KR20040007083A - A method and a device of guiding standby by using bluetooth - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A standby guiding device using Bluetooth is provided to enable a user to easily stand by for application by using Bluetooth without directly operating an issuing unit when using mobile communication units, and to inform the mobile communication units of scheduled states, thereby processing other business while standing by. CONSTITUTION: Mobile communication units(100,110) perform mobile communication and Bluetooth communication. A Bluetooth unit(90) is wirelessly connected by Bluetooth when the mobile communication units(100,110) are in a service region, and transceives a corresponding signal. A standby guide controller(65) is wirelessly connected with the mobile communication units(100,110) through the Bluetooth unit(90), stands by for application, informs the mobile communication units(100,110) of scheduled states, and monitors/controls other functional units. A display(35) displays standby reception numbers and scheduled numbers in connection with the standby guide controller(65). A generator generates manual standby reception numbers.

Description

Standby guide device using Bluetooth and its operation method {A METHOD AND A DEVICE OF GUIDING STANDBY BY USING BLUETOOTH}

The present invention relates to a device and an operation method for guiding a waiter by applying a Bluetooth technology, and more particularly, to guide a waiter by applying Bluetooth to a mobile terminal and a pager for mobile communication.

Bluetooth (BLUETOOTH) technology is a data communication-oriented technology that enables wireless communication between mobile terminals, computers, peripheral devices, and personal digital assistants (PDAs) in a short range. It is to establish a wireless connection with a telephone, a computer (PC), etc. in a limited area of the network.

The Bluetooth device generally uses the 2.45 GHz frequency band, includes a data channel and up to three voice channels, and 48 bits (BIT) are allocated for the address (ADDRESS) by the IEEE 802 standard. Point and multipoint connections are possible.

The current wireless access range of the Bluetooth, that is, the service area (SERVICE AREA) is 10 m to 1 Km, the data transmission is about 1 Mbps to 2 Mbps, the application and the scope of application is expanding by the development and development of technology. .

Atmospheric guidance device is to maintain the order in a place where a large number of users, such as banks, hospitals, pharmacies, and the like in a predetermined order, generally, a number tag is issued and the number is displayed on the electronic board, etc. If it is displayed or called on the same display unit, it is a device that performs the relevant business process, and because it is installed and operated at its own expense, it is necessary to provide accurate and simple air guidance while the operation cost is low, There is a demand for the development of a standby guide device utilizing a mobile communication means such as a personal mobile terminal and a wireless pager.

Hereinafter, the air guidance method using the mobile communication terminal according to the related art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is attached to explain the prior art, Figure 1 is a state diagram of the air guide device configuration function according to the prior art, Figure 2 is a flow chart of the air guide device operation according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, the air guidance apparatus according to the prior art includes a mobile terminal 10 for two-way voice level communication while moving;

Wireless pager 20 which is a terminal for communication by one-way reception while moving,

A display unit 30 for displaying a waiting number for processing a current job among waiting numbers issued for maintaining order in places such as a bank, a hospital, a pharmacy, and the like;

Issuing unit (40) for issuing a number table that can process the work in order at the place where the maintenance of the order, and

An input unit 50 for issuing a number table at a place requiring order maintenance and receiving a wireless order notification using a mobile communication means, for inputting a corresponding mobile communication terminal call number such as a mobile terminal or a wireless pager;

The standby guide control unit 60 monitors and controls the display unit 30, the issuer 40, and the input unit 50, and controls and operates the wireless guide as a whole while the waiter wants to receive the wireless notification. Wow,

A public communication network 70 connected to the standby guide control unit 60 and setting a corresponding communication path according to a communication path setting request control signal inputted thereto;

The mobile communication system 80 is connected to the public communication network 70 and wirelessly transmits a standby signal to the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 of the call number applied from the waiting guide device 60.

By using the above-described atmospheric guidance apparatus, the method for operating the atmospheric guidance apparatus according to the prior art, by the control of the atmospheric guidance control unit 60, the display unit 30, the number currently being accepted waiting and the reception number in the standby state, etc. Displaying the first step (S10),

It is determined whether the standby state is received through the issuing unit 40, and if there is no waiting reception, the process returns to the first step S10, and if there is a waiting reception, a second step (S20) of issuing a waiting number table. Wow,

When the air ticket is issued in the step S20, the air guide control unit 60 increases the air counter to confirm the total number of waiting air currently received by the third step S30;

A fourth step (S40) of determining whether a waiter, who has received the wait from the input unit 50, makes a wireless call request in a standby state through the mobile terminal 10 or the wireless pager 20 owned by the user;

A fifth step (S50) of inputting a call number of the mobile terminal 10 or the wireless pager 20 through the input unit 50 when the wireless call request is determined in step S40;

A sixth step (S60) of associating the call number input in the step (S50) with the wait reception number and storing the result in a corresponding memory;

A seventh step (S70) of preparing a waiting list by arranging the waiting reception numbers recorded and stored in the step (S60) in order;

An eighth step of determining whether there is a radio call request that is included in the appropriate waiting range that can be classified into a waiting state among the created waiting lists, and when there is no included in the above range, the method returns to the first step ( S80),

In the step S80, if it is included in the appropriate waiting range and at the same time a radio call is requested, the control signal for calling the corresponding mobile communication means, i.e., the mobile terminal 10 and the pager 20 is waiting. The ninth step of outputting from the guide control unit 60 to the public communication network 70, the radio communication from the public communication network 70 to the mobile communication system 80 and calling through the corresponding radio signal, the radio communication is in the standby state (S90),

And a tenth step (S100) of deleting all of the corresponding waiting reception numbers displayed in the waiting state from the list and reducing them from the counter and then feeding back to the first step (S10).

Hereinafter, the air guide apparatus and the operation method according to the prior art of the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

Generally, the user is installed at a place such as a bank, a hospital, a pharmacy, etc., where a lot of users are crowded at a time, and the public order is easily disturbed. You will be given a waiting order sequence number through the number list.

When the display of the standby state is to be called wirelessly in the standby reception state, the call number of the mobile terminal 10 or the wireless pager 20 owned by the user is input through the input unit 50.

As described above, the data received through the issuing unit 40 and the data input through the input unit 50 are processed by the waiting guide control unit 60, and the waiting unit having a suitable range set in a predetermined unit is classified into the display unit 30. Display by printing.

The waiter who requests a call wirelessly among the waiters displayed as described above is outputted by the corresponding control signal to the mobile communication system 80 connected to the public communication network 70 under the control of the waiting guide control unit 60. The mobile terminal 10 or the wireless pager 20 is wirelessly called and displayed as being classified as waiting.

Referring to FIG. 2, the method for operating the air guide apparatus according to the related art as described above will be described in detail. The air guide controller 60 transmits the corresponding number of the recipients classified as waiters of an appropriate range to the display unit 30. It is displayed (S10).

It is determined whether the waiting receipt number table is issued through the issuing unit 40 (S20), and if the waiting receipt number table is issued, the value of the corresponding waiting counter is increased (S30).

In addition, the standby guide control unit 60 monitors the input unit 50, and determines that the receiver is to be called by the mobile terminal 10 or the wireless pager 20 that the receiver is in standby order (S40).

When receiving the wireless call in the determination (S40), the input unit 50 is monitored to receive the corresponding wireless call number (S50), and stores the associated call number and the waiting reception number as described above (S60). ).

To prepare a list (LIST) by arranging the waiting reception numbers entered and associated as described above in order (S70), and by the order from the list, included in the waiting range of the current appropriate range, and requesting a wireless call It is determined whether there is (S80), and if there is no corresponding in the above determination (S80), it returns to the first step (S10).

If there is a corresponding in the determination (S80), by calling the corresponding mobile terminal 10 or the pager 20, the wireless notification that the standby state (S90), the wireless call as described above in the above list or Alternatively, all the corresponding numbers displayed through the display unit 30 are deleted, and the number deleted from the waiting counter is decreased, and the control unit 30 returns to the first step S10.

In the prior art having the above-described configuration, when the mobile communication means such as the mobile terminal 10 or the wireless pager 20 is carried, the wireless notification can be received from the reception state to the standby state. There are advantages such as being able.

However, the standby receptionist has a problem in that it is inconvenient to use the user to input a call number for calling the mobile terminal 10 or the wireless pager 20 through the input unit 50.

In addition, when making a wireless call as described above, it is necessary to connect to a mobile communication system and to pay a corresponding connection communication fee, so there is a problem in that it is not economical in operation.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a standby guide apparatus and a method of operating the same, which do not directly receive standby charges and provide a communication fee by providing standby guidance through a mobile communication terminal using Bluetooth.

The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the mobile communication means of the terminal that combines the communication and the mobile communication by Bluetooth; A Bluetooth unit for performing wireless connection by Bluetooth and transmitting and receiving a corresponding signal when the mobile communication means is in a service area; A standby guide control unit which makes a standby reception by being wirelessly connected to the mobile communication means through the Bluetooth unit, notifies a predetermined state, and monitors and controls other functional units; A display unit connected to the air guide control unit to display a wait reception number and a scheduled number; It is characterized in that the generator is connected to the standby guide control unit for generating a manual standby reception number.

In addition, the present invention devised to achieve the above object, the present process and the current process for displaying on the display unit the number is scheduled for the process according to the waiting number received in the current waiting guide control unit; An entry process for investigating whether there is a mobile communication means newly entering the service area of the Bluetooth unit; A reception step of determining whether to accept the standby state by checking and recording the Bluetooth module number when there is a mobile communication means newly determined in the entry process and entering the Bluetooth service area; In the case of receiving in the standby state in the process, the recording process of increasing the number of the corresponding counter and recording and storing in the waiting list of Bluetooth reception; The waiting guide control unit is a margin process for determining whether there is a margin to add to the range of the number of candidates that can handle the task; If it is determined that the process can afford to add, characterized in that the calling process to display the predetermined state on the mobile communication means by the waiting list order, reduce the number of the reception counter and then return to the current process.

1 is a state diagram of the air guide device configuration function according to the prior art,

Figure 2 is a flow chart of the air guidance apparatus operating according to the prior art,

3 is a functional diagram of a standby guide device using Bluetooth of the present invention,

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a standby guide device using Bluetooth according to the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

10: portable terminal 20: wireless pager

30,35 display unit 40,45 issue unit

50: input unit 60, 65: standby guide control unit

70: public communication network 80: mobile communication system

90: Bluetooth unit

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings a standby guide device using Bluetooth and its operation method.

Attached to explain the present invention, Figure 3 is a functional configuration diagram of the standby guide device using Bluetooth of the present invention, Figure 4 is a flow chart of the operation method of the standby guide device using the Bluetooth of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the standby guide apparatus using Bluetooth of the present invention is a terminal that combines communication by Bluetooth and cellular mobile communication, and joins a mobile communication system to perform two-way mobile communication. At the same time, the Bluetooth terminal 100 is equipped with a Bluetooth module for Bluetooth communication in the Bluetooth service area; A mobile communication means comprising a Bluetooth pager 110, which is connected to a wireless calling system and performs one-way mobile communication of reception and is equipped with a Bluetooth module and performs Bluetooth communication in a Bluetooth service area;

When the mobile communication means (100,110) in the service area (SERVICE AREA) Bluetooth unit 90 for wireless transmission and reception of the corresponding signal by performing a wireless connection by Bluetooth (BLUETOOTH),

A standby guide control unit 65 for wirelessly connecting to the mobile communication means 100 and 110 through the Bluetooth unit 90 and receiving a standby state and notifying a predetermined state, and monitoring and controlling other functional units;

A display unit 35 connected to the standby guide control unit 65 and displaying a number received by the corresponding control signal and a current scheduler number;

Issuing unit 45 is connected to the air guidance control unit 65 to manually generate the air reception number.

In addition, referring to the accompanying Figure 4, the operation method of the air guide apparatus using Bluetooth of the present invention, in the order of the waiting number of the mobile communication means (100, 110) and the corresponding list received and recorded by the air guide control unit 65; The present process (S110) for displaying on the display unit 35, the scheduled candidate number by the corresponding process,

An entry process (S120) of determining whether there is a new mobile communication means (100, 110) entering a Bluetooth service area (BLUETOOTH SERVICE AREA) generated by the Bluetooth unit 90;

If there is a mobile communication means (100,110) newly entered in the Bluetooth service area determined in the entry process (S120), check the corresponding unique number (ID) of the Bluetooth module (BLUETOOTH MODULE) of the standby guide control unit 65 Recording and storing in the corresponding area (S130), and determining whether to accept the waiting state by asking the mobile communication means (100, 110) whether to accept the waiting state (S140);

In the case of accepting in the standby state determined in the process (S140) and the corresponding reception counter number of the standby guide control unit 65 (S150), recording process of recording and storing in the reception wait list of Bluetooth (S160),

The waiting guide control unit 65 is a spare process for determining whether there is room to add another reception waiter in the range of the number of candidates who can process the current task by completing the previous task by the previous scheduler (S170). and,

If it is determined in the step (S170) and can afford to add and transmit a signal indicating a predetermined state to the mobile communication means (100,110) through the Bluetooth unit 90 in the order stored in the received waiting list and In step S180, the number of receipts of the reception counter is reduced, and the call process returns to the current process (S190).

Hereinafter, the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

The mobile terminal that communicates with the other party anytime and anywhere while moving is a two-way communication by wireless connection with a cellular type mobile communication system, so that the communication fee is relatively expensive than a general wired communication method, and wireless only receives data in one direction while moving. In order to transmit certain signals to the pager, you must also pay a separate communication fee.

In the communication using the Bluetooth technology, the service area is narrow, but since the facility is installed and operated at its own expense, a separate communication fee is not charged.

In the present invention, in order to apply the Bluetooth technology to the portable terminal as described above, the Bluetooth terminal 100 having a separate Bluetooth module as an integrated circuit is used at the same time, and the Bluetooth page module is integrated with the Bluetooth as a circuit. The pager 110 is used, and in the description of the present invention, the Bluetooth terminal 100 and the Bluetooth pager 110 as described above are referred to as mobile communication means.

When the mobile communication means 100 and 110 overlap with the service area and the Bluetooth service area of the mobile communication system or the wireless call system, the mobile communication means 100 and 110 preferentially process the mobile communication or wireless call signal and process the Bluetooth signal. Although it is extremely unlikely to occur experimentally or statistically at the same time, even if they occur at the same time, it is solved by using a general technique such as storing the corresponding data by the received signal.

If the mobile communication means (100,110) has to handle the corresponding work in a place where there are many users and maintain order, such as banks, hospitals, pharmacies, and at the same time possess the mobile communication means (100,110), the standby guide control unit 65 confirms that the mobile communication means 100 and 110 have entered the service area through the Bluetooth unit 90 (S120).

At this time, the standby guide control unit 65 having the function as described above, before processing the entry process (S120) by controlling the display unit 35 of the currently received waiting number and the current work of the scheduled The state is displaying the number (S110).

In the case of the above-mentioned waiter reception, the waiting table is directly received through the issuing unit 45 in the case of manual reception, and the person possessing the mobile communication means 100 and 110 is based on the automatic reception according to the present invention.

If the mobile communication means (100, 110) does not enter the service area of the Bluetooth unit 90, the standby guide control unit 65 is fed back to the current process (S110), and the service of the Bluetooth unit 90 When the mobile communication means (100, 110) enters the area, the standby guide control unit 65 checks by reading the unique number of the Bluetooth module embedded in the circuit of the mobile communication means (100, 110) (S130).

While storing and storing the Bluetooth module unique numbers of the mobile communication means (100,110) identified as described above in the corresponding memory area, the mobile communication means via the Bluetooth unit 90 sends a signal to ask or confirm whether to receive a standby state. Transmit to (100,110).

When the corresponding signal is received through the Bluetooth unit 90 as described above, for example, the Bluetooth terminal 100 responds to the acceptance within a predetermined time using its own dial button, and the Bluetooth caller as the one-way communication means. In the case of 110, the standby guide control unit 65 may recognize whether the standby guide control unit 65 receives the reception by using a separate input device that can be recognized by the standby guide control unit 65 or by using a public communication network within a predetermined time. By replying, if no reply is received within the above predetermined time, it is regarded as not being accepted.

If the mobile communication means (100,110) does not receive the standby state in the reception process (S140) as described above, the mobile device returns to the current process (S110), and if the standby state is accepted, the standby guide control unit (65). Increase the number of the reception counter provided (S150), and stores the record in the Bluetooth reception standby list (S160).

The waiting guide control unit 65 can display the reception waitlist recorded in the waiting list by deleting the status displayed on the display unit 35 when the scheduled person displayed on the display unit 35 completes the corresponding task. There will be room.

Therefore, the waiting guide control unit 65 determines whether there is room in the number of potential candidates to be displayed on the display unit 35 (S170), and when there is room to display as a result candidate of the determination (S170), the Among the waiters recorded in the waiting list, the reception number is displayed on the display unit 35 as much as the allowance in the order, and it is displayed by transmitting via Bluetooth that the mobile communication means 100 and 110 are in a predetermined state ( S180).

Displaying a predetermined state on the mobile communication means (100, 110) by the process (S180), the standby guide control unit 65 controls the Bluetooth unit 90, the mobile communication means having a corresponding Bluetooth module unique number (100,110) By transmitting a signal to, the predetermined state is displayed on the mobile communication means (100, 110).

For example, when the corresponding mobile communication means 100 and 110 leave the service area of the Bluetooth unit 90, notification indicating that the mobile communication means 100 and 110 become a candidate is impossible.

The waiting guide control unit 65 notifies the mobile communication means 100 and 110 of the display of the predetermined state as described above, and decreases the number of reception counters (S190) and returns to the current process (S110).

Therefore, when the mobile communication means 100 and 110 are used, the mobile communication means 100 and 110 are notified of the issuing unit 45, and the mobile communication means 100 and 110 are notified of the scheduled state by using the Bluetooth. In addition, there is the convenience of handling other tasks during the waiting time.

The present invention having the above configuration can easily receive the standby state in a place where a lot of users and order should be maintained, such as a bank, a hospital, a pharmacy, by using a mobile communication means that the Bluetooth module is included in the circuit, the predetermined state There is a convenient effect to be informed.

In addition, since the communication cost of notifying that the scheduled state is reached from the standby state by using the Bluetooth itself is not required, there is an effect that the operating cost is reduced.

Claims (5)

A mobile communication means of a terminal which combines communication and mobile communication with Bluetooth; A Bluetooth unit which performs wireless connection by Bluetooth and transmits and receives a corresponding signal when the mobile communication means is in a service area; A standby guide control unit which makes a standby reception and notifies a predetermined state by wirelessly connecting with the mobile communication means through the Bluetooth unit, and monitors and controls other functional units; A display unit connected to the air guide control unit to display a waiting reception number and a scheduled number; The standby guide device using Bluetooth, characterized in that the connection is configured with a generation unit for generating a manual standby reception number connected to the standby guide control unit. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication means, A Bluetooth terminal connected to a mobile communication system and performing a two-way mobile communication and a Bluetooth communication with a Bluetooth module; Standby guidance device using a Bluetooth, characterized in that it includes a Bluetooth pager that is connected to a wireless call system and performs a one-way mobile communication of reception and equipped with a Bluetooth module for Bluetooth communication. A current process of displaying, on the display unit, a number scheduled for processing according to the waiting number and the order received in the waiting guide control unit of the waiting guide device; An entry process for determining whether there is a new mobile communication means entering the service area of the Bluetooth unit; In case there is a mobile communication means newly entered in the Bluetooth service area determined in the entry process, the reception process of determining whether or not to receive the standby state by checking and recording the unique number of the Bluetooth module; In the case of receiving in the standby state in the above process, the recording process of increasing the number of the corresponding counter and recording and storing in the reception standby list of Bluetooth, The waiting guide control unit is a spare process for determining whether there is a room to add to the range of the number of potential users to handle the task; If it is determined that the process can be added to the list of the queue according to the waiting list in order to display the predetermined state, the number of the reception counter is reduced, the call process for returning to the current process, characterized in that consisting of Bluetooth Operation method of atmospheric guidance device using. The method of claim 3, wherein the reception process, If there is a mobile communication means newly entered in the service area of the Bluetooth unit, the Bluetooth unit checks and records the unique number of the Bluetooth module provided in the mobile communication means, and receives a signal asking whether to accept the standby state by the corresponding Bluetooth communication. And transmitting, and determining whether a response signal from the mobile communication means to be received in the standby state is received through the Bluetooth unit. The method of claim 3, wherein the calling process, By transmitting the predetermined status signal to the mobile communication means in the order recorded in the waiting list through the Bluetooth unit, the mobile communication means confirms the predetermined state through the corresponding display unit, and the waiting guide control unit decreases the number of the reception counters. Standby guide device operating method using Bluetooth, characterized in that feedback to the current process.