JP2000172238A - Personalized information representing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize such a personalized information representing method as is easy for a visitor to move in an exhibition hall and is possible to protect privacy of the visitor. SOLUTION: When a visitor 4 registers his/her personal information in a portable terminal device 5 and transmits the personal information from the portable terminal device 5 to a display 6 by a wireless communication means, the display 6 displays the exhibition guide information by personalizing it based on the transmitted personal information, and also updates the information on the visit history of the visitor. And, based on the updated visit history and the interest of the visitor, the information suggesting what the visitor should visit next is displayed on a display part 51 of the portable terminal device 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for presenting personalized information, and more particularly, to a visitor who visits an exhibition hall such as a museum or a research institute, and changes the activity history and interest of each visitor. And a personalized information presentation method that can provide personalized information accordingly.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent development of network / mobile / wearable / ubiquitous computing technologies, these technologies are used to promote communication such as meeting and information exchange between people sharing knowledge and interests. The construction of a knowledge environment is underway.

As an example, there is a system for providing personalized information to each visitor in a place where people and knowledge gather, such as museums, research institutes, and exhibitions. As an example of such a system, the C-MAP (Context-aware Mobile Assistant Pr.) Disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-50351 is an example constructed by the present inventors.
oject) system. In this system, a database of exhibition-related information is provided, and this database is connected to a wired LAN together with an information providing server. A visitor carries an information terminal device such as a personal computer and tours the exhibition hall. The portable terminal device can communicate with a server system via a wireless LAN. The visitor operates the information terminal device according to the degree of his / her interest in each exhibition to search for exhibition-related information, and the use history is recorded in the database.

On the other hand, an active badge system is used for detecting the position of a visitor in an exhibition hall. That is,
The visitor wears a badge, and a sensor is arranged at each exhibition booth, and the position of the visitor is detected by an infrared link between the badge and the sensor. Every time a detection result is obtained, the position information of all the visitors in the database of the active badge system is updated. As a result, each visitor can obtain the visit time required for each exhibition.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned system, since the portable terminal device carried by the user is constituted by, for example, a personal computer, it is not only heavy but also bulky, so that there is a problem that it is difficult to use. In addition, there are problems such as how to manage the privacy of the visitor's behavior history.

[0006] Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a personalized information presentation method that enables a visitor to easily move around an exhibition hall and manages the privacy of the visitor.

[0007]

The invention according to claim 1 is
Information is transmitted between the display unit installed at each exhibition hall and the portable terminal device owned by each visitor by wireless information communication means, and the personalized information is displayed at the request of each visitor. A personalized information presentation method for displaying and providing personal information to a mobile terminal device, wherein each visitor registers personal information on a mobile terminal device, and the individual personal information is displayed on a display unit of an exhibition hall where the visitor is located. The information is transmitted by wireless information communication means, and the display unit personalizes and displays the exhibition guide information based on the transmitted personal information, updates the visit history information of the visitor, and updates the updated visit history And information indicating what to visit next for the visitor is displayed on the portable terminal device based on the interest of the visitor.

[0008] In the invention according to claim 2, the accumulated tour history information is structured to notify the presence of exhibitors and visitors of close interest.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the portable terminal device can input voice information pronounced by each visitor, and further stores the voice information input from each mobile terminal device.

In the invention according to claim 4, the portable terminal device is capable of outputting voice information, and further outputs optimal voice information from the stored voice information as voice by the portable terminal device.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a database 1 stores exhibition-related information and is connected to a wired LAN 3 via an information providing server 2. Also,
The wired LAN 3 is also connected to the Internet 11. Each visitor 4 carries a palm-sized portable terminal device 5 and tours the exhibition hall. The display 6 is installed everywhere in the exhibition hall, and the mobile terminal device 5 and the display 6 are connected by a wireless link 7. The visitor 4 can obtain personalized information from the display 6 according to the context at that time by pointing the portable terminal device 5 at the display 6. The connection history is managed by the information providing server 2 via the display 6.

On the other hand, an active badge system 8 is used to detect the position of the visitor 4 in the hall. In this system, each visitor 4 wears a badge 9, and a sensor 10 is installed at each exhibition booth.
The position of each visitor is detected by an infrared link between the two. Every time a detection result is obtained, the position information of all the visitors in the database of the active badge system 8 is updated. As a result, the tour time required by each visitor for each exhibition can be obtained. The sensor 10 can detect the badge 9 at a distance of 1 to 2 m from a practical viewpoint.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the portable terminal device and the display shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram similarly. The portable terminal device 5 is about the size of an electronic organizer so that a visitor can easily carry it, and a relatively small display unit 51 and an operation unit 52 are provided on an operation surface thereof. And the operation unit 52, as shown in FIG.
It is connected to the. Further, a transmission / reception unit 54 and a memory 55 are connected to the control unit 53. Call receiver 54
Transmits / receives information to / from the display 6 wirelessly (infrared rays or radio waves).

As an extended example of the portable terminal device 5, a visitor himself inputs voice information from a microphone 56 and not only displays information from a display 6 on a display unit 51 but also outputs voice information from a speaker 57. It is possible to

As shown in FIG. 2, the display 6 has a relatively large display section 61 and a transmission / reception section 62.
The display unit 61 and the transmission / reception unit 62 are connected to a control unit 63 as shown in FIG. 3, and a memory 64 is connected to the control unit 63.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the cooperative operation between the portable terminal device and the display shown in FIG. The visitor 4 shown in FIG. 1 operates the operation unit 52 of the portable terminal device 5 and registers his / her own name in the memory 55 as a user name. Then, when the visitor turns the portable wireless terminal device 5 toward the display 6, wireless communication with the display 6 is started. From the portable terminal device 5, for example, a user name, a visit history up to that point, an interest, and the like are transmitted to the display 6 as the user's personal information.

The display 6 personalizes the exhibition guide information based on the personal information from the portable terminal device and displays it on the display unit 61. Then, the display 6 updates the tour history information, creates new tour navigation information based on the information, and returns it to the portable terminal device 5. The tour navigation information is displayed on the display unit 51 of the mobile terminal device 5. Visitors will visit other exhibits according to the new visit navigation information.

Therefore, according to the embodiment of the present invention, each visitor does not need to carry a heavy terminal device as in the related art. Exhibitors no longer need to prepare expensive multimedia terminals for lending, and the lending / collecting work at the venue is eliminated or greatly reduced. A palm-sized mobile terminal device is widely used as an electronic organizer, and is likely to be carried as an ordinary organizer. Therefore, it is also possible to have each person use his / her own electronic notebook as a guide terminal at the venue. Therefore, the service target is not limited to the special exhibition hall as described above, but can be extended to general social life. Further, since the personal information of the user (such as tour history and interest) is stored in the portable terminal device, privacy information can be easily managed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing, as another embodiment of the present invention, a support operation for meeting people who share interests and sharing information. In FIG. 5, the visitor performs user registration before starting the exhibition tour. Each visitor freely views the exhibition. At that time, the visitor has a badge 9 as described in FIG. 1, and the visit history of the visitor 4 is stored in the database of the active badge system 8.

The visitor 4 uses the portable terminal device 5 to record an exhibit of interest by voice input or to view video and input necessary information from the keyboard while proceeding with the tour. In this case, a record by voice input or a record of watching a video is transmitted from the display 6 to the information providing server 2 via a wireless link, and the visit history data of a plurality of visitors is structured. Further, the information providing server 2 performs filtering in the context of a specific visitor to configure and visualize a community network. The visualized information is displayed on the display unit 61 of the display 6 as described above.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be displayed on a large-screen projector installed in an exhibition hall.

Here, the community network is
This is a network showing a plurality of exhibits stored in the database 1 and their keywords and the relevance of exhibitors and visitors related thereto. The nodes (exhibit-keyword, exhibit-exhibitor, exhibit-visitor) are connected by links according to the degree of association.

The database 1 previously stores a plurality of exhibits, their keywords, and data relating to the exhibitors and the degree of relevance to each other. In addition, each exhibition,
Individual information relating to the exhibitors is also prepared and stored in the database 1 as hypertext linked by links. The visit histories of a plurality of visitors are dynamically added to the database 1. For example, the degree of association between the exhibit and the visitor is determined according to the visit time of the user in the exhibit.

Although all nodes and all links may be displayed, it is possible to personalize the display of the community network by selecting the link or node to be displayed according to the use situation. it can. That is, a node representing the current visitor, an exhibition node connected to the node by a link (that is, an exhibition that the visitor visited), and an exhibitor node and other nodes connected to the exhibition node by a link. Is displayed, the information in the database 1 is filtered for the visitor. Then, according to the visit history of the visitor, it is possible to know the existence of the exhibitor or other visitor who is closely interested.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram of an information sharing system using a voice interface. In this embodiment, information is shared using a voice interface at an exhibition hall. For this purpose, the visitor has the portable terminal device 20 extended so as to be capable of voice input and voice output. Then, the voice message input to the portable terminal device 20 is transmitted to the recording extraction server 40 via the wireless LAN 30 and stored together with information such as the name of the visitor, the position, and the time indicating the situation of the visitor. Also in this embodiment, the visitor 4 has a badge 9 and the position of the visitor 4 is detected by the active badge system 8 as in FIG.

When proceeding with the tour, the visitor inputs the visitor information by voice, and then, while proceeding with the tour, inputs his or her thoughts as a memo with his / her voice, or enters a specific person (for example, another visitor or exhibition). ) Or other voices that will come to the same place later. These voice data are stored in the database 1 while being indexed by the situation data at that time (name of the visitor, time and position at that time). The voice guides stored prior to the exhibition are also stored in the database 1 in the same manner as the voice data by the visitor. And where they should be played (for example,
A guide corresponding to a certain exhibition is stored in the database 1 together with index information for designating a target user (the contents of the guide can be switched according to the user's interest and knowledge).

According to the situation of each user at the exhibition hall, a suitable one of the audio data stored in the database 1 is automatically reproduced through the portable terminal of the user. By doing so, the following effects can be obtained. That is, an audio guide (message from the exhibitor) about the exhibit in front of you,
You can hear the impressions of other visitors who have seen it up to that point as a message. Even people with similar interests and circumstances (objects to be observed) can easily exchange messages that transcend space-time constraints. A message to certain other users, such as those who have come together for a tour, or friends who are to come there the next day, can be left depending on the situation (eg, exhibition site).

It can be used as a voice memo for oneself. Exhibitors can prepare and provide not only voice guides for everyone but also a plurality of guide contents according to the interests and knowledge of the target person. it can.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, each visitor registers personal information in the portable terminal device and transmits the personal information to the display unit, whereby the display unit is transmitted. Personalize and display the exhibition guide information based on the obtained personal information, update the visit history information of the visitor, and display information indicating what the visitor should visit next on the portable terminal device. As a result, each visitor does not need to carry a heavy terminal device, and the visitor's personal information is stored in the portable terminal device.
Privacy information can be easily managed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a portable terminal device and a display shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a portable terminal device and a display.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a specific operation of the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram of an information sharing system using a voice interface.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 database 2 server for providing information 3 wired LAN 4 visitor 5 portable terminal device 6 display 7 wireless link 8 active badge system 9 badge 10 sensor 30 wireless LAN 40 recording and extraction server 51, 61 display unit 52 operation unit 53, 63 control Units 54, 62 Transmission / reception units 55, 64 Memory 56 Microphone

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Information is transmitted between a display unit installed in each exhibition hall and a portable terminal device possessed by each visitor by wireless information communication means, and personalized according to a request of each visitor. A personalized information presentation method for displaying the provided information on the display unit and providing the personalized information to the portable terminal device.
A second step of transmitting personal information by a wireless information communication means by the portable terminal device to a display section of a certain exhibition hall by each visitor, and the display section based on the transmitted personal information. Personalize and display the exhibition guide information, and update the visit history information of the visitor, based on the updated visit history and the interest of the visitor,
A personalized information presentation method, comprising a third step of displaying, on the portable terminal device, information indicating what to visit next for the visitor. 2. The personalized information presentation method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of structuring the accumulated tour history information to notify the presence of exhibitors and visitors of close interest. 3. The mobile terminal device is capable of inputting voice information pronounced by each visitor, and further includes a step of storing voice information input from each of the mobile terminal devices. The personalized information presentation method according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The portable terminal device is capable of outputting audio information, and further outputs optimal audio information from the stored audio information as audio from the portable terminal device. The personalized information presentation method according to claim 3, wherein