JP2006209214A - System for stamp rally - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decide the arrival at a check point including an azimuth to which the participant of a stamp rally is faced. <P>SOLUTION: Portable terminal equipment 1 carried by the participant of a stamp rally is provided with a GPS receiver 10 for detecting the position of a case body and a geomagnetic sensor 20 for detecting an azimuth to which the case body is faced, and the position and azimuth of the portable terminal equipment 1 are transmitted to a server 3. When the position received from the portable terminal equipment 1 is matched with a predetermined position, and the azimuth received from the portable terminal equipment 1 is matched with the predetermined azimuth, it is decided that the portable terminal equipment has arrived at a check point. When it is decided that the portable terminal equipment 1 has arrived at all check points, contents data are transmitted from the server 3 to the portable terminal equipment 1 as compensation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a stamp rally system using a mobile terminal device.

Traditionally, stamp rallies have been conducted for the purpose of sales advertising, information transmission, etc., and the company that provides the product or service is the organizer, and the participants go around multiple checkpoints with mounts, and each checkpoint The stamp is placed on the mount, and the organizer determines whether to reach each checkpoint based on the presence or absence of the stamp. Patent Documents 1 to 4 describe stamp rally systems that perform such checkpoint arrival determination using position information detection means such as a GPS receiver.
JP 2004-139193 A JP 2002-306661 A JP 2002-273054 A JP 2002-132610 A

According to the conventional stamp rally system, the arrival determination of each checkpoint is performed based on the location information of the participant, and the direction to which the participant is facing is not taken into consideration. Even if it is a person, the organizer may not see the direction of the target intended by the organizer. In such a case, the organizer's intention such as wanting to see a specific advertisement or touching an exhibit is not communicated to the participant, and the fun of the participant is reduced.
Also, the conventional stamp rally system does not include means for awarding a reward to be obtained when a participant reaches the checkpoint. For this reason, if the organizer wants to reward the winners of the stamp rally who have reached all the checkpoints, it is necessary to perform the procedure separately from the stamp rally system, which is inefficient and lacks immediate effect. .
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a stamp rally system that performs checkpoint arrival determination including the direction in which stamp rally participants are facing. . Another object of the present invention is to provide a stamp rally system that can give a reward to a person who achieved the stamp rally.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the invention according to claim 1 is a stamp rally system comprising a portable terminal device possessed by a participant of a stamp rally.
The portable terminal device includes a position information detection unit that detects a position of the housing, an orientation information detection unit that detects an orientation in which the housing is facing, and a position detected by the position information detection unit matches a predetermined position. And a arrival determination means for determining that the check point has been reached when the orientation detected by the orientation information detection means coincides with a predetermined orientation.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the stamp rally system according to the first aspect, the portable terminal device further includes a communication unit, and the stamp rally system further includes a server that communicates with the portable terminal device. The server transmits content data to the portable terminal device as a reward when the portable terminal device reaches a predetermined checkpoint.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the stamp rally system in which a server and a portable terminal device possessed by a participant of the stamp rally are connected via a network, the portable terminal device detects position information for detecting a position of a housing. And a direction information detecting means for detecting a direction in which the housing is directed, wherein the server matches a position detected by the position information detecting means of the mobile terminal device with a predetermined position, and A stamp rally system comprising arrival determination means for determining that a check point has been reached when the direction detected by the direction information detection means of the portable terminal device matches a predetermined direction.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the stamp rally system according to the third aspect, the server receives content data as a reward when the portable terminal device reaches a predetermined checkpoint. It is characterized by transmitting to.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to carry out a stamp rally with a high advertising effect and an information transmission effect by determining the arrival of checkpoints including the direction in which the participant is facing. In addition, by providing means for awarding a reward to a person who achieved the stamp rally in the stamp rally system, it is possible to efficiently and immediately award the reward in the stamp rally.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a stamp rally system according to this embodiment. The stamp rally system includes a mobile terminal device 1, a GPS satellite 2, and a server 3.
The configuration of the mobile terminal device 1 will be described later. The mobile terminal devices 1a, 1b, and 1c are mobile terminal devices similar to the mobile terminal device 1.
The GPS satellite 2 transmits a radio signal including the satellite's orbit and time data. A plurality of radio waves are received from 24 GPS satellites using a GPS receiver, and the position on the ground can be obtained from the time difference between the radio waves.

  The server 3 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and communication means. The CPU controls each unit based on a program stored in the ROM. The ROM stores programs executed by the CPU and constant data. The RAM temporarily stores data in the processing of the CPU. In addition, information of check points at which each mobile terminal device 1 possessed by the participant is determined to arrive in the stamp rally is stored. The HDD stores content data such as music data, moving image data, image data, and game software that is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 1 and can be played back or executed by the mobile terminal device 1. In addition, information on the position and orientation of each check point used for determination of arrival of each check point in the stamp rally is stored.

Next, the configuration of the mobile terminal device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile terminal device 1. The mobile terminal device 1 includes a GPS receiver 10 that is position information detection means for detecting the position of the casing, and a geomagnetic sensor 20 that is direction information detection means for detecting the direction in which the casing faces. The mobile terminal device 1 described here also has a function of a mobile phone.
The GPS receiver 10 receives radio waves from the GPS satellite 2 in FIG. 1 to obtain the position information of the casing, and outputs it to the CPU 30 via the bus line 110.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the geomagnetic sensor 20 is a magnetic sensor that detects the strength of the magnetic field in the X axis, the Y axis, and the Z axis. The X axis and the Y axis are set to be perpendicular to each other in the direction shown in FIG. 4 with respect to the mobile terminal device 1, and the Z axis is set to be a direction perpendicular to these and extending from the mobile terminal device 1 to the front. The X-axis sensor 21, the Y-axis sensor 22, and the Z-axis sensor 23 are sensors composed of GMR elements (giant magnetoresistive elements), which are proportional to the magnetic field strength in the X-axis direction, Y-axis direction, and Z-axis direction, respectively. Output the value.

  The switcher 24 switches the outputs of the X-axis sensor 21, the Y-axis sensor 22, and the Z-axis sensor 23 at a constant cycle and outputs them to the amplifier 25. The amplifier 25 amplifies the output of each sensor and outputs it to the A / D converter 26. The A / D converter 26 converts the input signal into a digital signal and outputs it to the interface unit 27. The interface unit 27 outputs the output of the A / D converter 26 to the CPU 30 via the bus line 110.

  When the values of the X-axis sensor 21, Y-axis sensor 22, and Z-axis sensor 23 output in this way are Sx, Sy, and Sz, respectively, the possible values are plotted on the coordinate space as shown in FIG. It becomes such a spherical surface. That is, the values taken by Sx, Sy, and Sz by changing the direction in which the mobile terminal device 1 is directed correspond to any point on the spherical surface in FIG. 5, so the mobile terminal device from the direction of the arrow from the origin to that point. The direction in which 1 is facing can be grasped in the coordinate space. In addition, in order to detect the azimuth | direction which the portable terminal device 1 has faced, only a biaxial magnetic sensor may be sufficient.

The CPU 30 controls each unit based on a program stored in the ROM 40. The ROM 40 stores programs executed by the CPU 30 and constant data. The RAM 50 temporarily stores data in the processing of the CPU 30.
The display unit 60 is a liquid crystal display that displays images, characters, and the like based on display signals input from the CPU 30. The operation key unit 70 includes a numeric keypad and function keys.

  The communication unit 80 is used when transmitting / receiving data to / from the server 3 or when performing a voice call. That is, the communication unit 80 performs transmission / reception of radio signals, modulation / demodulation of transmission / reception signals, and data input / output with the CPU 30 via the antenna 81. Here, character data, symbol data, and the like obtained by demodulation are output to the CPU 30 via the bus line 110, and the sound data is output to the sound processing unit 90. Further, it modulates the character data and the like output from the CPU 30 and the audio data output from the audio processing unit 90.

  The audio processing unit 90 converts the audio signal input from the microphone 91 into digital audio data, compresses it, and outputs it to the communication unit 80. Further, the compressed digital audio data output from the communication unit 80 is expanded, converted into an analog signal, and output to the ear speaker 92. The tone generator 100 generates an analog tone (speech) signal based on the tone data or voice data stored in the ROM 40 or RAM 50 and outputs it to the speaker 101.

  Next, a method of detecting the direction in which the participant is facing, which is necessary for the checkpoint arrival determination in the stamp rally, will be described. In this case, as in the following two examples, the direction in which the participant is facing is detected based on the direction in which the portable terminal device 1 possessed by the stamp rally participant is facing. That is, the first example always displays on the display unit 60 of the mobile terminal device 1 so that the participant always has the mobile terminal device 1 in front, and the second example is portable to the participant. By obligating the terminal device 1 to be placed in the breast pocket, the relationship between the orientation of the participant and the orientation of the mobile terminal device 1 is kept constant.

In the first example, the display unit 60 of the mobile terminal device 1 always displays various information necessary for the stamp rally, for example, a map, a hint of a checkpoint installation location, and a checkpoint orientation. For example, for the checkpoint direction, the CPU 30 transmits the current position information from the GPS receiver 10 and the current direction information from the geomagnetic sensor 20 to the server 3, and these information and the mobile terminal device 1 have not reached the server 3. Based on the position information of the check points, the direction of an arrow indicating the direction of one or more unreachable check points to be displayed on the mobile terminal device 1 is calculated, and this is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 1 for display. The arrow is displayed at 60. Note that distance information between the checkpoint and the current location may be displayed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the participant always holds the mobile terminal device 1 in front of him and directs the antenna 81 (FIG. 4) of the mobile terminal device 1 in the traveling direction so as to display the display unit 60 of the mobile terminal device 1. Therefore, the participant always faces the Y-axis direction set in the mobile terminal device 1. That is, by obtaining the Y-axis azimuth set in the mobile terminal device 1, it is possible to detect the azimuth that the participant is facing. Here, the orientation of the participant may be detected by detecting the inclination of the mobile terminal device 1 by the triaxial geomagnetic sensor 20 or a separately mounted inclination sensor and calculating the horizontal direction according to the inclination. In this case, if the participant holds the mobile terminal device 1 directly above, it is determined that the orientation of the participant is the negative direction of the Z axis.
Various types of information displayed on the display unit 60 are displayed according to the progress of the stamp rally. However, the displayed data may be received from the server 3 each time the progress is made, and the participants may receive the stamp rally. May be received from the server 3 and stored in the RAM 50 of the mobile terminal device 1 when starting the operation.

The second example of how to detect the orientation in which the participant is facing requires the participant to place the mobile terminal device 1 in a predetermined orientation in the breast pocket. That is, the participant is set in the portable terminal device 1 by placing the portable terminal device 1 in the breast pocket so that the direction of the Z axis set in the portable terminal device 1 matches the traveling direction of the participant. By obtaining the direction of the Z axis, the direction in which the participant is facing can be detected.
In this case, the display unit 60 of the mobile terminal device 1 does not display various information on the stamp rally as described above, and the necessary information is such that a slump rally can be performed without looking at the display unit 60. Provided separately on paper.

Next, how to determine the arrival of the checkpoint in the stamp rally will be described. In FIG. 7, the exhibit 4 a is intended to have a contact point with the participant 6 so that the organizer of the stamp rally can touch the participant 6. 6a to 6d represent participants who have the portable terminal device 1, and the direction of the small triangle attached to the circle represents the direction in which the participants 6a to 6d are facing. The region 5a is a range that is considered to have reached the checkpoint position.
At this time, the checkpoint arrival determination is performed based on the orientation of the participant detected as described above and the position of the participant detected by the GPS receiver 10 of the mobile terminal device 1. In FIG. 7, it is determined that the checkpoint has been reached when the participant is inside the area 5 a and faces the direction in which the exhibit 4 a is provided, that is, north or close to this direction. For example, since the participant 6a is OK in both position and direction, it is determined that the checkpoint has been reached. On the other hand, the participant 6b has an OK position but the orientation is NG, the participant 6c has an OK orientation but the position is NG, and the participant 6d has an NG position and orientation. Since these are not aware of the mechanism intended by the organizer, it is not determined that the checkpoint has been reached as it impedes the continuation of the stamp rally.

  FIG. 8 is also a diagram for explaining a checkpoint arrival determination method in the same manner as described above. In FIG. 8, 4b is an exhibit, 6e to 6h represent the participants who have the mobile terminal device 1, and the direction of the small triangles attached to the circles represents the direction in which the participants 6e to 6h are facing. The region 5b is a range that is considered to have reached the checkpoint position. Here, the participants 6e to 6h can only pass the passage 7, and there is an exhibit 4b at a distance. In this case, the exhibit 4b is not inside the area 5b, but if the participant is in the area 5b and is facing north or close to it, it is determined that the exhibit is roughly viewed. It is determined that the checkpoint has been reached. That is, it is determined that the participants 6e and 6g have reached the checkpoint.

  Next, the operation of the stamp rally system described above will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the server 3 in the stamp rally system in this embodiment. When the participant performs an operation to start the stamp rally by using the operation key unit 70 of the mobile terminal device 1, a start signal is transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 80, and the process shown in FIG. The

In step S1, when the server 3 requests the mobile terminal device 1 to transmit position information and direction information, the CPU 30 of the mobile terminal device 1 detects the position information detected by the GPS receiver 10 and the direction information detected by the geomagnetic sensor 20. Is transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 80. The server 3 receives these. Note that the CPU 30 of the mobile terminal device 1 may acquire the position information detected by the GPS receiver 10 and the azimuth information detected by the geomagnetic sensor 20 at a predetermined timing and transmit them to the server 3.
Next, the server 3 transmits information currently required in the mobile terminal device 1 from the received position information (step S2). This is, for example, a map corresponding to the position information received from the mobile terminal device 1, information serving as a hint for reaching the installation location of the unreached checkpoint, and the checkpoint direction. The mobile terminal device 1 receives this and displays it on the display unit 60.
Next, the server 3 determines whether the location information received from the mobile terminal device 1 in step S1 is the location of the checkpoint that the mobile terminal device 1 has not reached (step S3).
In the determination of step S3 and the following step S4 and step S7, the position and orientation information of each checkpoint stored in the HDD of the server 3 or the participant's possession stored in the RAM of the server 3 The information of the checkpoint at which each mobile terminal device 1 is determined to arrive is used. If the determination result is “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S4. If the determination result is “No”, the process returns to step S1.

  Next, in step S4, it is determined whether the direction received from the portable terminal device 1 in step S1 is the direction defined for the checkpoint determined in step S3. If the determination result is “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S5. If the determination result is “No”, the process returns to step S1. In step S5, the mobile terminal device 1 is considered to have reached the checkpoint determined in step S3. The server 3 stores the checkpoint reached by the mobile terminal device 1 in the RAM. Then, information indicating that the check point has been reached is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 1 (step S6). The mobile terminal device 1 receives this and displays it on the display unit 60. Alternatively, a musical tone signal may be generated from the musical tone data stored in the ROM 40 or the RAM 50 by the sound source 100 and output from the speaker 101, or the portable terminal device 1 may be further provided with an LED light emitting unit to emit light. .

  Next, the server 3 determines whether the mobile terminal device 1 has reached all check points (step S7). If the determination result is “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S8. If the determination result is “No”, the process returns to step S1. In step S <b> 8, the reward content data reaching all the check points is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 1. Note that the content data may be transmitted to the mobile terminal device 1 not when all checkpoints are reached but when a predetermined number of checkpoints are reached among all checkpoints. Alternatively, only position information may be received from the mobile terminal device 1 in step S1, and a request signal for azimuth information may be transmitted when the mobile terminal device 1 reaches the checkpoint position in step S3.

  9 is performed by the server 3, the CPU 30 of the portable terminal device 1 stores the program for performing the process shown in FIG. 9 in the server 3, and this program is carried when the participant starts the stamp rally. You may download to the terminal device 1 and may process in the portable terminal device 1. FIG. In this case, it is not necessary to transmit / receive information in step S1, step S2, and step S6. In step S8, the mobile terminal device 1 requests content data from the server 3 and transmits it to the mobile terminal device 1 from the server 3. To do. Further, in the above embodiment, the position and orientation information of each checkpoint is stored in the HDD of the server 3, but this is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 1 and stored in the RAM 50. In addition, the checkpoint at which each mobile terminal device 1 possessed by the participant is determined to arrive is stored in the RAM of the server 3, but this is stored in the RAM 50 of the mobile terminal device 1.

In the above embodiment, the GPS receiver 10 is used as position information detection means of the mobile terminal device 1. However, for example, short-range wireless transmission facilities are installed in various places in the stamp rally venue, and the mobile terminal device 1 is installed in the mobile terminal device 1. May be provided with a receiver for receiving the radio wave, and the position may be detected when the radio wave is received, that is, when it enters the service area.
The mobile terminal device 1 may be equipped with a sensor for detecting the height, such as an atmospheric pressure sensor, and include the number of floors of the building in which the participant is present, whether it is above or below the bridge, and the like in the checkpoint arrival determination conditions.
The server 3 adds additional information related to the stamp rally, such as the participant's rally achievement status, ranking, hint indicating that the participant is close to the checkpoint, information on other participants near the participant, etc. May be transmitted to the mobile terminal device 1 of all or some of the participants. These pieces of information may be transmitted from the server 3 when a request is made from the mobile terminal device 1 to the server 3.
According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively use an orientation sensor that will be mounted on many portable terminal devices such as cellular phones in the future.

  The present invention is used when performing a stamp rally.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the stamp rally system by embodiment of this invention. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile terminal device 1. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a geomagnetic sensor 20. FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating directions of an X axis and a Y axis set in the mobile terminal device 1. It is the graph which plotted the output value of the geomagnetic sensor 20 on coordinate space. It is a figure which shows the relationship between a participant's advancing direction and direction of the portable terminal device. It is a figure for demonstrating the method of arrival determination of the checkpoint in a stamp rally. It is a figure for demonstrating the method of arrival determination of the checkpoint in a stamp rally. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the server 3 in the stamp rally system in this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1a, 1b, 1c ... Portable terminal device, 2 ... GPS satellite, 3 ... Server, 4a, 4b ... Exhibit, 5a, 5b ... Area, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6h ... participant, 7 ... passage, 10 ... GPS receiver, 20 ... geomagnetic sensor, 21 ... X-axis sensor, 22 ... Y-axis sensor, 23 ... Z-axis sensor, 24 ... switch, 25 ... amplifier, 26 ... A / D converter, 27 ... interface unit, 30 ... CPU, 40 ... ROM, 50 ... RAM, 60 ... display unit, 70 ... operation key unit, 80 ... communication unit, 81 ... antenna, 90 ... audio processing unit, 91 ... microphone , 92 ... Ear speaker, 100 ... Sound source, 101 ... Speaker, 110 ... Bus line

Claims (4)

In a stamp rally system consisting of mobile terminal devices owned by stamp rally participants,
The portable terminal device
Position information detecting means for detecting the position of the housing;
Azimuth information detecting means for detecting the azimuth facing the housing;
An arrival determination that determines that the check point has been reached when the position detected by the position information detection means matches a predetermined position and the direction detected by the direction information detection means matches a predetermined direction. Means,
A stamp rally system comprising: The portable terminal device further comprises a communication means, and the stamp rally system further comprises a server for communicating with the portable terminal device,
The stamp rally system according to claim 1, wherein the server transmits content data to the portable terminal device as a reward when the portable terminal device reaches a predetermined check point. In the stamp rally system where the server and the mobile terminal devices owned by the participants of the stamp rally are connected via a network,
The portable terminal device
Position information detecting means for detecting the position of the housing;
Azimuth information detecting means for detecting the azimuth facing the housing;
Comprising
The server
Checkpoint when the position detected by the position information detection means of the mobile terminal device matches a predetermined position and the direction detected by the direction information detection means of the mobile terminal device matches a predetermined direction A stamp rally system comprising arrival determination means for determining that the position has been reached. 4. The stamp rally system according to claim 3, wherein the server transmits content data to the portable terminal device as a reward when the portable terminal device reaches a predetermined checkpoint.

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