KR20100011833A - Navigation terminal, apparatus and method for confirming location of vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A navigation terminal, a vehicle location confirmation terminal and a vehicle location confirmation method using the same are provided to reduce time for finding out a vehicle by easily confirming a parking location of the vehicle. CONSTITUTION: A GPS(Global Positioning System) module(15) receives a signal from a GPS satellite. A storage unit(11) stores various information including map Information corresponding to each location coordinate. A controller(10) calculates the current coordinate of the GPS module using the signal received from the GPS module and generates vehicle location data using the calculated coordinate information if the parking of a vehicle is detected. A wireless communications module(19) transmits data for the vehicle location generated from the controller to a designated terminal. The vehicle location data includes the finally calculated coordinate information.

Description

Navigation terminal, vehicle positioning terminal and vehicle positioning method using same {Navigation terminal, Apparatus and Method for confirming location of vehicles}

The present invention relates to a navigation terminal, a vehicle positioning terminal and a vehicle positioning method using the same, and more particularly, a navigation terminal for transmitting vehicle position data and a vehicle positioning for receiving a vehicle position data from the same and guiding a vehicle position. It relates to a terminal and a vehicle positioning method using the same.

Recently, there is a shortage of parking spaces in the city center compared to the number of vehicles being supplied, causing serious parking difficulties. As a result, when drivers visit a place, they often experience parking in a parking space a considerable distance from the place.

Or in areas where various facilities such as large buildings are concentrated, it is common to park a vehicle in a large parking lot commonly used in the basement of the building or in the basement of several nearby large buildings.

In these cases, drivers may spend a lot of time looking for a vehicle unless they remember exactly where they parked. You need to be careful or take notes to remember exactly where you are parked, but it's hard to get this attention every time you park during a busy life.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above inconvenience, the object of the present invention is a navigation terminal and parking location confirmation terminal and parking location confirmation using the same so that the driver can easily check the parking position of the vehicle without paying close attention To provide a way.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the object as described above, the present invention includes a GPS module for receiving a signal from a GPS satellite; A storage unit for storing various types of information including map information corresponding to each location coordinate; A controller configured to calculate current coordinates of the GPS module by using the signal received from the GPS module, and generate vehicle position data using final coordinate information when the parking of the vehicle is detected; And a wireless communication module for transmitting the vehicle position data generated by the control unit to a designated terminal.

The vehicle position data may be an extract of a data portion of an area having a predetermined size centering on a point corresponding to the last calculated coordinate from the last calculated coordinate information or the map information stored in the storage unit.

In this case, the navigation terminal may further include an output unit for outputting an image of a region having a predetermined size centering on a point corresponding to a current coordinate of the GPS module of the map information stored in the storage unit.

The vehicle location data may be final map information image data output to the output unit.

The controller may determine that the parking of the vehicle is detected when a specific command of a user is input.

On the other hand, the present invention, the wireless communication module for receiving the vehicle position data from the navigation terminal; A memory for storing the vehicle position data received through the wireless communication module; A display unit for outputting data for guiding a vehicle position; And a controller for guiding a location of the vehicle through the display unit by using the vehicle location data stored in the memory when a vehicle location confirmation command is input from the user.

At this time, the vehicle position data may include coordinate information of the vehicle, in this case, the vehicle positioning terminal further comprises a GPS module for receiving a signal from the GPS satellites; The controller may calculate a current coordinate of the GPS module using the signal received by the GPS module and guide the vehicle location according to a result of comparing the coordinate information of the vehicle included in the vehicle location data. In addition, the display unit may include at least four LED direction indicators pointing in the front, rear, left and right directions.

The vehicle location data may be map image data.

In addition, the wireless communication module may be a Bluetooth module.

On the other hand, the present invention, (A) the parking of the vehicle is detected; (B) generating vehicle position data related to the position coordinates at which the vehicle is parked; And (C) transmitting the generated vehicle location data to a designated terminal.

At this time, whether or not the parking of the step (A), whether the parking confirmation signal input from the user, whether the position of the shift lever of the vehicle is changed, whether the parking brake of the vehicle is detected the locking operation, whether the vehicle door lock signal from the vehicle remote control is received Can be determined accordingly.

In addition, the vehicle position data of step (B) may include at least one of map image data centered on the position coordinates where the vehicle is parked and the position coordinates where the vehicle is parked.

On the other hand, the present invention, (I) receiving the vehicle position data; (II) storing the vehicle position data; (III) inputting a vehicle positioning command from a user; (IV) reading the stored vehicle position data when the confirmation command is input; And (V) guiding a vehicle position by using the read vehicle position data.

In this case, the step (V) may include extracting parked position coordinates of the vehicle from the vehicle position data; Receiving a GPS signal from a satellite and calculating a current coordinate; And comparing the extracted position coordinates with the calculated current coordinates to guide the direction in which the vehicle is located.

Or (V) may include extracting image data included in the vehicle location data; And displaying the extracted image data.

As described in detail above, according to the navigation terminal, the parking positioning terminal, and the parking positioning method using the same according to the present invention, the following effects can be expected.

That is, the driver can easily check the parking position of the vehicle without paying close attention, thereby reducing the time and effort spent searching for the vehicle.

In addition, the navigation terminal, the parking position checking terminal and the parking position checking method using the same according to the present invention have the advantage of providing convenience to the driver by automatically transmitting information related to the parking position to the designated terminal when the vehicle parking is detected.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the configuration of the navigation terminal and the parking positioning terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a parking positioning terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, a navigation terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention includes a controller 10 to operate under the control of the controller 10.

At this time, the navigation terminal 100 is provided in the vehicle. That is, while the vehicle moves together, the route guidance to the destination set by the driver of the vehicle is performed.

The control unit 10 executes an operating system and an application program stored in the storage unit 11 provided in the navigation terminal 100 to perform various functions. The storage unit 11 also stores location information, map information, etc. necessary for the controller 10 to perform route search and guidance.

In addition, the navigation terminal 100 is provided with an input unit 13. The input unit 13 is a means for receiving a user's command. When the user sets a destination and inputs various function execution commands through the input unit 13, the control unit 10 operates according to the command.

In addition, the navigation terminal 100 is provided with a GPS module 15. The GPS module 15 receives a GPS signal from a GPS satellite. The controller 10 may check the vehicle position by calculating the coordinates of the vehicle by calculating the distance between each satellite and the vehicle by using the received GPS signal.

The identified position of the vehicle is displayed by outputting the map information of the area adjacent to the coordinates of the vehicle to the output unit 17 and displaying the vehicle position on the output map.

Meanwhile, when the vehicle is parked, the controller 10 generates vehicle position data on the position of the vehicle when the vehicle is parked and transmits the vehicle position data to a predetermined terminal. Is sent to.

In this case, the wireless communication module 19 may be a communication module supporting any one or more of various wireless communication standards such as a Bluetooth module, a UWB (Ultra Wide Band) module, a Zigbee module, and the like.

In this case, the controller 10 may determine whether the vehicle is parked by various methods. For example, when a user inputs a specific command through the input unit 13, the user may determine the vehicle as a vehicle parking signal and transmit vehicle location data to the terminal.

In addition, the controller 10 may determine that the vehicle is parked when it is detected that the shift lever position of the vehicle is changed to a parking position.

When the controller 10 detects the locking operation of the parking brake of the vehicle, the controller 10 may determine that the vehicle is parked. In this case, the parking brake means a normal hand brake or a side brake.

In addition, when the user completes the parking of the vehicle and gets off, the control unit 10 detects this even when the vehicle door lock button is input by using the vehicle remote controller or the vehicle door is locked by using the key of the vehicle. It is possible to determine whether the parking of the vehicle.

When the controller 10 determines that the vehicle is parked as described above, the controller 10 reads the position information of the current vehicle stored in the storage 11 to generate vehicle position data. The vehicle position data is transmitted to the designated terminal through the wireless communication module 19.

Here, the battery provided in the navigation terminal 100 in order for the control unit 10 to perform such a sensing operation and data transmission after the vehicle parking is supplied with power to the navigation terminal 100 for a predetermined time after detecting the vehicle parking. Do it.

At this time, the vehicle position data may be coordinate information of the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. That is, it becomes final coordinate information of the vehicle stored in the navigation terminal 100.

The vehicle location data may also be final map image data output to the output unit 17. Alternatively, the image data may be image data of a region having a predetermined size centered on a point corresponding to the final coordinate of the vehicle in the map information stored in the storage unit 11.

The controller 10 may cut off the power supplied to the navigation terminal 100 when the vehicle position data as described above is completed and transmitted to the designated terminal through the wireless communication module 19.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, the parking positioning terminal 200 according to a specific embodiment of the present invention is a terminal that receives the parking position data from the navigation terminal 100 as described above with reference to FIG. 1. .

At this time, the parking position determining terminal 200 becomes a portable terminal that the driver always carries, such as a mobile communication terminal, a vehicle remote control key, a PDA terminal, and the like.

The parking positioning terminal 200 is provided with a controller 20. When the parking position data is received from the navigation terminal 100, the controller 20 processes and stores the parking position data, or guides the user to identify the parking position of the vehicle by using the stored parking position data. do.

The parking positioning terminal 200 is also equipped with a memory 21. The parking position data is stored in the memory 21, and the controller 20 writes the parking position data to the memory 21, reads from the memory 21, or deletes the parking position data from the memory 21. do.

In addition, the parking positioning terminal 200 is provided with an input unit (23). The input unit 23 is a means for receiving a user's command. When the user inputs a parking position confirmation command to the input unit 23, the controller 20 receives the currently stored parking position data from the memory 21. Read out and use the read data to guide the current location of the vehicle.

In addition, the parking positioning terminal 200 may be provided with a GPS module 25. The GPS module 25 is not necessarily provided, but is required when only the location coordinate information of the vehicle is included in the parking position data.

When the parking position data is transmitted from the navigation terminal 100 to the parking position determining terminal 200, and the parking position data is coordinate information of a position where the vehicle is parked, the parking position determining terminal 200 The controller 20 receives the signal and stores it in the memory 21, and when the vehicle parking position checking command is input from the input unit 23, the controller 20 reads it and uses the GPS signal received by the GPS module 25. The operation is compared with the current position coordinates of the parking positioning terminal 200.

The parking position determining terminal 200 determines the direction in which the vehicle is located and guides the direction according to the comparison result. At this time, the direction and distance of the vehicle may be guided together.

As such, the display unit 27 is provided in the parking positioning terminal 200 to guide the position of the vehicle from the parking positioning terminal 200.

The content output to the display unit 27 may vary depending on the content of the vehicle location data. That is, when the map image is included in the vehicle location data as described above, the display unit 27 may include liquid crystal display means.

When the coordinate information of the parked vehicle is provided to the parking positioning terminal 200 as the parking position data, the parking positioning terminal 200 calculated by using the GPS signal received from the GPS module 25. Since only the direction of the vehicle according to a result of comparing the current position coordinates and the coordinates of the vehicle included in the parking position data need to be guided, the display unit 27 has four or eight directions to guide the direction of the vehicle. Only shaped LED lighting may be included. In this case, the direction of the vehicle can be displayed by lighting or blinking only the light of the direction closest to the vehicle among the LED lights installed at the positions of several directions.

And the parking positioning terminal 200 is provided with a wireless communication module 29, the wireless communication module 29 is for receiving the parking position data. Therefore, the wireless communication module 29 should be based on the same communication standard as the wireless communication module 19 provided in the navigation terminal 100.

Hereinafter, a parking positioning method using a vehicle navigation terminal and a parking positioning terminal according to the present invention as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step method of transmitting vehicle position data from a navigation terminal to a parking positioning terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a parking positioning terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. Is a flowchart illustrating a method of determining a vehicle location step by step.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the navigation terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the first step of detecting the parking of the vehicle is performed (S110).

In this case, when the parking of the vehicle is detected, it may be a case where a user inputs a specific command through the input unit 13.

In addition, the controller 10 may determine that the vehicle is parked when it is detected that the shift lever position of the vehicle is changed to a parking position.

When the controller 10 detects the locking operation of the parking brake of the vehicle, the controller 10 may determine that the vehicle is parked. In this case, the parking brake means a normal hand brake or a side brake.

In addition, when the user completes the parking of the vehicle and gets off, the control unit 10 detects this even when the vehicle door lock button is input by using the vehicle remote controller or the vehicle door is locked by using the key of the vehicle. It is possible to determine whether the parking of the vehicle.

As such, when step 110 is performed, the controller 10 generates vehicle position data on a position where the vehicle is parked (S130).

The vehicle position data may include coordinate information of a vehicle calculated using a satellite signal received using the GPS module 15 of the navigation terminal 100. In this case, the coordinates of the vehicle used to generate the vehicle position data may be coordinate information finally stored in the storage unit 11 of the navigation terminal 100.

The vehicle position data may be map image data finally displayed on the output unit 17 in the navigation terminal 100 or correspond to final coordinates of the vehicle from map information stored in the storage unit 11. The data may be image data generated by reading only data on a region having a predetermined size around the point of the portion.

When the vehicle position data is generated as described above, the navigation terminal 100 transmits the vehicle position data to the designated vehicle positioning terminal 200 through the wireless communication module 19.

In this case, the battery may be supplied to the navigation terminal 100 while the above-described steps 110 to 150 are performed. In operation 150, when the vehicle position data transmission to the vehicle positioning terminal 200 is completed, power supply to the navigation terminal 100 may be stopped.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 4, when the navigation terminal 100 generates and transmits the vehicle position data, the vehicle positioning terminal 200 receives the vehicle position data (S210).

The controller 20 of the vehicle positioning terminal 200 stores the received vehicle position data in the memory 21 (S230).

When a vehicle positioning command is input from the user to the input unit 23 of the vehicle positioning terminal 200 (S250), the controller 20 reads the vehicle position data stored in the memory 21.

If the vehicle position data is image data, the controller 20 outputs it to the display unit 27 as it is (S270).

However, if the vehicle location data is coordinate information on the location where the vehicle is parked, the controller 20 drives the GPS module 25 provided in the vehicle positioning terminal 200 to drive the vehicle positioning terminal 200. Calculates the current position coordinates. In addition, the coordinates of the parked position of the vehicle included in the vehicle position data are compared with the current position coordinates of the vehicle positioning terminal 200, and the direction from the vehicle positioning terminal 200 to the vehicle is output (S270). ). At this time, the distance may be calculated and output along with the direction.

The rights of the present invention are not limited to the embodiments described above, but are defined by the claims, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications and adaptations within the scope of the claims. It is self-evident.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a parking positioning terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step method of transmitting vehicle position data from a navigation terminal to a parking positioning terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle positioning method in a parking positioning terminal according to a specific embodiment of the present invention step by step;

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

10: control unit 11: storage unit

13: input unit 15: GPS module

17: output unit 19: wireless communication module

20: controller 21: memory

23: input unit 25: GPS module

27: display unit 29: wireless communication module

100: navigation terminal 200: parking location confirmation terminal

Claims (18)

A GPS module for receiving a signal from a GPS satellite; A storage unit for storing various types of information including map information corresponding to each location coordinate; A controller configured to calculate current coordinates of the GPS module by using the signal received from the GPS module, and generate vehicle position data using final coordinate information when the parking of the vehicle is detected; And And a wireless communication module configured to transmit the vehicle position data generated by the controller to a designated terminal. The method of claim 1, The vehicle location data, Navigation terminal comprising the last calculated coordinate information. The method of claim 1, The vehicle location data, And a data portion of an area of a predetermined size is extracted from the map information stored in the storage unit based on a point corresponding to the last calculated coordinate. The method of claim 1, The navigation terminal, And an output unit configured to output an image of a region having a predetermined size centering on a point corresponding to a current coordinate of the GPS module of the map information stored in the storage unit. The method of claim 4, wherein The vehicle location data, Navigation terminal characterized in that the final map information image data output to the output unit. The method of claim 1, The control unit, The navigation terminal, characterized in that it is determined that the parking of the vehicle is detected when a user's specific command is input. A wireless communication module for receiving vehicle position data from a navigation terminal; A memory for storing the vehicle position data received through the wireless communication module; A display unit for outputting data for guiding a vehicle position; And And a controller for guiding a location of the vehicle through the display unit by using the vehicle location data stored in the memory when a vehicle location confirmation command is input from a user. The method of claim 7, wherein The vehicle location data, Vehicle positioning terminal, characterized in that it comprises coordinate information of the vehicle. The method of claim 8, The vehicle positioning terminal, A GPS module for receiving a signal from a GPS satellite; The controller, Vehicle positioning terminal, characterized in that for calculating the current coordinates of the GPS module using the signal received by the GPS module and guides the vehicle position according to the result of comparison with the coordinate information of the vehicle included in the vehicle position data. . The method of claim 9, The display unit, Vehicle positioning terminal comprising at least four LED direction indicators pointing in the front, rear, left and right directions. The method of claim 7, wherein The vehicle location data, Vehicle positioning terminal, characterized in that the map image data. The method of claim 7, wherein The wireless communication module, Vehicle positioning terminal, characterized in that the Bluetooth (Bluetooth) module. (A) the parking of the vehicle is detected; (B) generating vehicle position data related to a position coordinate where the vehicle is parked; And And (C) transmitting the generated vehicle position data to a designated terminal. The method of claim 13, Whether the parking of the step (A), Vehicle location checking method is determined by the presence of a parking confirmation signal input from the user, the position of the shift lever of the vehicle, the detection of the locking action of the parking brake of the vehicle, and the reception of the vehicle door lock signal from the vehicle remote control. . The method of claim 13, The vehicle position data of the step (B), And at least one of map image data centered on a location coordinate where the vehicle is parked and a location coordinate where the vehicle is parked. (I) receiving vehicle location data; (II) storing the vehicle position data; (III) inputting a vehicle positioning command from a user; (IV) reading the stored vehicle position data when the confirmation command is input; And And (V) guiding a vehicle position using the read vehicle position data. The method of claim 16, In step (V), Extracting the parked position coordinates of the vehicle from the vehicle position data; Receiving a GPS signal from a satellite and calculating a current coordinate; And comparing the extracted position coordinates with the calculated current coordinates to guide the direction in which the vehicle is located. The method of claim 16, In step (V), Extracting image data included in the vehicle location data; And Vehicle display method comprising the step of displaying the extracted image data.

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