JP6942596B2 - Information processing equipment, information processing methods and programs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of providing congestion information of a store such as a restaurant to a user terminal.

Conventionally, there has been a technique for providing information indicating a congestion status of a store such as a restaurant. In Patent Document 1 below, information terminals installed in department store restaurants, etc., indicate the congestion status of each store based on the degree of congestion calculated from the visitor information of each store. It is described that it is displayed in association with the store floor map by text information such as "masu" and "crowded".

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-108697

By the way, as one of the methods for a user to search for a store using a user terminal, it is common to refer to information (icon or the like) indicating the store arranged on the map image. However, in a wider area than the narrow area such as the restaurant area of a department store described in Patent Document 1, the display of the congestion status by the character information as described in Patent Document 1 is complicated and understandable. It is difficult for users to easily find vacant stores on the map image.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that allow a user to easily grasp information on a store congestion status even on a wide area map. There is.

In order to achieve the above object, the information processing device according to one embodiment of the present invention has a storage unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The storage unit stores store information including location information of each of a plurality of stores. The communication unit can communicate with the user terminal and the store terminal existing in each of the above stores. The control unit receives first congestion degree information indicating the congestion degree of each store from each store terminal, and corresponds to each of the received first congestion degree information and the first congestion degree information. Based on the location information of the stores, the second congestion degree information indicating the congestion degree of at least two stores is generated. Then, the control unit generates a map image in which the display information corresponding to the generated second congestion degree information is arranged at a position set based on the location information of each store, and the generated map image. Is transmitted in response to the request from the user terminal.

With this configuration, the information processing device collectively indicates the congestion degree of at least two stores by the second congestion degree information, so that the user can easily grasp the information on the congestion status of the store even on a wide area map. be able to.

The storage unit may store area information indicating each area to which each location position belongs in association with the store information. In this case, the control unit generates second congestion degree information indicating the congestion degree of a plurality of stores having the location positions in the same area, and uses the display information in the area to which each store belongs in the map image. It may be arranged at the position corresponding to.

As a result, the information processing device can make the user grasp the degree of congestion of a plurality of stores existing in each area at once. That is, when a certain store is congested, the stores around it (in the same area) are generally congested, so that the user confirms the display information indicating the congestion degree information in the above area. By doing so, it is possible to select a store in a non-congested area as a destination candidate.

The above area may occupy a predetermined distance range from the location of each station.

As a result, the information processing device can make the user grasp the degree of congestion of the surrounding stores collectively based on the position of the station known to the user.

The control unit may generate an average value of each first congestion degree information of a plurality of stores belonging to the same area as second congestion degree information of a plurality of stores belonging to the area.

As a result, the information processing device can make the user grasp the average value of the congestion degree of a plurality of stores belonging to the same area as the congestion degree of the area.

Even if the control unit generates the first congestion degree information of the store having the lowest congestion degree among the first congestion degree information of each of a plurality of stores belonging to the same area as the second congestion degree information. good.

As a result, the information processing device can make the user grasp the congestion degree of the store having the lowest congestion degree among the congestion degree of a plurality of stores belonging to the same area as the congestion degree of the area.

The area information may have a hierarchical structure. In this case, the control unit receives the user operation signal instructing the enlargement or reduction of the scale of the map image from the user terminal, and generates the second congestion degree information according to the enlarged or reduced scale. You may select the hierarchy of the target area.

As a result, the information processing device changes the range of the area according to the scale of the map image, so that the user can grasp the detailed congestion degree information of the smaller area at the larger scale, and displays it at the smaller scale. It is possible to let the user grasp the congestion degree information of a larger area so as not to be complicated.

When the scale of the map image is enlarged to a predetermined scale or more, the control unit displays display information corresponding to the received first congestion degree information at each store without generating the second congestion degree information. A map image arranged at a position corresponding to the location information of is may be generated.

As a result, the information processing device can make the user grasp the exact position of each store by arranging the display information at the position of each store when the map image is enlarged to the maximum.

Based on the store information, the control unit may include more information in the display information as the scale becomes larger.

As a result, the information processing device can grasp the detailed information of the store that the user is paying attention to by making the store information more detailed as the map image is enlarged. For example, if the scale is small, only the store name of each store that generated the second congestion degree information is displayed, and if the scale is large, the contact information of each store and the details of each store are displayed in addition to the store name. A hyperlink to the page may be displayed.

The control unit may change the color of the display information according to the calculated second congestion degree information.

As a result, the information processing device can intuitively grasp the degree of congestion by the user by displaying the degree of congestion in color.

As the display information, the control unit arranges a POI (Point of Interest) icon on the map image, which is displayed as the degree of congestion indicated by the second degree of congestion is smaller as the degree of congestion is larger and is displayed larger as the degree of congestion is smaller. You may.

As a result, the information processing device can intuitively grasp the degree of congestion of the user by displaying the icon smaller as the degree of congestion is larger and the icon being displayed larger as the degree of congestion is smaller.

When the size of the POI icon at the time of arrangement is equal to or larger than a predetermined size, the control unit may reduce the size of the POI icon according to the passage of time from the arrangement of the POI icon.

As a result, the information processing device does not generate a new second congestion degree information based on the updated first congestion degree information in anticipation of the gradual congestion of the initially uncrowded stores. , The above congestion forecast can be reflected in the POI icon.

The control unit calculates the first congestion degree information after a predetermined time based on the displacement of the first congestion degree information of the same store per predetermined time, and obtains the calculated first congestion degree information. Based on the above, the second congestion degree information after the predetermined time may be generated.

As a result, the information processing device generates the second congestion degree information after a predetermined time based on the displacement of the first congestion degree information received so far even when the first congestion degree information cannot be received from each store. Display information can be arranged.

The information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention
The first congestion degree information indicating the congestion degree of a plurality of stores is received from each store terminal existing in each of the above stores, and the first congestion degree information is received.
Based on each of the received first congestion degree information and the location information of the store corresponding to the first congestion degree information, the second congestion degree information showing the congestion degree of at least two stores together is provided. Generate and
A map image is generated in which the display information corresponding to the generated second congestion degree information is arranged at a position set based on the location information of each store.
This includes transmitting the generated map image in response to a request from the user terminal.

A program according to another embodiment of the present invention can be applied to an information processing device.
A step of receiving first congestion degree information indicating the congestion degree of a plurality of stores from each store terminal existing in each of the above stores, and a step of receiving the first congestion degree information.
Based on each of the received first congestion degree information and the location information of the store corresponding to the first congestion degree information, the second congestion degree information showing the congestion degree of at least two stores together is provided. Steps to generate and
A step of generating a map image in which display information corresponding to the second congestion degree information generated is arranged at a position set based on the location information of each store.
The step of transmitting the generated map image in response to the request from the user terminal is executed.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible for the user to easily grasp the information regarding the congestion status of the store even on a wide area map. However, the effect does not limit the present invention.

It is a figure which showed the structure of the restaurant information provision system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the hardware configuration of the restaurant information providing server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the structure of the database which the restaurant information providing server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention has. It is a flowchart which showed the flow of the restaurant information provision processing by the restaurant information provision server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the display example of the restaurant search result page generated and transmitted by the restaurant information providing server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the display example of the restaurant search result page generated and transmitted by the restaurant information providing server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

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

[System configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a restaurant information providing system according to the present embodiment.

As shown in the figure, this system includes a restaurant information providing server 100 on the Internet 50, a plurality of user terminals 200, and a plurality of restaurant terminals 300.

The restaurant information providing server 100 is a web server that operates a portal site on which information about restaurants is posted. The restaurant information providing server 100 is connected to a plurality of user terminals 200 and a restaurant terminal 300 of a plurality of restaurants via the Internet 50.

The restaurant information providing server 100 provides a restaurant information search system for general users (customers visiting the restaurant) of the user terminal 200 on the portal site. Specifically, the restaurant information providing server 100 searches for restaurant information that matches the search conditions based on the search request from the user terminal 200, generates a Web page containing the search results, and sends the user terminal 200 to the user terminal 200. Send. The search result page is provided not only in the restaurant information list mode, but also in the map mode in which an icon indicating the location of the restaurant is arranged on the map.

The user terminal 200 (200A, 200B, 200C ...) Is a terminal used by the user, and is, for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, a desktop PC, or the like. The user terminal 200 accesses the restaurant information providing server 100, receives the search result page searched by using, for example, an area (station), a genre, a store name, etc. as a search condition, and displays the search result page on the screen by a browser or the like.

The restaurant terminal 300 (300A, 300B, 300C ...) is a terminal used by, for example, an administrator of each restaurant, and is, for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, or a desktop PC. And so on. The restaurant terminal 300 can exchange, for example, current table or seat congestion degree information, restaurant reservation information by the user of the user terminal 200, and the like with the restaurant information providing server 100.

In the present embodiment, when the restaurant information providing server 100 provides the restaurant information in the map mode in response to the search request from the user terminal 200, the restaurant or the area to which the restaurant belongs is congested. Can provide information about.

[Hardware configuration of restaurant information providing server]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the restaurant information providing server 100. As shown in the figure, the restaurant information providing server 100 connects a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an input / output interface 15, and these to each other. The bus 14 is provided.

The CPU 11 appropriately accesses the RAM 13 and the like as necessary, and comprehensively controls each block of the restaurant information providing server 100 while performing various arithmetic processes. The ROM 12 is a non-volatile memory in which firmware such as an OS, a program, and various parameters to be executed by the CPU 11 is fixedly stored. The RAM 13 is used as a work area of the CPU 11, and temporarily holds an OS, various applications being executed, and various data being processed.

A display unit 16, an operation reception unit 17, a storage unit 18, a communication unit 19, and the like are connected to the input / output interface 15.

The display unit 16 is a display device using, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an OELD (Organic ElectroLuminescence Display), a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or the like.

The operation reception unit 17 is, for example, a pointing device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, or other input device. When the operation reception unit 17 is a touch panel, the touch panel can be integrated with the display unit 16.

The storage unit 18 is, for example, a non-volatile memory such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory (SSD; Solid State Drive), or another solid-state memory. The OS, various applications, and various data are stored in the storage unit 18.

In particular, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 18 stores an application or other program for executing the restaurant information providing process. As will be described later, the storage unit 18 has a restaurant information database, an area / map information database, and a congestion degree information database as databases including such data.

The communication unit 19 is, for example, various modules for wireless communication such as a NIC (Network Interface Card) for Ethernet and a wireless LAN, and is responsible for communication processing between the user terminal 200 and the restaurant terminal 300.

Although not shown, the basic hardware configuration of the user terminal 200 and the restaurant terminal 300 is substantially the same as the hardware configuration of the restaurant information providing server 100.

Further, it is assumed that the user terminal 200 is installed with an application that operates in cooperation with the restaurant information providing process by the restaurant information providing server 100.

[Database configuration of restaurant information providing server]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a database included in the restaurant information providing server 100.

As shown in the figure, the restaurant information providing server 100 has a restaurant information database 31, an area / map information database 32, and a congestion degree information database 33 in the storage unit 18.

The restaurant information database 31 contains restaurant information (contents) that can be posted on the restaurant information posting page for each restaurant, and a restaurant information posting page (Web page) on which at least a part of the restaurant information is posted. I remember.

The restaurant information includes the restaurant name, address, telephone number, business hours, location area information, nearest station information, ID (store ID) that identifies the restaurant, and the business type / service category of the restaurant. Stores information, information that introduces the restaurant (information that shows the characteristics of the store such as the PR text of the store, event information that the restaurant performs), menu information about the menu provided by the restaurant, website URL, etc. ing.

The area / map information database 32 stores map information including the location (address) of each restaurant and area information set on the map.

As the map information, for example, GIS (geographic information system) data is used. The map information is used for displaying the search result page of the restaurant in the map mode.

The area information has a hierarchical structure. That is, the location area information has the maximum area as the uppermost layer, and the lower layer area is a more subdivided area than the upper layer area. The maximum area may correspond to an administrative division such as a municipality, but it is not an administrative division but within a predetermined distance range (for example, 3 km, 2 km, etc.) based on a plurality of stations existing at a certain distance. It may be an aggregate of the areas of. Further, the area below it may be divided and set for each of a plurality of distance ranges (for example, within 1 km, within 500 m, within 200 m, etc.) with one station as a base point.

The congestion degree information database 33 stores, for example, store congestion degree information (first congestion degree information) received from the restaurant terminal 300 of each restaurant at predetermined time intervals in association with the store ID of each restaurant. Update. The congestion degree information is input by, for example, the administrator of the restaurant terminal 300, and is represented by a numerical value from 1 to 100 when, for example, the full capacity is 100, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In addition, the congestion degree information is based on the table and customer images (customer seated image or vacant seat image) captured by the surveillance camera in the restaurant and the table information input to the POS (Point Of Sales) system. It may be generated by the terminal 300. Further, when the restaurant terminal 300 can receive the location information (check-in information) of the user terminal 200 of the user who has visited the restaurant, the restaurant terminal 300 can confirm from the location information in the restaurant. Congestion degree information may be generated based on the number of users.

Further, the congestion degree information database 33 stores and updates the area congestion degree information (second congestion degree information) calculated from the congestion degree information of each store belonging to the same area in association with the area ID that identifies each area. ..

The area congestion degree information is obtained every time the area for which the area congestion degree information is calculated is changed by the user terminal 200 inputting an operation of enlarging or reducing the map from the user and requesting a change in the scale thereof. Will be recalculated.

Further, the congestion degree information database 33 also stores image data of a POI (Point of Interest) icon displayed as display information corresponding to the area congestion degree information or the store congestion degree information on the map.

Each of these databases is used by being referred to each other as necessary in the restaurant information providing process by the restaurant information providing server 100 described later.

[Operation of restaurant information providing server]
Next, the operation of the restaurant information providing server 100 configured as described above will be described. The operation is executed by the cooperation between the hardware such as the CPU 11 and the communication unit 19 of the restaurant information providing server 100 and the software stored in the storage unit 18. In the following description, for convenience, the CPU 11 is the main operating body.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of the restaurant information providing process by the restaurant information providing server 100.

As shown in the figure, the CPU 11 of the restaurant information providing server 100 first determines whether or not the store congestion degree information has been received from each restaurant terminal 300 (step 41).

When it is determined that the store congestion degree information has been received from the restaurant terminal 300 (Yes), the CPU 11 outputs the store congestion degree information to the above-mentioned congestion degree information for each area (maximum area) to which the restaurant in which the restaurant terminal 300 exists belongs. It is stored in the degree information database 33 (step 42).

Subsequently, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a restaurant search request using the area name as a search condition has been received from the user terminal 200 in the map mode (step 43).

When it is determined that the restaurant search request has been received (Yes), the CPU 11 extracts store congestion degree information of restaurants in the area targeted for search in the search request and its neighboring areas (step 44). ..

Subsequently, the CPU 11 calculates the average value of the store congestion degree information of all the restaurants included in the search target area as the area congestion degree information (step 45). In addition, area congestion degree information is similarly calculated for the surrounding area adjacent to the search target area.

Subsequently, the CPU 11 arranges the POI icon set to a size corresponding to the area congestion degree information at a predetermined position (for example, the area center position) on the map image (step 46), and the search result page on which the map image is posted. To the user terminal (step 47).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the search result page.

In the example of the figure, on the search screen displayed on the user terminal 200, the area "Ginza" and the genre "Italian" are input to the input box 51 as the search conditions, and the search request is transmitted by the search button 52. Shown.

As shown in the figure, the restaurant search result page in the map mode has a map image 53 of an area where a restaurant that matches the above search conditions exists and an area around the restaurant.

At the position on the map image 53 corresponding to the area defined as the search condition (for example, in the vicinity of the station icon S indicating Ginza station), the POI icon 54 set to a size corresponding to the area congestion degree information. Is placed.

Further, a POI icon 54 set to a size corresponding to the area congestion degree information is also arranged at a position corresponding to the area around the area set as the search condition (for example, near a surrounding station). There is.

Each POI icon 54 has, for example, a circular balloon shape, but is not limited to this shape. Here, the size of the POI icon 54 is displayed, for example, as the degree of congestion increases (the number of vacant seats decreases), and as the degree of congestion decreases (the number of vacant seats increases).

Further, the POI icon 54 is displayed in different colors depending on whether the degree of congestion is less than a predetermined value or more than a predetermined value. In the example of the figure, the POI icon 54 is displayed in black when the degree of congestion is less than 50% and in white when the degree of congestion is 50% or more.

Instead of this, the POI icon 54 may be color-coded with three or more colors, or two colors are set as colors corresponding to the minimum congestion degree and the maximum congestion degree, respectively, and gradually between the two colors according to the congestion degree. The colors may appear to change (eg, white may correspond to minimum congestion, moderate congestion may correspond to gray, and maximum congestion may correspond to black).

In the example of the figure, the congestion of restaurants in the Ginza area is low, the congestion of the Shinbashi area does not exceed 50%, but it is slightly larger than that of the Ginza area, and the congestion of the Yurakucho area and Tsukiji area is large. I understand.

In this case, when a user's predetermined operation (tap, long tap, etc.) for the POI icon 54 is detected, the CPU 11 is the restaurant from which the area congestion degree information corresponding to the POI icon 54 is calculated. A list of restaurant information may be displayed.

Returning to FIG. 4, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a request for enlargement / reduction of the map image 53 has been received from the user terminal 200 displaying the search result page (step 48). The enlargement / reduction request is transmitted to the restaurant information providing server 100 by inputting an operation in which the user of the user terminal 200 pinches out or pinches in, for example, an arbitrary position of the displayed map image 53.

When it is determined that the enlargement / reduction request has been received (Yes), the CPU 11 selects an area hierarchy according to the scale of the map image 34 corresponding to the enlargement / reduction request (step 49).

Subsequently, the CPU 11 calculates the area congestion degree information of the area by averaging the store congestion degree information of all the restaurants belonging to the area range corresponding to the hierarchy of the selected area (step 50).

Then, the CPU 11 arranges the POI icon 54 having a size corresponding to the calculated area congestion degree information on the map image 53, updates the search result page (step 51), and transmits the POI icon 54 to the user terminal 200 (step 47). ).

For example, when the user terminal 200 is requested to enlarge the map image 53 shown in FIG. 5 to twice the scale, the CPU 11 selects the maximum scale when generating the search result page shown in FIG. Select the area one level below the area (for example, the area where the maximum area is divided into four). In this case, the POI icon 54 is displayed corresponding to the area congestion degree information calculated from the store congestion degree information of the restaurant belonging to the more subdivided area, and is larger than the number shown in FIG. 5 ( For example, 4 times) will be displayed.

The CPU 11 repeats the above operation every time a restaurant search request and a enlargement / reduction request are received from the user terminal 200.

Here, when the scale is expanded to a predetermined threshold value (for example, a scale large enough so that the position of each restaurant can be clearly seen on the map) by the request from the user terminal 200, the CPU 11 determines the area. Instead of displaying the POI icon 54 corresponding to the congestion degree information, the POI icon 54 corresponding to the store congestion degree information of each restaurant is arranged at a position corresponding to the location position of each restaurant on the map.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the search result page is updated by receiving an enlargement request for a map image from the user terminal 200 with respect to the search result page of the restaurant shown in FIG.

In the example of the figure, the Ginza area located substantially at the center of the map image 53 shown in FIG. 5 is enlarged and displayed. Further, in the example of the figure, the scale is enlarged beyond the above threshold value, and instead of the POI icon 54 corresponding to the area congestion degree information, the position corresponding to the location position of each restaurant on the map image 53 is used. , A plurality of POI icons 54 having a size corresponding to the store congestion degree information of each of the above restaurants are arranged.

That is, the POI icon 54 of a restaurant with a low degree of congestion (for example, restaurants A, B, D, etc.) is displayed in large and black correspondingly, and a restaurant with a high degree of congestion (for example, restaurants C, E, H, etc.) is displayed. ) POI icon 54 is displayed in a correspondingly small and white color.

In the small scale display example of FIG. 5, the Ginza area was displayed as an area with a low degree of congestion by one POI icon 54. In the example of FIG. 6, although there are restaurants with a high degree of congestion such as restaurants C, E, H, I, the average degree of congestion as an area is low due to the low degree of congestion of many other restaurants. You can see that it was low.

Further, each POI icon 54 has a character (for example, an alphabet) for identifying each restaurant inside. Further, in a predetermined area on the left side of the map image 53, for example, a list of restaurant information 55 related to the restaurant represented by each POI icon 54 is posted. Each restaurant information 55 in the list is identified by the characters corresponding to the characters in the icon 54. That is, the location of each restaurant on the map image 53 is indicated by an icon 54 having the same alphabet as the identification alphabet of each restaurant information 55. If the restaurant information 55 does not fall within the predetermined range of the search result page, all the restaurant information 55 can be browsed by scrolling up and down, for example.

The restaurant information may be displayed at the position of each POI icon 54 instead of being displayed as a list on the left side of the map image 53. Further, the CPU 11 may increase the amount of information in the displayed restaurant information as the scale becomes larger due to the expansion request from the user terminal 200. More specifically, at one scale, only the store name is displayed, at a larger scale, the nearest station information and average budget are displayed, and at a larger scale, recommended menus, contacts, hyper rings to detail pages, etc. are displayed. It may be displayed.

[summary]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 collectively shows the congestion degree information of a plurality of restaurants as the congestion degree information of the area to which those restaurants belong, thereby eating and drinking. Information on the congestion status of the store can be easily grasped by the user even on a wide area map.

Further, the restaurant information providing server 100 reduces the display processing load by substituting the POI icons corresponding to the area, as compared with the case where a large number of POI icons for each restaurant are displayed on the map over a wide area. It can be greatly reduced.

[Modification example]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

In the above-described embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 calculates the area congestion degree information by averaging the store congestion degree information of each restaurant for each area. However, the concept of area may not be used as long as the congestion levels of at least two restaurants are shown together. For example, restaurants in the same building and a plurality of restaurants adjacent to each other within a predetermined distance are grouped in advance, and the congestion degree information of the group is calculated based on the store congestion degree information of the restaurants belonging to the group. May be done.

In the above-described embodiment, the area congestion degree information is calculated for each predetermined attribute such as the genre and business type of the restaurant, and the POI icon corresponding thereto may be displayed. In this case, a plurality of area congestion degree information of one area is calculated for each attribute such as a genre and a business type, and a plurality of POI icons are displayed in the one area accordingly.

In the above-described embodiment, the average value of the store congestion degree information (first congestion degree information) of the restaurants in each area is calculated as the area congestion degree information (second congestion degree information). However, instead of this, even if the store congestion degree information of the store with the lowest congestion degree among the store congestion degree information of the restaurants in each area is generated as the area congestion degree information (second congestion degree information). good.

In the above-described embodiment, when the size of the POI icon 54 when arranged on the map image 53 of the restaurant information providing server 100 is equal to or larger than a predetermined size, the passage of time from the arrangement of the POI icon 54 has elapsed. The search result page may be updated so as to reduce the size of the POI icon accordingly. As a result, the restaurant information providing server 100 does not receive the updated store congestion degree information from each restaurant terminal 200 in anticipation that the restaurants that were not initially congested will gradually become congested, and the above-mentioned congestion The expectation can be reflected in the POI icon 54.

Further, the restaurant information providing server 100 calculates the store congestion degree information of the restaurant after a predetermined time based on the displacement of the store congestion degree information of the same restaurant per predetermined time, and the calculated store congestion degree. Area congestion degree information after the predetermined time may be generated based on the information. As a result, even if the restaurant information providing server 100 cannot receive the store congestion degree information from any restaurant in the area, the area congestion degree information after a predetermined time is based on the displacement of the store congestion degree information received so far. Can be generated and the POI icon 54 can be placed on the map.

In the above-described embodiment, the POI icon 54 corresponding to the area congestion degree information and the store congestion degree information accesses the portal site where the user terminal 200 provides the restaurant information providing service and eats and drinks the restaurant search request in the map mode. When it was transmitted to the store information providing server 100, it was provided as a restaurant search result. However, the POI icon 54 is displayed not only when the restaurant search request is made from the user terminal 200. For example, when the map application is started on the user terminal 200, the restaurant information providing server 100 displays the map application. In cooperation with the user terminal 200, the POI icon 54 corresponding to the area congestion degree information or the store congestion degree information is displayed at the position corresponding to each area or restaurant on the map image centered on the current position of the user terminal 200. You may. In this case, the POI icon 54 related to the restaurant under the specific condition may be displayed by the user selecting the narrowing condition such as the genre of the restaurant on the map application.

In the above-described embodiment, a restaurant is mentioned as an example of the store, but the store is not limited to the restaurant, for example, accommodation facilities such as hotels and inns, stores of various sports facilities such as tennis and golf, and karaoke and bowling. The present invention can be similarly applied to various stores such as stores of entertainment facilities such as.

Among the inventions described in the claims of the present application, the invention described as "information processing method" is such that at least one device such as a computer automatically performs each step by information processing by software. Yes, it is not something that humans do using devices such as computers. That is, the "information processing method" is an information processing method by computer software, not a method in which a human operates a calculation tool called a computer.

11 ... CPU
18 ... Storage unit 19 ... Communication unit 31 ... Restaurant information database 32 ... Area / map image database 33 ... Congestion degree information database 53 ... Map 54 ... POI icon 55 ... Restaurant information 100 ... Restaurant information providing server 200 ... User terminal 300 ... Restaurant terminal

Claims (13)

A storage unit that stores store information including location information of each location of a plurality of stores, and stores area information indicating each area to which each location belongs in association with the store information .
A communication unit capable of communicating with a user terminal and a store terminal existing in each of the stores,
The first congestion degree information indicating the congestion degree of each store is received from the store terminal, and the first congestion degree information is received.
Based on the received first congestion degree information and the location information of the store corresponding to the first congestion degree information, the congestion degree of at least two stores having the location position in the same area is set to 1. One Summary generating a second congestion degree information showing,
A map image is generated in which the display information corresponding to the generated second congestion degree information is arranged at the center position of the area to which each store belongs.
The generated map image is transmitted in response to a request from the user terminal.
An information processing device including a control unit. The information processing device according to claim 1.
The area is an information processing device that occupies a predetermined distance range from the location of each station. The information processing device according to claim 1 or 2.
The control unit is an information processing device that generates an average value of each first congestion degree information of a plurality of stores belonging to the same area as second congestion degree information of a plurality of stores belonging to the area. The information processing device according to claim 1 or 2.
The control unit generates information processing that generates the first congestion degree information of the store with the lowest congestion degree as the second congestion degree information among the first congestion degree information of each of a plurality of stores belonging to the same area. Device. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
The area information has a hierarchical structure and has a hierarchical structure.
The control unit receives a user operation signal instructing the enlargement or reduction of the scale of the map image from the user terminal, and generates the second congestion degree information according to the enlarged or reduced scale. An information processing device that selects the hierarchy of the area to be. The information processing device according to claim 5.
When the scale of the map image is enlarged to a predetermined scale or more, the control unit displays display information corresponding to the received first congestion degree information without generating the second congestion degree information at each store. An information processing device that generates a map image placed at a position corresponding to the location information of. The information processing device according to claim 5 or 6.
The control unit is an information processing device that includes more information in the display information as the scale increases, based on the store information. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
The control unit is an information processing device that changes the color of the display information according to the calculated second congestion degree information. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
As the display information, the control unit arranges a POI (Point of Interest) icon displayed on the map image as the degree of congestion indicated by the second degree of congestion information is larger and smaller, and the smaller the degree of congestion is, the larger the POI (Point of Interest) icon is displayed. Information processing device. The information processing device according to claim 9.
The control unit is an information processing device that reduces the size of the POI icon according to the passage of time from the placement of the POI icon when the size of the POI icon at the time of placement is equal to or larger than a predetermined size. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
The control unit calculates the first congestion degree information after a predetermined time based on the displacement of the first congestion degree information of the same store per predetermined time, and obtains the calculated first congestion degree information. An information processing device that generates second congestion degree information after the predetermined time based on the information processing device. The first congestion degree information indicating the congestion degree of a plurality of stores is received from each store terminal existing in each store, and the first congestion degree information is received.
Based on the received first congestion degree information and the location information of the store corresponding to the first congestion degree information, the congestion degree of at least two stores having the location position in the same area is set to 1. One Summary generating a second congestion degree information showing,
A map image is generated in which the display information corresponding to the generated second congestion degree information is arranged at the center position of the area to which each store belongs.
The generated map image is transmitted in response to a request from the user terminal.
Information processing method. For information processing equipment
A step of receiving first congestion degree information indicating the congestion degree of a plurality of stores from each store terminal existing in each store, and a step of receiving the first congestion degree information.
Based on the received first congestion degree information and the location information of the store corresponding to the first congestion degree information, the congestion degree of at least two stores having the location position in the same area is set to 1. The step of generating the second congestion degree information shown together and
A step of generating a map image in which display information corresponding to the generated second congestion degree information is arranged at the center position of the area to which each store belongs, and
A step of transmitting the generated map image in response to a request from the user terminal, and
A program that executes.

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