented by not interfering with the user's listening to the surrounding environment, and guidance that appears when necessary is naturally superimposed on the sound of the surrounding environment to the user. Voice information can be recognized.

The speaker 19 may receive a voice signal to be transmitted from the control module 303 . The speaker 19 may output a guide voice for user authentication from the control module 303 or a warning guide voice when approaching an obstacle through the distance sensors 171 and 173 .

The distance sensors 171 and 173 may be disposed on the front frame 11 or the side frame 13 . The distance sensors 171 and 173 may detect an obstacle approaching from the front or side. It is preferable that one or more distance sensors 171 and 173 are provided and disposed in different directions, and may be provided as an inexpensive and compact ultrasonic sensor. The distance sensors 171 and 173 may generate a warning signal when a nearby object or obstacle is detected from the direction in which they are placed, and situation information of the surrounding environment may be transmitted to the speaker 19 through the control module 303.

The authentication module 301 and the control module 303 according to this embodiment may be distributed in the form of applications using processor functions of the user's smartphone terminal 30 . In another embodiment, the authentication module 301 and the control module 303 may be implemented as a substrate including a processor on the wearable glasses 10 to communicate with the terminal 30 of the user. However, in this case, since the volume and weight of the wearable glasses 10 may increase, a more preferred embodiment may be to implement the authentication module 301 and the control module 303 on the user's terminal 30. .

The authentication module 301 may output an authentication means 33 for user authentication in the user terminal 30 by receiving information on which the glass camera 15 recognizes the user authentication terminal 50 (FIG. 2).

The authentication module 301 performs a recognition function for determining whether the authentication screen 501 of the user authentication terminal 50 is included in the image acquired by the glass camera 15, and the glass camera 15 recognizes the authentication screen 501. In one case, a call function for calling the authentication means 33 for user authentication in the user's terminal 30 and automatically outputting the result to the display can be executed.

The authentication module 301 is a recognition function and detects the authentication screen 501 of the user authentication terminal 50 from among the images captured by the glass camera 15 . The authentication screen 501 may be a tagging screen for checking and recognizing a QR code in this embodiment. The user authentication terminal 50 is photographing the front through the authentication terminal camera 53 disposed in the terminal, and the image of the front being photographed is transmitted on the authentication screen 501, and the QR code recognition area is represented as a rectangle. .

The authentication module 301 is coded to recognize the border or shade of the QR code recognition area as a recognition function, and when the wearable glasses 10 gaze at the authentication screen 501 of the user authentication terminal 50 for a predetermined period of time, a call is made. run the function The call function can load a QR code containing user information from a user terminal as an authentication means 33 and automatically output it to the display. As the call function of the authentication module 301 is executed, the visually impaired user is not required to perform a web-click task of accessing a platform such as Naver or Kakao and calling a QR code.

The control module 303 may generate voice information of location guidance so that the authentication means 33 displayed on the terminal 30 of the user output by the authentication module is recognized by the user authentication terminal 50 . The control module 303 exchanges information with the glass camera 15 and the authentication module 301, and the final output information of the control module 3030 can be transmitted to the speaker 19, and the terminal of the user terminal 30 Access authority to the database of the camera 31 and the user terminal 30 may be permitted. In this embodiment, the control module 303 may utilize a database that is a storage space of the user terminal 30 to store photographing information of the glass camera 15 for a predetermined period of time.

When the authentication module 301 outputs the authentication means 33 to the user's terminal 30, the control module 303 receives image information of the terminal camera 31 built in the user's terminal 30, The distance relationship between the user's terminal 30 and the user authentication terminal 50 may be generated as voice information of location guidance.

The control module 303 controls the terminal camera 31 of the user terminal 30 when the calling function of the authentication module 301 is executed. In this case, the front image of the user terminal 30 is captured through the terminal camera 31, and image information is output indicating how far the user terminal 30 is separated from or displaced from the user authentication terminal 50. The control module 303 generates the distance relationship between the user's terminal 30 and the user authentication terminal 50 as audio information of location guidance based on the video information of the terminal camera 31, and an example of the generated audio information is Distance relationship can be guided in the form of “You are far from the QR code” and “Please come closer”.

Although the present invention has been described in detail through representative embodiments, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications are possible to the above-described embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention. will be. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments and should not be defined, and should be defined by all changes or modifications derived from the claims and equivalent concepts as well as the claims to be described later.

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Claims (6)

Consisting of a pair of lenses, a front frame to which the lenses are fixed, and a pair of side frames extending on both sides of the front frame,
wearable glasses provided with a glass camera provided on the front side of the front frame to acquire a forward image, and a speaker mounted on the side frame to output a sound for guiding user authentication according to image information acquired by the glass camera;
an authentication module for outputting an authentication means for user authentication in a user terminal by receiving information by which the glass camera recognizes a user authentication terminal; and
A control module for generating voice information of location guidance so that the authentication means displayed on the user's terminal is recognized by the user authentication terminal;
The wearable glasses further include a distance sensor for recognizing an obstacle disposed on the front frame or the side frame,
The speaker is provided as a bone conduction earphone that transmits sound vibration through bones and is provided inside the side frame positioned in the user's temple region,
The authentication module includes a recognition function for determining whether the image acquired by the glass camera includes an authentication screen of the user authentication terminal, and when the glass camera recognizes the authentication screen, for user authentication in the user's terminal. Execute a call function that calls the authentication means and automatically outputs it to the display,
When the authentication module outputs the authentication means to the user's terminal, the control module receives image information of a terminal camera built in the user's terminal, and the distance relationship between the user's terminal and the user authentication terminal. is generated as voice information of location guidance,
The authentication means output by the authentication module is a QR code,
The user authentication terminal includes an authentication terminal camera, and the authentication terminal camera captures a front view of the user authentication terminal and displays the image on the authentication screen;
The authentication screen includes a rectangular QR code recognition area that is output overlapping with the front view, and bracket symbols in the shape of "" and "" are located at the edges of the QR code recognition area, respectively, so that the authentication module configured so that the border of the QR code recognition area is recognized by
After the QR code is automatically output by the authentication module, the control module controls the terminal camera of the user's terminal to generate the audio information based on image information captured by the terminal camera of the user's terminal. Identity authentication wearable device for the visually impaired, characterized in that to do. delete delete delete delete delete

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