KR20200020047A - Vehicle integrated monitoring system based on embedded IoT sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an integrated vehicle control system based on an IoT sensor in a vehicle which allows accurate and effective vehicle control. The integrated vehicle control system based on an IoT sensor in a vehicle comprises: a socket communication server to support communication with vehicle terminals, and process vehicle control data provided by the vehicle terminals to store the vehicle control data in a database; a website operating server to construct a website usable by a user, build an integrated vehicle control screen based on the vehicle control data and data stored in the database to show the screen via the website, calculate a vehicle risk based on the vehicle control data, and then perform a vehicle control operation to limit running of a vehicle with a vehicle risk higher than or equal to a preset value; a command server to generate and provide a vehicle control command corresponding to the vehicle control operation, and generate a message informing a vehicle control command occurrence to transmit the message to a driver terminal if a vehicle terminal receiving the vehicle control command is in a non-response state; and a statistics server to collect and compile statistics on the vehicle control data for each vehicle, driver, and abnormality cause, and then store the statistics in the data server.

Description

Vehicle integrated monitoring system based on in-vehicle IOT sensor

The present invention relates to an integrated vehicle control system based on an in-vehicle IOT sensor, and in particular, an in-vehicle IOT sensor that enables more accurate and effective vehicle control by obtaining and monitoring vehicle control information in real time based on an in-vehicle IOT sensor. A vehicle integrated control system based on the.

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a physical network where things with sensors and communication chips can automatically send and receive real-time data without human intervention. In an IoT environment, devices (objects) with built-in sensors or communication functions can be connected to the Internet to collect information around them, exchange information with other devices, and make appropriate decisions.

In other words, IoT refers to communication between wired and wireless networking objects based on sensors and chips attached to IoT devices, and is based on Bluetooth, near field communication (NFC), sensor data, and networks.

In particular, the IoT is actively attempting to combine with the concept of the smart car or connected car.

Accordingly, the demand for an integrated vehicle control system based on a smart car based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor has been generated and expanded.

Domestic Patent No. 10-1817683 (2018.01.05)

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is to obtain and monitor the vehicle control information in real time based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor, thereby integrating the vehicle based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor to enable more accurate and effective vehicle control To provide a control system.

In addition, it is possible to remotely control the vehicle, but monitor the vehicle status based on the vehicle control data provided by the vehicle terminal, and then transmit the vehicle control command corresponding to the vehicle control value after the vehicle situation enters the remotely controllable situation. An integrated vehicle control system based on an in-vehicle IOT sensor is provided.

The object of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned object, and other objects that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

As a means for solving the above problems, according to an embodiment of the present invention integrated vehicle control based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor interlocked with each of a plurality of vehicle terminals for generating and providing vehicle control data based on the IoT sensor installed in the vehicle A system, comprising: a socket communication server supporting communication with each of the vehicle terminals and storing a database of vehicle control data provided by each of the vehicle terminals in a database; Constructing a web site that a user can use, constructing an integrated vehicle control screen based on the data stored in the database and the vehicle control data and guiding it through the web site, calculating a vehicle risk based on the vehicle control data. Thereafter, the web site operation server for performing a vehicle control operation for limiting the operation of the vehicle of which the vehicle risk degree is greater than the preset value; A command server for generating and providing a vehicle control command corresponding to the vehicle control operation, and generating a message for guiding vehicle control command generation and transmitting the generated vehicle control command to a driver terminal when the vehicle terminal having received the vehicle control command is unresponsive; And collecting and statistics the vehicle control data for each vehicle, driver, and cause of failure, and then storing the vehicle control data in the data server.

The web server calculates a vehicle driving risk based on at least one of whether a battery is under voltage, over speed, cooling water abnormality, external temperature abnormality, external shock or engine abnormality, and the vehicle driving risk is greater than a preset value. If detected, it is characterized by requesting a restart prohibition to the detection vehicle.

If the web server is requested to monitor the vehicle status of a specific vehicle, the web server checks whether the vehicle is stopped based on vehicle control data transmitted from the vehicle terminal corresponding to the specific vehicle, and releases the sleep mode of the specific vehicle when the vehicle is stopped. And a function of transmitting a vehicle condition monitoring command.

When the web server is requested to prohibit vehicle restart for a specific vehicle, the web server checks whether the vehicle is turned off based on the vehicle control data transmitted by the vehicle terminal corresponding to the specific vehicle, and issues a vehicle restart prohibition command when the vehicle is started. It further comprises a function for transmitting.

In addition, when the vehicle door opening request for a specific vehicle is requested, the web server checks whether the vehicle is stopped based on vehicle control data transmitted by the vehicle terminal corresponding to the specific vehicle, and transmits a vehicle door opening command when entering the stopped state. It further comprises a function to.

The statistical server may further include a function of granting an incentive and a penalty to the vehicle or the driver based on the vehicle control data and the statistical information.

The web site is accessible by a general manager and provides a general management web site that provides an interface for supporting at least one of a store registration operation, a vehicle registration operation, and an insurance and financial information registration operation; And

It is accessible by a branch manager, characterized in that it comprises a website for managing the branch office that provides an interface for supporting at least one of the vehicle control task based on the vehicle control data and the statistical information, and the vehicle dispatch operation do.

The present invention enables more accurate and effective vehicle control by acquiring and monitoring vehicle control information in real time based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor.

In addition, it is possible to remotely control the vehicle, but monitor the vehicle status based on the vehicle control data provided by the vehicle terminal, and then transmit the vehicle control command corresponding to the vehicle control value after the vehicle situation enters the remotely controllable situation. Accordingly, to provide a vehicle integrated control system based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor to enable a more secure vehicle control operation.

1 is a view showing a vehicle integrated control system based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view for explaining a vehicle control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining a vehicle control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view for explaining a vehicle control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining a method of providing statistical information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The objects and effects of the present invention and the technical configurations for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may be changed according to intentions or customs of users or operators.

However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various forms. The present embodiments are merely provided to complete the disclosure of the present invention and to fully inform the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention is defined by the scope of the claims. It will be. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a view showing a vehicle integrated control system based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the vehicle integrated control system 100 of the present invention and each of the plurality of vehicle terminals 200 for generating and providing vehicle control data for notifying the vehicle status and vehicle location based on the IoT sensor installed in the vehicle and It is interlocked and may include a socket communication server 110, a website operation server 120, a command server 130, a statistics server 140, an upgrade server 150, a DB (DatatBase, 160), and the like.

In this case, the vehicle terminal 200 includes an IoT sensor that senses a vehicle state, and interworks with a GPS device that tracks a vehicle location and an ECU (electronic control unit) that acquires and provides vehicle control information. Then, the vehicle integrated control system 100 installs and executes the firmware provided by the vehicle, and the firmware collects all information obtained through the IoT sensor, the GPS device, and the ECU to generate vehicle control data to generate the vehicle integrated control system ( 100).

The socket communication server 110 forms a communication channel with each of the vehicle terminals 200, and thereby transmits and receives various data. In addition, the vehicle control data provided by each of the vehicle terminals 200 is stored in the DB 160 and shared in real time to the website operation server 120 at the same time.

The web site operation server 120 builds a web site that can be used by a user such as a branch manager and a general manager, and based on data stored in the DB 160 and vehicle control data shared by the socket communication server 110 in real time. The vehicle integrated control screen is configured to be provided through the web site.

In addition, after calculating the vehicle risk based on the vehicle control data, a vehicle control command for restricting the operation of the vehicle whose vehicle risk is greater than a preset value is generated.

In addition, when a vehicle abnormality condition is detected, by notifying the vehicle terminal and the driver terminal of the vehicle as well as the website of the occurrence of the vehicle condition simultaneously, follow-up measures for resolving the vehicle abnormal condition can be performed more quickly. Make sure

At this time, the website can be accessed by the branch manager, the branch office management website that provides an interface for supporting at least one of the vehicle control operation and vehicle dispatch operation based on the vehicle control data and the statistical information ( 120a) and a general management website 120b accessible by the general manager and providing an interface for supporting at least one of a store registration operation, a vehicle registration operation, and an insurance and financial information registration operation. Can be operated.

The command server 130 transmits a vehicle control command to the vehicle terminal 200 under the control of the web site operation server 120 so that the vehicle terminal can be remotely controlled based on the web site. In addition, if the vehicle terminal 200 cannot normally receive and respond to the vehicle control command due to a communication environment or the like, an SMS message including contents corresponding to the vehicle control command may be generated and provided to the driver terminal.

The statistics server 140 collects and analyzes vehicle control data provided by each of the vehicle terminals 200 at predetermined intervals for each vehicle, driver, and cause, and generates various statistical information, and stores them in the DB 160. do. In addition, by calculating a driving score for each vehicle or driver based on the vehicle control data, the website operation server 120 may later grant a corresponding incentive or penalty to the vehicle or the driver.

The firmware management server 150 includes a firmware file for supporting the interworking with the vehicle terminal 200, and downloads and installs the firmware file in each of which is connected to the vehicle integrated control system 100. In addition, when the firmware is upgraded, a file for firmware upgrade is generated and distributed to all the vehicle terminals 200, so that all the vehicle terminals 200 can be driven according to the latest version of the firmware.

Hereinafter, a vehicle integrated control method of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

2 is a view for explaining a vehicle control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the vehicle terminal 200 acquires and provides vehicle control data including at least one of vehicle state, vehicle position, and vehicle control information (S11), the socket communication server 110 stores the data in the DB 160. At the same time and share to the website operation server 120 (S12, S13).

On the other hand, the statistics server 140 collects and statistics vehicle control data stored in the DB 160 for each item at a predetermined time period to generate various statistical information, and stores it again in the DB 160 (S14).

Then, the website operation server 120 is based on real-time vehicle control information, vehicle control information and statistical information stored in the DB 160, real-time location control operation, vehicle status notification operation, region of interest monitoring operation, detailed operation The information providing operation may be performed (S15 to S18).

In the real-time position control operation of step S15, (1) the status of each vehicle (normal / abnormal), speed, driver information, GPS status, driving status, etc. are identified and notified in real time, or (2) the driving rate of the entire vehicle, the total vehicle Calculate number, number of vehicles, number of problem vehicles, etc., generate and guide summary information including this information, (3) search and guide vehicles based on driver, number, address, etc., or (4) The vehicle is filtered and guided by vehicle status, driving status, preset group information, area unit, or the like, or (5) selecting a specific vehicle and tracking and guiding its moving path.

In the vehicle status notification operation of step S16, (1) confirms and notifies whether or not there is an error for each vehicle from the vehicle control data (it can display both an unresolved abnormality and a currently occurring abnormal condition), (2) cause of each vehicle error, It is possible to check and notify the time of occurrence of an error and the location of the vehicle in case of an error. (3) After the insurance, regular inspection, and occasional inspection schedule of the vehicle is set in advance, the schedule notification operation can be performed.

In the region of interest monitoring operation of step S17, (1) select a specific location or range to set the region of interest, (2) notify the entry or exit of the region of interest of the vehicle, or (3) list the vehicles located in the region of interest. Calculate and guide.

In the detailed operation information providing operation of step S18, (1) the daily detailed driving record of each vehicle is prepared and provided, (2) the daily trajectory of each vehicle is displayed on the map (displaying the starting point and the ending point), (3 ) Extracting and providing detailed information such as driving distance, time, location, condition, cause of abnormality and speed of each vehicle, (4) adjusting the frequency of providing detailed driving information, or (5) total driving distance of each vehicle And time can be calculated and displayed.

3 is a view for explaining a vehicle control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The website operation server 120 provides a menu for inputting a vehicle control value, thereby obtaining various vehicle control values input by the user (S21).

Then, the command server 130 generates a vehicle control command for adjusting the driving environment of the vehicle terminal 200 according to the vehicle control value (S22), the socket communication server 110 transmits it to the vehicle terminal 200. (S23).

In addition, the vehicle terminal 200 checks whether the vehicle terminal 200 responds (S25), and if the vehicle terminal 200 is in an unresponsive state, repeatedly transmits the vehicle control command N times (for example, three times), so that the possibility of command transmission is missed. (S23).

Nevertheless, if the vehicle terminal 200 still does not respond, a message such as SMS is generated and transmitted to the driver terminal 210 corresponding to the vehicle terminal 200. Even in this case, by repeating the transmission N times (for example, three times), it is possible to minimize the possibility of missing a command or message delivery (S24).

Then, the vehicle control result is determined based on the response result of the vehicle terminal 200 and guided to the user (S25 to S27).

The vehicle control value of the present invention may be a value for requesting vehicle condition monitoring, prohibiting vehicle restarting, canceling vehicle restart prohibition, or requesting vehicle door opening, and the vehicle control process varying slightly depending on the type of vehicle control value. To be able.

For example, when a user selects a specific vehicle and requests the monitoring of the vehicle's condition, the vehicle is checked based on vehicle control data of the vehicle, and when the vehicle is stopped, the vehicle is released from the sleep mode. Allow monitoring commands to be sent.

In addition, when the user selects a specific vehicle and requests the vehicle restart prohibition, after checking whether the vehicle is turned off based on the vehicle control data of the vehicle, the vehicle restart prohibition command is transmitted.

When the user selects a specific vehicle and requests the vehicle door to be opened, the vehicle door check command is transmitted based on the vehicle control data of the vehicle, and the vehicle door opening command is transmitted when the vehicle is stopped.

That is, the present invention monitors the vehicle status based on the vehicle control data, and then enters a situation in which the vehicle situation can be remotely controlled, and then transmits a vehicle control command corresponding to the vehicle control value, thereby making the vehicle control operation safer. To be able.

In addition, the present invention enables the vehicle integrated control system to remotely control the vehicle control environment of each vehicle terminal by inputting the following vehicle setting values and generating and providing vehicle control commands corresponding thereto.

That is, the vehicle control condition and the vehicle abnormal condition detection condition may be set through the vehicle setting menu, and the vehicle control condition at this time may be a vehicle control data transmission cycle, and the vehicle abnormal condition detection condition may be linked to the vehicle terminal start control and low battery voltage. Criteria, speed reference speed, coolant anomaly reference temperature, external temperature anomaly notification range and range, external shock notification criteria (very weak / weak / moderate / sensitive / very sensitive), engine abnormality detection criteria, etc. It is also possible to provide a vehicle control command to each of the vehicle terminal 200 for applying to the vehicle.

4 is a view for explaining a vehicle control method according to another embodiment of the present invention, which relates to a method of predicting a vehicle risk based on vehicle control data and then performing a vehicle control operation based thereon.

First, based on vehicle control data transmitted by each vehicle, at least one of a battery undervoltage, an overspeed, a coolant, an external temperature, an external shock, and an engine is identified. To calculate the vehicle risk (S31).

If the vehicle risk calculated through the step S31 is greater than or equal to the preset value, the website operation server 120 notifies the command server 130 of the vehicle danger state (S32), so that the command server 130 restarts the vehicle in response thereto. Immediately generate a prohibition command to be transmitted to the vehicle terminal 200 (S33, S34). That is, the present invention can be seen that it is possible to limit the restart of the vehicle in a dangerous state after predicting the risk of each vehicle based on the vehicle control data.

Even in this case, the command server 130 checks whether the vehicle terminal 200 responds, and if it is in the unresponsive state, repeatedly transmits the vehicle control command N times (for example, three times). If the vehicle terminal 200 still does not respond, a message such as SMS is generated and transmitted to the driver terminal 210 corresponding to the vehicle terminal 200 (S35).

As such, the present invention predicts a vehicle risk level through vehicle control data and remotely controls whether the vehicle is started based on the vehicle control data, thereby preventing the possibility of a vehicle accident due to a vehicle defect in advance.

5 is a view for explaining a method of providing statistical information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The statistics server 140 inquires the vehicle control data stored in the database 160 every time a preset time (for example, every night at midnight) (S41), and then displays the inquired vehicle control data by vehicle and driver. By classifying and analyzing the causes of abnormalities, daily, monthly and yearly statistical information is calculated (S43).

The statistical information for each vehicle of the present invention includes information on a driving distance, a driving time, an average speed, a number of vehicle abnormalities, a ratio of a driving vehicle to an entire vehicle, and the statistical information for each driver is further subdivided into a driver unit, a group unit, and an entire driver unit. It can be obtained by the operation distance, running time, average speed, the number of speeding, the number of rapid braking, the number of rapid start, etc., the statistical information for each cause of the abnormality of the coolant temperature abnormality, external temperature sensor abnormality, door Information about the number of open detection sensors, the number of restart prohibitions, the number of acceleration sensor executions, the number of engine abnormalities, and the like may be included.

In addition, after calculating the driving score for each vehicle or driver based on the vehicle control data, it may be stored in the database 160 (S44, S45). The driving score for each driver is determined based on the number of speeding, the number of sudden braking, the number of sudden starts, the number of laws, the number of accidents, and the like, and may be calculated in units of vehicles or drivers.

As such, when various statistical information is calculated, the web site operation server 120 configures and provides a statistical screen having an interface for searching and reading all of the information (S46).

In addition, the present invention provides an incentive or a penalty for a driver or a vehicle based on the statistical information calculated as described above, so that the driver can be motivated for safe driving or vehicle maintenance.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

In the vehicle integrated control system based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor linked to each of a plurality of vehicle terminals for generating and providing vehicle control data based on the IoT sensor installed in the vehicle,
A socket communication server supporting communication with each of the vehicle terminals and storing a database of vehicle control data provided by each of the vehicle terminals in a database;
Constructing a web site that a user can use, constructing an integrated vehicle control screen based on the data stored in the database and the vehicle control data and guiding it through the web site, calculating a vehicle risk based on the vehicle control data. Thereafter, the web site operation server for performing a vehicle control operation for limiting the operation of the vehicle of which the vehicle risk degree is greater than the preset value;
A command server for generating and providing a vehicle control command corresponding to the vehicle control operation, and generating and transmitting a message for guiding vehicle control command generation to a driver terminal when the vehicle terminal receiving the vehicle control command is in an unresponsive state; And
A vehicle integrated control system based on an in-vehicle IOT sensor comprising a statistics server for collecting and statistics the vehicle control data for each vehicle, driver, and cause of failure, and storing the vehicle control data in the data server. The method of claim 1, wherein the web server
The vehicle driving risk is calculated based on at least one of whether the battery is under voltage, over speed, cooling water abnormality, external temperature abnormality, external shock or engine abnormality. In-vehicle integrated control system based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor, characterized in that for requesting to restart the detection vehicle. The method of claim 1, wherein the web server
When the vehicle status monitoring request for a specific vehicle is requested, whether the vehicle is stopped is checked based on the vehicle control data transmitted by the vehicle terminal corresponding to the specific vehicle, and if the vehicle is stopped, the vehicle mode monitoring command is released after canceling the sleep mode of the specific vehicle. In-vehicle integrated control system based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor further comprises a function for transmitting. The method of claim 1, wherein the web server
When a vehicle restart prohibition is requested for a specific vehicle, the vehicle may further determine a function of starting off based on the vehicle control data transmitted by the vehicle terminal corresponding to the specific vehicle, and transmit a vehicle restart prohibition command when the vehicle is started. On-vehicle integrated control system based on the in-vehicle IOT sensor comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the web server
When the vehicle door opening is requested for a specific vehicle, the vehicle terminal further includes a function of checking whether the vehicle is stopped based on the vehicle control data transmitted by the vehicle terminal corresponding to the specific vehicle, and transmitting a vehicle door opening command when entering the stopped state. In-vehicle integrated control system based on in-vehicle IOT sensor. The method of claim 1, wherein the statistics server
And a function of granting an incentive and a penalty to the vehicle or the driver based on the vehicle control data and the statistical information. The method of claim 6, wherein the web site is
A general management website accessible by the general manager and providing an interface for supporting at least one of a store registration operation, a vehicle registration operation, and an insurance and financial information registration operation; And
It is accessible by a branch manager, characterized in that it comprises a website for managing the branch office that provides an interface for supporting at least one of the vehicle control task based on the vehicle control data and the statistical information, and the vehicle dispatch operation Integrated vehicle control system based on in-vehicle IOT sensor.

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