KR20070107373A - The intelligent safety driver management method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

An intelligent safety driving management method and system are provided to prevent overwork of traffic managers to the maximum extent by using information such as a movement, a stop and idling etc of a vehicle. An intelligent safety driving management system comprises a global positioning system(GPS,99), a system(30) providing a navigation or GPS function and enabling recording, maintenance, and management of the provided information, a management server(90) functioning to receive, maintain and manage the information created and recorded by the system when it is considered necessary to maintain the information for a long time (or a safety management system(30) when relation of the automobile and its driver is 1:1, only the latest information is required, and the management server is not required).

Description

Intelligent safety driver management method and system

1 schematically shows an information display apparatus;

2 is a block diagram using an intelligent driver safety management system of the present invention.

3 is a safe driving management system block diagram

4 is a block diagram of the RPM information interface unit of the vehicle;

5 is a main server block diagram

6 is a flow chart of an embodiment of utilization of the present invention

7 is a flow chart of the connection of the embodiment of the present invention

8 is a flow chart of the connection of the embodiment of the present invention

9 is a flow chart of the connection of the embodiment of the present invention

** Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings **

2. GPS receiver

4. Portable communication terminal

6. Controller

8. Display

10. GPS system

30. Safe Driving Management System

    30-10. Navigation chip

    30-20. Central Processing Unit

    30-30. Data storage

    30-35. Knowledge Base Module

    30-40. Wireless transceiver

    30-50. Program storage

    30-55. Fingerprint reader

    30-60. camera

    30-65. DMB decoder

    30-70. Image and Text Display

    30-80. Speaker for voice output

    30-93. Power supply terminal

40. Vehicle RPM Information Interface Unit

    40-10. battery

    40-20. Electronic controller

    40-22. Buranza taco sensor

    40-24. Mission crank sensor

    40-26. Interface part

90. Management Server

    90-1. Central Processing Unit

    90-10. Database

    90-20. Memory

    90-40. Communication

    90-50. I / O device

    90-60. Satellite receiver

99. Satellite GPS System

The present invention relates to a system for supporting a driver to perform a safe driving, and corresponds to the technology of the navigation capable of receiving a signal transmitted from the satellite GPS system 99, as shown in FIG. In addition, the image recognition to generate the information required to inform the warning message about the drowsy driving or driving unit by acquiring the image information of the change or movement around the face part of the driver's usual driving habits such as unusual behavior, blinking eyes, etc. And it corresponds to the field of artificial intelligence technology such as knowledge base. In addition, it is an inspection field to check whether the driver is idling, which is a standard that can be a source of environmental pollution during long breaks, and whether the driver tends to turn off the vehicle while driving downhill, how often the brakes are pressed, and the average speed Corresponds to the field of image recognition and multimedia transmission and reception technology for providing a variety of entertainment information, such as driving distance, direction information, driver's head gesture information.

The present invention is to provide accurate information to enable the driver as described above to drive safely. Therefore, when the driver gets in the driver's seat, the driver acquires the fingerprint and the image of the driver and inquires the prior information on the driver to provide the information on the safe driving performance and to continuously learn, and is not pre-registered. In some cases, technology is needed to set up the environment so that a learning database can be built for future use. For example, the DMB Broadcast Receive Decoder (30-65) function and GPS-related time, date, mileage, location, top speed, average speed, satellite status, map, so that the driver can watch brief information, music and news while resting. In addition to basic navigation information such as camera information, gas station information, and the like, learning information may be provided to determine a driver's driving habit based on the above information. In addition, when the driver rests for a long time without idling the moving vehicle, management of whether the vehicle was operated with the engine off in a dangerous area such as a downhill road, how often the sudden brake was performed, and without excessive break The purpose of the driver is to manage the vehicle and the driver in accordance with the safe driving performance management guidelines such as requiring a rest for the driver to prevent the overwork of traffic workers and provide safety information.

The present invention relates to a method and a system for installing a method and a system configured in the present invention in a driving vehicle so as to substantially manage the driver's safe driving and the vehicle. The overall diagram for this is shown in FIG. 2. To describe more specifically, the configuration of the present invention includes a satellite GPS system 99 related to navigation and GPS, RPM information and battery information in a vehicle, information obtained in navigation, and face information obtained from a camera. In order to correlate with the management purpose, it shows the configured part that can be recorded for the management server 90 by optimizing the information that increases over time and accumulates in the management server 90 as necessary.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention requires state information on the start and stop of the engine while the vehicle moves, stops, idles, and moves for the purpose of managing the vehicle. Accordingly, in the present invention, the engine state information of the vehicle described above is extracted through the RPM information interface unit 40 means of the vehicle. That is, it is configured to determine the information on the moving and stationary state of the vehicle through unit information called RPM (Revolutions Per Minute). In general, in order to obtain RPM information, a signal value output from the engine ECU 40-20, the taco sensor 40-22 of the injured person, or the crank sensor 40-24 of the vehicle mission part, etc. The means 40 configured in the present invention to obtain completely overcomes the problems of the analog or digital method in the method of expressing the RPM information, and is easily configured to connect to terminals other than the above. It is configured to perform the interface function to obtain the starting state information of the vehicle, and in addition to starting the vehicle through the state of supplying power to the battery (40-10) of the vehicle in case the unavoidable acquisition of RPM information Vehicles using means that can be integrated for easy connection even from the battery 40-10 by using a feature that can extract stop information. Steps (A) to obtain the information; was composed. That is, the step (A1) of inspecting whether the vehicle moves and starts, such as idling in managing the vehicle by using power supply to the battery 40-10 terminal of the vehicle; and the engine unit ECU 40-20 ), Including the taco sensor 40-22 of the indifferent person, or the crank sensor 40-24 of the vehicle mission unit, and of course, can be connected to the engine part of the vehicle according to the characteristics of the vehicle to obtain RPM values. At the same time, the step (A2) of checking whether the vehicle is moving or starting based on the change value of the navigation (position, time, mileage, etc.); configured to accurately move, stop, stop Characterized in that configured to perform the means to determine whether the start of the.

Time, date, mileage, location, maximum speed, average speed, satellite status, map, camera information, gas station information, etc. generated in relation to the signal transmitted from the satellite GPS system 99 and the navigation chip 30-10 Acquiring step (B); the navigation chip 30-which can be provided with navigation information such as time, distance, location, speed, mileage, date, maximum speed transmitted from the GPS satellite system 99 as shown in FIG. 10) means; Means for processing a knowledge base on the basis of the information obtained by the device (30-10); Data storage device (30-30) means for storing the information and then storing information for safe driving of a driver; Means for knowledge base modules 30-35 for performing overall processing of knowledge base generation, processing, storage and provision; Wired and wireless transceiver 30-40 means for communicating information with internal or external devices such as GPS 99, management server 90, etc .; Program storage device (30-50) means for storing a face recognition, a knowledge base management, and a built-in program for managing and performing general information; Camera 30-60 means for receiving a driver's face image; A DMB decoder (30-65) for receiving information transmitted through DMB broadcasting, video and text display device (30-70) means for displaying an image or text of navigation information and a knowledge base information including a map; Speaker 30-80 means for expressing voice; Power supply terminal 93 means.

Acquiring the driver's face image information by using the camera 30-60, which is a means for inputting image information (C). In the device 30-60, the movement of the driver's head and Generating information of the driver by learning the image information of the change or movement based on the facial behavior such as unusual behavior, eye blinking, etc. among the usual driving habits based on the coordinate value according to the gesture (C1); and the generated information Based on the configuration of the driver overworked, or a means for determining whether the result of the driver's habitual behavior as a step (C2) was configured to utilize.

The biometric fingerprint information reader 30-55, which is a means for receiving a fingerprint to confirm the identity of the driver among the means constituting the present invention, first registers the fingerprint in the memory device 30-30 inside the system and then registers the fingerprint. It is a means used to check the identity by comparing with the fingerprints.It is a means configured to maintain accuracy in the process of accurately acquiring, accumulating and using the driver's characteristic information when several drivers drive a vehicle. It was intended to be utilized. The above configuration is configured as described above because it is easier to obtain driver information than the method of identifying or recognizing the driver by a password, a card, or any method. Registering the fingerprint in advance (D1); and matching (D2) whether or not the same person's fingerprint is registered after registration.

Acquiring traffic information from a decoder device (30-65), which is a means configured to enable real-time reception of traffic information through DMB broadcasting; in step (E), a driver who is driving a vehicle is transmitted through DMB broadcasting. It is configured to receive information and perform safe driving.

(F) storing, managing, and operating the information obtained in each of the above steps in the main server 90; and managing all the information generated in the process of driving the vehicle starting from the garage and returning to the garage. It relates to an intelligent driver safety management method, characterized in that configured as a means for recording and storing in the server (90).

In addition, the present invention will be described in detail for configuring the system for implementing the above method, Figure 3 is a block diagram of the intelligent safety driving management system according to the present invention, the navigation function and the face recognition function is added to the driver The safety management system is installed inside the vehicle, and the information generated by learning while the vehicle is shipped or received is recorded through communication with the management server 90, and the accumulated learning information according to the driver is used for the safe driving of the driver in the future. Perform the supported function. The intelligent safety driver management system includes a navigation chip 30-10 that receives current location information of a vehicle, and provides map information providing means for providing updated map information, and receiving map information from the map information providing means. The central processing unit 30-20 for reading the map information signal applied from the intelligent driver safety management system 30 and the vehicle location information signal applied from the GPS system 99 and the central processing unit 30-20. A configuration diagram of the intelligent driver safety management system 30, the GPS system 99, and the main server 90, which is configured as a display 30-70 for displaying one information, is shown.

3 is a system provided to learn based on the total navigation information and the image information acquired in the intelligent safety driver management system of the present invention and to perform the safety driving management. The map information providing means receives the data received from the GPS system 99. By using the map information data near the current location of the vehicle, the location data of the desired area or building, the optimal course desired by the user, and the like, the map information stored in the map information storage device 30-30 is extracted and combined in the form desired by the driver. Then transfer the data. In this case, in order to minimize the time required for data transmission, the amount of data to be transmitted does not transmit the entire map data to the destination but only a certain distance in the direction of travel. If the user does not know the road to the destination while driving or needs the best course information, use the display 30-70 to select the desired location such as the location or the current location of the building or the optimal route. It also adds navigation to. Then, after accessing the map information providing means using the intelligent safety driver management system 30, if the connection is successful, the access permission data for the access permission is transmitted from the map information providing means to the intelligent safety driver management system 30. When the received access permission code is transmitted to the display 30-70 screen, the data about the area or building selected by the user and the location information data of his vehicle received from the GPS system 99 are displayed on the display 30-70 screen. It is transmitted to the map information providing means through the intelligent safety driver management system 30.

At this time, the map information providing means extracts the information desired by the driver from the map information stored in the map information data storage device 30-30 based on the data received from the driver and transmits it to the intelligent safety driver management system 30 of the driver.

The data received by the intelligent driver safety management system 30 is applied to the central processing unit 30-20 to read the information received from the controller 30-20 and displayed on the display 30-70 screen. The current position is received by the navigation chip 30-10 from the GPS 99 to be read by the central processing unit 30-20 to perform a function of navigation that is displayed on the map image on the screen of the display 30-70. .

In addition, the fingerprint recognition device (3-55) is provided so that the biometric information can be used during the identification process of the driver, and the camera (30-60) means includes an infrared function to enable face recognition at night. Therefore, the features of the present invention are provided to make the best use of biometric information (fingerprint and face), which is characterized by this.

The above configuration reads the map and displays it on the display 30-70, and the voice is displayed through the speaker 30-80 to perform the navigation function and at the same time, the date, the mileage, and the driving generated through the driver's location tracking. Records time, peak speed, number of breaks, location, peak speed, average speed, speed and number of times, and provides various services such as the above information, satellite status, maps, intermittent camera information, accident occurrence area information and gas station information. In addition, the system is provided to provide a real-time knowledge of the driver's usual driving habits, postures and singularities through the camera 30-60, and the accumulated knowledge base data and the distance traveled for a certain time in real time. It is characterized in that it is configured to automatically determine and provide safe driving performance.

4 shows an RPM information interface unit 40 of a vehicle configured to easily obtain a battery 40-10, an engine unit 40-20, 40-22, 40-24, 40-26, and RMP information; The system configuration diagram for recording and managing useful RPM and battery charging information in conjunction with the intelligent driver safety management system 30 is shown.

5 is a diagram of the management server 90, the driver safety management system is installed in the vehicle and the new information related to the driver during the process of wearing or leaving the vehicle due to the limitation of continuously storing and maintaining the driving record log obtained from the system It is provided for storage and management purposes as necessary to enter or update. Communication between the management server 90 and the intelligent driver safety management system 30 is characterized in that it is provided so that it can be automatically updated when it is recognized through mutual communication in a certain communication radius wirelessly. In particular, when only a driver who has designated the same vehicle is driving, the renewal is required only for driving, but when a plurality of drivers are driving the same vehicle, new uploading and downloading of the driver's information must be frequently performed. It should be configured so that a smooth communication service system is achieved so that there is no inconvenience, and the management server 90 is essential for a business vehicle that employs and operates a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of drivers. The special management server 90 functions to maintain the data storage device in the driver safety management system 30 for a certain period of time so that the information obtained from each device can be optimized and recorded and maintained. Characterized in that.

6, 7, 8, and 9 illustrate a process of utilizing and operating the safe driving management system of the present invention. The safe driving management system recognizes the driver when the driver gets in the driver's seat, starts the vehicle, and starts to move, and compares the driver with the stored learning data about the driver. The comparison process recognizes information such as excessive movements, blinking eyes and yawns while tracking the face, manages vehicle travel time and mileage, and prevents drivers from overworking, thus preventing accidents in advance. An embodiment is shown.

The intelligent driver safety management system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention in real time beyond the existing service that is finished by simply providing the navigation function and the information obtained in the above navigation time, driving distance, speed information, Information related to safe driving such as maximum speed, number of breaks, number of breaks, etc. is recorded and maintained in the knowledge base through learning, and it supports information to perform safe driving to drivers in real time. The black box function has been added to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiment of the system, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only the present embodiment is intended to those skilled in the art to complete the disclosure of the present invention. Is to provide complete information.

A flowchart illustrating a process of utilizing and operating the safe driving management system of the present invention is shown. The safe driving management system recognizes the driver when the driver gets in the driver's seat, starts the vehicle, and starts to move, and compares the driver with the stored learning data about the driver. The comparison process recognizes information such as excessive movements, blinking eyes and yawns while tracking the face, manages vehicle travel time and mileage, and prevents drivers from overworking to prevent accidents and prevents drivers from going downhill. Easily identify and direct problems that often cause an accident by turning off the vehicle on the road and causing an accident, and the source of environmental pollution and fuel waste due to idling during the driver's rest. It is expected to solve all problems.

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Determining whether the driver's vehicle is moving or stationary, or turning off the vehicle engine and driving the vehicle; in step (A), whether or not power is supplied to the battery 40-10 stage of the vehicle. Recording (A1) for later inspection of idling, such as movement and start-up conditions; and the engine ECU 40-20, the taco sensor 40-22 of the wanderer, or the crank sensor 40- of the vehicle mission unit. 24) recording (A2) for later inspection whether the vehicle is idle or idle, such as the vehicle's movement and starting state, based on the RPM value obtained from the vehicle and the change value of the navigation (position, time, mileage, etc.); and Time, date, mileage, average speed, top speed, lane change count based on the information received from the satellite GPS 99 system and the information provided through the functions of the navigation chip 30-10. , rest time And (B) acquiring information such as the number of rapid brakes, and driving the vehicle to record safety driving diagnosis (risk behavior such as driving off and driving) in a dangerous area such as idling or downhill. At the same time, based on the information of the navigation (30-10), whether the driver is overworked (driving distance, driving time, average speed, maximum speed, number of brakes, etc.), and the driver's usual habit using face recognition and tracking algorithm module (Blink, tick count, etc.) and driver's face movement (correlation information of face up and down, left and right movement, instantaneous speed, average speed, etc. according to the information) processed and learned in the knowledge base module When the driver who drives the vehicle equipped with the system 30 and stores the information to drive, that is, determine sleepiness, overwork, etc. The method comprising the administration's safe driving safety operation management method for a driver and a vehicle (B, C, D, E, F) characterized by a description on the configuration of the invention. By providing navigation or GPS function, the driver can obtain information generated during the operation of all vehicles starting from the garage and returning to the garage at each step (A, B, C, D, E, F) Vehicle information (such as speeding, idling, driving off the engine on downhill, number of sudden brakes, etc.) and driver information (such as drowsiness due to face recognition and tracking, fatigue, and characteristics that appear during normal driver habits) For example, the steps of recording information such as ticks, driving distance, travel time, rest time, maximum speed, time, and date information in the driver's safety management system 30 (A, B, C, D, E, F). And all records according to the driving of the vehicle and the driver by the method of wireless communication between the two systems 30 and 90, and the information recorded in the step is collectively maintained in the management server 90. With the driver How to manage safe driving for your vehicle. In order to determine whether the driver's vehicle is moving or stationary, or turning off the vehicle engine and driving the vehicle, the vehicle's movement and start-up state may be performed using the power supply to the battery 40-10 of the vehicle. RPM value obtained from the idling information and the engine ECU 40-20, the tacho sensor 40-22 of the insurer, or the crank sensor 40-24 of the vehicle mission, and the change value of the navigation (position, time, travel) The vehicle's RPM information interface unit 40, which is a means for inputting idling information, such as a vehicle's movement and start-up state, to the safe driving management system 30 based on a distance, etc.) and the satellite GPS 99 system. Time, date, mileage, average speed, top speed, lane change count, break time, rapid break based on the information received through the information received through the function of the navigation chip and the navigation chip (30-10) Driver's usual habits (eye blinks, number of ticks, etc.) and driver's face movements (up and down, left and right movement lines of the face) using the safe driving management system 30, which is a means for acquiring information such as the number of times, and the face recognition and tracking algorithm module. Information such as instantaneous speed and average speed according to the information) is processed in the knowledge base module, and the camera 30-60 and the knowledge base module (means for storing and managing the learned feature information). 30-30); image and text display device 30 with a touch screen function, which is a means for inputting a fingerprint and a driver for inputting information to a destination to determine whether the fingerprint is the same; -70 and a speaker 30-80 which is a means for audio output; A wireless transmission / reception device 30-40 which is a means by which the management server 90 and the safe driving management system 30 can communicate with each other; Storage devices 30-30 and 30-50, which are means for storing programs and data; To operate a vehicle equipped with the present invention system comprising a central processing unit (30-20), which is a means for controlling and overseeing all functions described above. It manages the record of dangerous acts such as turning off and driving, and at the same time based on the information of the navigation (30-10), whether the driver is overworked (driving distance, driving time, maximum speed, time, date, number of breaks, break time, etc.) ) And the driver's usual habits (eye blinks, number of ticks, etc.) and driver's face movements (up / down, left / right movement of the face, instantaneous speed, average speed, etc.) based on the face recognition and tracking algorithm module. The driver who drives the vehicle equipped with the system 30 performs driving by processing the continuously learned information in the knowledge base module and storing the learned feature information. When, namely, drowsiness, intelligent security operation management system according to claim requesting the judge to relax the strain, such as management or safe operation of the vehicle and the driver of the idle or dangerous driving. GPS satellite system 99, a system 30 that provides navigation or GPS functions, and which can record and maintain the information provided above, and when considering that the information generated and recorded by the system needs to be maintained for a long time. When the management server 90 is not required because only the latest information is needed because the relationship between the vehicle and the driver is 1: 1 and the vehicle is configured to be maintained and managed by the management server 90, Intelligent safety driving management system, characterized in that the management system (30) alone.

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