KR20170019736A - Cloud system of smart car based on information by multilateral smart cars - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a cloud system for controlling a smart car based on information provided from a multilateral smart car. The cloud system comprises at least one smart car for collecting self-status information and upgrading the self-status information through condition information fed-back based on the self-status information; and a cloud server for receiving the self-status information from the smart car, generating the condition information through the self-status information, and transmitting the condition information to the smart car. So, information required for the operation of the smart car can be provided.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a smart car cloud system based on information of a multi-

The present invention relates to a smart car cloud system for collecting various types of information from a smart car in a multilateral manner, providing information to the smart car on the basis of the collected information, and also enabling direct control of the smart car.

Smart cars usually refer to automobiles to which various information and communication technologies (ICT) are applied.

According to the recent report by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics, "The expansion of the smart car market and the response of the domestic ICT industry (May 2014)", the global smart car market last year was 230 trillion won and will grow 6.7% annually until 2018 Said in a statement.

As a result of surveying the major automobile companies in the world, ICT related items are the most important factors when consumers buy cars with performance, fuel efficiency, design and durability. .

In some countries, the vehicle itself is slid to detect brake pressure and engine output control devices, tire pressure or temperature, such as maintaining the appropriate conditions to improve the braking force, such as the imposition of mandatory mounting, It can be classified as a primitive form.

In addition, based on data from the Korea Transportation Research Institute, the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KEI) estimates that the social costs of traffic accidents in Korea will decrease by KRW6.8 trillion a year and the death rate will decrease by 28%.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a speed meter for capturing the driving of vehicles on the road, and CCTV for collecting traffic information. Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 1, various situations of roads have been collected by using an unmanned speed meter or the like to provide information on traffic congestion and smoothness to drivers through traffic information broadcasting and the like.

In recent years, along with the development of a smart car, an attempt has been made to directly provide a service for providing a vehicle with such road conditions to a vehicle through data communication, and an automatic navigation device of the vehicle, for example, a cruiser function, A radar sensor, or the like.

Some of the most prominent companies in the world are also spurring the development of smart cars, such as the patented "method to detect nearby aggressive drivers and adjust driving modes" (U.S. Pat. No. 2014/0236414), ""Methods and systems for scan matching approaches " (US Patent No. 9043069) "and Apple's patented" SYNCHRONIZING MOBILE AND VEHICLE DEVICES (U.S. Patent No. 8538462) ".

However, these patent publications provide technical information to provide information necessary for a smart car or to control functions of a smart car by feeding back information on various information acquired from a smart car in a multi-party, for example, speed and location, There has been a problem that it can not be started.

US 2014/0236414 A1 US 9043069 B1 US 8538462 B2

The smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention is devised in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has the following problems.

First, we want to feed the information acquired from the smart car to the smart car so as to provide the information that the smart car needs to operate.

Secondly, it is possible to acquire road information from a smart car and utilize it as useful information for nagating or cruising.

Third, the information acquired from the multilateral smart car fuses with the road information to utilize the navigating and cruising functions of the smart car and reflects the information acquired in real time in the field to provide more complete navigating and cruising functions .

The solution of the present invention is not limited to those mentioned above, and other solutions not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-party smart car according to the present invention is a cloud system for controlling the smart car based on the information provided from the multi-party smart cars, Hereinafter referred to as "self situation information") and upgrading the self-situation information through feedback condition information based on the self-situation information; And a cloud server that receives the self-status information from the smart car, generates condition information through the self-status information, and transmits the condition information to the smart car.

The cloud server of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-way smart car according to the present invention includes map information, and the map information is stored in the smart car or upgrade the map information stored in the smart car And is transmitted to the smart car.

The smart car of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-way smart car according to the present invention comprises: a vehicle selective gateway (VSG) module for recognizing the speed information of the smart car; And a vehicle positioning (VP) module for recognizing the location information of the smart car.

The VSG module of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention may include a measuring instrument module for sensing the moving speed of the smart car.

The VP module of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention may include a GPS sensor for recognizing the GPS information of the smart car and recognizing the position of the smart car .

The self-context information of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-party smart car according to the present invention may include the speed information and the position information of the smart car magnetic field.

The cloud server of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-party smart car according to the present invention receives the self-status information from at least one smart car, and transmits the condition information individually to the at least one smart car .

The condition information of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention includes at least one of road speed information, road congestion information, and traffic accident information of an area where the smart car is located .

The condition information of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-way smart car according to the present invention may be provided for each lane.

The smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-party smart car according to the present invention may further include a mobile terminal for receiving the status information from the smart car and the condition information from the cloud server and displaying the status information .

The mobile terminal of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention may have an ID associated with the ID of the smart car.

The smart car of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention controls the smart car to upgrade the status information of the smart car based on the condition information provided from the cloud server And a control module.

The control module of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention reflects the location information and the speed information received from the smart car of the Krauss server in real time, And the location information is upgraded.

The control module of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention reflects the location information and the speed information received from the smart car of the Klaus server in real time, And the distance and the lateral width are coordinated with each other.

The control module of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention may control the smart car to upgrade the location information and the speed information of the smart car according to the condition information.

The control module of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention may reflect the map information and control the steering of the smart car based on the map information.

The smart car cloud system based on the information of the smart car according to the present invention may further include an external server for receiving the self situation information provided from the smart car from the Klaus server.

The external server of the smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-party smart car according to the present invention may include an administrative office server.

The smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-way smart car according to the present invention having the above-described configuration has the following effects.

First, based on the information obtained from the multi-party smart cars, the information necessary for one of the smart cars is provided.

Second, the information obtained from the multi-party smart cars is information such as on-the-road information such as events on the road and the identity of the road. Such information is provided not only for each road but also for each lane, Thereby enabling efficient use of roads.

Third, after measuring the position and speed of the smart cars based on the information obtained from the smart cars of the multi-party, it is necessary to control the steering devices of any one smart car, A plurality of smart cars existing on the road can be operated as a cruiser.

Fourth, by controlling the position and speed of the smart car through the information of the road provided by the cloud server, the smart car's cruiser function can be smoothly performed even on the curved road.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to those mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a speed meter for capturing the driving of vehicles on the road, and CCTV for collecting traffic information.
2 is a conceptual diagram showing a smart car and a cloud server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram and a cloud server showing internal configurations of a smart car, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a relationship between a smart car, a cloud server, and a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a relationship between a smart car, a cloud server, and an external server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing automatic control of the position and speed of a plurality of vehicles based on position information and speed information of the vehicle collected from a multi-way smart car, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing that cornering is controlled based on the speed and position information of a smart car even in a curve road situation, and distance control between the smart cars is also possible according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-way smart car according to the present invention can make various changes and have various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the description. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

2 is a conceptual diagram showing a smart car and a cloud server according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a block diagram and a cloud server showing internal configurations of a smart car, according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a relationship between a smart car, a cloud server, and a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a relationship between a smart car, a cloud server, and an external server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing automatic control of the position and speed of a plurality of vehicles based on position information and speed information of the vehicle collected from a multi-way smart car, according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing that cornering is controlled based on the speed and position information of a smart car even in a curve road situation, and distance control between the smart cars is also possible according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the case of the present invention, as a smart car cloud system based on information of a multi-site smart car, as shown in Fig. 2, a multi-site smart car 100a, 100b? And a cloud And a server 200 basically.

First, in the case of the smart car 100, a motor is used as a power source for driving an automobile, and the motor is driven by the electric energy of the built-in battery. And can be controlled by a unit (CPU).

In the case of the smart car 100, as shown in FIG. 2, it is possible to communicate with the cloud server 200 by wirelessly communicating data. Here, the data communication is not limited to the 4G (LTE Advanced) mobile communication currently commercialized or the 5th generation mobile communication method to be developed in the future.

As described above, the smart car 100 supplies electric energy for driving the motor through the built-in battery. The supply of the electric energy can be charged in the same manner as the plug-in electric car, (Magnetic induction charging, or self resonance charging).

As a wireless charging method of the smart car 100, a technique disclosed in Patent Application No. 10-2009-0134954 is applied, and electric power is wirelessly transmitted to the smart car 100 through a magnetic charging coil incorporated in the road .

First, the smart cars 100 transmit information acquired by themselves or information generated by the smart cars 100 to the cloud server 200 through data communication.

The information thus obtained or directly generated by the smart car 100 is referred to as "self situation information ".

First, as a representative example of the self-situation information, it includes information on the speed information of the smart car 100 that it is traveling on and the current position (or future destination) on the map (road).

The self-context information of the smart car 100 is transmitted to the cloud server 200, and then the smart car 100 upgrades its own context information through the information fed back from the cloud server 200, that is, the condition information do.

For example, if a smart car 100a is located at Jongno 3 and is traveling at a speed of 55 km / h from the Jongno 5 at a speed of 55 km / h, it is located at Jongno 3, To the cloud server (200).

This information is not provided only by a certain smart car 100a but is transmitted to the cloud server 200 from the ground as well as all the smart cars 100b, 100c, 100d, and the like.

The cloud server 200 firstly includes map information on the roads of the smart cars 100, that is, all the road information, and this information is continuously updated.

The map and the road information of the cloud server 200 may include road lane information, speed limit information, signal violation intermittent interval, speed intermittent interval, bass guard, child protection interval, one-way interval, U-turn interval, The cloud server 200 provides information on real-time weather, such as rainfall, hail, snow, typhoon, wind, and fog, for each area and for each road, So that it can be recognized internally.

The position and speed information as described above of the smart car 100 is basically the same as that of the smart car 100 during the running of the smart car 100. That is, the real time (here, real time refers to a period of time, To the cloud server 200 via the Internet.

In the case of the cloud server 200 receiving the own situation information, that is, the speed and the position, from the smart car 200, the smart car 200 is informed of whether or not the speed is to be limited. This is basic information for upgrading the situation information, which is generally referred to as condition information.

The condition information also includes information on weather deterioration information such as road speed information, road congestion information, traffic accident information, and foggy information of the area where the smart car 100 is located, road construction information, and other road control information.

In the future, when the smart car 200 upgrades its own situation information according to the condition information (limit speed), the smart car 200 upgrades its own situation information, that is, it reduces the speed or goes out of the corresponding position. .

The self-situation information of the smart car 100 may provide not only the 1: 1 communication with the cloud server 200 but also the information collected from the multi-site smart car 100 to the smart car 100 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the cloud server 200 receives the speed information and the location information from the smart cars 100. Thereafter, the cloud server 200 receives the speed information of the actually traveling cars at the corresponding position (road and lane), and can recognize the actual traveling speed of which lane on which road, The smart car 100 belonging to the same location can be used as reference information for navigation to the smart cars 100 so that the smart car 100 can be utilized as a smart car 100 (100) running speed.

The cloud server 200 includes the map information as described above. The map information is transmitted to the smart car 100 and stored in the internal storage of the smart car 100. In addition, the cloud server 200 continuously transmits the map information to the smart car 100 so that the map information stored in the smart car 100 can be continuously updated.

3, the smart car 100 may include a VSG module 110 and a VP module 130 with a CPU 101 as a center.

In the case of a VSG module (vehicle selective gateway module) 110, the smart car 100 which conforms to the ISO 13185 standard is provided with vehicle speed information. The speed information of the vehicle is measured by MI instrument, 111) module. Then, this information is collected by the IVI module 120 (to be described later), and data communication is performed through the communication module 121.

In the case of the IVI module 120, the communication module 121 can communicate with the VSG module 110 and the self storage device. The communication module 121 may include a 3G terminal, an LTE communication terminal, Data communication with the server 200 becomes possible.

In the case of the VP positioning module (vehicle positioning module) 130, a current position of the smart car 100 can be recognized by incorporating its own GPS logger or sensor. The VP module 130 can interoperate with the communication module 121 as described above to correct the position recognized by the GPS, thereby increasing the position recognition rate.

As described above, in the case of the smart car 100, the VSG module 110 and the VP module 130 provide their own speed information and location information to the cloud server 200 as their own situation information.

4, the cloud server 200 may transmit the condition information provided to the smart car 100 and the magnetic environment information received from the smart car 100 to the mobile terminal 300 as described above It is preferable that the mobile terminal 300 is a smartphone of the operator who directly operates the smart car 100, such as a car of the smart car 100.

To this end, the smart car 100 and the mobile terminal 300 may have unique IDs, and through the IDs, the self-context information and the condition information are synchronized with each other as described above.

The driver of the smart car 200 having the mobile terminal 300 can receive the information on his / her own situation, for example, , Speed, and location.

As described above, the smart car 100 according to the present invention may further include a control module 140 as shown in FIG. 3 for upgrading its own situation information according to condition information.

The control module 140 is configured to control the driving motor and the steering device of the vehicle electronically and to control the brake so as to control the vehicle acceleration, deceleration, lane change, and cornering of the smart car 100 .

It is well known that the control module 140 can be mechanically controlled through electronic signals from the viewpoint of mechatronics, and the specific technical implementation and explanation thereof are disclosed in the technology of the background of the invention. Patents, and so on.

The control module 140 controls the steering, the motor, and the brake of the vehicle so that the control module 140 determines the position information of the smart car 100 based on the self-situation information provided by the multi- The information will be upgraded.

6, the control module 140 uses the multi-way information of the smart car 100 to determine the distance d between the smart cars 100 and the width w of the smart car 100. In other words, So that the distance between the smart cars 100 is adjusted.

In other words, based on the condition information indicated by the center, that is, the cloud server 200, each smart car 200 can coordinate the mutual distances between the plurality of smart cars 200, thereby stably providing the automatic navigation driving, that is, the cruiser function.

In some models of the Volkswagen AG family of Volkswagen AG, some models of Audi have commercialized the technology to control the brakes to adjust the distance to the front vehicle by attaching sensors to the front of the vehicle, There is a problem in that the distance from the vehicle placed on the side is difficult to control, and there is a problem that the technology which relies on the attachment of the sensor to the individual vehicle has a low reliability and a difference in performance depending on the speed and the like.

The technology that allows the cloud server 200 to arbitrarily adjust the multi-site smart car 100 based on the speed and location information provided by the multi-site smart car 100 according to the present invention is similar to that of the conventional sensor- It is to put an end to the problem.

As shown in FIG. 7, the cloud server 200 and the smart car 100 include a map, that is, road information, and the control module 140 controls the front, rear, left, And controls the automatic running of the smart car 100 in accordance with the road condition, for example, the curve road.

The smart car cloud system based on the information of the multi-party smart car according to the present invention may further include an external server 400. [

Here, the external server 400 may be a server such as an external server, for example, a police agency, a fire department, a national disaster safety center, or other governmental offices. The smart car 100 transmits self- .

If the external server 400 is a police server, the driver can automatically obtain information on signal violation, speed violation, traffic accident, and the like.

In addition, when the external server 400 is a government office server, the external server 400 may be provided with a function of notifying various accidents and emergency situations of the own vehicle without delay when the external server 400 is a fire station. Such as illegal parking of the vehicle, can be automatically transmitted.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims, the parentheses used in the claims are not used for optional limitation but are used for the definite components and the description in parentheses is also interpreted as an essential component .

1: road
2: Speed meter, traffic information CCTV etc.
10: General vehicles
100: Smart car
200: Cloud server
300: mobile terminal
400: external server
d: Distance around the vehicle
w: Vehicle Interval

Claims (18)

1. A cloud system for controlling a smart car based on information provided from a multi-party smart car,
At least one smart (smart) status information acquisition unit for collecting the status information of the user (the "own situation information" hereinafter "self situation information") and upgrading the self- Car; And
And a cloud server that receives the self-status information from the smart car, generates condition information through the self-status information, and transmits the condition information to the smart car.
The method of claim 1, wherein the cloud server comprises:
It contains map information,
The map information includes:
Wherein the smart car is transmitted to the smart car to upgrade the map information stored in the smart car or stored in the smart car.
The smart car according to claim 2,
A vehicle selective gateway (VSG) module for recognizing the speed information of the smart car; And
And a vehicle positioning (VP) module for recognizing the location information of the smart car.
4. The VSG module as claimed in claim 3,
And a measuring instrument module (MI) for sensing a moving speed of the smart car.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the VP module comprises:
And a GPS sensor for recognizing the GPS information of the smart car and recognizing the position of the smart car.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the self-
The smart car magnetic speed information and the location information.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the cloud server comprises:
Receives the self-context information from at least one smart car, and transmits the condition information individually to the at least one smart car.
8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,
Wherein the smart car includes at least one of road speed information, road congestion information, and traffic accident information of an area where the smart car is located.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 8,
Wherein the vehicle is provided for each lane.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the smart car cloud system comprises:
Further comprising a mobile terminal for receiving and displaying the self-status information from the smart car and the condition information from the cloud server.
The mobile terminal of claim 10,
Wherein the smart car has an ID associated with the ID of the smart car. The smart car according to claim 3,
Further comprising a control module for controlling the smart car to upgrade the status information of the smart car based on the condition information provided from the cloud server.
13. The apparatus of claim 12,
Wherein the Klaus server reflects the location information and the speed information received from the smart car in a multi-tier in real time to upgrade the speed information and the location information of the smart car.
14. The control module according to claim 13,
Wherein the Klaus server reflects the location information and the speed information received from the smart car in a multi-
Wherein a distance between the front and rear sides of the smart cars and a lateral width of the smart cars are coordinated with each other.
13. The apparatus of claim 12,
And controls the smart car to upgrade the location information and the speed information of the smart car according to the condition information. 16. The apparatus of claim 15,
And controls the steering of the smart car based on the map information by reflecting the map information.
The system of claim 1, wherein the smart car cloud system comprises:
And an external server for receiving the self-context information provided from the smart car from the Klaus server.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the external server comprises:
A smart car cloud system, comprising an administrative office server.

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