KR20110001165U - Multi language tour guide kiosk based on rfid - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multilingual tourist information kiosk based on an RFID system that enables tourists to provide various customized tourist information by recognizing the information on the cards possessed by foreign tourists for the convenience of foreign tourists. Protecting the appearance of the main body and the RFID tag that stores the tourist information and the area of interest to be guided, the main body is provided to provide information by recognizing the code stored in the RFID tag and outputs the information selected by the tourist; A booth cover which is in close contact with the rear side of the main body, extends in a diagonal form from the upper side toward the front part, and has a protrusion having a predetermined size in the upper and front sides of the main body, and adjacent to both sides of the main body. Consists of a glass cover fixed to the cover, the main body, the RFID tag seen If the tag identification on the front portion of the part close to or close contact with the stored recognition codes are scanned and the antenna for reading the information and the RFID reader; The tour guide data is stored and receives the code recognized by the RFID reader, processes the data corresponding to the code among the stored tour guide data and the signal input by the tourist, and transmits it to the output unit to control the system. With control PC; A touch screen configured to recognize a touch of a surface and receive a tourist's selection, and display tour guide information transmitted from the control PC; A speaker positioned at an upper side of the touch screen to output tour guide information as a voice of a selected language; Including a feature that is configured to provide customized information according to the item selected by the tourist.

Multilingual, Tourism, Information, Kiosk, RFID, Tag, Reader

Description

MULTI LANGUAGE TOUR GUIDE KIOSK BASED ON RFID}

The present invention relates to a tourist information device. More specifically, in order to facilitate the convenience of foreign tourists, multilingual tourism based on an RFID system that enables a tourist to recognize a card's information and provide various customized tourism information. Relates to a guided kiosk.

In general, tourists who want to tour unfamiliar areas can share and research necessary information in advance through various media such as travel agencies, the Internet, books, etc., but the contents are very extensive and they are not familiar with local geography, so they are collected in actual travel. It is difficult to use the information correctly.

In particular, it is more difficult for foreign tourists to obtain information about tourist attractions and appropriate information required by local conditions due to unfamiliar environment and difficulty in communication.

Currently, the generalized tourist information system has not deviated from the basic method such as pamphlets, booklets or locally installed tourist information boards in hotels or tourist attractions itself. It is aimed at the convenience of tourists by installing an unmanned tourist information terminal (kiosk) that can provide various information.

In general, kiosks are unmanned terminal devices that are installed in public places to transmit information and output data through a touch screen method.Tourism kiosks can be used in various areas such as tourist attractions, roads, traffic, accommodations, etc. Configured to provide information.

However, the conventional tourist kiosk is exposed to the outside and the touch screen often breaks down due to indiscriminate contact caused by children's curiosity, and system errors, and vast amounts of information are stored in the terminal for unspecified tourists. In order to find the information desired by foreign tourists, the user has to select a desired guide language and hassle to extract the information by directly searching for the tourist according to the guidance path displayed on the touch screen, and thus, a lot of time is consumed.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve the above problems, and a kiosk based on an RFID system that guides personalized tourism information by automatically recognizing an RFID tag that stores information and interests desired by overseas tourists. The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a multilingual tourist information kiosk configured to provide a variety of information to tourists, RFID tag that stores the code selected by the tourist desired language, the tourist information to be guided and the field of interest, The main body is provided to recognize the code stored in the RFID tag and output the information selected by the tourist, and the main body is provided to be in close contact with the rear side of the main body to protect the appearance of the main body, and in the form of a diagonal line from the upper side toward the front side. Extending the upper and the front of the main body is provided with a boot-shaped cover provided with a predetermined size, and the glass cover is fixed to the bus-shaped cover so as to be adjacent to both sides of the main body, respectively, the main body, the RFID tag is The tag recognition unit located on the front of the main unit recognizes the stored code Antenna and RFID reader for scanning and reading the information; The tour guide data is stored and receives the code recognized by the RFID reader, processes the data corresponding to the code among the stored tour guide data and the signal input by the tourist, and transmits it to the output unit to control the system. With control PC; A touch screen for recognizing a touch of a surface to receive a selection of tourists, and displaying tour guide information transmitted from the control PC; A speaker positioned at an upper side of the touch screen to output tour guide information as a voice of a selected language; Including a feature that is configured to provide customized information according to the item selected by the tourist.

The present invention, which is constructed as described above, is supported in various languages that foreign tourists can understand, and provides various contents that can be additionally selected according to the interests and needs of tourists to provide customized guide services to each tourist when using the kiosk. Can be. Therefore, the complicated information retrieval procedure is unnecessary, and the use of kiosks is simplified to shorten the time, and it is effective to increase tourists' satisfaction and increase the understanding and convenience of tourism.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings to be described in detail.

1 is a perspective view of a multilingual tourist information kiosk shown in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the multilingual tourist information kiosk, and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram according to the processing flow of data in the multilingual tourist information kiosk. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a tour guide system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the multi-language tourism guide kiosk according to the present invention is largely configured to provide information to the tourist by recognizing a code stored in the RFID tag 400 possessed by the tourist. ), A booth cover 200 for protecting the appearance of the main body 100, and a glass cover 300 fixed to the booth cover 200 adjacent to both side surfaces of the main body 100. .

The booth cover 200 is made of a size that can be tightly fixed to the rear of the main body 100 to cover the rear and bends toward the front portion from the upper side in the longitudinal direction of the main body 100, While extending in the form of an oblique line having an inclination, a protrusion 210 having a predetermined size spaced apart from the main body 100 is provided to the upper and front surfaces of the main body 100.

The front of the protrusion 210 extending from the booth cover 200 to the upper and front sides of the booth cover 200, a space having a predetermined size so as to insert or attach a name and advertisement or a guide phrase for guiding a tourist and identifying a kiosk. It is preferable to form the guide portion 211 provided by.

In addition, the glass cover 300 is fixed to the booth cover 200 adjacent to both sides of the main body 100, respectively, so as to have a size to protect the both sides of the main body 100.

In FIG. 1, the glass cover 300 is transparently identified to identify the configuration of the main body 100 located inside, but the glass cover 300 is coated with an opaque or translucent film having a predetermined pattern and design to visually identify the structure. It can be configured to use a sense of aesthetics and aesthetics.

As described above, the booth cover 200 provided to protect the back and the upper portion of the main body 100 and the glass cover 300 provided to protect both sides of the main body 100 are external to the main body 100. It has the function of primary protection means that can protect the appearance of the main body 100 by blocking pressure and shock, and when installed in a place that is open to the outdoors prevents the damage of the rain to the inside of the main body 100 It serves to protect the electrical system.

In addition, the booth cover 200 having a shape refracted at the top and the glass cover 300 capable of coating a patterned film on the surface may induce tourists to have a visual design effect.

The multi-language tourist information kiosk of the present invention as described above has a booth type cover 200 and a glass cover to protect the main body 100 and the main body 100 to guide the tourism information based on the RFID system to obtain a design effect. It consists of 300.

The RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) system is a technology for recognizing information using radio waves, and refers to a non-contact recognition system that transmits and processes information of objects and surrounding environment information using a small semiconductor chip.

The RFID is composed of an RFID tag provided with an integrated circuit for recording information and an antenna for transmitting the recorded information, and a reader for reading the transmitted information. The above configuration and operation principle are well known in the art. Therefore, the detailed description thereof will be omitted in the present invention.

Accordingly, the main body 100 configured to process data based on the RFID is provided with an antenna 110 and an RFID reader 120 for automatically recognizing an RFID tag 400 carried by a tourist.

The RFID tag 400 may be issued in the form of an ID card at a tourist information desk or an information booth when the tourist arrives at a tourist destination. In this case, when the tourist is a foreigner, the tourist may select a language that can communicate and provide the tourist. Checking the guidance item and the area of interest, the above-mentioned options are stored and issued in a state recognizable as a code in the RFID tag 400.

Representative basic languages available to overseas tourists include English, Japanese and Chinese, which have a large number of tourists.They can be expanded into multiple languages by adding German, French, Spanish, etc. in consideration of the nationality of visitors and the operational efficiency of the system. Make it as fluid as possible.

In addition, the tourist information items that can be provided basically can be composed of people, history, relics introduction and movement route, estimated time, etc., depending on the nature of the tourist attractions where tourist information kiosks such as historical sites and museums are installed. In addition, the additional interest of tourists is to provide various contents such as accommodations, restaurants, transportation, and tourist attractions in the surroundings so that tourists can choose a wide range of information.

Therefore, when the RFID tag 400 storing the code in which the tourist's desired language and field of interest is selected as described above is closely attached to the tag recognition unit 10 located in the middle of the front part of the main body 100, the antenna having the frequency band of 900 MHz. The 110 and the RFID reader 120 recognize and scan the code stored in the RFID tag 400 and read the information, and the information of the read code is the control PC 130 located inside the main body 100. Is sent).

In the control PC 130, a vast amount of guide data for providing to tourists is programmed and stored in advance, and the data corresponding to the code recognized by the RFID reader 120 is selected from the stored tourism data. To provide to the tourist through the output of the (100).

The output unit of the main body 100 is composed of a touch screen 140 of the display means for providing the output information as an image and a voice and a speaker 150, the touch screen 140 is opened to the front portion of the main body 100 Is provided and the upper portion is the voice output unit 20 is built into the speaker 150, the lower portion of the touch screen 140, the antenna 110, RFID reader 120, control PC 130 Link devices such as) are provided by forming an organic coupling relationship.

In addition, the touch screen 140 outputs the information processed by the control PC 130 on the screen and transmits a signal to the control PC 130 by applying pressure by contacting a point designated by the tourist's selection. To perform the function of the input means together.

Accordingly, the items selected by the tourist are displayed on the touch screen 140 together with the basic information of the tourist destination in a language to be provided, and the tourists can directly touch the displayed items to receive and search the information sequentially.

In addition, through the speaker 150 provided on both sides of the upper portion of the touch screen 140, various sound effects and tour guide information may be output as a voice of a language selected by the tourist.

Through the above-described configuration, the tour guide content programmed on the control PC 130 and output to the touch screen 140 is composed of items selected by the tourist according to the interests at the time of entry into the tourist spot, and thus the complex information search procedure is performed. It is unnecessary and makes the kiosk easier to use, reducing the time spent.

In addition, when a wired / wireless router is provided in the main body 100 to configure the Internet and network communication, the available range can be expanded by managing a plurality of kiosks that are installed in a wide range with an organically connected communication network. Developing and providing various tourism contents can increase the convenience and efficiency of tourism.

What has been described above is only one embodiment according to the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, as claimed in the following claims without departing from the gist of the present invention the field Anyone with ordinary skill in the art will have the technical spirit of the present invention to the extent that various modifications can be made.

1 is a perspective view of a multilingual tourist information kiosk shown in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a front view of a multilingual tourist information kiosk.

3 is a schematic block diagram showing the processing flow of data and the configuration inside the main body;

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a tourist information system according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10. Tag recognition unit 20. Voice output unit

100. Body

110. Antenna

120. RFID Reader

130. Control PC

140. Touch Screen

150. Speaker

200. Booth Cover

210. Protrusion 211.Guide

300. Glass Cover

400. RFID Tag

Claims (4)

A multilingual tourist information kiosk configured to provide a variety of information to tourists, The main body is provided with an RFID tag 400 storing a code in which a language desired by the tourist, a tourist information to be guided, and a field of interest are selected, and a code stored in the RFID tag and outputting information selected by the tourist. 100 and a booth cover which is closely attached to the rear surface of the main body to protect the appearance of the main body, and has protrusions having a predetermined size toward the upper and front sides of the main body while extending in an oblique direction from the upper side to the front side ( 200 and a glass cover 300 fixed to the booth cover to be adjacent to both sides of the main body, respectively, wherein the main body, An antenna and an RFID reader for recognizing and scanning stored codes and reading information when the RFID tag is close to or in close contact with a tag recognition unit located at the front of the main body; The tour guide data is stored and receives the code recognized by the RFID reader, processes the data corresponding to the code among the stored tour guide data and the signal input by the tourist, and transmits it to the output unit to control the system. With control PC; A touch screen configured to recognize a touch of a surface and receive a tourist's selection, and display tour guide information transmitted from the control PC; A speaker positioned at an upper side of the touch screen to output tour guide information as a voice of a selected language; Multilingual tourist information kiosk, characterized in that configured to provide customized information according to the tourists selected items. The multilingual tour guide kiosk according to claim 1, wherein the antenna and the RFID reader are configured to have an operating frequency band of 900 MHz. The multilingual tourist information kiosk according to claim 1, wherein a front surface of the protruding portion of the booth cover is provided with a guide portion for inserting or attaching a name, advertisement, or a guide phrase. The multilingual tourist information kiosk according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the main body includes a wired / wireless router for enabling network communication.

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