KR20220077403A - Location-based Augmentative and Alternative Communication System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a location-based complementary and alternative communication system, including a terminal provided by a disabled user or a server capable of simultaneously supporting a plurality of users, and a plurality of symbols ( symbol) is recommended based on the current location of the terminal.
According to the present invention, there is an effect of automatically recommending a communication board to be used at the current location of the communication-impaired person, minimizing the help of the mediator, and solving the problem of difficulty and time required to select the board directly.

Description

Location-based Augmentative and Alternative Communication System

The present invention relates to complementary and alternative communication technology, and more particularly, to a mobile app-based complementary and alternative communication system.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a form of speech such as pictures and sounds to supplement or replace the communication skills of people who have serious impairments in verbal or written communication, such as speech movement disorders or severe articulation disorders. It refers to a method of non-verbal communication using an alternative method.

Recently, various AAC systems exist due to the development of various devices and software. However, in the existing AAC systems, the user must select and use a communication board suitable for the situation in a situation where communication is required. Therefore, users with overlapping disorders such as brain lesion disorders and movement disorders feel it difficult to directly select a communication board to use in a specific place and situation, and it takes time to select a necessary board. In addition, if the intellectual disability is severe, there is a problem that there is no choice but to select a communication board with the help of a mediator.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication 10-2005-0092293

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, so that a person with a disability in communication can strengthen communication ability by solving the difficulty of directly selecting a communication board suitable for a specific place, location information of a disabled user The purpose of this is to provide a location-based complementary and alternative communication system that uses to identify the current location and situation and automatically recommends an appropriate communication board.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a complementary and alternative communication system that can minimize the assistance of a moderator through the recommendation of an automated communication board.

In addition, the present invention provides a complementary and alternative communication system that supports the production of customized location-based communication boards and symbols suitable for locations and places according to the user's individual characteristics in addition to the communication boards and symbols provided by default. There is this.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a complementary and alternative communication system that allows communication using various vocabulary using about 10,000 Korean AAC symbols suitable for Korean society.

In addition, according to the intellectual and physical abilities of the disabled user, the present invention provides a complementary and alternative method to increase the user's convenience through the setting in which the most suitable communication board or board list is provided first when the system is run (on the first screen) It has another purpose to provide a communication system.

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

The present invention for achieving the above object relates to a location-based augmentative and alternative communication (Location-based Augmentative and Alternative Communication) system. Production department, location-based complementary and alternative communication DB management section that stores and manages symbols and boards, location check section that grasps the user’s location information, and the supplemental and alternative communication board suitable for the user’s location information for the best communication according to the degree of disability It includes a recommendation unit for automatically recommending one board or a list of recommended boards, and a setting unit for setting the degree of disability of the disabled user and other information for automatic recommendation.

All functions of the production unit, DB management unit, location check unit, recommendation unit, and setting unit may be performed in the server except for the user interface, and all functions may be performed in the user terminal. In addition, among the production unit, DB management unit, location check unit, recommendation unit, and setting unit, only a part of the server may be implemented and the rest may be implemented in the terminal. For example, the production unit and the DB management unit may be performed in the server, and the location check unit, the recommendation unit, and the setting unit may be performed in the user terminal. Accordingly, network communication should be possible between the user terminal and the server, except for the case in which all parts are executed in the terminal.

The location-based complementary and alternative communication system divides the user's location information into three categories as follows. First, latitude and longitude information obtainable from the terminal, name of a business or institution and building located on the corresponding latitude and longitude, and place type information of the corresponding trade name or institution and building. The place type is information such as 'bank', 'hospital', etc., and the trade name or institution name is '00 Bank XX Branch', 'ㅁㅁ Hospital', etc. can register.

The positioning unit identifies the name of the location or organization, and the type of place from the current latitude and longitude information obtained from the terminal.

The location-based complementary and alternative communication system is based on the location-based supplementary and alternative communication symbol and the location-based supplemental and alternative communication board. Location-based complementary and alternative communication symbol and location-based complementary and alternative communication board is a combination of latitude, longitude information, trade name or organization name, and place type information to the existing complementary and alternative communication symbol and board.

The production department provides a function that allows mediators (speech therapists, special education teachers, parents and acquaintances, social workers, etc.) who are not persons with disabilities to produce location-based complementary and alternative communication symbols and boards for the disabled.

The location-based communication board (symbol) is divided into a basic place type, a customized place type, and a customized specific location board (symbol).

The basic place type board (symbol) means the communication board (symbol) for each place type provided by this system as a standard. The customized place type board (symbol) is a modified or replaced basic place type communication board (symbol) supported for a specific place type suitable for users with specific disabilities. The customized specific location board (symbol) is specialized for communication in a specific place frequented by users with disabilities. For example, a symbol and a board composed of a user's favorite menu existing only in the 'ㅁㅁ Café' can be mentioned.

The DB management unit stores and manages the basic type place type, the customized place type, and the customized specific location board (symbol) in the DB. In particular, the server-based location-based complementary and alternative communication system stores and manages a basic place type communication board (symbol) for all users, a customized place type customized for each user, and a customized specific location board (symbol).

The recommendation unit uses the location-based complementary and alternative communication board stored in the DB to recommend one or a list of the most appropriate communication boards at the current location obtained from the disabled user terminal. By searching for location-based communication boards prepared for a specific place where the terminal is located or places existing within a set location search radius, the customized specific location board, the customized location type board, and the basic type location type board are sent to the terminal in the order of can recommend

The setting unit inputs and stores information such as the degree of disability of the disabled user, the radius or distance of a place to be searched by the recommendation unit as a recommendation candidate from the current location when the location-based communication board is recommended, and whether or not to use voice calculation. The recommendation unit uses the level of disability information provided by the setting unit to make a judgment such as recommending only one communication board that is judged to be optimal when the intellectual disability is severe, or recommending a list of recommended boards if the user has the ability to select from the recommendation list.

According to the present invention, there is an effect of automatically recommending a communication board to be used at the current location of the communication-disabled person, minimizing the help of the moderator, and solving the problem of difficulty and time required to select the board directly.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve communication ability by using various vocabulary using about 10,000 Korean-type AAC symbols suitable for Korean society.

In addition, according to the present invention, communication boards and symbols for a specific place can be produced as needed according to the characteristics of the communication-impaired, so that the quality of communication can be improved.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user through the setting in which the communication board or the board list can be provided preferentially when the system is executed (first screen) according to the intellectual and physical ability of the communication impaired user. It works.

1 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a location-based complementary and alternative communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of a location-based complementary and alternative communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2(A) is a setting unit 110, a location check unit 120, a recommendation unit 130, a DB management unit 140, a DB 10 of the location-based complementary and alternative communication system in the terminal 200, The production unit 150 is an example in which all are included, and in Fig. 2 (B), the server 100 has the DB management unit 140, the DB 10, and the production unit 150, and the terminal has a setting unit 110 and a location check unit. It is a block diagram of an example in which 120 and the recommendation unit 130 are constructed.
3 is a view showing the configuration of a location-based symbol according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a location-based board according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of recommending a location-based board suitable for a user's current location in the location-based complementary and alternative communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating the concept of a location-based symbol and a location-based board.
7 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a location-based board for each place searched based on a user's current location according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a table showing a place type within an error range and a list of recommended boards for the corresponding place type in the embodiment of FIG. 7 .
9 is a diagram illustrating a list of boards that are finally recommended to a user in the embodiment of FIG. 7 .
8 to 11 are diagrams illustrating examples of user interface screens provided by the location-based complementary and alternative communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the embodiments disclosed herein, and methods for achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiments to be proposed in the present disclosure are not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only the present embodiments are provided to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is only provided to be a complete indication of the category.

Terms used in this specification will be briefly described, and the disclosed embodiments will be described in detail.

The terms used in this specification have been selected as currently widely used general terms as possible while considering the functions of the disclosed embodiments, but may vary depending on the intention or precedent of a person skilled in the art, the emergence of new technology, and the like. In addition, in a specific case, there is a term arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning will be described in detail in the detailed description part of the corresponding specification. Therefore, the terms used in the present disclosure should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the contents of the entire specification, rather than the simple name of the term.

References in the singular herein include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates the singular.

In the entire specification, when a part "includes" a certain element, this means that other elements may be further included, rather than excluding other elements, unless otherwise stated. Also, as used herein, the term “unit” refers to a hardware component such as software, FPGA, or ASIC, and “unit” performs certain roles. However, "part" is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. A “unit” may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to refresh one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, “part” includes components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, processes, functions, properties, procedures, subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables. The functionality provided within components and “parts” may be combined into a smaller number of components and “parts” or further divided into additional components and “parts”.

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components are given the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and the overlapping description thereof will be omitted. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention relates to a location-based complementary and alternative communication system capable of supporting one terminal provided by a disabled user through a dedicated application or simultaneously supporting a plurality of terminals each provided by a plurality of disabled users.

1 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a location-based complementary and alternative communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the location-based complementary and alternative communication system of the present invention includes a setting unit 110 , a location check unit 120 , a recommendation unit 130 , a DB management unit 140 , and a production unit 150 .

The setting unit 110 receives the intellectual and physical ability information of the disabled user and transmits it to the recommendation unit 130 .

The location check unit 120 checks whether the user's terminal 200 is connected to a GPS, a data network or a wireless access point (WiFi, etc.) 130 and the DB management unit 140 .

The recommendation unit 130 determines the current location of the user through the terminal 200 from the location information check unit 120, and reads a board suitable for the user's current location from the database 10 and the DB management unit 140, By identifying the user's disability capability from the setting unit 110, the most suitable location-based board or board list is provided to the user.

The DB management unit 140 receives the symbols and board information produced according to the user's needs from the production unit 150 , and transmits it to the database 10 and manages it.

The database 10 stores pre-registered symbols and board information, and receives and stores customized symbols and board information produced by the user from the DB management unit 140 .

2 is a diagram schematically showing two examples of configuring the location-based complementary and alternative communication system according to the present invention. 2(A) is a setting unit 110, a location check unit 120, a recommendation unit 130, a DB management unit 140, a DB 10, of the location-based complementary and alternative communication system in the terminal 200; The production unit 150 is an example in which all are included, and in (B) of FIG. 2 , the server 100 includes a DB management unit 140 , DB 10 , and a production unit 150 , and the terminal 200 includes a setting unit ( 110), the positioning unit 120, and the recommendation unit 130 is a block diagram of an example in which the construction.

The terminal 200 can communicate through a network, and is a terminal provided by a disabled user. In the present invention, the terminal 200 is a network communication capable terminal that can install and execute a dedicated application that supports location-based complementary and alternative communication to the user by receiving the function provided by the server 100 through network communication. As such, it is a concept including a smartphone, a tablet PC, and the like.

Referring to (B) of FIG. 2 , the location-based complementary and alternative communication system of the present invention includes a server 100 , a database 10 , and a terminal 200 . The database 10 stores pre-registered symbols and boards.

The terminal 200 produces a customized location-based communication symbol and board, and delivers it to the server 100 and the server 100 stores the symbol or terminal produced by the terminal 200 on a dedicated application in the database 10 can

The server 100 may determine the current location of the terminal 200 , and provide a recommendation target board to the terminal 200 at the current location from the database 10 . From among the recommendation target boards provided by the server 100, an optimal location-based board or a list of recommended boards configured including a plurality of symbols for performing supplementary and alternative communication through a dedicated application through the terminal 200 provided to the user.

The terminal 200 may receive information on the intellectual and physical disability capability of the disabled user, and a location-based board or board list may be recommended to the terminal in consideration of the user's disability capability. For example, a board is recommended to a terminal owned by a user with a relatively severe degree of disability, and a mode list is recommended to a terminal owned by a user with a relatively mild degree of disability.

In the present invention, two types of location information of place type information and specific location information are used, and can be confirmed through the location check unit 120 .

The place type information is information on the type of places that the user mainly visits, such as major facilities, public institutions, restaurants, movie theaters, and banks, which are already registered.

The specific location information is location information of a specific place frequently visited by individual users, and includes latitude and longitude information of the corresponding place, and the name of the place (name of the company, organization, etc.).

In one embodiment of the present invention, the type of board is a basic place type board, which is a location-based board composed of symbols necessary for a type of place visited by a plurality of users a certain number of times or more, and a customized place type specialized for each user's needs for each place type For a board and a specific place that each specific user visits more than a certain number of times, it can be classified into a customized specific location board that is specialized for the characteristics of the place and the needs of the user.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the server 100 may recommend to the terminal 200 in the order of a custom specific location board, a custom location type board, and a basic location type board with respect to a specific location where the terminal 200 is located.

In the embodiment of Figure 2, the location-based complementary and alternative communication system of the present invention is implemented alone in the terminal 200 (A), and the server 100 and the embodiment (B) implemented in the terminal 200 ), the location-based complementary and alternative communication system of the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be implemented in various ways.

That is, the location-based supplementary and alternative communication system of the present invention includes a database 10 storing pre-registered symbols and boards, and a plurality of supplementary and alternative communication systems for performing supplementary and alternative communication through a dedicated application. A board or a list of boards including the symbol of may be read from the database 10 , and recommendations may be made based on the current location of the terminal 200 .

In an embodiment of the present invention, a complementary and alternative communication symbol system combined with location information including a basic place type symbol, a customized place type symbol, and a customized specific location symbol, a basic place type board, a customized place type board, a customized specific location It is possible to provide a complementary and alternative communication board system in which the location information including the board is combined.

3 is a view showing the configuration of a symbol according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , a location-based symbol 300 is a symbol to which location information is added, and includes a place type symbol and a specific location symbol.

The place type symbol includes a symbol image 310 , a symbol name 320 , a symbol category 330 , and place type information 340 .

A place type symbol is a symbol that is preferentially provided when making a location-based board having the same place type information as the corresponding symbol.

The specific location symbol includes a symbol image 310 , a symbol name 320 , a symbol category 330 , place type information 340 , and specific location information 350 .

A specific location symbol is a symbol that is preferentially provided when manufacturing a location-based board with the same specific location information.

In the present invention, a user-customized location-based symbol can be produced and used. That is, the location-based symbol can be personally customized to suit the needs and characteristics of the user through the DB management unit 140 .

The user-customized location-based symbol produced through the DB management unit 140 is stored in the database 10 .

Symbol image 310, symbol name 320, symbol category 330, and place type information 340 are essential information constituting a customized location-based symbol, and may include specific location information 350 according to the user's needs. can

In the symbolic image 310, an image of a Korean-style AAC symbol, a photo stored in a photo album of a terminal possessed by the user, or other images capable of specifying a corresponding place may be used.

The place type information 340 may use pre-registered place type information of major facilities.

In the specific location information 350 , latitude/longitude information and a name of a place may be designated.

The customized location-based symbol may be preferentially provided when manufacturing a user-customized location-based board having the same location information.

4 is a view showing the configuration of a board according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the location-based board 400 includes a location type board and a specific location board. In the present invention, a location-based board is used as a communication board recommended to a user.

The location-based board 400 includes a board image 410 , a board name 420 , location type information 430 , specific location information 440 , and symbols 450 .

The place type board is a board in which place type information 430 is added to the existing communication board information.

The specific location board is a board in which place type information 430 and specific location information 440 of a corresponding place are added to the existing communication board information.

In the present invention, a user-customized location-based board can be manufactured and used. That is, through the production unit 150 and the DB management unit 140 , the location-based board can be personally customized according to the needs and characteristics of the user.

The customized location-based board manufactured through the production unit 150 and the DB management unit 140 is stored in the database 10 .

The board image 410 may use an image of a Korean-style AAC symbol, a photo stored in a photo album of the terminal possessed by the user, or other images that can specify the corresponding place, and provides a visual indication to the user that the board to be used at the corresponding location or place. It is an image to help when selecting a location-based board by showing it as

The place type information 430 may use pre-registered place type information of major facilities.

Latitude/longitude information and a name of a place may be designated in the specific location information 440 .

Symbols 450 constituting the board can be added by clicking the plus button (+) when manufacturing the board, and each symbol is a location-based symbol 300 .

If the plus button (+) is clicked to add a symbol, a location-based symbol with the same location information as the board's location information (place type information or specific location information) is recommended first. If you need other symbols, you can search and use them.

In one embodiment of the present invention, three types of location-based boards are used.

The basic place type board is a location-based board composed of symbols needed for the type of place that users frequently visit.

The customized place type board is a location-based board made for a user for a specific place type among place types.

The customized specific location board is a location-based board manufactured according to the characteristics of the place and the user's needs for a specific place frequently visited by the user.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of recommending a location-based board suitable for a user's current location in the location-based complementary and alternative communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , a location-based board suitable for the current location of the terminal possessed by the user is recommended through the recommendation unit 130 .

First, the current location information of the user terminal is searched for through the location information check unit 120 (S501).

Then, based on the current location of the user terminal, a nearby place is searched in the order of the nearest distance (S503).

Then, the recommendation unit 130 searches for a location-based board of a specific place found in the database 10 (S505). At this time, up to three location-based boards that can be used in the searched individual location exist (basic location type board, customized location type board, and customized specific location board), and the recommendation unit 130 provides location-based boards for users in specific locations. The board is determined in the following order: a custom specific location board, a custom venue type board, and a basic venue type board.

Next, the recommendation unit 130 checks whether as many location-based boards as the number of boards required for recommendation are searched (S507).

If a location-based board is not searched for as many as the number of boards required for recommendation, the search radius is increased to additionally search for nearby places (S509).

If location-based boards are searched for as many as the number of boards required for recommendation, a list of boards for recommending location-based boards of the searched places is constructed (S511). At this time, it is configured according to the priority of the location-based board.

Then, the recommendation unit 130 determines whether to provide either the location-based board list or the most suitable location-based board to the user based on the user's intellectual and physical abilities input from the setting unit 110 (S513).

According to the determination in step S513, a list of location-based boards or the most suitable location-based board is recommended to the user (S515, S517).

In the present invention, the location information required in the location-based complementary and alternative communication system is three types of user's current location information, place type information, and specific location information.

The user's current location information is essential to select a board suitable for use in the user's current location. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to grasp the user's current location information through a terminal such as the user's mobile device.

The place type information (Place Type) is already registered place type information such as major facilities, public institutions, restaurants, movie theaters, banks, etc. that the user mainly visits. For example, Google Place Types (Google Developers, n.d.) provided by Google is one example. For example, place type information of cafe A, cafe B, and cafe C, which are specific places, is 'cafe'.

Specific location information is location information of a specific place frequently visited by individual users, and includes latitude and longitude information of the corresponding place. For example, the specific location information of a specific cafe A includes latitude (37.589) and longitude (127.027) information and place type information called 'cafe'.

6 is a diagram illustrating the concept of a location-based symbol and a location-based board.

As shown in FIG. 6 , in the location-based complementary and alternative communication system of the present invention, a symbol and a board having location information are used as a basis, and a symbol and a board can be manufactured and used according to the user's needs.

A location based symbol is a symbol in which location information is added to an existing symbol, and there are a place type symbol and a specific location symbol.

The place type symbol is a symbol having only the place type information among the location information. For example, there is a 'coffee' symbol that can be used in all cafes. A place type symbol is provided when making a location-based board with the same place type information as the corresponding symbol.

A specific location symbol is a symbol having place type information and specific location information. For example, a symbol representing a menu sold only in a specific cafe A corresponds to the symbol. A specific location symbol is provided as a priority when making a location-based board with the same specific location information.

The location based board is a board in which location information is added to the existing communication board, and there are a location type board and a specific location board.

A place type board is a board having only place type information. For example, there is a cafe board that can be used in all cafes, and a post office board that can be used in all post offices.

A specific location board is a board for a specific place, has specific location information and location type information of the location, and is composed of location-based symbols. For example, there may be a board dedicated to cafe A including a symbol representing a menu sold only in cafe A, a symbol of a worker in cafe A, and the like.

In the present invention, by using a location-based board, the user can immediately receive a board suitable for use in the current location. In an embodiment of the present invention, the following three types of location-based boards are possible.

A built-in place type location board is generally a location-based board composed of symbols needed for a type of place frequently visited by users. This board can be provided by default in a location-based complementary and alternative communication system without the user having to create it.

A custom place type location board is a location-based board made for a user for a specific place type among place types.

The custom specific location board is a location-based board manufactured according to the characteristics of the place and the needs of the user for a specific place frequently visited by the user.

In the present invention, in addition to the basic type of place type symbols and boards provided for all users, it is supported to personally create location-based symbols and boards according to the needs and characteristics of users.

Custom place type boards are made to fit the user's needs for place types that mostly use common symbols, such as bus stops. This means that if you create a custom place-type board for a bus stop, you can use that board at any bus stop.

Custom specific location boards are made for use in specific locations, such as hospitals frequently visited by users. For example, a '○○○ doctor' symbol can be created and used with a picture of a doctor in charge of a hospital that the user frequently visits. In addition, a customized specific location board having the location information of the hospital is produced so that the board is preferentially recommended when visiting the hospital.

The present invention provides the following functions so that the user can use it more conveniently while minimizing the assistance of the mediator for the handicapped with severe disabilities.

For users with severe intellectual or movement disabilities, a location-based board suitable for the user's location can be recommended.

Depending on the user, a list of recommended boards may be needed more than the top-priority location-based board, so the list of location-based boards can be immediately recommended in the most appropriate order based on the user's current location.

Users with movement disorders such as hand tremors may feel uncomfortable in selecting a small board and symbol, so the size of the board and symbol can be set to suit the user's convenience.

In the present invention, a user-customized location-based symbol and a board manufacturing process will be described as follows.

In order to create a user-customized location-based symbol, an image of the symbol to be used is selected. The image to be used can be selected from a basic symbol image, a photo album of a mobile device being used, or an image on the Internet.

Next, input the location information of the symbol. The location type information must be selected, and specific location information can be entered additionally. For the convenience of the user, when inputting the location information of the symbol, the user's current location information is provided along with the map, and if necessary, it can be specified using an address search.

Depending on the place the user is visiting, a custom board may be required in addition to the basic place type board. Therefore, we provide custom place type boards and custom specific location boards that are manufactured and used according to the user's needs.

The custom place type board is a custom board made to fit the user's needs, including place type information. Commonly used in places of the same type.

A custom specific location board is a custom board manufactured by including location type information and specific location information (latitude, longitude) for use in a specific location.

In the custom location-based board production process, information (name, board representative image, location information) of the custom location-based board is input, and then the size of the appropriate board is set according to the number of symbols to be used on the board. When selecting a symbol to add to the board, a location-based symbol with the same location information as the board location information is provided as a priority, and you can search and use it as needed.

7 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a location-based board for each location searched based on a user's current location according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a result of searching for nearby places based on the user's current location (u).

In FIG. 7, A, B, ..., M indicate the business name of a specific searched place.

, J 학교의

등이다. aacs is a custom specific location board, superscripts indicate specific places (business name), and subscripts indicate type of places. For example, in store E

, J of the school

etc.

, I 버스 정류장의

등이다. aacc is the custom place type board, the subscripts indicate the place type. For example, in hospital A

, I of the bus stop

etc.

등이다. aacb is the default place type board, and the subscripts indicate the place type. For example, in restaurant H

etc.

Referring to FIG. 7 , if cafe B does not have a custom specific location board and cafe F has a custom specific location board, it can be seen that the user visits cafe F having a custom specific location board more frequently than cafe B. Therefore, it can be seen that it is more appropriate to recommend a customized specific location board for F Cafe rather than a basic location type board.

In the embodiment of FIG. 7 , a maximum of three location-based boards (a basic location type board, a customized location type board, and a custom specific location board) exist for each location searched for. A location-based board for a user in a specific location is determined in the order of a custom specific location board, a custom location type board, and a basic location type board. The following is an example of determining a location-based board that can be used in the individual places found in FIG. 7 .

이 존재하고, 사용자의 필요에 따라 맞춤형 장소 유형 보드인

과, 맞춤형 특정 위치 보드인

이 제작되었다. 이처럼, E 상점에서 사용할 수 있는 위치기반 보드는 3개가 존재하지만, 그중 사용자에게 가장 적합한 위치기반 보드는

이다.For E-stores, the system-provided basic place-type board

There is a place type board that is customized according to your needs.

and custom specific location boards

this was made As such, there are three location-based boards that can be used in the E store, but the most suitable location-based board for users is

to be.

만 제작한 경우, A 병원에서 사용할 수 있는 위치기반 보드는 기본형 장소 유형 보드인

를 포함한 2개가 존재한다. 그중 A 병원에서 사용자를 위한 위치기반 보드는

이다.For hospital A, the user does not create a custom specific location board for hospital A, but rather a custom place type board for place type 'Hospital'.

only, the location-based board that can be used in hospital A is a basic place type board.

There are two including Among them, the location-based board for users in hospital A is

to be.

이다.For Restaurant C, if the user has not created a custom location-based board for use in place type 'Restaurant', the location-based board for the user in Restaurant C is a basic place-type board.

to be.

8 to 11 are diagrams illustrating examples of user interface screens provided by the location-based complementary and alternative communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a screen example of the main screen.

Referring to FIG. 8 , the main screen of the user interface provided by the location-based complementary and alternative communication system of the present invention consists of four menus. Select from 4 menus according to the user's need and purpose. The description of each menu is as follows.

The Map and boards menu is a menu in which a list of location-based boards to be used in the user's current location is recommended together with a map screen displaying the user's current location.

The location and boards menu is a menu in which a map screen is not provided and a list of location-based boards suitable for use in the user's current location is recommended.

The My boards menu is a menu where you can check all the location-based boards you have.

The Settings menu is a menu that allows you to set various settings according to the characteristics and needs of the user. For example, you can set the following settings in the settings menu.

In the board and symbol size settings, you can set the number of symbols provided in a row from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 6. The size of the board can be set to 'Normal' and 'Large'.

In the symbol setting, you can manage symbols related to location-based symbol creation, deletion, modification, and search.

In the board setting, within the setting, the user can set the most suitable location-based board or board list to be recommended immediately when the app is launched. If the most suitable location-based board is directly recommended, the user can immediately use the most suitable location-based board at the user's current location as shown in ② of FIG. 9 . Also, in the menu, you can manage (create, delete, edit) related to the board.

In the TTS voice setting, TTS (Text to Speech) provided by the terminal may be changed to suit the user's preference.

A user interface for a user using the location-based board is illustrated in FIG. 9 .

Referring to FIG. 9, ① is a 'school in front cafe' board, which is a customized specific location board for a cafe frequented by users, a 'restaurant' board for a customized place type board for a restaurant, and a 'mart' board for a customized place type board for a store. This is a list of recommended location-based boards. If the user has previously set the location-based board list to be recommended immediately when running the app, the location-based board list can be directly recommended as shown in ①.

② is the 'Café in front of school' board, which is the most suitable board from the list of recommended location-based boards. If the user sets the most suitable location-based board to be recommended immediately when running the app, the board is immediately recommended as shown in ②.

③ is an example of using the 'Would you like to drink' symbol on the 'Café in front of school' board. When the user selects the corresponding symbol, the size of the symbol image increases, and at the same time, the symbol's expression ('Would you like to drink') is output as a voice through TTS. The enlarged symbol returns to its original size after a set period of time (eg 3 seconds).

In an embodiment of the present invention, a customized location-based symbol can be manufactured in the symbol setting of the setting menu, and the manufacturing process is as shown in FIG. 10 .

Referring to FIG. 10 , the name and category of the customized location-based symbol to be produced in ① is input. As the image of the symbol, a symbol image provided by default, an image stored in the internal (or external) storage of the user's terminal, or a picture taken instantly using a camera may be used. The symbol produced in the embodiment of FIG. 10 is a symbol of 'warm tea' in the food category. For the image of the symbol, a photo of a cup stored in the user's photo album was used (see ②).

And, when the 'specific location information' button is selected to designate specific location information to the customized location-based symbol, it is converted to a map screen. Specific location information may be specified by directly selecting a specific place on the map, or may be specified by searching for an address of a specific place.

③ shows an example of designating specific location information (37.590, 127.020) to the 'warm tea' symbol by directly selecting a specific place on the map.

If specific location information is specified for the customized location-based symbol in ④, select the location type information. The symbol of 'warm tea' in FIG. 10 is an embodiment in which 'cafe', which is place type information, is selected because specific location information is designated.

The customized location-based symbol 'warm tea' produced in the embodiment of FIG. 10 is provided preferentially when manufacturing a board having the same location information.

11 is an example of a user interface screen illustrating a process of manufacturing a customized location-based board in the board setting of the setting menu.

Referring to FIG. 11 , as in the custom location-based symbol production process, information (board name, place type information, specific location information) of the custom location-based board to be produced is first input (refer to ①).

The board manufactured in the embodiment of FIG. 11 is a 'cafe in front of school' board and specifies specific location information (37.590, 127.020) and place type information (cafe) (refer to ② and ③).

If you click the plus button (+) to add a symbol to the customized location-based board, a screen to select a symbol is provided (refer to ①).

On the symbol selection screen, a location-based symbol with the same location information as the location information of the board to be produced is first recommended. If you need another symbol, search for the symbol through the symbol name or category and use it. Since the 'warm tea' symbol produced in the embodiment of FIG. 10 has the same position information as the position information of the board being produced, the symbol is preferentially provided even if the user does not search (see ④ and ⑤).

The 'cafe in front of school' board manufactured in the embodiment of FIG. 11 is a customized specific location board (customized location-based board) manufactured for use in a cafe in front of a school.

The present invention has been described above using several preferred embodiments, but these embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive. Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention and the scope of the appended claims.

100 servers 200 terminals
10 database 110 setting unit
120 Position Confirmation Unit 130 Recommendation Unit
140 DB Management Department 150 Production Department

Claims (7)

In a location-based complementary and alternative communication system that can support one terminal provided by a disabled user through a dedicated application or simultaneously support a plurality of terminals each provided by a plurality of disabled users,
Includes a database storing pre-registered symbols and boards,
Location-based supplementary and alternative communication, characterized in that a board or board list including a plurality of symbols for performing supplementary and alternative communication through the dedicated application is read from the database, and recommended based on the current location of the terminal system.
The method according to claim 1,
The system identifies the current location of the terminal, reads a board suitable for the current location from the database, and provides it to the terminal.
3. The method according to claim 2,
The system receives information on the intellectual and physical disability capability of the disabled user from the terminal, and based on this, considers the user's disability capability and recommends a location-based board or board list to the terminal. system.
4. The method according to claim 3,
The system provides a function to produce a location-based communication symbol or board through a terminal,
A location-based complementary and alternative communication system, characterized in that the symbol or terminal produced by the terminal is stored in the database.
The method according to claim 1,
The type of the board is a basic place type board, which is a location-based board composed of symbols necessary for a type of place visited by a large number of users more than a certain number of times, a customized place type board specialized to the needs of each user among place types, and a schedule for each user A location-based complementary and alternative communication system, characterized in that for a specific place visited more than once, it is a customized specific location board that is specialized for the characteristics and needs of the user.
6. The method of claim 5,
The server recommends to the terminal in the order of the customized specific location board, the customized location type board, and the basic type location type board with respect to the specific location where the terminal is located.
6. The method of claim 5,
A complementary and alternative communication symbol system that combines location information including a basic place type symbol, a customized place type symbol, and a customized specific location symbol, and location information including a basic place type board, a customized place type board, and a customized specific location board A location-based complementary and alternative communication system comprising a combined complementary and alternative communication board system.

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