KR20190044757A - System for Providing Bus Arrival Information for The Blind - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a bus arrival information notification system for blind people. The bus arrival information notification system includes: a bus beacon installed in a bus and transmitting a bus code through Bluetooth; a bus stop beacon installed in a bus stop and transmitting a bus stop code through Bluetooth; a portable terminal storing disabled person information of a user, receiving at least one signal between the bus code transmitted from the bus beacon and the bus stop code transmitted from the bus stop beacon and then transmitting the received signal to a server and receiving bus number information and bus stop information corresponding to the transmitted signal; and a server transmitting at least one piece of information between the bus number information and bus stop information corresponding to the signal delivered from the portable terminal through the application to the portable terminal. Moreover, when a relevant bus approaches within a Bluetooth range, the portable terminal transmits the disabled person information of the user to the bus beacon of the bus, and then, the bus beacon receives the disabled person information of the user from the portable terminal, which notifies the driver of the bus of the information through at least one among an indication lamp, vibration, and a notification sound.

Description

{System for Providing Bus Arrival Information for the Blind}

The present invention relates to a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person, and more particularly, to a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person using a Bluetooth beacon terminal.

The present invention relates to a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person.

According to the Status of Registered Persons with Disabilities provided by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, as of December 2015, 252,874 people were registered as blind and one out of 200 Koreans was blind. At the National Standards Hearing held in 2014, the visually impaired had the greatest difficulty in getting on the bus. Especially, due to the nature of the visual impairment, it is difficult to know the location of the bus stop, the number of the bus that arrived, and the destination.

In order to solve this problem, there is provided a voice guide board for providing arrival information and arrival schedule information on buses that operate the bus at the bus stop. However, if voice guidance is incorrect, voice guidance is not displayed, There is a problem that they do not know where to stop.

Also, if several buses arrive at the same time, it is difficult to distinguish the bus, and while asking the bus driver for the number, other buses leave and may miss the bus they are about to take.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0133649 Korea Patent No. 10-1090368 Korea Patent No. 10-0918275 Korea Patent No. 10-1608911

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above problems of the prior art.

Specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person who transmits disabled person's information to a bus driver of a bus for a disabled person to increase the stopping time and induce the bus driver to stop at the correct position.

The technical objects to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other technical subjects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. There will be.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person, comprising: a bus beacon which is mounted on a bus and transmits a bus code using Bluetooth communication; A station beacon mounted at the station and transmitting the station code using Bluetooth communication; A bus code transmitted from the bus beacon and a stop code transmitted from the stop beacon, and transmits the received signal to the server, and transmits the received signal to the server, A portable terminal for receiving corresponding stop information and bus number information; And a server for transmitting at least one of bus stop information and bus number information corresponding to a signal received through the application from the portable terminal to the portable terminal, including bus information and bus stop information; And a control unit.

Wherein the portable terminal transmits information on the disabled person of the user to the bus beacon of the bus to be boarded when the bus to be boarded approaches within the Bluetooth range and the bus beacon of the bus to be boarded is transmitted from the portable terminal to the disabled information of the user And notifies the article of the bus by using at least one of a display light, a vibration, and a notification sound, and the portable terminal, the bus terminal, and the station terminal use a protocol of Bluetooth 4.0 or higher.

The portable terminal includes a user input unit for inputting at least one of a user's disabled information, a destination, a stop to go to, and a bus number to board; An output unit having at least one of a speaker and a vibration unit; A communication unit for receiving at least one of a bus code transmitted from outside by the user input unit and a bus code transmitted from the bus beacon and a stop code transmitted from the bus beacon; A bus number, a bus stop number, a bus stop number, a bus stop number, a bus stop number, and a bus number, An application for notifying the user of any one or more pieces of information in association with the output unit; And a control unit.

The user input unit of the portable terminal has at least one of a button, a touch screen, and a microphone.

Wherein the server comprises: a database including at least one of a bus number assigned to the bus beacon, a bus number corresponding to the stop code assigned to the bus beacon, a bus route, a bus stop name, and a bus arriving at a bus stop; A transceiver for receiving a bus code or a stop code transmitted from the portable terminal and transmitting the bus number, a bus route, a bus stop name, and a bus arriving at a bus stop to the portable terminal; And a control unit.

As described above, the present invention provides a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person.

In addition, there is an effect of providing a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person who sends a disabled person information to a bus driver of a bus on which a disabled person wants to ride, thereby increasing the stopping time and inducing the person to stop at the correct position.

It is to be understood that the technical advantages of the present invention are not limited to the technical effects mentioned above and that other technical effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims There will be.

1 is a diagram illustrating a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a bus arrival information notification system and a portable terminal for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of bus beacons in a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a portable terminal in a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. For the sake of convenience, the size, line thickness, and the like of the components shown in the drawings referenced in the description of the present invention may be exaggerated somewhat. The terms used in the description of the present invention are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and thus may be changed depending on the user, the intention of the operator, customs, and the like. Therefore, the definition of this term should be based on the contents of this specification as a whole.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. It is not. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and symbols, and further description thereof will be omitted.

Prior to the detailed description of each constituent step of the present invention, terms and words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or preliminary meaning, and the inventor shall design his own invention in the best way It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that the concept of the term can be properly defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

When an element is referred to as " including " an element throughout the specification, it is to be understood that the element may include other elements as well, without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Also, the terms " part, " " module, " and the like described in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software .

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between .

1 is a diagram illustrating a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram of a bus arrival information notification system and a portable terminal for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a bus beacon 10, a station beacon 20, a portable terminal 30, a server 40, .

The bus beacon 10 is mounted on a bus and periodically transmits a bus code in all directions within a range in which Bluetooth communication is possible. The bus beacon 20 is installed in a bus stop, periodically transmits a bus code .

The portable terminal 30 incorporates user's disabled information and receives at least one of a bus code transmitted from the bus beacon 10 and a stop code transmitted from the station beacon 20, (40), and receives from the server (40) stop information and bus number information corresponding to the transmitted signal. In addition, when the user attempts to board the bus within the Bluetooth range of the portable terminal 30, the information of the disabled user is transmitted to the bus beacon 10 of the bus to be boarded, Receives information on the disabled person of the user from the portable terminal 30 and informs the bus driver using one or more of a display light, a vibration, and a notification sound. As a result, the bus driver can help the visually impaired to board the bus by increasing the stopping time of the bus or by stopping the stop position of the bus accurately within the baseline.

2, the portable terminal 30 includes a user input unit 31, a communication unit 32, an output unit 33, and an application 34. The user terminal 31 includes a user input unit 31, a communication unit 32, an output unit 33, and an application 34. FIG.

The user input unit 31 may include any one or more of one or more buttons, a touch screen, and a microphone, and may include at least one of a user's disabled information, age, sex, key, weight, name, destination, To the portable terminal 30.

The communication unit 32 receives at least one of a bus code transmitted to the outside from the user input unit 31, a bus code transmitted from the bus beacon, and a stop code transmitted from the stop beacon.

The output unit 33 has at least one of a speaker for outputting sound and a vibration unit for vibrating the sound to transmit or vibrate to the user of the portable terminal 30. [ In addition, visually impaired persons, including display, LED, and the like, can provide visual information when a portable terminal is used by a traffic abbreviation other than a guardian or a visually impaired person. The output unit 33 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a speaker, a vibration unit, a display, an LED, and the like, but the configuration may be added or changed in other embodiments.

The application 34 transmits a signal such as a bus stop code and a bus code received by the communication unit 32 to the server 40 and receives any one or more of bus stop information and bus number corresponding to the signal from the server 40 . And informs the user of at least one of a bus arrival, a bus number, a stop destination, and stop information in cooperation with the output unit.

The server 40 transmits bus information and bus number information to the portable terminal, including bus information, bus stop information, and bus number information corresponding to a signal received through the application from the portable terminal. More specifically, it includes any one or more of a bus number assigned to the bus beacon 10 and a bus number corresponding to the stop code assigned to the bus beacon 20, a bus route, a bus stop name, and a bus arriving at a bus stop And a transmitting and receiving unit for receiving the bus code or the stop code transmitted from the portable terminal and transmitting the bus number, the bus route, the name of the stop, and the bus arriving at the stop to the portable terminal.

Portable terminals, bus beacons and station beacons use Bluetooth 4.0 or higher protocols.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of bus beacons in a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, a bus beacon according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention spreads information on a bus to a Bluetooth beacon signal in a range where Bluetooth communication is possible, and simultaneously detects an external Bluetooth signal (b1). (B2) whether the sensed Bluetooth signal is a stop signal or not (b3) if it is a stop signal, and determines whether there is a signal transmitted from the portable terminal carried by the disabled person. If the signal is not a stop signal, the process returns to step b1. b3) If there is a disabled person in the step 3, inform the bus driver about the presence of the disabled person and the disabled person's information (b4). If there is no disabled person, it returns to step b1.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a portable terminal in a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention inputs user disability information after starting (u1). The entered user impaired person information is stored in the portable terminal. When the user inputs the destination information (u2), the application of the portable terminal calculates the stop and bus number code for the destination (u3). (U4) whether or not the information of the Bluetooth beacon signal confirmed through the server matches the code of the stop to be visited (u5). If it matches the stop code, it notifies the user of the arrival of the stop (u6) and if not, returns to the Bluetooth signal detection phase (u4). After arriving at the stop, it outputs the user's disabled information within the Bluetooth communication range using Bluetooth and detects the external Bluetooth signal (u7). Transmits the sensed Bluetooth beacon signal to the server, and determines whether the information corresponding to the Bluetooth beacon signal matches the bus code to be loaded (u8). If it matches the bus code to board, inform the user of the arrival of the bus (u8) and if it does not match the bus code to board, return to u7.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, will be. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined only by the appended claims.

10: Bus beacon
20: Stop beacon
30: Portable terminal
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33: Output section
34: Application
40: Server

Claims (4)

A bus beacon mounted on the bus and transmitting the bus code using Bluetooth communication;
A station beacon mounted at the station and transmitting the station code using Bluetooth communication;
A bus code transmitted from the bus beacon and a stop code transmitted from the stop beacon, and transmits the received signal to the server, and transmits the received signal to the server, A portable terminal for receiving corresponding stop information and bus number information; And
A server for transmitting at least one of bus stop information and bus number information corresponding to a signal received through the application from the portable terminal to the portable terminal including bus information and bus stop information; And it includes a
Wherein the portable terminal transmits information on the disabled person of the user to the bus beacon of the bus to be boarded when the bus to be boarded approaches within the Bluetooth range and the bus beacon of the bus to be boarded is transmitted from the portable terminal to the disabled information of the user And notifies an article of the bus by using at least one of a display light, a vibration, a notification sound,
Wherein the portable terminal, the bus beacon, and the stop beacon use a protocol of Bluetooth 4.0 or higher.
The method according to claim 1,
The portable terminal includes a user input unit for inputting at least one of a user's disabled information, a destination, a stop to go to, and a bus number to board;
An output unit having at least one of a speaker and a vibration unit;
A communication unit for receiving at least one of a bus code transmitted from outside by the user input unit and a bus code transmitted from the bus beacon and a stop code transmitted from the bus beacon;
A bus number, a bus stop number, a bus stop number, a bus stop number, a bus stop number, and a bus number, An application for notifying the user of any one or more pieces of information in association with the output unit; And a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the user input unit of the portable terminal has at least one of a button, a touch screen, and a microphone.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the server comprises: a database including at least one of a bus number assigned to the bus beacon, a bus number corresponding to the stop code assigned to the bus beacon, a bus route, a bus stop name, and a bus arriving at a bus stop; A transceiver for receiving a bus code or a stop code transmitted from the portable terminal and transmitting the bus number, a bus route, a bus stop name, and a bus arriving at a bus stop to the portable terminal; And a bus arrival information notification system for a visually impaired person.

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