JP2005156269A - Advertisement information output device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an advertisement information output device for actualizing an efficient use of advertisement information. <P>SOLUTION: A navigation device 100A is equipped with an advertisement information receiving/processing part 16 for receiving advertisement information, a GPS device 40 for detecting the present location of an own vehicle, an autonomous navigation sensor 42, a vehicle location calculation part 12, an output order setting part 22 for setting the outputting order of respective pieces of advertisement information based on the detected own vehicle location and on the location of a facility corresponding to each piece of advertisement information, and an advertisement information output part 26 for outputting respective pieces of advertisement information according to the set outputting order. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an advertisement information output apparatus that receives a plurality of advertisement information during movement and performs an output operation such as display.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a facility information providing apparatus that transmits advertisement information toward a traveling vehicle, receives the advertisement information with an in-vehicle navigation device, and displays the contents thereof (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ). In this facility information providing device, the arrival time to a specific facility is predicted based on the current position of the vehicle, and the advertisement information is distributed by specifying the vehicle as the delivery destination based on the arrival time. Accordingly, it is possible to eliminate distribution of advertisement information that is useless depending on the arrival time of the vehicle, and it is possible to acquire only distribution information that can be used on the vehicle side.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-130660 (page 3-7, FIG. 1-6)

  By the way, in the facility information providing apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, advertisement information to be distributed is determined based on the arrival time of the vehicle with respect to the facility. It cannot be applied when receiving advertisement information of a facility. For this reason, when advertisement information corresponding to a large number of unspecified facilities is distributed and received on the vehicle side, there is no choice but to receive the advertisement information in the order of distribution and display the contents. In this way, when the received advertisement information is displayed regardless of the passing order of each facility, when the advertisement information of the facility close to the vehicle is delayed and actually displayed, the facility has already passed through that facility. In some cases, the advertisement information cannot be used efficiently. In particular, in the facility information providing apparatus described above, since advertisement information to be distributed to each vehicle is individually determined, it is used for applications in which the same content of advertisement information is distributed to an unspecified number of vehicles. It is not possible.

  The present invention has been created in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an advertisement information output device capable of efficiently using advertisement information.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, an advertisement information output device according to the present invention receives and outputs a plurality of advertisement information corresponding to each of a plurality of facilities, and receives advertisement information. And position detection means for detecting the current position of the device itself, output order setting means for setting the output order of the plurality of advertisement information based on the current position detected by the position detection means and the locations of the plurality of facilities, And advertisement information output means for outputting a plurality of advertisement information in the output order set by the output order setting means. Since the output order of advertisement information is set based on the current position of the own device and the location of each facility, it becomes possible to grasp the positional relationship of each facility corresponding to the output order of each advertisement information, The advertisement information can be efficiently used in association with the use of the facility.

  The output order set by the output order setting means described above is preferably the order in which the locations of the facilities are close to the current position. As a result, the advertisement information of the facility close to the device itself is output quickly, so before the vehicle arrives at each facility when the vehicle carrying the device is moving or when the user who owns the device is walking In addition, it is possible to output as much advertisement information corresponding to those facilities as possible, so that the advertisement information can be used efficiently.

  Further, it is desirable that the output order setting by the output order setting means described above is performed when the current position of the own apparatus moves and the facility at the location where the position of the own apparatus has passed is excluded. When the position of the device itself moves and the facility to be used is selected based on the advertisement information from among a plurality of facilities existing in front of the moving direction, it corresponds to the facility that has passed. Advertising information is useless. By not outputting such advertisement information, the advertisement information to be output can be reduced, and only the advertisement information that is really valuable can be used efficiently.

  In addition, the reception data including the advertisement information described above includes facility location data corresponding to the advertisement information, and the output order setting unit is configured to determine the location of the facility based on the location data included in the reception data. It is desirable to get Alternatively, a facility search means for searching for the location of the facility based on the name of the facility described above is further provided, and the received data including the advertisement information includes the name data of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information. Preferably, the facility search means searches for the location of the facility based on the name data included in the received data, and the output order setting means acquires the location of the facility based on the search result by the facility search means. Thereby, the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information can be acquired accurately and easily.

  In addition, the above-described advertisement information output means performs an output operation only once for a plurality of advertisement information having the same content when the advertisement information having the same content is included in the plurality of advertisement information received by the advertisement information receiving means. It is desirable to do. Accordingly, it is possible to more efficiently use the advertisement information by selectively outputting only the new advertisement information having a high utility value while avoiding the output of the advertisement information having the same content.

  Further, the advertisement information output means described above is a case where the position of the own device moves, and when the output of the advertisement information does not end before the own device reaches the facility corresponding to the advertisement information, It is desirable to stop outputting information. As a result, it is possible to eliminate advertising information with less utility value that does not end output when passing through a facility.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the above-described own device is mounted on a vehicle, and the advertisement information is transmitted from a plurality of transmission units arranged around the road along which the vehicle can travel. As a result, even when various types of advertisement information are received at arbitrary timing from a plurality of transmission means scattered around the traveling vehicle, the order of the facilities that can be reached and the output order of the advertisement information are associated with each other. By increasing the amount of advertisement information that is output before arriving at each facility, it is possible to efficiently use the advertisement information.

  Moreover, it is desirable to further include map image display means for displaying a specific image indicating the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information received by the advertisement information receiving means on the map image around the above-mentioned own device. Thereby, the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information being output can be easily grasped.

  Moreover, it is desirable to further include a map image display means for highlighting a specific image indicating the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information being output by the advertisement information output means on the map image around the above-described device. As a result, it is possible to more easily grasp the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information being output, and to effectively use the advertisement information by notifying that the advertisement information is being output. it can.

  Moreover, it is desirable that the specific image described above is an icon corresponding to each facility. Thereby, it is possible to easily know what kind of facility the advertisement information corresponding to the facility is being output.

  In addition, the facility type designating unit that designates the type of facility to be output by the above-described advertisement information output unit, and the type designated by the facility type designating unit from the plurality of advertisement information received by the advertisement information receiving unit It is desirable to further include advertisement information selection means for selecting advertisement information corresponding to the facility, and the output order setting means preferably sets the output order for the advertisement information selected by the advertisement information selection means. As a result, it is possible to selectively output only the advertisement information about the facility that can be used, and it is possible to efficiently use only the advertisement information desired to be output.

  Hereinafter, a navigation device according to an embodiment to which an advertisement information output device of the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an advertisement information distribution system including a navigation device according to an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the advertisement information distribution system of the present embodiment includes access points (APs) 400 installed at a plurality of locations, and wireless communication is performed between these access points 400 and the vehicle 100. Is called. In addition, each access point 400 is connected to the advertisement information distribution server 200 via a predetermined network 300, and various types of advertisement information distributed by the advertisement information distribution server 200 are transmitted to each access point 400 as a relay device. It is delivered to the vehicle 100 via.

  Each access point 400 is installed in various facilities arranged along a road on which the vehicle 100 can travel. For example, convenience stores and gas stations that are set along the road are suitable for these various facilities, but in addition to these, they may be installed in public facilities, banks, retail stores, telephone boxes, etc. Good. Since it is sufficient that wireless communication can be performed with the vehicle 100, these various facilities do not necessarily face the road. Each access point 400 does not necessarily have to be installed at each facility, and may be installed alone on the road or the like.

  The advertisement information distribution server 200 distributes the advertisement information toward the unspecified vehicle 100. This advertisement information is associated with each facility, and the advertisement information corresponding to one facility includes the name, location, type, output time, and advertisement information body of the facility. Is included in whole or in part. Here, the “name” is used to specify the facility that is the target of the advertisement information, and includes, for example, a character code that directly represents a character string of the name. “Location” indicates the position of the facility that is the target of the advertisement information, and includes, for example, longitude and latitude. “Type” indicates the type of facility that is the target of the advertisement information, and includes, for example, contents classified into various facilities such as convenience stores, department stores, supermarkets, and gas stations. This type may have a plurality of hierarchies such as major classification, middle classification, and minor classification. The “output time” is a required time for output from the start to the end of the output of the advertisement information. The “advertising information body” includes at least one of image data and audio data. The image data is generally moving image data, but may be still image data. In the case of still image data, a time for outputting a still image is set. These image data are distributed in a compressed state by a predetermined method such as MPEG format or JPEG format. Audio data is generally used to obtain audio output that is output in conjunction with the display timing of an image that is played back based on image data. However, if there is no image display, audio output is output independently. Used to obtain This audio data is also delivered in a compressed state in a predetermined format.

  Next, details of a navigation device mounted on the vehicle 100 and performing wireless communication with each access point 400 will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a navigation device 100 </ b> A mounted on the vehicle 100. As shown in FIG. 2, the navigation device 100A includes a navigation control unit 10, a GPS device 40, an autonomous navigation sensor 42, a map data storage unit 44, an advertisement information storage unit 46, an operation unit 48, a display device 50, an amplifier 52, and a speaker. 54 and the communication module 56 are comprised.

  The navigation control unit 10 is for controlling the entire navigation device 100A, and its function is realized by executing a predetermined operation program using a CPU, ROM, RAM, or the like.

  The GPS device 40 has a GPS antenna and a calculation unit that analyzes radio waves of satellites received by the GPS antenna, and outputs the position (longitude, latitude) of the vehicle 100. The autonomous navigation sensor 42 includes a distance sensor and a direction sensor (gyro), and the position of the vehicle 100 is calculated by the navigation control unit 10 based on the sensor outputs.

  The map data storage unit 44 stores map data necessary for map display processing and route search processing. This map data also includes facility data necessary for searching for a location from the name of the facility. For example, a hard disk device can be used, but a drive device that reads map data stored on a CD or DVD may be used. The advertisement information storage unit 46 stores advertisement information distributed from the advertisement information distribution server 200 and received by the vehicle 100. For example, a hard disk device can be used, but a semiconductor memory such as a RAM may be used.

  The operation unit 48 includes various operation switches, operation keys, and the like, and outputs a signal corresponding to the operation content of the user to the navigation control unit 10. For example, in the present embodiment, it is possible to select a facility to be output from a plurality of received advertisement information by specifying the type of facility, and this type of specification is specified by the user operating the operation unit 48. Is done. In addition, a facility corresponding to the advertisement information whose contents are being displayed or outputted in sound can be designated as the destination of the route search. This designation is also performed using the operation unit 48.

  Based on the video signal output from the navigation control unit 10, the display device 50 displays the content, for example, a map image around the vehicle 100, a moving image representing the content of the advertisement information, a still image, or the like. The amplifier 52 amplifies a voice signal output from the navigation control unit 10, for example, a guidance voice signal for performing route guidance, an advertisement voice signal indicating the content of advertisement information, and the like, and outputs the amplified signal from the speaker 54.

  The communication module 56 is a wireless LAN terminal that performs wireless communication with each access point 400, and transmits and receives data to and from each access point 400 via a wireless line. It should be noted that various methods can be adopted as a specific method for realizing wireless communication. For example, an optical beacon transmitter or a radio beacon transmitter may be used as (or instead of) the access point 400, and these receivers may be used as the communication module 56.

  2, the navigation control unit 10 includes a vehicle position calculation unit 12, a map image drawing unit 14, an advertisement information reception processing unit 16, an advertisement information selection unit 18, a facility type designation unit 20, and an output order setting unit. 22, a facility search unit 24, an advertisement information output unit 26, a travel route processing unit 28, and a display processing unit 30.

  The vehicle position calculation unit 12 calculates the vehicle position of the vehicle 100 based on the data output from the GPS device 40 and the autonomous navigation sensor 42, and if the calculated vehicle position is not on the road on the map, the vehicle position calculation unit 12 calculates the vehicle position. Map matching processing is performed to correct the vehicle position based on the shape and the travel locus. The map image drawing unit 14 draws a map image around the vehicle position calculated by the vehicle position calculation unit 12 and the cursor position designated by the operation unit 48. Further, the map image drawing unit 14 displays an icon corresponding to the facility (for example, an advertisement corresponding to a specific store) at the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information while the advertisement information is displayed or the sound is output. While the information is being output, an icon associated with this store is highlighted on the map image at the location of this store. As a highlighting method, for example, an icon may be blinked or displayed with a conspicuous color and brightness.

  The advertisement information reception processing unit 16 performs processing for receiving advertisement information using the communication module 56. For example, reception processing according to a predetermined communication protocol is performed. As described above, the advertisement information received by this reception process includes all or part of the “name”, “location”, “type”, and “advertisement information body” of the corresponding facility. Each received advertisement information is temporarily stored in the advertisement information storage unit 46.

  The advertisement information selection unit 18 selects only the advertisement information set in advance as the reception target from among the advertisement information received by the advertisement information reception processing unit 16. For example, when the type of facility to be received is designated, the advertisement information selection unit 18 selects only the advertisement information corresponding to the designated facility, and the other advertisement information is sent to the advertisement information storage unit. Delete from 46. When the advertisement information having the same content is received, the advertisement information selection unit 18 deletes the advertisement information received after the second time from the advertisement information storage unit 46. The facility type designation unit 20 performs processing for designating the type of facility corresponding to the advertisement information to be received. The designation itself is performed by a user who operates the operation unit 48, and the facility type designation unit 20 creates a designation operation screen necessary for performing the designation operation, and sets the designated facility type as an advertisement information selection unit. 18 is sent.

  The output order setting unit 22 sets the output order (display and audio output order) for the plurality of pieces of received advertisement information and the plurality of pieces of advertisement information selected by the advertisement information selection unit 18. There are several possible patterns for setting the output order. For example, as the first pattern, a case where the output order is set in the order in which the location of the corresponding facility is closer to the vehicle position can be considered. This is because, as it is closer to the host vehicle, the travel time required to reach each facility is shorter, so if the advertisement information is not output quickly, the facility corresponding to this advertisement information will pass. Here, “close to the vehicle position” is the simplest case where the linear distance from the vehicle position to the location of each facility is small. Alternatively, by obtaining the travel route from the vehicle position to the destination of each facility by route search processing and comparing it by the distance of the travel route, or by comparing at the arrival time of each facility obtained by route search processing The order close to the vehicle position can be determined accurately. Further, the location of each facility may be used as it is when the location of the facility is included in the received advertisement information. Further, when the received advertisement information does not include the location of the facility but includes the name of the facility, the location of the facility may be obtained from the facility name. The facility search unit 24 performs this search. When the facility name is known, the facility search unit 24 searches for the location of the facility using the map data stored in the map data storage unit 44.

  The advertisement information output unit 26 reads out and outputs each advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage unit 46 according to the output order set by the output order setting unit 22. For example, when a moving image or a still image is included in the advertisement information main body, these drawing processes are performed, and drawing data is sent to the display processing unit 30. When the advertisement information main body includes audio data, an audio signal is generated based on the audio data and is output to the amplifier 52.

  The travel route processing unit 28 obtains an optimal travel route connecting the departure point and the destination by route search processing and performs processing for guiding (guidance) the travel of the vehicle 100 along the obtained travel route. The process of guiding the travel of the vehicle along the travel route is performed by displaying the travel route obtained by the route search process on the map image. For example, the travel route processing unit 28 sets the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information being output from the advertisement information output unit 26 as the destination, and sets the vehicle position at that time as the departure point. The vehicle travels along the travel route obtained as a result. Further, when the output order is set by the output order setting unit 22 by comparing the arrival times at the facilities corresponding to the advertisement information, the arrival time is calculated by route search processing by the travel route processing unit 28. Is called.

  When drawing data is input from the map image drawing unit 14, the advertisement information output unit 26, the travel route processing unit 28, and the like, the display processing unit 30 combines these drawing data and converts them into a video signal. For example, when the travel route drawing data for guiding the travel of the vehicle is output from the travel route processing unit 28, the image composition to be superimposed on the drawing data output from the map image drawing unit 14 is performed. In addition, when advertisement information drawing data is output from the advertisement information output unit 26, image composition is performed to divide the screen together with the drawing data output from the map image drawing unit 14.

  The communication module 56 and the advertisement information reception processing unit 16 described above serve as the advertisement information receiving unit, the GPS device 40, the autonomous navigation sensor 42, the vehicle position calculation unit 12 serve as the position detection unit, and the output order setting unit 22 serves as the output order setting unit. The advertisement information output unit 26, the display processing unit 30, the display device 50, the amplifier 52, and the speaker 54 serve as advertisement information output means, the facility search unit 24 serves as the facility search means, the map image drawing unit 14, the display processing unit 30, and the display. The device 50 corresponds to the map image display means, the facility type designation unit 20 corresponds to the facility type designation unit, and the advertisement information selection unit 18 corresponds to the advertisement information selection unit.

  The navigation device 100A of this embodiment has such a configuration, and the operation thereof will be described next.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the navigation device 100A that receives and outputs advertisement information. The advertisement information reception processing unit 16 determines whether or not reception of advertisement information has been started (step 100). If the advertisement information is not detected, a negative determination is made and this determination is repeated. When the advertisement information is detected, an affirmative determination is made in the determination in step 100, and the advertisement information reception processing unit 16 performs a reception process of the advertisement information (step 101).

  Next, the advertisement information selecting unit 18 determines whether or not the facility type corresponding to the advertisement information to be received is specified by the facility type specifying unit 20 (step 102). Next, it is determined whether or not the received advertisement information is advertisement information corresponding to the designated type of facility (step 103). For example, when “restaurant (Japanese food)” is designated as the type of facility, an affirmative determination is made in the determination of step 103 when advertisement information related to a Japanese restaurant is received. If an affirmative determination is made in the determination in step 103, then the advertisement information selection unit 18 determines whether or not the same content of advertisement information has been received (step 104). If the advertisement information having the same content as the received advertisement information has not been received before, a negative determination is made. Next, the advertisement information selection unit 18 determines whether the received advertisement information has already passed. It is determined whether or not the advertisement information corresponds to (step 105). In the case of advertisement information corresponding to a facility that has not passed, a negative determination is made, and then the advertisement information selection unit 18 saves (or maintains the saved state) the received advertisement information in the advertisement information storage unit 46 ( Step 106).

  On the other hand, when the information other than the advertisement information corresponding to the designated facility is received (negative determination in the determination of step 103), when the advertisement information having the same content as the received advertisement information has already been received (positive in the determination of step 104) When the advertisement information corresponding to the facility that has passed is received (Yes in the determination of Step 105), the advertisement information is not stored in Step 106.

  Next, the advertisement information reception processing unit 16 determines whether there is other advertisement information to be received (step 107). When other advertisement information is distributed from the advertisement information distribution server 200, an affirmative determination is made, and the process returns to step 101 to repeat each operation after the reception process of the next advertisement information.

  If no other advertisement information is distributed, a negative determination is made in step 107, and then the output order setting unit 22 sets the output order for the plurality of advertisement information selected by the advertisement information selection unit 18. Set (step 108). As described above, as the output order setting method, the advertisement information of the facility close to the own vehicle position is output earlier, or the arrival time of each facility is calculated and the advertisement information is output in the order of the earlier time. There are cases where In the output order setting process, the time at which the vehicle arrives is the output end time of the advertisement information (the output required time at the output start time (the output end time of the previous advertisement information) when the output order of the advertisement information is determined) Is added later, the output end time can be calculated) is excluded from the output order setting target. Note that the process of excluding advertisement information whose vehicle arrival time is later than the output end time of advertisement information may be performed when the advertisement information selection unit 18 selects a storage target.

  Next, the advertisement information output unit 26 performs a process of outputting the advertisement information set with the earliest output order (step 109). As described above, in this output process, a video signal and an audio signal corresponding to the advertisement information are generated, and an advertisement image is displayed on the display device and an audio is output from the speaker 54. Further, in parallel with the output operation of the advertisement information by the advertisement information output unit 26, the map image drawing unit 14 highlights the facility icon corresponding to the advertisement information being output on the map image (step 110). .

  Next, the travel route processing unit 28 determines whether or not the facility corresponding to the advertisement information being output has been set as the destination (step 111). For example, when a predetermined key of the operation unit 48 is operated by the user and a route guidance instruction is given to this facility, an affirmative determination is made, and then the travel route processing unit 28 determines the location of this facility. A route search process is performed by setting the current vehicle position as the departure point at the destination (step 112), and a route guidance process along the obtained travel route is started (step 113).

  After starting the route guidance process, or when the facility corresponding to the advertisement information being output is not set as the destination, a negative determination is made in the determination of step 111, and then the advertisement information output unit 26 It is determined whether or not the advertisement information output process has been completed (step 114). If the output process has not ended, a negative determination is made, and the process returns to step 111 to repeat the process after the destination setting presence / absence determination. In addition, when the output process of one advertisement information is completed, an affirmative determination is made in the determination of step 114, and then the advertisement information output unit 26 determines whether or not the output process of all received advertisement information has been completed. Is determined (step 115). If there is remaining advertisement information for which output processing has not been completed, a negative determination is made, and the process returns to step 109 to perform output processing for the advertisement information in the next output order. Further, when the output processing of all received advertisement information is completed, an affirmative determination is made in step 115, and a series of operations for outputting advertisement information is completed.

  As described above, in the navigation device 100A according to the present embodiment, the output order of the advertisement information is set based on the current position (vehicle position) of the own device and the location of each facility. Correspondingly, it becomes possible to grasp the positional relationship of each facility, and the advertisement information can be efficiently used in association with the use of each facility. In particular, since advertisement information of facilities near the vehicle position is output quickly, before the vehicle 100 equipped with the navigation device 100A moves and reaches each facility, the advertisement information corresponding to those facilities is output as much as possible. Can be used efficiently.

  In addition, when trying to select a facility to be used from a plurality of facilities existing in front of the traveling direction of the vehicle 100 based on the advertisement information, the advertisement information corresponding to the facility that has passed through is useless. By not outputting such advertisement information, the advertisement information to be output can be reduced, and only the advertisement information that is really valuable can be used efficiently.

  In addition, the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information can be obtained by including the location of the facility in the received advertisement information, or by including the facility name and performing a facility search based on this name to obtain the location of the facility. The location can be acquired accurately and easily.

  In addition, when the plurality of received advertisement information includes the same content of advertisement information, the output operation is performed only once for the plurality of advertisement information of the same content, and the output of the advertisement information of the same content is performed. By avoiding and selectively outputting only new advertising information with high utility value, it becomes possible to use the advertising information more efficiently.

  In addition, when the advertisement information output process is not terminated before the vehicle 100 reaches the facility corresponding to the advertisement information, the advertisement information output process itself is not performed, so that when passing through the facility, It is possible to eliminate advertising information with little utility value that does not end output.

  In addition, by displaying a specific image indicating the location of the facility corresponding to the received advertisement information on the map image around the vehicle position, it is possible to easily grasp the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information being output. It becomes possible. In particular, by highlighting this specific image, it is possible to more easily grasp the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information being output and to notify that this advertisement information is being output. Can be used efficiently. Further, by using an icon corresponding to each facility as the specific image, it is possible to easily know what kind of facility corresponding to the advertisement information is being output.

  In addition, when the type of facility to be output is specified, by selecting and outputting the advertising information corresponding to the specified type of facility from the plurality of received advertising information, Only the advertisement information for a certain facility can be selectively output, and only the advertisement information desired to be output can be used efficiently.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation implementation is possible within the range of the summary of this invention. In the above-described embodiment, the navigation device 100A mounted on the vehicle 100 has the function of the advertisement information output device, but the other device (for example, a communication device that performs inter-vehicle communication) mounted on the vehicle 100 has the advertisement information. You may make it give the function of an output device. In addition to the device mounted on the vehicle 100, for example, a mobile phone or other mobile terminal device may have the function of the advertisement information output device.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the advertisement information transmitted from the advertisement information distribution server 200 is distributed toward the unspecified vehicle 100 via each access point 400, but it is not necessarily the same from all the access points 400. There is no need to deliver advertising content. That is, the content of the advertisement information distributed for each access point 400 may be varied. In addition, it is not necessary to transmit all advertisement information from the advertisement information distribution server 200, and an advertisement information distribution apparatus is connected to each access point 400, and advertisement information having different contents from the other is transmitted from the advertisement information distribution apparatus. You may make it deliver.

It is a figure showing the whole advertising information distribution system composition containing a navigation device of one embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the navigation apparatus mounted in the vehicle. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the navigation apparatus which receives and outputs advertisement information.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Navigation control part 12 Vehicle position calculation part 14 Map image drawing part 16 Advertisement information reception process part 18 Advertisement information selection part 20 Facility type designation part 22 Output order setting part 24 Facility search part 26 Advertisement information output part 28 Travel route process part 30 Display processing unit 40 GPS device 42 Autonomous navigation sensor 44 Map data storage unit 46 Advertising information storage unit 48 Operation unit 50 Display device 52 Amplifier 54 Speaker 56 Communication module 100 Vehicle 100A Navigation device 200 Advertising information distribution server 300 Network 400 Access point (AP )

Claims (12)

An advertisement information output device that receives and outputs a plurality of advertisement information corresponding to each of a plurality of facilities,
Advertisement information receiving means for receiving the advertisement information;
Position detecting means for detecting the current position of the own device;
Output order setting means for setting the output order of the plurality of advertisement information based on the current position detected by the position detection means and the locations of the plurality of facilities;
Advertising information output means for outputting the plurality of advertising information in the output order set by the output order setting means;
An advertisement information output device comprising: In claim 1,
The output order set by the output order setting means is the order in which the locations of the facilities are close to the current position. In claim 2,
The setting of the output order by the output order setting means is performed when the current position of the own device moves and excludes the facility at the location where the position of the own device has passed. Advertising information output device. In any one of Claims 1-3,
The received data including the advertisement information includes location data of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information,
The output order setting unit acquires the location of the facility based on the location data included in the received data. In any one of Claims 1-3,
A facility search means for searching for the location of the facility based on the name of the facility;
The received data including the advertisement information includes name data of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information,
The facility search means searches for the location of the facility based on the name data included in the received data,
The said output order setting means acquires the location of the said facility based on a search result by the said facility search means, The advertising information output device characterized by the above-mentioned. In any one of Claims 1-5,
The advertisement information output means performs an output operation only once for the plurality of advertisement information having the same contents when the advertisement information having the same contents is included in the plurality of advertisement information received by the advertisement information receiving means. An advertisement information output device characterized in that: In any one of Claims 1-6,
The advertisement information output means is a case where the position of the own device moves, and when the output of the advertisement information does not end before the own device reaches the facility corresponding to the advertisement information, An advertisement information output device that stops outputting advertisement information. In any one of Claims 1-7,
The device is mounted on a vehicle,
The advertisement information output device, wherein the advertisement information is transmitted from a plurality of transmission means arranged around the road along which the vehicle can travel. In any one of Claims 1-8,
Advertisement information further comprising map image display means for displaying a specific image indicating the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information received by the advertisement information receiving means on the map image around the device itself. Output device. In any one of Claims 1-8,
The advertisement further comprising map image display means for highlighting a specific image indicating the location of the facility corresponding to the advertisement information being output by the advertisement information output means on the map image around the device itself. Information output device. In claim 9 or 10,
The advertisement information output device, wherein the specific image is an icon corresponding to each facility. In any one of Claims 1-11,
Facility type designation means for designating the type of facility to be output by the advertisement information output means;
Advertisement information selection means for selecting the advertisement information corresponding to the type of facility designated by the facility type designation means from among the plurality of advertisement information received by the advertisement information reception means;
The output order setting unit sets the output order for the advertisement information selected by the advertisement information selection unit.

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