KR20180089087A - Server of providing customer location information for pick-up service and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a server for providing position information of a customer for a pick-up service and a method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server comprises: a pick-up request reception unit receiving a pick-up service request transmitted from a user terminal and first position information; a pick-up vehicle assigning unit assigning a pick-up vehicle based on the received pick-up service request and the first position information; a movement information reception unit receiving movement information transmitted from the user terminal; a position correction unit generating second position information based on the received movement information; and a position transmission unit transmitting the received first position information and the generated second position information to the assigned pick-up vehicle.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a location information providing server and a method for providing location information of a customer for pick-

The present invention relates to a server and method for providing location information of a customer for pick-up service.

With the recent mobilization of mobile location based services, users of mobile applications related to cargo delivery, quick service, surrogate operation, accident handling, and call service are increasing. Most of these mobile applications collect the location information of the user using GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite and provide related services using the collected location information, so it is very important to grasp the location of the user accurately.

However, in the case of using GPS satellites, it is difficult to collect location information in high-rise buildings or indoors due to characteristics of satellite signals, and it may be difficult to provide smooth service because error range can be up to tens of meters (m). Accordingly, in recent years, when a user requests a service using a mobile application, the user sets his / her own location directly on the map. However, the related service can be provided only when the user waits at a location set by the user. It is difficult to grasp the location of the service. In particular, even if the user moves to the right side of the road after crossing the traffic lights after requesting the service from the left side of the road, the service provider may not be able to recognize the change of the user's position if the travel distance of the user is within the GPS error range.

A problem to be solved by an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a location information providing server and method of a customer that corrects location information of a user who applied for a pickup service in real time and transmits the corrected location information to a pick up service provider.

Embodiments according to the present invention can be used to accomplish other tasks not specifically mentioned other than the above-described tasks.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a pickup service request receiving unit for receiving a pick-up service request and first position information transmitted from a user terminal, a pick-up request receiving unit for receiving the pickup service request and the pick- A position correcting unit for generating second position information based on the received movement information, and a position correcting unit for correcting the received first position information and the generated position information, 2 location information to a terminal located in the assigned pick-up vehicle. The present invention provides a location information providing server for a pick-up service of a customer.

Here, the movement information may include an average stride at the user's walking, an average stride at the time of running, a moving direction of the user after the pickup service request, a moving speed, and a step number.

In addition, it may include a road information database for storing road information including road position, road width, and traffic light information.

Also, the position correction unit may determine whether the user crosses the road based on the received movement information and the road information, and may generate the second position information according to the determination result.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting a pick-up request, the method comprising: storing road information including a road position, a road width, and a traffic light information; Assigning a pick-up vehicle based on the pick-up service request and the first position information received by the pick-up vehicle assigning unit, transmitting the first position information to the terminal located in the pick-up vehicle assigned in the position transmitting unit Receiving the movement information transmitted from the user terminal in the movement information receiving unit, generating second position information based on the road information stored in the position correcting unit and the received movement information, And transmitting the second location information to the terminal located in the assigned pick-up vehicle. How to propose a ball.

Here, the movement information may include an average stride at the user's walking, an average stride at the time of running, a moving direction of the user after the pickup service request, a moving speed, and a step number.

The generating of the second position information may include determining whether the first road exists in a predetermined radius based on the first position information, determining whether the user is traversed on the first road, And generating second location information when it is determined that the user traversed the first road.

The step of determining the traversal may include calculating an angle between the moving direction and the first road when the first road exists within a predetermined radius and calculating an angle between the moving direction and the first road when the calculated angle is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value Calculating a travel distance, and determining that the user traversed the first road when the calculated travel distance is equal to or greater than the road width of the first road.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user does not need to set up a pickup position when a pickup service is requested, and a pickup service can be used at any position. In addition, the pick-up service provider can improve the satisfaction of the user by providing the related service within a short time by accurately grasping the current position of the moving user.

FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration of a location information providing server of a customer for a pick-up service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a method of providing location information of a customer using FIG.
3 shows a position information correction method of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is therefore not limited to the embodiments described herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and the same reference numerals are used for the same or similar components throughout the specification. In the case of publicly known technologies, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In this specification, when a part is referred to as "including " an element, it is to be understood that it may include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. Also, the terms " part, "" module," and "group ", etc. in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software .

In this specification, the term "pickup service" means a service provided based on location information collected through a portable terminal of a user (customer). For example, the pickup service includes services related to car wash, consignment, vehicle inspection, quick service, call service, courier service, agency operation and incident handling.

FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration of a location information providing server of a customer for a pick-up service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The location information providing server 100 of FIG. 1 is connected to the user terminal 200 and the pick-up terminal 300 via a wireless communication network and transmits location information of a user (customer) in response to a pick-up service request of the user terminal 200 And transmits it to the pick-up terminal (300). Although the user terminal 200 and the pick-up terminal 300 are actually implemented by a plurality of user terminals and a pick-up terminal, in FIG. 1, for convenience of explanation, a user terminal requesting a pick- Only the corresponding pickup vehicle terminal configuration is shown.

The user terminal 200 of FIG. 1 includes a location acquisition module 210, a sensor module 220, and a communication module 230.

The location acquisition module 210 receives GPS coordinates transmitted from a plurality of satellites and calculates and stores the current location of the mobile terminal (hereinafter referred to as "first location information"). Here, since the mobile terminal is carried by the user, the location of the mobile terminal can be regarded as the same as the location of the user.

In addition, the location collecting module 210 extracts the location of a merchant (a restaurant, a transportation means, a department store, a convenience store, etc.) based on the received payment approval message after the user requests payment through a payment means such as a credit card and a PIN tech And then calculates the current position of the user.

The sensor module 220 collects and stores movement information of a user, and includes an acceleration sensor, a gravity sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and a gyro sensor. Here, the movement information includes the direction of movement of the user, the movement speed, the number of steps, and the like.

The communication module 230 transmits the user's pickup service request, the location information of the user calculated through the location acquisition module 210 and the movement information of the user collected through the sensor module 220 to the location information providing server 100 do. At this time, the communication module 230 transmits the identification information of the mobile terminal, which is stored in advance in the mobile terminal, together with the stride information of the user. In addition, the communication module 230 may be installed in the user's mobile terminal in the form of an application.

The position collecting module 210 according to the embodiment of the present invention calculates the difference between the reception time of the payment approval message and the pickup service request time Δt, The moving distance of the user at? T is calculated based on the moving direction, the moving speed, and the number of steps collected through the? Further, the location information of the user reflecting the travel distance of the user is calculated at the location of the merchant and transmitted to the location information providing server 100 through the communication module 230.

The pick-up vehicle terminal 300 of FIG. 1 receives and outputs location information of a user transmitted from the location information providing server 100 to a terminal located in a vehicle providing a pick-up service. For example, the pick-up vehicle terminal 300 may be an AVN (audio, video, navigation) terminal or a pick-up service provider's portable terminal. The pick-up service provider operates the pick-up vehicle based on the position information of the user output through the pick-up vehicle terminal 300.

The position information providing server 100 of FIG. 1 includes a pickup request receiving unit 110, a pick-up vehicle assigning unit 120, a vehicle information database 130, a movement information receiving unit 140, a position correcting unit 150, A road information database 170, and a location transfer unit 180. [

The pick-up request receiving unit 110 receives a pick-up service request transmitted from the user terminal 200. Also, the first location information of the user transmitted from the user terminal 200 is received and stored in the route information database 160.

The pick-up vehicle assigning unit 120 assigns the pick-up vehicle based on the first position information of the user received via the pick-up request receiving unit 110. [ Specifically, the vehicle nearest to the user's current position is searched using the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information database 130 and assigned to the user. At this time, a pick-up vehicle corresponding to the service type can be allocated in consideration of the pick-up service request received through the pick-up request receiving unit 110. For example, when the user requests the call service, the call information may be searched from among the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information database 130, and the call destination closest to the user's current location may be extracted and allocated.

The vehicle information database 130 stores information about the pick-up vehicle registered in the position information providing server 100. [ Specifically, the identification information, the position, the type, the company name, and the availability of the pick-up vehicle are stored.

The movement information receiving unit 140 receives the movement information of the user transmitted from the user terminal 200 and stores the movement information in the route information database 160. For example, it is possible to receive and store the average stride at the user's walking, the average stride at the time of running, the moving direction of the user according to the time after the pickup service request, the moving speed, and the number of steps.

The position correcting unit 150 corrects the first position information received through the pickup request receiving unit 110 to generate second position information. Specifically, the first position information is corrected based on the movement information received through the movement information receiving unit 140 and the road information stored in the road information database 170 to generate second position information, and the second position information And stores it in the route information database 160.

The path information database 160 stores first position information, movement information, and second position information.

The road information database 170 stores road related information such as a road location, a road name, a road type, a road width, a crosswalk, and a traffic signal.

The position transmitter 180 transmits the first position information received from the pickup request receiver 110 and the second position information generated by the position corrector 150 to the pick-up terminal 300.

FIG. 2 shows a method of providing location information of a customer using FIG.

First, the pick-up service request transmitted from the user terminal 200 is received through the pick-up request receiving unit 110 of the position information providing server 100 (S100), and the first position information is received (S200).

Then, the pickup vehicle assigning unit 120 assigns the pick-up vehicle corresponding to the position of the user and the requested service (S300). Specifically, using the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information database 130, a pickup vehicle corresponding to the pickup service request received in step S100 is searched, and the first position information received in step S200 of the picked-up vehicles Extracts a pick-up vehicle at a position closest to the user and assigns it to the user.

Then, the first position information of the user is transmitted through the position transmitter 180 to the pickup vehicle assigned to the user in step S300 (S400).

Thereafter, the mobile information receiving unit 140 receives the movement information transmitted from the user terminal 200 (S500). In step S500, the user receives the average stride at walking, the average stride at running, the moving direction of the user, the moving speed, and the number of footsteps according to the time after the pickup service request. In FIG. 2, step S500 is shown to be performed after step S400. However, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be performed substantially simultaneously with steps S300 and S400.

Thereafter, the first position information is corrected through the position correcting unit 150 based on the movement information received in step S500 and the road information stored in the road information database 170 (S600). Step S600 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 below.

3 shows a position information correction method of FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not the road exists within a predetermined radius based on the first position information (S610). Specifically, based on the first location information and the road information stored in the road information database 170, it is determined whether or not the user exists around the road. Here, a street (highway) means a main road having a large amount of traffic connecting important points of the city, and for example, it may be a road of six or more lanes in a round trip.

Thereafter, in step S620, the angle of movement of the user and the direction of the street are calculated based on the movement information received in step S500. If the direction of movement of the user is perpendicular to the direction of the user (when the angle is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value) (Step S630). Specifically, the first movement distance of the user is calculated by using the average stride at the walking, the average stride at the time of walking, the moving speed, and the number of footsteps received in step S500. For example, when it is judged that the user has moved on the basis of the moving speed, the first moving distance can be calculated by "average stride at walking x number of steps ".

Thereafter, the first movement distance calculated in step S630 is compared with the carousel width (S640).

If it is determined in step S640 that the first movement distance is greater than the predetermined distance, the user is determined to cross the street, and the second location information of the user is generated (S650). At this time, it is possible to judge whether or not the user crosses the roadway by further considering the traffic light information (blinking time) stored in the road information database 170. [ Here, the second position information includes the first position information and the position symmetrical to the right and left with respect to the road.

Referring again to FIG. 2, the second position information is transmitted to the pick-up terminal 300 through the position transmitter 180 (S700).

If it is determined in step S620 that the direction of movement of the user is not perpendicular to the direction of the user's car, the user may use the average step size, the average step size, the moving speed, Calculate the distance. Here, the second position information is the position reflecting the second movement distance in the first position information, and the direction is the same as the first position information with respect to the road.

In the embodiment of the present invention, steps S500 to S700 of FIG. 2 are repeated until the user is aboard the pick-up vehicle, and the position of the user is continuously tracked and transmitted to the pick-up vehicle terminal 300. Accordingly, the user can use the pick-up service without a time delay even if he / she moves after requesting the pick-up service, and the service provider can grasp the position of the user in real time and search for the user at the correct position. For example, even if a user requests a pick-up service from the left side of the road and then moves to the right side of the traffic lights, the user's position can be tracked and the final position of the user can be continuously corrected and transmitted to the pick-up vehicle terminal.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It belongs to the scope.

100: Location information providing server
110: pickup request receiver
120: pick-up vehicle
130: Vehicle information database
140: movement information receiver
150:
160: Path information database
170: Road information database
180: Position transmitter
200: user terminal
210: Position acquisition module
220: Sensor module
230: Communication module
300: pick-up vehicle terminal

Claims (8)

A pickup request receiver for receiving a pickup service request and first position information transmitted from a user terminal,
A pick-up vehicle assignment unit for assigning a pick-up vehicle based on the received pick-up service request and the first position information,
A movement information receiver for receiving movement information transmitted from the user terminal,
A position correcting unit for generating second position information based on the received movement information, and
And transmits the received first position information and the generated second position information to a terminal located in the assigned pick-up vehicle,
A server for providing location information of a customer for a pick-up service including the server; The method of claim 1,
Wherein the movement information includes an average stride at the user's walking, an average stride at the time of the user's walking, a moving direction of the user after the pickup service request, a moving speed, and a number of steps. The method of claim 1,
And a road information database for storing road information including road position, road width, and traffic light information. 4. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the location correction unit determines whether the user crosses the road based on the received movement information and the road information, and generates the second location information according to the determination result. Storing road information including road position, road width and traffic light information,
Receiving a pickup service request and first position information transmitted from a user terminal in a pickup request receiving unit,
Assigning a pick-up vehicle based on the pick-up service request received from the pick-up vehicle distributing section and the first position information,
Transmitting the first position information to a terminal located in the pick-up vehicle assigned by the position transmitter,
Receiving movement information transmitted from the user terminal in a movement information receiver,
Generating second position information based on the road information stored in the position correcting unit and the received movement information, and
And transmitting the second position information generated in the position transmitter to the terminal located in the pickup vehicle
The method comprising the steps of: The method of claim 5,
Wherein the movement information includes an average stride at the user's walking, an average stride at the time of the user's walking, a moving direction of the user after requesting the pick-up service, a moving speed, and a number of steps. The method of claim 6,
Wherein the generating the second position information comprises:
Determining whether a first road exists in a radius set in advance based on the first position information,
Determining whether the user is traversing the first road, and
And generating the second location information when it is determined that the user traversed the first road. 8. The method of claim 7,
The step of determining whether or not the traverse is performed includes:
Calculating an angle between the moving direction and the first road when a first road exists within a predetermined radius,
Calculating a moving distance of the user when the calculated angle is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value, and
And determining that the user traversed the first road if the calculated travel distance is equal to or greater than the road width of the first road.

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