KR20040074811A - Method for indicating arrival of destination by mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for informing of arrival on a destination through a mobile terminal is provided to inform a user who are on the way to a specific destination that he/she arrives at the destination through a mobile terminal. CONSTITUTION: When a user selects an item related to a 'supplementary function'(S301), a mobile terminal displays the list including a plurality of supplementary services(S302). When the user selects an item of 'subway train alarm function'(S303), the mobile terminal displays each line of the subway train on an LCD(S304). When the user selects one subway train line(S305), the mobile terminal displays every subway station of the line on the LCD(S306). When the user selects one subway station as a destination(S307), the mobile terminal displays a list of methods for informing of arrival on a destination(S308). When the user selects one method(S309), the mobile terminal sets 'destination informing mode'(S310). When the mobile terminal receives position information from a Bluetooth receiver(S311), the mobile terminal determines whether the received position information is identical to the pre-set subway station of the destination(S312). If the position information is identical, the mobile terminal informs the user that he/she arrives at the subway station of the destination(S313). The mobile terminal determines whether the user instructs to release the 'destination alarm mode'(S314).

Description

Method for indicating arrival of destination by mobile phone}

The present invention relates to a method for notifying the arrival of a destination through a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for notifying in advance that a user who is boarding a vehicle, such as a subway, has arrived at a destination of a destination to get off.

In general, a mobile communication terminal is used to perform a call through a wireless communication between a sender and a receiver, but as such a mobile communication terminal is gradually reduced in size due to the high sensitivity and lightness of electronic components, the mobile communication terminal is used to meet the needs of consumers. Functions are getting diversified. For example, mobile communication terminals equipped with various functions such as game, internet search, E-mail reception and transmission, payment, etc. have been generalized. In recent years, camera lenses are installed in mobile communication terminals to form the shape of objects as mobile communication terminals. Camera phones for taking pictures and a mobile communication terminal added with a role of a video mobile communication terminal for taking a picture of itself and transmitting it to a counterpart have been commercialized.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal provides location information through a global position system (GPS). Looking at the location information providing service of the mobile communication terminal, for example, the mobile communication terminal knows the location of the area where the current location is located by analyzing the various location information data provided from the GPS satellites. In addition to knowing its current location through GPS, the mobile communication terminal also provides a service that automatically notifies when a particular subscriber who is approaching or leaving a certain distance occurs.

In addition, the mobile terminal also provides an alarm service for notifying the subway arrival station in advance.

First, when the user sets the departure station and the arrival station in the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal calculates the time taken from the departure station to the arrival station and alarms for notifying the arrival of the arrival station according to the calculated time.

However, in reality, the subway is often delayed due to the distance between the vehicle in front of the car or an accident, so when the arrival station of the subway is notified through the conventional mobile communication terminal as described above, the arrival time of the arrival station In accordance with the alarm does not sound, due to this there was a problem that does not accurately inform the arrival of the arrival station.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a method for notifying the arrival of a destination through a mobile communication terminal to a user who goes to a specific destination through a means of transportation such as a subway. There is a purpose.

The present invention has another object to provide a method for promoting the convenience of the user by informing the user of the destination of the destination to get off in advance to the user boarding the means of transportation such as subway.

1 is a block diagram of a Bluetooth transmitter used in the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for notifying arrival of a destination through a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4D are diagrams illustrating screens of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: Bluetooth transmitter 110: user input unit

120: transmission control unit 130, 240: memory

140: Bluetooth transmitter 200: mobile communication terminal

210: keypad 220: Bluetooth transceiver

230: control unit 250: speaker

260: microphone 270: vibrator

280: radio frequency processing unit 290: LCD screen

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has arrived at the station of the destination to the user who is in the means of transportation such as subway via a mobile communication terminal that receives the location information provided from a Bluetooth transmitter installed at a specific place such as a subway station. In the method for notifying, To set the destination notification mode for automatically notifying the arrival of the destination by storing the location information of the destination input by the user and Bluetooth communication to receive the location information transmitted from the Bluetooth transmitter Performing a first step; Receiving a location information signal of a Bluetooth communication band transmitted from the Bluetooth transmitter; And a third step of checking whether the location information received from the Bluetooth transmitter matches the location of a predetermined destination and notifying the user that the destination information has been reached.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a configuration diagram of a Bluetooth transmitter used in the present invention, and is installed in a subway station or the like in order to transmit location information and time information of a specific region at a predetermined time period.

Referring to FIG. 1, the Bluetooth transmitter 100 may include a user input unit 110 for setting location information of a specific region and current time information, and according to a user's instruction input through the user input unit 110. A transmission controller 120 for controlling the transmission of the preset position information and the current time information at a predetermined time period, a memory 130 for storing the position information transmitted from the transmission controller 120, and a transmission controller 120. Bluetooth transmission unit 140 for converting the data on the location information and time information transmitted from the Bluetooth communication band signal to the outside for transmission.

Here, the user input unit 110 may be implemented in the form of a push button.

Referring to the operation of the Bluetooth transmitter having the configuration described above as follows.

When the user inputs the name of the subway station through the user input unit 110, the transmission controller 120 stores the input name of the subway station in the memory 130. In addition, the user sets the transmission period of the location information through the user input unit 110.

As such, when the location information to be sent and the transmission period of the information are set, the controller 120 transmits the name of the subway station stored in the memory 130 to the outside through the Bluetooth transmitter 140 according to the transmission period set by the user. send.

As such, the location information transmitted from the Bluetooth transmitter 100 is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention as shown in FIG. 2 is applied.

2 is a configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied and receives the location information transmitted from the Bluetooth transmitter 100 as shown in FIG. 1 to inform the user of the arrival of the destination.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 200 includes a keypad 210 for inputting a user command and a Bluetooth for converting a location information signal of a Bluetooth communication band transmitted from the Bluetooth transmitter 100 into a baseband signal. The control unit 230 for controlling the notification of the arrival of the destination to the user through the transmission and reception processing unit 220, the location information received through the Bluetooth transmission and reception processing unit 220, and for informing the arrival of the destination delivered from the control unit 230 Memory 240 for storing voice messages, alarms and destination location information, a speaker 250 for outputting voice messages or alarms transmitted from the controller 230 to the outside, and inputting a user's voice The microphone 260, the vibration unit 270 for vibrating the main body of the mobile communication terminal 200 under the control of the controller 230, and the radio frequency under the control of the controller 230. And a liquid crystal display (LCD) (290) for displaying various kinds of character information and the image information transmitted from the RF processor 280, a controller 230 for receiving.

Here, the voice message for notification of the arrival of the destination set in the memory 240 may be set at the time of manufacture of the product, or may be set by the user through the microphone 260. When the user inputs a voice message through the microphone 260, the controller 230 receives a user's voice input through the microphone 260 according to a user's instruction input through the keypad 210 and informs of the arrival of the destination. To the memory 240.

For example, if the voice message for the notification of the arrival of the destination is set in advance at the time of manufacture of the product, it may be desirable to set the voice message "I will arrive at the destination shortly".

And, if the user inputs a voice message arbitrarily, it may be set to the voice message "Arrival arrives at the destination Gangnam station".

In addition, the alarm set in the memory 240 may be preset at the time of manufacture of the product or may be downloaded from an external service providing medium.

The operation of the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention as described above is described in detail as follows.

When a user inputs a subway station name as a destination by pressing a key of the keypad 210 and instructs setting of a destination notification mode, the controller 230 stores the subway station name of the destination input through the keypad 210 in the memory 240. And set the destination notification mode. At this time, the user presses a key on the keypad 210 to arbitrarily set the notification method of arrival of the destination, wherein the notification method set by the user includes a voice message, an alarm and a vibration, and the user selects one of the notification methods. Can be selected and specified.

As such, when the destination notification mode is set, the control unit 230 receives the signal of the Bluetooth communication band transmitted from the outside by driving the Bluetooth transmission and reception processing unit 220.

In the destination notification mode state, when the Bluetooth transmission and reception processor 220 receives the location information transmitted from the Bluetooth transmitter 100 and transmits it to the controller 230, the controller 230 receives the received location information in the memory 240. Compares with the subway station name of the saved destination. If the result of the comparison matches, the controller 230 notifies the user of the arrival at the subway station of the destination according to the method set by the user.

For example, when the destination arrival notification method is set to the voice message mode, the controller 230 outputs the voice message set in the memory 240 through the speaker 250, and when the destination arrival notification method is set to the alarm mode. The controller 230 outputs the alarm set in the memory 240 through the speaker 250. When the destination arrival notification method is set to the vibration mode, the controller 230 drives the vibration unit 270 to communicate with the mobile. The main body of the terminal 200 is vibrated.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication terminal 200 may receive the transmission signal of the Bluetooth transmitter 100 only when it is located within a predetermined short distance from the Bluetooth transmitter 100.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for notifying arrival of a destination through a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when a user first selects an item for “additional function” by pressing a menu key of the mobile communication terminal 200 (S301), the mobile communication terminal 200 provides a plurality of additional services as shown in FIG. 4A. The list is displayed on the LCD screen 290 (S302).

If the user presses a key on the keypad 210 among the list of additional services, and selects the “subway alarm function” item (S303), the mobile communication terminal 200 selects each line of the subway operating in Korea as shown in FIG. 4B. The display is displayed on the LCD screen 290 (S304).

In this case, when the user selects one subway line by pressing a key of the keypad 210 (S305), the mobile communication terminal 200 displays all station names at which the subway station temporarily operates the selected line as shown in FIG. 4C. The display is displayed on the screen 290 (S306).

When the user selects one subway station as a destination among the displayed subway stations (S307), the mobile communication terminal 200 displays a list on the LCD screen 290 as shown in FIG. 4D (S308). ). Here, the notification method of arrival of the destination that the user can select includes alarms, vibrations, and voice messages as described above with reference to FIG. 2.

When the user selects one notification method among the notification methods (S309), the mobile communication terminal 200 sets the "destination notification mode" and receives a function of receiving a signal regarding the location information transmitted from the Bluetooth transmitter 100. Drive (S310).

As such, when the "destination notification mode" is set, the mobile communication terminal 200 receives the location information transmitted from the Bluetooth transmitter 100 (S311), and the mobile communication terminal 200 sets the received location information in advance. It is determined whether it matches the subway station of the destination (S312). If the determination result is matched, the mobile communication terminal 200 notifies the user of the arrival at the subway station as a destination according to a preset notification method (S313). Here, the mobile communication terminal 200 outputs a voice message or an alarm through the speaker 250 or vibrates the mobile communication terminal 200 according to a method set by the user.

Then, the mobile communication terminal 200 determines whether there is a release instruction of the "destination alarm mode" (S314), if there is a release instruction, the mobile communication terminal 200 releases the destination alarm mode (S315). If there is no release instruction, the mobile communication terminal 200 continues to maintain the "destination alarm mode".

On the other hand, if the determination result (S312) does not match the destination, the mobile communication terminal 200 proceeds to the release instruction determination process (S314).

As described above, the present invention confirms that the mobile communication terminal 200 has reached the subway station of the preset destination through the location information provided from the Bluetooth transmitter 100 installed in each subway station and informs the user of the subway station. The arrival of the destination can be notified more accurately than the conventional destination arrival notification service method of notifying the arrival of the destination at a predetermined time without considering the change in the driving time.

Although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described in detail according to the above-described preferred embodiment, it should be noted that the above-described embodiment is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention can inform the user of the arrival of the destination through the mobile communication terminal in advance to the user going to the specific destination through a means of transportation such as subway, so as to facilitate the user's convenience and expand the field of communication service provision. have.

Claims (3)

In a method for notifying a user who is in a means of transportation such as a subway to arrive at the station of the destination via a mobile communication terminal that receives location information provided from a Bluetooth transmitter installed at a specific place such as a subway station, A first step of setting a destination notification mode for automatically notifying arrival of a destination by storing location information of a destination input by a user, and performing Bluetooth communication to receive location information transmitted from the Bluetooth transmitter; Receiving a location information signal of a Bluetooth communication band transmitted from the Bluetooth transmitter; And A third step of confirming whether the location information received from the Bluetooth transmitter matches the location of a predetermined destination and notifying the user that the destination has been reached; Method for notifying the arrival of the destination via a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, In the third step, And the mobile communication terminal outputs a voice message or an alarm or vibrates the main body to inform the arrival of the destination. The method of claim 2, The mobile communication terminal outputs a voice message or an alarm or vibrates the main body according to a preset method by a user.