KR100980776B1 - Apparatus and method of vehicle telematics using social media system and operating method of the social media system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle telematics device for providing a service based on a social network in association with a social media system, and a method of operating the same.

The vehicle telematics device according to the present invention includes a location information unit for acquiring position information of a vehicle, a wireless communication unit wirelessly communicating with the social media system, and a community formation request message including the location information and identification information of the user. And a control unit configured to transmit to a media system and receive social network information from the social media system to form a social network.

Telematics, Vehicle Communication, Vehicle Security, Social Media Systems, Social Networks

Description

In-vehicle telematics device using social media system and its operation method and method of operating social media system therefor {APPARATUS AND METHOD OF VEHICLE TELEMATICS USING SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEM THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a vehicle telematics device, a method of operating the same, and a method of operating a social media system for the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a vehicle telematics that provides a service such as status notification and message transmission by generating a social network in association with a social media system. An apparatus, a method of operating the same, and a method of operating a social media system therefor.

The present invention is derived from the research conducted as part of the IT source technology development project of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Ministry of Information and Communication Research and Development. [Task management number: 2008-F-043-01, Task name: Place / Social Relationship Cognitive Social Media Service technology development].

Recently, accidents and disputes about automobiles are frequently generated due to the generalization of automobiles, and thus the trend of popularization of vehicle information transmission devices has been achieved.

Conventional vehicle information transmission device is provided with a wireless communication module from a simple alarm device that detects when the vehicle condition is abnormal (for example, shock detection from the outside) and informs the surroundings with an alarm sound, the driver through a two-way wireless smart key Various vehicle information transmission and security devices exist up to devices that provide situation information to the user.

However, the related art technologies for vehicle information transfer devices have a limitation in that information is transmitted only to another vehicle or a driver of the vehicle, which is not merely recording situation information or directly involved in generating the situation. That is, even if the situation information is obtained by the conventional vehicle security device, it is inconvenient that a specific person who obtains the situation information has to re-deliver such situation information directly to social members such as police, hospitals, and guardians.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience, to communicate with a social media system to configure a social network suitable for each situation, and to deliver information to each member of the social network can perform a quick situation response An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle telematics device, a method of operating the same, and a method of operating a social media system therefor.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle telematics device including a location information unit for obtaining location information of a vehicle; A wireless communication unit for wireless communication with the social media system; And a controller configured to generate a community formation request message including the location information and the identification information of the user, deliver the community formation request message to the social media system, and receive social network information from the social media system to form a social network. do.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for operating a vehicle telematics, comprising: forming a community request message including a location information of a vehicle and identification information of a user and transmitting the message to a social media system; Receiving social network information corresponding to the community formation request message; And generating a notification message including at least one of the location information and the user identification information, and transmitting the notification message to a member of a social network included in the social network information or the social media system. It is done.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for operating a social media system, the method comprising: receiving a community formation request message and forming a social network based on vehicle location information and user identification information included in the community formation request message; Transmitting information about the formed social network to the vehicular telematics device; And reconstructing the video information included in the received notification message and resending it to the members of the social network.

According to the present invention, since a social network can be formed based on a place or social relationship with a user for each situation and the situation information of a car can be transmitted thereto, situation participation and response by various members of the social network are possible. Therefore, there is an effect that can perform a quick and various response in real time.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a vehicle telematics device and a social media system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, each vehicle is equipped with a vehicle telematics device 100, and when a situation related to a vehicle occurs, data is configured according to the situation, and the configured data is used through a wireless communication system. ).

The data transmitted from the vehicle telematics device 100 is transmitted to the social media system 200 through the mobile communication base station 310 or the wireless Internet access point (AP) 320 through the internet network. In the present specification, a wireless communication technology capable of wireless data communication such as Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), WIBRO (Wireless Broadband Internet), and satellite access technology is collectively referred to as a "wireless Internet."

The social media system 200 receives data transmitted by the vehicle telematics system 100 through a wireless network or a communication network such as the Internet, and configures the social network 400 based on the received data. Thereafter, for each member of the social network, each member-specific information is generated and delivered.

In more detail, for example, when the vehicle telematics device 100 detects illegal access to a vehicle, related data (for example, location information of a vehicle, unique information of a user, and illegal access detection information) is detected. And deliver it to the social media system 200 through the base stations 310 and 320.

When the social media system 200 receives such related data, the social media system 200 constructs a social network based on information (eg, vehicle location information and user identification information) included in the related data, and for each member of the social network. Generates information to be conveyed (eg, illegal access to the vehicle) and delivers it.

In other words, it establishes a place social network by judging suspects who have occurred in the same place, witnesses who can testify the case, victims, and police and hospitals that can move nearby immediately. If the incident happened while going to see the social and social network can be configured, including the business associates.

For each member configured as described above, the social media system 200 generates and transmits information to be transmitted to all members or for each member.

Hereinafter, the vehicle telematics device 100 and the social media system 200 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a vehicle telematics device in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle telematics device according to the present invention includes a location information unit 120, a sensor unit 130, a user input unit 140, an image information unit 150, a wireless communication unit 160, and a storage unit 180. ), The display unit 170, and the controller 110 to control the above-described components.

The location information unit 120 obtains information on the current location of the vehicle, configures the vehicle location information, and transmits the location information to the controller 110. To this end, the location information unit 120 may include a Global Positioning System (GPS) module or a Location Based Service (LBS) module.

The sensor unit 130 detects whether the vehicle is invaded, a distance / temperature with a specific object, generates sensing information, and transmits the sensing information to the controller 110.

To this end, the sensor unit 130 includes at least one of a security sensor module for generating intrusion information of the vehicle, a distance sensor module for obtaining distance information with a specific object, a temperature sensor module for obtaining temperature information, and an impact sensor module for measuring an impact amount. One may be provided, and sensing information may be configured to include intrusion information, distance information, temperature information, impact amount, and the like obtained from such a module.

The user input unit 140 receives a user input (hereinafter referred to as "user input information") and transmits it to the controller 110. The user input unit 140 may be configured with various input devices such as a keypad, a touch screen, and a voice recognition device.

The image information unit 150 acquires image information inside or outside the vehicle and provides the obtained image information to the controller 110. To this end, the image information unit 150 may be provided with an image acquisition means such as a closed-circuit television (CCTV) to acquire a picture or a video.

The wireless communication unit 160 enables data communication with the social media system 200 connected to the Internet. That is, the wireless communication unit 160 may include a code division multiple access (CDMA) module or a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) module for communicating with the mobile communication base station 310. It may include a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) module for communication, a wireless broadband internet (WIBRO) module, and another module for satellite communication.

The controller 110 processes the input information transmitted from the above-described location information unit 120 to the image information unit 150 and the like, requests the social media system 200 to form a community, or transmits the image information, based on the input information. The wireless communication unit 160 may be controlled to receive information about the community (hereinafter referred to as "social network information") from the social media system 200.

3 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a control unit in FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the input information management unit 111 may receive input signals from the location information unit 120, the sensor unit 130, the user input unit 140, the image information unit 150, and the wireless communication unit 160. And “input information”) to distinguish whether a community needs to be formed, if a record is needed, if a driver or guardian needs to be notified, or if a community needs to participate.

As a result of dividing the situation by the input information management unit 111, if community formation is required, the community forming unit 112 generates a request message (hereinafter referred to as "community formation request message") for forming a social network It delivers to the media system 200.

In this case, the community formation request message may include user identification information and vehicle location information, and may further include image information, sensing information, user input information, and the like. In this case, including the user identification information and the location information of the vehicle in the community formation request message, the social media system 200 extracts a member having a predetermined social relationship with the user by using the user identification information. It is to compose the information, and to extract the vehicle and the members within a predetermined place range based on the location information of the vehicle to construct the place social network information.

In addition, the community forming unit 112 generates information on the place and social community (hereinafter, referred to as "social network information") generated by the social media system 200 by the community forming request message from the social media system 200. Receive and maintain it.

In addition, when the user's community participation request information is input through the user input unit 140, the community forming unit 112 generates a request message (hereinafter, referred to as a "community participation request message") for participating in a preconfigured social network. Create and deliver to social media system 200.

The notification message manager 113 generates a notification message. The notification message is a message in which the vehicle telematics device 100 notifies the social media system 200 or a predetermined individual of an image, situation information, and the like. In this case, the notification message may include user identification information and vehicle location information, and further include image information acquired from the image information unit 150.

The notification target of the notification message may be the social media system 200, all or some members of the social network, and a predetermined user or guardian.

As such, the controller 110 may generate a community formation request message, a community participation request message, and a notification message including at least one of user input information, sensing information, and image information.

In addition, the controller 110 controls the display unit 170 to service the user with social community information, sensing information, image information, and information included in a notification message received from another vehicle (eg, image information photographed by another vehicle). Can be controlled.

The vehicle telematics device 100 may include a storage unit 180 to store such various information.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a vehicle telematics device according to the present invention.

The control unit 110 receives the input information (S410), and determines what type of input information the received input information is (S420).

As a result of the determination, if the input information is the sensing information acquired by the sensor unit 130, the controller 110 analyzes it (S430) and performs the situation processing according to the type of the sensing information (S460).

As a result of determining the received input information, even if the message is received by the wireless communication unit 160 or the user input information received from the user, the analysis is performed (S440, S450) and the situation processing is performed according to the type of sensing information. (S460).

For example, if the sensing information is intrusion information, it is checked whether the social network is configured. If the social network is not configured, the community formation request message is constructed and transmitted to the social media system 200. When the controller 110 receives the social network information from the social media system 200, the controller 110 generates a notification message including the intrusion information and notifies the member of the social network. Alternatively, if the intrusion information is further included and transmitted in the community formation request message, the social media system 200 may form a community and transmit the intrusion information to each member of the community.

Each step of the situation processing will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a detailed flowchart of the situation processing step of FIG. 4.

As shown in FIG. 5, the controller 110 is a situation in which community formation is necessary based on the analysis of input information (S520), is a situation requiring recording (S530), or is a situation requiring notification to a driver or guardian (S532). (S540), it is determined whether the situation requires participation in the community (S550), and performs an operation according to each situation. To this end, the controller 110 controls the location information unit 120 to collect location information (S510).

To describe in more detail the operation of the control unit 110 according to each situation, the control unit 110 analyzes the input information, such as when there is a request for community formation by the user or when a vehicle accident or illegal intrusion is detected. It is determined whether formation is necessary (S520).

If community formation is required, the controller 110 generates a community formation request message including location information and user identification information, and controls the wireless communication unit 160 to transmit the community formation request message to the social media system 200 (S521). . In this case, the community formation request message may be configured to include location information and user identification information of the vehicle, and in particular, may further include input information such as sensing information or image information.

In addition, the controller 110 analyzes the input information to determine whether the image information needs to be stored (for example, a video information storage request by a user, an accident or illegal invasion of a vehicle, a video information acquisition request by another vehicle, etc.). In operation S530, if necessary, the image information unit 150 is controlled to acquire the image information and store the image information in the storage unit 180 (S531).

In addition, the controller 110 determines whether to notify the social media system 200 of the acquired image information in real time (S532), and when a notification is required, the wireless communication unit generates a notification message and transmits it to the social media system 200. Control 160. In this case, the notification message may include user identification information or vehicle location information, and may further include sensing information, image information, and user input information. The social media system 200 may transmit the notification message again to each community member of the social network to notify them.

In addition, the control unit 110 determines whether the notification message should be delivered to the user or a specific person (eg, a protector of the user) (S540), and if the notification is required, generates a notification message and transmits the notification message to the user. The wireless communication unit 160 is controlled to do so.

At this time, the notification message may be made of the same configuration as the above-described notification message, or may be made only of the sensing information or image information. In addition, the delivery of the personal notification message may be made directly in the vehicle telematics device 100 through the provision of a messaging service (eg, SMS: Short Messaging Service, MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service, etc.) including video information or sensing information. .

In addition, the controller 110 determines whether or not a situation in which a participation in a pre-configured community is required (for example, input of community participation request information by a user input) (S550), and generates a community participation request message if community participation is required. This is transmitted to the social media system 200 (S551).

Thereafter, it waits until social network information on community reconstruction is received from the social media system 200 (S552), and when the social network information is received, participates as a member of the community.

When the controller 110 needs to display predetermined information to the user (for example, participation in social networks, delivery information from other members, state information of his vehicle, etc.), the controller 110 controls the display unit 170 to display it on the display unit 170 to the user. Can convey information

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a social media system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the social media system 200 maintains a standby state for receiving a message transmitted from the telematics device of each vehicle, and receives and analyzes the message when it arrives (S610).

If it is determined that the received message is a community formation message (S620), and if it is a community formation message, social network information is configured based on vehicle location information and user identification information in the received message (S621).

At this time, the social network information is a social relational social network (hereinafter referred to as "social social network") based on user identification information and a place-relative social network (hereinafter, referred to as "place") based on the location information of the vehicle. Enemy social network ". In addition, the social social network and the place social network may be configured in consideration of the situation information received from the vehicle.

To this end, the social media system 200 preferably maintains social relationship data for each user and place data for each vehicle. Social relational data includes individuals having family, professional relationships, and the like of each user, and may be acquired from each user. Vehicle location data may be obtained from the vehicle telematics 100 device. For this purpose, the vehicle telematics device 100 may transmit user identification information and location information of the vehicle at a predetermined time interval (for example, every 1 minute). .

The social media system 200 transmits the configured social network information as a message, and also proposes a message of community participation according to each member's shared role for each member of the social network (for example, the police and hospital side Emergency message, the image information acquisition request message, etc. can be transmitted to the surrounding vehicles (S622).

In addition, the social media system 200 determines whether the received message is a notification message (S630), and if it is a notification message, extracts and acquires image information included in the notification message and reconstructs the obtained image information (S631).

Thereafter, whether to retransmit the image information is examined (S632), and if retransmission is necessary, the acquired image information or reconstructed image information is transmitted to a specific member or each member of the social network (S633).

In addition, the social media system 200 examines whether the received message is a community participation request message (S640), and if it is a community participation request message, the social media system 200 can participate as a member of the currently configured social network. Reconfigure the network (S641). The reconstructed social network information is transmitted (642) to each member of the vehicle or social network that sent the message.

7A is a flowchart illustrating the configuration of a social network and the role of each member according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 7A, when the sensor unit 130 acquires predetermined sensing information (eg, an accident or illegal invasion of a vehicle), the sensor unit 130 transmits the sensing information to the controller 110. The controller 110 determines what kind of input information and controls the location information unit 120 to obtain location information for situation processing. In addition, the controller 110 constructs a necessary message (eg, a community formation request message) based on the acquired location information and user identification information inputted to the social media system 200, and transmits the image information unit 150. Control to obtain image information and store it.

The social media system 200 constructs a local social network based on the location information of the received message, and constructs the social social network based on the user identification information. For members of the configured social network, the accident is reported to the police as a local official and the situation information is sent to the driver or guardian as a social official.

Thereafter, when the social media system 200 receives the image information (which may be received in the form of a notification message) acquired by a member of the vehicle or other social network having a place relationship, the social media system 200 reconstructs the received image information or these. The image information may be transmitted to a driver's or guardian's mobile terminal (eg, a mobile phone, etc.), a police evidence obtaining system, or the like.

The social media system 200 may propose to act as a member of the community based on the social network formed according to each situation, and the terminal receiving the proposal message (a vehicle having a telematics device, a computer connected to wired / wireless internet, etc.) ) May display the situation on the display to inform the user of the situation and generate a community participation request message.

The suggestion message is preferably proposed by the social media system 200 having the social network information, but may also be proposed by the controller 110 of the in-vehicle telematics device that has received the social network information.

Thereafter, when the social media system 200 receives the community participation request message by another vehicle, the social media system 200 reconstructs the place social network including the vehicle and displays the image information on the accident scene as a member of the vehicle. The acquisition or recording of image information may be requested.

7B is a flowchart illustrating the configuration of a social network and the role of each member according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 7B, when a user's request (eg, emergency information, etc.) is input by the user input unit 140, the controller 110 of the vehicle telematics device determines the user's request and the social media system 200. Send a message to) to request the formation of a community.

The social media system 200 that has received the message forms a social network as described above, and delivers the corresponding information to police, hospitals, insurance companies, towing companies, etc., which are members of the social network.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated in detail with reference to attached drawing, this is only an illustration, It is clear that various deformation | transformation and a change are possible within the scope of the technical idea of this invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiment but should be defined by the description of the claims below.

1 is a schematic diagram including a vehicle telematics device and a social media system according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of a vehicle telematics device according to the present invention.

3 is a configuration diagram showing a detailed configuration of a control unit shown in FIG.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a vehicle telematics device according to the present invention.

5 is a detailed flowchart of the situation processing step of FIG.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a social media system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7A is a flow chart showing the configuration of a social network and the role of each member according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 7B is a flow chart showing the configuration of a social network and the role of each member according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

Claims (10)

A vehicle telematics device for communicating with a social media system that configures and manages a social network, A location information unit for obtaining location information of the vehicle; A wireless communication unit for wireless communication with the social media system; And And a controller configured to generate a community formation request message including the location information and user identification information and to transmit it to the social media system, and receive social network information from the social media system to form local and social social networks. , The control unit, A community forming unit managing the community forming request message and the social network information; And A notification message management unit generating a notification message including at least one of the location information and the user identification information, Delivering the notification message to at least one of a member of the social network, the social media system, and a preset personal notification message recipient. Vehicle telematics device, characterized in that. delete The method of claim 1, A video information unit for acquiring video information inside or outside the vehicle and providing the acquired video information to the control unit; The control unit generates the community formation message or the notification message including the image information. Vehicle telematics device, characterized in that. delete The method of claim 1, Further comprising a user input unit for the user to enter information, The control unit generates at least one of the community formation message, the notification message and the community participation message based on the input information of the user and delivers it to the social media system. Vehicle telematics device, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, Further comprising a sensor unit including at least one of a security sensor module for generating intrusion information of the vehicle, a distance sensor module for obtaining distance information with a specific object, a temperature sensor module for obtaining temperature information, and a shock sensor module for measuring an impact amount. , The control unit configures sensing information including at least one of the intrusion information, the distance information, the temperature information, and the impact amount, and generates the community request message or the notification message including the configured sensing information. Vehicle telematics device, characterized in that. In the method of operating a vehicle telematics device for communicating with a social media system for configuring and managing a social network, A community formation request step of generating a community formation request message including location information of the vehicle and identification information of the user and transmitting the message to the social media system; Receiving locational and social social network information corresponding to the community formation request message; And Generate a notification message including at least one of the location information and the user identification information, and the notification message to at least one of a member of a social network included in the social network information, the social media system and a predetermined personal notification message recipient. Steps to pass Vehicle telematics operating method comprising a. In the operation method of the social media system linked to the vehicle telematics device, Receiving a community formation request message and forming a social network based on vehicle location information and user identification information included in the community formation request message; Transmitting information about the formed social network to the vehicular telematics device and suggesting community participation to each member of the formed social network; And Reconstructing the video information included in the received notification message and resending it to the members of the social network Social media system operating method comprising a. The method of claim 8, wherein forming the social network comprises: Constructing a locational social network comprising a vehicle and a member existing within a predetermined area range based on the vehicle location information; And Constructing a social social network including members having a predetermined social relationship with a user based on the user identification information Social media system operating method comprising a. The method of claim 8, Reconstructing the social network based on the user identification information and the vehicle location information included in the received community participation request message, and transmitting the reconstructed social network information to members of the reconstructed social network. Social media system operating method comprising a.

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