KR20060127661A - Vehicle tv and method for recording oil station informations - Google Patents

Abstract

A vehicle TV set for recording gas station information and a method thereof are provided to record various information about gas stations such as locations, prices, and service levels. A vehicle TV set for recording gas station information includes a storing part(109) for storing location data and other information about gas stations to be displayed on a screen. An oiling sensing part(110) senses an oiling amount. A control part stores inputted location information of the respective gas stations to the storing part, displays the oiling amount on the screen in real time, and stores various information related to the gas stations, inputted by a user, after linking the information with the location information of corresponding gas stations. The location data and the various information about the gas stations are displayed on the screen. The gas station information are shared with other vehicle TV sets by being transmitted or received via a radio communication part(113) or a modem(111).

Description

Vehicle TV receiver and method for recording gas station information {Vehicle TV and method for recording oil station informations}

1 is a configuration diagram of a vehicle television receiver for recording gas station information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exemplary screen for explaining a process of recording gas station information in a vehicle television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a method of recording gas station information in a vehicle television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

100: TV receiver 101: Tuner

102: screen 103: speaker

104: A / D converter 105: video processing unit

106: audio processor 107: image processor

108: amplifier 109: storage unit

110: fueling detection unit 111: modem

112: input / output port 113: wireless communication unit

114: control unit

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle television receiver, and more particularly, to a vehicle television receiver and a method capable of recording various kinds of information on each gas station for supplying oil or gas to a vehicle.

In general, the engine mounted on a vehicle is an internal combustion engine, which burns fuel such as gasoline, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and diesel in a combustion chamber according to a set stroke to obtain power for driving. It is one of the most important elements that is indispensable Therefore, the vehicle is provided with a means for detecting the amount of fuel and instructing the cluster about the amount of fuel, and in the case of high-end cars, the current amount of fuel is detected by using a trip computer, and then driving with the current amount of fuel. Means are provided for calculating possible distances and displaying information about them. Therefore, the driver should always check the fuel level indicated by the cluster or trip computer while driving, and then replenish the fuel as needed.

However, inexperienced drivers who are inexperienced in driving may not recognize exactly what the fuel level gauge in the cluster means, and thus there is a problem that frequently stops while driving due to lack of fuel. In addition, a driver who is proficient in driving may forget the lack of fuel, and may be in a difficult position while driving due to lack of fuel.

In order to solve such a problem, Korean Patent Publication No. 2004-0040759 (published date: 2005.05.13) notifies the telematics system through Bluetooth communication when a fuel supplement is detected while driving, and the telematics system provides a hands-free module. It requests gas station information located in the vicinity of the driving area by accessing the data center, provides route guidance to the gas station adjacent to the driving area provided from the data center, and provides information on the fueling needs by sending out voice or alarm sounds. In order to prevent the occurrence of an outage accident due to the lack of fuel while driving, a technique has been proposed.

Briefly with respect to the patent application invention, when the fuel amount is detected, the first Bluetooth module for transmitting a refueling request message in the short-range communication through the set protocol, and the first Bluetooth module is connected to the short-range wireless communication through the set protocol A second Bluetooth module for receiving a refueling request message and a data center providing various information services through a base station located in a service zone according to the refueling request message received by the second Bluetooth module are connected to request information of a nearby gas station. And a navigation module for guiding a gas station information provided from the data center.

However, since the vehicle telematics system as described above is required to find and guide a gas station in a nearby area when refueling is required while driving to a predetermined destination, vehicle drivers may not be informed of a useful gas station. Among the gas stations used, there are still inconveniences in recording and referring to various information about the gas station that is most beneficial to the user, and in order to receive the service proposed by the patent application, the vehicle must be equipped with equipment for the use of the telematics system. Because of this, there is a problem that the consumer must bear the cost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle television receiver and a method capable of recording various information about each gas station for oil or gas fueling a vehicle.

Another object of the present invention is to record a variety of information on the oil and gas prices and service level for each gas station and the user to use the information, so that the user can use the gas station for the vehicle television receiver And methods.

Another object of the present invention is to record a variety of information on the oil and gas prices of each gas station and service level to the consumer, and transmit this information to external equipment such as other car television sets, so that more people can obtain information about the gas station. A vehicle television receiver and method for sharing the same are provided.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a vehicle television receiver that records various types of information on the oil supply amount in the oil sump of a vehicle and information on the gas station, for storing gas station location information and various information about the gas station. Storage unit; A screen for displaying gas station location information and various information about the gas station; An oil supply detector for detecting an oil supply amount of oil or gas oiled in the oil sump; And store each input gas station location information in the storage unit, display the actual oil amount detected by the gas detection unit on the screen in real time, and display various types of information on the gas station input by the user and calculated by the user. And a control unit for linking with the gas station location information, storing the gas station location information and various information regarding the gas station stored in the storage unit on the screen.

The present invention relates to a method for recording various types of information on a gas supply amount and a gas station information in a vehicle television receiver, comprising: a first step of receiving and storing gas station location information; A second step of detecting, in real time, a real oil level detected by detecting a current oil level when oil is injected into a vehicle through a gas station of the gas station while the gas station location information is stored; When the oil value displayed on the fueling machine and the error value of the detected actual oiling amount is input, the oiling high score is given by assigning the oiling high score corresponding to the error value of the input oiling amount and stored by linking with the stored location information of the gas station Three steps; And a fourth step of linking and storing the information on the input gas station with the stored location information of the corresponding gas station when the information on the gas station that has oiled the vehicle is input.

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

1 is a block diagram of a vehicle television receiver for recording gas station information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the vehicle television receiver 100 of the present invention includes a tuner 101 for receiving a composite video signal transmitted from a broadcasting station and outputting an analog video signal and a sound signal, and a screen for displaying the video signal. 102, a speaker 103 for outputting a sound signal, an A / D converter 104 for converting an analog video signal output from the tuner 101 into a digital video signal, and an A / D converter 104 Video processing unit 105 to make a digital video signal output from the signal form suitable for the screen 102, and audio processing unit 106 for making a sound signal output from the tuner 101 into a signal suitable for the speaker 103 ), An image processor 107 for outputting the video signal output from the video processor 105 to the screen 102, and an amplified sound signal output from the audio processor 106 to be output to the speaker 103. An amplifier 108 is provided.

In addition, the television receiver 100 of the present invention includes a storage unit 109 for storing various video and text information and storing various information about a gas station, and the amount of oil oiled in an oil tank (not shown) of a vehicle. An oil input detection unit 110 for detecting a gas amount, a modem 111 for performing communication by connecting to a communication network (not shown) such as the Internet, an input / output port 112 for connecting a portable memory (not shown), etc. ), A wireless communication unit 113 for wirelessly transmitting and receiving various information about the gas station, and controlling the tuning of each channel received through the tuner 101, and controlling the gas station location information and / or gas station input by the user. Various information related to the storage unit 109, and calculates the fuel economy of the oil or gas in the vehicle oil sump to store in the storage unit 109, the fuel oil amount detected by the fuel oil detection unit 110 screen 102 Display on, Reads various information about the gas station stored in the storage unit 109 and writes it to the portable memory connected to the input / output port 111, reads various information about the gas station stored in the storage unit 109, the modem 111 or the wireless communication unit Transmitted to the outside through the 113, stored in the storage unit 109 information about the gas station received via the modem 111 or the wireless communication unit 113, and recorded in the portable memory connected to the input / output port 111 The control unit 114 reads and stores various information about the gas station in the storage unit 109 and displays the information on the gas station stored in the storage unit 109 on the screen 102.

The image processing unit 107 processes the video signal of the channel tuned through the tuner 101 under the control of the control unit 114 as a normal image, outputs the image signal to the screen 102, and the oil flow rate delivered by the control unit 114. The information and / or various information about the gas station are processed by the OSD and output on the screen 102, or the PIP screen or the pop-up screen is output on the screen 102. In addition, since the screen 102 of the vehicular television receiver 100 is very small compared to the home, the image processing unit 107 outputs the fuel flow rate information transmitted by the control unit 114 and / or various kinds of information about the gas station on a regular screen. The present invention can also be implemented.

The storage unit 109 is a storage medium for storing various types of information, and may be implemented as a memory device such as RAM or EEPROM or a hard disk driver (HDD). Predetermined menu items are stored in the unit 109, and also store gas station location information recorded by the control unit 114 and various information regarding the gas station.

The oil supply detecting unit 110 detects the amount of oil or gas that is attached to the oil sump of the vehicle, and checks the amount of residual oil in the oil sump before being refueled, and then detects the actual amount of oil injected from the current remaining state. The value is transmitted to the controller 114.

The modem 111 is used when the vehicle television receiver 100 performs a communication function such as a computer. The modem 111 is connected to the communication network under the control of the controller 114 to perform data communication with an external communication device so as to locate a gas station. Send and receive information and various information about the gas station. That is, the gas station location information and various information about the gas station transmitted from the control unit 114 is transmitted to the external communication device through the communication network, and also the gas station location information and various information about the gas station received from the external communication device through the communication network. It passes to the control unit 114.

The input / output port 112 may be implemented as a USB port, and the USB port is connected to a USB memory, which is a portable memory. Since the portable memory can store the gas station location information and various information about the gas station provided by the control unit 114, vehicle drivers can share and utilize the gas station location information and various information about the gas station through the portable memory. will be.

The wireless communication unit 113 transmits the gas station location information and various information about the gas station transmitted from the control unit 114 to the external device through wireless communication, and also relates to the gas station location information and the gas station received from the external device through wireless communication. Various information is transmitted to the control unit 114. The wireless communication unit 113 may be implemented as an infrared communication port, a Bluetooth communication module, or a radio frequency (RF) transmission / reception module.

For example, when the wireless communication unit 113 is implemented as an infrared communication port, the wireless communication unit 113 converts various data transmitted from the control unit 114 into an infrared signal and transmits it to the outside, and also receives an infrared ray received from the outside. The signal is converted into a signal system suitable for the controller 114 and transmitted to the controller 114. When the wireless communication unit 113 is implemented as a Bluetooth communication module, the wireless communication unit 113 converts various data transmitted from the control unit 114 into a frequency signal of the Bluetooth communication band and transmits it to the outside, and is also received from outside Bluetooth. The frequency signal of the communication band is converted into a signal system suitable for the control unit 114 and transmitted to the control unit 114. When the wireless communication unit 113 is implemented as a radio frequency transmission / reception module, the wireless communication unit 113 converts various data transmitted from the control unit 114 into a radio frequency signal and transmits it to the outside, and also receives a radio frequency signal received from the outside. Is converted into a baseband signal suitable for the control unit 114 and transmitted to the control unit 114.

The control unit 114 stores and displays gas station location information and various kinds of information about a gas station according to a user's instructions, and transmits and receives such information with an external device.

When a user inputs gas station location information, for example, a gas station address and a gas station name, using a remote control capable of Korean input, the controller 114 stores the input gas station location information in the storage unit 109, but if If the gas station location information is stored in advance in the storage unit 109, it displays the stored gas station via the screen (102). On the other hand, when a vehicle equipped with a vehicular television receiver of the present invention has a navigation system or a location information providing system (GPS), gas station location information for implementing the present invention may be provided through a navigation system or a GPS. .

When the gas station location information is stored in the storage unit 109 as described above, when oil is injected into the vehicle, when the oil supply detecting unit 110 detects the current oil supply amount and transmits it to the control unit 114, the control unit 114 supplies oil The actual oil flow rate detected by the detector 110 is displayed on the screen 102. At this time, the vehicle driver can visually check the fueling amount displayed on the gas tanker (not shown) of the gas station, it is possible to check the error value of the fueling flow by comparing the fueling oil displayed on the gas tanker with the actual fueling flow rate. If an error occurs in the fuel flow rate as a result of the check, when the vehicle driver inputs an error value of the fuel flow rate into the vehicle television receiver 100 using a remote controller or the like, the control unit 114 inputs a fuel oil super high score corresponding to the error value of the input fuel flow rate. Granted and stored in the storage unit 109, it is stored in link with the gas station location information. Here, although the oil filling high score may be implemented by the user to arbitrarily determine and input according to the error value of the fuel flow rate, the oil filling high score according to the error value of the oil filling amount is created as a table as shown in the following [Table 1] and the storage unit ( 109), and the controller 114 may be configured to give the gas station high score for each gas station according to the gas station high score.

    Fuel flow error value     Fuel high score      0 to + 0.1ℓ        +1 point     + 0.1ℓ to + 0.2ℓ        +2 points          · · ·         · · ·     + nℓ to + (n + 1) ℓ         + n points      0--0.1 L         -1 point     -0.1ℓ--0.2ℓ         -2 points          · · ·          · · ·     -nℓ--(n + 1) ℓ          -n point

In the above [Table 1], when the fuel flow error value is '+', it is a case where the actual fuel amount detected by the fuel oil sensing unit 110 is greater than the fuel oil level displayed on the gas station's lubricator, and the fuel flow error value is '-'. Is a case where the actual amount of oil detected by the fuel oil sensor 110 is less than the amount of oil displayed on the gas station of the gas station.

That is, when the fuel flow error value is '0.01ℓ', the control unit 114 gives a gas station high score '+1' for the corresponding gas station and links the gas station location information to store the gas station high fruit score '+1'. ), And if the fuel flow error value is '-0.12ℓ', the control unit 114 gives a fuel gas high score '-2' for the corresponding gas station and links it with the gas station location information to supply the gas fuel high score '-2'. Is stored in the storage unit 109.

When the vehicle driver injects oil, the vehicle driver evaluates the kindness of the corresponding gas station for the consumer. When the vehicle driver inputs a service score evaluated for the gas station using a remote controller, the controller 114 controls the gas station location information. Linked with and stores the service score in the storage unit 109. In addition, when the vehicle driver inputs an oil value of the corresponding gas station, the controller 114 links the gas station location information to store the oil value in the storage unit 109.

In this way, when the vehicle is operated in a state in which oil is injected into the vehicle and the corresponding gas station location information is stored, the vehicle calculates fuel efficiency for the currently injected oil, and the controller 114 receives the fuel efficiency calculated by the vehicle. The fuel economy is stored in the storage unit 109 by linking with the gas station location information. On the other hand, in the present invention shown in Figure 1, the control unit 114 is not shown a component for receiving the fuel economy from the vehicle, the vehicle television receiver 100 is a device that is mounted in the vehicle, the control unit 114 Can be easily provided fuel economy from the vehicle through a known data connection scheme. However, in the present invention, the fuel economy is implemented to calculate the vehicle, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the control unit 114 may receive the information on the mileage from the vehicle to directly calculate the fuel economy. In this case, the control unit 114 The fuel consumption of the vehicle can be calculated using the oil consumption detected by the fuel oil sensor 110 and the mileage provided from the vehicle.

As described above, when the user instructs to provide the information to the outside while the gas station location information and the various information about the gas station are stored in the storage unit 109, the control unit 114 stores the gas station location information stored in the storage unit 109. Various information about the gas station is provided to an external device such as a vehicle, a mobile phone and a PDA phone through the modem 111 or the wireless communication unit 113. In addition, when the user instructs the user to record the information of the storage unit 109 in the portable memory in a state where the portable memory is connected to the input / output port 112, the controller 114 stores the gas station location information stored in the storage unit 109. Read various information about gas station and record it in portable memory. Since the information recorded in the portable memory is provided to other vehicle drivers, the drivers can share and utilize gas station location information and various information about the gas station owned by each other.

On the other hand, the control unit 114 is a variety of information about the gas station stored in the storage unit 109, for example, a variety of information about the gas station score, service score of the gas station, the oil value and fuel economy of the gas station as shown in FIG. It is created in the form of a bar graph and stored in the storage unit 109, so that the vehicle driver can easily compare the various information for each gas station for each gas station.

As described above, when the user instructs the output while the gas station location information and the various information about the gas station are stored in the storage unit 109, the control unit 114 receives various information about the gas station location information and the gas station from the storage unit 109. The information is read and displayed on screen 102.

A process for storing and displaying gas station location information and various kinds of information regarding a gas station by the vehicular television receiver of the present invention having the above-described configuration and function will be described with reference to a flowchart.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of recording gas station information in a vehicle television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when a user inputs gas station location information, for example, a gas station address and a gas station name, using a remote controller or the like (S301), the vehicle television receiver 100 determines whether the gas station location information is stored. If it is confirmed (S302), if the result of the check is stored, it indicates that the stored gas station (S303). If the check result that the gas station location information is not stored, the vehicle television receiver 100 stores the input gas station location information (S304). In this process, when the vehicle equipped with the vehicle television receiver 100 has a navigation system or a location information providing system (GPS), the gas station location information for the implementation of the present invention may be provided through a navigation system or a GPS. It may be.

When the gas station location information is stored in this way, when oil is injected into the vehicle through the gas station of the gas station (S305), the vehicle television receiver 100 detects the current oil level and displays the actual oil level detected (S306).

At this time, when the vehicle driver compares the oil level displayed on the gas tanker with the actual oil level and checks the error value of the oil level, and inputs the error value of the oil level to the vehicle television receiver 100 using a remote controller or the like (S307), the vehicle television receiver Referring to [Table 1] stored in advance (100) and stores the fuel oil high score corresponding to the error value of the input fuel flow rate linked with the location information of the corresponding gas station (S308). In this process, the refueling high score may be input by the user arbitrarily determined according to the error value of the refueling amount.

Then, when the vehicle driver inputs the service score evaluated for the corresponding gas station and the oil value of the currently charged gas station using a remote controller or the like (S309), the vehicle television receiver 100 corresponds to the service score and oil value of the input gas station. Link to the gas station location information and store it (S310).

In this way, when the vehicle is operated while injecting oil into the vehicle and storing the gas station location information, the vehicle television receiver 100 receives fuel consumption for the currently injected oil from the vehicle and links the gas station location information with the gas station location information. (S311). In this process, the vehicle television receiver 100 may directly calculate the fuel economy of the vehicle using information on the mileage from the vehicle and the amount of oil detected.

As described above, when the user instructs the output of the information on the gas station in the state where the gas station location information and the various information about the gas station are stored in the vehicle television receiver 100, the vehicle television receiver 100 may store the stored gas station location information and the gas station. Various information is displayed (S312). When the user instructs to provide the information on the gas station to the outside, the vehicle television receiver 100 transmits the stored gas station location information and the various information about the gas station to the outside through wired communication or wireless communication (S313).

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, by recording a variety of information about the oil and gas prices of each gas station and the service level to the consumer on a car television receiver and by sharing this information with more people, the vehicle drivers themselves The gas station which is most profitable to the user can be refueled, thereby greatly increasing the usability of the vehicle television receiver.

Claims (10)

In a vehicle television receiver for recording various information about the oil supply volume to be filled in the oil sump of the vehicle and information about the gas station, A storage unit for storing gas station location information and various kinds of information on the gas station; A screen for displaying gas station location information and various information about the gas station; An oil supply detector for detecting an oil supply amount of oil or gas oiled in the oil sump; And Stores each input gas station location information in the storage unit, displays the actual oil amount detected by the gas detection unit on the screen in real time, and inputs various information about the gas station input by the user and calculated by itself. A control unit which links with gas station location information and stores the storage unit, and displays gas station location information and various information about the gas station stored in the storage unit on the screen. Vehicle television receiver comprising a. The method of claim 1, Further provided with a modem for connecting to the Internet to perform data communication, The modem transmits the gas station location information and various information about the gas station transmitted from the control unit to the external communication device, and the gas station location information and the various information about the gas station received from the external communication device through the Internet. A television receiver for a vehicle, which is transmitted to a control unit. The method of claim 1, Further provided with an input / output port for connecting a portable memory, The portable memory stores gas station location information and various information about the gas station provided by the controller, The control unit is a vehicle television receiver, characterized in that for reading the gas station location information recorded in the portable memory and a variety of information about the gas station to store in the storage unit and output to the screen. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, Further provided with a wireless communication unit for wirelessly transmitting and receiving various information, The wireless communication unit transmits the gas station location information and various information about the gas station transmitted from the controller to an external device through wireless communication, and the gas station location information and various information about the gas station received from the external device through wireless communication. A television receiver for a vehicle, which is transmitted to a control unit. The method of claim 1, The control unit is a vehicle television receiver, characterized in that the gasoline high score score, the oil value, the service score and fuel economy of the gas station included in the information about the gas station to create a graph and store it in the storage unit. In the method for recording various information about the oil supply volume to be filled in the oil sump of the vehicle and the information about the gas station in the vehicle television receiver, A first step of receiving and storing gas station location information; A second step of detecting, in real time, a real oil level detected by detecting a current oil level when oil is injected into a vehicle through a gas station of the gas station while the gas station location information is stored; When the oil value displayed on the fueling machine and the error value of the detected actual oiling amount is input, the oiling high score is given by assigning the oiling high score corresponding to the error value of the input oiling amount and stored by linking with the stored location information of the gas station Three steps; And A fourth step of storing information related to the gas station in which oil is filled in the vehicle by linking the information on the gas station with the location information of the corresponding gas station; Gas station information recording method comprising a. The method of claim 6, In the first step, if the gas station location information input by the user is stored in advance, it indicates that the stored gas station information. The method of claim 6, And in the third step, the vehicular television receiver gives the refueling high score. The method of claim 6, In the third step, the refueling high score is input by the user, the method of recording gas station information. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, In the fourth step, when the oil value included in the gas station information and the service point of the gas station is input by the user and the fuel economy is input from the vehicle, the corresponding gas station location information storing the input oil value, the service point of the gas station and fuel economy and A gas station information recording method, characterized in that the link is stored.

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