KR20170015695A - Information providing apparatus using door light and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention comprises: a door sensing unit sensing the opening and closing state of a door; an information collection unit collecting information related to a current position from an external device; a door light display unit displaying the guide information on the ground surface; and a control unit collecting the guide information corresponding to the current position through the information collection unit and displaying the collected guide information through the door light display unit when the door is opened as a sensing result of the door sensing unit.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and method using a door light,

The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and method using a door light. More particularly, the present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and method using a door light, To an information providing apparatus and method using a door light.

The navigation system receives a navigation message transmitted by a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite, and detects a traveling state of the vehicle, such as a traveling speed and a traveling direction, using sensors installed in the vehicle.

The navigation system determines the current position of the vehicle based on the navigation message and the driving state of the vehicle, displays the current position of the determined vehicle on the display unit by matching the current position of the vehicle with the map data, . In addition, the navigation system provides various information related to driving such as an optimal distance, a shortest distance, a free road and a toll road, a distance to a destination, an arrival time, and a cost when providing route guidance information to a destination.

However, the conventional navigation system is mainly limited to the route information related to the route to the destination, the route information related to the arrival time, and the content information associated with the route information, but does not provide guidance information related to the getting-off position of the passenger.

Background Art [0002] The background art of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2010-0029360 (Mar.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a door light receiving apparatus, which receives guidance information corresponding to a current position from an external device such as a vehicle navigation system or a driver's portable terminal, The present invention provides an information providing apparatus and method using a door light that allows a passenger to easily recognize guidance information corresponding to a current position when getting off.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus using a door light, comprising: a door sensing unit for sensing a state of opening and closing a door; An information collecting unit for collecting information related to a current location from an external device; A door light display unit for displaying the guide information on the ground; And a control unit for collecting guide information corresponding to a current position through the information collecting unit and displaying the guide information through the door light displaying unit when the door is open as a result of the detection by the door detecting unit do.

In the present invention, the controller may display the guide information by combining at least one of images, letters, and symbols.

In the present invention, the external device may include at least one of a navigation terminal and a portable terminal.

In the present invention, the controller displays position information corresponding to a destination if the current position coincides with the destination, and displays caution information corresponding to the dangerous area if the current position is a dangerous area. If the current position is a pre- The recommendation information corresponding to the content area is displayed.

In the present invention, the controller displays the guide information in different colors according to importance.

In the present invention, the controller sequentially displays the guide information according to a predetermined priority order.

In the present invention, the controller may further output a voice for each of the guide information according to predetermined importance.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing information using a door light, the method comprising: sensing a door opening / closing state by controlling a door sensing unit; Controlling the information collecting unit to collect guide information corresponding to a current location from an external device when the door is open as a result of the detection by the door detecting unit; And the control unit displays the guide information through the door light display unit.

In the present invention, the external device may include at least one of a navigation terminal and a portable terminal.

In the present invention, the step of displaying the guide information through the door light exposing unit may display position information corresponding to the destination if the current position coincides with the destination, and display state information corresponding to the dangerous area if the current position is a dangerous area If the current location is a pre-registered content area, recommendation information corresponding to the content area is displayed.

In the present invention, the step of displaying the guide information through the door light exposing unit is characterized in that the guide information is classified into different colors according to predetermined importance.

In the present invention, the step of displaying the guide information through the door light exposing unit sequentially displays the guide information according to a predetermined priority order.

In the present invention, the step of displaying the guide information through the door light exposing unit may further output a voice for each guide information according to a predetermined importance.

In the present invention, guidance information corresponding to a current position is received from an external device such as a navigation device of a vehicle or a driver's portable terminal when the door is opened, and the guidance information corresponding to the current location is displayed Make it easy to recognize.

1 is a block diagram of an information providing apparatus using a door light according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing an example of display of a door light according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating guide information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart of an information providing method using a door light according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an apparatus and method for providing information using a door light according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this process, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. Further, the terms described below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the user, the intention or custom of the operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information providing apparatus using a door light according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of display of a door light according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram showing guidance information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an information providing apparatus using a door light according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a navigation unit 10, a portable terminal 20, an information collecting unit 30, a door sensing unit 40, (50) and a control unit (60).

When the destination is set by the driver, the navigation unit 10 detects the current position and the moving speed of the vehicle 70 through an internal GPS (Global Positioning System) module (not shown) And outputs the route information to the destination by matching with the map information. Here, the GPS module detects the current position and the moving speed of the vehicle 70, detects time information on the distance information and distance information from three or more satellites, and then applies trigonometry to the detected distance information, , 3-dimensional position information according to hardness and altitude is detected.

In addition, the navigation system 10 outputs route information to the destination as described above, and provides various information related to the route and the current location.

The information provided through the navigation 10 includes destination information, address information of the current location, time information, coordinate information, weather information, traffic situation information, road zone information, prohibited driving zone information, bus stop information, Child protection zone information, camera or CCTV photographing area information, POI (Point Of Interest) information, surrounding search information, and the like.

In particular, when the guide 10 is requested to provide guidance information from the information collection unit 30, the navigation unit 10 detects various guidance information as described above based on the current position, and transmits the detected guidance information to the information collection unit 30 do.

As a communication method between the navigation system 10 and the information collecting unit 30, various wired / wireless communication systems provided in the vehicle 70 can be used.

When the portable terminal 20 is connected to the information collecting unit 30 through the communication network and is requested to provide guidance information from the information collecting unit 30, the portable terminal 20 detects guidance information related to the current position, To the collecting unit (30). The mobile terminal 20 may be equipped with an application installed therein and may employ all the terminals that provide route guidance information and the like to the driver at the time of execution of the application.

The portable terminal 20 may be a smart phone, a laptop computer, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a tablet PC, or the like.

In addition, the portable terminal 20 can receive various driver setting information set by the driver and provide the information to the information collecting unit 30. In addition, the portable terminal 20 can provide various contents information, user information, Schedule, mail, text information, and the like can be output.

That is, the guidance information provided through the portable terminal 20 may further include information related to the occupant, advertisement information, etc. in addition to the information related to the current position of the occupant, and the guidance information may be transmitted to the portable terminal 20 Can be set directly via the external device of the mobile phone. Accordingly, the portable terminal 20 can transmit not only the guidance information provided by the navigation system 10 but also information set by the user to the information collection unit 30. [

Although the navigation device 10 and the portable terminal 20 are exemplified as an external device in the present embodiment, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to this, and if the device provides the above-described guide information as an external device Can all be included.

The information collecting unit 30 requests guidance information from an external device such as the navigation device 10 and the mobile terminal 20 and delivers guidance information received from the navigation device 10 to the control unit 60. [ The information collecting unit 30 may be connected to external devices such as the navigation device 10 and the portable terminal 20 by various communication methods. The navigation device 10 may be connected to the navigation device 10 by wired / wireless communication provided by the vehicle 70, And may be connected to the portable terminal 20 through a communication network that can be serviced by the portable terminal 20.

The door sensing unit 40 senses the open / closed state of the door. The door opening / closing state of the vehicle 70 can be determined by whether the locking device of the door is in the locked state or the unlocked state. That is, if the locking device of the door is in the unlocked state, it can be determined that the door is not open even if the occupant can not get on and off. In addition, a state in which the lever (not shown) State.

In addition, the door sensing unit 40 may include a locking device provided on the door and a device for sensing the lever state of the door. In addition, various devices capable of sensing the intention of the passenger to open the door include Can be employed.

The door light display unit 50 is installed on the door of the vehicle 70 or the like and displays guidance information on the ground. The door light exposing unit 50 exposes guidance information to both side regions 80 of the vehicle 70 as shown in Fig. Accordingly, the occupant can not only recognize the guidance information displayed on the floor when getting off the vehicle 70, but also guide the driver of the other vehicle 70 or the motorcycle approaching from the rear of the vehicle 70 to the front It can be recognized that the occupant can get off at the vehicle 70. [

The controller 60 controls the door sensor 40 to detect the open / close state of the door, and determines whether the door is open based on the detection result of the door sensor 40. If it is determined that the door is opened, the control unit 60 controls the information collecting unit 30 to collect the guidance information corresponding to the current position from the external device. Then, the control unit 60 displays the guide information corresponding to the current position through the door light display unit 50.

Referring to FIG. 3, the guide information may include position information based on a getting-off position, attention information based on whether a getting-off position is a dangerous area, and recommendation information related to a getting-off position.

 If the current position matches the destination, the controller 60 exposes position information corresponding to the destination. If the current position is the attention area, the attention information corresponding to the attention area is displayed. If the current position is the previously registered content area, The recommendation information corresponding to the recommendation information is displayed. In this case, the control unit 60 displays the above-described guide information in various manners by combining images, characters, symbols, and the like.

For example, the control unit 60 displays different colors according to the importance of the position information, the attention information, and the recommendation information. For example, the control unit 60 may display the attention information in red, display the position information in blue, and display the recommendation information in green so that the identification power of the occupant's guide information can be improved.

Also, the control unit 60 may sequentially display the position information, the attention information, and the recommendation information according to a predetermined priority order. For example, the control unit 60 sequentially displays the alert information in the order of the alert information, the location information, and the recommendation information, and outputs a voice such as a warning sound when the alert information is displayed to allow the passenger to more clearly recognize the alert information have.

The location information may include the current destination, address / time information, time information, coordinate information, and weather information.

Caution information may include information on prohibited area, bus stop information, shoulder information, child protection area information, and camera or CCTV shooting area information.

The recommendation information includes information about the destination frequency for the frequency of visiting the destination, information about someone's house (photo linkage) such as a historical site including photographs of destinations, driver's name and photograph information, driving time information to the present, Schedule, e-mail, text information, and the like.

More specifically, if the current location detected through the navigation system 10 is a destination, the control unit 60 may include destination information, address information, administrative zone information, surrounding (or current) POI information, Coordinate information and summary information on route guidance when the guidance is performed are received from the navigation system 10 and the current location weather information, 50). ≪ / RTI > In this case, when the route guidance application is installed in the portable terminal 20, the controller 60 can receive all the above information from the external terminal such as the mobile terminal 20 or the like.

If the current position detected through the navigation system 10 is the attention area, the control unit 60 determines whether or not the state information corresponding to the state of interest is included in the state information, the bus stop, the bus line, Whether or not the camera 10 is in the CCTV monitoring zone or not, the camera 10, the CCTV monitoring zone, etc., from the navigation device 10, Lt; / RTI >

In addition, the control unit 60 outputs a sound such as a warning sound in the process of displaying guidance information corresponding to the attention area, and warns the driver of the vehicle 70 or the motorcycle approaching from behind. If the current position is a child protection zone, the control unit 60 outputs the warning information together with the warning sound in the carpet mode so that the guidance information can be widely displayed on the ground.

On the other hand, if the current location detected through the navigation system 10 is the content registration area in which the content is registered, the control unit 60 determines whether the recommendation information corresponding to the content registration area includes a neighbor registration point, a recommended restaurant, Registration PO contact information and recommendation POI information from the navigation system 10 and receives user creation information and user association information from an external device such as the portable terminal 20 and displays the POI information through the door light display unit 50. [ Here, the user creation information may include a production initials, a slogan, a photograph, a logo, and the user association information may include SNS information, text information, mail, and the like.

Here, the user creation information may be variously set through the portable terminal 20.

Further, the control unit 60 can display two or more pieces of information among the position information, the attention information, and the content information. In this case, the control unit 60 can display different colors according to the importance of each of the position information, the attention information, and the recommendation information. For example, the control unit 60 displays the attention information in red, the position information in blue, Is displayed in green so that the discrimination power for the guide information can be improved.

In addition, the controller 60 can sequentially display the position information, the attention information, and the recommendation information according to a predetermined priority, and can display the order information, the position information, and the recommendation information in this order, for example.

In addition to the guidance information, the control unit 60 can receive additional information such as advertisement information, public service advertisement, and restaurant information from an external device such as the mobile terminal 20 according to the user's setting.

Hereinafter, an information providing method using a door light according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

4 is a flowchart of an information providing method using a door light according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the controller 60 controls the door sensing unit 40 to detect the door opening / closing state (S10).

Next, the control unit 60 determines whether the door is in the opened state through whether the locking device of the door is in the unlocked state or the lever installed in the door is operated (S20).

If it is determined in step S20 that the door is open, the control unit 60 controls the information collecting unit 30 to collect the guidance information corresponding to the current position from the external device (S30). That is, the information collecting unit 30 accesses an external device such as the navigation device 10 or the portable terminal 20 to request guidance information related to the current location from the external device, and the external device transmits guidance information related to the current location And transmits the detected guidance information to the control unit 60. [

Next, the control unit 60 displays the guide information collected through the information collecting unit 30 through the door light displaying unit 50 (S40).

That is, if the current location matches the destination, the controller 60 exposes location information corresponding to the destination, and if the current location is the area of interest, the area information corresponding to the area of interest is displayed. If the current location is the pre- The recommendation information corresponding to the content area is displayed. In this case, the control unit 60 displays the above-described guide information in various manners by combining images, characters, symbols, and the like.

The control unit 60 can display two or more pieces of information of the position information, the attention information, and the content information in combination. In this case, the attention information is displayed in red according to the importance of each of the position information, , The position information is displayed in blue, and the recommendation information is displayed in green so that the identification ability for the guide information can be improved.

In addition, the controller 60 sequentially displays the position information, the attention information, and the recommendation information in accordance with a predetermined priority, and outputs a sound such as a warning sound when the attention information is displayed, .

On the other hand, the control unit 60 can receive and display user generated information such as initials, slogans, photographs, logos, and the like, and user association information such as SNS information, character information, and mail,

In addition to the above-described guide information, the control unit 60 can receive additional information such as advertisement information, public service advertisement, and restaurant information from an external device such as the mobile terminal 20 according to user settings.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, guidance information corresponding to the current position is received from an external device such as the navigation system 10 of the vehicle or the driver's portable terminal 20 when the door 80 of the vehicle 70 is opened, So that the occupant can easily recognize the guidance information corresponding to the current position when getting off.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation, I will understand. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

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Claims (13)

A door sensing unit for sensing an opening / closing state of the door;
An information collecting unit for collecting information related to a current location from an external device;
A door light display unit for displaying the guide information on the ground; And
And a control unit for collecting guide information corresponding to a current position through the information collecting unit and displaying the guide information through the door light displaying unit if the door is detected as a result of the detection by the door detecting unit Information providing device.
The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller displays the guide information by combining at least one of images, characters, and symbols.
The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external device includes at least one of a navigation device and a portable terminal.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller displays position information corresponding to a destination if the current position coincides with the destination, displays attention information corresponding to the dangerous area if the current position is a dangerous area, The recommendation information corresponding to the content area is displayed.
The information providing apparatus using door lights according to claim 4, wherein the controller displays the guide information in different colors according to importance.
5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller sequentially displays the guide information according to a predetermined priority order.
5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller further outputs a voice according to the predetermined information according to the guide information.
The control unit controlling the door sensing unit to sense the opening / closing state of the door;
Controlling the information collecting unit to collect guide information corresponding to a current location from an external device when the door is open as a result of the detection by the door detecting unit; And
And the control unit displays the guide information through the door light display unit.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the external device comprises at least one of navigation and a portable terminal.
The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of displaying the guide information through the door light exposing unit displays position information corresponding to the destination if the current position coincides with the destination, And if the current location is a pre-registered content area, recommendation information corresponding to the content area is displayed.
The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of displaying the guide information through the door light display unit displays the guide information in a different color according to a predetermined importance.
11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of displaying the guide information through the door light display unit sequentially displays the guide information according to a predetermined priority.
11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of displaying the guide information through the door light display unit further outputs a voice for each guide information according to a predetermined importance.

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