KR20060107894A - Method and system for taxi use safety service provide - Google Patents

Abstract

The method of providing a taxi safety service and its system are to provide a safer use of the taxi. The present invention is a dedicated passenger terminal for using the safe taxi service, the call relay service of the taxi using the terminal and the taxi terminal to the passenger terminal via the short-distance communication between the passenger terminal and the passenger terminal installed in the taxi, the taxi Receives and manages taxi information through CDMA mobile communication network or mobile internet network from the terminal, informs passengers' taxi ride information by SMS text to the number specified when the passenger subscribes to the service, and informs the current location of the taxi through GPS in the taxi terminal. It is configured to track and process the card or wire transfer through the taxi terminal at the time of payment. Accordingly, the present invention manages call relay and disengagement information of a call relay and passenger based on GPS, and provides an effect of allowing passengers to selectively use a safe taxi by displaying a taxi status and preparing for a taxi theft. In particular, by subscribing to the service of the present invention, women can use a taxi at night with confidence.

Taxi, mobile phone, theft, CDMA mobile network, mobile internet network

Description

Method and system for taxi use safety service provide}

1 is a block diagram showing a system for providing a taxi using safety service according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a detailed view showing the taxi terminal of the system of Figure 1,

3 is a flow chart for providing a taxi use safety service of the system of FIG.

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10: passenger terminal 20: taxi terminal

30: CDMA mobile communication network / mobile internet network 40: Service center

50: Passenger designated terminal 60: Police Agency Center

70: financial institutions

The present invention relates to the use of a safe taxi, and in particular, the passenger terminal through the communication between the call relay service and the terminal of the passenger terminal and the terminal registered in the service and the terminal registered in the service and the terminal mounted on the taxi The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a taxi safety service that manages taxi information so that passengers can use a taxi with confidence.

Recently, taxi rides are frequently reluctant to increase due to the increase in criminal activity using taxis, affecting the taxi industry. In particular, women are more reluctant to ride a regular taxi at night, and even if they ride a taxi, the only way to prepare for them is to record the number of the taxi that people around them have taken.

In addition, there is a plan to use a call taxi, in which a passenger who wants to use a taxi calls the call taxi operator and requests a taxi. Accordingly, the call taxi operator determines the passenger's current location through the contents of the conversation. Through the communication terminal of all the taxi drivers, the voice guidance that the passengers using the taxi in a specific location. With this voice guidance, the taxi driver who decides that he is located near by the passenger who wants to take a taxi now calls his call taxi operator and informs him that he will move to the passenger. By moving, passengers could take a taxi.

This method of using a call taxi requires passengers to call a call taxi operating company and request a taxi.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, between the GPS-based call relay and the terminal of the passenger registered with the service and the terminal mounted on the service registered taxi so that you can use a regular taxi with confidence The present invention provides a method and system for providing a taxi safety service for managing passenger taxi ride / disembark information.

It is also an object of the present invention, even if a lost reason such as theft of the taxi registered service occurs by tracking the location of the taxi to notify the police and the like through the communication network, the taxi status to show that the passenger is easily stolen taxi The present invention provides a method and system for providing a taxi safety service.

Taxi safety service providing method of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the method for providing a service for the safety of the taxi, (1) receiving the service subscription from the taxi passenger and the taxi company, ( 2) transmitting taxi information to the service center when the passenger gets on or off the taxi through call relay and communication through the GPS of the terminal of the passenger who has subscribed to the service and the terminal of the service registered taxi; and (3) receiving at the service center. And managing the taxi information, and notifying the taxi information that the passengers boarded and disembarked at the number designated by the passenger at the time of joining the service, and (4) displaying the taxi status at the terminal of the taxi.

Taxi use safety service providing system for achieving the object of the present invention, in the taxi use safety service providing system, the passenger with a portable terminal for transmitting and receiving the corresponding taxi information when the taxi calls and taxis get on and off, And a taxi terminal installed in the taxi registered in the service for displaying taxi call information and providing taxi information to the passenger terminal, and a local area network for connecting infrared (IrDA) or Bluetooth communication between the passenger terminal and the taxi terminal. A service center for receiving and managing taxi information from the passenger terminal, and SMS notification of the taxi information to a number specified when a passenger joins a service, and a CDMA mobile communication network for communication connection between the service center and a passenger and a taxi terminal. Includes a mobile internet network.

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

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a taxi using safety service according to the present invention. The system shown in FIG. 1 is a terminal 10 such as a mobile phone carrying a passenger for subscribing to a taxi use safety service to transmit corresponding taxi information when riding a taxi, and a passenger terminal 10 installed in a taxi registered with a taxi use safety service. It consists of a taxi terminal 20 for providing a taxi information. The detailed configuration of the taxi terminal 20 will be described later with reference to FIG. 2. Here, the passenger terminal 10 and the taxi terminal 20 are connected by near field communication such as infrared (IrDA) or Bluetooth. 1 system is also a CDMA mobile communication network / mobile Internet network for the communication connection between the service center 40, passengers and taxi terminals 10, 20 and the service center 40 for providing a taxi use safety service of the present invention 30, and a financial institution 70 such as a bank and a card company for processing a taxi fare through a passenger terminal 10 by a card or a bank transfer. The service center 40 transmits the SMS information of the taxi which the passenger boarded to the mobile phone 50 of the number designated by the passenger at the time of service subscription. The service center 40 also notifies the police agency center 60 when a lost reason such as theft of a registered taxi is generated.

2 shows a detailed view of the taxi terminal 20 of FIG. 1. The taxi terminal 20 shown in FIG. 2 is connected to the local area communication apparatus 21, a CDMA mobile communication network / portable Internet network 30, which is mounted at a predetermined position outside the taxi, for short-range communication with the passenger terminal 10. A CDMA communicator / portable internet communicator 22, and a GPS 23 for tracking the current position of the taxi. The taxi terminal 20 of FIG. 2 also includes a display unit 25 for displaying a taxi state, such as whether a passenger rides a taxi, a taxi theft state, a pin pad 26 for fare payment, and overall control of each component. It is provided with a control unit 24 for. Here, the communication function of the taxi terminal 20 may be replaced by the use of a taxi driver's mobile phone. In addition, in order to detect a case in which the taxi driver is separated from the taxi, the taxi driver has an RFID card (not shown) capable of radio wave (RF) communication. On the other hand, the taxi terminal 20 of Figure 2 is a bar code for reading the unique code number of the passenger terminal 10 in the form of a bar code in order to transmit the passenger taxi ride, disembarkation information to the service center 40 instead of the passenger terminal 10 The reader 27 is further provided.

In the system of the present invention having such a configuration will be described in detail with reference to Figure 3 for providing a taxi service.

Taxi passengers and taxi companies subscribe to and register for a taxi safety service to the service provider through the "ON / OFF" line (step 301). The service provider side installs the terminal 20 in the taxi registered service. The communication function of the taxi terminal 20 can be replaced by a taxi driver's mobile phone. In the present embodiment, the terminal shown in FIG. 2 will be described. The service center 40 communicates with the taxi terminal 20 through the CDMA mobile communication network or the portable internet network 30, and displays the safe taxi registered in the safety service on the display unit 25. A passenger who wants to use a safe taxi rides a call through the GPS of the terminal 10 and the taxi terminal 20 and rides a taxi marked as a safe taxi on the nearest safe taxi, that is, the display unit 25 of the taxi ( Step 302).

The passenger connects the short-range communication by bringing the terminal 10 such as a mobile phone to the short-range communication unit 21 installed in the taxi before the taxi ride. When the short-range communication is connected, the taxi terminal 20 transmits taxi information such as a taxi company amount, a vehicle number, and a driver's name to the passenger terminal 10 through the short-range communication unit 21. The passenger transmits the ride information such as the current location and time to the service center 40 through the CDMA mobile communication network / portable Internet network 30 together with the taxi information received by pressing a predetermined button on the terminal 10 (step 303). .

The service center 40 manages the taxi information of the passengers as a database, and transmits SMS information of the taxi information to the mobile phone 50 of the number designated when the passenger subscribes to the service (step 304). That is, when the passenger designates the parent's mobile phone, the service center 40 transmits a text message "OOO took a 12 bar3456 taxi from Gangnam station at XX: YY" to the passenger's mobile phone. As a result, it is possible to know when and where a taxi was taken by a passenger. When getting off, the same way to manage when and where you got off.

On the other hand, the service center 40 tracks the current location of the taxi through the GPS 23 of the taxi terminal 20, so that the current location can be determined when the taxi is lost, such as theft. The GPS 23 receives GPS waves transmitted from a plurality of GPS satellites providing GPS services through an antenna, and obtains a current position of the vehicle based on the received GPS waves. The service center 40 receives a taxi theft, or when the taxi driver's RF is not recognized by the RFID card possessed by the taxi driver at a distance of more than a predetermined distance between the taxi driver's current location and the taxi (step 305). The terminal 20 transmits the position data indicating the current position to the service center 40 to the service center 40 through the CDMA mobile communication network / portable Internet network 30 (step 306). The service center 40 tracks the current location of the vehicle from the location data so that the stolen vehicle can be found. That is, the service center 40 notifies the police agency center 60 of information related to theft and the current location of the taxi (step 307). Then, the control unit 24 of the taxi terminal 20 controls the display state of the display unit 25 to display the current state of the taxi. That is, it indicates that the taxi is stolen and stolen so that passengers can know that the taxi is not safe (step 308). In the present embodiment, whether or not the display unit 25 emits light is displayed to indicate safety (step 309). The display unit 25 also displays whether or not the passenger rides, so that the passenger can easily know that the taxi is empty. The display state designation of the display unit 25 is processed by the control unit 24 of the taxi terminal 20 to prevent the taxi driver from changing arbitrarily.

Meanwhile, cash payments are handled the same as before. If the passenger wants to use a magnetic credit card payment, the card is read through the pin pad 26 to pay the taxi fare. When the passenger wants a card or account transfer using financial information such as a card or an account number included in the terminal 10, the fare information is transmitted from the taxi terminal 20 through short-range communication between the passenger and the taxi terminal 10, 20. Passed to the passenger terminal (10). That is, the controller 24 of the taxi terminal 20 receives the fare meter signal, calculates the fare, and transfers the calculated fare to the passenger terminal 10. The passenger terminal 10 contains financial information such as a card or an account number and is used as a payment means, and a number of prior arts have already been proposed and implemented for using a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone as a payment means in commerce and the like. The passenger terminal 10 is connected to the financial institution 70 of the corresponding bank or card company to request payment with the fare information. The financial institution 70 notifies the passenger and the taxi terminal 10 or 20 after the payment process. When payment is completed, passengers can get off the taxi.

Meanwhile, instead of the passenger terminal 10, the taxi terminal 20 may transmit taxi information to the service center 40. That is, when a passenger presses a predetermined button on the terminal 10 such as a mobile phone while riding a taxi, a barcode corresponding to a unique code number such as a phone number is displayed on the screen of the passenger terminal 10. At this time, when the passenger terminal 10 is applied to the barcode reader 27 mounted on the taxi, the taxi terminal 20 reads the number of the passenger terminal 10 through the barcode reader 27. The control unit 25 of the taxi terminal 20 transmits the read passenger terminal 10 number to the service center 40 through the CDMA mobile communication network / portable internet network 30 together with the taxi information. The service center 40 manages the taxi information carried by the passengers in the database using the passenger terminal 10 number sent from the taxi terminal 20 as an index key, and the number of passengers corresponding to the terminal 10 number when the service is registered. Send the taxi information to the mobile phone 50 by SMS. The subsequent procedure is the same as described above.

In the present embodiment, but limited to the taxi, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art even if not specifically described that can be extended to public transport such as buses.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiment, and any person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can make various modifications.

As described above, the method and system for providing a taxi use safety service according to the present invention relay a call at the request of a passenger, manage the taxi ride / unload information of the passenger through a mobile communication network, and maintain the safety and ride status of the taxi. By displaying the back and tracking the current position of the vehicle, it has the effect of allowing passengers to always use the taxi with confidence. In addition, by providing a safety service using the taxi as a kind of service provided by the mobile communication company, it can have an advantage in the competitiveness between the mobile communication companies, and has the effect of expanding the service available to the mobile phone users.

Claims (11)

In the method for providing a service for the safety of using a taxi, (1) receiving the service subscription from a taxi passenger and a taxi company; (2) transmitting the taxi information to the service center when the passenger gets on or off the taxi through call relay and communication through the GPS of the terminal of the passenger who has subscribed to the service and the terminal of the registered taxi; And (3) managing the taxi information received from the service center, and the taxi information security service providing method comprising the step of notifying the taxi information that the passengers boarded and disembarked at the number specified by the passenger when the service subscription. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (4) tracking the current location of the taxi through a GPS and notifying the National Police Agency when a cause of theft of the taxi is lost. The method of claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step (5) of displaying a taxi terminal at the service center by displaying a taxi status including a service subscription, theft, and the presence of passengers in the taxi. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step (5) displays a taxi safety state by changing a light emission color. [3] The method of claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step (6) of receiving the fare information from the taxi terminal and processing the fare by card or account transfer at the passenger terminal. In the taxi safety service providing system, Passenger handheld terminal for transmitting and receiving the taxi information when the taxi call and taxi ride, get off and subscribe to the service; A taxi terminal installed in a taxi registered in the service to display taxi call information and provide taxi information to the passenger terminal; Local area network for infrared (IrDA) or Bluetooth communication connection between the passenger terminal and the taxi terminal; A service center for receiving and managing taxi information from the passenger terminal and SMS notification of the taxi information to a number specified when the passenger subscribes to the service; And Taxi use safety service providing system comprising a CDMA mobile communication network / mobile Internet network for the communication connection between the service center and the passenger and taxi terminal. The method of claim 6, wherein the taxi terminal It is mounted in a predetermined position outside the taxi, and when the passenger terminal is near, a short-range communication device for transmitting taxi information and fare information including a taxi number, taxi company name, driver's name through short-range communication, GPS for tracking the current location of the taxi; A CDMA communicator for transmitting current location information of a taxi through communication with the service center and receiving a taxi status; A display unit for displaying the received taxi status; A pin pad for cash or credit card payment processing of taxi fare; And Taxi safety service providing system characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling the operation of each configuration. According to claim 7, wherein the taxi terminal further comprises an RF card for a taxi driver, The taxi terminal communicates with the RF card of the taxi driver, and if the RF communication is not made because the distance between the taxi driver and the taxi more than a predetermined distance, the taxi service security service providing system, characterized in that the taxi to the service center. The terminal of claim 7 or 8, wherein the service center requests the current location to the taxi terminal when a lost reason including a taxi theft occurs, notifies the police station center of the received location information, and indicates that the taxi is a stolen taxi. Taxi safety service providing system characterized in that the indication to display. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the passenger terminal is used as a payment means for receiving payment information from a taxi terminal and processing payment by card or bank transfer. In the taxi safety service providing system, Passenger possession mobile terminal for subscribing to the service to display a unique code number including a phone number on the screen in the form of a barcode when getting on or off the taxi; A taxi terminal installed in the taxi registered in the service to read a terminal number in the form of a barcode displayed on the screen of the passenger terminal and provide taxi information together with the read terminal number; A service center for receiving and managing a passenger terminal number and taxi information from the taxi terminal, and SMS notification of corresponding taxi information to a number specified when the passenger subscribes to the service; And Taxi use safety service providing system comprising a CDMA mobile communication network for the communication connection between the service center and the passenger and the taxi terminal.

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