KR20160132590A - Loss prevention system using broadcasting function of bluetooth - Google Patents

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KR20160132590A
KR20160132590A KR1020150065307A KR20150065307A KR20160132590A KR 20160132590 A KR20160132590 A KR 20160132590A KR 1020150065307 A KR1020150065307 A KR 1020150065307A KR 20150065307 A KR20150065307 A KR 20150065307A KR 20160132590 A KR20160132590 A KR 20160132590A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a loss prevention system using a Bluetooth broadcasting system for receiving a signal output from a loss prevention module lost through a terminal held by a plurality of users and broadcasting the Bluetooth broadcasting method, .

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[0001] LOSS PREVENTION SYSTEM USING BROADCASTING FUNCTION OF BLUETOOTH [0002]

The present invention relates to a loss prevention system, and more particularly, to a loss prevention system in which a plurality of users receive signals output from a loss prevention module lost through a terminal held by a plurality of users individually, The present invention relates to a system for preventing loss of information using a broadcasting method of the present invention.

Generally, a method of preventing the loss of a portable article is to install a transmitter in a personal belonging, and when a user has a receiver and a transmitter is separated over a certain distance, a receiver outputs an alarm sound. It prevents the loss by installing a transmitter for a pet or a young child.

However, it is not easy to retrieve expensive belongings or pets once they are lost, especially in the case of pets and children, it is more difficult to find them as they continue to move on their own.

Particularly, in the case of the related art, power consumption is very high due to a bi-directional communication function through a pairing method, and as the volume of a battery for use for a long time is increased, attachment to an article or the like is inconvenient. In addition, most of them have been provided with notifications only at the time of loss, they have lost their ability to recognize them, and failed to provide effective means for tracking and recovering lost items after a long period of time.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2013-0084743 (published on July 26, 2013).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for receiving a signal output from a loss prevention module using a Bluetooth brickcasting method, And to provide a system for preventing loss by using a broadcasting method of Bluetooth capable of recovering lost items through utilization and sharing of location information of a received terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a loss prevention system comprising: a loss prevention module including a signal generation unit for transmitting a module signal including a unique identification code to the outside; A first communication unit for receiving the module signal from the loss prevention module, a second communication unit for communicating with the control server or the other terminal, and a second communication unit for recognizing the communication state according to the reception of the module signal, A notification unit for outputting a recognition notification to the user upon recognizing the lost status in the recognition unit; and a notification unit for notifying the control server through the second communication unit as the loss status or the reception resume status is recognized by the recognition unit, And a registration unit for transmitting the identification code together with the status information to the terminal. A third communication unit for performing communication with a designated terminal, a status propagation unit for transmitting status information and an identification code received through the third communication unit to a plurality of designated terminals, And a recovery notification unit for generating information and transmitting the initial identification code to the terminal that has transmitted the initial identification code; .

In this case, the terminal may further include a location confirmation unit for generating location information and time information for determining a lost status or a reception resumption status through the recognition unit, and the registration unit may transmit the location information to the control server through the second communication unit, And transmit time information.

The terminal may further include a first transmission unit for transmitting the identification number of the terminal and the identification code to another terminal located within a communicable range through the first communication unit as the recognition unit recognizes the lost status, A second transmitting unit for temporarily storing the identification number and the identification code of the specific terminal received through the first communication unit and transmitting the identification code and the identification code to another terminal located within the communication coverage through the first communication unit; And an auxiliary notification unit for transmitting the collected information through the second communication unit to the identification number of the specific terminal.

The terminal may further include a mode switching unit for activating the recognition unit, the notification unit, and the position checking unit when the status information and the identification code are received through the second communication unit.

The present invention can reduce the consumption of the battery and reduce the volume of the loss prevention module by using the Bluetooth broadcasting method of one-way communication for receiving the signal output from the loss prevention module.

In addition, the position of the loss prevention module detected by the GPS function provided in the plurality of terminals can be easily grasped, and the loss prevention module identification code is shared with a plurality of terminals through the server, The other terminal in the terminal can identify the loss prevention card and recover it more easily.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the present invention,
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration and a connection relationship according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration and a connection relationship according to another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a configuration of a loss prevention system using a Bluetooth broadcasting system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Further, in the description of the present invention, if a detailed description of a known technology such as a built-in battery for supplying power is unnecessarily obscured, a detailed description will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration and a connection relationship according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The present invention basically comprises a loss prevention module 110, And the main control server 140 are provided.

The loss prevention module 110 is configured to transmit a wireless signal by wearing a variety of valuable items such as a notebook, a bag, a wallet, and a key, or a body of a child or a pet, And can be formed in various shapes as small as possible according to the wearing object such as a clock shape, and transmits a radio signal to the terminal 120 and informs that the communication range is within range.

That is, the loss prevention module 110 may be attached to a portable object, a child, or an animal body that needs to be prevented from being lost, and may transmit a wireless signal, and may be provided in plural according to the number of objects to be tracked. And a signal generator 111 for transmitting the module signal to the outside. In this case, the identification code refers to unique information given to the loss prevention module 110, such as a serial number of the loss prevention module 110. Particularly, in the present invention, the signal generation unit 111 includes a short- In particular, since the module signal is transmitted through a one-way broadcasting method, which is not a pairing method for performing bidirectional communication in the related art, power consumption is reduced and the volume of the loss prevention module is relatively reduced .

The terminal 120 is configured to receive a module signal transmitted from the loss prevention module 110 and determine whether or not the module signal is present within a communication coverage range. The terminal 120 may be a smart terminal such as a smart phone or a smart pad, And the detailed configuration of the first communication unit 121, the second communication unit 122, the recognition unit 123, the notification unit 124, the registration unit 125, and the location confirmation unit 126 Respectively.

The first communication unit 121 includes a Bluetooth short range wireless communication module similar to the signal generating unit 111 and receives the module signal transmitted from the loss prevention module 110. The first communication unit 121 includes a communication range If the loss prevention module is located within about 15 meters, the smooth module signal can be received.

The second communication unit 122 is configured to perform communication with the control server 140 or the other terminal 150 and is connected to a commercial mobile communication network such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) And a communicable communication module.

The recognition unit 123 recognizes a communication state according to the reception of the module signal and determines a loss situation or a reception resume state. If the distance between the loss prevention module 110 and the terminal 120 is within the communicable range of the Bluetooth module, a smooth module signal will be received unless the battery provided in the loss prevention module is exhausted. At this time, the recognition unit 123 determines that the loss prevention module 110 has lost a certain distance or more from the terminal 120 when the module signal is not received.

The reception resumption state is a state in which the loss prevention module 110 having a specific identification code is recognized as a lost situation and lost, and then the module signal is received from the loss prevention module 110 having the same identification code again , And a module signal from a loss prevention module lost from another terminal in response to a loss prevention module lost in a specific terminal is received.

The notification unit 124 is configured to output a recognition notification to the user as the recognition unit 123 recognizes the loss situation. The notification unit 124 may select one of a time signal using a lamp, an auditory signal using a buzzer, And operates in a set operation pattern only when it is judged as a lost situation so that the user can immediately recognize it and perform a primary action.

The location confirmation unit 126 corresponds to a GPS module that generates and stores location information and time information of a lost time or a reception restart state through the recognition unit 123. The location information unit The location of the terminal may be displayed on the map.

If the user does not recognize that the notification unit 124 has been operated due to a lost situation, the location and time when the user determines the future lost status and the user's movement path are displayed on the map, In addition, when the terminal receives the module signal of the loss prevention module determined to be lost in the specific terminal, the position of the currently lost loss prevention module is easily detected through the position information of the other terminal 150 It allows you to understand.

Also, in the present invention, the location confirmation unit 126 can confirm the time and location at a cycle arbitrarily set by the user. For example, if the user sets the confirmation of the time and location information in units of five minutes, the power and system resources of the terminal can be saved by confirming the time and location of the module signal received every 5 minutes.

The registering unit 125 notifies the loss prevention module 110 of the loss prevention status to the surrounding or registered plurality of other terminals 150 in a situation where a loss situation occurs and it is very difficult to search again, And recognizes the transmitted module signal to cooperate with each other or finds the lost loss prevention module 110 and transmits the lost signal to the recognition module 123. The recognition part 123 recognizes the loss situation or the reception resume state And transmits the identification code together with the status information, the position information, and the time information to the control server 140 through the second communication unit 122.

The control server 140 is located at a remote location and is configured to facilitate loss processing and smooth recovery of the loss prevention module 110. The control server 140 includes a third communication unit 141, a situation propagation unit 142, a recovery notification unit 143 ).

The third communication unit 141 may be formed of the same mobile communication module as the second communication unit 122 or may be connected to the mobile communication module to perform communication with a designated terminal. The lost status and the identification code of the lost loss prevention module 110 are received as the lost status of the lost loss prevention module 110 is performed.

The status propagation unit 142 is configured to transmit the status information and the identification code received through the third communication unit 141 to a plurality of other designated terminals 150. The other terminals 150, And receives a module signal transmitted from the loss prevention module 110 located within a possible range and identifies the loss prevention module 110 in a lost state among them. In addition, the status propagation unit 142 can transmit information such as the lost location and time to the other terminal 150 with respect to the lost loss prevention module 110. For security, some information about the lost loss prevention module May be encrypted and transmitted.

Since the identification number of the loss prevention module 110 lost to the other terminals 150 through the control server 140 is propagated through the control server 140, the loss prevention module 110 is attached to an object moving by itself such as a child or a pet So that it is possible to receive a module signal from the loss prevention module 110 lost by cooperating through a plurality of other terminals 150 provided by a plurality of users even in a situation where it is difficult to detect the lost module according to a lapse of time, The search range can be greatly increased and the possibility of retrieval can be remarkably increased.

At this time, the user of the other terminal 150 can select whether or not to receive the notification of lost information lost from another person. For example, if the lost location is in Seoul and the user is located in Busan City, the user may not allow the loss prevention information of the lost loss prevention module in Seoul to be received. If the user sets an area for receiving the lost information, The control server 140 transmits the lost information to the terminal located in the set area.

The recovery notification unit 143 receives the module signal from the terminal 120 that first recognized the lost status or the loss prevention module 110 having the identification code in the lost status in the other terminal 150 and outputs the received module signal to the recognition unit 123 of the mobile communication terminal and determines the reception resumption status and notifies the control server 140 of the reception resumption status, generates the receipt information through the reception resumption status received through the third communication unit 141, .

That is, when the other terminal 150 not related to the lost status and the loss prevention module 110 in the lost status are located within a certain distance, the other terminal 150 receives the module signal from the lost loss prevention module 110, The identification code of the loss prevention module 110 is discriminated. At this time, if the identification code discriminated by the other terminal 150 is an identification code of the lost prevention module 110, it is determined as the reception resume state, and the position and time at which the module signal is received are checked, And transmits the location and time information to the control server 140. Then, the location and time information received by the control server 140 is transmitted to the terminal 120 that has determined the first lost state, and the user who owns the terminal 120 transmits the lost time prevention module 110, and refers to the location of the loss prevention module 110 to move to the place where the loss prevention module 110 is located.

When the user who owns the terminal 120 approaches the loss prevention module 110 within a certain distance, the module signal transmitted from the loss prevention module 110 is received in the terminal 120, The loss prevention module 110 within the radius is recovered. In addition, when the loss prevention module 110 is retrieved by the user, the user who owns the terminal 120 transmits the identification code and the collection information of the collected loss prevention module 110 to the control server 140, It is notified that it is finished.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration and a connection relationship according to another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, even when the control server 140 is not shared, The terminal that has transmitted the situation transmits the first communication unit 127, the second communication unit 128, and the second communication unit 128 in order to help the identification and recovery of the lost prevention module, An auxiliary notification unit 129, and a mode switching unit 130 are added. In the following description, a detailed description of the same components as those in the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be omitted.

First, the first transmitting unit 127 recognizes the lost status in the recognizing unit 123, and transmits the identification number of the terminal and the identification number of the terminal to the other terminal 150 located within the communicable range through the first communication unit 121, In case of receiving the module signal of the loss prevention module 110 in the lost state in the future, the terminal 120 which transmitted the initial loss situation, that is, the user who lost the loss prevention module 110 The terminal 120 transmits the module number to the terminal 120 so that the terminal 120 can immediately notify the reception of the module signal.

The second transmitting unit 128 temporarily stores the identification number and the identification code of the terminal transmitted from the terminal of the other terminal through the first communication unit 121 even if the terminal does not lose the loss prevention module, 1 communication unit 121 through the second transmission unit 128. The second communication unit 128 continuously transmits the lost status and the identification number of the terminal that originally transmitted the lost status to another nearby terminal through the second transmission unit 128 The search range can be widened through a plurality of other terminals 150 in the vicinity of the loss situation.

The auxiliary notification unit 129 is configured to transmit the collected information to the received identification number of the specific terminal through the second communication unit 122 as the recognition unit 123 recognizes the reception resume state, Prevention module 110 detects a module signal of the mobile communication terminal 110 by using a telephone or a text message service to the terminal 120 of the user who has lost the loss prevention module 110, It is possible to transmit the situation quickly even if the time information is not transmitted to the control server 140. It is also possible that the current location and the environmental conditions are more specifically .

The mode switching unit 130 is configured to activate or deactivate the recognizing unit 123, the notifying unit 124 and the position checking unit 126. The mode switching unit 130 receives the status information and the identification code The notifying unit 123, the notifying unit 124, and the position confirming unit 126 are inactivated in response to the receipt of the signal. This is because, even if the recognition unit 123, the notification unit 124, and the position confirmation unit 126 are inactivated in a state in which the user can not operate the system, You can help by automatically activating a disabled configuration in

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiment, but is capable of many modifications and variations within the scope of the appended claims. It is self-evident.

110: loss prevention module 111: signal generation unit
120: terminal 121: first communication unit
122: second communication unit 123:
124: notification unit 125: registration unit
126: Position confirming unit 127:
128: second transmission unit 129: auxiliary notification unit
130: Mode switching unit 140:
141: third communication section 142: situation propagation section
143: Recall Notification Unit 150:

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In a loss prevention system,
A loss prevention module (110) having a signal generation unit (111) for transmitting a module signal including a unique identification code to the outside;
A first communication unit 121 receiving the module signal from the loss prevention module 110, a second communication unit 122 performing communication with the control server 140 or another terminal, A recognition unit 123 for recognizing a communication state according to the received information and determining a lost status or a reception resumption status; a notification unit 124 for outputting a recognition notification to the user upon recognizing the lost status in the recognition unit 123; (125) for transmitting the identification code together with the status information to the control server (140) via the second communication unit (122) as the recognition unit (123) recognizes the lost status or the reception resume status 120);
A status communication unit 142 for transmitting status information and an identification code received through the third communication unit 141 to a plurality of designated terminals, a third communication unit 141 for communicating with the third communication unit 141, And a recovery notification unit (143) for generating the recovery information through the reception resumption status received through the reception resuming unit (141) and transmitting the initial identification code to the transmitting terminal (140). And transmitting the broadcast data to the Bluetooth terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
The terminal 120 may further include a location confirmation unit 126 for generating location information and time information for determining a lost state or a reception resume state through the recognition unit 123,
Wherein the registering unit (125) is configured to transmit the location information and the time information to the control server (140) through the second communication unit (122).
The method according to claim 1,
As the recognition unit 123 recognizes the lost status, the terminal 120 transmits a first identification (ID) code and a first identification code to the other terminal located in the communication range through the first communication unit 121 And a second communication unit 121 for temporarily storing the identification number and the identification code of the specific terminal received through the first communication unit 121 and transmitting the identification number and the identification code of the second terminal, An auxiliary notification unit 129 for transmitting the collected information through the second communication unit 122 to the identification number of the specific terminal received by recognizing the reception resumption status in the recognition unit 123 And further comprising a Bluetooth broadcast system.
3. The method of claim 2,
The terminal 120 activates when the recognition unit 123, the notification unit 124, and the position determination unit 126 are in the inactivated state according to the reception of the status information and the identification code through the second communication unit 122 And a mode switching unit (130).
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