JP2005038343A - Transportation guiding system, transportation guiding service providing method, program for transportation guiding and recording medium for transportation guiding - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide transportation guiding information considering the future situation of congestion or a delay in a transportation guiding service in the case of traveling to a destination by using a transportation means including a train and the like. <P>SOLUTION: A past event corresponding to a future event is read out and congestion or a delay in the future is estimated from the past event and reflected to transportation guiding. Thus, transportation guiding information considering the future situation of the congestion or the delay is provided to a user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention accepts input of a departure start point, a transit point, and a desired departure date / time or desired arrival date / time on a moving route by a vehicle such as a train or a bus, or a moving means such as a ship or an aircraft from a user terminal. Further, the present invention relates to an invention for generating movement guide information indicating a moving means, a moving route, and a scheduled arrival date / time or a scheduled departure date / time corresponding to the priority requested from the user terminal, and transmitting it to the user terminal.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a service for searching for a moving route of a moving means on an Internet website and providing movement guidance information to a user (user) has been performed. This travel guidance service allows users to enter their desired departure time or arrival time from a user terminal such as a personal computer or mobile phone, for example, from Toranomon Station (departure point) to Mitaka Station (arrival point) in Tokyo. Referring to the train timetable, for example, the route of transportation that uses the Subway Ginza Line from Toranomon to Akasaka Mitsuke, the Subway Marunouchi Line from Akasaka Mitsuke to Yotsuya, and the JR Chuo Line from Yotsuya to Mitaka Can be provided to the user as movement guide information together with the scheduled arrival date and time or the scheduled departure date and time.

Note that the usage guide information is actually provided by the website described in Non-Patent Document 1 or 2, and the travel route can be actually searched by the software described in Non-Patent Document 3 below.
Jordan Co., Ltd. “Transfer information” [online], [searched July 18, 2003], Internet <URL: http://www.jorudan.co.jp/> Ekimae Exploration Club Co., Ltd., “Ekimae Exploration Club” [online], [Search July 18, 2003], Internet <URL: http://ekimae.toshiba.co.jp/> Val Institute Co., Ltd., “Station Spa / Product Information” [online], [Search July 18, 2003], Internet <URL: http://www.ekiworld.net/products/ekispert/index. html>

  As described above, since the conventional travel guidance service and its search software search for a travel route based on fixed data such as a train timetable, the start point, transit point, and When events that attract customers, such as concerts, sports games, festivals, etc., occur near the points in the route as the end point, passengers get on and off at the above-mentioned points in the route, become crowded, arrive and depart In consideration of the delay, it is not possible to search for a moving route.

  On the other hand, it is conceivable to obtain a real-time congestion situation or delay situation and derive a travel route considering the congestion situation or delay situation like a road traffic information service center for notifying the congestion situation of automobiles. .

 However, considering the real-time situation, it is useful when the user moves immediately after obtaining the travel guidance information, but when obtaining future travel guidance information after several hours, several days, etc. Was useless and could not provide travel guidance information considering future congestion and delay conditions.

 Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to disclose an invention that provides a user with travel guidance information in consideration of future congestion or delay.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a starting point, a transit point, and a point in the route as an end point on a moving route by various moving means, a scheduled departure date and time, and an arrival schedule at each point in the route. A timetable managing means for managing a timetable in which date / time or scheduled passage date / time is associated;
By accepting a travel guidance search condition which is a departure point, an arrival point, and a desired departure date / time or a desired arrival date / time from a user terminal of a user who wishes to use the moving means, the time table according to the travel guidance search condition. By searching for the management means, the moving means that can be used between the departure point and the arrival point, the movement route and the movement guide search result reading means for reading out the movement guide search result that is the estimated arrival date and time or the scheduled departure date and time;
Based on the travel guidance search result read by the travel guide search result readout means, travel guide information indicating the travel means, travel route and scheduled arrival date / time or scheduled departure date / time according to the priority requested from the user terminal. Travel guide information creation means to create;
In the travel guidance system capable of transmitting the travel guidance information to the user terminal,
Future event management means for managing information about events that are scheduled or may occur at a specific location at a specific date and time in the future;
Past event management means for managing information related to past events that occurred in a specific place at a specific date in the past,
Among the points in each route, the past congestion status for managing the past congestion status related to the moving means that was available at a point in the route near a specific place at a specific date in the past when the past event occurred Management means;
By searching the future event management means using the travel guide search result read by the travel guide search result reading means as a search condition, the scheduled departure date and time or arrival schedule of the travel means at each point in the route from the departure point to the arrival point Future event reading means for reading a future event that is scheduled or likely to occur at a specific location near the point in each route at the date and time or the scheduled passage date and time,
By searching the past event management means using a future event that may or may not occur in a specific place read by the future event reading means as a search condition, there is a possibility that the schedule or possibility that may occur in the read specific place. Past event reading means for reading a past event of the same kind that occurred in the same place as a future event or a place around the specific place;
By reading the past congestion status management means using a point in the route related to the vicinity of a specific place where the past event read by the past event reading means is used as a search condition, it is read by the travel guidance search result reading means. Past congestion status reading means for reading the past congestion status of the moving means at a specific point in the route on the movement route in the travel guidance search result;
Travel guidance priority changing means for changing the priority in the travel guidance information to be created by the travel guidance information creating means based on the past congestion situation read by the past congestion situation reading means;
It is the movement guide system characterized by having.

  Here, the “moving means” indicates a vehicle such as a train or a bus, a ship, an aircraft, or the like, and the “various moving means” not only indicates the various means described above, but also, for example, the same train. Within the category, trains of different routes, and different trains within the category of the same route are also included.

The invention according to claim 2 is the movement guidance system according to claim 1,
Among past events read out by the past event reading means, past event set number judging means for judging the number of sets composed of events having the same date or date and time,
When there are a plurality of sets of past events determined by the past event set number determining means, the scheduled departure date / time or scheduled arrival date / time or scheduled passage of the moving means at each point in the route from the departure point to the arrival point Past event group number narrowing means to narrow down past event groups that occurred at the date and time related to the date and time,
By enabling the past congestion status reading means to be executed using a point in the route related to the vicinity of a specific place where a set of past events narrowed down by the past event set number narrowing means is generated as a search condition. Is a movement guide system characterized by

The invention according to claim 3 is the movement guidance system according to claim 1, further comprising:
Among past events read out by the past event reading means, past event set number judging means for judging the number of sets composed of events having the same date or date and time,
When the past event group determined by the past event group number determining means does not exist, it occurs at the date / time related to the desired departure date / time or the desired arrival date / time among the past events read by the past event reading means. Past event selection means for selecting a past event that has been held, or a past event with the largest number of customers, or a past event closest to the expected number of customers in a future event read by the future event reading means;
By enabling the past congestion status reading means to be executed using a point in the route related to the vicinity of a specific place where a set of past events narrowed down by the past event set number narrowing means is generated as a search condition. Is a movement guide system characterized by

The invention according to claim 4 is the movement guide system according to claim 1.
Instead of the past congestion status management means, among the points in each route, the moving means that was available at a point in the route near a specific place at a specific date and time in the past when the past event occurred. Has a delay status management means for managing past delay status,
In place of the past congestion status reading means, the delay status management means is searched by using a point in the route near a specific place where a past event read by the past event reading means occurs as a search condition, Past delay situation deriving means for deriving a past delay situation of the movement means at a specific point in the route on the movement route in the movement guidance search result read by the movement guidance search result reading means;
The travel guidance priority changing means generates the travel guidance information based on the past delay situation read by the past delay situation read means instead of based on the past congestion situation read by the past congestion situation readout means. It is a movement guidance system characterized by changing the priority in the movement guidance information to be created by means.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the travel guide priority changing means uses the travel guide information as a travel means having the lowest fare, a travel means that is less crowded than an average congestion state, and a travel with the least number of transfers. 5. The movement guidance system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the route is changed to a scheduled arrival date and time or a scheduled departure date and time when the travel time from the departure point to the arrival point is the shortest. It is.

In the invention according to claim 6, the starting point, the waypoint, and the end point in the route as the end point on the moving route by various moving means, and the scheduled departure date and time, the expected arrival date and time or the scheduled passage date and time at each of these route points Having timetable management means for managing the associated timetable;
By accepting a travel guidance search condition which is a departure point, an arrival point, and a desired departure date / time or a desired arrival date / time from a user terminal of a user who wishes to use the moving means, the time table according to the travel guidance search condition. A travel guide search result reading step for retrieving a travel guide search result that is a travel means that can be used between the departure point and the arrival time, a travel route, and a scheduled arrival date and time or a scheduled departure date and time by searching the management means;
Based on the travel guidance search result read out by the travel guide search result readout step, travel guide information indicating the travel means, travel route and scheduled arrival date / time or scheduled departure date / time according to the priority requested from the user terminal. A travel guide information creation step to be created;
In a method for providing a travel guidance service using a travel guidance system capable of transmitting the travel guidance information to the user terminal by causing a computer to execute:
The movement guidance system further includes:
Future event management means for managing information about events that are scheduled or may occur at a specific location at a specific date and time in the future;
Past event management means for managing information related to past events that occurred in a specific place at a specific date in the past,
Among the points in each route, the past congestion status for managing the past congestion status related to the moving means that was available at a point in the route near a specific place at a specific date in the past when the past event occurred Management means;
In the state with
By searching the future event management means using the travel guidance search result read out in the travel guide search result readout step as a search condition, the scheduled departure date and time or arrival schedule of the travel means at each point in the route from the departure point to the arrival point A future event reading step of reading a future event that is scheduled or likely to occur at a specific location near the point in each route at the date and time or the scheduled passage date and time,
By searching the past event management means using a future event that may or may not occur at the specific location read out in the future event reading step as a search condition, there is a possibility that the event or plan may occur at the read specific location. A past event reading step of reading a past event of the same kind that occurred at the same location as a future event or a location around the specific location;
By reading the past congestion status management means using a point in the route related to the vicinity of the specific place where the past event read in the past event reading step occurs as a search condition, it is read in the travel guidance search result reading step. A past congestion status reading step of reading a past congestion status of the moving means at a specific point in the route on the movement route in the travel guidance search result;
A travel guidance priority changing step for changing the priority in the travel guidance information to be created in the travel guidance information creation step based on the past congestion situation read out in the past congestion situation readout step;
Is a movement guidance service providing method for providing a movement guidance service to the user.

The invention according to claim 7 is the mobile guidance service providing method according to claim 6,
Among the past events read out by the past event reading step, a past event group number determining step for determining the number of sets consisting of events having the same date or date and time of occurrence;
When there are a plurality of sets of past events determined by the past event group number determination step, the scheduled departure date / time or scheduled arrival date / time or transit schedule of the moving means at each point in the route from the departure point to the arrival point The past event number narrowing step to narrow down the past event combinations that occurred at the date and time related to the date and time,
The past congestion status reading step can be executed by using as a search condition a point in the route related to the vicinity of a specific place where the past event group narrowed down in the past event group number narrowing step occurs. This is a method for providing a travel guidance service.

The invention according to claim 8 is the mobile guidance service providing method according to claim 6, further comprising:
Among past events read out by the past event reading means, past event set number judging means for judging the number of sets composed of events having the same date or date and time,
When the past event group determined by the past event group number determining means does not exist, it occurs at the date / time related to the desired departure date / time or the desired arrival date / time among the past events read by the past event reading means. Past event selection means for selecting a past event that has been held, or a past event with the largest number of customers, or a past event closest to the expected number of customers in a future event read by the future event reading means;
By enabling the past congestion status reading means to be executed using a point in the route related to the vicinity of a specific place where a set of past events narrowed down by the past event set number narrowing means is generated as a search condition. This is a method of providing a travel guidance service characterized by

The invention according to claim 9 is the method of providing the travel guidance service according to claim 6.
The travel guidance system can be used at a point in a route near a specific place at a specific date and time in the past where the past event has occurred, instead of the past congestion status management means. A delay status management means for managing the past delay status of the moving means,
In the computer, instead of the past congestion status reading step, the delay status management means is searched using a point in the route related to the vicinity of the specific place where the past event read in the past event reading step occurs as a search condition. Then, a past delay situation deriving step for deriving a past delay situation of the moving means at a specific point in the route on the movement route in the movement guidance search result read in the movement guidance search result reading step is executed,
Further, the travel guidance priority changing step is based on the past delay situation read by the past delay situation readout step, instead of based on the past congestion situation read by the past congestion situation readout means. A method for providing a travel guidance service characterized by changing the priority in the travel guidance information to be created in the information creation step.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the travel guidance priority changing step, the travel guidance information includes a travel means having the lowest fare, a travel means that is less crowded than the average congestion state, and a travel with the least number of transfers. 10. The travel guidance service according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the route is changed to a scheduled arrival date or a scheduled departure date and time when the travel time from the departure point to the arrival point is the shortest. It is a provision method.

  According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a movement guidance program that causes the movement guidance system according to the tenth aspect to construct the management means and to execute the steps.

  Here, the “program” refers to an ordered sequence of instructions suitable for processing by a computer, such as those installed in a computer HD (Hard Disk), CD-RW, etc. Those recorded on various recording media such as ROM, DVD, FD, semiconductor memory, and computer HDD, and those distributed via an external network such as the Internet are also included.

  A twelfth aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium for movement guidance, wherein the program according to the eleventh aspect is recorded.

  Here, the “recording medium” is sufficient if it can be used for the construction of the management means and the reading of a program for executing the steps in the movement guide system (computer). It does not depend on a physical recording method such as how to record using characteristics. For example, FD (Flexible Disk), CD-ROM (R, RW) (Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD Recordable, CD Rewritable)), DVD-ROM (RAM, R, RW) (Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory (DVD) Random Access Memory, DVD Recordable, DVD Rewritable)), semiconductor memory, MO (Magneto Optical Disk), MD (Mini Disk), magnetic tape, and the like.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a past event corresponding to a future event is read, and the future congestion is predicted from the past event and reflected in the travel guidance, thereby allowing the user to have a future congestion or There is an effect that it is possible to provide travel guidance information in consideration of the delay situation.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment”) will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
The first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

  FIG. 1 shows movement guidance information of a train, which is an example of a transportation means, to a user (second party) of a user terminal 1 using a movement guidance system 10 (hereinafter referred to as “system 10”) according to the present embodiment. It shows a communication infrastructure (Infrastructure) for providing

As shown in FIG. 1, the system 1 is installed in a mobile guidance center (the former), and here, the case where the system 1 is configured by a single server computer is shown. Further, the system 1 has a communication function capable of mutual communication with the user terminal 1 of the user (the second party) via the Internet 2 which is an example of a communication network.

  The user terminal 1 is a personal computer having versatility. However, the user terminal 1 may be a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant: portable information terminal), etc., in addition to a personal computer.

  The system 10 records a program (p1) for executing steps (S1 to S12) described later. Further, in the HD (Hard Disk) (not shown) in the system 1, as shown in FIG. 1, a timetable management DB (Data Base) 11, a future event management DB 12, a past event management DB 13, a past congestion / delay situation A management DB 14 and a past congestion status temporary storage unit 15 are constructed.

  Among these, the timetable management DB 11 is a starting point, a transit point on the moving route by a moving means such as various trains such as JR, private railways, and subways, a point in the route as an end point, and a departure schedule at each point in the route It is a DB that manages a timetable in which date / time, estimated arrival date / time, or scheduled passage date / time is associated. This timetable data is rewritten every time a diagram of a transportation system such as JR is updated.

  The future event management DB 12 is a DB that manages information related to events that are scheduled or may occur in a specific place at a specific date and time in the future. This event includes not only definite future events such as sports, concerts, festivals, commuting and attending school, but also uncertain future events such as weather (forecast), flowering forecasts, and meteors. Further, the future event management DB 12 is configured by a future event management table 12t having a layout as shown in FIG. The future event management table 12t includes, for each event, year, month, day, day of the week, scheduled start time of event, scheduled end time of event, location (physical location), location (logical location), event name, event Large number of genres, medium genres, small genres, and the expected number of customers for the event are recorded.

  The past event management DB 13 is a DB that manages information related to past events that occurred in a specific place at a specific date in the past. Further, the past event management DB 13 is configured by a past event management table 13t having a layout as shown in FIG. In the past event management table 13t, year, month, day, day of the week, event start time, event end time, location (physical location), location (logical location), event name, and event are attributed to each event. Large genres, medium genres, small genres, and the number of events attracted are recorded.

  In addition, the past congestion / delay status management DB 14 stores the past regarding the transportation means that was available at a point in the route near a specific place at a specific date and time in the past when a past event occurred among the points in the route. It is a DB that manages the congestion status. Further, the past congestion / delay situation management DB 14 is configured by a past congestion / delay situation management table 14t having a layout as shown in FIG. The past congestion / delay status management table 14t is configured for each train, and FIG. 4 shows a table related to the train with the train number 1234. The past congestion / delay status management table 14t records the past congestion status from the past delay status for each stop station. Among these, the past delay status includes the estimated arrival time, the delay time (delay) indicating the difference between the actual arrival time and the estimated arrival time, the estimated departure time, and the actual departure time and departure for each stop station. The delay time (delay) indicating the difference in the scheduled time is included, and the past congestion status includes the congestion status of each vehicle of the train for each stop station.

  Although FIG. 4 shows how many minutes have been delayed, how many minutes have been advanced may also be indicated. Further, congestion and delay may be divided into a past congestion status management DB and a past delay status management DB. However, the past delay situation management DB in this case is not used in the present embodiment, but is used in the second embodiment described later.

  The past congestion status temporary storage unit 15 temporarily records the past congestion status data read from the past congestion status management DB 14.

  Next, a method for providing a travel guidance service to a user (second party) using the system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram showing processing performed by the system 10 when the user (secondary person) accesses the system 10 from the user terminal 1 via the Internet 2. FIG. 6 is a table showing a plurality of “related date and time” patterns to be described later. The data of this chart is recorded in the past congestion / delay status management DB 14.

  First, the user (B) operates the user terminal 1 to access the system 1 and inputs a travel guidance search condition a including a departure point, an arrival point, and a desired departure date and time according to a predetermined format. In this case, the desired arrival date and time may be input instead of the desired departure date and time. As a result, the system 10 searches the timetable management DB 11 according to the travel guide search condition a, so that the travel means, travel route, scheduled departure date and time, and scheduled arrival date and time between the departure point and the arrival point can be obtained. A certain travel guidance search result b is read (step S1).

  Next, the system 10 searches the future event management DB 12 using the travel guidance search result read out in the step S1 as a search condition, whereby the scheduled departure date and time of the moving means at each point in the route from the departure point to the arrival point. Alternatively, a future event that is likely or likely to occur at a specific location in the vicinity of each point in the route is read out at the scheduled arrival date or the scheduled passage date and time (step S2). For example, if you plan to leave Mitaka Station at 10 pm and arrive at Tokyo Station around 10:40 am, you can expect to arrive at Suidobashi Station in the meantime around 10:30 pm, At 10:30 pm, if an event around Suidobashi Station has ended and a certain amount of time has passed and congestion at the Suidobashi Station has been eased, even if it departs from Mitaka Station at 10 pm Even if Suidobashi Station is congested around this time, it is possible to provide travel guidance without considering the congestion of Suidobashi Station. Here, a case where “concert on June 13, 2003 (Sunday)” shown in FIG. 2 is read will be described.

  Next, in the system 10, by searching the past event management DB 13 using a future event that is scheduled or likely to occur at the specific location read out in step S2 as a search condition, the system 10 generates the specific event at the read-out location. A past event of the same kind that occurred at the same location as a future event that is scheduled or possible or at a location around the specific location is read out (step S3). Here, from the past event management table 13t shown in FIG. 3, “June 16, 2002 (Sunday) concert” and “date and time related to the date and time at which a concert that is a future event is scheduled to be performed” and “ “Sports (Pro-Wrestling) on Sunday, June 16, 2002” is read out.

  Next, the system 10 determines whether among the past events read out in the above step S3, the number of combinations of events having the same date or date and time is 0, 1 or multiple. (Step S4).

  Here, if it is determined that there are multiple sets (multiple sets), it also occurs at the date / time related to the scheduled departure date / time or scheduled arrival date / time or passing date / time of the moving means at each point in the route from the departure point to the arrival point. It narrows down to the set of past events that it had (step S5). For example, if it is determined in step S4 that a plurality of sets of events exist, the date / time related to the desired departure date / time or the desired arrival date / time (for example, although the year is different). Match month, day, month match, day match, day of week match, day of week match, time of day match, or date close, day close, day of week close Alternatively, narrowing down to preferentially adopt the date and time close to the time zone). As for the narrowing down to “related date and time”, a plurality of patterns can be considered as shown in the table of FIG.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that it does not exist at all (0 set), among the past events read out in step S3 (single past events that do not constitute a set), The past event that occurred at the date / time related to the desired departure date / time or the desired date / time of arrival, the past event with the largest number of customers, or the past that is closest to the expected number of customers in the future event read in step S2 above. An event is selected (step S6). For example, in the past event management table 13t shown in FIG. 3, only two past events of “the baseball game on Friday, June 14, 2002” and “the concert on Sunday, June 16, 2002” are only included. Is recorded, if you select a date closer to the future event “Sunday June 14th, 2003 Concert”, then “Sunday June 16th 2002 Concert” If you select the one that is close to the day of the week, it will be "Concert on Sunday, June 16, 2002". If you select the one that attracts more people, it will be "Concert on Sunday, June 16, 2002". If the same or similar ones are selected, the concert will be “June 16, 2002 (Sunday) Concert”.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that only one set exists (one set), the points in the route near the specific place where the past event read in step S3 has occurred are further displayed. By searching the past congestion status management DB 14 as a search condition, the past congestion status of the moving means at a specific point in the route on the movement route in the movement guidance search result read out in step S1 is read (step S7). For example, in the case where one pair that exists is a pair of “a concert on Sunday, June 16, 2002” and “a professional wrestling match on Sunday, June 16, 2002” shown in FIG. At the point (station) in the route near the place where the event takes place, the congestion situation that has occurred in each vehicle of the train (train) on June 16, 2002 (Sunday) is read.

  Note that step S7 is also executed after step S5 or after step S6. However, after step S5, among the past events read out in step S3, the congestion status is read out based on the set of past events narrowed down in step S5. Further, after step S6, the congestion status is read out based on the past event (single) selected in step S6 among the past events read in step S3.

  Next, the past congestion status read in step S7 is recorded in the past congestion status temporary storage unit 15 (step S8).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the past congestion status read in step S7 is more than a certain level (step S9). For example, it is determined whether the boarding rate is 100% or more, or whether the passenger can sit on each vehicle. As a result, if it is determined that a certain level of congestion has occurred (Yes), the desired departure date / time or arrival date / time input by the user (O) is automatically changed based on certain rules. (Step S10), the processing is performed again from Step S1. For example, in the case of a squeezed state or a state in which the user cannot sit on the chair, the user (second party) automatically shifts from the desired departure date / time or the desired arrival date / time to 10 minutes before or 10 minutes later and again from step S1. Process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S9 that a certain amount of congestion has not occurred (No), all the past congestion status recorded in the processing so far is read from the past congestion status temporary storage unit 15. Then, based on the read past congestion situation, the priority in the movement guide information is changed (step S11). For example, when the JR train is crowded and it becomes tightly packed, guidance is given to give priority to using the subway.

  Next, the movement guide information c1 is created according to the priority changed in step S11. The movement guidance information c1 is then transmitted to the user terminal 1 via the Internet 2 as shown in FIG. 1, thereby providing a movement guidance service for the user (the former). As a result, the user (B) can use it for future movement by referring to the transmitted movement guide information c1 on the monitor of the user terminal 1. In this case, not only a plurality of travel routes but also travel guidance that avoids congestion by shifting the desired departure date / time or desired arrival date / time is included. However, it is possible to respond to requests such as when it is desired to sit and move.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a past event corresponding to a future event is read, and the future congestion is predicted from the past event and reflected in the travel guidance, thereby allowing the user to have a future congestion. There is an effect that it is possible to provide the travel guidance information c1 in consideration of the situation.

[Second Embodiment]
Subsequently, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a process flow diagram showing processing performed by the system 10 when the user (secondary person) accesses the system 10 from the user terminal 1 via the Internet 2. In the first embodiment, the past “congested” situation is referred to. In the present embodiment, the past “delayed” situation is referred to.

  In addition, about the same structure as the said 1st Embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The system 10 records a program (p2) for executing steps (S21 to S29) described later. However, steps 21 to S26 are the same processing as steps S1 to S6, and will be described below from step S27.

  First, when it is determined in step S23 that only one set exists (1 set), a point in the route near the specific place where the past event read in step S23 occurs is further selected. By searching the past congestion state management DB 14 as a search condition, the past delay state of the moving means at a specific point in the route on the movement route in the movement guidance search result read out in step S21 is read (step S27). For example, in the case where the one pair that exists is a pair of “a concert on Sunday, June 16, 2002” and a “wrestling match on Sunday, June 16, 2002” shown in FIG. At the point (station) in the route near the place where the event takes place, the delay situation that has occurred in each vehicle of the train (train) on June 16, 2002 (Sunday) is read.

  Step S27 is also executed after step S25 or after step S26. However, after step S25, among the past events read out in step S23, the delay status is read out based on the set of past events narrowed down in step S25. Further, after step S26, the delay state is read out based on the past event (single) selected in step S26 among the past events read in step S23.

  Next, the priority in the travel guidance information is changed based on the past delay state read in step S27 (step S28). For example, if you are late and use the JR train, the estimated arrival time will be delayed.

  Next, the movement guide information c2 is created according to the priority changed in step S28. As shown in FIG. 1, the travel guidance information c <b> 2 is then transmitted to the user terminal 1 via the Internet 2 to provide a travel guidance service to the user (the former). As a result, the user (second party) can refer to the transmitted movement guide information c2 on the monitor of the user terminal 1 and can use it for future movement.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a past event corresponding to a future event is read, and future congestion is predicted from the past event and reflected in the travel guidance, thereby allowing the user to have a future delay. There is an effect that it is possible to provide the travel guidance information c2 in consideration of the situation.

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In the present invention, the following modifications are also conceivable.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the system 10 is not only constructed by a single server computer, but is constructed by two or more computers by dividing each means (execution of steps, functionalization of means). It may be the case.

  Moreover, each DB11, 12, 13, 14, or the memory | storage part 15 shown in FIG. 1 may be constructed | assembled not only in the case where it is constructed | assembled in the system 1, but in another apparatus and system. In this case, another device or system is installed at a location different from the system 10 and can store (manage) or read information (data) from the system 10 via the Internet 2 or a dedicated line. You may do it.

  Furthermore, the recording and installation operations of the programs (p1) and (p2) in the system 10 in the above-described embodiment are performed on the CD-ROM in which the program (p1) and / or the program (p2) readable by the system 10 is recorded. It is also possible to use a recording medium such as

A communication infrastructure for providing train travel guidance information, which is an example of transportation means, to the user of the user terminal 1 using the travel guidance system 10 according to the first and second embodiments. The figure shown. The figure which showed the structure of the future event management table 12t. The figure which showed the structure of the past event management table 13t. The figure which showed the structure of the past congestion and delay condition management table 14t. FIG. 3 is a process flow diagram illustrating a process performed by the system 10 when the user (B) accesses the system 10 from the user terminal 1 via the Internet 2 according to the first embodiment. The figure which showed the several pattern of "related date and time" referred by step S5, 6, 25, 26. FIG. FIG. 10 is a process flow diagram illustrating a process performed by the system when the user (B) accesses the system from the user terminal 1 via the Internet 2 according to the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 User terminal 2 Internet (an example of a communication network)
10 travel guidance system 11 timetable management DB (an example of timetable management)
12 Future event management DB (an example of future event management means)
12t Future event management table 13 Past event management DB (an example of past event management means)
13t Past event management table 14 Past congestion / delay status management DB (an example of past congestion status management means and past delay status management means)
14t Past congestion / delay status management table 15 Past congestion status temporary storage section (an example of past congestion status temporary storage means)
a Travel Guidance Search Condition b Travel Guidance Search Result c1 Travel Guidance Information c2 Travel Guidance Information

Claims (12)

Time to manage a timetable that associates the starting point, transit point, and in-route point as the end point on the moving route by various means of transportation, and the scheduled departure date and time, scheduled arrival date and time, or scheduled passage date and time at each of these route points Table management means;
By accepting a travel guidance search condition which is a departure point, an arrival point, and a desired departure date / time or a desired arrival date / time from a user terminal of a user who wishes to use the moving means, the time table according to the travel guidance search condition. By searching for the management means, the moving means that can be used between the departure point and the arrival point, the movement route and the movement guide search result reading means for reading out the movement guide search result that is the estimated arrival date and time or the scheduled departure date and time;
Based on the travel guidance search result read by the travel guide search result readout means, travel guide information indicating the travel means, travel route and scheduled arrival date / time or scheduled departure date / time according to the priority requested from the user terminal. Travel guide information creation means to create;
In the travel guidance system capable of transmitting the travel guidance information to the user terminal,
Future event management means for managing information about events that are scheduled or may occur at a specific location at a specific date and time in the future;
Past event management means for managing information related to past events that occurred in a specific place at a specific date in the past,
Among the points in each route, the past congestion status for managing the past congestion status related to the moving means that was available at a point in the route near a specific place at a specific date in the past when the past event occurred Management means;
By searching the future event management means using the travel guide search result read by the travel guide search result reading means as a search condition, the scheduled departure date and time or arrival schedule of the travel means at each point in the route from the departure point to the arrival point Future event reading means for reading a future event that is scheduled or likely to occur at a specific location near the point in each route at the date and time or the scheduled passage date and time,
By searching the past event management means using a future event that may or may not occur in a specific place read by the future event reading means as a search condition, there is a possibility that the schedule or possibility that may occur in the read specific place. Past event reading means for reading a past event of the same kind that occurred in the same place as a future event or a place around the specific place;
By reading the past congestion status management means using a point in the route related to the vicinity of a specific place where the past event read by the past event reading means is used as a search condition, it is read by the travel guidance search result reading means. Past congestion status reading means for reading the past congestion status of the moving means at a specific point in the route on the movement route in the travel guidance search result;
Travel guidance priority changing means for changing the priority in the travel guidance information to be created by the travel guidance information creating means based on the past congestion situation read by the past congestion situation reading means;
A movement guide system comprising: The movement guidance system according to claim 1,
Among past events read out by the past event reading means, past event set number judging means for judging the number of sets composed of events having the same date or date and time,
When there are a plurality of sets of past events determined by the past event set number determining means, the scheduled departure date / time or scheduled arrival date / time or scheduled passage of the moving means at each point in the route from the departure point to the arrival point Past event group number narrowing means to narrow down past event groups that occurred at the date and time related to the date and time,
By enabling the past congestion status reading means to be executed using a point in the route related to the vicinity of a specific place where a set of past events narrowed down by the past event set number narrowing means is generated as a search condition. A travel guidance system characterized by The movement guidance system according to claim 1, further comprising:
Among past events read out by the past event reading means, past event set number judging means for judging the number of sets composed of events having the same date or date and time,
When the past event group determined by the past event group number determining means does not exist, it occurs at the date / time related to the desired departure date / time or the desired arrival date / time among the past events read by the past event reading means. Past event selection means for selecting a past event that has been held, or a past event with the largest number of customers, or a past event closest to the expected number of customers in a future event read by the future event reading means;
By enabling the past congestion status reading means to be executed using a point in the route related to the vicinity of a specific place where a set of past events narrowed down by the past event set number narrowing means is generated as a search condition. A travel guidance system characterized by The movement guidance system according to claim 1 comprises:
Instead of the past congestion status management means, among the points in each route, the moving means that was available at a point in the route near a specific place at a specific date and time in the past when the past event occurred. Has a delay status management means for managing past delay status,
In place of the past congestion status reading means, the delay status management means is searched by using a point in the route near a specific place where a past event read by the past event reading means occurs as a search condition, Past delay situation deriving means for deriving a past delay situation of the movement means at a specific point in the route on the movement route in the movement guidance search result read by the movement guidance search result reading means;
The travel guidance priority changing means generates the travel guidance information based on the past delay situation read by the past delay situation read means instead of based on the past congestion situation read by the past congestion situation readout means. A travel guidance system characterized in that the priority in the travel guidance information to be created by the means is changed.   The travel guidance priority changing means receives the travel guidance information from the cheapest fare travel means, the travel means less crowded than the average congestion situation, the travel route with the least number of transfers, or the arrival point The travel guidance system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the travel guidance system is changed to a scheduled arrival date and time or a scheduled departure date and time when the travel time to the point is the shortest. Time to manage a timetable that associates the starting point, transit point, and in-route point as the end point on the moving route by various means of transportation, and the scheduled departure date and time, scheduled arrival date and time, or scheduled passage date and time at each of these route points A table management means;
By accepting a travel guidance search condition which is a departure point, an arrival point, and a desired departure date / time or a desired arrival date / time from a user terminal of a user who wishes to use the moving means, the time table according to the travel guidance search condition. A travel guide search result reading step for retrieving a travel guide search result that is a travel means that can be used between the departure point and the arrival time, a travel route, and a scheduled arrival date and time or a scheduled departure date and time by searching the management means;
Based on the travel guidance search result read out by the travel guide search result readout step, travel guide information indicating the travel means, travel route and scheduled arrival date / time or scheduled departure date / time according to the priority requested from the user terminal. A travel guide information creation step to be created;
In a method for providing a travel guidance service using a travel guidance system capable of transmitting the travel guidance information to the user terminal by causing a computer to execute:
The movement guidance system further includes:
Future event management means for managing information about events that are scheduled or may occur at a specific location at a specific date and time in the future;
Past event management means for managing information related to past events that occurred in a specific place at a specific date in the past,
Among the points in each route, the past congestion status for managing the past congestion status related to the moving means that was available at a point in the route near a specific place at a specific date in the past when the past event occurred Management means;
In the state with
By searching the future event management means using the travel guidance search result read out in the travel guide search result readout step as a search condition, the scheduled departure date and time or arrival schedule of the travel means at each point in the route from the departure point to the arrival point A future event reading step of reading a future event that is scheduled or likely to occur at a specific location near the point in each route at the date and time or the scheduled passage date and time,
By searching the past event management means using a future event that may or may not occur at the specific location read out in the future event reading step as a search condition, there is a possibility that the event or plan may occur at the read specific location. A past event reading step of reading a past event of the same kind that occurred at the same location as a future event or a location around the specific location;
By reading the past congestion status management means using a point in the route related to the vicinity of the specific place where the past event read in the past event reading step occurs as a search condition, it is read in the travel guidance search result reading step. A past congestion status reading step of reading a past congestion status of the moving means at a specific point in the route on the movement route in the travel guidance search result;
A travel guidance priority changing step for changing the priority in the travel guidance information to be created in the travel guidance information creation step based on the past congestion situation read out in the past congestion situation readout step;
A mobile guidance service providing method for providing the mobile guidance service to the user by causing a computer to execute the above. It is the movement guidance service provision method of Claim 6, Comprising:
Among the past events read out by the past event reading step, a past event group number determining step for determining the number of sets consisting of events having the same date or date and time of occurrence;
When there are a plurality of sets of past events determined by the past event group number determination step, the scheduled departure date / time or scheduled arrival date / time or transit schedule of the moving means at each point in the route from the departure point to the arrival point The past event number narrowing step to narrow down the past event combinations that occurred at the date and time related to the date and time,
The past congestion status reading step can be executed by using as a search condition a point in the route related to the vicinity of a specific place where the past event group narrowed down in the past event group number narrowing step occurs. A method for providing a travel guidance service, characterized by: The travel guidance service providing method according to claim 6, further comprising:
Among past events read out by the past event reading means, past event set number judging means for judging the number of sets composed of events having the same date or date and time,
When the past event group determined by the past event group number determining means does not exist, it occurs at the date / time related to the desired departure date / time or the desired arrival date / time among the past events read by the past event reading means. Past event selection means for selecting a past event that has been held, or a past event with the largest number of customers, or a past event closest to the expected number of customers in a future event read by the future event reading means;
By enabling the past congestion status reading means to be executed using a point in the route related to the vicinity of a specific place where a set of past events narrowed down by the past event set number narrowing means is generated as a search condition. A mobile guidance service providing method characterized by the above. The travel guidance service providing method according to claim 6 comprises:
The travel guidance system can be used at a point in a route near a specific place at a specific date and time in the past where the past event has occurred, instead of the past congestion status management means. A delay status management means for managing the past delay status of the moving means,
In the computer, instead of the past congestion status reading step, the delay status management means is searched using a point in the route related to the vicinity of the specific place where the past event read in the past event reading step occurs as a search condition. Then, a past delay situation deriving step for deriving a past delay situation of the moving means at a specific point in the route on the movement route in the movement guidance search result read in the movement guidance search result reading step is executed,
Further, the travel guidance priority changing step is based on the past delay situation read by the past delay situation readout step, instead of based on the past congestion situation read by the past congestion situation readout means. A method for providing a travel guidance service, characterized in that the priority in the travel guidance information to be created in the information creation step is changed.   The travel guidance priority changing step includes arriving at the travel guidance information from a travel means with the lowest fare, a travel means that is less crowded than the average congestion situation, a travel route with the least number of transfers, or a departure point. The method for providing a travel guidance service according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the travel date and time is changed to a scheduled arrival date and time or a scheduled departure date and time when the travel time to the point is the shortest.   11. A travel guidance program for causing the travel guidance system according to claim 10 to construct each management means and to execute each step. A computer-readable recording medium for travel guidance, wherein the program according to claim 11 is recorded.

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