KR20190142079A - Mobile Base Station and System for Providing Services Using Mobile Base Station - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a service providing system using a mobile base station and a mobile base station. According to the present invention, a mobile base station collecting service information comprises: a propellant for providing a driving force to a service information collection region; an image photographing unit which collects service information of an image signal by photographing a surrounding including the service information collection region; a location measuring unit for measuring location information of the service information collection region; a communication unit for wireless communication with a ground base station or ground control station; and a control unit for controlling the propellant to move to the service information collection region and to transmit the collected service information and the location information to the ground base station or the ground control station through the communication unit.

Description

Mobile Base Station and System for Providing Services Using Mobile Base Station}

The present invention relates to a mobile base station, and more specifically, a mobile base station and a mobile base station capable of providing a high quality service by moving over an area where information collection is required, collecting various information, and transmitting the collected information to a service integration platform through a communication network. A service providing system using a base station.

 Prerequisites in providing services such as real-time sports broadcasts, rescue of disaster victims, air quality measurement, and real-time advertising are information gathering necessary to provide services. For example, in order to relay live sports, it is necessary to collect video data of real-time photographs of sports progress at the place where the sports are played, and in order to rescue the distress in a disaster area, various kinds of information (ex. , The heat detection information of the distress, radio signals transmitted from the mobile phone, etc.) is required.

On the other hand, information collection necessary for providing a service may occur due to locational and spatial constraints. For example, an image of the whole situation may be needed in the air, and the area near the disaster area may collapse, making the vehicle or rescuer inaccessible. Insufficient collection of information results in lower quality of service provision.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-1859909, "Red tide forecasting and tracking system and method using a drone"

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and provides a mobile base station and a service providing system using the mobile base station to collect information necessary for providing a service by moving freely over the mountain area, disaster area, ocean, etc. There is a purpose.

Mobile base station for collecting service information according to one aspect, the propellant for providing a driving force to the service information collection area; An image photographing unit which collects service information of an image signal by photographing a surrounding including the service information collecting region; A location measuring unit measuring location information of the service information collecting area; Communication unit for wireless communication with the ground base station or ground control station; And a control unit for controlling the propulsion unit to move to a service information collection area and to transmit the collected service information and the location information to a ground base station or a ground control station through the communication unit.

The mobile base station collecting the service information may include a sensor unit configured to collect service information of a sensing service by sensing the service information collection area including at least one of an air quality sensor, a heat sensor, and an infrared sensor. have.

The mobile base station collecting the service information may further include a sound transmitting and receiving unit including a microphone for transmitting sound to the outside and a speaker for receiving externally uttered sound under the control of the controller.

The mobile base station for collecting the service information may further include an illumination unit for facilitating image capturing by providing light in a dark place or at night under the control of the controller.

The mobile base station collecting the service information may further include a beam project that provides streaming media content transmitted from the service integration platform.

According to another aspect, a service providing system using a mobile base station includes: a mobile base station moving to a service information collecting region to collect service information; And a service integration platform for receiving the service information collected by the mobile base station through a terrestrial base station and providing an integrated service based on the received service information. The mobile base station provides a mobile propulsion force to a service information collection area. A video photographing unit which collects service information of an image signal by photographing a propellant, a surrounding including the service information collecting area, a location measuring unit measuring position information of the service information collecting area, and a communication unit which communicates wirelessly with the ground base station And a control unit for controlling the propulsion unit to move to a service information collection area and to transmit the collected service information and the location information to the ground base station through the communication unit.

The service integration platform may provide a disaster response service by receiving the video signal and analyzing a detectable and predictable effect of a disaster situation based on the received video signal.

The service integration platform may provide a video relay service by receiving the video signal in real time.

The service integration platform may generate the topographic map by receiving the video signal and the location information in real time and 3D mapping the received video signal and the location information.

The service integration platform may receive the video signal and the location information to provide at least one service of forest fire monitoring, marine disaster monitoring, security monitoring.

The mobile base station may further include a sensor unit which senses the service information collection area to collect service information of a sensing call.

The sensor unit includes an air quality sensor to generate service information of a sensing signal, and the service integration platform receives the service information of the sensing signal and analyzes air quality or harmful components in the air based on the received sensing signal. Air pollution analysis service can be provided.

The sensor unit may include service information of a sensing signal, including a thermal sensor or an infrared sensor, and the service integration platform may receive the sensing signal, an image signal, and the location information to monitor military operations or marine life detection services. Can be provided.

The mobile base station includes a sensor unit for sensing the service information collection area including a heat sensor or an infrared sensor to collect service information of a sensing lake, and providing light in a dark place or at night under the control of the controller. The service integration platform may further include a lighting unit for facilitating night vision, and may provide a nighttime thermal image search support service or a nighttime rescue support service by receiving a nighttime thermal image signal and the location information.

The mobile base station includes a sensor unit for sensing the service information collection area including a heat sensor or an infrared sensor to collect service information of the Senshinsing Lake, and an illumination unit that provides light in a dark place or at night to facilitate image capturing. And a sound transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting or receiving sound to the outside, wherein the service integration platform may provide a distress search service by receiving a nighttime thermal image signal and the location information and transmitting a control message to the mobile base station. have.

The mobile base station further includes a beam project for streaming the media content transmitted from the service integration platform, the service integration platform, the real-time transmission of the advertising media content or promotional media content through the terrestrial base station to the mobile base station Advertisement services or promotion services may be provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to collect enough information necessary to provide a service through a mobile base station that can move freely over the air to improve the quality of service provision.

1 is a diagram illustrating a service providing system using a mobile base station, according to an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the function of the mobile base station of FIG. 1.
3 is a block diagram illustrating the function of the ground control station of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the present invention can be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the following embodiments. This embodiment is provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art. In addition, although specific terms are used in the drawings and the specification of the present invention, they are used only for the purpose of illustrating the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

In the present specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, “comprises” and / or “comprising” refers to the presence of one or more other components, steps, operations and / or elements in the components, steps, operations and / or elements mentioned. Or does not exclude the addition.

Next, the mobile base station and the service providing system using the mobile base station of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view illustrating a service providing system using a mobile base station according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a function of the mobile base station of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 illustrates a function of the ground control station of FIG. 1. This is a block diagram.

Referring to FIG. 1, a service providing system using a mobile base station may include a mobile base station 100, a ground base station 200, a ground control station 300, and a service integration platform 400.

The mobile base station 100 may be manufactured in the form of an unmanned vehicle such as a drone capable of freely moving in the air, and the body of the mobile base station 100 may include helium gas. The mobile base station 100 may collect service information and transmit the collected service information to the ground control station 300 or the service integration platform 400. Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile base station 100 includes an image photographing unit 110, a propellant 120, a communication unit 130, a position measuring unit 140, a sensor unit 150, an illumination unit 160, and a sound transmitting and receiving unit. 170, the beam project 180, and the controller 190 may be included.

The image capturing unit 110 may generate an image signal by capturing the surrounding area including the service information collecting area while in flight or hovering. For example, the image capturing unit 110 may include an EO / IR camera or a 360 ° VR camera. EO / IR cameras are cameras equipped with EO / IR sensors, capable of oblique photography that captures dozens of kilometers or more at a limited altitude. The 360 ° VR camera can rotate 360 ° to capture video and compress the captured video signal for ultra-fast transmission within 300Mbps.

Propellant 120 provides a driving force for moving the mobile base station 100 to the service information collection area under the control of the controller 190. For example, the propellant 120 may include one or more duct propellers having a maximum speed of 70 km / h. In addition, the propulsion body 120 may autonomously fly under the automatic navigation control of the controller 190, and may automatically return even when the propellant 120 leaves the designated area due to external (ex, wind, etc.) by geofencing. .

The communication unit 130 may perform wireless communication with the ground base station 200 or the ground control station 300 and transmit the collected service information to the ground base station 200 or the ground control station 300 under the control of the controller 150. have. The communication unit 130 wirelessly transmits and receives electromagnetic waves, converts electrical signals into electromagnetic waves and vice versa, and communicates with a communication network, another mobile gateway, and a communication device through electromagnetic waves. For example, the communication unit 130 may include an LTE communication module, a 5G communication module, and a directional antenna capable of tilting a radio wave radiation angle under the control of the controller 190.

The position measuring unit 140 may measure the current position of the mobile base station 100 under the control of the controller 107. For example, the position measuring unit 140 measures a current position of the mobile base station 100 in real time, including a GPS receiver. The position information measured by the position measuring unit 103 may be stored in storage means such as a memory under the control of the controller 107. The memory may include fast random access memory, and may also include one or more magnetic disk storage devices, nonvolatile memory such as flash memory devices, or other nonvolatile semiconductor memory devices.

The sensor unit 150 may include a sensor corresponding to a service type, and generate a sensing signal by sensing service information. For example, the sensor unit 150 may include an air quality sensor, a heat sensor, an infrared sensor, and the like. The air quality sensor may generate a sensing signal by measuring air components, harmful gases, (second) fine dust, temperature, and humidity of the atmosphere. The heat sensor may detect heat (far infrared rays) of the human body, and the infrared sensor may generate a sensing signal by detecting near infrared rays.

The lighting unit 160 may provide light in a dark place or at night to facilitate image capturing. For example, the lighting unit 160 may facilitate the rescue of the distress by illuminating the search area during the night search at the disaster site.

The sound transceiving unit 170 may include a microphone for transmitting sound to the outside and a speaker for receiving the externally uttered sound under the control of the controller 190. The microphone amplifies the sound received at the ground control station 300 at the remote place under the control of the controller 190 and transmits the sound to the outside, for example, the distress side. The speaker may receive the sound transmitted from the mobile terminal of the distress or the sound of fostering the distress.

The beam project 180 provides streaming media content transmitted from the ground control station 300 or the service integration platform 400. For example, the beam project 180 may provide an advertisement image, a promotion image, a proposal image, and the like to a remote display apparatus in real time.

The controller 190 controls the overall operation of the mobile base station 100. The controller 190 may control the flight trajectory according to a command received from the terrestrial base station 200, and receives a service image signal or a control signal transmitted from the service integration platform 400 through the communication unit 130, and then sounds. The transmission and reception unit 170 or the beam project 180 may transmit (eg, broadcast) to a remote service providing place. In addition, the control unit 190, the ground base station through the communication unit 130, the service information collected through the image capturing unit 110, the position measuring unit 140, the sensor unit 150, the sound transmitting and receiving unit 170 ( 200) or to the ground control station 300.

The ground base station 200 may provide a wireless connection between the mobile base station 100 or the ground control station 300 and the network. For example, the terrestrial base station 200 may include an LTE base station (eNB) and a 5G base station.

The ground control station 300 may control the mobile base station 100 by receiving the service information collected in real time from the mobile base station 100 and transmitting a control signal to the mobile base station 100. The ground control station 300 may relay wireless communication between the mobile base station 100 and the terrestrial base station 200, which are located at a long distance and are difficult to directly access a network.

Referring to FIG. 3, the ground control station 300 may include a control room 310 and a facility room 330. The control room 310 may control the mobile base station 100 remotely, including an integrated ground control system (GCS), an image control system, a flight environment observation system, and the like. The facility room 330 may include a helium gas charging system, a battery charging system, and the like of the mobile base station 100.

The service integration platform 400 may receive service information from the mobile base station 100 through the terrestrial base station 200 and provide various services based on the received service information.

For example, the service integration platform 400 receives a video signal photographing a disaster area from the mobile base station 100 and location information of the corresponding area from the mobile base station 100 through the terrestrial base station 200, and based on the received video signal, By analyzing the detectable and predictable impacts, disaster response services can be provided to local governments and disaster safety-related organizations. In this case, the service integration platform 400 transmits a disaster guidance message to the mobile base station 100 through the terrestrial base station 200, and the disaster safety message over the disaster area through the sound transceiver 170 of the mobile base station 100. By sending a sound as a sound can provide a disaster response service that can control the search for distress in the disaster area or the searchers in the area.

In another example, the service integration platform 400 receives a sports video signal photographed by the mobile base station 100 in a sky over a wide service area such as a golf course and edits the received sports video signal to a broadcasting station or a gallery. The video relay service can be provided.

In another example, the service integration platform 400 transmits media content such as advertisement media content or promotional media content to the mobile base station 100 in real time, and performs through a beam project 180 mounted on the mobile base station 100. , Media content may be provided to a display device such as a sports stadium by streaming to provide an advertisement service or a promotion service.

For another example, the service integration platform 400 receives the video signal of the region and the location information of the region photographed by the mobile base station 100 while moving over a specific region, and receives the received image signal and the position information. 3D mapping can provide a topographic mapping service. The topographic mapping service can be used for a national intellectual property network project (coastal survey, etc.), a topographic map project for military operations, or a project for measuring financial collateral.

For another example, the service integration platform 400 is a military base station 100 by receiving a video signal of the region, the location information of the region and the heat detection / infrared sensing signal taken in real time while moving over a specific area military Operational real-time monitoring service can be provided. For example, the service integration platform 400 may analyze the real-time movement path information of the agents put into operation based on the video signal and the location information of the region.

For another example, the service integration platform 400 receives the service information of the air quality measurement sensing signal sensed while the mobile base station 100 moves over a specific area, and based on the received sensing signal, the air quality ex, Air pollution analysis service can be provided by analyzing temperature, humidity, fine dust, idealized carbon concentration) or harmful components (ex, harmful gas).

For another example, the service integration platform 400 is a mobile base station 100 by moving the air over a specific area, the video signal of the region, the location information of the region and heat sensing / infrared sensing signal in real time by receiving the ocean Biological detection services (eg, dolphin location services) and the like.

For another example, the service integration platform 400 receives a video signal and location information taken while the mobile base station 100 moves a predetermined route at a predetermined cycle, such as forest fire monitoring, marine disaster monitoring (ex, oil / green) Surveillance), security surveillance, such as security can be provided.

For another example, the service integration platform 400 may receive a nighttime thermal image search signal and location information to provide a nighttime thermal search support service or a nighttime rescue support service. The night thermal image signal includes a video signal photographed at a location where a mobile base station 100 illuminates at night and photographs an area in which a disaster or distress is estimated, and a sensing signal sensed by a heat sensor or an infrared sensor in the region. It may include.

While this specification contains many features, such features should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention or the claims. Also, the features described in the individual embodiments herein can be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described in a single embodiment herein can be implemented individually in various embodiments or in combination as appropriate.

Although the operations are described in a particular order in the drawings, they should not be understood as being performed in a particular order as shown, or in a sequence of successive orders, or all described actions being performed to obtain a desired result. . Multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous in certain circumstances. In addition, it should be understood that the division of various system components in the above-described embodiments does not require such division in all embodiments. The program components and systems described above may generally be packaged in a single software product or multiple software products.

The method of the present invention as described above may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form. Since this process can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art will not be described in more detail.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

100: mobile base station
110: video recording unit
120: propellant
130: communication unit
140: position measuring unit
150: sensor unit
160: lighting unit
170: sound transceiver
180: beam project
190: control unit
200: ground base station
300: ground control station
400: service integration platform

Claims (16)

In the mobile base station collecting service information,
Propellant to provide a driving force to the service information gathering area;
An image photographing unit which collects service information of an image signal by photographing a surrounding including the service information collecting region;
A location measuring unit measuring location information of the service information collecting area;
Communication unit for wireless communication with the ground base station or ground control station; And
And a control unit for controlling the propellant to move to a service information collection area and to transmit the collected service information and the location information to a ground base station or a ground control center through the communication unit. The method of claim 1,
And a sensor unit configured to collect service information of a sensing unit by sensing the service information collecting region, including at least one of an air quality sensor, a heat sensor, and an infrared sensor. The method of claim 1,
And a sound transmitting and receiving unit comprising a microphone for transmitting sound to the outside and a speaker for receiving sound uttered from the outside under the control of the controller. The method of claim 1,
And a lighting unit to provide light in a dark place or at night under the control of the controller to facilitate image capturing. The method of claim 1,
And a beam project for streaming media content transmitted from the service integration platform. In the service providing system using a mobile base station,
A mobile base station moving to a service information collecting area to collect service information;
And a service integration platform for receiving the service information collected by the mobile base station through a terrestrial base station and providing an integrated service based on the received service information.
The mobile base station,
A propellant for providing a driving force to a service information collecting area, an image photographing unit which collects service information of an image signal by photographing a surrounding including the service information collecting area, and a location measurement for measuring location information of the service information collecting area; And a communication unit for wirelessly communicating with the terrestrial base station, and a control unit for controlling the propulsion unit to move to a service information collection area and to transmit the collected service information and the location information to the terrestrial base station through the communication unit. . The method of claim 6,
The service integration platform,
Receiving the video signal and based on the received video signal analysis of the disaster situation and providing a disaster response service by analyzing the predictable impact. The method of claim 6,
The service integration platform,
Service providing system for providing a video relay service by receiving the video signal in real time. The method of claim 6,
The service integration platform,
Receiving the video signal and the location information in real time and a service providing system for creating a topographic map by 3D mapping the received video signal and location information. The method of claim 6,
The service integration platform,
Receiving the video signal and the location information service providing system for providing at least one service of fire monitoring, marine disaster monitoring, security monitoring services. The method of claim 6,
The mobile base station,
And a sensor unit configured to sense the service information collection area and collect service information of a sensing house. The method of claim 11,
The sensor unit, including the air quality sensor to generate service information of the sensing signal
The service integration platform,
Receiving the service information of the sensing signal and a service providing system for providing an air pollution analysis service by analyzing the air quality or harmful components in the air based on the received sensing signal. The method of claim 11,
The sensor unit includes a heat sensor or an infrared sensor to generate service information of a sensing signal.
The service integration platform,
Receiving the sensing signal, the image signal and the location information service providing system for providing a military operation real-time monitoring service or marine life detection service. The method of claim 6,
The mobile base station,
Sensor unit for sensing the service information collection area, including a heat sensor or an infrared sensor to collect service information of the Senshinsing Lake, and an illumination unit for providing a light in a dark place or at night under the control of the controller to facilitate the imaging Contains more
The service integration platform,
Receiving a nighttime thermal image signal and the location information service providing system for providing a nighttime thermal image search support service or night rescue support service. The method of claim 6,
The mobile base station,
Sensor unit for sensing the service information collection area including a heat sensor or an infrared sensor to collect service information of the Senshinsing Lake, an illumination unit for providing a light in a dark place or at night to facilitate the image capture, and sound outside Further comprising a sound transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting or receiving
The service integration platform,
A service providing system for receiving a distress search service by receiving a nighttime thermal image signal and the location information and transmitting a control message to the mobile base station. The method of claim 6,
The mobile base station,
Further comprising a beam project for streaming the media content transmitted from the service integration platform,
The service integration platform,
A service providing system for providing an advertising service or a promotional service by transmitting the advertising media content or promotional media content in real time to the mobile base station through the ground base station.

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