KR20060094154A - System of managing account and property using mobile virtual fence and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention establishes a virtual network for the control of logistics or goods, and more efficiently manages the logistics and assets movement within the domain and the movement or control of logistics or assets within the domain or out of the domain and within the domain. The present invention relates to a logistics and asset management system using a mobile virtual network and a method thereof. The present invention relates to a communication gateway for an SMS channel, which is a location-related database, an account database, a billing system, and a wireless data communication. An LBS having logic for interconnecting with a vehicle control system (FMS), controlling a vehicle control system in / out of the virtual network after setting up a virtual network, and displaying a state of the vehicle control system; Connected to the communication gateway to transmit the control command and configuration environment information of the LBS to the vehicle control system, and transmits the location information, time information, event information, self-diagnostic information, etc. transmitted from the vehicle control system to the communication gateway A cell tower; And a vehicle control system wirelessly connected to the cell tower and the GPS and mounted in the vehicle to perform vehicle position reporting, automatic report, monitoring, and control.

Mobile Virtual Network, Logistics & Asset Management, VGF, FMS

Description

System and managing account and property using mobile virtual fence and method

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a logistics and asset management system using a mobile virtual network according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a vehicle control system applied to the present invention,

3 is a view showing the support range of the virtual network (VGF) in the present invention,

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting up a virtual network in the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a voice channel application process according to the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a bidirectional communication application process according to the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a data logging application process in the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

200 ..... LBS

300 ..... Communication Gateway

400 ..... cell tower

500 ..... GPS

600 ..... Vehicle Control System

620 ..... GPS receiver

630 ..... data modem

640 ..... Application Processor

The present invention relates to a logistics and asset management system and method using a mobile virtual network, and in particular, to establish a virtual network for the control of logistics or goods, and to move logistics and assets within the domain and within the domain. The present invention relates to a logistics and asset management system and a method using a mobile virtual network to more efficiently manage the situation or control of logistics or assets moving into or out of an area.

Enterprise resource management is typically performed by an integrated application consisting of multiple modules related to key processes, such as production, procurement, inventory, ordering, trading with suppliers, and providing customer service in various business areas. Enterprise resource management has many client / server systems with integrated systems based on relational databases, and the establishment of enterprise resource management systems generally includes business process analysis, user retraining, and the introduction of new work procedures.

In addition, in general logistics management, a client terminal is installed at each element in a logistics management place such as a factory, and a host server and a client terminal are connected to each other using a LAN (Local Area Network) to transmit and receive information.

As is well known, the conventional logistics and asset management methods for managing logistics and assets through communication between client equipment and a server are implemented in a system having information centralized only in a central center. In this case, if the central center server goes down or a sudden problem occurs, the client's information will be lost, and even if a backup system is in place, the recovery will be considerably delayed.

Recently, a bus terminal malfunction caused by the card company data is caused by a problem in the central processing system, and it can be seen that a huge protection system and cost are required to prevent the server from being down, such as a large-scale manpower input and recovery.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in order to solve the various problems occurring in the system for managing the logistics or assets consisting of the communication system between the conventional server and the client as described above,

It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile virtual service that maintains a previous function by allowing the center and the client to communicate with the server and allow the client to communicate with the server so that when the server is down, the server automatically transmits and loads the client's information when the server is restored. To provide a logistics and asset management system and method using a network.

Another object of the present invention is to establish a virtual network for the control of logistics or goods, and to further control the logistics and assets movement within the territory and the movement or control of logistics or assets within the territory or out of the territory and within the territory. The present invention provides a logistics and asset management system and method using mobile family networks that can be managed efficiently.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a logistics and asset management system and method using a mobile virtual network that optimizes an existing system and reduces management resources by interworking with an enterprise-wide enterprise resource management system (ERP) groupware. To provide.

Logistics and asset management system using a mobile virtual network according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

Location-related database, account database, billing system, wireless data communication gateway for SMS channel and logic for interconnecting Fleet Management System (FMS), and a virtual network A location based server (LBS) for controlling the vehicle control system in / out of the virtual network and displaying the state of the vehicle control system after setting;

A communication gateway connected to the LBS for conversion between a CDMA / GSM network and Internet-Aware-data;

It is connected to the communication gateway to transmit the control command and configuration environment information of the LBS to the vehicle control system, and transmits the location information, time information, event information, self-diagnostic information, etc. transmitted from the vehicle control system to the communication gateway. A cell tower;

And a vehicle control system wirelessly connected to the cell tower and the global positioning system (GPS) and mounted in the vehicle to perform vehicle position reporting, automatic report, monitoring, and control.

Hereinafter, described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention according to the technical spirit as described above.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a logistics and asset management system using a mobile virtual network according to the present invention.

Here, reference numeral 100 denotes a front-end GUI for accessing the Internet, and reference numeral 200 denotes a communication gateway and vehicle for an SMS channel, which is a location-related database, an account database, a billing system, and wireless data communication. LBS (Location) including logic for interconnecting with a Fleet Management System (FMS), controlling a vehicle control system in and out of the virtual network after setting up a virtual network, and displaying a state of the vehicle control system. Based server 300 is connected to the LBS 200 and represents a communication gateway for conversion between CDMA / GSM network and Internet-Aware-data.

In addition, reference numeral 400 is connected to the communication gateway 300 and transmits the control command and configuration environment information of the LBS 200 to the vehicle control system 600, the position transmitted from the vehicle control system 600 Represents a cell tower for transmitting information, time information, event information, self-diagnostic information, and the like to the communication gateway 300, and reference numeral 500 denotes the cell tower 400 and the global positioning system (GPS) 500. ) And the vehicle control system mounted on the vehicle and performing the vehicle position reporting, automatic report, monitoring, control, and the like.

In the vehicle control system 600 is shown in Figure 2,

A GPS connection unit 610 connected to a GPS antenna 611, a GPS receiver 620 connected to the GPS connection unit 610, a cell connection unit 612 connected to a cell antenna 613, A data modem 630 connected to a GPS receiver 620 and a cell connection unit 612 to process CDMA / GSM signals, and a location report, automatic report and monitoring connected to the GPS receiver 620 and a data modem 630. An application processor 640 for performing a function such as a power supply, a power supply unit 650 for supplying power to each stage of the system, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 660 for displaying information, and a memory unit for storing data. 670.

The operation of the logistics and asset management system using the mobile virtual network according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

The network technology applied to the present invention is a GPS Satellite System (GPSS), a global positioning determination system developed by the US government and used for its citizens, and CDMA / GSM, a communication network used by the US and parts of Asia. Network and Internet apply.

The LBS 200 forms a virtual network (VGF) as shown in FIG. 3 using a GPS map, and transmits various control data to the vehicle control system 600 using the Internet. The control data transmitted here is transmitted to the vehicle control system 600 via the communication gateway 300 and the cell tower 400.

The vehicle control system 600 is mounted on a truck or various automobiles, and performs an application for location and monitoring and control of the vehicle. Using the application software program, the location, monitoring and control of the vehicle are performed by using the number of the mobile phone using the Internet or CS. All messages originating from the vehicle control system 600 are UTC timestamp, otherwise the local time is determined and the timestamp is recorded each time an event occurs.

When the driving power is supplied to each block by the power supply unit 650, the vehicle control system 600 is driven to recognize a software version, a customer ID, configuration information, a telephone or an address. The operating voltage of a typical vehicle is 8V to 16V, and the low battery indication is indicated at 8.5V in the LBS 200. The vehicle control system 600 shuts down when the battery voltage drops below 8V for more than 30 seconds.

If the condition of the receiver signal strength indicator (RSSI) is good, the LBS 200 receives data from the vehicle control system 600 and transmits a command. If the RSSI is in a low state, it will be sent and received by AI's judgment and calculation. Data is sent in SMS GPRS. The vehicle control system 600 transmits data in a FIFO method when the state of the RSSI is good.

The GPS connection unit 610 is connected to the GPS antenna 611, and the GPS receiver 620 receives the location information data transmitted from the GPS 500 through the GPS connection unit 610 to transmit the data modem 630 and the application processor. Provided at 640. If the GPS signal is not recognized within 5 minutes, the last known position is reported. If the Ignition is off, the vehicle control system 600 continuously attempts to receive the GPS signal, and resets the power to reset the last known position. To be recognized.

When the location information is obtained from the GPS receiver 620, the application processor 640 transmits information about the location of the vehicle to the LBS 200 through the data modem 630.

The user of the control system can automatically turn location reports on and off via the GUI software. The user can fix the automatic location report at intervals, fix daily, weekly and monthly time periods, and define how many minutes per minute the automatic report has lasted. If the client software program exists, the automatic report is deactivated, otherwise the vehicle control system 600 will send a message with the configured content.

The user of the control system may or may not connect the Geo-Fence, the LBS (200) informs the operator when moving the fixed range of the Geo-Fence. You can define and select the scope in the Geo-Fence Center. Geo-Fences can be programmed to be defined in KM, and you can set up to 16 Geo-Fences.

The application processor 640 monitors the vehicle speed and the like through the vehicle monitoring function, stores it in the memory unit 670, and transmits it to the LBS 200 when the speed exceeds a desired speed. Users can do Excessive Idle Monitoring to see if they have exceeded idle monitoring between 1 and 60 minutes, and can also perform legal movement monitoring to track the wrong movement of the vehicle.

In addition, the application processor 640 stores or logs data in the memory unit (database) 670 through a data logging function. This function generates event and comment records for reference or review.

In this way it is possible to set up the movement or control of assets within the zone, as well as outside the zone, within the zone as shown in FIG. 3. In other words, it is possible to obtain information such as the state of movement of goods, the type of assets, the entry of vehicle vehicles and the time of movement of the vehicle, and to control them accordingly.

On the other hand, when the LBS 200 has a failure or sudden down and data communication with the vehicle control system 600 is not performed, the vehicle control system 600 obtained information (vehicle location information, event information, monitoring information) And the like stored in the memory unit 670, and when the LBS 200 returns to the normal state, the information stored in the memory unit 670 is transmitted to the LBS 200, so that the LBS 200 performs the corresponding function. To maintain.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting up a virtual network according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the power is reset in step S100, the virtual network VGF reference point position value is acquired and determined in the activation path in step S110. In operation S120, the VGF state and the moving direction are checked within the determined reference point to determine a point. Next, in step S130, the path state of the virtual network VGF is monitored, and in step S140, the state of the VGF is changed. Thereafter, in step S150, the acquired information is transmitted, logging is reported, and the path state is updated.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a voice channel application process according to the present invention.

When the voice channel emergency button is operated in step S210, the event is monitored in step S220, and if an event occurs in step S230, the event is transmitted in step S240, the voice channel is started, and the receiving device Will be connected to

6 is a flowchart illustrating a bidirectional communication application process according to the present invention.

When the bidirectional communication emergency button is operated in step S310, the event is monitored in step S320, and in step S330 it is checked whether an event has occurred, and if an event occurs, the event generated in step S340 is transmitted and communication is performed through a bidirectional channel. Done.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a data logging application process in the present invention.

Configure wireless logging in step S410, check whether the distance is satisfied in step S420, and if the distance is satisfied, go to step S430 to determine the virtual network (VGF) (circular virtual network or square virtual network or polygonal virtual network). Save the logging location, date, time and event. In addition, in step S440 it is checked whether the time interval is satisfied, in step S450 it is checked whether the Idle Time is satisfied, in step S460 it is checked whether the speed is exceeded, the time interval is met or the Idle Time is met or the speed is increased. If it exceeds, go to step S430 to store the logging location, date, time, and events coming into the virtual network.

According to the present invention described above, even if the client communicates with the server, even if the server is down, when the server is restored, it is effective to maintain the previous function by transmitting and loading the information of the client to the server.

In addition, it is possible to establish a virtual network for the control of logistics or goods, and to more efficiently manage the logistics and assets movement within the territory and the movement or control of logistics or assets within the territory or out of the territory. There is also an effect.

In addition, it has the advantage of optimizing the existing system and reducing management resources by interworking with the enterprise resource management system (ERP) groupware that the company already has.

Claims (7)

In the logistics and asset management system, Location-related database, account database, billing system, wireless data communication gateway for SMS channel and logic for interconnecting Fleet Management System (FMS), and a virtual network A location based server (LBS) for controlling the vehicle control system in / out of the virtual network and displaying the state of the vehicle control system after setting; A communication gateway connected to the LBS for conversion between a CDMA / GSM network and Internet-Aware-data; It is connected to the communication gateway to transmit the control command and configuration environment information of the LBS to the vehicle control system, and transmits the location information, time information, event information, self-diagnostic information, etc. transmitted from the vehicle control system to the communication gateway. A cell tower; And a vehicle control system wirelessly connected to the cell tower and the GPS (Global Positioning System) and mounted in the vehicle to perform vehicle position reporting, automatic report, monitoring, control, and the like. Logistics and asset management system. According to claim 1, The vehicle control system, A GPS connection unit connected to a GPS antenna, a GPS receiver connected to the GPS connection unit, a cell connection unit connected to a cell antenna, a data modem connected to the GPS receiver unit and a cell connection unit to process CDMA / GSM signals; An application processor connected to the GPS receiver and a data modem to perform functions such as vehicle location report, automatic report and monitoring, a power supply unit for supplying power to each stage of the system, and a liquid crystal display for displaying information. And, logistics and asset management system using a mobile virtual network, characterized in that consisting of a memory unit for data storage. In the logistics and asset management method, Acquiring and determining a virtual network (VGF) reference point position value in the activation path when the power is reset; Checking the state of VGF and the direction of travel within the determined reference point and determining a point; Monitoring a path state of the virtual network (VGF); Changing the state of the VGF, transmitting the obtained information, reporting logging, and updating the route state, wherein the logistics and asset management method using a mobile virtual network is provided. The method of claim 3, wherein monitoring the path state comprises: Monitoring the event when the voice channel emergency button is operated; Checking whether the event has occurred, and if the event occurs, transmitting the event, starting a voice channel, and connecting to a receiving device. The method of claim 3, wherein monitoring the path state comprises: Monitoring the event when the two-way communication emergency button is operated; Checking whether the event has occurred and if the event occurs, transmitting the generated event and performing communication through a bidirectional channel. The method of claim 3, wherein changing the state of the VGF, transmitting the obtained information and reporting logging, Configuring wireless logging, Verifying that the distance is met and, if the distance is met, storing the logging location, date, time and event coming into the virtual network (VGF), Checking whether the time interval is met, and if the time interval is met, storing the logging position, date, time, and event coming into the virtual network (VGF); Checking whether the Idle Time is satisfied and if the Idle Time is satisfied, storing the logging location, date, time, and event coming into the virtual network (VGF); Checking whether the speed is exceeded, and if the speed is exceeded, storing a logging position, a date, a time, and an event coming into the virtual network. The method of claim 6, wherein the virtual network, Logistics and asset management method using a mobile virtual network, characterized in that it is set to any one of a circular or rectangular or polygonal shape.

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