KR20020051362A - information service providing system for a means of transportation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for providing transportation information service and a method for operating the same are provided to enable a terminal installed at each stop to provide various information for the operation path of an associated transport unit, the scheduled arrival time between each stop, the introduction of a relevant area, etc. CONSTITUTION: A system for providing transportation information service consists of a location signal transmitting part(110), a location confirmation part(120), a stop terminal(130), and a server network(140). The location signal transmitting part(110) is installed in a transport unit. The location confirmation part(120) confirms the present location of the transport unit through the signal transmitted from the location signal transmitting part(110). The stop terminal(130) acquires the location information of the transport unit from the location confirmation part(120), and directly transmits this information to a user's terminal(200) according to the user's request. The server network(140), constructing a database for the present location information of the transport unit, is linked with each stop terminal(130) so that the information of the database can be transferred to each stop terminal(130).

Description

Information service providing system for a means of transportation

The present invention relates to a service system using a mobile phone and a method of operating the same, and in particular, various guides for the convenience of passengers using public transportation such as buses or subways can be performed through the passenger's mobile phone in an unmanned state. The present invention relates to a traffic information providing service system and a method of operating the same.

In general, a user who mainly uses public transportation wants to know the arrival time of the means of transportation that he / she wants to ride once.

In particular, in the case of a bus or the like, there should be no complaints from the bus user only when the operation according to the dispatch interval is made correctly, but due to the difference between the normal road situation and the various times of getting on and off the passengers during the passage through each stop, There was no user's complaint as the operation was not performed correctly.

Therefore, in the related art, by installing a guide terminal in a subway boarding station to notify the subway user of the arrival of the subway to the current station in advance to reduce the user's complaints.

However, this method did not completely solve the user's complaints as the subway arrived at the previous station of the station or the subway user was notified immediately before arriving at the station.

Korean Patent Application No. 10-1997-032910 (Publication No. 10-1999-010212) proposes a system and method for solving the above problems.

In this patent application, the location information and bus identification information are constructed to be transmitted to each bus, and each bus stop is provided with a bus stop terminal for receiving and calculating the arrival time of the stop by receiving the location and identification information of each bus. The present invention provides a bus guide service system including a bus guide service server for databaseing information on each bus transmitted from the bus stop terminal and a user system for receiving information stored in the bus guide service server through a network.

That is, by converting a signal transmitted from the Global Positioning System (GPS) on each bus into position information and providing it to the terminal of each bus stop, each user can display the corresponding bus displayed through the terminal of each bus stop. I was able to know the current location of.

However, such a bus guidance service system has a problem in that an additional installation cost has to be established in each bus to convert the location information using GPS and transmit the converted information to the terminal of each bus stop. have.

In addition, the method of checking whether the bus arrives is configured to display only whether the corresponding bus located within a predetermined range based on the corresponding stop is to be displayed. If the distance from the stop as many stops do not display the location of the bus, each user has a problem that can only check the information just before the arrival of the bus.

In addition, the terminal of each bus stop simply displays whether or not the arrival of each bus, and does not perform any other action, thereby causing a problem of wasting expensive equipment, and simultaneously requiring a large number of users. The arrival schedule of the bus) cannot be confirmed and causes inconvenience to use one by one in order.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the terminal installed in each stop to provide information according to the operation route of the transportation means and the estimated time of arrival between each stop and the introduction of the region and the like; In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a traffic information providing service system and a method of operating the system so that the method of providing the information can be directly transmitted through each user terminal.

In addition, the present invention minimizes the configuration for providing the above-described services and by using each of the equipment that is commonly used to reduce the cost of the installation, the user does not need to access the Internet even if the desired information The purpose of this is to enable the acquisition of cost savings due to the Internet connection.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram according to a first embodiment of a traffic information providing service system of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation process of a server network during an operation process according to a first embodiment of a traffic information providing service system of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation process of each stop terminal during an operation process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process of acquiring necessary information by a user through his terminal during an operation process according to the first embodiment of the traffic information providing service system of the present invention;

5 is a schematic structural diagram of another form of the first embodiment according to the present invention's traffic information provision service system;

6 is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of a traffic information providing service system of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation process of each bus network during an operation process according to a third embodiment of a traffic information providing service system of the present invention;

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

110. Position signal transmitting unit 120. Position checking unit

130. Terminal 131. Search Department

132, 151, 201. Short-range wireless data transceiver

140. Server Network 150. Bus Network

200. User terminal

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is provided with a position signal transmission unit for transmitting a signal for positioning to be able to determine the current position of the means of transportation; A positioning unit for checking a current position of a specific means of transportation through the position signal transmitter; Installed at each stop of the means of transportation, obtaining location information of the current means of transportation identified through the location checking unit, and enabling short-range data transmission and reception to transfer the acquired information to the user's terminal upon request of the user; A constructed stop terminal; Provides a traffic information providing service system comprising a user terminal: configured to transmit and receive short-range data so as to receive and display current location information of a corresponding transportation means through the stop terminal.

And, by the operation method of the present invention using the system described above to determine the location information of each means of transportation to each destination via the corresponding stop, each transportation means located in the nearest place without passing through the corresponding stop Obtaining location information of the; Checking stop information of each of the means of transportation closest to each other based on the acquired position information of each means of transportation; Storing the identified stop information in a database and repeating the aforementioned steps to continuously update the identified stop information; When the above steps are repeated, if there is a request for information on the location of the vehicle traveling to a specific destination from the user terminal, the vehicle and the stop information where the vehicle is located are searched according to the requested contents. Making; It provides a method of operating a traffic information providing service system comprising the step of: data to each of the retrieved information sent directly to the terminal of the user.

Hereinafter, each embodiment according to the configuration and method of the present invention as described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

First, Figure 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a traffic information providing service system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

That is, according to the first embodiment of the traffic information providing service system of the present invention, a location signal transmitter 110 provided in each means of transportation and a position confirmation for confirming the current position of the corresponding means of transportation through a signal transmitted from the location signal transmitter are provided. A stop terminal 130 for acquiring the location information of the transportation means from the positioning unit and transmitting the acquired information directly to the terminal 200 of the user at the request of the user; In addition to the database of the location information of the database, the information is largely composed of a server network 140 associated with each terminal so that it can be transmitted to each terminal 130 via the Internet or wireless communication network do.

In addition, the position signal transmitter 110 transmits a signal for confirming a location (normally a pilot signal of a mobile communication terminal) so that the current position of the transportation means can be determined, and the position determiner 120 transmits the signal. It uses the base station of the mobile communication network to receive and determine the location of the transportation means.

At this time, the position signal transmitter uses a mobile communication terminal that each driver has (or is paid to each driver) in order to minimize the installation cost.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a separate pilot signal transmitter that continuously transmits a specific pilot signal may be used as the location signal transmitter 110 by installing each transport means.

In addition, the stop terminal 130 installed at each stop includes a search unit 131 for continuously searching for a location of a specific transportation means located closest to the stop terminal 130 from the server network 140, and the search. A short range wireless data transceiver 132 for short-range data transmission and reception may be included to transmit information retrieved through the unit to the user's terminal 200.

At this time, it is natural that a separate short range wireless data transceiver 201 should be installed in the user terminal 200 to receive information transmitted from the short range wireless data transceiver 132 of the station terminal.

The short-range wireless data transceiver 132 and 201 may be a transceiver chip for using a conventional Bluetooth technology, and the present invention uses the transceiver chip. Shall be.

That is, according to the configuration of the present invention, even if a user who wants to use each means of transportation does not access the Internet through his or her terminal 200, necessary information can be obtained by short-range wireless data transmission and reception.

In the following, each embodiment of the service method using the traffic information providing service system of the present invention configured as described above will be described in more detail.

2 to 4 illustrate an operating method according to a first embodiment of a traffic information providing service system of the present invention.

In the first embodiment as described above, each configuration for providing a corresponding service is minimized, so that a plurality of users can simultaneously or correspondingly receive the corresponding service through their terminal.

Hereinafter, the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 to 4 illustrating a service operating method according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

First, identification information for location signal transmission of each transportation means must be registered in the server network 140.

To this end, the driver of the means of transportation (a bus as an embodiment thereof) registers information on his terminal in the server network 140 at the start of the bus.

At this time, the terminal is a position signal transmitter 110 proposed in the present invention, the input of information on the terminal means that the location of the terminal and the identification information of the bus driving the driver having the terminal is confirmed. The process of registering so that we can register.

That is, the driver registers his terminal phone number and the identification number of the bus he intends to drive to the server network 140.

When such a process is performed, the server network 140 requests the mobile communication company to look up the location of the telephone number of the driver terminal, thereby enabling the bus to be located.

That is, the mobile communication company starts tracking the location of the corresponding terminal through each base station and transmits the confirmed information to the server network 140, thereby enabling the server network to continuously track the location of the corresponding bus.

At this time, the location tracking for the terminal can be performed by the base station 120 of the mobile communication network confirms the pilot signal transmitted from the terminal, converts it into location information, and transmits the converted information to the server network 140. .

The server network builds a database of locations of each bus based on the above location information.

In the above database, the bus currently operating by each bus number (line number), the current location information on the bus, and information of each terminal 130 installed on the bus route are classified as corresponding states. And stored.

In this case, the information on each of the stop terminal 130 is the name of the stop of the area where the bus is located, the name of the expected arrival (next stop), the area to which the stop belongs, the characteristics of the area to which the stop belongs Information that includes at least one or more of the following: information on the site, its introduction, current road conditions at the stop, estimated time of arrival of each bus to the stop, and route of each bus.

In this state, the location of the respective buses is re-performed once every predetermined period (set time period), and the locations of the identified buses are continuously updated and stored in the server network 140.

In addition, in the above process, the search unit 131 constituting the bus terminal 130 of each bus stop is continuously changed in connection with the server network 140 to change the corresponding information among the database information. If there is a change to the information, the received change is received and stored.

At this time, the search unit 131 of each stop terminal retrieves the information of each bus running to each destination from the server network 140 via the corresponding stop, but does not pass through the corresponding stop, the nearest place Search for a bus that is located.

Subsequently, the location information of the retrieved bus is received from the server network 140 and stored in the corresponding stop terminal 130, and each bus is located closest to each other based on the location information of the bus. do.

However, it is not limited to being able to search for the corresponding update information through the search of the search unit 131 built in the stop terminal 130, the server network 140 was updated information In addition to the self-identification and if this information is updated, the method may be used to transmit the information to the corresponding stop terminal 130 by itself.

By each process described above, each stop terminal 130, through the information identified as described above to grasp the information on which stop the bus is currently arriving or which stop has passed.

At this time, when the bus has passed through a particular stop, it is preferable to delete the information on the bus stored at this stop to prevent the confusion.

Thereafter, the information identified as described above is prepared as a separate database so that data can be transmitted through a short range wireless transceiver.

In addition, each stop terminal 130 as described above also performs a continuous update of information, such as the server network 140.

If the user wants to use a particular bus while the above steps are repeated, and wants to check the location information of the corresponding bus being operated to the stop where the user is currently located, simply use the terminal 200 of the bus terminal. The information may be transmitted from 130.

That is, when the user requests the transmission of information in a state where his terminal 200 is located in the vicinity of the corresponding stop terminal 130, the stop terminal 130 continuously updates the information data of the user's terminal ( 200).

At this time, the data transmission and reception between each other is performed through the short-range wireless data transceiver 132, 201 using Bluetooth technology.

Accordingly, the user selects a bus list of a required route from various information transmitted to his terminal, and information on the bus of the nearest position being operated to the corresponding stop among the buses of the corresponding route and the current position of the bus, You will see the scheduled arrival time to the stop in real time.

At this time, if the terminal of the stop has information on each road situation or is connected to a service system that provides the information, the information on the road situation is calculated to the user and calculated using this information. You can also provide the estimated time of arrival of the bus stop.

As described above, the data transmitted to the user's terminal 200 may be all the information about the buses of the respective lines stored in the stop terminal 130, or the user before the reception of the information. It can be understood that the information may be about a bus of a designated route.

On the other hand, in the first embodiment according to the present invention described above is not limited to the server network must be separately constructed.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, each stop terminal 130 may be configured to receive location information on a corresponding bus from the positioning unit 120, which is a base station of a mobile communication network, and to make the received information into a database. It is.

Of course, there is a problem that the driver must register the terminal information for the identification of the bus to be carried out at the same time in each of the stop terminal 130, but the problem is that the location signal transmitted from the bus is always the same And, if the information about the moving signal is registered in advance in each stop terminal 130, it does not matter anything.

On the other hand, in the second embodiment according to the present invention to the user boarding on the bus can provide the current location of the bus (current stop name, next stop name, etc.), various tourist information about the area where the bus is located Present what you have done.

That is, when a particular bus passes through any one stop, the user who is in the bus can acquire the above-mentioned various information through the stop terminal installed at this stop.

This is possible by the user who is boarding the bus using the terminal 200 to perform short-range wireless data reception from the corresponding terminal 130.

In addition, each stop terminal 130 is preferably connected to the agency having the information in a wired / wireless network, etc. to obtain various tourist information for the area.

However, the above-described service method has a difficulty in providing the corresponding information to each user in the bus when the bus is located between one stop and the other stop.

Accordingly, the third embodiment according to the present invention suggests that the service according to the second embodiment can be provided to each user aboarding the bus even if the bus is located between one stop and the other stop.

The configuration of the third embodiment of the present invention for this purpose is a bus network having a short range wireless data transceiver 151 inside each bus of the above-described configuration according to the first or second embodiment of the present invention as shown in FIG. 150).

At this time, the bus network 150 receives at least a variety of information data from each terminal terminal 130, and temporarily stores, and at the request of the user boarding therein, the corresponding information to the terminal 200 of the user It only needs to be configured to play the role of sending data.

Hereinafter, with reference to the flowchart of Figure 7 illustrating a method of providing various services using the configuration of the third embodiment of the present invention described above in detail.

First, the bus network 150 constructed in each bus uses the short range wireless data transceiver 151 in the process of passing the bus through each station, and then, the terminal 130 of the corresponding station, Receive information data on at least one of the name of the stop and the name of the next scheduled stop, the estimated time of arrival of the scheduled stop, and the route of transportation of the corresponding vehicle.

At this time, the characteristic matters of the area through which the bus passes are various tourist information such as historic sites, museums, special products, specific amusement and amusement parks, buildings, and the like. .

Each of the information data transmitted as described above is stored in a data base based on the bus network 150. In this state, the user who is boarded inside the bus is currently using the terminal 200 for the current route. When requesting the information, the bus network 150 transmits the information desired by the user among the stored information to the terminal 200 of the user by using the short range wireless data transceiver 151.

Accordingly, the user can easily check various information on the area where he is currently located through his terminal 200, and can easily grasp which stop he is currently passing through.

In this case, the user may improve the user's satisfaction by providing a method for going to the location when the user selects a specific building or a sightseeing spot in the information of the corresponding region displayed on the terminal 200.

For example, the user requests the information about the theater A from the bus network 150 in the bus before the user arrives at the stop where the theater A is located, while the user boards the bus to go to the theater A.

In this case, the bus network 150 confirms the information about the theater A obtained from the corresponding station, and transmits the information to the terminal 200 of the user.

In the above, the bus network 150 performs a continual update while receiving and storing various information about each stop in advance, or operates to temporarily store the corresponding information from the corresponding stop and the previous stop of the stop. One service can be provided.

As described above, the user can check the location, distance, etc. of the theater A based on the corresponding stop by confirming the information transmitted to his terminal.

As described above, the traffic information providing service system and the operation method of the system according to the present invention can obtain the following effects.

First, as the terminal installed at each stop directly transmits the information according to the operation route of the transportation means and the estimated time of arrival between each stop or the introduction of the region to the terminal of each user, As it is possible to simultaneously perform the confirmation on each user, the satisfaction on the use of each user is improved.

Second, since the configuration for providing the above service is made to use each equipment that is commonly used, the cost of the installation is reduced.

Third, the user for receiving the service has the effect of reducing the cost of the Internet connection using the terminal by acquiring desired information through short-range wireless data transmission and reception without performing a separate Internet connection.

Claims (12)

A position signal transmitter provided in each means of transportation to transmit a signal for confirming the position of the vehicle to determine the current position of the means of transportation; A positioning unit for checking a current position of a specific means of transportation through the position signal transmitter; Installed at each stop of the means of transportation, obtaining location information of the current means of transportation identified through the location checking unit, and enabling short-range data transmission and reception to transfer the acquired information to the user's terminal upon request of the user; A constructed stop terminal; And a user terminal configured to transmit and receive short-range data to receive and display current location information of a corresponding transportation means through the stop terminal. The method of claim 1, The location signal transmission unit is a mobile communication terminal of the driver of each transportation means, and the location confirmation unit is a base station of a mobile communication network which receives a pilot signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal of the driver and checks a corresponding location. system. The method of claim 1, The location signal transmitter is a pilot signal transmitter separately installed in each means of transport so as to continuously transmit a pilot signal that can identify the relevant means of transportation, and the location checker receives the pilot signal transmitted from the pilot signal transmitter to confirm the corresponding position. Traffic information providing system, characterized in that the base station. The method of claim 1, A separate server network associated with each stop terminal may be databased so that the location information of the current means of transportation identified through the location checking unit is databased, and the databased information may be transmitted to each stop terminal through the Internet network or a wireless communication network. Traffic information providing system, characterized in that the further build. The method according to claim 1 or 4, A stop terminal installed at each stop includes a search unit for continuously searching for a location of a specific transportation means located closest to the stop terminal from a server network, and short-range data so that information retrieved through the search unit can be transmitted to a user terminal. Built-in short-range wireless data transceiver for transmission and reception, And a separate short range wireless data transceiver to receive information transmitted from the short range wireless data transceiver of the station terminal. The method of claim 1, Each means of transportation In addition to receiving various information about the current location through each terminal terminal, the information transmission unit having a short-range wireless data transceiver for transmitting the received information to the terminal of the user in the interior is further included. A traffic information service system. Checking the location information of each means of transportation running to each destination via the corresponding stop and acquiring the location information of each means of transportation located closest to each other without a stop; Checking stop information of each of the means of transportation closest to each other based on the acquired position information of each means of transportation; Storing the identified stop information in a database and repeating the aforementioned steps to continuously update the identified stop information; When the above steps are repeated, if there is a request for information on the location of the vehicle traveling to a specific destination from the user terminal, the vehicle and the stop information where the vehicle is located are searched according to the requested contents. Making; And transmitting the retrieved information directly to the terminal of the user. The operating method of the traffic information providing service system according to claim 1, wherein the information is processed. The method of claim 7, wherein How to check the location information of each transportation Receiving a location signal transmitted from a location signal transmitter of each transportation means through a base station of a corresponding communication network; Converting the received position signal into position information; The step of transmitting the converted location information to the stop terminal of the corresponding stop: operating method of the traffic information providing service system characterized in that the progress is made sequentially. The method of claim 8, To send the converted location information to the stop terminal of the stop Transmitting location information to a server network on the Internet; Acquiring the location information of each transport means and the information on the stop terminal of each stop associated with the transport means to make a database; When the information is updated, the step of transmitting the updated information to the corresponding terminal, respectively: operating method of the traffic information providing service system characterized in that it is carried out. The method of claim 7, wherein The information of the nearest stop of each transportation means The name of the stop, the name of the next stop, the area the stop belongs to, the characteristics of the area the stop belongs to and its introduction, the road situation to the stop, the estimated time of arrival for each means of transportation to the stop, each means of transportation Method of operating a traffic information providing service system, characterized in that the information containing at least one of the details of the route of the service. The method of claim 7, wherein As the short-range wireless data transceiver built into the transport passes through each stop, the characteristics of the area where the stop is located, the name of the stop currently passing through and the name of the stop that is currently arriving, the estimated time of arrival of the scheduled stop, Acquiring information on at least one item of a driving route of the transportation means; And transmitting the acquired information about the corresponding area to a terminal of a user who rides therein. The method of claim 10 or 11, Characteristic of the area through which transportation is passed A method of operating a traffic information providing service system, characterized in that it is a variety of tourist information such as historic sites, museums, specialties, specific amusement and amusement parks, and buildings in the area.