JP2015119265A - Information reporting apparatus and information reporting method, information reporting system, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information reporting apparatus and such capable of presenting reporting information and presenting positional information associated with the reporting information.SOLUTION: An information reporting apparatus 1 includes an information management part 7 that receives a voice message and positional information representing a position where a first terminal is located at a time of generating the voice message, and, when reporting that the voice message is received, includes the positional information in the reporting.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technical field in which information transmitted from a sender is provided to a specific receiver, for example.

  When a large-scale disaster occurs, voice calls to the affected areas are concentrated rapidly. Therefore, telephone calls between users are in a state (congestion state) that is difficult to connect. Even in such a situation, there is a desire to confirm the safety of the disaster victim by voice or to convey the safety of the disaster victim by voice. For this reason, communication carriers provide a “disaster voice delivery service” that transmits voice messages by packet communication instead of voice communication.

  This “Disaster Voice Delivery Service” is used to confirm the voice message registered by the caller when a major disaster such as an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 6 or less occurs. Can do.

  More specifically, the “disaster voice delivery service” is a short message service (SHORT_MESSAGE_SERVICE: hereinafter referred to as “a voice message registered by a caller”). (Referred to as “SMS”). The recipient who receives the notification can confirm the voice message. The “disaster voice delivery service” informs the caller that the recipient has confirmed the voice message by SMS or pop-up when the recipient has confirmed the voice message. In this way, the communication carrier provides a disaster message service that uses packet communication. Further, the sender and the receiver can confirm the safety of both.

  Here, as a related technique existing prior to the application of the present application, for example, there is Patent Document 1.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique related to an emergency contact system and method using an automatic teller machine (AUTOMATED_TELLER_MACHINE: hereinafter referred to as “ATM”). In the emergency communication system disclosed in Patent Document 1, when a disaster occurs, a message indicating the safety of the sender who is the victim who is input to the ATM, information on the sender, and the ATM are installed. Position information indicating the position is provided to a recipient such as a family member or a friend.

JP 2011-154657 A

  Here, the “disaster voice delivery service” described above will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system 200 that provides a “disaster voice delivery service”.

  In the following description, for convenience of explanation, here, as an example, a mobile terminal used by a sender is referred to as a sender terminal 201, and a mobile terminal used by a receiver is referred to as a receiver terminal 202. The sender terminal 201 and the receiver terminal 202 are, for example, generally known mobile terminals such as smartphones and feature phones.

  A system 200 that provides a “disaster voice delivery service” includes a sender terminal 201, a receiver terminal 202, and a voice delivery server 203. The sender terminal 201, the receiver terminal 202, and the voice delivery server 203 are communicably connected to each other via the packet communication network 110 (hereinafter, “communicatively connected” is simply “connected” in the present application). Abbreviated). That is, the sender terminal 201 and the receiver terminal 202 are connected to the packet communication network 110 via the base station 112 existing in the area where the own apparatus is located.

  The caller terminal 201 uploads the voice information 111 representing the voice message issued by the caller to the voice delivery server 203 via the packet communication network 110.

  The voice delivery server 203 receives the voice information 111 from the caller terminal 201. The voice delivery server 203 notifies the receiver terminal 202 that the voice message has been registered from the sender terminal 201.

  The recipient terminal 202 receives the notification from the voice delivery server 203. For example, the receiver terminal 202 downloads the voice information 111 from the voice delivery server 203 and reproduces the downloaded voice information 111 according to the operation of the receiver.

  When the receiver terminal 202 downloads the voice information 111, the voice delivery server 203 notifies the sender terminal 201 that the receiver has received the message.

  In this way, even when the voice communication network is congested, the receiver can confirm the safety of the caller by using the packet communication network 110 by the voice message indicating the caller's safety.

  However, in the above-mentioned “disaster voice delivery service”, it is possible to convey the safety of the caller himself / herself by a voice message, but it is impossible to tell where the caller is. On the other hand, for example, when recording a voice message, a caller may record not only his / her safety information but also position information indicating his / her location in the voice message. However, the affected caller is upset and unable to judge calmly and may forget to record his / her position information in a voice message. In addition, for example, when a disaster occurs in an area where there is no land intuition, the caller cannot accurately grasp the area where the person is located. Therefore, the caller may not be able to record his / her location information in a voice message.

  The emergency contact system disclosed in Patent Document 1 provides position information indicating the installation location of an ATM used when a sender inputs a message. However, in order to input the message, the sender needs to go to a financial institution such as a bank where ATM is installed. Further, for example, when the sender continues to move for evacuation, the sender needs to go to the place where the ATM is installed every time the sender moves.

  Furthermore, for example, when the shelter where the sender is evacuating and the installation location of the ATM are physically separated from each other, the provided position information may lack accuracy. For this reason, when searching for a sender based on the provided location information, a receiver, for example, a family member or friend, provided with a message may not be able to find the sender easily.

  A main object of the present invention is to provide an information notification device and the like that can present notification information and can present position information related to the notification information.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information notification apparatus according to the present invention has the following configuration.

That is, the information notification device according to the present invention is
A receiver for receiving a voice message from the first mobile terminal;
An information notification device comprising: an information presentation unit that notifies the second mobile terminal that is the transmission destination of the voice message that the voice message has been received;
An information management unit that receives position information indicating a position of the first mobile terminal when the voice message is generated together with the voice message;
The notification includes the position information.

  Alternatively, in order to achieve the same object, the present invention can also be achieved by an information notification system including the information notification device according to the present invention.

  In order to achieve the object, an information notification method according to the present invention is characterized by having the following configuration.

That is, the information notification method according to the present invention includes:
Receiving a voice message from the first mobile terminal;
An information notification method for notifying the second mobile terminal that is the destination of the voice message that the voice message has been received,
Receiving position information indicating the position where the first mobile terminal is located together with the voice message when the voice message is generated;
The notification includes the position information.

  This object is also achieved by a computer program for realizing the information notification apparatus and information notification method having the above-described configurations by a computer, and a readable storage medium in which the computer program is stored. .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while presenting notification information, the information notification apparatus etc. which can present the positional information relevant to the notification information can be provided.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information notification apparatus in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which notifies the information regarding notification information and position information according to the information notification apparatus in the 1st Embodiment of this invention receiving notification information and position information. It is a sequence chart which shows the operation | movement which notifies the information regarding notification information and position information according to the information notification apparatus in the 1st Embodiment of this invention receiving notification information and position information. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information notification apparatus in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the one display aspect which displays the map image produced | generated by the map production | generation part in embodiment of this invention with a mobile terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information notification system containing the information notification apparatus in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the one display aspect which displays the message transmitted from the information presentation part in embodiment of this invention by a receiver terminal (address information and notification information). It is a figure which illustrates the one display aspect which displays the message transmitted from the information presentation part in embodiment of this invention by a receiver terminal (address information, notification information, and a map image). It is a block diagram explaining illustratively the hardware constitutions of the information processor which can realize each embodiment concerning the present invention. It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the system which provides "the audio delivery service for disasters".

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information notification device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, the information notification device 1 includes an information presentation device 2 and an information management device 3.

  The information presentation device 2 includes an address information unit 4 and an information presentation unit 5. In addition, the information management device 3 includes an information management unit 7.

  More specifically, the address information unit 4 represents address information that represents an address specified by latitude and longitude based on additional information included in the notification information 101 in response to the reception unit 6 receiving the notification information 101. Is added to the notification information 101.

  The address information unit 4 is included in the notification information 101 when it is determined that the address information is to be added to the notification information 101 as a result of determining whether to add the address information to the notification information 101 based on the additional information. Based on the management identifier (IDENTIFIER: hereinafter referred to as “ID”), the information management unit 7 of the information management device 3 is inquired for address information. The address information unit 4 receives the address information from the information management unit 7 and transmits the received address information to the information presentation unit 5 in response to the address information inquiry to the information management unit 7.

  In the following description, the notification information 101 is, for example, audio information (also referred to as “audio file”) obtained by converting a message into digital data, moving image information captured by a photographing device such as a camera, text information, and image information. Information, a management ID that can uniquely identify the notification information 101, and additional information that is information that can be used to determine whether or not address information is to be added to the notification information 101.

  More specifically, as an example, when a large-scale disaster occurs, the notification information 101 includes voice information generated by converting a voice message representing the safety information of the disaster victim into digital data, and management ID and additional information are included.

  The position information 102 includes specific position information indicating a position related to the notification information 101 and a management ID. That is, the position information 102 includes at least a latitude and longitude that represent the position acquired when generating the notification information 101 by numerical values, and a management ID.

  For convenience of explanation, in the present embodiment, the position information 102 is described as latitude and longitude as an example. However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The position information 102 may employ a configuration including not only latitude and longitude but also height.

  The information presentation unit 5 receives the address information from the address information unit 4 and presents (notifies) information including the received address information and the notification information 101.

  The receiving unit 6 receives the notification information 101 and transmits the received notification information 101 to the information presentation unit 5.

  Next, in response to receiving the position information 102, the information management unit 7 of the information management device 3 receives the position information database stored in the storage unit 8 (hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, simply “location information DB”). The storage unit 8 is controlled to store (accumulate) the management ID included in the position information 102 and the position information 102 in association with each other. That is, the position information DB 103 includes information in which the management ID and the position information 102 are associated with each other using the management ID as a key.

  In the following description, the management ID included in the notification information 101 and the management ID included in the location information 102 are the same management ID.

  In addition, the information management unit 7 converts the address information corresponding to the position information 102 associated with the management ID in response to the address information inquiry from the address information unit 4. The information management unit 7 transmits the converted address information to the address information unit 4.

  More specifically, the information management unit 7 refers to the position information DB 103 based on the management ID, and obtains the position information 102 associated with the management ID from the position information DB 103. Furthermore, the information management unit 7 refers to an address information database (hereinafter simply referred to as “address information DB” in this application for convenience of description) 104 based on the obtained position information 102. At the same time, address information associated with (corresponding to) the position information 102 is obtained from the address information DB 104. The information management unit 7 transmits the obtained address information to the address information unit 4.

  Here, the address information DB 104 includes information in which position information (latitude and longitude) is associated with address information. More specifically, as an example, the address information DB 104 includes latitude “35.6495” and longitude “139.748028” as position information and “5-7-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo” as address information. Contains associated information. The address information is not limited to the specific example described above. That is, the address information may be “Minato-ku, Tokyo” or “Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo” that does not include an address number.

  The storage unit 8 holds a position information DB 103 and an address information DB 104. The storage unit 8 is a nonvolatile storage device that can read and write data by a computer.

  More specifically, as an example, the storage unit 8 can employ a nonvolatile storage device such as a hard disk drive mounted on an electronic device such as an information processing device (not shown). As an example, the storage unit 8 may employ a storage device (not shown) connected to a communication network (not shown). However, the present invention described using this embodiment as an example is not limited to the above-described configuration (the same applies to the following embodiments).

  In the following description, the operation of the information notification apparatus 1 in the present embodiment will be described more specifically.

  FIG. 2 shows an operation of notifying information related to the notification information 101 and the position information 102 when the information notification apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention receives the notification information 101 and the position information 102. It is a flowchart. FIG. 3 shows an operation of notifying information related to the notification information 101 and the position information 102 when the information notification apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention receives the notification information 101 and the position information 102. It is a sequence chart which shows. The operation procedure of the information notification apparatus 1 will be described along the flowchart and the sequence chart.

  In the following description, for convenience of explanation, as an example, the notification information 101 includes voice information representing a voice message. Further, the position information 102 includes information indicating latitude “35.6495” and longitude “139.748028”.

  For convenience of explanation, as an example, it is assumed that the notification information 101 and the position information 102 are transmitted from a sender terminal (first mobile terminal) (not shown). That is, the sender terminal transmits the notification information 101 to the information presentation device 2. Then, the sender terminal transmits the position information 102 to the information management device 3. The information presenting unit 5 notifies information related to the notification information 101 and the position information 102 to a receiver terminal (second mobile terminal) (not shown).

  For convenience of explanation, the above-described configuration will be described as an example. However, the present invention described by taking this embodiment as an example is not limited to the above-described configuration (the same applies to the following embodiments).

Step S1:
The address information unit 4 determines whether or not to add address information to the notification information 101 based on the additional information included in the notification information 101.

"YES" in step S1:
If it is determined that the address information is to be added to the notification information 101 as a result of determining whether the address information is to be added to the notification information 101 based on the additional information, the address information unit 4 advances the processing to step S2.

"NO" in step S1:
As a result of determining whether or not to add the address information to the notification information 101 based on the additional information, the address information unit 4 advances the process to step S7 when determining that the address information is not added to the notification information 101. .

Step S2:
The address information unit 4 requests the information management unit 7 to convert the address information corresponding to the notification information 101 based on the management ID included in the notification information 101.

Step S3:
In response to receiving the position information 102, the information management unit 7 controls the storage unit 8 to store the management ID included in the position information 102 and the position information 102 in association with each other in the position information DB 103.

Step S4:
In response to a request for address information from the address information unit 4, the information management unit 7 obtains address information based on the management ID and transmits the obtained address information to the address information unit 4.

  In the following description, for convenience of explanation, as an example, the information management unit 7 uses the address information “5-shiba Minato-ku, Tokyo,” associated with the position information 102 (latitude “35.6495”, longitude “139.748028”). 7-1 ".

Step S5:
The address information unit 4 receives the address information from the information management unit 7 and transmits the received address information to the information presentation unit 5.

Step S6:
The information presentation unit 5 receives the address information from the address information unit 4 and notifies the information including the received address information and the notification information 101.

Step S7:
The information presentation unit 5 notifies information including the notification information 101.

  For convenience of explanation, a method of presenting information including the notification information 101 and address information by the information presenting unit 5 will be described later in the third embodiment.

  Further, for convenience of explanation, as an example, in the above description, the configuration in which the process shown in step S3 is executed after the processes shown in step S1 and step S2 has been described as an example. However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The process shown in step S3 can employ a configuration that is executed before the process shown in steps S1 and S2.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment mentioned above, the information presentation part 5 demonstrated as an example the structure which presents the information containing address information and the notification information 101 as an example for convenience of explanation. However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The information presentation unit 5 may adopt a configuration that presents information including the position information indicating the position acquired when the notification information 101 is generated and the notification information 101. That is, the information presentation unit 5 may adopt a configuration that presents information including the position information 102 and the notification information 101.

  In this case, the address information unit 4 requests the location information 102 from the information management unit 7 based on the management ID included in the notification information 101. Further, the information management unit 7 obtains the location information 102 from the location information DB 103 based on the management ID in response to the request for the location information 102 from the address information unit 4, and obtains the obtained location information in the address information unit. 4 is transmitted.

  In the present embodiment described above, for convenience of explanation, as an example, the information management unit 7 controls to store the management ID and the position information 102 in association with each other in response to receiving the position information 102 in the position information DB 103. The configuration has been described as an example. However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The information management unit 7 is connected to a mobile terminal (not shown) so as to be communicable by the information presentation device 2 (that is, via a base station where the mobile terminal is located) (for example, the base station 112 shown in FIG. 10) When the notification information 101 is received, the position information may be acquired based on the information of the base station, and the acquired position information may be used as the position information 102.

  In this case, the address information unit 4 sends the address information to the information management unit 7 without determining whether to add the address information to the notification information 101 based on the additional information included in the notification information 101. The required configuration can be adopted. The process when the address information unit 4 requests address information from the information management unit 7 is the same as the process described above. Therefore, the overlapping description is omitted.

  Thereby, the information management unit 7 can provide the address information to the address information unit 4 even when the position information 102 cannot be received. In addition, the information presentation unit 5 can present information including address information and notification information 101. More specifically, for example, even when the notification information 101 is received from a mobile terminal that does not have a function of acquiring position information, the information presentation unit 5 presents information including address information and notification information 101. can do.

  Further, in the present embodiment described above, for the sake of convenience of explanation, as an example, the information notification apparatus 1 has been described with an example of a configuration that executes the above-described processing in response to receiving the notification information 101 and the position information 102. . However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, in response to receiving a re-presentation request for requesting re-presentation of information including address information and notification information 101, the information notification device 1 presents information including address information and notification information 101 again. A configuration may be adopted.

  In this case, the address information unit 4 requests address information from the information management unit 7 based on the management ID included in the notification information 101 requested to be re-presented. In response to a request from the address information unit 4, the information management unit 7 obtains address information and transmits the obtained address information to the address information unit 4. The address information unit 4 receives the address information from the information management unit 7 and transmits the received address information to the information presentation unit 5.

  Thereby, the information notification apparatus 1 can present the information including the address information and the notification information 101 again by the information presentation unit 5 when receiving the re-presentation request for the information.

  Moreover, in this embodiment mentioned above, the information notification apparatus 1 demonstrated as an example the structure which implement | achieves the information presentation apparatus 2 and the information management apparatus 3 in a separate apparatus as an example for convenience of explanation. However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the information notification device 1 may adopt a configuration in which the information presentation device 2 and the information management device 3 are realized in the same (that is, integrated) device. In addition, the information notification device 1 may adopt a configuration that virtually realizes the information presentation device 2 and the information management device 3 in one information processing device.

  As described above, according to the information notification device 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to present the notification information and the position information related to the notification information. The reason is as described below.

  That is, the information presentation device 2 of the information notification device 1 includes the address information unit 4 that requests address information based on the management ID included in the notification information 101, and the address information and notification information obtained in response to the request. This is because it includes an information presentation unit 5 that presents information including “101”. In addition, the information management device 3 of the information notification device 1 includes the information management unit 7 that converts the address information corresponding to the location information 102 associated with the management ID in response to a request from the address information unit 4. .

  Thereby, for example, the user can accurately confirm not only the notification information 101 but also the address where the notification information 101 is generated based on the information presented from the information notification device 1. More specifically, when the notification information 101 is information indicating the safety of the disaster victim, the user can not only confirm the safety of the disaster victim based on the information presented from the information notification device 1, Furthermore, the location of the victim can be easily grasped.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment based on the information notification apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above will be described. In the following description, the characteristic part according to the present embodiment will be mainly described. At this time, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same configurations as those in the above-described embodiments, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

  An information notification apparatus 10 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information notification device 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 4, the information notification device 10 includes an information presentation device 11 and an information management device 12.

  The information presentation device 11 includes an address information unit 13 and an information presentation unit 14. The information management device 12 includes an information management unit 7 and a map generation unit 15.

  In the present embodiment, the information notification device 10 is the information described in the first embodiment that further includes a map generation unit 15 that converts the position information 102 into a map image including an address specified by latitude and longitude. Different from the notification device 1.

  More specifically, the address information unit 13 of the information presentation device 11 not only requests address information from the information management unit 7 of the information management device 12 based on the management ID, but also generates a map of the information management device 12. A map image is requested to the unit 15. Further, the address information unit 13 transmits the address information obtained from the information management unit 7 and the map image obtained from the map generation unit 15 to the information presentation unit 14 in response to these requests.

  The information presentation unit 14 receives address information and map information from the address information unit 13 and presents information including the received address information and map image, and notification information 101.

  In response to a request from the address information unit 13, the map generation unit 15 refers to the location information DB 103 based on the management ID and obtains location information 102 associated with the management ID from the location information DB 103. Further, the map generation unit 15 generates a map image based on the obtained position information 102 and a map information database (hereinafter simply referred to as “map information DB” in the present application for convenience of explanation) 105. The map generation unit 15 transmits the generated map image to the address information unit 13.

  Here, the map information DB 105 includes information associated with position information, topographic information, topographic attribute information, and the like.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating one display mode in which the map image generated by the map generation unit 15 according to the embodiment of the present invention is displayed by, for example, a mobile terminal.

  The map image shown in FIG. 5 may be configured such that, for example, the latitude and longitude included in the position information 102 are the center, and the center point is displayed with an arrow. Further, the map image may be configured to be a map having a size that allows the position indicated by the position information 102 to be easily discriminated when displayed on the mobile terminal used by the user. However, the present invention described using this embodiment as an example is not limited to the configuration described above (hereinafter, the same applies to each embodiment).

  Note that the technology for generating a map image based on the map information DB 105 and the position information 102 can be a general technology at present, and a detailed description thereof in this embodiment will be omitted (hereinafter, each The same applies to the embodiment).

  As described above, according to the information notification device 10 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to receive the effects described in the first embodiment and to present position information related to more accurate notification information.

  The reason is that the information management device 12 of the information notification device 10 includes a map generation unit 15 that generates a map image based on the map information DB 105 and the position information 102. Thereby, the information presentation unit 14 can present information including the address information, the map image, and the notification information 101. In addition, for example, the user can accurately confirm not only the address information but also the address where the notification information 101 is generated by a map image.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a third embodiment based on the information notification apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention described above will be described. In the following description, the characteristic part according to the present embodiment will be mainly described. At this time, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same configurations as those in the above-described embodiments, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

  An information notification system 40 including the information notification device 30 according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, 6 to 8, and 10. In the following description, for convenience of explanation, a case where the information notification system 40 including the information notification device 30 according to the present invention is applied to a generally known “disaster voice delivery service” will be described as an example. The information presentation device 11 is a voice delivery server (for example, a voice delivery server 203 shown in FIG. 10) that provides a “disaster voice delivery service”.

  For convenience of explanation, the above-described configuration will be described as an example. However, the present invention described by taking this embodiment as an example is not limited to the above-described configuration.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information notification system 40 including the information notification device 30 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 6, the information notification system 40 includes an information notification device 30, a caller terminal (first mobile terminal) 32, and a receiver terminal (second mobile terminal) 33. In addition, the information presentation device 11, the information management device 31, the sender terminal 32, and the receiver terminal 33 are communicably connected via the packet communication network 110, for example.

  The information notification device 30 includes an information presentation device 11 and an information management device 31.

  The information presentation device 11 includes an address information unit 13 and an information presentation unit 14. The information management device 31 includes an information management unit 7, a map generation unit 15, and a storage unit 8.

  The sender terminal 32 and the receiver terminal 33 are, for example, generally known mobile terminals such as smartphones and feature phones. In the following description, for convenience of explanation, the caller terminal 32 includes a voice notification device 34 and a position information transmission unit 35. However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The voice notification device 34 and the position information transmission unit 35 may adopt the configuration of the sender terminal 32 and the receiver terminal 33.

  More specifically, the voice notification device 34 acquires position information indicating the location of the device itself in response to starting the process. That is, the position information is also information indicating a position when the notification information 101 is generated by the voice notification device 34.

  For example, the voice notification device 34 acquires the position information of its own device using a global positioning system (GLOBAL_POSITIONING_SYSTEM: hereinafter referred to as “GPS”), A-GPS (ASSISTED_GPS), Wi-Fi (WIRELESS_FIDELITY), and the like. A configuration may be adopted.

  Next, the voice notification device 34 converts, for example, a voice signal representing a voice message issued by the caller into digital data. The voice notification device 34 uploads the converted digital data to the information presentation device 11 as notification information 101.

  When the notification information 101 is uploaded by the voice notification device 34, the location information transmission unit 35 uploads the acquired location information as the location information 102 to the information management device 31.

  The voice notification device 34 and the position information transmitter 35 described above can be regarded as a function (processing) unit (software module) of the software program. That is, the voice notification device 34 and the position information transmission unit 35 may adopt a configuration realized as a software program.

  The information presentation device 11 and the information management device 31 receive the notification information 101 and the location information 102 from the caller terminal 32, and the processing described in the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 and the sequence chart shown in FIG. Execute. Therefore, the overlapping description is omitted.

  In the following description, a method of presenting information including the notification information 101 and at least one of address information and a map image by the information presentation unit 14 in the present embodiment will be described more specifically.

  In this embodiment, for convenience of explanation, as an example, the information presentation unit 14 transmits information (message) including the notification information 101 and at least one of address information and a map image to the recipient terminal 33 by SMS. I decided to.

  The recipient terminal 33 receives a message from the information presentation unit 14 by SMS, and displays the received message on a display unit (not shown) such as a display provided in the recipient terminal 33, for example.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating one display mode in which a message transmitted from the information presentation unit 14 in the embodiment of the present invention is displayed by the recipient terminal 33 (address information and notification information).

  In FIG. 7, the address information may adopt a configuration represented by an expression that allows the receiver to easily determine the location of the caller, for example, “This message was sent from around Minato-ku, Tokyo”. . Further, the notification information 101 may adopt a configuration represented by a specific URL (UNIFORM_RESOURCE_LOCATOR) “http://www.xxx” indicating a storage destination on the network, for example. Thereby, the recipient terminal 33 can, for example, download a voice message associated with the URL and reproduce the voice message according to the operation of the recipient.

  Next, FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating one display mode in which a message transmitted from the information presentation unit 14 in the embodiment of the present invention is displayed by the recipient terminal 33 (address information, notification information, and map image).

  In FIG. 8, for example, the map image may adopt a configuration represented by a specific URL “http: //www.mapxxx” indicating a storage destination on the network. Thereby, the recipient terminal 33 can download the map image associated with the URL and display the map image in accordance with the operation of the recipient.

  In the present embodiment described above, for convenience of explanation, as an example, the information presentation unit 14 sends a message including the notification information 101 and at least one of address information and a map image to the recipient terminal 33 by SMS. The configuration to be presented has been described as an example. However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The information presentation unit 14 employs a configuration that presents the message by displaying the message on a display such as an LCD (LIQUID_CRYSTAL_DISPLAY) provided in the information presentation device 11 or in another external device different from the information presentation device 11. May be. Moreover, the information presentation part 14 may employ | adopt the structure which presents the message by displaying it on the display of an outdoor bulletin board, for example. However, the present invention described using this embodiment as an example is not limited to the configuration described above (hereinafter, the same applies to each embodiment).

  Further, for convenience of explanation, as an example, the information notification device 30 has been described with a configuration in which address information indicating the location of the caller terminal 32 is presented. However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The information notification device 30 may adopt a configuration in which address information indicating the location of the receiver terminal 33 is presented to the sender terminal 32.

  In this case, the address information unit 13 of the information presentation device 11 requests the receiver terminal 33 for position information indicating the position of the receiver terminal 33 when the notification information 101 is downloaded by the receiver terminal 33. . The address information unit 13 acquires position information from the recipient terminal 33 in response to the request. The address information unit 13 requests address information from the information management unit 7 based on the acquired position information. The address information unit 13 transmits the address information received from the information management unit 7 to the information presentation unit 14 in response to the request. The information presentation unit 14 receives the address information from the address information unit 13 and transmits information including the address information and information indicating that the notification information 101 has been downloaded (that is, confirmed) at the receiver terminal 33. To the user terminal 32. Thereby, for example, when a large-scale disaster occurs, the sender and the receiver can not only confirm the safety of both, but also the location where both are located.

  Next, in the present embodiment described above, as an example, the storage unit 8 has been described by taking the configuration of the information management device 31 as an example for convenience of explanation. However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The storage unit 8 may employ a configuration that is provided outside the information management device 31. In other words, the storage unit 8 may adopt a configuration provided separately from the information management device 31.

  In addition, the technology itself in which the sender terminal 32 uploads the notification information 101 and the location information 102 or the information presentation unit 14 transmits a message to the receiver terminal 33 by SMS adopts a general technology at present. Therefore, detailed description in this embodiment is omitted.

  As described above, according to the information notification device 30 according to the present embodiment, the effects described in the respective embodiments can be enjoyed, and the “disaster voice delivery service” relates not only to the voice information but also to the voice information. Location information can be presented. That is, the information notification device 30 is suitable for application to the “disaster voice delivery service”.

  The reason is that the information notification device 30 converts the position information 102 when the notification information 101 is generated in the caller terminal 32 into address information, and transmits information including the address information and the notification information 101 to the receiver terminal. This is because it can be presented to 33.

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Each unit shown in the drawings in the embodiment described above can be regarded as a function (processing) unit (software module) of a software program. Each of these software modules may be realized by dedicated hardware. However, the division of each part shown in these drawings is a configuration for convenience of explanation, and various configurations can be assumed in mounting. An example of the hardware environment in this case will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of an information processing apparatus 300 (computer) that can execute the information notification apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention. That is, FIG. 9 can realize the information notification device 1 shown in FIG. 1 or the information notification device 10 shown in FIG. 4 and the information notification device 30 shown in FIG. This is a configuration of a computer (information processing apparatus) such as a simple server, and represents a hardware environment capable of realizing each function in the above-described embodiment.

  The information processing apparatus 300 illustrated in FIG. 9 includes a CPU (CENTRAL_PROCESSING_UNIT) 301, a ROM (READ_ONLY_MEMORY) 302, a RAM (RANDOM_ACCESS_MEMORY) 303, a hard disk 304 (storage device), and a communication interface (INTERFACC: hereinafter, “I / F ”) 305, a reader / writer 308 that can read and write data stored in a storage medium 307 such as a CD-ROM (COMPACT_DISC_READ_ONLY_MEMORY), and these components are connected via a bus 306 (communication line). It is a general computer.

  The present invention described using the above-described embodiment as an example is a block diagram (FIGS. 1, 4, and 6) or a flowchart (FIG. 1) referred to in the description of the information processing apparatus 300 shown in FIG. After the computer program capable of realizing the functions of 2) and the sequence chart (FIG. 3) is supplied, the computer program is read out and executed by the CPU 301 of the hardware. Further, the computer program supplied to the apparatus may be stored in a nonvolatile storage device such as a readable / writable temporary storage memory (RAM 303) or a hard disk 304.

  In the above case, the computer program can be supplied to the hardware by a method of installing the computer program via various storage media 307 such as a CD-ROM or a communication line such as the Internet. Currently, a general procedure can be adopted, such as a method of downloading from the outside. In such a case, the present invention can be regarded as being configured by a code constituting the computer program or a storage medium storing the code.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information notification apparatus 2 Information presentation apparatus 3 Information management apparatus 4 Address information part 5 Information presentation part 6 Reception part 7 Information management part 8 Storage part 10 Information notification apparatus 11 Information presentation apparatus 12 Information management apparatus 13 Address information part 14 Information presentation part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Map production | generation part 30 Information notification apparatus 31 Information management apparatus 32 Originator terminal 33 Receiver terminal 34 Voice notification apparatus 35 Location information transmission part 40 Information notification system 101 Notification information 102 Location information 103 Location information database 104 Address information database 105 Map information Database 110 Packet communication network 111 Voice information 112 Base station 200 System 201 Sender terminal 202 Receiver terminal 203 Voice delivery server 300 Information processing apparatus 301 CPU
302 ROM
303 RAM
304 Hard Disk 305 Communication Interface 306 Bus 307 Storage Medium 308 Reader / Writer

Claims (10)

A receiver for receiving a voice message from the first mobile terminal;
An information notification device comprising: an information presentation unit that notifies the second mobile terminal that is the transmission destination of the voice message that the voice message has been received;
An information management unit that receives position information indicating a position of the first mobile terminal when the voice message is generated together with the voice message;
The information notification apparatus, wherein the notification includes the position information. The information management unit further includes an address information unit that requests the information management unit to convert to address information corresponding to the position information.
In response to a request from the address information section, it converts to address information representing an address specified by the position information,
The information notification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification further includes the address information obtained in response to a request. The information notification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position information includes at least latitude and longitude. The information management unit
Converting the position information into a map image including an address specified by the latitude and longitude included in the position information;
The address information section is
Request the information management unit to convert to a map image corresponding to the location information,
The information notification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification further includes the map image obtained in response to a request. The information presentation unit
The information notification device according to claim 1, wherein the notification is notified by a short message service. The information management means includes
The management ID that can identify the voice message and the location information and the location information are associated with each other and stored in a storage device, and the management ID is associated with the management ID in response to a request based on the management ID. The address information corresponding to the position information is obtained from the address information database while referring to an address information database in which the position information and the address information are associated with each other based on the position information. 2. The information notification device according to 2. The location information is
The information notification apparatus according to claim 3, comprising location information of a base station in which the first mobile terminal is located. An information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
An information notification system comprising the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal that are communicably connected to the information notification apparatus and the information notification apparatus via a packet communication network,
The first mobile terminal is
Upload the voice message and the location information indicating the location of the device,
The second mobile terminal is
An information notification system, wherein the notification presented from the information presentation unit is displayed on a display unit. Receiving a voice message from the first mobile terminal;
An information notification method for notifying the second mobile terminal that is the destination of the voice message that the voice message has been received,
Receiving position information indicating the position where the first mobile terminal is located together with the voice message when the voice message is generated;
The information notification method, wherein the notification includes the position information. Receiving a voice message from the first mobile terminal;
A computer program for notifying the second mobile terminal that is the destination of the voice message that the voice message has been received,
A function of receiving, together with the voice message, position information indicating a position where the first mobile terminal is present when the voice message is generated is realized by a computer,
The computer program according to claim 1, wherein the notification includes the position information.

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