KR20180133621A - Method and Apparatus for Controlling Shopping Order in a Vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a shopping order in a vehicle and an apparatus thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method of controlling a shopping order in a vehicle linked to a shopping server through a communication network includes a step of activating any one of a first order controller and a second order controller based on whether the vehicle is traveling, a step of analyzing an input pattern corresponding to the input signal when the input signal generated from any one of the first order controller and the second order controller is sensed; and a step of transmitting an order command to the shopping server when an order command corresponding to the input pattern is identified. Accordingly, the present invention has the advantage of providing shopping in a safer vehicle.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a shopping order in a vehicle,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to in-vehicle shopping, and more particularly, to an in-vehicle shopping order which enables a shopping order in a vehicle in a stop state and a traveling state by dynamically providing a user interface for shopping order adaptively according to whether the vehicle is traveling. Control method and apparatus.

In accordance with the remarkable development of electronic control technology, various devices which are operated by a mechanical method in an automobile are driven by an electric method for reasons such as convenience of the driver and safety of operation, and automobile systems are gradually advanced and advanced It is going.

In particular, recently, a vehicle equipped with a wireless communication function has been released, and a vehicle equipped with a wireless communication function can provide a variety of services to a driver in conjunction with a telematics server.

With the spread of smartphones and the activation of online shopping, many people can order various products using smart phones.

However, during the driving of the vehicle, the use of the smartphone is prohibited legally for safety reasons, and the driver can not place shopping order using the smartphone while driving.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an in-vehicle shopping order method and apparatus and system therefor.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle shopping order control method and apparatus capable of dynamically providing a user interface for shopping order adaptively according to whether the vehicle is traveling, .

Another object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle shopping order control method and apparatus capable of detecting an order entry error in a vehicle and notifying the driver of the error.

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.

The present invention provides a method for controlling in-vehicle shopping order and an apparatus and system therefor.

The shopping order control method of the present invention may further include the steps of activating one of the first order controller and the second order controller based on whether the vehicle is traveling or not, Analyzing an input pattern corresponding to the input signal when an input signal generated from any one of the first order controller and the second order controller is sensed and if an order command corresponding to the input pattern is identified, And transmitting the command to the shopping server.

The shopping order control device mounted on the vehicle according to another embodiment of the present invention and interworking with the shopping server through a communication network includes a running state checking unit for checking whether the vehicle is in a running state or a stopping state based on vehicle state information, A main controller for activating any one of a first order controller and a second order controller for inputting a shopping order in accordance with a result of the checking of the driving state checking unit and a controller for selecting one of the first order controller and the second order controller A control review processor for analyzing an input pattern corresponding to the input signal and identifying an order command corresponding to the input pattern when the signal is detected, and transmitting the order command to the shopping server when the order command is normally identified A transceiver.

In addition, another embodiment of the present invention can provide a computer readable program for executing any one of the above shopping control methods and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

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

Effects of the method and apparatus according to the present invention will be described as follows.

The present invention has the advantage of providing an in-vehicle shopping order method and apparatus and system therefor.

In addition, the present invention provides a shopping order control method and apparatus in a vehicle, which can dynamically provide a user interface for shopping order adaptively according to whether the vehicle is traveling, There are advantages.

In addition, the present invention provides an in-vehicle shopping order control method and apparatus capable of preventing an order error by detecting an order entry error of a driver and informing the driver thereof.

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

1 is a block diagram illustrating an in-vehicle shopping order control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a shopping order control apparatus mounted on a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a control review processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of an error input detecting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining an error detection type of the error input detecting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 6 to 7 illustrate a shopping history pattern matching procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed structure of a shopping server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an apparatus and various methods to which embodiments of the present invention are applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. The codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily deduced by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. As the storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or the like can be included.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

In describing the components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

1 is a block diagram illustrating an in-vehicle shopping order control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an in-vehicle shopping order control system 100 (hereinafter referred to as an 'order control system' for convenience of explanation) includes a vehicle 10, a shopping server 20, an online shopping company 30, A shopping database 40, a wireless network 50, an Internet network 60, a smart phone 70, and a home computer 80.

As an example, an online shopping company 30 may include various food / beverage delivery companies - such as a pizza company - that receive orders online.

The vehicle 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be interlocked with the shopping server 20 through a wireless network equipped with wireless communication means. Here, the wireless communication means may include telematics communication means, mobile communication means such as LTE (Long Term Evolution), and the like, but is not limited thereto.

Information on the shopping order history made through the vehicle 10, the smart phone 70, and the home computer 80, information on the shopable product list and the inventory amount, input pattern information corresponding to the order command, And the like can be held in the shopping database 40. [

The online shopping company 30 can update information on the list of shopable goods and the inventory amount recorded in the shopping database 40 according to the real time order details.

In addition, the shopping server 20 can verify the order command requested by the vehicle 10 when an order command is received from the vehicle 10. [ As an example, the shopping server 20 can determine whether or not a commodity corresponding to an order command can be actually ordered by referring to the shopping database 40. [ As a result of the determination, if possible, the shopping server 20 can transmit a predetermined order request message to the corresponding online shopping company 30. On the other hand, if it is determined that the order can not be obtained as a result of the determination, the shopping server 20 may transmit a predetermined feedback message to the vehicle 10 informing that the order for the product is not available.

The shopping server 20 and the online shopping company 30 share the shopping data face 40 via the Internet network 60 to thereby prevent an order error from occurring in advance .

The vehicle 10 can access at least one of the information on the shopping history pattern and the information on the list of shopable goods by accessing the shopping database 40 through the wireless network 50 and the Internet network 60. [ The vehicle 10 can identify the driver's input pattern for a shopping order (e.g., it can be a button input pattern) and identify the order command corresponding to the identified input pattern by referring to the shopping database 40 have.

In addition, the vehicle 10 may determine whether or not a reconfirmation procedure for the driver's order is necessary based on the shopping history pattern information. That is, the vehicle 10 has an advantage of minimizing the false alarm rate on the shopping order by performing the shopping history pattern matching procedure. Here, the shopping history pattern matching procedure will become more apparent through the description of the drawings to be described later. Although the shopping history pattern matching procedure is described as being performed in the vehicle 10 in the above embodiment, this is only one embodiment, and the shopping server 20 refers to the shopping database 40 to perform the shopping history pattern matching procedure .

If it is determined that the order command corresponding to the input pattern is normally identified and the driver revalidation procedure for the order is not required according to the shopping history pattern matching procedure, the vehicle 10 transmits the order command to the shopping server 20 And obtain approval for the order.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a shopping order control apparatus mounted on a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the shopping order control apparatus 200 includes a main controller 210, a driving state checking unit 230, a first order controller 240, a second order controller 240, and a control review processor Processor, 260).

The shopping order control device 200 can be connected to the vehicle internal communication network and can obtain various vehicle status information from various electronic control devices installed in the vehicle. For example, the vehicle state information may include traveling state information for identifying whether or not the vehicle is traveling, for example, speed information, startup information, transmission gear state information, current position information, and the like.

The main controller 210 can control the overall operation and input / output of the shopping order control device 200.

The transceiver 220 modulates a signal transmitted from the control review processor 260 through an antenna, modulates a signal transmitted through the antenna, demodulates a signal received through the antenna, and outputs the demodulated message to a control review processor 260 and a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) or the like.

The running state checking unit 230 can identify whether the vehicle is in a running state or a stopped state based on the collected vehicle state information.

The first order controller 240 may be configured to include various input means that do not include a display. Here, the input means may include a button. For example, the button may be provided on the steering wheel, but this is only an example and may be applied to a specific position in the vehicle, such as a gear lever, a center pace, etc., Can be mounted.

The second order controller 250 may comprise various input means including a touch display. As an example, the second order controller 250 may be implemented in a car audio AV (Audio Video Navigation) system.

The main controller 210 can control the driver to order the shopping through the first order controller 240 when the driving state checking unit 230 confirms that the vehicle is running.

The main controller 210 can control the driver to order the shopping through the second order controller 250 when it is determined that the vehicle is in a stopped state by the driving state checking unit 230. [

If the main controller 210 determines that the vehicle is in a stopped state by the driving condition check unit 230, the main controller 210 may use either the first order controller 240 or the second order controller 250 So that the driver's shopping order is performed.

The control review controller 260 may be connected to the first order controller 240 or the second order controller 250 to analyze the input pattern for the shopping order of the driver to determine whether the input pattern is a normal input pattern. If the input pattern is normal, the control review controller 260 can identify an order command corresponding to the input pattern.

In addition, the control review controller 260 may determine whether a driver revalidation procedure for the order command identified through the shopping history pattern matching procedure is necessary.

As a result of the determination, if the driver revalidation procedure is required, the control review controller 260 may transmit to the main controller 210 a predetermined control signal indicating that the driver revalidation for the corresponding order command is required. The main controller 210 may control the output of a predetermined reaffirmation request guidance message through a predetermined output means provided in the vehicle. In one example, the output means may include, but is not limited to, a speaker, a display.

For example, when the current vehicle is in a running state, the outputting means is a speaker, and when the current vehicle is in a stopped state, the outputting means may be a display, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

If a driver revalidation procedure for the identified order command is not required, the control review controller 260 may send the identified order command to the shopping server 20 via the transceiver 220. [

The control review processor 260 identifies a suspicious input pattern based on the button input signal received from the first order controller 240 or the click signal received from the second order controller 250, 210). When an input pattern that is out of a predetermined reference range, i.e., an error input of the driver, is detected according to the input pattern identification result of the control review processor 260, the main controller 210 outputs a predetermined warning alarm Or a warning message may be output.

For example, an input pattern that is out of the reference range may include, but is not limited to, information on button repeat input, button holding time, click rate, and the like.

An example of the error input detection will become more apparent from the description of FIG. 5 to be described later.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a control review processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the control review processor 260 may include an error input detecting unit 261, a control pattern analyzing unit 262, a determining unit 263, and a feedback message generating unit 264.

The error input detecting unit 261 receives an input signal of the driver from the first order controller 240 and the second order controller 250 and can detect an error input from the received input signal.

Here, the error input can be detected through button repeat input detection, button holding time detection, click speed detection, and the like. For example, when the number of button input repetition times in a unit time exceeds a reference value, the button holding time exceeds a reference value, or the click speed exceeds a reference value, the error input detecting unit 261 determines that an error input has occurred .

When an error input is detected, the error input detecting unit 261 may transmit a predetermined control signal indicating that an error input has been detected to the feedback message generating unit 264. [ At this time, the feedback message generator 264 may generate a predetermined warning alarm (or warning message) indicating that the input of the driver is wrong. Here, the generated warning alarm and / or warning message may be output through a speaker or AVN display 340 provided in the vehicle. According to the outputted warning alarm or (and) warning message, the driver can perform the order input again.

If an error input is not detected, the error input detecting unit 261 can transmit the input signal to the control pattern analyzing unit 262. [

The control pattern analyzing unit 262 can analyze the input pattern corresponding to the input signal. The input pattern according to this embodiment can be defined as a combination of pulse signals having various pulse widths and levels.

For example, the control pattern analyzing unit 262 may include a button input pattern identifying unit 262-1 for analyzing a button input pattern and a click pattern identifying unit 262-2 for analyzing a click pattern.

For example, the control pattern analyzer 262 can determine which input signal is generated by an order controller based on the intensity of the voltage or current of the input signal, the pulse width of the input signal, and the like. For example, the pulse width of the input signal generated by the click may be smaller than the pulse width of the input signal generated by the button input. As another example, the voltage level of the input signal generated by the click may be lower than the voltage level of the input signal generated by the button input.

The determination unit 263 can identify an order command corresponding to the identified input pattern by referring to the shopping command database 320. [ Here, the shopping command database 320 may hold information on an order command defined by matching a specific input pattern.

The determination unit 263 may transmit to the feedback message generator 264 a predetermined control signal indicating that there is no order command corresponding to the driver input when there is no order command corresponding to the input pattern. At this time, the feedback message generator 264 may generate a predetermined message requesting the driver to re-input and control the message to be outputted through the speaker or the AVN display 340.

The determining unit 263 can determine whether or not a driver's re-confirmation is required for the order command by referring to the shopping history pattern database 330 if an order command corresponding to the identified input pattern exists. For example, the determining unit 263 can determine whether a driver's re-confirmation is necessary by comparing a dominant eigenvector held in the shopping history pattern database 330 with a predetermined reference value. Here, the dominant eigenvectors may include a dominant eigenvector of time axis and a dominant eigenvector of distance axis respectively corresponding to time and distance. Here, the distance may be a distance from the vehicle to a particular destination - for example, it may be the driver's house.

The determination unit 263 can acquire the current vehicle position information and current time information from the GPS receiver 310 provided in the vehicle.

The determination unit 263 can transmit the order command to the shopping server 20 when the driver does not need to reconfirm.

4 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of an error input detecting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a view for explaining an error detection type of the error input detecting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the error input detecting unit 261 may include a first detecting unit 401, a second detecting unit 402, and a third detecting unit 403.

5, the first detection unit 401 can detect occurrence of an error due to repetitive button input through adaptive band-pass filtering. Here, the adaptive band pass filtering is a method of maintaining the bandwidth of the band pass filter for a predetermined time (e.g., 2 to 3 seconds) when the input signal is detected, and reducing the bandwidth of the filter when the time passes .

The second detection unit 402 determines whether the button holding time exceeds a predetermined reference value through band pass filtering as shown at reference numeral 520 in FIG. 5, and thereby, an error due to over time holding Can be detected.

The third detection unit 403 can detect an abnormal speed click through band-pass filtering, as shown in reference numeral 530 in FIG. That is, the third detection unit 403 can detect occurrence of an error corresponding to an excessive click speed.

The error input detecting unit 261 may deactivate the bandpass filtering operation if the input signal is not detected for a predetermined time period, for example, 2 seconds.

FIGS. 6 to 7 illustrate a shopping history pattern matching procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, shopping statistics may be collected in the form of a matrix, as shown in FIG. 610, based on the distance information from the ordering location to the predetermined destination and the ordered time information (S601). Here, the shopping statistics can be maintained in the shopping database 40 of FIG. 1 described above.

Based on the collected shopping statistical information, a dominant eye key vector corresponding to the time and the distance may be calculated as shown in the drawing 620 (S602). Here, the dominant eye key vector may be generated corresponding to the time axis and the distance axis through a matrix iteration and a normalization process, respectively.

 Referring to FIG. 7, when the vehicle 10 senses a new input signal for a shopping order, it can identify an order command corresponding to the sensed input signal (S603 to S604).

The vehicle 10 may compare the dominant eye generator vector corresponding to the identified order command with a predetermined reference value to determine whether reconfirmation of the corresponding order is necessary (S605).

As a result of the determination, if the vehicle 10 needs to be reconfirmed, the vehicle 10 may output a predetermined feedback message requesting the driver to re-confirm the order command (S606).

On the other hand, if the revalidation is not necessary, the vehicle 10 can transmit the order command to the shopping server (S607).

8 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed structure of a shopping server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8, the shopping server 20 may include an online shopping company determination unit 801, an order detail generation unit 802, an order detail confirmation unit 803, and an order execution unit 804 .

The online shopping company determination unit 801 can determine an optimal online shopping company for the order command when an order command is received from the control review processor 260. [ Here, the order command may include not only the order product information, but also information on the current position of the purchaser (vehicle) or (and) information on the delivery destination.

For example, the online shopping company determination unit 801 may select an online shopping company related to an order item and determine an optimal online shopping company based on a distance between the delivery destination and the selected online shopping company, It is possible to determine the online shopping company based on the information about the average time required for the online shopping company, the information about the stock quantity, and the collected customer satisfaction evaluation information.

The order history generating unit 802 may generate an order history corresponding to the order order, for example, an order receipt.

The order history confirmation unit 803 can send the generated order details to the control review processor 260 to obtain the approval of the driver for the order details.

When the approval of the driver is completed, the order execution unit 804 can transmit the order corresponding to the generated order details to the determined online shopping company 20.

When the order is completed, the shopping server 20 can update the shopping database 40 based on the order processing history.

Of course, the online shopping company 20 can also access the shopping database 40 and update the information on the stock quantity by product in real time.

 It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that the invention may be varied and varied without departing from the scope of the invention.

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A method for controlling a shopping order in a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
Activating any one of a first order controller and a second order controller based on whether the vehicle is running;
Analyzing an input pattern corresponding to the input signal when an input signal generated from any one of the first order controller and the second order controller is sensed; And
And transmitting the order command to the shopping server if an order command corresponding to the input pattern is identified
/ RTI > The method of claim 1, The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first order controller is activated if the vehicle is running and the second order controller is activated if the vehicle is stationary. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first order controller generates the input signal in response to a button input of the driver and the second order controller controls the second order controller in response to the driver's click operation on a touch display of AVN And generate the input signal. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising detecting an error input based on the input signal, wherein the error input is detected via bandpass filtering on the input signal. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the error input is detected by comparing at least one of a button repeat input count, a button hold time, and a click speed for each unit time with a corresponding reference value. 5. The method of claim 4,
And outputting a predetermined warning alarm indicating that the error input has been detected if the error input is detected. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising outputting a predetermined warning message indicating that there is no order command corresponding to the input signal if the order command is not identified. The method according to claim 1,
Performing a shopping history pattern matching procedure corresponding to the order command; And
If the shopping history pattern matching fails, outputting a message requesting the driver to re-confirm the order command
And when the reconfirmation procedure by the driver is completed, transmitting the order command to the shopping server. 9. The method of claim 8,
The shopping history pattern matching procedure
Wherein the success or failure of the shopping history pattern matching is determined by comparing a dominant eye key vector calculated in advance in accordance with the order command with a predetermined reference value and the dominant eye key vector is calculated corresponding to a time axis and a distance axis, Order control method. A shopping order control device mounted on a vehicle and interlocked with a shopping server through a communication network,
A running state checking unit for checking whether the vehicle is in a running state or a stopped state based on vehicle state information;
A main controller for activating any one of a first order controller and a second order controller for inputting a shopping order according to a result of the checking of the traveling state checking unit;
And a control review processor for analyzing an input pattern corresponding to the input signal and identifying an order command corresponding to the input pattern upon sensing an input signal generated by any one of the first order controller and the second order controller, ; And
Wherein if the order command is normally identified, the transceiver for transmitting the order command to the shopping server
The shopping order control device. 11. The method of claim 10,
And activates the first order controller if the main controller is in the running state and activates the second order controller if the vehicle is in the stopped state. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the first order controller generates the input signal corresponding to the button input of the driver and the second order controller controls the second order controller in response to a click operation of the driver on a touch display of AVN (Audio Video Navigation) And generates the input signal. 11. The method of claim 10,
The control review processor
An error input detecting unit for detecting whether the input signal is an error input through band-pass filtering of the input signal; And
A feedback message generator for generating a predetermined warning alarm when the error input is detected and outputting the generated warning alarm through output means provided in the vehicle,
The shopping order control device. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the error input detecting unit detects the error input by comparing at least one of a button repeat input count, a button hold time, and a click speed for each unit time with a corresponding reference value. 11. The method of claim 10,
The control review processor
A shopping history pattern matching procedure corresponding to the order command is executed, and when the shopping history pattern matching fails,
The shopping order control device. 16. The method of claim 15,
The control review processor
Wherein the dominant eye key vector is determined by successively comparing the dominant eye key vector calculated in advance with the predetermined reference value to determine whether the shopping history pattern matching is successful, And the distance axis, and wherein the matrix is generated based on shopping statistics collected in advance based on distance information from the order position to the destination and the ordered time information.

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