JPH0934358A - Transportation system guiding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transportation guiding device which provides accurate arriving times in response to various user's requests. SOLUTION: In the device, retrievals are made for the arriving time to a destination or a last time for a departure so as to arrive the destination at a specified time and the results are displayed. The device is provided with an input means 101 through which a user inputs retrieval conditions such as a departing place, a destination, a departure time or a specified arriving time, a terminal information storage means 106 which keeps the information related to the terminals of transportation, a route information storage means 105 which holds the information related to the operation systems of transportation systems, a schedule information storage means 104 which stores the operating information of the operating systems and a retrieving processing means 107 which retrieves the route to connect the departing place and the destination based on the retrieval conditions inputted from the means 101 and using each information of the means 104, 105 and 106, the arriving time to the destination and the last time for the departure so as to arrive the destination at a specified time. During the computations of the timing, actual transportation schedules are utilized to show an accurate arriving time to the destination.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transportation guide device for notifying and displaying a destination arrival time and the like when traveling by using a transportation system, and more particularly, to a device capable of presenting an accurate arrival time. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to know the time of arrival at a destination, a timetable issued by each transportation facility is obtained, and a user sequentially searches the route from the place of departure to the destination. However, it was necessary to check the arrival time at the destination.

In this search, there are various conditions such as priority of arrival time and priority of fares, and when a transfer occurs, there are a wide variety of search pages. Therefore, an unfamiliar user should consider all of these when working. Was difficult.

In order to reduce this complicated work, some guide devices have been proposed so far. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-271395 discloses a "Transportation transit display" which displays the arrival time of the final destination when transiting a plurality of transportation systems and the departure time limit required to reach the destination by a designated time. Equipment "is shown.

In this device, the departure time data of the first departure station of a plurality of transportation facilities, the required time data from the first departure station of each station, the transit time data at the transit station, and the used transportation facilities corresponding to the departure place and the arrival place are set in advance. Data such as the transit route is accumulated by input operation or by introducing external data. When the user inputs the departure point code and the arrival point code, for example, in order to request the presentation of the arrival time of the destination, this device causes the departure station from the departure station at the departure time of the departure station of the relevant transportation. If the time data of the boarding station is found later than the current time (when boarding is possible)
In addition, the arrival time at the transit station is calculated by adding the required time from the initial departure station to the transit station to the departure time of the initial departure station.

Next, the arrival time and the time required for the transit are added to calculate the transit time, and the time required from the departure station to the transit station is added to the departure time of the transit station of the transit facility. To obtain the time data of the connecting station, and if this time data is later than the available transfer time, add the time required from the starting station to the next connecting station to the departure time of the starting station, and then The operation of calculating the arrival time at is repeated, and finally the arrival time at the target station is calculated and displayed.

[0007]

However, since the conventional transportation guide device does not use the departure time and the arrival time based on the actual schedule when calculating the arrival time and the required departure time of the final destination, It is not possible to provide the exact time.

[0008] Further, the routes used by the transportation means to the destination are not necessarily uniform depending on the circumstances of the user, and the time required for transit varies depending on the circumstances of the user. You can't choose a connecting route to, and the connecting time is fixed. To change these, you have to re-enter the data.

[0009] Also, for the user, one of the information that the passengers want to know is the transfer route at the transfer station.
It is not designed to provide useful information to such users.

Further, it is necessary to make the operation of the user easier. In particular, it is desirable for a user who repeatedly uses this device to be able to obtain the required information with a simplified operating procedure.

The present invention solves these conventional problems, can notify the user of an accurate arrival time, and can provide accurate information in response to various users' requests. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transportation guide device that can be presented, can provide various useful information to the user together, and can obtain the information by a simple operation procedure. .

[0012]

Therefore, in the present invention, in the transportation guide device for searching and displaying the arrival time at the destination or the departure time limit for arriving at the destination at the specified time, the user can Input means for inputting search conditions such as destination, origin, destination, departure time or designated arrival time, terminal information storage means for holding information about terminals of transportation facilities, and operation of transportation facilities connecting terminals. Route information storage means for holding information about the system, timetable information storage means for holding the operation information in the operation system, and terminal information storage means, route information storage means and a timetable based on the search condition input from the input operation means. The route connecting the departure place and the destination is searched using each information of the information storage means, and the arrival time to the destination or the designated time to the destination is searched. It is provided and a search processing means for searching the starting limit time for arrive.

Further, the terminal information storage means holds the information about the required transfer time as one of the information about the terminal.

Further, when there are a plurality of routes connecting the departure place and the destination, the search processing means searches the plurality of routes and the user selects one of them by the input operation means. I am configuring.

Further, there is provided required time storage means for holding the required time to the terminal at the place of departure, which is input as a search condition from the input operation means.

Further, a time notification means for notifying the search processing means of the current time at a constant cycle or by a request from the outside is provided, and the search processing means sends a destination every time the time notification means notifies the time. It is configured to search again for the arrival time at.

Further, it is possible to change the required transit time held in the terminal information storage means from the input operation means.

Further, a user management means for checking the user number input from the input operation means, and an individual information management means for storing the transfer required time corresponding to the user number are provided, and the terminal information storage means is provided. It is configured to change the held required transfer time to the required transfer time corresponding to the user number stored in the individual information management means.

Further, when the terminal information storage means holds a terminal peripheral guide map as one of the information relating to the terminal and receives the position information from the position information transmitting means installed in the vicinity of the terminal, the peripheral guide of the corresponding terminal is displayed. It is configured to display the figure.

Further, peripheral guidance processing means for specifying the current position based on the received position information is provided, and the current position specified by the peripheral guidance processing means is also displayed on the terminal peripheral guide map. .

Further, the peripheral guidance processing means predicts the required time to the terminal at the departure place based on the moving speed of the current position and the distance to the terminal entrance, and updates the required time stored in the required time storage means. It is configured to do.

Further, when the terminal information storage means holds a terminal premises guide map as one of the information about the terminal and receives the location information from the location information transmission means installed in the terminal premises, the premises guidance of the corresponding terminal It is configured to display the figure.

Further, a premises guidance processing means for identifying the current location based on the received location information is provided, and the current location identified by the premises guidance processing means is also displayed on the terminal premises guide map. .

Further, the yard guidance processing means is configured to predict the required transfer time based on the moving speed of the current position and the distance required for the line transfer, and update the required transfer time held in the terminal information storage means. are doing.

[0025]

In the transportation guide device of the present invention, the operation time of the transportation is used to calculate the arrival time of the destination, so that the required time on the route is an accurate value without any error. . Therefore, an accurate value such as the arrival time of the destination can be presented to the user.

The search processing means selects some candidates of routes connecting the starting point and the destination input from the input operation means and allows the user to decide. When the route is decided, the time required to reach the terminal at the departure place is included in the calculation and the departure time at the terminal at the departure place is searched.If it is necessary to change trains along the route, the arrival time at the transfer terminal and the required transfer time Based on the value obtained by adding and, the next departure time at the transfer terminal is searched, and such processing is repeated to search for the arrival time at the destination.

The "terminal" refers to a station on a railway, a port on a ship, an airport on an aircraft, a bus stop on a route bus, or the like.

Further, in the automatic update mode in which the search processing is triggered by the time input from the time notification means, each time the time is input from the time notification means, the destination can be reached when the departure point is departed at that time. The time is searched, and the arrival time display is updated each time the arrival time changes.

The time required for transfer can be changed by the user according to his / her circumstances by operating the input operation means. In the device having the user information management means and the individual information management means, this change is automatically made when the user inputs the user number from the input operation means.

Further, in the device in which the terminal information storage means stores the terminal peripheral guide map, when the user carries the device and reaches the vicinity of the terminal at the place of departure, a plurality of position information installed around the terminal is displayed. From the transmission means,
Information including location information, information transmission time, terminal identification information, etc. is received. The peripheral guidance processing means identifies the current position of the user from this position information, displays the terminal peripheral guide map and the current position, and guides the user to the terminal. In addition, the peripheral guidance processing means predicts the time required to reach the terminal at the departure point based on the actual movement state of the user,
The search processing means searches for a flight using this required time. Therefore, the actually available flights can be accurately specified.

Further, in the device in which the terminal premises guide map is stored in the terminal information storage means, similarly, the terminal premises guide map and the current position are displayed at the transfer terminal, so that the user is correctly guided to the transfer position. To do. Further, the required transfer time is predicted based on the actual moving state of the user at that time, and the transfer flight is searched using this required time. Therefore, it is possible to accurately specify the actually available transfer flight.

[0032]

【Example】

(First Embodiment) The transportation guide device of the first embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the input operation unit that accepts user input operations
101, a required time holding unit 102 that stores the input required time to the departure point, a time notification unit 103 that measures the time,
Timetable information storage unit 104 for storing operation information of transportation facilities
And a route information storage unit 105 that stores the connection information of transportation facilities.
And a terminal information storage unit that stores information about transportation terminals (for example, a train station is equivalent to a station)
106, a search processing unit 107 that detects an arrival time at a destination based on various information, and a display output unit 108 that displays the detected result.

The input operation unit 101 accepts instructions such as a departure place, a destination, a desired departure time, a desired arrival time, a required time to the departure place, mode switching, route designation, and route change input by the user. Of these, the required time to the departure place is transferred to the required time holding unit 102.

The time notifying unit 103 has a function of notifying the time in a fixed cycle, and the unit time of the operation information stored in the timetable information storage unit 104 can be used as the notification cycle.

The timetable information storage unit 104 stores operation information of transportation facilities, and, for example, when a railway is assumed, holds operation information as shown in FIG. 19 as an example. The operation information is stored separately for each line, and it is the identification information, name, starting station, ending station, operating date, stop station, departure number line at the stop station, departure time, arrival for each train operating on the line. It consists of a numbered line and arrival time.

The route information storage unit 105 stores the connection information of routes of transportation facilities. If, for example, a route as shown in FIG. 18 exists, it holds route information as shown in FIG. Each piece of route information is composed of a route number, the number of the route to which the route belongs, stations at both ends of the route, connection routes by both end stations, stations existing on the route, and the like.

The terminal information storage unit 106 stores information on terminals of transportation facilities, and as an example, FIG.
Holds terminal information as shown in 1. Each terminal information consists of station number, name, number of platforms, and transfer time. The required transfer time is expressed in the form of a combination table between the platforms.

The search processing unit 107 is a time information storage unit based on information given by an input or an instruction from the input operation unit.
Necessary information is read from 104, the route information storage unit 105, and the terminal information storage unit 106, the destination arrival time is calculated, and then the search result is displayed on the display output unit 108.

Next, the operation of the transportation guide device shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 11.

6 and 7 are flowcharts showing an example of the operation when the desired departure time is designated in the sequential input mode. 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing an example of the operation when the desired arrival time is designated in the sequential input mode. 10 and 11 are flowcharts showing an example of the operation in the automatic update mode.

When the desired departure time is designated in the sequential input mode, as shown in FIG. 6, step 602: From the initial state in which the time is not displayed,
The user inputs the desired departure place from the input operation unit 101.
In this input, in addition to the user directly entering the name of the desired departure point, the user can select the appropriate departure point from the route name, or select the appropriate departure point from the starting point names classified by the Japanese syllabary. It is also possible to use an input method such as searching for and specifying.

Step 603: Input the desired destination in the same manner, Step 604: Input the desired departure time, and Step 605: Input the required time to the desired departure place.

Step 606: The search processing unit 107 first reads the information of the terminal of the departure place from the terminal information storage unit 106, Step 607: Next, the information of the destination terminal is read from the terminal information storage unit 106, Step 608 : Furthermore, the information on the section including the departure point and the information on the section including the destination are read from the route information storage unit 105. If the starting point and the destination are not on the same section, another section connecting from the transfer point is searched and a route connecting the starting point and the destination is picked up.

Step 609: When a plurality of routes are found as a result of the search, Step 610: All routes are displayed on the display output unit 108, and Step 611: The user is requested to select a route. However,
If there is only one route, this route selection process is not performed.

Step 612: Next, the search processing unit 107 adds the desired departure time and the required time held in the required time holding unit 102 to calculate the search start time.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 7, step 613: the search processing part 107 reads out the operation information of the route included in the determined route from the timetable information storage part 104, and step 614: From the read operation information. , Step 615: Obtain the arrival time and arrival number line of the destination or transfer point from the operation information of this used flight by searching the flight closest to the search start time from the departure points after the search start time To do.

Step 616: When it is necessary to transfer to the next section, Step 617: Read the terminal information of the transfer point from the terminal information storage unit 106 to acquire the transfer required time, and Step 618: Transfer the transfer required time. A new search start time is obtained by adding it to the point arrival time, and based on this new search start time, step 61
Repeat steps 3 through 615.

When the destination arrival time can be acquired by repeating this search step, step 619: the search result is displayed and all the processes are terminated.

Next, the procedure for designating the desired arrival time will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

Step 702: From the initial state in which the time is not displayed, the user inputs the desired departure place from the input operation unit 101, Step 703: the desired destination, and Step 704: the desired arrival time. Step 705: Input the time required to reach the desired departure point.

Step 706: The search processing unit 107 first reads the information of the terminal of the departure place from the terminal information storage unit 106, Step 707: The information of the destination next, Step 708: Further from the route information storage unit 105 The information on the section including the departure place and the information on the section including the destination are read out. If the starting point and the destination are not on the same section, another section connecting from the transfer point is searched and a route connecting the starting point and the destination is picked up.

Step 709: When a plurality of routes are found as a result of the search, Step 710: All the routes are displayed on the display output unit 108, and Step 711: The user is requested to select a route. However,
If there is only one route, route selection processing is not performed.

Step 712: Next, the search processor 107 sets the input desired arrival time as the search start time.

Next, moving to FIG. 9, Step 713: The search processing unit 107 reads out the operation information of the route included in the determined route from the timetable information storage unit 104, and Step 714: Start the search from the read operation information. Search the flight closest to the search start time among the flights arriving at the destination before the time, Step 715: From the operation information of the used flight obtained by the search,
The departure time and departure number of the departure point or transfer point are acquired.

Step 716: When it is necessary to transfer to the previous section, Step 717: Information on the terminal at the transfer point is read from the terminal information storage unit 106 to obtain the transfer required time, and Step 718: Departure time at the transfer point. The new search start time is obtained by subtracting the transfer required time from. Then, the procedure of steps 713 to 715 is repeated for the section to be transferred based on this new search start time.

When the departure point departure time can be acquired by repeating this search step, step 719: The departure time is further subtracted from the departure point departure time, which is the time required to reach the departure point, which is held in the required time holding unit 102. Step 720: Display the search result and end all processing.

Next, the operation in the automatic update mode will be described with reference to FIGS. 10, 11 and 12. In the automatic update mode, each time the time notification unit 103 notifies the time, the arrival time at the desired destination is searched using that time as the search start time, and if the arrival time is different from the previous search result, Update the display.

In the automatic update mode, the use route is determined by the same procedure as in the sequential input mode (however, the user does not input the time such as the desired departure time) (step).
802-810). When the route is determined, as shown in FIG. 11, step 811: the search processing unit 107 acquires the current time from the time notification unit 103 and sets it as the search start time.

Step 813: Further, the required time to the departure place held in the required time holding unit 102 and this search start time are added to obtain a new search start time.

Step 814: Next, the search processing unit 107, for the first section of the determined route, the timetable information storage unit 10
Step 815: Search for the flight closest to the search start time among the flights departing after the search start time from the read operation information, Step 815: The flight whose search result is the same as the previous search Then, step 812: When the time is next notified from the time notification unit 103, the time is set as the search start time, and the step is repeated.
Repeat steps 813 through 815.

Step 817: When a flight different from the previous flight is searched, the arrival time and arrival number of the destination or the transfer point are acquired from the obtained operation information of the used flight.

Step 818: When the transfer to the next section is necessary, Step 819: The terminal information of the transfer point is read from the terminal information storage unit 106 to acquire the transfer required time, and Step 820: At the transfer point arrival time Calculate the new search start time by adding the transfer required time, Step 821: Read the operation information from the timetable information storage unit 104 for the section to connect to based on the new search start time, Step 822: Search from the read operation information Search for the flight closest to the search start time among the flights departing after the start time.

Then, the process returns to step 817, and the procedure of steps 819 to 822 is repeated until the transfer is not necessary.

If the destination arrival time can be acquired by repeating this search step, step 823: display the search result, and step 824: if the display is set to continue, return to step 812. . When the display is not continued, all the processing ends.

As described above, in the transportation guide device of the first embodiment, in the case of the sequential input mode, the arrival time at the destination or the departure of the departure place corresponding to the desired departure time or the desired arrival time input by the user. Show the exact time limit. Further, in the case of the automatic update mode, the arrival time of the destination corresponding to the current time is presented moment by moment.

The configuration of this embodiment may be modified as follows.

For example, in the acquisition of the timetable information, in the embodiment, the operation information is once read from the timetable information storage unit 104 and then searched by the search processing unit 107 as in Step 613, Step 713, Step 814 and Step 821. However, it is possible to give search conditions to the timetable information storage unit 104 so that only the relevant information is read. As a result, the processing that has been divided into two steps, that is, information acquisition and retrieval, can be combined into one step.

Further, the timetable information storage unit 104 and the route information 10
5, the terminal information storage unit 106 has a communication means,
The configuration may be such that information can be acquired from an external database. Furthermore, by using a portable magnetic storage device or memory device, it is possible to easily exchange information. Note that FIGS. 19 to 21 are examples, and
The information stored and the storage method are not limited.

(Second Embodiment) The transportation guide device of the second embodiment can change the transfer time at the transfer station to the time designated by the user.

In this apparatus, as shown in FIG. 2, the input operation unit 101 has a management function of the required transfer time 201 included in the terminal information held in the terminal information storage unit 106. You can change the time required for transfer by operating from 101. The other structure is the same as that of the device of the first embodiment (FIG. 1).

When changing the time required for transfer, refer to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, Step 902: The user specifies the terminal to change from the input operation unit 101, Step 903: Specify the required time to change among the required transfer times at the specified terminal, Step 904: New requirement Enter the time.

The operation other than the change of the transfer time required is the same as that of the first embodiment.

In this device, for example, when the transfer time is longer than that of an ordinary person, the setting of the transfer required time is changed so that the estimated arrival time and the departure time limit can be set according to the circumstances of each user. Can be presented accurately.

(Third Embodiment) The transportation guide device of the third embodiment can easily change the time required for transfer. As shown in FIG. 3, this device includes a user information management unit 301 that holds a user number, and an individual information management unit 302 that holds the time required to change terminals at each terminal corresponding to the user number. The transfer time 201 of the terminal information stored in the terminal information storage unit 106 is updated by the data transferred from the individual information management unit 302. The other structure is the same as that of the device of the first embodiment (FIG. 1).

In this device, as shown in FIG. 14, step 1002: the user operates the input operation unit 10 before using the device.
Enter the user number assigned from 1.

Step 1003: The user information management unit 301
Compare the given user number with the registered number. Step 1004: If there is a person, Step 1005: Send the number to the individual information management unit 302, and change the terminal at each terminal corresponding to the person. Step 1006: Instruct the reading of the time, and if there is no corresponding person, instruct the reading of the average required time information held in the individual information management unit 302.

Step 1007: The individual information management unit 302 reads out the commanded required time information and transfers it to the transfer required time 201 in the terminal information storage unit 106.

The operation other than the setting of the user information is the same as that of the transportation guide device of the first embodiment.

As described above, the user who uses the apparatus of the second embodiment can receive the presentation of the transportation guide information retrieved based on the setting condition for each user only by inputting the user number. it can.

(Fourth Embodiment) The transportation guide device of the fourth embodiment is a portable device and also has a guidance function for guiding the user to the route to the terminal at the departure point. As shown in FIG. 4, this device includes a position information receiving unit 402 that receives information sent from a position information transmitting unit 401 installed in the vicinity of a terminal, and a peripheral guidance processing unit that specifies the current position from the received information. In addition, the terminal information storage unit 106 holds, as terminal information, guidance information 404 around the terminal together with other information.

The position information transmitting section 401 transmits information including the position of the transmitting section and the transmission time. Position information receiver 402
Receives the information transmitted from the position information transmitting unit 401 and sends it to the surroundings guidance processing unit 403. The peripheral guidance processing unit 403,
The current position is specified from the received information, the guide map around the current position is read from the peripheral guide information 404 of the terminal information storage unit 106, and the guide map and the current position are displayed and output device 108.
To be displayed.

Next, the operation of the transportation guide device will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing an example of the guidance processing operation in the vicinity of the terminal.

Step 1102: When the user holding the transportation guide device approaches the terminal, the position information receiving unit 402 can receive the information sent from the plurality of position information transmitting units 401 installed around the terminal. Become. The user determines whether this information can be received, and if not, waits until the information can be received.

Step 1103: When receiving, the user judges whether or not the current position is on the terminal premises. Step 1104: When it is on the premises, the peripheral guidance processing unit 403.
Since it is outside the range of the guidance process by, the operation for stopping the guidance process is performed, and the process ends.

Step 1105: When not in the terminal premises, the received position information is sent to the peripheral guidance processing unit 403, and Step 1106: Is the peripheral guidance processing unit 403 read out the peripheral guidance information 404 from the terminal information storage unit 106? Step 1107: If not read, the nearest terminal is specified from the terminal number included in the received position information, and the information of the corresponding terminal is read from the peripheral guidance information 404 of the terminal information storage unit 106. If the information has already been read, step 1107 is skipped.

Step 1108: Next, the current position is specified from the coordinate information included in the position information and displayed on the display output unit 108 together with the guide map included in the read peripheral guide information.

Step 1109: Next, the terminal entrance information included in the read out peripheral guidance information is compared with the current position to calculate the distance to the entrance.

Step 1110: Further, the moving speed is calculated from the transition of the current position, and compared with the distance to the entrance, the time required to arrive at the entrance is predicted.

Step 1111: The predicted required time is transferred to the required time holding unit 102 to update the value, and the search processing unit 107 is notified of the update. After the notification, the process returns to step 1102 again to repeat the reception of the position information.

Note that the search processing unit 107, which has been notified of the update of the required time in step 1111, performs the operations after step 812 and notifies the user of the destination arrival time using the latest required time to the departure place. To do.

As described above, the transportation guide device of the fourth embodiment has the function of guiding the route to the terminal at the place of departure,
It has a function of predicting the time required for the user to reach the terminal at the departure place, and accurately searches for the arrival time at the destination using the predicted time required.

In this embodiment, the following changes can be made, for example.

In step 1108, only the peripheral guide map and the current position are shown and notified to the user. However, by further showing the use route from the current position to the terminal entrance, the user can be surely set to the intended entrance. It becomes possible to guide to. As a result, even a user unfamiliar with the area around the terminal can reach the terminal in the shortest time.

(Fifth Embodiment) The transportation guide device of the fifth embodiment is a portable device which also has a guidance function for guiding the route inside the transfer station. As shown in FIG. 5, this device includes a position information transmission unit 401 installed in a terminal premises.
Position information receiving unit 402 that receives information sent from
And the indoor guidance processing unit 50 that identifies the current position from the received information
1, and the terminal information storage unit 106 holds, as terminal information, the premises guidance information 502 and the required transfer time 201 together with other information.

The position information transmission unit 401 transmits information including the position of the transmission unit and the transmission time. Position information receiver 402
Receives the information transmitted from the position information transmission unit 401,
Information is sent to the indoor guidance processing unit 501. Campus guidance processor 501
Identifies the current position from the received information, reads the guide map of the terminal premises from the premises guide information 502 of the terminal information storage unit 106, and displays the guide map and the current position on the display output device 108.

Next, the operation of this transportation guide device will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing an example of the guidance processing operation in the terminal premises.

Step 1202: When the user holding the transportation guide device arrives at the transfer terminal, the position information receiving unit 402 can receive the information sent from the plurality of position information transmitting units 401 installed in the terminal premises. become.
The user determines whether this information has been received,
If not received, wait for information to be received.

Step 1203: If reception is possible, the user judges whether or not the current position is within the terminal premises. Step 1204: If not, the premises guidance processing unit 501
Since it is outside the processing range of, the operation for stopping the guidance processing is performed and the processing ends.

Step 1205: When it is in the terminal premises, the received position information is sent to the premises guidance processing unit 501, and Step 1206: The premises guidance processing unit 501 has read the premises guidance information 502 from the terminal information storage unit 106. Step 1207: If not read, the corresponding terminal is specified from the terminal number included in the received position information, and the information of this terminal is read from the yard guidance information 502 of the terminal information storage unit 106. If the information has already been read, step 1207 is skipped.

Step 1208: Next, the current position is specified from the coordinate information included in the position information, and the guide map included in the read out guidance information and the current position are displayed and output unit 108.
Output to and display.

Step 1209: Next, the indoor guidance processing unit 501
Calculates the distance to the boarding position by comparing the boarding position information included in the read-out yard guidance information with the current position. Step 1210: Further calculates the moving speed from the transition of the current position until the boarding position. The time required to arrive at the boarding position is predicted by comparing with the distance in step 1211, and the predicted time required is transferred to the relevant portion of the transfer time required 201 in the terminal information storage unit 106 to update the value. Search processing unit 10
Notify 7. After the notification, the process returns to step 1202 again to repeat the reception of the position information.

The search processing unit 107, which has been notified of the update of the transfer time required at step 1211, performs the operation shown in FIG. 17 to notify the user of the new arrival time of the destination.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing an example of the destination arrival time notification operation when the transfer required time is updated.
Of the initially set routes, the search processing unit 107 searches and displays only the routes after the terminal where the user is currently.

Step 1302: The search processing unit 107 notified of the update of the transfer time required reads the current time from the time notification unit 103, adds the updated transfer required time to the current time, and obtains a new search start time. calculate.

Step 1303: Next, the operation information of the route included in the route from the terminal where the user is now is read from the timetable storage unit 104, and Step 1304: A flight departing from the read operation information after the search start time. The flight closest to the search start time is searched for, and step 1305: If this flight is the same as the result of the previous search, step 1306: The processing is terminated without changing the display content.

Step 1307: When a flight different from the previous one is searched, the arrival time and arrival number of the destination or the transfer point are acquired from the obtained operation information of the used flight.

Step 1308: When the transfer to the next section is necessary, Step 1309: The information of the terminal corresponding to the transfer point is read from the terminal information storage unit 106 to acquire the transfer required time, and Step 1310: Transfer. A new search start time is acquired by adding the transfer required time to the point arrival time.

Step 1311: Based on the new search start time, the operation information about the connecting section is read out from the timetable information storage unit 104, and Step 1312: Among the flights departing after the search start time from the read operation information Search for the flight closest to the search start time. Further, returning to step 1307, the procedure of steps 1308 to 1312 is repeated until the transfer is no longer necessary.

When the destination arrival time can be acquired by repeating this search step, step 1313: display the search result, and step 1314: end the process.

As described above, the transportation guide device of the fifth embodiment has the function of guiding the use route in the terminal premises and the function of predicting the time required for the user to change trains. Use to find the exact time of arrival at your destination.

In this embodiment, for example, the following changes can be made.

In step 1208, the premises guide map and the current position are shown and notified to the user. By further showing the use route from the current position to the boarding position of the transfer destination, the user can be notified of the purpose. It is possible to reliably guide the passenger to the riding position. As a result, even a user unfamiliar with the transfer terminal can transfer to the next transportation in the shortest time.

The configurations of the respective embodiments can be implemented not only individually but also in an appropriate combination.

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As is apparent from the above description of the embodiments, the transportation guide device of the present invention uses the timetable information of the transportation system so that the user can accurately reach the destination. The time and the time limit for departure from the current location can be presented.

Further, when calculating those times, it is possible to set the connecting route to the destination, the required time, etc. according to the individual circumstances of the user.
It is possible to show the guide information suitable for each user.
Therefore, it has a function suitable as a guide information device for an unspecified number of users.

Further, the user can select his / her own setting condition by a simple operation from among such various setting conditions.

Further, the route to the terminal and the transfer route in the terminal premises can be provided together. It also predicts the time required to arrive at the departure terminal and the time required for transfer at the transfer terminal based on the user's condition at that time, and based on these, presents the user with the accurate arrival time at the destination. can do.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a transportation guide device of a first embodiment,

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a transportation guide device of a second embodiment,

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a transportation guide device of a third embodiment,

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a transportation guide device of a fourth embodiment,

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a transportation guide device of a fifth embodiment,

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the sequential input mode for searching the destination arrival time of the device of the first embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a continuation of the flowchart showing the operation procedure of the sequential input mode for searching for the destination arrival time of the device of the first embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the operation procedure of the sequential input mode for searching the departure time limit of the device of the first embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a continuation of the flowchart showing the operation procedure of the sequential input mode for searching the departure time limit of the device of the first embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the automatic update mode of the device of the first embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a continuation of the flowchart showing the operation procedure of the automatic update mode of the device of the first embodiment;

FIG. 12 is the next continuation of the flowchart showing the operation procedure of the automatic update mode of the device of the first embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a required time setting procedure of the device of the second embodiment,

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a procedure for setting user individual information of the device of the third embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a procedure of presenting peripheral guidance information of the device of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a procedure for presenting in-house guidance information of the device of the fifth embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing an operation procedure for searching a destination arrival time by using the premises guidance information of the device of the fifth embodiment;

[Fig. 18] An example of transportation routes,

FIG. 19 is an example of timetable information stored in a timetable information storage unit of the device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 20 is an example of route information stored in a route information storage unit of the device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 21 is an example of terminal information stored in a terminal information storage unit of the device according to the first embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols] 101 Input operation unit 102 Required time holding unit 103 Time notification unit 104 Timetable information storage unit 105 Route information storage unit 106 Terminal information storage unit 107 Search processing unit 108 Display output unit 201 Transfer required time 301 User information management Part 302 Individual information management part 401 Position information transmitting part 402 Position information receiving part 403 Perimeter guidance processing part 404 Perimeter guidance information 501 Premise guidance processing part 502 Premise guidance information

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A transportation guide device that searches for and displays the arrival time at a destination or the departure time limit for arriving at a specified time at a destination, where the user is Input operation means for inputting search conditions such as designated arrival time, terminal information storage means for holding information on terminals of transportation facilities, and route information storage for holding information on operation systems of transportation facilities connecting the terminals to each other. Means, time information storage means for holding operation information in the operation system, and each information of the terminal information storage means, route information storage means and timetable information storage means based on the search condition input from the input operation means. To search for a route connecting the origin and destination, and to arrive at the destination or arrive at the destination at the specified time. Transportation guide device, characterized in that it comprises a search processing means for searching the departure limit time. 2. The transportation guide device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal information storage means holds information on a required transfer time as one of pieces of information on the terminal. 3. When there are a plurality of routes connecting the departure place and the destination, the search processing means searches the plurality of routes, and the user selects one of them by the input operation means. The transportation guide device according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The required time storage means for holding the required time to the terminal at the place of departure, which is input as a search condition from the input operation means, is provided.
Transportation guidance device described in. 5. A time notification means is provided for notifying the search processing means of the current time in a fixed cycle or by a request from the outside, and the search processing means each time the time is notified from the time notification means. The transportation guide device according to claim 1, wherein the arrival time at the destination is searched again. 6. The transportation guide device according to claim 2, wherein the transfer change time held in the terminal information storage means can be changed from the input operation means. 7. A user management means for checking the user number input from the input operation means, and an individual information management means for storing the transfer required time in association with the user number are provided. When the user number is input from the means, the transfer time required to be held in the terminal information storage means is changed to the transfer time required to correspond to the user number stored in the individual information management means. The transportation guide device according to claim 6. 8. The terminal information storage means holds a terminal periphery guide map as one of the information related to the terminal, and when the position information is received from the position information transmission means installed in the vicinity of the terminal, The transportation guide device according to claim 1, wherein a peripheral guide map is displayed. 9. A peripheral guidance processing means for specifying a current position based on the received positional information is provided, and the current position specified by the peripheral guidance processing means is also displayed on the terminal peripheral guide map. The transportation guide device according to claim 8. 10. The peripheral guidance processing means predicts the time required to reach the terminal at the departure point based on the moving speed of the current position and the distance to the terminal entrance, and the required time stored in the time required storage means. The transportation guide device according to claim 9, wherein the time is updated. 11. The terminal information storage means holds a terminal premises guide map as one of the information relating to the terminal, and when the location information is received from the location information transmission means installed in the terminal premises, the corresponding terminal The transportation guide device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a yard guide map is displayed. 12. A yard guidance processing means for identifying a current location based on the received location information is provided, and the current location identified by the premises guidance processing means is also displayed on the terminal premises guide map. The transportation guide device according to claim 11. 13. The campus guidance processing means predicts a required transfer time based on a moving speed of a current position and a distance required for a line transfer, and updates the required transfer time held in the terminal information storage means. The transportation guide device according to claim 12.