KR20100070592A - Vehicle condition notification method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle status notification method and system.

The present invention provides a state information transmitter for generating and transmitting state notification information by collecting and processing driving state information of a vehicle; And a status information receiver for generating and displaying status indication information by receiving and processing status notification information.

According to the present invention, the state of the vehicle or the driver can be acquired in real time and the state of the vehicle can be obtained by the surrounding vehicles, so that the drivers of the surrounding vehicles can safely drive the vehicle, thereby reducing the risk of an accident.

Description

Vehicle Condition Notification Method and System

The present invention relates to a vehicle status notification method and system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing information for a driver driving a vehicle to comfortably and safely drive the vehicle.

Much research is being conducted to provide more comfortable and safe driving conditions for the driver of the vehicle. The communication for the safe driving of a vehicle is divided into a vehicle to vehicle (V2V) form and the vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) form a communication between the vehicle and the infrastructure. Among them, vehicle to vehicle communication technology may provide services such as cooperative front collision warning, lane change warning, and collision line warning by exchanging changing information of a rapidly changing driving environment between vehicles in real time. The direct communication between the vehicles transmits the change of the vehicle to the outside in real time, so that drivers of adjacent cars can drive more safely and efficiently. In this case, the data transmitted through the inter-vehicle communication are information for informing the state of the vehicle, such as when the vehicle is suddenly braking or suddenly curved.

On the other hand, the state of the driver driving the vehicle varies. For example, if the driver is driving for a long time, the driver may feel tired, drowsy or suddenly develop a health condition while driving. However, the above-described vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology transmits information for informing the state of the vehicle, reminding the driver of the surrounding vehicle to be careful driving, and because it cannot grasp the driver's fatigue, drowsiness, health state, etc. For example, the driver may not be able to inform the driver of the driver of the surrounding vehicle, so that the driver of the driver of the vehicle may not cope with the driver.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention, in order to prepare for the risk of accidents by acquiring the driver of the vehicle and the information in the vehicle in real time and transmitting to the outside in real time to enable the neighboring vehicles to drive carefully according to the state of the target vehicle. Its main purpose is to help.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a state information transmitter for generating and transmitting state notification information by collecting and processing the driving state information of the vehicle; And a status information receiver for generating and displaying status indication information by receiving and processing status notification information.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, the state information transmitter collecting the driving state information of the vehicle; Generating status notification information by processing the driving status information by the status information transmitter; Transmitting, by the status information transmitter, status notification information; Receiving status notification information by the status information receiver; Processing the status notification information by the status information receiver to generate status indication information; And displaying, by the status information receiver, status indication information.

As described above, according to the present invention, the state of the vehicle or the driver can be acquired in real time and the state obtained by the surrounding vehicle can be known, so that drivers of the surrounding vehicle can safely drive the vehicle, thereby causing an accident. Can be reduced.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the nature, order or order of the components are not limited by the terms. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected or connected to that other component, but between components It will be understood that may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a vehicle status notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The vehicle status notification system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention collects and processes driving state information of a vehicle to generate and transmit state notification information, and receives and processes the state information transmitter 110 and state notification information. And a status information receiver 120 for generating and displaying the display information.

The state information transmitter 110 may include a state information collector 112, a notification information generator 114, and a transmitter 116. The state information transmitter 110 collects information collected from an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse that receives data or commands, a monitor that outputs data, a printer, an output device such as a liquid crystal display, a touchpad capable of both data input and output, and the like. Memory to store data or program for processing and processing, Microprocessor to process information according to algorithm of program stored in memory using input data or command or data stored in memory, Communication modem for performing wired / wireless communication Etc. can be provided.

Here, the status information collector 112 may receive driving status information including one or more of driver status information and vehicle status information. To this end, the state information collector 112 receives a driver's state using a human machine interface (HMI) of the vehicle, receives a driver's state detected by the human machine interface, or uses various sensors. Driver status information can be collected by detecting the driver's status. That is, when the driver inputs his state (eg, during a call, tiredness, drowsiness, injuries, etc.) through the human machine interface provided in the vehicle, the state information collector 112 receives the state of the driver from the human machine interface. The driver status information can be received and stored, and the driver status information can be collected by detecting the driver's condition (such as drowsiness or apnea) using various sensors such as an image sensor and a gas concentration sensor. have. In addition, in the recent human machine interface, since the driver's state can be detected using the foot sensor provided in the vehicle body, the state information collector 112 receives the driver's state from the human machine interface provided in the vehicle and receives the driver's state information. You can also collect.

In addition, the state information collector 112 may receive steering information and braking information from an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle to collect vehicle state information. That is, the state information collector 112 is provided in the vehicle to receive steering information and braking information received from the electronic control apparatus which controls the overall driving situation of the vehicle, such as steering and braking of the vehicle, and receives the steering information and braking information. Can be collected and stored.

The notification information generator 114 generates the status notification information by processing the driving status information. To this end, the notification information generator 114 selects one or more designated states from a plurality of preset designated states by using the driving status information, and identifies the selected designated states. Can be generated as status notification information. In addition, the notification information generator 114 may further include the identification number of the vehicle or the location information of the vehicle, which is set in advance, so that the vehicle in the designated state may be identified by the other vehicle. The location information of the vehicle is a stand-alone type that acquires the location information of the vehicle using only a GPS module or a network-based type that obtains the location information of the vehicle through a location information service server that can be connected using a wired or wireless communication network. In addition, a hybrid type using both a GPS module and a network location service server may be used.

For example, in the notification information generator 114, 'drowsy driving', 'drowsy driving speed', 'drowsy zigzag driving' 'calling driving', 'calling speeding driving', 'quick braking driving', ' Various designated states such as 'drinking driving', 'drinking speed driving', 'injured driving', and 'tired driving' may be preset. If the driving state information collected from the information collector 112 includes both the driver state information and the vehicle state information, the driver state information indicates 'sleepiness', and the vehicle state information indicates 'the steering angle fluctuates'. As described above, the notification information generator 114 designates and identifies the zigzag driving during sleep, which can be identified as 'sleepiness' and 'steering angle is severe', among the various preset states as set above. Information, that is, information identifying 'zigzag driving during sleep' may be generated as status notification information. In addition, identification information (vehicle ID or vehicle number) of the vehicle or transmitter identification number for identifying the transmitter 116 may be included in the status notification information as information for identifying the vehicle, or the position information of the vehicle (for example, , Latitude and longitude coordinates, etc.) may be included in the status notification information.

The transmitter 116 transmits status notification information. That is, the transmitter 116 transmits the status notification information generated by the notification information generator 114 to the status information receiver 120 using wired or wireless communication. Since the state information transmitter 110 is mainly mounted on a vehicle such as a vehicle, a ship, or an airplane, the transmitter 116 performs a radio communication such as near field communication, mobile communication, etc. so that the state notification information can be transmitted from the vehicle. It may be provided with a wireless communication means such as a short-range communication module, a wireless modem.

The state information receiver 120 may include a receiver 122, an indication information generator 124, and an indicator 126. The state information receiver 120 collects information collected from an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse that receives data or commands, a monitor that outputs data, a printer, an output device such as a liquid crystal display, a touch pad capable of both data input and output, and the like. Memory to store data or program for processing and processing, Microprocessor to process information according to algorithm of program stored in memory using input data or command or data stored in memory, Communication modem for performing wired / wireless communication Etc. can be provided.

Receiver 122 receives status notification information. That is, the receiver 122 receives the status notification information transmitted by the status information transmitter 110 through the wired or wireless communication medium. Since the state information receiver 120, like the state information transmitter 110, is mainly mounted on a vehicle such as a vehicle, a ship, or an airplane, the transmitter 122 may perform short-range wireless communication to receive the status notification information from such a vehicle. And a short range communication module for performing wireless communication, such as mobile communication, and a wireless communication means such as a wireless modem.

The indication information generator 124 may analyze the state notification information to identify one or more designated states and generate state indication information for indicating one or more designated states that are identified. That is, the display information generator 124 analyzes the status notification information received by the receiver 122 to identify one or more designated states according to the information included in the status notification information, and displays the one or more designated states identified. Displayed by, it is possible to generate status display information for informing the driver of the vehicle equipped with the status information receiver 120 and the status of the vehicle and the driver equipped with the status information transmitter 110. In addition, the display information generator 124 may use the information to identify the vehicle and / or the location information of the vehicle when the status notification information includes information for identifying the vehicle and / or location information of the vehicle. In addition to the status display information can be included.

For example, if the information included in the status notification information indicates 'zigzag driving during sleep', identifying that the driver of the vehicle equipped with the status information transmitter 110 is 'drowsiness' and the vehicle is in 'zigzag driving'. And to display the status of 'sleeping' and 'zigzag driving' through the indicator 120 to inform the driver, "Please note that the driver of the surrounding vehicle is drowsy driving and the vehicle is driving in a zigzag." Status indication information can be generated.

In addition, if the status notification information includes the vehicle number of the vehicle that transmits the status notification information, such as "Seoul 38 La XXXX", "The Seoul 38 La XXXX vehicle among the surrounding vehicles is drowsy by the driver and the vehicle is zigzag. Can be generated. ”If the status notification information includes the latitude and longitude coordinates of the vehicle that sent the status notification information, the electronic device is based on the latitude and longitude coordinates. Displaying the vehicle on the map and instructing the vehicle may generate the status indication information "This vehicle is a drowsy driver and the vehicle is driving in a zigzag."

Indicator 126 may display status indication information. That is, the indicator 126 may display the status display information generated by the display information generator 124 so that the driver can check the status display information. To this end, the display 126 may include display means such as a monitor, a liquid crystal screen, and a touch screen, and the display means may use display means used in a human machine interface.

On the other hand, although not shown in Figure 1, the vehicle status notification system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention transmits the status notification information to the status information receiver 120 when receiving the status notification information from the status information transmitter 110 It may further include a status notification server (not shown). That is, the state information transmitter 110 mounted on a specific vehicle directly transmits the state notification information to the state information receiver 120 mounted on another vehicle, or the state information transmitter 110 mounted on a specific vehicle wirelessly transmits randomly. Although the status information receiver 120 mounted on another vehicle may receive one status notification information, the status information transmitter 110 transmits the status notification information to a status notification server that may be implemented in the form of a web server or a swap server. Then, the status notification server transmits back to the status information receiver 120, the status notification server may relay the status notification information.

In addition, the status notification server includes all the components of the status information receiver 120, and when the status notification information is received from the status information transmitter 110, the status notification information is used to generate and display the status indication information. In addition, the manager may grasp the displayed status indication information and inform the driver of the vehicle and the driver status of the vehicle that has transmitted the status notification information to the driver of the other vehicle by phone or wireless.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle status notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The state information transmitter 110 collects driving state information of the vehicle (S210), generates state notification information by processing the driving state information (S220), and transmits the state notification information (S230), the state information receiver 120 ) Receives the status notification information (S240), generates the status display information by processing the status notification information (S250), and displays the status display information (S260).

Here, the driving state information collected in step S210 may include one or more of driver state information and vehicle state information, and the state notification information generated in step S220 is selected using driving state information among a plurality of preset specified states. It may be information for identifying the designated state.

In addition, the state information transmitter 110 directly transmits the state notification information to the state information receiver 120 in step S230, and the state information receiver 120 directly receives the state notification information from the state information transmitter 110 in step S240. Although, the state information transmitter 110 transmits the status notification information in step S230, the status notification server (not shown) receives the status notification information from the status information transmitter 110 to the status information receiver 120. Status notification information may be relayed by transmitting information notification information.

3 is an exemplary view showing a state of providing a vehicle status notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The state information transmitter 110 mounted in the specific vehicle 310 receives the driver's state directly through the human machine interface to the driver or detects the driver's state by using various sensors and collects the driver's state information. By linking with the control device, the vehicle state information such as steering information and braking information of the vehicle is collected to generate driving state information, and processed to generate the state notification information and transmit it.

As such, the status notification information transmitted from the status information transmitter 110 mounted in the specific vehicle 310 may be mounted in the surrounding vehicle 320 located near the specific vehicle 310 through a status notification server on the network or directly. The state information is received by the receiver 120. The state information receiver 120 mounted on the surrounding vehicle 320 analyzes and processes the received state notification information to generate and display state indication information. The driver who drives the surrounding vehicle 320 while riding in the surrounding vehicle 320 checks the displayed status display information to identify the driver of the specific vehicle 310 and / or the state of the vehicle and refer to the driving to ensure safe driving. We can plan.

As described above, according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the state of the vehicle or the driver may be acquired in real time and the state obtained by the surrounding vehicle may be known, so that the drivers of the surrounding vehicle may safely drive the vehicle. This can reduce the risk of accidents.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented in one independent hardware, each or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform some or all functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having a. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, and the like.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be inherent unless specifically stated otherwise, and thus excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms used generally, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a vehicle status notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle status notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exemplary view showing a state of providing a vehicle status notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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110: status information transmitter 112: status information collector

114: notification information generator 116: transmitter

120: status information receiver 122: receiver

124: Display Information Generator 126: Indicator

Claims (10)

A state information transmitter for generating and transmitting state notification information by collecting and processing driving state information of the vehicle; And Status information receiver for generating and displaying status indication information by receiving and processing the status notification information Vehicle status notification system comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the state information transmitter, An information collector configured to collect the driving status information including at least one of driver status information and vehicle status information; A notification information generator that selects one or more designated states from among a plurality of preset designated states by using the driving state information, and generates information identifying the selected designated state as the state notification information; And Transmitter for transmitting the status notification information Vehicle status notification system comprising a. The method of claim 2, wherein the state information collector, The driver status information is collected by receiving a driver's status using the human machine interface of the vehicle, receiving a driver's status detected by the human machine interface, or sensing a driver's status using a sensor. Vehicle status notification system. The method of claim 2, wherein the state information collector, Vehicle status notification system, characterized in that for receiving the steering information and braking information from the electronic control device of the vehicle to collect the vehicle status information The method of claim 1, wherein the status information receiver, A receiver for receiving the status notification information; A display information generator for analyzing the status notification information to identify one or more designated states and to generate the state indication information for displaying the identified one or more designated states; And An indicator for displaying the status indication information Vehicle status notification system comprising a. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle state notification system comprises: And a status notification server configured to transmit the status notification information to the status information receiver when receiving the status notification information from the status information transmitter. Collecting, by the state information transmitter, driving state information of the vehicle; Generating status notification information by processing the driving status information by the status information transmitter; The state information transmitter transmitting the state notification information; Receiving, by a status information receiver, the status notification information; Processing the status notification information by the status information receiver to generate status indication information; And Displaying, by the status information receiver, the status indication information Vehicle status notification method comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein the driving state information, Vehicle status notification method comprising at least one of the driver status information and the vehicle status information. The method of claim 7, wherein the status notification information, Vehicle status notification method, characterized in that for identifying a specified state selected by using the driving state information of a plurality of preset state. The method of claim 7, wherein the vehicle status notification method, When the status notification server receives the status notification information from the status information transmitter, transmitting the status information notification information to the status information receiver. Vehicle status notification method further comprising.

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