JP5909984B2 - Map creation system and map creation device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a map creation system, a map creation device, and a portable terminal that automatically create a map according to a desired purpose based on information from an external information provider.

  Conventionally, for example, Japanese Patent No. 3601056 (Patent Document) discloses a system that can easily and reliably monitor a person to be monitored entering a dangerous place.

  According to the patent document, the monitoring device is set in association with the setting means for setting the warning area according to the setting performed by the monitor through the communication network, and the ID of each monitoring target person having the mobile terminal. The first storage means for storing the warning area set by the means, the acquisition means for acquiring the position of the mobile terminal as the monitoring target, and the position of the mobile terminal acquired by the acquisition means are set by the setting means A determination unit that determines whether or not the user is within the warning area, and a second storage that stores notification destination designation information that specifies a notification destination when the determination unit determines that the position of the mobile terminal is within the warning area. And first notification means for notifying that the position of the mobile terminal is within the warning area to the notification destination specified by the notification destination specification information stored in the second storage means.

Japanese Patent No. 3601056 (summary, etc.)

  A conventional system for reliably monitoring a person to be monitored has been configured as described above. In the conventional system, it is necessary to set the warning area on the map information displayed by the monitor. In setting such a warning area, it is possible to set a dangerous area based on the subjectivity of the supervisor, but it was unclear whether this was objectively correct. Moreover, although the danger area can be set, there is a problem that it cannot be used for other purposes. Furthermore, even if map information is created for some purpose, it is left as it is, and there is a problem that the information becomes obsolete.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a map creation system, a map creation device, and a portable terminal that can automatically create a map having the latest information in accordance with a desired purpose. And

  The map creation system according to the present invention includes a mobile terminal possessed by an information provider that moves in a certain area, and a map creation device that creates a map relating to the area based on information from the mobile terminal. The map creating device includes: a collecting unit that collects movement information of the portable terminal from the portable terminal together with the attribute; a purpose estimating unit that estimates the purpose of the movement information based on the movement information and the attribute collected by the collecting unit; Map creating means for creating a map in accordance with the purpose based on the purpose estimated by the means.

  In another aspect of the present invention, a map creation device includes a collection unit that collects movement information when moving in a certain area together with its attributes from a mobile terminal possessed by an information provider that moves in a certain area, and a collection unit. Purpose estimation means for estimating the purpose of the movement information based on the collected movement information and attributes, and map creation means for creating a map in accordance with the purpose based on the purpose estimated by the purpose estimation means.

  Preferably, a map information database for storing the map created by the creating means is included.

  More preferably, the collecting means collects negative / positive information from the portable terminal.

  The movement information may include a movement position, a movement time, a movement speed, or a temperature, and the attribute may include gender, age, occupation, preference, and availability of wheelchair.

  In yet another aspect of the present invention, the map creation device receives a map request from a terminal provided outside, and searches for searching a map in accordance with the request received by the reception unit from the map information database. Means, and transmission means for transmitting the map searched by the search means to a terminal provided outside.

  In yet another aspect of the present invention, the mobile terminal can communicate with a map creation device provided outside. The portable terminal includes a transmission unit that transmits movement information of the moved area to the map creation device. The transmission unit includes the attribute information of the owner of the portable terminal and the negative / positive information of the information to be transmitted together with the movement information. Send.

  In this invention, since the purpose is estimated based on the movement information and attributes provided by the information provider and the purpose-specific map is created, a map reflecting the latest information according to the desired purpose can be created. .

  As a result, it is possible to provide the user with a purpose-specific map in which information is not obsolete.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the whole structure of a map preparation system. It is a functional block diagram which shows the whole structure of a map preparation system. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the map creation apparatus when information is transmitted from the portable terminal of the information provider which comprises a map creation system, and a portable terminal of an information provider. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part of a map production apparatus. It is a figure which shows the map which a map information database classified by purpose stores. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a portable terminal of an information user. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the map preparation apparatus when there exists a request | requirement of information from the portable terminal of an information user.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a map creation system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a map creation system 10 includes a portable terminal 11 possessed by an information provider that provides information, a map creation device 30 that creates a desired map based on information from the information provider, and map creation A mobile terminal 41 possessed by an information user who uses map information created by the device 30, and the mobile terminal 11, the mobile terminal 41, and a network 20 such as the Internet capable of interconnecting the map creation device 30 are included. . The mobile terminal 11 is preferably a mobile phone having a GPS function capable of detecting position information and capable of wireless communication. The user's portable terminal 41 may not have a GPS function.

  Note that the mobile terminal 11 includes a mobile phone, a mobile game machine, and the like. Further, the mobile terminal 11 is not limited to the mobile terminal, and even if it is fixed, its position is specified, and if the position can be notified, it may be used similarly.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic functional block diagram of the map creation system 10. With reference to FIG. 2, the map creation system 10 receives information from the information provider terminal 11 and creates a map information database 10a for each purpose, and the created map information for each purpose. And a map information utilization part 10b provided to the user's terminal 41.

  The map information creation part 10a includes a movement information collection unit 31 that collects information from the mobile terminal 11 of the information provider, and a purpose-specific map that creates a purpose-specific map based on the movement information collected by the movement information collection unit 31. In order to create the purpose-specific map, the creation unit 32, the attribute / purpose conversion table 33 for estimating the purpose based on the movement information and attributes of the information provider, and the created purpose-specific map And a purpose-specific map information database 34 to be stored.

  The map information use portion 10b is requested by searching the user-specific request information receiving unit 35 that receives a request from the user and the purpose-specific map information database 34 according to the request received by the user request receiving unit 35. The purpose-specific map information distribution unit 36 that distributes the purpose-specific map information, and information from the purpose-specific map information distribution unit 35 is transmitted to the terminal 41 of the information user via the network 20b. Here, the users of the map information include persons with disabilities, travelers, local residents, security crime prevention personnel, and the like as shown in FIG. The user request receiving unit 35 receives a map request from the user terminal 41.

  The movement information collection unit 31, the purpose-specific map creation unit 32, the attribute / purpose conversion table 33, the purpose-specific map information database 34, the user request reception unit 35, and the purpose-specific map information distribution unit 36 It is included in the map creation device 30.

  Next, the operation of the map creation system 10 will be described. FIG. 3A is a flowchart showing an operation performed by the information provider terminal 11, and FIG. 3B is a flowchart showing an operation of the map creation providing device 30.

  Referring to FIG. 3A, the information provider's portable terminal 11 has a control unit (not shown), and starts a predetermined map information providing application according to an instruction from the information provider (step S11 in FIG. 3, hereinafter, 3 and step are omitted). When the application is activated, the application causes the information provider to specify an attribute (S12). Here, the attributes include information provider's sex, age, occupation, preference, distinction between residents and travelers, presence / absence of wheelchair use, and the like. Next, the GPS function is turned on (S13), and whether the information to be provided is negative or positive information (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “negative / positive information”) is input (S14). Here, the negative information is information in which information to be provided is passive, for example, information such as “dangerous”, “cannot approach”, or “not interesting”. On the other hand, positive information is positive information opposite to negative information, for example, information such as "safe", "fun", "easy to pass", or "good scenery" It is.

  This application is provided by the map creation system.

  Next, a control part detects the position and movement information of the portable terminal 11 by a GPS function (S15), and performs data transmission (S16, S17). As for the movement data, the control unit may automatically determine whether or not the mobile terminal 11 has moved for a predetermined distance or a predetermined time and transmit the movement data to the map creation device 30. Good.

  Next, the operation of the map creation device 30 will be described. Referring to FIG. 3B, the map creation device 30 collects movement information from the terminal 11 of the system information provider by the movement information collection unit (collection means) 31 (S21). The purpose is estimated from the provided movement information or the like (S22), a purpose-specific map is created according to the estimation result (S23), and stored in the purpose-specific map information database 34.

  Therefore, the control unit 36 operates as purpose estimation means and map creation means.

  In creating a purpose-specific map (S23), a map is created by estimating the purpose from movement information and attributes, and negative / positive information as required (S231). Negative information is negative information, and positive information is positive. Information is registered in the purpose-specific map information database 34 (S232, S233).

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the main part of the map creation device 30. Referring to FIG. 4, map creation device 30 is basically a computer, and receives control that operates as control unit 50 having a CPU, movement information collection unit 31, and user request reception unit 35 that controls the entire device. A unit 37; a processing unit 38 that operates as the purpose-specific map creation unit 32; a transmission unit 39 that operates as the purpose-specific map information distribution unit 36; and a storage unit 40 such as a hard disk. The storage unit 40 includes an attribute / purpose conversion table 33 and a purpose-specific map information database 34.

  Next, an example of purpose estimation and purpose-specific map information creation shown in S22 and S23 of FIG. 3 will be described. Here, the data shown in Table 1 is used as the attribute information, the position information by GPS, and the negative / positive information.

  An example of the purpose-specific map to be created is as follows.

(1) Barrier-free map Here, a barrier-free map is created using at least the following information.

  This information is stored in the attribute-specific map information database. When “passing is easy”, it is stored as “barrier-free route”, and when “passing is not easy”, it is stored as “barrier route”.

(2) Safe homecoming route map for women

  The travel route of the information provider that meets the above conditions is stored as a “risk map for women”.

(3) Elementary school attendance route map

  The travel route of the information provider that meets the above conditions is stored as a “commuting route”.

(4) Search route map of history woman

  The travel route of the information provider that meets the above conditions is stored as a “history search route”.

  Although an example using negative / positive information is shown here, this may not be necessary. For example, if the use of a wheelchair is included as an attribute and the movement information is provided, it can be a barrier-free map by itself. Further, according to the travel time and travel speed, the wheelchair may be classified into three or more stages in addition to being easy and not easy to move.

  Next, a method (operation of the purpose estimation unit) for realizing the purpose estimation for creating such a purpose-specific map will be described. In order to realize the purpose estimation, the purpose and “attribute information” and “movement information” that match the purpose are defined in advance. An example is shown in Table 2.

  These pieces of information are stored in the attribute / purpose conversion table 33 in advance. When the movement information and the attribute are received, the control unit 50 determines which pattern the information corresponds to, thereby estimating the purpose.

  Note that this may not be a perfect match. Judgment may be based on some matches or similarities.

For example, when the attribute information is “female” + “25 years old” + “travel”, the cases B and C are output as the estimation results, and the movement information collected is collected. Is stored as the target data estimated above.

  However, since there is a concern about authenticity in one data, when a plurality of pieces of movement information are collected and recorded, it is stored in the purpose-specific map information database 34 as map information for each purpose. May be used to provide information to the outside.

  Further, the estimated purpose may be notified to the information provider and confirmed with the information provider.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, if information from an information provider is input, a map is formed or updated in real time, but this is not restrictive. It may be stored in the period storage unit 40 and updated every predetermined time, or this update timing may be set by the information provider or user.

  Next, the purpose-specific map information stored in the purpose-specific map information database 34 will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a purpose-specific map created based on a map (A) of a certain area and movement information and attributes from the mobile terminal 11 of the information provider who has moved in that area.

  When the information provider moves in the area shown in FIG. 5 and moves from the point 51 to 52 in front of the park, it is assumed that a suspicious person is seen and notified to that effect from the terminal 11 together with the GPS information. The attribute data is as shown in Case E of Table 2, for example. Here, negative / positive information is not described.

  In this case, the purpose-specific map generation unit 32 generates a map as shown in FIG. 5B based on the information. Here, based on the information provided by the information provider, it is displayed that the area is a dangerous area, as indicated by diagonal lines on the road in front of the park. At this time, as shown at 20:00 in the upper right of the figure, the time when this state is confirmed may be displayed.

  Such a map is classified for each position and stored in the purpose-specific map information database 34.

  In addition, you may use the map produced in this way for the monitoring apparatus shown in patent document 1. FIG.

  Next, the case where the map stored in the purpose-specific map information database 34 prepared in this way is used will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation performed by a control unit (not shown) of the portable terminal 41 of an external information user, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation performed by the control unit of the map creation device 30. With reference to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the portable terminal 41 of the information user starts a predetermined application and requests desired map information (S31, S32). Then, the information is transmitted to the map creation device 30. Here, when requesting a desired map, the purpose and area of the requested map are designated.

  The map creation device 30 receives this request at the user request receiving unit 35, searches the purpose-specific map information database, and transmits the searched map to the user terminal 41 (S41 to 43). Therefore, the control unit 36 operates as a reception unit and a search unit, and the transmission unit 39 operates as a transmission unit.

  Next, a method for updating the purpose-specific map information created in this way will be described.

  Basically, the map is updated (created) in real time by the transmission information from the portable terminal 11 of the information provider. If the information provider has different attributes, a map suitable for the attribute is automatically created. If the provider's attribute is a woman's map and the `` Women's Night Safety Map '' has already been created, for example, if elementary school student information is provided, A “safe map” such as “primary school student safe zone” is created.

  In addition, a photo taken by a camera of the mobile terminal 11 together with its location information is taken as a location where the information provider felt suspicious, such as “dark and dangerous”, “there is a suspicious person”, or “illegal dumping”. You may send it. In this case, the photo is also displayed on the created map.

  This received content is reflected on the map by the map creation device 30. In addition, at the time of a patrol such as a neighborhood association or the police, the mobile terminal 11 such as a smartphone with GPS may be held, and an area that is suspicious at the time of patrol may be transmitted to the map creation device 30 and registered as a map. .

  The contents of a report from an information provider such as suspicious person information may be reflected on the map in real time.

  Next, a method for using the purpose-specific map information prepared in this way will be described.

  When a user enters the “risk zone” on the “risk map (map based on negative information)”, which is the opposite of the “safe map (map based on positive information)”, the user's terminal is warned by an application. It may be.

  Also, based on the purpose-specific map information created in this way, a “map” may be created at a neighborhood association or police box, etc., or a “danger zone” using the map created in this way. It may be used as reference data as a place to focus on when patroling the designated area.

  In addition, when information such as “illegal dumping” is received, recovery work or measures may be taken.

  In addition, a security camera, a human sensor, a weather sensor, etc. may be installed on the school road. Based on these images and sensor information, the presence / absence of a suspicious person, the presence / absence of a resident who can be watched, the watching environment (good / bad visibility) and the like may be determined.

  Further, for these images and sensor information, data from devices installed in the provided area at the time when the information is provided from the information provider may be automatically collected and displayed in the map. .

  In addition, local residents watch the school road and surroundings in their daily lives, and if they find information related to safety (for example, if they are unfamiliar or have seen pranks or suspicious objects), the information can be read from their mobile devices. You may make it input. These pieces of information are registered in the purpose-specific map information database 34 together with the GPS position information, and are reflected in the risk map in the region.

  Based on the information obtained as described above, the risk distribution of the entire region is mapped and the place with high risk can be grasped.

  In addition, using such a system, it is possible to grasp the actions of persons (children and socially vulnerable) who should be watched, and when these persons approach or enter a high-risk place, notify the person and call attention. It is also possible to notify the residents in the vicinity, security and security officers to strengthen the watch.

  In addition, you may include not only the camera function of a portable terminal but the photograph data image | photographed using the digital camera.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the example which produces a map from viewpoints of area safety etc. was demonstrated, you may create the map of not only this but gourmet information and toilet information.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where a map was produced based on the information obtained directly from the information provider was demonstrated, not only this but an information provider may provide hearing information.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, this invention is not limited to the thing of embodiment shown in figure. Various modifications and variations can be made to the illustrated embodiment within the same range or equivalent range as the present invention.

  The map creation system according to the present invention can be advantageously used as a map creation system because it can provide a user with a purpose-specific map whose information is not obsolete.

  10 map creation system, 11, 41 portable terminal, 20 network, 30 map creation device, 31 movement information collection unit, 32 purpose-specific map creation unit, 33 attribute / purpose conversion table, 34 purpose-specific map information database, 35 user request Reception unit, 36 Purpose-specific map information distribution unit, 37 reception unit, 38 processing unit, 39 transmission unit, 40 storage unit, 50 control unit.

Claims (8)

A map creation system including a plurality of mobile terminals respectively possessed by a plurality of information providers moving in a certain area, and a map creation device that creates a map relating to the area based on information from the plurality of mobile terminals,
The map creation device
Collection means for collecting movement information of the portable terminal from each portable terminal together with the attribute information of the information provider;
Purpose estimating means for estimating one or a plurality of purposes from a plurality of purposes for each information provider based on a combination of movement information and attribute information collected by the collecting means;
Map creating means for creating a map in accordance with the purpose based on the purpose of each of the plurality of information providers estimated by the purpose estimating means;
The map creating means classifies movement information collected from the plurality of information providers by the collecting means according to the purpose of each of the plurality of information providers estimated by the purpose estimating means, and is classified. A map creation system for creating a map for each purpose of the area based on movement information. Collecting means for collecting, from a plurality of portable terminals respectively possessed by a plurality of information providers moving in a certain area, movement information when moving in the area together with attribute information of the information provider,
Purpose estimating means for estimating one or a plurality of purposes from a plurality of purposes for each information provider based on a combination of movement information and attribute information collected by the collecting means;
Map creating means for creating a map in accordance with the purpose based on the purpose of each of the plurality of information providers estimated by the purpose estimating means;
The map creating means classifies movement information collected from the plurality of information providers by the collecting means according to the purpose of each of the plurality of information providers estimated by the purpose estimating means, and is classified. A map creation device for creating a map for each purpose of the area based on movement information. The map creation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a map information database that stores a map created by the creation unit. The map creating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the collecting unit collects negative / positive information from the portable terminal. The map creation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the movement information includes a movement position, a movement time, a movement speed, or a temperature. The map creation device according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information includes gender, age, occupation, preference, and availability of wheelchair. Accepting means for accepting a map request from an external terminal;
Search means for searching the map information database for a map in accordance with the request received by the receiving means;
The map creation apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the map searched by the search unit to the terminal provided outside. For each purpose, it further comprises a conversion table that stores combinations of attribute information and movement information of one or more patterns,
The objective estimation means estimates the objective by determining which pattern of the conversion table corresponds to the combination of movement information and attribute information collected by the collection means. The map creation device described in 1.

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