WO2019123813A1

WO2019123813A1 - Privilege information distribution device and privilege information distribution method

Info

Publication number: WO2019123813A1
Application number: PCT/JP2018/039099
Authority: WO
Inventors: 穣福森; 俊介川崎; 匡栗原; 吉之助福原; 慶中島; 佳昭杉本
Original assignee: 本田技研工業株式会社
Priority date: 2017-12-18
Filing date: 2018-10-19
Publication date: 2019-06-27

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to cause a driver to delay a start time, if congestion is predicted when intending to move to a destination by means of a moving body 6. According to the present invention, a server system 1 is provided with: a congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 which predicts information on congestion occurring along the way from a current location to a destination, when it is intended to move from the current location to the destination by means of the moving body 6; a facility selection unit 105 which, when the occurrence of the congestion is predicted along the way from the current location to the destination, selects a delayed departure time and a facility at which to stay until the departure time in order to avoid the predicted congestion on the basis of the predicted congestion information, current location information on the moving body 6, and facility information stored in a storage unit 11; and a privilege information providing unit 106 that outputs privilege information in which a valid utilization time of the facility, which is included in the facility information corresponding to the facility selected by the facility selection unit 105, is limited.

Description

Privilege information distribution apparatus and privilege information distribution method

According to the present invention, in order to avoid a predicted traffic jam when traveling from a current position to a destination (for example, a sightseeing spot etc.) by a mobile body or when returning from a current position (for example a sightseeing spot etc) to eg a home etc. The present invention relates to a privilege information distribution device which proposes to shift a departure time to a driver and a privilege information distribution method.
Here, the moving object is a vehicle equipped with an in-vehicle navigation device and / or a driving (or riding) vehicle of a user who carries a communication terminal such as a portable terminal, and interacts with other communication devices via a network. Refers to vehicles that can communicate.

Conventionally, the economic loss due to traffic congestion can not be overlooked, and especially the traffic congestion on the return route from the tourist site on holiday to the urban area leads to traffic congestion for a long time and long distance. On the other hand, it is known that it is possible to avoid traffic congestion by shifting the departure time, and that depending on the traffic congestion situation, the return time does not change even if the departure time is delayed, for example, by 2 hours. However, there is no strong motivation for shifting the departure time to the user of the moving body (for example, the driver, the passenger, etc.), and the long-time and long-distance traffic jams because the vehicle eventually departs without shifting the time Tend to get caught up in
On the other hand, there is known a travel information providing device which provides travel information capable of making a travel plan based on time change of road traffic conditions (for example, Patent Document 1). Specifically, the travel information providing device described in Patent Document 1 sets a plurality of virtual departure times, departs the departure place at the virtual departure time for the recommended route searched for each of the plurality of virtual departure times, By calculating the estimated arrival time estimated when arriving at the ground, and displaying a plurality of virtual departure times and a plurality of estimated arrival times respectively corresponding to the plurality of virtual departure times on the display, It provides travel information that can make travel plans based on time change.

JP 2004-132722 A

In the travel information providing device disclosed in Patent Document 1, a plurality of virtual departure times, and a plurality of estimated arrival times corresponding to the plurality of virtual departure times, a recommended route, and an estimated required time are displayed on the display. The purpose is to make the selection at the discretion of the user. Therefore, for example, it is possible to predict whether traffic congestion will be encountered on the way when leaving at a certain virtual departure time, but to shift the departure time (early or delay) to avoid traffic congestion. The strong motivation did not work particularly. For this reason, often the driver tends to leave without leaving the departure time.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems. According to the present invention, even if the user of the moving object (driver or the like) does not perform a special operation, the occurrence of traffic congestion is predicted if departure from the current position toward the destination at a predetermined departure time is expected. By issuing privilege information such as a coupon that limits the effective use time directly linked to shifting the departure time based on the congestion time information predicted for the body user (driver etc.), the user of the mobile body It is an object of the present invention to provide a privilege information distribution device and a privilege information distribution method that enable a driver (such as a driver) to be strongly motivated to make a decision to shift a departure time.

(1) The present invention relates to a position information acquisition unit (for example, a “login processing unit 101” described later, “current”, which acquires start information and position information of a moving object (for example, “moving object 6” Facility information storage unit that stores facility information including location information processing unit 102 ′ ′), facility name, facility location information, and facility benefit information for each of a plurality of facilities (for example, “facility information described later Area 113 ′ ′), a destination estimation unit (for example, “destination estimation unit 103” described later) that estimates a destination of the mobile object, and the destination estimation unit estimates the mobile object from the current position A traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit (for example, “traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104” described later) that predicts traffic congestion information occurring on the way from the current position to the destination when moving to the destination of the mobile object; The traffic jam occurrence prediction unit When the occurrence of traffic congestion is predicted on the way to the destination, information on the predicted traffic congestion, the current position information of the mobile unit from the position information acquisition unit, and the facility information storage unit are stored. A benefit information output unit (for example, the benefit information providing unit 106 described later) which outputs benefit information (for example, “congestion avoidance benefit information” described later) of the facility whose effective use time is limited based on the facility information And a privilege information distribution device (for example, "server system 1" described later).

The privilege information distribution device of (1) is configured to shift the departure time when making a proposal to shift the departure time to the driver when occurrence of traffic congestion is expected on the way from the current position to the destination We propose facilities that offer congestion avoidance benefits as a break place.
As a result, a facility providing a congestion avoidance benefit by automatically shifting the departure time is recommended as a resting place without the driver performing a special operation, so the driver decides to shift the departure time It is also a strong motivation to do and encourages the driver to make more efficient departures.

(2) The destination estimation unit (for example, the "destination estimation unit 103" described later) is based on the information related to the destination set by the user by the navigation function of the mobile body received from the mobile body. The privilege information distribution device according to (1), wherein the destination is estimated.

According to the destination estimation unit (2), the driver estimates the destination by the navigation operation of the driver, and when the occurrence of traffic congestion is expected on the way from the current position to the destination, the driver performs a special operation. Without, it is possible to receive proposals to stagger departure times.

(3) The destination estimation unit (for example, “destination estimation unit 103” described later) estimates the destination based on movement history information stored by the mobile unit received from the mobile unit. The privilege information distribution device according to (1), characterized in that

According to the destination estimation unit of (3), the driver does not need a special operation of the driver and estimates the destination, and when the occurrence of traffic congestion is expected on the way from the current position to the destination, the driver It is possible to receive a proposal to stagger the departure time.

(4) The benefit information output unit (for example, the "privilege information providing unit 106" described later) is further included in the benefit information of the facility based on the congestion avoidance degree indicating the effect of traffic jam avoidance by the departure shift time. The privilege information distribution device according to any one of (1) to (3), including a privilege information changing unit (for example, “a privilege information changing unit 1063” described later) for changing the effective use time of the facility.

According to the privilege information changing unit of (4), when the departure shift time for avoiding the traffic congestion changes due to the status change of the traffic congestion, the user can be notified immediately.
Thereby, the driver can be made aware of the situation change of the traffic congestion, and the recommendation to shift the departure works effectively.

(5) The privilege information distribution apparatus (for example, “server system 1” described later) further communicates with a facility management apparatus (for example, “facilities terminal 4” described later) that executes a facility support task related to the facility. A usage intention information acquisition unit (for example, described later, which is connected to be able to receive usage intention information (for example, “use intention information” described later) of the user of the mobile body for the benefit information output by the benefit information output unit Based on the usage intention information of the user of the moving object acquired by the usage intention information acquisition unit 1073 and the usage intention information acquisition unit, the management apparatus for the facility according to the facility to which the benefit information is applied A customer information providing unit (for example, a "customer information providing unit 1083" described later) for transmitting customer information including the usage intention information; 4) privilege information distribution apparatus according to any one of.

According to the customer information provider of (5), the facility manager prepares in advance for providing the congestion avoidance privilege service by acquiring in advance the use schedule information pertaining to the user who uses the congestion avoidance privilege in advance. Can be done in advance.

(6) In the present invention, a privilege information distribution apparatus including a facility information storage unit storing facility information including facility name, facility location information, and facility privilege information for each of a plurality of facilities is a mobile unit ( For example, it is a privilege information distribution method for distributing facility privilege information to communication devices (for example, "in-vehicle navigation device 2" and "mobile terminal 3" described later) connected to "mobile 6" described later. ,
The purpose of the privilege information distribution device to estimate the destination of the moving object (e.g., the "position information obtaining step" described later) for obtaining the start information of the moving object and the position information If it is assumed that the moving object moves from the current position to the destination of the moving object estimated in the destination estimating step from the current position from the current position estimation step (e.g., the "destination estimation step" described later) In the traffic congestion occurrence prediction step (for example, “traffic traffic occurrence prediction step” described later) that predicts traffic congestion information occurring on the way to the destination, and in the traffic congestion occurrence prediction step, traffic congestion occurs in the middle from the current position to the destination When occurrence is predicted, information of predicted traffic congestion, current position information of the moving object acquired in the position information acquiring step, and facility information storage And the privilege information output step (for example, "a bonus information output step" described later) for outputting privilege information of the facility having a limited effective use time based on the facility information stored in Method of distributing bonus information.

According to the method of (6), the same effect as the privilege information distribution server of (1) can be obtained.

According to the present invention, even if the user (driver or the like) of the moving object does not perform a special operation, occurrence of traffic congestion is predicted if departure from the current position toward the destination at a predetermined departure time is expected. Movement based on predicted congestion time information to the user of the moving body (driver etc.) by issuing privilege information such as a coupon that limits the effective use time directly linked to shifting the departure time Allows users of the body (such as drivers) to be strongly motivated to make decisions to stagger departure times. In addition, by shifting the departure time by the user (driver or the like) of the moving body, it is possible to obtain the economic effect of shortening the movement time and reducing the fuel consumption.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a privilege information distribution system 100. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a server system 1; It is a figure which shows the structure of the vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus 2 mounted in a vehicle. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen which displays the delivered plant | facility information on the display part. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen which displays the position of the delivered traffic congestion avoidance service facility displayed on the vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus 2. FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile terminal 3; It is a figure showing composition of terminal 4 for facilities. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the server system 1;

First Embodiment
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the privilege information distribution system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

[Functional configuration of privilege information distribution system 100]
The functional configuration of the privilege information distribution system 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of the privilege information distribution system 100. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the privilege information distribution system 100 executes, for example, facility support operations of a facility, a server system 1 as a privilege information distribution device, an in-vehicle navigation device 2 mounted on a vehicle 5, a portable terminal 3, and the like. And a facility terminal 4 as a facility management device. Here, the vehicle 5 on which the in-vehicle navigation device 2 is mounted and the vehicle 5 on which the user of the mobile terminal 3 rides is generically referred to as the mobile object 6 that can communicate with other communication devices via the network. It is said. In this case, it is preferable that the portable terminal 3 be signal-connected (paired) to the vehicle 5.
Hereinafter, transmission and reception of information by the on-vehicle navigation device 2 mounted on the vehicle 5 and the portable terminal 3 carried by the user riding the vehicle 5 is also simply referred to as “the mobile 6 transmits and receives information”.

The server system 1 transmits / receives information to / from the mobile 6 (that is, the in-vehicle navigation device 2 and / or the portable terminal 3) and the facility terminal 4 via the communication unit 12. The server system 1 receives, from the mobile unit 6, current position information of the mobile unit 6, destination information (when set by the user), and the like.
The server system 1 predicts, based on the received information, traffic congestion information generated halfway from the current position to the destination when it is assumed that the mobile body 6 moves from the current position to the destination.
When occurrence of traffic congestion is predicted on the way from the current position to the destination, the server system 1 predicts traffic congestion information (specifically, for example, the traffic congestion section and the time required to leave the traffic congestion section); Based on the current position information of the moving body 6 and the destination of the moving body 6, etc., in the vicinity of the current position in the traveling direction from the current position of the moving body 6 and / or near the route from the current position of the moving body 6 to the target position It is a facility that is located, and benefits are effective by limiting it to use time (hereinafter also referred to as "privilege effective use time") that can avoid traffic congestion predicted by temporarily staying at the facility and shifting departure time. The facility that provides a benefit such as a coupon is extracted, and the facility information including the benefit information is distributed to the mobile 6. Hereinafter, benefits such as coupons with limited benefit effective use time are also referred to as “congestion avoidance benefits”. Also, a facility providing a congestion avoidance privilege is also referred to as a "congestion avoidance privilege service facility".
When the server system 1 receives the usage intention information of the facility selected by the user from the moving body 6, the server system 1 causes the moving body 6 to avoid traffic congestion such as a coupon with a limited benefit effective use time provided by the facility. To deliver. In addition, the server system 1 may distribute route information with the facility as a destination to the mobile 6 to the mobile 6.
In addition, the server system 1 uses the usage schedule information (identification information of the mobile 6, the privilege information used by the user, the number of users, the scheduled arrival time, the scheduled arrival time, etc.) based on the usage intention information acquired from the mobile 6 Are edited, and use schedule information is transmitted to the terminal 4 for facilities which concerns on the said facility. As a result, the manager of the facility can prepare in advance for provision of the congestion avoidance bonus service by acquiring in advance usage schedule information related to the user who uses the congestion avoidance bonus.
The administrator of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility executes online editing including creation, update, deletion, etc. of various information including congestion avoidance privilege information provided by the facility from the terminal 4 to the server system 1. can do. As a result, the manager of the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility can flexibly provide the optimal traffic congestion avoidance privilege according to the traffic congestion information and the usage schedule information, etc., which change with time.

Although the server system 1 is described as one server in the embodiment of the present invention, it may be a distributed processing system in which each function of the server system 1 is distributed to a plurality of servers as appropriate. In addition, each function of the server system 1 may be realized by using a virtual server function or the like on the cloud.

The in-vehicle navigation device 2 mounted on the vehicle 5 includes a portable navigation device (PND) or the like which is a portable navigation device. Software for realizing a privilege information distribution function or the like is installed in the in-vehicle navigation device 2, and facility information including privilege information such as coupons, which is distributed from the server system 1, can be displayed.
The benefit information such as a coupon is, for example, any portable terminal possessed by the user by displaying a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or QR code (registered trademark) for downloading the benefit information such as a coupon to the in-vehicle navigation device 2 Etc. can be downloaded.
The software for realizing the privilege information distribution function or the like may be installed in advance. In addition, it may be downloaded as needed at the time of transmission and reception with the server system 1.

The mobile terminal 3 is a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a PDA, a laptop computer, or other portable electronic devices, and includes an electronic device having a wireless communication function. The portable terminal 3 is configured to pair the vehicle 5 with the portable terminal 3 when the driver turns on a start switch of the vehicle 5 such as an ignition switch. By doing so, position information measured by the vehicle 5 or the portable terminal 3 can be uploaded from the portable terminal 3 to the server system 1. Moreover, the mobile terminal 3 can download facility information such as coupons as well as displaying facility information including benefit information such as coupons distributed from the server system 1 in the same manner as the in-vehicle navigation device 2.
The software for realizing the privilege information distribution function or the like may be installed in advance. In addition, it may be downloaded as needed at the time of transmission and reception with the server system 1.

The facility terminal 4 exchanges information with the server system 1 via the communication unit 42. Facility information distributed by the server system 1 from the terminal 4 for facility to the server system 1 (for example, congestion avoidance degree level necessary for validating the congestion avoidance privilege for the facility, distribution time zone, distribution image information , Product service information, coupon information, availability information, upper limit number of distribution, etc.) can be input in real time. Further, it is possible to receive from the server system 1 distribution information of a traffic congestion avoidance privilege (for example, the number of distributed sheets, the number of mobiles 6 whose traveling direction has been changed to the facility side after distribution).
When the server system 1 receives the usage intention information of the facility selected by the user from the moving body 6, the server system 1 causes the moving body 6 to avoid traffic congestion such as a coupon with a limited benefit effective use time provided by the facility. To deliver. In addition, the server system 1 may distribute route information with the facility as a destination to the mobile 6 to the mobile 6.
In addition, the server system 1 uses the usage schedule information (identification information of the mobile 6, the privilege information used by the user, the number of users, the scheduled arrival time, the scheduled arrival time, etc.) based on the usage intention information acquired from the mobile 6 Are edited, and use schedule information is transmitted to the terminal 4 for facilities which concerns on the said facility. As a result, the manager of the facility can prepare in advance for provision of the congestion avoidance bonus service by acquiring in advance usage schedule information related to the user who uses the congestion avoidance bonus.
The administrator of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility executes online editing including creation, update, deletion, etc. of various information including congestion avoidance privilege information provided by the facility from the terminal 4 to the server system 1. can do. As a result, the manager of the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility can flexibly provide the optimal traffic congestion avoidance privilege according to the traffic congestion information and the usage schedule information, etc., which change with time.
In addition, the terminal 4 for facilities refers to the use schedule information (a privilege information, the number of users, an estimated arrival time, an estimated time of stay, etc.) of a user who intends to use the facility for temporary stay from the server system 1 in real time (for example, , E-mail notification, etc.).
Next, each configuration will be described.

First, the server system 1 will be described. The configuration of the server system 1 is shown in FIG.
<Server system 1>
As shown in FIG. 2, the server system 1 includes at least a control unit 10, a storage unit 11, and a communication unit 12, and further, a timekeeping unit 13, a display unit 14, and an input unit 15 as necessary. ing.

The control unit 10 is configured by a processor having a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, an I / O, etc., and controls each component. The CPU executes each program for navigation read from the RAM, the ROM or the storage unit 11, reads the information from the RAM, the ROM, and the storage unit 11 at the time of the execution, and sends the information to the RAM and the storage unit 11. It writes information and exchanges signals with the communication unit 12.
Details will be described later.

The storage unit 11 is configured of a semiconductor memory, a hard disk drive, and the like, and stores various information such as an operating system (OS) and software called an application. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 2, various storage areas such as a mobile body information area 111, a map information area 112, a facility information area 113, and a connection history information area 114 are secured in the storage unit 11.
Note that these storage areas may be individually secured in the storage unit 11, or, for example, a plurality of storage areas such as the map information area 112 and the facility information area 113 may be integrated. Good.

The mobile unit information area 111 of the storage unit 11 stores information related to the mobile unit 6.
Mobile body information (record) stored in the mobile body information area 111 is uniquely managed by mobile body identification information (hereinafter also referred to as “mobile body ID”) for identifying each mobile body 6. Here, as the mobile body ID, it is possible to use a number uniquely assigned to the in-vehicle navigation device 2, the portable terminal 3, and the vehicle 5.
In the case of the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the mobile terminal 3, for example, a telephone number assigned to a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) of a mobile phone network can be used as a mobile ID. Further, in the case of the vehicle 5, the VIN (vehicle identification number) uniquely assigned to the vehicle 5 and the number of the license plate can be used as the moving object ID.

In the map information area 112 of the storage unit 11, information on features such as roads and facilities, map information for navigation, road information, facility position information, parking lot information and the like are stored in advance. Map information includes display map data for displaying backgrounds such as roads and road maps, position information of nodes (for example, intersections of roads, bending points, end points, etc.) and type information thereof, and routes connecting nodes. It includes road network data including position information of a certain link and its type information, link cost data on cost information (for example, distance, required time, etc.) of all links, and the like.
The road information stores information of so-called road maps such as road types and traffic signals.
In the facility position information, position information of each facility is stored as information of latitude and longitude. Here, in the case of a facility stored in a facility information area 113 described later, it can be linked with facility identification information (hereinafter also referred to as “facility ID”).
In the parking lot information, position information of the parking lot is stored as information of latitude and longitude. When a parking lot is a parking lot of each facility, the facility and the parking lot are linked and stored.

Further, in the map information area 112 of the storage unit 11, traffic information received from a traffic information center or the like is stored together with the recording time at which the traffic information was received. The traffic information includes, for example, the number of traveling vehicles for each link, the required travel time, traffic congestion information, traffic regulation information, and factors affecting the movement cost such as weather information. In addition, predicted traffic congestion information based on traffic information and the like in the past of the link is also included.

The facility information area 113 of the storage unit 11 includes facility identification information (facility ID), name, category type (facilities type), telephone number, address, location information specified by business hours, latitude and longitude, etc., facility eating and drinking If it is a store, menu items to be provided, information on goods and services provided by facilities, space information, and coupon information which is discount information on goods and services provided by facilities and privilege information including special point grants, etc. The facility information database 1131 in which facility information is stored is included.
The congestion avoidance privilege information according to the present embodiment is issued mainly for the users (drivers and passengers) who are on the vehicle 5, unless otherwise specified. It is preferable that the benefit effective use time be determined on the basis of the congestion avoidance degree described later that quantifies the effect of congestion avoidance by temporarily staying at the facility and shifting the departure time.
Then, the congestion avoidance privilege content may be configured such that the privilege content differs according to the congestion avoidance degree. For example, the benefit may be enabled only in the case of use time when the degree of traffic congestion avoidance is the highest level. Further, when providing a privilege for a plurality of traffic congestion avoidance levels, the content of the privilege (for example, the return rate) may be changed according to the traffic congestion avoidance level.
About facilities (congestion avoidance privilege service facilities) which offer traffic congestion avoidance privilege, in facilities which offer traffic congestion avoidance privilege so that facility selection part 105 mentioned later can search easily from facility information area 113 (facility information database 1131) In order to indicate that there is, it is preferable to set, for example, predetermined flag data in the facility type or the like in advance in the facility information area 113 (facility information database 1131) so that the facility ID can know that.

Facility ID is unique identification information assigned to each facility. The facility ID is preferably assigned to each facility type. Here, as the facility type, for example, a store type such as a mall, a service area, a convenience store, a coffee shop, a restaurant, a supermarket, a sports gym, etc. may be mentioned. Furthermore, it is preferable that the facility ID is further hierarchically classified by genre in each facility type and an ID is assigned. For example, as a genre, in the case of a restaurant, for example, types such as Japanese food, Western food, Chinese food, French, Italian and the like can be mentioned as an example.
In addition to these, in the case where the vehicle 5 is an electric vehicle (the number of vehicles is expected to increase in the future), the charging station can be mentioned as an example of the traffic congestion avoiding service facility. In charging of an electric car, for example, if it takes 30 minutes to charge up to 80% even if using a quick charger, it is suitable as a use time for shifting the departure time. In particular, when the charging station uses a convenience store or a coffee shop, it is a good candidate for a traffic jam avoidance service facility.

In the facility information, information on facilities such as business hours and telephone numbers of contact points and menus provided in the case of restaurants are stored.
In the facility information area 113, the condition (for example, the effective period of the facility information, the delivery time zone of the facility information, etc.) of the facility information for each facility ID, the condition of the facility (for example, the facility time zone) The reservation status for each facility and each user to the facility, reservation information indicating the availability, etc.), Customer drawing record information calculated for each facility (for example, customer information guided to the facility by distribution information, coupon usage information, etc.) May be stored.

Further, in the facility information area 113, facility evaluation information given to each facility may be stored corresponding to the facility stored in the facility information area 113.

The connection history information area 114 of the storage unit 11 stores a connection history record for managing mobile body position information periodically transmitted from the mobile body 6, time information, and the like for each mobile body ID. The mobile body position information stores information of the current position sequentially received from the mobile body 6. Reception may be performed once every several seconds, or may be stored chronologically on the mobile side, and may be collectively received at a certain time or when the application is activated on the mobile side. . In addition, destination information of the moving body 6 (when the destination is set by the user by the navigation function), the traveling direction of the moving body 6, and the state of the moving body 6 (for example, ignition on state, traveling state, ignition) The off state, etc.) may also be received from the mobile unit 6 and stored in the connection history record managed for each mobile unit ID.

The communication unit 12 implements a communication protocol capable of performing wireless communication such as 3G and LTE when transmitting and receiving to and from the mobile unit 6. Further, the communication unit 12 may be implemented with a communication protocol capable of performing wired communication (for example, an internet connection or the like) or wireless communication in order to transmit and receive the facility terminal 4.

The control unit 10 causes the server system 1 to function as a predetermined means (hereinafter collectively referred to as “congestion avoidance privilege information distribution control unit”) by executing each program for congestion avoidance privilege information distribution.
In addition, the control unit 10 causes the server system 1 to execute predetermined steps (hereinafter collectively referred to as “congestion avoidance bonus information distribution control steps”) by executing each program for congestion avoidance bonus information distribution.

Hereinafter, the functions of the control unit 10 will be described from the viewpoint of the congestion avoidance privilege information distribution control unit. The explanation based on the viewpoint of the traffic congestion avoidance privilege information distribution control step (method) can be omitted by replacing “part” with “step”, and thus will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 10 includes a login processing unit 101, a current position information processing unit 102, a destination estimation unit 103, a traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104, a facility selection unit 105, and a privilege information providing unit. A usage intention information acquisition unit 107, a customer information provision unit 108, a route setting unit 109, a route notification unit 10A, and a traffic jam avoidance privilege information editing unit 10B.

<Login processing unit 101>
The login processing unit 101 executes login processing from the mobile unit 6 to perform connection processing with the mobile unit 6 and also transmits the current position information, travel distance information, current time information of the mobile unit 6 transmitted from the mobile unit 6. And connection history records for managing start information, stop information and the like of the vehicle 5 (hereinafter, also referred to as “state information of the moving object 6”) are created in the connection history information area 114. The state information of the moving body 6 may include destination information of the moving body 6 (when the destination is set by the user using the navigation function), a traveling direction, and the like.
In addition, when there are a plurality of facilities providing a traffic congestion avoidance privilege in the vicinity of the current position of the moving object 6 or in the vicinity of the current position in the traveling direction from the current position, priority is given to the facilities selection unit 105 described later In order to set in advance whether to select, priority information related to benefit selection (for example, based on a facility type or a genre) set by the user may be included as login information. The login processing unit can store the priority information in the user profile information for each user. By doing so, when there are a plurality of facilities providing a traffic congestion avoidance privilege in the vicinity of the current position of the moving object 6 or in the vicinity of the current position in the traveling direction from the current position, the facility selecting unit 105 described later stores Based on the determined priority, it can be determined which facility is to be preferentially selected. The user profile information may be changed as appropriate after login.
Further, the login processing unit 101 executes login processing from the facility terminal 4 and performs connection processing with the facility terminal 4. By doing so, the manager of the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility sends online editing including creation, update, deletion and the like of various information including traffic congestion avoidance privilege information provided by the facility to the server system 1 from the facility terminal 4. It can be run against. As a result, the manager of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility can provide the optimum congestion avoidance privilege in accordance with the congestion information and usage schedule information, etc., which change with time.

<Current Position Information Processing Unit 102>
The current position information processing unit 102 additionally updates the current position information, traveling distance information, and current time information of the moving body 6 periodically transmitted from the moving body 6 to the connection history record described above. The destination information of the mobile unit 6, the traveling direction, and the like may be included.
Also, after the vehicle 5 arrives at the destination, the current position information, time information, etc. transmitted from the moving body 6 are updated to the connection history record until the ignition switch is turned off (engine is stopped) Do.

<Destination estimation unit 103>
The destination estimation unit 103 is based on the information related to the destination set by the user by the navigation function (for example, the navigation function of the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3) included in the mobile 6 received from the mobile 6 The destination can be estimated. Also, by enabling the destination to be input when the "congestion avoidance privilege information distribution control unit" is activated, the destination estimation unit 103 adopts the destination when the destination is input at the time of activation. It is also good.
In addition, even when the information on the destination is not received from the moving body 6, the destination estimating unit 103, for example, is based on the connection history record related to the moving body 6 stored in the connection history information area 114. If, for example, the nearest destination set by the user is a sightseeing spot etc., it is possible to estimate the home as the destination

<Congestion occurrence prediction unit 104>
The traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 predicts traffic congestion information generated on the way from the current position to the destination when it is assumed that the moving object 6 moves to the destination estimated by the destination estimation unit 103. More specifically, when the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 predicts traffic congestion information occurring on the way from the current position to the destination, a traffic congestion avoidance degree that quantifies the effect of traffic congestion avoidance for each of a plurality of departure time shift times. Calculate The congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 selects the “facility selection unit 105” and the “privilege information provision unit 106” based on the congestion avoidance degree calculated for each of a plurality of departure time shifting times and the departure time shifting time corresponding to the congestion avoidance degree. Start up.
By doing so, as described later, the “facility selection unit 105” is located near the current position of the moving object 6 from the current position in the traveling direction and / or near the route from the current position of the moving object 6 to the target position. The benefit information providing unit 106 extracts a facility for providing a coupon or the like having a predetermined degree of congestion avoidance, and the “Privilege information providing unit 106” causes the moving object 6 to shift the departure shift time corresponding to the predetermined degree of congestion avoidance. It is possible to propose a benefit such as a coupon to be a benefit effective use time.
That is, the traffic congestion avoidance degree level to be effective is set in advance in the coupon etc. The benefit information providing unit 106 determines based on the departure shift time corresponding to the traffic congestion prediction degree level calculated by the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104. By determining the benefit effective use time (for example, setting the departure shift time corresponding to the traffic congestion avoidance level as the benefit effective use time), the benefit effective use time of the coupon or the like is dynamically according to the traffic congestion situation. It becomes possible to set.

Specifically, the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 predicts the traffic congestion occurring on the way from the current position to the destination as described below and the delay of the destination arrival time based on the traffic congestion.
First, the congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 calculates a route from the current position to the destination by a known method. Here, as a route from the current position calculated by the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 to the destination, for example, a first route which is an optimal route set according to a preset route selection priority is calculated. You may do so. Here, the optimal route is, for example, the shortest arrival time, the shortest moving distance, prioritizing general roads, prioritizing toll roads, low toll roads etc, low CO2 emissions, etc. For example, it means a route that most satisfies the desired conditions specified by the user. For this reason, it is preferable that the user of the privilege information distribution system 100 set in advance, for example, user profile information etc. in the priority at the time of route selection when the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 predicts.
Further, the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 may calculate a plurality of routes from the departure position to the destination, and if there are a plurality of routes, determine the route based on an instruction from the moving body 6. In addition, the congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 may calculate the route from the departure position to the destination under the conditions set as default.

In addition, the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 is linked by, for example, road traffic information (for example, VICS (registered trademark) information provided by a VICS (registered trademark) (Vehicle Information Communication System) center, traffic information provided by the private sector, etc.) For example, predicted traffic congestion information calculated based on traffic congestion information and / or, for example, past traffic congestion statistical data can be obtained.
As an example of traffic congestion information or predicted traffic congestion information, for example, values of 5 (congested) to 0 (smooth / vacant) can be acquired according to traffic congestion status for each link (for each link ID) . Here, for example, in the case of a general road such as a national road or a prefectural road, if the flow of vehicles is 10 Km / h or less, the “congestion degree” becomes 5 to 4 (congestion) and exceeds 10 Km / h and 20 Km / h or less If there is, the "degree of congestion" will be 4 to 2 (congested), and if it exceeds 20 Km / h, the "degree of congestion" will be 2 to 0 (smooth / vacant). Also, for example, on expressways, if the flow of vehicles is 20 Km / h or less, the "degree of congestion" becomes 5 to 4 (congestion), and if it is more than 20 Km / h and 40 Km / h or less, the "degree of congestion" is 4 to 2 (congested), and when it exceeds 40 Km / h, the “degree of congestion” becomes 2 to 0 (smooth and vacant) (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2015-25705, etc.).
In addition, various things can be utilized for traffic congestion information according to the kind of traffic congestion information provided. For example, traffic jam information or predicted traffic jam information may be acquired as, for example, "traveling speed" or "passing time" when a vehicle travels a link, in addition to "congestion degree". In this case, by using a value obtained by dividing “traveling speed” or “passing time” by the link length, it is possible to express the congestion degree of the link.
Thus, the congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 acquires congestion information and / or predicted congestion information for each link based on the road traffic information.

The traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 calculates a standard travel time (and a destination arrival time) when traffic congestion is not occurring based on the calculated route from the current position to the destination (hereinafter also referred to as “standard travel time”). Calculating the forecasted required time (and destination arrival time) (hereinafter also referred to as "predicted required time at the time of departure"), taking traffic information from the current position to the destination and predicted traffic information into consideration. Do. By doing this, the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 assumes that the moving object 6 moves from the current position to the destination with the current time as the departure time, and generates the traffic congestion occurring on the way from the current position to the destination Based on that, it is possible to calculate the delay of the destination arrival time (ie, the difference between the expected travel time at the current departure and the standard travel time).
Similarly, the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 sets, for example, a plurality of cases of departure after a predetermined time from the current time, assuming that the moving object 6 departs after a predetermined time after shifting the departure time. Congestion occurring on the way from the current position to the destination and delay of the destination arrival time based on the congestion every time the departure time (that is, departure time after a plurality of predetermined times has passed) Time) can be calculated.

The congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 is based on the standard travel time from the current position to the destination, the predicted travel time at the current departure, and the predicted travel time at the time of departure for shifting the departure time after shifting the departure time. Traffic that occurs on the way from the current position to the destination for each departure time shift time (departure after a predetermined time) and a delay in destination arrival time based on that (ie, departure time departure time every time The difference between the estimated required time and the standard required time can be calculated.

The congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 calculates the degree of congestion avoidance in which the effect of congestion avoidance is quantified for each of a plurality of departure time shift times, and creates a correspondence table of the congestion avoidance degree and the departure time shift time. By doing this, the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 can specify the departure shift time having a large traffic congestion avoidance effect (that is, a large value of the traffic congestion avoidance degree).
That is, assuming that the moving object 6 moves to the destination estimated by the destination estimating unit 103, the traffic congestion occurrence predicting unit 104 predicts congestion information generated on the way from the current position to the destination, It is possible to specify a departure shift time that is large in the traffic congestion avoidance effect (that is, the value of the traffic congestion avoidance degree).

Here, the degree of congestion avoidance can be defined as follows, as a digitization of the effect of congestion avoidance by the departure time shift time.
For example, the degree of congestion avoidance with respect to the departure time shift time can be set based on the deviation between the predicted required time and the standard required time when the departure time is shifted. For example, it is possible to set the degree of congestion avoidance to a large value, assuming that the smaller the deviation between the estimated required time at the departure time shift and the standard required time, the greater the effect of avoiding congestion by the departure time shift time. For example, assuming that n is an arbitrary natural number, it is possible to divide the degree of congestion avoidance into n levels by dividing the deviation between the estimated required time for departure time shift and the standard required time into n levels. For example, in the case of n = 5, when the deviation is 0 or less, the traffic congestion avoidance degree is 5, and for example, the traffic congestion avoidance degree 4 (0 <deviation value ≦ 1/2 hour) and the traffic congestion avoidance degree 3 (1 / 2 hours <deviation value ≦ 1 hour, congestion avoidance degree 2 (1 hour <deviation value ≦ 3/2 hours), congestion avoidance degree 1 (3/2 hours <deviation value ≦ 2 hours), congestion avoidance degree 0 ( It may be 2 hours <deviation value) or the like.
In addition, the degree of traffic congestion avoidance may be set based on the deviation between the predicted arrival time at the time of departure of the departure time and the standard estimated arrival time at the current departure time. In addition, the degree of congestion avoidance is set by performing predetermined weighting on each of the deviation between the predicted required time and the standard required time and the deviation between the predicted arrival time at the destination and the standard estimated arrival time at the current departure. You may do it.
Further, the degree of traffic congestion avoidance may be set based on the deviation between the predicted arrival time at the time of departure and the predicted arrival time at the current departure.
In addition, the setting method of the traffic congestion avoidance degree and the numerical value in each setting method are an example, It is not limited to these, It is a design matter which may be set suitably.

As mentioned above, it is preferable to set the degree or the content of the service of the benefit based on the degree of congestion avoidance as the congestion avoidance privilege. By doing so, it becomes possible to automatically determine the benefit effective use time appropriate for the traffic congestion situation based on the traffic congestion avoidance degree, regardless of the traffic congestion situation.
That is, it is difficult to set the departure time offset time in advance because the appropriate departure time offset time differs according to the traffic congestion situation, and accordingly, based on the traffic congestion avoidance degree, it is appropriate to set the departure time offset time appropriately. It is preferred to determine the departure time offset time.

<Facilities selection unit 105>
When it is assumed that the moving object 6 moves from the current position to the destination estimated by the destination estimation unit 103, the facility selection unit 105 predicts occurrence of traffic congestion on the way from the current position to the destination. By searching the information on the predicted traffic congestion, the current position information of the moving object 6, and the facility information area 113 (facility information database 1131), it is possible to stay in the moving object 6 while avoiding the predicted traffic congestion. Select a facility to be recommended as a facility that should be.
More specifically, the facility selection unit 105 is a traffic jam avoidance privilege service facility, and is located in the vicinity of the facility located in the vicinity of the current position of the moving object 6 or the current location in the traveling direction from the current location. The facility information area 113 (facility information database 1131) is searched for a facility that includes the congestion avoidance degree for which the congestion avoidance privilege is considered to be effective.
Here, as described above, the congestion avoidance privilege service facility can be searched from data indicating that the congestion avoidance privilege service facility is set to, for example, a facility type or the like. Further, that the facility is located near the current position of the moving body 6 means, for example, that the facility is within a predetermined distance range from the current position of the moving body 6, a position around the current position in the traveling direction from the current position For example, the facility is within a predetermined distance range from the current position of the mobile unit 6 and within a predetermined distance range from a point on the passing route from the current position of the mobile unit 6 to the destination. Point to Therefore, the facility selection unit 105 can search for a facility based on these position conditions. Further, it can be searched based on the congestion avoidance degree information recorded in the congestion avoidance privilege as to whether or not the congestion avoidance privilege includes the congestion avoidance degree for which the congestion avoidance privilege is effective.
The facility selection unit 105 moves at a preset time interval (for example, about 10 minutes to 30 minutes) when the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 predicts traffic congestion information occurring halfway from the current position to the destination. It is also possible to search for a congestion avoidance privilege service facility existing around the current position of the body 6 and around the traveling route.

When a plurality of facilities that satisfy such conditions are searched, the facility selection unit 105 searches the facilities searched based on the priority information set by the user set in the user profile information as described above. Priorities for selection can be determined. Thus, the facility selection unit 105 may select a congestion avoidance privilege service facility having a high priority from the plurality of searched facilities.
In addition, when the facility selection unit 105 can select a plurality of congestion avoidance privilege service facilities, the display order may be, for example, an evaluation point of the facilities, whether the price is high or low, or the mobile object 6 and the facilities The priority may be determined in consideration of the distance or the like (for example, by weighting).
In addition, the facility selection unit 105 may provide the moving object 6 with the searched congestion avoidance privilege service facility information in the form of a list, thereby allowing the user to select the congestion avoidance privilege service facility that the user intends to temporarily stay. Good.

<Privilege information provision unit 106>
The benefit information provision unit 106 transmits the information on the congestion avoidance benefit service facility selected by the facility selection unit 105 to the mobile 6 via the communication unit 12. At this time, the privilege information providing unit 106 may additionally update the facility information and the time information, etc. transmitted to the mobile unit 6 to the connection history record.
More specifically, the privilege information provision unit 106 recommends that the departure time for traffic congestion avoidance be shifted, and information on the congestion avoidance privilege service facility selected by the facility selection unit 105 for the moving object 6 Distribute (facility name, service content provided by the facility, location information of the facility, information on congestion avoidance benefits provided by the facility, benefit effective use time, etc.). Here, as described above, the benefit information providing unit 106 determines the benefit effective use time based on the departure shift time that corresponds to the traffic congestion prediction level calculated by the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104.
By doing this, for example, while displaying the nearest traffic jam avoidance privilege service facility (for example, service area, coffee shop, fast food restaurant) on the map for the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3, provision from each facility It is possible to display information on the congested traffic avoidance benefits. This provides a great motivation for the driver (and the passenger) to shift the departure time to avoid congestion. The processing in the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3 will be described later.

As described above, the congestion avoidance privilege provided by the congestion avoidance privilege service facility selected by the facility selection unit 105 is mainly the departure time for the driver (and the passenger) on the vehicle 5 to avoid congestion. The congestion avoidance privilege is configured such that the congestion avoidance privilege is determined according to the congestion information predicted for the vehicle 5. More specifically, in the congestion information predicted to occur on the way from the current position to the destination for the vehicle 5, for example, when the congestion section and / or the congestion time increase, the congestion section and / or the congestion time When the traffic decreases or when the traffic congestion disappears, the benefit effective use time (departure departure time) may be changed.
In that case, the benefit information provision unit 106 changes the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) of the congestion avoidance benefit such as the electronic coupon according to the traffic congestion information predicted for the moving object 6. It is preferable that the privilege information providing unit 106 distributes the change related to the traffic congestion avoidance privilege to the mobile 6 (the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3) by a push method. By doing so, it is possible to immediately notify the vehicle 5 (that is, the driver and the passenger) of the change of the benefit effective use time for the traffic congestion avoidance privilege, and the driver and the passenger misjudge the traffic avoidance privilege information before reduction. Use can be prevented. In addition, it is preferable to display that the benefit effective use time is changed according to the traffic congestion information predicted for the vehicle 5 when the traffic congestion avoidance benefit is issued.
In addition, for digitized coupons and the like (referred to as “electronic coupons and the like”), for the portable terminal 3 in particular, for example, a stored address on the network such as an electronic coupon, for example, URL or QR code (registered trademark Delivery etc. is preferable. By doing so, when using the electronic coupon, the electronic coupon can be displayed on a portable terminal or the like and used in a facility.

As described above, after the traffic congestion avoidance privilege is issued, the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) may be changed according to the traffic congestion information predicted for the moving object 6. Therefore, after the information on the traffic congestion avoidance privilege is first distributed, the benefit information providing unit 106 changes the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) according to the traffic congestion information predicted for the moving object 6 In order to control as described above, the post-proposed change determination unit 1062 and the benefit information change unit 1063 are provided.
It is predicted for the mobile 6 after the post-proposition change judgment unit 1062 outputs information on the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) provided by the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility to the mobile 6 at first. It is determined whether traffic congestion information has changed.
If the bonus information changing unit 1063 determines that the traffic jam information predicted for the mobile object 6 has been changed by the post-proposal change determination unit 1062, the bonus information changing unit 1063 changes the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) provided by the facility. You may do so.

<Post-proposition change determination unit 1062>
The facility selection unit 105 selects the congestion avoidance privilege service facility to be recommended by the facility selection unit 105, and the benefit information provision unit 106 distributes the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) to the moving object 6 first. After that, it is determined whether the traffic congestion information predicted for the mobile unit 6 has changed. Here, the correspondence between the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) calculated after the change of the traffic congestion information predicted and the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) initially calculated is stored in the storage unit 11 for each moving object 6 It is preferable to store.
The after-proposition change determination unit 1062 monitors a change in traffic congestion information predicted for the moving object 6 after the time when the information of the traffic congestion avoidance benefit service facility is first transmitted to the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3 . More specifically, the post-proposition change determination unit 1062 transmits the information (in particular, the benefit effective use time period) of the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility to the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3 at the first time. Based on the location information of the body 6, the current position of the mobile 6 periodically transmitted from the mobile 6 thereafter, the time information, etc., the benefit according to the change in traffic congestion information predicted for the mobile 6 It can be determined whether the effective use time has been changed.
In addition, about the positional information on the moving body 6 in the time which transmitted the said plant | facility information initially with respect to the vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus 2 or the portable terminal 3, the moving body 6 periodically transmitted from the moving body 6 before and behind the said time. It can be calculated, for example, by linear interpolation or the like from the current position, time information, etc.

<Privilege information change unit 1063>
As described above, the benefit information changing unit 1063 calculates the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) calculated after the change of the traffic congestion information stored in the storage unit 11 for each moving object 6 and the benefit initially calculated. With reference to the correspondence with the effective use time (departure shift time), the privilege effective use time (departure shift time) of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility distributed to the mobile 6 is changed.
The privilege information changing unit 1063 distributes the information related to the changed privilege effective use time (departure shift time) to the moving body 6 instantly by the push method.

<Usage Intent Information Acquisition Unit 107>
The usage intention information acquisition unit 107 is the at least one facility selected by the user from among the congestion avoidance privilege service facilities transmitted to the moving object 6 by the privilege information providing unit 106 via the communication unit 12. Get the user's usage intention information.
The usage intention information acquisition unit 107 additionally updates the usage intention information of the user acquired from the mobile body 6 (the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3) to the connection history record.
In addition, after acquiring the usage intention information of the user of at least one facility selected by the user, the server system 1 may provide a traffic congestion avoidance privilege for validating the privilege effective stay period at that time. Good.

<User Information Providing Unit 108>
The customer information providing unit 108 uses the usage schedule information (the identification information of the moving object 6, the traffic jam avoidance privilege service, etc.) based on the use intention information of the user of the moving object 6 and the user profile information etc. Edit the facility ID, the privilege information used by the user, the number of users, the estimated arrival time, the estimated stay time, etc. Thereafter, the customer information providing unit 108 transmits the edited use schedule information to the facility terminal 4 of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility. Preferably, the customer information providing unit 108 immediately distributes the edited usage schedule information to the facility terminal 4 by the push method. Thereby, the manager of the facility concerned can prepare in advance for provision of the congestion avoidance privilege service etc. in advance by acquiring beforehand the usage schedule information concerning the user who uses the congestion avoidance privilege in advance. Become.

<Route setting unit 109>
Based on the usage intention information of the user of the mobile object 6 acquired by the usage intention information acquisition unit 107, the route setting unit 109 may set position information of the selected at least one facility as a destination. .
The route setting unit 109 calculates route information from the current position of the mobile unit 6 to the congestion avoidance privilege service facility set as the destination. When calculating route information, an optimal route is calculated using traffic information and map information stored in the map information area 112 of the storage unit 11 or the like. In addition, the route setting unit 109 records in the storage unit 11 history information (vehicle ID, break location setting date and time for avoiding traffic congestion, facility information as the destination, etc.) indicating that the moving object 6 sets the destination. You may do so.

<Route notification unit 10A>
The route notification unit 10A transmits the route information calculated by the route setting unit 109 to the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3 via the communication unit 12.

Another Embodiment
As another embodiment, route calculation may be performed by the on-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3. The route setting unit 109 sets location information of the selected at least one congestion avoidance privilege service facility as a destination, and the route setting unit 109 includes location information of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility set as the destination. The facility information is transmitted to the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3, and the facility and the mobile object ID (or user ID) are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 11.
By doing so, the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3 can calculate route information from the current position of the vehicle 5 to the facility set as the destination.

<Traffic traffic avoidance bonus information editing unit 10B>
The traffic jam avoidance privilege information editing unit 10B provides the facility terminal 4 with an online editing function including creation, update, deletion, and the like of various information including traffic jam avoidance privilege information provided by the facility. As a result, the manager of the congestion avoidance bonus service facility can provide the optimum congestion avoidance privilege depending on the season, holiday weekdays, and / or time of day.

<In-vehicle navigation device 2>
Next, the in-vehicle navigation device 2 will be described. FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the in-vehicle navigation device 2.
As shown in FIG. 3, the in-vehicle navigation device 2 mounted on the vehicle 5 includes at least a control unit 20, a storage unit 21, a wireless unit 22, a sensor unit 23, a display unit 24, and an input unit 25. Equipped with

The control unit 20 includes a microprocessor or the like and controls each component. Details will be described later.

The storage unit 21 is constituted by a semiconductor memory or the like, and stores various information such as an operating system (OS), display of congestion avoidance privilege service facility information, programs for route guidance and the like, and further map information and position information. Be done. The map information may be stored in advance in the storage unit 21 or may be acquired from the server system 1.

The wireless unit 22 has a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) or the like, and is capable of performing wireless communication through a wireless communication network represented by a mobile phone network such as 3G or LTE, and performing wireless communication with the server system 1 It is done.
In addition to the identification number (hereinafter, also referred to as "mobile ID") identifying the mobile 6, the password, the current position information of the mobile 6, current time information, etc. (state information of the mobile 6) Can be sent to the server system 1. The traveling direction and destination information may be transmitted. Also, assuming that the moving object 6 moves from the current position to the destination, if traffic congestion information that occurs on the way from the current position to the destination is predicted, the server system 1 via the wireless unit 22 Also, it is possible to receive a break proposal for avoiding a traffic jam by temporarily shifting a departure time for avoiding a traffic jam, and a proposal for setting a facility providing a traffic congestion avoidance privilege as a resting place.

The sensor unit 23 includes a GPS sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, a gyro sensor, and the like provided in the vehicle 5. The sensor unit 23 has a function as position detection means for detecting the current position.
For example, the GPS satellite signal is received by the GPS sensor, and the current position (latitude and longitude) of the mobile body 6 is measured. Also, by providing a vehicle speed sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, etc., the current position of the mobile 6 can be determined by autonomous navigation, and when the GPS sensor can not measure from the GPS satellite signal, the current position is replaced instead. It can be measured.
In addition, when GPS communication is not possible, it is also possible to calculate the current position of the mobile 6 based on base station information acquired from the wireless unit 22 using AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) communication.
Instead of providing the in-vehicle navigation device 2 with the GPS sensor, the vehicle speed sensor, the gyro sensor, the biological information sensor, or the in-vehicle camera provided in the vehicle 5, the in-vehicle navigation device 2 may have the GPS sensor provided in the vehicle 5, For example, various information detected by the vehicle speed sensor and the gyro sensor may be acquired via the on-vehicle network of the vehicle 5.

The display unit 24 is configured of a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL panel, and receives an instruction from the control unit 20 to display an image. The display unit 24 provides the congestion avoidance privilege acquired from the server system 1 via the wireless unit 22 and the map information around the current position of the mobile unit 6 read from the storage unit 21 and the current position of the mobile unit 6. It is possible to display a variety of information such as a break proposal for taking a break place, a destination set by the user, and route information.

The input unit 25 is configured by a physical switch called a ten-key pad or an input device (not shown) such as a touch panel provided on the display surface of the display unit 24. Switching the map display and the facility information display, scrolling the facility information display, and determining the facility to stop by displaying the operation input from the input unit 25, for example, pressing the numeric keypad by the user, and the signal based on the touch on the touch panel to the control unit 20 , And can perform operations such as map enlargement and reduction.
In addition, although not shown, a speaker and a microphone can be provided. For example, it is very effective to output a recommendation for avoiding traffic congestion, such as “Please shift departure time to avoid predicted traffic congestion”, to the driver via the speaker 16. In addition, it is also effective to output voice information on the traffic congestion avoidance privilege of the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility through the speaker 16.
Then, it is effective for the driver to keep the safety of driving for the driver to input to the server system 1 that “the driver take a break and shift the departure time” through the microphone 17. . As described above, the information regarding the traffic congestion avoidance privilege is output by voice from the speaker 16, and various selections and instructions by the driver (or user) voice input through the microphone 17 are sent to the control unit 20 by voice recognition technology. You can also enter it.

The control unit 20 is configured by a microprocessor having a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, an I / O, and the like. The CPU executes each program read from the ROM or the storage unit 21. When executing the program, the CPU reads information from the RAM, the ROM, and the storage unit 21 and writes the information to the RAM and the storage unit 21. The wireless unit 22, the sensor unit 23, the display unit 24, and the input unit 25 exchange signals with each other.

The control unit 20 collectively executes the in-vehicle navigation device 2 as a predetermined means (hereinafter, "congestion avoidance privilege information distribution unit" by executing each program (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "congestion avoidance privilege information distribution application"). Function as For example, when the program for traffic jam avoidance privilege information distribution is activated, facility guidance that receives traffic jam avoidance privilege information distribution from the server system 1 becomes possible.
In addition, the control unit 20 causes the in-vehicle navigation device 2 to execute a predetermined procedure (hereinafter collectively referred to as “congestion avoidance benefit information distribution procedure”) by executing each program.

Hereinafter, the functions of the control unit 20 will be described from the viewpoint of the congestion avoidance privilege information distribution unit. The explanation based on the viewpoint of the congestion avoidance privilege information distribution procedure (method) is omitted because it can be explained by replacing “part” with “procedure”.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 20 includes a connection processing unit 201, a position information updating unit 202, a facility display unit 204, and a route guidance unit 205.

<Auto start>
The in-vehicle navigation device 2 is automatically started by the driver turning on the ignition switch of the vehicle 5 (starting the engine). The in-vehicle navigation device 2 operates until the driver turns off the ignition switch of the vehicle 5 (stops the engine).

<Connection Processing Unit 201>
When the in-vehicle navigation device 2 is automatically activated, the connection processing unit 201 executes login processing to the server system 1 using, for example, an identification number (vehicle ID) for identifying the vehicle 5 and a password. After the success, the current position information of the vehicle 5 calculated by the sensor unit 23 and the current time information acquired from the clock unit (not shown) are transmitted to the server system 1.

<Position information update unit 202>
The position information updating unit 202 periodically transmits, to the server system 1, the moving body ID, the current position information of the moving body 6 calculated by the sensor unit 23, the current time information obtained from the clock unit (not shown), and the like. . More specifically, current position information of the mobile unit 6 and current time information are transmitted to the server system 1. The traveling direction of the mobile body 6 calculated by the sensor unit 23 and the destination of the mobile body 6 set by the user can be included.
The position information updating unit 202 transmits, to the server system 1 in real time, current position information and current time information of the moving object 6 acquired at predetermined time intervals (for example, at intervals of 3 seconds). Also, instead of transmitting to the server system 1 in real time, a plurality of them (for example, the current position information and the current time information of the moving object 6 for 5 minutes are collected collectively) to be transmitted at one time (so-called burst transmission) You may
In addition, about acquisition time intervals (for example, 3 second intervals), such as present position information of the mobile body 6, or the number etc. which are transmitted at once at the time of carrying out burst transmission collectively, it can be preset.
In addition, by including the traveling direction of the vehicle 5 in the current position information, traveling distance information, and current time information of the moving body 6, the server system 1 can be a facility within a certain distance in the traveling direction from the current position of the moving body 6. It is possible to present as a resting place. By doing so, it becomes possible to prevent presenting a facility where it is necessary to return the vehicle 5 from the traveling direction of the moving body 6 as a resting place.

<Facility display section 204>
The facility display unit 204 selects, by the facility selection unit 105, the proposal of shifting the departure time for traffic congestion avoidance (made after the predetermined use time as the departure time) distributed from the server system 1 The information is received via the wireless unit 22 together with the information on the avoidance privilege service facility.
Here, the information on the congestion avoidance privilege service facility includes, for example, facility identification information, name, category type (facility type), telephone number, address, location information specified by, for example, latitude and longitude, and services provided by the facility ( Information on goods and / or services etc., space information, information on congestion avoidance benefits, congestion avoidance degree to which the congestion avoidance benefits are effective, and benefit effective use time corresponding to the congestion avoidance levels can be included. .

The facility display unit 204 displays the distributed traffic jam avoidance benefit service facility information on the display unit 24. The facility display unit 204 displays a URL or QR code (registered trademark) for downloading a congestion avoidance privilege such as a coupon. By doing so, for example, it can be downloaded to any portable terminal or the like possessed by the user. FIG. 4A shows an example in which facility information including congestion avoidance privilege information (coupon) of a family restaurant is distributed as a congestion avoidance break proposal and displayed on the display unit 24. In this example, as the distribution information, the traffic jam avoidance degree to which the coupon is made effective, the benefit effective use time corresponding to the traffic jam avoidance degree, and the QR code (registered trademark) are displayed together.
The facility display unit 204 can display the position of the facility distributed on the map around the current position of the vehicle 5 displayed on the display unit 24. More specifically, the facility display unit 204 can display the position information of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility distributed on the map around the current position of the vehicle 5 as shown in FIG. 4B, for example.
The facility display unit 204 may simultaneously display the map display and the above-described congestion avoidance privilege service facility information on the display unit 24. In addition, the facility display unit 204 may switch between the map display and the congestion avoidance privilege service facility information display by a predetermined swipe operation (for example, up and down swipe operations or left and right swipe operations).
Although not shown, the display area of the display unit 24 is divided into two, and the position of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility distributed on the map around the current position of the vehicle 5 in each of the divided display areas is distributed. The congestion avoidance benefit service facility information may be displayed.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the facility display unit 204 can, for example, tap the selection button to cause the user to select a congestion avoidance privilege service facility that is to be stopped as a congestion avoidance break place. The facility display unit 204 can transmit the congestion avoidance privilege service facility selected by the user to the server system 1 via the wireless unit 22.
The traffic jam avoidance privilege service facility information distributed from the server system 1 is output by voice from the speaker 16 and voice input is made to the control unit 20 by voice input of facility selection via the microphone 17. It can also be configured.

The facility display unit 204 pushes, for example, the change information of the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) of the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility distributed before transmission of the usage intention information from the server system 1 (privilege information change unit 1063) Receive on The facility display unit 204 displays information on the changed benefit effective use time (departure departure time) on the display unit 24.
By doing so, the driver can grasp the content of the congestion avoidance privilege at the current time of the facility when stopping for congestion.

<Route guidance unit 205>
The route guidance unit 205 receives, from the server system 1 via the wireless unit 22, route information that uses the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility selected by the facility display unit 204 as the destination. The route guidance unit 205 executes route guidance based on the received route information.
As another embodiment, instead of receiving route information from the server system 1, the route information may be calculated by the on-vehicle navigation device 2 (for example, the route guidance unit 205).

<Mobile terminal 3>
Next, the mobile terminal 3 will be described. The structure of the portable terminal 3 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile terminal 3 includes at least a control unit 30, a storage unit 31, a wireless unit 32, a sensor unit 33, a display unit 34, and an input unit 35.

The control unit 30 comprises a microprocessor or the like and controls each component. Details will be described later.

The storage unit 31 is configured of a semiconductor memory or the like, and stores various information such as an operating system (OS) and programs for route guidance, map information, road link information, and position information. The map information, the road link information, and the like may be stored in advance in the storage unit 31. Further, the configuration may be obtained from the server system 1 as appropriate.

The wireless unit 32 has a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) and the like, and is capable of performing wireless communication through a wireless communication network represented by a mobile phone network such as 3G and LTE, and performing wireless communication with the server system 1 It is done.
In addition to an ID (hereinafter referred to as a “user ID”) and a password for identifying a service subscription state, the wireless unit 32 includes current position information, travel distance information, current time information, and the like of the vehicle 5 connected to the mobile terminal 3. The driver's biological information and the like (state information of the vehicle 5) can be transmitted to the server system 1. By doing so, when the vehicle 5 or the driver is in a state satisfying the predetermined condition, it is possible to receive from the server system 1 a proposal for making a facility that offers a break proposal and a benefit a break place.

The sensor unit 33 is configured of a GPS sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and the like. The sensor unit 23 has a function as position detection means for detecting the current position. The sensor unit 23 has a function as position detection means for detecting the current position.
The function of the sensor unit 33 as position detection means for detecting the current position is the same as that of the sensor unit 23 of the in-vehicle navigation device 2.

The display unit 34 is configured of a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL panel, and receives an instruction from the control unit 30 to display an image. The display unit 34 has the same function as the display unit 24 of the in-vehicle navigation device 2.

The input unit 35 is configured by a physical switch called a ten key or an input device (not shown) such as a touch panel provided overlapping the display surface of the display unit 34 or the like. The input unit 35 has the same function as the input unit 25 of the in-vehicle navigation device 2.
In addition to this, although not shown in the figure, like the in-vehicle navigation device 2, it can be provided with a speaker and a microphone, and can have the same function as the display unit 24 of the in-vehicle navigation device 2.

The portable terminal 3 can include, for example, near field communication unit 36 by non-contact communication or wired communication called NFC (Near Field Communication).
Then, when the vehicle 5 includes the short distance communication unit 36 and, for example, the ECU (Electronic Control Unit) of the vehicle 5 can communicate with the portable terminal 3 via the short distance communication unit 36, the portable terminal 3 Information on the vehicle 5 (for example, the traveling state of the vehicle 5 and the like) can be acquired. Further, as described above, when the vehicle 5 includes a GPS sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, a gyro sensor, a biological information sensor, an in-vehicle camera, etc., various information detected by these can be acquired.
More specifically, when the user holds the portable terminal 3 and gets on the vehicle 5 and turns on the start switch of the vehicle 5, such as an ignition switch, the vehicle 5 and the portable terminal 3 are paired. Be done.

The control unit 30 is configured by a microprocessor having a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, an I / O, and the like. The CPU executes each program read from the ROM or the storage unit 31, reads the information from the RAM, the ROM, and the storage unit 31 at the time of execution, and writes the information to the RAM and the storage unit 31, The wireless unit 32, the sensor unit 33, the display unit 34, and the input unit 35 exchange signals with each other.

The control unit 30 executes predetermined programs (hereinafter collectively referred to as “mobile terminal_congestion avoidance privilege information distribution application”) to provide predetermined means (hereinafter “mobile terminal_congestion avoidance privilege information distribution” to the mobile terminal 3. Function as a group. For example, when the program for traffic jam avoidance privilege information distribution is activated, facility guidance that receives traffic jam avoidance privilege information distribution from the server system 1 becomes possible. The function of the portable terminal_privilege information distribution application is basically equivalent to the congestion avoidance privilege information distribution application of the in-vehicle navigation device 2.
In addition, the control unit 30 causes the portable terminal 3 to execute a predetermined procedure (hereinafter collectively referred to as “congestion avoidance privilege information distribution procedure”) by executing each program.

Hereinafter, the functions of the control unit 30 will be described from the viewpoint of the portable terminal_congestion avoidance privilege information distribution unit. In addition, since description based on a viewpoint of portable terminal_congestion avoidance privilege information delivery procedure (method) can be demonstrated by substituting "part" with "procedure", it is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 30 includes a portable terminal_connection information acquisition unit 300, a portable terminal_connection processing unit 301, a portable terminal_position information updating unit 302, and a portable terminal_facilities display unit 304. And a mobile terminal_route guidance unit 305.
When the user turns on the start switch of the vehicle 5 such as an ignition switch, the vehicle 5 and the portable terminal 3 are paired, and the portable terminal_congestion avoidance benefit information distribution unit is configured to be activated. In addition, when the start switch of the vehicle 5 such as an ignition switch is turned off, the pairing between the vehicle 5 and the portable terminal 3 is canceled, and the portable terminal_congestion avoidance privilege information distribution unit stops its function.

<Mobile Terminal_Connection Information Acquisition Unit 300>
The portable terminal_connection information acquisition unit 300 communicates with an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) of the vehicle 5 via the short distance communication unit 36 to communicate information related to the vehicle 5 (for example, identification information of the vehicle 5, Get driving condition etc.).
The portable terminal_connection information acquisition unit 300 provides the information on the vehicle 5 acquired from the ECU of the vehicle 5 to the portable terminal_connection processing unit 301 and the portable terminal_position information update unit 302 described later, thereby a portable terminal The connection processing unit 301 and the mobile terminal position information updating unit 302 can transmit the state information of the vehicle 5 to the server system 1.

<Mobile terminal_connection processing unit 301>
When paired with the vehicle 5, the portable terminal_connection processing unit 301 turns on the GPS sensor etc. and executes the login process using the identification number (mobile ID) for identifying the mobile 6 and the password. Server system, mobile object type information acquired via mobile terminal_connection information acquisition unit 300, current position information of vehicle 5 calculated by sensor unit 33, current time information acquired from clock unit (not shown), etc. Send to 1.

<Mobile terminal_location information update unit 302>
Since the mobile terminal_position information update unit 302 has the same function as the position information update unit 202 of the in-vehicle navigation device 2, the in-vehicle navigation device 2 and the position information update unit 202 correspond to the mobile terminal 3 and the mobile terminal_position information, respectively. By replacing it with the update unit 302, the function can be described. For example, similar to the position information update unit 202 of the in-vehicle navigation device 2, the mobile terminal_position information update unit 302 acquires current position information, travel distance information of the vehicle 5 acquired at predetermined time intervals (for example, 3 seconds interval), The current time information is sent to the server system 1. In addition, the advancing direction of the portable terminal 3 (namely, vehicle 5) calculated by the sensor part 33, and the destination of the vehicle 5 set by the user can be included as transmission information.

<Mobile terminal_facility display unit 304>
Since the portable terminal_facility display unit 304 has the same function as the facility display unit 204 of the in-vehicle navigation device 2, the in-vehicle navigation device 2 and the facility display unit 204 may be replaced by the portable terminal 3 and the portable terminal_facility display unit 304, respectively. Since the function can be explained by rereading, the detailed explanation is omitted.
The portable terminal_facility display unit 304 is configured to store, in the storage unit of the portable terminal 3, the congestion avoidance privilege coupon information and the like of the selected congestion avoidance privilege service facility.
By doing so, when the facility is entered, by displaying the coupon information of the facility on the display unit 34, it becomes possible to receive the benefit condition relating to the congestion avoidance described in the coupon information.

<Mobile terminal_route guidance unit 305>
The mobile terminal_route guidance unit 305 can receive, via the wireless unit 32, route information with the facility selected by the mobile terminal_facility display unit 304 as the destination. The mobile terminal_route guidance unit 305 can execute route guidance based on the received route information. Since the portable terminal_route guidance unit 305 has the same function as the route guidance unit 205 of the in-vehicle navigation device 2, the in-vehicle navigation device 2 and the route guidance unit 205 may be replaced by the portable terminal 3 and the portable terminal_route guidance unit 305, respectively. Since the function can be explained by rereading, the detailed explanation is omitted.
Further, as another embodiment, instead of receiving route information from the server system 1, the route information may be calculated by the mobile terminal 3 (for example, the mobile terminal_route guidance unit 305).
When the route guidance by the route guidance unit 205 of the portable terminal 3 is not used, the task of the portable terminal_route guidance unit 305 may be ended.

<Terminal 4 for facilities>
Next, the facility terminal 4 will be outlined. The configuration of the facility terminal 4 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the facility terminal 4 at least includes a control unit 40, a storage unit 41, a communication unit 42, a display unit 44, and an input unit 45. The configuration of each part is, for example, the same as the configuration of each part corresponding to the portable terminal 3 and the server system 1.

The control unit 40 causes the facility terminal 4 to function as predetermined means (hereinafter collectively referred to as “congestion avoidance privilege information management control unit”) by executing each program.
In addition, the control unit 40 executes predetermined programs (hereinafter collectively referred to as “congestion avoidance privilege information management control steps”) on the facility terminal 4 by executing each program for congestion avoidance privilege information management control. Let

Hereinafter, the function of the control unit 40 will be described from the viewpoint of the congestion avoidance privilege information management control unit. The explanation based on the viewpoint of the traffic jam avoidance privilege information management control step (method) can be omitted by replacing “part” with “step”, and thus will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 40 includes a login processing unit 401, a distribution information editing unit 402, a customer information processing unit 403, and a traffic jam avoidance benefit processing unit 405.

<Login processing unit 401>
The login processing unit 401 executes login processing to the server system 1 using, for example, an identification number (facility ID) identifying a traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility and a password.

<Distribution information editor 402>
The distribution information editing unit 402 accesses the server system 1 based on, for example, an instruction of the administrator of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility, and is stored in the server system 1 (the facility information area 113 of the storage unit 11). It is possible to execute, in real time, the creation, update, deletion, etc. of various information including the traffic congestion avoidance privilege information distributed by 1.
By doing so, it is possible for the manager of the congestion avoidance bonus service facility to provide the optimum congestion avoidance privilege depending on the season, holiday weekdays, and / or time of day.
Also, for example, the manager of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility can preferentially distribute the congestion avoidance privilege to the vehicle 5 traveling near the facility. In addition, the facility manager can set conditions regarding distribution of the facility information so that the server system 1 does not distribute the congestion avoidance privilege information when the facility is congested.
By doing this, the manager of the congestion avoidance privilege service facility can set the congestion avoidance privilege information, the space information and the like in a timely manner, and effective sales promotion becomes possible.

<Customer Information Processing Unit 403>
The customer information processing unit 403 uses the usage schedule information (the identification information of the mobile 6, the traffic jam avoidance privilege edited from the server system 1 (the customer information provider 108) based on the usage intention information of the user of the mobile 6 The service facility ID, the benefit information used by the user, the number of users, the estimated arrival time, the estimated stay time, etc. can be received by the push method.
By doing so, for example, the manager of the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility prepares in advance for providing the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service, etc. in advance by acquiring use schedule information pertaining to the user who uses the traffic congestion avoidance privilege. It becomes possible.

<Traffic traffic avoidance benefit processing unit 405>
The traffic congestion avoidance privilege processing unit 405 reads the traffic congestion avoidance privilege (for example, coupon information etc.) of the facility displayed on the display unit 24 of the mobile terminal 2 and performs a courtesy processing relating to traffic congestion avoidance such as discounting.

As described above, the server system 1, the in-vehicle navigation device 2 mounted on the vehicle 5, or the portable terminal 3 signal-connected (paired) with the vehicle 5, the embodiment of each functional unit of the privilege information distribution system 100 of the present invention And it demonstrated based on the structure of the terminal 4 for facilities.

(Operation of privilege information distribution system 100)
Subsequently, the operation of the privilege information distribution system 100 will be described using the process of the server system 1 as an example. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the process flow of the server system 1.

Referring to FIG. 7, in step S101, the login processing unit 101 performs connection processing with the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3, and receives the vehicle ID (or mobile object ID) received from the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3. As a key, a connection history record for managing state information of the vehicle 5 is created in the connection history information area 114, and current position information of the vehicle 5, current time, etc. are stored in the connection history record.

In step S102, when the current position information processing unit 102 receives a vehicle ID (or a moving object ID), current position information of the vehicle 5, current time information, destination information, etc. from the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3. The connection history record having the vehicle ID (or mobile object ID) as a key is additionally written and stored. When the destination information is not received, the destination estimation unit 103 estimates the destination.
Also in the subsequent steps, although not shown in the flowchart, step S102 is periodically executed.

In step S103, the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 predicts the presence or absence of traffic congestion occurring on the way from the current position to the destination. If traffic congestion is predicted (Yes), the process proceeds to step S104. If traffic congestion is not predicted (No), the process returns to step S102.

In step S104, the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 104 calculates a traffic congestion avoidance degree that quantifies the effect of traffic congestion avoidance for each of a plurality of departure time shift times.

In step S105, the facility selection unit 105 uses the current location information of the vehicle, the destination information, and the traffic congestion avoidance privilege based on the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility information stored in the facility information area 113 (the facility information database 1131). Select a service facility.

In step S106, the privilege information provision unit 106 transmits the traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility information selected by the facility selection unit 105 to the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3 together with the display order.

In step S107, the after-proposition change determination unit 1062 first distributes the benefit effective use time (departure departure time) to the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3, and then determines whether or not there is a change in predicted traffic congestion information. If the predicted traffic congestion information has changed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S108. If the predicted traffic congestion information has not changed (No), the process proceeds to step S109.

In step S108, the privilege information changing unit 1063 uses the push method for the mobile 6 to change the information of the benefit effective use time (departure shift time) distributed to the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3. Deliver immediately. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S109. Although not shown, when the benefit effective use time (departure departure time) disappears (that is, when the predicted traffic congestion information disappears), the processing shifts to the end.

In step S109, the usage intention information acquisition unit 107 determines whether or not the selection information of the facility as a temporary stay place for traffic jam avoidance is received from the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3 and receives ( Yes), move on to step S110. If not received (No), the process proceeds to step S107.

In step S110, the benefit information providing unit 106 uses the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the mobile terminal for the congestion avoidance privilege information including the latest benefit effective use time (departure shift time) currently provided in the selected traffic congestion avoidance privilege service facility. Deliver to 3 In addition, the privilege information provision unit 106 delivers the URL or the QR code (registered trademark) indicating the storage location of the coupon information so that the privilege information such as the coupon can be downloaded to the portable terminal 3 so that the driver etc. You may receive a privilege by bringing the terminal 3 to a facility.

In step S111, the route setting unit 109 sets the position information of the facility selected by the user received from the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3 as the destination, and calculates the route from the current position of the vehicle 5.

In step S112, the route notification unit 10A transmits the route information calculated by the route setting unit 109 to the in-vehicle navigation device 2 or the portable terminal 3.

As mentioned above, although it demonstrated per preferable embodiment of this invention, this invention is not restrict | limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, It can change suitably.
[Modification 1]
Although the server system 1 is described as one system in the embodiment of the present invention, it may be a distributed processing system in which each function of the server system 1 is appropriately distributed to a plurality of computers. In addition, each function of the server system 1 may be realized by using a virtual server function or the like on the cloud.
[Modification 2]
In the embodiment of the present invention, route information for setting the facility where the server system 1 is selected is calculated, and the route information is transmitted to the in-vehicle navigation device 2. However, as another embodiment, the in-vehicle navigation device It is possible to calculate route information for a destination where the facility 2 is selected.
[Modification 3]
Similarly, in the first embodiment, the route information is calculated with the server system 1 as the destination and the route information being the destination, and the route information is transmitted to the portable terminal 3. However, as another embodiment, the portable terminal It is possible to calculate route information for a destination where the facility 3 is selected.

According to the privilege information distribution system 100 described above, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) The server system 1 is directly connected to shifting the departure time when making a proposal to shift the departure time to the driver when occurrence of traffic congestion is expected on the way from the current position to the destination We propose facilities that provide congestion avoidance benefits that limit the effective use time as a resting place.
Thus, even if the driver does not perform a special operation, a facility providing a congestion avoidance benefit by shifting the departure time is recommended as a resting place, so the driver can make a strong decision to shift the departure time. It is also a motivation, and a recommendation that shifts the departure time to the driver works effectively.

(2) According to the destination estimation unit 103, the driver estimates the destination by the navigation operation of the driver, and when the occurrence of traffic congestion is expected on the way from the current position to the destination, the driver performs a special operation. Without, it is possible to receive proposals to stagger departure times.

(3) According to the destination estimation unit 103, the driver does not need a special operation of the driver but estimates the destination, and the driver is expected to experience traffic congestion on the way from the current position to the destination. It is possible to receive a proposal to stagger the departure time.

(4) According to the privilege information changing unit 1063, when the departure shift time for avoiding the traffic congestion changes due to the status change of the traffic congestion, the user can be notified immediately.
Thereby, the driver can be made aware of the situation change of the traffic congestion, and the recommendation to shift the departure works effectively.

(5) With the provision of the customer information by the customer information provision unit 108, the facility manager can obtain the congestion avoidance privilege service by acquiring in advance the usage schedule information pertaining to the user who uses the congestion avoidance privilege in advance. It is possible to prepare in advance for

(6) According to the privilege information distribution method, when it is proposed to shift the departure time to the driver when the occurrence of traffic congestion is expected on the way from the current position to the destination, the departure time is shifted. We propose facilities that offer congestion avoidance benefits that limit the effective use time directly connected as a resting place.
Thereby, the same effect as (1) can be achieved.

The privilege information distribution system 100 of the present invention can be implemented by hardware or software.
In other words, the functional configurations of FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are merely illustrative and not particularly limited. That is, it is sufficient if each device is equipped with a function capable of executing a series of processes related to the privilege information distribution function of the present invention as a whole, and in particular, FIG. 2 shows which function block is used to realize this function. It is not limited to the example of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 and FIG.
In addition, one functional block may be configured by hardware alone, may be configured by software alone, or may be configured by a combination thereof.

When the series of processes are executed by software, a program that configures the software is installed on a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware. Further, the computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs.

A recording medium including such a program is provided not only to removable media distributed separately from the apparatus main body to provide the program to the user, but also provided to the user in a state of being incorporated in the apparatus main body. It comprises a recording medium etc. The removable medium is, for example, a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), a Blu-ray disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like. The optical disc is constituted of, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) or the like. The magneto-optical disk is constituted by MD (Mini-Disk) or the like. The recording medium provided to the user in a state of being incorporated in the apparatus main body is, for example, the storage unit 11 of FIG. 2, the storage unit 21 of FIG. 3, the storage unit 31 of FIG. It comprises the hard disk etc. which are included in the storage unit 41 of FIG.

100 privilege information distribution system 1 server system 10 control unit 101 login processing unit 102 current position information processing unit 103 destination estimation unit 104 traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit 105 facility selection unit 106 privilege information provision unit 1062 post-provision change judgment unit 1063 privilege information change Part 107 Use intention information acquisition part 108 Customer information provision part 109 Route setting part 10A Route notification part 10B Congestion avoidance privilege information editorial part 11 Storage part 111 Moving object information area 112 Map information area 113 Facility information area 114 Connection history information area 12 Communication unit 2 Car navigation system 20 Control unit 201 Connection processing unit 202 Position information update unit 204 Facility display unit 205 Route guidance unit 21 Storage unit 22 Wireless unit 23 Sensor unit 24 Display unit 25 Input unit 3 Mobile terminal 30 Control unit 300 Mobile unit End_connection information acquisition unit 301 mobile terminal_connection processing unit 302 mobile terminal_location information update unit 304 mobile terminal_facility display unit 305 mobile terminal_route guidance unit 31 storage unit 32 wireless unit 33 sensor unit 34 display unit 35 input unit 36 short-range communication unit 4 terminal for facility 40 control unit 401 login processing unit 402 distribution information editing unit 403 customer information processing unit 405 traffic jam avoidance benefit processing unit 41 storage unit 42 communication unit 5 vehicle 6 moving body

Claims

A position information acquisition unit that acquires start information of the moving object and position information;
A facility information storage unit that stores facility information including facility names, facility location information, and facility benefit information for each of a plurality of facilities;
A destination estimation unit configured to estimate a destination of the mobile object;
A traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit that predicts traffic congestion information that occurs on the way from the current position to the destination when the mobile body moves from the current position to the destination of the mobile body estimated by the destination estimation unit When,
When the occurrence of the traffic congestion is predicted by the traffic congestion occurrence prediction unit on the way from the current position to the destination, information on the predicted traffic congestion and the current position information of the moving object from the position information acquisition unit, A privilege information distribution apparatus comprising: a privilege information output unit configured to output privilege information of a facility whose effective use time is limited based on the facility information stored in the facility information storage unit.
The said destination estimation part estimates the said destination based on the information regarding the destination set by the user by the navigation function with which the said mobile body is received from the said mobile body, The said Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Benefits information distribution device.
The privilege information distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the destination estimation unit estimates the destination based on movement history information stored by the mobile unit received from the mobile unit.
The benefit information output unit further includes:
A benefit information changing unit that changes the effective use time of the facility included in the benefit information of the facility based on the traffic congestion avoidance degree indicating the effect of traffic jam avoidance by the departure shift time,
The privilege information distribution device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising:
The privilege information distribution device further includes:
It is communicably connected to a facility management apparatus that executes facility support operations pertaining to the facility,
A usage intention information acquisition unit that receives usage intention information of the user of the mobile unit for the benefit information output by the benefit information output unit;
User information including the usage intention information for the facility management device pertaining to the facility to which the benefit information is applied, based on the usage intention information of the user of the mobile body acquired by the usage intention information acquisition unit Customer information provider to send
The privilege information distribution device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising:
For a communication device in which a privilege information distribution apparatus including a facility information storage unit storing facility information including facility names, location information of facilities, and privilege information of facilities for each of a plurality of facilities is connected to a mobile object Information distribution method for distributing facility privilege information,
The privilege information distribution device is
A position information acquisition step of acquiring start information of the moving object and position information;
A destination estimation step of estimating a destination of the mobile object;
Traffic congestion occurrence predicting step for predicting traffic congestion information generated on the way from the current position to the destination when the mobile moves from the current position to the destination of the mobile body estimated in the destination estimation step When,
In the traffic congestion occurrence prediction step, when occurrence of traffic congestion is predicted on the way from the current position to the destination, information on traffic congestion predicted and the current position information of the moving object acquired in the position information acquisition step And a benefit information output step of outputting benefit information of a facility whose effective use time is limited, based on the facility information stored in the facility information storage unit, and
A reward information distribution method comprising: