US20140172354A1 - Incandescent socket connector havingbeacon module for indoor positioning, andindoor positioning system using the same - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an incandescent socket connector having a beacon module for indoor positioning, and an indoor positioning system using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a technology capable of simply building an indoor positioning system at a low cost, by installing a beacon module for indoor positioning in an incandescent socket connector coupled to an incandescent light to make accurate indoor positioning possible.
- GPS Global Positioning System
- LBS Location Based Service
- the GPS receiver cannot receive a GPS satellite signal within doors, a metropolitan area of many high-rise buildings, an underground parking lot, a subway, a tunnel and the like. For this reason, there is a problem that the GPS receiver cannot provide consecutive user location information to a user indoors.
- the RF signal based indoor positioning technology is a technology of locating a target through a relative Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) received from a previously installed access point.
- RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication
- the infrared ray based indoor positioning technology is a technology in which infrared sensors installed throughout the indoor recognize an infrared device having a unique IDentifier (ID) code and locate the infrared device.
- the ultrasonic wave based indoor positioning technology is a technology of locating a target using a transfer rate difference between a fast RF signal and a relative slow ultrasonic wave.
- the aforementioned indoor positioning technologies excepting the ultrasonic wave based indoor positioning technology have a disadvantage of generally not only causing a large measurement error but also requiring very many access points, infrared sensors or the like. Also, because even an error of positioning information measurement is great more than a few meters, many inconveniences of use are caused.
- the RF signal based indoor positioning technology is difficult to detect an accurate current location of a user within doors and is also difficult to detect an accurate location of the user between floors. Further, owing to a limitation on a basic reception distance of infrared rays, the infrared ray based indoor positioning technology has a problem that service is restrictive, and the cost of system installation and maintenance is very high. Further, the ultrasonic wave based indoor positioning technology enables accurate measurement, but has a problem that the cost of system installation is very high.
- the conventional indoor positioning technologies have a problem of having to bear the investment cost for expensive system building, because they cannot implement indoor positioning if an expensive indoor positioning system is not equipped.
- An aspect of exemplary embodiments of the present invention is to address at least the problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of exemplary embodiments of the present invention is to simply build an indoor positioning system at a low cost, by installing a beacon module for indoor positioning in an incandescent socket connector coupled to an incandescent light to make accurate indoor positioning possible.
- an indoor positioning system includes one or more incandescent socket connectors, a portable terminal, and a positioning server.
- the one or more incandescent socket connectors are coupled to incandescent lights, and have indoor positioning beacon modules for periodically wireless transmitting beacon signals including beacon IDentifiers (IDs) to the external.
- the portable terminal receives a beacon signal from the incandescent socket connector located around the portable terminal through wireless communication, extracts a beacon ID from the received beacon signal, detects a strength of the beacon signal, and storing the extracted beacon ID and the detected strength of the beacon signal in a memory, and periodically includes each of the beacon ID and the strength stored in the memory in a location estimation message and wireless transmits the location estimation message to the external.
- the positioning server receives the location estimation message from the portable terminal through the wireless communication, determines a location of a user who carries the portable terminal on the basis of information included in the received location estimation message, maps the determined location of the user on a map, and wireless transmits the mapped location to the portable terminal.
- the portable terminal may transmit/receive data with the incandescent socket connector and the positioning server through the wireless communication.
- a head of the location estimation message may include identification information of the portable terminal, and a body of the location estimation message may include a beacon ID acquired from each beacon signal and a strength of the beacon signal.
- the incandescent socket connector may include a power supply unit, an AC/DC converter, and an indoor positioning beacon module.
- the power supply unit supplies an Alternating Current (AC) power source input from a main socket, to an electrode part of an incandescent lamp or a clip type Tri-phosphor lamp.
- the AC/DC converter receives an input of the AC power source from the power supply unit, converts the received AC power source into a Direct Current (DC) power source, and supplies a driving power source to the indoor positioning beacon module.
- the indoor positioning beacon module periodically wireless transmits the beacon signal including the beacon ID to the external.
- the incandescent socket connector has a structure in which, in a state where the electrode part of the lamp is coupled to a base socket part formed at a lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector, if a socket connection part formed at an upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector is connected to the main socket, a power source supplied from the main socket is applied to the electrode part of the lamp through the socket connection part and lights up the lamp.
- the base socket part may be constructed in a form of a female screw that is screw coupled to a spiral electrode part of the incandescent lamp
- the socket connection part may be constructed in a form of a male screw that is screw coupled to the main socket.
- the base socket part may be constructed as a clip type female socket fitted to a clip type electrode part of the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp, and the socket connection part may be constructed as a clip type male socket plugged into the main socket.
- the incandescent socket connector may include a power supply unit, an AC/DC converter, and an indoor positioning beacon module.
- the power supply unit supplies an AC power source input from a main socket, to a Light Emitting Diode (LED) incandescent lamp or a clip type LED Tri-phosphor lamp.
- the AC/DC converter receives an input of the AC power source from the power supply unit, converts the received AC power source into a DC power source, and supplies a driving power source to the indoor positioning beacon module.
- the indoor positioning beacon module periodically wireless transmits the beacon signal including the beacon ID to the external.
- the incandescent socket connector has a structure in which, in a state where the lamp is coupled to a 1st coupling through-hole provided at a lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector and an electrode part of the lamp is coupled to a 2nd coupling through-hole provided at an upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector, if the electrode part of the lamp is connected to the main socket, a power source supplied from the main socket is applied to the lamp and lights up the lamp.
- the 1st coupling through-hole may be provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 1st connection part connected to the lamp
- the 2nd coupling through-hole may be provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 2nd connection part connected to the electrode part of the lamp
- electrical contacts may be provided in coupling portions between the 1st coupling through-hole and the 1st connection part and between the 2nd coupling through-hole and the 2nd connection part, respectively.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 are diagrams illustrating an incandescent socket connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an indoor positioning system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an incandescent socket connector according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 5A , 5 B, 6 A and 6 B are diagrams illustrating incandescent socket connectors according to further exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 are diagrams illustrating an incandescent socket connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the incandescent socket connector 100 includes a power supply unit 110 , an Alternating Current/Direct Current (AC/DC) converter 120 , and a beacon module for indoor positioning 130 .
- the incandescent socket connector 100 has a base socket part 100 a and a socket connection part 100 b .
- the base socket part 100 a is formed at an outer and lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector 100 and is coupled to a spiral electrode part (E 1 ) of an incandescent lamp (L 1 ).
- the socket connection part 100 b is protruded and formed at an outer and upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector 100 such that the socket connection part 100 b is coupled to a main socket (S 1 ) fixed to a wall of a building and receives applying of a power source from the main socket (S 1 ).
- the base socket part 100 a is constructed in a form of a female screw that is screw coupled to the spiral electrode part (E 1 ) of the incandescent lamp (L 1 ), and it is desirable that the socket connection part 100 b is constructed in a form of a male screw that is screw coupled to the main socket (S 1 ).
- the spiral electrode part (E 1 ) of the incandescent lamp (L 1 ) is coupled to the base socket part 100 a of the incandescent socket connector 100 , and the socket connection part 100 b of the incandescent socket connector 100 is connected to the main socket (S 1 ), a power source supplied from the main socket (S 1 ) is applied to the spiral electrode part (E 1 ) of the incandescent lamp (L 1 ) through the incandescent socket connector 100 of the present invention and lights up the incandescent lamp (L 1 ).
- the power supply unit 110 supplies an AC power source, which is input from the main socket (S 1 ), to the spiral electrode part (E 1 ) of the incandescent lamp (L 1 ).
- the AC/DC converter 120 receives an input of the AC power source from the power supply unit 110 , converts the received AC power source into a DC power source, and supplies a driving power source (for example, a voltage of 5 Voltage (V)) to the indoor positioning beacon module 130 .
- a driving power source for example, a voltage of 5 Voltage (V)
- the indoor positioning beacon module 130 periodically wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon IDentifier (ID) to the external through a built-in antenna (not shown).
- ID beacon IDentifier
- the indoor positioning beacon module 130 can periodically wireless transmit a beacon signal including a beacon ID through all available wireless communication networks such as a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) communication network, a Bluetooth communication network, a Zigbee communication network, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication network, a 3-Generation (3G) communication network and the like.
- WiFi Wireless Fidelity
- Bluetooth Bluetooth
- Zigbee Zigbee
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- 3G 3-Generation
- the incandescent socket connector 100 of the present invention applies the power source supplied from the main socket (S 1 ), to the spiral electrode part (E 1 ) of the incandescent lamp (L 1 ) to light up the incandescent lamp (L 1 ), while also playing a role of periodically wireless transmitting the beacon signal including the beacon ID to the external.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an indoor positioning system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- an incandescent socket connector 100 of the present invention wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon ID to a portable terminal 500
- the portable terminal 500 carried by a user within doors receives the beacon signal from the incandescent socket connector 100 located around the portable terminal 500 through wireless communication.
- the portable terminal 500 refers to a terminal capable of, in a state where an indoor positioning application is executed, transmitting/receiving various data with the incandescent socket connector 100 and an indoor positioning server 900 through the wireless communication.
- the portable terminal 500 can be any one of a tablet Personal Computer (PC) in which the wireless communication is possible and application installation is possible, a smart phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and a mobile communication terminal.
- the portable terminal 500 can receive beacon signals from one or more incandescent socket connectors 100 , respectively, because one or more incandescent socket connectors 100 can be located around the portable terminal 500 .
- one or more incandescent socket connector 100 can be located around the portable terminal 500 and therefore, the portable terminal 500 can receive beacon signals from the one or more candescent lamp socket connectors 100 , respectively.
- the portable terminal 500 receiving the beacon signal extracts the beacon ID from the received beacon signal, detects a strength of the beacon signal, and stores the extracted beacon ID and the detected signal strength in a memory (not shown).
- the portable terminal 500 periodically includes the beacon ID and signal strength stored in the memory in a location estimation message and wireless transmits the location estimation message to the external positioning server 900 .
- a header of the location estimation message includes identification information (i.e., a Manufacturer's IDentification number (MID)) of the portable terminal 500
- a body of the location estimation message includes beacon IDs (ID 1 , ID 2 , ID 3 , . . . ) acquired from respective beacon signals and strengths (SI 1 , SI 2 , SI 3 , . . . ) of the beacon signals.
- ID 1 , ID 2 , ID 3 , . . . beacon IDs acquired from respective beacon signals and strengths (SI 1 , SI 2 , SI 3 , . . . ) of the beacon signals.
- the external positioning server 900 receives the location estimation message from the portable terminal 500 , determines a location of a user who carries the portable terminal 500 on the basis of information included in the location estimation message, maps the determined location of the user on a map, and transmits the mapped location of the user to the portable terminal 500 .
- the positioning server 900 may transmit the location of the user to external systems (e.g., building management systems, fire rescue systems, public institutions, information provision systems and the like).
- external systems e.g., building management systems, fire rescue systems, public institutions, information provision systems and the like.
- the present invention can detect an accurate current location of a user who carries a portable terminal using the incandescent socket connector 100 equipped with the indoor positioning beacon module 130 and accordingly, can simply build an indoor positioning system at a low cost compared to the related art.
- the present invention can detect an accurate current location of a user who carries a portable terminal on the basis of strengths of beacon signals received from one or more incandescent socket connectors 100 . Therefore, when a fire or an emergency occurs within a building, the present invention can rapidly detect location information of users and evacuate the users even without going to check if there are persons within doors one by one, and make possible rapid lifesaving and initial response against the fire or emergency.
- a structure of the incandescent socket connector 100 of the present invention can be modified according to need. This is described below in detail.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an incandescent socket connector 200 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the incandescent socket connector 200 has the same constituent elements as the incandescent socket connector 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 excepting a difference that the incandescent socket connector 200 is coupled to a clip type Tri-phosphor lamp (L 2 ), and has like operation performance and effects.
- a power supply unit 210 , an AC/DC converter 220 , and an indoor positioning beacon module 230 have the same constructions and operations as the power supply unit 110 , the AC/DC converter 120 and the indoor positioning beacon module 130 illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- this exemplary embodiment makes a description centering on a difference with the incandescent socket connector 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- the incandescent socket connector 200 of the present invention has a base socket part 200 a and a socket connection part 200 b .
- the base socket part 200 a is formed at an outer and lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector 200 and is coupled to a clip type electrode part (E 2 ) of a clip type Tri-phosphor lamp (L 2 ).
- the socket connection part 200 b is protruded and formed at an outer and upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector 200 such that the socket connection part 200 b is coupled to a main socket (S 2 ) fixed to a wall of a building and receives applying of a power source from the main socket (S 2 ).
- the base socket part 200 a is constructed as a clip type female socket fitted to the clip type electrode part (E 2 ) of the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp (L 2 ), and it is desirable that the socket connection part 200 b is constructed as a clip type male screw plugged into the main socket (S 2 ).
- the indoor positioning beacon module 230 wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon ID to the external through a built-in antenna (not shown).
- FIGS. 5A , 5 B, 6 A and 6 B are diagrams illustrating incandescent socket connectors 300 and 400 according to further exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
- the incandescent socket connector 300 of the present invention has the same constituent elements as the incandescent socket connector 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 excepting a difference that the incandescent socket connector 300 is coupled to a Light Emitting Diode (LED) incandescent lamp (L 3 ), and has like operation performance and effects.
- LED Light Emitting Diode
- a power supply unit 310 an AC/DC converter 320 , and a beacon module for indoor positioning 330 have the same constructions and operations as the power supply unit 110 , the AC/DC converter 120 , and the indoor positioning beacon module 130 illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- this exemplary embodiment makes a description centering on a difference with the incandescent socket connector 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- the incandescent socket connector 300 of the present invention has a 1st coupling through-hole 300 a and a 2nd coupling through-hole 300 b .
- the 1st coupling through-hole 300 a is provided in an outer and lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector 300 and is coupled to the LED incandescent lamp (L 3 ).
- the 2nd coupling through-hole 300 b is provided in an outer and upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector 300 and is coupled with a spiral electrode part (E 3 ) of the LED incandescent lamp (L 3 ).
- the 1st coupling through-hole 300 a is provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 1st connection part (P 1 ) connected to the LED incandescent lamp (L 3 ), and it is desirable that the 2nd coupling through-hole 300 b is provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 2nd connection part (P 2 ) connected to the spiral electrode part (E 3 ) of the LED incandescent lamp (L 3 ). Also, it is desirable that electrical contacts (shaded portions) are provided in coupling portions between the 1st coupling through-hole 300 a and the 1st connection part (P 1 ) and between the 2nd coupling through-hole 300 b and the 2nd connection part (P 2 ), respectively.
- the indoor positioning beacon module 330 wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon ID to the external through a built-in antenna (not shown).
- the incandescent socket connector 400 of the present invention has the same constituent elements as the incandescent socket connector 300 illustrated in FIGS. 5A and 5B with the exception that the incandescent socket connector 400 is coupled to a clip type LED Tri-phosphor lamp (L 4 ) instead of the LED incandescent lamp (L 3 ), and has like operation performance and effects.
- exemplary embodiments of the present invention have an effect of being capable of simply building an indoor positioning system at a low cost compared to the related art, by installing a beacon module for indoor positioning in an incandescent socket connector coupled to an incandescent light to detect an accurate current location of a user who carries a portable terminal.
- exemplary embodiments of the present invention can detect an accurate current location of a user who carries a portable terminal on the basis of strengths of beacon signals received from one or more incandescent socket connectors and thus, have an effect of, when a fire or an emergency occurs within a building, being capable of rapidly detecting location information of users who carry portable terminals and evacuate the users even without going to check if there are persons within doors one by one, and making possible rapid lifesaving and initial response against the fire or emergency.
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Abstract
An incandescent socket connector having a beacon module for indoor positioning and an indoor positioning system using the same are provided. The incandescent socket connector includes a power supply unit, an AC/DC converter, and an indoor positioning beacon module. The power supply unit supplies an Alternating Current (AC) power source input from a main socket, to an electrode part of an incandescent lamp or a clip type Tri-phosphor lamp. The AC/DC converter receives an input of the AC power source from the power supply unit, converts the received AC power source into a Direct Current (DC) power source, and supplies a driving power source to the indoor positioning beacon module. The indoor positioning beacon module periodically wireless transmits the beacon signal including the beacon ID to the external.
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- This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2012-0146087, filed 14 Dec. 2012, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this application.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to an incandescent socket connector having a beacon module for indoor positioning, and an indoor positioning system using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a technology capable of simply building an indoor positioning system at a low cost, by installing a beacon module for indoor positioning in an incandescent socket connector coupled to an incandescent light to make accurate indoor positioning possible.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- In recent years, an initial Global Positioning System (GPS) technology developed for military use is being widely used for civilian purposes of navigation, measurement, cartography and the like. Also, even a Location Based Service (LBS) using a GPS receiver as a positioning sensor has been commercialized.
- But, it frequently occurs that the GPS receiver cannot receive a GPS satellite signal within doors, a metropolitan area of many high-rise buildings, an underground parking lot, a subway, a tunnel and the like. For this reason, there is a problem that the GPS receiver cannot provide consecutive user location information to a user indoors.
- To fix this problem, many researches have been made on an indoor positioning technology of installing an Access Point (AP) within a building and enabling the AP to locate a target within doors using a Radio Frequency (RF) signal, and a service based on this. Active researches have been made on wireless indoor positioning technologies using infrared rays, ultrasonic waves and the like in addition to the RF signal.
- The RF signal based indoor positioning technology is a technology of locating a target through a relative Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) received from a previously installed access point. The infrared ray based indoor positioning technology is a technology in which infrared sensors installed throughout the indoor recognize an infrared device having a unique IDentifier (ID) code and locate the infrared device. The ultrasonic wave based indoor positioning technology is a technology of locating a target using a transfer rate difference between a fast RF signal and a relative slow ultrasonic wave.
- However, the aforementioned indoor positioning technologies excepting the ultrasonic wave based indoor positioning technology have a disadvantage of generally not only causing a large measurement error but also requiring very many access points, infrared sensors or the like. Also, because even an error of positioning information measurement is great more than a few meters, many inconveniences of use are caused.
- Owing to the characteristic in which an RF signal is difficult to permeate walls, in many cases, the RF signal based indoor positioning technology is difficult to detect an accurate current location of a user within doors and is also difficult to detect an accurate location of the user between floors. Further, owing to a limitation on a basic reception distance of infrared rays, the infrared ray based indoor positioning technology has a problem that service is restrictive, and the cost of system installation and maintenance is very high. Further, the ultrasonic wave based indoor positioning technology enables accurate measurement, but has a problem that the cost of system installation is very high.
- That is, the conventional indoor positioning technologies have a problem of having to bear the investment cost for expensive system building, because they cannot implement indoor positioning if an expensive indoor positioning system is not equipped.
- An aspect of exemplary embodiments of the present invention is to address at least the problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of exemplary embodiments of the present invention is to simply build an indoor positioning system at a low cost, by installing a beacon module for indoor positioning in an incandescent socket connector coupled to an incandescent light to make accurate indoor positioning possible.
- According to one aspect of the present invention, an indoor positioning system is provided. The positioning system includes one or more incandescent socket connectors, a portable terminal, and a positioning server. The one or more incandescent socket connectors are coupled to incandescent lights, and have indoor positioning beacon modules for periodically wireless transmitting beacon signals including beacon IDentifiers (IDs) to the external. The portable terminal receives a beacon signal from the incandescent socket connector located around the portable terminal through wireless communication, extracts a beacon ID from the received beacon signal, detects a strength of the beacon signal, and storing the extracted beacon ID and the detected strength of the beacon signal in a memory, and periodically includes each of the beacon ID and the strength stored in the memory in a location estimation message and wireless transmits the location estimation message to the external. The positioning server receives the location estimation message from the portable terminal through the wireless communication, determines a location of a user who carries the portable terminal on the basis of information included in the received location estimation message, maps the determined location of the user on a map, and wireless transmits the mapped location to the portable terminal.
- In a state where an indoor positioning application is executed, the portable terminal may transmit/receive data with the incandescent socket connector and the positioning server through the wireless communication.
- A head of the location estimation message may include identification information of the portable terminal, and a body of the location estimation message may include a beacon ID acquired from each beacon signal and a strength of the beacon signal.
- The incandescent socket connector may include a power supply unit, an AC/DC converter, and an indoor positioning beacon module. The power supply unit supplies an Alternating Current (AC) power source input from a main socket, to an electrode part of an incandescent lamp or a clip type Tri-phosphor lamp. The AC/DC converter receives an input of the AC power source from the power supply unit, converts the received AC power source into a Direct Current (DC) power source, and supplies a driving power source to the indoor positioning beacon module. The indoor positioning beacon module periodically wireless transmits the beacon signal including the beacon ID to the external. The incandescent socket connector has a structure in which, in a state where the electrode part of the lamp is coupled to a base socket part formed at a lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector, if a socket connection part formed at an upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector is connected to the main socket, a power source supplied from the main socket is applied to the electrode part of the lamp through the socket connection part and lights up the lamp.
- When the lamp is the incandescent lamp, the base socket part may be constructed in a form of a female screw that is screw coupled to a spiral electrode part of the incandescent lamp, and the socket connection part may be constructed in a form of a male screw that is screw coupled to the main socket.
- When the lamp is the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp, the base socket part may be constructed as a clip type female socket fitted to a clip type electrode part of the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp, and the socket connection part may be constructed as a clip type male socket plugged into the main socket.
- The incandescent socket connector may include a power supply unit, an AC/DC converter, and an indoor positioning beacon module. The power supply unit supplies an AC power source input from a main socket, to a Light Emitting Diode (LED) incandescent lamp or a clip type LED Tri-phosphor lamp. The AC/DC converter receives an input of the AC power source from the power supply unit, converts the received AC power source into a DC power source, and supplies a driving power source to the indoor positioning beacon module. The indoor positioning beacon module periodically wireless transmits the beacon signal including the beacon ID to the external. The incandescent socket connector has a structure in which, in a state where the lamp is coupled to a 1st coupling through-hole provided at a lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector and an electrode part of the lamp is coupled to a 2nd coupling through-hole provided at an upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector, if the electrode part of the lamp is connected to the main socket, a power source supplied from the main socket is applied to the lamp and lights up the lamp.
- The 1st coupling through-hole may be provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 1st connection part connected to the lamp, and the 2nd coupling through-hole may be provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 2nd connection part connected to the electrode part of the lamp, and electrical contacts may be provided in coupling portions between the 1st coupling through-hole and the 1st connection part and between the 2nd coupling through-hole and the 2nd connection part, respectively.
- The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
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FIGS. 1 and 2 are diagrams illustrating an incandescent socket connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an indoor positioning system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an incandescent socket connector according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIGS. 5A , 5B, 6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating incandescent socket connectors according to further exemplary embodiments of the present invention. - Throughout the drawings, the same drawing reference numerals will be understood to refer to the same elements, features and structures.
- Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the annexed drawings.
- In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.
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FIGS. 1 and 2 are diagrams illustrating an incandescent socket connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIGS. 1 and 2 , theincandescent socket connector 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes apower supply unit 110, an Alternating Current/Direct Current (AC/DC)converter 120, and a beacon module forindoor positioning 130. Theincandescent socket connector 100 has abase socket part 100 a and asocket connection part 100 b. Thebase socket part 100 a is formed at an outer and lower part of a housing of theincandescent socket connector 100 and is coupled to a spiral electrode part (E1) of an incandescent lamp (L1). Thesocket connection part 100 b is protruded and formed at an outer and upper part of the housing of theincandescent socket connector 100 such that thesocket connection part 100 b is coupled to a main socket (S1) fixed to a wall of a building and receives applying of a power source from the main socket (S1). - It is desirable that the
base socket part 100 a is constructed in a form of a female screw that is screw coupled to the spiral electrode part (E1) of the incandescent lamp (L1), and it is desirable that thesocket connection part 100 b is constructed in a form of a male screw that is screw coupled to the main socket (S1). - Accordingly, if the spiral electrode part (E1) of the incandescent lamp (L1) is coupled to the
base socket part 100 a of theincandescent socket connector 100, and thesocket connection part 100 b of theincandescent socket connector 100 is connected to the main socket (S1), a power source supplied from the main socket (S1) is applied to the spiral electrode part (E1) of the incandescent lamp (L1) through theincandescent socket connector 100 of the present invention and lights up the incandescent lamp (L1). - Operations of the respective constituent elements are described below in detail.
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power supply unit 110 supplies an AC power source, which is input from the main socket (S1), to the spiral electrode part (E1) of the incandescent lamp (L1). - The AC/
DC converter 120 receives an input of the AC power source from thepower supply unit 110, converts the received AC power source into a DC power source, and supplies a driving power source (for example, a voltage of 5 Voltage (V)) to the indoorpositioning beacon module 130. - The indoor
positioning beacon module 130 periodically wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon IDentifier (ID) to the external through a built-in antenna (not shown). - Here, the indoor
positioning beacon module 130 can periodically wireless transmit a beacon signal including a beacon ID through all available wireless communication networks such as a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) communication network, a Bluetooth communication network, a Zigbee communication network, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication network, a 3-Generation (3G) communication network and the like. - That is, the
incandescent socket connector 100 of the present invention applies the power source supplied from the main socket (S1), to the spiral electrode part (E1) of the incandescent lamp (L1) to light up the incandescent lamp (L1), while also playing a role of periodically wireless transmitting the beacon signal including the beacon ID to the external. -
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an indoor positioning system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , if anincandescent socket connector 100 of the present invention wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon ID to aportable terminal 500, theportable terminal 500 carried by a user within doors receives the beacon signal from theincandescent socket connector 100 located around theportable terminal 500 through wireless communication. - Here, the
portable terminal 500 refers to a terminal capable of, in a state where an indoor positioning application is executed, transmitting/receiving various data with theincandescent socket connector 100 and anindoor positioning server 900 through the wireless communication. Theportable terminal 500 can be any one of a tablet Personal Computer (PC) in which the wireless communication is possible and application installation is possible, a smart phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and a mobile communication terminal. And, theportable terminal 500 can receive beacon signals from one or moreincandescent socket connectors 100, respectively, because one or moreincandescent socket connectors 100 can be located around theportable terminal 500. And, one or moreincandescent socket connector 100 can be located around theportable terminal 500 and therefore, theportable terminal 500 can receive beacon signals from the one or more candescentlamp socket connectors 100, respectively. - The
portable terminal 500 receiving the beacon signal extracts the beacon ID from the received beacon signal, detects a strength of the beacon signal, and stores the extracted beacon ID and the detected signal strength in a memory (not shown). Theportable terminal 500 periodically includes the beacon ID and signal strength stored in the memory in a location estimation message and wireless transmits the location estimation message to theexternal positioning server 900. - In an exemplary embodiment, a header of the location estimation message includes identification information (i.e., a Manufacturer's IDentification number (MID)) of the
portable terminal 500, and a body of the location estimation message includes beacon IDs (ID1, ID2, ID3, . . . ) acquired from respective beacon signals and strengths (SI1, SI2, SI3, . . . ) of the beacon signals. - If the
portable terminal 500 wireless transmits a location estimation message to theexternal positioning server 900, theexternal positioning server 900 receives the location estimation message from theportable terminal 500, determines a location of a user who carries theportable terminal 500 on the basis of information included in the location estimation message, maps the determined location of the user on a map, and transmits the mapped location of the user to theportable terminal 500. - In an exemplary embodiment, the
positioning server 900 may transmit the location of the user to external systems (e.g., building management systems, fire rescue systems, public institutions, information provision systems and the like). - That is, the present invention can detect an accurate current location of a user who carries a portable terminal using the
incandescent socket connector 100 equipped with the indoorpositioning beacon module 130 and accordingly, can simply build an indoor positioning system at a low cost compared to the related art. - Further, the present invention can detect an accurate current location of a user who carries a portable terminal on the basis of strengths of beacon signals received from one or more
incandescent socket connectors 100. Therefore, when a fire or an emergency occurs within a building, the present invention can rapidly detect location information of users and evacuate the users even without going to check if there are persons within doors one by one, and make possible rapid lifesaving and initial response against the fire or emergency. - A structure of the
incandescent socket connector 100 of the present invention can be modified according to need. This is described below in detail. -
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating anincandescent socket connector 200 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , theincandescent socket connector 200 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention has the same constituent elements as theincandescent socket connector 100 illustrated inFIG. 1 excepting a difference that theincandescent socket connector 200 is coupled to a clip type Tri-phosphor lamp (L2), and has like operation performance and effects. - In other words, a
power supply unit 210, an AC/DC converter 220, and an indoorpositioning beacon module 230 have the same constructions and operations as thepower supply unit 110, the AC/DC converter 120 and the indoorpositioning beacon module 130 illustrated inFIG. 1 . To avoid the duplication of description, this exemplary embodiment makes a description centering on a difference with theincandescent socket connector 100 illustrated inFIG. 1 . - First, the
incandescent socket connector 200 of the present invention has abase socket part 200 a and asocket connection part 200 b. Thebase socket part 200 a is formed at an outer and lower part of a housing of theincandescent socket connector 200 and is coupled to a clip type electrode part (E2) of a clip type Tri-phosphor lamp (L2). Thesocket connection part 200 b is protruded and formed at an outer and upper part of the housing of theincandescent socket connector 200 such that thesocket connection part 200 b is coupled to a main socket (S2) fixed to a wall of a building and receives applying of a power source from the main socket (S2). - It is desirable that the
base socket part 200 a is constructed as a clip type female socket fitted to the clip type electrode part (E2) of the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp (L2), and it is desirable that thesocket connection part 200 b is constructed as a clip type male screw plugged into the main socket (S2). - That is, after the clip type electrode part (E2) of the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp (L2) are plugged into the
incandescent socket connector 200 of the present invention, if thesocket connection part 200 b is plugged into the main socket (S2), a power source supplied from the main socket (S2) is applied to the clip type electrode part (E2) of the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp (L2) through the candescentlamp socket connector 200 of the present invention and lights up the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp (L2). - At this time, the indoor
positioning beacon module 230 wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon ID to the external through a built-in antenna (not shown). -
FIGS. 5A , 5B, 6A and 6B are diagrams illustratingincandescent socket connectors - Referring to
FIGS. 5A and 5B , theincandescent socket connector 300 of the present invention has the same constituent elements as theincandescent socket connector 100 illustrated inFIG. 1 excepting a difference that theincandescent socket connector 300 is coupled to a Light Emitting Diode (LED) incandescent lamp (L3), and has like operation performance and effects. - In other words, a
power supply unit 310, an AC/DC converter 320, and a beacon module forindoor positioning 330 have the same constructions and operations as thepower supply unit 110, the AC/DC converter 120, and the indoorpositioning beacon module 130 illustrated inFIG. 1 . To avoid the duplication of description, this exemplary embodiment makes a description centering on a difference with theincandescent socket connector 100 illustrated inFIG. 1 . - First, the
incandescent socket connector 300 of the present invention has a 1st coupling through-hole 300 a and a 2nd coupling through-hole 300 b. The 1st coupling through-hole 300 a is provided in an outer and lower part of a housing of theincandescent socket connector 300 and is coupled to the LED incandescent lamp (L3). The 2nd coupling through-hole 300 b is provided in an outer and upper part of the housing of theincandescent socket connector 300 and is coupled with a spiral electrode part (E3) of the LED incandescent lamp (L3). - Here, it is desirable that the 1st coupling through-
hole 300 a is provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 1st connection part (P1) connected to the LED incandescent lamp (L3), and it is desirable that the 2nd coupling through-hole 300 b is provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 2nd connection part (P2) connected to the spiral electrode part (E3) of the LED incandescent lamp (L3). Also, it is desirable that electrical contacts (shaded portions) are provided in coupling portions between the 1st coupling through-hole 300 a and the 1st connection part (P1) and between the 2nd coupling through-hole 300 b and the 2nd connection part (P2), respectively. - That is, after the 1st connection part (P1) connected to the LED incandescent lamp (L3) is coupled to the 1st coupling through-
hole 300 a of theincandescent socket connector 300, and the 2nd connection part (P2) connected to the spiral electrode part (E3) of the LED incandescent lamp (L3) is coupled to the 2nd coupling through-hole 300 b of theincandescent socket connector 300, if the spiral electrode part (E3) of the LED incandescent lamp (L3) is connected to an external main socket (not shown), a power source supplied from the external main socket (not shown) is applied to the LED incandescent lamp (L3) through theincandescent socket connector 300 of the present invention and lights up the LED incandescent lamp (L3). - At this time, the indoor
positioning beacon module 330 wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon ID to the external through a built-in antenna (not shown). - Referring to
FIGS. 6A and 6B , theincandescent socket connector 400 of the present invention has the same constituent elements as theincandescent socket connector 300 illustrated inFIGS. 5A and 5B with the exception that theincandescent socket connector 400 is coupled to a clip type LED Tri-phosphor lamp (L4) instead of the LED incandescent lamp (L3), and has like operation performance and effects. - As described above, exemplary embodiments of the present invention have an effect of being capable of simply building an indoor positioning system at a low cost compared to the related art, by installing a beacon module for indoor positioning in an incandescent socket connector coupled to an incandescent light to detect an accurate current location of a user who carries a portable terminal.
- Also, exemplary embodiments of the present invention can detect an accurate current location of a user who carries a portable terminal on the basis of strengths of beacon signals received from one or more incandescent socket connectors and thus, have an effect of, when a fire or an emergency occurs within a building, being capable of rapidly detecting location information of users who carry portable terminals and evacuate the users even without going to check if there are persons within doors one by one, and making possible rapid lifesaving and initial response against the fire or emergency.
- While the invention has been shown and described with reference to a certain preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. An incandescent socket connector comprising:
a power supply unit for supplying an Alternating Current (AC) power source input from a main socket, to an electrode part of an incandescent lamp or a clip type Tri-phosphor lamp;
an AC/DC converter for receiving an input of the AC power source from the power supply unit, converting the received AC power source into a Direct Current (DC) power source, and supplying a driving power source to an indoor positioning beacon module; and
the indoor positioning beacon module for periodically wireless transmitting a beacon signal comprising a beacon IDentifier (ID) to the external,
wherein the incandescent socket connector has a structure in which, in a state where the electrode part of the lamp is coupled to a base socket part formed at a lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector, if a socket connection part formed at an upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector is connected to the main socket, a power source supplied from the main socket is applied to the electrode part of the lamp through the socket connection part and lights up the lamp.
2. The socket connector of claim 1 , wherein, when the lamp is the incandescent lamp, the base socket part is constructed in a form of a female screw that is screw coupled to a spiral electrode part of the incandescent lamp, and the socket connection part is constructed in a form of a male screw that is screw coupled to the main socket.
3. The socket connector of claim 1 , wherein, when the lamp is the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp, the base socket part is constructed as a clip type female socket fitted to a clip type electrode part of the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp, and the socket connection part is constructed as a clip type male socket plugged into the main socket.
4. An incandescent socket connector comprising:
a power supply unit for supplying an Alternating Current (AC) power source input from a main socket, to a Light Emitting Diode (LED) incandescent lamp or a clip type LED Tri-phosphor lamp;
an AC/DC converter for receiving an input of the AC power source from the power supply unit, converting the received AC power source into a Direct Current (DC) power source, and supplying a driving power source to an indoor positioning beacon module; and
the indoor positioning beacon module for periodically wireless transmitting a beacon signal comprising a beacon IDentifier (ID) to the external,
wherein the incandescent socket connector has a structure in which, in a state where the lamp is coupled to a 1st coupling through-hole provided at a lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector and an electrode part of the lamp is coupled to a 2nd coupling through-hole provided at an upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector, if the electrode part of the lamp is connected to the main socket, a power source supplied from the main socket is applied to the lamp and lights up the lamp.
5. The socket connector of claim 4 , wherein the 1st coupling through-hole is provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 1st connection part connected to the lamp, and the 2nd coupling through-hole is provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 2nd connection part connected to the electrode part of the lamp, and electrical contacts are provided in coupling portions between the 1st coupling through-hole and the 1st connection part and between the 2nd coupling through-hole and the 2nd connection part, respectively.
6. An indoor positioning system comprising:
one or more incandescent socket connectors coupled to incandescent lights, and having indoor positioning beacon modules for periodically wireless transmitting beacon signals comprising beacon IDentifiers (IDs) to the external;
a portable terminal for receiving a beacon signal from the incandescent socket connector located around the portable terminal through wireless communication, extracting a beacon ID from the received beacon signal, detecting a strength of the beacon signal, and storing the extracted beacon ID and the detected strength of the beacon signal in a memory, and periodically comprising each of the beacon ID and the strength stored in the memory in a location estimation message and wireless transmitting the location estimation message to the external; and
a positioning server for receiving the location estimation message from the portable terminal through the wireless communication, determining a location of a user who carries the portable terminal on the basis of information comprised in the received location estimation message, mapping the determined location of the user on a map, and wireless transmitting the mapped location to the portable terminal.
7. The indoor positioning system of claim 6 , wherein, in a state where an indoor positioning application is executed, the portable terminal transmits/receives data with the incandescent socket connector and the positioning server through the wireless communication.
8. The indoor positioning system of claim 6 , wherein a head of the location estimation message comprises identification information of the portable terminal, and a body of the location estimation message comprises a beacon ID acquired from each beacon signal and a strength of the beacon signal.
9. The indoor positioning system of claim 6 , wherein the incandescent socket connector comprises:
a power supply unit for supplying an Alternating Current (AC) power source input from a main socket, to an electrode part of an incandescent lamp or a clip type Tri-phosphor lamp;
an AC/DC converter for receiving an input of the AC power source from the power supply unit, converting the received AC power source into a Direct Current (DC) power source, and supplying a driving power source to the indoor positioning beacon module; and
the indoor positioning beacon module for periodically wireless transmitting the beacon signal comprising the beacon ID to the external,
wherein the incandescent socket connector has a structure in which, in a state where the electrode part of the lamp is coupled to a base socket part formed at a lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector, if a socket connection part formed at an upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector is connected to the main socket, a power source supplied from the main socket is applied to the electrode part of the lamp through the socket connection part and lights up the lamp.
10. The indoor positioning system of claim 9 , wherein, when the lamp is the incandescent lamp, the base socket part is constructed in a form of a female screw that is screw coupled to a spiral electrode part of the incandescent lamp, and the socket connection part is constructed in a form of a male screw that is screw coupled to the main socket.
11. The indoor positioning system of claim 9 , wherein, when the lamp is the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp, the base socket part is constructed as a clip type female socket fitted to a clip type electrode part of the clip type Tri-phosphor lamp, and the socket connection part is constructed as a clip type male socket plugged into the main socket.
12. The indoor positioning system of claim 6 , wherein the incandescent socket connector comprises:
a power supply unit for supplying an AC power source input from a main socket, to a Light Emitting Diode (LED) incandescent lamp or a clip type LED Tri-phosphor lamp;
an AC/DC converter for receiving an input of the AC power source from the power supply unit, converting the received AC power source into a DC power source, and supplying a driving power source to the indoor positioning beacon module; and
the indoor positioning beacon module for periodically wireless transmitting the beacon signal comprising the beacon ID to the external,
wherein the incandescent socket connector has a structure in which, in a state where the lamp is coupled to a 1st coupling through-hole provided at a lower part of a housing of the incandescent socket connector and an electrode part of the lamp is coupled to a 2nd coupling through-hole provided at an upper part of the housing of the incandescent socket connector, if the electrode part of the lamp is connected to the main socket, a power source supplied from the main socket is applied to the lamp and lights up the lamp.
13. The indoor positioning system of claim 12 , wherein the 1st coupling through-hole is provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 1st connection part connected to the lamp, and the 2nd coupling through-hole is provided in a form capable of being coupled with a 2nd connection part connected to the electrode part of the lamp, and electrical contacts are provided in coupling portions between the 1st coupling through-hole and the 1st connection part and between the 2nd coupling through-hole and the 2nd connection part, respectively.
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