JP2008032642A - Destination notification method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a telephone number from being known by a driver in a destination notification system for displaying a destination with the telephone number. <P>SOLUTION: A destination telephone number is extracted from the telephone directory data of a portable terminal device 20 based on input destination information, a telephone number corresponding to the destination information is extracted, the extracted telephone number is bar-coded two-dimensionally, and a destination information list is created using the two-dimensional barcode. The created destination information list is displayed at the display section of the portable terminal device 20 in use, the displayed two-dimensional barcode is read by an on-vehicle machine 30, and telephone number information obtained from the two-dimensional barcode is passed to a car navigation section. The car navigation section displays a destination path at the display section. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a destination notification system that automatically notifies a passenger's destination when, for example, the user gets on a taxi.

In recent years, with the widespread use of portable devices equipped with storage media such as mobile phones and IC cards, and readers that read the stored contents thereof, exchanging information using these devices is very common in various fields. It came to be done on a daily basis.
For example, a system (automatic destination display system) in which an IC card and an IC card reader are used for notifying a destination when getting on a taxi or the like is already known (see Patent Document 1).
In this system, taxi passengers store their destinations in a wireless IC card in advance, and when this is carried around, the reader installed in the driver's seat accesses the IC card via an antenna without contact. The destination is read and displayed on the display device.

In addition, a registered customer sending method is known as another example using a portable device and a reading device for automating destination display (see Patent Documents 2 and 3).
In this registered customer delivery method, the customer's name, customer destination, route description, crew assignment area name / district code, crew map name / number of pages / mesh code, detailed map are stored on the floppy disk (registered trademark) of the disk cartridge. The name, the number of pages, the mesh symbol, the customer's telephone number, and the customer's address are stored, and the customer presents the disc cartridge to the crew when going out by hire or taxi. The crew member sets the presented disk cartridge in the playback device and displays it on the screen, and causes a hire or the like to travel to the customer's destination based on the displayed destination and route description.

However, in the destination notification system or method using these conventional IC cards and recording disks (referred to as IC card media, etc.), in order to receive the service, first of all, an application form is used and the destination is registered. Since an IC card and a disk cartridge are required, an issuing machine for issuing the IC card and the disk cartridge is also required.
In addition, it is necessary to provide a communication means (wired line) for sending an IC card or the like to the user and for rewriting the IC card data when the destination is changed. There is a problem that the recorded destination location is not known, and there is a problem that the registered items cannot be referred to without an IC card reader, so it is not necessarily easy to use.

On the other hand, although it is not a destination notification system, as a destination input means that does not require complicated procedures as described above, using the phone number for destination notification and entering the destination phone number, search from the current location information and the phone number There is known a car navigation device capable of displaying a route to a destination based on the destination information (see, for example, Patent Documents 4 and 5).
Although this car navigation device can be used for a destination guidance system such as a taxi, for example, if it is applied as it is, the phone number is entered by the driver when the phone number of the passenger's destination is entered into the car navigation device. It is not desirable from the viewpoint of protecting the privacy of passengers.

JP-A-9-128571, FIG. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-192197, FIG. Japanese Application No. 5-27742 (Microfilm of Japanese Utility Model Application No. 7-1465) JP 2001-91285 A JP 2005-30842 A

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described conventional problems, and the object of the present invention is to widely use mobile terminal devices such as mobile phones without using IC cards or disks as in the prior art. The destination information can be notified using the recorded information, the destination can be changed at any time, and the information is not made known to the driver of the vehicle at the time of input.

The invention of claim 1 is a destination notification method, the step of selecting a telephone number corresponding to the destination from the telephone directory or electronic telephone directory of the portable terminal device in accordance with the destination input, and bar-coding the selected telephone number A step of displaying the barcode on the display unit of the mobile terminal device, a step of reading the displayed barcode, a step of acquiring destination information corresponding to the telephone number of the read barcode, and the acquired destination It has the process of acquiring the information and the route information from the present location information to the destination, and the step of displaying the route based on the acquired route information.
The invention of claim 2 is a destination notification method, the step of selecting a telephone number corresponding to the destination from the telephone directory or electronic telephone directory of the portable terminal device according to the destination input, and the selected telephone number information as a non-contact reader A step of transmitting to the unit, a step of receiving the transmitted telephone number information by the contactless reader unit, a step of acquiring destination information corresponding to the read telephone number, and a destination from the acquired destination information and current location information And a step of displaying the route based on the acquired route information.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for selecting a telephone number from an electronic telephone directory of a portable terminal device in response to a destination input on a computer of the portable terminal device, and converting the selected telephone number into a barcode. A procedure and a command for executing either the step of displaying the code on the display unit of the portable terminal device or the step of transmitting to the non-contact reader unit are described.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal device, a means for selecting a telephone number corresponding to the destination in accordance with the destination input from the telephone book or electronic telephone book of the portable terminal device in accordance with the destination input, and the selected telephone. It has means for converting the number into a barcode, and means for displaying the barcode.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a means for selecting a telephone number corresponding to a destination in accordance with the destination input from the telephone book or electronic telephone book of the portable terminal device in response to the destination input, and a contactless reader unit for the selected telephone number information. Means for transmitting to.
The invention of claim 6 is an in-vehicle device, and means for reading the bar code described in claim 4 or a reader of a non-contact reader unit for receiving the phone number information described in claim 5 and reading the phone number Means based on the read barcode information or received telephone number information, means for searching for map information corresponding to the telephone number information, means for acquiring current location information, and a route based on the searched map information and current location information It has a means for acquiring information and a means for displaying the route based on the calculated route information.
The invention of claim 7 is a center device, is communicably connected to the mobile terminal device described in claim 4, and the program described in claim 3 is executed in response to a download request from the mobile terminal device. It transmits to a portable terminal device, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.
The invention of claim 8 is a destination notification system comprising: a portable terminal device according to claim 4 or 5; an in-vehicle device according to claim 6; and a center device according to claim 7. It is characterized by becoming.

According to the present invention, an accurate destination can be instructed only by selecting a telephone number registered in advance in the mobile phone, and the destination is not mistaken. Moreover, since no words are required to indicate the destination, there are no problems such as inability to speak or the driver making a mistake, so the time for indicating the destination can be shortened, and the operation efficiency of taxis is improved. To do.
The user can instruct the destination without the need for a special device, and can create and register destination information at will, so there is no need for cumbersome procedures for destination change registration. It is possible to eliminate the processing from registration reception to destination information change work.
Since the center device can collect customer information when downloading the application of the mobile phone, the customer information can be easily collected without incurring costs.
According to the present invention, there is no fear that the driver can read the telephone number, and privacy is protected.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an embodiment of a destination notification system of the present invention.
In the figure, a destination notification system 1 includes a taxi service center device (hereinafter simply referred to as a center device) 10, a mobile terminal device connected to the center device 10 via a mobile phone base station and a telephone network NT, for example, a mobile phone. The telephone 20 and a taxi operation management device (hereinafter simply referred to as an in-vehicle device) 30 that is mounted on a taxi or the like and reads a telephone number selected by the mobile phone 20 possessed by the user.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the center apparatus 10.
The center device 10 includes a control unit 12 composed of, for example, a microcomputer, an external storage unit 14, a mobile phone 20, a transmission / reception unit 16 capable of transmitting and receiving, and a display unit 18. When a registration request from a user is received, the center device 10 The customer information is recorded and registered in the storage unit 14. In addition, it has a function of transmitting an application program stored in the external storage unit 14 for operating the destination notification system of the present invention to the registered mobile phone 20.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the mobile phone 20.
The mobile phone 20 includes a control unit 21 that controls the whole like a normal mobile phone, a communication unit 22 that transmits and receives calls and mails, a display unit 23, an electronic camera 24, a storage unit 25, and the like. The control unit 21 includes a ROM storing operation programs for the microcomputer and the cellular phone 20, and a RAM for temporarily storing data for processing of the microcomputer.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the vehicle-mounted device 30 such as a taxi.
A vehicle-mounted device 30 such as a taxi includes a control unit 31, a car navigation unit 32, a barcode reader unit 33 including a camera that reads two-dimensional barcode data (phone number) displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone 20, A non-contact reader unit 34 that can read and write data consisting of a non-contact chip that is an IC card function provided in a mobile phone, a storage unit 35 that stores a map, customer information, etc., and a boarding fee calculation unit 36.
The car navigation unit 32 includes a display unit 321 and a GPS (Global Positioning System) reception unit 322, and reads a telephone number selected as destination information by the mobile phone 20 by the barcode reader unit 33 or the non-contact reader unit 34. The control unit 31 searches the map information stored in the storage unit 35 based on the read telephone number, extracts the destination, and determines the current position based on the position coordinates received by the GPS receiving unit 322 of the car navigation unit 32. It has a function of calculating a route to the destination from the destination position information and displaying it on the display device 321.
The boarding fee calculation unit 36 is for settlement of the boarding fee, and calculates the boarding fee when getting off. When the mobile phone 20 having the settlement function is used, the remaining amount of the value information (prepaid card information) stored in the non-contact chip of the mobile phone 20 is read by providing the writer function in the non-contact reader unit 34, The boarding fee is subtracted from the read remaining amount and a new remaining amount is written to the non-contact chip. In this way, the boarding fee can be automatically settled.

In order to use the destination notification system, first, the user connects to the site of the center apparatus 10 using the web browsing function of the mobile phone, and displays a registration screen for the site on the display unit 23 of the mobile phone 20. . The user inputs and registers necessary items such as the user's (customer's) mobile phone number and name on the registration screen, and requests (or requests) the provision of an application program for operating the destination notification system. Upon receiving the request, the center device 10 transmits a destination notification system operation application program to the mobile phone 20, and the mobile phone 20 stores the application program in its own storage unit 25.
After the download of the application program is completed, the user manually inputs destination information (here, a telephone number) or copies it from the phone book of the mobile phone 20 using the electronic phone book function of the application program as necessary. And register. The telephone book formed by the application program downloaded here is referred to as an electronic telephone book so as to be distinguished from a telephone book provided in advance in the mobile phone 20 (referred to as a “phone book of a mobile phone”).

  In the case where the mobile phone is previously provided with a function for converting the telephone number registered in the telephone directory into a two-dimensional barcode or a function for outputting the telephone number to the non-contact reader unit, There is no need to download application programs.

At the time of boarding, a user (passenger) selects a telephone number as destination information using either a telephone book of a mobile phone or the electronic telephone book. This selection is arbitrary, for example, by inputting the destination name to the mobile phone and selecting the phone number, or displaying the phone number list and moving the cursor to select the phone number.
After selecting the telephone number as the destination data, when using the non-contact reader unit 34 of the in-vehicle device 30, the data transmission function of the mobile phone 20, that is, the non-contact chip provided in the mobile phone 20 is used for the selection. The telephone number is read by the reader of the non-contact reader unit 34 of the in-vehicle device 30. That is, when the mobile phone 20 is held over the non-contact reader unit 34 of the on-vehicle machine (operation management device) 30 of the taxi, the reader reads the selected telephone number.

When using the barcode reader unit 33 of the in-vehicle device 30, the mobile phone 20 converts the selected phone number into a two-dimensional barcode using, for example, a two-dimensional barcode function of the application program, and converts the two-dimensional barcode into the two-dimensional barcode. This is displayed on the display unit 23.
The vehicle-mounted device 30 such as a taxi reads the two-dimensional barcode displayed on the display unit 23 of the mobile phone 20 with the electronic camera of the barcode reader unit 33 and acquires a telephone number.

  The control unit 31 of the in-vehicle device 30 searches the map information stored in the storage unit 35 based on the read telephone number, extracts the destination, and at the same time, based on the position coordinates received by the GPS receiving unit 322 and the destination A route to the destination is calculated from the location information and displayed on the display unit 321.

Next, a processing procedure in the destination notification system described above will be described.
Registration Process FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the registration process.
The user uses the web browsing function of the mobile phone 20 to connect to the site of the taxi service center device 10 (S101), displays the registration screen on his / her display unit 23, and inputs necessary information automatically or manually. Then, the registration request is transmitted to the center apparatus 10 (S102).
When the center device 10 receives a registration request from the mobile phone 20 (S103), the center device 10 stores identification information such as a telephone number of the mobile phone 20 and a name in the customer registration area of the external storage device, and also the mobile phone 20 The application program for the destination notification system is transmitted to (S104). The cellular phone 20 stores the received application program (S105) and ends the registration process.

Destination information recording process Here, the telephone directory of the mobile phone 20 is used as it is, or the application program is downloaded from the center apparatus 10 and then the destination is stored in the electronic telephone directory of the application program at home, company, school, etc. The telephone number or the like is manually entered as described above, or the telephone directory of the cellular phone 20 is copied and registered.

Destination Notification Processing by Cellular Phone FIG. 6 shows a case where destination notification is performed by using the telephone directory of the cellular phone 20 (that is, the cellular phone 20 uses a telephone number two-dimensional barcode processing program or non-contact reader transmission in advance) It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the case where a program is provided.
When the user who has the mobile phone 20 gets on a taxi, for example, the phone book provided in the mobile phone 20 is activated (S201), and here the destination (for example, home or the like) is searched using a search function from the phone book. ) Is displayed (S202), the destination is displayed on the display device, and the telephone number of the destination is selected (S203). Subsequently, the output method of the telephone number data is to use the two-dimensional bar code or to the non-contact reader unit. One of the wireless transmission uses is selected (S204).
In the case of using a two-dimensional barcode, the mobile phone 20 converts the selected telephone number into a two-dimensional barcode and displays it on the display unit 23 (S205) in preparation for reading.
If wireless transmission use is selected in step S204, the selected telephone number data is written in a transmission program for non-contact reading (S206) to prepare for reading.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a mobile phone uses an electronic phone book included in the downloaded application program and performs destination notification using the electronic phone book.
The mobile phone 20 downloads the application program from the center apparatus 10 in advance.
The electronic phone book is activated (S301), the destination (for example, home) is called from the phone book using a search function (S302), the destination is displayed on the display device, and the destination telephone number (fixed phone) Number) is selected (S303). Subsequently, for the telephone number data output method, either the two-dimensional bar code or the data transmission to the non-contact reader unit is selected (S304). Here, when the two-dimensional barcode usage method is selected, the cellular phone 20 converts the telephone number into a two-dimensional barcode and displays it on the display unit 23 (S305).
If the non-contact data transmission method is selected in step S304, the selected telephone number data is written in the information transmission program for non-contact reading (S306) and transmitted, and the processing of the electronic telephone book of the application program is terminated. (S307).

Next, the processing operation of the taxi operation management device 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
When the taxi operation management device 30 acquires the telephone number, which is the destination data read by the non-contact reader unit 34 from the mobile phone (YES in S401), the destination data (phone number) is saved (S402), and the control unit 31 calculates the destination from the data (telephone number) stored using the car navigation unit 32 (S405), displays the destination on the display unit 321 of the car navigation unit 32 (S406), and ends the process. To do.

In step S401, when using the two-dimensional barcode reader unit 33 (S401, NO), the mobile phone 20 is covered with a cover so that it cannot be read from the outside, for example, with the two-dimensional barcode displayed on the display unit 23. Insert into the reading device of the machine 30. The in-vehicle device 30 reads the two-dimensional barcode with the camera, that is, acquires the data (S403). The two-dimensional barcode data (telephone number) read by the barcode reader is stored in a predetermined area of the storage unit 35 (S404).
The control unit 31 of the in-vehicle device 30 passes the read telephone number to the car navigation unit 32. The car navigation unit 32 obtains current location data (surface coordinate data) by the GPS receiving unit 322, reads the corresponding map information from the read telephone number from the map data stored in the storage unit 35 (S405), and A route to the destination is displayed on the display unit 321 based on the data and the current location data (S406).
The driver carries the passenger to the destination based on the route displayed on the display unit 321 of the in-vehicle device 30.

  As described above, in the destination notification system according to the present embodiment, the customer can instruct the destination using the telephone number without telling the driver such as a taxi. At that time, since the telephone number is read as an electric signal from the telephone directory by the in-vehicle device 30 or visualized, it is converted into a two-dimensional barcode, so there is no possibility of being known to a third party such as a driver.

Further, since the center device 10 can register user information and list customer information when downloading the destination notification application program to the customer's mobile phone, it requires a complicated procedure from the customer. Customer management can be easily performed. In addition, payment can be made by providing the mobile phone with a prepaid card function.
In addition, since addition or change of destination information can be freely performed by the user in the telephone directory registered in the mobile phone, the destination information can be easily updated or changed.

In the above embodiment, the two-dimensional bar code is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone 20 and is read by the in-vehicle device. However, the destination telephone number created by the mobile phone 20 instead of using the mobile phone. The two-dimensional bar code may be output and pasted on, for example, a card so that the vehicle-mounted device can read the card.
In the above embodiment, the destination instruction is performed based on the telephone number. The destination instruction information includes destination information equivalent to the telephone number (for example, location information such as GPS information of the destination (latitude / longitude). Information)) can be used in the same manner in the destination notification system of the present invention, so that the telephone number referred to in the present invention includes such location information. Therefore, even when such information is used instead of the telephone number, it is included in the destination notification system of the present invention.

1 is a diagram schematically showing an embodiment of a destination notification system of the present invention. It is a block diagram of a center apparatus. It is a block diagram of a mobile phone. It is a block diagram of vehicle equipment, such as a taxi. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of registration. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the case of performing destination notification using the telephone directory of a mobile telephone. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the case of performing destination notification using an electronic telephone directory. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the operation management apparatus of a taxi.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Destination notification system, 10 ... Center apparatus, 20 ... Mobile phone, 30 ... In-vehicle apparatus.

Claims (8)

  A step of selecting a telephone number corresponding to the destination from the telephone book or electronic telephone directory of the portable terminal device in accordance with the destination input; a step of converting the selected telephone number into a barcode; and displaying the barcode on the portable terminal device A step of displaying on the section, a step of reading the displayed barcode, a step of acquiring destination information corresponding to the telephone number of the read barcode, and acquiring the acquired destination information and route information from the current location information to the destination A destination notification method comprising: a step and a step of displaying the route based on the acquired route information.   A step of selecting a telephone number corresponding to the destination from the telephone book or the electronic telephone directory of the portable terminal device according to the destination input, a step of transmitting the selected telephone number information to the non-contact reader unit, and the transmitted telephone A step of receiving number information at the non-contact reader unit, a step of acquiring destination information corresponding to the read telephone number, a step of acquiring route information from the acquired destination information and current location information to the destination, and the acquired route And a step of displaying the route based on the information.   A step of selecting a telephone number from the electronic telephone directory of the portable terminal device in response to a destination input on the computer of the portable terminal device, and converting the selected telephone number into a barcode and displaying the barcode on the display unit of the portable terminal device A program in which a procedure and a command for executing either a process or a process of transmitting to a non-contact reader unit are described.   Means for selecting a telephone number corresponding to the destination from the telephone book or electronic telephone book of the portable terminal device in accordance with the destination input, means for converting the selected telephone number into a barcode, and displaying the barcode A portable terminal device.   Means for selecting a telephone number corresponding to the destination according to the destination input from the telephone book or electronic telephone book of the portable terminal device in accordance with the destination input; and means for transmitting the selected telephone number information to the non-contact reader unit A portable terminal device comprising:   A means for reading the barcode described in claim 4 or a reader means of a non-contact reader section for receiving the telephone number information described in claim 5 and reading the telephone number, and the read barcode information or the received telephone Based on the number information, means for searching for map information corresponding to the telephone number information, means for acquiring current location information, means for acquiring route information based on the searched map information and current location information, and calculated route information A vehicle-mounted device comprising means for displaying the route based on the vehicle.   A center which is communicably connected to the mobile terminal device described in claim 4 and transmits the program described in claim 3 to the mobile terminal device in response to a download request from the mobile terminal device. apparatus.   A destination notification system comprising the mobile terminal device according to claim 4, the in-vehicle device according to claim 6, and the center device according to claim 7.

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