KR20170045507A - APPARATUS, METHOD and RECODING MEDIUM for PROVIDING SERVICE USING MESH NETWORK - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a beacon service method using a mesh network, an apparatus for performing a beacon service method, and a recording medium recording a computer program for performing a beacon service method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a beacon service method using a mesh network, which enables a plurality of beacon communication devices to participate in a mesh network, in which each of the devices reports an approach to one another by periodically transmitting a beacon signal including identification information, and in which beacon signals regarding the inside of a vehicle are collected so as to check a passenger. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to an apparatus for performing a beacon service method and a recording medium recording a computer program for performing a beacon service method. For this purpose, a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: setting a plurality of beacon communication devices, disposed in respective different vehicles, for beacon communication devices to participate in a mesh network; allocating identification information to the beacon communication devices; periodically transmitting, by each of the beacon communication devices, a beacon signal including the allocated identification information, and receiving, by each of the beacon communication devices, a beacon signal including the identification information and having been transmitted by another beacon communication device; determining, by each of the beacon communication devices having received the beacon signals, whether the identification information included in the received beacon signal is identical to identification information regarding the beacon communication devices to participate in the mesh network; and constructing the mesh network by connecting the other beacon communication device when it is determined that the identification information included in the received beacon signal is identical to the identification information regarding the beacon communication devices to participate in the mesh network, and reporting an approach of the other beacon communication device.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a beacon service method using a mesh network, an apparatus therefor, and a recording medium recording a computer program for performing the beacon service method.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beacon service method using a mesh network, an apparatus therefor, and a recording medium on which a computer program for performing the method is recorded. More particularly, The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for notifying whether or not a vehicle is approaching between transportation means based on a mesh network and a recording medium on which a computer program for performing the same is recorded.

The contents described in this section merely provide background information on the present embodiment and do not constitute the prior art.

When a large number of people go on a trip, a situation occurs in which one or more vehicles must be moved. At this time, due to the tendency of the drivers driving each vehicle, the occasional changing road conditions, different navigation information, and the like, distance distances arise, which makes it difficult to travel together.

In addition, it is often difficult to understand the position of each other through a text message or a call, which may cause inconvenience during driving.

In addition, if students go on a school trip from a school to a group, they will be assigned to a number of buses on a school trip. there was.

In addition, it was difficult for all students to check whether they boarded a bus other than the bus assigned to them by taking only the bus assigned to them. In such a case, it is difficult to know whether the student joined the party and boarded the bus, There was a difficulty in judging whether it was lost.

In addition, such situations have led to problems in the travel schedule.

Therefore, even if all students do not get on the assigned bus, there is a need for a way to easily identify whether they are in a group of people or on a bus of several chartered buses.

Meanwhile, with the development of the mobile communication network and the development of the terminal specification, the mobile communication terminal has become a necessity of modern people and has evolved into a total entertainment device beyond the category of the conventional simple communication device or information providing device.

In addition, technologies for performing short-range wireless communication between devices located in close proximity to a mobile communication terminal are rapidly developing, and Bluetooth communication is one of the basic wireless communication.

Such Bluetooth communication has evolved and recently, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology (Bluetooth 4.0) has been widely used in smart phones, retail geofencing and mobile payment. Such a Bluetooth low-power technology consumes less power than a standard Bluetooth wireless connection, and it is difficult to provide a variety of application services using Bluetooth low-power technology.

Accordingly, it is necessary to easily determine whether the vehicle is approaching the vehicle using the Bluetooth low-power technology and the Wi-Fi signal, and to easily grasp the number of passengers when there are a plurality of vehicle passengers.

Korean Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-0025280, Mar. 15, 2012 (Name: Vehicle position sensing device and method using local communication)

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to easily grasp the mutual position of vehicles through formation of a mesh network based on a beacon device, to provide relevant information upon arrival, It is an object of the present invention to provide a beacon service method using a mesh network, an apparatus therefor, and a recording medium recording a computer program for performing the beacon service method.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming a mesh network using beacon signal identification information, periodically transmitting a beacon signal including identification information, and matching the identification information with identification information of beacon communication devices participating in the network, . In addition, identification information is given to beacon devices possessed by each passenger and registered, and identification information is collected when it is necessary to confirm the passenger, and it is compared with the registered information to easily determine which vehicle the passenger is aboard It has its purpose in grasping.

 It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention, unless further departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be possible.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beacon service method using a mesh network, comprising: setting a plurality of beacon communication devices disposed in different vehicles to be a beacon communication device participating in a mesh network; Assigning identification information to the plurality of beacon communication devices; The beacon communication apparatus periodically transmitting a beacon signal including identification information assigned thereto and receiving a beacon signal including identification information transmitted from another beacon communication apparatus; Confirming whether the beacon communication apparatus having received the beacon signal matches the identification information included in the received beacon signal with the identification information of the beacon communication apparatus to participate in the mesh network; Establishing a mesh network in connection with the other beacon communication device, and notifying access of the other beacon communication device; As shown in FIG.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beacon service method using a mesh network, comprising: registering identification information of at least one passenger beacon device for each of the plurality of beacon communication devices; Collecting a beacon signal of a passenger beacon device aboard each vehicle when the beacon communication device requests a passenger identification; Comparing the identification information included in the beacon signal of the passenger beacon device collected by the beacon communication device with the identification information of the registered passenger beacon device to identify the passenger; Sending and receiving identification information of a non-passenger beacon device or identification information of an unregistered passenger beacon device to and from another beacon communication device through the mesh network; And finally confirming the passenger in consideration of the identification information of the non-registered passenger beacon device or the identification information of the unregistered passenger beacon device.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beacon communication apparatus, comprising: a plurality of beacon communication apparatuses arranged in different vehicles as a beacon communication apparatus to be included in a mesh network; A management module for allocating the management information; And transmitting the beacon signal including identification information included in the received beacon signal periodically to the beacon communication device, receiving a beacon signal including identification information transmitted from another beacon communication device, A control module for confirming whether or not the identification information of the communication device matches and, if there is a match, notifying access of the other beacon communication device while establishing a mesh network in connection with the other beacon communication device; The present invention provides a beacon communication method for performing a beacon service method using a mesh network.

Further, the present invention can provide a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing a beacon service method using the mesh network as described above is recorded.

According to the beacon service method using the mesh network of the present invention, a network participant to grasp the mutual position is set by using the Bluetooth low-power technology or the Wi-Fi beacon, and the change in intensity of the wireless signal transmitted from the short- , Even when the destinations designated by the companion vehicle are wide, mutual positions can be effectively grasped. As a result, the joining between the companions is facilitated, which can help to make the trip more enjoyable.

Further, according to the present invention, even when a large number of passengers are aboard, it is possible to easily know whether a passenger is boarding or the position of a boarding vehicle, thereby reducing the burden of inspecting personnel accompanying a group travel, .

The effects obtained in the present invention are not limited to the effects 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 diagram schematically illustrating formation of an inter-vehicle mesh network among beacon service methods using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for notifying a traveling vehicle approach in a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention and interworking with a passenger beacon device in a vehicle.
4 is a message flow diagram illustrating a method of confirming a passenger in a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a message flow diagram illustrating a method for identifying a passenger in a beacon service method using a mesh network according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of confirming a passenger in a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a beacon communication apparatus that performs a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a beacon service server that performs a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating an operating environment of an apparatus for providing a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For a more complete understanding of the nature and advantages of the present invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

In the following description and the accompanying drawings, detailed description of well-known functions or constructions that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. It should be noted that the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as possible throughout the drawings.

The terms and words used in the following description and drawings are not to be construed in an ordinary sense or a dictionary, and the inventor can properly define his or her invention as a concept of a term to be described in the best way It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

Also, terms including ordinal numbers such as first, second, etc. are used to describe various elements, and are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another, Not used. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the second component may be referred to as a first component, and similarly, the first component may also be referred to as a second component.

In addition, when referring to an element as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it means that it can be connected or connected logically or physically. In other words, it is to be understood that although an element may be directly connected or connected to another element, there may be other elements in between, or indirectly connected or connected.

Also, the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprising "or" having ", as used herein, are intended to specify the presence of stated features, integers, It should be understood that the foregoing does not preclude the presence or addition of other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

Also, the terms " part, "" module," and " module ", etc. in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software have.

It will also be understood by those skilled in the art that in the context of describing the invention (particularly in the context of the following claims), the terms " a or an, ""Quot; or " include ", unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In addition, embodiments within the scope of the present invention include computer readable media having or carrying computer executable instructions or data structures stored in computer readable media. Such computer-readable media can be any available media that is accessible by a general purpose or special purpose computer system. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or in the form of computer- But is not limited to, a physical storage medium such as any other medium that can be used to store or communicate certain program code means of the general purpose or special purpose computer system, .

In the following description and claims, the term "network" is defined as one or more data links that enable electronic data to be transmitted between computer systems and / or modules. When the information is transmitted or provided to a computer system via a network or other (wired, wireless, or a combination of wired or wireless) communication connection, the connection may be understood as a computer-readable medium. Computer readable instructions include, for example, instructions and data that cause a general purpose computer system or special purpose computer system to perform a particular function or group of functions. The computer executable instructions may be binary, intermediate format instructions, such as, for example, assembly language, or even source code.

In addition, the invention may be practiced with other computer systems, including personal computers, laptop computers, handheld devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, a pager, and the like. < RTI ID = 0.0 > [0040] < / RTI > The invention may also be practiced in distributed systems environments where both local and remote computer systems linked by a combination of wired data links, wireless data links, or wired and wireless data links over a network perform tasks. In a distributed system environment, program modules may be located in local and remote memory storage devices.

Hereinafter, a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus therefor, and a recording medium recording a computer program for performing the beacon service method will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Hereinafter, the user means a driver or an assistant using the beacon communication device 100, and a passenger means a passenger of a general vehicle or a public transit having a passenger beacon device 300. [

First, a vehicle-to-vehicle mesh network forming system among beacon service methods using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating formation of an inter-vehicle mesh network among beacon service methods using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention may be performed through an in-vehicle beacon communication device 100. Here, the beacon communication device 100 may be a commonly used user terminal for personal mobile communication, and may be a separately manufactured device for the practice of the present invention, or may be a device attached to or unattached to a vehicle.

The beacon communication apparatus 100 refers to a user apparatus that can transmit and receive various data via the communication network 500 according to a user's operation. Here, the beacon communication apparatus 100 includes a beacon communication apparatus 100, a beacon communication apparatus 100, and a beacon communication apparatus 100. The beacon communication apparatus 100 includes a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a mobile subscriber station (MSS), a subscriber station (SS), an advanced mobile station (AMS) -Type Communication, Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Device-to-Device (D2D), Station (STA) A unit of the same level as the above-mentioned units may be used as the beacon communication apparatus 100 according to the present invention. The beacon communication apparatus 100 of the present invention can perform voice or data communication through the communication network 500. The beacon communication apparatus 100 includes a memory for storing a browser, a program and a protocol for transmitting and receiving information, And a microprocessor for executing and controlling various programs.

Particularly, the beacon communication device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be used for a Bluetooth communication (for example, Bluetooth 4.0, i.e., Bluetooth low energy (hereinafter referred to as BLE)) and a Wi- A beacon signal can be transmitted through a beacon device capable of BLE communication, and a beacon signal can be received through a separate communication module. In addition, Wi-Fi-based beacon signals can be transmitted and received, and thus the designated processing can be performed. In addition, the specified processing can be performed through bidirectional communication with Wi-Fi or other wireless APs.

In the case of BLE beacons, it has a radius of up to 50 m and operates stably at distances of 20 to 30 m. For Wi-Fi beacons, signals can reach up to 150 meters.

If the beacon communication device used by the current user corresponds to the beacon communication device 100a located in the first vehicle of FIG. 1, the beacon communication device 100a located in the first vehicle used by the current user according to the embodiment of the present invention 100a periodically transmits a beacon signal including identification information within a certain radius and scans a beacon signal periodically transmitted by the beacon communication apparatuses 100b, 100c, 100d, and 100e located in other vehicles to be included in the corresponding beacon signal The extracted identification information can be extracted. At this time, the beacon communication apparatus 100 of the present invention can calculate the distance between the beacon communication apparatuses based on the intensity of the beacon signal transmitted by the other beacon communication apparatuses 100b, 100c, 100d, and 100e.

Although FIG. 1 shows that five vehicles form a network, if there are two or more vehicles, a beacon service method using mesh network formation according to the present invention can be provided.

 A beacon communication device 100 in the leader vehicle can perform a beacon service method using the mesh network formation according to the present invention by forming one of the vehicles as a leader vehicle and forming a star topology type mesh network thereon , A mesh network may be formed without specifying a specific leader vehicle so that all the beacon communication apparatuses 100 may perform the beacon service method using the mesh network formation according to the present invention. It is also possible to configure the ring topology type so that each vehicle can send and receive information sequentially.

More specifically, an operation method in the beacon communication device 100 will be described later, and the beacon communication device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in various forms. For example, the beacon communication apparatus 100 described in the present specification may be applied to a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a portable multimedia player (PMP) A fixed terminal such as a smart TV, a desktop computer, or the like may be used.

Hereinafter, a method of notifying the approaching vehicle in the beacon service method using the mesh network according to the system structure of FIG. 1 will be described.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for notifying a traveling vehicle approach in a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a method of notifying a vehicle traveling in a beacon service using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention starts from setting which device in the beacon communication device 100 participates in the mesh network (S200).

Thereafter, each beacon communication device 100 allocates identification information to determine the belonging vehicle (S202).

The identification information assigned by the beacon communication device 100 may be a unique value of a BLE beacon including a UUID (Universal Unique Identifier), a Major / Minor Version, and a signal strength in the case of a BLE beacon .

The identification information of a BLE beacon generally consists of a 16-byte UUID, a 2-byte Major, and a 2-byte Minor. UUID is an identifier standard used to build software. It is standardized by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) as part of the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) and is a unique identifier expressed in 32 hexadecimal numbers.

In the case of a Wi-Fi beacon, the configuration of the identification information may be a value unique to each Wi-Fi including BSSID, frequency, and signal strength. A BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier) means a 48-bit identifier or network ID that identifies a Basic Service Set in 802.11, a wireless local area network (LAN) standard. The MAC address of the AP device (media access control address or medium access control address) is usually used. In the case of an independent BSS or an ad-hoc network, the BSSID is generated as an arbitrary value.

In addition, in step S202, the transmission power of the beacon communication apparatuses 100 set as participants can be further set. That is, by setting the transmission power of each beacon communication device 100 participating in the mesh network to be initially established, the communication coverage of each beacon communication device 100 is adjusted so that the beacon communication device 100, The physical distance between them can be set. According to this, each beacon communication device 100 can identify the beacon signal transmitted to each other when approaching within a corresponding distance, and accordingly, the access notification position can be adjusted.

When assignment of the identification information to each beacon communication device 100 is completed, the user sets the destination and starts the vehicle operation. At this time, the beacon communication device 100 can grasp the estimated arrival time of another vehicle and transmit it to other vehicles or output the expected arrival time to the own vehicle.

While the vehicle is in operation, the beacon communication apparatus 100 periodically transmits a beacon signal including identification information (S204). As described above, the beacon signal transmitted in the present invention may be transmitted through a beacon device based on BLE or Wi-Fi. In addition, if there is another communication method capable of periodically transmitting a constant signal, Based beacon device can be used.

If the first vehicle is in proximity to the second vehicle during operation, the first vehicle and the second vehicle transmit beacon signals, respectively, so that the first vehicle transmits the beacon signal of the second vehicle, Of the beacon signal.

When the beacon signal is received, the beacon communication device 100 extracts the identification information included in the received beacon signal. (Hereinafter, referred to as a first communication module 111) for receiving the beacon signal if the received beacon signal is a BLE beacon signal and a module (hereinafter referred to as a second communication module 112) for receiving the Wi- .

In step S206, the extracted identification information is matched with the identification information of the beacon communication apparatuses 100 participating in the previously set mesh network.

If the extracted identification information does not match the identification information of the beacon communication apparatuses 100 participating in the mesh network, it is not necessary to notify the user of the beacon communication apparatuses 100. Therefore, the operation of periodically transmitting the beacon signal including the identification information do.

If the extracted identification information matches the identification information of the beacon communication apparatuses 100 that will participate in the mesh network, a mesh network is formed between the beacon communication apparatuses 100 located in each vehicle, (S210).

For example, if the current vehicle is the first vehicle and the beacon communication device 100a receives the beacon signal including the identification information of the beacon communication device 100b of the second vehicle during the first vehicle operation, Since the beacon communication device 100b of the second vehicle is a beacon communication device that is to participate in the mesh network, the beacon communication device 100a of the first vehicle and the beacon communication device 100b of the second vehicle form a mesh network, The beacon communication device 100a of the vehicle can notify that the second vehicle is approaching.

If the third vehicle, the fourth vehicle and the fifth vehicle sequentially approach each other, the first vehicle forms a mesh network sequentially with each vehicle. At this time, when the first vehicle is set as a reader, the beacon communication devices 100b, 100c, 100d, and 100e in the second to fifth vehicles are all connected to the beacon communication device 100a of the first vehicle, The beacon communication apparatus 100a of the first vehicle collects information and notifies various information such as the fact of access to the other beacon communication apparatuses 100b, 100c, 100d, and 100e can do.

When a specific vehicle is not set as a reader, the beacon communication device 100 in each vehicle collects information for each device by itself, judges it, and notifies the user whether or not the user is accessing the information.

When the mesh network is formed, the beacon communication apparatus 100 may transmit or receive a user message to another beacon communication apparatus 100 (S212). Here, the user message may be delivered using a Short Messaging Service (SMS), a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), a mobile messenger, or a separate computer program designed to carry out the present invention.

In addition, each beacon communication apparatus 100 can measure the intensity of a beacon signal transmitted by the other beacon communication apparatus 100. The intensity of the measured beacon signal may be used to identify the distance between beacon communications devices 100 (S208) and the identified distance may be output to the user.

It is possible to check whether the distance is within the predetermined reference value based on the signal strength, and notify the user only when the distance is within the reference value.

Hereinafter, the beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3 through FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention and interworking with a passenger beacon device in a vehicle.

Referring to FIG. 3, a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a beacon communication device 100 and a beacon service server 200 described above, And at least one passenger beacon device 300 for transmitting a beacon signal to the communication device 100. [ Here, the beacon communication apparatus 100 may include a communication network 500 that supports transmission and reception of information with the beacon service server 200.

Referring to each component, the beacon communication device 100 includes the elements described with reference to Fig. In addition, in order to perform the beacon service method using the mesh network according to the present embodiment, information is transmitted and received through the beacon service server 200 and the communication network 500, the identification information of the passenger beacon device 300 is registered, And may receive a beacon signal transmitted by the passenger beacon apparatus 300. [ The beacon communication apparatus 100 may compare the identification information included in the received beacon signal with the registered identification information.

In addition, the beacon service server 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention can transmit and receive various information to and from the beacon communication device 100 via the communication network 500, and can register the identification information of the passenger beacon device 300. Identification information of the passenger beacon apparatus 300 may be transmitted to the beacon service server 200 via the beacon communication apparatus 100 and the communication network 500. [ Like the beacon communication device 100, the beacon service server 200 can compare the received beacon identification information with the registered identification information.

In addition, the passenger beacon apparatus 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention carries a beacon signal at a predetermined cycle with the passengers of the respective vehicles. The passenger beacon device 300 may also be a user terminal for personal mobile communication generally used, such as a beacon communication device, and may be a separately manufactured device for carrying out the present invention. However, it is not used fixedly in the vehicle because it will carry passengers. The passenger beacon device 300 may also be a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a mobile subscriber station (MSS), a subscriber station (SS), an advanced mobile station (AMS) Communication device, a machine-to-machine (M2M) device, a device-to-device (D2D) device, a station (STA), or the like.

The passenger terminal device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be a terminal capable of Bluetooth communication (for example, Bluetooth 4.0, i.e., Bluetooth low energy (hereinafter referred to as BLE)) and Wi-Fi connection , The beacon signal can be transmitted through a beacon device capable of BLE communication. But may not necessarily include, a module for receiving a beacon signal. In addition, Wi-Fi-based beacon signals can be transmitted and received, and thus the designated processing can be performed. In addition, the specified processing can be performed through bidirectional communication with Wi-Fi or other wireless APs.

A processor mounted in each apparatus according to this embodiment of the present invention can process program instructions for executing the method according to the present invention. In one implementation, the processor may be a single-threaded processor, and in other embodiments, the processor may be a multithreaded processor. Further, the processor is capable of processing instructions stored on a memory or storage device.

Also, the beacon communication device 100 and the passenger beacon device 300 of the present invention have been described as transmitting / receiving information according to a low-power Bluetooth communication method or a Wi-Fi method, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Any communication method can be applied to the present invention as long as it is a communication method capable of transmitting a specific signal including identification information.

The beacon communication apparatus 100 and the beacon service server 200 of the present invention are interworked through the communication network 500. The communication network 500 may be connected to various beacon communication systems such as an Internet network, an intranet network, a mobile communication network, Which can send and receive data using Internet protocol. Also, the communication network 500 is coupled with the beacon service server 500 to store computing resources such as hardware and software. The communication network 500 may be a closed network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), an open network such as the Internet, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) The concept is called the next generation network and computing network that will be implemented next, such as Multiple Access, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC)

In addition, the communication network 500 of the present invention includes, for example, a plurality of access networks (not shown) and a core network (not shown), and may include an external network such as an Internet network (not shown). The connection network (not shown) is an access network that performs wired / wireless communication with the beacon communication device 100 and includes a plurality of base stations such as a base station (BS), a base transceiver station (BTS), a node B, A Base Station Controller (BSC), and a Radio Network Controller (RNC). Also, as described above, the digital signal processing unit and the radio signal processing unit integrally implemented in the base station are divided into digital units (hereinafter, referred to as DUs and radio units (RUs) A plurality of RUs (not shown) may be provided in each of a plurality of areas, and a plurality of RUs (not shown) may be connected to a centralized DU (not shown).

A core network (not shown) constituting a mobile network together with an access network (not shown) performs a role of connecting an access network (not shown) and an external network (not shown), for example, an Internet network (not shown).

As described above, the core network (not shown) is a network system that performs main functions for mobile communication services such as mobility control and switching between access networks (not shown), and includes a circuit switching or a packet exchange and manages and controls the packet flow in the mobile network. The core network (not shown) manages inter-frequency mobility and plays a role for interworking with traffic in an access network (not shown) and a core network (not shown) and other networks such as the Internet It is possible. Such a core network (not shown) may further include an SGW (Serving Gate Way), a PGW (PDN GateWay), an MSC (Mobile Switching Center), a HLR (Home Location Register), a MME (Mobile Mobility Entity) .

The Internet network (not shown) refers to a public network, that is, a public network, in which information is exchanged according to the TCP / IP protocol. The Internet network is connected to the beacon service server 200, The information provided from the beacon communication device 100 can be provided to the beacon communication device 100 via a core network (not shown) and an access network (not shown) (Not shown) to the beacon service server 200.

4 is a message flow diagram illustrating a method of confirming a passenger in a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention may be performed from the step of registering identification information of the passenger beacon device 300 (S400)

The identification information assigned by the passenger beacon device 300 may be a unique value of a BLE beacon including a UUID (Universal Unique Identifier), a Major / Minor Version, and a signal strength in the case of a BLE beacon .

The UUID, Major, and Minor versions may be set as information for identifying a different object, respectively. For example, the UUID sets the serial number according to the order of each vehicle, and Major indicates the identification number of the group when each passenger belongs to a certain group (for example, the same class in a school), and Minor It can be set to the serial number specified for each person.

In the case of a Wi-Fi beacon, the configuration of the identification information may be a value unique to each Wi-Fi including BSSID, frequency, and signal strength.

4 will be described with reference to the beacon communication device 100a located in the first vehicle.

After the registration of the passenger beacon device 300a has been completed, it may be necessary to confirm the passenger when starting the vehicle or departing from the intermediate destination again. Accordingly, when the user requests the beacon communication device 100a to confirm the passenger (S402), the beacon communication device 100a searches for the beacon signal of the passenger beacon device 300a in the vehicle, and collects the detected beacon signal ( S404).

When the beacon signal is received, the beacon communication device 100a extracts the identification information included in the received beacon signal. The first communication module 111 may be used when the received beacon signal is a BLE beacon signal and the module second communication module 112 may be used to receive a Wi-Fi beacon signal if the received beacon signal is a BLE beacon signal.

The extracted identification information is checked to see if it matches the identification information of the passenger beacon device 300a in the beacon communication device 100a registered (S406).

If the extracted identification information matches the identification information of the passenger beacon apparatus 300a in the registered beacon communication apparatus 100a, all the passengers are normally boarded, and the program is terminated.

In the case where the extracted identification information does not coincide with the identification information of the passenger beacon apparatus 300a in the registered beacon communication apparatus 100a, it is divided into a case where there is a non-passenger and a case where there is an unregistered passenger, The device 100a transmits a beacon signal including identification information of the corresponding passenger terminal device to another beacon communication device 100b (S408).

The same process is performed in the beacon communication device 100 in all the vehicles forming the mesh network, such as the second vehicle and the third vehicle, and the beacon communication device 100 of each vehicle except for the unaccompanied and unregistered passenger vehicles, Exchange information about non-passengers and unregistered passengers.

If it is confirmed that the passenger is present in another vehicle, the identification information is re-registered (S410). For example, when the passenger "A" of the first vehicle is aboard a second vehicle and the first vehicle and the second vehicle exchange this information, the beacon communication device 100a of the first vehicle " The identification information of the beacon device of the second vehicle is deleted, and the identification information of the passenger beacon device of the third party is registered in the beacon communication device 100b of the second vehicle.

The process described with reference to FIG. 4 is performed in a state in which the mesh network system described in FIG. 1 is configured. In addition, the process performs a traveling vehicle access notification method of the beacon service method using the mesh network according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. .

For example, after the identification information is allocated to the beacon communication apparatus 100 (S202), even if the periodic transmission (S204) of the beacon signal including the identification information is started, each vehicle may be in a state where it has not yet started, All personnel checks may be required.

In this case, before the vehicles participating in the mesh network depart, it is possible to check the number of passengers according to the procedure described in FIG.

When each vehicle arrives at the intermediate destination, it is possible to check the personnel through the above-described process and then start again if necessary. This is also applied to a beacon service method using a mesh network according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 to be described below.

5 is a message flow diagram illustrating a method for identifying a passenger in a beacon service method using a mesh network according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5, a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a process of registering in a beacon service server 200 and an identification information beacon communication device 100 of a passenger beacon device 300 (S500a, S500b)

When the passenger confirmation of the passenger is required after starting registration of the passenger beacon device 300 or starting from the intermediate destination again, if the user requests the passenger confirmation to the beacon communication device 100 (S502) The beacon communication device 100 searches for a beacon signal of the passenger beacon device 300 in the vehicle, and collects the detected beacon signal (S504).

When the beacon signal is received, the beacon communication device 100 extracts the identification information included in the received beacon signal. The first communication module 111 may be used when the received beacon signal is a BLE beacon signal and the module second communication module 112 may be used to receive a Wi-Fi beacon signal if the received beacon signal is a BLE beacon signal.

The extracted identification information is checked to see if it coincides with the identification information of the passenger beacon device 300 in the beacon communication device 100 (S506).

If the extracted identification information matches the identification information of the passenger beacon device 300 in the registered beacon communication device 100, all the passengers are normally boarded, and the program is terminated.

In the case where the extracted identification information does not match the identification information of the passenger beacon apparatus 300 in the registered beacon communication apparatus 100, it is divided into a case in which there are no passengers and a case in which there is an unregistered passenger, The device 100 transmits a beacon signal including identification information of the corresponding passenger terminal device to the beacon service server 200 (S508).

The beacon service server 200 compares the identification information to identify the passenger for each beacon communication device 100 (S510). If the passenger boarding the other vehicle is identified, the beacon service server 200 generates information about the passenger and the unaccompanied passenger To the beacon communication device 100 in which the passenger is present, information indicating that the passenger boarded the other vehicle or a passenger from another vehicle (S512).

Through the exchanged information, each beacon identifying apparatus 100 re-registers the identification information on the basis of the current boarding passenger (S514a). The server also re-registers the identification information based on the final passenger (S514b).

In addition, the present invention collectively transmits the beacon signals of the passenger beacon apparatus 300 collected by the beacon communication apparatus 100 to the beacon service server 200, collects the information registered in the beacon service server 200, It is also possible to compare the identification information of the beacon signal and transmit information on the passenger beacon apparatus 300 that has been carried to another vehicle to the beacon communication apparatus 100. [

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of confirming a passenger in a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The beacon communication device 100 registers the identification information of the passenger beacon device in the beacon communication device 100 or the beacon service server 200 in step S600 and if a passenger confirmation request occurs in step S602, (Step S604). The identification information in the collected beacon signal is compared with the information registered in the beacon communication server 100 or the beacon service server 200 to check the passenger. If there is a non-passenger or an unregistered passenger (S608) The communication devices 100 are exchanged with each other or transmitted to the beacon service server 200 in step S610 and the passenger information on the other vehicle is confirmed in step S612. If it is confirmed that the passenger has boarded the other vehicle (S614), it is notified that the passenger has boarded the other vehicle in the beacon device (S616a). If the passenger does not collect the beacon signal including the identification information about the passenger, (S616b).

Hereinafter, the main configuration and operation method of the beacon communication device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

7 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a beacon communication apparatus that performs a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7, a beacon communication apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, a control unit 130, an input unit 140, and an output unit 150 Lt; / RTI >

The communication unit 110 is a means for receiving data from an external source and transmitting data to an external source, such as a network interface card and a corresponding Network Driver Interface Specification ("NDIS") stack May be represented by a logical combination of one or more software and / or hardware modules. The communication unit 110 may support various communication protocols. For example, it can support various mobile communication standards such as AMPS, CDMA, GSM, W-CDMA, HSDPA, LTE and LTE-A and can also support short-range wireless network technologies such as BLE and Zigbee. Particularly, in the present invention, the communication unit 110 may include a first communication module 110 and a second communication module 120 for connecting to the communication network 500 according to a mobile communication standard to transmit and receive data, May be used to transmit or receive the beacon signal including the beacon communication device 100 and the identification information, the information on the passenger, and the user message in cooperation with the beacon service server 200. [

Here, 'module' is a component that performs a predetermined function, and may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. For example, the 'module' may refer to a program module, which may be software components executed by a processor to perform certain functions, object-oriented software components, class components, Data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, data structures, and the like, such as, for example, , And variables. In addition, the functions provided in the components and 'modules' may be combined into a smaller number of components and '~ modules' or further separated into additional components and 'modules'.

The first communication module 110 is a device for communicating through the BLE technology and can analyze the UUID, Major / Minor Version, and signal strength by receiving the BLE beacon signal. The second communication module 120 is a Wi- Based beacon signal communication, it is possible to analyze BSSID, frequency, and signal strength.

The storage unit 120 is a structure for storing data or programs executed or processed by the control unit 130. [ Basically, the storage unit 120 stores a booting of the beacon communication apparatus 100, an operating system (OS) for operating each of the above-described configurations, various user functions such as a call of the beacon communication apparatus 100 A user function for supporting functions, an MP3 user function for playing other sound sources, an image output function for playing back images such as photographs, and an application program for supporting a moving image playback function, respectively. Particularly, in the present invention, the storage unit 120 may register beacon signal identification information of a plurality of beacon communication apparatuses 100 or the passenger beacon apparatuses 300 according to the present invention. Also, a recording medium on which a computer program for performing a beacon service method using a mesh network is recorded can be stored. The storage unit 120 may be an optical storage medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk, and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), and a digital video disk (DVD) A magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), and a flash memory.

The control unit 130 is configured to perform overall control of the beacon communication device 100, and may be implemented with one or more processors. The processor may be a single-threaded processor, and in other embodiments, the processor may be a multithreaded processor. Further, the control unit 130 can operate by processing the instructions stored in the storage unit 120 via the one or more processors. The instructions may include interpreted instructions or executable code such as, for example, JavaScript or ECMAScript commands, or other instructions stored in a computer-readable medium.

In particular, in the present invention, a recording medium on which a computer program for performing a beacon service method using a mesh network is stored may be stored in the storage unit 120, and may be loaded and executed by the control unit 130. That is, the control unit 130 operates according to the service logic of the control module 132 and the management module 131 for carrying out the present invention, and performs functions according to the present invention.

The management module 131 may set a plurality of beacon communication devices 100 disposed in different vehicles to a beacon communication device 100 participating in the mesh network and allocate identification information to the plurality of beacon communication devices 100 The identification information of one or more passenger beacon devices 300 may be registered for each of the plurality of beacon communication devices 100 and the identification information of the passenger beacon device 300 may be re-registered based on the finally confirmed passengers .

The control module 132 periodically transmits a beacon signal including the assigned identification information, receives a beacon signal including identification information transmitted from another beacon communication device 100, and transmits the beacon signal included in the received beacon signal If the identification information matches the identification information of the beacon communication device 100 that will participate in the mesh network, if the identification information matches, construct a mesh network in connection with the other beacon communication device 100, The beacon communication apparatus 100 may be configured to determine whether the distance from the beacon communication apparatus 100 to the other beacon communication apparatus 100 is within a reference value based on the signal strength of the received beacon signal, And notifies the access of the other beacon communication device (100) if the signal strength of the received beacon signal is determined to be within the reference value, It is also possible to estimate the distance information to the beacon communication apparatus 100 and to output the estimated distance information and to receive and output the user message from the other beacon communication apparatus 100 through the established mesh network have.

In addition, the control module 132 collects the beacon signals of the passenger beacon units 300 boarding the respective vehicles by the passenger confirmation request, and transmits the identification information included in the beacon signals of the collected passenger beacon units and the registered passenger beacon units 300, The identification information of the non-passenger beacon apparatus or the identification information of the non-registered passenger beacon apparatus is transmitted / received to / from another beacon communication apparatus 100 via the mesh network, And finally identifying the passenger based on the identification information of the one or more non-passenger beacon devices or the identification information of the unregistered passenger beacon device. The identification information of the non-passenger beacon device or the identification information of the unrecorded passenger beacon device Can be transmitted / received through the beacon service server 200.

The input unit 140 receives a command and information from a user and generates a predetermined user input signal according to a user's operation and transmits the user input signal to the control unit 130. The input unit 140 may be implemented by a variety of input means that are currently commercialized or may be commercialized in the future. For example, the input unit 140 may include a general input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, a touch screen, Gesture input means for sensing and generating a specific input signal, and voice recognition means for recognizing the user's voice. In addition, the input unit 140 may be connected to the controller 130 through a system bus and an input / output interface. Here, the input / output interface may include a wide variety of input / output interfaces, such as, for example, a serial port interface, a PS / 2 interface, a parallel port interface, a USB interface, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Any of the different interfaces can be represented logically, or even combinations of different interfaces can be logically represented.

The output unit 150 provides the operation result or status of the beacon communication device 100 so that the user can recognize the operation result or status. In particular, the output unit 150 can visually output information using the display means. For example, the output unit 150 may be an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode display, a plasma display panel (OLED), or the like, as well as a three-dimensional display means such as a holography or a laser beam. The output unit 150 may be connected to the control unit 130 through a video interface such as a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) or a graphics device interface (GDI) Lt; / RTI >

The specific operation of the beacon service application 201 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be more clearly understood through a flowchart to be described later.

Hereinafter, the main configuration and operation method of the beacon service server 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a beacon service server that performs a beacon service method using a mesh network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the beacon service server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an interlocking module 210, a storage module 220, and a passenger confirmation module 230. The meaning of the module is as described in the description of FIG.

The interworking module 210 plays a role of supporting transmission and reception of information with the beacon communication device 100. For example, one or more beacon communication devices 100 may be configured to receive the identification information of each non-passenger beacon device and the identification information of the unregistered passenger beacon device from the one or more beacon communication devices 100, (100).

The interlocking module 210 may also receive or transmit identification information of all passenger beacon devices 300 as well as identification information of non-passenger beacon devices and unregistered passenger beacon devices.

The storage module 220 is a configuration for initially registering identification information of one or more passenger beacon devices 300 for each of the one or more beacon communication devices 100. The storage module 220 re-registers the identification information of the passenger beacon unit 300 based on the configuration of the passenger beacon unit 300 when the configuration of the passenger beacon unit 300 is changed for each of the one or more beacon communication units 100, .

The passenger identification module 230 identifies the identification information of the passenger beacon device registered for each beacon communication device 100, the identification information of the non-passenger beacon device for each of the received beacon communication devices, Information for each beacon communication device 100 to finally confirm the passenger by each beacon communication device 100. [

The beacon service method using the mesh network according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above.

At this time, the program recorded on the recording medium can be read and installed in the computer and executed, thereby executing the above-described functions.

In order to allow a computer to read a program recorded on a recording medium and to execute functions implemented by the program, the above-mentioned program may be stored in a computer-readable medium such as C, C ++, JAVA, machine language, and the like.

The code may include a function code related to a function or the like that defines the functions described above and may include an execution procedure related control code necessary for the processor of the computer to execute the functions described above according to a predetermined procedure. In addition, such code may further include memory reference related code as to what additional information or media needed to cause the processor of the computer to execute the aforementioned functions should be referenced at any location (address) of the internal or external memory of the computer . In addition, when a processor of a computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server that is remote to execute the above-described functions, the code may be stored in a memory of the computer using a communication module of the computer, It may further include a communication-related code such as how to communicate with another computer or a server, and what information or media should be transmitted or received during communication.

Such computer-readable media suitable for storing computer program instructions and data include, for example, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM) Optical media such as a DVD (Digital Video Disk), a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, and a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM , Random Access Memory), flash memory, EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM). The processor and memory may be supplemented by, or incorporated in, special purpose logic circuits.

The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The functional program for implementing the present invention and the related code and code segment may be implemented by programmers in the technical field of the present invention in consideration of the system environment of the computer that reads the recording medium and executes the program, Or may be easily modified or modified by the user.

Each step according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a computer-executable instruction and executed by a computing system. As used herein, a "computing system" is defined as one or more software modules, one or more hardware modules, or a combination thereof that operate in conjunction with performing an operation on electronic data. For example, the definition of a computer system includes a software module such as a personal computer's operating system and a hardware component of a personal computer. The physical layout of the module is not important. The computer system may include one or more computers connected through a network.

Likewise, a computing system may be implemented in a single physical device in which an internal module, such as a memory and a processor, operates in conjunction with performing an operation on the electronic data.

That is, an apparatus for a method of constructing a user participatory indoor map using wireless signal information according to the present invention can be implemented to perform the above-described embodiments based on a computing system described below.

9 is a diagram illustrating an operating environment of an apparatus for providing a service using a wireless signal according to an embodiment of the present invention. That is, this diagram is for explaining the operating environment of the beacon communication device 100 or the beacon service server 200. [

Figure 9 and the following discussion are intended to provide a brief, general description of a suitable computing environment in which the invention may be implemented. Although not required, the invention may be described in connection with computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer system. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The computer executable instructions, associated data structures, and program modules illustrate examples of program code means for carrying out the acts of the invention disclosed herein.

9, an exemplary computing system embodying the present invention includes a processing unit 11, a system memory 12, and various system components including the system memory 12 connected to the processing unit 11 And a system bus 10 for communicating with the system.

The processing unit 11 may execute computer-executable instructions designed to implement the features of the present invention.

The system bus 10 may be any of several types of bus structures including a local bus, a peripheral bus, and a memory bus or memory controller using any of a variety of bus architectures. The system memory 12 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12a and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12b. A basic input / output system (BIOS) 13a, containing the basic routines that help to transfer information between components within a computing system, such as during start-up, may generally be stored in ROM 12a.

The computing system may include storage means, for example, a hard disk drive 15 that reads information from, or writes information to, the hard disk, reads information from, or writes information to, And an optical disk drive 17 that reads information from, or writes information to, an optical disk such as, for example, a CD-ROM or other optical media . The hard disk drive 15, the magnetic disk drive 16 and the optical disk drive 17 are connected by a hard disk drive interface 18, a magnetic disk drive-interface 19 and an optical drive interface 20, respectively, And is connected to the bus 10.

Further, the computing system may further include an external memory 21 as a storage means. The external memory 21 may be connected to the system bus 10 through an input /

The above-described drives and their associated computer-readable media readable and writable by the drives provide non-volatile storage of computer-executable instructions, data structures, program modules and other data. The exemplary environment described herein illustrates a hard disk 15, magnetic disk 16 and optical disk 17, but may also include magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, DVDs, Bernoulli cartridges, RAMs Other types of computer readable media for storing data, including ROM, ROM, etc., may be used.

Includes one or more program modules including an operating system 13b, one or more application programs 13c, other program modules 13d, and program data 13c that are loaded and executed by the processing unit 11 The program code means may be stored in the hard disk 15, the magnetic disk 16, the optical disk 17, the ROM 12a or the RAM 12b.

In addition, the computing system may receive commands and information from a user through other input devices 22 such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a microphone, a joystick, a game pad, a scanner, These input devices 22 may be connected to the processing unit 11 via an input / output interface 24 connected to the system bus 10. The input / output interface 24 may be, for example, a serial interface such as a serial port interface, a PS / 2 interface, a parallel port interface, a USB interface, an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394 interface (i.e., FireWire interface) Any of a variety of different interfaces can be represented logically, or even combinations of different interfaces can be represented logically.

In addition, the computing system to which the present invention is applied may further include a display device 26 such as a monitor or LCD or an audio device 27 such as a speaker or microphone, which may be connected via a video / audio interface 25 And is connected to the system bus 10. For example, other peripheral output devices (not shown), such as speakers and printers, may also be connected to the computer system. The video / audio interface unit 25 may include a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a graphics device interface (GDI), or the like.

Further, the computing system embodying the invention is connectable to a network such as, for example, an office-wide or enterprise-wide computer network, a home network, an intranet, and / or the Internet. The computer system may exchange data with external sources such as, for example, a remote computer system, a remote application, and / or a remote database.

To this end, a computing system to which the present invention is applied includes a network interface 27 for receiving data from an external source and / or for transmitting data to an external source.

In the present invention, such a computing system can transmit and receive information to and from a remote device via the network interface 27. [ For example, if the computing system refers to a beacon communication device 100, it may transmit and receive information to and from the beacon service server 200 via the network interface 27. On the other hand, when the computing system means the beacon service server 200, it can transmit and receive information to and from the beacon communication device 100 via the network interface 27. [ The network interface 27 may be represented by a logical combination of one or more software and / or hardware modules, such as, for example, a network interface card and a corresponding Network Driver Interface Specification ("NDIS") stack.

Likewise, the computer system receives data from an external source via the input / output interface 24 or transmits data to an external source. Output interface 24 may be coupled to a modem 23 (e.g., a standard modem, a cable modem, or a digital subscriber line (" DSL ") modem) Lt; / RTI > and / or transmit data to an external source.

Although FIG. 9 shows an operating environment suitable for the present invention, the principles of the present invention may be employed with any system that can implement the principles of the present invention, with appropriate modifications if necessary. The environment shown in Fig. 9 is merely illustrative and does not represent a small portion of a very diverse environment in which the principles of the present invention may be implemented.

In addition, various information generated upon execution of the beacon service program of the present invention can be stored and accessed on any computer-readable medium related to the computing system as shown in Fig. For example, a portion of these program modules and a portion of the associated program data may be stored in the system memory 12, such as in the operating system 13b, the application program 13c, the program module 13d, and / (13e).

Further, when a mass storage device such as a hard disk is connected to the computing system, such program modules and related program data may be stored in the mass storage device. In a networked environment, program modules associated with the present invention, or portions thereof, may be connected to a remote computer system, such as a beacon communication device 100 and a beacon service, connected via a modem 23 or network interface 25 of the input / Such as a system memory associated with the computing system of server server 200 and / or a mass storage device. The execution of such a module can be performed in a distributed environment as described above.

As described above, the present specification contains details of a number of specific implementations, but they should not be construed as being limitations on the scope of any invention or claimability, but rather on the particular embodiment of a particular invention But should be understood as an explanation of the features. Certain features described herein in the context of separate embodiments may be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments, either individually or in any suitable subcombination. Further, although the features may operate in a particular combination and may be initially described as so claimed, one or more features from the claimed combination may in some cases be excluded from the combination, Or a variant of a subcombination.

Likewise, although the operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, it should be understood that such operations must be performed in that particular order or sequential order shown to achieve the desired result, or that all illustrated operations should be performed. In certain cases, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Also, the separation of the various system components of the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and the described program components and systems will generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products It should be understood.

Certain embodiments of the subject matter described herein have been described. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. For example, the operations recited in the claims may be performed in a different order and still achieve desirable results. By way of example, the process illustrated in the accompanying drawings does not necessarily require that particular illustrated or sequential order to obtain the desired results. In certain implementations, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

The description sets forth the best mode of the invention, and is provided to illustrate the invention and to enable those skilled in the art to make and use the invention. The written description is not intended to limit the invention to the specific terminology presented. Thus, while the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above examples, those skilled in the art will be able to make adaptations, modifications, and variations on these examples without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the described embodiments but should be defined by the claims.

The present invention relates to a beacon service method using a mesh network, in which a network participant is set by using a Bluetooth low-power technology or a Wi-Fi beacon, and a change in strength of a wireless signal transmitted from the short- It is possible to grasp whether or not the user has arrived at the destination and effectively grasp the mutual position.

Further, according to the present invention, even when a large number of passengers are aboard, it is possible to easily know whether a passenger is boarding or the position of a boarding vehicle, thereby reducing the burden of inspecting personnel accompanying a group travel, . This can contribute to the development of the service industry. In addition, the present invention is industrially applicable because it is not only possible to market or operate but also can be practically and practically carried out.

100: Beacon communication device 200: Beacon service server
300: passenger beacon device 110: communication section
111: first communication module 112: second communication module
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131: management module 132: control module
140: Input unit 150: Output unit
210: interlock module 220: storage module
230: Passenger Identification Module

Claims (16)

A beacon service method using a mesh network,
Setting a plurality of beacon communication devices disposed in different vehicles to a beacon communication device to participate in the mesh network;
Assigning identification information to the plurality of beacon communication devices;
The beacon communication apparatus periodically transmitting a beacon signal including identification information assigned thereto and receiving a beacon signal including identification information transmitted from another beacon communication apparatus;
Confirming whether the beacon communication apparatus having received the beacon signal matches the identification information included in the received beacon signal with the identification information of the beacon communication apparatus to participate in the mesh network;
Establishing a mesh network in connection with the other beacon communication device, and notifying access of the other beacon communication device;
And a beacon service method using the mesh network. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of confirming whether the distance from the beacon communication device to the other beacon communication device is within a reference value based on the signal strength of the received beacon signal,
And when the beacon is within the reference value, notifying of the access is performed. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the notifying step comprises:
Estimating distance information between the beacon communication device and the beacon communication device based on the received signal strength of the beacon signal and outputting the distance information;
A beacon service method using a mesh network. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of setting the transmission power intensity in the plurality of beacon communication apparatuses
A beacon service method using a mesh network. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the notifying step comprises:
And receiving and outputting a user message from the other beacon communication device through the established mesh network. The method according to claim 1,
Registering identification information of at least one passenger beacon device for each of the plurality of beacon communication devices;
Collecting a beacon signal of a passenger beacon device aboard each vehicle when the beacon communication device requests a passenger identification;
Comparing the identification information included in the beacon signal of the passenger beacon device collected by the beacon communication device with the identification information of the registered passenger beacon device to identify the passenger;
Sending and receiving identification information of a non-passenger beacon device or identification information of an unregistered passenger beacon device to and from another beacon communication device through the mesh network;
The final confirmation of the passenger in consideration of the identification information of the non-passenger beacon device that has been transmitted and received or the identification information of the non-registered passenger beacon device
The beacon service method further comprising: 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the transmitting and receiving comprises:
Wherein the identification information of the non-passenger beacon device or the identification information of the non-registered passenger beacon device is transmitted / received through the beacon service server. The method according to claim 6,
Further comprising the step of re-registering the identification information of the passenger beacon device on the basis of the finally confirmed passengers, respectively, of the plurality of beacon communication devices. A computer program for executing a beacon service method using the mesh network according to any one of claims 1 to 8. A management module for setting a plurality of beacon communication devices disposed in different vehicles to a beacon communication device to participate in the mesh network and assigning identification information to the plurality of beacon communication devices;
And transmitting the beacon signal including identification information included in the received beacon signal periodically to the beacon communication device, receiving a beacon signal including identification information transmitted from another beacon communication device, A control module for confirming whether or not the identification information of the communication device matches and, if there is a match, notifying access of the other beacon communication device while establishing a mesh network in connection with the other beacon communication device; Containing
A beacon communication device performing a beacon service method using a mesh network. 11. The method of claim 10,
The control module includes:
The beacon communication apparatus determines whether the distance from the beacon communication apparatus to the other beacon communication apparatus is within a reference value based on the signal strength of the received beacon signal, To the access point
A beacon communication device performing a beacon service method using a mesh network. 11. The method of claim 10,
The control module includes:
Estimates the distance information with respect to the other beacon communication apparatus based on the signal intensity of the received beacon signal, and outputs the estimated distance information
A beacon communication device performing a beacon service method using a mesh network. 11. The method of claim 10,
The control module includes:
And receiving and outputting a user message from the other beacon communication apparatus through the established mesh network.
A beacon communication device performing a beacon service method using a mesh network. 11. The method of claim 10,
The management module comprising:
Wherein identification information of at least one passenger beacon device is registered for each of the plurality of beacon communication devices,
The control module includes:
Collects a beacon signal of a passenger beacon device in each vehicle by a passenger confirmation request, identifies the passenger by comparing the identification information included in the beacon signal of the collected passenger beacon device with the identification information of the registered passenger beacon device, Identification information of a non-passenger beacon device or identification information of an unregistered passenger beacon device to / from another beacon communication device through the mesh network, and transmits identification information on a non-passenger beacon device transmitting / And finally confirms the passenger in consideration of the identification information
A beacon communication device performing a beacon service method using a mesh network. 15. The method of claim 14,
The control module includes:
And transmits identification information on the non-passenger beacon device or identification information on the non-registered passenger beacon device through the beacon service server
A beacon communication device performing a beacon service method using a mesh network. 15. The method of claim 14,
The management module comprising:
And registering the identification information of the passenger beacon device on the basis of the finally confirmed passenger.

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