KR100999812B1 - Notification system for area of traffic accidents - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a traffic accident area notification system using telematics. The apparatus includes a wireless network having a terminal for capturing graphic information on an accident situation and transmitting the graphic information to a proximate location, and for requesting notification of an accident and handling of an accident by using the wireless network. In a communication network, receiving the graphic information in a vehicle, generating accident notification information including an accident area, an accident time, and a caller information for the graphic information, and transmitting the graphic information and the accident notification information to a wireless network. It includes a vehicle communication system for onboarding and requesting the handling of accidents. Therefore, the accident status information photographed using the camera module of the terminal is transmitted to the vehicle communication system provided in the vehicle, and the vehicle communication system notifies the accident status of the traffic accident by notifying the accident status using the mobile communication network. There is an effect that the treatment can be done quickly.

Car Accident, Reception, Telematics, Car Navigation, GPS, Wireless LAN, WPAN

Description

Traffic accident area notification system using telematics {NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR AREA OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS}

1 is a block diagram showing a traffic accident area notification system using telematics according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a terminal and a vehicle communication system applied to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart for explaining the main operation of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main drawings>

101: mobile communication network 103: IP network for accident reception

105: incident management server 109: satellite

111 vehicle 113 vehicle communication system

115: terminal 201: wireless connection unit

203: communication unit 205: wireless LAN access module

207: WPAN connection module 209: Communication module

211: camera module 221: control unit

223 memory 225 GPS module

227: mobile communication module 229: wireless LAN module

231: WPAN Module

The present invention relates to a traffic accident notification using telematics, and more particularly, to photograph a traffic accident area with a camera phone, and to mount it with a wireless access network, thereby real-time status of the accident area can be notified. Relates to a notification system.

In modern society, traffic accidents occur frequently at intersections, winding roads, downhill roads, and crosswalks, and due to frequent accidents in the course of hit and death traffic accidents, individual suffering and administrative losses Serious. This can also be easily seen by looking at the banners hanging in the area of accidents. However, at present, individuals must carry cameras or have witnesses around them in order to prevent such disputes, but in the case of large accidents, victims often lose their consciousness, so it is impossible to carry out evidence on their own. to be.

Therefore, in recent years, the intersection of the street is taken from the top of the street lamp support in each direction using a plurality of digital camera modules that are very cheap and popular. The above-described camera module is configured to operate the digital shutter so as to capture a collision sound at the time of the accident start-up input through the voice recognition sensor installed near the intersection in the main controller and to photograph at a time in each direction.

In this way, very objective evidence on the scene of the traffic accident can be secured, which makes it very transparent and quick to deal with in traffic accident administration. This is configured in such a way that the main control box controls the camera module by installing the camera module at a streetlight support adjacent to an intersection or a road in a traffic accident area.

In more detail, first of all, the streetlight support has a structure in which a digital camera module is mounted, and the camera module includes a main controller and an acoustic sensor. Acoustic sensors detect collision sounds in an accident. The outgoing sound is detected by the main controller, and the main controller calculates a predetermined result based on the voice signal processing algorithm. The result value performs a control command to operate the shutter of the camera module. Therefore, photograph the traffic accidents occurring at the intersection.

However, such a camera module has a problem that the reliability of the camera module is extremely low to extract a traffic accident scene because camera imaging is performed by detecting a collision sound. That is, when the natural sound generated around the camera module has a frequency similar to that of the collision sound, it may not be able to identify it and may waste unnecessary system resources. In addition, since the above-described camera module photographs the accident scene at the same angle at a specific position, it is difficult to be used as data for analyzing the cause of the accident. After all, depending on the location of the accident scene, the result of the camera module can be intangible.

In addition, since the camera module has to be sporadically provided in a plurality of areas, it requires a lot of budget, and moreover, when a large number of camera modules are provided, maintenance thereof is not easy.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to capture the accident situation around the vehicle during the operation of the real-time notification of the accident status, a number of accident status information to a plurality of drivers It is to provide a traffic accident area notification system using telematics that can be collected and provide efficiency of accident handling.

Another object of the present invention is to use a telematics that can suppress the addition of wireless communication resources, as the imaging of the accident scene is made by the camera phone and the imaging result is provided to a specific server through a car navigation or telematics. It is to provide a traffic accident area notification system.

Another object of the present invention is to use a wireless technology such as wireless LAN, WPAN, wireless connection between the camera phone and the vehicle navigation (or telematics kit), the telematics that can improve the convenience of the system implementation To provide a traffic accident area notification system used.

A traffic accident area notification system using telematics according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a wireless network having a terminal for photographing graphic information on an accident situation and transmitting the graphic information to an adjacent location. And a communication network for notification of an accident and request for handling an accident using the wireless network, the graphic information being received in a vehicle and including an accident area, an accident time, and caller information for the graphic information. After generating the accident notification information, characterized in that it comprises a vehicle communication system for mounting the graphic information and the accident notification information over the wireless network to request the accident reception and accident handling for traffic accidents.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the wireless network is connected to the mobile communication network, including a mobile communication network to receive an accident status IP network for receiving the accident status, the accident status information mounted on the accident reception IP network It is characterized in that it comprises an accident reception management server for receiving and storing it.

The vehicle communication system collects graphic information of the accident area captured by the terminal and coordinate information detected from the satellite, and transmits the control information to the accident reception management server through the mobile communication network and the incident reception IP network. do.

In addition, the vehicle communication system, GPS module for receiving the current coordinate information from the satellite; A mobile communication module for transmitting the accident status information received from the terminal to the mobile communication network; A WPAN module for performing communication with the terminal based on the WPAN network; A memory for storing graphic information of the accident status information received from the WPAN module and the accident notification information; And graphic information on an accident situation received from the WPAN module and coordinate information received from the GPS module, storing and managing visual information and pre-stored caller information through its algorithm, and storing the memory in the memory. It is characterized by consisting of a control unit for controlling the transmission of the accident status information to the corresponding mobile communication network using the interfacing for data communication with each module.

The terminal may further include a communication unit performing a unique function of a mobile communication terminal having a communication module and a camera module; And a wireless access unit provided in the mobile communication terminal and configured as a WPAN access module configured to perform a wireless access function based on a WPAN network.

In addition, the wireless connection based on the WPAN network, characterized in that any one of the Zigbee (Zigbee), ultra wide band (UWB), Bluetooth (Bluetooth) scheme is applied.

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

1 is a block diagram showing a traffic accident area notification system using telematics according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the mobile communication network 101 including the base station 107, the incident receiving IP network 103, and receives the accident status information mounted on the incident receiving IP network 103, and storing and managing it The accident reception management server 105 for the purpose of collecting the subject information taken from the terminal 115 and the coordinate information detected from the satellite 109 installed inside the vehicle, and the mobile communication network 101 and the IP address for accident reception ( And a vehicle communication system 113 for controlling transmission to the accident reception management server 105 through 103.

The subject information is graphic information on an accident state photographed by the phone camera of the terminal 115, and represents a photograph of an accident situation surrounding the self, including a vehicle connection accident and a collision accident. Therefore, the accident status information provided from the vehicle communication system 113 to the accident reception management server 105 is preferably provided as a multimedia message.

If necessary, the vehicle communication system 113 may provide accident status information using a WLAN. Therefore, the network described above may be linked with the WLAN core network 117. Here, an access point (AP) for relaying a wireless LAN is installed in the vehicle 111 to access the wireless network of the vehicle communication system 113.

On the other hand, the accident acceptance IP network 103 may be an IP network of an insurance company, or may be an IP network of a traffic management center, a traffic accident processing center, and the like. At this time, the accident reception management server 105 is an insurance company server, or referred to as a traffic control server.

The terminal 115 may use a wired connection in transmitting image information about a subject photographed from the terminal 115 to the vehicle communication system 113, but may use a wireless technology such as WLAN or WPAN. Here, the terminal 115 may use USB when the wired connection with the vehicle communication system 113 is performed, or when the wireless connection between the terminal 115 and the vehicle communication system 113 is performed, Zigbee, UWB, Bluetooth and the like can be used. In addition, the connection between the vehicle communication system 113 and the wireless LAN core network 117 is based on a wireless LAN-based network such as 802.11a, 802.11b, 80.211g, and 802.11n.

In addition, the terminal 115 is a mobile communication terminal equipped with a wireless LAN module and a mobile communication module at the same time, and may be a cellular phone, a PCS, an IMT-2000, a universal mobile telecommunication service (UMTS), a PDA, a DMB phone, and the like. . In addition, the vehicle communication system 113 represents a car navigation system or a telematics kit.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal and a vehicle communication system according to the present invention. As shown, the terminal 115 is provided with a communication unit 203 for performing a unique function of a mobile communication terminal having a communication module 209 and a camera module 211, and the wireless communication based on the WPAN network is provided within the mobile communication terminal. And a wireless access unit 201 including a WPAN access module 207 for performing an access function and a WLAN access module 205 for performing a WLAN-based wireless access function.

Meanwhile, the vehicle communication system 113 transmits the GPS module 225 for receiving current coordinate information from the satellite 109 and the accident status information received from the terminal 115 to the mobile communication network 101. The mobile communication module 227 for communication, the WLAN module 229 for transmitting the accident status information received from the terminal 115 to the WLAN core network 117, and the terminal 115 communicate with each other based on the WPAN network. Memory for storing the graphic information, visual information, geographic information, caller information, etc. for the accident status information received from the WPAN module 231, the WLAN module 229 or the WPAN module 231 ( 223, coordinate information received from the GPS module 225 and graphic information of an accident situation received from the WPAN module 231, including visual information through a self algorithm and prestored caller information in the memory 22. 3) the controller 221 stores and manages the data, and transmits and controls the accident status information to the mobile communication network 101 using the mobile communication module 227, and performs interfacing for data communication with each module. Is done.

3 is a flowchart for explaining the main operation of the present invention. As shown, in step S301 the user carries the vehicle communication system 113 and the terminal 115 to operate, when the accident occurs on the own vehicle or the surrounding vehicle during the operation, the accident site or accident using the terminal 115 Take a picture of the site.

The terminal 115 starts up the camera module 211 and captures an accident situation. In the accident situation, imaging is performed by capturing a plurality of subjects capable of determining an accident, including an accident-related vehicle, a damaged part of the vehicle, and a witness vehicle, and the captured graphic information is stored in the internal memory of the terminal 115. . In step S303, the terminal 115 transmits the captured graphic information to the wireless access unit 201.

The wireless access unit 201 may be applied to a wireless LAN access module 205 based on a wireless LAN (WLAN) network, or a WPAN access module 207 of a WPAN network such as Zigbee, UWB, or Bluetooth. Can be used. It is assumed that the terminal 115 has such a wireless access function. Accordingly, the terminal 115 transmits the graphic information on the accident situation to the vehicle communication system 113 using the WLAN access module 205 or the WPAN access module 207.

In step S305, the control unit 221 of the vehicle communication system 113 continuously starts the WLAN module 229 or the WPAN module 231 corresponding to the terminal 115, and thus, the terminal 115. Receive graphical information sent from In addition, in step S307, the control unit 221 recognizes the reception of the graphic information and activates the GPS module 225. In operation S309, the controller 221 extracts current time information and caller information using an internal counter.

The caller information is preferably number information of the terminal 115, but may be necessary, such as vehicle number information or registration information. In operation S311, the controller 221 may match graphic information, geographic information, visual information, and caller information with each other to assume accident status information and store it in the memory 223. The controller 211 activates the mobile communication module 227. The controller 211 reads the accident status information stored in the memory 223 and transmits the accident status information to the mobile communication module 227.

Proceeding to step S313, the mobile communication module 227 processes the accident status information according to a communication protocol, and performs networking for mounting as an incident receiving IP network through the mobile communication network 101. In an embodiment of the present invention, the accident reception IP network 103 may be an insurance company IP network, or a traffic control IP network linked with a traffic management center or a traffic accident processing center. Accordingly, the accident reception management server 105, which may be referred to as an insurance company server or a traffic control server, receives the accident status information.

Proceeding to step S315, the accident reception management server 105 recognizes the reception of the accident status information as the incident reception. Here, the accident reception management server 105 may receive the accident status information from any one vehicle 111, but when a large number of vehicles including the vehicle communication system 113 exist around the accident, the accident status information may be It can be provided from a number of vehicles. That is, the accident reception management server 105 receives an accident status information from a plurality of vehicles at similar time zones and locations, and thus has an environment that can accurately and easily infer the authenticity of the accident.

On the other hand, the accident reception management server 105 receives and stores the accident status information, the graphic information, time information, geographic information, caller information, etc. of the accident status is stored and managed. Since the accident status information may be provided from a plurality of vehicles, it is possible to visually determine the accident handling of the manager. Therefore, in step S317, it is possible to promptly execute the accident treatment according to the manager's decision result. For example, an instruction for driving an ambulance vehicle, a police vehicle, or a lacquer vehicle to an accident location may be performed.

As described above, the traffic accident area notification system using the telematics according to the present invention transmits the accident status information captured by the camera module of the terminal to the vehicle communication system provided in the vehicle, and the vehicle communication system moves. By using the communication network to notify the status of the accident, there is an effect that can be promptly received and processed for the accident.

In addition, in the present invention, the efficiency of the accident handling is increased to prevent injuries caused by the delay of accident handling in advance, it is possible to minimize the traffic jam in the accident area.

What has been described above is merely an embodiment of the present invention, and is not limited to the embodiment of the present invention, and as claimed in the following claims, without departing from the gist of the present invention, ordinary knowledge in the field to which the present invention belongs. Anyone having the technical spirit of the present invention to the extent that various changes can be made.

Claims (10)

In the wireless network having a terminal for photographing the graphic information of the accident status, and transmitting the graphic information to a proximate location, and a communication network for notification of traffic accidents and request for accident processing using the wireless network , Receive the graphic information in the vehicle, generate the accident notification information including the accident area, the accident time and the caller information for the graphic information, and load the graphic information and the accident notification information into the wireless network to the traffic accident At least one vehicle communication system for requesting incidents and handling incidents, The vehicle communication system includes a GPS module for receiving current coordinate information from a satellite; A mobile communication module for transmitting the accident status information received from the terminal to a mobile communication network included in the wireless network; A WPAN module for performing communication with the terminal based on the WPAN network; A memory for storing graphic information of the accident status information received from the WPAN module and the accident notification information; And Including the coordinate information received from the GPS module and the graphic information on the accident status received from the WPAN module, the visual information and pre-stored caller information through its algorithm are stored and managed in the memory, and the mobile communication module is used. The traffic accident area notification system using a telematics, characterized in that for controlling the transmission of the accident status information to the corresponding mobile communication network, and the interface for performing data communication with each module. According to claim 1, The wireless network, including the mobile communication network connected to the mobile communication network and receives the accident status information to be received in the accident reception IP network, the accident reception IP network to receive the accident status, and Traffic accident area notification system using a telematics, characterized in that it comprises an accident reception management server for storage management. The vehicle communication system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the vehicle communication system collects the graphic information of the accident area photographed from the terminal and the coordinate information detected from the satellite to establish a mobile communication network and an IP network for accident reception. Traffic accident area notification system using a telematics, characterized in that for controlling transmission to the accident reception management server through. 4. The traffic accident area notification system according to claim 3, wherein the accident reception IP network is at least one of an IP network of an insurance company or an IP network such as a traffic management center or a traffic accident processing center. The traffic accident area notification system using a telematics according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle communication system is linked with a car navigation system or a telematics kit. delete According to claim 1, The terminal, Communication unit for performing a unique function of the mobile communication terminal having a communication module and a camera module; And a wireless access unit provided in the mobile communication terminal and configured as a WPAN access module configured to perform a wireless access function based on a WPAN network. The system of claim 1, wherein the WPAN network-based wireless connection is one of Zigbee, Ultra Wide Band (UWB), and Bluetooth (Bluetooth). According to claim 1, The terminal, Communication unit for performing a unique function of the mobile communication terminal having a communication module and a camera module; And a wireless access unit configured as a wireless LAN access module for performing a wireless access function based on a wireless local area network (WLAN). 10. The traffic accident region notification system according to claim 9, wherein the wireless LAN-based wireless access method includes wireless LAN series such as 802.11a, 802.11b, 80.211g, and 802.11n.

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