KR20000030388A - A Guiding Apparatus of Local Area Information Using Dynamic Image and Guiding Method Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus and method for guiding local information using moving picture is provided to easily search a destination by directly seeing a moving picture to be moved from a current location to a destination through a monitor. CONSTITUTION: A terminal judges as to whether a desired region is an interior region or an exterior region when an input of a touch screen is existed in a stand-by state(S100,S101). The terminal displays interior facilities when the interior region is selected, and a user selects a desired interior facility among displayed interior facilities(S102). Data stored in a computer, regarding the interior facility, are loaded(S103). An animation for indicating the interior facility among loaded data is displayed on a monitor(S105). Moving picture data for photographing a scene to be moved from the terminal to the interior facility is showed through the monitor(S107).

Description

A Guiding Apparatus of Local Area Information Using Dynamic Image and Guiding Method Thereof}

The present invention relates to an unmanned guidance system or a local information guide system, and more particularly, to update the updated regional information through the Internet to a terminal provided in a place such as subway, hospital, etc., local information using animation and video It relates to a guide device for guiding and a guide method thereof.

In the case of a destination, such as a subway, a hospital, a department store, an airport, or a loss of direction, a signboard or a map placed on a wall could be used. However, these signs and maps were inconvenient to display complex distances because they were flat and less informational, and it was difficult to correct them when there were changes.

In order to solve this disadvantage, an unmanned guidance system or a local information guide device using a computer device has been developed and commercialized. Figure 1 shows a schematic system configuration of such a conventional local information guide device.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional local information guide device is largely composed of a printer 23, a monitor 19, a keyboard 30, a speaker 5, a modem 9, a computer main body, and the like. The computer body is more specifically a central processing unit 1, a printer control unit 21 for a printer 23, an image temporary storage unit 17 for a monitor 19, and a serial interface 7 for a modem 9. And a built-in database 15 and a program processor 13 therefor.

The conventional local information guide device having such a configuration retrieves data from the database 15 when the user inputs a desired area or facility with the keyboard 3. The searched result is reflected through the monitor 19, the voice information is guided through the speaker 5, and printed by the printer 23, if desired by the user. In recent years, a more convenient watch screen (not shown) may be used instead of the keyboard 3.

However, in the conventional local information guide system, the user is located at a glance in a complex basement or building by simply delivering only text information or only simple graphic information as the subway or building is enlarged, complicated, and commercialized. The inconvenience is that you can't figure out what you want or where you want to go.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is a local information guide device using a video that displays not only text information or simple graphic information, but also information desired by the user in animation and moving picture and its guidance To provide a way.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a local information guide device and a guidance method using a video that allows anyone of all ages to easily grasp directions and directions by displaying a moving picture from a current user location to a destination to be visited. .

Another object of the present invention is to connect the information terminal with a central server device via the Internet to easily update (update) the terminal storage information scattered in each region in the center, and also the local information stored in other regional terminals It is to provide a local information guide device and a guide method using a video that can be easily retrieved from the location.

An object of the present invention as described above is a terminal 50 having a monitor 52 on which a touch screen 51 is attached and a computer 58 connected to the monitor 52; The animation data database 29, the video data database 28, and the database, which are connected to the terminal 50 via the Internet 20 and controlled by the video server 30 and the video server 30 therein. A server 22 including an MPEG encoder 26 for reproducing the material of (29, 28); The data segmentation process is installed inside the computer 58, and includes a video data 38, a geographic information data 37, an animation data 36, a local information database 33, and a facility guide 35. Device 32, the server 22 is capable of transmitting the updated animation data and the video material to the terminal 50 via the Internet 20, the video material 38 is the terminal It can be achieved by the local information guide device using a video, characterized in that the shooting from the position of 50 to the desired destination.

In addition, the service area selection step (S101) of determining the indoor area / outdoor area is input to the touch screen 51 in the standby state (S100); Selecting an indoor facility to be searched among the presented indoor facilities when the indoor area is selected in the selecting step (S101) (S102); After the step S102, loading data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the indoor facility (S103), and displaying an animation representing the indoor facility among the loaded data on the monitor 52 (S105); After the step S105, the step (S107) of showing the moving picture material photographing the scene moving from the terminal 50 to the indoor facility through the monitor (52); Selecting an outdoor facility to be searched among the presented outdoor facilities when the outdoor area is selected in the selecting step (S101) (S109); After the step S109, determining a doorway at the shortest distance from the selected outdoor facility (S111); After the step S111, loading data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the outdoor facility and the determined entrance and exit (S113), and displaying an animation representing the outdoor facility through the monitor (52); And after the step S115, screening the moving picture data of the scene moving from the terminal 50 to the entrance and the moving picture material photographing the outdoor facilities around the entrance through the monitor 52 (S117); It can also be achieved by the local information guide method using a video, characterized in that consisting of.

Here, after the step S117, if the geographic information service is desired (S119), and displaying the geographic information indicating the way to move from the doorway to the outdoor facilities through the monitor 52 (S121) further comprises: It is desirable to.

In addition, the object of the present invention as described above is a service area selection step (S201) of determining the indoor / outdoor area is input to the touch screen 51 in the standby state (S200); Selecting an indoor facility to be searched among the presented indoor facilities when the indoor area is selected in the selecting step (S201) (S203); After the step S203, loading data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the indoor facility (S205), and displaying an animation representing the indoor facility among the loaded data on the monitor 52 (S207); After the step S207, the step (S209) for showing the moving picture material photographing the scene moving from the terminal 50 to the indoor facility through the monitor (52); Displaying all entrances and exits on the monitor 52 when the outdoor area is selected in the selection step S201, and designating desired entrances among the displayed entrances (S213); After the step S213, the data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the designated doorway and the outdoor facilities around the doorway is loaded (S215), and the animation indicating the doorway and the outdoor facilities among the loaded data is monitored. Displaying through S52 (S217); And after the step S217, video data photographing a scene moving from the terminal 50 to the doorway and video data photographing the outdoor facilities around the doorway are screened through the monitor 52 (S219). It is also achieved by the local information guide method using a video, characterized in that consisting of.

Other objects, obvious advantages and novel features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the preferred embodiments according to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of a conventional local information guide device;

2 is a schematic internal configuration diagram of a terminal of a local information guide device using a video according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a block diagram of a server device connected to the terminal shown in FIG.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a signal flow of a data partition processing apparatus connected to an auxiliary memory device inside the computer illustrated in FIG. 2;

5 is a flowchart of a method for guiding local information using a video according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart of a method for guiding local information using a video according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the embodiments according to the present invention disclosed in Figures 2 to 6 will be described in detail.

2 is a schematic internal configuration diagram of the terminal 50 of the local information guide device using a video according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the touch screen 51 is installed at the upper end of the terminal 50, and the monitor 52 is fixed to the rear of the touch screen 51. In addition, the computer 58 is installed in the middle height region inside the terminal 50, connected to the monitor 52 by a monitor cable 54, and connected to the touch screen 51 by a touch screen cable 56. do. The speaker 60 is built to face the front side of the terminal 50 and is connected to the computer 58.

The computer 58 has components necessary for normal computer operation such as a central processing unit (not shown), a VGA card (not shown), a sound card (not shown), a LAN card (not shown), and an auxiliary memory device 59. Contains the parts. The computer 58 is provided with a dedicated line 62 for internet communication with the outside. The leased line 62 and a LAN card (not shown) may exchange information with each other by TCP / IP. In addition, the dedicated line 62 and the LAN card (not shown) can be connected to the outside by replacing with a telephone line and a modem device.

3 is a configuration diagram of a server 22 connected to the terminal 50 shown in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the server 22 is connected to the Internet 20 through a dedicated line 62, and terminals 50 of various regions are connected to the Internet 20 through a dedicated line 62. . If necessary, the plurality of terminals 50 may be connected to one dedicated line 62 through the repeater 21 (hub).

Looking at the characteristic internal configuration of the server 22, a relational database management system (RDBMS) 24 for managing and operating a database is included. Then, the video server 30 that controls the video material is located, the animation data database 29 and the video material database 28 is configured to be distinguished from each other centering on the video server 30.

In the server 22, a material consisting of cartoons or graphics is stored and stored in the animation data database 29 as an animation, and a video composed of a real-time running surface is stored and stored in the video material database 28.

The MEPG encoder 26 is configured to be connected to the video server 30, the animation material database 29, and the video material database 28, respectively.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow of the data partition processor 32 connected to the auxiliary memory device 30 in the computer shown in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 4, the data partition processing unit 32 is connected to an auxiliary storage device (for example, a hard disk), a monitor 52, and a speaker 60, respectively. In addition, the data division processor 32 has a mutually independent local information database 33, a voice guidance processor 34, a facility guide processor 35, an animation 36, and geographic information data (GIS, aka electronic map) ( 37) and moving picture material 38 are constructed, respectively. Each of the stored data in the data partition processing unit 32 stores the corresponding data at the current terminal location, and the data stored in all the terminals are concentrated in the central server 22. Therefore, when information of another region is needed at the current location, it is downloaded from the server 22 via the Internet 20.

The regional information database 33 stores, for example, information about the vicinity of the entrance and exit in the case of the subway and information about the surrounding of the building in the case of the building (that is, names and locations of the Gangnam Bank, the post office, etc.).

The voice guide processor 34 stores voice information to be guided through the speaker 60 in the form of a wave file.

For example, the facility information processing unit 35 may provide information (name, location, etc.) regarding a toilet, a ticket office, a public telephone in the case of a subway, and information such as a surgery, an ophthalmology, an emergency room (name, floor, room number, etc.) in a hospital. ) Is stored.

The animation 36 is a place to store data for showing still images about the facility when the user selects the desired facility.

The geographic information data 37 stores data for displaying geographic information to a destination on the assumption that the geographic information system (GIS) is moving.

The moving picture material 38 refers to an actual picture taken from the current terminal 50 position to the desired destination and stored in the MPEG format.

5 is a flowchart of a method for guiding local information using a video according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, when there is an input of a touch screen in the standby state S100, the terminal 50 determines whether a desired area is indoors or outdoors (S101). If the indoor area is selected in the selection step (S101), the indoor facilities are presented and the user selects the indoor facilities to be searched among them (S102). Then, the data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the indoor facility is loaded (S103), and an animation representing the indoor facility among the loaded data is displayed on the monitor 52 (S105). Subsequently, moving image data of a scene moving from the terminal 50 to the indoor facility is screened through the monitor 52 (S107).

However, if the outdoor area is selected in the selection step (S101), the user selects the outdoor facilities to be searched among the presented outdoor facilities (S109). Then, the computer 58 determines the doorway at the shortest distance from the selected outdoor facility (S111), and loads the data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the outdoor facility and the determined doorway (S113). An animation representing the facility is displayed through the monitor 52 (S115). Thereafter, video data photographing a scene moving from the terminal 50 to the doorway and video data photographing outdoor facilities around the doorway are screened through the monitor 52.

When the user desires a geographic information service (GIS) (S119), geographic information indicating a way to move from the entrance to the outdoor facility is displayed through the monitor 52.

6 is a flowchart of a method for guiding local information using a video according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, in the standby state S200, the computer 58 determines whether an input to the touch screen 51 is an indoor area or an outdoor area (S210).

If the indoor area is selected in the selection step S201, the user selects the indoor facilities to be searched among the presented indoor facilities (S203). Then, the data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the indoor facility is loaded (S205), and an animation representing the indoor facility among the loaded data is displayed on the monitor 52 (S207). Then, the moving picture data photographing the scene moving from the terminal 50 to the indoor room is screened through the monitor 52 (S209).

If the outdoor area is selected in the selection step S201, all the entrances and exits are displayed on the monitor 52 (S211), and the user designates the desired entrance from the displayed entrances (S213). Loading the data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the designated entrance and the outdoor facilities around the entrance (S215), the animation 52 representing the entrance and the outdoor facilities of the loaded data through the monitor 52 Display (S217). Thereafter, video data photographing a scene moving from the terminal 50 to the doorway and video data photographing the outdoor facilities around the doorway are screened through the monitor 52 (S219).

If there is a change in the surrounding situation of the indoor area or the outdoor area and the animation data or the video currently stored on the computer 58 does not match the actual condition, the server 22 creates a new terminal 50 and the corresponding area. This is often supplied to the terminal 50 in the desired area through the Internet 20. Therefore, the terminals 50 scattered in each region are updated with the latest information at any time.

If the user wants to look up the terminal 50 data of another region at the current location (for example, to find out the building situation around Euljiro Station using the Gangnam Station terminal), the corresponding server through the central server 22 By downloading the data and displaying it, you can conveniently find out about the facilities around all the terminals installed in front of any terminal.

According to the local information guide device and guide method using the video described above, the user can easily find the destination because the user can directly see the live video screen moving from the current location to the destination through the monitor. In addition, the GIS service can be provided only to find outdoor facilities or outdoor buildings, so there is an advantage of finding a destination even if it is an unfamiliar place.

Local information guide device and guidance method using such a video is most preferably installed and used in the same space as the subway, but in addition, even if installed in a general hospital, airport, terminal, underground mall, theme amusement park, etc. The effect can be obtained.

Although the invention has been described with reference to the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and therefore the appended claims are within the scope of the invention. It will include modifications and variations.

Claims (4)

A terminal 50 having a monitor 52 on which a touch screen 51 is attached at one side and a computer 58 connected to the monitor 52; The animation data database 29, the video data database 28, and the database, which are connected to the terminal 50 via the Internet 20 and controlled by the video server 30 and the video server 30 therein. A server 22 including an MPEG encoder 26 for reproducing the material of (29, 28); The data segmentation process is installed inside the computer 58, and includes a video data 38, a geographic information data 37, an animation data 36, a local information database 33, and a facility guide 35. Device 32, The server 22 may transmit the updated animation material and the video material to the terminal 50 through the Internet 20, The video data 38 is a local information guide device using a video, characterized in that the picture taken from the location of the terminal to the desired destination. A service area selection step (S101) of determining an indoor area / outdoor area by input to the touch screen 51 in the standby state (S100); Selecting an indoor facility to be searched among the presented indoor facilities when the indoor area is selected in the selecting step (S101) (S102); After the step S102, loading data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the indoor facility (S103), and displaying an animation representing the indoor facility among the loaded data on the monitor 52 (S105); After the step S105, the step (S107) of showing the moving picture material photographing the scene moving from the terminal 50 to the indoor facility through the monitor (52); Selecting an outdoor facility to be searched among the presented outdoor facilities when the outdoor area is selected in the selecting step (S101) (S109); After the step S109, determining a doorway at the shortest distance from the selected outdoor facility (S111); After the step S111, loading data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the outdoor facility and the determined entrance and exit (S113), and displaying an animation representing the outdoor facility through the monitor (52); And After the step S115, displaying the moving picture data of the scene moving from the terminal 50 to the doorway and the moving picture data of the outdoor facilities around the doorway through the monitor 52; Local information guide method using a video, characterized in that the configuration. 3. The method of claim 2, after the step S117, in the case where a geographic information service is desired (S119), displaying geographic information indicating a way of moving from the entrance to the outdoor facility through the monitor 52 (S121). Local information guide method using a video characterized in that it further comprises. A service area selection step (S201) of determining an indoor area / outdoor area by inputting the touch screen 51 in the standby state (S200); Selecting an indoor facility to be searched among the presented indoor facilities when the indoor area is selected in the selecting step (S201) (S203); After the step S203, loading data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the indoor facility (S205), and displaying an animation representing the indoor facility among the loaded data on the monitor 52 (S207); After the step S207, the step (S209) for screening the moving picture material recording the scene moving from the terminal 50 to the indoor room through the monitor (52); Displaying all entrances and exits on the monitor 52 when the outdoor area is selected in the selection step S201, and designating desired entrances among the displayed entrances (S213); After the step S213, the data stored in the computer 58 with respect to the designated doorway and the outdoor facilities around the doorway is loaded (S215), and the animation indicating the doorway and the outdoor facilities among the loaded data is monitored. Displaying through S52 (S217); And After the step S217, the video data photographing a scene moving from the terminal 50 to the doorway and the video data photographing the outdoor facilities around the doorway are screened through the monitor 52 (S219); Local information guide method using a video, characterized in that consisting of.