KR20200011289A - Device For Vehicle Location Transmission Using Vehicle Information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a device for transmitting a position of a vehicle using vehicle identification information, which provides position information about a vehicle only to a terminal authorized by authorization between the vehicle and the terminal. According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the device for transmitting the position of a vehicle using vehicle identification information includes: a data receiving unit receiving and storing data transmitted from the vehicle and the terminal, wherein the data receiving unit receives and stores radio waves or sound waves broadcasted by the vehicle by including a sound wave and radio wave receiver; a vehicle terminal managing unit storing vehicle authorization information and terminal authorization information required to authorize the vehicle and the terminal; and a vehicle terminal authorization unit enciphering the authorization information by using the terminal authorization information and the vehicle authorization information stored in the vehicle terminal managing unit to authorize the vehicle and the terminal when a theft is sensed by the vehicle, wherein the vehicle terminal authorization unit also performs a function of transmitting the enciphered information to the terminal.

Description

Device For Vehicle Location Transmission Using Vehicle Information

The present invention relates to a vehicle position transmitting apparatus, and more particularly, to a vehicle position transmitting apparatus using unique ID information and connect key information of a vehicle.

Recently, vehicles have become a necessity in our society so that we have at least one car per household. However, even if the vehicle is generalized, theft of the vehicle frequently occurs because the price is high.

Theft of vehicles in Korea was more than 591 cases reported in one year (2017), and considering the number of unreported cases, the number of occurrences is relatively high and the number of resolutions and collections is few because of easy disassembly or used sale. to be.

In order to solve this problem, various technologies for providing a location information service of a vehicle using a mobile terminal for preventing a vehicle theft accident have been disclosed, but the prior art has a problem in that location information is exposed to unauthorized users.

In particular, if a user who is not authorized for the location information of the vehicle knows the location information of the vehicle, even though there is a greater risk for theft of the vehicle, the technology for solving such a problem has not been sufficiently developed yet.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a vehicle position transmitting apparatus using unique vehicle information that provides vehicle position information only to a terminal whose authentication is accepted through authentication between the vehicle and the terminal. There is a purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present invention receives and stores the data transmitted from the vehicle and the terminal, the data is provided with a sound wave receiver to receive and store sound waves or radio waves broadcast in the vehicle (broadcasting) Vehicle terminal management unit for storing the vehicle authentication information and terminal authentication information necessary for the authentication of the receiver and the vehicle and the terminal and vehicle authentication stored in the vehicle terminal management unit for authentication of the vehicle and the terminal when theft is detected from the vehicle. The present invention provides a vehicle location transmission apparatus using unique vehicle information including a vehicle terminal authentication unit which encrypts the authentication information using information and terminal authentication information and transmits the encrypted information to the terminal.

As described above, according to the present invention, the location information of the vehicle can be provided only to the authorized user terminal, and the encrypted location information of the vehicle is provided so that only the approved user terminal can receive the location information of the vehicle. It has the effect of safely managing the vehicle.

1 is a view briefly showing a configuration of a vehicle position transmission system using vehicle specific information according to the present invention;
2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a vehicle in a vehicle position transmission system using vehicle specific information according to the present invention;
3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a terminal in a vehicle position transmission system using vehicle specific information according to the present invention;
4 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a main server in a vehicle position transmission system using vehicle specific information according to the present invention;
5 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle position transmission method using vehicle specific information according to the present invention.

As the inventive concept allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description.

However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art, and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

In addition, it is to be understood that all detailed descriptions, including the principles, aspects, and embodiments of the present invention, as well as listing specific embodiments, are intended to include structural and functional equivalents of these matters. In addition, these equivalents should be understood to include not only equivalents now known, but also equivalents to be developed in the future, that is, all devices invented to perform the same function regardless of structure.

Thus, for example, the block diagrams herein should be understood to represent a conceptual aspect of exemplary circuitry embodying the principles of the invention. Similarly, all flowcharts, state transitions, pseudocodes, etc., may be represented in a substantially program form on a computer readable medium and refer to various processes performed by a computer or processor, whether or not the computer or processor is explicitly shown. It should be understood to represent.

In addition, the term 'terminal' used in the present invention is a term used for convenience of description and may be expressed as 'device' or 'server' and may be replaced.

In addition, the explicit use of terms presented in terms of processor, control, or similar concept should not be interpreted exclusively as a citation of hardware capable of executing software, and without limitation, ROM for storing digital signal processor (DSP) hardware, software. (ROM), RAM, and non-volatile memory are to be understood to implicitly include. Other hardware for the governor may also be included.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. There will be. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a diagram briefly showing a configuration of a vehicle position transmission system using vehicle specific information according to the present invention.

A vehicle location transmission system using vehicle specific information according to the present invention includes a location transmission based vehicle 100, a terminal 200, and a main server 300.

The location-based vehicle 100 (hereinafter, referred to as a vehicle) includes an electronic control unit (ECU) in which a vehicle ID is stored in the vehicle 100 and theft of the vehicle 100 according to data output from the ECU. Detects the data, transmits the data to the server 300, performs authentication with the terminal 200, and transmits current location information of the vehicle.

When theft of the vehicle 100 is detected, the terminal 200 receives an ID of the vehicle 100 from the main server 300 and requests authentication with the vehicle 100, and provides current location information from the vehicle 100. Receives the function to check the location.

The main server 300 stores and manages ID information stored in each of the plurality of vehicles 100 and connect key information according to the ID information, and receives a theft detection signal from the vehicles 100. It transmits the ID information of the vehicle 100 to the 200, and performs a function of proceeding a procedure for authenticating the vehicle 100 and the terminal 200 with each other.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a vehicle in a vehicle position transmission system using vehicle specific information according to the present invention.

The vehicle 100 according to the present invention may detect theft of the vehicle 100 by signals received from various sensors, detect current location information, and convert data related to the vehicle 100 by An ECU (Electronic Control Unit) capable of transmitting to the vehicle 100 or the terminal 200 may be installed therein, and the ECU may be referred to as an ECU control unit 110. The ECU control unit 110 is configured to include a vehicle information storage unit 111, theft detection unit 112, location detection unit 113, the authentication performing unit 114 and the data transmission unit 115.

The vehicle information storage unit 111 may store unique ID information of the vehicle 100, wherein the ID information may include vehicle brand information, vehicle production date information, vehicle number information, vehicle name information, and the like. . The ID information is not limited to the above-described information, and may include any information that can identify the vehicle.

In addition, the vehicle information storage unit 111 may store connect key information corresponding to the unique ID information of each vehicle 100. In this case, the connect key information may be set and stored together with ID information by the vehicle 100 manufacturer, and may be stored as a code number combining a number, Korean, and English. The connect key information set and stored together with the ID information may be used as an authentication key used when accepting or rejecting authentication during authentication of the vehicle 100 and the terminal 200.

Theft detecting unit 112 detects theft of the vehicle 100 based on detection signals input from various sensors provided in the vehicle 100, and generates and stores theft detection signal when theft is detected. Do this. For example, when a driving speed of the vehicle 100 or an open state of the door is detected from another sensor while the start switch sensor for operating the starter of the vehicle 100 is not operated, theft detection signal is detected as theft. In another example, if at least one shock detection sensor for detecting a shock is installed in the vehicle 100 and the shock is detected by a predetermined value or more than a predetermined value in the closed state of the door is detected as theft, theft detection signal Can be generated.

The position detecting unit 113 may include a global positioning system (GPS) installed in the vehicle 100, and receives a signal transmitted from a satellite through the GPS receiver to present the vehicle 100. Detect the position, and generate and store the position information signal.

In this case, the location information signal may be transmitted to the server 300 through the data communication unit 115, and when the authentication of the vehicle 100 and the terminal 200 is accepted by the authentication performing unit 114, the data transmission unit ( 115 may be transmitted to the terminal 200.

The authentication performing unit 114 performs authentication with the vehicle 100 and the terminal 200, and stores information received from the terminal 200 in the vehicle information storage unit 111 to check the information with the information. . To this end, the authentication performing unit 114 may store vehicle authentication information, and the vehicle authentication information may include ID information, connect key information, random number generation factor, vehicle identification number, random number generation function, and key generation function. have.

At this time, the vehicle authentication information may be stored in the same as the main server 300 to be described later, the main server 300 is a random number generation factor, random number generation to perform authentication between the vehicle 100 and the terminal 200 Terminal authentication information, including functions and key generation functions, can also be stored.

The following description will be described step by step by combining the functions of the authentication unit 114 and the functions of the terminal 200 and the server 300 to help understand the overall flow of the present invention.

In the first step, the authentication unit 114, when the theft detection unit 112 generates the theft detection signal, the vehicle key using the first random number generated by using the pre-stored random number generation function and the pre-stored key generation function A generation function is generated and a vehicle key value is generated based on the vehicle key generation function. Thereafter, the authentication unit 114 transmits an ID information encryption key and a vehicle identification number that encrypt the ID information to the vehicle terminal authentication unit 330 of the server 300 by using the vehicle key value.

In step 2, the vehicle terminal authentication unit 330 of the server 300 receives the ID information encryption key and the vehicle identification number to generate a second random number by using a random number generation factor corresponding to the vehicle identification number, A terminal key value is generated by using the second random number and a previously stored key generation function. Thereafter, the main server 300 decrypts the ID information encryption key by using the terminal key value, extracts ID information, and transmits the ID information to the ID receiving unit 210 of the terminal 200.

In step 3, the terminal 200 receiving the ID information transmits the ID information to the vehicle terminal authentication unit 330 of the main server 300 again through the authentication request unit 220 for authentication with the vehicle 100. In one case, the vehicle terminal authentication unit 330 transmits the connect key information encryption key that encrypts the previously stored connect key information corresponding to the ID information retransmitted by the authentication request unit 220 of the terminal 200.

In step 4, the authentication requesting unit 220 of the terminal 200 receives and decrypts the connect key information encryption key, extracts the connect key information, and transmits the extracted connect key information to the vehicle 100. The authentication performing unit 114 performs authentication with the terminal 200 by comparing the connection key information stored in the ID storage unit 111 of the vehicle 100 based on the connection key information received from the terminal 200. .

In step 5, if the connect key information transmitted from the authentication requesting unit 220 of the terminal 200 matches the connect key information stored in the vehicle information storage unit 111 of the vehicle 100, authentication is performed. Accepting may transmit the location information signal of the vehicle 100 to the terminal 200, if it does not match, may reject the authentication to transmit the user mismatch signal to the main server 300.

 The data transmitter 115 extracts, generates, and stores the information and the signal, that is, the vehicle 100 through the vehicle information storage unit 111, theft detection unit 112, the position detection unit 113, and the authentication unit 114. ) Converts all data related to the digital signal into a digital signal and transmits the data to the terminal 200 or the main server 300.

In this case, the data transmitter 115 may include a sound wave generator for broadcasting a sound wave signal or a radio wave signal, and the sound wave signal or the wave signal may be broadcast by pulse code modulation. have.

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a terminal in a vehicle position transmission system using vehicle specific information according to the present invention.

The terminal 200 according to the present invention is a terminal device used by a borrower, an automobile insurance company, a security business group or a national agency, and includes at least an ID receiver 210, an authentication requester 220, and a vehicle location receiver 230. And a display unit (not shown) for displaying information to the user.

In addition, the terminal 200 according to the design of the vehicle 100 and the terminal 200 of the owner 200 is matched or connected to one or more than one terminal 200 set by an automobile insurance company, a security business group or a national agency, etc. In connection with the vehicle 100 may be set to integrate management.

When the main server 300 receives the theft detection signal from the vehicle 100, the ID receiving unit 210 may transmit ID information of the vehicle 100 in which the theft detection signal occurs to the terminal 200. The reception unit 210 performs a function of receiving such ID information transmitted from the main server 300.

In this case, the ID information may be set to be displayed as a pop-up window or an alarm to be displayed on the display unit of the terminal 200. to be.

When the authentication requesting unit 220 receives the ID information of the vehicle 100 from the ID receiving unit 210, the user clicks a separate pop-up window or icon displayed on the display unit of the terminal 200, and then the main server 300. And performs a function of requesting authentication with the vehicle 100.

At this time, the authentication requesting unit 220 retransmits the ID information received from the ID receiving unit 210 to the main server 300, the connect key information of the vehicle 100 corresponding to the ID information in the main server 300 Receiving the encrypted connection key information encryption key may decrypt the connect key information encryption key to transmit the extracted connect key information to the vehicle (100).

Detailed description of the authentication request unit 220 has been described above in the authentication performing unit 114 of the vehicle 100.

The vehicle location receiving unit 230 may perform a function of receiving the location information signal of the vehicle 100 and displaying it on the display unit when the authentication requesting unit 220 is authenticated with the vehicle 100. In this case, the vehicle location receiver 230 may display the location information signal in a map form or in a text form.

4 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a main server in a vehicle location transmission system using vehicle specific information according to the present invention.

The main server 300 according to the present invention may communicate with the vehicle 100 and the terminal 200, and includes a data receiver 310, a vehicle terminal manager 320, and a vehicle terminal authenticator 330. .

The data receiver 310 receives and transmits data transmitted from the vehicle 100 and the terminal 200 and stores the data in the main server 300. Here, the data receiver 310 includes a sound wave receiver capable of receiving sound waves or radio waves broadcasted by the data transmitter 115 of the vehicle 100.

The vehicle terminal manager 320 may be configured to include vehicle authentication information of the vehicle 100 and terminal authentication information of the terminal 200 connected to the vehicle 100 to perform authentication and receive a location information signal. The vehicle authentication information may include ID information, connect key information, a random number generation factor for encrypting, decrypting and extracting the ID information and the connect key information, a vehicle identification number, a random number generation function, a key generation function, and the like. The information may include a random number generation factor, a random number generation function, a key generation function, and the like to decrypt and extract the encrypted vehicle authentication information.

The vehicle terminal authentication unit 330 encrypts the authentication information by using the vehicle authentication information and the terminal authentication information stored in the vehicle terminal manager 320 for authentication of the vehicle 100 and the terminal 200. do.

The detailed description of the vehicle terminal authentication unit 330 has been described above in the authentication performing unit 114 of the vehicle 100 as in the authentication request unit 220.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for transmitting a vehicle position according to the present invention, and the flowchart may be based on the contents of the authentication performing unit 114 described step by step in FIG. 2.

First, when a theft detection signal is generated in the theft detection unit 112 of the vehicle 100 (S10), the vehicle 100 encrypts the ID information of the vehicle and transmits it to the main server 200 (S20). The main server 300 decrypts the encrypted ID information transmitted from the vehicle 100 to extract ID information (S30), and transmits the extracted ID information to the terminal 200. The terminal 200 may receive the ID information transmitted from the main server 300 and display the ID information on the display unit, thereby allowing the user to know that the vehicle 100 has been stolen (S40).

Next, the terminal 200 retransmits the ID information to the main server 300 for the authentication request with the vehicle 100 (S50), and the main server 300 transmits the ID information transmitted from the terminal 200. Receives the encrypted encrypted connection key information corresponding to the ID information and transmits back to the terminal 200 (S60).

The terminal 200 decrypts the encrypted connect key information received from the main server 300, extracts the connect key information of the vehicle 100, and transmits the extracted connect key information to the vehicle 100 (S70 and S80). ).

The vehicle 100 performs authentication by comparing the connect key information transmitted from the terminal 200 with the connect key information previously stored in the vehicle 100 (S90). Here, the vehicle 100 may transmit the location information signal of the vehicle 100 to the terminal 200 by accepting the authentication when the connect key information matches, and reject the authentication when the connect key information does not match. The user mismatch signal can be transmitted to the main server 300 (S100).

As such, the vehicle position transmission is finally completed through authentication between the vehicle 100 and the terminal 200.

As described above, the preferred embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and the specification. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the meaning or 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.

100: location transmission based vehicle
110: ECU control unit
111: vehicle information storage unit
112: Theft Detection Department
113: position detection unit
114: Certification Execution Department
115: data transmission unit
200: terminal
210: ID receiver
220: certification request unit
230: vehicle location receiving unit
300: main server
310: data receiving unit
320: vehicle terminal management unit
330: vehicle terminal authentication unit

Claims (3)

A data receiver configured to receive and store data transmitted from a vehicle and a terminal, and to receive and store sound waves or radio waves broadcasted by the vehicle with a sound wave receiver;
A vehicle terminal manager configured to store vehicle authentication information and terminal authentication information necessary for performing authentication of the vehicle and the terminal;
When theft is detected from the vehicle, the authentication information is encrypted using the vehicle authentication information and the terminal authentication information stored in the vehicle terminal management unit for authentication of the vehicle and the terminal, and the encrypted information is transmitted to the terminal. Vehicle terminal certification part to say
Vehicle position transmission apparatus using the unique vehicle information, characterized in that it comprises a.
The method of claim 1,
The vehicle authentication information includes ID information, connect key information, random number generation factor, vehicle identification number, random number generation function, and key generation function, and the terminal authentication information includes a random number generation factor, a random number generation function, a key generation function, and the like. Vehicle position transmission apparatus using the unique vehicle information, characterized in that.
The method of claim 1,
The vehicle terminal authentication unit,
When the encrypted ID information is received from the vehicle, the encrypted ID information is decrypted and extracted using the authentication information stored in the vehicle terminal manager, and the extracted ID information is transmitted to the terminal. Position transmitter.

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