JP2011253227A - Information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a configuration capable of providing appropriate information to a facility user and allowing the user to confirm the provided information at various places in the facility easily and certainly.SOLUTION: An information providing system 1 generates radio tag management data associating ticket issue information with location information for respective radio tags 18, on the basis of the ticket issue information generated on a ticket issue terminal 13, and unique information and the location information obtained from the radio tag 18 through a base station 17. In addition, on the basis of at least any one of the ticket issue information and the location information included in the radio tag management data, information provided to the radio tag 18 identified with the radio tag management data is selected to be transmitted to the radio tag 18 and is displayed on display means of the radio tag 18.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system.

  In facilities such as airports and amusement parks, services that provide appropriate information to facility users are required. For example, in airports and the like, scheduled passengers often use various facilities in the airport (toilet, kiosk, smoking area, etc.) during the waiting time until the departure of the aircraft. It is necessary to display useful information that can be immediately identified.

  As a technique aimed at providing appropriate information to facility users, for example, a technique such as Patent Document 1 has been proposed. In this technique, a user is allowed to have an identification tag, and the position of the identification tag is detected by communicating with the identification tag by a plurality of recognition devices arranged in a terminal in the airport. Then, after detecting the position of the identification tag and specifying the position of the user in this way, information to be provided to the floor surface of the specified position (of the facility to be guided) by the plurality of image projection devices. By projecting names and routes to facilities, etc., appropriate information is provided for each user.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-110377 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-188056 JP 2008-181301 A

  However, the technique of Patent Document 1 has a problem that the apparatus configuration becomes very large because information is displayed by a projection apparatus assigned to each user. In facilities where a large number of users are expected, it is extremely difficult to secure the required number of projection devices. Especially in facilities where users are close together at close distances, the display information for each user is different. Therefore, each user may not be able to grasp the display information.

  On the other hand, in airports and the like, Patent Documents 2 and 3 are provided as systems for managing users using wireless tags or the like. For example, in Patent Document 2, the movement of a user in an airport is managed using an IC card possessed by the user to improve the flow of the user and shorten the boarding time. However, the system of Patent Document 2 is intended only to improve convenience on the side of providing facilities and services, and the effect of improving user convenience is not so great.

  In Patent Document 3, an RFID tag reader (passenger information RFID reader 3) is installed in an airport, and an RFID tag possessed by a passenger is read by the RFID tag reader. Then, when it is a predetermined time before the departure time, when the RFID tag reader reads the RFID tag after that, it is determined whether or not the RFID tag belongs to an unoccupied person. In some cases, an alarm is generated by a lamp or the like provided in the RFID tag reader. According to this configuration, since the passenger can directly receive useful information (alarm information), the convenience of the user can be expected to be improved to some extent. However, there is a concern that the technique of Patent Document 3 may not allow the user to notice an alarm of the RFID tag reader and information is not transmitted to the user. In particular, in an environment where a plurality of users are crowded, there is a problem that even if an alarm is notified, it is difficult to specify which user the alarm is for, so the alarm is easily ignored.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. In an information providing system that provides information to a facility user, the user can provide more appropriate information to the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a configuration capable of easily and reliably confirming the provided information at various locations in the facility.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a wireless tag comprising a user management server that manages information about facility users, a display means, and a memory that stores unique information, and wireless communication with the wireless tag to perform the wireless communication. A plurality of base stations capable of reading the unique information stored in the memory, an issuing means for issuing a ticket assigned to the facility user, the unique information of the wireless tag given to the facility user, and the issuing means Ticketing terminal comprising ticketing information transmitting means for transmitting ticketing information in association with the contents of the issued ticket, ticketing information acquiring means for acquiring the ticketing information transmitted by the ticketing information transmitting means, Wireless tag information acquisition means for acquiring the specific information of the wireless tag read by the base station in association with the position information of the base station that has read the wireless tag; Based on the ticket issuing information acquired by the ticket issuing information acquiring means and the unique information and the position information acquired by the RFID tag information acquiring means, the ticket issuing information and the position information are associated with each RFID tag. Wireless tag management data generating means for generating wireless tag management data, wireless tag management data storage means for storing the wireless tag management data generated by the wireless tag management data generating means, and wireless tag management data storage means Information selection means for selecting information to be provided to the wireless tag specified by the wireless tag management data based on at least one of the ticket issuing information and the location information included in the wireless tag management data stored in the wireless tag management data; The provided information selected by the information selecting means can communicate with the wireless tag to be transmitted. Transmission control means for transmitting to the ground station, and when the wireless tag receives the provision information from the base station, the wireless tag has display control means for displaying the received provision information on the display means. It is characterized by.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the first aspect, the information on the ticket issued by the ticket issuing terminal is further confirmed in the facility at a predetermined confirmation location different from the ticket issuing terminal. And a passer information storage means for storing information of passers who have passed through the check location based on the information of the ticket confirmed by the information check terminal, and the information selection The means selects the provision information to be provided to the wireless tag based on the passer information stored in the passer information storage means.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the information providing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the wireless tag includes a format storage unit that stores one or a plurality of display formats that can be displayed on the display unit, When the display control unit receives the provision information from the base station, the display unit displays the combination of the received provision information and the display format stored in the format storage unit. It is said.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the third aspect, the format storage unit stores the display formats of a plurality of languages, respectively, and the wireless tag can designate any language. Language input means is provided, and the display control means causes the display means to display a combination of the display format of the language specified by the language input means and the provided information.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the wireless tag management data includes the unique information of the wireless tag and an attribute of a user of the wireless tag. The information selection means is configured to provide the information to be provided to the wireless tag specified by the wireless tag management data based on the attribute information included in the wireless tag management data. It is characterized by selection.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing device according to at least one of the first to fifth aspects, the information of each facility provided in the facility is associated with the position of each facility. Facility information storage means is provided for storing the location information based on the location of each facility stored in the facility information storage means and the location information included in the RFID tag management data. The information of the equipment according to is selected as the provision information.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the display control means of the wireless tag displays a plurality of information types as menu displays on the display means. The wireless tag is selected by a type input unit capable of performing an input operation for selecting one of the plurality of information types displayed on the display unit, and the type input unit. Selection type transmission means for transmitting a selection type to the base station, and the information selection means provides the wireless tag based on the selection type transmitted from the wireless tag to the base station. The provision information is selected.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the information provision system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the provision information is selected by the information selection means and transmitted to the wireless tag. Provided information storage means for storing the provision information for a predetermined time; and erasure means for erasing the provision information stored in the provision information storage means after the lapse of the predetermined time.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the wireless tag stores the unique information stored in the unique information storage means for the base station. Specific information transmitting means for transmitting radio waves, radio wave receiving means for receiving radio waves from the base station at a predetermined cycle, and when the radio wave receiving means receives radio waves, the base station that transmitted the radio waves Determining means for determining whether or not the base station has received a radio wave, and the unique information transmitting means transmits the unique information when the determining means determines that the base station has changed. It is characterized by that.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the display means is configured by electronic paper.

  The invention according to claim 11 is the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the wireless tag includes power supply means for generating power based on a radio wave received from outside. It is characterized by that.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless tag including a user management server that manages information related to facility users, a display unit, and a memory that stores unique information, and a wireless tag that performs wireless communication with the wireless tag. A plurality of base stations capable of reading stored unique information, issuing means for issuing tickets assigned to facility users, unique information of wireless tags given to the facility users and contents of tickets issued by the issuing means, A ticket issuing terminal comprising ticket issuing information transmitting means for transmitting ticket issuing information associated with the ticket issuing information, ticket issuing information acquiring means for acquiring ticket issuing information transmitted by the ticket issuing information transmitting means, and the uniqueness of the radio tag read by the base station Radio tag information acquisition means for acquiring information and the location information of the base station that has read the radio tag in association with each other is provided.
Further, based on the ticket issuing information acquired by the ticket issuing information acquiring means and the unique information and position information acquired by the RFID tag information acquiring means, the RFID tag management that associates the ticket issuing information and the position information for each wireless tag. Radio tag management data generation means for generating data and radio tag management data storage means for storing the radio tag management data generated by the radio tag management data generation means are provided.
According to this configuration, the position where the wireless tag given to the facility user exists can be specified by the position information of the base station that communicates with the wireless tag. In addition, since information (ticketing information) that associates the unique information of the wireless tag given to the facility user with the information of the ticket issued to the facility user is generated, the ticketing information and the position information are generated. Based on the above, it is possible to generate and manage data (wireless tag management data) that can specify what ticket each user has and what position it is currently in.
Further, based on at least one of the ticket issuing information and the location information included in the wireless tag management data stored in the wireless tag management data storage means, the provision information to the wireless tag specified by the wireless tag management data is selected. An information selection means and a transmission control means for transmitting provided information selected by the information selection means to a base station capable of communicating with a wireless tag to be transmitted are provided. The wireless tag is provided from the base station. When the information is received, display control means for displaying the received provided information on the display means is provided.
According to this configuration, it is appropriate to consider what kind of ticket the user has and where it is located in the facility, and consider the contents of the user's ticket or the position of the user. Information (provided information) can be selected, and thus information useful to the user can be individually provided to the wireless tag possessed by each user. Then, the user can easily and reliably confirm the acquired provided information at various locations in the facility by the display means of the wireless tag.

The invention of claim 2 is an information confirmation terminal which is arranged at a predetermined confirmation place different from the ticket issuing terminal in the facility and confirms information of the ticket issued by the ticket issuing terminal, and information of the ticket confirmed by the information confirmation terminal. And a passer information storage means for storing information of passers who have passed through the confirmation place. And the information selection means has selected the provision information to be provided to the wireless tag based on the passer's information stored in the passer information storage means.
According to this configuration, it is possible to appropriately manage the information of the passers who have passed through the confirmation place, and provide specific information that considers whether or not the pass has been completed (for example, identifying facility users who have not passed) It is possible to provide information prompting the facility user to pass, or to provide information useful to the non-passing user such as the set time to the facility user who has not yet passed.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the wireless tag includes a format storage unit that stores one or more display formats that can be displayed on the display unit, and the display control unit receives the provision information from the base station. The received provision information and the display format stored in the format storage means are combined and displayed on the display means. In this way, it is possible to omit the transmission from the base station to the wireless tag by providing the general-purpose display format in advance in the wireless tag. For specific useful information to be sent each time, The amount can be reduced and provided at an appropriate time. Thereby, a quicker transmission / reception process becomes possible, and useful information can be provided with a further reduced time lag.

  In the invention of claim 4, the format storage means stores the display formats of a plurality of languages, respectively, the wireless tag is provided with language input means capable of designating any language, and the display control means comprises: The display format of the language designated by the language input means and the provided information are combined and displayed on the display means. In this way, it is possible to provide information in various languages, and it becomes easy for users in various countries who use the facilities to grasp the information. Furthermore, since a general-purpose display format in each language can be provided in the wireless tag in advance, the amount of information to be provided can be suppressed.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the wireless tag management data has a configuration in which the unique information of the wireless tag is associated with the attribute information of the user of the wireless tag, and the information selection unit is included in the wireless tag management data. Based on the attribute information, information to be provided to the wireless tag specified by the wireless tag management data is selected. In this way, in consideration of the attribute information (gender, nationality, age, etc.) of the user of the wireless tag, specific useful information suitable for the attribute can be provided for each user.

  The invention of claim 6 is provided with equipment information storage means for storing information on each equipment provided in the facility in association with the position of each equipment, and the information selection means is stored in the equipment information storage means. Based on the location of each facility and the location information included in the wireless tag management data, the facility information corresponding to the location information is selected as provision information. In this way, equipment information according to the location of each facility user can be provided, so that compared to the method of providing facility information in a disorderly manner, each user considers his / her location and installs appropriate equipment. Easy to select and use.

In the invention of claim 7, the display control means of the wireless tag is configured to be able to perform control to display a plurality of information types on the display means as a menu display. Further, the wireless tag includes a type input unit capable of input operation for selecting one of a plurality of information types displayed on the display unit, and a selection type for transmitting the selection type selected by the type input unit to the base station. Transmitting means, and the information selecting means selects provided information to be provided to the wireless tag based on the selection type transmitted from the wireless tag to the base station.
In this way, the facility user can select the necessary information type by operating the wireless tag that he / she possesses, and the facility user's desired information and the contents of the equipment user's ticket or Useful information considering the position can be acquired and confirmed by the wireless tag.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, in the base station, provision information storage means for storing provision information selected by the information selection means and transmitted to the wireless tag for a predetermined time, and provision information stored in the provision information storage means And erasing means for erasing after a lapse of time. In this way, the provided information selected by the information selection means and transmitted to the wireless tag can be reused (for example, retransmitted) within a predetermined time, and the predetermined time when the possibility of reuse is low After the lapse of time, the provision information is deleted to secure a memory area for the next information.

  In the invention of claim 9, in the wireless tag, the unique information transmitting means for transmitting the unique information stored in the unique information storage means to the base station, and the radio wave receiving means for receiving the radio wave from the base station at a predetermined cycle And a judging means for judging whether or not the base station that transmitted the radio wave has changed from the base station that received the previous radio wave when the radio wave is received by the radio wave receiving means. Then, the unique information transmitting unit transmits the unique information when the determining unit determines that the base station has changed. In this way, when there is no change in the base station that communicates with the wireless tag, the transmission process of the unique information from the wireless tag can be omitted, and the communication processing time can be reduced and the power can be saved. On the base station side, even if there was a response from the wireless tag when the previous radio wave was transmitted, but there is no response to the current radio wave transmission, it is assumed that the wireless tag is within the communicable range for communication Therefore, the communication is not particularly difficult to occur in this communication.

  In the invention of claim 10, the display means is constituted by electronic paper. According to this configuration, the configuration in which the display unit is provided in the wireless tag can be realized with lower power consumption.

  According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, the wireless tag includes power supply means for generating power based on radio waves received from the outside. According to this configuration, it is not necessary to provide a battery that is frequently attached to and detached from the wireless tag, and the labor and time for battery replacement and charging can be omitted. Therefore, the configuration is more convenient.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the electrical configuration of the airline server, ticketing terminal, boarding gate terminal, tag management server, and service server in the information providing system of the first embodiment. FIG. 3A is a block diagram schematically illustrating an electrical configuration of a base station in the information providing system of FIG. FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram illustrating a communication area for each base station. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view illustrating the appearance of a wireless tag used in the information providing system of the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the wireless tag in FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating the configuration of the airline database. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating the configuration of the tag management database. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of issuing processing performed at the airport check-in counter. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of communication processing performed with a wireless tag lent to a customer. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of communication processing performed in each base station. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of communication / position information acquisition processing performed in the tag management server. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of message preparation / transmission processing in the tag management server when a message to be transmitted to the wireless tag occurs. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a search process for non-passengers. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the correspondence between the types of display information and message numbers, and conceptually showing variable data corresponding to each message number. FIG. 15A is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of a selection screen for selecting a display language in the wireless tag. FIG. 15B is an explanatory diagram showing a display example 1 of a selection screen for selecting an information type requested in the wireless tag, and FIG. 15C is for selecting an information type requested in the wireless tag. FIG. 15D is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a message received by the wireless tag when selected as shown in FIG. 15C. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display format displayed on the display unit of the wireless tag. FIG. 17A is an explanatory diagram showing a display example when displayed in a specific language on the display portion of the wireless tag, and FIG. 17B shows information having the same contents as FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display when it displays with the language different from FIG. 17 (A). 18 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a configuration of the wireless tag different from that shown in FIG.

[First embodiment]
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of an information providing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Overall configuration of information provision system)
First, the hardware configuration of the information providing system according to the first embodiment will be outlined with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an airline server, ticketing terminal, boarding in the information providing system of the first embodiment. It is a block diagram which illustrates roughly the electric composition of a mouth terminal, a tag management server, and a service server. FIG. 3A is a block diagram schematically illustrating an electrical configuration of a base station in the information providing system of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram illustrating a communication area for each base station. is there. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view illustrating the appearance of a wireless tag used in the information providing system of the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the wireless tag in FIG. 4.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system 1 according to this embodiment includes an airline server 11, a ticketing terminal 13, and a boarding gate terminal 14. Furthermore, the tag management server 15, the base station 17, the wireless tag 18, and the service server 19 are provided, and the wireless tag 18 is used to provide useful information to facility users.

  The airline server 11 is a management device that manages information about facility users. For example, the airline server 11 is configured as shown in FIG. ing. The airline server 11 is configured as a computer, for example, and includes a storage unit 32 including a CPU 31, ROM, RAM, HDD, an input unit 33 configured as a mouse and a keyboard, a display unit 34 configured as a liquid crystal monitor, A communication interface 35 configured as a LAN interface or the like is provided. In addition, the storage unit 32 stores a database (airline database 12: FIG. 1) that stores information on airport users. The airline database 12 stores at least information related to customers of airlines operating the aircraft at the facility (airport) where the information providing system 1 according to the first embodiment is used, as shown in FIG. The name, departure date, boarding flight name, class, seat number, and reception number for each customer are stored.

  The ticket issuing terminal 13 is configured to issue a ticket assigned to a facility user (specifically, a boarding pass assigned for each passenger of an aircraft operated by an airline managing the airline server 11). is there. Specifically, for example, it is possible to issue a boarding pass by being installed at an airport check-in counter. As shown in FIG. 2, the above-described airline server is connected via a communication network such as a LAN. 11 and a tag management server 15 to be described later and the like. The ticket issuing terminal 13 is also configured as a computer, for example, a CPU 41, a storage unit 42 including a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, an input unit 43 configured as a mouse or a keyboard, a display unit 44 configured as a liquid crystal monitor, a printer, and the like. And a communication interface 46 configured as a LAN interface or the like.

  The boarding gate terminal 14 corresponds to an example of an “information confirmation terminal” for confirming information of a ticket issued by the ticket issuing terminal 13 and is arranged in a predetermined confirmation place different from the ticket issuing terminal 13 in the facility. Is. Specifically, at the airport, it is placed at the boarding gate of an aircraft operated by an airline that manages the airline server 11, and changes in boarding time, guidance for starting boarding, boarding status of passengers and confirmation of non-passengers It is comprised so that execution of processes, such as these, and the composition which reads the boarding pass of the passenger who passes the boarding gate concerned is made. As shown in FIG. 2, the boarding gate terminal 14 is communicably connected to the above-mentioned airline server 11 and a tag management server 15 to be described later via a communication network. From the CPU 51, ROM, RAM, HDD, etc. A storage unit 52, a reading unit 53 for reading a boarding pass, a display unit 54 configured as a liquid crystal panel, a communication interface 55 configured as a LAN interface, and the like.

  The storage unit 52 corresponds to an example of “passer information storage unit”, and information on the ticket confirmed by the boarding gate terminal 14 (information confirmation terminal) (that is, the boarding pass read by the reading unit 53). Based on (information), it functions to memorize the information of the passing person who passed the boarding gate (confirmation place). The reading unit 53 can adopt various configurations that can read the boarding pass. If the boarding pass is a magnetic boarding pass, the reading unit 53 is configured to read the magnetic information of the boarding pass by a known method. Is done.

  The tag management server 15 is communicably connected to the airline server 11, the ticketing terminal 13, the boarding gate terminal 14, and the service server 19, stores tag management data related to the wireless tag 18, which will be described later, and is stored in the wireless tag 18. On the other hand, it is configured to perform various processes. The tag management server 15 is configured as a computer, for example, and as illustrated in FIG. 2, as a storage unit 62 including a CPU 61, ROM, RAM, HDD, and the like, an input unit 63 configured as a mouse and a keyboard, a liquid crystal monitor, and the like And a communication interface 65 configured as a LAN interface or the like. In addition, the storage unit 62 stores a database (tag management database 16: FIGS. 1 and 7) that stores wireless tag management data to be described later.

  The service server 19 is a server that generates and provides information on facility services to be provided to facility users (passengers), and is connected to at least the tag management server 15 via a communication network such as a LAN. Yes. The service server 19 is configured as, for example, a computer, and as illustrated in FIG. 2, is configured as a CPU 71, a storage unit 72 including a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, and the like, an input unit 73 configured as a mouse and a keyboard, a liquid crystal monitor, and the like. A display unit 74, a communication interface 75 configured as a LAN interface, and the like.

  Each base station 17 is configured as a known wireless tag reader in hardware, and performs unique communication (tag number (tag ID) and the like) stored in the memory unit 92 by performing wireless communication with the wireless tag 18. It is configured to be readable. As shown in FIG. 3A, the base station 17 includes a control circuit 81 that performs overall control. The control circuit 81 includes a wireless communication unit 85, a memory 87, an input unit 88, a communication interface 89, and the like. Is connected. The control circuit 81 is mainly composed of, for example, a microcomputer, has a CPU, a system bus, an input / output interface, and the like, and functions as an information processing device together with the memory 87. The memory 87 is configured as a semiconductor memory such as a ROM or a RAM, and stores various information. The input unit 88 includes operation buttons and the like, and has a configuration in which a signal corresponding to an external operation is given to the control circuit 81. The communication interface 89 is configured as an interface (for example, a LAN interface) for performing communication with an external device (for example, the tag management server 15 or the like), and cooperates with the control circuit 81 to communicate with the tag management server 15. It is configured to perform communication processing.

  The wireless communication unit 85 functions as a known wireless tag reader unit, cooperates with the control circuit 81, performs wireless communication with the wireless tag 50 by a known radio wave method, and is stored in the wireless tag 50. It functions to read data to be read or write data to the wireless tag 50. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2A, the wireless communication unit 85 includes a transmission circuit 82, a reception circuit 83, and the like. The transmission circuit 82 includes a carrier oscillator, an encoding unit, an amplifier, It is configured by a transmission unit filter, a modulation unit, and the like, and is configured to output a carrier (carrier wave) of a predetermined frequency from a carrier oscillator. The encoding unit is connected to the control circuit 81, encodes transmission data output from the control circuit 81, and outputs the encoded transmission data to the modulation unit. The modulation unit is a part to which the carrier (carrier wave) from the carrier oscillator and the transmission data from the encoding unit are input. The carrier (carrier wave) output from the carrier oscillator is encoded at the time of command transmission to the communication target. A modulated signal modulated by the encoded transmission code (modulated signal) output from the encoding unit is generated and output to the amplifier. The amplifier amplifies the input signal (the modulated signal modulated by the modulation unit) with a predetermined gain, and outputs the amplified signal to the transmission unit filter. The transmission unit filter filters the amplified signal from the amplifier. A transmission signal is output to the antenna 84. When a transmission signal is output to the antenna 84 in this way, the transmission signal is radiated to the outside from the antenna 84 as a radio wave.

  On the other hand, the radio signal received by the antenna 84 is input to the receiving circuit 83. The reception circuit 83 is configured by a reception unit filter, an amplifier, a demodulation unit, a binarization processing unit, a decoding unit, etc., and after filtering a signal received via the antenna 84 with a reception unit filter, The signal is amplified by an amplifier, and the amplified signal is demodulated by a demodulator. Then, the demodulated signal waveform is binarized by the binarization processing unit and decoded by the decoding unit, and then the decoded signal is output to the control circuit 81 as reception data.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of base stations 17 configured as described above are provided at intervals in the facility, and a communication area for communicating with the wireless tag 18 is set in each base station 17. In FIG. 3B, some of them (first base station 17a, second base station 17b, third base station 17c) are schematically illustrated, and the communication area is conceptually indicated by a broken line. Show. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 (B), any base station 17 is configured to perform wireless communication with a wireless tag 18 existing in the communication area with a predetermined range as a communication area, and The base station 17 is also communicably connected to the tag management server 15. As described above, since the plurality of base stations 17 are spaced apart from each other, when any of the base stations 17 communicates with the wireless tag 18, the base station 17 that performs the communication is specified. Thus, the area where the wireless tag 18 exists can be grasped.

  Next, the wireless tag 50 will be described. The wireless tag 50 is configured as a known active tag, for example, and has a built-in battery 96. The wireless tag 50 receives power from the battery 96 and performs various operations. The wireless tag 50 has, for example, an appearance as shown in FIG. 4 and an electrical configuration as shown in FIG. 5. The wireless tag 50 includes a control unit 91, a memory unit 92, a wireless unit 93, a display unit 94, and a key input unit 95. A battery 96, a charging terminal 97, and the like.

  The control unit 91 controls the entire wireless tag 50, has a configuration including a CPU, outputs data to the wireless unit 93, acquires data from the wireless unit 93, or controls display of the display unit 94. Various information processing is performed. The memory unit 92 is configured by various semiconductor memories such as a ROM and an EEPROM, and includes a control program, unique information (tag ID) for identifying the wireless tag 18, and data set by the user according to the use of the wireless tag 18. Etc. are stored. The radio unit 93 includes a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, an antenna, and the like. For example, the transmission circuit is configured to modulate a carrier signal with transmission data from the control unit 91 and transmit this as a radio signal from the antenna. Has been. The reception circuit includes a demodulation circuit and the like, demodulates data superimposed on the transmission signal (carrier signal), and outputs the data to the control unit 91.

  The display unit 94 is configured by a known display such as a liquid crystal display panel or an EL panel, and is configured to display information according to the control of the control unit 91. The key input unit 95 includes, for example, operation buttons and the like, and is configured to output a signal corresponding to an external operation to the control unit 91. The battery 96 is constituted by a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery, for example, and is configured to receive power supply from an external charging device via a charging terminal 97. Further, the wireless tag 18 is provided with a communication terminal 98 to which an external device can be connected, and can communicate with the external device via the communication terminal 98.

(Operation of each part of the information provision system)
As shown in FIG. 8, first, reservation information is accepted by inputting reservation information of a boarding pass that has been reserved by a customer (planned boarding person) into the ticketing terminal 13 (for example, an operator or the like). S31). When the reservation information is input, boarding pass data corresponding to the reservation information is generated and printed at the ticket issuing terminal 13 (S32). At this time, a receipt number is automatically assigned for each boarding pass issued, and the receipt number is associated with boarding pass data (name, date, flight number, class, seat number, etc.) as shown in FIG. The registered customer information is registered in the airline database.

  Thereafter, the tag number (unique information) of the wireless tag 18 to be lent to the customer is input by the operator or the like (S33). As shown in FIG. 4, the wireless tag 18 to be lent to the customer has a label attached to a place where it can be visually recognized. At the time of tag issue processing at the ticketing terminal 13, the tag number shown here is visually checked to obtain a keyboard. You may enter from. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4, a barcode or a two-dimensional code indicating a tag number may be printed on a label and read by a scanner so as to avoid a mistake in inputting the number. Alternatively, a reader / writer may be prepared in the ticket issuing terminal 13 and the tag number recorded in the wireless tag 18 when the tag is issued may be read by wireless communication.

  Then, the tag number (unique number) input in this way is associated with information (flight name, reception number) on the boarding pass obtained by the customer who rents the wireless tag 18 with the tag number. To the tag management server 15. The CPU 41 and the printing unit 45 of the ticket issuing terminal 13 correspond to an example of “issuing means” and function to issue a ticket to be assigned to a facility user. The CPU 41 and the communication interface 46 of the ticket issuing terminal 13 correspond to an example of “ticketing information transmitting means”, and associate the unique information of the wireless tag 18 given to the facility user with the contents of the ticket issued by the issuing means. It functions to transmit ticket issuing information (specifically, data including a tag number, a flight number, and a reception number).

  When ticketing information (information in which the unique information of the wireless tag 18 is associated with the reception number) is transmitted from the ticketing terminal 13, the tag management server 15 receives the ticketing information and is managed for each wireless tag. Data (wireless tag management data) is stored in a database (tag management database). Each tag management data stored in the tag management database has a configuration as shown in FIG. 7 and includes ticketing information (unique information (tag number), flight number, reception number) received from the ticketing terminal 13. At the same time, when the position information is acquired by communication processing described later, the position information is stored in association with these ticket issuing information. The CPU 61 and the communication interface 65 of the tag management server 15 correspond to an example of “ticketing information acquisition unit”, and function to acquire ticketing information transmitted by the ticketing information transmission unit.

  Next, referring to FIG. 9, communication processing performed by the wireless tag 18 lent to a customer (facility user, i.e., a person who plans to board) will be described. The wireless tag 18 used in the present embodiment is subjected to standby processing (not shown) for standby in a standby mode in which power is not consumed as much as possible to suppress battery consumption before S41. The operation mode is entered at a predetermined period (for example, at intervals of 3 seconds), and processing for detecting radio waves from the base station is performed. When entering the operation mode, if there is no reception for a certain period of time (1 second, the number in parentheses is an example), it is determined that it is not within the communication range of the base station and enters standby mode again. When the radio wave is detected, the processing after S41 is performed.

  If radio waves from the base station 17 are detected after entering the operation mode, first, processing for receiving radio waves from the base station is performed (S41). Then, it is determined whether or not the information received in S41 is from a plurality of base stations 17 (S42). The data transmitted from each base station 17 to the wireless tag 18 includes a base station number uniquely assigned to each base station 17. In S42, the data received in S41 includes a plurality of data. It is determined whether or not the base station number is included. If information is received from a plurality of base stations 17, the process proceeds to Yes in S42, and information from the base station 17 having the highest received radio wave intensity is selected. If the information received in S41 is from a single base station 17, the process proceeds to No in S42.

  When the process proceeds to No in S42, or after S43, the base station that is the reception partner and the base station that received the base station information last time (the base station that became the communication partner in the reception process of the previous S41) In addition, when the process of S43 is performed after the process of the last S41, the process which compares with the base station selected by S43) is performed (S44), and it is judged whether it corresponds (S45). ). If the base station number of the base station that is the current reception partner is not the same as the base station number of the previous reception partner, the process proceeds to No in S45, and the processes after S47 are performed. On the other hand, if the base station number of the base station that is the current receiving partner is the same as the base station number of the previous receiving partner, the process proceeds to Yes in S45, and a message addressed to itself is sent to the base station. It is determined whether or not it is stored (S46). If there is a message, the process proceeds to Yes in S46, and the processes after S47 are performed. If there is no message, the process proceeds to No in S46, and the processes after S41 are repeated.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 91 and the wireless unit 93 of the wireless tag 18 correspond to an example of “unique information transmitting unit”, and are stored in the memory unit 92 (unique information storage unit) for the base station 17. Function to send a tag number (unique information). The wireless unit 93 corresponds to an example of “radio wave receiving means” and functions to receive radio waves from the base station 17 at a predetermined cycle. The control unit 91 that performs the processes of S44 and S45 corresponds to an example of a “determination unit”. When a radio wave is received by the radio wave reception unit, the base station that transmitted the radio wave has received the previous radio wave. It functions to determine whether it has changed from the base station. The control unit 91 corresponding to the “unique information transmitting unit” functions to transmit a tag number (unique information) when the determining unit determines that the base station has changed.

  Specifically, when the process proceeds to No in S45 or when the process proceeds to Yes in S46, its own unique information (tag number) is transmitted to the base station that is currently the communication partner (S47), A process of receiving a message from this base station is performed (S48). In the process of S48, if a message addressed to itself is stored in the communication partner base station, the message is received and displayed on the display unit 94, and the message addressed to the communication partner base station is displayed. Is not stored, the process is terminated without receiving a message. After the process of S48, the setting is changed to the standby mode for a preset fixed time, and the power saving process is performed (S49). Examples of the power saving process include turning off the power of the wireless unit 93, thereby preventing the battery 96 from being consumed. Alternatively, as the power saving process, the control unit 91 is switched to a standby mode (for example, a mode in which power consumption is reduced by lowering the CPU clock frequency than the normal mode or intermittently driving the CPU). May be. In this way, the wireless tag 18 should display the wireless tag 18 on the wireless tag 18 in order to confirm whether there is data that must be displayed within a certain time (for example, waiting for 3 seconds + 1 waiting for reception = 4 seconds). There is no need to keep data longer than necessary.

Next, the operation in each base station will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of communication processing performed in each base station.
The base station 17 receives the tag number of the wireless tag 18 to which the message is to be sent from the tag management server 15 and the specific contents of the message, and holds them in the memory 87 for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds). Then, the processing after S51 is performed at a preset fixed period, first the processing for transmitting the own base station number is performed (S51), and further the processing for transmitting the tag number with the message is performed ( S52). As described above, the base station 17 transmits the base station number of the own station and the tag number with the display message at a predetermined cycle (for example, every one second), and performs a waiting process for waiting for a response from the tag. . In the present embodiment, the memory 87 corresponds to an example of “provided information storage unit”, and functions to store provided information selected by the information selecting unit and transmitted to the wireless tag 18 for a predetermined time.

  Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a tag number has been received from the wireless tag 18, and if received, the process proceeds to Yes in S53 to determine whether or not there is a message corresponding to the received tag number ( S54) If it exists, the message number and variable data are transmitted to the wireless tag 18 of the tag number. In the present embodiment, each wireless tag 18 includes information on a display format predetermined for each message number together with unique information (tag number). In S55, a message number for specifying the display format, Data (variable data) to be combined with the specified display format is received. When a reception completion notification is received from the transmission target wireless tag 18 in response to the data transmission in S55, the tag number and the reception time are transmitted to the tag management server 15 (S56). The display message to be sent to the wireless tag 18 is discarded at a fixed time (for example, 5 seconds) according to the tag response cycle, thereby preventing an increase in data in the base station. The control circuit 81 that performs such a discarding process corresponds to an example of “erase unit”, and functions to erase provided information stored in the memory 87 (provided information storage unit) after a predetermined time has elapsed. .

Next, with reference to FIG. 11, the processing in the tag management server will be described.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of communication / position information acquisition processing performed in the tag management server.
The process of FIG. 11 is a process periodically performed, for example, every predetermined short time. First, it is determined whether a tag number has been received from any base station. As shown in FIG. 10, each base station 17 transmits a tag number to the tag management server 15 in the process of S <b> 56, and the tag management server 15 receives such a tag from any base station 17. It is determined whether or not a number has been transmitted (S61). When the tag number is transmitted, the number of the base station that transmitted the tag number and the reception time are registered in association with the tag management data corresponding to the tag number (see FIG. 7). . In this way, the latest position of each wireless tag 18 assigned with each tag number is registered.

  In the present embodiment, the CPU 61 and the communication interface 65 of the tag management server 15 correspond to an example of “wireless tag information acquisition unit”, and the tag number (unique information) of the wireless tag 18 read by the base station 17; It functions so as to associate and acquire the position information (base station number) of the base station 17 that has read the wireless tag 18. Further, the CPU 61 corresponds to an example of “management data generation means”, and the ticket issuing information acquired by the ticket issuing information acquiring means (information including tag number, flight number, reception number, etc.) and the wireless tag information acquiring means. Based on the acquired unique information and position information (tag number and base station number obtained via the base station 17), radio tag management data in which ticketing information and position information are associated with each other for each radio tag is generated. To function. Further, the storage unit 62 corresponds to an example of a “wireless tag management data storage unit”, and functions to store the wireless tag management data generated by the management data generation unit.

  Further, it is determined whether or not there is a message request from the wireless tag 18 of the tag number. If there is a message request, the process proceeds to Yes in S63. When the process proceeds to Yes in S63, the type of message request is transmitted to the service server 19 together with the position of the passenger (that is, the position of the base station 17 that communicates with the requesting wireless tag 18), and the service server A response message corresponding to this message request is acquired from 19. Then, the response message acquired from the service server 19 is transmitted to the base station 17 together with the tag number (S65).

  Here, a message displayed on the display unit 94 of the wireless tag 18 will be described. In the present embodiment, a plurality of display formats that can be displayed on the display unit 94 are stored in the memory unit 92 of the wireless tag 18. FIGS. 16A to 16E show examples of display formats stored in the wireless tag 18, and each display format in FIGS. 16A to 16E is associated with a message number. Is remembered. When any message number is designated, a display format corresponding to the message number is called up and displayed on the display unit 94. 16A to 16E is variable data transmitted through the base station 17, and when variable data is transmitted from the base station 17 together with the message number, the control unit Reference numeral 91 reads the display format corresponding to the message number, and performs display control so that the portion corresponding to the mark X is replaced with the received variable data and displayed on the display unit 94. The memory unit 92 corresponds to an example of “format storage unit”.

  In the present embodiment, the memory unit 92 also stores display formats as shown in FIGS. 16A to 16E for other languages, and any one of them is displayed by the key input unit 95 of the wireless tag 18. You can specify the language. For example, in a predetermined setting process, selection information as shown in FIG. 15A is displayed, and when an operation for selecting one of the languages is performed by the key input unit 95, the selected language is displayed. Control is performed to display a display format corresponding to the message number and corresponding to the message number. In this way, for example, when Japanese is designated by a selection operation, the general-purpose portion can be displayed in Japanese as in FIG. 17A described later. When English is designated, Similarly to FIG. 17B, the general-purpose portion can be switched to English notation having the same content as Japanese. Note that the variable data is configured to represent data (numbers, times, etc.) composed of numerals and alphabets that can be used in any language.

  In the present embodiment, the key input unit 95 corresponds to an example of “language input unit”. In addition, the control unit 91 corresponds to an example of “display control unit”, and when receiving the provision information from the base station 17, the received provision information is combined with the display format stored in the format storage unit. It functions to display on the display unit 94. Specifically, the display unit 94 functions to display a combination of the display format of the language designated by the language input means and the provided information.

  Note that the display information in FIG. 16A indicates the basic information of the boarding flight. For example, such display is performed in the initial state of the wireless tag 18. FIG. 16B shows the display format when the boarding time changes, and is stored as corresponding to the message number “2” in FIG. FIG. 16C shows a display format when the boarding gate is changed, and FIG. 16D shows a display format when boarding is started. In addition, it is also possible to display by shifting the time according to the passenger's seat class (business, economy) or the attributes of the passenger such as children. FIG. 16E shows a display format for passengers who have not boarded even after the boarding start time has passed.

In this embodiment, the wireless tag 18 can be controlled to display a plurality of information types as menu displays on the display unit 94 as shown in FIGS. 15B and 15C. The key input unit 95 enables an input operation to select one of a plurality of information types displayed on the display unit 94. The selected type is transmitted to the base station 17. In the present embodiment, the key input unit 95 of the wireless tag 18 has a “menu” key for displaying a menu as shown in FIG. 15, for example, a “select” key for selecting necessary information from the menu, and a selection. It is composed of at least three keys of “decision” keys for determining the selected item.
In the present embodiment, the key input unit 95 corresponds to an example of “type input unit”. The control unit 91 and the wireless unit 93 correspond to an example of “selected type transmitting unit”, and function to transmit the selected type selected by the type input unit to the base station 17.

  When the selection type is transmitted in this way, the tag management server 15 proceeds to Yes in S63 of FIG. 11 and transmits data of this selection type to the service server 19. When there is a response from the service server 19 regarding the selected type, this message is acquired (S64) and transmitted to the base station 17 together with the tag number of the requesting wireless tag 18 (S65). .

  For example, as shown in FIG. 15C, when a pharmacy is selected on the selection display screen, information of “pharmacy” is transmitted from the wireless tag 18 to the base station 17, and the tag management server 15 performs the transmission. The information of this “pharmacy” is acquired together with the tag number of the wireless tag 18. Then, this “pharmacy” information and the position information of the wireless tag 18 (the number of the base station currently communicating with the wireless tag 18) are transmitted to the service server 19. In the service server 19, the location information of the facility is registered for each category, and when data specifying one of the categories is transmitted from the tag management server 15 in association with the location information of the wireless tag 18, The equipment of the category in the airport (in the case of FIG. 15C, a pharmacy) is searched from the equipment information registered in advance. When a plurality of facilities are searched, the facility closest to the position of the wireless tag 18 (that is, the position of the base station 17 communicating with the wireless tag 18) is searched from the searched facilities. Is selected based on the position information of the wireless tag 18 (specifically, the base station number acquired from the tag management server 15), and this information is transmitted to the tag management server 15. The storage unit 72 of the service server 19 corresponds to an example of “equipment information storage means”, and information on each facility provided in the facility (for example, a pharmacy, a store selling books, a duty-free store, a convenience store, etc.) (Information on each facility) is stored in association with the position of each facility.

  When the tag management server 15 receives such equipment information from the service server 19, the tag management server 15 transmits this equipment information to the requesting wireless tag 18. Specifically, for the base station 17 whose base station number is registered in S62, the message (facility information) acquired from the service server 19 together with the tag number of the requesting wireless tag 18 (ie, the tag number received in S61). ). As a result, a message (facility information) is transmitted from the base station 17 to the requesting wireless tag 18, and the facility information as shown in FIG. 15D is displayed on the wireless tag 18. The control unit 91 corresponding to “display control means” functions to display the received provision information on the display unit 92 when the provision information is received from the base station 17.

  In FIG. 15D, when “pharmacy” is selected on the wireless tag 18, the service server 19 searches for the closest pharmacy from the position of the wireless tag 18 and displays this on the wireless tag 18. This is the same when another category is selected. For example, when “book” is selected by the wireless tag 18, the service server 19 sells a book. The nearest store from the position of the wireless tag 18 may be searched in a bookstore or a convenience store, and this may be displayed on the wireless tag 18.

  In this case, the CPU 71 of the service server 19 corresponds to an example of “information selection means”, and provides information provided to the wireless tag specified by the wireless tag management data based on the position information included in the wireless tag management data. Specifically, the provision information to be provided to the wireless tag 18 is selected based on the selection type transmitted from the wireless tag 18 to the base station 17 and the position information of the wireless tag 18. (More specifically, the selection type transmitted from the requesting wireless tag 18 to the base station 17, the location data of each facility stored in the facility information storage means, and the wireless tag included in the wireless tag management data) Based on the position information of the tag 18, the facility information corresponding to the position information is selected as provision information). The CPU 61 and the communication interface 65 that perform the processing of S65 correspond to an example of “transmission control unit”, and the base station 17 that can communicate the provided information selected by the information selection unit with the wireless tag 18 to be transmitted. Function to send to.

  Next, message preparation / transmission processing when a message to be transmitted to the wireless tag occurs will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, when a message to be transmitted to a specific wireless tag occurs, such as when the boarding start time is changed, the message is transmitted to the wireless tag in real time.

  For example, when there is a change in the boarding start time or the like, the change information can be transmitted from the boarding gate terminal 14 to the tag management server 15. The wireless tag 18 can be transmitted. Specifically, when the operator inputs change information of the boarding start time for a specific flight at the boarding gate terminal 14, the flight name, the fact that the boarding start time has changed, and the changed boarding start The time is transmitted to the tag management server 15. When such change information is transmitted from the boarding gate terminal 14, as shown in FIG. 12, the tag management server 15 specifies the transmitted change information (for example, the flight name that has been changed and the change is made). The information including the information on the boarding start time and the change message indicating that there has been a change) is received (S71), and the tag number of the corresponding flight is extracted with reference to the tag management server (S72). Then, a message indicating that the extracted tag number and boarding start time have been changed is transmitted to all base stations 17. When receiving each piece of information, each base station 17 transmits the extracted tag numbers in S52 of FIG. 10, and for the tag that has responded, the message number corresponding to the change in boarding start time and Variable data will be transmitted. For example, when a message number is set as shown in FIG. 14, a message number “2” corresponding to “change in boarding start time” is transmitted and variable data corresponding thereto (that is, changed boarding start time). Are sent together. In this case, as shown in FIG. 16B, the display format corresponding to the message number “2” (that is, the format corresponding to the change of the boarding start time) is read out, and the read display format and The received variable data (for example, the boarding start time after the change) is displayed in combination.

  In this example, the CPU 61 of the tag management server 15 corresponds to “information selection means” and is specified by the wireless tag management data based on the ticketing information included in the wireless tag management data stored in the wireless tag management data storage means. It functions to select information to be provided to the wireless tag.

  The method for transmitting the change information is not limited to the above example. For example, the tag management server 15 transmits the change information specifying the flight number to all the base stations 17 without specifying the tag number. May be. In this case, the flight name may be stored in advance in each wireless tag 18, and only the information specifying the flight number may be selected and handled.

Next, the non-passenger search process will be described with reference to FIG.
In the present embodiment, the passengers are listed and stored in the boarding gate terminal 14, so that the non-passengers can be searched and listed. When transmitting predetermined information to an unoccupied passenger, first, an unoccupied passenger is listed at the boarding gate terminal 14 (S81), and then the flight number and reception number of the passenger are entered into the tag management server 15 (S82). The tag management server 15 searches the wireless tag management data of these non-passengers based on such information of the non-passengers (S83), and uses the base station number and the reception time as the position information of the searched tag numbers. It is sent to the boarding gate terminal (S84). The boarding gate terminal 14 displays position information corresponding to the base station number (for example, display of position information such as “near No. 22 gate”) or position information and time information based on the base station number transmitted in this way. (For example, a display such as “13:00, near gate 22”) is performed (S85).

  In addition, when searching for a non-passenger passenger as described above, predetermined calling information (provided information) may be transmitted to the non-passenger passenger. For example, when a predetermined time before the boarding time comes, the tag of the non-passenger is based on the information of the passenger (passer) stored in the storage unit 52 (passer information storage means) of the boarding gate terminal 14. The number may be listed and transmitted to the tag management server 15. Then, the tag management server 15 selects predetermined call information (for example, information as shown in FIG. 16 (E)) a predetermined time before the boarding time, and based on the tag management data, You may make it provide to the radio | wireless tag 18 to possess.

(Main effects of the first embodiment)
According to the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the position of the wireless tag 18 given to the facility user can be specified by the position information of the base station 17 that communicates with the wireless tag 18. Become. In addition, since information (ticketing information) that associates the unique information of the wireless tag 18 given to the facility user with the information of the ticket issued to the facility user is generated, this ticketing information and position Based on the information, it is possible to generate and manage data (wireless tag management data) that can specify what kind of ticket each user has and which position is currently located.
Further, based on at least one of the ticket issuing information and the position information included in the wireless tag management data stored in the wireless tag management data storage means, the provision information to the wireless tag 18 specified by the wireless tag management data is selected. And a transmission control means for transmitting the provision information selected by the information selection means to the base station 17 capable of communicating with the wireless tag 18 to be transmitted. When providing information is received from the base station 17, display control means for displaying the received providing information on the display unit 94 is provided.
According to this configuration, it is appropriate to consider what kind of ticket the user has and where it is located in the facility, and consider the contents of the user's ticket or the position of the user. Information (provided information) can be selected, and thus information useful to the user can be individually provided to the wireless tag 18 possessed by each user. Then, the user can easily and reliably confirm the acquired provided information at various places in the facility by the display unit 94 of the wireless tag 18.

  In this embodiment, the system can be introduced without drastically changing the existing system. Even when there are a large number of customers of several hundred people in a specific area such as near the departure gate of an airport, It is possible to easily provide appropriate information according to the location and time of the passenger, and to take appropriate measures by the facility manager grasping the location of the customer, thereby preventing the departure delay of the aircraft.

  In the case of an airport, for example, an individual can be identified by the flight number on the day of use and a 4-digit reception number (sequential number) assigned to the passenger for each flight, so that the existing airline database can be queried. The management number for identifying the user is the flight number and reception number, and by linking this with the tag number on the system, the individual of the user can be identified on the system by the tag number, and the personal information on the tag Therefore, even if the tag is lost, personal privacy leaks will not be a problem.

In addition, the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment includes an information confirmation terminal that is arranged in a predetermined confirmation place different from the ticketing terminal 13 in the facility and that confirms information on the ticket issued by the ticketing terminal 13, and an information confirmation terminal And passer information storage means for storing information of passers who have passed through the check place based on the information of the ticket confirmed in step (1). Then, the information selection unit selects the provision information to be provided to the wireless tag 18 based on the passer's information stored in the passer information storage unit.
According to this configuration, it is possible to appropriately manage the information of the passers who have passed through the confirmation place, and provide specific information that considers whether or not the pass has been completed (for example, identifying facility users who have not passed) It is possible to provide information prompting the facility user to pass, or to provide information useful to the non-passing user such as the set time to the facility user who has not yet passed.

  In addition, the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a format storage unit that stores one or a plurality of display formats that can be displayed on the display unit 94 by the wireless tag 18. When the provision information is received, the received provision information and the display format stored in the format storage means are combined and displayed on the display unit 94. In this way, a general-purpose display format can be omitted from transmission from the base station 17 to the wireless tag 18 by providing it in the wireless tag 18 in advance, and specific useful information to be sent each time. Will be able to reduce the amount of information and provide it at the appropriate time. Thereby, a quicker transmission / reception process becomes possible, and useful information can be provided with a further reduced time lag.

  In the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, the format storage means stores a plurality of language display formats, and the wireless tag 18 is provided with a language input means capable of designating any language. The display control means displays the display format of the language designated by the language input means on the display unit 94 in combination with the provided information. In this way, it is possible to provide information in various languages, and it becomes easy for users in various countries who use the facilities to grasp the information. Furthermore, since a general-purpose display format in each language can be provided in the wireless tag 18 in advance, the amount of information to be provided can be suppressed. In particular, because the tag has display image information in advance, the display data sent from the base station to the tag can be only alphanumeric data such as flight number, boarding gate, boarding start time, etc. Even when a large number of users are gathering, the communication time with the tag here can be shortened, and by having a multilingual image in advance, it becomes easy to handle multilingual display.

  In addition, the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment is provided with equipment information storage means for storing information on each equipment provided in the facility in association with the position of each equipment, and the information selection means is equipment information storage. Based on the location of each facility stored in the means and the location information included in the wireless tag management data, the facility information corresponding to the location information is selected as provision information. In this way, equipment information according to the location of each facility user can be provided, so that compared to the method of providing facility information in a disorderly manner, each user considers his / her location and installs appropriate equipment. Easy to select and use.

Further, in the present embodiment, the display control means of the wireless tag 18 is configured to be able to perform control to display a plurality of information types on the display unit 94 as menu displays. Further, the wireless tag 18 transmits to the base station 17 a type input unit capable of performing an input operation for selecting one of a plurality of information types displayed on the display unit 94 and the selection type selected by the type input unit. And a selection type transmission unit that selects information to be provided to the wireless tag 18 based on the selection type transmitted from the wireless tag 18 to the base station 17.
In this way, the facility user can select the necessary information type by operating the wireless tag 18 possessed by the facility user, and is the type of information desired by the facility user and the contents of the equipment user's ticket. Alternatively, useful information considering the position can be acquired and confirmed by the wireless tag 18.

  In this embodiment, the base station 17 provides provision information storage means for storing provision information selected by the information selection means and transmitted to the wireless tag 18 for a predetermined time, and provision information stored in the provision information storage means. Erasing means for erasing after a predetermined time has elapsed. In this way, the provided information selected by the information selecting means and transmitted to the wireless tag 18 can be reused (for example, retransmitted) within a predetermined time, and the possibility of being reused is reduced. After the elapse of time, the provision information is deleted, so that a memory area can be secured for the next information.

  In the present embodiment, the wireless tag 18 receives the unique information transmitting means for transmitting the unique information stored in the unique information storage means to the base station 17 and the radio wave from the base station 17 at a predetermined cycle. Radio wave receiving means and determination means for determining whether the base station 17 that transmitted the radio wave has changed from the base station 17 that received the previous radio wave when the radio wave receiving means receives the radio wave are provided. ing. The unique information transmitting unit transmits the unique information when the determining unit determines that the base station 17 has changed. In this way, when there is no change in the base station 17 that communicates with the wireless tag 18, the transmission process of the unique information from the wireless tag 18 can be omitted, and the communication processing time can be reduced and the power can be saved. Can do. The base station 17 estimates that the wireless tag 18 is within the communicable range even when there is no response to the current radio wave transmission when there was a response from the radio tag 18 when the previous radio wave was transmitted. Since communication can be performed, the current communication is not particularly troublesome.

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The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, the airport is exemplified as the facility, and the system that provides information by using the airport user as the facility user is exemplified. However, the facility example is not limited to the airport, and may be other facilities such as an amusement park or an event venue. Can be provided as well. For example, when the present invention is applied to an amusement park as a “facility”, by passing the wireless tag 18 to the amusement park visitors, guidance to a vacant facility according to the location of the user, display of waiting time It is possible to provide directions to the target facility, search for the location of the lost person, etc., and improve the convenience for the user.

  In the above embodiment, an example of information provided via the wireless tag 18 is shown, but the provided information is not limited to the above example. For example, the storage unit 62 of the tag management server 15 stores attribute information such as the sex, nationality, and age of the user of the wireless tag 18 in association with the tag number of the wireless tag 18 (unique information). Also good. In this case, the tag management server 15 and the service server 19 classify information to be provided for each attribute, and provide information according to the attribute associated with the tag number of the acquired wireless tag 18. Also good. For example, each facility in the airport is classified into a male facility and a female facility and stored, and information on the facility corresponding to the attribute associated with the tag number is selected and provided. May be. For example, when a toilet is designated on the wireless tag 18 by a menu screen as shown in FIG. 15B, gender-related toilet location information associated with the tag number of the wireless tag 18 may be provided. . Or the facility information for every age group is memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the tag management server 15 or the service server 19, and according to each age group for every age group regularly or when there is a request | requirement from the radio | wireless tag 18. The facility information may be provided. In this way, in consideration of the attribute information (gender, nationality, age, etc.) of the user of the wireless tag 18, specific useful information suitable for the attribute can be provided for each user.

  In the above-described embodiment, the display unit 94 configured by a liquid crystal display device is illustrated, but the display unit 94 may be configured by electronic paper that does not consume power except when the display is rewritten. By using electronic paper in this manner, a configuration in which display means is provided in a wireless tag can be realized with lower power consumption, and the battery life can be further extended.

  In the above embodiment, the wireless tag as shown in FIG. 5 is illustrated, but this is merely an example, and other configurations may be used. For example, the communication terminal 98 may not be provided, or the charging terminal 97 may not be provided (the battery 96 cannot be charged).

  For example, a tag configuration and display example as shown in FIG. 17 may be used. In the configuration of FIG. 17, the wireless tag 100 is also used as a boarding pass, and a two-dimensional code in which a flight number, name, seat class, seat number, etc. are recorded on the outer surface of the wireless tag 100 instead of a magnetic stripe. Q is attached. According to this configuration, it is possible to omit issuing a paper boarding pass at the ticketing terminal 13. The tag is collected at the gate of the boarding gate. At this time, if a piece of paper indicating the seat number is printed and handed over to the passenger, the convenience of the passenger is not impaired. The wireless tag 100 can use the same internal hardware configuration as that of the first embodiment (see FIG. 5).

  In the above-described embodiment, the wireless tag as illustrated in FIG. 5 is illustrated. However, as in the wireless tag 200 illustrated in FIG. 18, for example, a power supply unit that generates charging power in a non-contact manner based on radio waves received from the outside 201 (non-contact processing unit: corresponding to an example of “power supply means”). In addition, as such a charging technique, for example, a known technique such as JP-T-2001-5028974 can be used.

  In the above embodiment, the wireless tag 18 includes a battery. However, the wireless tag 18 is configured as a so-called passive tag, and a power supply circuit that rectifies a received carrier wave and generates operating power is provided. It may be. In this case, a known power supply circuit of a passive tag can be used as the power supply circuit, and this power supply circuit corresponds to an example of “power supply means”. According to this configuration, there is no need to provide a fixed battery in the wireless tag 18, and the labor and time for battery replacement and charging can be omitted. Therefore, the configuration is more convenient.

1 ... Information provision system 11 ... Airline server (user management server)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Ticketing terminal 15 ... Tag management server 17 ... Base station 18, 100, 200 ... Wireless tag 61 ... CPU (wireless tag information acquisition means, ticketing information acquisition means, wireless tag management data generation means, information selection means, transmission control means )
62... Storage unit (wireless tag management data storage means)
65. Communication interface (wireless tag information acquisition means, ticketing information acquisition means)
71 ... CPU (information selection means)
72 ... Storage unit (equipment information storage means)
81. Control circuit (erasing means)
87. Memory (provided information storage means)
91... Control unit (display control means, unique information transmission means, determination means)
93 ... Wireless unit (radio wave receiving means, unique information transmitting means)
94: Display section (display means)

Claims (11)

A user management server that manages information about facility users;
A wireless tag comprising display means and a memory for storing unique information;
A plurality of base stations capable of reading the unique information stored in the memory by performing wireless communication with the wireless tag;
Issuing means for issuing a ticket to be assigned to the facility user; ticket issuing information for transmitting ticket issuing information in which the unique information of the wireless tag given to the facility user is associated with the contents of the ticket issued by the issuing means A ticketing terminal comprising a transmission means;
Ticket issuing information acquiring means for acquiring the ticket issuing information transmitted by the ticket issuing information transmitting means;
Wireless tag information acquisition means for acquiring the unique information of the wireless tag read by the base station in association with the positional information of the base station that has read the wireless tag;
Based on the ticket issuing information acquired by the ticket issuing information acquiring unit and the unique information and the position information acquired by the RFID tag information acquiring unit, the ticket issuing information and the position information are associated with each RFID tag. Wireless tag management data generating means for generating wireless tag management data;
Wireless tag management data storage means for storing the wireless tag management data generated by the management data generation means;
Information provided to the wireless tag specified by the wireless tag management data based on at least one of the ticket issuing information and the location information included in the wireless tag management data stored in the wireless tag management data storage means Information selecting means for selecting
Transmission control means for transmitting the provision information selected by the information selection means to the base station capable of communicating with the wireless tag to be transmitted;
With
The wireless tag has a display control means for displaying the received provision information on the display means when the provision information is received from the base station. An information confirmation terminal that is arranged at a predetermined confirmation place different from the ticket issuing terminal in the facility, and that confirms information on the ticket issued by the ticket issuing terminal;
Based on the information of the ticket confirmed by the information confirmation terminal, passer information storage means for storing information of passers who have passed the confirmation place;
With
2. The information provision according to claim 1, wherein the information selection unit selects the provision information to be provided to the wireless tag based on the passer information stored in the passer information storage unit. system. The wireless tag includes a format storage unit that stores one or more display formats that can be displayed on the display unit.
The display control means, when receiving the provision information from the base station, causes the display means to display the combination of the received provision information and the display format stored in the format storage means. The information providing system according to claim 1 or 2. The format storage means stores the display formats in a plurality of languages,
The wireless tag is provided with language input means capable of designating any language,
4. The information providing system according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit causes the display unit to display a combination of the display format of the language specified by the language input unit and the provision information. The wireless tag management data is formed by associating the unique information of the wireless tag with attribute information of a user of the wireless tag,
The information selection unit selects the provision information to the wireless tag specified by the wireless tag management data based on the attribute information included in the wireless tag management data. The information providing system according to claim 4. Facility information storage means for storing information on each facility provided in the facility in association with the position of each facility;
The information selection means, based on the position of each equipment stored in the equipment information storage means and the position information included in the RFID tag management data, information on the equipment according to the position information as the provision information The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the information providing system is selected. The display control means of the wireless tag can be controlled to display a plurality of information types as a menu display on the display means,
The wireless tag is
A type input unit capable of performing an input operation to select one of the plurality of information types displayed on the display unit;
Selection type transmission means for transmitting the selection type selected by the type input means to the base station;
With
The said information selection means selects the said provision information provided to the said radio | wireless tag based on the said selection classification transmitted to the said base station from the said radio | wireless tag, Any of Claim 1-6 The information providing system according to claim 1. The base station
Provision information storage means for storing the provision information selected by the information selection means and transmitted to the wireless tag for a predetermined time;
Erasing means for erasing the provision information stored in the provision information storage means after the lapse of the predetermined time;
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: The wireless tag is
Unique information transmission means for transmitting the unique information stored in the unique information storage means to the base station;
Radio wave receiving means for receiving radio waves from the base station at a predetermined cycle;
Determining means for determining whether or not the base station that transmitted the radio wave has changed from the base station that received the previous radio wave when receiving the radio wave by the radio wave receiving means;
With
9. The information provision according to claim 1, wherein the unique information transmitting unit transmits the unique information when the determining unit determines that the base station has changed. system.   The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured by electronic paper.   The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the wireless tag includes a power supply unit that generates power based on a radio wave received from the outside.

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