JP2006284655A - Positional information terminal, positional information server, positional information system, and positional information program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To process information, such as sightseeing guide information, position, and a map in an integrated manner, and to allow information provided in the form of characters, images, voices or the like to be used, while making them associated with the position or the map. <P>SOLUTION: A retrieval section 240 retrieves from the information stored in an information storage section 210 and the information received by an information receiving section 230, information which agrees with the information relevant to a map stored in a map information storage section 211. A position-specifying section 250 specifies the position of the information retrieved by the retrieval section 240. An acquisition section 260 acquires information relevant to the information retrieved by the retrieval section 240. A position acquisition section 280 acquires the position of a positional information terminal 200. A display processing section 270 indicates the position specified by the position-specifying section 250, the information acquired by the acquisition section 260, and the position acquired by the position acquisition section 280 on the map, stored by a map picture storing section 213, and displays them on a display section 220. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention belongs, for example, to the field of providing information obtained by adding position information to information in an electronic information terminal using high-precision positioning information.

Heretofore, sightseeing guide information provided by a portable electronic information terminal such as a mobile phone or an electronic book terminal has been stored in advance in an information storage unit of the portable electronic information terminal. Alternatively, information was exchanged from outside via another medium or network. These tourist guide information provided tourist guide information in characters and images. However, information that contributes to the guide is not automatically provided by adding location information to the tourist guide information.
The user of the tourist guide information was looking for a tourist spot while comparing the tourist guide information with a map. For this reason, there is a case where the tourist guide information and the map are not unified, and it is forced to do sightseeing using inconvenient information.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-5938 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-310717 disclose an apparatus and a system that provide tourist guide information by voice, characters, and images by communication to a terminal.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-292714 discloses displaying the distance and route from the current location to the destination in the tourist guide information. However, the data corresponding to the map information is searched from the tourist guide information and is not combined with the position information.
JP 2005-5938 A JP 2004-310717 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-292714 JP 2002-73872 A

  It is an object of the present invention to process information such as tourist guide information, a position, and a map in a unified manner, and to further make it possible to use information provided by characters, images, sounds, etc. corresponding to the position and the map. And

  A location information terminal according to the present invention includes a map information storage unit that stores map information representing a map, a search unit that searches data included in the map information stored in the map information storage unit, from arbitrary information, A position specifying unit that specifies a position for the data searched by the search unit, and a display unit that displays the position specified by the position specifying unit on a map represented by the map information.

  Moreover, the position information terminal according to the present invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires related information of the data searched by the search unit from the arbitrary information, and the display unit displays the related information acquired by the acquisition unit. It is characterized by displaying.

  Furthermore, the location information terminal according to the present invention includes a location acquisition unit that acquires the location of the location information terminal, and the display unit indicates the location acquired by the location acquisition unit on a map represented by the map information. It is characterized by displaying.

  Furthermore, in the position information terminal according to the present invention, the display unit displays a map represented by the map information in a predetermined range near the position acquired by the position acquisition unit.

  Further, in the position information terminal according to the present invention, the search unit inputs character data as the arbitrary information, and searches the character data existing in the data included in the map information from the character data. To do.

  Furthermore, in the position information terminal according to the present invention, the search unit inputs image data as the arbitrary information and searches the image data for a part of an image existing in the data included in the map information. Features.

  Furthermore, in the position information terminal according to the present invention, the search unit inputs voice data as the arbitrary information, converts the voice data into character data, and detects characters present in the data included in the map information. A column is searched from the converted character data.

  Next, a location information server according to the present invention is a location information server connected via a network to a location information terminal that displays location information, a map information storage unit that stores map information representing a map, and arbitrary information A search unit that searches for data included in the map information stored in the map information storage unit, a position specifying unit that specifies a position for the data searched by the search unit, and the position specified by the position specifying unit And a server transmission unit that transmits map display data, which is data indicated on the map represented by the map information, to the position information terminal.

  In addition, the location information server according to the present invention includes a server reception unit that receives the location of the location information terminal from the location information terminal, and the server transmission unit is a location of the location information terminal received by the server reception unit. The map display data in a predetermined range in the vicinity of is transmitted.

  In addition, the position information system according to the present invention is a position information system in which a position information terminal that displays position information and a position information server that manages position information are connected via a network. A map information storage unit for storing map information representing a map, a search unit for searching for data included in the map information stored in the map information storage unit from arbitrary information, and the data searched by the search unit A position specifying unit for specifying a position with respect to and a server transmission unit for transmitting map display data, which is data indicating the position specified by the position specifying unit to a map represented by the map information, to the position information terminal, The location information terminal includes a terminal reception unit that receives the map display data transmitted by the server transmission unit, and the map display data received by the terminal reception unit. Characterized in that it comprises a display unit for displaying.

  In the location information system according to the present invention, the location information terminal further transmits a location acquisition unit that acquires the location of the location information terminal, and the location acquired by the location acquisition unit to the location information server. A terminal transmission unit, wherein the location information server further includes a server reception unit that receives the location transmitted by the terminal transmission unit, and the server transmission unit is in the vicinity of the location received by the server reception unit. The map display data in a predetermined range is transmitted.

  Next, the location information program according to the present invention stores the map information storage step in the map information storage unit for storing the map information representing the map, and the arbitrary information from the map information storage unit in the map information storage step. A search step for searching for data included in the map information, a position specifying step for specifying a position for the data searched in the search step, and a map represented by the map information indicating the position specified in the position specifying step. And a display step of displaying the image on the computer.

  A location information program according to the present invention includes a map information storage step in a map information storage unit that stores map information representing a map in a location information server connected via a network to a location information terminal that displays location information. A search step for searching for data included in the map information stored in the map information storage unit in the map information storage step, and a position specifying step for specifying a position with respect to the data searched in the search step. And a server transmission step of transmitting map display data, which is data indicated on the map represented by the map information to the position specified in the position specifying step, to the position information terminal.

  According to the position information terminal according to the present invention, arbitrary information, position, and map managed separately are processed in a unified manner, and further, tourist guide information provided in characters, images, and voice is converted into position and map. It becomes possible to use it corresponding to.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
First, the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a location information terminal 200 according to the first embodiment.

  The location information terminal 200 includes an information storage unit 210, a map information storage unit 211, a location information storage unit 212, a map image storage unit 213, a display unit 220, an information reception unit 230, a search unit 240, a location specifying unit 250, and an acquisition unit 260. , A display processing unit 270, a position acquisition unit 280, and an input unit 290.

  The information storage unit 210 stores arbitrary information. The arbitrary information is, for example, sightseeing guide information or telephone wiring information. The map information storage unit 211 stores information included in the map. For example, there are character data such as place names and road names, maps such as station squares and sightseeing spots, and image data such as marks of municipalities. The position information storage unit 212 stores the position of the information stored in the map information storage unit 211 on the map. The map image storage unit 213 stores map image data. The map image storage unit 213 can be considered to be included in the map information storage unit 211.

The display unit 220 displays information stored in the map information storage unit 211, the map image storage unit 213, and the like.
The information receiving unit 230 receives arbitrary information from the external information server 500 or the like via a network. Here, the arbitrary information means the same information as the information stored in the information storage unit 210. That is, the arbitrary information may be not only information stored in the information storage unit 210 included in the position information terminal 200 but also information stored in the external information server 500 or the like. In other words, when the arbitrary information is sightseeing guide information, the arbitrary information may be information such as a Web site that handles sightseeing guide information, for example.
The search unit 240 searches for information included in the information stored in the map information storage unit 211 from arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and arbitrary information received by the information reception unit 230. That is, the search unit 240 performs a full-text search process on information included in the information stored in the map information storage unit 211 from the arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and the arbitrary information received by the information reception unit 230. Search for. For example, when the arbitrary information is character data, the search unit 240 searches for character strings such as place names and road names stored in the map information storage unit 211 from the arbitrary information. In addition, for example, when the arbitrary information is image data, the search unit 240 searches the image including the map and the mark stored in the map information storage unit 211 from the arbitrary information.
The position specifying unit 250 specifies the position of the information searched by the search unit 240. The position specifying unit 250 specifies a position by referring to the position information storage unit 212.
The acquisition unit 260 acquires information related to the information searched by the search unit 240 from arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and arbitrary information received by the information reception unit 230.
The display processing unit 270 performs processing for displaying the position specified by the position specifying unit 250, the information acquired by the acquiring unit 260, and the map image data stored in the map image storage unit 213 on the display unit 220. In addition, the display processing unit 270 performs processing for displaying the position of the position information terminal 200 acquired by the position acquisition unit 280 described later on the display unit 220.
The position acquisition unit 280 acquires the position of the position information terminal 200. The position acquisition unit 280 acquires position information of the position information terminal 200 from, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) 400, a quasi-zenith satellite 401, a PAS (Positioning Augmentation Services, high-precision positioning service) 410, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of processing performed by the location information terminal 200 according to the first embodiment. Based on FIG. 2, the processing operation of the location information terminal 200 will be described. Here, it is assumed that the arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and the arbitrary information received by the information receiving unit 230 are sightseeing guide information.

  In the information display step S101, the display unit 220 displays arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and arbitrary information received by the information receiving unit 230.

  In the retrieval step S102, the retrieval unit 240 retrieves information included in the information stored in the map information storage unit 211 from the information displayed on the display unit 220. The search unit 240 searches, for example, a place name of a tourist attraction stored in the map information storage unit 211 from the information displayed on the display unit 220, a name of a tourist object such as a building, a ruin, a store, an artificial or a natural shaped object, and the like. To do.

  In the acquisition step S103, the acquisition unit 260 acquires information related to the information searched by the search unit 240 from arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and arbitrary information received by the information reception unit 230. The acquisition unit 260 acquires, for example, tourist guide information corresponding to the tourist spot searched by the search unit 240.

  In the position specifying step S104, the position specifying unit 250 specifies the position of the information searched by the search unit 240 by referring to the position information storage unit 212. That is, the position specifying unit 250 specifies a position such as a tourist attraction searched by the search unit 240. Here, the specified position is information including latitude and longitude, for example.

  In the position acquisition step S105, the position acquisition unit 280 acquires the position of the position information terminal 200 from the GPS 400, the PAS 410, or the like.

  In the map display step S106, the display unit 220 displays the map image data stored in the map image storage unit 213. Further, the displayed map image data is a predetermined range in the vicinity of the position of the position information terminal 200 set in advance. The predetermined range is, for example, a range in which the radius is specified as many as the center of the position of the position information terminal 200.

  In the name display step (display step) S107, the display unit 220 displays the position specified by the position specifying unit 250 and the information acquired by the acquisition unit 260 in the map image data stored in the map image storage unit 213. . FIG. 3 is a display example of the display unit 220 in the name display step S107.

  In the route display instruction step S108, the input unit 290 instructs whether to display the distance to the location such as the tourist attraction, the road, the line of sight, etc. on the display unit 220 in a superimposed manner.

  In the route display step S109, when the input unit 290 instructs to display in the route display instruction step S108, the display unit 220 superimposes and displays a distance to a location such as a tourist attraction, a route, and a line of sight. The display unit 220 displays a tourist name corresponding to the target from the position of the position information terminal 200 to the position of the tourist attraction and its position. FIG. 4 is a display example of the display unit 220 in the route display step S109.

  In the related information display instruction step S <b> 110, the input unit 290 instructs whether to display the related information acquired by the acquisition unit 260 on the display unit 220.

  In the related information display step S111, when the input unit 290 instructs to display in the related information display instruction step S110, the display unit 220 displays the related information acquired by the acquisition unit 260 in a superimposed manner.

  The location information terminal 200 described above is a portable electronic information terminal device that provides tourist guide information, extracts tourist names corresponding to character data and image data of the tourist guide information, and displays location information corresponding to each name. This is a portable electronic information terminal device.

  The portable electronic information terminal device extracts tourist names corresponding to the character data and image data of the tourist guide information in the portable electronic information terminal device that provides the tourist guide information, and position information corresponding to each name, It is characterized by being superimposed on the tourist guide information.

  In the portable electronic information terminal device that provides tourist guide information, the portable electronic information terminal device superimposes and displays position information corresponding to a tourist attraction and position information of the portable electronic information terminal device. And

  Further, in the portable electronic information terminal device that provides tourist guide information, the portable electronic information terminal device superimposes and displays position information corresponding to a tourist attraction, tourist guide information, and position information of the portable electronic information terminal device. It is characterized by doing.

  According to the position information terminal 200 according to the first embodiment, it is possible to display information that exists apart from the map information together with the map information.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, a second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, a process will be described in the case where the arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 in the first embodiment and the arbitrary information received by the information receiving unit 230 are audio data.

  FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the location information terminal 200 according to the second embodiment. Only the parts of the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 5 that are different from the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

The search unit 240 includes an audio reproduction unit 241, an audio analysis unit 242, and a collation unit 243.
The audio reproduction unit 241 reproduces audio data. The audio data may be arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 or arbitrary information received by the information receiving unit 230 from the external information server 500 or the like via a network. Also, CD (Compact
(Disc), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), audio memory, external memory medium, audio data such as audio information received through a network may be used.
The voice analysis unit 242 performs a voice analysis process on the voice data reproduced by the voice reproduction unit 241 and converts the voice data into character data.
The collation unit 243 searches the character data obtained by converting the voice data for information included in the information stored in the map information storage unit 211.
FIG. 6 is an example of correspondence between voice data and character data obtained by converting the voice data. First, the audio reproduction unit 241 reproduces the audio data 600. The voice analysis unit 242 analyzes the voice data 600 reproduced by the voice reproduction unit 241 and converts it into character data 610. The matching unit 243 searches the character data 610 for a character string included in the information stored in the map information storage unit 211. Here, since the map information storage unit 211 stores the guide information for sightseeing, the collation unit 243 searches for the sightseeing name 620.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the processing operation of the location information terminal 200 according to the second embodiment. Based on FIG. 7, the processing operation of the location information terminal 200 will be described.

  In the voice analysis step S201, the voice reproduction unit 241 reproduces voice data that is arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and arbitrary information received by the information reception unit 230. Next, the voice analysis unit 242 performs voice analysis processing on the voice data reproduced by the voice reproduction unit 241 and converts the voice data into character data.

  In the search step S202, the collation unit 243 searches the character data obtained by converting the voice data by the voice analysis unit 242 for what is included in the information stored in the map information storage unit 211.

  Step S203 is the same as step S103 in the first embodiment.

  In the information display step S204, the display unit 220 displays the character data obtained by converting the voice data by the voice analysis unit 242.

  Steps S205 to S212 are the same as steps S104 to S111 of the first embodiment, respectively.

  The above-described location information terminal 200 is characterized in that, in a portable electronic information terminal device that provides tourist guide information, a tourist name is extracted by voice analysis processing from voice tourist guide information, and corresponding tourist guide information is displayed. This is a portable electronic information terminal device.

  According to the location information terminal 200 according to the second embodiment, even if the arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and the arbitrary information received by the information receiving unit 230 are audio data, the audio data By converting the data into character data, it can be displayed together with the map information.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
Next, a third embodiment will be described. In the third embodiment, the position information terminal 200 described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment will be described with respect to a case where only the position of the position information terminal 200 is measured and information is displayed. That is, other processing is performed by an external server or the like.

  FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram of the location information terminal 200 and the location information server 300 according to the third embodiment. Only the parts of the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 8 that are different from the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

The location information terminal 200 includes a display unit 220, a location acquisition unit 280, an input unit 290, a terminal transmission unit 291, and a terminal reception unit 292.
The display unit 220, the position acquisition unit 280, and the input unit 290 are the same as those in FIG.
The terminal transmission unit 291 transmits information to the location information server 300 and the like. The terminal receiving unit 292 receives information from the location information server 300 or the like.

The position information server 300 includes an information storage unit 210, a map information storage unit 211, a position information storage unit 212, a map image storage unit 213, a search unit 240, a position specifying unit 250, an acquisition unit 260, a position information processing unit 310, and server communication. Part 390.
The information storage unit 210, map information storage unit 211, position information storage unit 212, map image storage unit 213, search unit 240, position specifying unit 250, and acquisition unit 260 are the same as those in FIG.
The position information processing unit 310 narrows data to be transmitted to the position information terminal 200 to data in a predetermined range near the position of the position information terminal 200 set in advance.
The server communication unit 390 includes a server transmission unit 391 and a server reception unit 392. The server transmission unit 391 transmits information to the location information terminal 200. The server reception unit 392 receives information from the location information terminal 200 or the like.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating processing operations of the location information terminal 200 and the location information server 300 according to the third embodiment. Based on FIG. 9, the operation | movement of the process with the positional information terminal 200 and the positional information server 300 is demonstrated.

  In the information transmission step S301, the input unit 290 transmits an information display request to the location information server 300. When the server reception unit 392 receives the information display request, the server transmission unit 391 transmits the arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and the arbitrary information received by the information reception unit 230 to the location information terminal 200. . Next, the terminal reception unit 292 receives the information transmitted by the server transmission unit 391. Then, the display unit 220 displays the information received by the terminal receiving unit 292.

  In the retrieval step S302, the retrieval unit 240 retrieves information included in the information stored in the map information storage unit 211 from the information transmitted by the server transmission unit 391.

  Step S303 and step S304 are the same as step S103 and step S104 of the first embodiment, respectively.

  In the position acquisition step S305, the position acquisition unit 280 acquires the position of the position information terminal 200 from the GPS 400, the PAS 410, or the like. Then, the terminal transmission unit 291 transmits the position information acquired by the position acquisition unit 280 to the position information server 300. Next, the server reception unit 392 receives the position information transmitted by the terminal transmission unit 291.

  In the server transmission step S306, the server transmission unit 391 transmits the map image data stored in the map image storage unit 213 to the location information terminal 200. The transmitted map image data is a predetermined range in the vicinity of the position of the position information terminal 200. The predetermined range is, for example, a range in which the radius is specified up to the center of the position of the position information terminal 200 indicated by the position information received by the server reception unit 392.

  In the name transmission step S307, the server transmission unit 391 displays the map display data indicated in the map image data stored in the map image storage unit 213 by the position of the location information terminal 200 and the information acquired by the acquisition unit 260. 200. Next, the terminal reception unit 292 receives the information transmitted by the server transmission unit 391. Then, the display unit 220 displays the information received by the terminal receiving unit 292. A display example is FIG. 3 as in the first embodiment.

  In the route display instruction step S308, the input unit 290 instructs whether to display a distance to a location such as a tourist attraction, a road, a line of sight, etc. on the display unit 220 in a superimposed manner. Then, the terminal transmission unit 291 transmits the instruction of the input unit 290 to the location information server 300. For example, the input unit 290 selects a sightseeing name to be displayed with a pointer or the like. Then, the terminal transmission unit 291 transmits the tourism name and the navigation request command to the location information server 300. Next, the server reception unit 392 receives the instruction transmitted by the terminal transmission unit 291.

  In the route transmission step S309, the server transmission unit 391, when receiving an instruction that the server reception unit 392 displays in the route display instruction step S308, displays the distance to the location of a tourist attraction, a route, a line of sight, etc. 200. In addition, the server transmission unit 391 transmits, to the position information terminal 200, the sightseeing name corresponding to the target from the position of the position information terminal 200 to the position of the tourist attraction and its position. Next, the terminal reception unit 292 receives the information transmitted by the server transmission unit 391. Then, the display unit 220 displays the information received by the terminal receiving unit 292.

  In the related information display instruction step S <b> 310, the input unit 290 instructs whether to display the related information acquired by the acquisition unit 260 on the display unit 220. Then, the terminal transmission unit 291 transmits the instruction of the input unit 290 to the location information server 300. Next, the server reception unit 392 receives the instruction transmitted by the terminal transmission unit 291.

  In the related information display step S311, the server transmission unit 391 transmits the related information acquired by the acquisition unit 260 to the location information terminal 200 when the input unit 290 instructs to display in the related information display instruction step S310. Next, the terminal reception unit 292 receives the information transmitted by the server transmission unit 391. Then, the display unit 220 displays the information received by the terminal receiving unit 292.

  The location information terminal 200 and the location information server 300 described above correspond to character data and image data of tourist guide information in the tourist guide information server in a tourist guide information providing system including a portable electronic information terminal device and a tourist guide information server. A tourist guide information providing system that extracts location information corresponding to a tourist name and each tourist name and transmits the extracted location information to a portable electronic information terminal device.

  The tourist guide information providing system is a tourist guide information providing system comprising a portable electronic information terminal device and a tourist guide information server. The tourist guide information server includes tourist names corresponding to character data and image data of the tourist guide information, Location information corresponding to the name and a tourist map image centered on the position of the portable electronic information terminal device are extracted and transmitted to the portable electronic information terminal device.

  According to the position information server 300 according to the third embodiment, information that is separated from the map information can be used as information combined with the map information. The location information terminal 200 can display information created by the location information server 300. In addition, the position information terminal 200 only needs to have a function to display and a function to specify the position.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. In the fourth embodiment, a process will be described in the case where the arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 in the third embodiment and the arbitrary information received by the information receiving unit 230 are audio data.

  In the fourth embodiment, similar to the second embodiment, the search unit can be realized by including the voice reproduction unit 241, the voice analysis unit 242, and the collation unit 243 in the second embodiment. That is, it is realizable by changing step S301 and step S302 as follows.

  That is, in the information transmission step S301, when the arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 or the arbitrary information received by the information reception unit 230 is audio data, the audio reproduction unit 241 includes the information storage unit 210. Is reproduced as audio data which is arbitrary information stored in the memory and information received by the information receiving unit 230. Next, the voice analysis unit 242 performs voice analysis processing on the voice data reproduced by the voice reproduction unit 241 and converts the voice data into character data. The server transmission unit 391 transmits the character data obtained by converting the voice data by the voice analysis unit 242.

  In the search step S302, the collation unit 243 searches the character data converted by the voice analysis unit 242 transmitted by the server transmission unit 391 for information included in the information stored in the map information storage unit 211.

  According to the position information server 300 according to the fourth embodiment, even when the arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and the arbitrary information received by the information receiving unit 230 are audio data, the audio data Information combined with map information can be obtained by converting data into character data. The location information terminal 200 can display information created by the location information server 300.

  In the first to fourth embodiments described above, the arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and the arbitrary information received by the information receiving unit 230 are guide information for sightseeing. However, the arbitrary information stored in the information storage unit 210 and the arbitrary information received by the information receiving unit 230 are not limited to this. For example, when the map information stored in the map information storage unit 211 or the map image storage unit 213 is a piping map such as a gas pipe or a water pipe, the above arbitrary information may be piping design information or the like. . In addition, when the map information stored in the map information storage unit 211 or the map image storage unit 213 is an electric or telephone wiring map, the above arbitrary information may be wiring design information. Absent.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an appearance of the position information system 100 according to the embodiment.
In FIG. 10, a location information system 100 includes a server 910, a CRT (Cathode).
Ray Tube) display device 901, keyboard (K / B) 902, mouse 903, compact disk device (CDD) 905, printer device 906, scanner device 907, database 908, system unit 909, which are connected by a cable Yes.
Further, the location information system 100 is connected to a FAX machine 932 and a telephone 931 via a cable, and is connected to the Internet 940 via a local area network (LAN) 942 and a gateway 941.
The location information system 100 is connected to a mobile phone 943 and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) 944 via a network such as the Internet 940.
In the above-described embodiment, the “location information server 300” is the server 910, for example. Also, what is described as “˜storage unit” is, for example, the database 908. The “location information terminal 200” is, for example, a system unit 909, a mobile phone 943, and a PDA 944.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the server 910, the database 908, the system unit 909, and the like of the location information system 100 according to the embodiment.
In FIG. 11, a server 910, a database 908, a system unit 909, and the like of the location information system 100 include a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 911 that executes a program. The CPU 911 includes a ROM 913, a RAM 914, a communication board 915, a CRT display device 901, a K / B 902, a mouse 903, an FDD (Flexible Disk Drive) 904, a magnetic disk device 920, a CDD 905, a printer device 906, and a scanner device 907 via a bus 912. Connected with.
The RAM 914 is an example of a volatile memory. The ROM 913, the FDD 904, the CDD 905, and the magnetic disk device 920 are examples of nonvolatile memories. These are examples of a storage device or a storage unit.
The communication board 915 is connected to a FAX machine 932, a telephone 931, a LAN 942, and the like.
For example, the communication board 915, the K / B 902, the scanner device 907, the FDD 904, and the like are examples of the input unit 290.
Further, for example, the communication board 915, the CRT display device 901, and the like are examples of the output unit.

Here, the communication board 915 is not limited to the LAN 942 and may be directly connected to the Internet 940 or a WAN (Wide Area Network) such as ISDN. When directly connected to a WAN such as the Internet 940 or ISDN, the location information system 100 is connected to a WAN such as the Internet 940 or ISDN, and the gateway 941 is unnecessary.
The magnetic disk device 920 stores an operating system (OS) 921, a window system 922, a program group 923, and a file group 924. The program group 923 is executed by the CPU 911, the OS 921, and the window system 922.

The program group 923 stores a program for executing the function described as “˜unit” in the description of the above-described embodiment. The program is read and executed by the CPU 911.
In the file group 924, what has been described as “˜information” and “˜instruction” in the above description of the embodiment is stored as “˜file”.
In addition, the arrow portion of the flowchart described in the description of the above-described embodiment mainly indicates data input / output, and for the data input / output, the data includes a magnetic disk device 920, an FD (Flexible Disk), an optical disk, It is recorded on other recording media such as CD (compact disc), MD (mini disc), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). Alternatively, it is transmitted through a signal line or other transmission medium.

  In addition, what has been described as the “˜unit” in the description of the above-described embodiment may be realized by firmware stored in the ROM 913. Alternatively, it may be implemented by software alone, hardware alone, a combination of software and hardware, or a combination of firmware.

  In addition, programs for implementing the above-described embodiment are also other disk drives such as a magnetic disk device 920, an FD (Flexible Disk), an optical disk, a CD (compact disk), an MD (mini disk), and a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). You may memorize | store using the recording device by a recording medium.

  By replacing the tourist guide information of the present invention with various city information, regional information, or information in various facilities, the present invention can be used not only for a tourist guide but also for guidance on information related to various positions. Further, by replacing the map with a piping map, a wiring map, or the like, it can be used together with design information.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a location information terminal 200 according to the first embodiment. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of processing of the location information terminal 200 according to the first exemplary embodiment. It is an example of a display of the display part 220 in map display step S107. It is an example of a display of the display part 220 in route display step S109. It is a functional block diagram of the position information terminal 200 according to the second embodiment. This is an example of correspondence between voice data and character data obtained by converting voice data. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of processing of the location information terminal 200 according to the second exemplary embodiment. FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of a location information terminal 200 and a location information server 300 according to a third embodiment. 10 is a flowchart showing operations of a location information terminal 200, a location information server 300, and processing according to the third exemplary embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the position information system 100 in embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of hardware constitutions, such as the server 910, the database 908, and the system unit 909 of the positional information system 100 in embodiment.

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  100 position information system, 200 position information terminal, 210 information storage unit, 211 map information storage unit, 212 position information storage unit, 213 map image storage unit, 220 display unit, 230 information reception unit, 240 search unit, 241 audio reproduction unit 242 Speech analysis unit, 243 collation unit, 250 position specifying unit, 260 acquisition unit, 270 display processing unit, 280 position acquisition unit, 290 input unit, 291 terminal transmission unit, 292 terminal reception unit, 300 position information server, 310 position Information processing unit, 390 server communication unit, 391 server transmission unit, 392 server reception unit, 400 GPS, 401 quasi-zenith satellite, 410 high precision positioning service, 500 information server, 901 CRT display device, 902 K / B, 903 mouse, 904 FDD, 905 CDD, 906 printer device, 07 Scanner device, 908 database, 909 system unit, 910 server, 911 CPU, 912 bus, 913 ROM, 914 RAM, 915 communication board, 920 magnetic disk device, 921 OS, 922 window system, 923 program group, 924 file group, 931 telephone, 932 FAX machine, 940 Internet, 941 gateway, 942 LAN.

Claims (13)

A map information storage unit for storing map information representing a map;
A search unit for searching data included in the map information stored in the map information storage unit from arbitrary information;
A position specifying unit for specifying a position for the data searched by the search unit;
A position information terminal comprising: a display unit that displays the position specified by the position specifying unit on a map represented by the map information. An acquisition unit that acquires related information of the data searched by the search unit from the arbitrary information,
The position information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the related information acquired by the acquisition unit. The location information terminal further includes:
A location acquisition unit for acquiring the location of the location information terminal;
The position information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the position acquired by the position acquisition unit on a map represented by the map information. The position information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a map represented by the map information in a predetermined range near the position acquired by the position acquisition unit. The position information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the search unit inputs character data as the arbitrary information and searches the character data for a character string existing in data included in the map information. 2. The location information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the search unit inputs image data as the arbitrary information and searches the image data for a part of an image existing in the data included in the map information. . The search unit inputs voice data as the arbitrary information, converts the voice data into character data, and searches the character data existing in the data included in the map information from the converted character data. The position information terminal according to claim 1, wherein: In a location information server connected via a network to a location information terminal that displays location information,
A map information storage unit for storing map information representing a map;
A search unit for searching data included in the map information stored in the map information storage unit from arbitrary information;
A position specifying unit for specifying a position for the data searched by the search unit;
A position information server, comprising: a server transmission unit that transmits map display data, which is data indicating the position specified by the position specifying unit on a map represented by the map information, to the position information terminal. The location information server further includes:
A server receiving unit for receiving the position of the position information terminal from the position information terminal;
9. The location information server according to claim 8, wherein the server transmission unit transmits the map display data in a predetermined range near the location of the location information terminal received by the server reception unit. In a positional information system in which a positional information terminal that displays positional information and a positional information server that manages positional information are connected via a network,
The location information server
A map information storage unit for storing map information representing a map;
A search unit for searching data included in the map information stored in the map information storage unit from arbitrary information;
A position specifying unit for specifying a position for the data searched by the search unit;
A server transmission unit that transmits map display data to the position information terminal, the map display data being data indicating the position specified by the position specifying unit on the map represented by the map information;
The location information terminal
A terminal receiver for receiving the map display data transmitted by the server transmitter;
A position information system comprising: a display unit that displays the map display data received by the terminal reception unit. The location information terminal further includes:
A position acquisition unit for acquiring the position of the position information terminal;
A terminal transmission unit that transmits the position acquired by the position acquisition unit to the position information server;
The location information server further includes:
A server receiver that receives the position transmitted by the terminal transmitter;
The position information system according to claim 10, wherein the server transmission unit transmits the map display data in a predetermined range near the position received by the server reception unit. A search step for searching data included in map information representing a map from arbitrary information;
A position specifying step for specifying a position for the data searched in the search step;
A position information program that causes a computer to execute a display step of displaying the position specified in the position specifying step on a map represented by the map information. In a location information program that operates on a location information server connected via a network to a location information terminal that displays location information,
A search step for searching data included in map information representing a map from arbitrary information;
A position specifying step for specifying a position for the data searched in the search step;
A position information program for causing a computer to execute a server transmission step of transmitting map display data to the position information terminal, which is data indicating the position specified in the position specifying step on a map represented by the map information .

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