Abstract: A method of operating an apparatus for providing a multi-modal service using a personal mobility vehicle includes: receiving a departure point and a destination from a user terminal; searching for positions of available PM vehicles between the departure point and the destination; generating a route between the departure point and the destination based on the positions of the PM vehicles; and providing the route and the positions of the PM vehicles to the user terminal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing information are disclosed. An information providing apparatus includes an output unit configured to output information and a control unit configured to generate first information and second information according to an output mode that is any one mode of a normal mode, a safe mode, or an emotional mode. The output unit controls the first information to be output to a user through the output unit and controls the second information to be output to an outside of the information providing apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus for managing a shared personal mobility (PM) vehicle comprises a battery unit configured to supply power, a communication unit configured to communicate with a server and road side units, and a control unit configured to determine whether to manage a PM vehicle based on at least one of a position, a position change, and a battery charge amount of the PM vehicle and transmit a management notification message to the server.

Abstract: A method, implemented by a computer, for determining a position of a personal mobility device (PMD) comprises: estimating a position of a PMD based on a first wireless signal; determining whether the PMD is within an intermediate area between a first area and a second area, based on an estimated position of the PMD; determining whether the PMD moves to the second area, by using both the first wireless signal and a second wireless signal; and determining position of the PMD by using any one of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal based on a movement of the PMD to the second area.

Abstract: A method of operating an apparatus for predicting and redistributing a personal mobility vehicle (PM vehicle) demand for shared PM vehicles includes generating demand information for the PM vehicles for a plurality of areas according to time, generating current distribution information for the PM vehicles positioned in the plurality of areas, generating target distribution information based on the demand information and the current distribution information, and redistributing the PM vehicles according to the target distribution information.

Abstract: A device and method for positioning personal mobility vehicle are disclosed. The positioning method is implemented by a computer and comprises receiving messages from a plurality of auxiliary road side units, obtaining distances between a Personal Mobility (PM) vehicle and the plurality of auxiliary road side units based on the messages, estimating a candidate position of the PM vehicle based on the distances between the PM vehicle and the plurality of auxiliary road side units, receiving correction data from a reference road side unit, correcting the candidate position based on the correction data, and determining the corrected candidate position as a final position of the PM vehicle.

Abstract: A real-time customized promotion channel may be provided according to at least one attribute of digital contents displayed on a user device. Such a user device may include a communication circuit configured to receive channel service information from the server, an Input/Output (I/O) circuit configured to reproduce digital contents and output the reproduced digital contents to a display, and a controller configured to determine a promotion channel related to at least one attribute of the digital contents and request the determined promotion channel to the server. The communication circuit may be configured to receive the requested promotion channel from the server, and the I/O circuit is configured to reproduce the promotion channel and output the reproduced promotion channel through the display after the outputted digital contents ends.

Abstract: A personal mobility device (PMD) has a footboard unit including a footboard, a front wheel disposed on the footboard, and a rear wheel disposed behind the front wheel on the footboard. The PMD also has a steering unit including a steering axle, a fixation unit that connects one end of the steering axle to the footboard unit, and a grip disposed on the other end of the steering axle. The PMD also has a side guard disposed on each side of the footboard unit and extending along an axial direction of the footboard.

Abstract: An elevator control method is implemented by a computer and comprises: receiving a board request from a board-standby robot; determining a priority of the board-standby robot based on information relating to the board-standby robot and operation information of the elevator; and controlling operation of an elevator car based on the priority of board-standby robots and the priority of on-board robots within the elevator car.

Abstract: A method, implemented by a computer, for positioning based on heterogeneous networks comprises: estimating a position of a personal mobility device (PMD) based on a first wireless signal; determining whether the PMD is within an intermediate area between a first area and a second area, based on an estimated position of the PMD; determining whether the PMD moves to the second area, by using both the first wireless signal and a second wireless signal; and determining position of the PMD by using any one of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal based on a movement of the PMD to the second area.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling personal mobility device (PMD) depending on congestion includes identifying a target area according to an expected route of the PMD, acquiring a degree of congestion of the target area based on at least one of a type of objects, a movement of the objects, a distance between objects, the number of objects that is expected, and a speed limit of the target area, and controlling speed of the PMD according to the degree of congestion.

Abstract: An apparatus for managing a shared personal mobility (PM) vehicle comprises a battery unit configured to supply power, a communication unit configured to communicate with a server and road side units, and a control unit configured to determine whether to manage a PM vehicle based on at least one of a position, a position change, and a battery charge amount of the PM vehicle and transmit a management notification message to the server.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing information are disclosed. An information providing apparatus includes an output unit configured to output information and a control unit configured to generate first information and second information according to an output mode that is any one mode of a normal mode, a safe mode, or an emotional mode. The output unit controls the first information to be output to a user through the output unit and controls the second information to be output to an outside of the information providing apparatus.

Abstract: A method of operating an apparatus for predicting and redistributing a personal mobility vehicle (PM vehicle) demand for shared PM vehicles includes generating demand information for the PM vehicles for a plurality of areas according to time, generating current distribution information for the PM vehicles positioned in the plurality of areas, generating target distribution information based on the demand information and the current distribution information, and redistributing the PM vehicles according to the target distribution information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing multi-modal service using a personal mobility vehicle are disclosed. The method of operating an apparatus for providing a multi-modal service using a personal mobility vehicle includes: receiving a departure point and a destination from a user terminal; searching for positions of available PM vehicles between the departure point and the destination; generating a route between the departure point and the destination based on the positions of the PM vehicles; and providing the route and the positions of the PM vehicles to the user terminal.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing traffic information to personal mobility (PM) vehicle are provided. A computer implemented method includes receiving, from a PM vehicle, at least one of Received Signal Strength Indicators (RSSIs) or Time-of-Flight (ToF) values of vehicle-to-everything messages (V2X messages) generated from roadside units (RSUs) and received by the PM vehicle, and receiving identification information and transmission time points included in the V2X messages. A position and a prediction route of the PM vehicle are deduced based on at least one of the RSSIs or the ToF values, the identification information, and the transmission time points. Then, one or more essential traffic lights among a plurality of traffic lights are determined according to the position and the prediction route of the PM vehicle and identification information of the one or more essential traffic lights is transmitted to the PM vehicle.

Abstract: A device and method for positioning personal mobility vehicle are disclosed. The positioning method is implemented by a computer and comprises receiving messages from a plurality of auxiliary road side units, obtaining distances between a Personal Mobility (PM) vehicle and the plurality of auxiliary road side units based on the messages, estimating a candidate position of the PM vehicle based on the distances between the PM vehicle and the plurality of auxiliary road side units, receiving correction data from a reference road side unit, correcting the candidate position based on the correction data, and determining the corrected candidate position as a final position of the PM vehicle.

Abstract: A real-time customized promotion channel may be provided according to at least one attribute of digital contents displayed on a user device. Such a user device may include a communication circuit configured to receive channel service information from the server, an Input/Output (I/O) circuit configured to reproduce digital contents and output the reproduced digital contents to a display, and a controller configured to determine a promotion channel related to at least one attribute of the digital contents and request the determined promotion channel to the server. The communication circuit may be configured to receive the requested promotion channel from the server, and the I/O circuit is configured to reproduce the promotion channel and output the reproduced promotion channel through the display after the outputted digital contents ends.

Abstract: An augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device for a disabled person, and more particularly, an AAC device for the disabled person who has some degree of cognitive skills using pictures to express his/her communication. The AAC device includes a main body having a board shape in which an indicator connector protrudes from a front center portion; a communication display board attached to a front surface of the main body and including a plurality of symbols attached in a radial shape; an indicator rotatably connected to the indicator connector to indicate the corresponding symbols according to a user indication; and a controller installed in a lower portion of the main body, receiving an input signal from the user, and controlling the operation of the indicator.