KR20160105134A

KR20160105134A - Method for forming and guiding mobile touch map and for providing information for the blind

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Publication number: KR20160105134A
Application number: KR1020150028431A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 박민철; 이동인
Original assignee: 주식회사 보이스아이
Priority date: 2015-02-27
Filing date: 2015-02-27
Publication date: 2016-09-06

Abstract

Provided is a method for forming and guiding a mobile touch map and for providing information for blind people. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for forming a mobile touch map for blind people comprises the following steps of: dividing a floor plan or a rough map with respect to a relevant layer of a building of which a map is created into a cell having a predetermined distance; setting a path cell in the divided floor plan or the rough map; controlling a facility cell within the divided floor plan or the rough map to be a cell adjacent to the path cell; setting a coordinate and information of each cell which is divided; and registering meta information of the generated mobile touch map.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile touch map generation method, a guidance method, and a method for providing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person,

The present invention relates to a mobile touch map generation method, a guidance method, and a method for providing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired, and more particularly, And to a method of providing the same.

Generally, since visually impaired persons have many difficulties in recognizing information, devices for easily recognizing information have been proposed. In particular, braille blocks, braille signs, or palm prints are installed in the interior of the building to assist the visually impaired.

However, since the conventional convenience facilities are difficult to locate, and the voice information is not provided at the same time, the information can be provided to the visually impaired, It is difficult to recognize and memorize information.

On the other hand, in order to help the visually impaired to walk, devices and methods for providing nearby information or guiding the walking route of the blind in walking using a GPS or the like have been proposed, but they are not efficient due to lack of accurate positioning technology in the room In particular, in the case of a visually impaired person, a position error of several meters may cause a considerable obstacle to walking.

Most visually impaired people have walking characteristics depending on the cane, and the process of moving the room is based on the wall. This shows that the concept of the space and the movement of the visually impaired are based on the process of collecting and judging linear information. Therefore, in order to provide easy accessibility to the people with visual impairment, information such as indoor and outdoor routes is provided in a linear manner on a portable mobile device such as a smart phone, It will be able to innovatively complement the problems of the facility.

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According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person, which can provide placement information of a room in a tactile sense and voice on a touch pad of a portable device, And a method for providing the same.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person is provided. The method of generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person includes dividing a floor plan or a map of a corresponding floor of a building for generating a map into cells at regular intervals; Setting a passage cell in the divided plan or map; Adjusting a facility cell in the divided floor plan or map to a neighboring cell of the passage cell; Setting coordinates and information of each of the divided cells; And registering meta information of the generated mobile touch map.

In one embodiment, the step of setting the passageway cell comprises: arranging the passageway cell in a central cell of the cell if the width of the passageway is greater than the width of the cell, Cell.

In one embodiment, the adjusting comprises setting the facility cell to correspond to a compartment having a certain area or a point representing a specific location, and setting only the location of the door relative to the compartment to correspond to a particular cell, Can be adjusted to be adjacent to the passage cell.

In one embodiment, the adjusting step may adjust the facility cell to at least one of an upper cell, a lower cell, a left cell, and a right cell of one of the passage cells.

In one embodiment, the step of setting coordinates and information of each cell may set the pixel position of each cell for the corresponding mobile touch map to the coordinates of the corresponding cell, and set the name and detailed information of the corresponding cell.

In one embodiment, the step of setting coordinates and information of each cell is set to correspond to at least one of the three-way or four-way intersection, the vertical path and the horizontal path with respect to the path cell, If the facility cell exists, it can be set to include the information of the facility.

In one embodiment, the step of setting the coordinates and information of each cell may be configured to include direction information of a closest passage cell or a facility cell to the inactive cell other than the passage cell and the facility cell.

There is provided a guidance method using a user terminal that stores a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to another aspect of the present invention. The guidance method using the user terminal storing the mobile touch map for the visually impaired includes the steps of: executing the mobile touch map on the touch pad of the user terminal, wherein the mobile touch map displays a floor plan or a map for a specific floor of a specific building at a predetermined interval Of cells; Sensing a touch on a specific cell; Determining whether the touched cell is a cell, a facility cell, or an invalid cell of the mobile touch map; And extracting information on the determined cell from the mobile touch map and converting the extracted information into voice and outputting voice.

In one embodiment, when the touched cell is determined to be the passage cell, the step of outputting the voice may include the step of outputting at least one of the three-directional or four-directional intersection, the vertical passage, and the horizontal passage with respect to the passage cell And audio information of the facility can be output according to whether or not the facility cell exists in the adjacent cell of the corresponding channel cell.

In one embodiment, when determining that the touched cell is the facility cell, the step of outputting the voice may include designating a cell having a certain area with respect to the facility cell or a point indicating a specific location, The detailed information can be output by voice.

In one embodiment, in the determining step, if the touched cell is determined to be an invalid cell, the voice outputting step may output the direction information of the closest passage cell or the facility cell to the ineffective cell as a voice output can do.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the number of cells of the mobile touch map is larger than the number of cells of the touch pad, the guidance method using the user terminal storing the mobile touch map for the visually impaired may include: And providing a movement menu of the mobile touch map; And moving the mobile touch map according to the selection of the movement menu and displaying the mobile touch map on the touch pad.

In one embodiment, the guiding method comprises: inputting information on the facility cell by a blind user; And transmitting information about the input facility cell to the mobile touch map management server of the mobile touch map to update the mobile touch map management server.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises the steps of: inputting map information corresponding to the destination at the starting point on the touch map; And transmitting the generated map information to the mobile touch map management server to generate a user defined mobile touch map based on the input map information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person available at a user terminal. The method of providing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person includes: sensing a beacon associated with a mobile touch map generated by dividing a floor plan or a map of a specific floor of a specific building into cells at regular intervals; Determining whether the detected beacon is a building identification beacon, a floor identification beacon, and a facility identification beacon; If it is determined that the detected beacon is the building identification beacon, it is checked whether or not a mobile touch map related to the building exists. If the corresponding mobile touch map does not exist, a mobile touch map management server transmits a mobile touch map Requesting and downloading; And executing a mobile touch map for a layer corresponding to the sensed beacon among the downloaded mobile touch maps.

In one embodiment, if the corresponding mobile touch map has previously been downloaded, the executing step may execute the previously downloaded mobile touch map and execute a mobile touch map for the layer corresponding to the detected beacon have.

In one embodiment, the mobile touch map providing method for a visually impaired user further comprises moving to a mobile touch map for a layer corresponding to the beacon if the detected beacon is determined to be a layer identification beacon in the determining step can do.

In one embodiment, the mobile touch map providing method for a visually impaired person may further include a step of determining whether the detected beacon is a facility beacon in the determining step, Extracting the information and outputting it as a voice.

In one embodiment, the performing step may further include displaying a position corresponding to the detected beacon on the mobile touch map as a current position.

The mobile touch map generating method, the guidance method, and the providing method for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention provide placement information of a room using a touch pad and voice output, So that the mind map can be easily formed.

Further, according to the present invention, more information can be provided in a shorter time than the existing palm view by outputting the arrangement information of the room by voice, thereby improving the convenience of the visually impaired.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an illustration of cell segmentation of a method for generating a mobile touch map for the visually impaired according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an example of cell adjustment of the method for generating a mobile touch map for the visually impaired according to the embodiment of the present invention.
4 is another example of cell adjustment in the method for generating a mobile touch map for the visually impaired according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an example of a cell configuration of a method for generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is another example of the cell configuration of the method for generating a mobile touch map for the visually impaired according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8A and 8B are flowcharts illustrating a guidance method using a user terminal stored with a mobile touch map for the visually impaired according to another embodiment of the present invention.
9 is an example for explaining a guidance method using a user terminal stored with a mobile touch map for a visually impaired according to another embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal storing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to another embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a block diagram illustrating a method for providing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to another embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired according to another embodiment of the present invention.
13 is an example of beacon-related information in a method of providing a mobile touch map for the visually impaired according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and the same or similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the specification.

In this specification, a mobile touch map is defined as a touchable screen in which a visually impaired person can read information in a hearing and tactile sense by being added as a layer to an existing map image or by providing information on a facility on a single screen on a cell basis. Such a mobile touch map is configured for one layer of a particular building and may be constructed regardless of size. Therefore, the mobile touch map has no limitation on the number of the horizontal and vertical cells, and can be expressed on the screen including the azimuth and the horizontal or vertical information. In this case, since the number of the horizontal and vertical cells output to the screen of the user terminal such as the smart phone having the touch pad may be different from each other, when the mobile touch map is configured to have a size larger than the screen of the user terminal, And may be divided and displayed according to the size of the screen of the terminal. The mobile touch map of the present invention configured as described above can provide information on passageways and facilities to a visually impaired person so as to form a mind map for a specific floor in the building.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an example of cell division of a method for generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention, 4 is an example of cell adjustment of a method for generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is an example of a cell configuration of a method for generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is another example of a cell configuration of a method for generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a method for generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a method 100 for generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired according to an embodiment of the present invention includes dividing a plan view or a map into cells (S101), setting a channel cell (S102) (S103) of setting the cell coordinates and information (S104), and registering meta information of the mobile touch map (S105).

To be more specific, first, a floor plan or a map of a corresponding layer of a building to be map-generated can be divided into cells at regular intervals (step S101). As shown in Fig. 2 (a), a floor plan or a map can be divided into cells at regular intervals by determining the number of horizontal and vertical cells on a floor plan or a map of a specific floor of a specific building.

Next, as shown in Fig. 2 (b), a passage cell (blue dotted line) can be set in the divided plan view or map (step S102). Here, the passenger information for the visually impaired person is primarily important information for the movement in the building. In order to provide the pass information, the mobile touch map should be constructed around the pass information for accessing the main facilities. Therefore, when setting the passage cell, if the width of the passage is larger than the width of the cell constituting the mobile touch map, that is, if the passage is large enough to be displayed over a plurality of cells of the mobile touch map, Or may be arranged to be disposed in a cell at a position easily accessible to a nearby facility.

For example, as shown in Fig. 3 (a), when the width of the passage is large, a passage (blue solid line) is formed in the center cell among a plurality of cells corresponding to the passage Can be deployed. Alternatively, as shown in Fig. 3 (c), the passage may be disposed in the left cell among the plurality of cells corresponding to the passage so as to facilitate access to the women's restroom or protection center I located on the left side of the plan view. Here, as described later, since each facility, in particular, the entrance door of the facility should be composed of adjacent cells (blue gumstones) in the passage, it is necessary to arrange the center passage to the woman's restroom or the protection center I where the entrance is arranged toward the center passage desirable. However, since the doors of the audiovisual room and the rehabilitation room I located on the right side in the plan view of Fig. 3 (a) are located in the cells not adjacent to the passages corresponding to the plurality of cells, The passageway should not be placed in the right cell.

Such a passage can be divided into an intersection and a straight line, and an intersection can be represented by a cross (+) on a mobile touch map as a three-way or four-way intersection.

Next, as shown in Fig. 2 (b), the facility cell (red dot) in the divided plan view can be adjusted to the adjacent cell of the passage cell (step S103). As described above, since the mobile touch map is intended to provide information accessible to the main facility with the center for the visually impaired, it is preferable to dispose the facility at a position adjacent to the passageway cell. At this time, the facility cell corresponding to the facility can set a certain facility cell corresponding to a compartment having a certain area or a point indicating a specific position. In this case, since the position information of the door is important information for the visually impaired, it is possible to set the position of the door of the compartment so that it corresponds to the specific cell, but the door is adjacent to the passage cell.

That is, the facility cell can adjust the facility cell (red dot) to at least one of the upper cell, the lower cell, the left cell, and the right cell of any one of the passage cells, as shown in FIG. Here, the direction of the mobile touch map may be defined based on the floor plan displayed on the user terminal, but alternatively, it may be set based on the traveling direction of the passageway.

For example, if a passageway and two compartments (Day Protection Center I and Day Protection Center II) are located as shown in Figure 4 (a), the facility cell (red dot) (Blue dotted line) adjacent to the left and the lower side of the end point so that both the daytime protection center I and the daytime protection center II can enter from the end point of the passage, as shown in FIG. 4 (b) As shown in FIG.

Alternatively, the daytime protection center I may be positioned adjacent to the middle of the passage (blue solid line) before the end of the passage. As shown in FIG. 4 (c), the Daytime Protection Center II can be entered at the end point of the passage, and the Daytime Protection Center I can be arranged to enter from the end point of the passage. In particular, in FIG. 4, when the facility is disposed at a position other than the end cell of the passage or the adjacent cell (blue dotted line) capable of entering at the middle of the passage, information accessible from the passage can not be provided to the blind, Facilities shall not be placed.

Meanwhile, passages and facilities displayed on the mobile touch map can be represented as shown in FIG. For example, a compartment having a certain area corresponds to the main facilities of a building such as a men's restroom, a women's restroom, a disabled toilet, a staircase, an escalator, an elevator and a common room. As described above, Or a general pictogram can be displayed. In addition, the point corresponds to a specific position such as a current position, a guidance palm diagram and an emergency exit, which can be represented by a point or a pictogram. Here, the current location does not mean where the visually impaired person is located, but should be understood as a reference location displayed for floor guidance. In particular, the current location may be located at a specific location, such as the lower center of the screen, so that the blind can easily find it, or the location information of the current location may be output by voice.

In addition, the passageway is divided into intersections and straight roads, for example, the intersection may be indicated by a cross (+) on the mobile touch map, and the straight line may be indicated by a line or a dotted line.

Next, coordinates and information of each divided cell can be set (step S104). At this time, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the pixel position of each cell for the corresponding mobile touch map may be set as coordinates of the corresponding cell, and the name and detailed information of the corresponding cell may be set.

For example, it can be set to correspond to at least one of the three-way or four-way intersection, the vertical passage and the horizontal passage with respect to the passage cell. Here, the vertical passageway or the horizontal passageway is defined as a vertical passageway in the vertical direction on the touch pad of the user terminal and a horizontal passageway in the lateral direction. However, the vertical passageway may be defined in various forms. At this time, if a facility cell exists in a neighboring cell of the corresponding passage cell, if the blind person touches the passage cell, information of the facility may be set to provide peripheral information of the passage.

In addition, the name of the compartment or point can be set for the facility cell such as the compartment or the point. In the case of the compartment, for example, detailed information such as the number of toilet seats and toilet arrangement of the toilet, .

In addition, it is also possible to introduce a blind person to a passage cell or a facility cell for a passage cell or an invalid cell other than the facility cell, that is, for a cell other than a passage or a compartment, The directional information of the closest passage cell or the facility cell may be included. For example, when a blind person touches an invalid cell, the direction of the closest cell in the cell, that is, "the passage is located at the left side ", such as a passage cell or a facility cell, Direction information can be presented.

The cell information thus set is for providing a blind person with information on the touched cell when the blind person touches a specific cell using the mobile touch map.

Next, meta information of the generated mobile touch map can be registered (step S105). For example, as shown in Fig. 6 (b), the name of the mobile touch map, the number of floors, the floor name, the starting point (GPS coordinates), the number of horizontal and vertical cells, The same information can be registered.

7 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile touch map generating apparatus 200 includes an input unit 210, a map generating unit 220, a storage unit 230, and a display unit 240.

The input unit 210 may input information on a mobile touch map to be generated. The input unit 210 may be a keyboard or a medium capable of inputting information on the mobile touch map.

The map generating unit 220 divides the floor plan for the corresponding floor of the building to be generated in the map into cells at regular intervals, sets the passage cells in the divided plan views, adjusts the facility cells in the divided plan views to adjacent cells in the passage cells, The mobile touch map can be generated by setting coordinates and information of each divided cell and registering meta information of the generated mobile touch map. The map generating unit 220 may be a module that is executed by a program that performs the mobile touch map generating method described with reference to FIG.

The storage unit 230 stores the mobile touch map generated by the map generation unit 220. Here, the mobile touch map may include not only a divided plan view displayed on the touch pad of the user terminal but also coordinates and information set for each cell. Such coordinates and information may be stored, for example, in the form of a loco beacon table, a mobile touch map table, a facility table, or the like.

The display unit 240 may display a plan view in the building or a plan view corresponding to the mobile touch map being completed or completed by the map generating unit 220. [

Hereinafter, a guidance method using a user terminal storing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B are flowcharts illustrating a guidance method using a user terminal storing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired user according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. And a guide method using the stored user terminal.

The guidance method 800 using the user terminal storing the mobile touch map for the visually impaired includes steps of sensing the cell touch (S801), extracting the information of the touched cell and guiding it to the voice (S802 to S804) (Step S805).

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 8A, a blind person may first execute a mobile touch map on the touch pad of his / her user terminal. Here, the mobile touch map to be executed is a mobile touch map generated with reference to FIG. 1, and may be generated by dividing a floor plan for a specific floor of a specific building into cells at regular intervals.

On the other hand, if the number of cells of the mobile touch map is larger than the number of cells of the touch pad of the user terminal, the mobile touch map is divided into sizes corresponding to the touch pads of the user terminal Can be displayed. At this time, a movement menu of the mobile touch map may be provided to display a part of the mobile touch map not displayed on the touch pad of the user terminal. Accordingly, the mobile touch map can be moved and displayed on the touch pad of the user terminal according to the selection of the movement menu of the blind person.

As described above, when the mobile touch map is displayed on the touch pad of the user terminal, the touch for the specific cell can be sensed (step S801).

If the blind person touches a specific position of the mobile touch map, it is determined whether or not the touched cell corresponds to the menu information (step S802). If it is determined that the touched cell is the menu information, (Step S803). Here, the menu information may include, for example, execution and termination of a mobile touch map, mobile touch map movement, and the like. Such menu information may be placed outside the mobile touch map displayed on the touch pad of the user terminal or on the mobile touch map. When the menu information is matched on the mobile touch map, the information may be provided prior to the mobile touch map information or the priority may be selectively changed.

If it is determined in step S802 that the touched cell is not the information, that is, if the touched cell is a specific cell of the mobile touch map, the cell information of the mobile touch map, (Step S804). Here, the voice guidance of information extracts cell information provided through the mobile touch map, converts the extracted information into voice, and outputs the voice information. At this time, for example, voice over function can be performed.

As described above, after information on a specific cell of the mobile touch map is guided by voice, the process returns to step S801 to repeatedly perform touch and information voice guidance of the cell.

Next, it is determined whether to terminate the mobile touch map (step S805). If it is determined that the mobile touch map is to be terminated, that is, when the blind person selects termination from the menu, execution of the mobile touch map can be terminated. If it is determined in step S805 that the mobile touch map is not to be terminated, that is, if the blind person did not select termination from the menu information, the process returns to step S801 to return to step S801, . &Lt; / RTI >

Hereinafter, the information voice guidance through the mobile touch map will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The information voice guidance method 810 includes a step S811 of determining which cell is touched, a step S812 through S820 of extracting information on the determined cell from the mobile touch map, .

More specifically, it can be determined whether the touched cell is a cell of a mobile touch map, a facility cell, or an invalid cell (step S811).

If it is determined in step S811 that the touched cell is an invalid cell, that is, if the touched cell is other position other than the passage cell or the facility cell for providing information to the blind, The directional information of the closest passage cell or the facility cell can be output as the voice information (step S812). For example, in order to guide a visually impaired person to touch a passage cell or a facility cell for providing information, it is necessary to guide or move the passage cell or the facility cell in at least one direction of the upper, lower, Can guide.

As a result of the determination in step S811, if it is determined that the touched cell is a facility cell, information about the facility can be outputted by voice and guided (step S813). Here, the facility cell is a cell for a cell having a certain area or a point indicating a specific location, and can output a name or a brief description of the cell.

Next, it is determined whether the detailed information of the facility cell is requested (step S814). If it is determined that the detailed information is requested, for example, when the corresponding cell is double-clicked, (Step S815). Particularly, when the facility cell is a compartment cell, the detailed information on the structure of the compartment can be outputted as an audio. For example, detailed information such as the number of toilet seats and toilet arrangement of a toilet, have.

As a result of the determination in step S811, if it is determined that the touched cell is a passage cell, it is determined whether the corresponding passage cell is an intersection (step S816) . For example, it is possible to voice the information on whether the passage is a three-way or four-way intersection.

As a result of the determination in step S816, if it is determined that the corresponding passage cell is not an intersection, that is, if the corresponding passage is a vertical passage or a horizontal passage, it is determined whether information of a neighboring cell of the corresponding passage cell exists (step S818) If there is a facility cell in the neighboring cell, the path information and the facility information may be outputted by voice and guided (step S819). Here, the passage information and the corresponding facility information may be selectively guided, and for example, the facility information may be information on the direction in which the facility exists in the corresponding passage.

If it is determined in step S818 that the neighbor cell information does not exist, that is, if there is no facility cell in the adjacent cell, the path information may be output by voice and guided (step S820).

Information on specific cells of the mobile touch map such as steps S812 to S820 is voiced, and the process returns to step S805 to wait for detection of the next touch cell.

An example of voice guidance of the information through the mobile touch map to the visually impaired according to this method will be described with reference to Fig.

(1) When a visually impaired person first touches and touches the current position in the mobile touch map executed on the touch pad of his / her user terminal, he / she can voice the information such as "current position" corresponding to the current position. At this time, the visually impaired person may voice the location information in order to quickly find the current location, or the current location may be located at a specific location such as the lower center of the mobile touch map.

(2) When the blind person touches and drags the cell along the upper passageway around the current position, the information of the passageway cell such as "It is a vertical passageway" At this time, when the blind person reaches the cell corresponding to the intersection while dragging along the path, he can voice the information of the intersection such as "It is an intersection of four directions ".

(4) If a blind person continues to drag upward along the path and there is a compartment, such as a toilet, in an adjacent cell in the passageway, the passageway and adjacent compartment information such as "vertical passageway. Voice guidance is possible.

At this time, if the user touches an invalid cell when the blind person leaves the passage cell or the facility cell, information for guiding the cell to the effective cell such as outputting a warning sound, moving to the lower side or having a passage at the lower side As shown in FIG. Here, the invalid cell corresponds to the audio-visual room, as shown in FIG. 9 (a), but since the information about the entrance is important to the blind, the cell is set as an invalid cell.

⑥ When the visually impaired person moves downward according to the guidance information and touches the cell of the passageway, the information about the passageway and the adjacent compartment is audible, such as "the passageway is on the upper side and the rehabilitation room I is on the lower side" Can guide.

Then, if the visually impaired person continues to drag to the left along the path and reaches the end of the pathway, he / she will be able to see the pathway such as "The end of the pathway is the Daytime Protection Center II on the left side and the Daytime Protection Center I on the lower side" It is possible to voice the information of the adjacent compartment.

By this method, it is possible to guide the visually impaired person to easily form a mind map of the arrangement of the floor of the building, and it is possible to provide more information in a shorter time than the existing visual map, Can be improved.

Although not shown in the drawing, a guidance method using a user terminal storing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to another embodiment of the present invention includes inputting and updating information on each cell by a visually impaired user, . &Lt; / RTI > For example, the guidance method 800 may input information about a cell containing a facility cell, such as a compartment, or a cell containing building information, to a visually impaired user. At this time, an editing function for providing information of each cell can be executed. Here, the additional information input by the blind person can, for example, landmark the frequently appearing sound or the surrounding touch by recording or text inputting method. The information of the inputted cell can be transmitted to the mobile touch map management server for providing the mobile touch map and updated. As such, the blind user updates additional information collected on the site via the mobile touch map, allowing other blind users, especially pre-defined blind users, to share this information and thus be able to recognize more information.

In addition, the guidance method using the user terminal storing the mobile touch map for the visually impaired according to another embodiment of the present invention can generate a user-defined touch map. For example, map information corresponding to a destination at a desired starting point of a visually impaired user can be displayed on a touch map. Next, the map information input to generate the mobile touch map based on the input map information can be transmitted to the mobile touch map management server. At this time, if the mobile touch map management server generates and transmits a user defined mobile touch map to the user terminal, the user terminal can execute the user defined mobile touch map defined by the blind person.

10 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal storing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The user terminal 300 includes a touch pad 310, a guide unit 320, and a storage unit 330.

The touch pad 310 may be an input / output device for touch input of a blind person while displaying a mobile touch map.

The guide unit 320 executes a mobile touch map on the touch pad 310, detects a touch on a specific cell, and determines which cell of the cell, a facility cell, and an invalid cell of the mobile touch map Can be determined. Also, the guide unit 320 extracts information on the determined cell from the mobile touch map, converts the information into voice, and outputs voice. The guide unit 320 may be an application executed by a program that performs the information guidance method described with reference to FIG. Here, the guidance of the information can be performed based on, for example, a voice-over function.

The storage unit 330 stores the mobile touch map downloaded from the mobile touch map management server or the like. Here, the mobile touch map may include not only a divided plan view displayed on the touch pad 310 but also coordinates and information set for each cell. Such coordinates and information may be stored, for example, in the form of a loco beacon table, a mobile touch map table, a facility table, or the like.

Hereinafter, a method for providing a mobile touch map for the visually impaired will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 13 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a method for providing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired user according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired user according to another embodiment of the present invention FIG. 13 is an example of beacon-related information of the method for providing a mobile touch map for the visually impaired according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, a configuration for a method for providing a mobile touch map for the visually impaired includes beacons B10 to B41, a user terminal 300, and a mobile touch map management server 400. FIG.

The beacons B10 to B41 may be any one of a building identification beacon for building identification, a floor identification beacon for layer identification, a facility identification beacon for facility identification, and a proper noun identification beacon for identifying proper noun. Herein, the building identification beacons B10 and B11 are arranged in an entrance, e.g., an underground parking lot entrance, a front gate, or a back door in a building to provide a download of a mobile touch map to the entire building, You can include tags for Internet connection. The floor identification beacons B11 to B41 are placed at the entrance to each floor such as an elevator, an escalator or a stairway to provide floor identification, and the facility identification beacons are placed in front of the facility to provide details of the facility, And a tag for an index for layer identification or facility identification. The proper noun identification beacon is placed in front of dangerous goods or public facilities existing on the road, and may include the proper name use tag. The beacon may transmit a unique user identifier (UUID) to the user terminal 300.

The user terminal 300 receives the UUID from the beacons B10 to B41 and identifies the beacon and transmits it to the mobile touch map management server 400 to receive the corresponding data. For example, when the user terminal 300 receives a UUID from the building identification beacon B11 or B10 located at the entrance of the building, the mobile touch map management server 400 transmits the mobile touch map Can be requested. Also, the user terminal 300 may access all the mobile touch map management servers 400 in advance and download all the mobile touch maps of the building.

Upon receiving the UUID from the floor identification beacons (B20 to B41) or the facility identification beacons located at the entrance of each floor, the user terminal 300 extracts the floor information and the facility information from the mobile touch map stored in advance using the corresponding index can do.

Upon receiving the UUID from the proper noun identification beacon, the user terminal 300 can retrieve the proper noun from the dictionary information stored in the dictionary.

The mobile touch map management server 400 may store a previously generated mobile touch map and provide the corresponding mobile touch map to the user terminal 300 at the request of the user terminal 300. [ Here, the mobile touch map management server 400 may be a local server in a building such as a public cloud server or an intranet. The mobile touch map management server 400 communicates with the user terminal 300 through a wire / wireless communication network. For example, when the mobile touch map management server 400 is a local server connected to an intranet, To the user terminal 300. [

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a mobile touch map 1200 for a visually impaired user, comprising the steps of: determining beacon information by detecting a beacon (S1201 and S1202) (S1203 to S1205), downloading the unique mobile touch map according to the building identification or layer identification, or moving to the mobile touch map of the corresponding layer (S1206 to S1209), and guiding the mobile touch map ).

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, a beacon associated with a mobile touch map disposed near a user terminal 300 possessed by a disabled person may be detected (step S1201). Here, the mobile touch map may be a map generated by dividing a floor plan for a specific floor of a specific building into cells at regular intervals. At this time, the user terminal 300 can receive the UUID from the beacon and can detect the beacon related to the mobile touch map through the UUID.

Next, it is possible to determine whether the detected beacon is a building identification beacon, a floor identification beacon, or a facility identification beacon (step S1202). At this time, the user terminal 300 can determine the type of the beacon from the UUID received from the beacon.

If it is determined in step S1202 that the detected beacon is a facility beacon, it is determined whether it is a public facility (step S1203). If it is determined that the facility is a public facility, for example, When receiving the UUID from the proper noun beacon, the dictionary or the like previously stored on the basis of the unique information identifier included in the corresponding UUID may be searched to extract the proper noun information and outputted as a voice (step S1204).

As a result of the judgment in the step S1203, if it is judged that it is not a public facility, for example, when a blind person receives a UUID from a moving facility identification beacon in the building, (Step S1205), and outputs the extracted information as a voice (step S1205). For example, as shown in FIG. 13 (c), the facility information can be extracted from the facility table using the index number of the beacon from the index beacon table related to the mobile touch map, and guided by voice. Optionally, the location can be displayed on the mobile touch map.

If it is determined in step S1202 that the detected beacon is a building identification beacon, for example, when a blind person receives a UUID from a building identification beacon disposed at a building entrance, the mobile touch map associated with the building (Step S1206).

If it is determined in step S1206 that the mobile touch map does not exist, i.e., if the mobile touch map previously downloaded is stored in the user terminal 300 and the corresponding mobile touch map is not stored, The touch map management server 400 can request and download a mobile touch map for all the layers of the building (step S1207). At this time, the mobile touch map management server 400 can search for the mobile touch map corresponding to the building based on the beacon information transmitted from the user terminal 300, and transmit the retrieved mobile touch map to the user terminal 300.

If it is determined in step S1206 that the mobile touch map exists, that is, if the mobile touch map previously downloaded is stored in the user terminal 300 and the corresponding mobile touch map is stored, After downloading the corresponding mobile touch map from the management server 400, the mobile touch map is executed to execute a mobile touch map for a layer corresponding to the detected beacon, for example, a layer in which the entrance of the building exists (Step S1208). For example, as shown in FIG. 13 (a), the currently located layer is retrieved from the mobile touch map table using the information of the corresponding beacon from the local beacon table related to the mobile touch map, Can be displayed on the user terminal 300. Alternatively, the current location coordinates may be searched using the corresponding beacon information in the local beacon table, and then the corresponding location may be displayed in the mobile touch map.

If it is determined in step S1202 that the detected beacon is a layer identification beacon, for example, when a blind person performs interlayer movement in the building and receives a UUID from the layer identification beacon disposed at the entrance of the layer , The mobile touch map currently being executed may be moved to the mobile touch map for the layer corresponding to the beacon (step S1209). For example, as shown in FIG. 13 (b), the currently located layer is retrieved from the mobile touch map table using the information of the corresponding beacon from the local beacon table related to the mobile touch map, Can be displayed on the user terminal 300. Alternatively, the current location coordinates may be searched using the corresponding beacon information in the local beacon table, and then the corresponding location may be displayed in the mobile touch map. At this time, when the visually impaired person moves on the same floor and detects the layer identification beacon placed on the same floor, the notification message is output as a voice and the process of step S1209 can be repeated.

When the mobile touch map is executed in the user terminal 300, the mobile touch map can be used to perform the mobile touch map guide as described with reference to FIG. 8 according to the cell touch of the blind person (step S1210) .

The above methods may be implemented by the mobile touch map generating apparatus 200 as shown in FIG. 7, the user terminal 300 storing the mobile touch map, and in particular, a software program for performing these steps In which case these programs may be stored on a computer readable recording medium or transmitted by a computer data signal coupled with a carrier wave in a transmission medium or a communication network.

At this time, the computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. For example, ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD- , A floppy disk, a hard disk, an optical data storage device, or the like.

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, 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.

200: Mobile touch map generating apparatus 210: Input unit
220: map generating unit 230:
240: display unit 300: user terminal
310: touch pad 320: guide portion
330: Storage unit 400: Mobile touch map management server

Claims

Dividing a floor plan or a map of a corresponding floor of a building to be mapped into cells at regular intervals;
Setting a passage cell in the divided plan or map;
Adjusting a facility cell in the divided floor plan or map to a neighboring cell of the passage cell;
Setting coordinates and information of each of the divided cells; And
And registering the generated meta information of the mobile touch map.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of setting the passage cells comprises the step of setting the passage cells in the central cells of the cells when the width of the passage is larger than the width of the cells, To create a mobile touch map for the visually impaired.

3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the adjusting comprises setting the facility cell to correspond to a compartment having a certain area or a point indicating a specific location and setting only the position of the door relative to the compartment to correspond to a specific cell, The mobile touch map generation method comprising the steps of:

The method of claim 3,
Wherein the adjusting step adjusts the facility cell to at least one of an upper cell, a lower cell, a left cell, and a right cell of any one of the passage cells.

5. The method of claim 4,
The step of setting coordinates and information of each cell may include generating a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person by setting a pixel position of each cell for the corresponding mobile touch map to a coordinate of the corresponding cell and setting a name and detailed information of the cell Way.

6. The method of claim 5,
The step of setting coordinates and information of each cell may be set so as to correspond to at least one of three-directional or four-directional intersections, vertical passages, and horizontal passages with respect to the passive cells, The mobile touch map generation method comprising the steps of:

6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the step of setting coordinates and information of each cell includes setting direction information of a closest passage cell or a facility cell to invalid cells other than the path cell and the facility cell, Way.

A guidance method using a user terminal storing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person,
Executing the mobile touch map on a touch pad of the user terminal, wherein the mobile touch map is generated by dividing a floor plan or a map of a specific floor of a specific building into cells at regular intervals;
Sensing a touch on a specific cell;
Determining whether the touched cell is a cell, a facility cell, or an invalid cell of the mobile touch map; And
Extracting information on the determined cell from the mobile touch map, converting the extracted information into voice, and outputting the voice to the user.

9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the step of outputting the voice outputs the information of at least one of the three-directional or four-directional intersection, the vertical passage, and the horizontal passage with respect to the passage cell when determining that the touched cell is the passage cell, Wherein a mobile touch map for a visually impaired user is stored, wherein information of the facility is output in accordance with whether or not the facility cell exists in a neighboring cell of the passage cell.

9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the step of outputting the voice outputs the name of the cell and the detailed information of the cell to a point having a certain area or a specific position with respect to the facility cell as the facility cell when the touched cell is determined as the facility cell, A method for guiding using a user terminal storing a mobile touch map for the visually impaired.

9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the step of outputting the voice outputs the direction information of the closest passage cell or the facility cell to the ineffective cell when the touched cell is determined to be the invalid cell, A guidance method using a user terminal storing a mobile touch map.

9. The method of claim 8,
Dividing the mobile touch map into a size corresponding to the touch pad and providing a movement menu of the mobile touch map when the number of cells of the mobile touch map is larger than the number of cells of the touch pad; And
Moving the mobile touch map according to the selection of the movement menu and displaying the mobile touch map on the touch pad.

9. The method of claim 8,
Inputting information about the facility cell by a blind user; And
Further comprising the step of transmitting information on the input facility cell to the mobile touch map management server of the mobile touch map to update the mobile touch map for the visually impaired user.

9. The method of claim 8,
Inputting map information corresponding to a destination at the starting point on the touch map by a visually impaired user; And
And transmitting the generated map information to the mobile touch map management server to generate a user defined mobile touch map based on the input map information.

A method of providing a mobile touch map for a visually impaired person,
Detecting a beacon associated with a mobile touch map generated by dividing a floor plan or a map of a specific floor of a specific building into cells at regular intervals;
Determining whether the detected beacon is a building identification beacon, a floor identification beacon, and a facility identification beacon;
If it is determined that the detected beacon is the building identification beacon, a search is made for the existence of the mobile touch map related to the building, and if the corresponding mobile touch map does not exist, the mobile touch map management server notifies the mobile touch map And downloading the request;
And executing a mobile touch map for a layer corresponding to the detected beacon among the downloaded mobile touch maps.

16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein if the corresponding mobile touch map has been downloaded in advance, the executing step executes the pre-downloaded mobile touch map and executes a mobile touch map for a layer corresponding to the detected beacon, How to provide a touch map.

16. The method of claim 15,
Further comprising the step of moving to a mobile touch map for a layer corresponding to the beacon if it is determined that the detected beacon is a layer identification beacon in the determining step.

16. The method of claim 15,
Further comprising extracting detailed information about the facility or unique information about the public facility from the downloaded mobile touch map and outputting it as a voice when it is determined that the beacon is the facility beacon in the determining step A method for providing a mobile touch map for the handicapped.

16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the performing further comprises displaying a location corresponding to the detected beacon as a current location on the mobile touch map.