KR20190044409A - System for tunnel incident management and emergency call based on location using beacons - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a location-based system for managing an accident in a tunnel and placing an emergency call using a beacon. According to the present invention, the system comprises: a plurality of beacons installed in a row at regular intervals in the tunnel, each of which periodically broadcasts a beacon signal including the relevant beacon identification information; an accident management application installed in a portable terminal of a driver for, whenever a vehicle of the driver passes through the tunnel and whenever the beacon signal is received, checking the number of beacon signals received from the relevant beacon, determining if an accident has occurred or not by using the number of beacon signals, and, if it is determined that an accident has occurred, transmitting accident notification information including the beacon identification information of the relevant beacon to an accident management server; and the accident management server for identifying that the accident has occurred at the position of the beacon relevant to the beacon identification information included in the accident notification information. According to the present invention, the system is capable of automatically detecting an accident in a tunnel in real time at relatively low costs for introduction and operation. In addition, the system is capable of, when an accident occurs, providing the phone number of the driver to a tunnel manager or providing the phone number of the tunnel manager to the driver, thereby enabling the tunnel manager and driver to immediately talk on the phone and rapidly deal with the accident.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a location-based tunnel management system and an emergency call system using a beacon,

[0001] The present invention relates to a tunnel management system and method, and more particularly, to a tunnel management system and method, and more particularly, to a tunnel management system and method that can determine whether a tunnel has occurred, Management and emergency call systems.

Generally, a car accident in a limited space such as a tunnel is more likely to cause a serious accident than a situation on a general road. In order to provide early response and management of such evacuation situations, a tunnel image sensing system is being introduced. In the tunnel image detection system, a plurality of cameras that photographs the inside of the tunnel in real time are installed, so that the manager can visually check the photographed image to detect the unauthorized occurrence, and in some tunnels, Is also being introduced.

However, if an administrator is absent or sells a sight, it is not possible to promptly detect the occurrence of a problem, and even if the image analysis technique is used, there is a high possibility of detection error due to fire or smoke in the tunnel. In addition, the inside of the tunnels may be deteriorated due to the contamination of the camera due to dusty or dusty environments and poor image quality. Due to these various problems, the in-tunnel image sensing system is not operated smoothly despite the very expensive introduction and operation costs.

On the other hand, an emergency telephone system is installed in a tunnel at a predetermined interval (for example, 200 to 250 m) to allow an emergency telephone call to the manager in case of an emergency such as a traffic accident or a vehicle failure in the tunnel Is operating. However, in case of an emergency, it is often impossible for the driver to get off and go to the emergency telephone. In this case, the emergency telephone system is also not functioning properly due to a problem that the secondary car may be caused by the following vehicle.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a tunnel management system and a tunnel management method, And an emergency call system.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tunnel management system comprising: a plurality of beacons arranged in a line at predetermined intervals in a tunnel, each of the beacons periodically broadcasting a beacon signal including corresponding beacon identification information; A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising: checking a number of beacon signals received from a corresponding beacon each time a beacon signal is received while the driver's vehicle passes through the tunnel, And if it is judged that the escalation has occurred, the escrow management application for transmitting escalation notification information including the beacon identification information of the beacon to the escrow management server; And a warehouse management server for recognizing that a warehouse has occurred at a location of the beacon corresponding to the beacon identification information included in the warehouse notification information.

The bullying notification information may further include a phone number of the mobile terminal.

The management server may transmit the release notification information to the terminal of the manager so that the administrator of the tunnel can talk with the driver.

The managing server may transmit a telephone number to the mobile terminal so that the driver can talk to the administrator of the tunnel.

And the warehouse management application can determine that the escalation has occurred if the number of the beacon signals is a predetermined number or more.

The predetermined number may be adaptively determined according to the number of beacon signals received from the immediately preceding beacon of the corresponding beacon.

The predetermined number may be set to a value obtained by adding the reference number to the number of beacon signals received from the immediately preceding beacon of the corresponding beacon.

The beacon signal may be a Bluetooth signal.

According to the present invention, a beacon is installed in a tunnel, and a beacon signal is received using a beacon signal received from a driver's portable terminal passing through the tunnel, thereby automatically detecting the intrusion of the tunnel in real time can do.

In addition, the tunnel manager can provide the telephone number of the driver to the tunnel manager or provide the driver with the telephone number to call the tunnel manager so that the manager or the driver of the tunnel can immediately make an emergency call and respond quickly.

1 shows a configuration of a tunnel management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 shows an example in which a beacon signal is received in the vehicle 211 in the case of a normal vehicle flow.
FIG. 3 shows an example in which a beacon signal is received when a defect (A) occurs within the coverage of the beacon 100_4.
Fig. 4 shows an example in which beacon signals are accumulated in cases (A) and (B) in which the beacon signal is accumulated.
FIG. 5 shows an example of the release notice information.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, substantially the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted. 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.

1 shows a configuration of a tunnel management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A plurality of beacons 100_1, 2, ..., n installed in a line at predetermined intervals in the tunnel S, a portable terminal 200 of the driver 210, A warehouse management server 300 and an administrator terminal 410 of the management office 400 of the tunnel S, and the like.

Each of the beacons 100_1, 2, ..., n periodically broadcasts a beacon signal including the corresponding beacon identification information. The beacon identification information may be composed of unique information of the tunnel S and unique information assigned to each beacon in the tunnel S. [ For example, if the tunnel S is assumed to be the tunnel B of the branch A, the unique information of the tunnel S can be expressed as 'AB'. The unique information assigned to each beacon can be sequentially given in serial numbers from the entrance to the exit of the tunnel S. [ For example, the beacon identification information of the first beacon 100_1 installed at the entrance of the tunnel S is 'AB00001', the beacon identification information of the next beacon 100_2 is installed at the exit of the tunnel S, 'AB00002' The beacon identification information of the last (n-th) beacon 100_n may be given as 'AB0000n'.

Broadcasting of the beacon signal can use short-range wireless communication. As the short-range wireless communication method, for example, Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy (BLE), Zigbee and the like can be used. Preferably, Bluetooth or low-power Bluetooth that the conventional portable terminal 200 employs can be used.

The portable terminal 200 includes a mobile terminal having a mobile operating system capable of being carried by the driver 210, a terminal capable of being connected to the Internet and capable of installing various applications (application programs) Tablet PCs and the like.

In the portable terminal 200, a warehouse management application linked to the warehouse management server 300 is installed. Since the application installed in the mobile terminal 200 substantially controls the mobile terminal 200 such as executing various functions provided by the mobile terminal 200, the operation of the mobile terminal 200 It can be understood as an operation of the application, and the operation of the warehouse management application can be understood as the operation of the portable terminal 200. [

The beacons 100_1, 2, ..., n broadcast a beacon signal using short-range wireless communication, and thus have a coverage in which the corresponding beacon signal is received. For example, in the case of Bluetooth or low-power Bluetooth, the coverage is within a radius of about 50 meters from the beacon. The installation interval of the beacons 100_1, 2, ..., n may be set to be similar to this beacon coverage. As the vehicle 211 passes through the tunnel S, the portable terminal 200 of the driver 210 sequentially receives a beacon signal from the beacons 100_1, 2, ..., n.

The broadcasting period of the beacon signal of the beacons 100_1, 2, ..., n is appropriately determined according to the speed limit of the tunnel S, the normal traveling speed of the vehicles in the tunnel S, . For example, if the installation interval of the beacon is 50 m and the speed limit of the tunnel S is 90 km / h (= 25 m / sec), the portable terminal 200 of the vehicle 211 traveling at 90 km / In order to receive one beacon signal per beacon, the broadcasting period is set to 2 seconds. If the speed of the vehicle 211 is slower than that, more than one beacon signal per beacon will be received for each beacon depending on the speed, and if the vehicle 211 continues to stay or stop within the coverage of any beacon, Will be.

The warehouse management application of the mobile terminal 200 checks the number of beacon signals received from the corresponding beacon each time a beacon signal is received, and determines whether a refund has occurred by using the number of beacon signals.

2 shows an example in which a beacon signal is received in the vehicle 211 in the case of a normal vehicle flow. 2, when the vehicle 211 enters the tunnel S, the portable terminal 200 of the driver 210 receives the beacon signal 1 from the beacon 100_1 at the time point T, 1 from the beacon 100_2 and then exits the tunnel S after receiving the beacon signal n from the beacon 100_n at the time point T + (n-1).

The warehouse management application may accumulate the beacon identification information of each received beacon signal in a storage space such as a buffer until the vehicle 211 exits the tunnel S (e.g., until the beacon signal is no longer received) have.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which a beacon signal is received when a defect (A) occurs within the coverage of the beacon 100_4. As shown in FIG. 3, the portable terminal 200 of the driver 210 of the vehicle 211 receives one beacon signal sequentially for each of the beacons 100_1, 2 and 3 up to the time point T + 2, T + 3 to stay in the coverage of beacon 100_4 and receive a beacon signal repeatedly from beacon 100_4. Thus, several beacon signals 4 of the beacon 100_4 are accumulated in the portable terminal 200. [ The warehouse management application of the mobile terminal 200 can determine that the escalation has occurred when the number of accumulated beacon signals is equal to or greater than the predetermined number.

3 shows an example in which the defect amount A is directly related to the vehicle 211. However, if the defect management application according to the present invention is installed in the portable terminal of the driver of another vehicle following the vehicle 211, The vehicle will also remain within the coverage of any beacon so that the warehouse management application will be able to recognize that a tunnel has occurred.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the number of beacon signals used as a criterion for determining the occurrence of a trouble may be a fixed value. For example, when five or more beacon signals are accumulated, it is determined that the escrow has occurred. Referring to FIG. 3, in this case, since the number of beacon signals 4 received from the beacon 100_4 at time point T + 7 is 5, it is determined that the escape has occurred.

However, when the number of beacon signals to be a reference is set to a fixed value, even if the vehicle stays in the coverage of the same beacon due to congestion, there is a possibility that mistake is mistakenly generated. Therefore, in order to distinguish between simple congestion and unauthorized handshake, the number of beacon signals used as a criterion for judging the occurrence of unauthorized handshake is not a fixed value, but an adaptive .

Fig. 4 shows an example in which beacon signals are accumulated in cases (A) and (B) in which the beacon signal is accumulated.

3 and 4, the vehicle 211 travels at a normal speed until the vehicle 211 passes the beacon 100_3. Therefore, the beacons 100_1, 2 and 3 sequentially transmit one beacon signal 1, 2, 3), the number of beacon signals (4) received from the beacon (100_4) is five (5) when the number of beacons (100_4) continues to stay within the coverage of the beacon (100_4) do. That is, the number of beacon signals 3 received from the immediately preceding beacon 100_3 is one, which means that the number of beacon signals 4 received from the beacon 100_4 greatly increases to five.

In the case of congestion, it is not uncommon for a vehicle to suddenly stop, and the flow of the vehicle gradually slows down to a stagnant condition. 4B, when the beacon signal 2 is received from the beacon 100_2 at the time points T + 1 and T + 2 and the number of the beacon signals 2 becomes 2, the time points T + 3 and T + 4 T + 6, T + 7, T + 8, T + 9, T + 6 after receiving the beacon signal 3 from the beacon 100_3 at T + The beacon signal 4 is received from the beacon 100_4 and the number of the beacon signals 4 becomes five. In this case, the number of beacon signals 3 received from the beacon 100_3 is three, and the number of beacon signals 4 received from the beacon 100_4 is increased by two to five.

In the case of A, the number of beacon signals received from the previous beacon 100_3 is 1, and the number of beacon signals received from the previous beacon 100_3 is 1, It is highly probable that the difference is large. In the case of B, since the number of beacon signals 3 received from the immediately preceding beacon 100_3 is 3, the probability of congestion is high.

Therefore, if the number of beacon signals received from the same beacon is greater than or equal to a value obtained by adding the reference number K to the number of beacon signals received from the immediately preceding beacon of the beacon, For example, assuming that the reference number K = 4, the number of beacon signals 3 received from the beacon 100_3 in FIG. 4A is 1, so that the beacon signals 4 received from the beacon 100_4 at time T + ) Is 5, 1 + K = 5 or more, and it is judged to be good. 4B, since the number of beacon signals 3 received from the beacon 100_3 is 3, the number of beacon signals 4 received from the beacon 100_4 at time T + 10 is 5, but 3+ Since K = 7 is not reached, it is not judged to be legal.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, if the care management application of the portable terminal 200 determines that the care has occurred, the beacon identification information of the beacon (that is, the beacon in which the beacon signal is most recently received) To the troubled management server 300 via the wireless communication network (e.g., 3G network, 4G network) or the like. When it is judged that the beacon signal 4 received from the beacon 100_4 has a good level as shown in FIG. 3, the beacon 100_4 includes the beacon identification information 'AB00004' of the beacon 100_4 and the phone number '0103474XXXX' And transmits the bulletin notification information to the negotiation management server 300. FIG. 5 shows an example of such unsolicited announcement information.

Upon receipt of the bulletin notification information, the negotiation management server 300 can determine that the bulletin has occurred at the location of the beacon corresponding to the beacon identification information included in the bulletin notification information. For example, the warehouse management server 300 holds the location information of the beacons in the tunnel S (e.g., distance from the entrance or exit of the tunnel), so that at a point several meters from the entrance or exit of the tunnel S, . The thus obtained eviction information can be transmitted to the portable terminal of the driver who has entered the tunnel S or is going to enter (for example, running toward the tunnel).

The warehouse management server 300 also transmits the warehouse notification information received from the portable terminal 200 to the manager terminal 410 of the manager 430 of the tunnel S so that the manager 430 can quickly respond to the warehouse situation can do. Since the telephone number of the driver 210 is included in the bulletin notice information, the manager 430 can check the actual situation in the tunnel or the status of the driver 210 by talking to the driver 210 with the telephone number.

The negotiation management server 300 further includes a telephone number (for example, a manager telephone number (for example, a manager telephone number)) with which the mobile terminal 200 can communicate with the manager 430 so that the driver 210 can communicate with the manager 430 of the tunnel S. [ 420) may be transmitted via an SMS or Depot management application. For example, the negotiation management server 300 may transmit the emergency call telephone number 080-123-YYYY to the mobile terminal 200. Then, the driver 210 may call the manager 430 to the portable terminal 200 to request help or explain the situation without having to go to the emergency phone in the tunnel after getting off the vehicle.

The above-described embodiments of the present invention can be embodied in a general-purpose digital computer that can be embodied as a program that can be executed by a computer and operates the program using a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes a storage medium such as a magnetic storage medium (e.g., ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical reading medium (e.g., CD ROM,

The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the present invention.

Claims (8)

A plurality of beacons arranged in a line at predetermined intervals in a tunnel and each broadcasting beacon signals periodically including beacon identification information;
A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising: checking a number of beacon signals received from a corresponding beacon each time a beacon signal is received while the driver's vehicle passes through the tunnel, And if it is judged that the escalation has occurred, the escrow management application for transmitting escalation notification information including the beacon identification information of the beacon to the escrow management server; And
And a warehouse management server for identifying a warehouse at a location of the beacon corresponding to the beacon identification information included in the warehouse notification information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the bulletin announcement information further includes a telephone number of the mobile terminal. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the negotiation management server transmits the arbitration notification information to the terminal of the manager so that the manager of the tunnel can talk with the driver. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the managing server transmits a telephone number to the mobile terminal so that the driver can talk to the administrator of the tunnel. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the warehouse management application determines that a warehouse has occurred if the number of the beacon signals is a predetermined number or more. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the predetermined number is adaptively determined according to the number of beacon signals received from the immediately preceding beacon of the corresponding beacon. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the predetermined number is defined as a value obtained by adding a reference number to the number of beacon signals received from the immediately preceding beacon of the corresponding beacon. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the beacon signal is a Bluetooth signal.

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