KR20160092392A - System and method for safety verification service using mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a safety verification service system using a mobile phone and a method thereof. The system according to the present invention includes: a mobile phone of a user; and a server which registers information of the mobile phone, and monitors state information like a usage stage of the mobile phone and a usage amount of a battery in a preset cycle or in case a specific event occurs from the mobile phone, and transmits a verification message to the mobile phone if an unused state of the mobile phone continues to exceed a previously established time, and transmits a notification message as to a current state of the user to a previously registered terminal if a response to the verification message is not received until a constant time passes. The safety verification service system of the present invention can manage a safety state of a single user using the mobile phone.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a safety checking service using mobile phone,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a safety confirmation service system using a mobile phone and a method thereof, and more particularly to a technique for checking a safety state of a user by using a mobile phone.

With the rapid development of communication technology, various real-time data communication technologies through internet communication network and cellular communication network are being realized. As a result, mobile phones have become a necessity for modern people, and they are used in various fields besides the call function.

In addition, the single population is increasing recently, including the elderly living alone. In this case, if the user is living alone in the residence and an emergency occurs, no one can confirm the status of the user because no one is around, and the user can check the status of the user without visiting the user's home There was no.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2012-116760

It is an object of the present invention to provide a safety confirmation service system using a mobile phone and a method thereof for managing a safety state of a single user by using a mobile phone which has become a necessity of modern people.

In particular, the present invention relates to a system and method for checking a safety using a mobile phone to solve a problem that a single user is not found for a long time when an emergency occurs, by checking whether or not the mobile phone is used for a predefined time .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for checking the safety of a mobile phone using a mobile phone, the mobile phone including a mobile phone and information on the mobile phone, And monitoring the status information, such as a change in the usage amount of the battery, transmitting an acknowledgment message to the mobile phone when the non-use state of the mobile phone continues to exceed a predetermined time, A server for transmitting a notification message of the current state of the user to a terminal registered in advance.

According to the present invention, it is possible to manage the safety state of a single user by using a mobile phone, and in particular to check whether a mobile phone is used during a predefined time, The safety of the user is increased.

1 is a view showing a safety confirmation service system using a cellular phone according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the server configuration of FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow of a method for checking a security using a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow for a method of checking a security using a mobile phone according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 and 6 are flowcharts illustrating an embodiment to be referred to in describing the detailed operation of the method for checking the safety using the mobile phone according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a computing system applied to a server according to the present invention.

It is noted that the technical terms used in the present invention are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, the technical terms used in the present invention should be construed in a sense generally understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined in the present invention, and an overly comprehensive It should not be construed as meaning or overly reduced. In addition, when a technical term used in the present invention is an erroneous technical term that does not accurately express the concept of the present invention, it should be understood that technical terms that can be understood by a person skilled in the art can be properly understood. In addition, the general terms used in the present invention should be interpreted according to a predefined or context, and should not be construed as being excessively reduced.

Furthermore, the singular expressions used in the present invention include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. The term "comprising" or "comprising" or the like in the present invention should not be construed as necessarily including the various elements or steps described in the invention, Or may include additional components or steps.

Furthermore, terms including ordinals such as first, second, etc. used in the present invention can be used to describe elements, but the elements should not be limited by terms. Terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like or similar elements throughout the several views, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. It is to be noted that the accompanying drawings are only for the purpose of facilitating understanding of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.

1 is a view showing a safety confirmation service system using a cellular phone according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system according to the present invention is a system in which, when a dangerous situation occurs when a user is alone in a residence 1 or in a workplace 5, Check the safety status of the unit.

At this time, the user can register information on one mobile phone 10 in the server 100, but may also register information on two or more mobile phones 10 in the server 100. [

The server 100 monitors the status information of the mobile phone 10, for example, whether or not the mobile phone is used, changes in the usage amount of the battery, and if the usage of the mobile phone 10 is not detected to exceed the predefined time, It transmits a confirmation message to the mobile phone 10 in a first step, and if there is no response afterwards, transmits a notification message of the safety status of the user to the terminal registered secondarily.

Accordingly, even if the single user can not inform the user in the emergency, the single user can notify the family, the acquaintance or the dwelling, the 119 center, etc. in the server 100 by using the information on the use state of the mobile phone 10, So that the user can escape.

The detailed operation of the server 100 applied to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the embodiment of FIG.

2 is a block diagram showing the server configuration of FIG.

2, a server 100 according to the present invention includes a control unit 110, an input unit 120, an output unit 130, a communication unit 140, a storage unit 150, a service setting unit 160, A monitoring unit 170, a determination unit 180, and a message processing unit 190. Here, the control unit 110 may process the signals transmitted between the respective units of the server 100.

The input unit 120 is a means for receiving a control command from a user and the input unit 120 may be an input means such as a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, a jog shuttle, and a stylus pen.

The output unit 130 may include a display for displaying an operation state and a result of the server 100, and may include a speaker for voice guidance of an operation state and a result.

Here, the display may be used as an input device in addition to an output device when a sensor for sensing a touch operation is provided. That is, when a touch sensor such as a touch film, a touch sheet, or a touch pad is provided on the display, the display operates as a touch screen, and the input unit 120 and the output unit 130 may be integrated.

The display may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display, , A field emission display (FED), and a 3D display (3D display).

The communication unit 140 may include a module for wireless Internet access. Here, the wireless Internet technology includes a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wireless broadband (Wibro), a Wi-Fi, a World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX), a High Speed Downlink Packet Access ), And the like.

The storage unit 150 may store data and programs necessary for the server 100 to operate. The storage unit 150 may store programs and / or algorithms for implementing a safety check service system using a mobile phone, and may store settings for performing a safety check service operation.

As an example, the storage unit 150 may store status information of a cellular phone, condition values for confirming a safety status, and the like, and information about a service item additionally requested by a user may be stored. In addition, the storage unit 150 may store a phone number, a mail address, and the like of the mobile phone registered by the user, and may store the mobile phone number, mail address, and the like of the third party specified by the user.

Here, the storage unit 150 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory A random access memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory).

The service setting unit 160 may register a user's mobile phone according to a user's request and set a safety check service based on the registered mobile phone.

For example, the service setting unit 160 may include a status value of the mobile phone for confirming the safety status of the user, a condition value for transmitting the confirmation message to the mobile phone, a condition value for registering the home information service, And a condition value for sending a notification message to the user. Here, the home information service can be registered as an additional service only in the residential area where the EMS (Energy Management System) is supported.

On the other hand, the service setting unit 160 can set a time zone in which it is not necessary to check the safety state of the user. As an example, the service setting unit 160 may be configured not to check the safety state of the user in the main sleeping time zone of the user. Of course, when the service setting unit 160 sets the service standby state by the user when the user does not use the cellular phone for a long time, for example, Can be set so as not to check the safety state of the user.

Monitoring unit 170 monitors whether or not to use the cellular phone registered by the service setting unit 160, the non-use time, the amount of used battery, and the discharge status. As an example, the monitoring unit 170 monitors whether or not a button provided on the mobile phone is operated and whether a sleep mode is released. The monitoring unit 170 monitors the usage amount of the battery, the remaining amount, the discharge time, Lt; / RTI >

In addition, when the home information service is registered as an additional service by the user, the monitoring unit 170 monitors the usage amount of the items set through the EMS in the home, such as gas, boiler and electricity, And whether the door is open or closed.

The determination unit 180 determines whether to send a confirmation message to the user's mobile phone based on the result of monitoring by the monitoring unit 170 and whether to transmit a notification message to the third party's registered mobile phone.

For example, the determination unit 180 determines whether or not the operation of the button provided in the mobile phone, whether to release the sleep mode and the non-use time, the amount of used battery, the remaining amount, And determines whether or not the mobile phone is used from the information such as the usage time. If the mobile phone is not in use so as to exceed the predefined time, the determination unit 180 determines that the user is not in a safe state. At this time, the determination unit 180 transmits the determination result to the message processing unit 190.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the mobile phone is not in use so as to exceed the predefined time, the determining unit 180 determines whether or not the home information service is registered. Based on the information received from the home EMS server, To check the safety status of the user secondarily.

Here, the determination unit 180 allows the information received through the home EMS server to be confirmed when the final position confirmed for the mobile phone is home. If the last position identified by the mobile phone is a job, the determination unit 180 may check the information received through the EMS server installed in the workplace.

For example, the determination unit 180 may determine whether the user is safe from information such as the usage amount of gas, boiler and electricity received through the home EMS server and its change information, whether a person moves through a sensor installed in the groove, Check the status. If there is no change in the amount of gas, boiler, and electricity used to exceed the predefined time, or if a human motion or door opening / closing operation is not detected through a sensor installed in the groove, the user is judged not to be in a safe state. At this time, when the determination unit 180 determines that the user is not in the safe state, it transmits the result to the message processing unit 190. [

The message processing unit 190 generates a message for confirming the safety state of the user according to the result delivered by the determination unit 180, and transmits the message to the mobile phone of the corresponding user. At this time, the message processing unit 190 may transmit a confirmation message to the mail registered in advance by the user, or may attempt to make a call to the registered mobile phone or a wired telephone registered to the user.

At this time, if a response is received before a predetermined time elapses after transmitting the confirmation message, the message processing unit 190 determines that the user is in a safe state and ends the processing.

On the other hand, if the response is not received so that the predetermined time elapses after the confirmation message is transmitted, the message processor 190 determines that the user is not in the safe state and generates a notification message informing the user of the current status. At this time, the message processor 190 transmits the notification message to the mobile phone of the third party defined in advance. Of course, the message processor 190 may transmit a notification message to a mail of a third party, or may attempt to make a call to the corresponding mobile phone or a landline phone, and may transmit a notification message through voice.

Here, the third party may be an acquaintance designated by the user, and it may be the district of the jurisdiction of the corresponding region, the 119 center, or the like.

The operation flow of the control apparatus according to the present invention will be described in more detail as follows.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow of a method for checking a security using a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the server according to the present invention monitors whether or not a button of a registered cellular phone is operated, whether a sleep mode is released, and information such as a non-use time, (S100). Here, the server may receive a message including the status information of the mobile phone when a specific event occurs from the mobile phone, or at predetermined intervals. As a result of checking the 'S100' process, it is determined whether the non-use time of the mobile phone exceeds a reference value (x) (S110).

If the non-use time of the mobile phone exceeds the reference value (x) in step S110, the server confirms the last usage time of the battery (S130) by checking information such as the amount of used battery, If the last usage time of the battery exceeds the predefined time y (S140), the server determines that the user is not in a safe state.

At this time, the server generates a confirmation message for finally confirming the safety state of the user and transmits the confirmation message to the cellular phone (S150), and waits for a response from the cellular phone. If the mobile phone does not receive a response from the mobile phone (S160, S170), the server confirms that the user is not in a safe state, generates a notification message to inform the user of the safety status, For example, a terminal of a family member, a terminal of a friend, a terminal of another acquaintance, a jurisdiction district, or a center 119 (S180).

Meanwhile, FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which an additional service for confirming the safety state of the user is registered by the user.

Referring to FIG. 4, the server 100 confirms the unused state of the mobile phone registered by the user (S200), and confirms the location of the mobile phone based on the message finally received from the mobile phone (S210). At this time, the server 100 may further perform a process of comparing the location information of the mobile phone with the registered location information. Here, the 'S200' process can check the unused status of the mobile phone through the steps 'S100' to 'S140' of FIG.

When it is determined that the last position of the mobile phone is home, the server 100 requests home EMS use information to the home EMS server 200 (S220). Here, the home EMS information may include information on the amount of use of gas, boiler, electricity, change information thereof, whether a person moves through a sensor installed in the groove, whether the door is opened or closed.

The home EMS server 200 checks the usage amount of the gas, boiler, and electricity according to the request of the server 100 (S230), and checks whether the usage amount during the requested period is changed based on the usage amount confirmed in the step 'S230' (S240), and transmits a response to the server 100 (S250).

Accordingly, the server 100 determines the safety state of the user by checking the usage change amount of the home EMS during the requested period through the response of the home EMS server 200 (S260).

If it is determined that the user is in a crisis state in step S260, the server 100 performs a process after step S150 in FIG. 3 to determine a crisis state of the user, finally confirms the safety state, And can transmit an alert message regarding the status of the user.

5 shows the operation of the mobile phone when the server monitors the status of the mobile phone.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the mobile phone starts a service (S300), it causes the server to inform the service start (S310).

Then, the mobile phone confirms whether the notification of the use of the mobile phone is ONFlag is ON (S320). Here, the mobile phone non-use notification OnceFlag is a flag that is set once after a non-use notification has been made. If the 'NoFlag Notify OnceFlag' is set to 'Off' in step 'S320', the mobile phone monitors the usage of the mobile phone and the battery status (S330). At this time, the cellular phone confirms whether the battery is in a normal state (S340). If the battery is in a normal state in step S340, the mobile phone sets the battery abnormal flag to Off (S350). Otherwise, it sets the battery abnormal flag to ON (S355).

In addition, the mobile phone confirms whether the mobile phone is in use (S360). In this case, the mobile phone confirms whether the notification of non-use of the mobile phone is set to ON (S370) if the mobile phone is in use state in the process of 'S360', and performs the process of 'S320' if the notification of non-use of the mobile phone is not set to ON. On the other hand, if the notification of non-use of the mobile phone is set to ON, the mobile phone informs the server that the corresponding mobile phone is in use (S380).

Thereafter, the mobile phone sets OFF the notification of non-use of the mobile phone (S390), and sets OFF of the notification ONFlag of the non-use of the mobile phone (S400).

If it is determined in step S360 that the mobile phone is not in use, the mobile phone informs the mobile phone server that the mobile phone is not in use (S410). At this time, the mobile phone sets a notification of non-use of the mobile phone ON (S420), and sets ON-time notification of the use of the mobile phone ON (S430).

Then, the mobile phone confirms whether the notification of the non-use of the mobile phone for the additional mobile phone is set to ON (S440). Here, the mobile phone non-use notification StartFlag is a flag that is set upon notification of non-use of the additional registered mobile phone.

If the mobile phone non-use notification 2 StartFlag is set to 'ON' in step 'S440', the mobile phone sets the mobile phone non-use notification OnceFlag to OFF (S450) and sets the mobile phone unused notification 2 StartFlag to OFF (S460).

Thereafter, the mobile phone repeats 'S320' to 'S460'.

Meanwhile, if the notification of the use of the non-use of the mobile phone at the time of 'S320' is set to on or the notification of the non-use of the mobile phone to the additional mobile phone is not set to 'ON' in the process of 'S440' .

At this time, the mobile phone confirms whether the additional mobile phone use monitoring flag for the additionally registered mobile phone is ON (S500). If the additional cell phone use monitoring flag is set ON, the mobile phone sets an additional cell phone usage amount and a monitoring period for the battery (S510), and sets a cell phone non-use notification StartFlag ON for the additional cell (S520). Thereafter, the mobile phone performs a process after 'S330' of FIG.

On the other hand, if the additional cell phone use monitoring flag is not set ON in the process of 'S500', the mobile phone sets OFF of the cell phone non-use notification StartFlag for the additional cell (S530), and performs the process after 'S320' .

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a computing system applied to a server according to the present invention.

7, a computing system 1000 includes at least one processor 1100, a memory 1300, a user interface input device 1400, a user interface output device 1500, (1600), and a network interface (1700).

The processor 1100 may be a central processing unit (CPU) or a memory device 1300 and / or a semiconductor device that performs processing for instructions stored in the storage 1600. Memory 1300 and storage 1600 may include various types of volatile or non-volatile storage media. For example, the memory 1300 may include a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory).

Thus, the steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by processor 1100, or in a combination of the two. The software module may reside in a storage medium (i.e., memory 1300 and / or storage 1600) such as a RAM memory, a flash memory, a ROM memory, an EPROM memory, an EEPROM memory, a register, a hard disk, a removable disk, You may. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor 1100, which can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium may be integral to the processor 1100. [ The processor and the storage medium may reside within an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The ASIC may reside within the user terminal. Alternatively, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a user terminal.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments, such as specific constituent elements, and limited embodiments and drawings. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above- Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the essential characteristics of the invention. Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described, and all technical ideas which are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention .

1: Home 5: Workplace
10: mobile phone 100: server
110: control unit 120: input unit
130; Output unit 140:
150: Storage unit 160: Service setting unit
170: monitoring unit 180:
190: Message processing unit 200: Home EMS server

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User's cell phone; And
Wherein the mobile phone registers information on the mobile phone and monitors status information such as whether the mobile phone is used and changes in usage amount of battery when a specific event occurs or a predetermined period from the mobile phone, Transmits a confirmation message to the mobile phone if a response to the confirmation message is not received so that a predetermined time elapses,
A safety confirmation service system using a mobile phone

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