JP2001318926A - Information management device and information management system utilizing the device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an information management device capable of easily retrieving a required area on a map in the case of updating and correcting/checking a road sign management register and capable of easily preparing a new road sign management register. SOLUTION: House map data, sigh board sort data, auxiliary board data, and site pictures are stored as data bases, a house map concerned is read out from the house map data displayed on a map picture to be managed at its information or a 1st index picture displayed on the map picture and the read data are displayed. When a sign setting place on the house map is specified, road sign register data are prepared by sticking the house map data, the sign board sort data, the auxiliary board data, and the site picture to a register picture corresponding to each sign sort.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information management device suitable for road sign management and an information management system using the device, and more particularly, to updating and correcting a road sign management ledger to check a desired map area. The present invention relates to an information management device that is easy to find and easily creates a new road sign management ledger, and an information management system that uses the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, each local police station prepares a road sign management ledger that documents the road signs installed in the jurisdiction for each jurisdiction, and manages maintenance by hand. Types of road sign management ledgers include intersection center stud installation ledger, roadside flash board installation ledger, large variable road sign installation ledger, roadside variable road sign installation ledger, large road sign installation ledger, large type for narrow streets There are road sign installation ledgers.

[0003] Regarding the intersection center stud installation ledger and the roadside flash board installation ledger, the installation location is indicated, for example, by index No. of a house map of Zenrin Co., Ltd. For large variable road sign installation ledgers, large road sign installation ledgers, and large street sign installation ledgers for narrow streets,
In most cases, a map of a nearby location, for example, a copy of a Zenrin map or a map of an installation location based on a handwritten drawing is attached to a ledger, and the display of road signs is also supported by a rubber stamp. Some of them display a sign on the installation location map. In addition to the map, a photograph of the installation status is attached by pasting or the like.

[0004]

However, conventionally, as described above, since the management of the sign is performed using the documented road sign management ledger, a desired map is used when the road sign management ledger is updated and corrected. There is a problem that it takes time and effort to search for the upper area, and that new creation and correction of the ledger require a great deal of work because all new creation and correction are performed manually. In large cities, etc., it is known that everything is made into a database and centrally managed together with traffic information etc. using a large computer.However, in each local police station, such a large system is In reality, it is difficult to introduce them.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is an information management apparatus which makes it easy to search for a desired map area when updating and correcting a road sign management ledger, and to easily create a new road sign management ledger. It is another object of the present invention to provide an information management system using the device without increasing the cost.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information management apparatus for storing house map data, sign board type data, and auxiliary board data necessary for road sign management. Means for reading and displaying a corresponding house map from the house map data on the basis of a wide area map screen showing the entire area of the jurisdiction to be managed or the first index screen displayed on the map screen. Means for executing the display processing of the second index screen by selecting the mark selection button on the screen, and selecting the sign type using the second index screen, and setting the mark at the sign installation location on the house map. When the input is specified, the house map data, the sign board type data, and the auxiliary board data are entered on the ledger screen opened corresponding to each sign type together with the input of bibliographic items. And means for executing the process of creating the road signs ledger data corresponding to the label installation point affixed read the fine scene photos, the road signs ledger data that the created,
Means for displaying a screen by selecting a mark displayed on the house map.

[0007] The information management device saves house map data, sign board type data, and auxiliary board data necessary for road sign management, and displays the data on a wide area map screen showing the entire area within the jurisdiction to be managed. When the setting of the area frame set or the input of the town name information on the first index screen displayed on the wide area map screen, the corresponding house map is read from the house map data and displayed. To create a ledger, select the mark selection button on the screen to display the second index screen, select the sign type using the second index screen, and specify the sign installation location on the house map. By doing so, a ledger screen corresponding to each sign type is displayed. On this displayed ledger, input the bibliographic information, read the house map data, the sign board type data and the auxiliary board data from each database, paste them, and create the road sign ledger data. By specifying the mark displayed on the house map, the screen can be displayed and the displayed content can be updated and corrected.
Therefore, it is easy to search for a desired map area when updating and correcting the road sign management ledger by a predetermined input operation or read operation in the computer-controlled information management device, and it becomes easy to newly create the road sign management ledger. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information management system comprising: a parent terminal provided with each of the means according to the first to third aspects; and a child terminal connected to the parent terminal via a network. And a server is provided in the network, wherein the parent terminal and the child terminal can share a file with each other. Therefore, in the same manner as in the parent terminal, the child terminal can easily search for a desired map area when updating and correcting the road sign management ledger by a predetermined input operation or a read operation. It is easy to create a new ledger.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of an information management apparatus and an information management system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of an information management device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a road sign management method by the information management device of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the information management device 1 according to the present invention has a control processing unit 2 as a control center,
The control processing unit 2 controls the input devices 3 such as a keyboard and a mouse as peripheral devices, a display device 4, a printing device 5, and a memory 6 as storage means.

The memory 6 is configured by a storage medium such as a hard disk, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, and an optical disk. The memory 6 stores house map data, sign board type data, auxiliary board data, and site photographs, which are necessary for road sign management, which will be described in detail later. The memory 6 is provided with an area for storing processing result data as a result of data update, correction, search, and the like. Information management device 1 having such a memory 6
When the user makes a request to read data stored in the memory 6 from the input device 3, the control processing unit 2
Can read data from the memory 6 and display the read data on the display device 4.

Next, a road sign management method using the information management device of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the search operation of the road sign management method will be described. When "road sign management map system" is designated by the icon displayed on the screen, the screen of the display device 4 displays a menu screen showing the initial state of the "road sign management map system" as shown in FIG. 3 (ST1). ). In this menu screen, a search button, an end button, and a cancel button are displayed at a lower position of the screen. By clicking the search button, the program is executed to execute a program, and a housing map indicating a pre-registered road sign installation location is displayed. The search starts, the program ends when the end button is clicked, and the start of the search operation is canceled when the cancel button is clicked.

When the search button is clicked to start searching for the pre-registered road sign management (ST2),
The screen of the display device 4 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
It becomes a 25,000 wide area map screen. An index screen for setting a search area is superimposed on the upper left of the wide area map screen, and a town name selection field, a house map button, a menu button, a selection list button, and an end button are set on the index screen ( ST3).

[0013] After moving the cursor on the area frame displayed on the wide area map screen to a predetermined area, double-click or input the town name information in the town name selection field of the index screen and click the house map button. (ST
4) The corresponding house map is read from the house map data in the memory 6 (ST5). Thereby, the corresponding house map as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. Also, a first index screen A1 for recognizing a road sign is displayed at the upper left on the house map screen.
Are superimposed (ST6). This index screen A
1, a type field, a section code section, a section number field, a town name section, a ledger button, a map button, a mark button, a menu button, and a mark registration button are set.

Here, the type field indicates that the road sign is any one of an intersection center tack, a roadside flash plate, a large variable road sign, a road variable road sign, a large road sign, and a large road sign for a narrow street. For each type selected, the intersection center tack is (red), the roadside flash board is (yellow), the large variable road sign is (green), and the roadside variable road sign is (Cyan), large-sized road signs (magenta), and large-sized street signs for narrow streets (blue) are color-coded into colors (circles) and selected and displayed at installation locations on the house map.

The sign code column is used to select a jurisdiction. In the sign number column, 1 or 2 is used for reference,
3 to N are used at the time of registration. The town name column is used to select any of the town names. The map button is used to display a house map of the town name input by the operation after the town name is selected.

The mark button is used to display a mark indicating a registered road sign position on a house map.
When the mark is double-clicked, the mark blinks, and the corresponding type, signature code, and signature number are displayed on the index screen, and at the same time, the mark is displayed at the intersection on the map. The mark registration button is used to register a mark displayed at an intersection on a map.

The menu button is used to return to the initial menu screen. When the ledger button is operated after the type, the signature code, and the signature number have been input, the registered ledger can be displayed. Also, after clicking the mark on the map and pressing the ledger button, the registered ledger can be displayed.

When a mark registration button is pressed after selecting a mark of an intersection on the map, an index screen A2 set as a lower layer of the index screen A1 for the road sign as shown in FIG. Is performed (ST7). This index screen A2 includes the previous index screen A1.
Similarly, there are a type field, a section code section, a section number field, a town name section, a ledger button, a map button, a mark button, a menu button, and a mark registration button. In addition, it is possible to specify whether the road sign is an intersection center stud, a roadside flash board, a large variable road sign, a roadside variable road sign, a large road sign, or a large road sign for a narrow street by a click operation. A selection field has been set.

By using the index screen A2 to select, for example, an intersection center stud, which is a sign type, and to click on a mark (red circle) of a predetermined color displayed at a sign installation location on the house map (ST8). Then, a reference ledger screen recorded and managed for each marker type as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed (ST9).

In the example shown in FIG. 7, a reference screen of an intersection center stud marker book representing the intersection situation of the designated marker installation location is shown. This reference screen has each item column for indicating the installation status of the intersection center stud, and shows an example of a map, a photograph, and the like. At the time of creating a ledger, which will be described later, by clicking in each box representing a map, a photograph, and the like, the input operation of the sign board type, the input operation of the auxiliary board sign, the input operation of the map selection, and the input operation of the photo selection are performed. You can choose either. However, on the ledger reference screen for the designated sign installation location, each item, map, photograph, and the like cannot be changed, and those changes can be made based on the ledger registration described below.

At the same time as performing the above-mentioned click operation for selecting the sign type, at the same time, clicking the sign installation scheduled portion on the house map, a registered ledger display showing the sign type box of FIG. 8 prepared for ledger registration (ST10). ), A registration ledger display showing an auxiliary sign box in FIG. 9 (ST11), and a registration ledger display showing a map selection box in FIG. 10 (ST1).
2), a registration ledger display (ST13) showing the photo selection box of FIG. 11 is sequentially performed.

Here, when the button in the sign type box is pressed on the screen where the registration ledger display shown in FIG. 8 is made,
A list of each of the regulatory signs 1-2, the instruction sign, and the warning sign shown in FIGS. 16 to 19 is displayed. By clicking a predetermined sign button, the sign selected in the blank of the sign board type is displayed. Sticks. Similarly, when the button in the sign type box is pressed on the screen for registration ledger display shown in FIG. 9, a list of auxiliary board signs shown in FIG. 20 is displayed. By doing so, the selected auxiliary plate is attached to the blank of the auxiliary plate type.
The same applies to the map selection in FIG. 10 and the photo selection in FIG.

When a predetermined input operation is performed on the input device 3 for each ledger display shown in FIGS.
The sign board type data is input using the ledger screen of (ST1).
4) Input auxiliary board data using the ledger screen of FIG. 9 (ST15), input house map data using the ledger screen of FIG. 10 (ST16), and use the ledger screen of FIG. Read and paste (ST17).

By making these inputs, creation, update and correction processes are executed, and road sign register data can be created (ST18). After the road signing ledger data is created, the registration is completed by pressing the registration button. After that, when the mark is clicked, the screen display shown in FIG. 12 is displayed in the same manner as the reference screen shown in FIG. In other words, after registering the ledger, by clicking on the index, house map, and mark after registering the ledger, the type of index, station code, and station number are entered, and the registered road sign ledger can be referenced by pressing the ledger button. .

Next, the manner in which traffic facility management is performed using the information management device described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12 will be described. Here, it is assumed that the road sign ledger data has already been created and registered in the ledger. For example, if you specify "Road Safety Facility Management System" with an icon,
The screen of the display device 4 is the menu screen of the “Road Safety Facility Management System” with the title “RoadManager” as shown in FIG. 14 (ST2).
1). On this menu screen, map browser, ledger registration, ledger maintenance, and the like are displayed as icons for managing traffic facilities.

First, a map browser is designated by an icon, a house map field is clicked on the screen, and a house map in a desired area is selected (ST22). A house map as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed. By clicking the color-coded mark on the map, for example, the management ledger shown in FIG. 7 is immediately displayed together with the house map and the like.

Thus, according to the present embodiment, when updating and correcting the road sign management ledger, it is easy to find a desired area on the map, and it is possible to easily create a new road sign management ledger. Equipment can be built.

FIG. 20 is a system configuration diagram of an information management system 100 using the information management device of FIG. The parent terminal 200 shown in the figure has the function of the information management device according to the present invention described with reference to FIGS.
0 is connected to a child terminal 400 via a network 300. In the network 300, a server that allows the parent terminal 200 and the child terminal 400 to share files with each other is constructed.

Therefore, the child terminal 400 also has the parent terminal 2
In a manner similar to that which can be performed at 00, a predetermined input operation or a read operation can be used to search for a desired map area when updating and correcting the road sign management ledger, making it easy to newly create a road sign management ledger. Become. In addition, if a recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the information management device or the information management system described above is easily provided, the information can be obtained by using the recording medium by the computer. A management device or an information management system can be realized.

[0030]

As described above, according to the information management apparatus of the first aspect, it is possible to confirm the update and correction of the road sign management ledger by a predetermined input operation or a read operation in the computer-controlled information management apparatus. It is easy to find the area on the map, and it is easy to newly create the road sign management ledger.
Further, when updating and correcting the road sign management ledger by a predetermined input operation or reading operation, it is easy to search for a desired area on the map, and it becomes easy to newly create the road sign management ledger.
According to the information management system of the fourth aspect, a desired area on the map is used for updating and correcting the road sign management ledger by a predetermined input operation or a read operation so that the child terminal can perform the operation on the parent terminal. Can be easily searched for, and new creation of a road sign management ledger becomes easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an information management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a road sign management method performed by the information management device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a menu screen of the road sign management map system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a wide area map screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a corresponding house map and a first index screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a corresponding house map and a second index screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a ledger reference screen on which a selection can be made for each sign type;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a ledger display screen for inputting a sign board type.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a ledger display screen for inputting an auxiliary board marker.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a ledger display screen for inputting a map selection.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a ledger display screen for inputting a photo selection.

FIG. 12 is a screen showing a registered house map.

FIG. 13 is a menu screen of the traffic safety facility management system.

FIG. 14 is a display screen of a house map in which a road sign is registered.

FIG. 15 is a display screen of a list of regulation signs.

FIG. 16 is a display screen of another list of regulation signs.

FIG. 17 is a display screen of a list of warning signs.

FIG. 18 is a display screen of a list of instruction markers.

FIG. 19 is a display screen of a list of auxiliary board markers.

FIG. 20 is a system configuration diagram of an information management system using the information management device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 information management device 2 control processing unit 3 input device 4 display device 5 printing device 6 memory 100 information management system 200 parent terminal 300 network 400 child terminal

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Means for storing house map data, sign board type data, and auxiliary board data necessary for road sign management, and a wide area map screen or a map screen showing the entire area within the jurisdiction to be managed. Means for reading and displaying a corresponding house map from the house map data based on the displayed first index screen, and executing display processing of a second index screen by selecting a mark selection button on the screen; When a sign type is selected using the second index screen, and a mark is input and designated at a sign installation location on a house map, on a ledger screen opened corresponding to each sign type,
Means for reading and pasting the house map data, the sign board type data and the auxiliary board data together with the input of bibliographic items, and executing a process of creating road sign register data corresponding to the sign installation location; Means for displaying a screen by selecting a mark displayed on the house map. 2. A means for selecting a mark displayed on the house map to display corresponding road sign ledger data and updating and updating a predetermined display content. Item 2. The information management device according to Item 1. 3. A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing a site photograph, and means for reading and pasting the site photograph and executing a process of creating road sign register data corresponding to a sign installation location. Or the information management device according to 2. 4. A parent terminal provided with each of the means according to claim 1; and a child terminal connected to the parent terminal via a network, wherein the network includes the parent terminal and the child. An information management system comprising a server capable of sharing files with terminals.