KR20160109102A - Apparatus and method for mountain trail guidance and safety accident positioning using bluetooth beacon - Google Patents

Abstract

A database for storing trekking information including at least one of a unique location information, a real-time weather information, and a disaster alarm notice, and a communication unit for transmitting the trekking information to at least one receiving terminal located in the access coverage according to a Bluetooth beacon scheme And a device and a method for confirming the location of a safety accident are presented.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting a location of a safety accident on a mountain trail using a Bluetooth beacon,

Related to a device capable of storing and providing mountain walking information, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method capable of supporting pre-stored information and / or real-time updated information in a Bluetooth beacon manner, do.

Recently, the number of domestic mountain climbing population has been growing steadily as the interest in personal health has increased. In addition, with the rapid increase in the use of SNS and the growing interest in healthcare, the demand for personal exercise record management is increasing. As a result, wearable devices for exercise management of individuals with GPS have been commercialized, and users of exercise record service through apps of GPS equipped smart phones are increasing. However, in the case of the exercise record management service using the existing wearable device and the smartphone application, it is difficult to receive the GPS signal stably due to the characteristics of the mountainous terrain, and the battery of the device is rapidly consumed due to the reception of the GPS signal and the position calculation. . In particular, when climbing more than two days a day, the exercise record of the individual can not be fully recorded due to power consumption of the apparatus.

On the other hand, the National Park Management Corporation has installed and operated a unique location number and a report phone number (and calling phone number) in various places of the mountain trails in order to identify safety accident points in case of a safety accident such as a mountaineer's accident or accident . In fact, if a safety accident occurs during the mountain climbing, the structure will be rescued by the National Park Management Corporation and the mountain rescue team in the mountainous terrain. However, there are still a lot of passengers who pass by many climbers indifferently, and it is a reality that they can not remember their position during the distress between signposts. In the case of GPS-based location-based accident reporting, if GPS errors are caused by environmental factors such as the specificity of the terrain and the weather (eg, rain, snow, fog, clouds, etc.) In the existing mountainous terrain, there is a case that the structure of the accidenter can not be constructed quickly due to the position error.

Recently, due to the emergence of Bluetooth beacon (BLE) technology, which is represented by iBeacon, limited position recognition technology in the shaded areas of GPS is attracting attention. Bluetooth beacon technology, like existing Bluetooth, can send and receive only the necessary information at low power without pairing and network connection process. That is, when the Bluetooth beacon periodically transmits the information, the Bluetooth receiving device receives the beacon signal in a short distance and can provide the service based on the received beacon signal.

The object of the present invention is to provide a service for installing a Bluetooth beacon at a trail mark post and adding unique location information to a beacon and transmitting the beacon to a smartphone app of a hiker to store a climbing route and a personal exercise record .

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for roughly determining an accident point in the event of a safety accident and utilizing it for mountain rescue and structure management.

According to one aspect, there is provided a computer program product, comprising: a database for storing trekking information including at least one of unique location information, real-time weather information, and disaster alarm notifications; And a communication unit for transmitting the running information in accordance with the Bluetooth beacon scheme to at least one receiving terminal located within the access coverage.

According to one embodiment, the trekking information may be input by at least one external operator, the external operator may be a system or system administrator handling meteorological information, or may be a field force observable structure personnel.

According to one embodiment, the trekking information providing apparatus can store the location and / or the time of the receiving terminal having the hysteresis information received by the communication unit, and the information of the receiving terminal can be stored in advance And can be assigned to the registered structural force.

According to one embodiment, the trekking information providing device serves as a master device for Bluetooth communication.

According to one embodiment, the receiving terminal serves as a slave device for Bluetooth communication.

According to one embodiment, the receiving terminal may be any portable device equipped with a Bluetooth beacon communication module.

According to one embodiment, the trekking information providing apparatus may store the structural activity information including at least one of the position of the structural attraction and the holding equipment.

According to one embodiment, the database that collects the receiving terminal information according to the Bluetooth beacon method can communicate with the receiving terminal in a manner other than the Bluetooth beacon method.

The present invention can receive the trekking information according to the Bluetooth beacon scheme with low power consumption when the receiving terminal is located within the access coverage. Therefore, the present invention has the effect of being able to receive information during a long hiking trip.

1 is a block diagram of a mountaineering information providing apparatus according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 illustrates the installation of a trail location information signboard and a walking information providing apparatus according to an embodiment.
3 illustrates a Bluetooth beacon reception and a smartphone application interworking service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates a climbing exercise management service of a smartphone app according to an embodiment.
FIG. 5 illustrates a security incident location management and transmission service of a smartphone app according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a Bluetooth beacon reception smartphone application operation according to an embodiment.

In the following, some embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it is not limited or limited by these embodiments. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

Although the terms used in the following description have selected the general terms that are widely used in the present invention while considering the functions of the present invention, they may vary depending on the intention or custom of the artisan, the emergence of new technology, and the like.

Also, in certain cases, there may be terms chosen arbitrarily by the applicant for the sake of understanding and / or convenience of explanation, and in this case the meaning of the detailed description in the corresponding description section. Therefore, the term used in the following description should be understood based on the meaning of the term, not the name of a simple term, and the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a block diagram of a mountaineering information providing apparatus according to an embodiment.

According to one embodiment, a trekking information providing apparatus 100 is provided. The database 110 of the device 100 stores mountaineering information including at least one of unique location information, real-time weather information, and disaster notification notice. The communication unit 120 of the device 100 transmits the walking information to at least one receiving terminal located within the coverage area in accordance with the Bluetooth beacon scheme. The unique position information may be three-dimensional stereoscopic information that can be represented by spatial concept information by simulating the mountainous geographic information into a three-dimensional spatial shape by vectorizing the mountainous information. The three-dimensional stereoscopic information can also project two-dimensional information such as road information previously examined. The real-time weather information can be provided in an arbitrary format such as weather alert, short / long-term weather forecast, and hurricane path tracing.

FIG. 2 illustrates the installation of a trail location information signboard and a walking information providing apparatus according to an embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, the Bluetooth beacon proposed by the present invention provides a function similar to a signboard having unique location information installed for safety in an existing trail. That is, the Bluetooth beacon periodically transmits unique location information for the safety management of the trail and the GPS position of the installation point. At this time, for the low power operation of the beacon receiving terminal, the beacon transmission period is determined in consideration of the moving speed of the hiker. For example, a beacon wakes up every moment to transmit information, and saves energy by entering a sleep state at other times. Bluetooth beacons are advantageous in that there is no performance deterioration such as reception failure or position readout error like GPS after installation of the infrastructure, even if the number of users increases. Therefore, it has an advantage that it is easy to manage by installing and operating only Bluetooth beacon at a certain point of a mountain trail.

3 illustrates a Bluetooth beacon reception and a smartphone application interworking service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

When the receiving terminal enters the access coverage of the trekking information providing apparatus, the communicating section 120 can transmit the trekking information to the receiving terminal such as a smart phone. According to the received mountain walking information, the receiving terminal can display a location, a receiving time, real-time weather information, a disaster alarm notice, and the like on the display. The location and the time of reception may be stored via the GPS satellite, and the real-time weather information and the disaster alarm notification may be stored in the database 110 via at least one external operator.

According to one embodiment, the trekking information may be input by at least one external operator, the external operator may be a system or system administrator handling meteorological information, or may be a field force observable structure personnel. For example, in the case of most national parks covering a large area, there may be weather fluctuations depending on the location, and the impact on disasters such as landslides and avalanches may vary depending on location. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the user can securely ride the mountain by receiving the real-time weather information and the disaster alert notification service which can affect the mountaineering according to the position and the reception time.

FIG. 4 illustrates a climbing exercise management service of a smartphone app according to an embodiment.

When the receiving terminal is located within the connection coverage of the mountain information providing apparatus, the communication section 120 can transmit the mountain information to the receiving terminal such as a smart phone. The receiving terminal can display the total travel distance and travel time based on the received travel information and the travel information received at the start of the trip, and can also indicate the average travel speed and the consumed calories. In addition, the user can calculate the distance remaining to the predetermined destination to indicate the estimated time and pace.

FIG. 5 illustrates a security incident location management and transmission service of a smartphone app according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

When a mountain climber is disturbed by a disaster or a mountain accident, the mountain-climbing information providing apparatus can predict the position of the climber in accordance with the history of last communication with the receiving terminal of the climber, that is, the final passing position and the last time therefrom.

According to one embodiment, the trekking information apparatus can transmit information including its own position in one direction using a channel for unidirectional transmission of BLE technology.

According to another embodiment, the mountain walk information device serves as a master device for Bluetooth communication, and the receiving terminal serves as a slave device for Bluetooth communication. This enables pairing for additional provision of information. That is, the manager and the information provider can connect the master (mountain information device) -slave (information provision device) pairing by requesting pairing to the mountain information device, thereby updating the information.

According to one embodiment, the receiving terminal may be any portable device equipped with a Bluetooth beacon communication module. For example, the receiving terminal may be a smart phone, a PDA, a tablet PC, or the like.

According to one embodiment, the trekking information providing apparatus can store the location and / or the time of the receiving terminal having the hysteresis information received by the communication unit, and the information of the receiving terminal can be stored in advance And can be assigned to the registered structural force. In addition, the trekking information providing apparatus may store the structural activity information including at least one of the location of the structural manpower and the holding equipment. For example, when the receiving terminal receives the running information by the Bluetooth beacon method, the receiving terminal can automatically transmit the location and / or time to the running information providing apparatus, and the information is stored in a database or the like and managed . Unlike the existing Bluetooth method, this is possible because it is a Bluetooth beacon that can exchange necessary information without pairing and network connection process. Also, for example, in most national parks there is usually a plurality of resident residential structures. The shape of the residential space can be various, such as a hut, a cottage, a canteen, a rescue headquarters, etc. For convenience of the structure, the residential space is efficiently distributed throughout the national park. Therefore, the information of the receiving terminal that is stored and managed can be allocated and managed in real time to a resident person resident at an appropriate position. This allows for the quick and efficient introduction of rescue personnel and equipment in the event of an accident or disaster, depending on the severity of the climbers' location and circumstances.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a Bluetooth beacon reception smartphone application operation according to an embodiment.

If the receiving terminal has been waiting for beacon reception at a predetermined time in the sleep step (not shown), the receiving terminal waits for a beacon. Thereafter, the receiving terminal passes through the beacon receiving step 620 and checks the presence or absence of the changed information in the comparing step 630 with the recently received beacon. When there is changed information, the receiving terminal performs the update in the information update and customized application execution step 640, and executes a predetermined application, for example, a smartphone application interlocking service and / or a mountaineering exercise management service . After completing the information updating and user-specified application execution step 640, the receiving terminal confirms whether there is a termination command in the termination command checking step (650). Also, even if there is no changed information in the comparing step 630, the process directly goes to the confirming step 650. If there is a terminate command, it will no longer wait for beacon reception. On the other hand, if there is no end command, the process returns to the beacon reception waiting step.

According to one embodiment, the database, which collects the receiving terminal information according to the Bluetooth beacon method, can communicate with the receiving terminal in a manner other than the Bluetooth beacon method. For example, when it is necessary to warn the mountain climbers of an emergency situation due to landslides, forest fires, sudden weather deterioration, etc., the database may be configured to receive, for the climbers outside the Bluetooth communication range, Information can be transmitted by any means capable of communicating with the terminal, for example, SMS (Short Message Service).

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable array (FPA) A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

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. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalents of the claims, as well as the claims.

Claims (1)

A database for storing trekking information including at least one of unique location information, real-time weather information, and disaster alarm notification; And
A communication unit for transmitting the running information according to the Bluetooth beacon method to at least one receiving terminal located within the access coverage,
And a travel information providing unit.

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