JPH05282378A - Position guiding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly confirm the position of a calling subscriber. CONSTITUTION:When a call is received, the calling subscriber number transmitted from a telephone circuit 1 via a telephone set 2 is read by a control part 6 via a connection part 5. Then a map table 8 is retrieved by a retrieving part 7, and the map designation data on the area corresponding to the calling subscriber number and the delivery destination position data are read out. Then the relevant map is read out of a map memory 10 based on the read-out map designation data and then shown at a display part 4. Then the position of the delivery destination is shown on the map displayed at the part 4 based on the delivery destination position data read out of the table 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a position guide device for displaying the position of a caller who makes a call on a map.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a home delivery service business such as a home delivery pizza store or a ramen store that receives telephone orders and delivers home delivery services, the address of the delivery destination is heard from the customer, and the address is checked by a map book or the like to determine the position of the delivery destination. Was confirmed.

[0003]

Therefore, it takes time to confirm the delivery destination, and if the person receiving the order is not familiar with the local geography, the delivery destination may be wrong. By the way, in recent telephone lines ISD
The N (Integrated Services Digital Network) standard is adopted.
According to this ISDN standard, a sender number (for example, a telephone number) can be transmitted to a destination, so it is considered that the above-mentioned inconvenience can be solved by using this technique. An object of the present invention is to display the position of a caller who made a call, for example, the delivery destination of the home delivery service, on a map so that the position of the caller can be confirmed smoothly.

[0004]

The means of the present invention are as follows. As the connecting means, for example, an ISDN standard telephone for transmitting a caller number is connected. Map storage means
For example, it is composed of a hard disk device, a CD-ROM device, a video disk device, etc., and stores map data for displaying a map. The map table is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory such as RAM or ROM, a hard disk device, a floppy disk device or the like, and stores position data indicating the position of the sender on the map in correspondence with the sender number. The search means is composed of, for example, a personal computer, and searches the map table for position data corresponding to the caller number transmitted from the telephone line via the connection means. The display control means is composed of, for example, a personal computer or the like, reads the map data from the map storage means, and displays the display data (for example, a CRT display device).
The map is displayed on the screen and the sender's position is displayed on the map based on the position data searched by the searching means.

[0005]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. When a call is received, the search means searches the map table for the position data corresponding to the caller number transmitted from the telephone line, and the display control means causes the display means to display the map and displays the searched position data. Based on this, the caller's position is displayed on the map. Therefore, the position of the caller who made the call, for example, the place of the delivery destination of the home delivery service can be displayed on the map, so that the position of the caller can be confirmed smoothly.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of a position guide device to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 1 is a telephone line of ISDN standard. ISD for telephone line 1
A telephone 2 conforming to the N standard is connected. Phone 2
Is connected to the device body 3 of the position guide device. The device body 3 is provided with a display unit 4 configured by, for example, a CRT display device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the position guide device. The telephone line 1 is connected to the telephone 2. Further, the telephone 2 is connected to a connecting portion 5 provided inside the device body 3. When a telephone call arrives, the telephone set 2 sends the caller number transmitted from the telephone line 1 to the connection section 5. In this embodiment, the caller number is the caller's telephone number, but may be an ID number, a personal code or the like as long as the information can identify the caller. The connection unit 5 inputs the telephone number of the caller sent from the telephone set 2 to the control unit 6. The control unit 6 controls each unit on the basis of a built-in control program, and is connected with a search unit 7, a memory control unit 9, and a display memory 11. The search unit 7 searches the map table 8 based on the command from the control unit 6.

The map table 8 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory such as RAM or ROM, a hard disk device, a floppy disk device, etc., and as shown in FIG. 3, a map is designated corresponding to the telephone number of the caller. The map designation data and the delivery destination position data indicating the position of the delivery destination on the designated map are stored. Here, the map designation data is in the range of "0001" to "9999", and the map to be displayed is designated from the map memory 10. The delivery destination position data is "B-5", "A-" as shown in FIG.
6 ”, etc., and as will be described later with reference to FIG.
Is coordinate data indicating the position when divided into a matrix.

Returning to FIG. 2, the memory control unit 9 controls the map memory 10 based on an instruction from the control unit 6. The map data corresponding to the map designation data output from the control unit 6 is transferred from the map memory 10 to the map data. read out.

The map memory 10 is composed of, for example, a hard disk device, a CD-ROM device, a video disk device, etc., and as shown in FIG. 4, it is displayed corresponding to the map designation data "0001" to "9999". The map data for displaying the map in the section 4 is stored. For example, the map corresponding to the map designation data "0001" is image data for displaying a map around "A area, 1-chome, Sakaemachi, Hamura-shi". In this case, the displayed map displays town names and street addresses, names of major buildings such as schools, shops, and hospitals. The map data is not limited to two-dimensional data for displaying a two-dimensional map, but may be three-dimensional data for displaying a three-dimensional map.

Returning to FIG. 2, the display memory 11 stores display data to be displayed on the display unit 4, and the control unit 6
The stored contents are rewritten according to the control of. The display data stored in the display memory 11 is sent to the display unit 4 and displayed.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation when there is an incoming call. When an outside line call is made to the telephone 2 and a person in charge (for example, a clerk of a home delivery pizzeria) picks up the handset to enter the incoming call state, the position guidance device starts the processing shown in FIG. In this case, since a telephone call can be made using the telephone 2 in the same manner as an ordinary telephone, the person in charge who receives the telephone listens to the order of the customer who desires the home delivery service and notes the order details.

In step S1, the control section 6 reads the caller number transmitted (notified) from the telephone line 1 via the telephone 2 and the connection section 5. In this embodiment, the caller number is the caller's telephone number. For example, "0425
If the telephone number "-12-3456" is read, this telephone number is stored in the register in the control unit 6.

In step S2, the control unit 6 outputs a search command and a caller number to the search unit 7, and the search unit 7 maps the map designation data and delivery destination position data of the area corresponding to the caller number. The table 8 is searched. In this case, as the map designation data and delivery destination position data corresponding to the telephone number "0425-12-3456", "00
01 ”and“ B-5 ”are searched respectively. The retrieved map designation data “0001” and delivery destination position data “B-
5 ”is read from the map table 8 and input to the control unit 6. If the data corresponding to the caller number could not be retrieved in step S2, a message such as "Outside the assigned area" or "There is no registered data." Is displayed, and the process in Fig. 5 ends. .

In step S3, based on the map designation data read from the map table 8 by the search unit 7, the corresponding map is read from the map memory 10 and displayed on the display unit 4. In this case, for example, since the map designation data is “0001”, the map of “A district, 1-chome, Sakaemachi, Hamura-shi” designated by this is displayed on the display unit 4.

In step S4, the position of the delivery destination is displayed on the map displayed on the display unit 4 based on the delivery destination position data read from the map table 8 by the search unit 7. In this case, the delivery destination position data is "B-5".
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, "A, Sakaemachi, Hamura-shi A"
The position of "B-5" around the "area" is displayed blinking. Therefore, the store clerk can smoothly confirm the delivery destination by the displayed map without hearing the address of the delivery destination from the customer. In addition, it is possible to prevent a delivery error due to misunderstanding of address, misunderstanding, or the like.

Although a plurality of map data are switched and displayed on the display unit in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the entire delivery area can be displayed on one map if the display screen is large. In this case, the map designation data in the map table becomes unnecessary and only the delivery destination position data is needed. Further, although the map is displayed in the above embodiment, the map may be printed using a printer capable of graphic printing, and the position of the delivery destination may be printed on the map.

[0018]

According to the present invention, the location of the caller who made a call and the map around it can be displayed, so that the delivery destination of the home delivery service can be smoothly confirmed without asking the customer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a map table 8.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a map memory 10.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Telephone line 2 Telephone 3 Device body 4 Display unit 5 Connection unit 6 Control unit 7 Search unit 8 Map table 9 Memory control unit 10 Map memory 11 Display memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A connection means to which a telephone is connected, a map storage means for storing map data for displaying a map,
A map table storing position data indicating the position of the caller on the map corresponding to the caller number, and position data corresponding to the caller number transmitted from the telephone line through the connecting means. From the map table, and read map data from the map storage means to display the map on the display means, and display the position of the sender on the map based on the position data searched by the search means. A position guide device comprising display control means for displaying.