KR20180087585A - Station And Taxi Information System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for guiding information on a taxi stand and a taxi, comprising: a taxi stand terminal for photographing a taxi accessing a stop area of a taxi stand by a photographing camera to transmit a photographed image through the Internet; a smartphone for storing an application to get information on a taxi stand location for finding the taxi stand and inquiry information of the taxi accessing the stop area, and transmitting a user location measured by using a GPS module; and an operating server for generating taxi stand information by an arrival distance and required time calculated by the taxi stand location and the user location according to a request of the smartphone so as to transmit the generated taxi stand information, and transmitting, to the smartphone, inquiry information obtained by searching for an illegal action from vehicle information database based on a vehicle number recognized from the photographed image transmitted from the taxi stand terminal. The smartphone displays the arrival distance and required time to the taxi stand on a display panel or outputs the same through voice, based on the taxi stand information obtained based on the user location measured by the GPS module in a state where the application is executed before a user arrives at the taxi stand, and displaying, on a touch panel, the inquiry information of the taxi transmitted from the operating server after the user arrives at the taxi stand.

Description

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The present invention relates to a bus stop and a taxi information guidance system, and more particularly, it is possible to easily find a bus stop by guiding stop position information while executing an app of a user smart phone and to recognize a taxi license plate of a taxi entering the stop The present invention relates to a bus stop and a taxi information guidance system for allowing a taxi user to board a vehicle safely by informing a user through a smart phone by inquiring illegal actions of the vehicle using the function of the taxi driver.

In recent years, crimes targeting children, women, and the elderly have been on the rise, and crime rates have increased for passengers using taxis. We have been working on various measures to establish a safe home-runway by installing a crime-prevention camera in crime-ridden areas or dispatching a helper to the police department and the local governments.

Despite these efforts, violent crime has not been eradicated against women or travelers who use taxis in the middle of the night, and visually impaired persons who are apparently visually impaired are more vulnerable to crime prevention without accompanying persons. Related disputes continue to occur.

In the prior art, the name " taxi safe return home service system "(Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2012-0076656) discloses a method of determining whether or not a route is departed by comparing a predicted travel route to a destination with an actual travel route, , It proposes a safe return service that notifies the external system of the route deviation.

In the above-mentioned document, it is only a post-countermeasure to prepare for a departure from a route that occurs after boarding a taxi, and it is necessary to inform the taxi user whether or not the taxi to / from the stop is related to illegal act, Lt; / RTI >

In addition, since it is difficult to find a stop in a complicated urban area or in a strange place if the user does not know the position of the stop for using the bus and taxi in advance, it is required to provide the stop position information according to the user's request have.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0076656

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for a mobile communication terminal, And provides inquiry information for searching for illegal activities based on the received information, thereby providing a bus stop and taxi information guidance system that a taxi user can safely board.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bus stop and taxi information guidance system comprising: a bus terminal for photographing a taxi entering a stopping area of a bus stop with a camera and transmitting the picked up image via the Internet; A smartphone for storing an app for receiving stop position information for searching for the stop and inquiry information of a taxi entering the stop area and transmitting the measured user position using the GPS module; And a controller for generating and transmitting stopping information based on the arrival distance and the required time calculated by the stop position and the user position according to the request of the smartphone and transmitting the stopping information based on the vehicle number recognized from the shot image transmitted from the stopping terminal, And an operation server that transmits inquiry information that has detected an illegal activity in the database to the smartphone, wherein the smartphone further comprises: On the touch panel or displays the arrival distance and the required time to the stop on the basis of the stop information obtained on the basis of the stop information acquired on the basis of the stop information acquired on the basis of the stop information, On the panel.

The stop terminal may further include an image processing unit for signal processing the image photographed by the photographing camera, an illumination unit for illuminating the stopping area, a control unit for controlling the image processing unit and the illumination unit according to a request from the operation server, The operation server includes a number recognition unit for recognizing the vehicle number of the taxi using an image processing algorithm capable of recognizing characters or recognizing a pattern from the captured image of the taxi, A user information database for storing user information of the smartphone; a bus stop for storing information on a position of a stop installed in the stop terminal; An information database, And a server control unit for controlling the overall operation of the operation server, wherein the smart phone comprises: an operating server for receiving information on an information service provided by the operating server, A communication module for communicating with the operation server; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the taxi when the taxi entering the stop is illegal A vibration unit for informing the user of the vibration when the user corresponds to the user, and a smartphone controller for controlling the overall operation of the smart phone.

The operating server is connected to a computer center of an external public entity via the Internet and updates the vehicle information database.

The stop and taxi information guidance system according to the present invention can easily find the destination stop by informing the user of the arrival distance and the time taken to the stop calculated based on the current position and the stop position of the user.

Also, before boarding the taxi at the stop, it is possible to provide the inquiry information searching the illegal activity in the vehicle information database based on the taxi car number recognized from the photographed image, thereby contributing to the prevention of crime and utilizing the taxi with confidence.

FIG. 1 is a view for explaining an operation of waiting for a taxi to enter a stopping area of a bus stop in a bus stop and taxi information guidance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a bus stop and taxi information guidance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an image illustrating taxi information displayed on a user smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating operations of a bus stop and taxi information guidance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of being connected to the Internet and capable of receiving information services, and having a service function in which a user carries an ordinary smart phone, activates an app downloaded to the smart phone to receive stop position information, And a service function for receiving taxi information related to an illegal act of the taxi before taking the taxi.

1 and 2, the stop and taxi information guidance system according to the present invention includes a stop terminal 30 installed in a stop shelter 20, a smart phone 40 carried by the user, and an external operation server 50).

The operating server 50 includes an interface unit 51 for communicating with the smartphone 40 via the Internet. The interface unit 51 is connected to the computer center provided in the stop terminal 30 and a public institution 60 described later to perform communication.

The operation server 50 includes a server control unit 54 for controlling the overall operation of the server, a user information database 55 for storing user information of the smartphone 40, a stop ID, A station information database 56 for storing information, and an operation information database 57 for storing an application program to be provided to the smartphone 40. [

The smartphone 40 includes a GPS module 41 and a smartphone control unit 42 for receiving a position signal from a GPS satellite and determining the current position of the user. The smartphone 40 also includes a storage unit 43 for storing an application program, a telephone number, a call log, and the like downloaded from the operation server 50, a vibration unit (not shown) 44, a touch panel 45 for interfacing with the user through touch operation and displaying information, an audio output unit 47 for outputting audio and sound signals using the built-in speaker, A communication module 46 for communicating with a telephone office or the operating server 50 via a communication network.

When the user activates and activates the application by the smartphone 40 and sets the operation mode, the user can receive stop information in connection with the operation server 50 in the operation mode. At this time, the smartphone 40 transmits the current position of the user measured by the GPS module 41 and the stop information of the destination to the operation server 50 through the communication module 46.

The operation server 50 may request the smartphone 40 to search the stopping information database 56 based on the stop position of the destination detected by the stopping information database 56 and the current position of the user transmitted from the smartphone 40, And transmits the calculated distance to the smartphone 40 by calculating the time required to reach the stopping point. Herein, the reaching distance may be calculated based on the coordinates corresponding to the current position of the user and the coordinates corresponding to the stopping position, or the reaching distance may be calculated based on the moving path determined by the path finding algorithm on the map. Also, the required time can be calculated by dividing the calculated arrival distance by the average walking speed or by reflecting the walking speed inputted from the user.

Then, in the smartphone 40, the reaching distance and the required time are visually displayed on the touch panel 45 so that the user can confirm the arrival distance and the required time. The audio output unit 47 outputs the arrival distance and the required time through the audio output unit 47 so that the stopping information can be easily checked even in the case of a visually impaired person.

On the other hand, when the user arrives at the stop and uses the taxi, the user can activate the app of the smartphone 40 and set the operation mode to the taxi information guidance mode to receive the taxi information. To this end, the stop terminal 30 has a device configuration for reserving a taxi image. That is, the stopping terminal 30 includes a photographing camera 31 for photographing the taxi 10 entering the stop zone S set in advance at a stop, and a control unit 30 for amplifying and filtering the photographed image signal of the photographing camera 31 A communication module 34 for communicating with the operation server 50 and a communication module 34 for communicating with the operation server 50. The image processing unit 32 performs image processing on the image data, A terminal control unit 35 for controlling the overall operation, and a power supply unit 36 for supplying power to each component.

The operation server 50 also includes a number recognition unit 52 for recognizing the vehicle number from the captured image of the taxi received from the stop terminal 30 and a taxi operated by the public entity 60 And a vehicle information database 53 for storing vehicle information related to illegal activities. Preferably, the operation server 50 is connected to the computer center of the public institution 60 via the Internet to update vehicle information of the vehicle information database 53.

The number recognizing unit 52 recognizes the image data of the taxi taken by the photographing camera 31 and processed by the image processing unit 32 by using an image processing algorithm capable of character recognition or pattern recognition Recognize the taxi's car number. The server control unit 54 searches the vehicle information database for information related to illegal behavior based on the recognized car number of the taxi and transmits the inquiry information obtained by the search result to the smart phone 40 ).

3, the smartphone 40 visually displays the inquiry information transmitted from the operation server 50 on the touch panel 45 and displays the inquiry information through the audio output unit 47 For example, the inquiry information such as "Taxi arrived in the stop area, the vehicle number is OOOOO, and the taxi driver name is XXX ".

Hereinafter, the operation of the stop and taxi information guidance system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, a user executes an application of the smartphone 40, connects to the operation server 50, and sets an operation mode through user authentication. The operation mode can be classified into a stop guide mode and a taxi information guide mode 70).

If the operation mode is the stop guide mode (YES in step 72), the user's current position measured by the GPS module 41 of the smartphone 40 and the ID of the destination stop are transmitted to the operation server 50 (74). The operation server 50 searches for and obtains a stop position corresponding to the destination stop in the stop information database 56 and calculates the reach distance and the required time based on the destination stop position and the user current position. The reaching distance can be calculated as a straight line reaching distance based on the positional coordinates or a reaching distance according to the traveling route using the route searching algorithm. The required traveling time can be calculated as an average walking speed or a walking speed set by the user Can be calculated separately. The stop destination guidance information is generated by the calculated arrival distance and the required time, and the generated stop destination guidance information is transmitted to the smartphone 40 (76).

The smartphone 40 visually displays the received stop guide information through the touch panel 45 or outputs the voice via the audio output unit 47 (78).

If the operation mode is the taxi information guidance mode (Yes in step 80), the operation server 50 determines whether the corresponding stop terminal 30 (30) is recognized according to the current position of the user received from the smartphone 40 or the stop ID set by the user ) 82 to request the transmission of the taxi shot image.

The terminal control section 35 of the stop terminal 30 requested by the operation server 50 photographs the taxi 10 entering the stop zone S by controlling the photographing camera 31, The processing unit 32 amplifies and filters the image signal, processes the image signal, and transmits the image signal to the operation server 50 (84).

The number recognition unit 52 of the operation server 50 recognizes the vehicle number of the taxi by using image processing algorithms capable of recognizing characters or recognizing patterns of the image data of the received taxi, (86) searches the vehicle information database (53) for the relevance of the article name and illegal behavior of the taxi based on the recognized car number and inquiry information according to the search result to the smartphone (40).

The smartphone 40 visually displays inquiry information of the received taxi on the touch panel 45 and also outputs the inquiry information through the audio output unit 47. For example, (88), the visually impaired person can also confirm that the inquiry information "Taxi has arrived in the area, the vehicle number is OOOOO, and the name of the taxi driver is XXX".

According to the above-described embodiment, the destination stop can be easily found by notifying the user of the reach distance and the required time to the stop. Also, before boarding the taxi at the stop, it is possible to provide inquiry information about the illegal activity in the vehicle information database, thereby contributing to the prevention of crime and using the taxi with confidence.

10: Taxi 20: Stop Shelter
30: stop terminal 40: smart phone
50: Operational server 60: Public entity

Claims (3)

A stop terminal for picking up a taxi entering a stopping area of a stop by a photographing camera and transmitting the picked up image via the Internet;
A smartphone for storing an app for receiving stop position information for searching for the stop and inquiry information of a taxi entering the stop area and transmitting the measured user position using the GPS module; And
And a controller for generating and transmitting stop information based on the arrival distance calculated by the stop position and the user position and transmitting the stop information according to a request from the smart phone, And transmitting the inquiry information to the smart phone,
The smartphone displays the arrival distance and the required time to the stop on the basis of the stop information obtained based on the user position measured by the GPS module while the app is running before reaching the stop, And displays the inquiry information of the taxi received from the operation server on the touch panel after reaching the stop. The method according to claim 1,
The stop terminal comprises: an image processing unit for signal processing an image photographed by the photographing camera; an illumination unit for illuminating the stop zone; and a control unit for controlling the image processing unit and the illumination unit according to a request from the operation server, And a terminal control unit for controlling an operation of transmitting,
Wherein the operation server comprises: a number recognizing unit for recognizing the vehicle number of the taxi using an image processing algorithm capable of recognizing characters or recognizing patterns from an image of the taxi; A user information database for storing user information of the smart phone, a station information database for storing location information of a station where the station terminal is installed, And a server control unit for controlling the overall operation of the operation server, wherein the server control unit includes:
The smartphone includes a storage unit for downloading and storing an application program from the operation server, a touch panel for displaying information, an audio output unit for outputting audio, a communication module for communicating with the operation server, And a smartphone controller for controlling the overall operation of the smartphone, wherein the smartphone controller controls the operation of the smartphone. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the operation server is connected to a computer center of an external public entity via the Internet to update the vehicle information database.

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