Apparatus and Method for Transmitting/Identifying Location Based on Local Communication

• US 20100033343A1
• Filed: 11/07/2007
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Sang-Uk, Joo, In-One, Kim, Jae-Hoon
• Granted Patent: US 8,570,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/825.490
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

Provided are an apparatus and method for transmitting/identifying a location based on local communication. The apparatus, includes: a location information calculating unit for receiving a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal from a GPS satellite and calculating location information; own location transmitting unit for transmitting a signal, in which the calculated location information and recognition information are inserted, through a local communication antenna; a counterpart location receiving unit for receiving a signal transmitted from another location transmitting/identifying apparatus located in a close range through the local communication antenna; and a counterpart location identifying unit for checking the received signal and identifying a location of another location transmitting/identifying apparatus.

Claims

1. An apparatus for transmitting/identifying a location of a close object based on local communication, comprising:

a location information calculating means for receiving a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal from a GPS satellite and calculating location information;

own location transmitting means for transmitting a signal, in which the calculated location information and recognition information are inserted, through a local communication antenna;

a counterpart location receiving means for receiving a signal transmitted from another location transmitting/identifying apparatus located in a close range through the local communication antenna; and

a counterpart location identifying means for checking the received signal and identifying a location of another location transmitting/identifying apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a location output means for outputting the identified counterpart location on a digital map.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a storing means for storing a name, a telephone number, and a vehicle registration number corresponding to the recognition information,

where the counterpart location identifying means outputs the location of the counterpart location transmitting/identifying apparatus, and the name, the telephone number, and the vehicle registration number corresponding to the recognition information on a digital map among the information stored in the storing means by checking the signal transmitted from counterpart location receiving means.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein own location transmitting means transmits location information of the GPS satellite through the local communication antenna.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the location information of the GPS satellite includes orbit information and almanac information of the GPS satellite.

6. A method for transmitting/identifying a location of a close object based on local communication, comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal from a GPS satellite and calculating location information;

b) transmitting a signal, in which the calculated location information and recognition information are inserted, through a local communication antenna;

c) receiving a signal transmitted from another location transmitting/identifying apparatus located in a close range through the local communication antenna; and

d) checking the received signal and identifying a location of another location transmitting/identifying apparatus.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of:

e) outputting the identified counterpart location on a digital map.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of:

f) storing information on a name, a telephone number, and a vehicle registration number corresponding to the recognition information in a storing means,

where in the step e), the location of the counterpart location transmitting/identifying apparatus, and the name, the telephone number, and the vehicle registration number corresponding to the recognition information are are outputted on the map.

9. The method of claim 6, in the step b), the location information of the GPS satellite is transmitted through the local communication antenna.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the location information of the GPS satellite includes orbit information and almanac information of the GPS satellite.