WO2015064783A1

WO2015064783A1 - Vehicle control system using nfc

Info

Publication number: WO2015064783A1
Application number: PCT/KR2013/009767
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김성태
Original assignee: 김성태
Priority date: 2013-10-31
Filing date: 2013-10-31
Publication date: 2015-05-07

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle control system using NFC, which comprises: a user terminal including an NFC reader, a field operation application, and a GPS reception unit; and a terminal cradling stand which has an NFC tag having driver identification information and is installed in a vehicle to cradle the user terminal, wherein, when the NFC reader reads the driver identification information of the NFC tag while the user terminal is cradled on the terminal cradle, the field operation application transmits GPS information received through the GPS reception unit, and when the NFC reader cannot recognize the NFC tag while the user terminal is separated from the terminal cradle, the field operation application stops transmitting the GPS information. Accordingly, a function of an MDT terminal is implemented by an application, thereby conducting a control of a vehicle with low costs and protecting privacy according to the moved location of a terminal.

Description

Vehicle control system using NC

The present invention relates to a vehicle control system using NFC, and more particularly, to implement a vehicle control at low cost by implementing the functions of the existing MDT terminal in an application on a smartphone, NFC can enable privacy protection according to the mobile location of the terminal It relates to a vehicle control system using.

The development of mobile communication technology and the rapid increase in the penetration rate of mobile communication terminals are further promoting the development of various industrial environments. For example, there is a location-based service using a mobile communication terminal, which has been spotlighted for its wide availability and convenience by identifying the location of the mobile communication terminal and providing additional information related to the identified location. In particular, location-based services are used in conjunction with geographic information systems and used in vehicle navigation and logistics control, such as traffic, and the mobile communication terminal used in vehicle navigation and logistics control generally uses MDT terminals. Korean Patent Publication No. 2002-008990 (published Feb. 01, 2002, logistics control system using satellite position tracking device and method therefor) uses MDT terminal and MDT terminal with GPS receiver. The present invention discloses a logistics system for accessing a mobile communication network, providing location information, reducing system costs, and increasing operational effects.

By the way, the MDT terminal can check the real-time location in the control system, but the terminal is expensive, there is a problem that a separate terminal usage fee is charged in that the CDMA communication.

In addition, the MDT terminal can be replaced with the MDT terminal by installing an application that can use the control system on a user terminal with a high penetration rate such as a smart phone, PDA, or tablet PC, but the user terminal is directly carried as described above. When applied to, since the GPS information is continuously sent, the location of the logistics driver carrying the user terminal as described above has had a problem in protecting privacy.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is to enable the vehicle logistics control using a geographic information system at low cost in place of the MDT terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to transmit and receive information on the position information and the logistics processing state for the vehicle, and also to enable the privacy of the driver carrying the terminal.

Embodiments related to the present invention basically include a user terminal having an NFC reader, an on-site application, and a GPS receiver; An NFC tag having driver identification information is installed, and is installed in a vehicle and includes a terminal holder on which the user terminal is mounted; The field operation application transmits the GPS information received through the GPS receiver when the user terminal is mounted on the terminal holder and the NFC reader reads the driver identification information of the NFC tag. When the NFC reader is separated from the terminal holder does not recognize the NFC tag, it is based on the implementation to stop the transmission of the GPS information.

According to the present invention according to the configuration as described above can be used to operate the control system at low cost by replacing the function of the conventional MDT terminal by installing a field operation application in a terminal such as a smart phone with a high degree of dissemination.

In addition, the field operation application is driven only in the terminal holder attached to the NFC can protect the privacy of the engineer responsible for the logistics process.

In addition, since the position of the vehicle can be grasped according to the reading of NFC, it is easier to measure fuel efficiency and manage dispatch.

1 is a view for explaining a user terminal and a terminal holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view for explaining the configuration of the user terminal and the terminal holder of FIG.

3 is a schematic diagram of a vehicle control system using NFC according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a main server and a backup server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 and 6 are flowcharts illustrating a transmission / reception operation between a user terminal and a main server.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal having an NFC reader, field operation application and GPS receiver; An NFC tag having driver identification information is installed, and is installed in a vehicle and includes a terminal holder on which the user terminal is mounted; The field operation application transmits the GPS information received through the GPS receiver when the user terminal is mounted on the terminal holder and the NFC reader reads the driver identification information of the NFC tag. When the NFC reader is separated from the terminal holder does not recognize the NFC tag, the transmission of the GPS information may be stopped.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus may further include a main server configured to receive the GPS information from the user terminal and to process information about the vehicle based on the received GPS information.

In one embodiment, the field operation application is provided to be executable independently, regardless of whether the driver identification information reading; The GPS information may be transmitted to the main server only when the driver identification information is read through the NFC reader while the field operation application is executed.

In one embodiment, the field operation application further includes time information when transmitting the GPS information; The main server may generate vehicle driving information including any one of a vehicle driving distance, a driving speed, and fuel economy based on the GPS information and the time information.

In one embodiment, the terminal cradle may include a status display unit indicating an operation state of the field operation application and / or a communication state between the user terminal and the main server.

In one embodiment, the main server includes a database that stores information on the hourly vehicle location and the hourly logistics processing status; A mobile server connected to a communication network supporting the user terminal and processing the GPS information, the time information, and the logistic processing state transmitted from the user terminal and storing in the database; And a second user terminal for inputting a view of data and a state of logistics processing by referring to the database.

In one embodiment, further comprising a backup server to assist the main server; Data stored in the database of the main server may be stored together with the backup server.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described embodiments of the present invention;

The present invention is to provide a location information through the user terminal 110 to control the vehicle, and to enable privacy protection according to the movement position of the terminal, the vehicle control system using NFC according to the present invention is the user terminal 110 And, the terminal holder 120 is included.

1 is a view for explaining the user terminal and the terminal holder according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a view for explaining the configuration of the user terminal and the terminal holder of FIG. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the terminal holder 120 includes a speaker 121, a lamp 122, a power supply unit, and an NFC tag 130.

The terminal holder 120 is installed in the vehicle so that the user terminal 110 is mounted. And, the terminal cradle 120 is installed NFC tag 130, the terminal cradle 120 at a position corresponding to the back of the user terminal 110 mounted to facilitate contact with the NFC reader 130 of the user terminal 110 ) Is attached.

In addition, the terminal holder 120 is provided with a status display unit indicating the operating state of the field operation application 112 and / or the communication state between the user terminal 110 and the main server 310 and the status display unit LED lamp 122 and The speaker 121 is taken as an example.

The LED lamp 122 turns on lamps 122 of different colors depending on whether there is an abnormal state of connection with the user terminal 110 and the main server 310, and the speaker 121 generates a warning sound to the driver of the vehicle. Provides information about the operation.

Here, the user terminal 110 may be a smart phone, a PDA, a tablet PC, etc. capable of running the field operation application 112, the present invention is not limited to the smart phone as an example.

Naturally, the user terminal 110 is provided with a configuration for transmitting / receiving data by accessing a communication network, and includes a NFC reader 130, an on-site operating application 112, and a GPS receiver 111 as a configuration for the present invention. do.

NFC reader 130 reads the information recorded in the NFC tag 130 installed on the terminal holder (120). In addition, the NFC tag 130 operates to read the NFC tag 130 at regular intervals according to the execution of the field operation application 112, the operation of the NFC reader 130 will be described later.

The GPS receiver 111 functions to provide the location of the user terminal 110 based on the geographic information provided by the satellite. In some cases, it is possible to estimate the location using 3G / 4G / Wi-Fi signals.

The NFC tag 130 includes driver identification information. Here, the driver identification information inputs an identification element such as an ID to identify a driver in a company that performs a control service. The driver identification information includes a driver's personal information and a vehicle number. After the driver identification information is read through the NFC reader 130, the driver identification information is transmitted to the main server 310 of the control center 300 to check whether or not the target specified by the company performing the control service. When the driver identification information does not match, a warning sound may be generated through the speaker 121.

In the present invention, the field operation application 112 is a user terminal 110 is mounted on the terminal holder 120 when the NFC reader 130 reads the driver identification information of the NFC tag 130, GPS receiver The GPS information received through 111 is transmitted. In addition, when the user terminal 110 is separated from the terminal holder 120 and the NFC reader 130 does not recognize the NFC tag 130, the transmission of the GPS information is stopped.

This is because when the user is moving while walking and walking with the user terminal 110 in a stopped state, even when a personal movement occurs, the user terminal 110 continuously transmits GPS information so that the actual vehicle information is not accurate. This is to solve the problem of personal privacy being infringed.

NFC is a contactless near field communication standard using a frequency band of 13.56 MHz, and typically operates at a close range of 10 cm. Therefore, the recognition of the NFC tag 130 of the NFC reader 130 is recognized when the user terminal 110 is mounted on the terminal holder 120, when the user terminal 110 is separated from the terminal holder 120 , Reading the NFC tag 130 is stopped. Using this, the field operation application 112 transmits the received GPS information when the NFC tag 130 is recognized from the NFC reader 130, and blocks the GPS information transmission when the NFC tag 130 is stopped. Is programmed to.

On the other hand, the field operation application 112 is provided to be executed independently irrespective of whether the driver identification information reading, the received GPS information is the NFC reader 130 in the state that the field operation application 112 is executed Only when the driver identification information is read through the main server 310 is transmitted.

The field operation application 112 installed in the user terminal 110 updates the state by inputting the processed information about the logistics processing state in addition to the transmission of the GPS information, or the process input to the main server 310 by the control center 300. Received information. When the logistics processing is completed, the processing status is changed and the changed information is transmitted to the main server 310 so that the control center 300 can grasp the real time processing status. And, when receiving information on the newly input dispatch and logistics, etc. in the control center 300 to receive regardless of the position of the user terminal 110, the article of the field quickly provides information provided by the control center 300 You can check it.

That is, the field operation application 112 is always transmitted / received data on the logistic processing state between the user terminal 110 and the main server 310 independently from the position of the user terminal 110 from execution to after termination. GPS information is transmitted and received only when reading of the NFC tag 130 is possible.

With this configuration, it is possible to quickly check the status of the real-time logistics processing and at the same time protect privacy according to the location information of the article.

On the other hand, when the field operation application 112 transmits the GPS information, and further includes time information and transmits the main server 310 based on the GPS information and the time information of the vehicle driving distance, driving speed, fuel economy, which The vehicle driving information including one is generated.

Accordingly, it is possible to generate the driving distance, driving speed and fuel economy of the vehicle through the position and time information included in the GPS information, which can be applied to the dispatch time, driving time management, etc., which is effective for the operation of the control system.

3 is a schematic diagram of a vehicle control system using NFC according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a view for explaining a main server and a backup server according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the control system is operated while communicating between the vehicle and the main server 310 in which the user terminal 110 is mounted on the terminal holder 120 installed in the vehicle.

The main server 310 is provided in the control center 300 to access and transmit / receive data from the user terminal 110, as well as to access and control the logistics through the operation PC and the second user terminal 400 from the customer. It is also possible to view some information such as the processing status.

Here, the main server 310 includes a database, a mobile server 311, a web server 312, the database stores information about the hourly vehicle location and the hourly logistics processing status.

The mobile server 311 is connected to a communication network supporting the user terminal 110 to process GPS information, time information, and logistics processing state transmitted from the user terminal 110 and store the same in the database.

The web server 312 provides a connection of the second user terminal 400 for inputting the data viewing and logistics processing status with reference to the database. Through the second user terminal 400 including a desktop or a wired or wireless terminal, the location information of the registered vehicles may be checked and used to operate the control system.

Meanwhile, the control center 300 further includes a backup server 320. The backup server 320 is further configured to store the data stored in the database of the main server 310 together, so that it can be utilized as the main server 310 in an emergency and is configured to prevent the loss of data.

Hereinafter, the operation between the user terminal 110 and the main server 310 including the reading of the NFC tag 130 will be described.

5 and 6 are flowcharts illustrating a transmission / reception operation between the user terminal and the main server 310. Specifically, FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the field operation application 112 to transmit / receive logistics processing information between the user terminal and the main server 310. Referring to FIG. 5, the step S50 of accessing the main server 310 by executing the field operation application 112 is performed. When connected to the main server 310 has a user authentication step (S51). The user authentication step (S51) transmits the driver identification information stored in the NFC tag 130 recognized from the NFC reader 130 to the main server 310 through the field operation application 112 and registered in the control center 300 The identification information determines whether the information stored in the NFC tag 130 matches. If the driver identification number does not match, an alarm is generated (S53), or confirmation is required, or the control center 300 confirms that there is a mismatch.

When the driver identification number stored in the NFC tag 130 is matched, the logistics information is transmitted / received in the user terminal 110 to input the updated content, or the updated content to the main server 310 of the control center 300 It checks the received data at regular intervals to check and sends / receives the logistics processing information.

Here, the logistics processing information is always performed until the field operation application 112 ends (S54), regardless of whether the NFC tag 130, which will be described later, proceeds independently.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of transmitting GPS information between the user terminal and the main server 310. By executing the application, the process of the control center 300 connection (S60), user authentication (S61), and alarm generation (S63) is the same as the transmission / reception of the above-described logistics processing information, and thus will be omitted.

Transmitting the GPS information (S64) proceeds only when the NFC tag 130 is read (S62). As described above, the NFC tag 130 may be read at a distance of about 10 cm. In the present invention, the NFC tag reading determining step S62 is performed according to the state in which the user terminal 110 is mounted on the terminal holder 120. When the NFC tag 130 is read, the GPS information is transmitted to the main server 310 (S64). And the field operation application 112 determines whether the NFC tag 130 is continuously read (S65). To this end, the field operation application 112 is set to operate the NFC reader 130 at regular intervals. When the NFC reader 130 operates at regular intervals, when the NFC tag 130 is not read, the user terminal 110 is identified as being separated from the terminal holder 120 and blocks the GPS information transmission (S66). do.

If the GPS information transmission is normally terminated when the blocking (S66) is generated from exiting the field operation application 112, it is determined whether or not according to the simple movement of the driver (S67). If the field operation application 112 is not terminated, the NFC tag 130 is ready to read, that is, until the user terminal 110 is mounted on the terminal cradle 120 again, waiting for GPS information transmission. As described above, even if the GPS information transmission is blocked, the transmission / reception of the logistics processing state is independently performed regardless of whether the NFC tag 130 is read.

In this way, the information on the logistics processing state is processed in real time, it is possible to accurately calculate the driving and location information for the vehicle, and also to protect the privacy of the site operators.

Although some embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the embodiment without departing from the spirit or spirit of the invention. . It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.

The present invention can be used in a vehicle or logistics control system requiring location information.

Claims

A user terminal having an NFC reader, an on-site application and a GPS receiver;

An NFC tag having driver identification information is installed, and is installed in a vehicle and includes a terminal holder on which the user terminal is mounted;

The field operation application is

When the user terminal is mounted on the terminal holder and the NFC reader reads the driver identification information of the NFC tag, transmits the GPS information received through the GPS receiver,

When the user terminal is separated from the terminal holder and the NFC reader does not recognize the NFC tag, the vehicle control system using NFC, characterized in that to stop the transmission of the GPS information.
The method of claim 1,

Receiving the GPS information from the user terminal, the vehicle control system using NFC, characterized in that it further comprises a main server for processing information about the vehicle based on the received GPS information.
The method of claim 2,

The field operation application may be provided to be executed independently regardless of whether the driver identification information is read;

The GPS information is a vehicle control system using NFC, characterized in that transmitted only to the main server when the driver identification information is read through the NFC reader in the field operation application is running.
The method of claim 2,

The field operation application further includes time information when transmitting the GPS information;

The main server is a vehicle control system using NFC, characterized in that for generating vehicle driving information including any one of the vehicle driving distance, driving speed, fuel economy based on the GPS information and the time information.
The method of claim 2,

The terminal cradle, the vehicle control system using NFC, characterized in that it comprises a status display unit indicating the operating state of the field operation application and / or the user terminal and the communication state of the main server.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The main server

A database in which information on vehicle position and hourly logistics processing status is stored;

A mobile server connected to a communication network supporting the user terminal and processing the GPS information, the time information, and the logistic processing state transmitted from the user terminal and storing in the database; And

And a web server providing a connection of a second user terminal to input a view of data and a logistic processing state with reference to the database.
The method of claim 6,

The control center further comprises a backup server;

Data stored in the database of the main server vehicle control system using NFC, characterized in that also stored in the backup server.