KR20160094248A - Missing person searching system with social information and the method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a missing person searching system with social resource information and a method thereof. The missing person searching system using the social resource information includes: a missing person information receiving part for receiving missing person information, having missing person terminal information and location information of a protector terminal, from the protector terminal; and a missing person searching part for transmitting the missing person information to one or more social terminals and receiving a result of one or more social terminals having searched for the missing person through a wireless communication module.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for searching missing persons using social resource information,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for searching for a missing person using social resource information, and more particularly, to a system and method for locating a missing person using social resource information and searching for a missing person.

The number of preschool children in Korea is about 3 million, and the number of people with mental retardation including the elderly with dementia is estimated to be about 4 million. Furthermore, in the present age where the importance of social welfare emerges, social interest in systems to prevent disappearances and to find missing persons is increasing.

On the other hand, we are currently living in an environment where network coverage is well established, with smartphone penetration rate reaching 68% and public wifi network also having high penetration rate.

With the above-mentioned social interest and a well-formed network environment, there is an increasing demand for a system for preventing disappearance through a terminal and for finding a missing person.

Accordingly, there has been developed a method of preventing disappearance and searching for a missing person by attaching an RFID sensor to a necklace, a belt, etc. However, in searching for a missing person through a fixed RFID reader, It is difficult to find the missing person.

Korean Patent Laid-open Publication No. 10-2013-0005352, which was devised to overcome the above-mentioned limitations, introduces a method and system for finding a lost lady using a smart phone, and a recording medium. Although the method of searching for a missing person by transmitting and receiving GPS information of the terminal is described in the above Patent Document, there is a problem that GPS information can not be received if the missing terminal is not operated.

Therefore, there is a need for research on a missing person search system that performs search through a plurality of terminals that are not fixed and can receive the real time location of a missing person more accurately even if GPS of the missing person terminal does not operate.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0005352

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a missing persons search system for searching for a real time location of a missing person through a plurality of social terminals capable of recognizing a network module attached to a terminal of a missing person .

In addition, the present invention provides a highly effective missing person search system for searching for a missing person in real time through accurate location of a missing person through terminals located close to a missing person among a plurality of mobile social terminals.

In addition, even when a missing person is located in an area where the location is not easy to find through GPS, such as a room, the missing person terminal can be searched through the local communication with the social terminal, the object Internet technology, etc., , A missing persons search system that can automate the discovery and reporting of missing persons.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention as set forth in the accompanying drawings. It will be possible.

The missing persons search system according to the present invention is characterized in that the missing person information searching unit transmits the disappearance information to a missing information receiving unit and one or more social terminals that receive disappearance information including the missing terminal information and the location information of the guardian terminal from the guardian terminal, And a missing person search unit receiving a result of searching for a missing person using the wireless communication module.

The missing persons search system according to an aspect of the present invention may further include a social resource information transmitting and receiving unit for receiving the social terminal information from a plurality of social terminals and transmitting the received social terminal information to a database.

The social terminal information transmitted to the social resource information transmitting and receiving unit may include personal identity information of the user of the social terminal, location information of the social terminal, and ID of the missing user terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the disappearance information may include at least one of the declared location information of the guardian terminal, the search radius information, and the ID information of the missing terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the missing person searching unit receives region information in which a search range of one or more social terminals that have searched for the missing person overlap, and determines a position corresponding to the overlapped region as an estimated position of the missing person .

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a search terminal selection unit for selecting a search social terminal that is a social terminal located within a predetermined search radius from a position of the guardian terminal, And the search social terminal can receive a result of searching for a missing person using the wireless communication module.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an effective missing persons search system for searching for a missing person in real time through accurate positioning of a missing person in real time through a plurality of mobile social terminals within a predetermined distance from a missing person.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a module that enables network transmission / reception with a social terminal even in a situation where GPS of a missing person's terminal does not operate provides a more effective missing person search system in a missing situation.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a missing persons search system using social resource information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram for explaining an operation flow of a missing persons search system using social resource information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a method of searching for a missing person through a plurality of social terminals of a missing persons search system using social resource information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a missing person using social resource information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent by reference to an embodiment which will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a missing person search system 100 using social resource information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a missing persons search system 100 includes a missing information receiving unit 110 receiving missing information from a guardian terminal 140 and the missing information to one or more social terminals, and the one or more social terminals And a missing person searching unit 130 receiving a result of searching for a missing person using the wireless communication module.

The missing information receiving unit 110 receives missing information including at least one of the reported location information of the guardian terminal 140, the search radius information, and the ID information of the missing terminal 180 from the guardian terminal 140 when the missing state occurs . At this time, the reporting position information of the guardian terminal 140 may be the GPS position information of the guardian terminal 140 at the time of reporting. In addition, the search radius information may use the default value set in the missing persons search system 100 as an index for requesting a search from the social terminals located within a certain distance from the disappearance occurrence place. In this embodiment, Likewise, a terminal of a guardian who has reported a disappearance can arbitrarily set it. For example, when a user is missing from a playground, he or she may request a search for a search radius within the range of the playground when reporting a disappearance. In such a case, You can also search for missing persons more quickly.

The ID information of the disappearing terminal 180 of the missing information essentially includes the ID information of the missing terminal registered in association with the guardian terminal 140. The ID information of the disappearing terminal 180 corresponding to the ID information The missing person can be searched by the social terminal of the user.

An embodiment of a process of searching for a missing terminal after a report of disappearance will be described in more detail below. First, the missing persons search system 100 that has received the disappearance information from the guardian terminal 140 can transmit the disappearance information to all the social terminals (terminals equipped with the application (application program) for searching for the missing persons) through the push service And the social terminals respectively determine whether or not they correspond to a condition for searching for a missing person (e.g., a search radius), and then only the social terminals corresponding to the condition search for the missing terminal. Thereafter, one or more of the social terminals searching for the missing terminal transmits search information (location information of the social terminal, ID of the missing terminal, estimated location of the missing terminal, etc.) to the missing terminal search system 100, The search system 100 can check whether the ID of the missing terminal received from the one or more social terminals matches the ID of the actual missing terminal and confirm whether or not the disappearance search is normally performed.

Another embodiment for searching for a missing terminal will be described in detail below. The missing persons search system 100 may further include a search terminal selection unit 120 which searches for a predetermined search radius from the location of the caregiver terminal 140 or a search radius designated by the caregiver terminal 140 It is possible to select the social terminal located within the radius as the search social terminal.

The mobile terminal may further include a social resource information transmitting and receiving unit for receiving the social terminal information from the social terminal and transmitting the received social terminal information to the database 190. [ More specifically, the social terminals send the social terminal information including the user's personal information, the GPS location information, and the ID of the discovered missing terminal to the social resource information transmitting and receiving unit (not shown) periodically. The social terminal information of the social terminals transmitted in the above manner is periodically updated in the database 190, and the updated GPS position information is used in the search terminal selection unit 120 to select the search social terminal.

For example, when the disappearance notification is generated in the parent terminal 140 and the missing information is transmitted to the disappearance information receiving unit 110, the notification position information of the parent terminal 140 included in the disappearance information, Real-time GPS information is requested to a plurality of social terminals located within the search radius set by the guardian terminal from the reported position information, from the set search radius information and the ID information of the missing terminal. At this time, whether or not the plurality of social terminals are located within the search radius set by the guardian terminal can be determined through the latest GPS position information updated in the database 190. That is, if the real-time location information of the social terminal through the real-time GPS information is located within the predetermined search radius in the declared location information of the parent terminal 140, the terminal is selected as the search social terminal. At this time, the search social terminal may take various forms such as a mobile communication terminal, a fixed search terminal (ex.

Then, the search social terminal acquires the information about the missing user terminal among the selected search social terminal, searches the missing user search system 100 for the search information (location information of the social terminal, ID of the missing terminal, estimated location of the missing terminal, In the same manner as in the above embodiment, the missing persons search system 100 checks again whether the ID of the missing person terminal received from the search social terminal matches the ID of the actual missing person terminal, And so on.

That is, the missing person search unit 130 transmits the missing information to all the social terminals or the selected search social terminal, allows the social terminal to search for the missing person using the wireless communication module, and receives the search result .

Here, the missing person search unit 130 may transmit the searched result to the guardian terminal 140, a predetermined emergency contact network (ex: police station), and the like.

In addition, the wireless communication module may be a communication module capable of recognizing a missing person. For example, the communication module may be a beacon module. More specifically, the social terminals provided with the beacon module can search for a missing terminal having an ID included in the disappearance information within a recognizable distance through beacon communication. When the above search is performed in a plurality of social terminals, the real-time position of the missing person can be specifically found as shown in FIG.

Also, in the case of using the beacon module as in the above embodiment, mutual network search can be performed by a beacon module provided at one side of the social terminal even in case of no connection establishment (ex paired) Wherein the plurality of search social terminals selected are capable of searching for missing persons by collecting IDs of missing persons terminals included in the beacon signal.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an operation flow of a missing persons search system 100 using social resource information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the missing persons search system 100 forms a network with a guardian terminal 140 and a plurality of social terminals, and the missing persons search system 100 stores a database 190, which stores social terminal information It can also be used as a space.

For example, in the guardian terminal 140, the missing information is provided to the missing persons search system 100 through the missing information receiving unit 110, and the provided missing information is provided to the missing persons search system 100 And provides it to all the social terminals through the search social terminal through the terminal selection unit 120 or the disappearance search unit 130. Here, the social terminal information of the parent terminal 140 and the plurality of social terminals may be stored in the database 190 in the missing persons search system 100, and the stored social resource information may be stored in the search social terminal Can be used.

The search social terminal provides the disappearance information to the missing persons search unit 130 and searches for the vicinity through the provided disappearance information. Then, the search community terminal returns the result to the missing persons search system 100 And the missing person search unit 130. Here, when a plurality of search social terminals search for a missing person, an estimated location of a missing person may be calculated, which will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a method of searching for missing persons through a plurality of social terminals of a missing persons search system 100 using social resource information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the social terminal 1 150, the social terminal 2 160, and the social terminal 3 170 are separated from the disappearance terminal 180 by a certain distance, respectively. The predetermined distance is a distance at which a communication module provided in each of the plurality of social terminals can communicate with a communication module provided in the missing person terminal 180. The communication modules within the distance can recognize each other through the ID information have. More specifically, the social terminal 1 150 receives radio waves from the missing terminal 180, and the social terminal 2 160 and the social terminal 3 170 also receive radio waves from the missing terminal 180 The estimated positions of the missing persons terminal 180 are the overlapping areas of the circles of the dotted circles indicating the communicable range of the social terminal 1 150, the social terminal 2 160 and the social terminal 3 170 shown in FIG. 3, .

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a missing person using social resource information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step S10, missing information including missing terminal information and location information of the caregiver terminal 140 may be received from the guardian terminal 140. FIG. Here, the disappearance information including at least one of the declared location information, the search radius information, and the ID information of the missing terminal 180 is received from the guardian terminal 140. At this time, the notification of the guardian terminal 140 The location information may be GPS information of the guardian terminal 140 at the time of notification. In addition, the search radius information indicating whether the search is requested from the social terminals located within a certain distance from the disappearing place may be provided at a predetermined value in the guardian terminal 140. [

In the step S10, prior to receiving the missing information including the missing terminal information and the location information of the guardian terminal 140 from the guardian terminal 140, the mobile terminal receives the social terminal information from the plurality of social terminals, And transmitting the received social terminal information to the database 190. Herein, the plurality of social terminals periodically include information on the user's personal information (in this case, the personal information can be used within a range that does not cause privacy invasion, personal information protection problem, etc.) and GPS position information The social terminal information of the social terminals transmitted in the above manner is periodically updated in the database 190. The updated GPS location information is provided to the search terminal selection unit 120 to select the search social terminal Can be used.

In step S20, a search social terminal, which is a social terminal located within a predetermined search radius, can be selected from the position of the guardian terminal 140. [ More specifically, the notification position information, the search radius information, and the ID information of the missing terminal included in the disappearance information provided from the guardian terminal 140, The real time location information of the social terminal through the real time GPS information is transmitted to the guardian terminal (e.g., 140, the mobile terminal can be selected as the search social terminal if it is located within the predetermined search radius.

In step S30, the missing information is transmitted to the search social terminal, and the search social terminal can receive the result of searching for the missing person using the wireless communication module. More specifically, the missing person searching unit 130 may transmit the searched result to the guardian terminal 140. On the other hand, if it is within a distance that can be communicated with a terminal (e.g., a smart phone, a bracelet, a necklace type, and the like) of a missing person's terminal . ≪ / RTI >

As described above, it is possible to provide a missing persons search system (100) and a method using a plurality of pieces of social terminal information and a social resource information that can accurately and quickly search a missing person by detecting a real time location of a missing person using the local communication module have.

In addition, the missing persons search system 100 and method using the social resource information have a feature that the probability of searching for a missing person can be increased and the more accurate real time location can be grasped as the number of user's social terminal is larger.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Modification is possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only in accordance with the following claims, and all equivalents or equivalent variations thereof are included in the scope of the present invention.

100: Missing person search system
110: Missing information receiver
120: Search terminal selection section
130: Missing person search section
140: Guardian terminal
150: Social terminal 1
160: Social terminal 2
170: Social terminal 3
180: missing terminal
190: Database

Claims (6)

A missing information receiving unit receiving missing information including the missing user terminal information and the location information of the guardian terminal from the guardian terminal; And
A missing person search unit which transmits the missing information to one or more social terminals, and receives a result of the one or more social terminals searching for a missing person using the wireless communication module;
The missing persons search system. The method according to claim 1,
And a social resource information transmitting and receiving unit for receiving the social terminal information from a plurality of social terminals and transmitting the received social terminal information to a database,
The social terminal information transmitted to the social resource information transmission /
The personal information of the user of the social terminal, the location information of the social terminal, and the ID of the missing user terminal. The method according to claim 1,
The missing information includes:
The search radius information, and the ID information of the missing person terminal. The method according to claim 1,
A search terminal selection unit for selecting a search social terminal that is a social terminal located within a predetermined search radius from the position of the guardian terminal,
Further comprising:
Wherein the missing persons search unit comprises:
Wherein the missing person information is transmitted only to the search social terminal, and the search social terminal receives a result of searching for a missing person using the wireless communication module. Receiving missing information including missing terminal information and location information of the guardian terminal from the guardian terminal
Transmitting the missing information to one or more social terminals and receiving a result of the one or more social terminals searching for a missing person using the wireless communication module
And searching for a missing person. 6. The method of claim 5,
Further comprising the step of selecting a search social terminal that is a social terminal located within a predetermined search radius from the position of the parent terminal,
Wherein the step of receiving a result of searching for the missing person comprises:
And transmitting the disappearance information only to the search social terminal, and receiving a result of the search social terminal searching for a missing person using the wireless communication module.

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