KR20140135081A

KR20140135081A - Potable electronic chart display and information system using electronic navigational chart viewer component available on multiple platforms, and potable electronic chart display method thereof

Info

Publication number: KR20140135081A
Application number: KR1020130107643A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김웅규; 김지윤
Original assignee: 이마린 주식회사
Priority date: 2013-05-15
Filing date: 2013-09-09
Publication date: 2014-11-25

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) using an electronic chart viewer component available on heterogeneous platforms, and a portable electronic chart display method thereof. A portable electronic chart display method using an electronic chart viewer component available on heterogeneous platforms includes constructing an electronic chart using an electronic chart viewer component, which can operate on a PC-based platform and an embedded system-based platform, and storing the constructed electronic chart in a portable ECDIS, detecting the current position or movement at the portable ECDIS, and displaying the electronic chart depending on a detection result at the portable ECDIS. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an electronic chart, which can be commonly used in the PC-based platform and the embedded system-based platform.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a portable electronic chart display system using an electronic chart viewer component that can be used in a heterogeneous platform, and an electronic chart display method using the electronic chart viewer component,

The present invention relates to an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS), and more particularly, to an electronic chart display and information system using an electronic chart component that can be operated both on a PC-based platform and on an embedded system- To a portable electronic chart display system using an electronic chart viewer component usable in a heterogeneous platform and to an electronic chart displaying method thereof.

In conventional electronic chart display systems, navigational navigation software has been produced and produced on the basis of a general PC, and the hardware platform is also dependent on a general PC-based software platform. A conventional electronic chart display system is mounted on a PC. The PC is fixedly installed on a ship or the like, and outputs an electronic chart through a trackball-based input device.

However, due to the development of IT technology and the development of various platform devices, there is a growing demand for a service platform change of the electronic chart display system, and a method is required to satisfy the requirement.

In order to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic chart component capable of operating in a PC-based platform and an embedded system-based platform so that it can be used in a portable electronic chart display system, The present invention provides a portable electronic chart display system and an electronic chart display method using the electronic chart viewer component that can be used in a heterogeneous platform that can automatically display and change electronic charts according to the movement or movement of a user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable electronic chart display system using an electronic chart viewer component that can be used in a heterogeneous platform of the present invention. The portable electronic chart display system includes an electronic chart component composed of an electronic chart component operable in a PC- A display unit for displaying the electronic chart, a sensor unit for sensing a current position or a movement, and a controller for displaying the electronic chart on the display unit according to the detection result of the sensor unit.

In a portable electronic chart display system using an electronic chart viewer component usable in a heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the sensor unit includes at least one of a GPS module for position measurement, a gyro sensor for sensing rotation, and an acceleration sensor for sensing acceleration .

In the portable electronic chart display system using the electronic chart viewer component usable in the heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the controller may control the electronic chart displayed on the display unit to correspond to the current position And displaying the changed information.

In the portable electronic chart display system using the electronic chart viewer component usable in the heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the controller may control the electronic chart displayed on the display unit to correspond to the direction in which the electronic chart is displayed, And displaying the changed information.

A portable electronic chart display system using an electronic chart viewer component usable in a heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the portable electronic chart display system further comprising an input unit for user input, wherein the control unit controls the electronic And the chart is changed and displayed.

In the portable electronic chart display system using the electronic chart viewer component usable in the heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the control unit may partially enlarge or reduce the electronic chart displayed on the display unit, change the displayed part to another part And displaying the result.

In a portable electronic chart display system using an electronic chart viewer component usable in a heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the input unit constitutes a touch screen together with the display unit, And the chart is changed and displayed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable electronic chart display method using an electronic chart viewer component that can be used in a heterogeneous platform of the present invention, And displaying the electronic chart on the portable electronic chart display system according to the detection result. The portable electronic chart display system according to claim 1, wherein the portable electronic chart display system comprises: .

In the portable electronic chart display system using an electronic chart viewer component usable in a heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the portable electronic chart display system includes a GPS module for position measurement, a gyro sensor for sensing rotation, and an acceleration sensor And at least one of them is included.

In the portable electronic chart display method using an electronic chart viewer component usable in a heterogeneous platform of the present invention, in the displaying step, in the sensing step, in accordance with the movement of the position sensed by the portable electronic chart display system, And changes the chart to correspond to the current position and displays the chart.

In the portable electronic chart display method using an electronic chart viewer component that can be used in a heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the displaying step may include a step of, in the sensing step, Is changed so as to correspond to the switched direction and displayed.

In the portable electronic chart display method using the electronic chart viewer component usable in the heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the portable electronic chart display system may further include a step of changing the electronic chart according to a user input signal, do.

In the portable electronic chart display method using the electronic chart viewer component that can be used in the heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the step of changing and displaying the electronic chart may include the step of, when the portable electronic chart display system partially enlarges or reduces the electronic chart, And displaying the changed portion.

In the portable electronic chart display method using the electronic chart viewer component that can be utilized in the heterogeneous platform of the present invention, the portable electronic chart display system receives the touch input signal through the touch screen, And displaying the changed information.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method.

According to the portable electronic chart display system and the electronic chart display method using the electronic chart viewer component that can be utilized in the heterogeneous platform of the present invention, electronic charts that can be commonly used in a PC-based platform and an embedded system- The user can visually check the electronic chart on various devices.

At this time, it is possible to display the electronic chart in the portable system based on the embedded system, and it is possible to automatically change and display the electronic chart in response to the movement or direction change of the user carrying the portable apparatus, It is possible to conveniently check necessary information separately from the actual movement of the ship.

In addition, detailed information of the electronic chart required by the user can be confirmed through an intuitive operation using the touch screen, so that the convenience of the user using the electronic chart is improved and the information for operating the ship can be easily confirmed.

1 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic chart display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a program that implements an electronic chart viewing function using an electronic chart component according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a two-dimensional diagram of an electronic chart created using the program of Fig.
4 is a three-dimensional diagram of an electronic chart created using the program of Fig.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which an electronic chart created using the program of FIG. 2 is applied to an embedded system-based platform.
6 is a flowchart of a portable electronic chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the embodiments of the present invention will be described, and the description of other parts will be omitted so as not to obscure the gist of the present invention.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings and the inventor is not limited to the meaning of the terms in order to describe his invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention, so that various equivalents And variations are possible.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a portable electronic chart display system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic chart viewing system using an electronic chart component according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a two-dimensional diagram of the electronic chart created using the program of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a three-dimensional diagram of the electronic chart created by using the program of Fig. 2, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which an electronic chart created using the embedded system is applied to an embedded system-based platform.

The electronic chart display system 100 of the present embodiment is mounted on a portable device that can be carried and moved by a user, and the portable device can take the form of a tablet or a notebook computer. At this time, the device on which the electronic chart display system 100 is mounted may include a PC-based platform and may include an embedded system-based platform which is a more physically simplified configuration. The user can check the content of the electronic chart that is automatically changed in accordance with the movement or operation of the user while carrying the electronic chart display system 100. [

1 to 5, the electronic chart display system 100 of the present embodiment includes an input unit 110, a display unit 120, a storage unit 130, a sensor unit 140, and a controller 150, do.

The input unit 110 may include an input device such as a keyboard, a keypad, a touchpad, and a mouse, which generates an input signal according to a user's operation. The input signal generated by the input unit 110 is transmitted to the controller 150.

The display unit 120 is configured to visually display the electronic chart stored in the storage unit 130 and may include a screen made of a cathode ray tube or an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The display unit 120 may constitute a touch screen together with the input unit 110. In this case, the touch screen functions as both an input device and an output device.

The storage unit 130 may function as a storage for storing the electronic chart data, and may include a memory device. The electronic chart stored in the storage unit 130 may conform to an electronic chart standard such as S-100.

The sensor unit 140 senses the current position and movement of the electronic chart display system 100. The sensor unit 140 senses the movement of the portable device on which the electronic chart display system 100 is mounted when the user moves or changes direction according to the user's operation. For example, the sensor unit 140 may include a GPS (Global Positioning System) module, a gyro sensor sensor, an acceleration sensor, and the like.

The GPS module refers to a satellite navigation system that receives a signal transmitted from a GPS satellite and measures the current position of the electronic chart display system 100. The GPS module compares signals transmitted from a plurality of GPS satellites and calculates the current position according to trigonometry or the like.

The gyro sensor is also referred to as a gyroscope sensor. The gyroscope sensor measures the angular velocity of an object that senses rotational inertia as the instrument equipped with the electronic chart display system 100 rotates. The gyro sensor measures the angular velocity of the moving object, integrates it, and calculates the angular velocity.

The acceleration sensor measures the acceleration of the moving object or the intensity of the impact. The acceleration sensor detects the displacement of the object according to the position change and measures the acceleration from it. It can be one of acceleration sensors using a spring, all acceleration sensors for measuring an acceleration such as an electronic acceleration sensor and a voltage type acceleration sensor have.

The control unit 150 controls overall operation of the electronic chart display system 100 including the input unit 110, the display unit 120, the storage unit 130, and the sensor unit 140, , Application storage, memory, and the like.

The controller 150 of the present embodiment stores electronic charts in the storage unit 130. At this time, the electronic charts stored in the storage unit 130 are converted into electronic charts using the software as shown in FIG. 2 It is written so that it can be operated on an embedded system based platform. 2 may be a program such as a software development kit (SDK), for example, by selecting a menu and dragging and dropping an electronic chart component, Based platform as well as an embedded system-based platform.

Fig. 3 shows a two-dimensional (2D) representation screen of the electronic chart created by the program shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 shows a three-dimensional (3D) representation screen of the electronic chart created by the program shown in Fig.

2 to 4 may be installed in a separate terminal device such as a PC or may be installed in a portable device equipped with the electronic chart display system 100. [

The electronic chart composed of the electronic chart components is stored in the storage unit 130 under the control of the controller 150. The controller 150 then outputs the stored electronic chart through the display unit 120, .

Such an electronic chart can be visually output on both the PC-based platform and the embedded system-based platform, depending on the configuration of the electronic chart display system 100 or the portable equipment on which the system is mounted.

FIG. 5 shows the form of the electronic charts displayed on the embedded system-based platform and shows the electronically displayed charts visually on an embedded system-based platform used, for example, in Microsoft's XBOX (TM).

At this time, the electronic chart component can be utilized in an embedded system based platform after writing the following source code.

private void MoveUpButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickMoveUpButton ();

}

private void MoveDownButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickMoveDownButton ();

}

private void MoveLeftButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickMoveLeftButton ();

}

private void MoveRightButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickMoveRightButton ();

}

private void MoveFarButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickMoveFarButton ();

}

private void MoveCloseButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickMoveCloseButton ();

}

private void ZoomScrollBar_Scroll (object sender, ScrollEventArgs e)

{

mapControl.scrollZoom (e.NewValue);

}

private void MoveResetButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickMoveResetButton ();

}

private void RotationUpButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickRotationUpButton ();

}

private void RotationDownButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickRotationDownButton ();

}

private void RotationLeftButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickRotationLeftButton ();

}

private void RotationRightButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickRotationRightButton ();

}

private void RotationClockwiseButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickRotationClockwiseButton ();

}

private void RotationCountclockwiseButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickRotationCountclosewiseButton ();

}

private void RotationResetButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.clickRotationResetButton ();

}

private void LoadFileButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

if (textBox11.Text! = null && textBox11.Text! = "" && textBox11.Text! = String.Empty)

{

mapControl.openFile (textBox11.Text);

}

else

MessageBox.Show ("Select File First");

}

private void MapCenterButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.moveCameraTo ();

}

private void GoFeatureButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

//mapControl.moveCameraTo ();

if (InputFeatureBox.Text! = null && InputFeatureBox.Text! = "")

mapControl.moveCameraToInputFeature (Convert.ToInt32 (InputFeatureBox.Text));

}

private void ClearButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.dataClear ();

}

private void RecordCheckBox_CheckedChanged (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.selectRecordToShow ((CheckBox) sender);

}

private void RecordSelectUpDown (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.selectUpDown ((Button) sender);

}

private void LoadFileOnThreadButton_Click (object sender, EventArgs e)

{

mapControl.openFileOnThread (textBox11.Text);

}

else

MessageBox.Show ("Select File First");

}

The electronic chart display system 100 of the present embodiment can generate electronic charts using electronic chart components that can be operated in a heterogeneous platform in this manner and display corresponding electronic charts on a PC based or embedded system based portable device .

At this time, the controller 150 displays the electronic chart on the display unit 120 according to the detection result of the sensor unit 140. The control unit 150 may display the electronic chart on the display unit 120 based on the current position corresponding to the position of the electronic chart display system 100 sensed by the sensor unit 140. [ At this time, the sensor unit 140 can measure the current position using the GPS module of the sensor unit 140.

In addition, the controller 150 can display and change the electronic chart displayed on the display unit 120 according to the movement of the electronic chart display system 100 sensed by the sensor unit 140. For example, when the user carries a portable device equipped with the electronic chart display system 100 and moves, the sensor unit 140 moves the position of the electronic chart display system 100 using a GPS module, an acceleration sensor, or the like And the control unit 150 may change the electronic chart portion displayed on the display unit 120 to correspond to the current position corresponding to the position shift value sensed by the sensor unit 140. [ In this manner, unlike the PC-based ECDIS fixed on the ship, the present embodiment can automatically provide the electronic chart information according to the position of the user.

In addition, the control unit 150 can display and change the electronic chart displayed on the display unit 120 according to the direction change of the electronic chart display system 100 sensed by the sensor unit 140. For example, when a user holds a portable device equipped with the electronic chart display system 100 and rotates clockwise or counterclockwise, the sensor unit 140 displays an electronic chart The control unit 150 may change the direction of the system 100 so that the electronic chart portion displayed on the display unit 120 corresponds to the current direction corresponding to the direction change value sensed by the sensor unit 140 Can be displayed. In this manner, unlike the ECDIS fixed on the ship, the present embodiment can automatically provide the electronic chart information according to the direction of the user.

Meanwhile, the control unit 150 may change the electronic chart displayed on the display unit 120 according to the input signal through the input unit 110, and display the electronic chart. For example, the control unit 150 can display and change the electronic chart portion displayed on the display unit 120 according to an input signal through the input unit 110, and partially enlarge or reduce the electronic chart, (120). If the input unit 110 and the display unit 120 constitute the touch screen, the controller 150 may change the electronic chart displayed on the display unit 120 according to the touch input signal through the corresponding touch screen, will be.

The process of displaying the electronic chart according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

6 is a flowchart of a portable electronic chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, an electronic chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an electronic chart component provided through an application program so that an electronic chart operated on a PC-based platform can be operated on another platform such as an embedded system- (S1), and stores the electronic chart in the electronic chart display system (S2).

The electronic chart making process in step S1 may be performed in the portable device itself on which the electronic chart display system is installed. After the electronic chart making process in step S1 is performed in a program provided in a separate PC or the like, step S2 The corresponding electronic chart may be stored in the electronic chart display system.

Thereafter, the electronic chart display system 100 detects the current position or movement of the system (S3), and visually displays the electronic chart on the screen according to the detection result (S4).

The electronic chart display system of this embodiment can include, for example, at least one of a GPS module for position measurement, a gyro sensor for sensing rotation, and an acceleration sensor for sensing acceleration, The system will be able to use this to perform the sensing operation.

The electronic chart display system of step S4 may display the corresponding electronic chart according to the current position of the electronic chart display system sensed in step S3. The electronic chart display system in step S4 can change the electronic chart displayed in step S4 and display it by changing the position or direction of the electronic chart display system 100 sensed in step S3 have.

In addition, the electronic chart display system receives the user input signal input through the input device (S5), and changes the electronic chart displayed on the screen to display it (S6).

At this time, the electronic chart display system of step S6 can partially enlarge or reduce the electronic chart, or display and change the displayed part to another part.

In this case, the electronic chart display system in step S5 receives the touch input signal through the touch screen, and the electronic chart display system in step S6 can change and display the electronic chart correspondingly.

The electronic chart display method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in a form of a program readable by various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium.

It should be noted that the embodiments disclosed in the present specification and drawings are only illustrative of specific examples for the purpose of understanding, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein. Furthermore, although specific terms are used in this specification and the drawings, they are used in a generic sense only to facilitate the description of the invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

110: input unit 120:
130: Storage unit 140: Sensor unit
150: control unit 100: electronic chart display system

Claims

A storage unit for storing an electronic chart composed of electronic chart components operable in a PC-based platform and an embedded system-based platform;
A display unit for displaying the electronic chart;
A sensor unit for sensing a current position or motion;
A control unit for displaying the electronic chart on the display unit according to the detection result of the sensor unit;
And a portable electronic chart display system using an electronic chart viewer component usable in a heterogeneous platform.

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor unit
A GPS module for position measurement, a gyro sensor for sensing rotation, and an acceleration sensor for sensing acceleration. The portable electronic chart display system using the electronic chart viewer component according to the present invention can be utilized in a heterogeneous platform.

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
Wherein the electronic chart is displayed by changing the electronic chart displayed on the display unit to correspond to the current position according to the movement of the position sensed by the sensor unit.

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
Wherein the electronic charts displayed on the display unit are changed to correspond to the directions of the electronic charts displayed on the display unit according to the direction of the sensor unit.

The method according to claim 1,
An input for user input;
Further comprising:
Wherein the control unit changes and displays the electronic chart displayed on the display unit according to an input signal through the input unit.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the control unit
The portable electronic chart display system using an electronic chart viewer component usable in a heterogeneous platform, characterized in that the electronic chart displayed on the display unit is partially enlarged or reduced, or the displayed portion is changed to another portion and displayed.

6. The method of claim 5,
The input unit constitutes a touch screen together with the display unit,
Wherein the controller changes and displays the electronic chart according to a touch input signal through the touch screen.

Comprising the steps of: constructing an electronic chart using an electronic chart component operable on a PC-based platform and an embedded system-based platform and storing the electronic chart on a portable electronic chart display system;
Sensing the current position or movement of the portable electronic chart display system; And
Displaying the electronic chart according to a detection result of the portable electronic chart display system;
And displaying the electronic chart on the display screen.

9. The portable electronic chart display system according to claim 8,
A GPS module for position measurement, a gyro sensor for sensing rotation, and an acceleration sensor for sensing acceleration. The portable electronic chart display method using the electronic chart viewer component in a heterogeneous platform.

9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the electronic chart display system changes the electronic chart to correspond to the current position and displays the electronic chart according to the movement of the position detected by the portable electronic chart display system in the sensing step. Display method.

9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the portable electronic chart display system changes the electronic chart to correspond to the direction in which the electronic chart is displayed, and displays the electronic chart according to a change in the direction detected by the portable electronic chart display system in the sensing step. Electronic chart display method.

9. The method of claim 8,
Changing the electronic chart according to a user input signal to display the portable electronic chart display system;
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: displaying the electronic chart on a display screen;

13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the portable electronic chart display system is configured to partially enlarge or reduce the electronic chart, and to display the electronic chart by changing the displayed portion to another portion and displaying the electronic chart. .

13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the portable electronic chart display system receives a touch input signal through a touch screen and changes the electronic chart to display the electronic chart.

A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 8 to 14.