JP2005140991A - Map information provision system and map information provision program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a map information provision system for guiding a user along the intention of a map information provider with respect to a map information provision system and a map information provision program. <P>SOLUTION: The map information provision system 10 is provided with: a request receiving section 101 for receiving departure place information and arrival place information transmitted from a portable telephone 20; a first route specifying section 102 for specifying, based on the received departure place information and arrival place information, a first route from the departure point to the arrival point; a shop selecting section 103 for selecting a shop existing in a prescribed range from the specified first route; a second route specifying section 104 for specifying a second route composed of an outward route from the first route to the selected shop and an return route from the selected shop to the first route; and a guide map information transmitting section 105 for transmitting to a designated shop terminal 30 guide map information for outputting a guide map wherein the first route and the second route are shown but substantially no other route information is shown. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a map information providing system and a map information providing program.

Among the technologies that can be applied to car navigation systems, a technology that sets a route from an arbitrary departure point to an arrival point, and further selects service information (parking space and restaurant availability information) along the set route. Is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-264088 A

  In the conventional technology, not only the route from the departure point to the arrival point but also information on other roads are displayed together. For example, the user can go through the loophole that he / she confirmed on the screen, and Guidance intended by the provider of service information has not been sufficiently achieved.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a map information providing system and a map information providing program that facilitate guiding a user in accordance with the intention of the map information provider.

  The map information providing system of the present invention is a request receiving means for receiving departure place information for specifying a position of a departure point and arrival place information for specifying a position of an arrival point, which are transmitted from an information communication terminal used by a user. And a first route specifying means for specifying a first route from the departure point to the arrival point based on the received departure point information and arrival point information, and within a predetermined range from the specified first route A second route for specifying a second route comprising a store selecting means for selecting a store existing in the store, an outbound route from the first route to the selected store, and a return route from the selected store to the first route A guide map information transmission for transmitting guide map information for outputting a guide map for displaying the first route and the second route and displaying substantially no other route information to the specified information communication terminal. Means.

  According to the map information providing system of the present invention, a store within a predetermined range is selected from the first route from the departure point to the arrival point, and the outbound route and the return route to the store are specified as the second route. The second route can be specified as a route for guiding the user to the store. In addition, to the designated information communication terminal, because the guide map information for outputting the guide map that displays the first route and the second route and does not substantially display other route information is transmitted, for example, By performing a predetermined printing process in the information communication terminal, a guide map can be provided to the user. Since this guide map displays the first route and the second route and does not substantially display other route information, the second route for guiding the user to the store can be displayed more effectively.

  Further, in the map information providing system of the present invention, the store selecting means selects a store that is within a predetermined range from the first route and in which incidental information is registered in advance, and the guide map information transmitting means is a guide map. It is preferable to transmit the information and the registered incidental information to the designated information communication terminal. For example, by performing a predetermined printing process at a designated information communication terminal, it is possible to provide the user with a guide map in which incidental information of the store is also described.

  Moreover, in the map information provision system of this invention, according to the specification of each path | route of a 1st route specific means and a 2nd route specific means, the map specific information for specifying information map information to the information communication terminal which a user uses Specific information transmitting means for transmitting the information, and the guide map information transmitting means transmits the guide map information to the predetermined information communication terminal of the transmission source upon receiving the transmitted map specific information from the predetermined information communication terminal. Is preferred. For example, even if the user does not have his / her own information communication terminal, guide map information can be taken into the predetermined information communication terminal by inputting and transmitting the map specifying information to the predetermined information communication terminal. By performing a predetermined printing process in the predetermined information communication terminal, a guide map can be provided to the user.

  In the map information providing system of the present invention, it is preferable that the guide map information includes information for specifying intersections on the first route and the second route. If the information for specifying the intersection is included in the guide map information, the information communication terminal that has received the guide map information performs a predetermined printing process to provide a guide map reflecting the information for specifying the intersection. . If information for specifying the intersection on the first route and the second route is reflected in the guide map, a more accurate guide map can be provided to the user.

  The program for providing map information of the present invention receives a departure point information specifying a position of a departure point and arrival point information specifying a position of an arrival point, which are transmitted from an information communication terminal used by a user. Based on the request receiving means, the first route specifying means for specifying the first route from the starting point to the arriving point based on the received starting point information and the arriving point information, and predetermined from the specified first route A second route consisting of a store selection means for selecting a store existing within the range of the first route, and an outbound route from the first route to the selected store and a return route from the selected store to the first route. Guide map information transmission for transmitting guide map information to the designated information communication terminal for outputting a guide map for displaying the first route and the second route and not displaying other route information, the second route specifying means As a means To function.

  When the map information providing program of the present invention is executed using a computer, a store within a predetermined range is selected from the first route from the departure point to the arrival point, and the outbound route and the return route to the store are selected as the second route. Therefore, the second route can be specified as a route for guiding the user to the store. In addition, to the designated information communication terminal, because the guide map information for outputting the guide map that displays the first route and the second route and does not substantially display other route information is transmitted, for example, By performing a predetermined printing process in the information communication terminal, a guide map can be provided to the user. Since this guide map displays the first route and the second route and does not substantially display other route information, the second route for guiding the user to the store can be displayed more effectively.

  According to the present invention, a store within a predetermined range is selected from the first route from the departure point to the arrival point, and the outbound route and the return route to the store are specified as the second route. The second route can be specified as the route to be guided to. In addition, to the designated information communication terminal, because the guide map information for outputting the guide map that displays the first route and the second route and does not substantially display other route information is transmitted, for example, By performing a predetermined printing process in the information communication terminal, a guide map can be provided to the user. Since this guide map displays the first route and the second route and does not substantially display other route information, the second route for guiding the user to the store can be displayed more effectively. Therefore, the map information provision system and map information provision program which make it easy to guide a user in accordance with the intention of the map information provider, which is an object of the present invention, can be provided.

  The knowledge of the present invention can be easily understood by considering the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings shown for illustration only. Subsequently, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Where possible, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  A map information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a map information providing system 10. As shown in FIG. 1, the map information providing system 10, the mobile phone 20 (information communication terminal used by the user), and the store terminal 30 (designated information communication terminal, predetermined information communication terminal) are networked (not shown). It is configured to be able to communicate information through the network. The mobile phone 20 is an information communication terminal used by a user, and is configured to be able to measure its own position by a GPS (Global Positioning System) function. ) And the position of the destination (arrival point) can be transmitted. The store terminal 30 is an information communication terminal installed in a store in a city such as a convenience store, for example, and transmits a print number as map specifying information to the map information providing system 10 and responds in response to the transmission of the print number. The guide map information is received and printed.

  Subsequently, the map information providing system 10 will be described. The map information providing system 10 is physically configured as a computer system including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an input device such as a memory and a keyboard, a display device such as a display, a storage device such as a hard disk, and a communication device such as a modem. Yes.

  The map information providing system 10 includes, as functional components, a request receiving unit 101 (request receiving unit), a first route specifying unit 102 (first route specifying unit), a store selecting unit 103 (store selecting unit), A second route specification unit 104 (second route specification unit), a guide map information transmission unit 105 (guide map information transmission unit), a specific information transmission unit 106 (specific information transmission unit), a route information storage unit 151, A store information storage unit 152 and a guide map information storage unit 153 are included. Subsequently, each component will be described.

  The request receiving unit 101 is a part that receives the departure place information specifying the position of the departure point and the arrival place information specifying the position of the arrival point, which are transmitted from the mobile phone 20 used by the user. More specifically, the departure point information is latitude / longitude information acquired by the user using the GPS function of the mobile phone 20. The arrival place information is latitude and longitude information that the user inputs to the mobile phone 20. The request receiving unit 101 outputs the received departure place information and arrival place information to the first route specifying unit.

  The first route specifying unit 102 is a part that specifies the first route from the departure point to the arrival point based on the departure point information and the arrival point information output from the request receiving unit 101. More specifically, the first route specifying unit 102 obtains map information about a necessary portion so that the departure point and the arrival point are included based on the map information stored in the route information storage unit 151. Extract. An example of the map information stored in the route information storage unit 151 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the map information 40 stored in the route information storage unit 151 is specified by information about roads and information about latitudes and longitudes. The first route specifying unit 102 associates the extracted map information with the departure point and the arrival point. The result of this association is expressed visually as shown in FIG. According to the example shown in FIG. 3, the departure point 401 and the arrival point 402 are plotted on the map information 40. The first route specifying unit 102 specifies a route from the departure point 401 to the arrival point 402 as the first route 411 (see FIG. 4). A well-known and customary method is used for specifying the first route. In the example of FIG. 4, the shortest route among all the routes from the departure point 401 to the arrival point 402 is specified as the first route 411. Is done. The first route specifying unit 102 associates the extracted map information, the departure point information and the arrival point information, and the first route information with each other and outputs them to the store selection unit 103.

  The store selection unit 103 is a part that selects a store existing within a predetermined range from the first route based on the information output from the first route specifying unit 102. This will be described more specifically with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is an example of map information shown under the same conditions as FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is an example of information stored in the store information storage unit 152 of FIG. According to the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the store information storage unit 152 stores a store name, location information of the store, and coupon information (accompanying information) of the store in association with each other. The store selection unit 103 identifies a predetermined range from the first route 411 as an area 421 (see FIG. 5). Next, the store selection unit 103 selects a store 403, a store 404, a store 405, and a store 407 within the region 421 of FIG. 5 based on the store information stored in the store information storage unit 152. The store selection unit 103 may select only store information in which coupon information (accompanying information) is stored. In this case, the store 407 is not selected. In the present embodiment, the store 407 is not selected. The store selection unit 103 includes map information, departure point information and arrival point information output from the first route specifying unit 102, information on the first route, and information on the selected store (including location information and coupon information). Are output to the second route specifying unit 104.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the second route specifying unit 104 is a part that specifies a second route including a forward route from the first route to the store and a return route from the store to the first route. This will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is an example of the map information shown under the same conditions as FIG. The second route specifying unit 104 specifies the shortest route from the first route 411 to the store 403 as the forward route 412, and specifies the shortest route from the store 403 to the first route 411 as the return route 413. Similarly, the second route specifying unit 104 specifies the forward route 414 and the return route 415 to the store 404 and the forward route 416 and the return route 417 to the store 405, respectively. The second route specifying unit 104 deletes the route information other than the first route 411 and the second routes 412 to 417 so as not to be substantially displayed, and associates the coupon information of each store 403 to 405 with the guide map information. Is stored in the guide map information storage unit 153. The second route specifying unit 104 assigns and stores a print number (map specifying information) to each guide map information stored in the guide map information storage unit 153 and outputs the print number to the specific information transmitting unit 106.

  The specific information transmitting unit 106 is a part that transmits the print number output from the second route specifying unit 104 to the mobile phone 20. That is, the specific information transmitting unit 106 specifies the guide map information to the mobile phone 20 that is the information communication terminal used by the user in accordance with the specification of the respective routes of the first route specifying unit 102 and the second route specifying unit 104. To send a print number.

  The guide map information transmission part 105 is a part which transmits the guide map information for outputting a guide map to the store terminal 30 which is a designated information communication terminal. More specifically, when the user of the mobile phone 20 inputs a print number to the store terminal 30, the print number is transmitted to the map information providing system 10. This transmitted print number is received by the guide map information transmission unit 105. The guide map information transmission unit 105 selects the guide map information corresponding to the print number received from the guide map information stored in the guide map information storage unit 153 and transmits it to the store terminal 30. The store terminal 30 prints and outputs a guide map based on this guide map information. An example of a guide map output by the store terminal 30 is shown in FIG. The example of FIG. 8 is a guide map 50 printed based on the guide map information shown in FIG. According to the example of FIG. 8, the guide map 50 includes a map portion 501 and coupon portions 502 to 504. The map portion 501 includes a first route 411 from the departure point 401 to the arrival point 402, selected stores 403 to 405, outbound routes 412, 414 and 416 and return routes 413, 415 and 417 to the stores 403 to 405, respectively. It is displayed.

  Another example of the guide map output by the store terminal 30 is shown in FIG. According to the example of FIG. 9, the guide map 60 includes a map portion 601 and coupon portions 502 to 504. The map portion 601 displays the selected stores 403 to 405, and outbound routes 412, 414 and 416 and return routes 413, 415 and 417 to the stores 403 to 405, respectively. Further, the map portion 601 includes a first route 411a from the departure point 401 to the outbound route 412 of the store 403, a first route 411b from the return route 413 of the store 403 to the outbound route 414 of the store 404, and a return route 415 of the store 404 to the store. A first route 411c to the forward route 416 of 405 and a first route 411d from the return route 417 to the arrival point 402 of the store 405 are displayed. By hiding a portion of the first route 411 shown in FIG. 8, the user can be accurately guided to the stores 403 to 405. In order for the store map 30 to output the guide map 60 shown in FIG. 9, the second route specifying unit 104 creates guide map information by deleting a part of the first route output from the store selecting unit 103. To do.

  Another example of the guide map output by the store terminal 30 is shown in FIG. According to the example of FIG. 10, the guide map 70 includes a map portion 701 and coupon portions 502 to 504. In the map portion 701, as in the guide map 50 shown in FIG. 8, the first route 411 from the departure point 401 to the arrival point 402, the selected stores 403 to 405, and the outbound routes 412 and 414 to the stores 403 to 405. 416 and return paths 413, 415, and 417, respectively. In the map portion 701, a part of the map information displayed in FIG. 7 is superimposed and displayed in order to specify the intersections of the first route 411 and the second routes 412 to 417. Since part of the map information is superimposed and displayed in order to identify the intersection, the user can more easily understand the route. In order to cause the store terminal 30 to output the guide map shown in FIG. 10, the second route specifying unit 104 uses part of the map information output from the store selecting unit 103 for each of the first route and the second route. The guide map information is created by overlapping the intersections so as to be specified.

  Next, a map information providing program 92 for causing a computer to function as the map information providing system 10 of this embodiment and a computer-readable recording medium 9 on which the program is recorded will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of the recording medium 9 on which the map information providing program 92 is recorded. Examples of the recording medium 9 include a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a CD-ROM, and a memory built in the computer.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the recording medium 9 includes a program area 91 for recording a program and a data area 93 for recording data. The data area 93 has the same route information database 935 as the route information storage unit 151 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10, the same store information database 936 as the store information storage unit 152, and the same as the guide map information storage unit 153. The guide map information database 937 is stored.

  In the program area 91, a map information providing program 92 is recorded. The map information providing program 92 includes a main module 921 that supervises processing, a request receiving module 922, a first route specifying module 923, a store selection module 924, a second route specifying module 925, and a guide map information transmitting module 926. And a specific information transmission module 927. Here, the functions realized by operating each of the request receiving module 922, the first route specifying module 923, the store selecting module 924, the second route specifying module 925, the guide map information transmitting module 926, and the specific information transmitting module 927 are as follows. Similar to the functions of the request receiving unit 101, the first route specifying unit 102, the store selecting unit 103, the second route specifying unit 104, the guide map information transmitting unit 105, and the specific information transmitting unit 106 of the map information providing system 10. It is.

It is a figure for demonstrating the map information provision system which is embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the information stored in the path | route information storage part of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the information processing of the 1st path | route specific | specification part of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the information processing of the 1st path | route specific | specification part of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the information processing of the shop selection part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the information stored in the shop information storage part of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the information processing of the 2nd path | route specific | specification part of FIG. It is the figure which showed the example of the guidance map which the shop terminal 30 of FIG. 1 outputs. It is the figure which showed the example of the guidance map which the shop terminal 30 of FIG. 1 outputs. It is the figure which showed the example of the guidance map which the shop terminal 30 of FIG. 1 outputs. It is a figure for demonstrating the map information provision program which is embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Map information provision system, 20 ... Mobile phone, 30 ... Store terminal, 101 ... Request receiving part, 102 ... First route specific part, 103 ... Store selection part, 104 ... Second route specific part, 105 ... Guide map information Transmitter 106, specific information transmitter 151, route information storage 152, store information storage 153, guide map information storage.

Claims (5)

Request receiving means for receiving the departure place information for specifying the position of the departure point and the arrival place information for specifying the position of the arrival point, transmitted from the information communication terminal used by the user;
First route specifying means for specifying a first route from the departure point to the arrival point based on the received departure point information and arrival point information;
Store selection means for selecting a store existing within a predetermined range from the identified first route;
A second route specifying means for specifying a second route comprising an outward route from the first route to the selected store and a return route from the selected store to the first route;
Guide map information transmitting means for transmitting guide map information for displaying a guide map that displays the first route and the second route and that does not substantially display other route information to a designated information communication terminal; ,
A map information providing system. The store selection means selects a store that exists within a predetermined range from the first route and in which incidental information is registered in advance,
The map information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the guide map information transmitting unit transmits the guide map information and the registered incidental information to the designated information communication terminal. Specific information transmission for transmitting map specifying information for specifying the guide map information to the information communication terminal used by the user according to the specification of the respective routes of the first route specifying means and the second route specifying means With means,
The said guide map information transmission means will transmit the said guide map information to the predetermined | prescribed information communication terminal of the said transmission source, if the said map specific information transmitted from the predetermined | prescribed information communication terminal is received. Map information provision system. The map information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the guide map information includes information for specifying an intersection on the first route and the second route. Computer
Request receiving means for receiving starting point information specifying the position of the starting point and arrival point information specifying the position of the arriving point, transmitted from the information communication terminal used by the user;
First route specifying means for specifying a first route from the departure point to the arrival point based on the received departure point information and arrival point information;
Store selection means for selecting a store existing within a predetermined range from the identified first route;
A second route specifying means for specifying a second route comprising an outward route from the first route to the selected store and a return route from the selected store to the first route;
Guide map information transmitting means for transmitting guide map information for outputting a guide map for displaying the first route and the second route and not displaying other route information to a designated information communication terminal;
Map information providing program to make it function.

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