CN101334465A - Positioning system for moving object and object carrying unit thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for locating a moving object, comprising: the device comprises an object carrying unit arranged on the moving object and a communicator operated by a user to receive signals transmitted by the object carrying unit. The object carrying unit is provided with a satellite positioning module, a processing module for processing data output by the satellite positioning module, a detection module for detecting the abnormal state of the moving object, and a first wireless communication module for transmitting the data in the processing module to the communicator. The processing module of the object carrying unit is used for processing the positioning data received by the satellite positioning module and directly transmitting the warning signal of the detection module to the communicator of the user through the first wireless communication module without transmitting information to the communicator through a third party, so that the problem of personal information or personal track leakage can be avoided, personal privacy and data confidentiality can be guaranteed, and the position of a moving object can be monitored at any time.

Description

Positioning system for moving objects and its object-carrying unit

technical field

The invention relates to a positioning system, in particular to a positioning system installed on a moving object.

Background technique

At present, in the anti-theft system of the vehicle, some will be combined with the satellite positioning system for the owner to know the position of the vehicle at any time. In the above-mentioned anti-theft system, a vehicle-mounted device that can receive satellite positioning signals and detect the state of the vehicle is mounted on the vehicle. And a servo base station, when the vehicle-mounted device receives the satellite positioning signal, it immediately decodes a longitude and latitude coordinate value, and transmits the longitude and latitude coordinate value to the servo base station for future reference. When the vehicle-mounted device detects that the vehicle has been invaded or towed or other abnormal conditions, the servo base station will immediately notify the owner of the current vehicle status by phone, so that the owner can deal with emergencies.

However, in the above-mentioned security system, the detailed data and communication methods of the car owner need to be accessed in the servo base station, so that the servo base station can be used at any time. Therefore, once the servo base station is invaded by criminals, the car owner's data may be leaked, and the vehicle location It is also monitored by criminals at any time, and the safety of personal privacy and confidentiality cannot be guaranteed at all.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a positioning system that can guarantee personal privacy and data confidentiality and can monitor the position of moving objects at any time.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an object carrying unit of the above mobile object positioning system.

The positioning system of the mobile object of the present invention is characterized in that the positioning system includes: an object carrying unit installed on the moving object, and a communicator operated by a user to receive the signal transmitted by the object carrying unit.

The object-carrying unit has a satellite positioning module, a processing module for processing the data of the satellite positioning module, a detection module for detecting the abnormal state of the moving object, and a data in the processing module are sent to the The first wireless communication module of the communicator.

The satellite positioning module has a receiving antenna for receiving satellite transmission signals, and a decoder for decoding satellite transmission signals and outputting a positioning data. The processing module has a storage medium which receives and stores the positioning data output by the decoder, and a central processing unit which processes the positioning data in the storage medium and outputs geographic information. The geographic information includes the geographic location of the mobile object. The detection module outputs a warning message to the storage medium of the processing module when the state of the moving object is abnormal. The first wireless communication module transmits and outputs the geographic information and warning information by means of wireless transmission.

The communicator receives geographical information and warning information transmitted by the first wireless communication module, and the communicator can send a return signal to the first wireless communication module to notify the processing module to activate the satellite positioning module to update the positioning The data can also selectively enable and disable the operation of the detection module according to the user's operation.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are: after comparing the positioning data received by the satellite positioning module into geographical information by the processing module of the object-carrying unit, the first wireless communication module directly transmits it to the user's communicator In addition, the warning signal of the detection module is also directly transmitted to the communicator by the first wireless communication module, and the transmission of information does not need to be connected to the communicator through a third party, which can avoid the leakage of personal information or personal whereabouts to protect personal privacy and data confidentiality and to monitor the location of moving objects at any time.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the first preferred embodiment of the positioning system of the mobile object of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the first preferred embodiment, and illustrates a detailed overall structure of an object carrying unit;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, to illustrate various databases in the memory medium of a processing module;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a second preferred embodiment of the positioning system for moving objects of the present invention; and

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of the second preferred embodiment, and illustrates the overall structure of an object carrying unit.

Detailed ways

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment the present invention is described in detail:

Referring to Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, the first preferred embodiment of the positioning system of the moving object of the present invention is suitable for loading on the moving object 2, and the positioning system includes a sensor mounted on the moving object 2 to sense An object-carrying unit 3 for measuring the state of the moving object 2, a position indicator 4 that can be installed in the moving object 2 to display information about the object-carrying unit 3, and a communicator 5 operated by the user. In this embodiment, the position indicator 4 is a personal digital assistant (PDA) that can be carried by the user and can be easily installed on the mobile object 2, and the communicator 5 is the wireless mobile phone of the user. In addition, in this embodiment, the mobile object 2 is an automobile as an example for illustration, but it can also be applied to other transportation vehicles or goods in transportation during actual implementation, so that users can understand the status of the mobile object 2 at any time. status and location.

The object-carrying unit 3 has a satellite positioning module 31, a processing module 32 capable of receiving and processing signals from the satellite positioning module 31, a detection module 33 for detecting the abnormal state of the moving object 2, and a transmitting and receiving information A first wireless communication module 34 to the communicator 5, a second wireless communication module 35 that transmits information to the position display 4, a camera module 36 that captures images around the moving object 2, and a help module 37 for emergency calls , and a speaker module 39 that can dial out information in voice mode.

The satellite positioning module 31 has a receiving antenna 311 for receiving transmission signals from a plurality of satellites 310 , and a decoder 312 for decoding the transmission signals of the satellites 310 and outputting a positioning data 313 . In this embodiment, the positioning data 313 is the latitude and longitude coordinates of the location of the mobile object 2 .

The processing module 32 has a storage medium 321 for receiving and storing the positioning data 313 output by the decoder 312 , and a central processing unit 322 for processing the data in the storage medium 321 . In this embodiment, the storage medium 321 of the processing module 32 has a map database 323 for storing map data, a communication database 325 for storing emergency contact numbers, a geographical information database 326, a warning database 327, and an image database 328. The central processing unit 322 compares the positioning data 313 transmitted by the satellite positioning module 31 with the data in the map database 323 to obtain the exact geographic location, and uses the voice file of the geographic location in the geographic information library 326 output. That is to say, in the present embodiment, the geographical information database 326 is to store related voice files that include the area name, street name or road name of the mobile object 2, but it can also store related text files in implementation, and it does not need to be used in implementation. The file type of geographic information is limited. In addition, the above-mentioned comparison technique is not a feature of the present invention, and will not be further described below, and the implementation is not limited to the comparison method.

The detection module 33 is used to detect the state of the moving object 2 and output a warning message to the warning database 327 of the storage medium 321 when the state is abnormal. The detection module 33 has a thermal sensor 331 for detecting the temperature in the moving object 2, an intrusion sensor 332 for detecting whether people or objects intrude into the moving object 2, and a detection sensor 332 for detecting whether there is a A smoke detector 333 for smoke, and a vibration sensor 334 for detecting whether the moving object 2 is moved or shaken. In this embodiment, the detection module 33 with a heat sensor 331, an intrusion sensor 332, a smoke detector 333, and a vibration sensor 334 is used as an example for illustration, but one or more of them can be selected for implementation. Various detectors are combined with each other, so the implementation is not limited to the number and types of the above detectors.

The thermal sensor 331 detects the ambient temperature and outputs a high temperature warning message 335 to the warning database 327 of the storage medium 321 when the ambient temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature value. Check whether there is smoke, and output smoke warning information 336 to the warning database 327 of the storage medium 321 when smoke occurs. The high temperature warning information 335 and the smoke warning information 336 in the warning database 327 can be used by the central processing unit 322 to determine whether there is a fire on the moving object 2, so that when a fire occurs, a voice or text message can be sent via the first wireless communication module. Group 34 is sent to communicator 5 .

The intrusion sensor 332 detects whether a person intrudes into the mobile object 2 and outputs an intrusion warning message 337 to the warning database 327 of the storage medium 321 in a timely manner. In this embodiment, the intrusion sensor 332 is an infrared sensor. The vibration sensor 334 detects whether the moving object 2 is shaken and outputs vibration warning information 338 to the warning database 327 of the storage medium 321 in due course. The intrusion warning information 337 and the vibration warning information 338 in the warning database 327 can be used by the central processing unit 322 to determine whether the mobile object 2 has been invaded, towed or stolen, so as to timely send information to the communicator 5 to inform the owner of the emergency response. The internal structures of the intrusion sensor 332 , the heat sensor 331 , the smoke detector 333 and the vibration sensor 334 are not the characteristics of the present invention, and will not be further described below.

The first wireless communication module 34 transmits and outputs the geographic location information and warning information by means of wireless transmission. In this embodiment, the first wireless communication module 34 is a common mobile phone communication module, such as GPRS, GSM or PHS and other powerful telecommunication transmitting and receiving equipment, which is the function of the first wireless communication module 34 Similar to the function of a wireless mobile phone, it can directly connect with the user's communicator 5 and transmit various data and information in the memory medium 321 in the form of voice or short message, or receive information and store it in the memory medium 321 .

The second wireless communication module 35 transmits low-power wireless signals to wirelessly transmit the result of comparing the positioning data 313 with the map database 323 to the position display 4, so that the user in the mobile object 2 can read the current position at any time. Geographic location or other status, the second wireless communication module 35 is a bluetooth transmitter receiver in this embodiment, but the implementation is not limited to the type of the second wireless communication module 35.

The camera module 36 can capture the external or internal images of the moving object 2 according to user settings, and output an image data 361 to the image database 328 of the storage medium 321, and the image data 361 can be passed through the second A wireless communication module 34 transmits to the communicator 5 for the user to understand the surrounding environment of the moving object. In addition, the image data 361 in the image database 328 can also be transmitted through the second wireless communication module 35 To this position indicator 4, for the reference relative position of the user when reversing or parking on the side of the road, avoiding collision accidents due to blind spots of vision.

In this embodiment, the emergency module 37 is an emergency button installed in the moving object 2, mainly when the moving object 2 is in operation, the user presses the The help module 37, the help module 37 immediately outputs a help message 371 to the central processing unit 322, and the central processing unit 322 immediately connects to the emergency contact telephone user in the communication database 325 in the memory medium 321, so as to transfer the memory medium 321 The geographic location and emergency information 371 in the mobile phone are transmitted to relevant units or relatives and friends through the first wireless communication module 34 .

The sound amplification module 39 includes an amplifier 391 and a speaker 392 . The central processing unit 322 can send the voice file of the geographic location information of the moving object 2 in the storage medium 321 to the amplifier 391 at regular intervals or according to the user's instruction, and broadcast it by the loudspeaker 392, so that the user does not need to shift the line of sight to read during driving. to listen to geographical information.

The operation mode and the effect of the present invention are respectively described below according to different usage modes.

When the user leaves the mobile object 2, the user can connect the first wireless communication module 34 of the object carrying unit 3 with the communicator 5, and send a return signal to the processing module 32 after the password is confirmed. The central processing unit 322 of the processing module 32 activates the satellite positioning module 31, and the receiving antenna 311 immediately receives the signal transmitted by the satellite 310 and is decoded by the decoder 312 into positioning data 313 and sent to the processing module 32, The central processing unit 322 then compares the positioning data 313 with the map database 323 to obtain the geographic location of the moving object 2, such as near No. 900, Wenhua Road, Chiayi City, and the location information in the geographic information database 326 The voice file is directly transmitted to the communicator 5 via the first wireless communication module 34 for the user to know the current position of the moving object 2 . Because the information of this geographical position is the voice file format, so this communicator 5 also can be general indoor phone, also can be the mobile phone of 2G, the user can revise setting with private password, and relevant information is transmitted to other Communicator 5. In this embodiment, the positioning data 313 is compared with the map database 323 and the geographic information and house number positioning technology in voice format is outputted. This is a common satellite positioning method at present, and its process and theory will not be described below.

At the same time, when the detection module 33 detects abnormal conditions such as fire alarm, personnel intrusion, or being towed, knocked, etc., it will immediately transmit the warning information to the user through the first wireless communication module 34, and Users can also use the camera module 36 to monitor images inside and outside the vehicle. This mode can be used by general car owners to actively inquire and monitor the location of the vehicle and its related security status at any time.

And another usage mode is to send information to the communicator 5 in the form of timing report. The user can set the processing module 32 to start the satellite positioning module 31 regularly after a predetermined time interval, so as to regularly report the geographical location information to the communicator 5, or store it in the voice mailbox of the communicator 5, In order to let the user understand the position change of the mobile object 2, this mode is suitable for freight companies or taxi companies, so that the company executives can regularly grasp the position status and usage status of the company's vehicles.

Another mode is that when the user rides in the moving object 2, the portable position indicator 4 (PDA) can be installed in the moving object 2, and at this moment, the satellite positioning module 31 and the processing module 32 operate Afterwards, the information or positioning data 313 of the geographical position is transmitted to the position display 4 via the second wireless communication module 35, and the current geographical position is displayed on the position display 4, and if the user has no time to check, the user can Directly start the sound amplification module 39 to dial out the voice file of the comparison result. And when reversing into storage or parking on the roadside, the real-time image data 361 in the image database 328 can also be transmitted to the position display 4 through the second wireless communication module 35, so as to avoid collision accidents in the above-mentioned state. In addition, when the user is in the mobile object 2, in case of an emergency, he can directly press the emergency module 37 to transmit the geographic location information to the police or the user's relatives and friends as a contingency measure.

Most importantly, the information transmission of the positioning system of the present invention is limited to between the user's personal communicator 5 and the object-carrying unit 3, and there is no need for other third parties to connect with the user's personal at all, so that during the construction process, there is no need at all. It is necessary to set the user's personal information input to other service locations, which can avoid the problem of personal data leakage, and the position of the vehicle can only be selectively transmitted to the communicator 5 of the user's personal or related relatives and friends, which can avoid personal data leakage. The problem of whereabouts leakage.

Referring to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the purpose and the structure of the second preferred embodiment of the positioning system of the moving object 2 of the present invention are roughly the same as those of the first preferred embodiment, the difference lies in the processing module 32 in this embodiment There is no map database 323 (visible in FIG. 3 ) stored in the memory medium 321, and the positioning system also includes a servo base station 6, which has a computing processor 61 and a hard disk 62 storing map data, During operation, the central processing unit 322 of the object-carrying unit 3 transmits the positioning data 313 in the storage medium 321 to the servo base station 6 via the first wireless communication module 34 in advance, and the computing processor 61 of the servo base station 6 After comparing the positioning data 313 with the map data in the hard disk 62, the information of the geographical position is obtained, and is sent back to the first wireless communication module 34 of the object-carrying unit 3 and stored in the memory medium 321, and the central processing unit 322 then The geographic location information is transmitted to the communicator 5 via the first wireless communication module 34 . That is, the data comparison is performed by the servo base station 6 , which greatly simplifies the work of the processing module 32 of the object-carrying unit 3 to reduce the power consumption of the object-carrying unit 3 .

And the servo base station 6 only compares the positioning data 313 transmitted from the first wireless communication module 34 of the object-carrying unit 3 with the map data in the hard disk 62, and immediately sends back the positioning data 313 to the first wireless communication module 313 of the object-carrying unit 3 after comparison. A wireless communication module 34, the hard disk 62 also does not need to store any user personal data, which can prevent the problem of data leakage.

In view of the above, the positioning system of the present invention directly compares the positioning data 313 received by the satellite positioning module 31 into geographic location information by the processing module 32 of the object-carrying unit 3, or indirectly uses the servo base station 6 to compare The geographical location information is sent back to the object-carrying unit 3, and the processing module 32 sends it to the user's communicator 5 through the first wireless communication module 34, so that the user can understand the geographical location of the mobile object 2, and The warning signal detected by the detection module 33 is also directly sent to the communicator 5 by the first wireless communication module 34, and the operation process does not need to transmit information to the communicator 5 by a third person, and there is no need to send the personal information to the communicator 5. The data is set and input at other service locations, which can avoid the leakage of personal information or personal whereabouts, to protect personal privacy and data confidentiality, and can monitor the position of the moving object 2 at any time, so the purpose of the present invention can be achieved.

Claims (13)

1. the positioning system of a mobile thing, it is characterized in that: this positioning system comprises: a thing carrier unit that is installed on the described mobile thing, and a communicator by user operation, this thing carrier unit has:

A satnav module has a receiving antenna that receives the satellite transmits signal, and the code translator deciphering the satellite transmits signal and export a locator data;

Handle module for one, have the locator data of a receiver decoder output and the memory media that is stored, and the central processing unit handling the locator data in the memory media and export a geography information, this geography information comprises the geographic position of described mobile thing;

A detecting module is to be used for detecting the state of described mobile thing and to export an information warning to the memory media of handling module when unusual; And

One first wireless telecommunications module is information and the information warning that transmits this geographic position of output with wireless transmission method;

This communicator receives the geography information and the information warning of first wireless telecommunications module transmission, and this communicator can transmit a passback signal to this first wireless telecommunications module, this processing module selectively starts this satnav module renewal locator data after receiving this passback signal, and opens and closes the running of detecting module.

2. the positioning system of mobile thing as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: also store a map datum in the memory media of this processing module, this central processing unit is exactly that the locator data in this memory media and map datum comparison are obtained this geography information.

3. the positioning system of mobile thing as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: positioning system also comprises a servo base station with a map datum, this central processing unit is sent to this servo base station with the locator data in the memory media via the first wireless telecommunications module, servo base station obtains the comparison of locator data and map datum the information in this geographic position, and send back the first wireless telecommunications module of this thing carrier unit and be stored in the memory media, this central processing unit is sent to the information in this geographic position in this communicator via the first wireless telecommunications module again.

4. the positioning system of mobile thing as claimed in claim 1, described mobile thing be one vehicle-carried, it is characterized in that: this thing carrier unit also has arround the described mobile thing of acquisition image and exports the photography module of an image data to the memory media of this processing module, and this central processing unit is sent to this communicator with image data via the first wireless telecommunications module.

5. the positioning system of mobile thing as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this detecting module has a detecting ambient temperature and the thermal sensor of output high temperature information warning when environment temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature value.

6. the positioning system of mobile thing as claimed in claim 1, described mobile thing be one vehicle-carried, it is characterized in that: this detecting module have a detecting whether have the personage invade vehicle-carried in and the invasion sensor of the one invasion information warning of output in good time.

7. the positioning system of mobile thing as claimed in claim 1, described mobile thing be one vehicle-carried, it is characterized in that: this detecting module have in the described mobile thing of detecting whether smog is arranged and when smog occurring output smog information warning detect the cigarette device.

8. the positioning system of mobile thing as claimed in claim 1, described mobile thing be one vehicle-carried, it is characterized in that: positioning system also comprises one and is installed on described position indicator in vehicle-carried, this thing carrier unit also has a transmission low-power wireless signal with the wireless second wireless telecommunications module that is sent to position indicator of geography information, and this position indicator receives geography information and demonstrates the image in geographic position.

9. the positioning system of mobile thing as claimed in claim 1, described mobile thing be one vehicle-carried, it is characterized in that: this thing carrier unit also has an emergency module, also comprise a communication data storehouse that stores the emergency interconnection telephone number in the memory media of this processing module, user in the mobile thing starts this emergency module when emergency episode, the emergency module transmits distress signals to this central processing unit, and central processing unit is sent to emergency interconnection telephone number user in the communication data storehouse with the geography information in the memory media and distress signals via the first wireless telecommunications module.

10. the positioning system of mobile thing as claimed in claim 1, described mobile thing be one vehicle-carried, it is characterized in that: this thing carrier unit also has a module that amplifies that the geography information in this memory media is broadcasted with voice mode.

11. the positioning system of mobile thing as claimed in claim 1, described mobile thing be one vehicle-carried, it is characterized in that: this detecting module have one the detecting the described vehicle-carried Vibration Sensor that whether is shaken and exports vibration warning information in good time.

12. the thing carrier unit of a positioning system is applicable to be installed on the mobile thing, and transmits reception information to one communicator, it is characterized in that: the thing carrier unit comprises:

A satnav module has a receiving antenna that receives the satellite transmits signal, and the code translator deciphering the satellite transmits signal and export a locator data;

Handle module for one, have the locator data of a receiver decoder output and the memory media that is stored, and the central processing unit handling the locator data in the memory media and export a geography information, this geography information comprises the geographic position of described mobile thing;

A detecting module is to be used for detecting the state of described mobile thing and to export an information warning to the memory media of handling module when unusual; And

One first wireless telecommunications module, be to transmit extremely described communicator of this geography information of output and information warning with wireless transmission method, and also can receive the passback signal that communicator transmits, this processing module selectively starts this satnav module renewal locator data and opens and closes the running of detecting module after receiving the passback signal.

13. the thing carrier unit of positioning system as claimed in claim 12, it is characterized in that: also store a map datum in the memory media of this processing module, this central processing unit is exactly that the comparison of the locator data in this memory media and map datum is obtained this geography information.

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