JP2006155170A - Information distribution method, information distribution device, information terminal device and information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve entertainment quality in a facility such as a theme park or an amusement park by performing information distribution such that a facility user may have a sense of intimacy for characters in the facility. <P>SOLUTION: It is detected that the eye line of a facility user nearly has matched the eye line of a character in the facility. When detecting that the eye line of the facility user has nearly matched the eye line of the character, information on the character is distributed to an information terminal device carried by the facility user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information distribution method for distributing information in a huge facility such as a theme park or an amusement park.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, techniques for providing information to facility users in facilities such as theme parks and ski resorts are known.
For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-293792 (Patent Document 1) discloses information on slopes, such as waiting time and available time in a gondola, restaurant or break room, traffic information on a return road, etc. Disclosed is a technique for distributing to a portable information terminal carried by a facility user in Japan.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-293792 (FIG. 1)

  In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, information about facilities is unilaterally provided to facility users. In a facility where a facility user enjoys unilaterally using facility facilities, such as a ski resort, the distribution method described above works effectively. However, in facilities such as theme parks and amusement parks that place importance on communication between facility users and characters, there has been a problem of lack of interactive communication and lack of entertainment.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and performs distribution of information in facilities such as a theme park and an amusement park so that the facility user can feel close to the characters in the facility. Accordingly, it is an object to provide an information distribution method and an information distribution system capable of improving entertainment properties.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following means.
The present invention is an information distribution method for distributing information to an information terminal device carried by a facility user in a facility, wherein the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight in the facility substantially coincide And detecting information about the character to the information terminal device carried by the facility user when it is detected that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match. An information distribution method comprising an information distribution process for distribution is provided.

  According to the present invention, in the detection process, it is detected in the detection process that the line of sight of the facility user in the facility substantially matches the line of sight of the character in the facility. When it is detected that the line of sight and the line of sight of the character substantially match, information relating to the character whose line of sight matches is distributed to the information terminal device carried by the facility user. In this way, when the facility user and the character's line of sight approximately match each other, information about the character is provided to the facility user, so that the facility user can feel close to the character. , You can improve the entertainment.

  In the information distribution method of the present invention, the information on the character may include a message that the character whose eye line substantially coincides with the facility user is addressed to the facility user.

According to the above configuration, when the facility user's line of sight matches the character's line of sight, a message from the character whose line of sight matches is delivered to the information terminal device, so that communication with the character is improved. This makes it possible for the facility user to have a closer sense of affinity with the character.
In addition, the message may include, for example, the name of the facility user, information on the previous visit (visit history), time information such as an event in which the character appears, location information, and the like.

  In the information distribution method according to the present invention, when the number of times that the character's line of sight and the facility user's line of sight approximately match each other is counted, and it is detected that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight approximately match. The information according to the count number may be distributed to the information terminal device of the facility user.

  According to the above configuration, the number of times that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match is counted, and when the facility user's line of sight matches the character's line of sight, information corresponding to this count is information. Delivered to the terminal device. In this way, by distributing information according to the number of times the line of sight matches, the facility user's interest in the character or facility can be increased. As information according to the number of times the line of sight is matched, for example, privilege information that gives some privilege to the facility user such as an invitation ticket or a discount ticket invited to an event can be cited as an example.

  According to the present invention, there is provided an information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility, a detection unit that detects that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character in the facility substantially match, and the detection unit An information distribution means for distributing information about the character to an information terminal device carried by the facility user when it is detected that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character substantially match An information distribution system is provided.

  According to the above configuration, when the facility means detects that the line of sight of the facility user substantially matches the line of sight of the character in the facility, and the line of sight of the two approximately matches, the information terminal device carried by the facility user On the other hand, since the information about the character whose eye line is substantially coincident is distributed, it is possible to make the facility user feel close to the character and improve the entertainment property.

  The information distribution system of the present invention may include a communication device carried by a character in the facility, the detection unit may be included in the information terminal device, and the information distribution unit may be included in the communication device. .

  According to the above configuration, the detection means provided in the information terminal apparatus detects that the facility user's line of sight and the line of sight of the character in the facility substantially match, and a signal corresponding to the detection result, For example, predetermined information indicating that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character in the facility substantially match is transmitted to the communication device carried by the character in the facility. This information is input to an information distribution unit included in the communication device, and information about a character whose line of sight matches with the information terminal device is distributed from the information distribution unit.

  The present invention comprises an information terminal device carried by a facility user in a facility and a communication device carried by a character in the facility, wherein the communication device has a line of sight of the facility user and a character in the facility. When the information terminal device detects that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other, the detection unit detects that the line of sight of An information distribution system comprising notification means for notifying information on the character is provided.

  According to the above configuration, the detection means provided in the communication device carried by the character in the facility detects that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character in the facility substantially match. A signal corresponding to the detection result, for example, predetermined information indicating that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character in the facility substantially match is transmitted to the information terminal device carried by the facility user in the facility. The This information is input to a notification unit included in the information terminal device, and the notification unit notifies information related to the character whose line of sight matches. Thereby, it becomes possible to provide the facility user with information about the ta character with the same line of sight.

  In the information distribution system of the present invention, the information terminal device includes a first position information detecting unit that detects the position information of the facility user, and a first eye line detecting unit that detects a direction of the facility user's line of sight. And the communication device comprises second position information detection means for detecting position information of the character, and second eye line detection means for detecting the direction of the eye line of the character, and the detection means, Position information of the facility user and the character detected by the first and second position information detecting means, and the facility user and the character detected by the first and second line-of-sight direction detecting means. It may be detected that the user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other on the basis of the line-of-sight direction.

  According to the above configuration, the location information of the facility user is detected by the first location information detection unit included in the information terminal device, and the direction of the facility user's line of sight is detected by the first line of sight detection unit. Similarly, the position information of the character is detected by the second position information detecting unit included in the communication apparatus, and the direction of the line of sight of the character is detected by the second line of sight detecting unit. The facility user and character position information detected by the first and second position information detection means, and the facility user's line-of-sight direction and character line-of-sight detected by the first and second line-of-sight detection means The direction information is input to the detection means, and based on these pieces of information, the detection means determines whether or not the user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide.

In the information distribution system of the present invention, the information about the character may include a message that the character whose eye line substantially matches the facility user is addressed to the facility user.

  According to the above configuration, when the facility user's line of sight matches the character's line of sight, a message from the character whose line of sight matches is delivered to the information terminal device, so that communication with the character is improved. This makes it possible for the facility user to have a closer sense of affinity with the character.

  In the information distribution system of the present invention, the information distribution system further includes a counting unit that counts the number of times that the character's line of sight and the facility user's line of sight substantially match, and the information distribution unit displays information according to the count number. It may be distributed to the information terminal device.

  According to the above configuration, the number of times that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other is counted, and information corresponding to the counted number is distributed to the information terminal device. In this way, by distributing information according to the number of times the line of sight matches, the facility user's interest in the character or facility can be increased.

  The present invention is an information distribution device used in an information distribution system for distributing information to an information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility, the communication device being carried by a character in the facility or The information carried by the facility user when receiving the predetermined information indicating that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character substantially coincide from the information terminal device carried by the facility user An information distribution device that distributes information about the character to a terminal device is provided.

  According to the above configuration, the communication device carried by the character in the facility or the information terminal device carried by the facility user detects whether or not the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match, When the lines of eyes substantially match, the communication apparatus or the information terminal apparatus transmits predetermined information indicating that the lines of eyes of both of the lines substantially match. Then, when this predetermined information is received by the information distribution device, the information regarding the character whose line of sight matches is distributed to the information terminal device carried by the facility user. Thereby, when the line of sight of the facility user and the character matches, it is possible to provide information regarding the character to the facility user.

  In the information distribution apparatus of the present invention, the information about the character may include a message that the character whose eye line substantially matches the facility user is addressed to the facility user.

  According to the above configuration, when the facility user's line of sight matches the character's line of sight, a message from the character whose line of sight matches is delivered to the information terminal device, so that communication with the character is improved. This makes it possible for the facility user to have a closer sense of affinity with the character.

  In the information distribution apparatus of the present invention, the number of times that the character's line of sight and the facility user's line of sight substantially coincide may be counted, and information corresponding to the count number may be distributed to the facility user's information terminal apparatus. .

  According to the above configuration, the number of times that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other is counted, and information corresponding to the counted number is distributed to the information terminal device. In this way, by distributing information according to the number of times the line of sight matches, the facility user's interest in the character or facility can be increased.

  The present invention is a communication device used in an information distribution system for distributing information to an information terminal device carried by a facility user in a facility, and carried by a character in the facility, The detection means for detecting that the line of sight and the line of sight of the facility user in the facility substantially match, and the detection means detects that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character substantially match. The facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match the information distribution apparatus that distributes information about the character to the information terminal apparatus carried by the facility user. Provided is a communication device comprising communication means for transmitting predetermined information.

  According to the above configuration, it is detected that the character's line of sight and the facility user's line of sight are substantially coincident with each other, and the communication unit indicates that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight are substantially coincident. Predetermined information is transmitted to the information distribution apparatus. This makes it possible to notify the information distribution device that transmits information to the information terminal device carried by the facility user that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match, The information regarding the character can be provided to the facility user at the timing when the line of sight matches.

  In the communication device of the present invention, the detection means includes a receiver provided near the eyes of the character, and the receiver uses the facility from a transmitter provided near the eyes of the facility user. It may be detected that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other when a highly directional radio wave emitted toward the person's line of sight is received.

  According to the above configuration, the directivity emitted from the transmitter provided near the facility user's eyes toward the facility user's line of sight is received by the receiver provided near the character's eyes. When a radio wave is received, it is detected that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight are substantially coincident with each other. Therefore, it is possible to detect that both the line of sight are substantially coincident with a simple configuration.

  The present invention is used in an information distribution system for distributing information to an information terminal device carried by a facility user in a facility, and is a communication device carried by a character in the facility, the information terminal device To the information distribution device that distributes information on the character to the information terminal device when receiving predetermined information indicating that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character substantially coincide with each other Provided is a communication device comprising a transmission means for transmitting predetermined information indicating that a facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match.

  According to the above configuration, when the predetermined information indicating that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match is received from the information terminal device, the facility user's Predetermined information indicating that the line of sight and the line of sight of the character substantially coincide is transmitted. The predetermined information is input to the information distribution apparatus, and information relating to the character whose line of sight matches is distributed from the information distribution apparatus that has received the predetermined information to the information terminal apparatus. Thus, the information terminal device notifies the facility user of the information by the notification means.

  In the communication device according to the present invention, the predetermined information includes an information distribution request to the facility user, identification information uniquely assigned to the character, and identification uniquely assigned to the facility user. Information including at least one of the information may be used.

  According to the above configuration, information including at least one of an information distribution request to the facility user, identification information uniquely assigned to the character, and identification information uniquely assigned to the facility user Is transmitted from the communication device to the information distribution device. Thereby, the information distribution device can transmit appropriate information to the information terminal device carried by the facility user based on the information.

  In the communication device of the present invention, the information on the character may include a message that the character whose eye line substantially matches the facility user is addressed to the facility user.

  According to the above configuration, when the facility user's line of sight matches the character's line of sight, a message from the character whose line of sight matches is delivered to the information terminal device, so that communication with the character is improved. This makes it possible for the facility user to have a closer sense of affinity with the character.

  In the communication prosecution of the present invention, the communication prosecution includes a counting unit that counts the number of times that the character's line of sight and the facility user's line of sight substantially coincide, and the transmission unit sends predetermined information including the count number to the information distribution apparatus. You may send to.

  According to the above configuration, the number of times that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other is counted, and information corresponding to the counted number is distributed to the information terminal device. In this way, by distributing information according to the number of times the line of sight matches, the facility user's interest in the character or facility can be increased.

  The present invention is an information terminal device carried by a facility user in a facility, the detection means for detecting that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of a character in the facility substantially match, When the detecting means detects that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match, the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight in the facility are Transmitting means for transmitting predetermined information indicating a substantial match, receiving means for receiving information on the character distributed from the information distribution apparatus that has received the predetermined information, and notification of information on the received character There is provided an information terminal device comprising a notification means.

  According to the above configuration, when the detection unit detects that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match, the transmission unit transmits an information distribution request to the predetermined information distribution apparatus. Is done. The information distribution request is received by the information distribution apparatus, and information regarding the information distribution request is transmitted from the information distribution apparatus to the information terminal apparatus. This information is received by the receiving means of the information terminal device, and the received information is notified to the facility user by the notifying means. As a result, when the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match, the facility user is provided with information, so that the facility user can have a sense of familiarity with the character. Become.

  The present invention is an information terminal device that is carried by a facility user in the facility, and that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight from the communication device carried by the character in the facility substantially match. Transmitting means for transmitting predetermined information indicating that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight in the facility substantially coincide with each other when the predetermined information indicating is received, There is provided an information terminal device comprising receiving means for receiving information on the character distributed from the information distribution apparatus that has received predetermined information, and notification means for notifying information on the received character.

  When the communication device carried by the character in the facility detects that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match, information indicating that fact is transmitted from the communication device to the information terminal device. . When this information is received by the information terminal device, predetermined information indicating that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight in the facility substantially match is sent to the information distribution device by the transmission means included in the information terminal device. Sent. Thereby, the information regarding the character with the same line of sight is transmitted from the information distribution device, and the transmitted information regarding the character is received by the receiving means of the information terminal device. The received information is notified by the notification means. This makes it possible for the facility user to feel close to the character.

  The present invention is an information terminal device carried by a facility user in a facility, the detection means for detecting that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of a character in the facility substantially match, Provided is an information terminal device comprising notification means for notifying information about a character when it is detected by the detection means that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character substantially match.

  According to the above configuration, when the detecting unit detects that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight in the facility substantially coincide with each other, the information about the character is notified by the notifying unit. This makes it possible for the facility user to feel close to the character.

  In the information terminal device of the present invention, the predetermined information is information including at least one of identification information uniquely assigned to the character and identification information uniquely assigned to the facility user. There may be.

  According to the above configuration, information including at least one of the identification information uniquely assigned to the character and the identification information uniquely assigned to the facility user is transmitted from the information terminal device to the information distribution device. The Rukoto. Thereby, the information distribution device can transmit appropriate information to the information terminal device carried by the facility user based on the information.

  In the information terminal device of the present invention, the detection means includes a receiver provided near the eyes of the facility user, and the receiver detects the character from the transmitter provided near the eyes by the receiver. When a highly directional radio wave emitted toward the line of sight is received, it may be detected that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character substantially coincide.

  According to the above configuration, the receiver provided near the facility user's eyes receives highly directional radio waves emitted from the transmitter provided near the character's eyes in the direction of the character's line of sight. In this case, since it is detected that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match, it is possible to detect that both lines of sight substantially match with a simple configuration.

  In the information terminal device of the present invention, the detection means includes an imaging means for capturing a landscape in the direction of the line of sight of the facility user, a storage means for registering image data of a character in the facility, and the imaging means. Character detection means for detecting whether or not a character registered in the storage means exists in the acquired image, and an image acquired by the imaging means registered in the storage means Whether or not the line of sight of the character and the line of sight of the facility user substantially coincide with each other based on the detection result of the line of sight detection unit and the line of sight detection unit. Determination means for determining whether or not.

  According to the above configuration, whether the facility user's line-of-sight landscape is captured by the imaging unit, and whether or not there is a character in the facility registered in the storage unit in the landscape image acquired by the imaging unit. Is detected by the character detection means. As a result, when a character is present in the landscape image, the line of sight of the character is detected by the line of sight detection means, and whether or not the line of sight of the character and the line of sight of the facility user substantially match is determined by the determination means. Determined. This makes it possible to detect with high accuracy whether the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide.

  In the information terminal device of the present invention, the notification means transmits light from the image display means and the real field of view of the user's line of sight, and the information displayed on the image display section is optically converted into a virtual image. You may provide the transflective optical element displayed superimposed on the said real visual field, and the image display control means to display the information regarding the said character received by the said receiving means on the said image display part.

  According to the above configuration, the information received from the information distribution apparatus is displayed on the image display means by the image display control means, and the information displayed on the image display means is superimposed as a virtual image in the real field by the transflective optical element. Will be displayed. As a result, the information received from the information distribution device is displayed in a superimposed manner in the actual field of view where the character exists, making it possible for the facility user to enjoy communication with the character, and the familiarity with the character. Can be held even stronger.

  In the information terminal device of the present invention, the information on the character may include a message that the character whose eye line substantially matches the facility user is addressed to the facility user.

  According to the above configuration, when the facility user's line of sight matches the character's line of sight, a message from the character whose line of sight matches is delivered to the information terminal device, so that communication with the character is improved. This makes it possible for the facility user to have a closer sense of affinity with the character.

  The information terminal device of the present invention may include a counting unit that counts the number of times that the character's line of sight and the facility user's line of sight substantially match, and the notification unit may notify information corresponding to the count number. .

  According to the above configuration, the number of times that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide is counted, and information according to the count is notified by the notification means. In this way, by providing the facility user with information corresponding to the number of times the line of sight matches, the facility user's interest in the character and the facility can be increased.

According to the present invention, in facilities such as a theme park and an amusement park, it is possible to provide information that emphasizes a sense of unity with facility users.
There is an effect that can be.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of an information distribution system according to the present invention will be described in the order of [first embodiment] and [second embodiment] with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the information distribution system according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the information distribution system according to the first embodiment of the present invention provides an information terminal device carried by a facility user and an information terminal device in a facility such as an amusement park or a theme park. And an information distribution device that distributes information.

The information terminal device includes a communication unit 11, an imaging device 12, an operation unit 13, a storage unit 14, a processing unit 15, an image display control unit 16, and a display device 17.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the imaging device 12 and the display device 17 are provided outside the housing 20 incorporating various control mechanisms, a control board, and the like.
The display device 17 includes an image display unit (image display means) 18 and a combiner 19. The image display unit 18 and the combiner 19 are housed in a space part of an opening 21 that penetrates the housing 20 in a retracted state (see FIG. 3), and each side of the short side that is rectangular is housing 20. Opening and closing operation by swinging is enabled.

  The image display unit 18 includes a so-called thin display (hereinafter referred to as “display surface”) 181 such as a liquid crystal display panel (LCD) or an organic EL display panel, and is output from the image display control unit 16 (see FIG. 1). The displayed information is displayed on the display surface 181. For example, the image display unit 18 is fixed to a support member 182 that is pivotally supported by the housing 20, and the display surface 181 is a surface facing the combiner 19, which will be described later, in a retracted state, in other words, the housing 20 is directed to the inside.

The combiner 19 reflects light from the image display unit 18, that is, light of information displayed on the display surface 181 of the image display unit 18, and transmits light from the real field of view of the facility user. In other words, the combiner 60 has a free-form surface (three-dimensional aspheric surface) on at least one surface, transmits an external field image that is a real field of view, and information displayed on the display surface 181 of the image display unit 18 (for example, This is a transflective optical element that superimposes and displays an image or text as a virtual image on a real image in a real field of view.
In the present embodiment, the combiner 19 is a substantially rectangular plate member made of a transparent material such as acrylic or polycarbonate, and a reflective layer such as a metal film is formed on one side thereof. The surface of the reflective layer becomes a reflective surface 61 that reflects the light incident from the image display unit 18 on the surface.
In addition to the above-described transflective optical element, for example, a half mirror, a hologram element, or the like can also be adopted as the combiner 60, and one of these is appropriately selected and used according to the purpose. It is possible.

In the direct view mode of the information terminal device according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the image display unit 18 and the combiner 19 are accommodated in the opening 21, and thus the image display unit 18 and the combiner 19 are overlapped. In this state, the information displayed on the image display unit 18 is directly provided to the facility user via the combiner 19.
On the other hand, in the virtual vision mode, as shown in FIG. 1, the reflective surface 191 of the combiner 19 and the display surface 181 of the image display unit 18 are substantially opposed to each other and form a substantially Z shape with the housing 20. To be opened. And as shown in FIG. 4, the side surface 22 used as the rear-end part side of the housing | casing 20 is hold | maintained so that it may press on a facility user's temporal region. In this state, the information light displayed on the display surface 181 of the image display unit 18 is emitted obliquely forward through the opening 21 and is reflected toward the rear end side of the housing 20 by the reflection surface 191. The Thereby, the facility user can visually recognize the information displayed on the image display unit 18 as a virtual image in front of the combiner 19, that is, farther than the combiner 19 as viewed from the facility user.

The imaging device 12 acquires information in the actual visual field via the combiner 19. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 4, the imaging device 12 is provided at a position where an actual visual field landscape can be captured via the combiner 19 that extends in the visual line direction of the facility user in the above-described virtual vision mode. The imaging device 12 captures a landscape in the sight line direction of the facility user and outputs the acquired image to the processing unit 15 (see FIG. 1) described later.
As the imaging device 12, for example, an analog imaging device using a photosensitive member such as a photosensitive film may be used, or a digital imaging device using an imaging element such as a CCD element may be used. In the present embodiment, a digital imaging device is used as the imaging device 12.
The operation unit 13 functions as a man interface (input unit) including a plurality of numeric keys, buttons, and the like, and outputs a signal corresponding to the operation content by the facility user to the processing unit 15 (see FIG. 1) described later. .

  The communication unit 11, the storage unit 14, the processing unit 15, the image display control unit 16, and the like illustrated in FIG. 1 are incorporated in the housing 20 illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 4, for example. Based on an instruction from the processing unit 15, the communication unit 11 communicates with an information distribution device installed outside and outputs information acquired from the information distribution device to the processing unit 15.

In the storage unit 14, various image templates and character templates are registered in advance, and information acquired from an external information distribution apparatus via the communication unit 11 is temporarily stored.
The processing unit 15 includes a character detection unit 151, a line of sight detection 152, a determination unit 153, and the like.
For example, the processing unit 15 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like (not shown). The processing procedures of various functions realized by the character detection unit 151, the eye detection unit 152, the determination unit 153, and the like described above are recorded in a ROM or the like in the form of a program, and the CPU reads the program into the RAM or the like. By executing information processing / arithmetic processing, various functions of the above-described units are realized. Details of functions realized by each unit will be described later.
The image display control unit 16 causes the image display unit 18 to display the information output from the processing unit 15.

Next, the information distribution apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the information distribution apparatus includes a communication unit 31, a first database 32, a second database 33, a third database 34, and a processing unit 35.
The communication unit 31 communicates with the information terminal device carried by the facility user based on an instruction from the processing unit 35.
In the first database 32, an image obtained by capturing the face of a character in a facility is stored in association with identification information uniquely assigned to the character.
In the second database 33, information (for example, a message) distributed to the information terminal device is stored in association with the character identification information.
In the third database, the line-of-sight coincidence count information, point information, privilege information, etc., about the facility users in the facility are stored for each identification information uniquely assigned to the information terminal device carried by the facility user. Stored in association.
The processing unit 35 includes a privilege determination unit 351, a message creation unit 352, an information distribution unit 353, and the like. For example, the processing unit 35 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. The processing procedures of various functions realized by the above-described privilege determination unit 351, message creation unit 352, information distribution unit 353, etc. are recorded in a ROM or the like in the form of a program, and the CPU reads this program into the RAM or the like. By executing information processing / arithmetic processing, various functions of each unit described above are realized. Details of functions realized by each unit will be described later.

Next, the operation of the information distribution system according to this embodiment having such a configuration will be described.
[Identification information assignment]
First, when entering a facility such as a theme park or an amusement park, unique identification information is assigned to the information terminal device carried by the facility user. For example, a server for transmitting the identification information to the entrance gate of the facility is provided for the identification information, and the server and the information terminal device perform communication processing determined in advance to automatically transmit the identification information to the information terminal device. It may be downloaded.

[Character registration]
Next, the processing unit 15 of the information terminal device transmits a character image distribution request to the information distribution device via the communication unit 11. Upon receiving this image distribution request, the processing unit 35 of the information distribution apparatus transmits the face image of the character in the facility registered in the second database 33 to the information terminal apparatus. The transmitted image is input to the processing unit 15 via the communication unit 11 of the information terminal device, and is registered in the storage unit 14 by the processing unit 15.
The face image of the character is referred to by a character detection unit 151 (see FIG. 1) described later.

[Information distribution]
The facility user uses the information terminal device in the virtual mode as shown in FIG. As a result, the information terminal device is opened so that the reflecting surface 191 of the combiner 19 and the display surface 181 of the image display unit 18 are substantially opposed to each other and forms a substantially Z shape with the housing 20. The side surface 22 on the rear end side of the housing 20 is held so as to be pressed against the side of the facility user.

In this state, when the facility user moves within the facility, the image of the facility user's line of sight is acquired by the imaging device 12 of the information terminal device.
The facility user's line-of-sight image acquired by the imaging device 12 is input to the processing unit 15 (step SA1 in FIG. 5).
The character detection unit 151 of the processing unit 15 detects whether or not a character exists in the input image (step SA2). Specifically, detection is performed by performing image matching between the image acquired by the imaging device 12 and the face image of the character in the facility stored in the storage unit 14.

As a result, when a character is detected by the character detection unit 151 (“YES” in step SA2), the line of sight of the character is subsequently detected by the line of sight detection unit 152 (step SA3). For example, the position and direction of black eyes in the entire face are detected based on the positions of characteristic parts in the face that are linked to the eyes, such as the tip of the nose.
Subsequently, the determination unit 153 determines whether or not the line of sight detected by the line of sight detection unit 152 substantially matches the line of sight of the facility user (step SA4). As a result, if the determination unit 153 determines that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match (“YES” in step SA4), the processing unit 15 detects the character in step SA2. Based on the used image, the character identification information is acquired from the storage unit 14 (step SA5), and the character identification information, the identification information assigned to the character, and the information distribution request are sent via the communication unit 11. The information is transmitted to the information distribution device (step SA6).

These various types of information are received by the communication unit 31 of the information distribution apparatus and input to the processing unit 35. When the character identification information, the facility user identification information, and the information distribution request are input, the processing unit 35 first obtains information associated with the facility user identification information from the third database 34. Obtained by reading (step SA7).
Thus, for example, the number of times that the facility user's line of sight substantially coincides with the character's line of sight (hereinafter referred to as “line of sight coincidence”), point information added according to the line of sight coincidence, and the use of the facility so far Information of the character whose eye line of the person substantially coincides is read out.

  Subsequently, the processing unit 35 updates the information read from the third database 34 based on various information received from the information terminal device (step SA8). Specifically, the line-of-sight coincidence count and points are updated, and the character identification information received this time is registered as character information with the line-of-sight matched so far.

Next, the privilege determination unit 352 determines whether there is a privilege given to the facility user at the present time based on the updated point information (step SA9). For example, the privilege determination unit 352 has a privilege table in which points and privileges are associated with each other, and determines the presence or absence of the privilege by referring to the privilege table.
As a result, when there is a privilege (“YES” in step SA9), information on this privilege (hereinafter referred to as “privilege information”) is output to the information distribution unit 353 (step SA10). The information distribution unit 353 temporarily holds this privilege information (step SA11).

Subsequently, the message creation unit 351 creates a message to be transmitted to the information terminal device (step SA12). Specifically, a message associated with the character identification information received from the information terminal device is acquired from the first database 32. Subsequently, the name of the facility user carrying the information terminal device is inserted into a predetermined location of the acquired message, and a message directed to the facility user is created. Then, this message is output to the information distribution unit 353.
When a message is input from the message creation unit 352, the information distribution unit 353 reads the information currently held, that is, if there is privilege information, reads the privilege information, and the privilege information and the message Are transmitted to the information terminal device via the communication unit 31 (step SA13).

Thus, the privilege information and the message are received by the communication unit 11 of the information terminal device and input to the processing unit 15. The processing unit 15 outputs the received information to the image display control unit 16. Thereby, the message and privilege information received from the information distribution device are displayed on the image display unit 18 by the image display control unit 16 (step SA14).
Thereby, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the facility user is provided with an image in which the message 200 or the like displayed on the image display unit 18 is superimposed on the character existing in the real field of view through the combiner 19 as a virtual image. The Rukoto.

  As described above, according to the information distribution system according to the present embodiment, when it is detected that the line of sight of the facility user in the facility and the line of sight of the character in the facility substantially match, Since the message of a character etc. is delivered to the information terminal device carried by the facility user, it is possible to give the facility user a sense of familiarity with the character and enhance entertainment.

  In the information distribution system according to the above-described embodiment, the processing unit 35 of the information distribution apparatus includes the functions realized by the character detection unit 151, the line-of-sight detection unit 152, and the determination unit 153 included in the processing unit 15 of the information terminal device. It is good also as a structure. That is, an image acquired by the imaging device 12 of the information terminal device is transmitted to the information distribution device via the communication unit 11, and the character detection processing or whether the line of sight is substantially matched in the processing unit 35 of the information distribution device. The determination process may be performed. According to such a configuration, it is not necessary to previously download the character face information stored in the second database 33 of the information distribution apparatus to the information terminal apparatus, and the processing load on the information terminal apparatus is reduced. Can be achieved.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, an information distribution system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the information distribution system according to the present embodiment, the information terminal device does not detect that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match, but the character itself also carries a communication device described later, On the character side, it is detected whether or not the facility user's line of sight matches the character's line of sight. Also in this detection method, a method different from the information distribution system according to the first embodiment described above is adopted.
Hereinafter, an information distribution system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, about the structure similar to the information delivery system which concerns on 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

As shown in FIG. 7, the information distribution system according to the present embodiment includes an information terminal device, an information distribution device, and a communication device.
The information terminal device according to the present embodiment is different from the information terminal device according to the first embodiment described above in that the transmitter 23 is provided, while the processing unit 15 ′ includes a character detection unit 151, a line-of-sight detection unit 152, And the function of the determination part 153 etc. is not provided.
The transmitter 23 is installed in the vicinity of the facility user's eyes when used in the above-described virtual vision mode. This transmitter 23 emits radio waves having high directivity in the direction of the facility user's eyes. A signal corresponding to the identification information of the information terminal device is superimposed on the radio wave.

  The information distribution apparatus is substantially the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 1, but in this embodiment, it is not detected that the facility user's line of sight matches the character's line of sight by image matching. The second database 33 is not necessary.

The communication device is a device carried by each character in the facility. The communication apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a communication unit 41, a detection unit 42, and a processing unit 43.
The communication unit 41 communicates with an information distribution apparatus installed outside based on an instruction from the processing unit 43. The detection unit 42 is provided, for example, near the eyes of a character carrying the communication device, and receives highly directional radio waves emitted from the transmitter 23 provided in the information terminal device described above. The detection part 42 is comprised with a receiver, for example.
The processing unit 43 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown) and a ROM (Read Only).
Memory (RAM), RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. The CPU reads out a predetermined program recorded in the ROM or the like to the RAM or the like, and executes information processing / arithmetic processing. Realize the function.

Next, the operation of the information distribution system having such a configuration will be described.
First, as in the first embodiment described above, the information terminal device is held and used so that the side surface 22 of the housing 20 is pressed against the side of the facility user in the virtual vision mode state.
In this state, the transmitter 23 emits a highly directional radio wave in which a signal corresponding to the identification information of the information terminal device is superimposed on a radio wave of a predetermined frequency.

When a highly directional radio wave emitted from the transmitter 23 is received by the detection unit 42 of the communication device, a signal superimposed on the radio wave is separated by a signal processing unit (not shown). Is input.
When this signal is input, the processing unit 43 determines that the character carrying the communication device and the facility user's eyes substantially coincide. Subsequently, the processing unit 43 decodes the identification information of the information terminal device carried by the facility user from the input signal, and communicates the decoded identification information of the information terminal device and the identification information assigned to the character. The information is transmitted to the information distribution apparatus via the unit 41. As a result, the information delivery apparatus is notified that the character's line of sight and the facility user's line of sight substantially coincide.

  When receiving the information, the information distribution device executes a process similar to that of the first embodiment described above, thereby creating a message or privilege information to be transmitted to the information terminal device. Are transmitted to the information terminal device via the communication unit 31. The information transmitted from the information distribution device is received by the communication unit 11 of the information terminal device and input to the processing unit 15 ′. The processing unit 15 ′ outputs this information to the image display control unit 16, whereby the received information is displayed on the image display unit 18 and provided to the facility user as a virtual image via the combiner 19. Become.

As described above, according to the information distribution system according to the present embodiment, the character in the facility carries the communication device, and the line of sight of the character and the line of sight of the facility user are substantially matched by the communication device. Is detected. Then, when the line of sight of the character and the line of sight of the facility user substantially match, by transmitting predetermined information from the communication apparatus to the information distribution apparatus, the information distribution apparatus transmits information to the information terminal apparatus. Will be delivered.
Thus, according to the present embodiment, it is detected on the communication device side that the line of sight is substantially coincident, so that the processing load on the information terminal device can be reduced.

  In addition, in this embodiment, it is good also as a structure which provides the transmitter 23 in a communication apparatus and provides the detection part 42 in an information terminal device. In this case, the transmitter 23 provided in the communication device transmits a highly directional radio wave on which a signal corresponding to the identification information of the character carrying the communication device is superimposed. When this radio wave is received by the detection unit 42 included in the information terminal device, it is detected that both eyes are substantially coincident, and the processing unit 15 ′ of the information terminal device detects the identification information of the information terminal device and the character The identification information is transmitted to the information distribution apparatus via the communication unit 11. As a result, the same information as described above is distributed by the information distribution apparatus and can be provided to the facility user.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, an information distribution system according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the information distribution system according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, in the information distribution system according to the second embodiment described above, the message creation unit 352 performed by the processing unit 35 of the information distribution device is replaced with the processing unit of the communication device. 43 'is provided.
In such a configuration, when a radio wave transmitted from the transmitter 23 of the information terminal device is received by the detection unit 42 of the communication device, a predetermined signal is input to the processing unit 43 ′. The processing unit 43 ′ decodes the identification information of the information terminal device from the input signal, and transmits this identification information to the information distribution device via the communication unit 41.

When receiving the identification information of the information terminal device, the processing unit 35 ′ of the information distribution device reads the facility user information from the third database 34 and transmits the name information to the communication device. In the communication device that has received this name information, the name of the facility user received from the information distribution device is inserted into a predetermined part of the message of the character held in advance by the message creation unit 352 of the processing unit 43 ′. Create a message. This message is transmitted to the information terminal device via the communication unit 41.
On the other hand, in the information distribution device, the privilege determination unit 351 updates the information read from the database 34 earlier, determines whether there is privilege information to be provided to the facility user, and there is privilege information. A message related to the information is created and transmitted to the information terminal device via the communication unit 31.
As a result, a character message is transmitted from the communication device to the information terminal device, and privilege information is individually transmitted from the information distribution device. The processing unit 15 ′ of the information terminal device displays information received from these devices on the image display unit 17, thereby providing the facility user with character messages and privilege information.

As described above, in the information distribution system according to the present embodiment, the character messages are distributed by the communication device carried by each character, and the privilege information is distributed by the information distribution device. Thus, by distributing the message distribution function to each communication device, it is possible to significantly reduce the data capacity of the information distribution device and the processing load.
In the above-described embodiment, the technique used in the information distribution system according to the first embodiment can be adopted as a technique for detecting that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match. is there.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the specific structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The design change etc. of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention are included.
First, the following means may be employed as means for detecting that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide.
For example, the information terminal device includes position information detection means for detecting the position information of the facility user and eye line detection means for detecting the direction of the eye line, while the position information detection means for detecting the position information of the character, the character A communication device in which the character carries eye-gaze detecting means for detecting the direction of the eye line.
And an information terminal device and a communication apparatus transmit the information detected by the positional information detection means and eye-line detection means with which each is provided, respectively, to an information delivery apparatus. The information distribution device detects the character existing around the facility user by comparing the location information of the facility user received from the information terminal device with the location information of the character received from the communication device. As a result, when a character existing around the facility user is detected, it is determined whether the direction of the line of sight of the character and the direction of the line of sight of the character are substantially opposed. , It is determined that both eyes are substantially coincident.
Note that the determination means for determining whether the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight provided in the information distribution apparatus substantially match even if the information terminal apparatus or communication apparatus is provided in place of the information distribution apparatus. good.
Examples of the position information detecting means include GPS (global positioning system). Examples of the direction detection means include a gyro sensor installed near each eye.

Second, in the above-described embodiment, the processing units 15, 15 ′, 35, 35 ′, 43, and 43 ′ perform various functions by executing software processing. The functions are not limited to the examples, and the various functions may be realized by an analog circuit or the like.
Third, the information terminal device according to the above-described embodiment is not limited to the information terminal device as illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 4, and may be, for example, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like. There may be.
Fourth, it is sufficient that at least one of the information terminal device, the communication device, and the information distribution device has a function of detecting and determining that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match. .
Moreover, the function which transmits the message of a character, privilege information, etc. to an information terminal device should just be provided in at least any one among an information delivery apparatus and a communication apparatus.
And when it is detected that both eyes | visual_axis corresponded, the apparatus (For example, if it is 1st Embodiment, an information delivery apparatus, and 2nd implementation will be delivered to an information terminal device. If it is a form, predetermined information is transmitted to both the information distribution apparatus and the communication apparatus, and notification that both eyes are in agreement is sent. Thereby, the delivery of information such as the character message described above can be realized.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information distribution system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the structural example of the information terminal device shown in FIG. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the structural example of the information terminal device shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the effect | action of the image display part shown in FIG. 1, and a combiner. It is a flowchart which shows the effect | action of the information delivery system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the information visually recognized via a combiner by the facility user in the virtual vision mode of the information terminal device which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the information delivery system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the information delivery system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

11, 41, 31 Communication unit 12 Imaging device 13 Operation unit 14 Storage unit 15, 15 ′, 35, 35 ′, 43, 43 ′ Processing unit 17 Display device 18 Image display unit 19 Combiner 20 Housing 23 Transmitter 42 Detection unit 32 First Database 33 Second Database 34 Third Database 151 Character Detection Unit 152 Eye Detection Unit 153 Determination Unit 351 Benefit Determination Unit 352 Message Creation Unit 353 Information Distribution Unit

Claims (27)

An information distribution method for distributing information to an information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility,
A detection process for detecting that the line of sight of the facility user substantially matches the line of sight of the character in the facility;
An information distribution process for distributing information about the character to an information terminal device carried by the facility user when it is detected that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character substantially match Information distribution method.   The information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the information related to the character includes a message addressed to the facility user by the character whose eye line substantially matches the facility user. Count the number of times the character's line of sight and the facility user's line of sight approximately match,
The information according to the count number is distributed to the information terminal device of the facility user when it is detected that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other. Information delivery method described. An information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility;
Detecting means for detecting that the line of sight of the facility user substantially matches the line of sight of the character in the facility;
When the detecting means detects that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight are substantially coincident, the information relating to the character is distributed to the information terminal device carried by the facility user. An information distribution system comprising information distribution means. A communication device carried by a character in the facility,
The detection means is provided in the information terminal device,
The information distribution system according to claim 4, wherein the information distribution unit is provided in the communication device. An information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility;
A communication device carried by a character in the facility,
The communication device comprises a detecting means for detecting that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight in the facility substantially match,
An information distribution system comprising: a notification means for notifying information relating to the character when the information terminal device detects that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other. . The information terminal device is
First location information detecting means for detecting location information of the facility user;
A first eye-gaze detecting means for detecting the direction of the eye of the facility user,
The communication device is
Second position information detecting means for detecting position information of the character;
Second eye line detecting means for detecting the direction of the eye line of the character,
The facility detected by the facility user and the character detected by the first and second position information detection means and the facility detected by the first and second eye direction detection means. The information distribution system according to claim 5, wherein the information distribution system detects that the user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other based on the user and the line-of-sight direction of the character.   8. The information distribution system according to claim 4, wherein the information about the character includes a message addressed to the facility user by the character whose eye line substantially matches the facility user. 9. A counting means for counting the number of times that the line of sight of the character and the line of sight of the facility user substantially match,
The information distribution system according to any one of claims 4 to 8, wherein the information distribution unit distributes information corresponding to the count number to the information terminal device of the facility user. An information distribution device used in an information distribution system for distributing information to an information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility,
Received from the communication device carried by the character in the facility or the information terminal device carried by the facility user, predetermined information indicating that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character substantially coincide In this case, an information distribution device that distributes information about the character to the information terminal device carried by the facility user.   The information distribution apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the information related to the character includes a message addressed to the facility user by the character whose eye line substantially matches the facility user. Count the number of times the character's line of sight and the facility user's line of sight approximately match,
The information distribution device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein information corresponding to the count number is distributed to an information terminal device of the facility user. A communication device used by an information distribution system for distributing information to an information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility, carried by a character in the facility,
Detecting means for detecting that the line of sight of the character and the line of sight of a facility user in the facility substantially match;
Information that distributes information about the character to the information terminal device carried by the facility user when the detection means detects that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially match A communication apparatus comprising: communication means for transmitting to the distribution apparatus predetermined information indicating that the line of sight of the facility user and the line of sight of the character substantially match. The detection means comprises a receiver provided near the eyes of the character;
When the receiver receives a highly directional radio wave emitted toward the facility user's line of sight from a transmitter provided near the facility user's eye, the facility user's line of sight The communication device according to claim 13, wherein it is detected that the character's line of sight substantially coincides with the character's eyes. A communication device used by an information distribution system for distributing information to an information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility, carried by a character in the facility,
An information distribution device that distributes information about the character to the information terminal device when receiving predetermined information indicating that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other A communication apparatus comprising a transmitting unit that transmits predetermined information indicating that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight substantially coincide with each other.   The predetermined information is at least one of an information distribution request to the facility user, identification information uniquely assigned to the character, and identification information uniquely assigned to the facility user. The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein the communication apparatus includes information including:   The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 16, wherein the information related to the character includes a message addressed to the facility user by the character whose eye line substantially matches the facility user. A counting means for counting the number of times that the line of sight of the character and the line of sight of the facility user substantially match,
The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 17, wherein the transmission unit transmits predetermined information including the count number to the information distribution apparatus. An information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility,
Detecting means for detecting that the line of sight of the facility user substantially matches the line of sight of the character in the facility;
When the detecting means detects that the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight are substantially coincident, the facility user's line of sight and the character's line of sight in the facility Transmitting means for transmitting predetermined information indicating that substantially matches,
Receiving means for receiving information on the character distributed from the information distribution apparatus that has received the predetermined information;
An information terminal device comprising: notifying means for notifying information about the received character. An information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility,
When the predetermined information indicating that the line of sight of the facility user substantially matches the line of sight of the character is received from a communication device carried by the character in the facility, the line of sight of the facility user is sent to the information distribution apparatus. And transmitting means for transmitting predetermined information indicating that the line of sight of the character in the facility substantially matches,
Receiving means for receiving information on the character distributed from the information distribution apparatus that has received the predetermined information;
An information terminal device comprising: notifying means for notifying information about the received character. An information terminal device carried by a facility user in the facility,
Detecting means for detecting that the line of sight of the facility user substantially matches the line of sight of the character in the facility;
An information terminal device comprising: notification means for notifying information relating to a character when the detection means detects that the line of sight of the facility user substantially matches the line of sight of the character.   The predetermined information is information including at least one of identification information uniquely assigned to the character and identification information uniquely assigned to the facility user. The information terminal device described in 1. The detection means comprises a receiver provided near the facility user's eyes,
When the receiver receives a highly directional radio wave emitted in the direction of the line of sight of the character from a transmitter provided near the eyes of the character, the line of sight of the facility user and the character of the character The information terminal device according to any one of claims 19 to 22, which detects that the line of sight substantially matches. The detection means is
Imaging means for imaging the scenery in the sight line direction of the facility user;
Storage means for registering image data of characters in the facility;
Character detection means for detecting whether or not a character registered in the storage means exists in the image acquired by the imaging means;
Based on the detection result of the line-of-sight detection means and the line-of-sight detection means when the character registered in the storage means exists in the image acquired by the imaging means, The information terminal device according to claim 19 or 21, further comprising: a determination unit that determines whether or not a character's line of sight and the facility user's line of sight substantially coincide with each other. The notification means is
Image display means;
A translucent optical element that transmits light from the real field of view of the user's line of sight, and displays the information displayed on the image display unit as an optical virtual image in a superimposed manner in the real field;
The information terminal device according to any one of claims 19 to 24, further comprising: an image display control unit that causes the image display unit to display information about the character received by the receiving unit.   The information terminal device according to any one of claims 19 to 25, wherein the information related to the character includes a message addressed to the facility user by the character whose eye line substantially matches the facility user. A counting means for counting the number of times that the line of sight of the character and the line of sight of the facility user substantially match,
The information terminal device according to any one of claims 19 to 26, wherein the notifying unit notifies information according to the count number.

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