KR20180082014A - Avn device and method for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a communication device comprising: a communication unit; Wherein the control unit determines whether at least one external terminal exists in the vehicle through the communication unit when it is detected that the vehicle is turned off, And an AVN device and a control method therefor. The AVN device and the control method thereof, when the presence of an infant terminal is detected through a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi search, The present invention provides an effect to prevent a safety accident that may occur to an infant trapped in a vehicle interior.

Description

[0001] AVN DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an AVN (Audio Video Navigation) device installed in a vehicle, and more particularly to an AVN device and its control method for informing a driver of a vehicle of an occupant remaining in a vehicle interior.

Recently, there is a problem that a driver can not find an infant who is sleeping in a bus on a bus on which a child such as a kindergarten, a daycare center, and a school is found, and a safety accident occurs to an infant left on the bus after closing the bus door .

Especially, if the infant is trapped in the bus for a long time in the hot summer weather, if the infant is trapped in the bus for a long time in suffocating or in the cold winter weather, there can be a problem that can be verbally endangered.

The present invention relates to an AVN device for determining presence or absence of a terminal such as a kids phone of an infant remaining in a vehicle interior such as a bus and notifying a driver of the infant terminal when the terminal of the infant remains in the vehicle interior for a predetermined time or longer, And a control method thereof.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention, unless further departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be possible.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an AVN apparatus comprising: a communication unit; Wherein the control unit determines whether at least one external terminal exists in the vehicle through the communication unit when it is detected that the vehicle is turned off, And a controller for performing an operation of notifying the presence of the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method of an AVN apparatus, including: a step of turning off a vehicle; Determining whether at least one external terminal exists in the current vehicle; And if the at least one external terminal is present in the vehicle as a result of the determination, notifying the presence of the at least one external terminal.

According to at least one embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, when an AVN device and its control method detects that an infant terminal exists in a vehicle interior through Bluetooth or Wi-Fi search, It is possible to prevent a safety accident that may occur to an infant trapped in a vehicle interior.

The effects obtained by 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 will be.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of an AVN apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating an infant boarding detection process in a vehicle interior according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an infant boarding process in a vehicle interior according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. Also, the terms " part, "" module," and " module ", etc. in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software have.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, parts denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the specification denote the same components.

Hereinafter, a process of detecting an infant remaining in the vehicle interior of the AVN apparatus, which can be applied to the embodiments of the present invention, will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of an AVN apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an AVN apparatus 100 installed in a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 110, a memory 120, a camera 130, an audio output unit 140 A display unit 150, an interface unit 160, and a control unit 170. The display unit 150 includes a display unit 150,

The communication unit 110 is a communication unit between the AVN apparatus 100 and the AVN apparatus 100 and the mobile communication system or between the AVN apparatus 100 and the external terminal or between the AVN apparatus 100 and the network And may include one or more modules that enable wireless communication.

The communication unit 110 may include at least one of a Bluetooth module 111, a Wi-Fi module 112, a mobile communication module 113, a broadcast reception module 114, and a location acquisition module 115.

First, referring to the communication unit 110, the Bluetooth module 111 of the communication unit 110 can communicate with an external terminal worn or carried by an infant located in a vehicle interior through a near-silent private communication network to exchange data have.

Here, the external terminal, which is worn or carried by an infant located in the interior of the vehicle, may be a smart watch or a smart phone, which is a wearable device capable of exchanging data with the AVN apparatus 100 according to the present invention .

The Bluetooth module 111 can search for a wearable device capable of communicating with the AVN device 100 in the vicinity of the AVN device 100 and further the AVN device 100 can search the wearable device in accordance with the present invention In the case of a device authenticated to communicate with the AVN device 100, at least a part of the data processed in the AVN device 100 may be transmitted to the external terminal of the infant through the Bluetooth module 111, Data can be received.

At this time, the Bluetooth module 111 can recognize one or more external terminals located in the vehicle and the number of external terminals currently located in the vehicle.

The Wi-Fi module 112 is a module for connecting a wireless Internet network formed in a vehicle, and is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in a communication network according to wireless Internet technologies.

At this time, the WiFi module 112 may search one or more external terminals connected to the wireless Internet network formed inside the vehicle, and recognize the number of external terminals currently located in the vehicle.

The mobile communication module 113 may be a mobile communication module or a mobile communication module that can be used in a mobile communication system such as a mobile communication system or a mobile communication system using technology standards or a communication method (for example, Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), Code Division Multi Access (CDMA), Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) Packet Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), etc.) to / from a base station, an external terminal, and a server.

The broadcast receiving module 114 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel.

The position acquiring module 115 is a module for acquiring the position (or current position) of the AVN apparatus 100 installed in the vehicle. As a representative example thereof, there is a GPS (Global Positioning System) module, The position of the AVN apparatus 100 can be obtained using a signal transmitted from the GPS satellite.

The memory 120 may store a program for the operation of the controller 170, and may store data input / output with respect to the vehicle.

The memory 120 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, an SD or XD memory A random access memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM) A magnetic disk, a magnetic disk, a magnetic disk, and / or an optical disk.

At least one camera 130 is installed in the interior of the vehicle, and photographs at least one space of the front, rear, and interior of the vehicle. At this time, the camera 130 may be incorporated in the AVN apparatus 100 or a camera of a black box installed in the vehicle.

The audio output unit 140 can output audio data received from the outside or stored in the memory 120 in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a media output mode (broadcast, music, moving picture,

The sound output unit 140 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and a car crash.

The display unit 150 displays various road information, POI information, map information, various kinds of vehicle information (e.g., speed, gear number, fuel amount, fuel consumption, tire air pressure, etc.) And displays the map of the current area and the location of the vehicle and the navigation information to the destination in relation to the navigation.

In addition, the display unit 150 may be formed as a touch screen including a touch sensor, and may sense a touch performed on the touch screen by the user.

The touch sensor senses a touch (or touch input) applied to the touch screen 150 using at least one of various touch methods such as a resistance film type, a capacitive type, an infrared type, an ultrasonic type, and a magnetic field type.

For example, the touch sensor 150 may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the touch screen 150 and a capacitance generated in a specific portion into an electrical input signal.

The touch sensor 150 may be configured to detect a position, an area, a pressure at the time of touch, etc. of a touch object to be touched on the touch screen 150 on the touch sensor. Here, the touch object may be a finger, a touch pen, a stylus pen, a pointer, or the like as an object to which a touch is applied to the touch sensor.

Thus, when there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and transmits the corresponding data to the controller 170.

Thus, the controller 170 can recognize which area of the touch screen 150 is touched or the like. Here, the touch controller may be a separate component from the controller 170, and may be the controller 180 itself.

Meanwhile, the controller 170 may perform different controls or perform the same control according to the type of the touch object to be touched by the touch screen 150. Whether to perform different controls or to perform the same control according to the type of the touch object can be determined according to the operation state of the current AVN apparatus 100 or an application program being executed.

The interface unit 160 receives the vehicle-related data from the vehicle or supplies power to each component in the AVN apparatus 100, For example, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, an audio I / O port, a video I / O port An input / output port, an earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 160.

The control unit 170 controls the overall operation of the AVN apparatus 100 and receives a signal indicating that the vehicle is turned off via the interface unit 160 according to the present invention, The presence or absence of at least one external terminal in the vehicle is determined through the communication unit 110. If the at least one external terminal exists in the vehicle at present, Can be performed.

Hereinafter, a process of detecting an infant remaining in a vehicle interior of the control unit 170 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an infant boarding detection process in a vehicle interior according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an infant boarding process in a vehicle interior according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3, the control unit 170 stores at least one external terminal already located in the vehicle in advance when the start of the first vehicle is turned on, and then, when the start of the vehicle is turned off, It is possible to determine whether the device corresponding to at least one external terminal is currently located inside the vehicle so as to determine whether the infant is currently in the vehicle.

That is, the control unit 170 controls the door (not shown) of the vehicle 200 after the start of the vehicle 200 is turned on based on a signal indicating the state of the vehicle 200 received through the interface unit 160 at least one external terminal located in the interior of the vehicle 200 via the Bluetooth module 111 and / or the Wi-Fi module 112 when at least one child is unlocked (S200) [Fig. 3 (a)], until the vehicle 200 travels and the door is locked. For example, the control unit 170 may perform periodic searching on a minute-by-minute basis.

At this time, when the controller 170 detects at least one external terminal 210, 220, 230 capable of Bluetooth connection in the vehicle 200 through the Bluetooth module 111 of the communication unit 110, 220, and 230 are present in the at least one external terminal.

The control unit 170 controls the at least one external terminal 210 and 220 in a Wi-Fi communication network for wireless Internet connection formed in the vehicle 200 through the Wi-Fi module 112 of the communication unit 110. [ 230 and 230 are connected to each other, it can be determined that the at least one external terminal 210, 220, 230 exists in the current vehicle 200.

The control unit 170 stores the list including at least one external terminal 210, 220, and 230 periodically searched in the memory 120 (S300).

At this time, the control unit 170 can transmit a message including the list to at least one preset contact through the communication unit 110. [ In one example, the at least one contact is a contact of a kindergarten teacher who manages at least one infant wearing or holding at least one external terminal contained in the list, or a contact of parents of each of the at least one infant, It may be the contact of the driver of the vehicle.

Next, based on a signal indicating the state of the vehicle received through the interface unit 160, the control unit 170 stops the vehicle while the vehicle is running, and after the door of the vehicle is unlocked, If it is detected at step S400 that at least one external terminal 210 located in the interior of the vehicle 200 is connected to the Bluetooth module 111 and / or the Wi-Fi module 112, Periodically [S500].

The control unit 170 determines whether at least one external terminal 210 periodically searched exists in the stored list (S600). If the external terminal 210 exists, It is determined that at least one infant wearing or holding the searched at least one external terminal 210 remains and an operation is performed to notify the fact that the infant is presently present in the vehicle 200 [ ].

For example, when at least one external terminal 210 searched for is located within the vehicle 200 for a predetermined period of time, the control unit 170 displays information indicating that a child exists in the current vehicle 200, 150 to notify the driver of the vehicle 200 that the infant remains in the current vehicle.

The information may include a telephone number of the external terminal 210 present in the current vehicle 200, a name of a child having or wearing the external terminal 210, and a parent contact of the child, 170 may call the external terminal 210 corresponding to the selected information or call the parent contact of the infant when the information is selected.

Alternatively, when the at least one external terminal 210 searched for is located within the vehicle 200 for a predetermined time or longer, the control unit 170 displays a voice or sound indicating that a child exists in the current vehicle 200 The output unit 140 outputs an audible sound so that the infant remaining in the vehicle 200 or the infant remaining in the vehicle 200 is present in the vehicle 200 to the driver of the vehicle 200, Can be informed. At this time, the sound may include at least one of an effect sound, a warning sound, or a vehicle crack sound output sound.

If the at least one external terminal 210 searched continuously for a predetermined time or longer in the vehicle 200 as shown in FIG. 3C, the control unit 170 determines that a child exists in the current vehicle 200 A message 310 including a text for notifying the presence of a child in the current vehicle is transmitted to the contact of the terminal 300 of the driver of the vehicle or the contact of the parent of the infant through the communication unit 110 .

The control unit 170 may photograph the indoor video through the camera 130 and may include the photographed image in the message 310 so as to transmit the photographed image to the contact of the driver terminal 300 or the corresponding parent contact. At this time, the photographed image may be either a photograph or a moving image.

If at least one external terminal is searched for in the vehicle 200 but the at least one external terminal is not included in the stored list as a result of the search, It may be determined that another terminal located in the vicinity of the non-vehicle 200 is searched and the notification operation may not be performed.

If at least one external terminal is searched for in the vehicle 200 but the at least one external terminal is not included in the stored list as a result of the search, A thief or a driver who is not intended by the driver may photograph the vehicle indoor image through the camera 130 and may transmit the photographed image to the driver's contact by including it in the message.

At this time, the driver's terminal 300 and the present AVN apparatus 100 are communicated with each other, and the AVN apparatus 100 is controlled according to a command input from the driver's terminal 300 through the communication unit 110 And the driver reports the indoor video image in the received message 310 to the terminal 300. If there is an infant or an unintentional passenger such as a thief in the vehicle, So that the device 100 can output a warning sound.

The present invention described above can be embodied as computer-readable codes on a medium on which a program is recorded. The computer readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer readable medium include a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state disk (SSD), a silicon disk drive (SDD), a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, , And may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet).

Accordingly, the above description should not be construed in a limiting sense in all respects and should be considered illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by rational interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the scope of equivalents of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

100: AVN apparatus 110: communication unit
120: memory 130: camera
140: Acoustic output unit 150:
160: interface unit 170: control unit

Claims (16)

In an AVN apparatus of a vehicle,
A communication unit; And
If it is detected that the start of the vehicle is turned off, it is determined whether at least one external terminal exists in the current vehicle through the communication unit. If it is determined that the at least one external terminal exists in the current vehicle And a controller for performing an operation of notifying the existence of the AVN apparatus. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the communication unit searches for at least one external terminal capable of Bluetooth connection in the vehicle,
Wherein the control unit determines that the at least one external terminal is present in the vehicle when the at least one external terminal is searched through the communication unit. The method according to claim 1,
The communication unit provides a Wi-Fi communication network for wireless Internet access inside the vehicle,
Wherein the control unit determines that the at least one external terminal is present in the vehicle when the at least one external terminal is connected to the Wi-Fi communication network. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit searches for at least one external terminal existing in the vehicle through the communication unit when the vehicle is initially turned on and stores a list of the at least one external terminal searched, The AVN apparatus judges whether or not at least one external terminal included in the list is present in the vehicle. The method according to claim 1,
And a display unit,
Wherein the control unit displays on the display unit information indicating that the at least one external terminal is present if at least one external terminal existing in the vehicle continues to be located in the vehicle for a predetermined time or longer. The method according to claim 1,
And an audio output unit,
Wherein the control unit controls the sound output unit to output a sound or a sound indicating that the at least one external terminal is present when at least one external terminal existing in the vehicle continues to be located in the vehicle for a predetermined time or longer, AVN device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit controls the communication unit to transmit a message including a text indicating that there is a user of the at least one external terminal to the driver terminal of the vehicle registered in advance. 8. The method of claim 7,
And a camera for photographing the interior of the vehicle,
Wherein the control unit controls to transmit the vehicle indoor image photographed through the camera in the message. A method of controlling an AVN apparatus of a vehicle,
The step of turning off the vehicle;
Determining whether at least one external terminal exists in the current vehicle; And
And if the at least one external terminal is present in the vehicle, performing an operation of informing the existence of the at least one external terminal. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the determining step determines that the at least one external terminal is currently present in the vehicle when at least one external terminal capable of Bluetooth connection is searched in the vehicle. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the determining step determines that the at least one external terminal is present in the vehicle if at least one external terminal is connected to a Wi-Fi communication network for wireless Internet access provided inside the vehicle, Control method of AVN device. 10. The method of claim 9,
When the vehicle is initially turned on, searching for at least one external terminal present in the vehicle; And
Further comprising: storing a list of the searched at least one external terminal,
Wherein the determining step determines whether at least one external terminal included in the list is present in the vehicle when the vehicle is turned off. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the performing step displays information informing that the at least one external terminal is present if at least one external terminal existing in the vehicle continues to be located in the vehicle for a predetermined time or longer. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the performing step comprises outputting a voice or a sound indicating that the at least one external terminal is present if at least one external terminal existing in the vehicle continues to be located in the vehicle for a predetermined time or longer . 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the performing step transmits a message including a text indicating that a user of the at least one external terminal is present to the driver terminal of the vehicle registered in advance. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the step of performing includes transmitting a vehicle indoor image photographed through a camera installed in the vehicle interior to the message.

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