JP2007219655A - Facility information management system, facility information management method and facility information management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facility information management system for appropriately determining an area with many facilities open for business and outputting a map centering on the area; a facility information management method; and a facility information management program. <P>SOLUTION: The facility information management system stores information showing whether each facility is open for business at a predetermined time, extracts the facilities open for business at the predetermined time based on the stored information, determines whether the facilities are located close together based on the positions of the respective extracted facilities, and determines the degree of appropriateness of an object area to be output (the map center 2) on the map 1 that is output to a terminal unit, based on the determined result. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility information management system, a facility information management method, and a facility information management program for managing information related to a facility whose position is indicated on a map output to a terminal device. The present invention relates to a facility information management system, a facility information management method, and a facility information management program that can appropriately determine an image and output a map centered on the area.

  Conventionally, a search service for searching various information on the Internet has been widely used. In particular, the use of a local search service (region information search service) for searching for facilities in an area designated by a user has been increasing year by year.

  In this local search service, when a user searches for a restaurant in Roppongi, the user enters an area name “Roppongi” and “restaurant” in the search keyword input field of the Web site providing the local search service. Enter the facility name.

  Then, these search keywords are transmitted to a server device that provides a local search service, a search for a restaurant in the Roppongi area is executed, and a map showing the location of the searched restaurant is displayed on the Web site that the user browses. Is displayed.

  Further, in addition to store information such as the location, information on store opening hours is further considered as a search condition, and a method of outputting a store corresponding to those conditions to the user's terminal device has been devised (for example, patents) Reference 1).

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  However, the above-described conventional technique has a problem that it is difficult to appropriately output a map centering on an area where there are many facilities in operation. For example, it is appropriate for a user who uses a local search service to find a restaurant to eat now, it is appropriate to output a map of an area where there are many restaurants currently open. It was difficult to do that.

  Therefore, it is an important issue how to realize a local search service that can appropriately determine an area where there are many operating facilities and output a map centered on the area.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and can appropriately determine an area where there are many operating facilities and can output a map centered on the area. An object is to provide an information management system, a facility information management method, and a facility information management program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention is a facility information management system that manages information related to a facility whose position is indicated on a map output to a terminal device. Information storage means for storing information indicating whether or not it is operating at a time point, facility extraction means for extracting a facility operating at a predetermined time point based on the information stored by the information storage means, and And an appropriateness determining means for determining an appropriateness degree relating to an output target area of the map output to the terminal device based on the position of each facility extracted by the facility extracting means. .

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the appropriateness determination means determines the degree of appropriateness related to the output target area of the map output to the terminal device based on the density that is the degree of congestion of each facility. It is characterized by determining.

  Further, the present invention provides an action range determination for determining an action range of a user when a map showing the position of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means in the above invention. And an action range facility extracting means for extracting a facility included in the user's action range determined by the action range determination means as a facility whose position is displayed on a map.

  In the present invention, the location of each facility is indicated based on the determination result determined by the power range information storage means for storing information related to the power range of each facility and the appropriateness determination means in the above invention. It is further characterized by further comprising a power area facility extracting means for extracting a facility whose position is displayed on the map based on the information stored in the power area information storage means when the map is output.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, when a map showing the position of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means, the map corresponds to the characteristics of the area corresponding to the map. And a scale changing means for changing the scale of the map.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned invention, based on the category information storage means for storing information related to the category of the facility whose position has been requested in the past by the user, and the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means. Category determination means for determining the category of the facility whose position is indicated on the map based on the information stored in the category information storage means when a map showing the position of each facility is output; It is characterized by that.

  The present invention is also a facility information management method for managing information related to a facility whose position is indicated on a map output to a terminal device, and indicates in advance whether or not each facility is open at a predetermined time. Based on the information stored in the storage unit, the facility extraction step of extracting the facility operating at a predetermined time point, and the position of each facility extracted by the facility extraction step is output to the terminal device And an appropriateness determination step of determining an appropriateness level related to the output target area of the map.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above invention, the appropriateness determination step may determine the appropriateness level related to the output target area of the map output to the terminal device based on the density of each facility. It is characterized by determining.

  In the above invention, the present invention provides an action range determination for determining a user's action range when a map showing the location of each facility is output based on the determination result determined in the appropriateness determination step. And a behavior range facility extraction step of extracting a facility included in the user's behavior range determined in the behavior range determination step as a facility whose position is displayed on a map.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, when a map showing the position of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means, the storage unit related to the power sphere of each facility in advance And a power range facility extraction step of extracting a facility whose position is displayed on the map based on the information stored in the map.

  Further, in the above invention, when a map showing the position of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination step, the present invention has characteristics of the region corresponding to the map. In accordance with this, it further includes a scale changing step for changing the scale of the map.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, when a map showing the position of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination step, the display of the position is requested in the past by the user. The method further includes a category determination step of determining a category of the facility whose position is indicated on the map based on information stored in advance in the storage unit related to the category of the facility.

  The present invention is also a facility information management program for managing information related to a facility whose position is indicated on a map output to a terminal device, and whether or not each facility is operating at a predetermined time point. Information storage means for storing information indicating information, facility extraction means for extracting a facility operating at a predetermined time based on information stored by the information storage means, and information on each facility extracted by the facility extraction means It is made to function as an appropriateness determination means which determines the appropriateness degree which concerns on the output target area of the map output to the said terminal device based on a position.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the appropriateness determination means determines the degree of appropriateness related to the output target area of the map output to the terminal device based on the density that is the degree of congestion of each facility. It is characterized by determining.

  In the present invention, in the above invention, the computer determines the user's action range when a map showing the location of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means. It further functions as action range determining means, and action range facility extracting means for extracting facilities included in the user's action range determined by the action range determining means as facilities for displaying positions on a map.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the computer indicates the position of each facility based on the determination result determined by the sphere information storage means for storing information related to the sphere of influence of each facility and the appropriateness determination means. When the generated map is output, the map is further made to function as power sphere facility extraction means for extracting a facility whose position is displayed on the map based on the information stored in the power sphere information storage means.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, when a map is output in which the location of each facility is indicated based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means, the region corresponding to the map is output. It is further made to function as a scale changing means for changing the scale of the map according to the characteristics.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-described invention, the computer is displayed in the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination unit, the category information storage unit that stores information related to the category of the facility whose position is requested by the user in the past. Function as category determination means for determining the category of the facility whose position is indicated on the map based on the information stored in the category information storage means when a map showing the position of each facility is output based on It is characterized by making it.

  According to the present invention, information indicating whether or not each facility is operating at a predetermined time is stored, and based on the stored information, the facility operating at a predetermined time is extracted, and each extracted facility Based on the location of the map, the degree of appropriateness related to the output target area of the map output to the terminal device is determined. The effect is that the map can be output.

  Further, according to the present invention, the degree of appropriateness related to the output target area of the map output to the terminal device is determined based on the degree of congestion that is the degree of congestion of each facility. It is possible to output a map centered on a place where many facilities are dense.

  According to the present invention, when a map showing the position of each facility is output, the user's action range is determined, and the facilities included in the determined user's action range are displayed on the map. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently output a map of an area that is included in the user's action range and has many operating facilities.

  In addition, according to the present invention, information relating to the sphere of influence of each facility is stored, and when a map showing the position of each facility is output, the facility displays the position on the map based on the stored information Therefore, it is possible to appropriately extract a facility whose position is indicated on the map in consideration of the influence area of the facility.

  Further, according to the present invention, when a map showing the location of each facility is output, the scale of the map is changed according to the characteristics of the area corresponding to the map. There is an effect that it is possible to output a map on a scale that is easy to see according to the characteristics of the region such as large and small.

  Further, according to the present invention, information related to the category of the facility for which the display of the position has been requested in the past by the user is stored, and when a map showing the position of each facility is output, based on the stored information Since the facility category whose position is indicated on the map is determined, the location of the facility in the same category as the facility category examined by the user in the past can be automatically indicated on the map. There is an effect that it is possible to eliminate the complexity of specifying the category each time.

  Exemplary embodiments of a facility information management system, a facility information management method, and a facility information management program for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, the concept of the facility information management process according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a concept of facility information management processing according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in this facility information management process, a facility in an area designated by the user is searched, and a map 1 indicating the position of the searched facility is output to the terminal device of the user. At that time, the map center point 2 is determined on the basis of the density of the facilities, and the density of the facilities is determined based on the number of facilities operating at a predetermined time in consideration of the business days and business hours of each facility. And based on the position.

Specifically, let M be the total number of all operating facilities, and within a predetermined distance from the place where the congestion is calculated (in the congestion determination area 3 shown in FIG. 1. If the number of facilities in operation is N and the number of operating facilities is N, the congestion score expressed as a numerical value is
(Congestion score) = Log _(M) N × 100. . . Formula (1)
Is defined. Log _(M) N is a logarithm of N with M as the base.

  In this facility information management process, if there are several candidate locations that will become the map center point 2 in the area specified by the user, a process that makes it easier to select a place with a higher density score as the map center point 2 Is made.

  In this way, by calculating the density score of facilities by excluding facilities that are not open, it is possible to appropriately determine an area where there are many open facilities and to output the map 1 centered on that area Will be able to.

  Next, the functional configuration of the information providing system for carrying out the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of an information providing system for carrying out the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the information providing system 20 is connected to client devices 10 a to 10 c via the Internet 30.

  The client devices 10a to 10c use a local search service provided by the information providing system 20 to search for facilities, and receive and display the search result from the information providing system 20 such as a mobile phone or a personal computer. It is a terminal device.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a search result display screen 200 showing the search result of facilities. As shown in FIG. 3, the search result display screen 200 displays an area search keyword input field 201a, a facility search keyword input field 201b, candidate areas 202a and 202b, facility information 203a and 203b, and a map 204.

  The area search keyword input field 201a is an input field for accepting an input of an area for searching for facilities from the user. The facility search keyword input field 201b is an input field for accepting an input of a facility for performing a search such as “restaurant” or “game center” from the user.

  Candidate areas 202 a and 202 b are candidates for areas that are the center points of the map 204. When the candidate areas 202a and 202b are clicked by the user's operation of the mouse or the like, a map 204 centering on the areas corresponding to the clicked candidate areas 202a and 202b is displayed on the search result display screen 200.

  The facility information 203a and 203b is information of each facility displayed in accordance with the location of the facility displayed on the map 204. The map 204 is a map in which the center point is set based on the density score described with reference to FIG. 1, and this map 204 indicates the position of each facility that is currently open.

  Here, the location of each facility currently operating on the map 204 is shown, but the designation of the date and time is accepted from the user, and the location of each facility operating on that date and time is displayed on the map 204. It may be shown.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the information providing system 20 searches for a facility in an area designated by the user, and displays a search result display screen 200 showing the location of the facility on a map as shown in FIG. It is a system which outputs to apparatus 10a-10c.

  In particular, when the map 204 is output to the client devices 10a to 10c, the information providing system 20 determines the center point of the map 204 based on the density of the operating facilities, and the center point is the center. The map 204 to be output is output.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the information providing system 20 includes a front-end server 40, a content data management server 50, a map data management server 60, a user data management server 70, a search preprocessing execution server 80, a facility data management server 90, The location data management server 100 and the facility search server 110 are connected via a LAN (Local Area Network) 120.

  The front-end server 40 (corresponding to the scale changing unit and the category determining unit in the claims) makes a facility search request by the user operating the client devices 10a to 10c and inputting the search keyword for the area and facility. In this case, the server device transmits the search result display screen 200 as shown in FIG. 3 to the client devices 10a to 10c.

  The front end server 40 includes a communication processing unit 41, a storage unit 42, an information provision processing unit 43, and a control unit 44. The communication processing unit 41 is a communication interface that performs communication with other devices via the LAN 120 or the Internet 30.

  The storage unit 42 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 42 stores HTML (HyperText Markup Language) data 42a. The HTML data 42a is HTML data constituting the search result display screen 200 and the like output to the client devices 10a to 10c.

  The information provision processing unit 43 is a processing unit that receives a search keyword for a region or facility from the client devices 10a to 10c and outputs a search result display screen 200 as shown in FIG. 3 to the client devices 10a to 10c.

  At that time, the information provision processing unit 43 determines the center point of the map 204 corresponding to the search keyword in the region based on the density score described in FIG. 1, the degree of matching of the text described later, the access score, and the attribute score. Perform the decision process.

  Specifically, the information provision processing unit 43 calculates a weighted score obtained by adding weights to the density score, the text coincidence degree, the access score, and the attribute score, and adding the weighted score. Is set as the center point of the map 204.

  Note that the congestion score used here is calculated based on the number of facilities operating at the date and time when the facility search request is made by the user. However, when the date and time designation is received from the user and the location of each facility that is open on that date and time is indicated on the map 204 of the search result display screen 200, the facility that is open on the date and time specified by the user The density score may be calculated based on the number of

  Further, when the information providing processing unit 43 receives a search keyword for a region or facility, the information providing processing unit 43 sends a facility indicating a location on the map 204 corresponding to the search keyword for the region or facility to the facility search server 110 described later. Process to request to search.

  Moreover, the information provision process part 43 changes the reduced scale of the map 204 displayed on the search result display screen 200 shown in FIG. 3 according to the characteristic of an area. Specifically, the information provision processing unit 43 has a large scale when the density score of the place corresponding to the center point of the area displayed on the map 204 is large (that is, when the facilities are dense). The map 204 including detailed information is output to the client devices 10a to 10c.

  Conversely, when the congestion score is small (that is, when the facilities are not dense), the information provision processing unit 43 outputs a map 204 having a small scale and a wide area to the client devices 10a to 10c.

  Further, the information provision processing unit 43 determines that all parts of the area are mapped according to the shape of the area specified by a predetermined administrative division (such as a municipality or a ward) to which the place selected as the center point of the map 204 belongs. It is good also as determining the scale of the map 204 so that it may be displayed in 204. FIG.

  When the location of each user's home is shown on the map 204, the information provision processing unit 43 sets the scale of the map 204 based on the number of homes of the users whose positions are indicated in the map 204. It may be determined.

  Alternatively, the information provision processing unit 43 determines whether the place selected as the center point of the map 204 is an urban area or a mountain area, and when the place is an urban area, the scale is large and includes detailed information. The map 204 may be output to the client devices 10a to 10c. If the place is a mountainous area, the map 204 having a small scale and showing a wide area may be output to the client devices 10a to 10c.

  Here, the information on whether the place is an urban area or a mountain area may be registered in advance in the position data 102a stored in the position data management server 100 in association with each place. 43 may determine whether the place is an urban area or a mountainous area based on the number of roads output on the map 204.

  In addition, the information provision processing unit 43 accepts only the local search keyword from the client devices 10a to 10c, and when the facility search keyword is not accepted, the information provision processing unit 43, based on the history information of the category designated by the user in the past, Set search keywords for.

  In this case, the information provision processing unit 43 refers to the user data 72a stored in the user data management server 70, and the user who made the facility search request with the area name as the search keyword has previously specified the facility as the search keyword. Get category information. Then, the information provision processing unit 43 performs processing for setting the acquired facility category information as a facility search keyword.

  The control unit 44 is a control unit that controls the front-end server 40 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  The content data management server 50 is a server device that manages facility information 203a, 203b displayed on the search result display screen 200 as shown in FIG. The content data management server 50 includes a communication processing unit 51, a storage unit 52, a data management unit 53, and a control unit 54.

  The communication processing unit 51 is a communication interface that performs communication with other devices via the LAN 120. The storage unit 52 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 52 stores content data 52a.

  The content data 52a is data in which an identification number for identifying each facility is associated with information on each facility displayed as facility information 203a and 203b on the search result display screen 200 as shown in FIG. .

  The data management unit 53 is a management unit that manages the content data 52 a stored in the storage unit 52. Specifically, the data management unit 53 receives information on each facility input by another device or an input unit (not shown) of the content data management server 50 and stores it as content data 52a. When a read request for the content data 52a is received from another device, the content data 52a is output via the LAN 120.

  The control unit 54 is a control unit that controls the entire content data management server 50, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  The map data management server 60 is a server device that manages image data of the map 204 displayed on the search result display screen 200 as shown in FIG. The map data management server 60 includes a communication processing unit 61, a storage unit 62, a data management unit 63, and a control unit 64.

  The communication processing unit 61 is a communication interface that performs communication with other devices via the LAN 120. The storage unit 62 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 62 stores map data 62a.

  The map data 62a corresponds to the coordinates of each point in the country, map information such as stations, roads, and railways existing at points corresponding to each coordinate, and map image data in a predetermined range centered on each coordinate. This is what I remembered. The map data 62a is data used to configure the map 204 displayed on the search result display screen 200.

  The data management unit 63 is a management unit that manages the map data 62 a stored in the storage unit 62. Specifically, the data management unit 63 accepts data input from another device or an input unit (not shown) of the map data management server 60 and stores it as map data 62a. The map data 62a is output via the LAN 120 when a request for reading the map data 62a is received.

  The control unit 64 is a control unit that controls the map data management server 60 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  The user data management server 70 (corresponding to the category information storage means in the claims) is a server device that manages various information of users who use the local search service. The user data management server 70 includes a communication processing unit 71, a storage unit 72, a data management unit 73, and a control unit 74.

  The communication processing unit 71 is a communication interface that performs communication with other devices via the LAN 120. The storage unit 72 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 72 stores user data 72a.

  The user data 72a stores information on users who use the local search service. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the user data 72a illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the user data 72a stores information on user ID, name, age, gender, address, e-mail address, workplace / school, commuting / commuting means, and search category history.

  The user ID is identification information for identifying each user who uses the local search service. The name, age, gender, address, and e-mail address are information on the user's name, age, gender, address, and e-mail address.

  Work / school is information on the work or school address where the user goes. The commuting / commuting means is information on commuting means such as trains and cars used when the user goes to work or school. The search category history is information on search keywords input by the user in the area search keyword input field 201a and facility search keyword input field 201b in the search result output screen 200 shown in FIG. 3 in the past.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the data management unit 73 is a management unit that manages the user data 72 a stored in the storage unit 72. Specifically, the data management unit 73 receives various types of user information from the client devices 10a to 10c via the front-end server 40 and stores them as user data 72a, and requests for reading user data 72a from other devices. Is received, the user data 72a is output via the LAN 120.

  The control unit 74 is a control unit that controls the user data management server 70 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  The search pre-processing execution server 80 inputs a keyword in the area search keyword input field 201a and the facility search keyword input field 201b of the search result output screen 200 shown in FIG. It is a server device that performs search pre-processing.

  The pre-search process execution server 80 includes a communication processing unit 81, a storage unit 82, a pre-search process execution unit 83, and a control unit 84. The communication processing unit 81 is a communication interface that performs communication with other devices via the LAN 120.

  The storage unit 82 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 82 stores regular expression data 82a. The regular expression data 82a is data in which a search keyword for an area name that may be input by a user and a regular expression for the area name are stored in association with each other.

  For example, the search keyword “Kyoto” is stored in association with the regular expression “Kyoto Prefecture”, and “Tokyo” partially contains the word “Kyoto” when searching for facilities in the specified area. In order to prevent the search for the facility “city”, the regular expression data 82a is used to convert the area name into a regular expression.

  The search pre-processing execution unit 83 is an execution unit that executes pre-search processing when a facility search request is made. Specifically, the search preprocessing execution unit 83 refers to the regular expression data 82a stored in the storage unit 82, and performs a process of unifying the search keywords in the area received from the user into regular expressions. For example, if the search keyword is “Kyoto”, the search keyword “Kyoto” is converted to “Kyoto Prefecture”.

  The control unit 84 is a control unit that controls the search preprocessing execution server 80 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  The facility data management server 90 (corresponding to the information storage means and the power range information storage means in the claims) is a server device that manages data of each facility to be searched. The facility data management server 90 includes a communication processing unit 91, a storage unit 92, a data management unit 93, and a control unit 94.

  The communication processing unit 91 is a communication interface that performs communication with other devices via the LAN 120. The storage unit 92 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 92 stores facility data 92a.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the facility data 92a illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the facility data 92a stores information on facility ID, facility name, latitude / longitude, facility address, closed days, business hours, category, and power range.

  The facility ID is identification information for identifying each facility. The latitude / longitude is latitude / longitude information indicating the location of each facility. The facility address, holiday, and business hours are information on the address, holiday, and business hours of each facility.

  The category is information on the category of each facility such as “restaurant” or “game center”. The power sphere is information on an address that identifies an area (such as a ward or a municipality) where a user who can expect to use the facility lives. The information on the power range is set based on the result of a market research conducted in advance.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the data management unit 93 is a management unit that manages the facility data 92 a stored in the storage unit 92. Specifically, the data management unit 93 accepts data input by another device or an input unit (not shown) of the facility data management server 90 and stores it as facility data 92a. When the facility data 92a read request is received from the facility data 92a, the facility data 92a is output via the LAN 120.

  The control unit 94 is a control unit that controls the facility data management server 90 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  The position data management server 100 (corresponding to the facility extraction means and the appropriateness determination means in the claims) is a candidate for the center position of the map 204 displayed on the search result display screen 200 as shown in FIG. It is a server device that manages information related to each location. The location data management server 100 includes a communication processing unit 101, a storage unit 102, a data management unit 103, a score calculation unit 104, and a control unit 105.

  The communication processing unit 101 is a communication interface that performs communication with other devices via the LAN 120. The storage unit 102 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 102 stores position data 102a.

  The position data 102 a stores information related to each location that is a candidate for the center position of the map 204. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the position data 102a illustrated in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the position data 102 a stores information on a place ID, a place name, a latitude / longitude, a congestion score, an access score, and an attribute score.

  The place ID is identification information for identifying each place. The place name and latitude / longitude are mild latitude information indicating the name of each place and the position of each place.

  The density score is a density score calculated for each day of the week and time period using the equation (1) described in FIG. 1 for each category of facility. Here, the day of the week is divided into two from Monday to Friday, and Saturday and Sunday, and the time zone is divided into six, morning, morning, noon, afternoon, night, and midnight, to calculate the density score.

  Each time zone includes, for example, morning from 4:00:00 to 8:59:59, morning from 9:00:10 to 10:59:59, and noon at 11:00:00. From the second to 13:59:59, from 14:00 to 17:59:59 in the afternoon, from 18:00 to 23:59:59 in the evening, midnight 0: 0 It is defined as from second to 3:59:59.

  The access score is the frequency at which each place is displayed at the center of the map 204 of the search result display screen 200 as shown in FIG. The attribute score is a score set in advance based on the importance of each place. For example, the attribute score is set so that the attribute score is high in an important place such as a station.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the data management unit 103 is a management unit that manages the position data 102 a stored in the storage unit 102. Specifically, the data management unit 103 accepts information such as the location name, latitude / longitude, and attribute score of each location input by another device or an input unit (not shown) of the location data management server 100. When the position data 102a read request is received from another device, the position data 102a is output via the LAN 120.

  The score calculation unit 104 performs a process of calculating a density score for each day of the week and time period for each category of facility. Specifically, the score calculation unit 104 reads the facility data 92 a from the facility data management server 90.

  Then, the score calculation unit 104 calculates the density score of each place for each category of the facility, each day of the week, and each time zone by using the formula (1), and performs a process of storing the calculation result as the position data 102a.

  Further, the score calculation unit 104 displays the position corresponding to the displayed location when each location is displayed at the center of the map 204 of the search result display screen 200 as shown in FIG. 3 within a predetermined period in the past. Update the access score of the data 102a by one.

  The control unit 105 is a control unit that controls the position data management server 100 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  The facility search server 110 (corresponding to the action range determination means, the action range facility extraction means, and the power range facility extraction means in the claims) searches for a facility in operation showing a position on the map 204 shown in FIG. Server device. The facility search server 110 includes a communication processing unit 111, a storage unit 112, a facility search unit 113, and a control unit 114.

  The communication processing unit 111 is a communication interface that performs communication with other devices via the LAN 120. The storage unit 112 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 112 stores information received from other devices, information on search results by the facility search unit 113, and the like.

  When the facility search unit 113 receives a search keyword for a region such as “Roppongi” and a search keyword for a facility such as “restaurant” or “game center” from the front-end server 40, the facility search unit 113 stores the search keyword in the facility data management server 90. With reference to the facility data 92a, the facility currently in operation whose position is indicated on the map 204 shown in FIG. 3 is searched.

  At that time, the facility search unit 113 uses the information on the user's action range and the sphere of influence of each facility to search for a facility whose position is indicated on the map 204 whose scale has been determined by the information provision processing unit 43 of the front-end server 40. Perform processing to narrow down.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating facility narrowing processing based on the user's action range. As shown in FIG. 7, in this facility narrowing-down process, only the location of the facility included in the user's action range 301 is shown on the map 300.

  In this case, the facility search unit 113 refers to the user data 72 stored in the user data management server 70, and acquires the user address, work / school address, and commuting / commuting means information. And the facility search part 113 determines the shortest route | root when commuting / commuting to school from the place registered as an address using the means registered in the commuting / commuting means.

  For example, the facility search unit 113 determines a station closest to the user address and the work / school address with reference to the map data 62 a stored in the map data management server 60. Further, the facility search unit 113 searches for a railway route that connects the user's address and the work / school address with the shortest distance.

  And the facility search part 113 sets the area | region within a predetermined radius from each point on the road going to the station nearest to the said address from a user's address as a user's action range 301. FIG. Similarly, the facility search unit 113 sets an area within a predetermined radius from each point on the road that is the shortest distance from the user's work / school address to the station closest to the address as the user's action range 301. Set.

  Furthermore, the facility search unit 113 sets an area within a predetermined radius from the position of each station on the railway path connecting the two stations selected as described above at the shortest distance as the user action range 301.

  Here, the facility search unit 113 sets the user's action range 301 based on the shortest distance of the route, but the user's action range input by the user by operating the client devices 10a to 10c. Information may be received by the facility search unit 113 and set as the user's action range 301.

  Further, the facility search unit 113 searches not only the shortest path as described above but also a plurality of paths such as the second and third shortest paths, and a predetermined radius from points on these paths. The area within may be set as the user action range 301.

  Thereafter, the facility search unit 113 acquires the scale information of the map 204 and the search keyword information of the facility category from the front-end server 40, and is located within the range of the map 204 displayed at the scale. A facility that is in operation corresponding to the search keyword of the category and that is located in the user's action range 301 is searched with reference to the facility data 92a stored in the facility data management server 90.

  In addition, the facility search unit 113 refers to the power range information of the facility data 92a stored in the facility data management server 90, and there is a facility where the power range 301 of the user and the power range overlap as set above. Check whether or not. When there is a facility where the user's action range 301 overlaps with the power range, the facility search unit 113 sets the facility as a facility indicating a position on the map 300.

  In FIG. 7, a power territory 302 of the restaurant “ΔΔ bower” is shown. In this example, since the user's action range 301 and the restaurant's power range 302 overlap, the facility search unit 113 overlaps the power range 302 with the action range 301 in addition to the facilities in the user's action range 301. The restaurant “ΔΔTei” is set as a facility indicating the position on the map 300.

  The facility information searched and set by the facility search unit 113 is transmitted to the front-end server 40, and the front-end server 40 that has received the information displays the received map 300 indicating the location of the facility as client devices 10a to 10c. Process to output to.

  Next, preferred embodiments of a facility information management system, a facility information management method, and a facility information management program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, the processing procedure of the density score calculation processing according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the processing procedure of the density score calculation processing according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 8, first, the score calculation unit 104 of the location data management server 100 reads the location data 102a from the storage unit 102, and selects one of the locations registered in the location data 102a (step S101). In addition, one category of facility for which the density score is to be calculated is selected (step S102).

  Then, the score calculation unit 104 reads the facility data 92a corresponding to the facility belonging to the category selected in step S102 from the facility data management server 90, information on the latitude and longitude of each facility registered in the facility data 92a, From the latitude and longitude information of the location registered in the position data 102a, a facility within a predetermined radius from the location is extracted, and information on the closed days and business hours of the facility is acquired (step S103).

  Subsequently, the score calculation unit 104 selects one set of day of the week and time zone for which the density score is to be calculated (step S104), belongs to the category selected in step S102, and falls within the selected day of the week and time zone. The total number of facilities operating and the number of facilities belonging to the category within the predetermined radius from the location selected in step S101 and operating on the selected day and time. The density score is calculated from the equation (1) based on the number of those checked (step S105).

  Thereafter, the score calculation unit 104 stores the calculation result of the density score in the position data 102a (step S106). Then, the score calculation unit 104 checks whether or not the density score calculation processing has been completed for all day and time group combinations (step S107).

  If the density score calculation processing has not been completed for all day and time zone combinations (No in step S107), the process proceeds to step S104, and the day of the week and time zone for which calculation processing has not ended. And the subsequent processing is repeated.

  When the density score calculation process is completed for all day and time zone pairs (step S107, Yes), the score calculation unit 104 ends the density score calculation process for all categories. It is checked whether or not it has been done (step S108).

  When the density score calculation process has not been completed for all categories (No at Step S108), the process proceeds to Step S102, a category for which the calculation process has not been completed is selected, and the subsequent processes Repeat.

  When the density score calculation processing is completed for all categories (step S108, Yes), the score calculation unit 104 determines whether the density score calculation processing is completed for all locations. Check (step S109).

  If the density score calculation processing has not been completed for all locations (No at Step S109), the process proceeds to Step S101, where a location where calculation processing has not been completed is selected, and the subsequent processing Repeat.

  When the density score calculation process is completed for all locations (step S109, Yes), the density score calculation process is terminated as it is.

  Next, a processing procedure for facility search processing according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the processing procedure of the facility search processing according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 9, first, the information provision processing unit 43 of the front-end server 40 accepts a search keyword input by the user from the client devices 10a to 10c (step S201).

  Then, the search pre-processing execution unit 83 of the search pre-processing execution server 80 acquires the information on the local search keyword from the front-end server 40, unifies the search keyword notation into a normalized expression, and is normalized. The search keyword is output to the front end server 40 (step S202).

  Subsequently, the information provision processing unit 43 of the front-end server 40 checks whether or not a search keyword for a facility such as “restaurant” or “game center” has been received from the client devices 10a to 10c (step S203).

  When the facility search keyword is not received (step S203, No), the information provision processing unit 43 refers to the user data 72a stored in the user data management server 70, and searches the facility search keyword from the past user search history. A search keyword is set (step S204).

  Specifically, the information provision processing unit 43 sets, as a facility search keyword, a facility category previously designated as a search keyword by a user who has made a facility search request using only the region name as a search keyword.

  After step S203 or step S204, the information provision processing unit 43 determines the center point of the map 204 when the map 204 as shown in FIG. 3 is output to the client devices 10a to 10c (step S205).

  Specifically, the information provision processing unit 43 searches the location data 102a shown in FIG. 6 for a location where at least a part of the location name matches the search keyword in the normalized region. For example, if the search keyword is “Roppongi”, places such as “Roppongi OO”, “Roppongi 1-chome”, “Roppongi Station” are searched.

  And the information provision process part 43 calculates the coincidence degree of the text of each place. The degree of coincidence is determined based on, for example, how many characters match the search keyword and the place name. That is, the degree of coincidence of the place name (6 characters) “Roppongi OO” with respect to the search keyword (3 characters) “Roppongi” is 3/6 × 100 = 50. Similarly, the degree of coincidence of “Roppongi 1-chome” and “Roppongi Station” is 50 and 75, respectively.

  In addition, the information provision processing unit 43 searches the location data 102a for search keywords for facilities such as “restaurant” and “game center”, information on the density score corresponding to the current time, information on the access score and attribute score, and so on. Is read.

  Then, the information provision processing unit 43 calculates a weighted score obtained by adding a predetermined weight to each of the congestion score, the degree of matching of the text, the access score, and the attribute score and adding a place where the weighted score is large. Set to the center point of the map 204. Here, if the weight of the density score is increased, a facility search service that places importance on the density of facilities can be provided.

  After step S205, the information provision processing unit 43 sets the scale of the map 204 based on the density score of the place corresponding to the center point of the map 204 (step S206). Then, the facility search unit 113 of the facility search server 110 refers to the user data 72 stored in the user data management server 70 and uses the user's address, work / school address, and commuting / commuting means information to determine the user's action range. Is determined (step S207).

  Subsequently, the facility search unit 113 acquires information on the power area of the facility data 92a stored in the facility data management server 90 (step S208). Thereafter, the facility search unit 113 corresponds to the center point set in step S205 and the position is included in the map 204 set in scale in step S206, and corresponds to the search keyword of the facility category. The facility in operation located within the action range is searched (step S209).

  At that time, when there is a facility where the user's action range and the power range overlap, the facility search unit 113 additionally sets the facility as a facility indicating a position on the map 204.

  Thereafter, the information provision processing unit 43 of the front-end server 40 acquires information on the facility indicating the position on the map 204 from the facility search server 110, and displays the search result display screen 200 including the map 204 indicating the position of the facility. The data is output to the client devices 10a to 10c (step S210).

  Thereafter, the information provision processing unit 43 checks whether or not the user has selected another place as the center point of the map 204 by operating the client devices 10a to 10c (step S211). Specifically, the information provision processing unit 43 checks whether or not the other candidate areas 202a and 202b are selected on the search result output screen 200 as shown in FIG.

  If another location is selected (step S211, Yes), the process proceeds to step S206, and the subsequent processing is continued. If another location is not selected (step S211, No), the facility search process is terminated as it is.

  In the above embodiment, the case where facility information management processing is realized on a computer has been described. However, a program for realizing facility information management processing is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the recording medium is recorded on this recording medium. The facility information management process may be realized by causing a computer to read and execute the recorded program.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer 400 that realizes facility information management processing.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the computer 400 includes a CPU 410 that executes the program, an input device 420 that inputs data, a ROM 430 that stores various data, a RAM 440 that stores calculation parameters and the like, and browsing management processing. A reading device 450 that reads a program from a recording medium 500 that records a program for realizing, an output device 460 such as a display, and a network interface 470 that exchanges data with other computers via a network 600. , Connected by a bus 480.

  The CPU 410 implements facility information management processing by reading a program recorded on the recording medium 500 via the reader 450 and executing the program. Examples of the recording medium 500 include an optical disk, a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, and a hard disk. Further, this program may be installed in the computer 400 via the network 600.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the facility data management server 90 stores in the facility data 92a information indicating whether or not each facility is operating at a predetermined time, and is stored in the facility data management server 90. Based on the obtained information, the location data management server 100 extracts the facilities that are operating at a predetermined time point, and outputs the map 204 that is output to the client devices 10a to 10c based on the extracted locations of the facilities. Since the degree of appropriateness related to the area is determined, it is possible to appropriately determine an area where there are many operating facilities, and to output a map 204 centered on the area.

  In the present embodiment, the location data management server 100 determines the appropriateness level related to the output target area of the map 204 that is output to the client devices 10a to 10c based on the density that is the density of each facility. Since the determination is made, it is possible to output the map 204 centering on the point where the business facilities are crowded.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the map 300 indicating the location of each facility is output to the client devices 10a to 10c, the facility search server 110 determines the user's action range and operates at a predetermined time. And the facility included in the determined user's action range is extracted, and the map 300 of the area that is included in the user's action range and has many operating facilities is efficiently output. be able to.

  In the present embodiment, the facility data management server 90 stores information related to the power sphere 302 of each facility, and when the map 300 indicating the location of each facility is output to the client devices 10a to 10c, Since the facility search server 110 extracts the facility whose position is to be displayed on the map 300 based on the stored information, the facility indicating the position on the map 300 is appropriately selected in consideration of the area of influence 302 of the facility. Can be extracted.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the map 204 indicating the location of each facility is output to the client devices 10a to 10c, the front-end server 40 determines the characteristics of the area corresponding to the map 204 (for example, the degree of congestion). Since the scale of the map 204 is changed in accordance with the score, the shape of the area, the number of users, the urban / mountainous area, etc., a map with a scale that is easy to see can be output.

  In the present embodiment, the user data management server 70 stores in the user data 72a information related to the category of the facility for which display of the location has been requested by the user in the past, and the map 204 showing the location of each facility is displayed. When output, the front-end server 40 determines the category of the facility whose position is indicated on the map 204 based on the stored information. The location of the facility can be automatically shown on the map, and the trouble of the user specifying the category each time can be eliminated.

  As described above, the facility information management system, the facility information management method, and the facility information management program according to the present invention appropriately determine an area where there are many operating facilities and output a map centered on the area. This is useful for facility information management systems that require

It is a figure which shows the concept of the facility information management process which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the information provision system for implementing this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result display screen 200 which shows the search result of a facility. It is a figure which shows an example of the user data 72a shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the facility data 92a shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the position data 102a shown in FIG. It is a figure explaining the narrowing-down process of the facility based on a user's action range. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the density score calculation process which concerns on a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the facility search process which concerns on a present Example. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the computer 400 which implement | achieves a facility information management process.

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1,204,300 Map 2 Map center point 3 Congestion determination area 10a to 10c Client device 20 Information providing system 30 Internet 40 Front end server 41 Communication processing unit 42 Storage unit 42a HTML data 43 Information providing processing unit 44 Control unit 50 Contents Data management server 51 Communication processing unit 52 Storage unit 52a Content data 53 Data management unit 54 Control unit 60 Map data management server 61 Communication processing unit 62 Storage unit 62a Map data 63 Data management unit 64 Control unit 70 User data management server 71 Communication processing Unit 72 Storage unit 72a User data 73 Data management unit 74 Control unit 80 Search pre-processing execution server 81 Communication processing unit 82 Storage unit 82a Regular expression data 83 Data management unit 84 Control unit 90 Facility data management server B 91 Communication processing unit 92 Storage unit 92a Facility data 93 Data management unit 94 Control unit 100 Location data management server 101 Communication processing unit 102 Storage unit 102a Location data 103 Data management unit 104 Score calculation unit 105 Control unit 110 Facility search server 111 Communication Processing unit 112 Storage unit 113 Facility search unit 114 Control unit 120 LAN
200 Search Result Display Screen 201a Area Search Keyword Input Field 201b Facility Search Keyword Input Field 203a, 203b Facility Information 301 User Action Range 302 Restaurant Power Range

Claims (18)

A facility information management system for managing information related to a facility whose position is indicated on a map output to a terminal device,
Information storage means for storing information indicating whether or not each facility is open at a predetermined time;
Facility extraction means for extracting a facility operating at a predetermined time based on the information stored by the information storage means;
Based on the position of each facility extracted by the facility extraction means, appropriateness determination means for determining the appropriateness degree related to the output target area of the map output to the terminal device;
A facility information management system characterized by comprising:   The said appropriateness determination means determines the degree of appropriateness which concerns on the output target area of the map output to the said terminal device based on the congestion degree which is the degree of congestion of each plant | facility. Facility information management system described in 1.   When a map showing the location of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means, the action range determination means for determining the user's action range and the action range determination means The facility information management system according to claim 1, further comprising behavior range facility extraction means for extracting a facility included in the user's behavior range as a facility whose position is displayed on a map.   The power area information storage means for storing information related to the power area of each facility, and a map showing the location of each facility based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means, the power The facility information according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a power area facility extracting means for extracting a facility whose position is displayed on a map based on information stored in the area information storage means. Management system.   When a map showing the location of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination unit, the scale change unit changes the map scale according to the characteristics of the area corresponding to the map. The facility information management system according to claim 1, further comprising:   A category information storage means for storing information related to the category of the facility whose position has been requested by the user in the past, and a map showing the position of each facility based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means A category determination unit that determines a category of a facility whose position is indicated on a map based on information stored in the category information storage unit when output. 5. The facility information management system according to any one of 5. A facility information management method for managing information related to a facility whose position is indicated on a map output to a terminal device,
A facility extraction step of extracting a facility operating at a predetermined time based on information stored in advance in the storage unit indicating whether each facility is operating at a predetermined time;
Based on the location of each facility extracted by the facility extraction step, an appropriateness determination step of determining the degree of appropriateness related to the output target area of the map output to the terminal device;
The facility information management method characterized by including.   The said appropriateness determination process determines the appropriateness degree which concerns on the output target area of the map output to the said terminal device based on the denseness which is the congestion degree of each plant | facility. Facility information management method described in 1.   When a map showing the location of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination step, an action range determination step for determining a user's action range and a determination by the action range determination step The facility information management method according to claim 7, further comprising a behavior range facility extraction step of extracting a facility included in the user's behavior range as a facility whose position is displayed on a map.   When a map showing the location of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means, the map is displayed on the basis of information stored in advance in the storage unit related to the sphere of influence of each facility. The facility information management method according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising a power range facility extraction step of extracting a facility whose position is to be displayed.   Based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination step, when a map showing the location of each facility is output, the scale change is performed to change the map scale according to the characteristics of the region corresponding to the map. The facility information management method according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising a step.   When a map showing the location of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination step, the location is displayed in advance in the storage unit related to the category of the facility requested by the user in the past. The facility information management method according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising a category determination step of determining a category of a facility whose position is indicated on a map based on the stored information. A facility information management program for managing information related to a facility whose position is indicated on a map output to a terminal device,
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Information storage means for storing information indicating whether or not each facility is open at a predetermined time;
Facility extraction means for extracting a facility operating at a predetermined time based on the information stored by the information storage means;
Appropriateness determination means for determining the appropriateness degree related to the output target area of the map output to the terminal device based on the position of each facility extracted by the facility extraction means,
Facility information management program characterized by functioning as   The said appropriateness determination means determines the degree of appropriateness which concerns on the output target area of the map output to the said terminal device based on the density which is the degree of congestion of each facility, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. Facility information management program described in 1.   Action range determination means for determining a user's action range when the map showing the position of each facility is output based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means, and the action range determination means The facility information management according to claim 13 or 14, further comprising: an action range facility extracting unit that extracts a facility included in the user's action range determined by the above as a facility whose position is displayed on a map. program.   When the computer outputs a map showing the location of each facility based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination unit, the power range information storage unit that stores information related to the power range of each facility, The facility according to claim 13, 14 or 15, further functioning as a power area facility extracting means for extracting a facility whose position is displayed on a map based on information stored in the power area information storage means. Information management program.   When the computer outputs a map showing the location of each facility based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means, the scale of the map is changed according to the characteristics of the area corresponding to the map. The facility information management program according to any one of claims 13 to 16, further functioning as a scale changing means.   Category information storage means for storing information related to the category of the facility whose position was previously requested by the user, and the location of each facility is indicated based on the determination result determined by the appropriateness determination means. 14. When a map is output, it functions as a category determination unit that determines a category of a facility whose position is indicated on the map based on information stored in the category information storage unit. The facility information management program according to any one of 17.

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