KR20060114811A - System and method for inquiring into a person's back-ground using by multimedia mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for referring to the identity of a person by using a mobile video phone are provided to accurately discriminate the identity of a target person although the person forges his/her identification. A mobile terminal(110) includes a camera, wirelessly transmits an image of a target person captured through the camera to ask his/her identity, and receives and displays an identity discrimination result on a screen. An identity checking server(140) receives the image, compares it with previously stored identity information, and provides an identity checking result to the mobile terminal(110). An identity checking database(142) stores the image of the target person and identity information as data.

Description

System and Method for Inquiring into a Person's Back-ground Using by Multimedia Mobile Phone}

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of an identity inquiry system using a mobile video telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an identity inquiry method using a mobile video telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

100: identity inquiry system 110: mobile terminal

120: wireless base station 122: base station transmitter

124: base station controller 130: mobile switching center

132: HLR 134: VLR

140: Identity Lookup Server 150: Identity Lookup Database

The present invention relates to an identity inquiry method and system using a mobile video telephone, and more particularly, to take a picture of the user at the time of police inspection or identity inquiry with a camera provided in the mobile terminal to the server in real time through the photo mail function The present invention relates to a method and system for identifying an identity using a mobile video telephone, which enables the identification of a user to be clearly performed by comparing with an image of a user stored in advance.

Generally, an identity check is required when a user uses a bank or purchases something with a credit card. In the case of a credit card, the user presents the card and the seller reads the card to the reader to confirm whether the card has been approved. Once the card authorization is confirmed, the seller enters the amount spent and issues a card sales slip to present to the user for signing. In this process, the credit card user is usually not checked. Therefore, even if a lost or stolen credit card is used, unless the owner of the card reports to a financial institution in advance, there is almost no particular problem at the card use stage even if the person is not himself.

On the other hand, when a serious crime has occurred in society and the criminal is to be arrested, the police conducts a checkup on the occupants of vehicles traveling to and from each checkpoint, and in particular, checks on the driver or suspicious person. At this time, most of the police to present the resident registration card to the person to be queried or receive the resident registration number and call the resident registration number to the headquarters through a communication using a mobile terminal or a dedicated terminal, and the headquarters to verify the identity of the resident registration number. . Therefore, there is a problem that even if a fake resident registration card or another person's resident registration number is presented, the identity can not be confirmed and can be used for crime.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, at the time of police check-up or identity inquiry by taking a picture of the user with a camera provided in the mobile terminal and transmitted to the server in real time through the photo mail function and the user's image and the pre-stored It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for identifying an identity using a mobile video telephone that makes it possible to clearly perform an identity inquiry by a user.

In order to achieve the above object, the identity inquiry system using the mobile video telephone according to the present invention includes a camera for photographing a subject therein, and performs a telephone call by wireless communication with the other party via a mobile communication network, A mobile terminal for wirelessly transmitting an image of an identity query subject photographed through the camera to request an identity inquiry, and receiving and displaying an identity inquiry result on a screen; An identity inquiry server which receives the image included in the identity inquiry request and compares it with the stored identity information and notifies the mobile terminal of the identity inquiry result according to the comparison result; And an identity inquiry database that stores identity information including the image of the subject of the identity inquiry and the resident registration number as data.

In addition, an identity inquiry method using a mobile video telephone according to another object of the present invention includes a first step of capturing an identity inquiry target person through a camera provided therein and storing it as an image; A second step of the mobile terminal wirelessly accessing an identity inquiry server; Transmitting a personal information including the image to the identity inquiry server to request an identity inquiry; And a fourth step of comparing personal information including the image with previously stored personal information and transmitting a personal information search result based on the result of the comparison to the mobile terminal.

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

First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings.

In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of an identity inquiry system using a mobile video telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the identity inquiry system 100 according to the present invention includes a mobile terminal 110, a wireless base station 120, a mobile switching center 130, an identity inquiry server 140, and an identity inquiry database 150. ) And the like.

The mobile terminal 110 includes a camera for capturing a subject therein, and performs a phone call by wireless communication with the other party through a mobile communication network, and also displays an image of an identity query subject photographed through the camera. After requesting an identity inquiry while transmitting to the terminal 140, the terminal receives the identity inquiry result from the identity inquiry server 140 and displays the result on the screen.

The wireless base station 120 includes a base station transmission system (BTS) 122 and a base station controller (BSC) 124, and the base station transmitter 122 is connected to the mobile terminal 110. Transmitting / receiving a radio signal, converting / encrypting / decrypting a communication protocol, and the like, and the base station controller 124 manages a plurality of base station transmitters, and performs functions such as allocation control of a communication channel to the mobile terminal 110.

Mobile switching center 130 processes the call request requested by base station transmitter 122 via base station controller 124.

The location registers 132 and 134 manage information of mobile subscribers registered in the area controlled by the wireless base station 120, and mobile subscribers registered in other areas are located in the service area controlled by the wireless base station 120. It is a database that temporarily stores information of the mobile subscriber when entering and receiving services. Here, the HLR 132 is a database that stores a service profile regarding subscriber information of a user of the mobile terminal 110. The HLR 132 includes a subscriber's telephone call and a mobile identification number (MIN) of the mobile terminal 110. It has information about the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and the type of service. The HLR 132 stores a subscriber information including information of the wireless base station 120 and the mobile switching center 130 where the mobile terminal 110 is located. Techniques for this are well known to those skilled in the art, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

The identity inquiry server 140 is installed in a national public institution or a general private institution, so that citizens can view the resident registration number, the corresponding photo image and the personal information for civil purposes, and the resident registration from the mobile terminal 110. Upon receiving a request for identification including a number and a photo image, the mobile terminal 110 notifies the mobile terminal 110 of the identity retrieval result by receiving the resident registration number and the photo image included in the identification inquiry request and comparing it with the stored identification information.

The identity inquiry database 150 stores citizen's social security numbers, photographic images and personal information corresponding thereto.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an identity inquiry method using a mobile video telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, a user carrying the mobile terminal 110 captures an image of an identity inquiry target with a camera by using an image capturing function provided in the terminal, and stores the captured image in a memory of the mobile terminal 110 (S202). .

Subsequently, the mobile terminal 110 is operated to wirelessly connect to the identity inquiry server 240 (S204). In this case, the user selects an identity inquiry menu, which is one of the basic menus, on the mobile terminal 110 and performs a wireless connection by pressing a "call" button.

The identity inquiry request signal transmitted from the mobile terminal 110 is transmitted to the identity inquiry server 240 via the wireless base station 120 and the mobile switching center 130.

When the mobile terminal 110 connects wirelessly (WAP), the identity inquiry server 240 provides a wireless application protocol (WAP) page for the identity inquiry service to the mobile terminal 110 (S206). In this case, the WAP page provided by the identity inquiry server 240 to the mobile terminal 110 includes a query subject input menu for inputting a social security number for an identity query subject and a query subject image input menu for inputting an image of an identity query subject. Include.

After the user selects a query target user input menu and a query target image input menu, the user uploads a social security number of the query target and a photographed image of the identity query target stored in the memory of the mobile terminal 110 and transmits the image to the identity query server 240. (S208). In this case, the photographed image may be transmitted to the identity inquiry server 240 through the photo mail function provided in the mobile terminal 110.

On the other hand, when the identity inquiry server 240 receives the resident registration number and the image for the identity inquiry target person from the mobile terminal 110, and compares the received resident registration number and image with the identity information stored in the identity inquiry database 250 (S210). ).

Thereafter, the identity inquiry server 240 compares the identification number and image received from the mobile terminal 110 with the identity information of the database, that is, transmits a matched or inconsistent identity search result to the mobile terminal 110 ( S212).

Accordingly, a police officer or a public official who inquires the identity through the mobile terminal 110 can clearly identify the identity of the person who is to be referred to the identity.

As described above, according to the present invention, by taking a picture of the user at the time of police check-up or identity inquiry by transmitting a camera to the server in real time through a photo mail function to compare with the user's image stored in advance In addition, it is possible to realize an identity inquiry method and system using a mobile video telephone which makes it possible to clearly perform an identity inquiry of a user.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments.

The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a police officer or a public official checks an identification subject, a mobile terminal instead of an identification card is photographed and transmitted by using a mobile terminal. The identity can be clearly identified, which effectively improves the identity inquiry task.

Claims (8)

A camera for photographing a subject is provided therein, and a telephone call is performed by wireless communication with the other party through a mobile communication network, and an image of the person who is viewed through the camera is wirelessly transmitted to request an identity inquiry. A mobile terminal for receiving an identification result and displaying the result on a screen; An identity inquiry server which receives the image included in the identity inquiry request and compares it with the stored identity information, and notifies the mobile terminal of the identity inquiry result according to the comparison result; And And an identity lookup database that stores identity information including the image of the identity check subject and the resident registration number as data. The method of claim 1, And the identity inquiry server provides a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) page for an identity lookup service to the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal wirelessly connects to the mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, And the mobile terminal transmits the image to the identity query server through a photo mail function. The method of claim 2, The WAP page includes a mobile video telephone including a query target user input menu for inputting a resident registration number for the person who is queried for identification and a query target image input menu for inputting the image of the identity query target. Identity Lookup System. A first step of photographing, by the mobile terminal, an identity inquiry target person using a camera provided therein and storing the image as an image; A second step of the mobile terminal wirelessly accessing an identity inquiry server; Transmitting a personal information including the image to the identity inquiry server to request an identity inquiry; And And a fourth step of comparing the personal information including the image with previously stored personal information and transmitting the personal information inquiry result based on the comparison result to the mobile terminal. Way. The method of claim 5, In the second step, the identity inquiry server provides a wireless application protocol (WAP) page for an identity lookup service to the mobile terminal that is connected wirelessly. The method of claim 5, In the third step, the mobile terminal transmits the image to the identity inquiry server through a photo mail function. The method of claim 6, The WAP page includes a mobile video telephone including a query target user input menu for inputting a resident registration number for the person who is queried for identification and a query target image input menu for inputting the image of the identity query target. Identity Lookup Method.

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