KR20030054148A - Visitor data management system using bluetooth - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A visitor data management system using a Bluetooth is provided to reproduce a guidance broadcast with respect to a corresponding booth in a headset by a local area communication according as one visitor visits the corresponding booth. CONSTITUTION: A wireless LAN(Local Area Network) control module(40) has a wired connection device for connecting to an RF(Radio Frequency) card reader(30) by wire, and transmitting and receiving data, and a wireless connection device for connecting to the RF card reader(30) by wireless, and transmitting and receiving data. The wireless LAN control module(40) has a data storing device for storing the data, a main control unit for controlling the data storing device, and the first Bluetooth chip for performing a data communication between devices by a wireless connection in a local area. An access point(80) collects the data provided from the wireless connection device. A server(90) receives the data provided from the access point(80), and provides accumulated information. A headset(50) has the second Bluetooth chip(55) corresponding to the first Bluetooth chip(45), and a reproducing device for reproducing the data provided through the second Bluetooth chip(55).

Description

Visitor data management system using Bluetooth {VISITOR DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING BLUETOOTH}

The present invention relates to a visitor data management system using Bluetooth, and in a visitor data management system disposed in an exhibition hall or a performance hall, a wireless network control module (WCM) is installed in a card reader to implement a simple network configuration. The Bluetooth chip is embedded in the headset paid to the visitors and the WLAN control module also supports the Bluetooth chip so that the WLAN control module sends data about the booth when the visitor visits a particular booth. In a headset with a built-in Bluetooth chip, the received data is stored in a memory and stored in a memory, and then the data is reproduced by the reproducing operation of the reproducing means. Compared to wifi control module By requesting and delivering the necessary data to the server side, the overall configuration is simplified, and there is no need to clear and re-record the data in a lot of memory in the headset, and only change the data to be provided to the visitors as needed during the exhibition. The present invention relates to a visitor data management system using Bluetooth that can be configured.

In general, a large number of exhibitors participate in a large exhibition hall or fair, and one or more booths are designated to display or promote their own work or products. There is a lot of noise in general, so when a visitor enters, they pay a headset containing MP3 files containing the contents of each booth, and when the visitor wearing the headset approaches the booth, the file for the booth is played. The method has been suggested recently.

However, this method also increases the amount of files stored in the headset as the number of booths increases, and as the amount of files increases, the amount of memory to be embedded in the headset increases.

After the exhibition or fair, the management company has to collect all the headsets for the next exhibition or fair, delete all MP3 files and enter new recordings. There are many problems in reflecting an impromptu comment about an event during a period.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a visitor data management system having a configuration capable of directly delivering the contents of a comment corresponding to a booth to a variable situation change. It is to have a structure which can respond more efficiently.

Other objects of the present invention will be described in more detail in the configurations and operations described below.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing an observer data management system using Bluetooth according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an observer data management system using Bluetooth according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a headset according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawing

10: RF card 20: antenna

30: RF card reader 40: WLAN control module

45: first Bluetooth chip 50: headset

51: central control unit 52: playback means

53: storage 54: speaker

55: 2nd Bluetooth chip 60: LAN card

70: antenna 80: access point

90: server

An observer data management system using Bluetooth according to the present invention includes an RF card for inputting and storing visitor data and an RF card reader for performing data communication when the RF card is accessed through a built-in antenna. A system, comprising: wired connection means wired to the RF card reader and configured to transmit and receive data; wireless connection means wirelessly connected to the RF card reader and configured to transmit and receive data; Data storage means for storing or reading data, the wired connection means and wireless connection means, a main control unit for controlling the data storage means, and a first Bluetooth for enabling data communication between devices by a wireless connection within a short distance. Wireless LAN control module comprising a chip, The wireless connection means Emitter is an access point to collect the data; A server that receives data applied from the access point to store data or provide accumulated information; And a headset in which a second Bluetooth chip corresponding to the Bluetooth chip is embedded, and a playback means for reproducing data applied through the second Bluetooth chip is embedded.

When using a wireless LAN control module and a headset with a built-in Bluetooth chip, the wireless LAN control module receives data, for example, an MP3 file, which is authorized through a server, an access point, and a data transmission means, and is temporarily stored in the data storage means. It stores the announcement and broadcast on the visitor's headset by short-range data communication at the moment of detecting the proximity of the Bluetooth chip embedded in the headset.

Preferably, the headset can regenerate data applied from the first Bluetooth chip that senses the access of the second Bluetooth chip in real time or store the data by means of data storage means such as RAM or ROM.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a preferred embodiment according to the present invention. According to FIG. 1, an RF card 10 and an RF card reader 30 having an antenna 20 are already the same as those of a conventional configuration. Detailed description will be omitted.

The wireless LAN control module 40 has a wired connection means, which is an input / output port of a main control unit (not shown), and a wireless connection means, and a plurality of RS-232C serial as wired connection means configured in the wireless LAN control module 40. Ports and USB ports are arranged, and they are connected to the plurality of RF card readers 30 by wire to provide a path for transmitting and receiving data between the RF card reader 30 and the wireless LAN control module 40 by wire. It is composed.

The wireless LAN control module 40 has a wireless LAN card of a PCMCIA TYPE which is a wireless connection means and functions as a wireless network, and a PCMCIA socket, which are the plurality of RF card readers 30 or an access point 80 to be described later. It is configured to provide a path for transmitting and receiving data with the server 90 through the wireless LAN card 60, the antenna 70 for wirelessly transmitting data to the access point 80 is connected to the airwaves data Will be sent to. In detail, the wireless LAN scheme uses a frequency band of 2.4 GHz to configure a wireless network of PCMCIA type of 11 Mbps.

In addition, the WLAN control module 40 has, for example, data storage means for storing or reading data, and having, for example, 8 Mbyte of Flash ROM and 32 Mbyte of SDRAM. The wired connection means, the wireless connection means, and the The main control unit for controlling the data storage means is built-in, the control unit is operated by the LINUX operating system as an example.

In addition, the wireless LAN control module 40 according to the present invention has a built-in first Bluetooth chip 45 to enable data communication between devices by a wireless connection within a short range, the first Bluetooth chip 45 The operating area is generally 0dBm, about 10M widely used, and operates at 2.4GHz Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) frequency, which does not require a license for radio waves in the world, and has a second embedded in the headset 50. Near field communication with the Bluetooth chip 55 is performed.

The access point 80 is a wireless LAN access point configured to transmit and receive data using radio frequencies without connection of a cable and a hub, and to be easily configured with any network with a built-in web browser, a special antenna and a built-in bridging. And repeating function is supported so that it is possible to easily communicate data from the distant antenna 70 is configured to enable a network connection.

In addition, the server 90 is configured to be connected to the WLAN control module 40 and the network by receiving the data applied through the access point 80, and required according to the data providing request of the WLAN control module 40. It is configured to provide data.

The configuration of FIG. 1 as described above is shown in more detail in the block diagram of FIG. 2, and will be described in more detail with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 2.

First, in the booth where the observer data management system using Bluetooth according to the present invention is configured, the wireless LAN control modules 40 in which the first Bluetooth chip 45 is built are arranged in each booth or the designated area, and the visitor visits the exhibition hall. When the RF card 10 is issued and the headset 50 with the second Bluetooth chip 55 is provided at the same time, the RF card 10 is issued to the RF card issuing PC (not shown) in charge of issuing the RF card 10. While receiving and storing data on a visitor for the RF card 10, the data is transmitted to the server 90 through the access point 80.

In the server 90, the MP3 file including the contents of the announcement or the like is received on the wireless LAN control module 40 installed in each booth while receiving data stored in a database (not shown) through the access point 80. By transmitting the to be stored in the memory (not shown) side of the WLAN control module 40.

As described above, since the wireless LAN control module 40 storing the MP3 file in the memory (not shown) includes the first Bluetooth chip 45 for performing short-range communication, the wireless LAN control module 40 includes a headset having a second Bluetooth chip 55 therein. When the visitor wearing the 50) approaches and detects the data, the MP3 file of the booth is transmitted, and the second Bluetooth chip 55 of the headset 50 receives the MP3 file and receives the MP3 file. Data is sent directly to the reproducing means 52 driven by the control to be reproduced as voice data through the speaker 54 in accordance with the reproducing of the reproducing means 52, or under the control of the central control unit 51; 53) MP3 file is saved.

By such a process, the observer wearing the headset 50 can listen to the guide broadcast conveniently and quietly by playing the guide broadcast selectively applied while passing through each booth through the speaker 54 of the headset 50.

And, as mentioned earlier, if the exhibitor wants to change the recorded content during the exhibition period, the process of deleting and re-entering the broadcast file in each headset 50 has been repeatedly repeated. In the present invention, since the re-edited contents need only be input to the database (not shown) side of the server 90 side, it is possible to conveniently change the broadcast contents variably during the exhibition period, and since the memory of the headset 50 itself does not have to be large, it is simple. The system has the effect of providing announcements to visitors.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail as described above, those skilled in the art will be able to modify or change the present invention as many as possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It will be appreciated that it can be done.

According to the present invention, in a large exhibition hall or an exhibition, as a visitor data management system using a headset with a built-in Bluetooth chip is used, noise for listening to an announcement is not generated, and an observer wearing a headset visits each booth. As a guide broadcast for the booth is automatically reproduced in the headset by short-range communication, it is possible to achieve a simple configuration that does not need to store each announcement file in the headset.

In addition, the system according to the present invention has a very effective aspect in terms of exhibition management because it can be provided to each headset by promptly updating the announcement in real time to the server side in real time during the exhibition or exhibition period.

Claims (4)

In the visitor data management system comprising an RF card for inputting and storing visitor data and an RF card reader for performing data communication when the RF card is accessed through a built-in antenna, Wired connection means connected to the RF card reader in a wired manner and configured to transmit and receive data; wireless connection means wirelessly connected to the RF card reader and configured to transmit and receive data; Wireless data includes a data storage means to be read, the wired connection means, a wireless connection means, a main control unit for controlling the data storage means, and a first Bluetooth chip for enabling data communication between devices by a wireless connection within a short distance. LAN control module; An access point for collecting data applied from the wireless connection means; A server that receives data applied from the access point to store data or provide accumulated information; And And a headset having a built-in second Bluetooth chip corresponding to the first Bluetooth chip and a reproducing means for reproducing data applied through the second Bluetooth chip. The method of claim 1, The server receives the MP3 file request signal from the WLAN control module, retrieves the corresponding file from the accumulated database, and transmits the file to the WLAN control module. The WLAN control module stores the transmitted file in the data storage means. A visitor data management system using Bluetooth, characterized in that for transmitting a file in a short-range wireless communication to the second Bluetooth chip on the headset side via a first Bluetooth chip. The method of claim 1, The headset is a visitor data management system using Bluetooth, characterized in that for playing in real time a file transmitted from the first Bluetooth chip that detects the access of the second Bluetooth chip. The method of claim 1, The headset is a visitor data management system using Bluetooth, characterized in that for temporarily storing the file transmitted from the first Bluetooth chip in the data storage means and playing.