KR20150011609A - Apparatus and method for walking route - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a walking route providing apparatus and method. The walking route providing apparatus according to the present invention includes an information input unit into which a user inputs at least one of a departure point, a destination, a current location, and an evaluation item as to walking safety, walking convenience, or road environment for walking route selection; a parameter setting unit that sets a parameter for walking environment evaluation calculation with respect to the walking route corresponding to the input information; an evaluation calculation unit that calculates the walking environment evaluation with respect to the walking route by using the set parameter; and a walking route selection unit that selects the walking route with the maximum walking environment evaluation and provides the walking route with the maximum walking environment evaluation for the user. According to the present invention, pedestrians deciding on walking paths can be provided with information as to the safety, convenience, and exercise-suitability of walking routes and paths. In addition, local governments can set their walking path repair and maintenance priorities since the walking environment evaluation is provided based on calculation reflecting the walking path land use characteristics. Also, the present invention can be utilized in walking path improvement, and thus the waste of budget for walking path repair and maintenance can be prevented.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WALKING ROUTE [0002]

The present invention relates to a gait path providing apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a gait path providing apparatus and a method thereof that take into account the type of a gait path according to land use characteristics.

Due to the development of positioning technology and communication technology using global positioning system (GPS), various types of location confirmation and service path services are now being provided. The location confirmation service is a method for acquiring location information of a user terminal. The location information service may use latitude and longitude information provided by a GPS satellite, or may use location information provided by a location determination device and a home location register in a wireless communication environment.

In view of the above-described technology for providing location information, a navigation device for driving a vehicle, which forms a mainstream of a transportation means, has become popular in most personal vehicles with the development of various technologies. With navigation for automobile operation, information on types of roads and road speed limits can be provided, such as general roads, automobile roads, and expressways.

In recent years, smartphones have been providing navigation functions. Unlike navigation systems for automobiles, navigation systems provided by smartphones are used not only for automobile operations but also for people walking or jogging. If the navigation system is used at the time of walking, the lack of information on the walking path may result in insufficient services for walking.

The technique which is the background of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2009-0043090 (2009.05.06).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a walking path capable of determining a final walking path by providing information on walking safety, walking comfort, and a walking environment in which a pedestrian can determine a walking path based on a starting point and a destination information, And a method for providing the same.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing a walking route from a user, including: a start point, a destination, a current position, and an evaluation of gait safety, An information input unit for receiving at least one of the elements; A parameter setting unit for setting a parameter for calculating a gait environment evaluation on the gait path according to the input information; An evaluation degree calculator for calculating a gait evaluation value for the walking path using the set parameters; And a gait path selecting unit for selecting a gait path having the maximum gait evaluation degree and providing the selected gait path to the user.

The parameter setting unit may include an evaluation index setting unit that sets a detailed evaluation index for the input evaluation factor; A step of setting at least one of a pedestrian safety evaluation coefficient, a walking unit evaluation coefficient, and a lateral environment evaluation coefficient, which are the relative importance of each of the input evaluation factors, and determining at least one of a pedestrian safety detailed evaluation coefficient, An evaluation coefficient setting unit that sets at least one of an evaluation coefficient and a lateral environment detailed evaluation coefficient; And a quantification index setting unit for setting quantitative indexes for walking safety, walking comfort, and street environment corresponding to the set detailed evaluation indexes.

The evaluation degree calculator calculates the gait environment evaluation degree using the following equation, and the gait environment evaluation chart is a comprehensive gauging environment evaluation chart, a safety gauging environment evaluation chart, a convenience gauging environment evaluation chart, And an environmental evaluation chart.

Where K is the walkway type, Walk - core ^K is the comprehensive gait environment evaluation chart , fs ^K is the safety gait environment evaluation chart , fc ^K is the gauging environment evaluation chart , and fe ^K is the environmental gauging environment evaluation chart represents, w _s is a pedestrian safety evaluation coefficient, w _c is the walking comfort evaluation coefficient, w _e represents the horizontal environmental evaluation coefficient, w _{s, r} is the safety sub-factor, w _{c, r} is a convenience sub-factor, w _{e , r} denotes the environmental sub-evaluation factor, i _{s , r} denotes the pedestrian safety quantification index, i _{c , r} denotes the quantification index of the walking member _, and i _{e , r} denotes the lateral environment quantification index.

A method for providing a walking path according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving at least one of a starting point, a destination, a current position, and an evaluation factor for a walking safety, a walking comfort, ; Setting a parameter for calculating a gait environment evaluation for a walking path according to the input information; Calculating a walking environment evaluation degree for the walking path using the set parameters; And selecting a walking path having the maximum degree of the walking environment evaluation and providing the selected walking path to the user.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide information on whether a walking path is safe, convenient, and a walking path that is good for a walking in determining a walking path.

In addition, by providing the pedestrian environment evaluation map that reflects the land use characteristics of the pedestrian route, it is possible to allow the local governments to select the priority of the pedestrian route maintenance target and to utilize it for the improvement of the pedestrian route, Can be prevented.

1 is a block diagram of a walking path providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart of a walking path providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is an illustration of a gait environment assessment diagram computed in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary view of a gait path calculated by applying a gait environment evaluation chart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

First, a walking path providing apparatus according to the present invention will be described.

1 is a configuration diagram of a walking path providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a walking path providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit 110, a parameter setting unit 120, an evaluation degree calculating unit 130, and a walking path selecting unit 140 do.

The walking path providing apparatus 100 of the present invention may be implemented as a user terminal such as a navigation system, a PDA, or a smart phone, or a server connected to a portable terminal. Here, the user terminal includes a desktop computer, an ATM (automated teller machine), a kiosk and a fixed terminal equivalent thereto, and a portable terminal such as a notebook, a tablet PC, and a mobile phone.

The input unit 110 receives at least one of the source information, the destination information, the current location information, and the walking option information from the user. In this case, the input unit 110 may obtain the departure point information using the departure point information, the destination information, or the current location information of the user through the user interface. The pedestrian can enter the evaluation factor according to the preference type in determining the walkway. Here, the evaluation factor is one of the walking safety, the walking comfort, and the street environment. When the user selects 'general', the evaluation factor which includes the three factors is considered. The evaluation factor is related to the walkway type.

In other words, the evaluation factor can be selected from 'walking safety', 'walking comfort', 'landscape environment', and 'general' that combines safety, convenience and environment. In this case, the gaitway providing apparatus calculates the comprehensive gait evaluation degree by taking the evaluation factors 'walking safety', 'walking convenience', and 'lateral environment' into consideration for 'general'.

Next, the parameter setting unit 120 sets a parameter for calculating the gait environment evaluation degree for the evaluation element input based on the input source information, the destination information, or the current position information.

In addition, the parameter setting section 120 to set a sub-index for the input evaluation factor evaluation index setting unit 121, the relative importance of each evaluation element type, pedestrian safety evaluation coefficients (w _s), the walking comfort evaluation coefficient (w _c), horizontal environmental evaluation coefficient (w _e) at least a set one, and the relative importance of each sub-index the set, walking safety sub coefficients (w _{s, r),} the walking comfort sub coefficient from ( w _{c, r),} the horizontal environment sub-factor (w _{e, r)} evaluation coefficient setting section (122 for setting at least one of a), and pedestrian safety quantification indices (i _{s, r)} corresponding to a sub-surface the set A quantification index setting unit 123 for setting a walking parameter quantification index i _{c , r} and a lateral environment quantification index i _{e , r} .

The degree-of-evaluation calculating unit 130 calculates the degree of evaluation of the walking environment with respect to the walking path using the parameters set by the parameter setting unit 120. [

Hereinafter, a walking path providing method will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

2 is a flowchart of a walking path providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The input unit 110 receives at least one of a starting point, a destination, a current position for selecting a walking path from the user, and an evaluation factor related to walking safety, walking comfort, or street environment (S210).

For the selection of the walking route, the input unit 110 receives the departure point information and the destination information from the user. If the current position is known by the GPS receiving device instead of receiving the starting point information, the walking path is searched from the current position as the starting point. Evaluation factors can be classified as pedestrian safety, walking comfort, street environment, and general evaluation factor.

The parameter setting unit 120 sets a parameter for calculating the walking environment evaluation for the walking path according to the input information (S220). Here, the parameters are based on equations (1) to (4) for calculating the gait environment evaluation. Setting a detailed evaluation index for the evaluation factor in the parameter setting step, setting at least one of the pedestrian safety evaluation coefficient, the walking facility evaluation coefficient, and the lateral environment evaluation coefficient, which are the relative importance of each input evaluation factor, A step of setting at least one of a walking safety sub-evaluation coefficient, a walking comfort sub-evaluation coefficient, and a lateral environment sub-evaluation coefficient, which are relative importance of the set sub-evaluation indexes, and a walking safety, And setting a quantification index for the transverse environment.

The evaluation degree computation unit 130 calculates the walking environment evaluation degree for the walking path using the set parameters (S230).

Hereinafter, the parameter setting step S220 and the evaluation degree computing step S230 will be described in detail using equations and tables.

Equation (1) is an expression for obtaining a comprehensive gait environment evaluation chart.

The evaluation degree calculator 130 calculates f _s , f _c , and f _e , which are gait evaluation scores for each of the walking elements, using Equations 2 to 4, And calculates a comprehensive walking environment evaluation map ( Walk - Score ^K ). Here, Walk - Score ^K is a comprehensive walking environment evaluation chart calculated by K (walkway type: new downtown area, old downtown area, commercial area, subway station,

Equation (2) is an equation for obtaining a safety gait environment evaluation degree.

Equation (3) is an equation for obtaining a degree of convenience gait environment evaluation.

Equation (4) is an equation for obtaining the environmental walk environment evaluation degree.

In Equations (1) to (4), w _s , w _c , and w _e represent the relative importance of each evaluation element as evaluation coefficients. w _s is the relative importance for walking safety (s), w _c is the relative importance for walking (c), and w _e is the relative importance for street environment (e).

Relative importance is analyzed using expert decision making techniques for urban and transportation experts. Since this is the result of statistical analysis, the evaluation indexes to be considered important for each type of walkway are different, and the coefficients for the evaluation indexes are also presented in accordance with the type of the walkway.

Table 1 shows the evaluation factors for the evaluation factors for each type of walkway.

Walkway type (K) Evaluation element (f) New Century
Walkway Old Town
Walkway Commercial Area Walkway subway station
Walkway River / Park
Walkway Walking Safety (w _s ) 0.35 0.45 0.27 0.33 0.29 Walking Comfort (w _c ) 0.39 0.30 0.38 0.47 0.23 Landscape environment (w _e ) 0.26 0.25 0.35 0.20 0.48

Table 1 shows the relative importance of pedestrian type and evaluation factor. The quantified value of the pedestrian environment evaluation factor (f) is determined according to the pedestrian type (K) and the detailed evaluation index (i) of the pedestrian environment evaluation element. When the pedestrian path to be computed is a new center road, Is a measure of the value of the detailed evaluation index "separation from roadway", "separation from bicycle roads", "car / motorcycle drive vehicle", "security CCTV installation", "installation of lighting fixtures" The relative importance of each sub-evaluation index is calculated and aggregated. In this case, each detailed evaluation index to be considered for each type of walkway was determined by approaching statistically by pedestrian questionnaire and expert decision making technique, and the relative importance analyzed for each index is shown in Table 2.

Table 2 shows the detailed evaluation factors for the detailed evaluation index by evaluation factor by type of the walkway.

Evaluation factor
(f)

r


Evaluation index
(i)
Walkway type (K) New city center walkway Old city center walkway Commercial Area Walkway subway station
Walkway River / park walkway Walking safety
(s) One Separation from roadway 0.523 0.547 0.545 0.484 0.294 2 Separation from bicycle roads 0.147 0.136 0.193 0 0.150 3 Automotive / Motorcycle Drivers 0 0 0 0.203 0 4 Secure CCTV installation 0.198 0 0 0.197 0.290 5 Installation of lighting facilities 0.132 0.237 0.084 0.116 0.265 6 Poor walking path 0 0.080 0.178 0 0 Walking comfort
(c) One Number of pedestrians 0.237 0.226 0.225 0.305 0.217 2 Transverse facility
(Overpass / underpass) 0.200 0.249 0.220 0.089 0.237 3 Walkway packing status 0.145 0.310 0.115 0.145 0 4 Obstacle obstacle (tree, curb, etc.) 0.418 0 0.440 0.460 0.436 5 Crosswalk signal cycle 0 0.216 0 0 0.111 Landscape environment
(e) One Soot, noise 0.402 0.430 0.390 0.392 0.464 2 Natural light, scenery 0.150 0.126 0.131 0.181 0.225 3 Planting, landscape 0.141 0.102 0.130 0 0 4 Walkway cleanliness 0.306 0.342 0.349 0.284 0.256 5 Surrounding architecture design 0 0 0 0.143 0.055

Here, the quantitative survey value (i) for the gait environment evaluation index is measured through the survey of the current status of the walkway, and the quantification method for each indicator is shown in Table 3.

Table 3 shows the quantification index for the tax assessment index by evaluation factor.

Evaluation element (f) r Evaluation index (i) Quantification index of evaluation index (i) Walking safety (s) One Separation from roadway Fully separated extension / total extension 2 Separation from bicycle roads Fully separated extension / total extension 3 Automotive / Motorcycle Drivers Large / total extension 4 Secure CCTV installation Number / total extension 5 Installation of lighting facilities Number / total extension 6 Poor walking path Top / middle / bottom Walking comfort (c) One Number of pedestrians Number of pedestrians 2 Transverse facility (overpass / underpass) Total extension / Total extension 3 Walkway packing status Top / middle / bottom 4 Obstacle obstacle (tree, curb, etc.) Number / total extension 5 Crosswalk signal cycle Seconds / total extension Landscape environment
(e) One Soot, noise Number of vehicles passing 2 Natural light, scenery Extension of applicable section Extension of extension 3 Planting, landscape Number / total extension 4 Walkway cleanliness Top / middle / bottom 5 Surrounding architecture design Top / middle / bottom

Since the measurement indexes that are quantified by the walkways have a large difference between the mean and the standard deviation, they should be standardized and converted to a standard normal distribution with an average of 0 and a standard deviation of 1 through z standardization method, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > standardized < / RTI >

Next, the walking path selecting unit 140 selects a walking path having the maximum degree of the walking environment evaluation and provides the walking path to the user (S240). The gait path selection unit 140 can generate a plurality of gait path lists according to the ranking of the gait environment evaluation. In addition, the walking path selecting unit 140 may use a Dijkstra algorithm having a walking environment evaluation degree as a target variable.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to calculate the walking environment evaluation map corresponding to the walking purpose of the pedestrian in consideration of the walking environment evaluation index and the relative importance of the walking route type according to the land use, The user can select the walking route.

Hereinafter, a walking environment evaluation chart according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a walking environment evaluation chart according to the present invention on a map in consideration of important elements of a walking path. The walking path selecting unit 140 selects' walking safety ',' , 'Walking comfort', and 'street environment'.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a walking path provided on a map in consideration of a walking environment evaluation chart according to the present invention. FIG.

The walking path selection unit 140 can divide and display the walking path according to the 'walking safety', 'walking comfort', and 'landscape environment' that the user considers important, Provide pedestrians with advance information about the walking environment of the walkway with different thickness.

As described above, according to the apparatus and method for providing a walkway in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible for the pedestrians to be provided with information on whether a walking route is safe, convenient, or a walking route that is easy to exercise.

In addition, by providing the pedestrian environment evaluation map that reflects the land use characteristics of the pedestrian route, it is possible to allow the local governments to select the priority of the pedestrian route maintenance target and to utilize it for the improvement of the pedestrian route, Can be prevented.

The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be construed to include various embodiments within the scope of the claims and equivalents thereof.

100: Walkway providing apparatus 110: Input unit
120: Parameter setting unit 130: Evaluation degree calculating unit
140: Walking path selector

Claims (6)

An information input unit for receiving at least one of a starting point, a destination, a current position for selecting a walking route from the user, and an evaluation factor for walking safety, walking comfort, or street environment;
A parameter setting unit for setting a parameter for calculating a gait environment evaluation on the gait path according to the input information;
An evaluation degree calculator for calculating a gait evaluation value for the walking path using the set parameters; And
And a gait path selecting unit for selecting a gait path having the maximum degree of gait evaluation and providing the gait path to the user. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the parameter setting unit comprises:
An evaluation index setting unit for setting a detailed evaluation index for the input evaluation factor;
A step of setting at least one of a pedestrian safety evaluation coefficient, a walking unit evaluation coefficient, and a lateral environment evaluation coefficient, which are the relative importance of each of the input evaluation factors, and determining at least one of a pedestrian safety detailed evaluation coefficient, An evaluation coefficient setting unit that sets at least one of an evaluation coefficient and a lateral environment detailed evaluation coefficient; And
And a quantification index setting unit for setting quantitative indexes for walking safety, walking comfort, and street environment corresponding to the set detailed evaluation indexes. 3. The method of claim 2,
The evaluation degree calculation unit,
Calculates the walking environment evaluation degree using the following equation,
Wherein the walking environment evaluation chart includes at least one of an integrated gait environment evaluation chart, a safety gait environment evaluation chart, a convenience gauging environment evaluation chart, and an environment gauging environment evaluation chart,

Where K is the walkway type, Walk - core ^K is the comprehensive gait environment evaluation chart , fs ^K is the safety gait environment evaluation chart , fc ^K is the gauging environment evaluation chart , and fe ^K is the environmental gauging environment evaluation chart represents, w _s is a pedestrian safety evaluation coefficient, w _c is the walking comfort evaluation coefficient, w _e represents the horizontal environmental evaluation coefficient, w _{s, r} is the safety sub-factor, w _{c, r} is a convenience sub-factor, w _{e , r} denotes the environmental sub-evaluation factor, i _{s , r} denotes the pedestrian safety quantification index, i _{c , r} denotes the quantification index of the walking member _, and i _{e , r} denotes the lateral environment quantification index. Receiving at least one of a starting point, a destination, a current position, and an evaluation factor for walking safety, walking comfort, or street environment for the user from the user;
Setting a parameter for calculating a gait environment evaluation for a walking path according to the input information;
Calculating a walking environment evaluation degree for the walking path using the set parameters; And
And selecting and providing a walking path having the maximum degree of the walking environment evaluation to the user. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the setting of the parameter comprises:
Setting a detailed evaluation index for the input evaluation factor;
A step of setting at least one of a pedestrian safety evaluation coefficient, a walking unit evaluation coefficient, and a lateral environment evaluation coefficient, which are the relative importance of each of the input evaluation factors, and determining at least one of a pedestrian safety detailed evaluation coefficient, An evaluation coefficient, and a lateral environment detailed evaluation coefficient; And
And setting a quantitative index for walking safety, walking comfort, and street environment corresponding to the set detailed evaluation indexes. 6. The method of claim 5,
The step of calculating the walking environment evaluation degree includes:
Calculates the walking environment evaluation degree using the following equation,
Wherein the walking environment evaluation chart includes at least one of an integrated gait environment evaluation chart, a safety gait environment evaluation chart, a convenience gauging environment evaluation chart, and an environment gauging environment evaluation chart,

Where K is the walkway type, Walk - core ^K is the comprehensive gait environment evaluation chart , fs ^K is the safety gait environment evaluation chart , fc ^K is the gauging environment evaluation chart , and fe ^K is the environmental gauging environment evaluation chart represents, w _s is a pedestrian safety evaluation coefficient, w _c is the walking comfort evaluation coefficient, w _e represents the horizontal environmental evaluation coefficient, w _{s, r} is safe sub-factor, w _{c, r} the convenience sub-factor, w _{e , r} denotes the environmental sub-evaluation factor, i _{s , r} denotes the pedestrian safety quantification index, i _{c , r} denotes the quantification index of the walking member _, and i _{e , r} denotes the lateral environment quantification index.

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