JP2010026887A - Information display device and program of information display processing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically inform a user that time to visit a place or a facility which the user has to regularly visit has come. <P>SOLUTION: When the user stays at a specific facility or place for a predetermined time or more, the date and position at the time are stored in a history information storage device 6. A history analysis device 10 computes how often the user has visited the position on the basis of the same position and date stored, and forecasts the date of the next time forecasted to visit next time. When the forecasted date of the next time has come, a message is displayed on a display part 5. Otherwise, a specific date relating to a facility at the position stored by the history analysis device 10 is obtained, and a message is displayed on a display part 5 when the specific date comes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information display device and an information display processing program.

Conventionally, it has been proposed and put to practical use to add a GPS function to an information display device that provides various information to a user.
Proposals have been made to use such a GPS function not only for acquiring and displaying its own position information but also for further assisting the user's behavior.

For example, the location information acquired by the GPS function is saved as an action history, an area frequently visited by the user is detected based on the saved location information, and information is provided to the user based on the area information. Provision is made (Patent Document 1).
According to such a configuration, the user can automatically obtain information related to a frequently visited area, and there is an advantage that it becomes easier to act.

JP 2003-44512 A

However, there are many cases where the user is familiar with information on areas that are usually visited, and in this case, the user's action is not very helpful.
Moreover, even if it is said that the area is often visited, it is often visited only at one facility in the area, for example, a store such as a department store, a hospital, or one's own home. Moreover, many of these facilities are visited regularly and periodically, such as one month or one week, and some of them must be visited regularly.

  However, in a busy current society, even if you know that you should visit regularly or have to visit, you may forget you and get away.

  In addition, for example, the graveyard must be visited on a specific date of the year, such as the date of death, the bank, and the Bon Festival. In modern society, these events are sometimes forgotten because they are buried in daily life.

  An object of the present invention is to enable automatic notification of the time when a user must visit if there is a place or facility that the user has visited or must visit regularly. To do.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information display device according to the present invention provides position information acquisition means for acquiring position information, date information acquisition means for acquiring date information, and a position corresponding to the acquired position information. A determination means for determining whether or not the user has stayed for a predetermined time or more, and whenever the determination means determines that the user has stayed for a predetermined time or more, the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means and the date information acquisition means are acquired. Storage means for storing the date information, and when a plurality of the same position information is stored in the storage means, the same position based on the date information stored corresponding to the same position information. A period calculating means for calculating a repetition period of information acquisition, a date calculating means for calculating a next date expected to be acquired next time based on the calculated period, The next time the date calculated for arrives, and having a, a message display means for displaying on the display means a message based on the position information.

  In addition, the determination unit includes an acceleration sensor applied to the information display device, and after the position information is acquired by the position information acquisition unit, acceleration is not detected by the acceleration sensor for the predetermined time or more. It is desirable to determine that the user has stayed at a position corresponding to the acquired position information for a predetermined time or more.

  The message display means calculates an elapsed period based on the date corresponding to the latest date information and the next date among the date information corresponding to the plurality of the same position information stored in the storage means. At the same time, it is desirable to display a message including the elapsed period on the display means.

  In addition, the information display device according to the present invention includes a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information, a date information acquisition unit that acquires date information, and whether or not the user has stayed at a position corresponding to the acquired position information for a predetermined time or more. A determination means for determining whether or not the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means and the date information acquired by the date information acquisition means are stored each time it is determined by the determination means that the user has stayed for a predetermined time or more. A storage unit, a specific position determination unit that determines whether or not the position information stored in the storage unit is a position of a specific facility, and a case where the specific position determination unit determines that the position is a specific facility In addition, related date information acquiring means for acquiring date information related to the specific position, and a means for displaying a message corresponding to the specific facility each time the related date arrives And having a message display means for displaying, a.

  The information display processing program according to the present invention stays at a position corresponding to the acquired position information for a predetermined time or longer in a computer applied to an information display device having position information acquisition means for acquiring position information. A determination step for determining whether or not, a date information acquisition step for acquiring date information each time it is determined that the user has stayed for a predetermined time, and the storage unit stores the acquired date information and the acquired position information. And when the same position information is stored in the storage means, based on each of the date information stored corresponding to the same position information, the repetition period of the same position information acquisition And a date calculation step for calculating the next date when the position information is expected to be acquired next time based on the calculated cycle. If, when the calculated next date is reached, characterized in that to execute a message display step of displaying a message based on the position information on the display means.

  Furthermore, the information display processing program according to the present invention stays at a position corresponding to the acquired position information for a predetermined time or longer in a computer applied to an information display device having position information acquisition means for acquiring position information. A determination step for determining whether or not, a date information acquisition step for acquiring date information each time it is determined that the user has stayed for a predetermined time, and the storage unit stores the acquired date information and the acquired position information. A storage step, a specific position determination step for determining whether or not the position information stored in the storage means is a position of a specific facility, and if it is determined that the position information is a specific facility, A related date information acquisition step for acquiring date information related to the position, and a message corresponding to the specific facility is displayed each time the related date arrives. Characterized in that to execute a message display step of displaying on.

  According to the present invention, when there is a place or facility that the user has visited regularly or has to visit, a message is displayed when the time to visit has come. For this reason, even if the user has forgotten to visit due to the busyness of daily life, it becomes possible to know that the time has come, which is a great assist for the user's action.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The control device 1 controls the operation of the entire information display device, and the GPS satellite receiving antenna 2 and the GPS satellite receiving device 3 receive GPS signals from the GPS satellites and acquire their position information. It is. In addition, the map database 4 stores map data for indicating a position corresponding to the acquired position information, that is, a place or a facility at the position on the map, and the display unit 5 includes this own position. While displaying a map, it is for displaying the message mentioned later.

  The control device 1 is connected to a history information storage device 6 that sequentially stores the position information, date, and the like as history information when staying at a position corresponding to the acquired position information for a predetermined time or longer. Yes. A stop time measuring device 7 for counting the time remaining at the position corresponding to the acquired position information and a calendar 8 for outputting information such as stored date are connected.

And in order to detect staying in the position corresponding to the acquired positional information, in this embodiment, the acceleration sensor 9 added to the information display apparatus main body is also connected.
Further, analysis is performed based on the history information stored in the history information storage device 6, and the next time to visit a position (location or facility) corresponding to the position information included in the history information is calculated and stored.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the position information acquisition processing operation of the control device 1 of FIG.
First, the connected GPS satellite receiver 3 is instructed to receive a GPS signal (step S1), and then, based on the received GPS signal, an instruction for position-positioning calculation is obtained to acquire position information. (Step S2). Then, the map data including the acquired position information is read from the map database 4 (step S3) and displayed on the display unit 5 (step S4). In this case, a mark may be displayed at a position on the map corresponding to the position information, and data representing a facility (store, hospital, school, etc.) at a specific position on the map is included in advance in the map data. If so, marks and names representing these facilities may be displayed on the map.

After the map displaying the current position is displayed, it is determined whether the information display device or the user carrying it is moving or stopped (step S5). In the present embodiment, this is determined based on whether or not acceleration is detected by the acceleration sensor 9.
If it is determined that the vehicle is moving, the stop time measuring device 8 is instructed to clear the stop time count (step S6), and the process returns to step S1 again. On the other hand, when it is determined that the vehicle is stopped, the stop time measuring device 8 is instructed to count the stop time (step S7). Then, it is determined whether the count value of the stop time has reached a certain time (step S8).
If the fixed time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S1 again. However, if the user stays at this position for a predetermined time or longer, a history storage process is performed (step S9). And it returns to the process of step S1 again.

FIG. 3 is a detailed flowchart of the history storage process of FIG.
First, the current date information is acquired from the connected calendar 7 (step S10). Subsequently, the facility name (store, hospital, school, etc.) at the position on the displayed map corresponding to the acquired position information is acquired (step S11). If the facility name is previously included in the map data as described above, it is extracted from this map data. If these data are not prepared in advance, or if the data is personal data such as the user's home, the user may input an input screen on the display unit.

Subsequently, the acquired location information, current month / day information and facility name are stored as history information in the history information storage device 6 (step S12), and the processing of the history analysis device 10 is started (step S13). Terminate.
The position information acquisition processing operation of the control device 1 is performed as described above, but is not always started to reduce the power consumption of the GPS reception processing device 3, and is started only while the processing of steps S1 and S2 is executed. You may comprise. Further, by adding a step of waiting for a certain period of time while returning from the step S6 or 7 to the processing of the steps S1 and S2, the time until the GPS reception processing device 3 is stopped and started is increased and consumed more. Electric power may be reduced.

  In the present embodiment, the acceleration sensor 9 detects whether or not the position corresponding to the acquired position information remains, but whether or not the position information acquired continuously is the same. You may make it discriminate | determine. Of course, even when the position information acquired continuously changes within a range that does not exceed the predetermined range, it may be determined that the position information is in the same place or facility, and is considered to be stopped.

FIG. 4 shows an example of history information stored in the history information storage device 6.
As shown in the figure, the name of the facility that has stayed for a predetermined time or more, its position information, and the date are stored.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the history analysis apparatus 10 of FIG.
In response to the execution of the process in step S13 in FIG. 3, the process is started.
First, history information stored in the history information recording device 6 is searched (step S20). Therefore, it is determined whether or not there is data having the same facility name as the history information newly stored this time (step S21). If it is determined that there is no information of the same facility name, the process is terminated.
If it is determined that history information with the same facility name exists, the newly stored history information and the date information in the history information with the same facility name are extracted (step S22), and based on the extracted information. Periodic calculation is performed (step S23).

  This period calculation calculates the difference time of the date information of each history information, and makes this difference time a period. When three or more pieces of history information exist and a plurality of difference times are calculated, the average time is calculated and this average time is set as a period. If there is a difference time that is significantly different from other differences among the calculated difference times, the difference time may be excluded and the average time may be calculated.

  Subsequently, the date and time information included in the newly stored (newest) history information this time is used as the last month and day information (step S24), and the history analyzer 10 (Step S25).

FIG. 6 shows an example of analysis information stored in the history analysis apparatus 10.
As shown in the figure, the facility name, the last date of stay in the facility, and the period representing the visit interval are stored as one piece of analysis information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the information display processing operation of the control device 1.
In this embodiment, this flowchart is configured to start once at a predetermined time of the day.
In the figure, first, one piece of analysis information stored in the history analysis apparatus 10 is extracted (step S30). Subsequently, the current date is acquired from the calendar 7 (step S31). Then, the elapsed month and day are calculated by subtracting the last month and day included in the analysis information extracted from the current month and day (step S32).
Next, it is determined whether or not the calculated elapsed date is a multiple of the period included in the extracted analysis information (step S33).

  Taking the analysis information shown in FIG. 6 as an example, the last date is “February 25, 2008” and the period is “30 days”, where the current date is “April 10, 2008”. ”, The elapsed month and day is“ 45 days ”, and this elapsed month and day is not a multiple of the period. In this case, the process proceeds to step S34, where it is determined whether or not the above-described processing has been completed for the analysis information stored in the history analysis apparatus 10. If the processing has been completed, this information display processing is terminated. If the process has not ended, the process proceeds to step S35, where another analysis information is extracted from the history analysis apparatus 10, and the process of step S31 is executed again.

  On the other hand, when the current date is “March 24, 2008” or “April 25, 2008”, the elapsed date is “30 days” or “60 days” which is a multiple of the cycle. In this case, the process proceeds from step S33 to step S36, and a message sentence corresponding to each facility name stored in the control device 1 in advance is extracted. For example, if the facility name is “Parent”, take out the message “Would you like to go home soon? Yesterday has passed since you visited the other day. Would you like to see a healthy figure?” .

After that, “30 days (1 month)” or “60 days (2 months)”, which is the elapsed month and day, is added to the “00” portion of the message text to complete the message text (step S37) and display it. A message is displayed on the unit 5 (step S38).
FIG. 8 shows a display mode of a message when the elapsed date is “3 months (90 days)”.

This message text is not stored in the control device 1 in advance, but may be input by the user, or if the name of a specific facility having a URL, the necessary information is taken out from it and the message text is created. It may be.
For example, if you get the information of "New arrival of autumn items" from the URL with the elapsed date of "1 month (30 days)" and the facility name of "△△ department store", you have not gone to "△△ department store for 1 month "It's about time for new autumn items to arrive. Why don't you go shopping?" Is displayed on the display 5 as shown in FIG.

As described above, in this embodiment, when a user stays at a specific place or facility several times at a certain cycle, a message is automatically displayed when the next time comes in that cycle.
In many cases, such as homes and shops that arrive at a relatively regular cycle, visits often, but there is a case where the foot is far away for some reason. Once this happens, there is a risk that you will forget and stop visiting. In the present embodiment, in such a state, a message is displayed when the time to visit or when it is necessary to visit, so that a chance to visit again is created.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the present embodiment, if a facility or place stays several times in a certain cycle, when a specific date related to the facility or place arrives, the user is notified of that fact. It is.
For example, when a place visited several times in a certain cycle is a grave, a message corresponding to a date such as a date of death, a bank, a tray or the like is displayed.

1 to 4 are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the history analysis apparatus 10 of this embodiment. First, it is determined whether or not the facility name included in the newly stored history information is a specific facility name (step S40). Here, the specific facility name may be, for example, a grave, as described above, or a grandparent's house (related to Respect for the Aged Day). This may be prepared in advance or input by the user.
If it is determined that the name is not a specific facility name, the process is terminated. If the name is a specific facility name, the process proceeds to step S41.

In step S41, the date related to the facility name is acquired from the calendar 7. For example, if it is a grave, it will be the date of death, equine, Bon, etc., and if it is a grandparent's house, it will be a day of respect for the elderly.
Subsequently, the latest date information of the history information including the facility name is set as the last date information (step S42). The facility name, the last date, and the specific date are stored in the history analyzer 10 as analysis information.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of analysis information stored in the history analysis apparatus 10 in the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the name of the facility, the date of last staying at the facility, and the specific date are stored as analysis information.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the information display processing operation of the control device 1 in this embodiment.
This flowchart is also configured to start the operation once at a predetermined time of the day in this embodiment.
In the figure, first, one piece of analysis information stored in the history analysis apparatus 10 is extracted (step S50). Subsequently, the current date is acquired from the calendar 7 (step S51). Then, it is determined whether or not the current date and the specific date included in the analysis information match (step S52).

  If it is determined that they do not coincide with each other, the process proceeds to step S53, where it is determined whether or not the processing as described above has been completed for all the analysis information stored in the history analysis device 10, and if the processing has been completed, This information display process is terminated. If the process has not ended, the process proceeds to step S54, where another analysis information is extracted from the history analysis apparatus 10, and the process of step S51 is executed again.

  If it is determined in S51 that they match, the process proceeds to step S55, and a message sentence corresponding to each facility name stored in advance in the control device 1 is extracted. For example, if the name of the facility is “grave”, the message “You are about to visit soon. Would you like to visit the grave?

After that, the information corresponding to the current date is written from the calendar 7 to the message text “00”, and the last date is written to the “△△ month □□ day”. In step S56), a message is displayed on the display unit 5 (step S57).
FIG. 13 shows a message display mode when the facility name is “grave”, the coincident specific date is the day of Bon Festival (for example, August 15), and the last date is “March 20”.

  FIG. 14 shows a message display mode when the facility name is “grandparent's house” and the matching specific date is the day of respect for the elderly (September 15).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when staying at a specific place or facility several times in a certain cycle, a message automatically appears when a specific date related to the facility or place is reached. Is displayed.
There were things that you had to visit the facilities and places related to the tombs on the bank, etc. at certain dates of the season, but in recent years the tendency to attend such events tends to fade. In this embodiment, a message is displayed when the time to visit or must arrive, so that the opportunity to visit again is created.

  In the present embodiment, the message is displayed on a specific month. However, the message may be displayed in advance such as the previous day instead of the current day.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the position information acquisition processing operation of the control device 1 of FIG. FIG. 3 is a detailed flowchart of the history storage process of FIG. FIG. 4 shows an example of history information stored in the history information storage device 6. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the history analysis apparatus 10 of FIG. FIG. 6 shows an example of analysis information stored in the history analysis apparatus 10. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the information display processing operation of the control device 1. FIG. 8 shows an example of message display. FIG. 9 shows another example of message display. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the processing operation of the history analysis apparatus 10 according to another embodiment. FIG. 11 shows an example of analysis information stored in the history analysis apparatus 10 according to another embodiment. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the information display processing operation of the control device 1 in another embodiment. FIG. 13 shows an example of message display. FIG. 14 shows another example of message display.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control apparatus 2 GPS satellite receiving antenna 3 GPS satellite receiving apparatus 4 Map database 5 Display part 6 History information storage device 7 Calendar 8 Stop time measuring device 9 Acceleration sensor 10 History analysis device

Claims (6)

Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information;
Date information acquisition means for acquiring date information;
Determining means for determining whether or not the user has stayed at a position corresponding to the acquired position information for a predetermined time;
Storage means for storing the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means and the date information acquired by the date information acquisition means every time it is determined that the determination means has stayed for a predetermined time or more,
When a plurality of the same position information is stored in this storage means, a cycle calculation for calculating a repetition cycle for acquiring the same position information based on each of the date information stored corresponding to the same position information Means,
Based on the calculated period, a date calculating means for calculating a next date when the position information is expected to be acquired next time;
Message display means for displaying a message based on the position information on the display means when the calculated next date arrives;
An information display device.   The determination unit includes an acceleration sensor applied to the information display device, and the position information is acquired when the position information is acquired by the position sensor acquisition unit and the acceleration sensor has not detected acceleration for the predetermined time or longer. The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein it is determined that the user has stayed at a position corresponding to the position information for a predetermined time or more.   The message display means calculates an elapsed period based on the date corresponding to the latest date information and the next date among the date information corresponding to the plurality of the same position information stored in the storage means, The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a message including the elapsed period is displayed on the display unit. Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information;
Date information acquisition means for acquiring date information;
Determining means for determining whether or not the user has stayed at a position corresponding to the acquired position information for a predetermined time;
Storage means for storing the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means and the date information acquired by the date information acquisition means every time it is determined that the determination means has stayed for a predetermined time or more,
Specific position determination means for determining whether or not the position information stored in the storage means is a position of a specific facility;
Related date information acquisition means for acquiring date information related to the specific location when the specific location determination means determines that the specific facility is located;
Message display means for displaying on the display means a message corresponding to the specific facility each time the related date arrives;
An information display device.
In a computer applied to an information display device having position information acquisition means for acquiring position information,
A determination step of determining whether or not the user has stayed at a position corresponding to the acquired position information for a predetermined time;
A date information acquisition step for acquiring date information each time it is determined that the user has stayed for a predetermined time or more,
A storage step of storing the acquired date information and the acquired position information in a storage means;
When a plurality of the same position information is stored in this storage means, a cycle calculation for calculating a repetition cycle for acquiring the same position information based on each of the date information stored corresponding to the same position information Steps,
Based on this calculated period, a date calculating step for calculating a next date when the position information is expected to be acquired next time;
A message display step for displaying a message based on the position information on the display means when the calculated next date arrives;
Information display processing program that executes
In a computer applied to an information display device having position information acquisition means for acquiring position information,
A determination step of determining whether or not the user has stayed at a position corresponding to the acquired position information for a predetermined time;
A date information acquisition step for acquiring date information each time it is determined that the user has stayed for a predetermined time or more,
A storage step of storing the acquired date information and the acquired position information in a storage means;
A specific position determining step for determining whether or not the position information stored in the storage means is a specific facility;
A related date information acquisition step of acquiring date information related to the specific position when it is determined that the specific facility is a certain position;
A message display step for causing a display unit to display a message corresponding to the specific facility each time this related date arrives;
Information display processing program that executes

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