KR20090127478A - Wireless terminal and method of offering an traveling information of taxi using it - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A wireless terminal and a method for providing taxi traveling information using the same are provided to estimate an area with a lot of passengers by providing the position information about the area in which the passenger takes a taxi. CONSTITUTION: A position information receiver(21) receives position information of a taxi. A taxi traveling information transceiver transmits the taxi traveling information to the service providing system and receives the taxi traveling information from a service providing system. A storage(25) stores the information for providing the taxi traveling information and the position information. A traveling start information generator(27) generates the traveling start information of the taxi if the taximeter operates. An output unit outputs the position information and the taxi traveling information. The controller transmits the taxi information, the position information, and the start time of generating traveling start information by controlling the taxi traveling information transceiver.

Description

WIRELESS TERMINAL AND METHOD OF OFFERING AN TRAVELING INFORMATION OF TAXI USING IT}

The present invention relates to a terminal and a method for providing information related to a taxi, and more particularly, to a terminal and a method for providing driving information of a taxi.

A mobile terminal (or wireless terminal) (hereinafter, simply referred to as a wireless terminal) is a device that can transmit or receive voice by a wireless communication method. Recently, various forms such as video, image, text, etc. Information is provided. Unlike a wired terminal, a wireless terminal is a system that can communicate with good quality wirelessly without using a cable, and uses radio waves as a communication medium to completely guarantee mobility.

Recently, various types of location based services (LBS) have been provided using the wireless terminal as described above. Location-based service refers to various types of services provided to users based on location information obtained through a mobile communication network or a GPS satellite.

The location-based service is a service that provides various information related to location such as location tracking service, public safety service, location-based information service by attaching a chip connected to a base station or a GPS satellite in a wireless terminal. Various services are provided based on the location information obtained through.

Location-based services are largely divided into cell-based method using mobile communication base station and GPS method using satellite. Cell system has been developed and spread around 2000. It is difficult to find the exact location due to the range of error of several kilometers.However, since it uses repeaters, What you can find is an advantage. The GPS method is a method in which a chip embedded in a wireless terminal reads and informs the position information sent from the satellite, and the position of the GPS can be known almost accurately due to the small error range of the position.

As described above, the location-based service is a location-based service that utilizes a mobile communication network and information technology (IT) in a comprehensive manner. As a technology that has been in the spotlight in the field of commerce and the like, it is provided in various forms such as public safety service, location tracking service, navigation service, and information service.

On the other hand, location-based services are also widely used in public transportation such as taxis. That is, by using a wireless terminal mounted in a taxi, the taxi driver can easily find the location desired by the user.

However, the location-based service currently applied to taxis is a taxi location information service that allows a taxi driver to manually navigate to a desired location more smoothly while the passenger is on board. There is a problem in that it does not provide a service for finding a location of a passenger who is going to board a taxi.

For example, a taxi driver with a short taxi experience or a taxi driver with a little know-how in areas where passengers are trying to board a taxi may be wasting fuel to find a passenger. Location information service has a problem that can not solve the trouble of these taxi drivers.

Meanwhile, in recent years, as crimes using taxis increase, by providing a variety of information to passengers or guardians of the passengers using location-based services as described above, providing taxi ride information that allows passengers to use taxis more safely. Services are provided in various forms.

That is, the taxi ride information providing service may allow the passenger to read in advance the number or taxi driver information of the taxi to be boarded by the wireless terminal (cell phone) before the passenger rides the taxi, or Location information about the taxi may be viewed by a third party (for example, a passenger's guardian) using the Internet or a wireless terminal.

However, the taxi ride information providing service as described above has a problem that it is difficult to use practically because it requires a complicated procedure for the user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a wireless terminal and a taxi driving information providing method using the same, which can provide location information on an area in which a passenger rides a taxi.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wireless terminal mounted in a taxi and applied to a location-based service system, comprising: a location information receiver for receiving location information of the taxi; Taxi driving information transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting the taxi driving information to the service providing system or receiving the taxi driving information from the service providing system; An input unit for receiving request signals for reading the location information received through the location information receiving unit or request signals for reading taxi driving information; A storage unit for storing information necessary for providing the location information and taxi driving information; A driving start information generation unit connected to a meter mounted on the taxi for calculating a taxi fare, and generating driving start information of the taxi when the meter is operated by a passenger; An output unit for outputting the location information and taxi driving information; And a control unit for controlling the taxi driving information transmitting and receiving unit to transmit the time at which the driving start information is generated, the location information of the taxi, and the taxi information of the taxi to the service providing system.

The present invention provides a location information on the area where the passenger boarded a taxi, there is an excellent effect that the taxi driver can easily find a region that is expected to have a large number of passengers to operate the taxi.

In addition, the present invention, the first taxi drivers, before leaving the taxi business, taxi location information of the date corresponding to the business day, taxi location information corresponding to the day of the week, taxi location information corresponding to a specific time zone of the day, By knowing the taxi location information for each region of the day in advance, there is an excellent effect that the taxi sales can be carried out more efficiently.

In addition, the present invention by providing the taxi ride information along with the taxi location information to the passenger, there is an excellent effect that the passenger and the guardian of the passenger can use the taxi in peace.

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

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a location-based service system to which the taxi driving information providing method according to the present invention is applied.

Location-based service system to which the taxi driving information providing method according to the present invention is applied, as shown in Figure 1, the wireless terminal 20 for providing taxi driving information mounted on the taxi 10, taxi drivers on the Internet Information processing device 40 for connecting to view the taxi driving information, a service providing system 50 for receiving and managing taxi driving information from a wireless terminal, receiving taxi driving information from a wireless terminal or taxi driving information And a communication system 70 for transmitting a message transmitted from a wireless terminal to a user terminal and a user terminal 60 used by the user to browse the Internet. Meanwhile, taxi driving information provided through the method of providing taxi driving information according to the present invention may be largely divided into two types. First, taxi location information, which is information on a region in which a passenger rides a taxi, and taxi drivers access a service providing system using a wireless terminal 20 or an information processing device 40, and then search for various taxi location information. You can browse using the conditions. Secondly, taxi ride information, which is information about a taxi that a passenger rides, and when the taxi ride information is transmitted to a third party desired by the passenger, the third party uses a wired or wireless terminal through the user terminal 60. The ride taxi can be monitored by reading the taxi ride information on the ride taxi.

The wireless terminal 20 according to the present invention basically outputs the location information of the taxi provided through the location-based service, and when the passenger rides, the taxi location information, which is information on the location where the passenger rides, to the service providing system. When the passenger requests to transmit the taxi ride information, the driver transmits the taxi ride information to the input user terminal number. That is, the wireless terminal is basically to provide the location-based services as described above, but may be applied to both the cell system using the mobile communication base station or the GPS system using the satellite 30, but the error range, etc. In consideration, it is preferable to apply a GPS dedicated terminal. That is, the wireless terminal is a terminal capable of providing a GPS function, and not only a GPS-only terminal but also various terminals capable of transmitting and receiving various information including GPS via wireless, such as a PDA, a mobile phone, a wireless notebook, and a PMP. . Meanwhile, the wireless terminal performs the function of providing taxi driving information as described above, and may perform a function of transmitting taxi location information to a service providing system or receiving a service from a service providing system. The function of transmitting to the providing system can also be performed. More specific functions of the wireless terminal are described in detail with reference to FIG.

The information processing apparatus 40 is a device for allowing taxi drivers to access and view taxi driving information provided by a taxi driving information providing method according to the present invention through a network such as the Internet. Can be applied. That is, not only a personal computer (PC) capable of accessing the Internet through a wired line, but also various types of terminals, such as a notebook computer, a PMP, a PDA, and the like, may be applied. On the other hand, the information processing device is to receive the taxi location information from the service providing system 50, the taxi drivers through the viewing of the taxi location information hourly, daily, day, date, weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc. You can read the information on the location of the taxi.

The service providing system 50 may store the taxi location information transmitted from the wireless terminal mounted in the taxi and perform the function of providing the information through the information processing device. While transmitting the included message to the user terminal of the third party included in the taxi ride information, it is possible to perform the function of providing the location information of the taxi transmitting the taxi ride information to the user terminal of the third party. Specific functions of the service providing system 50 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

The user terminal 60 is a wireless or wired terminal used by a third party selected by a passenger in a taxi. The user terminal 60 provides a communication terminal 61 and a message for receiving and providing a message transmitted to the third party by the passenger through the wireless terminal. It may be configured to include an information processing device 62 for receiving a taxi ride information of the taxi confirmed through the service providing system to provide to the third party. However, when the communication terminal or the information processing apparatus can perform both functions as described above, the user terminal may be configured as either the communication terminal or the information processing apparatus. That is, the user terminal performs a function of receiving a message from a communication system or provides a taxi ride information through the Internet, and includes various types of mobile phones, laptop computers, personal computers (PCs), PDAs, and PMPs. Terminals can be used.

The communication system 70 is a system operated by mobile communication providers (eg, KTF, SKT, LGT, etc.). In particular, the communication system 70 transmits a message sent from a wireless terminal to a third party user terminal. Perform the function of sending.

As described above, the present invention is to provide a taxi location information and taxi ride information through a wireless terminal mounted on the taxi. That is, the present invention can transmit the taxi location information to the service providing system by using a wireless terminal when the passenger rides, accordingly, the other taxi drivers or the wireless terminal is mounted on the taxi currently running By using the information processing device, passengers can view the taxi location information, which is information about the area where the passenger boarded the taxi. The present invention also provides a service for providing a taxi ride information when a passenger who rides a taxi requests a third party to transmit his taxi ride information through a wireless terminal installed in a ride taxi. Through the user terminal, the third party can view the current location information, the driving route, the driving time, and the like of the riding taxi on which the passenger has boarded.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the wireless terminal 20 and the service providing system for performing the above functions will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

2 is a configuration diagram of a wireless terminal according to the present invention, which shows an internal configuration of the wireless terminal 20 mounted in the taxi 10 shown in FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing a state in which the wireless terminal shown in FIG. 2 is mounted in a taxi.

Wireless terminal 20 according to the present invention is mounted on a taxi, as shown in Figure 2, the location information receiver 21 for receiving the location information from the mobile communication base station or satellite, providing a taxi driving information service Taxi driving information transmission / receiving unit 22 for transmitting to the system or receiving taxi driving information from the service providing system, receiving various types of information for viewing the location information received through the location information receiving unit or various information for reading the taxi driving information The input unit 24 for receiving the input, the storage unit 25 for storing various information necessary for providing the location information and taxi driving information, connected to the meter mounted on the taxi for calculating the taxi fare and the meter is operated The driving start information generation unit 27 for generating the driving start information of the taxi, and the passenger who boarded the taxi Taxi ride input unit 28 for inputting the number of the communication terminal of the third party to inform the fact, an output unit 26 for outputting the location information and the taxi driving information and controls the functions of the components It is comprised including the control part 23 for following.

The location information receiver 21 is for receiving location information of the taxi 10 in which the wireless terminal 20 is mounted. As described above, the location information receiver 21 receives the location information of the taxi by communicating with a mobile communication base station or satellite. Done. Since the location information receiving function is a function that is generally performed in the current GPS terminal or communication terminal, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The taxi driving information transmitting and receiving unit 22 transmits the taxi driving information generated according to the present invention to the service providing system or receives the taxi driving information from the service providing system. That is, when the driving start information (for example, the driving start date and time) of the taxi is generated from the driving start information generation unit, the control unit currently receives the location information and the taxi itself via the location information receiving unit 21. Taxi information, which is the information about the driving information (taxi start information, taxi information and location information collectively referred to as 'taxi location information'), taxi driving information transmission and reception unit under the control of the control unit taxi location information to the service providing system Will be sent. Meanwhile, when the taxi driver requests the taxi location information reading through the input unit, the taxi driving information transmitting / receiving unit 22 performs a function of receiving the taxi location information from the service providing system. The taxi driving information transmitting / receiving unit transmits a signal to the service providing system requesting to transmit the taxi riding information of the passenger to a third party communication terminal input through the taxi riding input unit. That is, as shown in Figure 3, the taxi passenger input unit 28 is provided in the passenger seat or the rear seat of the taxi, the user who rides the taxi to inform whether or not the taxi riding his taxi ride input unit When the three-party communication terminal number is input, the controller performs a function of transmitting a signal to the service providing system requesting the third party to inform the third party of information about the taxi on which the passenger has boarded.

The input unit 24 receives various information for reading the location information received through the location information receiving unit or receives various information for reading the taxi driving information, and is preferably operated by a taxi driver.

The storage unit 25 performs a function of storing various information necessary for providing location information and taxi driving information. In particular, the storage unit 25 stores taxi information, for example, vehicle number or taxi driver information. Such taxi information may be included in taxi location information or taxi ride information and transmitted to a service providing system through a taxi driving information transmission / reception unit.

The driving start information generation unit 27 is connected to a meter mounted on the taxi for calculating the taxi fare and performs a function of generating driving start information of the taxi when the meter is operated. That is, when the passenger rides in the taxi, the taxi driver operates the meter. At this time, the driving start information generation unit connected to the meter is driven to generate the current date and time information. However, such a function may be directly executed by the controller.

As shown in FIG. 3, the taxi ride input unit 28 is mounted at at least one of a passenger seat or a rear seat of a taxi, and may be connected to the wireless terminal body 20 by wire, and may be connected to a local area such as Bluetooth. It may be connected wirelessly using a communication network. In other words, after the passenger is seated in the passenger seat or the back seat of a taxi, the communication terminal number of a third party (for example, a lover, a friend, a parent, or a sibling, etc.) who wants to know whether or not to ride his / her own terminal, and his communication terminal Enter at least one of a number, a simple message to be sent to a third party, and a password required for reading in a service providing system (hereinafter, simply referred to as 'taxi ride information') through a taxi ride information input unit to request transmission. do. For this purpose, the taxi ride input unit may include various number buttons, a transfer request button, a number output window, and the like. Here, the third party's communication terminal number must be entered, and the passenger's own communication terminal number is a letter (for example, a cuddle, a self, a name, a son, a daughter) in which the passenger can confirm his / her own appointment with a third party. Etc.). In addition, when a third party receiving the passenger's taxi ride information accesses the service providing system and wants to read the location information, the movement route, and the travel time (called taxi ride information) of the passenger's taxi, It is for input into the service providing system. That is, only a third party selected by the passenger may access the service providing system using the password and then view the taxi ride information of the taxi the passenger boarded. Here, the password may be directly input by the third party as described above, but may be randomly selected by the controller of the wireless terminal or the service providing system and transmitted to the third party communication terminal.

The output unit 26 performs a function of outputting the location information and the taxi driving information of the taxi, and is preferably composed of a flat panel display device such as an LCD and a PDP.

The controller 23 performs a function of controlling all the components as described above.

4 is a configuration diagram of a service providing system to which the present invention is applied, and shows an internal configuration of the service providing system 50 shown in FIG. 1.

The service providing system 50 to which the present invention is applied manages taxi driving information transmitted from a wireless terminal, that is, taxi location information and taxi riding information, and when there is a request for reading from a taxi driver, a passenger or a third party. Performs a function of transmitting to a wireless terminal, a user terminal, and a passenger terminal (not shown). In addition, the service providing system may perform a function of requesting the communication system 70 to transmit a taxi information, a password, and a service providing system reading information to a communication terminal of a third party included in the taxi riding information in the form of a message. It may be. To this end, the service providing system includes an interface 51 for communicating with a wireless terminal, an information processing apparatus, a user terminal, a communication system, an input unit 53 for the service providing system to receive various information from an operator, and a wireless terminal. Taxi driving information storage unit 54 for storing the taxi driving information that has been transmitted from, an output unit 55 for outputting a variety of information and a control unit 52 for controlling each component.

The interface 51 communicates with the wireless terminal to receive taxi location information and taxi ride information from the wireless terminal, and when there is a request for taxi location information from the wireless terminal, the previously stored taxi location information is transferred to the wireless terminal. Perform the function of sending. In addition, the wireless terminal communicates with the communication system to transmit a message transmission request transmitted from the wireless terminal to the communication system. In addition, when the taxi driving information request is received from the information processing apparatus or the user terminal, the interface may extract and provide the taxi driving information from the taxi driving information storage unit. In addition, the interface may receive the location information of the taxi through the taxi driving information transmitting and receiving unit of the wireless terminal, it may also be directly transmitted through the satellite or mobile communication base station.

The control unit 52 is for controlling the function performed through the interface. In particular, the controller 52 may perform a function of generating a password to be displayed on the third party communication terminal. In addition, the control unit receives a taxi driving information providing service subscription request from a taxi company or a private taxi driver, and issuing an ID or password according to the request, and if a request for reading taxi driving information is transmitted from a wireless terminal or an information processing device, the ID or password It may also perform a function of performing authentication by receiving an input. That is, when registered by a taxi company, the operator of the taxi company stores the ID or password assigned to the taxi company in the wireless terminal of each taxi included in the taxi company so that the wireless terminal can communicate with the service providing system. In the case of a private taxi driver, it is possible to access the service providing system by inputting a unique ID or password assigned to the wireless terminal or the information processing apparatus.

The input unit 53 may be used for the purpose of inputting various control signals by the operator of the service providing system.

The taxi driving information storage unit 54 stores taxi location information or taxi ride information, and may store a password included in the taxi ride information.

Hereinafter, a method of providing taxi driving information according to the present invention in a location-based service system having the above configuration will be described in detail.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for providing taxi driving information according to the present invention.

As described above, the taxi driving information providing method includes a taxi location information providing process 100 and a taxi ride information providing process 200.

First, the taxi location information providing process 100, the wireless terminal mounted on the taxi (hereinafter, simply referred to as 'ride taxi') that the passenger boarded, the service providing system for the location information about the location where the passenger boarded the taxi In this case, the service providing system is a process of providing the location information to the wireless terminal or the information processing apparatus at the request of the taxi driver. Detailed description thereof will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6.

Next, the taxi ride information providing process 200, if the passenger boarding the taxi transmits his or her ride in the form of a message to a third party using a wireless terminal, the third party rides the passenger and ride through the service providing system This is a process to read the location information of the taxi. Detailed description thereof will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 7.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing taxi location information shown in FIG. 5 in detail.

In order to use the taxi location information providing process applied to the present invention, a taxi driver or a taxi company should be registered as a member in the service providing system, and authorized by the service providing system to access the service providing system (102). . The authority refers to an ID or password for logging into the service providing system, and the ID or password may be stored and used in a storage unit of the wireless terminal. On the other hand, the service providing system receives the information and taxi information of the taxi company or taxi driver registered as a member and stores it in the storage unit of the service providing system. In this case, when the service providing system is registered as a taxi company, the service providing system may separately receive and store information on wireless terminals mounted on taxis belonging to a taxi company and information about taxi drivers of each taxi. The above process is to provide a taxi driving information according to the present invention by authenticating a taxi or a taxi driver in the service providing system, it can be implemented in various ways. On the other hand, the above registration process, while generating the taxi location information provided by the present invention, is required by taxi companies or taxi drivers to view the generated taxi location information, which is simply stored in the service providing system In the case of a user who only wants to view the taxi location information, the user may simply be issued with an ID or password to read the service providing system and register as a member. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with an example of a taxi driver to generate and view taxi location information for convenience of description. Taxi driver registered in the service providing system according to the registration process to the wireless terminal mounted in his taxi along with the ID issued by the service providing system (including password if password is required) It stores the information (taxi number, taxi driver information, etc.) (hereinafter referred to as 'cab information' by collectively the information about the ID and the taxi), while doing business using a taxi. At this time, the wireless terminal continuously receives the location information of the taxi through the location information receiver.

Taxi driver who was in the taxi business, when the passenger boarded, it operates the meter to calculate the fare, at this time, the driving start information generation unit 27 connected to the meter is driving start information (current date and time information Etc.) (104).

When the driving start information is generated, the controller of the wireless terminal extracts taxi information stored in the storage unit, and extracts location information on the current position of the taxi received through the location information receiver (106).

The control unit of the wireless terminal transmits the driving start information, taxi information and location information (hereinafter, referred to collectively as 'taxi location information') collected through the above process to the service providing system through the taxi driving information transmission / reception unit. (108).

The service providing system that receives the taxi location information authenticates the membership by using the taxi information included in the taxi location information. When the member authentication is performed, the received taxi location information is stored in the taxi driving information storage unit. (110).

Meanwhile, the taxi driver of the boarding taxi may request to view the taxi location information by using a wireless terminal in order to board another passenger (112). In this case, the service providing system may perform the authentication procedure as described above. Will be performed. Taxi drivers who apply for taxi location information viewing service through the registration process 102 as well as the taxi driver of the ride taxi can request to view the taxi location information using a wireless terminal mounted on his taxi, In the case of a taxi driver who can use the Internet by using the information processing device in the office, the user may request a service providing system to view the taxi location information through the information processing device. In this case, the taxi driver may request to view the taxi location information by setting a period to be read. As a first example, a taxi driver may request a taxi location information by setting a desired time zone. That is, taxi location information transmitted from a plurality of wireless terminals and transmitted through the storage process 110 may be stored using time, day of the week, date, month, year, and the like. You can request taxi location information. As a second example, the taxi driver may request the taxi location information by selecting the current day and time. That is, the distribution of passengers will have a certain pattern for each day of the week and time, and the taxi driver may request taxi location information by setting a specific time zone on a specific day of the week. In addition to the above example, the taxi driver may request taxi location information using various search conditions (time, date, day of the week, month, year, region, etc.).

The service providing system receiving the reading request as described above, extracts the taxi location information corresponding to the search condition transmitted from the wireless terminal from the taxi location information stored in the taxi driving information storage unit and transmits it to the wireless terminal, The controller of the wireless terminal outputs the taxi location information transmitted through the output unit (114). In the first example, the taxi driver may request the taxi location information for the last hour, and the service providing system extracts the taxi location information within one hour from the recently stored taxi location information and transmits it to the wireless terminal. do. Accordingly, the taxi driver can determine the location of the area in which the passengers boarded the taxi in the last hour through the wireless terminal and determine whether there are many passengers in the area. In this case, it is preferable that the taxi driver input not only the time but also information on a region requesting reading. To this end, the service providing system may provide a search menu for taxi location information, such as Seoul, Gangnam, and Gyeonggi, to the wireless terminal. In the second example, the service providing system extracts the taxi location information corresponding to the day and time zone requested by the taxi driver from the taxi location information stored in the taxi driving information storage unit and provides it to the wireless terminal.

As described above, the taxi location information provided according to the present invention is location information on the area in which the passenger boards the taxi, and according to the search conditions of each time zone, date, day of the week, month, year, region, etc. It may be provided in various forms.

Therefore, taxi drivers can easily find a region where many passengers are expected to use the taxi location information as described above. In addition, in the case of novice taxi drivers, the taxi location information of the date corresponding to the business day, the taxi location information corresponding to the day of the week, the taxi location information corresponding to the specific time of the day, By knowing in advance the taxi location information for each region of the day using the present invention, it is possible to perform a taxi business more efficiently.

On the other hand, when the taxi location information as described above is provided for a fee, the service providing system may collect the costs for each wireless terminal or each taxi driver or each taxi company, the method of collecting such costs is currently used various methods The detailed description thereof is omitted since they can be applied.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing taxi ride information shown in FIG. 5 in detail.

Taxi ride information providing process applied to the present invention may be performed independently from the taxi location information described above, but may also be provided with the taxi location information, hereinafter, provided with the taxi location information for convenience of description I will assume that it will be explained.

That is, when the taxi driver who has undergone the registration process 102 operates the meter to calculate the fare when the passenger rides, the driving start information generation unit connected to the meter generates driving start information, and driving start information When is generated, the control unit of the wireless terminal extracts the taxi information stored in the storage unit and the location information received through the location information receiver to transmit the taxi location information including the three information to the service providing system, The taxi ride input unit is activated (202). The transmission of the taxi location information is performed for the above-described taxi location information transmission process. When the taxi ride information is provided in a state where the taxi location information is not provided, the transmission of the taxi location information is not performed in the activation step. Instead of being included in the taxi ride information to be described below may be transmitted together.

When the taxi ride input unit is activated as described above, the passenger inputs a third party's communication terminal number (hereinafter, simply referred to as 'ride information') to inform his / her riding state through the taxi ride input unit (204). . In this case, the boarding information may also include the communication terminal number of the passenger himself, and may include a message that the passenger wants to inform the third party. To this end, the taxi ride input unit is provided with a button for inputting a number or a letter, it may be provided with a display so that the user can check the input riding information. Meanwhile, the controller of the wireless terminal may request a user to add a unique identification number for each piece of information so as to recognize the input information. For example, you can first request a third party's communication terminal number, then enter the '* button' or '# button' or other specific button, and then enter the passenger's own communication terminal number. You can also enter another message after typing another specific button. Such a request may be provided as a voice through a speaker of an output unit of the wireless terminal, or may be provided through a display unit provided in the input unit. On the other hand, the specific buttons as described above are intended to enable the service providing system to classify various numbers and messages when the boarding information is transmitted to the service providing system and to transmit them again to the communication system. That is, the communication system can distinguish the caller number, the receiver number, and the message content by classifying each specific button. Since these methods are currently applied in various forms in various mobile communication services, detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the taxi ride input unit may provide a recipient number input field, a caller ID input field, and a message input field through the display unit, such as generally used when transmitting a message on an Internet website, so that passengers may voluntarily use the taxi input unit.

When the boarding information is input according to the boarding information input process 204, the controller extracts taxi information from the storage unit (206). Taxi information includes taxi information extracted in the activation process 202, the extraction process for the taxi information already extracted in the activation process 202 may be omitted.

When the boarding information and the taxi information are extracted, the control unit transmits the two pieces of information (hereinafter, simply referred to as taxi ride information) to the service providing system (208).

The service providing system that receives the taxi ride information stores the taxi ride information in the taxi driving information storage unit, extracts the ride information included in the taxi ride information, and transfers the passengers to a third party communication terminal requested by the passenger. In operation 210, a message indicating the transmission is transmitted. That is, since the taxi ride information includes ride information and taxi information as described above, the control unit of the service providing system first classifies and stores the taxi ride information into the two pieces of information, and communicates with the third party in the ride information. The terminal number, the passenger's communication terminal number, and the message entered by the passenger are extracted. Thereafter, the control unit generates an internet connection information (eg, a wired or wireless website address) of the service providing system, and sends a signal requesting to transmit to a third party communication terminal together with the message input by the passenger. Transfer to the communication system. The communication system receiving the request from the service providing system transmits the messages to the third party communication terminal, that is, a message input by the passenger, a message in which taxi information is collected, and Internet access information (hereinafter, simply referred to as a 'ride message'). Will be sent). Such ride message transmission may be directly realized by the service providing system. Meanwhile, the riding message may be provided in text form, but may be provided in various forms such as voice and image in addition to text.

By using the user's own terminal, the third party can view the riding message transmitted according to the above process, so as to know when, where and what taxi the passenger has boarded, thus reducing the worries about the passenger. There is (212).

Meanwhile, the third party who checks the riding message through the communication terminal or the customer terminal may access the service providing system through the communication terminal or the customer terminal, and request the reading of the taxi ride information for the taxi on which the passenger has boarded (214). That is, as described above, the ride message includes taxi information about the vehicle in which the passenger boarded, together with information about the passenger (name, nickname or communication terminal number, etc.), and thus the third party provides a brief information about the passenger. You can read it. However, in addition to this, a third party who wishes to view more detailed taxi ride information, such as which route the passenger is going to, the location he is in, the expected arrival time, etc., is included in the ride message. By accessing an Internet web page (service providing system), the passenger can request to view taxi ride information, which is more detailed information about a taxi boarded by a passenger. In this case, the third party may request to view the taxi ride information by inputting the taxi information included in the ride message, for example, the taxi number into the service providing system, or the password transmitted by the passenger along with the taxi number. The taxi ride information may be requested through a method of inputting into the service providing system. In addition, the present invention may allow a third party to request taxi ride information for a taxi on which a passenger boards through a service providing system through various methods (reading conditions). For example, the third party may request to view the taxi ride information by inputting the passenger's communication terminal number, the taxi number and the password included in the ride message, or by entering the passenger's communication terminal number and the password.

According to the above process, the service providing system that receives a request for viewing taxi ride information, extracts taxi ride information corresponding to a reading condition input through a user terminal from the taxi ride information stored in the taxi driving information storage unit, and then uses a wireless terminal. The control unit of the wireless terminal outputs the taxi ride information transmitted through the output unit (216). That is, the service providing system stores the taxi ride information storage process by storing the passenger's requested communication terminal number, the passenger's communication terminal number, the taxi number of the passenger's taxi, the password, etc. in the taxi driving information storage unit. In addition, when the information matches the reading condition, the current location information, the movement route, etc. of the taxi on which the passenger is boarded is provided to the user terminal using a location-based service such as GPS. On the other hand, the service providing system, using the information on the current traffic conditions provided by the intelligent traffic system (ITS), etc. and the location information, etc. calculates the arrival time of the taxi to the expected destination of the passenger boarding, etc., the user terminal You can also provide. In this case, the service providing system may provide the location information of the ride taxi using the location information transmitted from the wireless terminal of the ride taxi, or the service providing system rides through the GPS satellite or the mobile communication base station using the taxi information. The location information of the taxi may be directly received.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the claims.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a location-based service system to which the taxi driving information providing method according to the present invention is applied.

2 is a block diagram of a wireless terminal according to the present invention.

3 is an exemplary view showing a state in which the wireless terminal shown in FIG. 2 is mounted in a taxi;

Figure 4 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a service providing system to which the present invention is applied.

5 is a flowchart illustrating one embodiment of a method for providing taxi driving information according to the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing taxi location information shown in FIG. 5 in detail.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing taxi ride information shown in FIG. 5 in detail.

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10: taxi 20: wireless terminal

30: satellite 40: information processing device

50: service providing system 60: user terminal

61: communication terminal 62: information processing device

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Claims (8)

In a wireless terminal mounted on a taxi and applied to a location-based service system, A location information receiver for receiving location information of the taxi; Taxi driving information transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting the taxi driving information to the service providing system or receiving the taxi driving information from the service providing system; An input unit for receiving request signals for reading the location information received through the location information receiving unit or request signals for reading taxi driving information; A storage unit for storing information necessary for providing the location information and taxi driving information; A driving start information generation unit connected to a meter mounted on the taxi for calculating a taxi fare, and generating driving start information of the taxi when the meter is operated by a passenger; An output unit for outputting the location information and taxi driving information; And And a controller for controlling the taxi driving information transmitting and receiving unit to transmit the time and the location information of the taxi and the taxi information of the taxi to the service providing system. The taxi driving information is a wireless terminal, characterized in that the taxi location information including the location information for the passenger boarding the taxi. The method of claim 1, Further comprising a taxi ride input unit for allowing a passenger to ride the taxi to enter the number of the third party communication terminal to inform the ride, The control unit transmits taxi ride information including the communication terminal number and the taxi information to the service providing system so that the service providing system transmits the taxi information to the communication terminal. In the taxi driving information providing method using a wireless terminal applied to a location-based service system including a wireless terminal mounted on the taxi, Generating, by the controller of the wireless terminal, driving start information including current date and time information when the meter mounted on the taxi is operated; Extracting, by the controller, current location information of the taxi received through the taxi information of the taxi and the location information receiver of the wireless terminal; And And transmitting, by the controller, the driving start information, the taxi information, and the location information to the service providing system through the taxi driving information transmitting and receiving unit of the wireless terminal, so that the service providing system can database the information. The taxi driving information is a taxi driving information providing method using a wireless terminal, characterized in that the taxi location information including the location information about the area where the passenger boarded a taxi. The method of claim 3, wherein Transmitting a taxi location information viewing request signal to the service providing system, when the taxi location information viewing request is received through the input unit of the wireless terminal; And When the taxi location information is received from the service providing system, the control unit further comprises the step of outputting the taxi location information through the output of the wireless terminal, The taxi location information, the taxi driving information providing method using the wireless terminal, characterized in that the service providing system extracts and transmits only the information corresponding to the search condition transmitted with the taxi location information viewing request from the database. The method of claim 3, wherein When the communication terminal number is input through the taxi ride input unit of the wireless terminal, transmitting, by the controller, the communication terminal number together with the taxi information to the service providing system to transmit the taxi information to the communication terminal number. Taxi driving information providing method using a wireless terminal further comprising. In a taxi driving information providing method using a wireless terminal applied to a location-based service system including a wireless terminal mounted on a taxi and a service providing system, Storing, by the service providing system, driving start information of the taxi, taxi information of the taxi, and current location information of the taxi transmitted from the wireless terminal; Receiving, by the service providing system, a search condition together with a taxi location information viewing request from the wireless terminal or information processing apparatus used by a subscriber registered in the service providing system; Searching, by the service providing system, the driving start information according to the search condition, extracting the current location information matching the driving start information corresponding to the search condition, and transmitting the current location information to the wireless terminal or the information processing apparatus; Including; The driving start information is time information of a time point at which the meter mounted on the taxi is operated, and the current position information is location information of the taxi at the time of operation of the meter. How to Provide Information. The method of claim 6, The service providing system receiving and storing taxi ride information transmitted from the wireless terminal; Extracting, by the service providing system, taxi information of a taxi transmitting the communication terminal number and the taxi ride information from the taxi ride information; The service providing system further comprises the step of transmitting a message containing the taxi information to the communication terminal number, The communication terminal number is a taxi driving information providing method using a wireless terminal, characterized in that the communication terminal number of a third party entered by the passenger boarding the taxi equipped with the wireless terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein When the taxi ride information request for the taxi is received from the communication terminal or another information processing apparatus used by the third party, the service providing system sends the taxi ride information for the taxi to the communication terminal or the information processing apparatus. Further comprising the step of transmitting, The taxi ride information, the taxi driving information providing method using a wireless terminal, characterized in that at least one of the current location information of the taxi, the movement route, the arrival time to the destination.

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