KR20140065725A - System and method for managing integrated image information of vehicle blackbox - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for integrally managing image information of a vehicle blackbox, capable of integrally managing image information stored in aircraft and vehicle blackbox terminals and easily searching an image which is matched with a user′s demand through temporal/spatial inquiries and object extraction inquiries, etc. The system for integrally managing image information of a vehicle blackbox comprises: a blackbox terminal which has a communication module to perform a wireless communication, acquires image and vehicle operation information to store an image, transmits metadata to a blackbox image management server and transmits only the image requested by the blackbox image management server; and the blackbox image management server to receive the metadata transmitted by the blackbox terminal to be stored in a database, allow a user to search the image through the temporal/spatial inquiries and object search inquiries, and request the corresponding blackbox terminal to transmit the image requested by the user.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a system and a method for integrating image information of a vehicle black box,

More particularly, the present invention relates to a black box image processing method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for managing an image information stored in an airplane and a black box terminal for a vehicle by integrating the image information and searching it for temporal and spatial queries and object extraction queries. And more particularly, to a system and method for integrated management of black box image information for a vehicle.

The Black Box, which is widely known, is a device that is very important for analyzing the cause of an aircraft accident. It stores voices and communication records in flight status, cockpit, It is made to be able to withstand well and is loaded on aircraft.

Recently, black box has been widely used in automobiles due to the increase of car supply and accidents caused by people, and car black boxes have helped to clarify the causes of traffic accidents.

The black box is mounted on the vehicle to solve the problem of the responsibility of securing witnesses and the reliability of the witnesses in the event of an accident of the automobile, or the responsibility of the witness is unclear due to lack of field preservation and identification of intersection signals.

The video image of the black box for vehicle can be used as an important evidence of a crime scene as well as a vehicle accident. In case of using as an accident investigation data of a black box-equipped vehicle, or when the initial black box attachment rate is low, The video images taken by the surrounding black boxed vehicle can be used as evidence.

Also, if there is a situation that the missing person is in the vicinity of station A at about 4-5, it is possible to capture the figure of the missing person boarding the crime vehicle by the black box video of the vehicles passing the station A, If it is outside the scope of shooting, it can be used as data such as catching a criminal clue in a black box by vehicles passing through the crime scene.

Most of the car black box products currently used in the market are useful for the police, broadcasters, insurance companies, etc. only when the driver records the images in the black box, if necessary, or actively provides the images recorded in his / her car black box Can be utilized.

A description will be made of a technology related to image utilization of the vehicle black box.

First, there is a technology for reducing the burden of information storage in an individual black box by transmitting movement information of a vehicle to a black box image integration server through a network in real time (Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2010-0129009 )

There is a vehicle black box video collection method in which only a part of video images related to an incident incident among video images stored in each personal vehicle black box is selected and provided to a central server (Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0037047).

And a real-time black box information management service method using a wireless Internet in which status information is received from a black box device mounted on a moving object through a communication network including a wireless broadband internet (Wibro) and transmitted to an associated agency server. (Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0073264)

However, since the conventional technologies related to image utilization of the black box for vehicles are not to search and utilize the images collected from an unspecified number of black boxes through temporal and spatial queries, utilization of black box images is limited.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0129009 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0037047 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0073264

The present invention solves the problem of the method of utilizing the black box image of the related art. The present invention integrates and manages image information stored in a black box terminal for an aircraft and a vehicle, and manages the image information through a time, spatial query, The present invention provides an integrated management system and method for a vehicle black box image information,

The present invention solves the problem that a black box image for a vehicle can be used only by the will of a user of a black box terminal. In the black box terminal, only a metadata file is transmitted without image transmission, The present invention provides an integrated management system and method for black-box image information for a vehicle that can request and receive images from a terminal.

The present invention relates to a system and method for easily storing a video image, which is stored in a vehicle black box terminal using a wireless communication network, in a remote black box image management server, And a system and method that can be used on request.

The present invention relates to a black-box image management server for transmitting image information captured in real time to a black box image management server by adding a communication function to a black box terminal for a vehicle, And an object of the present invention is to provide an integrated management system and method of box image information.

The present invention stores time and space information stored in an image file in a separate file when a video file is generated in a vehicle black box terminal, and when necessary in response to a search and search request, And then transmitting the black box image management information to the black box image management server to enable utilization of image information for the public interest purpose.

The present invention relates to a black box image management server for classifying a black box terminal image into a time, a space, an object, an event, and the like, The present invention also provides a system and method for managing integrated information.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, an integrated management system for a vehicle black box image information includes a communication module capable of performing wireless communication, A black box terminal for transmitting only a video image transmitted from the black box image management server to the black box image management server and transmitting only the image requested from the black box image management server, And a black box image management server for making a search according to an object search query and requesting a user to transmit the requested image to the corresponding black box terminal.

Here, the black box terminal may acquire images and acquire additional state information of the vehicle, periodically store the additional information in addition to the image, and transmit the metadata or the requested image to the black box image management server do.

Wherein the black box terminal transmits the metadata or the requested image to the black box image management server by including the image file list information currently stored by the black box terminal in the process of transmitting the metadata or the requested image to the black box image management server do.

The meta data of the black box terminal includes information such as a photographing date, a car number, image information, a photographing start time, a photographing end time, a start of operation, a car latitude, a car hardness, an automobile altitude, .

The black box terminal may further include: an image capturing module for capturing an image; a meta data generating module for generating meta data of an image captured by the image capturing module; A video and metadata storage module for storing the data information in an additional file format in addition to the video and managing the video file list information currently stored by the black box terminal, And a communication module for transmitting the image and the currently stored image file list information to the black box image management server through a communication network.

The black box image management server may further include: a communication module for receiving metadata transmitted from the black box terminal or an image requested by the black box terminal and image file list information currently stored by the black box terminal; A meta data management module that manages information to store and retrieve these data, and updates the metadata based on the image file list information, and searches the image data according to the user's time, space, and object search queries A selection video request module for requesting a video selected by the user through the search module to the corresponding black box terminal, and a video receiving module for requesting a video received from the black box terminal by a request through the selected video request module to the user And a user module for displaying the user module.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an integrated retrieval method for video information on a vehicle, comprising the steps of: storing image and metadata information in a black box terminal; transmitting a metadata file to a black box image management server through a wireless communication network; A black box image management server for converting the received data into a database in a searchable form and storing the converted image in a database, requesting the black box terminal to transmit an image according to a user's time, space, and object search query; And displaying the image transmitted from the black box terminal to the user.

In the step of storing the image and the metadata in the black box terminal, information including the photographing time, place, speed and direction of the vehicle at which the black box image is photographed is periodically stored in a separate file format outside the image .

In addition, in receiving the image from the corresponding black box terminal, voice data may be deleted from the black box terminal or the black box image management server in order to protect the privacy of the user when necessary.

Managing the image file list information currently stored by the black box terminal in the step of storing image and metadata information in the black box terminal and transmitting the metadata file to the black box image management server through the wireless communication network And transmits the currently stored image file list information to the black box image management server through a communication network.

In addition, the black box image management server updates the metadata based on the received image file list information in a database format and stores the received data in a searchable form.

The integrated management system and method for black box image information for vehicles according to the present invention has the following effects.

First, the image information (meta information) including the car number, the image information, the image file name, and the photographing time, the shooting location (up / down), the vehicle altitude, Data) are periodically stored and transmitted to the black box image management server, and the subjects managing the police, insurers, broadcasting stations, roads and road facilities using the transmitted metadata can inquire information efficiently.

Secondly, it can speed up accident handling related to the vehicle, identify the exact cause of the accident, and the image obtained through the vehicle moving incidentally on the road can be used as a mobile CCTV, so that traffic conditions, A blinking state of a roadside tree, a growing condition of a roadside tree, a road breakage state, and the like.

Third, the original owner of the image recorded in the vehicle black box can search and query the black box image to the remote site.

Fourth, the image information about the image stored in the vehicle black box terminal can be integrated and stored in the remote black box image management server, and the user can easily search and use the desired image through the time, space, and object query.

Fifth, it is possible to reduce the burden on the black box image management server while providing a useful search environment by merely storing image information related to images stored in the vehicle black box terminal without storing the images directly on the remote black box image management server .

Sixth, if the current black box terminal receives the currently stored image file list information and there is a deleted image in the current black box terminal, the metadata of the current image is deleted from the DB, So that a smooth operation and a search service of the mobile terminal can be performed.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a black box screen for a vehicle developed as a smartphone app
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an integrated management system for a vehicle black box image information using a black box image management server according to the present invention
FIG. 3 is a detailed configuration diagram of an integrated management system for black box image information for a vehicle according to the present invention
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing an integrated black box image information according to the present invention

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a system and method for integrated management of black box image information according to the present invention will be described in detail.

The features and advantages of a system and method for integrated management of vehicle black box image information according to the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of each embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a black box screen for a vehicle developed as a smartphone app, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an integrated management system of a black box image information for a vehicle using the black box image management server according to the present invention.

In the following description, a black box terminal is not limited to a black box for a vehicle developed as a smartphone app, but it is natural that a general black box can be used.

In the following description, a black box image refers to general black box image data, and a black box image metadata refers to data including all contents other than image data, Position, altitude, speed, direction, vibration, and the like.

The metadata of the black box image is not limited to the above information but may include other information that can be used for searching and inquiring through time, space, object query, and the like.

Most of the car black box products currently used in the market record images in a black box and are used only by the driver himself if necessary. However, images stored in a vehicle black box can be used as valuable data in some cases. The situation at a certain point can be analyzed through a black box image mounted on several city buses passing through this point, It is often used to identify the cause of an accident through images seen on a third vehicle.

Since all black box images are stored only in individual terminals, it is difficult to use images even for public purpose unless they actively provide recorded images individually, and even if they can be used, they are time consuming and costly.

In order to efficiently utilize such a black box image, the present invention provides a useful search environment by merely storing image information related to images stored in a vehicle black box terminal without directly storing images in a remote black box image management server, Thereby reducing the burden on the video management server.

That is, the image information about the image stored in the vehicle black box terminal is integrated into the remote black box image management server, and the user can easily search and request the desired image through the time, space, object query, etc. .

For this, as shown in FIG. 2, in the vehicle black box terminal, image storage, time / space information and vehicle state information (speed, direction, etc.) are periodically stored in an additional file format besides the image, Space meta information and video file list information currently stored by the black box terminal.

In the black box image management server configured by the meta information management server and the search server, the image information transmitted from the black box terminal is received and divided into time, space, object, and event to provide query information of the user and the public institution.

That is, (1) the time / space meta information transmitted is managed by the meta information management server to provide a search environment capable of time, space and object query.

When a search request is made through the search server using the search environment, a black box terminal storing the requested image requests the corresponding image.

The black box terminal receiving the video transmission request removes the voice data when necessary and (2) transmits the requested video.

Here, the voice cancellation of the image is for protecting the privacy of the individual, and it is not necessarily removed before transmission, but can be transmitted selectively without removing or removing it as needed.

As shown in FIG. 2, an integrated black box system is configured using a black box image management server as follows.

The black box terminal is composed of a smart phone including a communication function in a black box which is generally in common use, or a smart phone, a smart pad, etc., which have become popular in recent years. In this case, .

The image photographed in the black box attached to the vehicle as shown in FIG. 1 includes meta-information including photographed space-time information and various information (speed, direction, etc.) And stores the data in a black box terminal in the form of a separate file outside the image.

For convenience of storage and transmission, each black box information file stored in a small unit is wirelessly transmitted to a black box image management server according to various transmission policies.

Table 1 shows examples of XML for metadata used in such a system.

Shooting date, car information, car number, image information, image file name, image file size, shooting start time, shooting end time, driving start, car area, car latitude, car hardness, shooting start, shooting, .

The storage items of such metadata are not limited to the above contents, and it is natural that other items may be included.

The black box image management server converts the metadata to facilitate search and centrally manages it.

The detailed configuration of the integrated management system for vehicle black box image information according to the present invention is as follows.

3, a black box terminal 300 in which a module for wireless communication is additionally installed in a vehicle black box terminal, a wireless communication network for transmitting black box image and additional information to a remote black box image integration server, And a black box image management server 400 for storing the data received through the wireless communication network and providing information according to the space-time query and the object query of the user and the public agency.

The black box image management server 400 can synchronize the image information with the vehicle status information such as the shooting time and place of the image, the vehicle speed and direction, and the image information from the vehicle black box terminal through the wireless communication network The additional information including the information is stored and stored in accordance with the management policy so that the data can be retrieved.

The black box terminal 300 is mounted on each vehicle and includes a video shooting module 30 for video shooting and a metadata generation module 31 for generating meta data of the video shot by the video shooting module 30 ), The meta data of the image and the image photographed by the image capturing module 30 and the vehicle status information (speed, direction, etc.) periodically as additional files in addition to the image, A video and metadata storage module 32 for managing the list information, a metadata file stored in the video and metadata storage module 32, and a video file list information currently stored in the video and metadata storage module 32, 400 via a network.

Here, when the metadata file is transmitted through the communication module 33, the black box image management server 400 performs integrated management of the metadata file, and when there is a request for the corresponding image through the search, The image data stored in the memory 32 is transmitted later through the communication module 33. [

Then, the black box image management server 400 searches the metadata transmitted from the black box terminal 300 through the wireless communication network, the image data transmitted by the request, the image file currently stored by the black box terminal A communication module 40 for receiving list information, metadata for storing metadata received through the communication module 40, managing metadata for retrieving these data, and metadata for updating metadata based on the image file list information A search module 42 for supporting image data search in accordance with a user's time, space, and object search query, and a management module 42 for managing the image selected by the user through the search module 42, A selection image request module 43 for requesting the selected image request module 43 from the black box terminal, And a user module for displaying the received image to the user.

As described above, the integrated management system for vehicle black box image information according to the present invention includes a communication module in the vehicle black box terminal 300, and the image captured by the black box terminal 300, Stores the state information of the vehicle at the outside in a separate form, and transmits the information to the black box image integration server 400 at the remote site via the wireless communication network.

The black box image integration server 400 efficiently stores the received data in accordance with the data management policy, and can perform the object search query as well as the time and space queries of the user.

In addition, the black box image management server 400 updates the metadata based on the received image file list information in a database format of the received data in a searchable form.

That is, if there is an image deleted from the corresponding black box terminal based on the received image file list information, the metadata of the corresponding image is deleted from the DB, so that the smooth operation of the black box image management server 400 and the search service .

An integrated management method of a black box image in an integrated management system for vehicle black box image information according to the present invention is as follows.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for integrally managing black box image information for a vehicle according to the present invention.

First, meta data and vehicle status information (speed, direction, etc.) of images to be recorded by the black box terminal 300 are periodically stored in an additional file format besides the image (S401)

Then, the metadata file is transmitted to the black box image management server 400 through the wireless communication network (S402)

Here, in the step of storing video and metadata information in the black box terminal 300, the black box terminal manages the video file list information currently stored.

In the step of transmitting the metadata file to the black box image management server 400 through the wireless communication network, the currently stored image file list information is transmitted to the black box image management server 400 through the communication network.

Subsequently, the data received from the black box image management server 400 is extracted from the additional information according to the management policy and stored in a database in a form that is easy to search (S403)

Here, the black box image management server 400 updates the metadata based on the received image file list information in the step of storing and storing the received data in a searchable form.

That is, if there is an image deleted from the corresponding black box terminal based on the received image file list information, the metadata of the corresponding image is deleted from the DB, so that the smooth operation of the black box image management server 400 and the search service .

When the black box image management server 400 receives the user's time, space query, and object search query (S404), the black box image management server 400 supports data retrieval, And requests transmission of the corresponding image to the black box terminal 300 storing the image (S405)

The black box terminal 300 transmits the requested image data to the black box image management server 400 (S406), and displays the received image data so that the user can view the transmitted image data (S407)

That is, when a user queries and searches for a corresponding image using time / space meta information such as time, space, and vehicle status information of the vehicle, the black box terminal storing the requested image requests And displays it so that it can be viewed by the user.

In the integrated management method of black box image information, the black box terminal 300 periodically stores the information of the shooting time and place, the speed and direction of the vehicle at the time of shooting the black box image in a separate file format And enables synchronization between them.

When the black box image requested by the black box terminal 300 is transmitted to the black box image management server 400 or received from the black box image management server, Or the black box image management server 400 may delete the voice data.

The deletion of the voice data is optional and not necessarily removed, but may be selectively removed or not removed as necessary.

The black box image management server 400 locally arranges and duplicates the received data in consideration of the location, time, and importance transmitted when storing the received data, and moves and deletes the data in order to efficiently manage the data over time And reducing the number of redundant data.

When the information of the shooting time, place, and speed and direction of the vehicle at the time of shooting the black box image is periodically stored in a file outside the image, it is transmitted from the black box terminal 300 to the black box image integration server 400 The black box image integration server 400 can convert the database into a database in a form that can be directly or easily retrieved using an external file so that the user can perform a desired time and space query.

The integrated management system and method of the black box image information for vehicles according to the present invention integrates only the image information about the images stored in the vehicle black box terminal without storing the images directly in the remote black box image management server, While reducing the burden on the black box image management server.

Therefore, the user can easily search and use the desired image through the time, space, object query, and the like.

As described above, it will be understood that the present invention is implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention.

It is therefore to be understood that the specified embodiments are to be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense and that the scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description and that all such differences falling within the scope of equivalents thereof are intended to be embraced therein It should be interpreted.

300. Black box terminal 400. Black box image management server

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And a communication module capable of performing wireless communication, wherein the communication module is capable of acquiring image and vehicle driving information, storing the image, transmitting the metadata to the black box image management server, and transmitting only the image requested from the black box image management server A box terminal;
After receiving the metadata transmitted from the black box terminal, the metadata is converted into a database and stored. The search is made according to the user's time, space query, and object search query. And a black box image management server for managing the black box image information of the vehicle. The black box terminal according to claim 1,
And acquiring additional status information of the vehicle, periodically storing the additional information in addition to the image, and transmitting the metadata or the requested image to the black box image management server Management system. 3. The black box terminal of claim 2,
And transmitting the meta data or the requested image to the black box image management server by including the image file list information currently stored by the black box terminal in the process of transmitting the metadata or the requested image to the black box image management server. Integrated management system. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata of the black box terminal comprises:
Wherein the information includes a shooting date, a car number, image information, a shooting start time, a shooting end time, a driving start, an automobile latitude, a car hardness, an automobile altitude, a car traveling direction, Management system. The black box terminal according to claim 1,
An image capturing module for capturing an image,
A metadata generating module for generating metadata of an image photographed by the image photographing module;
An image and metadata storage module for storing images photographed by the image photographing module and periodically storing metadata information in an additional file format in addition to the image, and managing image file list information currently stored by the black box terminal,
And a communication module for transmitting the metadata stored in the image and metadata storage module, the requested image, and the currently stored image file list information to the black box image management server through a communication network. Integrated management system. 2. The black box image management system according to claim 1,
A communication module for receiving metadata transmitted from the black box terminal or an image requested by the black box terminal and image file list information currently stored by the black box terminal;
A metadata management module for storing information received through the communication module and managing the stored information so as to search for the data and updating the metadata based on the image file list information;
A search module for supporting image data search according to a user's time, space query, and object search query;
A selected video request module for requesting a video selected by the user through the search module to the corresponding black box terminal;
And a user module for displaying a video received from the black box terminal to the user upon request through the selected video request module. Storing video and metadata information in a black box terminal;
Transmitting a metadata file to a black box image management server through a wireless communication network;
The black box image management server storing the received data in a database in a searchable form;
Requesting a user to transmit an image according to a time, space, and object search query to a corresponding black box terminal;
And displaying the image transmitted from the corresponding black box terminal to the user. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein in the step of storing the image and the metadata in the black box terminal,
The information including the photographing time, location, speed and direction of the vehicle at which the black box image is photographed is periodically stored in a separate file format outside the image. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein in receiving the video from the corresponding black box terminal,
And if necessary, voice data can be deleted from the black box terminal or the black box image management server to protect the privacy of the user. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of storing the image and metadata information in the black box terminal manages the image file list information currently stored in the black box terminal,
And transmitting the currently stored image file list information to the black box image management server through the communication network in the step of transmitting the metadata file to the black box image management server through the wireless communication network. How to manage. The method of claim 7, wherein the black box image management server stores the received data as a database in a searchable form,
And updating the meta data based on the received image file list information.

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