KR101591707B1 - Methods and Apparatuses for providing Virtual Space Service using Vehicle Communication - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology for providing virtual space service using vehicle communication, and more particularly, to a technology for providing virtual space service using vehicle communication, A request signal reception step of receiving a request signal including a virtual space service acceptance information, a vehicle identification information, and a position information, A virtual space forming step of forming a channel for performing a virtual space service between the other vehicle and at least one of voice information, message information and position change information from the other vehicle through a channel is received An output control step of controlling to be outputted by the in-vehicle output device It provides a space service providing method and apparatus.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a virtual space service using vehicle communication,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for providing virtual space service using vehicle communication, and more particularly to a method for transmitting and receiving voice and image data, such as occupants in a plurality of vehicles communicating in the same virtual space, ≪ / RTI >

Recently, as Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication (V2V) or Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication (V2I) has been developed, various information is transmitted between vehicles and vehicles or between vehicles and infrastructure facilities. And various techniques for using the information to drive the vehicle, etc. have been proposed.

Such communication between vehicles or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication is referred to as vehicle-to-everything communication (V2X) communication or inter-vehicle communication, and it is anticipated that all vehicles will have such a V2X communication function in the future do.

On the other hand, a separate communication device such as a telephone set is used for the passengers who are scattered in a plurality of vehicles to exchange information. However, since the risk of accidents increases when using a mobile phone while driving and a separate device is required for multi-party communication, there is a restriction in sharing information among distributed passengers.

Further, communication distance may be a problem in transmitting and receiving information using inter-vehicle communication. For example, when the vehicle moves away from a certain distance, there is a problem that transmission and reception of information are restricted beyond the communication range of communication between vehicles.

In addition, there is a problem that a moving party using a plurality of vehicles may depart from the route due to the distance becoming farther, or miss the party. In order to solve these problems, there is an inconvenience in using individual communication devices such as mobile phones, and there is a restriction that effective communication can not be performed due to an increased risk of accidents during operation.

In this background, the present invention proposes a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving voice and message information of each vehicle in real time by forming a virtual space using a plurality of vehicles using inter-vehicle communication.

In addition, the present invention proposes a method and an apparatus for continuously transmitting and receiving data by using mobile communication resources in the case where a plurality of vehicles forming a virtual space are tracked and the vehicle is outside the communicable radius.

In addition, the present invention proposes a method and an apparatus for providing a virtual space service such as a conversation in a same space with a plurality of vehicles by using a device installed in a vehicle without using a separate communication device by a driver.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present invention provides a method for receiving a request signal including a request signal including at least one of identification information, position information, and virtual space service request information of another vehicle using inter- A response signal transmission step of confirming the identification information of the other vehicle and transmitting a response signal including at least one of virtual space service acceptance information, identification information of the vehicle and position information, A virtual space forming step of forming a channel for performing a virtual space service, and an output for controlling to be output by the in-vehicle output apparatus when at least one of voice information, message information, and position change information is received from the other vehicle through a channel A virtual space service providing method including a control step is proposed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system including a request signal receiver for receiving a request signal including information of at least one of identification information, position information, and virtual space service request information of another vehicle using inter-vehicle communication, A response signal transmission unit for confirming the identification information of the other vehicle and transmitting a response signal including at least one of the virtual space service acceptance information, the identification information of the vehicle and the position information, and a channel for performing virtual space service between the other vehicle Message information and position change information from the other vehicle through a channel, and an output control unit for controlling the output of the in-vehicle output device when the at least one of the voice information, the message information, and the position change information is received from the other vehicle through the channel Device.

As described above, the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving voice and message information of each vehicle in real time by forming a virtual space using a plurality of vehicles using inter-vehicle communication.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus and method for continuously transmitting / receiving data using mobile communication resources when a plurality of vehicles forming a virtual space are tracked and a vehicle is outside a communicable radius.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is provided an effect of providing a method and an apparatus for providing a virtual space service such as a conversation in a same space with a plurality of vehicles by using equipment attached to a vehicle without using a separate communication device have.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a virtual space service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a virtual space service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram for explaining an operation of performing communication using a virtual space service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a signal diagram illustrating an example in which a vehicle according to another embodiment of the present invention forms a virtual space with a plurality of other vehicles.
FIG. 5 is a view for explaining an operation in a case where the communication range is out of the vehicle in the virtual space forming step according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an output view of an output device controlled in an output control step according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view illustrating an example of outputting a warning of another vehicle deviating from a predetermined path according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a virtual space service providing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention discloses a virtual space service providing method and a virtual space service providing apparatus.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In describing the components of the present invention, the terms first, second, A, B, (a), (b), and the like can be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

Hereinafter, in this specification, a vehicle to be controlled is referred to as a vehicle, and a vehicle that transmits and receives data to and from the vehicle is described as another vehicle. Further, the other vehicle may be one or more vehicles. These terms are for convenience of description and are not limited to terms. Also, in this specification, it is exemplified that a vehicle and another vehicle perform direct communication using inter-vehicle communication, and the present invention can be similarly applied to a case where a vehicle and another vehicle perform communication through an infrastructure apparatus. The infrastructure device may be any device that is disposed around the road and performs traffic condition check, vehicle interception, information provision, etc. For example, it may be a wireless beacon, a traffic situation photographing device, But is not limited thereto.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a virtual space service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A method for providing a virtual space service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a request signal including one or more pieces of identification information, position information, and virtual space service request information of another vehicle using inter- A response signal transmission step of confirming the identification information of the other vehicle and transmitting a response signal including at least one of the virtual space service acceptance information, the identification information of the vehicle and the position information, A virtual space forming step of forming a channel for carrying out a spatial service, and an output control step of controlling the output from the in-vehicle output device when at least one of voice information, message information and position change information is received from another vehicle through the channel . ≪ / RTI >

1, a method for providing a virtual space service according to the present invention includes a request for receiving a request signal including one or more pieces of identification information, position information, and virtual space service request information of another vehicle using inter-vehicle communication And receiving a signal (S100). For example, the vehicle may receive a request signal including unique identification information of another vehicle, other vehicle position information, and virtual space service request information from another vehicle. The unique identification information may include a code or an identifier for identifying the vehicle that carries the inter-vehicle communication. Further, the location information may include latitude and longitude information of a vehicle obtained based on a satellite navigation apparatus installed in another vehicle, or may include relative position information of the vehicle and another vehicle. Or location information obtained based on a signal received from the infrastructure device described above. The virtual space service request information includes a request content for the other vehicle to start the virtual space service.

If a plurality of request signals are received in the case where there are a plurality of other vehicles, the vehicle may be classified through identification information of each of the other vehicles, or may be classified according to the order in which they are received.

Meanwhile, in the virtual space service providing method of the present invention, when a request signal is received, a response signal including at least one of virtual space service acceptance information, vehicle identification information, and location information is transmitted And a response signal transmission step (S102). For example, the response signal transmission step may transmit a response signal including virtual space service acceptance information to another vehicle that has transmitted the request signal according to the received request signal. In this case, the vehicle can be transmitted using the inter-vehicle communication protocol. Further, the response signal may further include at least one of identification information and position information of the vehicle. The identification information of the vehicle may include an identification code or the like for identifying a vehicle that carries out communication between vehicles as described above, and the location information includes information indicating the location of the vehicle obtained through a satellite navigation device or the like .

In addition, the virtual space service providing method of the present invention may include a virtual space forming step of forming a channel for performing a virtual space service with another vehicle (S104). For example, the virtual space forming step may form a channel for exchanging data such as voice information, position change information, and data information in real time with other vehicles and vehicles. The channel means frequency and time resources for exchanging data, and the vehicle and other vehicles can transmit and receive data through a channel formed.

The virtual space service providing method of the present invention may include an output control step of controlling, when one or more of voice information, message information, and position change information is received from the other vehicle through a channel, (S106). For example, the output control step may output the voice information, the message information, and the position change information of the other vehicle received through the channel formed in the virtual space forming step through an output device configured in the vehicle. For example, when the voice information is received, the output control step may control the voice information to be outputted through the speaker of the vehicle. As another example, when the message information is received, the output control step may control the corresponding message information to be output through the display device of the vehicle. Similarly, when the position change information is received, the output control step may control to output the position of the other vehicle through the display device of the vehicle. The output device is configured in the vehicle and is not limited to speakers and display devices, and includes various devices by which the vehicle occupant can recognize the information.

Hereinafter, each step configuration of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a virtual space service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The method of providing a virtual space service according to another embodiment of the present invention includes: a notification step of outputting a request signal reception notification using the in-vehicle output device when a request signal is received after a request signal reception step; And an approval step of controlling the virtual space formation approval in accordance with the virtual space approval information input.

Referring to FIG. 2, the virtual space service providing method may further include a notification step of outputting a request signal reception notification using the in-vehicle output device when the request signal is received after the request signal reception step (S 205) . As described above with reference to FIG. 1, the virtual space service providing method of the present invention receives a request signal for requesting a virtual space service from another vehicle (S200). Upon receipt of the request signal, the notifying step can control the in-vehicle occupant to output a reception notification based on the received request signal. For example, when a request signal is received using inter-vehicle communication, the notification step may control the display device in the vehicle to output a visual signal indicating that a virtual space request has been received from the other vehicle. As another example, the notifying step may use a speaker in the vehicle to control the generation of a notification sound indicating that the request signal has been received. If a notification signal is output through the display, the vehicle identification information or the location information included in the request signal may be used to control which vehicle received the virtual space service on the display.

Meanwhile, in the informing step, the virtual space service allowance list input by the user may be compared with the vehicle identification information of the request signal, and the notification may be generated only for the request signal having the vehicle identification information present in the service permission list . This has the effect of preventing unnecessary request signals.

In addition, the virtual space service providing method of the present invention may further include an approval step of controlling the virtual space formation approval according to the input of the virtual space approval information corresponding to the request signal reception notification (S210). For example, when the request signal is received, the user may input the virtual space approval information in response to the request signal notification including the information of the other vehicle that transmitted the request signal. The approval step may control the approval of the virtual space with the other vehicle depending on whether the virtual space formation approval information is input or not. That is, when the user inputs a signal that does not approve the formation of the virtual space, the approval step may receive the signal and control the response signal to not be transmitted to the other vehicle. As another example, in the approval step, when the virtual space approval information is input, an approval process for the request signal may be performed and a response signal may be transmitted to another vehicle.

In addition, as described with reference to FIG. 1, the virtual space service providing method may generate and transmit a response signal in response to a request signal of another vehicle (S215). In addition, the virtual space service providing method may form a channel for performing virtual space service with another vehicle (S220). When a channel for the virtual space service is formed, the virtual space service providing method may receive data from another vehicle through the formed channel and control the received data to be output to an output device in the vehicle (S225).

3 is a diagram for explaining an operation of performing communication using a virtual space service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the vehicle 320 can communicate with other vehicles 310 and 330 by forming a virtual space. For example, the vehicle 320 may receive a request signal from the first vehicle 310 and transmit a response signal to provide a virtual space service to form a virtual space. The vehicle 320 and the first vehicle 310 form a channel to transmit and receive data in real time and form a virtual space to transmit and receive voice and messages.

When the vehicle 320 and the first vehicle 310 form a virtual space to perform communication, the second vehicle 330 may attempt to perform communication through the virtual space. In this case, the second rider 330 may transmit a request signal to the vehicle 320 or the first rider 310. [ The vehicle 320 or the first vehicle 310 receiving the request signal may transmit a response signal for providing the virtual space service. The second vehicle 330 receiving the response signal can acquire channel information for performing the virtual space service and transmit / receive data to / from the vehicle 320 and the first vehicle 310 through the corresponding channel. That is, the vehicle 320, the first vehicle 310 and the second vehicle 330 can communicate with each other in the same space. Specifically, when the vehicle 320 transmits voice information, the voice information is transmitted to both the first and second vehicles 310 and 320 so that all the occupants on the other vehicle can receive the voice information have. Similarly, when the first rider 310 transmits message information to the vehicle 320, the corresponding message information may be transmitted to the vehicle 320 and the second rider 330 to receive the same message information. The vehicle 320, the first vehicle 310, and the second vehicle 330 may exhibit the same effect as sharing the same voice information and message information.

4 is a signal diagram illustrating an example in which a vehicle according to another embodiment of the present invention forms a virtual space with a plurality of other vehicles.

The operation of the present invention will be described once more with reference to Fig. As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of vehicles form the same virtual space, and data can be transmitted and received. In this case, the same data is transmitted and received equally to a plurality of vehicles, so that the passengers aboard a plurality of vehicles can obtain the effect of sharing the conversation in the same space.

In FIG. 4, unlike FIG. 3, a case where a specific vehicle acts as a host of a virtual space will be described as an example. Referring to FIG. 4, the vehicle 401 receives a request signal including virtual space service request information and the like from the first vehicle 402 (S410). Each signal can be transmitted and received via inter-vehicle communication. After that, the vehicle 401 may transmit a response signal including at least one of identification information, acceptance information, and position information of the vehicle according to the acceptance of the request signal (S420). Thereafter, the vehicle 401 and the first vehicle 402 form a channel for providing a virtual space service to form a virtual space for data transmission / reception (S430).

The second rider 403 may transmit a request signal to form the virtual space with the vehicle 401 and the first rider 402 (S440). As an example, the second rider 403 may send a request signal to the vehicle 401. [ As another example, the second rider 403 may send a request signal to the first rider 402. [ As another example, the second reroute 403 may transmit the request signal to the host vehicle in the virtual space service. The host vehicle refers to a vehicle that controls the connection of additional vehicles during communication by forming a virtual space. For example, any one of a plurality of vehicles forming a virtual space can be designated as a host vehicle, and an additional vehicle can be added to the virtual space only by the response signal of the designated host vehicle. 4, it is assumed that the vehicle 401 is a host vehicle.

The vehicle 401 transmits a response signal to the second vehicle 403 based on the request signal received from the second vehicle 403 (S450). The second rider 403 can be added to the virtual space formed by the first rider 402 and the vehicle 401 to form a virtual space at step S460. At this time, the response signal transmitted by the vehicle 401 to the second vehicle 403 may include at least one of channel information of the virtual space and password information for accessing the virtual space. Therefore, the second rider 403 can form a virtual space based on the received virtual spatial channel information. Alternatively, the second rider 403 may form a virtual space based on the received password information.

As described above, the channel for performing the virtual space service may mean a frequency resource for transmitting / receiving the voice information or the message information in real time between the other vehicle and the vehicle. Or a channel may refer to a radio resource block that includes both frequency resources and time resources.

In addition, as described with reference to FIG. 4, the virtual space service request information may further include a corresponding code. It is possible to check whether or not the correspondence code received in the response signal transmission step matches the correspondence code stored in the vehicle and to transmit a response signal including the acceptance information only when they match. Or whether to transmit the response signal based on the vehicle identification information.

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining an operation in a case where the communication range is out of the vehicle in the virtual space forming step according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The virtual space forming step according to another embodiment of the present invention may change the channel based on the position change information of the other vehicle and the position information of the vehicle.

5, when the vehicle 520 and the other vehicle 510 form a virtual space to perform communication, when the other vehicle 510 is out of the vehicle-to-vehicle communication radius 501 of the vehicle 501, There may be a problem in performing the operation. Therefore, in this case, the virtual space forming step can change the channel based on the position change information of the other vehicle 510 and the position information of the vehicle 520. [ The position change information of the other vehicle 510 may be acquired periodically or at the time of occurrence of a specific event through the channel described above and the positional information of the vehicle 520 may be acquired using a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Can be obtained by a sensing sensor. In one example, if the position change information of the other vehicle 510 that is periodically received is no longer received by departing from the inter-vehicle communication radius 501, the vehicle 520 may change the channel. As another example, the relative distance between the vehicle 520 and the other vehicle 510 is calculated using the position change information of the other vehicle 510 and the position information of the vehicle 520, and the calculated relative distance is calculated as the inter- 501). ≪ / RTI > As another example, the relative distance between the vehicle 520 and the other vehicle 510 may be calculated using the position change information of the other vehicle 510 and the position information of the vehicle 520, The speed information of the vehicle 520 may be further used to change the channel if it is determined that the other vehicle 510 is out of the inter-vehicle communication radius 501. [ The speed information of the other vehicle 510 can be acquired through inter-vehicle communication such as the aforementioned position change information of the other vehicle 510, and the speed information of the vehicle 520 can be acquired using the vehicle speed sensor.

Meanwhile, if it is determined that the other vehicle is outside the communication radius of the vehicle, the virtual space forming step may change the channel from the channel for inter-vehicle communication to the mobile communication channel.

5, in the virtual space forming step, if it is determined that the other vehicle 510 is out of the inter-vehicle communication radius 501, virtual space formation can be maintained using the mobile communication channel. The mobile communication channel is formed through the mobile communication base station 590. The identification information of the other vehicle 510 and the identification information of the vehicle 520 may each include an identification code for mobile communication. When the distance between the other vehicle 510 and the vehicle 520 is greater than a certain distance and is outside the inter-vehicle communication radius 501, the vehicle 520 is moved to another vehicle 510 It is possible to change a channel using communication to a mobile communication channel formed through the mobile communication base station 590. [ For example, the mobile communication channel may refer to a frequency resource for mobile communication such as code division multiple access (CDMA) and long term evolution (LTE) used in a wireless communication network. In this case, even if the other vehicle 510 departs from the inter-vehicle communication radius 501, communication with the vehicle 520 can be maintained using the mobile communication base station 590.

Also, for this purpose, the identification information of the vehicle 520 and the other vehicle 510 may include an identification code for mobile communication, respectively. That is, the identification information may further include not only identification information for inter-vehicle communication but also identification codes for forming a virtual space using a mobile communication channel. For example, the identification code may mean an identifier that can be assigned to each vehicle when using mobile communication. That is, it may mean an identifier of a mobile communication module that can be configured in each vehicle. In another example, the vehicle 520 and the other vehicle 510 may use the mobile communication channel, but may perform the communication directly without passing through the mobile communication base station 590. [ That is, the mobile communication terminal 590 may directly perform communication without using the mobile communication base station 590 using the radio resources of the mobile communication. In this way, direct communication between terminals using mobile communication radio resources is referred to as Device to Device (hereinafter referred to as D2D). D2D can be used in an environment where there is no mobile communication base station because each device equipped with a mobile communication module performs direct communication without going through a mobile communication base station. In the case of D2D, since the mobile communication radio resource can be allocated from the mobile communication base station, the mobile communication channel is formed through the mobile communication base station. Therefore, the mobile communication channel of the present invention can be applied not only to a mobile communication base station directly but also to D2D type communication.

6 is a diagram illustrating an output view of an output device controlled in an output control step according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The output control step according to another embodiment of the present invention may control the output of the position of the other vehicle on the display of the in-vehicle output device based on the position information of the other vehicle. Also, the output control step may control the output of the position of the other vehicle in correspondence with the identification information of the other vehicle, and may control the output of the general vehicle that does not form the virtual space.

Referring to FIG. 6, the output control step may control the output of the position of the other vehicle 620 on the display of the output device in the vehicle 610 based on the position information of the other vehicle. For example, in the output control step, the vehicle 610 and the other vehicles 620 and 630 are displayed in the display when the vehicle 610 is communicating with a plurality of other vehicles 620 and 630 by forming a virtual space. Can be controlled to be displayed. The positions of the other vehicles 620 and 630 may be displayed based on the positional information of the other vehicles 620 and 630 and the position in the front and rear direction and the left and right direction around the vehicle 610 may be roughly output It is possible. As another example, the output control step may control not only the position of the other vehicles 620 and 630 but also the identification information of the other vehicles 620 and 630 to be displayed together. That is, in the output control step, the identification information # 1 is output together with the 620-th vehicle, and the identification information # 2 is output to the 630-vehicle. Alternatively, the output control step may be controlled so as to be divided and output using colors. As another example, the output control step may control that the general vehicle 640 as well as the other vehicles 620 and 630 forming the virtual space with the vehicle 610 are output together. The general vehicle 640 does not form a virtual space with the vehicle 620, but may be a vehicle located within a vehicle-to-vehicle communication radius of the vehicle 620. [ In this case, the vehicle control step can control the display of the general vehicle 640 and the other vehicles 620 and 630 separately.

7 is a view illustrating an example of outputting a warning of another vehicle deviating from a predetermined path according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The output control step according to another embodiment of the present invention can control the generation of the warning signal when the position of the other vehicle deviates from the predetermined range or the traveling path of the vehicle.

Specifically, the output control step may control the warning signal to be generated when the vehicle and the other vehicle forming the virtual space are out of a predetermined range. Or the output control step may control to generate an alarm signal when the other vehicle is out of the traveling path of the vehicle.

First, a description will be given of a case where the other vehicle deviates from a predetermined range around the vehicle. If the other vehicle is moved away from the vehicle, the problem may arise that the vehicle is outside the communication radius. Therefore, when the other vehicle moves away from the predetermined range around the vehicle, the output control step can control to output the warning signal. The warning signal may include a visual or audible signal. The predetermined range may be generated by the input information of the user or may be set to a value obtained through experiments or the like.

On the other hand, it is possible to control so that a warning signal is generated even when the vehicle is out of range. This case will be described with reference to Fig.

Referring to FIG. 7, the vehicle 710 and the other vehicle 720 form a virtual space to perform communication. The vehicle 710 can set a traveling route to a navigation system or the like. As shown in FIG. 7, the traveling path of the vehicle 710 is set to a left turn at a range, but when it is determined that the other vehicle 720 makes a right turn and goes out of the traveling path, the output control step may control to generate a warning signal. For example, the output control step may control the display of the in-vehicle output device to generate a warning indication 730 that the other vehicle 720 is out of the traveling path. The warning display 730 can be displayed in various colors, shapes, and shapes. Or an alert signal may be generated using an auditory signal. In this case, the output control step can control the warning signal to be generated when the other vehicle 720 is out of the traveling path even if it is located within the inter-vehicle communication radius of the vehicle 710. [ Whether or not the other vehicle 720 has departed from the traveling route can be judged by the position change information of the other vehicle 720 received from the other vehicle 720 periodically or at the time of occurrence of the event. Also, the output control step may control the warning signal to be generated only when the other vehicle 720 deviates from the traveling path by a predetermined distance or more. In this case, if the vehicle travels on the same driving route even if the driving route of the vehicle deviates by more than a certain distance, such as when the other vehicle travels on the first lane on one-way four-lane roads and the vehicle travels on the fourth lane, It is necessary to judge that it has not escaped.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a virtual space service, the method comprising the steps of: when at least one of voice information, message information, and vehicle location change information is generated, And a control step. For example, the input control step may control the information generated through voice input or message input of the passenger in the vehicle to be transmitted to another vehicle. That is, a vehicle that forms a virtual space with another vehicle can transmit voice or message information to another vehicle. In addition, the vehicle position change information may be further transmitted. The virtual space service provision apparatus of the other vehicle can perform all of the operations described above. In addition, the data of the vehicle can be controlled so that the other vehicle can receive the information necessary for providing the virtual space service described above.

As described above, the virtual space service providing method has an effect of providing real-time data communication such that the passengers of one or more vehicles communicate in the same virtual space. Further, there is an effect that a safe and convenient traveling environment can be formed by transmitting and receiving the same data by a plurality of vehicles without using a separate communication equipment such as a cellular phone.

Hereinafter, a virtual space service providing apparatus capable of performing all the embodiments of the present invention described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 will be briefly described once again.

8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a virtual space service providing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The virtual space service provision apparatus 800 according to another embodiment of the present invention receives a request signal including at least one of identification information of the other vehicle, position information, and virtual space service request information using inter-vehicle communication Upon receiving the request signal from the request signal receiving unit 810, the response signal transmitting unit 810 confirms the identification information of the other vehicle and transmits a response signal including at least one of the virtual space service acceptance information, the vehicle identification information, A virtual space forming unit 830 for forming a channel for performing a virtual space service between the other vehicle and the other vehicle, and information on at least one of voice information, message information and position change information from the other vehicle through a channel And an output control unit 840 for controlling the output from the in-vehicle output device.

Referring to FIG. 8, the request signal receiver 810 may receive a request signal including request information for requesting a virtual space service from a plurality of other vehicles. For example, the request signal receiving unit 810 may receive a request signal including unique identification information of another vehicle, other vehicle location information, and virtual space service request information from another vehicle. The unique identification information may include a code or an identifier for identifying the vehicle that carries the inter-vehicle communication. Further, the location information may include latitude and longitude information of a vehicle obtained based on a satellite navigation apparatus installed in another vehicle, or may include relative position information of the vehicle and another vehicle. Or location information obtained based on a signal received from the infrastructure device described above. The virtual space service request information includes a request content for the other vehicle to start the virtual space service.

If a plurality of request signals are received in the case where there are a plurality of other vehicles, the vehicle may be classified through identification information of each of the other vehicles, or may be classified according to the order in which they are received.

When the request signal is received, the response signal transmitting unit 820 can confirm the identification information of the other vehicle and transmit a response signal including one or more pieces of information of the virtual space service acceptance information, the identification information of the vehicle, and the position information. The response signal transmitting unit 820 may transmit a response signal including the virtual space service acceptance information to another vehicle that has transmitted the request signal according to the received request signal. In this case, the vehicle can be transmitted using the inter-vehicle communication protocol. Further, the response signal may further include at least one of identification information and position information of the vehicle. The identification information of the vehicle may include an identification code or the like for identifying a vehicle that carries out communication between vehicles as described above, and the location information includes information indicating the location of the vehicle obtained through a satellite navigation device or the like .

The virtual space forming unit 830 may form a channel for performing virtual space service with another vehicle. For example, the virtual space forming unit 830 may form a channel for exchanging data such as voice information, position change information, and data information in real time with other vehicles and vehicles. The channel means frequency and time resources for exchanging data, and the vehicle and other vehicles can transmit and receive data through a channel formed.

The output control unit 840 may control the in-vehicle output device 890 to output the at least one of voice information, message information, and position change information from the other vehicle through the channel. For example, when the voice information is received, the output control unit 840 may control the voice information to be output through the speaker of the vehicle. As another example, when message information is received, the output control unit 840 may control the corresponding message information to be output through the display device of the vehicle. Similarly, when the position change information is received, the output control unit 840 may control the position of the corresponding other vehicle to be outputted through the display device of the vehicle.

In addition, the virtual space service provision apparatus may further include a notification unit for generating a notification signal indicating reception of the request signal according to the reception of the request signal. In addition, the virtual space service providing apparatus may further include an approval unit for controlling the virtual space formation approval in response to the input of the virtual space approval information corresponding to the request signal reception notification. The virtual space service provision apparatus may further include a transmission control unit for controlling the information to be transmitted to the other vehicle that forms the virtual space when at least one of the voice information, the message information, and the vehicle position change information is generated.

In addition, the virtual space service provision apparatus can perform all of the virtual space service provision methods described above. Therefore, various functions necessary for performing all of the virtual space service providing methods described above can be provided, and further, additional configurations may be included.

As described above, the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving voice and message information of each vehicle in real time by forming a virtual space using a plurality of vehicles using inter-vehicle communication.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus and method for continuously transmitting / receiving data using mobile communication resources when a plurality of vehicles forming a virtual space are tracked and a vehicle is outside a communicable radius.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is provided an effect of providing a method and an apparatus for providing a virtual space service such as a conversation in a same space with a plurality of vehicles by using equipment attached to a vehicle without using a separate communication device have.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

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A request signal reception step of receiving a request signal including at least one of identification information of the other vehicle, position information, and virtual space service request information using inter-vehicle communication;
A response signal transmission step of confirming identification information of the other vehicle when the request signal is received, and transmitting a response signal including at least one of virtual space service acceptance information, identification information of the vehicle, and position information;
A virtual space forming step of forming a channel for performing a virtual space service with the other vehicle; And
Message information and position change information from the other vehicle through the channel, and controlling the output of the in-vehicle output device when the at least one of the voice information, the message information, and the position change information is received from the other vehicle through the channel,
In the virtual space forming step,
Using the relative distance information of the vehicle and the other vehicle, the speed information of the vehicle, and the speed information of the other vehicle calculated based on the position change information of the other vehicle and the position information of the vehicle,
Estimating whether the relative distance information exceeds the inter-vehicle communication radius, and changing the channel when the relative distance information is predicted to exceed the inter-vehicle communication radius. The method according to claim 1,
After the request signal reception step,
An announcement step of, when the request signal is received, outputting the request signal reception notification using the in-vehicle output device; And
And an approval step of controlling the virtual space formation approval according to the input of the virtual space approval information corresponding to the request signal reception notification. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the request information includes a corresponding code, and the response signal transmission step transmits a response signal when the corresponding code matches the code stored in the vehicle. The method according to claim 1,
The channel for performing the virtual space service includes:
Wherein the voice information and the message information are frequency resources for transmitting and receiving the voice information or the message information in real time between the other vehicle and the vehicle. delete The method according to claim 1,
In the virtual space forming step,
And changing the channel from the channel for inter-vehicle communication to the mobile communication channel when the relative distance information is predicted to exceed the inter-vehicle communication radius. The method according to claim 6,
The mobile communication channel includes:
Wherein the identification information of the other vehicle and the identification information of the vehicle include an identification code for the mobile communication, respectively. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the output control step comprises:
Wherein the controller controls the display of the in-vehicle output device to output the position of the other vehicle based on the position information of the other vehicle. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the output control step comprises:
Wherein the control unit controls so that the position of the other vehicle is corresponded to the identification information of the other vehicle so that the other vehicle and the general vehicle that does not form the virtual space are separately output. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the output control step comprises:
Wherein the control unit controls so that a warning signal is generated when the position of the other vehicle deviates from a predetermined range or a traveling path of the vehicle. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a transmission control step of, when at least one of voice information, message information, and vehicle position change information is generated, controlling the information to be transmitted to the other vehicle forming the virtual space Way. A request signal receiver for receiving a request signal including at least one of identification information of the other vehicle, position information, and virtual space service request information using inter-vehicle communication;
A response signal transmission unit for confirming the identification information of the other vehicle and transmitting a response signal including at least one of virtual space service acceptance information, identification information of the vehicle, and location information when the request signal is received;
A virtual space forming unit for forming a channel for performing a virtual space service with the other vehicle; And
And an output control unit for controlling the output from the in-vehicle output apparatus when at least one of voice information, message information, and position change information is received from the other vehicle through the channel,
The virtual space forming unit,
The relative distance information is calculated using the relative distance information between the vehicle and the other vehicle, the velocity information of the vehicle, and the velocity information of the other vehicle, which are calculated based on the position change information of the other vehicle and the position information of the vehicle, Predicts whether the communication radius between the vehicles will be exceeded,
And changes the channel if the relative distance information is predicted to exceed the inter-vehicle communication radius.

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