Method and system for providing safety guidance service

• US 8,779,936 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2010
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Choi, Jeong Dan, Sohn, Sung Won, Park, Jong-Hyun, Kim, Ju Wan, Cho, Seong Ik, Jang, Byung Tae, Kim, Do Hyun, An, Kyoung Hwan, Kim, Jungsook, Sung, Kyung Bok
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieu, Julie
• Application Number:
  US12/909,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20110095904A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,363 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 340/901
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/00 Traffic control systems for road vehicles arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00 ; automatic vehicle control B62D
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0104 Measuring and analyzing of parameters relative to traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/094 Hardware aspects; Signal processing or signal properties, e.g. frequency bands
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0965 responding to signals from another vehicle, e.g. emergency vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/16 Anti-collision systems road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/164 Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A method for providing a safety guidance service from a local server to a nomadic device includes gathering information regarding surrounding conditions within a service area on a road, receiving device information from the nomadic device, which enters the service area, determining whether or not the nomadic device is placed in a situation based on the device information, and when it is recognized that the situation has happened, providing safety guidance message suitable to the situation to the nomadic device.

Claims

1. A method for providing a safety guidance service from a local server to a nomadic device, the method comprising:

gathering information regarding surrounding conditions within a service area on a road;

receiving device information from the nomadic device, which enters the service area;

determining whether or not the nomadic device is placed in a situation in which a visual field of a driver or a pedestrian is limited based on the device information;

when it is recognized that the situation has happened, providing a safety guidance message suitable to the situation to the nomadic device; and

transmitting metadata including an Usecase to the nomadic device for exchanging messages between the local server and the nomadic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein messages in the Usecase includes with types and numbers of primitive data elements to be included in the messages.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the Usecase is expressed using an extensible markup language (XML) and is described using a document type definition (DTD).

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking a terminal ID included in the device information received from the nomadic device; and

registering the nomadic device as a served device when the terminal ID is a valid terminal ID in the local server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the nomadic device is one of a vehicle-mounted terminal or a pedestrian-carried mobile terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the device information includes a terminal ID, a location, a speed, and a direction of the nomadic device.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the situation includes that the nomadic device is located at one of an intersection zone, a signal traffic zone, and a parking spot zone, and wherein the safety guidance message includes one of an intersection safety guidance message, traffic signal safety guidance message, and a parking spot safety guidance message.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

removing the terminal ID of the nomadic device from the local server when there is no reception of the device information from the nomadic device for a preset time period.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the device information and the safety guidance message are in a binary format by using an XML message template.

10. A local server for providing a safety guidance service to a nomadic device, the local server comprising:

an information gathering unit for gathering information regarding surrounding conditions within a service area on a road;

a device information gathering unit for gathering device information of the nomadic device that enters the service area;

an information database for storing the surrounding condition information and the device information of the nomadic device; and

a situation determining unit for determining whether or not the nomadic device is placed in a situation in which a visual field of a driver or a pedestrian is limited based on the device information and when it is recognized that the situation has happened, providing a safety guidance message suitable to the situation to the nomadic device with reference to the surrounding condition information,

wherein the device information gathering unit provides to the nomadic device metadata including a Usecase for exchanging messages between the local server and the nomadic device.

11. The local server of claim 10, wherein messages in the Usecase includes with types and numbers of primitive data elements to be included in the messages.

12. The local server of claim 10, wherein the Usecase is expressed using an extensible markup language (XML) and is described using a document type definition (DTD).

13. The local server of claim 10, wherein the situation includes that the nomadic device is located at one of an intersection zone, a signal traffic zone, and a parking spot zone, and the safety guidance message includes one of an intersection safety guidance message, traffic signal safety guidance message, and a parking spot safety guidance message.

14. A system for providing a safety guidance service comprising:

a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node is installed in a service area on a road and acquires information about surrounding conditions within the service area;

a nomadic device for providing device information thereof when entering the service area; and

a local server for gathering the surrounding condition information and receiving the device information from the nomadic device, determining whether or not a situation happens in which a visual field of a driver or a pedestrian is limited based on the device information and when it is recognized that the situation has happened, transmitting a safety guidance message suitable to the situation to the nomadic device with reference to the surrounding condition information,

wherein the local server provides to the nomadic device metadata including a Usecase for exchanging messages between the local server and the nomadic device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein messages in the Usecase includes with types and numbers of primitive data elements to be included in the messages.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the Usecase is expressed using an extensible markup language (XML) and is described using a document type definition (DTD).

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the situation includes that the nomadic device is located at one of an intersection zone, a signal traffic zone, and a parking spot zone, and the safety guidance message includes one of an intersection safety guidance message, traffic signal safety guidance message, and a parking spot safety guidance message.