KR20170014228A - Informaiton supply apparatus based on user situation analysis and method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for providing information based on user situation analysis. The apparatus for providing information based on the user situation analysis according to the present invention includes a collection unit for collecting user information and sensor information installed in one or more portable terminals; A situation analyzer for recognizing a situation corresponding to a user in consideration of the sensor information and the user information; And a recommendation unit configured to generate user-customized information matched to the user based on the recognized status and provide the generated user-customized information to the user.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus,

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing user-information-based information by combining user information and sensor information of a portable terminal such as a smart phone and a wearable device.

Many sensors such as GPS, acceleration sensor, motion sensor, gyroscope sensor, compass sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, heart rate sensor, sweat sensor, UV sensor, ambient light sensor and proximity sensor are selectively installed have.

According to the related art, the portable terminal provides information to the user by utilizing sensor information for each independent application, for example, a navigation application using a GPS and a compass, an exercise application using GPS, acceleration, temperature, and a heart rate sensor However, this is the result of a one-dimensional set of simple requests. There is a problem that only very simple information is provided to the user despite the use of expensive devices equipped with a large amount of information and sensors.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 1020140059697 discloses a user intention application service method and server for automatically executing a specific application suitable for a user's intention among applications installed in the smart device or recommending execution of the application, A service system is disclosed, and a user intention determination application service method according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a collection step of collecting data from a sensor built in a smart device; A context generating step of generating context information through semantic conversion of the data collected in the collecting step; A transfer step of transferring the context information to a server; An intention grasping step of grasping a user's intention using the transmitted context information; An app service step of determining an application suited to the intention of the user; And a control step of automatically recommending execution or execution of an application corresponding to application information suitable for the user intention determined in the application service step.

However, such conventional technology has difficulty in detecting a complex situation by collecting data only from sensors built in a single smart device and generating context information.

In addition, since the intention of the user is grasped based on the context information that has been generated in the past, if the intention of the user is changed, a problem of providing false information due to an intention recognition error may occur, which may inconvenience the user.

In addition, the prior art recommends the automatic execution or execution of an application suitable for a user's intention, but there is an inconvenience in manually inputting the current ecological information in order to obtain final information desired by the user.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for collecting user's basic information and sensor information of a user's portable terminal, analyzing the user's situation based on collected information, generating customized information using a combination of analysis result and current sensor information, Lt; / RTI >

It is another object of the present invention to provide more accurate information to a user because it collects user's basic information and mobile phone sensor information in real time and grasps and analyzes the user's situation based on the latest user data.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing information based on user situation analysis, comprising: a collecting unit collecting user information and sensor information installed in one or more portable terminals; A situation analyzer for recognizing a situation corresponding to a user in consideration of the sensor information and the user information; And a recommendation unit configured to generate user-customized information matched to the user based on the recognized status and provide the generated user-customized information to the user.

Here, the collecting unit may include a user information collecting unit for collecting basic information of the user; And a sensor information collection unit for collecting application usage information installed in the portable terminal.

At this time, the situation analyzer can recognize the situation by combining the user information and the application use information.

At this time, the recommendation unit may provide tailored information matched to the user through an application appropriate to the situation and the basic information of the user.

In this case, when a plurality of applications are selected, the recommendation unit may execute a plurality of applications and provide customized information matched to the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing information on a user situation analysis, comprising: collecting user information and sensor information installed in one or more portable terminals; Recognizing a situation corresponding to a user by considering the sensor information and the user information together; And generating user-customized information matched to the user based on the perceived situation and providing the customized information to the user.

The collecting may include collecting basic information of the user; And

And collecting application usage information installed in the portable terminal.

At this time, the step of recognizing the situation may recognize the situation by combining the user information and the application use information.

At this time, the step of providing to the user may provide tailored information matched to the user through an application suitable for the situation and the basic information of the user.

In this case, when the plurality of applications are selected, the step of providing the user with the plurality of applications may provide matching personalized information to the user.

According to the configuration of the present invention, user information is combined with various sensor information of the portable terminal, and a user-customized recommendation is provided, thereby maximizing user convenience.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the use of an information provision apparatus based on a user situation analysis according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the user situation analysis based information providing apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a block diagram showing an example of the collecting unit shown in Fig.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing information based on user situation analysis according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an operational flowchart illustrating an example of the situation analysis recognition step shown in FIG.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, a repeated description, a known function that may obscure the gist of the present invention, and a detailed description of the configuration will be omitted. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more fully describe the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the shapes and sizes of the elements in the drawings and the like can be exaggerated for clarity.

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

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the use of an information provision apparatus based on a user situation analysis according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an apparatus for providing information based on user situation analysis according to the present invention collects user information and sensor information of a portable terminal selectively and combines collected information to recognize and infer the user's situation, to provide.

As shown in FIG. 1, the user information is divided into a plurality of pieces of user information by user information 1, user information 2, and the like according to the usage, and selectively transmitted to the user situation analysis based information providing apparatus.

At this time, the user information may be information stored in the portable terminal and user information stored in another storage medium outside the mobile phone terminal.

At this time, the user information includes, for example, gender, age, occupation, hobby, conversation contents, schedule, e-mail, contents and the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of sensor information for each sensor is generated in the portable terminal, and the generated plurality of sensor information is selectively transmitted to the user situation analysis based information enhancement device.

Here, the sensor information includes, for example, a GPS, an acceleration sensor, a motion sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a compass sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a heart rate sensor, a sweat sensor, a UV sensor,

1, when the user has a plurality of portable terminals, the portable terminal 2 to the portable terminal N selectively transmit the sensor information stored respectively through the portable terminal 1 to the user situation analysis based information providing device do.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the user situation analysis based information providing apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the collecting unit shown in Fig.

Referring to FIG. 2, the user reimbursement analysis-based information providing apparatus 100 according to the present invention may include a collecting unit 110, a situation analyzing unit 120, and a recommending unit 130.

As shown in FIG. 2, the situation analyzer 120 recognizes or inferences the user situation by combining collected user information and sensor information. The recommendation unit 130 selects a corresponding application installed in the user portable terminal based on the analysis result of the situation analyzing unit 120, combines the real-time sensor information with the user portable terminal, and operates the application to provide customized information.

As shown in FIG. 3, the collecting unit 110 may be divided into a user information collecting unit 111 and a sensor information collecting unit 112.

At this time, the user information collection unit 111 collects user information, and the sensor information collection unit 112 collects sensor information of the portable terminal.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing information based on user situation analysis according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the method of providing information for user situation analysis based on the present invention includes collecting user information and sensor information installed in one or more portable terminals (S410), taking the sensor information and the user information together A step S420 of recognizing a situation corresponding to the user, and a step S430 of generating user-customized information matched to the user based on the recognized status and providing the customized information to the user.

5 is a flowchart of a method for providing information based on user situation analysis according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the user context analysis based information providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention collects user information and sensor information installed in one or more portable terminals (S410) (Subway map, bus timetable) history information of the portable terminal, GPS information of the present location which is the sensor information of the portable terminal, GPS information of the meeting place (culture center), meeting time (October 10 at 15:00) , And the current time information is collected (S410).

In step S420, the user recognizes a situation corresponding to the user in consideration of the sensor information and the user information, and analyzes the collected application usage history information (S421) to select a frequently used application. Frequently used applications are analyzed with the subway route map and bus route map, and the current location and the GPS information of the meeting location are compared (S422). Terminating the user situation analysis and the providing of customized information in the same case; If not, use the application to calculate the travel time from the current location to the meeting location.

At this time, the calculation of the travel time takes the sum of travel times calculated for the bus route map application and the subway application respectively (S423).

At this time, the time obtained by adding the free time to the calculated movement time is compared with the time obtained by subtracting the current time from the meeting start time (S424). Terminating the user situation analysis and the customized information providing operation when the calculated travel time plus the allowance time is less than the meeting start time minus the current time; The recommendation unit 130 transmits a customized information generation request to the recommendation unit 130 when the calculated movement time plus the free time is greater than or equal to the time obtained by subtracting the current time from the conference start time.

At this time, the user situation analysis-based information providing apparatus 100 generates the user-customized information matched to the user based on the recognized situation and provides the user-customized information to the user (S430) It is confirmed that it takes one hour to travel by public transportation, and automatic notification and public transportation w / unloading place and transfer information are recommended before 1 hour and 10 minutes (movement time: 1 hour + α: 10 minutes) )do.

The user situation analysis based information providing apparatus 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention collects user information and sensor information installed in one or more portable terminals in step S410, (GPS) information of the current position, GPS information of the meeting place, and current time information, which is the sensor information of the portable terminal (S410).

Step S420 of recognizing the user's situation by considering the sensor information and the user information may include analyzing the collected application usage history information and selecting a frequently used application (S421). The frequently used application is analyzed as navigation, and the GPS information of the present position and the meeting position is compared (S422). If the same is the same, the user situation analysis and the customized information providing task are terminated. If not, use the application to calculate the travel time from the current location to the meeting location.

At this time, the calculated travel time is the travel time of the car calculated by the navigation application (S424).

At this time, the calculated time plus the extra time is compared with the time obtained by subtracting the current time from the starting time of the conference (S424). If it is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the recommendation unit 130 transmits a customized information generation request.

At this time, the user situation analysis-based information providing apparatus 100 generates the user-customized information matched to the user based on the recognized situation and provides the user-customized information to the user (S430) In step S425, it is confirmed that the travel time of the vehicle is 30 minutes, and the automatic notification and the optimal route are recommended before 40 minutes (movement time: 30 minutes + α: 10 minutes)

According to the configuration of the present invention, the user information is combined with various sensor information of the portable terminal, and the user-customized recommendation is provided, thereby maximizing convenience.

The present invention can be applied not only to the offline service market but also to various fields such as multimedia, contents, SNS, automobile, tourism, medical, shopping, and communication. While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the above teachings. will be.

100: User situation analysis-based information providing device 110:
111: User information collecting unit 112: Sensor information collecting unit
120: Situation analysis section 130: Recommendation section

Claims (1)

A collection unit for collecting user information and sensor information installed in one or more portable terminals;
A situation analyzer for recognizing a situation corresponding to a user in consideration of the sensor information and the user information; And
Customized information matched to the user on the basis of the recognized status and providing the user with the user-
Based on the user context information.

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