JP2007141054A - Position search system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a position search system, enabling a user to specify a person concerned without using personal information such as name, address or telephone number, search the current position thereof, and join with the person without crossing. <P>SOLUTION: An IC tag-embedded body having unique identification information is related with an IC tag-embedded body carrying person by temporary identification information. By using the unique identification information and the temporary identification information together, the position of the IC tag-embedded body carrying person within a predetermined area is searched without disclosing the personal information, and it is reported to the IC tag-embedded body carrying person that he/she is a search object, whereby the crossing with the searching person is prevented. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a position search system for specifying the position of a person in a specific area, and in particular, for example, in various event venues such as exhibitions, shows, seminars, and play facilities such as theme parks, for example, specifying the current position of a user. The present invention relates to a position search system suitable for the above.

  In venues where many people gather, such as various event venues such as exhibitions, shows, and seminars, and theme parks, users who come in groups often lose their sight of each other. Once you lose sight of each other, depending on the size of the venue and the number of users, it is difficult to discover each other on your own.

  In such a case, the information center installed in the venue is used. The information center used to find the target user from the personal information of the target user by means of a broadcast call or by a staff member searching the venue.

  The user discovery method as described above requires a great deal of time and labor until the target user discovery.

  In recent years, an individual identification method using an IC tag has been used to improve such a method for finding a user who requires human labor. The IC tag can hold unique ID data and other data inside, and can transmit data held inside using radio waves. There is a method of specifying the user's position by reading the data held by the IC tag when the user possesses such an IC tag and when the user's position is lost.

  A conventional position search system using an IC tag will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram of a position search system using a conventional IC tag. FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a conventional position search system. The IC tag holder 31 who has the IC tag 32 enters the venue where the IC tag detection devices 34a, 34b, and 34c are installed. For the IC tag 32, personal information of the IC tag holder 31 such as name, leader name, address, telephone number, etc. is input as unique identification data before entry using an input device (not shown). When the current position of the IC tag holder 31 is unknown, when the unique identification data of the IC tag holder 31 input to the IC tag 32 is input to the IC tag holder search device 35 installed in the venue, the IC tag The IC tag 32 holding the identification information input by the detection devices 34a, 34b, 34c is detected, and the current position of the IC tag holder 31 holding the IC tag 32 is displayed on the IC tag holder search device 35. Such a position search system is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example.

JP 2003-233893 A

  In the conventional position search system described above, personal information of the IC tag holder 31 such as name, address, and telephone number needs to be input to the IC tag 32, and personal information in the IC tag 32 is unintended by an unintended third party. There was a risk of being read. Further, since the current position of the IC tag holder 31 is searched based on the personal information, there is a possibility that an unintended third party may grasp the current position of the IC tag holder 31.

  Furthermore, in the conventional position search system, only the position of the IC tag holder 31 at the time of the search can be grasped, and the IC tag holder 31 is searched while moving to join the IC tag holder 31. There was a problem that it could move from the position where it was, and there was a possibility of going wrong.

  A technical problem of the present invention is to provide a position search system that can search for the current position by specifying the person without using personal information such as name, address, and telephone number.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a position search system that makes it possible to avoid a mistake as described above.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of IC tag built-in bodies having unique identification information in advance, one or more closed regions having an entrance / exit provided with an information reading device for the IC tag built-in body, and the unique identification A registration device for associating information with the IC tag built-in carrier with temporary identification information, a combination of the unique identification information and the temporary identification information, and the IC tag built-in cell obtained by the information reading device A position search device that searches for the position of the IC tag built-in carrier using the entry / exit information obtained from the entry / exit exit passage time of the person, the reading device, the registration device, and the position search device, A position search system characterized by being connected to a network is obtained.

  According to the present invention, the registration device recognizes a plurality of IC tag built-in carriers as one group, and the position search device performs a position search only within the one group. Get the system.

  According to the present invention, the entrance / exit has means for notifying that the position search target person is a position search target to the IC tag built-in body carrier who is the position search target person according to the search result of the position search device. A position search system characterized by this can be obtained.

  The IC tag built-in body in the present invention is an identification body having an IC tag having unique identification information therein, and the shape thereof is, for example, a ticket shape or a wristband shape. The unique identification information possessed by the IC tag is identification information unique to each IC tag that can identify the IC tag, such as ID data possessed by the IC tag.

  Temporary identification information in the present invention is information that can identify each built-in carrier in the group of IC tag built-in carriers, for example, each designation in the group.

  The closed area in the present invention is an area where entry / exit from the area can be managed.

  By using the position search system of the present invention, the position search of the IC tag built-in carrier can be performed without using the unique information of the IC tag built-in carrier. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent a crossing by notifying the mobile phone carrier with a built-in IC tag that has performed a position search that a call is being made.

  The position search system of the present invention uses, for example, a unique identification number inherent in an electronic ticket incorporating an IC tag and temporary identification information set by the user according to the usage form in combination with personal information. The position of the user in the predetermined area is searched without disclosing the above. The above temporary identification information is, for example, when a unique name is set within a small group consisting of users at the event venue, and if a current position unknown person such as a lost child occurs, The unique identification information of the electronic ticket possessed by the person whose current position is unknown is identified from the temporary identification information, the current position of the electronic ticket holder having the unique identification information is searched via the network, and the group member Contact through the network.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a position search system according to the present invention. Each event booth 13a, 13b, 13c is an event venue that uses electronic tickets 2a, 2b with built-in IC tags and whose entry and exit are managed by entrance gates 11a, 11b, 11c and exit gates 12a, 12b, 12c; , A plurality of group registration terminals 3 a and 3 b, a plurality of user search terminals 4 a, 4 b and 4 c, and a management server 14.

  The IC tags incorporated in the electronic tickets 2a and 2b respectively hold unique data and handle the unique data as IDs of the electronic tickets 2a and 2b. Each entrance gate 11a, 11b, 11c, exit gate 12a, 12b, 12c, group registration terminal 3a, 3b, user search terminal 4a, 4b, 4c has a built-in ID reader for electronic tickets 2a, 2b. Yes. The group registration terminals 3a and 3b and the user search terminals 4a, 4b and 4c are each provided with a display for displaying information.

  The management server 14 is connected to each of the entrance gates 11a, 11b, 11c, the exit gates 12a, 12b, 12c, the group registration terminals 3a, 3b, and the user search terminals 4a, 4b, 4c via the network 15, and communicates data. It can be performed.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the position search system of the present invention. The users 1a and 1b who entered the event venue register the name at the venue as two groups at the group registration terminal 3a and enter. In this event venue, there are three event booths as shown in FIG. 1, and the location information of two people is updated according to the entrance and exit of the users 1a and 1b. In the unlikely event that two people are separated, one of them enters the ID into one of the user search terminals 4a, 4b, 4c, and when searching, the members constituting the same group, that is, in this case, the names of the two people are named. Displayed, the other position can be searched.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart of group registration according to the present invention. Friends users 1a and 1b (see also FIG. 1) purchase electronic tickets 2a and 2b at the entrance, respectively, and enter the event venue. First, the users 1a and 1b use the group registration terminal 3a installed near the entrance to form a group with two people and perform group registration.

  First, the ID of the electronic ticket 2a of the user 1a is read by the group registration terminal 3a. The read ID is displayed on the display. Next, each name (hereinafter referred to as nickname) in the venue associated with the ID is input. The nickname may be anything that can be identified within the group to be registered. After completing the input of the user 1a nickname “Yamada”, the user 1b performs the same operation this time, reads the ID of the electronic ticket 2b and inputs the nickname “Taro”. The above operation is performed for the number of people in the group to be registered, that is, for two people in this case. When the operation for the number of people in the group is completed, the “registration” key displayed on the display is touched to perform the group registration operation.

  When the registration operation is performed, the group registration terminal 3 a transmits the read IDs of the electronic tickets 2 a and 2 b and the input nickname to the management server 14 via the network 15. The management server 14 has a group information table of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 as a database.

  Subsequently, the management server adds the group number generated by the management server 14 to the IDs and nicknames of the electronic tickets 2a and 2b received from the group registration terminal 3a and registers them in the database. When the registration of the database is completed, the management server 14 transmits a registration operation completion signal to the group registration terminal 3a. The group registration terminal 3a that has received the registration operation completion signal from the management server 14 displays a registration completion message on the display and notifies the users 1a and 1b that the group registration is completed. The group registration of the users 1a and 1b is thus completed.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of location information update according to the present invention. Each event booth 13a, 13b, 13c is provided with entrance gates 11a, 11b, 11c and exit gates 12a, 12b, 12c equipped with IC tag readers built in the electronic tickets 2a, 2b. The person 1a holds the electronic ticket 2a possessed at each gate at the time of entry / exit and causes the gate to read the ID of the electronic ticket 2a. The entrance gates 11a, 11b, 11c or the exit gates 12a, 12b, 12c that read the ID of the electronic ticket 2a transmit the read ID, the installed booth number, and entry / exit information to the management server 14 via the network 15. To do.

  The management server 14 that has received the IDs of the electronic tickets 2a and 2b and the entrance / exit information from the entrance gates 11a, 11b, and 11c or the exit gates 12a, 12b, and 12c receives the location of the event booth from the source of the information, The exit state is specified, and the position information table of the present invention shown in FIG. 6 is newly created or updated. The entry / exit time is specified by the current time held by the management server 14.

  The above operation is performed every time the event booths 13a, 13b, and 13c of the users 1a and 1b enter and leave.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart of position search according to the present invention. A user 1b who is separated from the user 1a reads the ID of the electronic ticket 2a possessed by the nearest user search terminal 4a. The user search terminal 4 a transmits the read ID of the user 1 b to the management server 14 via the network 15.

  The management server 14 that has received the ID from the user search terminal 4a searches the group information table of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 for the group number of the received ID of the user 1b, and the users belonging to the same group The list of 1a and 1b is returned to the user search terminal 4a. The user search terminal 4a receives a list of users 1a belonging to the same group as the user 1b from the management server 14, and displays a nickname of the group user 1a from the received list on the display.

  The user 1b selects the nickname “Yamada” of the user 1a whose position is to be searched from the nickname list displayed on the display. The user search terminal 4a inquires of the management server 14 about the current position of the ID associated with the selected nickname. In response to the inquiry from the user search terminal 4a, the management server 14 acquires the current position of the ID of the user 1a who made the inquiry from the position information table of the present invention shown in FIG. 6, and uses the acquired current position. Is returned to the person search terminal 4a. The user search terminal 4a receives a reply to the inquiry from the management server 14, the received current position is displayed on the display as the position search result of the user 1a, and the user 1b indicates the current position of the user 1a. Can do.

  As described above, since the users 1a and 1b are managed using only the nickname and the IDs of the electronic tickets 2a and 2b without using the unique information of the users 1a and 1b. It is possible to prevent leakage to the three parties. Further, since the position information can be searched only for the users 1a and 1b in the same registered group, it is possible to avoid the possibility that the position information of the user is grasped by a third party.

  After the position search described above, the user 1b can call the user 1a that is the position search target. The user search terminal 4a displays a call button on the display together with the current position of the user 1a. When the user 1b wants to call the user 1a, the user 1b presses a call button displayed on the display and executes the call.

  When the call is executed, the user search terminal 4a transmits the ID of the user 1a to the management server 14 and requests the call. The management server 14 that has received the call request of the user 1a from the user search terminal 4a acquires the current position of the requested ID from the position information table of the present invention shown in FIG. The ID of the user 1a is transmitted to the exit gate 12b via the network 15. The exit gates 12a, 12b, and 12c of the event booths 13a, 13b, and 13c each include a storage area that stores an ID, and the call ID distributed from the management server 14 is stored in the storage area.

  The exit gate 12b holding the call ID reads the ID of the electronic ticket 2a when the user 1a leaves, compares the read ID with the ID held in the storage area, and holds it in the storage area. When it is confirmed that the read ID and the read ID are the same, the owner user 1a or the attendant of the ID is notified that the call is being made. As a notification method, it is possible to use a method such as closing a gate, sounding a buzzer, or lighting a lamp. The general notification method is not limited to the above.

  As described above, the user 1a can know that the user 1b grasps his / her current position, and can avoid the misunderstanding that occurs when searching for the user 1b.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described using examples.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of the present invention. Group registration terminals 3a and 3b, user search terminals 4a to 4e, and a management server 14 were installed in the exhibition hall so that users can search for positions. The group registration terminals 3 a and 3 b and the user search terminals 4 a to 4 e are connected to the management server via a LAN cable 18. Entrance gates 11a to 11e and exit gates 12a to 12e incorporating IC tag readers were installed at the entrances and exits of the exhibition booths 16a to 16e in the exhibition hall. Both the entrance gates 11 a to 11 e and the exit gates 12 a to 12 e were connected to the management server 14 by the LAN cable 18. The exit gates 12a to 12e are provided with a call notification lamp for notifying the user that a call is being made.

  An electronic ticket incorporating an IC tag is distributed to the user at the reception 17, and the user can search for group registration and group member position information using the ID of the electronic ticket. The IC tag incorporated in the electronic ticket is of a type that uses radio waves with a frequency of 13.56 MHz for data transmission, and generates electric power necessary for operation by radio waves from an IC tag reader or device.

  When the user 1b, who is separated from the user 1a, executes a search from the nearest user search terminal 4b according to the above-described procedure, the nickname “Yamada” of the user 1a is displayed on the display of the user search terminal 4b. It was possible to easily grasp that the user 1a is in the exhibition booth 16b.

  In addition, when the user 1a tries to leave the exhibition booth 16b because the user 1a makes a call by pressing the call button to the user 1a when performing the position search of the user 1a, an exit gate is displayed. The call notification lamp 12b lights up, and the user 1a knows that the call is being made, and waits for the user 1b at the exhibition booth 16b. As a result, after 10 minutes, the user 1a and the user 1b joined together without going wrong. Since the location search and the call were performed only with the group number and nickname registered in advance, the unique information was not leaked.

  As a comparative example, a similar position search was performed with a conventional system. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional system. IC tag issuers 39a and 39b, IC tag registration devices 40a and 40b, IC tag holder search devices 38a to 38e, IC tag detection devices 37a to 37e, and a server 41 having a location search function at the exhibition site. They were installed and connected by a LAN cable 18.

  The user 1b purchases the IC tag 32 from the IC tag issuer 39a, inputs the unique information of the user 1a into the IC tag 32 using the IC tag registration device 40b, and the IC tag 32 into which the unique information is input. Was held by the user 1a. The user 1b who has been separated from the user 1a has input the unique information of the user 1a by using the nearest IC tag holder search device 38b. As a result of obtaining the position information together with the personal information and performing the search again, the position of the user 1a possessing the IC tag 32 associated with the specific information could be searched.

  The user 1b was able to search the location information of the stray user 1a, but when the user 1b arrived at the searched location, the user 1a had already moved from that location, Therefore, the position search was performed again in the same procedure, and finally joined 30 minutes later.

  In this embodiment, an electronic ticket with an IC tag built in the IC tag built-in body is used. However, if the IC tag is built in, any of a wristband, a card, etc. can be used in addition to the electronic ticket. The same effect was obtained.

  In this embodiment, an IC tag that uses radio waves having a frequency of 13.56 MHz is used for data transmission. However, the frequency of radio waves used by the IC tag is not particularly limited to 13.56 MHz, and 950 MHz, 2 A similar effect was obtained even with an IC tag using a radio wave of .45 GHz.

  In this embodiment, an IC tag that generates electric power necessary for operation from radio waves radiated from a reading device is used. However, an IC tag that supplies electric power necessary for operation by a built-in battery has the same effect. Obtained.

  In this embodiment, a lamp is used to notify a user who has performed a position search. However, if the user can be notified of a call, in addition to lighting the lamp, the buzzer and the gate are opened and closed. The same effect was obtained by using either a display or the like alone or in combination. In order to reliably notify the user of the call, it is more preferable to use opening and closing of the gate.

  Temporary identification information used in the present invention can be input in any combination of characters, numbers, symbols, etc., but the information length, usable characters, etc. may be limited as necessary.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above using the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the scope of the present invention. Included in the invention. That is, various changes and modifications that can be naturally made by those skilled in the art are also included in the present invention.

  By using the present invention, it is possible to construct various types of position search systems that are applicable to various events such as exhibitions, theme parks, and the like and that are excellent in protecting unique information.

The conceptual diagram of the position search system of this invention. The flowchart of the position search system of this invention. The flowchart of a user's group registration. The figure which shows the group information table of this invention. The flowchart of the positional information update of this invention. The position information table of this invention. The flowchart of the position search of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the Example of this invention. The conceptual diagram of the position search system using the conventional IC tag. The flowchart of the conventional position search system. Explanatory drawing which shows the conventional system.

Explanation of symbols

1a, 1b User 2a, 2b Electronic ticket 3a, 3b Group registration terminal 4a-4e User search terminal 11a-11e Entrance gate 12a-12e Exit gate 13a-13c Event booth 14 Management server 15 Network 16a-16e Exhibition booth 17 Reception 18 LAN cable 31 IC tag holder 32 IC tag 33 Position search device 34a-34c, 37a-37e IC tag detection device 35, 38a-38e IC tag holder search device 36 Searcher 39a, 39b IC tag issuer 40a , 40b IC tag registration device 41 Server with position search function

Claims (3)

  A plurality of IC tag built-in bodies having unique identification information in advance, one or more closed regions having an entrance / exit provided with an information reading device for the IC tag built-in body, the unique identification information and the IC tag built-in A registration device for associating a body carrier with temporary identification information, a combination of the unique identification information and the temporary identification information, and the entrance / exit of the IC tag built-in body carrier obtained by the information reading device A position search device that searches for the position of the IC tag built-in carrier using entry / exit information obtained from the passage time, and the reading device, the registration device, and the position search device are connected to a network. A position search system characterized by   2. The position search system according to claim 1, wherein the registration device recognizes a plurality of IC tag built-in carriers as one group, and the position search device performs a position search only within the one group. .   The entry / exit has means for notifying that the IC tag built-in carrier, who is a position search target person, is a position search target, according to a search result of the position search device. The position search system according to claim 1 or 2.

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