KR20160136987A - Contacting method in a case of automobile accident using obd terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a contact method using an on board diagnostics (OBD) terminal in a vehicle accident, comprising the following steps: (a) allowing a first user terminal to read a near field communication (NFC) tag previously installed inside a vehicle; (b) performing Bluetooth pairing with an OBD terminal installed in the vehicle by using the NFC tag, in the first user terminal; (c) allowing the OBD terminal to determine whether the first user terminal is a predetermined Bluetooth pairing-allowed terminal after the step (b); (d) allowing the OBD terminal to start to transceive information with the first user terminal when the first user terminal is a predetermined Bluetooth pairing-allowed terminal based on a determination result of the step (c); and (e) allowing the OBD terminal to transmit a guide message about whether first accident information is transmitted to a predetermined contact terminal by a call or a message to the first user terminal through Bluetooth communications when the OBD terminal determines a first accident. According to the present invention, a smartphone and an OBD terminal can be easily Bluetooth paired, and proper accident management, such as an accident report, settlement, etc., can be realized in a serious accident difficult to use a smartphone.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an OBD terminal,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method of contacting a vehicle in an accident using an OBD (On Board Diagnostic) terminal, and more particularly, to a method of contacting a vehicle in an accident using an OBD terminal,

On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) is used to notify the fault contents through the 5-digit fault diagnosis code if the vehicle is faulty by the OBD-II standard.

In the case of an OBD terminal employing an on-board diagnostic device according to the OBD-II standard, information is received and controlled from an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) of a vehicle through a Bluetooth communication through a terminal for recognizing information of the vehicle.

With the recent development of mobile terminals such as smart phones, it has become possible to use OBD terminals and smart phones by using Bluetooth communication, but Bluetooth pairing of smart phones and OBD terminals is still an easy task for general users.

In addition, in the event of a serious accident, the user of the smartphone may be unable to receive information from the OBD terminal transmitted through the smartphone, so that it may be difficult to respond appropriately to the accident such as report of the accident and probation.

An object of the present invention is to solve the technical problem as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an intelligent Bluetooth device capable of easily pairing a smartphone and an OBD terminal with Bluetooth, It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of contacting an accident in a vehicle using an OBD terminal that enables appropriate response.

A method of contacting a vehicle in an accident using an OBD terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) reading a NFC tag previously installed in a vehicle by a first user terminal; (b) performing Bluetooth pairing with an OBD (On Board Diagnostic) terminal installed in the vehicle using the NFC tag in the first user terminal; (c) after the step (b), the OBD terminal determines whether the first user terminal is a Bluetooth-allowed terminal; And (d) if the first user terminal is a Bluetooth-allowed terminal, the OBD terminal starts transmitting / receiving information to / from the first user terminal as a result of the determination in step (c) .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an in-vehicle communication method using an OBD terminal, comprising the steps of: (d) after the step (d) And transmitting to the user terminal a guide message for transmission of the first accident information by telephone or message to a predetermined contact terminal.

Also, the method of contacting a vehicle with an accident using an OBD terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that when the first user terminal does not transmit information that the transmission of the guide message is not required to the OBD terminal within a predetermined time, And transmitting the first incident information from the first user terminal to the contact terminal by telephone or message.

The first user terminal also transmits the first incident information to the contact terminal associated with the predetermined accident process when the first incident information is transmitted to the contact terminal by telephone or message.

Preferably, the method of contacting a vehicle with an OBD terminal using an OBD terminal according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that when the OBD terminal determines that it is the first accident and there is no first user terminal connected by Bluetooth communication, And transmitting a guidance message for the transmission availability of the first accident information by telephone or message to a predetermined contact terminal as a preset first user terminal or a second user terminal using communication have.

Also, the method of contacting a vehicle with an accident using an OBD terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the first user terminal or the second user terminal transmits information to the OBD terminal that it is not necessary to transmit the guidance message, The first user terminal or the second user terminal transmits the first incident information to the predetermined contact terminal by telephone or message, when the first user terminal or the second user terminal does not transmit the first incident information.

When the impact detected by the impact sensor installed in the vehicle or the OBD terminal is equal to or higher than a certain level, the OBD terminal detects a change in the vehicle speed beyond a predetermined level for a predetermined time, When a change in level or more is detected and / or when the airbag of the vehicle is operated, it is determined that the first accident has occurred.

Specifically, the first accident information includes the current vehicle position and the occurrence time information of the first accident. The first accident information may include motion information stored in a black box mounted on the vehicle at the time of occurrence of the first accident at a predetermined time interval and stored as a still image at a predetermined number of times.

According to the method of communicating with the vehicle using the OBD terminal of the present invention, not only the smartphone and the OBD terminal can be easily paired with the Bluetooth, but also in case of a serious accident in which the smart phone is difficult to use, Is possible.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for an accident contact method of a vehicle using an OBD terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention [0001]
Figure 3 is an illustration of an example message;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a method of contacting a vehicle with an accident using an OBD terminal according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood that the following embodiments of the present invention are only for embodying the present invention and do not limit or limit the scope of the present invention. It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for contacting a vehicle in an accident using an OBD (On-Board Diagnostic) terminal (TO) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a system for an accident contact method of a vehicle using an OBD terminal (TO) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an OBD terminal (TO), a first user terminal 2 user terminal T2, a communication terminal T3 and a contact terminal T4.

The OBD terminal (TO) is connected to an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) of the vehicle, and serves to diagnose a state of a vehicle failure and / or an accident. In addition, the OBD terminal TO is connected to the first user terminal T1, the second user terminal T2, the contact terminal T3 and the contact terminal T4 by Bluetooth communication or communication using a modem (MD) It is possible. Communication using a modem (MD) is exemplified by mobile communication such as 3G and LTE, voice communication via WIFI, or data communication. It is also preferable that the OBD terminal (TO) is also connected to the GPS (GPS) and the black box (BB).

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method of contacting a vehicle in an accident using an OBD terminal (TO) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, steps S80 to S110 are not shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the method of contacting a vehicle with an accident using an OBD terminal (TO) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that a tag for NFC (Near Field Communication) (Step S10), and performing Bluetooth pairing with an OBD (On Board Diagnostic) terminal installed in the vehicle using the NFC tag in the first user terminal T1 and performing an OBD application (step S20 ).

That is, in the case of a vehicle accident contact method using the OBD terminal (TO) of the present invention, the NFC tag is read by the user to the first user terminal (T1) It is possible to easily perform the Bluetooth pairing.

When the Bluetooth pairing of the first user terminal T1 and the OBD terminal TO is completed, the OBD terminal TO is connected to the first user terminal T1 via the OBD terminal TO of the present invention, (S30). If it is determined in step S30 that the first user terminal T1 is a terminal for which bluetooth pairing is set in advance, the OBD terminal (TO) Transmission of information to the terminal T1 is started (S40).

The method of contacting the vehicle with an accident using the OBD terminal (TO) of the present invention for the steps S30 and S40 requires registration of a terminal that is allowed to perform Bluetooth pairing in the OBD terminal (TO) or the management server There will be.

According to the present invention, in the case of a terminal not registered, it is possible to prevent information from the OBD terminal (TO) from being leaked to a third party by not allowing Bluetooth pairing.

 When the OBD terminal (TO) is determined to be the first accident after step S40, the method of contacting the vehicle using the OBD terminal (TO) according to the present invention is a method in which the first user terminal A step S50 of transmitting a guidance message for transmission / reception of the first accident information by telephone or message to the contact terminal T3; and a step S50 of transmitting the guidance message to the OBD terminal TO, (Step S60) in which the first user terminal T1 transmits the first incident information to the predetermined contact terminal T3 by telephone or message in the case where the information that it is not necessary is not transmitted within a predetermined period of time . The method of contacting a vehicle with an accident using the OBD terminal (TO) according to the present invention is characterized in that when the first user terminal (T1) transmits the first accident information to the contact terminal (T3) (S70) that the first user information terminal (T1) also transmits the first accident information to the contact person terminal (T4) related to the preset accident process.

For example, the communication terminal T3 can be set as a terminal of an acquaintance and the contact person terminal T4 can be set as a terminal such as a police or an insurance company. That is, a terminal such as a police or an insurance company may be set as the communication terminal T3.

The fact that the first user terminal T1 in step S60 does not transmit the information indicating that the transmission of the guidance message is not required to the OBD terminal TO within a predetermined time period means that the transmission of the guidance message from the first user terminal T1 It means that an input signal which is not necessary is not inputted.

Here, the first accident may be a traffic accident such that the user of the first user terminal T1 can be severely injured such that the user of the first user terminal T1 can not make an accident contact. When such a first accident occurs, it is necessary to allow the OBD terminal (TO) to automatically contact the user on behalf of the user.

3 is an exemplary diagram of a guidance message.

As can be seen from FIG. 3, the guide message includes a Yes button for allowing the transmission of the first incident information and a No button for not allowing the transmission of the first incident information, and when the user does not press the No button within a predetermined period of time The first user terminal T1 transmits the first incident information to the communication terminal T3 by telephone or message.

 In addition, when the OBD terminal (TO) judges the first accident and there is no first user terminal (T1) connected by Bluetooth communication, the method of contacting the vehicle using the OBD terminal (TO) It is possible to transmit the first accident information to the user terminal T1 or the second user terminal T2 by telephone or message to the previously set contact terminal T3 by using the mobile communication or WIFI communication by the modem (MD) The first user terminal T1 or the second user terminal T2 transmits information indicating that the transmission of the guidance message is not required to the OBD terminal TO within a predetermined period of time The first user terminal T1 or the second user terminal T2 transmits the first incident information to the predetermined contact terminal T3 by telephone or message (S90) . Also, when the first user terminal T1 or the second user terminal T2 transmits the first incident information to the contact terminal T3 by telephone or message in step S90, the first user terminal transmits the first incident information to the first user terminal (S100) that the first user information (T1) or the second user terminal (T2) also transmits the first incident information to the contact terminal (T4) related to the accident process set in advance.

The fact that the first user terminal T1 or the second user terminal T2 in step S90 does not transmit the information indicating that the transmission of the guidance message is not required to the OBD terminal TO within a predetermined period of time, T1 or the second user terminal T2 does not require the transmission of the announcement message.

The method of contacting a vehicle with an accident using the OBD terminal (TO) according to the present invention is characterized in that the first user terminal T1 or the second user terminal T2 transmits information indicating that the transmission of the guidance message to the OBD terminal TO is not required The first user terminal T1 or the second user terminal T2 transmits the first incident information to the predetermined contact terminal T3 by telephone or message (S110 ). ≪ / RTI >

 Both the Bluetooth communication and the communication by the general modem (MD) can be used in the accident communication method of the vehicle using the OBD terminal (TO) according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In step S50, the OBD terminal TO is connected to the first user terminal T1 or the second user terminal T1 using the modem MD because the OBD terminal TO and the first user terminal T1 are connected by Bluetooth communication. T2).

However, if there is no terminal connected by Bluetooth communication, the OBD terminal TO can be connected to the first user terminal T1 or the second user terminal T2 previously designated by the general modem MD.

The OBD terminal (TO) can determine that the first accident has occurred in the following cases.

(1) The impact detected by the impact sensor installed in the vehicle or the OBD terminal (TO) is a certain level or more. The impact is above a certain level because it is likely that the vehicle has hit hard on another object.

(2) a case where the vehicle speed is detected at a predetermined level or more for a predetermined period of time. For example, when the speed of the vehicle suddenly decelerates or accelerates, the vehicle collides with an object, or when the vehicle travels at a higher speed by switching the direction to avoid a collision.

(3) The breakage of the steering wheel of the vehicle is detected when a change of a predetermined level or more is detected for a predetermined period of time. When a change of a predetermined level or more is detected for a predetermined period of time during which the steering wheel of the vehicle is bent, there is a possibility that the vehicle has collided with an object or switched its direction to avoid collision.

(4) The air bag of the vehicle is operated. If the airbag is activated, there is a high possibility that an accident has occurred in the vehicle.

It is preferable that the first accident information includes the current vehicle position and the occurrence time information of the first accident. The first accident information is characterized in that moving picture information stored in a black box (BB) mounted on the vehicle at the time of occurrence of the first accident is stored as a still image at a predetermined number of times at predetermined time intervals . The person receiving the transmission of the still image can more accurately determine the situation of the accident.

As described above, according to the method of communicating with the vehicle using the OBD terminal (TO) of the present invention, it is possible not only to easily pair-pair the smartphone with the OBD terminal (TO), but also to prevent a serious accident It is possible to respond appropriately such as report of accident and arrest.

TO: OBD terminal T1: first user terminal
T2: second user terminal T3: communication terminal
T4: Contact terminal MD: Modem
GPS: GPS BB: Black box

Claims (13)

(a) a first user terminal reading an NFC tag installed in advance in a vehicle; And
(b) performing Bluetooth pairing with an OBD (On Board Diagnostic) terminal installed in the vehicle using the NFC tag in the first user terminal. The method according to claim 1,
(c) after the step (b), the OBD terminal determines whether the first user terminal is a Bluetooth-allowed terminal; And
(d) if the first user terminal is a Bluetooth-allowed terminal, the OBD terminal starts transmitting / receiving information to / from the first user terminal as a result of the determination in step (c) Wherein the OBD terminal is connected to the vehicle. 3. The method of claim 2,
After the step (d)
(e) when the OBD terminal determines that the OBD terminal is the first accident, transmits a guidance message to the first user terminal via the Bluetooth communication to the previously set contact terminal via the telephone or message for transmission of the first accident information The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: The method of claim 3,
When the first user terminal does not transmit to the OBD terminal information indicating that the transmission of the guide message is not required within a predetermined time, the first user information is transmitted from the first user terminal to the contact terminal The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of: transmitting the vehicle identification information to the OBD terminal. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the first user terminal comprises:
When the first accident information is transmitted to the contact terminal by telephone or message, the first accident information is also transmitted to the contact person terminal related to the preset accident process. . The method of claim 3,
If the OBD terminal determines that the OBD terminal is the first incident and there is no user terminal connected by Bluetooth communication, the first user terminal or the second user terminal, which has been preset by using mobile communication or WIFI communication, Further comprising the step of transmitting a guidance message to the user on whether or not the first accident information can be transmitted by the message. The method according to claim 6,
When the first user terminal or the second user terminal does not transmit the information indicating that the transmission of the guidance message is not required to the OBD terminal within a predetermined time, the first user terminal or the second user terminal transmits the first And transmitting the accident information to the predetermined contact terminal by telephone or message. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: The method of claim 3,
The OBD terminal comprises:
And when the impact detected by the impact sensor installed in the vehicle or the OBD terminal is equal to or greater than a predetermined level, it is determined that the first accident has occurred. The method of claim 3,
The OBD terminal comprises:
Wherein the controller determines that the first accident has occurred when a change in the speed of the vehicle over a predetermined level is detected for a predetermined period of time. The method of claim 3,
The OBD terminal comprises:
Wherein the controller determines that the first accident has occurred when a change in the steering handle of the vehicle is detected at a predetermined level or more for a predetermined period of time. The method of claim 3,
The OBD terminal comprises:
And when the airbag of the vehicle is operated, it is determined that the first accident has occurred. The method of claim 3,
The first accident information may include:
The present location of the vehicle and the occurrence time information of the first accident. The method of claim 3,
The first accident information may include:
And storing the moving picture information stored in the black box mounted on the vehicle at the time of occurrence of the first accident at a predetermined time interval as a still image at a predetermined number of times. .

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