KR101764205B1 - System for monitoring status of a parked car - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for monitoring the status of a parked vehicle, the system comprising: a monitoring device installed in the parked vehicle and a server for communicating with the monitoring device, the monitoring device comprising: at least one Wherein the at least one sensor is used to receive information about noise and impact occurring with respect to the parked vehicle and to transmit the received information to the server, And transmitting the information about the breakage of the parked vehicle to a user client when the received noise and impact are judged to have been caused by breakage of the parked vehicle, do.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for monitoring a parked vehicle,

The present invention relates to a system for monitoring the status of parked vehicles.

At one time, vehicle alarms were widely used to prevent theft or breakage by ringing an alarm in the event of a shock to a parked vehicle. However, it is difficult to completely prevent the vehicle from being stolen or damaged only by the sound of the vehicle alarm, and it is often difficult to know the fact that even when the car owner sounds his or her car alarm.

In addition, vehicle alarms often respond to noise and shocks caused by small impacts, external noise, and climate change, which has been a discomfort to people. Recently, vehicle alarms have not been widely used.

Therefore, there is a need to develop a vehicle monitoring system that can prevent a vehicle from being stolen or damaged more effectively, and to prevent malfunctions.

Open Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0108604,

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a system for monitoring the status of parked vehicles.

The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other problems which are not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for monitoring a status of a parked vehicle, the system comprising: a monitoring device installed in the parked vehicle; Wherein the monitoring device includes at least one sensor for detecting noise and impacts occurring with respect to the parked vehicle, wherein the information about the noise and shock sensed by the at least one sensor To the server, and the server comprises: a database storing a predetermined pattern of noise and impact generated when the vehicle is broken; a communication unit for receiving information on noise and shock generated from the monitoring device to the parked vehicle; , And notifies the user client of the breakage of the parked vehicle by using the communication unit Wherein the control unit monitors the information received by the communication unit and transmits information on the noise and impact to the damage detection unit and the weather processing unit when the received noise and impact are equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, Wherein the monitoring unit receives information on the noise and shock of a predetermined threshold value or more by the monitoring unit, Comparing the pattern of noise and impact with a predetermined pattern stored in the database and delivering damage information of the parked vehicle to the notification provisioning when it is determined that the parked vehicle is damaged; The monitoring unit receives information on noise and impact of a predetermined threshold value or more, Obtaining information about a noise and a shock occurring with respect to the at least one other vehicle from a monitoring apparatus installed in at least one other vehicle located within a predetermined range from the obtained position, When the pattern of the received noise and shock matches a pattern of noise and shock that may occur according to the obtained weather or a pattern of noise and impact received by the one or more other vehicles, And transmits the damage information of the parked vehicle to the notification providing unit when it is determined that the transmitted noise and impact are due to the weather and the received noise and impact are not due to the weather, The weather processor and the monitoring unit receive information on noise and impact, Comparing the transmitted noise pattern with a pattern of noise stored in the database when the received noise is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value and if the transmitted noise matches a pattern of the stored noise by a predetermined ratio or more, And transmits the fault information of the other vehicle to the notification provisioning unit.

The weather processor may determine that the received noise and impact are due to the weather when noise and impact within a predetermined range are continuously received for a predetermined time or more from the monitoring device.

In addition, the weather processing unit may be configured such that when the noise and the shock within a predetermined range are continuously received from the monitoring apparatus installed in the parked vehicle and the one or more other vehicles for a predetermined time or more, As shown in Fig.

In addition, when the parked vehicle is determined to be damaged, the damage detection unit may determine the damaged location based on the direction of the transmitted noise and impact, .

In addition, the database stores a past breakdown history of the parked vehicle, and the notification providing unit obtains a past breakdown history of the parked vehicle in the database, and compares the breakdown location with the past breakdown history And if the past damaged area included in the past damaged history coincides with the damaged area, information on the past damaged area and the damaged area may be transmitted to the user client.

The monitoring device may further include at least one first sensor device for determining whether a driver is present in the parked vehicle and at least one sensor device for receiving information on noise and impact generated for the parked vehicle, 2 sensor device, wherein when it is detected by the first sensor device that there is a driver inside the parked vehicle, the second sensor device is deactivated, and the first sensor device causes the driver The second sensor device can be activated.

The monitoring device may further include at least one short distance communication module installed in the parked vehicle and may communicate with the vehicle key of the driver or the mobile terminal of the driver using the at least one short distance communication module, Determining whether the driver is within a predetermined distance from the parked vehicle and deactivating the at least one sensor if the driver is determined to be within a predetermined distance from the parked vehicle, And activate the at least one sensor if it is determined that the vehicle is not located within a predetermined distance from the parked vehicle.

The monitoring apparatus further includes an image capturing section, and when noises and shocks generated from the at least one sensor to the parked vehicle are received, the surrounding image of the parked vehicle is captured using the image capturing section And transmits the captured peripheral image to the server, and the server can transmit the received peripheral image to the user client.

Other specific details of the invention are included in the detailed description and drawings.

According to the disclosed embodiment, it is possible to monitor the state of a parked vehicle by using a sensor, and distinguish sounds detected by an external voice unrelated to a parked vehicle, thereby preventing malfunction of the surveillance system.

In addition, it is possible to compare the weather information with the sensor information, to distinguish sound and impact caused by rain or wind, and to prevent the malfunction of the surveillance system due to the weather change.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a system for monitoring the status of a parked vehicle according to an embodiment.
2 is a block diagram briefly showing a monitoring device for monitoring the status of a parked vehicle according to an embodiment.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of determining a state of a vehicle according to an embodiment.
4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of processing sensor information sensed in accordance with one embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of providing information on an existing damaged area and a new damaged area using a history of damage occurring to the vehicle.
6 is a diagram illustrating a method of determining the state of a plurality of vehicles according to an embodiment.
7 is a configuration diagram showing a server according to an embodiment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, Is provided to fully convey the scope of the present invention to a technician, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. The terms " comprises "and / or" comprising "used in the specification do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements in addition to the stated element. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification and "and / or" include each and every combination of one or more of the elements mentioned. Although "first "," second "and the like are used to describe various components, it is needless to say that these components are not limited by these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one component from another. Therefore, it goes without saying that the first component mentioned below may be the second component within the technical scope of the present invention.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense that is commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. In addition, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

As used herein, the term "part" or "module" refers to a hardware component, such as a software, FPGA, or ASIC, and a "component" or "module" performs certain roles. However, "part" or " module " is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. A "module " or " module " may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and configured to play back one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, "a" or " module " is intended to encompass all types of elements, such as software components, object oriented software components, class components and task components, Microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables, as used herein. Or " modules " may be combined with a smaller number of components and "parts " or " modules " Can be further separated.

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

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a system for monitoring the status of a parked vehicle according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for monitoring the status of a parked vehicle includes a monitoring device 100 installed in a parked vehicle 10, a server 200, and a user client 300.

In one embodiment, the user's vehicle 10 is equipped with at least one monitoring device 100. In this specification, the monitoring apparatus 100 is limited to being used in the vehicle 10, but the monitoring system including the monitoring apparatus 100 and the monitoring apparatus 100 according to the disclosed embodiment can be applied to any object .

In one embodiment, the monitoring device 100 includes at least one sensor device. For example, the monitoring device 100 may include, but is not limited to, at least one sensor device capable of sensing noise, shock, acceleration, direction, and light.

In one embodiment, the monitoring device 100 may be configured to be separately installed in the vehicle 10, or may be included in the overall system of the vehicle 10 as part of the vehicle 10.

The monitoring apparatus 100 is installed in the vehicle 10, and is used for detecting noise around the vehicle and impact on the vehicle. The impact on the vehicle includes a contact accident of another vehicle with respect to the parked vehicle and a vehicle breakage caused by mistake or malice of another person.

The monitoring apparatus 100 transmits the collected information to the server 200 using at least one sensor with respect to the vehicle 10.

In one embodiment, the monitoring device 100 may analyze the collected information using at least one sensor to determine the condition of the vehicle 10, and may communicate the determined information to the server 200.

In one embodiment, the monitoring device 100 analyzes the determined information and, if it is determined that the status of the vehicle 10 is uploaded to the server 200 or is to be delivered to the user client 300, 200).

The server 200 refers to an object capable of transmitting and receiving data with at least one other device through a wireless communication environment. In the present invention, the server 200 may further include a relay server, a mediation server, and / or a client server .

An example of the server 200 is a cloud server, an IMS (Multimedia Subsystem) server, a telephony application server, an IM (instant messaging) server, a MGCF (Media Gateway Control Function) And a CSCF (Call Session Control Function) server. The server 200 may include an object capable of transmitting and receiving data, such as a PC (personal computer), a notebook computer, and a tablet PC May be implemented as a device.

The server 200 transmits the information received from the monitoring device 100 to the user client 300.

In one embodiment, the server 200 analyzes the information received from the monitoring device 100 to determine the condition of the vehicle 10. [ When the server 200 determines that the state of the vehicle 10 is a state that should be transmitted to the user client 300, the server 200 may notify the user client 300 of the state.

For example, when it is determined that a contact accident occurs in the vehicle 10 or a part of the vehicle 10 is broken, the server 200 may notify the user client 300.

The user client 300 may be implemented in at least one user terminal and may include one or more programs or applications and may in particular be associated with a system for monitoring a parked vehicle, Application Program Interface) or embedded software (Embedded Software).

The user client 300 may send or receive data or signals to the server 200 via one or more programs or applications.

A tablet PC, a terminal device, a terminal, a mobile station (MS), a mobile subscriber station (MSS), and the like, as an example of a user terminal on which the user client 300 is executed. ), An SS (Subscriber Station), an AMS (Advanced Mobile Station), a WT (Wireless Terminal), a MTC (Machine-Type Communication) device, a M2M (Machine-to-Machine) device, a D2D device- . ≪ / RTI >

Of course, this is merely an example, and the user terminal in the present invention should be construed as a concept including all the devices that are currently developed, commercialized, or to be developed in the future, or capable of signal transmission.

In one embodiment, the user client 300 may view information stored in the server 200 using at least one application or web page.

In one embodiment, the monitoring device 100, the server 200, and the user client 300 may send and receive information over a predetermined network.

The network refers to a data communication network for transmitting and receiving data between the monitoring apparatus 100, the server 200 and the user client 300, and the type thereof is not particularly limited.

For example, it may be an IP (Internet Protocol) network that provides a large capacity data transmission / reception service through an Internet Protocol (IP), or an All IP network that integrates different IP networks.

The network may be a mobile communication network including a wired network, a Wibro (Wireless Broadband) network, a mobile communication network including a WCDMA, a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network and an LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, ), A 5G (Five Generation) mobile communication network, a satellite communication network, and a Wi-Fi network, or a combination of at least one of them.

2 is a block diagram briefly showing a monitoring device for monitoring the status of a parked vehicle according to an embodiment.

2, the monitoring apparatus 100 includes a noise sensing unit 110, an impact sensing unit 120, a control unit 130, a communication unit 140, and an image sensing unit 150. On the other hand, only the components related to the embodiments are shown in the monitoring apparatus 100 shown in Fig. Thus, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other general components other than the components shown in FIG. 2 may be further included in the monitoring device 100.

In one embodiment, the noise sensing unit 110 includes at least one sensor device capable of sensing sound.

In one embodiment, at least one sensor device included in the noise sensing unit 110 is installed at different positions of the vehicle 10 so that the direction of the noise generated around the vehicle 10, Can be detected.

For example, at least one sensor device included in the noise sensing unit 110 is installed in each of four directions of the vehicle 10, and determines the direction in which the noise is generated based on the magnitude of the noise received by each sensor can do.

In one embodiment, the impact sensing unit 120 includes at least one sensor device capable of sensing an impact.

For example, the impact sensing unit 120 may include an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor to determine whether a collision has occurred in the vehicle 10 and a motion has occurred in the vehicle.

As another example, the impact sensing unit 120 may include at least one sensor device capable of determining whether or not it is in contact with the surface of the vehicle 10. [

In another example, the impact sensing unit 120 may include at least one sensor device capable of determining whether an impact has occurred on the vehicle 10. [ For example, the impact sensing unit 120 may include a piezoelectric element.

The type of the sensor that can be included in the impact sensing unit 120 is not limited and the impact sensing unit 120 may include any type of sensor capable of sensing an impact on the vehicle 10. [

The controller 130 determines the state of the vehicle 10 using the information received from the noise sensing unit 110 and the impact sensing unit 120. [

For example, the control unit 130 determines the state of the vehicle 10 from the noise received from the noise sensing unit 110, and determines whether the noise occurs due to an impact on the vehicle 10 or a breakdown of the vehicle 10. [ Whether it is noise, or noise caused by other causes.

The control unit 130 determines whether the shock sensed by the impact sensing unit 120 is a noise caused by an impact on the vehicle 10 or a breakage of the vehicle 10, 10) is an impulse of the kind not harmful to the user.

For example, the control unit 130 may include at least one memory (not shown), and may include a noise or shock pattern stored in the memory and a noise or shock pattern sensed by the noise sensing unit 110 or the impact sensing unit 120 By comparing the patterns, the state of the vehicle 10 can be detected.

In one embodiment, the analysis of the impact sound frequency spectrum in the impact due to vehicle contact strongly shows the low frequency characteristics, and in the case of scratching the vehicle, the high frequency characteristics are strong in the impact sound frequency spectrum, so that the control unit 130 can discriminate between touch and scratch .

In one embodiment, the information received from the impact sensing unit 120 may be utilized to sense the location or direction in which the impact on the vehicle 10 occurs. When the vehicle moves due to the impact, the impact sensing unit 120 acquires the direction in which the vehicle moves due to the impact. The control unit 130 can determine the direction of the impact by adding 180 degrees to the direction in which the vehicle is moving.

In one embodiment, the degree of damage of the vehicle can be determined by calculating the force physically applied to the vehicle by analyzing the size of the impact sound and the moving distance of the instant vehicle.

The communication unit 140 is used to transmit information received from the noise sensing unit 110 or the impact sensing unit 120 or information processed by the control unit 130 to the server 200. [

The image capturing unit 150 may include one or more camera devices. As the camera device, a black box device installed in the vehicle 10 may be utilized. The camera apparatus included in the monitoring apparatus 100 may include a wide-angle camera apparatus or a 360-degree camera apparatus. In addition, the camera device included in the monitoring apparatus 100 may include a night-vision camera for night photography, an infrared camera, or the like. The camera device may be installed outside the vehicle 10, or may be installed inside the vehicle 10 to photograph the outside through a window.

When the monitoring apparatus 100 senses the danger of the vehicle 10 including the damage to the vehicle 10, the risk of breakage, and access to an external object, the camera apparatus can be activated. The monitoring apparatus 100 may capture an image of the surroundings of the vehicle 10 using a camera device and store the captured image or transmit the captured image to the server 200 so that the user client 300 may check the image in real time.

In one embodiment, the camera device is designed to be rotatable left or right or up and down, and may be configured to direct the direction in which the external object is sensed. Further, the camera device may be set to be able to change its direction under the control of the user client 300. [

In one embodiment, the monitoring apparatus 100 may further include at least one human body detection sensor or motion detection sensor (not shown) installed inside the vehicle. The human body detection sensor or the motion detection sensor may include an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensor, and a thermal sensor. The monitoring device 100 deactivates the monitoring device 100 when the person is determined to be inside the vehicle 10 using the human body sensor or the motion detection sensor in the vehicle 10, The monitoring apparatus 100 can be activated when it is determined that there is no person inside.

In one embodiment, the monitoring device 100 may further include at least one dongle, remote control device, beacon device, or the like. The dongle, the remote control device or the beacon device installed in the monitoring apparatus 100 can perform close-range communication with the driver's car key or the user client 300 to determine whether or not the driver is within a predetermined distance from the vehicle 10 . When the driver is within a predetermined distance from the vehicle 10, the monitoring apparatus 100 may be deactivated. Likewise, when the driver is outside the predetermined distance from the vehicle 10, the monitoring apparatus 100 can be activated.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of determining a state of a vehicle according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, a method for determining the state of the vehicle is comprised of steps that are performed in a time-series manner in the monitoring apparatus 100 or the server 200 shown in FIG. Therefore, even when the method of determining the state of the vehicle in Fig. 3 is omitted, the description of the monitoring device 100 or the server 200 in Fig. 1 is also applied to the method of determining the state of the vehicle in Fig. 3 .

Hereinafter, it is described that each step of FIG. 3 is performed by the server 200. FIG. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that some or all of the steps of FIG. 3 may be performed by the control unit 130 of the monitoring device 100 as well as the server 200.

In step S410, the server 200 receives sensor information from the monitoring apparatus 100. [

The sensor information received from the monitoring apparatus 100 includes at least one of information on noise around the vehicle 10 and information on the impact on the vehicle 10. [

In one embodiment, the sensor information received from the monitoring device 100 may include proximity sensor information for determining whether the external object is accessible to the vehicle 10 or the location of the external object.

In another embodiment, the sensor information received from the monitoring device 100 may include temperature information that measures the ambient temperature of the vehicle 10 and the vehicle 10.

In another embodiment, the sensor information received from the monitoring device 100 may include information about an air condition around the vehicle 10 or an odor around the vehicle 10. [

The above example is provided for the sake of understanding, and the type of the sensor information received from the monitoring apparatus 100 is not limited thereto.

In step S420, the server 200 processes the sensor information received from the monitoring apparatus 100. [

In one embodiment, the server 200 determines the type of sensor information received from the monitoring device 100. For example, the server 200 may determine whether the sensor information received from the monitoring device 100 indicates an impact on the vehicle 10 or a failure of the vehicle 10, an impact on another vehicle, Or sensor information that is irrelevant to the vehicle 10.

A specific method by which the server 200 processes sensor information will be described with reference to FIG.

4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of processing sensor information sensed in accordance with one embodiment.

The method shown in FIG. 4 consists of the steps performed in step S420 of FIG. However, the order in which the steps shown in FIG. 4 are performed is not limited thereto, and the steps may be performed in different orders from those shown in FIG.

In one embodiment, the monitoring device 100 can determine whether the driver is within the vehicle 10 or within a predetermined distance from the vehicle 10 using at least one sensor device or communication device. The monitoring device 100 is deactivated when the driver is within the vehicle 10 or within a predetermined distance from the vehicle 10 and is activated when the driver is not in the vehicle 10 or is outside the predetermined distance from the vehicle 10. [ Lt; / RTI >

In step S422, the server 200 determines the type of sensor information sensed by the monitoring device 100. [

For example, the server 200 determines whether the monitoring apparatus 100 has detected only noise, only shock, or both noise and shock.

As another example, the server 200 may receive information sensed by one or more sensors of noise, shock, and proximity sensors, and may determine which type of information was received at which sensor.

In step S424, the server 200 determines whether or not the sensor information of the kind determined in step S422 is sensor information related to the vehicle 10. [

For example, it may be that a large noise has occurred in the vicinity of the vehicle 10, but an external noise that is not related to the vehicle 10 has occurred.

If it is determined in step S422 that only noise is detected without detecting the impact, the server 200 may determine that an external noise that is not related to the vehicle 10 has occurred.

As another example, noise may have occurred in the vicinity of the vehicle 10, but may be a sound of a crack of another vehicle, a noise of a music sound, or a barking sound of an animal.

The server 200 may include a database storing one or more sound patterns related to damage to the vehicle 10 and may determine the type of noise by comparing the sound patterns stored in the database when noise is received.

If it is determined that the kind of noise is the music sound, the server 200 can ignore it.

On the other hand, when it is judged that the kind of noise is the sound of scratching the surface of the vehicle, the server 200 can judge that the damage to the predetermined vehicle has occurred.

However, even if a sound scratching the surface of the vehicle is received by the monitoring apparatus 100, it may be that a sound scratching the surface of the vehicle other than the vehicle 10 is detected.

Therefore, the server 200 can determine the position where the sound is generated based on the direction of the sound to be sensed and the size of the sound. If it is determined that the sound is generated at a distance more than a predetermined distance from the vehicle 10, the server 200 may determine that the damage to the other vehicle has occurred and ignore it.

In another embodiment, the server 200 may deliver a message informing the user client 300 that attention should be given to the vehicle 10 in the event of a breakdown to another vehicle adjacent to the vehicle 10. The user can select whether to transmit a message indicating whether the adjacent vehicle is damaged or not.

In another embodiment, the server 200 scratched the surface of the vehicle 10 when an impact equal to or similar to scratching the surface of the vehicle at the impact sensor of the vehicle 10 is detected with a scratching of the surface of the vehicle It can be judged. In the case where only noise is generated and the resulting shock does not occur, the server 200 can judge that the damage to the vehicle 10 does not occur.

In one embodiment, the server 200 may communicate the noise received at the monitoring device 100 to the user client 300 if a suspected corruption of the vehicle 10 is suspected. In addition, the server 200 may transmit information about the impact received at the monitoring apparatus 100 to the user client 300. [

The user can directly monitor noise and impact generated in the vicinity of the vehicle 10 using the user client 300 and directly determine whether a problem occurs in the vehicle 10. [

When it is determined that a problem occurs in the vehicle 10, the user can remotely start the vehicle 10 through the server 200, turn on the light of the vehicle 10, or move the wiper Such that the vehicle is being monitored.

In the case where the vehicle 10 is an autonomous vehicle, the user may instruct the vehicle 10 to move to another place by himself or avoid the breakage, or to instruct the user to come to the user.

In step S426, the server 200 removes other noise from the noise generated in the periphery of the vehicle 10 and the type of impact on the vehicle 10. [

For example, when continuous noise and shocks are generated for the vehicle 10, the server 200 may determine that the vehicle 10 is damaged or broken. However, in reality, it may be raining or strong winds in the area where the vehicle 10 is located. Therefore, the server 200 should be able to remove such other noise.

In addition, the server 200 must be able to determine whether the vehicle 10 is an impact that causes the vehicle 10 to be damaged even when an impact is detected in the vehicle 10.

For example, it may be that a slight impact is detected on the vehicle 10 and the position of the vehicle 10 is moved, but the driver of another vehicle pushes the vehicle 10 due to double parking.

If it is determined in step S422 that only the shock or the movement of the vehicle is detected without noise detection, the server 200 determines whether the vehicle 10 is in contact with the vehicle 10 or the position of the vehicle 10 Can be determined to have occurred.

The server 200 also analyzes the type and intensity of the noise and the impact to determine whether or not the impact generated in the vehicle 10 has caused the vehicle 10 to break down even when both the impact and the noise are generated in the vehicle 10 It can be judged.

For example, although both the shock and the noise are generated in the vehicle 10, it may happen that the ball collides with the vehicle 10 while the children are playing the ball so that noise and collision may occur.

Accordingly, the server 200 estimates the cause of the noise from the type and size of the noise generated in the vehicle 10, determines the type and degree of the shock, and determines whether or not the vehicle 10 is damaged have.

In addition, when the small impact and the noise are continuously applied to the vehicle 10, the server 200 determines whether there is a risk of breakage of the vehicle 10 due to someone's play or whether it is in a rainy state can do.

In one embodiment, the server 200 receives the parked location of the vehicle 10 when a noise or shock is received from the monitoring device 100, and retrieves weather information about the parked location of the vehicle 10 can do.

The server 200 can determine the cause of the noise or the shock generated in the vehicle 10 by using the searched weather information.

For example, when it is determined that the vehicle 10 is raining around the parked position, the server 200 can compare the noise and the type of impact to the vehicle 10 with the noise and impact when it rains . If the noise and shock generated in the vehicle 10 match or are similar to the noise and impact in the case of rain, the server 200 may determine that the vehicle 10 is not damaged but rained.

In one embodiment, the server 200 may pass information to the user client 300 that the vehicle 10 is raining, if it is determined that the vehicle 10 is scrambled.

Returning to Fig. 3, the operations after step S430 will be described below.

In step S430, the server 200 determines an event that has occurred with respect to the vehicle 10 based on the sensor information processed in step S420.

For example, the server 200 determines that the noise and the shock are generated on the left side of the vehicle 10 from the monitoring apparatus 100, and that the noise and the type of the impact coincide with the scratching of the surface of the vehicle 10 , It can be determined that the left surface of the vehicle 10 is scratched.

In step S440, the server 200 can review the past history of the vehicle 10. [ In one embodiment, information about the vehicle 10 sensed by the monitoring device 100 is accumulated in a database. The server 200 obtains damage information that occurred in the past against the vehicle 10 using the database.

For example, if a breakage occurs again in the area where breakage occurred in the past, it may be difficult for the user to judge what kind of breakage occurred.

The server 200 can separate the damaged area that occurred in the past from the past broken area and the newly generated damaged area and provide the separated area to the user.

The detailed information about the damaged area in the past may have been obtained from the sensor of the monitoring apparatus 100 or may be inputted by the user directly or by the repair center to input information about the damaged area have.

Information on the damaged area in the past may include the area where the damage occurred and the strength of the impact at the time of the damage. When a plurality of impacts and breakage occur in the vehicle 10, the server 200 can classify each impact and breakage based on the site where each breakage occurs and the magnitude of the impact received at the time of occurrence of each breakage.

Referring to FIG. 5, there is shown an example of providing information on existing damage areas and new damage areas using a history of damage to the vehicle.

Fig. 5 shows an example of a case where the left front door 102 of the vehicle 10 is repaired after being scratched, and scratched again after several months.

5, a scratched trace 510 appears on January 12, 2017 in the left front door 102 of the vehicle 10, and another scratched trace 520 appears on March 28, 2017 Lt; / RTI > The server 200 distinguishes between the traces 510 that have occurred in the past and the traces 520 that have been newly generated by using the history information so that the user can easily determine the traces newly generated by the user, It is possible to manage the history.

Returning to FIG. 4, the server 200 performs the correspondence according to the determination result through steps S410 to S440 in step S450.

In one embodiment, the server 200 transmits the determination result to the user client 300. [

In another embodiment, the server 200 determines whether the state of the vehicle 10 is a state in which the state of the vehicle 10 should provide notification to the user client 300, The user client 300 may be notified with information including the state of the vehicle 10. In this case,

In one embodiment, the server 200 transmits the determination result to the monitoring apparatus 100. [ The monitoring apparatus 100 can activate the camera apparatus to photograph the periphery of the vehicle 10 based on the determination result received from the server 200 and store the photographed image or transmit the photographed image to the server 200. [ The server 200 may transmit the image received from the monitoring device 100 to the user client 300. [

6 is a diagram illustrating a method of determining the state of a plurality of vehicles according to an embodiment.

Referring to Fig. 6, a system for monitoring the state of the vehicle 10 is shown, as in Fig. 6, a method of monitoring the state of the vehicle 10 by further using information received from other vehicles 610 and 620 other than the vehicle 10 will be described.

It is assumed that surveillance devices (not shown) such as the monitoring device 100 of the vehicle 10 are installed in other vehicles 610 and 620 shown in Fig.

The server 200 can determine the current state of the vehicle 10 using the information received from the other vehicles 610 and 620. [

For example, when only noise-free noise is detected in the vehicle 10, the server 200 may determine that noise due to other causes unrelated to the vehicle 10 occurs. However, it may be difficult for the server 200 to determine the specific cause of the noise, and it may be difficult to specifically provide the cause of the noise to the user client 300 of the vehicle 10. [

At the same time, when noise and impact are detected from another vehicle 610 adjacent to the vehicle 10, the server 200 can determine that noise and impact have occurred due to the breakage of the vehicle 610.

At this time, the server 200 may generate a noise in the user client 300 due to damage to the adjacent vehicle, and may provide a notice requiring attention.

In addition, using a plurality of vehicles can also be utilized to provide other noise.

In the case where similar sounds and impacts occur in both the vehicle 10 and the plurality of other vehicles 610 and 620 adjacent to the vehicle 10, the server 200 determines that noise and impact due to natural phenomena occur .

The server 200 obtains weather information about the vehicles 10, 610 and 620 and compares weather information with information received from each of the vehicles 10, 610 and 620, ) Can be used to determine the cause of noise and impact.

Further, when the monitoring devices installed in each of the vehicles 10, 610, and 620 can determine the damage of each of the vehicles 10, 610, and 620 or the cause of the noise and the shock, And 620 may exchange information using mutual local communication or a network. In this case, instead of the server 200, surveillance devices installed in each of the vehicles 10, 610, and 620 exchange information about the risk of breakage or breakage, and surveillance devices installed in each of the vehicles 10, 610, and 620 The network can be used to communicate information to each user client.

7 is a configuration diagram showing a server according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 7, one or more sections or modules that constitute the server 200 are disclosed. Each of the units or modules may include a function performed by a different processor, or a function configured in software within a single processor. In addition, each subsection or module may be configured with a different hardware device.

Each part or module included in the server 200 and the server 200 shown in Fig. 7 is configured to perform the operations of the server 200 described with reference to Figs. 1 to 6.

The communication unit 210 receives information on the noise and impact that occur to the parked vehicle 10 from the monitoring apparatus 100. [

The database 270 stores a predetermined pattern of noise and shock generated when the vehicle is broken, and stores the past breakdown history of the parked vehicle 10. [

The monitoring unit 220 monitors information received by the communication unit 210 and outputs information on noise and impact to the damage detection unit 240 and the weather processing unit 250 when the received noise and impact are equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value And transmits information on the noise and impact to the exception processing unit 260 when at least one of the received noise and impact is less than a predetermined threshold value.

The damage detector 240 receives the noise and impact information of a predetermined threshold value or more from the monitoring unit 220 and compares the transmitted noise and shock pattern with a preset pattern stored in the database 270, And transmits the damage information of the parked vehicle 10 to the notification providing unit 230 when it is determined that the vehicle 10 has been damaged.

In one embodiment, when the parked vehicle 10 is determined to be damaged, the damage detection unit 240 determines a damaged location based on the transmitted noise and the direction of the impact, And delivers it to the reminder provider 230.

The weather processor 250 receives the noise and impact information of the predetermined threshold value or more from the monitoring unit 220, obtains the position of the parked vehicle 10, obtains the weather of the obtained location, Receiving information on noise and impact occurring on the at least one other vehicle from a monitoring device installed in one or more other vehicles located within a predetermined range from the obtained position, Wherein the control unit determines that the received noise and impact are due to the weather if the noise and the shock pattern that may occur according to the weather or the noise and shock patterns received by the one or more other vehicles coincide with each other by a predetermined ratio, If it is determined that the received noise and impact are not caused by the weather, Quot; 10 ".

In one embodiment, when the noise and impact within a predetermined range are continuously received from the monitoring apparatus 100 for a predetermined time or longer, the weather processing unit 250 determines that the received noise and impact are due to the weather.

In one embodiment, when the noise and shock within a predetermined range are continuously received for a predetermined time or more from a parked vehicle 10 and a monitoring device installed in the one or more other vehicles, the received noise And that the impact is due to the weather.

The exception processing unit 260 receives the information on the noise and the impact from the monitoring unit 220. If the received noise is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, Pattern is compared with the pattern of the stored noise, it is determined that the vehicle adjacent to the parked vehicle 10 is broken, (230).

The notification providing unit 230 receives information from at least one of the damage detection unit 240, the weather processing unit 250 and the exception handling unit 260 and transmits the received information to the user client 300 using the communication unit 210. [ .

In one embodiment, the notification provisioning unit 230 obtains the past breakdown history of the parked vehicle 10 in the database 270, and detects the breakdown position of the parked vehicle 10 judged by the breakage detection unit 240 And comparing the past damaged history with the past damaged history, and when the past damaged area included in the past damaged history coincides with the damaged location, information on the past damaged area and the damaged location is stored in the user client 300 together .

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments of the present invention may be embodied directly in hardware, in software modules executed in hardware, or in a combination of both. The software module may be a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), a flash memory, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD- May reside in any form of computer readable recording medium known in the art to which the invention pertains.

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, You will understand. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

10: Vehicle
100: Monitoring device
200: Server
300: User Client

Claims (8)

A system for monitoring the status of a parked vehicle,
A monitoring device installed in the parked vehicle; And
A server that communicates with the monitoring device and provides a notification to a user client; Lt; / RTI >
The monitoring device includes:
And at least one sensor for sensing noise and impacts occurring to the parked vehicle, wherein the at least one sensor transmits information about noise and shock sensed by the at least one sensor to the server,
The server comprises:
A database storing a predetermined pattern of noise and shock generated when a vehicle is broken;
A communication unit for receiving information on noise and impact generated for the parked vehicle from the monitoring device;
An informing unit for informing the user client of the damage of the parked vehicle using the communication unit;
Monitoring the information received by the communication unit and transmitting the noise and shock information to the damage detection unit and the weather processing unit when the received noise and impact are equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value; A monitoring unit for transmitting information on the noise and the shock to the exception processing unit when the difference is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value;
The monitoring unit receives information on noise and impact of the predetermined threshold value or more and compares the transmitted noise and impact pattern with a predetermined pattern stored in the database to determine whether the parked vehicle is damaged And transmits breakage information of the parked vehicle to the informing unit if the breakage detecting unit detects that the breakage of the parked vehicle is detected.
Wherein the monitoring unit receives information on noise and impact over the predetermined threshold value, acquires the position of the parked vehicle, acquires the weather of the obtained position, Wherein the control unit is configured to receive information on noise and impact occurring with respect to the at least one other vehicle from a monitoring apparatus installed in at least one other vehicle that performs the noise and impact, Of the noise or shock received from the at least one other vehicle or a pattern of noise and shock received from the at least one other vehicle, It is determined that the vehicle is not in the parked state, The weather processing section that carries information; And
Wherein the monitoring unit receives the information on the noise and impact and compares the delivered noise pattern with the pattern of the noise stored in the database when the received noise is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, The exception processing unit for determining that another vehicle adjacent to the parked vehicle is damaged when the pattern of the stored noise matches the predetermined pattern of the noise and delivering the damage information of the adjacent other vehicle to the notification providing unit; . The air conditioner according to claim 1,
Wherein when the noise and impact within a predetermined range are continuously received from the monitoring apparatus for a predetermined time or more, the received noise and shock are determined to be due to the weather. The air conditioner according to claim 2,
Wherein the received noise and shock are judged to be due to the weather when a noise and an impact within a predetermined range are continuously received for a predetermined time or more from a monitored vehicle installed in the parked vehicle and the one or more other vehicles. The apparatus according to claim 1,
If it is determined that the parked vehicle is broken,
Determine a location of a breakage based on the direction of the transmitted noise and impact, and deliver information about the breakdown location to the reminder breakdown. 5. The system according to claim 4,
Storing a past failure history of the parked vehicle,
The notification providing unit,
Obtaining a past breakage history of the parked vehicle in the database, comparing the breakage location with the past breakage history, and if the past breakage site included in the past breakage history matches the broken location, And communicates information about a past corruption site and the corrupted location together to the user client. The apparatus according to claim 1,
At least one first sensor device for checking whether there is a driver inside the parked vehicle and at least one second sensor device for receiving information about noise and impact occurring with respect to the parked vehicle,
Wherein if the first sensor device detects that there is a driver inside the parked vehicle, deactivates the second sensor device, and if it is not detected that the driver is inside the parked vehicle by the first sensor device, 2 Activating the sensor device. The apparatus according to claim 1,
Further comprising at least one short range communication module installed in the parked vehicle,
Communicating with a driver's car key or a driver's mobile terminal using the at least one local area communication module to determine whether the driver is located within a predetermined distance from the parked vehicle,
Deactivating the at least one sensor when it is determined that the driver is located within a predetermined distance from the parked vehicle and if it is determined that the driver is not located within a predetermined distance from the parked vehicle, Activating a single sensor. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring apparatus further comprises an image capturing section,
When the noise and impact generated for the parked vehicle are received from the at least one sensor, the surrounding image of the parked vehicle is photographed using the image photographing unit, the photographed peripheral image is transmitted to the server ,
The server comprises:
And transmits the transmitted peripheral image to the user client.

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