JP5140027B2 - Information providing apparatus, information providing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus that provides peripheral information such as a bus stop or a station, and more particularly to an apparatus that can appropriately collect provided information.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information on the vicinity of a bus stop has been announced before arrival at a bus stop (hereinafter referred to as “bus stop”). Patent Document 1 discloses a system that provides peripheral information about a bus stop or a train station.

In the invention described in Patent Document 1, the regional information provided from the regional information providing terminal device is stored in the regional information server in the management center. As the regional information, for example, information on events and public facilities around the station are stored. The management center grasps the operation position of each train on the basis of information from the operation position management device, and supplies regional information around the next station to the passenger until the train arrives at the next station.
JP 2002-215076 A

In the information providing method described in Patent Document 1, only a part of information provided by a provider is updated by instructing the updating of the regional information from a personal computer owned by the provider of the regional information. That is, only a preregistered provider can provide information. Since the information provided by a specific information provider is selected, the information provider's intention tends to be included in the provided information, and the information may be biased. In addition, the passengers of the vehicle are in a passive position only to receive the information, and cannot transmit the information.
An object of the present invention is to provide an information providing apparatus that allows an unspecified user to post information.

  The information providing apparatus according to the present invention captures the boarding / departure storage unit that stores data indicating the position of the boarding / exiting point at which passengers get on and off the vehicle, post information including an image, data indicating the shooting time of the image, and the image. A receiving unit that receives a user's boarding / exiting history; a data indicating the shooting time; and a boarding history obtained from the boarding / exiting history to obtain boarding points used by the user before and after the shooting time; The area where the user was found based on the read out location of the boarding point, the associated boarding point determination unit that determines the boarding point with which the post information is associated based on the region, and the post information associated with the boarding point A post information storage unit that stores the post information and a transmission unit that transmits the post information to a vehicle passing through the platform.

  Thus, the area where the user was at the shooting time is obtained from the positions of the boarding stations used before and after the shooting time, and an appropriate boarding point and image are stored in association with each other based on the obtained area. This makes it possible to provide appropriate post information at the boarding station. The associated boarding / exiting station is, for example, the boarding / exiting station closest to the shooting location. The vehicle includes a bus, a train, a tram, and the like, and the stop includes a bus stop, a station, and the like.

  The information providing apparatus of the present invention reads a position determination image in which the shooting position is fixed and the shooting position is within the area from the post information storage unit, and the position determination image and new post information are read out. An image matching processing unit that performs matching with the image and passes the result of matching to the related boarding / departure determining unit includes a position determination image that matches an image related to new post information In this case, the association with the boarding place may be performed using the shooting position of the position determination image.

  By performing matching with the image of the posted information whose position is determined in this way, the shooting position of the newly posted image can be specified. The post information whose position is fixed is, for example, a case where post information is posted together with position data from a terminal having GPS, or a case where there is a description specifying a position such as an address in the post information.

  An information providing apparatus according to the present invention includes a boarding / storage station storing data indicating a position of a boarding / alighting station where passengers get on and off the vehicle, and a receiving unit that receives post information including image data and data indicating a shooting position of the image. And an associated boarding point determination unit that determines a boarding point to associate the post information based on the data indicating the shooting position and the position data of the boarding point stored in the boarding point storage unit, and the post information A post information storage unit that stores the post information in association with a boarding station, and a transmission unit that transmits the post information to a vehicle passing through the boarding station.

  As described above, by using the data indicating the shooting position of the image, the post information including the image can be appropriately associated with the boarding place.

  The information providing apparatus according to the present invention includes a road storage unit that stores road map data including the platform, and the related platform determination unit uses the road map data from the shooting position to the platform. It is also possible to search for a route, and to determine a boarding / alighting place to associate the image data based on the route length.

  With this configuration, it is possible to appropriately associate the boarding / exiting point and the shooting position according to the route length that is not known from the linear distance.

  The information providing apparatus of the present invention includes a point granting unit that gives points to a contributor who has sent the post information, and a point storage unit that stores points for each of the contributors. When the data indicating the shooting position of the image related to the posted information is compared with the data indicating the shooting position of the image where the shooting position stored in the posted information storage unit is determined, and the shooting position does not match, You may give a higher point than the case where a photography position corresponds.

  With this configuration, an incentive to post posted information taken at a position different from the stored posted information works, so that posted information at different positions can be collected.

  According to a request from a user terminal, the information providing apparatus according to the present invention has a related information transmitting unit that transmits related information related to the posted information, and a point for a poster of the posted information from which the related information is transmitted And a point storage unit that stores points for each contributor.

  With this configuration, since an incentive to post post information that the user is interested in works, it is possible to collect interesting post information.

  The information providing apparatus according to the present invention includes a purchase history storage unit that stores a purchase history of a product including data indicating a store where the user has purchased a product, a boarding / exiting history storage unit that stores a user's boarding / exiting history, and a post about the store Based on the display history storage unit that stores the display history of information displayed in the vehicle and the purchase history, it is determined whether or not the user has purchased a product in the store related to the posted information. When it is determined that the product has been purchased, it is determined whether or not the user has been on the vehicle while the posted information about the store is displayed, based on the getting-on / off history and the display history, When it is determined that the user has been on the vehicle, a point granting unit that gives points to the contributor who has sent the post information, and a point for storing the points for each contributor It may be a 憶部.

  With this configuration, an incentive to post information on a good store that makes you want to shop is available, so you can collect good information about the store.

  The relay terminal of the present invention includes a first receiving unit that receives post information including an image and data indicating a shooting time of the image, together with an identifier that identifies the user, and data received by the first receiving unit. A first storage unit that stores data, a second reception unit that receives an entry / exit history of the user who has taken the image, together with an identifier that identifies the user, and a second storage unit that stores data received by the second reception unit. 2 storage units, and a transmission unit that reads from the first storage unit and the second storage unit and transmits the read data to the information providing apparatus.

  With this configuration, even when a device that captures an image and generates post information and a device that accumulates a boarding history are separate, the post information and boarding history can be appropriately transmitted to the information providing apparatus. This relay terminal may be installed at a bus stop or a station.

  The information providing method according to the present invention is an information providing method for providing information by an information providing apparatus, wherein the information providing apparatus includes post information including an image, data indicating a shooting time of the image, and a user who has captured the image. A step of receiving a boarding / exiting history; a step in which the information providing device obtains a region where the user was at the photographing time based on the data indicating the photographing time and the boarding / exiting history; and the information providing device comprises the region And a step of determining a boarding / alighting location associated with the posting information based on data indicating a position of a boarding / alighting location at which passengers get on and off the vehicle stored in the boarding / storage station, and the information providing apparatus determines the posting information A step of storing the post information in association with a boarding station, and a step of transmitting the post information to a vehicle passing through the boarding station by the information providing device. Obtain.

  The program of the present invention is a program for providing information, the computer receiving post information including an image, data indicating the shooting time of the image, and a boarding / alighting history of a user who has shot the image; Determining the area where the user was at the shooting time based on the data indicating the shooting time and the boarding / exiting history, and the area and a boarding / alighting station where passengers stored in the boarding / unloading storage unit get on and off the vehicle. A step of determining a boarding point to associate the post information based on data indicating a position; a step of storing the post information in a post information storage unit in association with the boarding point; and a vehicle passing through the boarding point And sending the post information.

  With this configuration, similarly to the information providing apparatus of the present invention, the area where the user was at the shooting time is obtained from the position of the boarding station used before and after the shooting time, and an appropriate boarding point and image are obtained based on the obtained area. The information can be stored in association with each other, and appropriate post information can be provided at the boarding station. Various configurations of the information providing apparatus of the present invention can be applied to the information providing method and program of the present invention.

  The information providing method according to the present invention is an information providing method in which information is provided by a vehicle using an information providing device, wherein the information providing device receives post information including image data and data indicating a shooting position of the image. And the information providing device determines a boarding point for associating the posted information based on the data indicating the photographing position and the data indicating the position of the boarding point at which passengers get on and off the vehicle stored in the boarding point storage unit. A step of storing the posted information in the posted information storage unit in association with the boarding point, and a step of transmitting the posted information to the vehicle passing through the boarding point. With.

  The program of the present invention is a program for providing information, the computer receiving post information including image data and data indicating the shooting position of the image, data indicating the shooting position, and a boarding point A step of determining a boarding point to associate the post information based on data indicating a position of a boarding point at which passengers get on and off the vehicle stored in the storage unit; and post information storing the post information in association with the boarding point And a step of transmitting the posted information to a vehicle passing through the boarding point.

  As described above, by using the data indicating the shooting position of the image, post information including the image can be appropriately associated with the boarding station, and appropriate post information can be provided at the boarding station. Various configurations of the information providing apparatus of the present invention can be applied to the information providing method and program of the present invention.

  The present invention can determine the area where the user was at the shooting time from the position of the boarding station used before and after the shooting time, and can store an appropriate boarding station and an image in association with each other based on the determined area. Appropriate posting information can be provided.

  Hereinafter, an information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiment, an example of an information providing apparatus that accepts posting of peripheral information of a bus stop is given. However, the information providing apparatus of the present invention accepts post information not only at a bus stop but also around a station, and posts to a train. Information can also be provided.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information providing system 1 according to the first embodiment of this invention. The information providing system 1 includes an information providing device 10 that provides information to passengers on a bus 50, a portable terminal 30 that posts information, and an information output device 52 mounted on the bus 50.

  The portable terminal 30 has an IC chip 31. The IC chip 31 stores data on the amount charged (prepayed) for the bus 50 boarding fee and data on boarding / exiting history. When the user gets on the bus 50, the fare is paid by holding the portable terminal 30 over the IC card reader provided on the bus 50.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing data on boarding / alighting history stored in the IC chip 31. The IC chip 31 stores user ID, route ID, boarding bus stop ID, boarding time, getting-off bus stop ID, and getting-off time data.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 30 includes a photographing unit 32 that photographs a subject and an image storage unit 33 that stores an image obtained by photographing. When storing the image in the image storage unit 33, the image capturing unit 32 stores data indicating the date and time when the subject is captured in association with the image.

  The portable terminal 30 includes a posting information generation unit 34 that generates posting information using an image stored in the image storage unit 33. The posting information generation unit 34 displays the image read from the image storage unit 33 on the display unit 35 and receives a comment on the image from the input unit 36. The posting information generation unit 34 generates posting information by associating the input comment with an image. The portable terminal 30 includes a communication unit 37 for transmitting post information and boarding / exiting history to the information providing apparatus 10. Note that the mobile terminal 30 may be a mobile phone.

  The information providing apparatus 10 includes a communication unit 11, a related bus stop determination unit 12, a bus stop storage unit 13, a posted information storage unit 14, a route ID acquisition unit 15, and a route information reading unit 16. The communication unit 11 has a function of transmitting / receiving data to / from the mobile terminal 30 and the information output device 52. When the communication unit 11 receives the posting information transmitted from the mobile terminal 30, the shooting date and time of the image related to the posting information, and the boarding / exiting history of the poster, the communication unit 11 passes the received information to the related bus stop determination unit 12.

  The related bus stop determination unit 12 has a function of determining a bus stop related to the posted information. The bus stop related to the posted information is a bus stop existing near the posted information. The posting information associated with the bus stop is provided to passengers on the bus 50 before or when the bus 50 arrives at the bus stop. One bus stop or a plurality of bus stops may be associated with the posted information. In the present embodiment, the information providing apparatus 10 has not received data indicating the shooting position of the post information image. The related bus stop determination unit 12 obtains the shooting position based on the bus stop position related to the boarding history before and after the shooting time, and determines the related bus stop.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the bus stop storage unit 13. The bus stop storage unit 13 stores bus stop ID, bus stop name, route ID, and position data. The position data represents the position of the bus stop in latitude and longitude.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the posted information storage unit 14. The posted information storage unit 14 stores the posted information in association with the related bus stop determined by the related bus stop determining unit 12 and its route ID. The posting information includes a posting ID, image data, comment data, and a contributor ID. The image data, the comment data, and the poster ID are information transmitted from the poster's portable terminal 30, and the posting ID is an ID uniquely given to the received posting information.

  The route ID acquisition unit 15 has a function of acquiring an ID for specifying a route to which post information is to be transmitted. The route ID acquisition unit 15 may acquire the route ID by receiving the route ID from the information output device 52, or may acquire the route ID by inputting from an input means such as a keyboard provided in the information providing device 10. Also good. The route ID acquisition unit 15 passes the acquired route ID to the route information reading unit 16. The route information reading unit 16 reads the posted information corresponding to the route ID from the posted information storage unit 14 and transmits the read route information to the information output device 52.

  The information providing apparatus 10 described above is configured by a computer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, a data bus connecting these, and the like. The above functions are realized by the CPU executing arithmetic processing according to the program written in the ROM. The posted information storage unit 14 and the bus stop storage unit 13 may be configured by a ROM or an external recording medium.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the information providing system 1 according to the first embodiment. First, the mobile terminal 30 generates post information (S10).

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process for generating post information. The portable terminal 30 captures an image (S30), and acquires the shooting date and time (S32). The portable terminal 30 stores the captured image and the shooting date / time data in the image storage unit 33 (S34). In addition, as a camera function of the portable terminal 30, when shooting date / time information is embedded as a tag in a shot image, the shooting date / time information may be acquired using this function. The operation so far is the same as that of a normal digital camera.

  Next, post information is generated from an image selected from the images stored in the image storage unit 33. The portable terminal 30 displays the image stored in the image storage unit 33 on the display unit 35, prompts the user to select an image, and accepts the selection of the image from the user (S36). The portable terminal 30 displays the selected image and accepts input of a comment (S38).

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a post information generation screen. The selected image is displayed in a window 41 on the screen, and a character input window 42 is displayed below the selected image. The user inputs a comment while viewing the image displayed on the window 41. When the confirmation button 43 is pressed after inputting the comment, the mobile terminal 30 confirms the comment, associates the image with the comment (S40), and generates post information. Following the generation of one piece of post information, the mobile terminal 30 can receive an input of a comment for the next image and continuously generate a plurality of pieces of post information.

  Returning to FIG. 5, the operation of the information providing system 1 will be described. After generating the posting information, the portable terminal 30 transmits the posting information to the information providing apparatus 10 (S12). When the posting button 44 is pressed on the screen shown in FIG. 7, the mobile terminal 30 transmits the posting information to the information providing apparatus 10.

  FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating an example of data transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the information providing apparatus 10. From the portable terminal 30 to the information providing apparatus 10, a contributor ID that identifies a poster is added to a plurality of pieces of post information. As the poster ID, the same identifier as the user ID added to the boarding / exiting history is used. The posting information includes image data and comment data. The image data and comment data are data generated on the screen shown in FIG. Each posting information is added with data of the shooting date and time of the image related to the posting information. In this embodiment, an example in which a plurality of pieces of post information are transmitted together has been described. However, post information may be transmitted one by one.

  In addition, the portable terminal 30 reads data on the user's boarding / alighting history from the IC chip 31 and transmits the data to the information providing apparatus 10 (S16).

  FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of a boarding / alighting history to be transmitted. A user ID that identifies the user is transmitted from the portable terminal 30 to the information providing apparatus 10 together with a plurality of boarding / alighting information. The boarding / alighting information includes route ID, boarding bus stop ID, boarding time, boarding bus stop ID, and data of boarding time.

  The information providing apparatus 10 receives the posted information and the boarding / alighting history transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 (S14, S18). The information providing apparatus 10 performs a process of determining a bus stop related to the received posted information (S20).

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in which the information providing apparatus 10 determines a bus stop related to the posted information. The information providing apparatus 10 reads the image capturing time from the posted information (S50). Further, the information providing apparatus 10 reads the boarding time or the boarding time of the bus before and after the shooting time from the boarding history (S52). The information providing apparatus 10 determines whether the user is on the bus at the shooting time (S54). Specifically, when the shooting time and the getting-on / off time are in a time series of “boarding time”, “shooting time”, and “getting-off time”, it is determined that the user is on the bus at the shooting time. (YES in S54).

  If it is determined that the bus is being boarded (YES in S54), the relevant bus stop is determined from the boarding bus stop, the getting-off bus stop, or the bus stop between the boarding bus stop and the getting-off bus stop (S56). For example, assuming that the bus 50 is moving at a constant speed between the boarding time and the getting-off time, the bus stop near the bus 50 at the photographing time may be obtained. Further, when the time when the bus 50 passes each bus stop is recorded, the bus stop closest to the photographing time may be determined as the related bus stop using the record.

  If it is determined that the bus is not being boarded (NO in S54), it is determined whether the shooting time is immediately before boarding or just after getting off (S58). As a result of this determination, if it is determined that the shooting time is immediately before getting on or just after getting off (YES in S58), the corresponding bus stop is determined as a bus stop related to the posted information (S60).

  Note that it is possible to determine whether the vehicle is just before getting on or just after getting off using a predetermined threshold. For example, whether or not it is just before getting on is determined by determining whether or not the shooting time is between 10 minutes before the boarding time and when it is getting on. It is determined whether or not the shooting time is within 5 minutes. While waiting for a bus at the bus stop before boarding, it leaves the bus stop immediately after getting off, so as in this example, the judgment whether it is just before boarding has a longer threshold than the judgment whether it is just after getting off. It may be used.

  If the shooting time is not just before getting on or just after getting off (NO in S58), the area where the user was at the shooting time is obtained from the getting-off time and the boarding time, the position of the getting-off bus stop, and the position of the boarding bus stop. A certain bus stop is determined as a related bus stop (S62). For example, when getting off at the bus stop A and getting on again from the bus stop A, the user determines that the user is in the vicinity of the bus stop A, and determines the bus stop A as an associated bus stop. When getting off at bus stop A and getting on from bus stop B, the user determines that he was in the area between bus stop A and bus stop B, and depending on the shooting time, bus stop A, bus stop B, or bus stop A One of the bus stops between the bus stop B is determined as an associated bus stop. In addition, when the getting-off time and the boarding time are far apart (for example, 4 hours or more away), the location information of the user's home or company, or the location information of the surrounding department stores or tourist facilities is displayed. It may be used to estimate where the user was.

  Returning to FIG. 5, the operation of the information providing system 1 will be described. The information providing apparatus 10 stores the posted information in the posted information storage unit 14 in association with the information of the bus stop ID of the related bus stop and the route ID (S22). With the above operation, post information received from the user of the mobile terminal 30 is accumulated in the post information storage unit 14.

  The information providing apparatus 10 receives an input of a route ID (S24). For example, a route ID input may be received by receiving route ID information from the information output device 52. The information providing apparatus 10 transmits post information corresponding to the input route ID to the information output apparatus 52 (S26). Thereby, the posting information associated with the bus stop ID is transmitted to the information output device 52 mounted on the bus. In addition to the post information corresponding to the input route ID, post information on the bus stop that can be changed from the bus stop of the input route may be transmitted to the information output device 52. This makes it possible to provide not only post information on a bus stop on a route but also post information on a bus stop on another route such as “If you change to XX at the next bus stop, you can see XX.”

  The information output device 52 displays or outputs the posted information received from the user before or upon arrival at each bus stop. If there is a plurality of pieces of post information associated with one bus stop, the information output device 52 may display the post information at random or may display the information in the new order. In the case of getting on the bus 50, when the passenger's attribute and preference information can be acquired from the IC chip 31, posted information that matches the passenger's attribute and preference may be displayed.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example of post information. The name of the next bus stop is displayed in the top window 45, and an image is displayed in the second window 46. The comment of the poster is displayed in the third window 47. The configuration and operation of the information providing system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention have been described above.

  The information providing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment stores the posted information transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 in association with the bus stop, and transmits the posted information to the information output apparatus 52 mounted on the bus 50. The output device 52 can output post information at an appropriate timing.

  The information providing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment obtains a shooting location from the position of the boarding station used before and after the shooting time, and stores an appropriate boarding location and an image in association with each other. Even if the information is not received, the posted information can be accepted.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the information providing system 2 according to the second embodiment. The portable terminal 30 in the second embodiment is the same as the portable terminal 30 in the first embodiment. The information providing apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment includes an image matching processing unit 17 in addition to the configuration of the information providing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the posting information storage unit 14. The posted information storage unit 14 stores position data as posted information in addition to the data stored in the posted information storage unit 14 in the first embodiment. The position data may or may not exist. For example, (1) When position data is added as tag information of image data, the position data is acquired. (2) The name specifying the address or facility is included in the comment data of the posted information. Can be obtained by a method such as obtaining position data from the address or facility name. Software for converting addresses to latitude and longitude data is known.

  The image matching processing unit 17 has a function of performing matching between the image transmitted from the portable terminal 30 and the image data of post information having position data. The image matching processing unit 17 obtains the similarity between two images to be compared, and determines that both images are matched when the similarity is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, and does not match when the image is lower than the predetermined threshold. judge.

  A known method can be used to calculate the similarity. For example, the frequency obtained by the number of matching of SIFT feature points, color histogram difference, brightness histogram difference, Fourier transform, etc. described in US Pat. No. 6,711,293 and “Distinctive Image Features from Scale-Invariant Keypoints” The similarity of images is obtained by using a difference in analysis results, a difference in edge orientation distribution, and the like. The edge azimuth can be obtained by, for example, arctan (Ev / Eh) [rad], where Ev and Eh are outputs to which the vertical and horizontal edge extraction filters are applied, respectively. The similarity may be obtained using one of these parameters or a combination thereof, or a weighted sum of several parameters may be used. Here, an example of calculating the similarity using the number of matching of SIFT feature points will be described. First, a SIFT feature quantity is extracted from the comparison target image. Next, the distance between SIFT feature values obtained in each image is calculated, and the number of feature values (matching number) whose distance is equal to or smaller than a certain threshold value is calculated. This matching number indicates the similarity of images. The greater the number of matches, the greater the degree of similarity.

  Next, the operation of the information providing system 2 according to the second embodiment will be described. The basic operation of the information providing system 2 of the second embodiment is the same as that of the information providing system 1 of the first embodiment (see FIG. 5). The information providing apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment is different from the information providing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment in the process of determining a related bus stop.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the information providing apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment determines a bus stop associated with posted information. The information providing apparatus 10 reads the image shooting time from the posted information (S50), reads the bus boarding time or the boarding time before and after the shooting time from the boarding history (S52), and the user sets the shooting time at the shooting time. It is determined whether the bus is on board (S54). If it is determined that the user is on the bus (YES in S54), the area where the user was located is determined from the boarding bus stop, the getting-off bus stop, or the route traveled between the boarding bus stop and the getting-off bus stop (S64). For example, on the assumption that the bus 50 is moving at a constant speed between the boarding time and the getting-off time, it may be obtained where the bus 50 traveled at the photographing time, that is, the area where the user was present. . Further, when the time when the bus 50 passes through each bus stop is recorded, it may be determined by using the record that the bus has traveled from the information of the bus stop closest to the photographing time.

  If it is determined that the bus is not being boarded (NO in S54), it is determined whether the photographing time is immediately before boarding or just after getting off (S66). As a result of this determination, if it is determined that the shooting time is immediately before getting on or just after getting off (YES in S66), the area around the corresponding bus stop is determined as the area where the user was (S68). The determination immediately before boarding and immediately after getting off is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. If the shooting time is not just before getting on or just after getting off (NO in S66), the area where the user was at the shooting time is obtained from the getting-off time, the boarding time, the position of the getting-off bus stop, and the position of the boarding bus stop (S70).

  Next, the information providing apparatus 10 reads an image having position data (that is, an image in which the shooting position has been determined) from the posted information storage unit 14 and shot in the area where the user was ( S72). The information providing apparatus 10 performs a matching process between the read image and the newly posted image, and determines whether or not the newly posted image matches any image (S74). If it is determined that the newly posted image matches any image (YES in S74), the determined position is determined as the position of new posted information (S76). The information providing apparatus 10 determines an associated bus stop using the determined position data (S78). If it is determined that the images do not match (NO in S74), an associated bus stop is determined in the same manner as in the first embodiment (S78). The configuration and operation of the information providing system 2 according to the second embodiment have been described above.

  Similarly to the first embodiment, the information providing apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment accepts post information even if it does not receive the shooting location information from the mobile terminal 30, and posts information at an appropriate timing. Can be output.

  The information providing apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment obtains the position of newly received post information with high accuracy by performing image matching with an image whose position is stored in the post information storage unit 14. it can. In addition, since the position-determined image that is the target of image matching is limited to an image that was shot in an area where the poster would have been at the shooting time, the burden required for image matching processing can be reduced.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the information providing system 3 according to the third embodiment. The information providing apparatus 10 in the third embodiment is the same as the information providing apparatus 10 in the first embodiment. In the third embodiment, instead of the portable terminal 30 having both the photographing unit 32 and the IC chip 31 for getting on and off the bus, the portable terminal 30 having the photographing unit 32 and the IC card 60 used for getting on and off the bus are used. And have them separately. The mobile terminal 30 and the IC card 60 have a relay terminal 70 that relays post information and boarding / exit history data to the information providing apparatus 10. The relay terminal 70 is installed at a bus stop, for example. Thereby, the user can transmit the posted information to the information providing apparatus 10 by using the time waiting for the bus 50.

  The relay terminal 70 has a data interface 71 that receives post information from the mobile terminal 30 and an IC card interface 72 that receives data on boarding / exiting history from the IC chip 61 of the IC card. The data interface 71 may be, for example, a USB port into which a USB cable is inserted, or a short-distance wireless interface such as Bluetooth (registered trademark). The relay terminal 70 stores the posted information read from the portable terminal 30 through the data interface 71 in the posted information storage unit 73. Further, the relay terminal 70 stores the boarding / exiting history data read from the IC chip 61 through the IC card interface 72 in the boarding / exiting history storage unit 74.

  The relay terminal 70 includes a communication unit 75 for communicating with the information providing apparatus 10. The relay terminal 70 transmits the posting information stored in the posting information storage unit 73 and the boarding / exiting history data stored in the boarding / exiting history storage unit 74 to the information providing apparatus 10 through the communication unit 75. Data transmission from the relay terminal 70 to the information providing apparatus 10 may be performed periodically (for example, at night).

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation of transmitting post information to the information providing apparatus 10 in the information providing system 3. The portable terminal 30 generates post information (S80). The post information generation process is the same as the process in the first embodiment (see FIG. 6). The portable terminal 30 transmits the generated posting information to the relay terminal 70 (S82). The relay terminal 70 receives the posted information transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 (S84) and stores it in the posted information storage unit 73 (S86).

  The IC card 60 used for getting on and off the bus 50 is held over the relay terminal 70, and the boarding / exiting history stored in the IC card 60 is transmitted to the relay terminal 70 (S88). The relay terminal 70 receives the boarding / alighting history transmitted from the portable terminal 30 (S90) and stores it in the boarding / alighting history storage unit 74 (S92). The relay terminal 70 transmits the posting information stored in the posting information storage unit 73 and the boarding / exiting history stored in the boarding / exiting history storage unit 74 to the information providing apparatus 10 (S94). The configuration and operation of the information providing system 3 according to the third embodiment have been described above.

  The information providing system 3 according to the third embodiment includes a relay terminal 70 that receives post information from the portable terminal 30 and also receives data on boarding / exiting history from the IC card 60 and transmits the data to the information providing apparatus 10. Therefore, even if the portable terminal 30 and the IC card 60 are separate bodies, the posted information and the boarding / exiting history can be transmitted to the information providing apparatus 10. Thereby, the number of users who can post information to the information providing apparatus 10 increases, and more post information can be received.

(Fourth embodiment)
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the information providing system 4 according to the fourth embodiment. The basic configuration of the information providing system 4 of the fourth embodiment is the same as that of the information providing system 1 of the first embodiment. However, in the fourth embodiment, the mobile terminal 30 determines the current position. A position detection unit 39 for detection is provided. As the position detection unit 39, for example, GPS can be used. Further, when the mobile terminal 30 is a mobile phone, the current position may be obtained by calculation from the radio wave intensity from a plurality of nearby base stations. In the fourth embodiment, since a boarding / alighting history is not always necessary, the description is omitted in FIG.

  When the portable terminal 30 captures an image with the photographing unit 32, the position detection unit 39 obtains a photographing position. The image storage unit 33 stores the shooting position data together with the image data. The portable terminal 30 generates post information by inputting a comment for an image, as in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of post information transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the information providing apparatus 10. The posted information is basically the same as the posted information described in the first embodiment (see FIG. 8A), but differs in that it includes not the shooting date and time but the shooting position data.

  The related bus stop determination unit 12 of the information providing device 10 is the bus stop closest to the shooting position based on the shooting position data included in the posted information, and the distance between the shooting position and the bus stop is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold. The bus stop is determined as the related bus stop.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the posting information storage unit 14. The post information storage unit 14 stores position data in addition to the data stored in the post information storage unit 14 of the first embodiment.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the information providing system 4 according to the fourth embodiment. First, the mobile terminal 30 generates post information (S100).

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart for explaining a process for generating post information. The flow of the post information generation by the portable terminal 30 is the first implementation except that the shooting position data is acquired instead of the shooting date and time (S33), and the shooting position data is stored together with the image (S35). This is the same as the flow for generating post information (see FIG. 6).

  Returning to FIG. 19, the operation of the information providing system 4 will be described. After generating the posting information, the portable terminal 30 transmits the posting information to the information providing apparatus 10 (S102). The information providing apparatus 10 receives post information transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 (S104). The information providing apparatus 10 performs a process of determining a bus stop related to the received post information (S106).

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in which the information providing apparatus 10 determines a bus stop related to posted information. The information providing apparatus 10 reads out the data of the shooting position of the image from the posted information (S120). Next, the information providing apparatus 10 reads the bus stop closest to the shooting position from the bus stop storage unit 13 (S122). The information providing apparatus 10 obtains the distance between the shooting position and the bus stop, and determines whether the distance is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold (S124). If the distance is equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold (YES in S124), the nearest bus stop is set as a bus stop related to the posted information (S126), and if the distance is not equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold, there is no related bus stop (S128). . The operation of the information providing apparatus 10 after determining the relevant bus stop (FIG. 19, S108 to S112) is the same as that of the first embodiment (FIG. 5, steps S22 to S26). The configuration and operation of the information providing system 4 according to the fourth embodiment have been described above.

  As in the first embodiment, the information providing system 4 according to the fourth embodiment stores post information transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 in association with a bus stop, and outputs information output on the bus 50. Since the posting information is transmitted to the device 52, the information output device 52 can output the posting information at an appropriate timing.

  In the information providing system 4 according to the fourth embodiment, since the mobile terminal 30 acquires data indicating the shooting position, it is possible to appropriately obtain a bus stop related to the posted information based on the distance between the bus stop and the shooting position. it can.

(Fifth embodiment)
FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the information providing system 5 according to the fifth embodiment. The portable terminal 30 in the fifth embodiment is the same as the portable terminal 30 in the fourth embodiment. The information providing apparatus 10 according to the fifth embodiment includes a map storage unit 18 that stores road map data in addition to the configuration of the information providing apparatus 10 according to the fourth embodiment. The related bus stop determination unit 12 of the information providing device 10 uses the road map data stored in the map storage unit 18 to perform a route search from the image capturing position to the bus stop, and obtains the length of the searched route. The related bus stop determination unit 12 determines the bus stop having the shortest route length and having a route length equal to or shorter than a predetermined threshold as a bus stop related to the posted information.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in which the information providing apparatus 10 according to the fifth embodiment determines an associated bus stop. The information providing apparatus 10 reads position data from the posted information (S130), and reads a bus stop within a predetermined range (for example, within 2 km) including the read shooting position (S132). Next, the information providing apparatus 10 searches for a route from the shooting position to each read bus stop (S134), and determines the bus stop with the shortest route length (S136).

  Subsequently, the information providing apparatus 10 determines whether or not the path length is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold (S138). If the route length is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold (YES in S138), the bus stop with the shortest route length is set as the bus stop associated with the posted information (S140), and if the route length is not less than the predetermined threshold (NO in S138) ), There is no related bus stop (S142). The configuration and operation of the information providing apparatus 10 according to the fifth embodiment have been described above.

  As in the first embodiment, the information providing system 5 according to the fifth embodiment stores post information transmitted from the portable terminal 30 in association with a bus stop, and outputs information output on the bus 50. Since the posting information is transmitted to the device 52, the information output device 52 can output the posting information at an appropriate timing.

  Moreover, since the information provision system 5 of 5th Embodiment acquires the data which the portable terminal 30 shows imaging | photography position, based on the path length of a bus stop and imaging | photography position, the bus stop relevant to contribution information is appropriately set. Can be sought.

(Sixth embodiment)
FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the information providing system 6 according to the sixth embodiment. The mobile terminal 30 in the sixth embodiment is the same as the mobile terminal 30 in the fourth embodiment. In addition to the configuration of the information providing apparatus 10 according to the fourth embodiment, the information providing apparatus 10 according to the sixth embodiment includes a point granting unit 19 that gives points to a contributor of posted information, and each posting. And a point storage unit 20 for storing the points acquired by the person.

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing an operation of giving points when the information providing apparatus 10 receives post information. When the information providing apparatus 10 receives the posted information (S150), the information providing apparatus 10 reads data on the shooting position from the received posted information (S152). The information providing apparatus 10 searches the posted information storage unit 14 and determines whether there is data having the same shooting position as the read shooting position (S154). If there is post information at the same shooting position (YES in S154), point A is given (S156), and if there is no post information at the same shooting position (NO in S154), point B (higher than A) Points) (S158).

  In the information providing apparatus 10 of the sixth embodiment, a large amount of post information can be collected by giving points to posters of post information and giving incentives to posts. In addition, since high points are given to post information about places that have not been posted in the past, it is possible to give an incentive to post about unusual places that have not been posted so far.

In the present embodiment, an example in which either point A or B is given based on whether post information at the same shooting position has been in the past has been described. Can be considered. For example, points may be given according to the number of post information at the same shooting position. As an example, let n be the number of post information at the same shooting position,
P = K (constant) −n (when K ≧ n)
P = 0 (when K <n)
You may ask for.

(Seventh embodiment)
FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the information providing system 7 according to the seventh embodiment. The mobile terminal 30 in the seventh embodiment is the same as the mobile terminal 30 in the fourth embodiment. In addition to the configuration of the information providing apparatus 10 according to the fourth embodiment, the information providing apparatus 10 according to the seventh embodiment includes a point granting unit 19 that gives points to a contributor of posted information, and each posting. A point storage unit 20 that stores points acquired by the user, and a related information output unit 21 that outputs related information related to the posted information.

  FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of post information stored in the post information storage unit 14. The posted information storage unit 14 stores related information in addition to the posted information stored in the posted information storage unit 14 in the fourth embodiment. As related information, for example, in the case of information that a store with posted information has been opened, the related information includes information such as store opening hours, products handled, and prices.

  FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a screen example of posted information output by the information output device 52 mounted on the bus 50. The information output device 52 displays the QR code 48 indicating the access destination to the related information. The QR code 48 includes post ID information for specifying post information, in addition to information for accessing the information providing apparatus 10 such as a URL. Thus, the passenger can easily access the information providing apparatus 10 by photographing the QR code 48 with a terminal having a QR code reading function, and can specify post information for which related information is desired. The terminal transmits the posting ID obtained by converting the QR code 48 to the information providing apparatus 10. When the related information output unit 21 of the information providing apparatus 10 receives the posting ID, the related information output unit 21 transmits the related information corresponding to the posting ID to the terminal of the posting ID transmission destination.

  FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing an operation of giving points in the information providing apparatus 10. The information providing apparatus 10 determines whether or not there is access to related information (S160). If there is access (YES in S160), the information providing apparatus 10 acquires a post ID included in the access (S162). The information providing apparatus 10 transmits related information corresponding to the posting ID to the access source terminal (S164). Subsequently, the information providing apparatus 10 reads the poster ID corresponding to the posting ID, and gives points to the poster (S166).

  In the information providing apparatus 10 according to the seventh embodiment, the related information related to the posted information is displayed, so that the passenger can obtain more detailed information about the posted information that is interested.

  The information providing apparatus 10 according to the seventh embodiment gives an incentive to post posted information that the passenger is interested in by giving points when there is access to related information, and collects interesting posted information be able to.

(Eighth embodiment)
FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the information providing system 8 according to the eighth embodiment. The basic configuration of the mobile terminal 30 in the eighth embodiment is the same as that of the mobile terminal 30 in the first embodiment. However, the mobile terminal 30 in the eighth embodiment can not only get on the bus using the amount charged in the IC chip 31, but also can shop at the store.

  The configuration of the information providing apparatus 10 according to the eighth embodiment includes the point providing unit 19 that gives points to the poster of the posted information in addition to the information providing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, and each poster. And a point storage unit 20 for storing the acquired points. Further, the point granting unit 19 shows a purchase history storage unit 22 that shows a history of purchase of a product by a user, a boarding / exiting history storage unit 23 that stores a user's boarding / exiting history, and a history of posting information posted on the bus. A post information display history storage unit 24 is connected.

  FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the purchase history storage unit 22. The purchase history storage unit 22 stores a user ID, a store ID that specifies a store where the user specified by the user ID has purchased, a purchase date, and purchase price data. The purchase history data can be acquired by the mobile terminal 30 transmitting the data stored in the IC chip 31 to the information providing apparatus 10.

  FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the boarding / exiting history storage unit 23. In addition to the boarding / alighting history data described in the first embodiment (see FIG. 2), the boarding / history history storage unit 23 stores data of a bus ID that identifies the boarded bus 50.

  FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the posted information display history storage unit 24. The posted information display history storage unit 24 includes a posted ID for specifying displayed posted information, a route ID for specifying a route, a bus ID for specifying the displayed bus 50, and display time data indicating the displayed time. I remember it. The posted information display history is acquired from the information output device 52 mounted on the bus 50.

  FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the posted information storage unit 14. The posted information storage unit 14 stores a store ID in addition to the posted information in the fourth embodiment. The store ID is an identifier that identifies the store when the posted information is information about the store. The store ID may be obtained by specifying the store based on the location of the store and the position data of the posted information, or the store ID may be obtained from the store name included in the comment data.

  FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing an operation of giving points in the information providing apparatus 10. The point giving operation will be described with reference to FIG. 35 and the processing content of the point giving unit 19 will be described. The information providing apparatus 10 compares the store ID of the purchase history stored in the purchase history storage unit 22 with the store ID of the posted information stored in the posted information storage unit 14, and stores the product at the store related to the posted information. It is determined whether or not there has been a purchase (S170).

  If it is determined by this determination that there is a product purchase at the store related to the posted information (YES in S170), the point giving unit 19 of the information providing apparatus 10 stores the posted information from the posted information display history storage unit 24. The display history is read (S172). Further, the point granting unit 19 reads the boarding / alighting history of the user who purchased the product from the boarding / alighting history storage unit 23 (S174). Subsequently, the point granting unit 19 determines whether or not the user who purchased the product was on the bus 50 while displaying the posted information (S176). When it is determined that the user has been on the bus 50 (YES in S176), points are given to the poster of the posted information (S178).

  The information providing apparatus 10 according to the eighth embodiment gives points when a user makes a purchase at the store after viewing the posted information about the store. As a result, an incentive to post information on a good store where passengers want to shop is activated, so that high-quality information about the store can be collected.

  In the present embodiment, the points to be given may be changed according to the purchase amount of the product. For example, when a passenger purchases a high priced product, a high point may be given, and when a low priced product is purchased, a low point may be given.

  The information providing apparatus 10 of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

  In any of the first to fifth embodiments described above, the example of determining the relevant bus stop based on the geographical relationship between the bus stop and the location of the posted information has been described. For example, you may determine the relevant bus stop according to a passenger's flow etc. For example, if there are many passengers who get off at bus stop A and shop at the nearest store a, then shop at store b and get on from the nearest bus stop B at store b, It is considered convenient to shop while walking toward bus stop B. In such a case, post information about the stores a and b may be associated with the bus stop A. Thereby, when arriving at the bus stop A, the posted information is output for the stores a and b, which is convenient for many passengers.

  In the sixth embodiment described above, the example of determining the points to be given based on the shooting position data of the past post information has been described. However, the image of the past post information and the image of the new post information are not included. You may determine the point provided based on similarity. For example, a low point may be given when an image with a high similarity is posted in the past, and a high point may be given when an image is not similar to an image related to past posting information.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention has an effect that appropriate post information can be provided according to a boarding station, and is useful as an information providing apparatus that provides peripheral information such as a bus stop or a station.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the information provision system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the boarding / alighting history data memorize | stored in IC chip. It is a figure which shows the example of the data memorize | stored in the bus stop memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the example of the data memorize | stored in the contribution information storage part. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the provision system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement of the contribution information generation in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the production | generation screen of posting information. (A) It is a figure which shows the example of the posting information transmitted to an information provision apparatus from a portable terminal. (B) It is a figure which shows the example of the boarding / alighting history transmitted to an information provision apparatus from a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement which determines a related bus stop in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the posting information in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information provision system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the data memorize | stored in the contribution information storage part in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement which determines a related bus stop in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information provision system of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows operation | movement until it transmits data to an information provision apparatus in 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information provision system of 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the posting information transmitted to an information provision apparatus from a portable terminal in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the data memorize | stored in the contribution information storage part in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the provision system of 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement of the contribution information generation in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement which determines a related bus stop in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information provision system of 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement which determines a related bus stop in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information provision system of 6th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement of point provision in 6th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information provision system of 7th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the data memorize | stored in the contribution information storage part in 7th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the posting information in 7th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement of the point provision in 7th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information provision system of 8th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the data memorize | stored in the purchase history memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the example of the data memorize | stored in the boarding / alighting history memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the example of the data memorize | stored in the contribution information display history memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the example of the data memorize | stored in the contribution information storage part in 8th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement of point provision in 8th Embodiment.

1-8 Information Providing System 10 Information Providing Device 11 Communication Unit 12 Related Bus Stop Determining Unit 13 Bus Stop Storage Unit 14 Posting Information Storage Unit 15 Route ID Acquisition Unit 16 Route Information Reading Unit 17 Image Matching Processing Unit 18 Map Storage Unit 19 Point Granting Unit 20 point storage unit 21 related information output unit 22 purchase history storage unit 23 getting on / off history storage unit 24 post information display history storage unit 30 portable terminal 31 IC chip 32 imaging unit 33 image storage unit 34 post information generation unit 35 display unit 36 input unit 37 Communication Unit 38 Data Interface 39 Position Detection Unit 50 Bus 52 Information Output Device 60 IC Card 61 IC Chip 70 Relay Terminal 71 Data Interface 72 IC Card Interface 73 Posting Information Storage Unit 74 Boarding / Exit History Storage Unit 75 Communication Unit

Claims (7)

A boarding / storage station storing data indicating the position of the boarding / exiting station where passengers get on and off the vehicle,
A receiving unit that receives post information including image data and data indicating a shooting position of the image;
An associated boarding point determination unit that determines a boarding point to associate the post information based on the data indicating the shooting position and the position data of the boarding point stored in the boarding point storage unit;
A posting information storage unit that stores the posting information in association with the boarding point;
A transmitter for transmitting the posted information to a vehicle passing through the boarding point;
An information providing apparatus comprising: A road storage unit storing road map data including the platform,
The associated landing stations determining unit uses the data of the road map to search for a route from the imaging position to the boarding stations, to claim 1 for determining the boarding stations for associating the image data based on the path length The information providing apparatus according to the description. A point grant unit for giving points to a contributor who has sent the post information;
A point storage unit that stores points for each of the posters,
The point giving unit compares the data indicating the shooting position of the image related to the posted information with the data indicating the shooting position of the image in which the shooting position stored in the posted information storage unit is fixed, and the shooting position The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the two do not match, a higher point is given than when the shooting positions match. In response to a request from the user terminal, a related information transmitting unit that transmits related information related to the posted information;
A point granting unit for granting points to a poster who posted the related information;
A point storage unit for storing points for each contributor;
The information provision apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 . A purchase history storage unit that stores a purchase history of a product including data indicating a store where the user purchased the product;
A boarding / exiting history storage unit storing a user's boarding / exiting history;
A display history storage unit for storing a display history of posting information about the store in the vehicle;
Based on the purchase history, it is determined whether or not the user has purchased a product at the store related to the posted information, and when it is determined that the product has been purchased at the store related to the posted information, the posted information about the store is Whether or not the user has been on the vehicle while being displayed is determined based on the getting-on / off history and the display history, and when it is determined that the user has been on the vehicle, the posting information is transmitted A point granting unit for granting points to posted posters,
A point storage unit for storing points for each contributor;
The information provision apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 . An information providing method for providing information by an information providing device,
The information providing apparatus receiving post information including image data and data indicating a shooting position of the image;
The information providing apparatus determines a boarding point to associate the posted information based on the data indicating the photographing position and the data indicating the position of the boarding / exiting point at which passengers get on and off the vehicle stored in the boarding / unloading point storage unit. When,
The information providing apparatus stores the post information in the post information storage unit in association with the boarding point;
The information providing device transmitting the posted information to a vehicle passing through the boarding point; and
An information providing method comprising: A program for providing information to a computer,
Receiving post information including image data and data indicating a shooting position of the image;
Determining a boarding point to associate the posting information based on data indicating the photographing position and data indicating a position of a boarding point at which a passenger stored in the boarding point storage unit gets on and off the vehicle;
Storing the posted information in the posted information storage unit in association with the platform;
Transmitting the posted information to a vehicle passing through the boarding point;
A program that executes