JP2007334740A - Information processor, information processing system and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor which can be installed in a place suitable for requesting various kinds of intention indications, make it easy to indicate an intention and immediately confirm the summed-up result of the intention indication. <P>SOLUTION: The information processor is installed in a prescribed place and gathers the intention indication of general public to prescribed information. The information processor comprises a first display means for displaying the prescribed information, a read means for reading intention indication data inputted by a person indicating the intention to the prescribed information, a tabulation means for tabulating the read intention indication data, and a second display means for displaying the tabulated result. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing system, and an information processing method, and more particularly, to an information processing device, an information processing system, and an information processing method that collect public intentions for predetermined information at a predetermined location.

  In order to market products and survey corporate images, it has been widely used to ask the public for some kind of intention using a method such as a questionnaire. In recent years, the above questionnaires can be easily executed on a PC or a mobile communication terminal via a communication network such as the Internet, so that a large number of the intention indications can be acquired as electronic data and can be easily tabulated. Has come to be able to. In particular, if a prize is given to the questionnaire, it is possible to obtain more intention display data intriguing the public interest.

  However, even if an unspecified number of intention display data is acquired by the PC or the mobile communication terminal, there are many unreliable data such as those responded for the purpose of a prize, and it was not an effective method. .

  Therefore, conventionally, for example, a user uses a questionnaire terminal installed at a store to answer a questionnaire, and the user uses a network that discounts the target product according to the questionnaire answer when purchasing the product. A questionnaire collection system and method have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  According to this invention, first, the questionnaire information registered in the questionnaire database and discount information of the corresponding product are displayed on the questionnaire terminal, and the user inputs a questionnaire response from the questionnaire terminal. The input answer is registered in the answer database, and product discount information is registered in the electronic recording medium. The user brings this electronic recording medium to the cash register, receives a discount on the product, and the questionnaire client terminal receives the answer data of the questionnaire from the answer database via the network.

Therefore, since it is a questionnaire regarding discount target products, a highly reliable questionnaire result can be acquired.
Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-207858 (claim 1)

  By the way, when the public intention display is requested, such as the above questionnaire, the element of “place” occupies a large weight. For example, when the above-mentioned intention indication for a working person is requested, it is clear that an effective result can be obtained by conducting a questionnaire or the like in an office district rather than in an educational district.

  However, in the above conventional invention, as a result, although it is configured to be installed at a predetermined place (sales store), the essence of this invention is to make a user who intends to purchase the target product respond to the questionnaire. It was not, and it did not consider the element of “location” as described above. Further, in the present invention, since the configuration is limited to the purchaser of the product, it is unsuitable for requesting the public intention other than the purchaser of the product, and there is an inconvenience of lack of versatility.

  In the above conventional invention, the purchaser of the product must answer a questionnaire question in order to display his intention, and complicated input work such as a screen operation is required. It was unsuitable for requesting the intentions of the elderly and children.

  Furthermore, in the above-described conventional invention, even if the questionnaire is answered, only a discount is obtained when purchasing the product, and the result of the questionnaire is not informed. There was a problem. In particular, when requesting an intention regarding matters that are not directly related to the purchase of goods, it is easily expected that the appeal will be reduced if the above-mentioned total results are not immediately known.

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention can be installed in a place suitable for obtaining various intention indications, can easily express intention indications, and can immediately confirm the result of intention indication. An object is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus that is installed at a predetermined location and collects public intentions for predetermined information, and displays the predetermined information. 1 display means, reading means for reading the intention display data of the person who makes an intention display on the predetermined information, a counting means for counting the read intention display data, and a second display for displaying the totaled results Means.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to acquire public intention display data for predetermined information at a predetermined location.

  The first display means is, for example, a display that displays the predetermined information. The first display means may include a human sensor and the display, and when a person enters the sensing area of the human sensor, the display may display information for prompting the intention display. . If there is no person in the sensing area, the display may not operate, but may display advertisements or distribute news.

  The first display means may display the information for prompting the intention display together with the display or by voice using a speaker instead of the display.

  The first display means has storage means for storing data in which a plurality of pieces of information prompting intention display and a period for presenting the information are associated with each other, and when displaying information prompting the intention display on the display The information corresponding to the display period may be read from the storage means, and the read information may be displayed on the display. This period can be freely set, such as time, day of the week, and month.

  For example, the same information processing device displays information for adults early in the morning, information for students in the morning, and information for housewives in the morning. It is possible to display suitable information depending on the time zone.

  The reading means may be a reader that reads the intention display data from a recording medium on which the intention display data is recorded.

  The intention display data is composed of at least one of ID data, attribute data, and setting data indicating intentions of various formats for the predetermined information, and the reading means includes the recording medium By reading at least one of the ID data, attribute data, and setting data, the intention display data for the information displayed by the first display means may be processed as read.

  Here, the attribute data includes gender, age, occupation, birthplace, address, hobby, special skill, and the like. In addition, the setting data indicating the intention of various forms with respect to the predetermined information is data for setting one of alternative responses such as approval or disagreement with respect to the predetermined information, and the predetermined information. Data that sets one of the answers when multiple answers are requested, or data that sets a so-called value such as monetary data or points when the above-mentioned predetermined information requests donation or donation And so on.

  For example, the information for prompting the intention is in the form of asking the public about a predetermined matter. When agreeing, the recording medium on which at least one of the ID data, attribute data, and setting data is recorded is read. If instructed to do so, the intention can be expressed without any special input work.

  When the recording medium is an IC chip mounting recording medium such as an IC tag or an IC card, or a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, the reader is a reader for these recording media.

  The aggregating means has an accumulating means for accumulating the read intention display data. When the intention display data is newly read, the past intention display data is read from the accumulating means, and the total number of readings of the intention display data is calculated. You just have to do it.

  When there are two or more intention indications by the same ID data for the information prompting the predetermined intention indication, the number of intention indications by the ID data is read from the storage means, and this number exceeds the predetermined number. In this case, the counting means can also process the number of times exceeding this number by excluding it from the cumulative calculation target.

  Therefore, it is possible to prevent the same person from displaying his / her intentions repeatedly on the same display information, so that it is possible to collect intention display data with high accuracy.

  Regarding the information for prompting the predetermined intention display, the intention display data including the predetermined attribute data may be processed by excluding the total calculation means from the cumulative calculation target.

  In this way, the collection target of intention display data can be narrowed down, so that it is possible to collect intention display data with higher accuracy.

  The process of excluding the total from the calculation target may be either after data reading or after calculating the total number of readings.

  In addition to storing the read data in time series, the storage unit may register ID data and attribute data in the storage unit in advance and associate the number of readings with the registered data.

  The counting means sets a target value for the number of readings, and when the target value is reached, stops the subsequent reading and erases information prompting the intention to achieve the target value from the storage means. It may be.

  The second display means includes a plurality of light sources such as LEDs, and the number of readings counted by the counting means is any one of the number of lights on, the number of blinks, and the number of lights off. You may make it display by a number. In this way, the totalization result of intention display data can be intuitively grasped.

  The second display means may display the number of readings by an image, sound, or a combination thereof instead of the light source or in addition to the light source.

  When the target value of the number of readings is set, the second display means displays so as to form a predetermined figure or character by the light source or the image, and when the set target value is achieved The graphic or character may be displayed so as to be completed.

  The information prompting the intention is information for requesting a donation displaying a unit amount, and the recording medium is a recording medium charged with a predetermined amount of data, such as a prepaid card, and the ID data of the recording medium is When read by the reading means, the number of readings of the same ID data with respect to the information for requesting the donation is read from the storage means, and the donation amount is calculated from the number of readings and the unit amount by the counting means. Also good.

  When there are two or more choices of intention indications for the information that prompts the intention indication, two or more information processing devices are juxtaposed to connect the information processing devices so that they can communicate with each other. The master information processing apparatus is configured to transmit and display information for prompting a common intention to other information processing apparatuses from the master information processing apparatus and display the information processing apparatus by assigning the above two or more options. May be. For example, when the information to be collected is not sufficient to obtain approval, this configuration enables highly accurate information collection.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the information processing apparatus includes two or more information processing apparatuses and an information processing server communicatively connected to the two or more information processing apparatuses via a communication network such as the Internet. The server has a device information database in which the device ID of each connected information processing device is registered, and from this information processing server, distributes information that prompts each information processing device to display the same intention through the communication network. The distributed information is displayed on the first display means of each information processing apparatus.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to collect public intention displays for predetermined information in a wider area by linking a plurality of information processing apparatuses.

  Note that, as described above, by linking a plurality of information processing apparatuses via a communication network, the operation of the information processing apparatus alone can be simultaneously executed by the plurality of information processing apparatuses.

  For example, when changing the display of the information prompting the intention display according to the period for the information prompting the predetermined intention display, when calculating the number of times of reading the intention display data for the information prompting the predetermined intention display, the same When excluding duplicate intention display data by ID data from the aggregation process, if the intention display data including this attribute data is excluded from the aggregation when the specified attribute data is included, the target of the number of readings When the value is set and the subsequent reading is stopped when the target value is reached, or when only the target of intention display data to be aggregated is arbitrarily set, these processes are performed via the communication network. The information processing server that has received the intention display data from each information processing apparatus may be used.

  In the information processing server, the ID data registered in the device information database is an e-mail address of the person who made the intention display, sets a target value of the number of readings received from each information processing device, and sets the target value When it reaches, it may have a notification means for transmitting a notification of the achievement of the target to each e-mail address.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information processing method according to the present invention displays the predetermined information at a predetermined location using display means such as a display in order to collect public intentions for the predetermined information. A first display step, a reading step for reading the intention display data input by a person who makes a intention display with respect to the displayed information, a totaling step for totaling the read intention display data, and a totaled result And a second display step for displaying.

  In addition, in order to collect public intention indications for predetermined information at a plurality of locations, the information processing method according to the present invention is provided with display means such as a display at these plurality of locations, A distribution step of distributing predetermined information via a communication network such as the Internet, and a reading step of reading the intention display data respectively input by the person who intends to express the distributed information at the plurality of locations Receiving each intention display data read through the communication network, a totaling step for totalizing the received intention display data, and distributing the totalized results to the plurality of locations. And a second display step for displaying.

  As is clear from the above description, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention can be installed in a place suitable for requesting various intentions to the public, so that highly accurate information collection is possible. The effect of becoming.

  In addition, since it is possible to input intention indications simply by reading a recording medium possessed by the public, even those who are unfamiliar with the operation of input interfaces such as keyboards and touch panels can easily indicate intention indications. The effect is that much information can be collected.

  Furthermore, since the total result of inputting the intention display data can be displayed immediately, there is an effect that it is possible to enhance the interest in the public intention display input. In particular, the appeal of collecting information is not dependent on motivation other than intentions such as sweepstakes, but rather by displaying the results of intentions, making it possible to collect information more effectively. .

  Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an information processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1A is a front view of the information processing apparatus, and FIG. 1B is a side sectional view.

  The information processing apparatus 1 includes a base 11 in order to stably stand on the floor surface F, and the bottom surface of the vertically long casing constituting the main body of the information processing apparatus 1 is substantially the base 11. It is supported by support legs 12 that are vertically set up. In the present embodiment, the bottom surface of the base 11 is formed in a plane suitable for installation on a flat floor surface, but is not limited to this shape, and various shapes can be used depending on the installation location. It is also possible. For example, on an uneven floor surface, a plurality of extendable leg portions may be provided, and a fixture may be attached to the side surface of the information processing apparatus so that the leg portion can be attached to a side surface such as a wall.

  By configuring the information processing apparatus 1 in such a configuration, the information processing apparatus 1 can be installed in any place such as a public area or a specific facility.

  A display 13 is attached to the top of the main body of the information processing apparatus 1. In the present embodiment, the display 13 is a circular display that designs the outline of the “face” and attracts public attention. However, the display 13 is not limited to this, and is a general rectangular display. Also good. The display 13 displays predetermined information for prompting the public to pass through the vicinity of the information processing apparatus 1 to express the intention.

  A human sensor 14 is provided at substantially the center in the longitudinal direction of the front surface of the main body of the information processing apparatus 1. When a person enters the sensing area of the human sensor, the display 13 displays predetermined information that is linked to the display 13 and prompts the intention display. The human sensor 14 may be, for example, a known infrared sensor that operates by detecting the movement of a person using infrared rays emitted by the person when the person enters the sensing area.

  Above the human sensor 14, there is provided a reading unit 15 for reading intention display data of a person who makes an intention display with respect to the predetermined information. The reader 15 is, for example, a reader that reads the intention display data recorded on the recording medium owned by the person who displays the intention, and may be any one that corresponds to the type of the recording medium. That is, if the recording medium is a contact type or non-contact type IC card, a reader for these IC cards may be installed.

  A control unit 16 such as a CPU is housed inside the housing in the lower part on the back side of the main body of the information processing apparatus 1.

  A display unit 17 that displays the result after reading the intention display data is provided on the entire front view of the vertically long casing of the information processing apparatus 1. In the present embodiment, the display unit 17 has a plurality of light sources such as LEDs arranged vertically. By replacing the number of intention displays with the number of lighting of the light source and displaying it, the total result of the intention display can be displayed intuitively.

  The display 13 and the display unit 17 are visible display forms, but a speaker 18 is provided on the back of the main body of the information processing apparatus 1 in order to supplement the visible display with sound.

  The information processing apparatus 1 described in FIG. 1 shows an example of the embodiment, and the human sensor 14 and the speaker 18 are not essential constituent requirements. Moreover, the arrangement of the information display monitor 13, the human sensor 14, the reading unit 15, the control unit 16, the display unit 17, and the speaker 18 of the information processing apparatus 1 described in FIG. This arrangement is not intended to be limited without departing from the scope of the invention described in the scope.

  A pamphlet rack (not shown) may be provided on the side surface of the display unit 17 to provide a pamphlet regarding information to be displayed.

  Benefits, such as coupons, for those who have indicated their intentions so that they can obtain the display results (for example, donation amount, donation date, name of the donor) Therefore, a printing unit (not shown) for printing may be provided in conjunction with the display unit 17.

  Furthermore, instead of printing on a paper medium, a rewriting function for adding points or the like may be provided on the recording medium of the person who has made an intention display. In this rewriting function, the reading unit 15 is a reader / writer, and it is only necessary to rewrite the data on the recording medium when a person who expresses the intention reads the recording medium.

  In the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus 1 is used alone as a dedicated apparatus. However, as long as the configuration described in FIG. 1 is provided, the information processing apparatus 1 may be incorporated in another apparatus. Good. Therefore, for example, a form incorporated in a bus stop, a vending machine, a telephone box, a streetlight, or the like may be used.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus 1. The same number is used about the same part as FIG.

  As described with reference to FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 1 includes at least a display 13, a human sensor 14, a reading unit 15, a control unit 16, a display unit 17, and a speaker 18.

  The control unit 16 includes at least a CPU 161 that performs control, data calculation, and processing performed by the information processing apparatus 1, a memory 162 that the CPU 161 actually performs calculation and processing, and a display information database 163 that stores content to display information. The information display processing unit 164 that performs processing for displaying the data read in the display information database 163 on the display 13 via the CPU 161 and the memory 162, and the reading that stores the intention display data read by the reading unit 15 The information database 165 includes a totaling unit 166 that totalizes the intention display data read from the read information database 165.

  Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 1 will be described. First, when the human sensor 14 senses that a person is approaching, the information display processing unit 164 reads predetermined display information from the display information database 163 and displays it on the display 13. The predetermined information to be displayed is information that prompts the person who has approached the information processing apparatus 1 to express his / her intention, and when the intention is displayed with respect to this information, the reading unit 15 can read the recording medium M. Good.

  The recording medium M is, for example, a recording medium on which an IC chip is mounted, and may be an IC tag, an IC card, a mobile phone, or the like. Therefore, the reading unit 15 may be a reader of these recording media M.

  In order to display the intention with respect to the display information, intention display data needs to be recorded on the recording medium M. However, the information for prompting the intention is in a format for asking the public about the predetermined matter. For example, when agreeing, the ID data and attributes of the person who displays the intention recorded in advance on the recording medium M If the data and setting data are read by the reading unit 15 so that the intention display is processed, there is no need to input the intention display data for each display information. Intention can be expressed without the need for complicated operations.

  Therefore, in this case, the intention display data is composed of at least one of ID data, attribute data, and setting data of the person who displays the intention. Here, the ID data is characters, numbers, etc. uniquely assigned to the person who owns the recording medium M, and may be an e-mail address, for example. The attribute data includes gender, age, occupation, birthplace, address, hobby, special skill, and the like. In addition, the setting data is data for setting one of alternative responses such as approval or disagreement with respect to predetermined information, and when a plurality of responses are requested for the predetermined information. Data for setting one of the answers, or data for setting a so-called value such as monetary data or points when the predetermined information is for donation or donation.

  When the recording medium M is a mobile phone equipped with an IC chip, the intention display data may be registered by a mobile application, and the registered intention display data may be read by the reader.

  When the intention display data is read by the reading unit 15, the intention display data is accumulated in the read information database 165. The past intention display data for the display information related to the read intention display data is read from the read information database 165, and the totaling unit 166 adds up the number of intention displays made so far for the display information. The total number of intention displays is displayed by the display unit 17. As described with reference to FIG. 1, the display unit 17 is configured by a plurality of light sources such as LEDs, for example, and may be displayed by turning on the counted number of times.

  The information displayed on the display 13 and the number of times displayed on the display unit 17 are both visible display methods. Therefore, in order to supplement these displays, sound data may be generated from the information display processing unit 163 and the totaling unit 166, and the sound may be displayed by the speaker 18.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the display screen of the display 13 described in FIG. FIG. 3A shows an example of a standby screen on the display 13. As described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, when a person approaches the information processing apparatus 1 with the human sensor 14, information that prompts the intention display is displayed. Accordingly, the display 13 may be in an off state in a standby state in which a person does not approach, but in this embodiment, general advertisements and news are displayed. As a specific example, in the present embodiment, an advertisement “XX shopping street news XX supermarket, limited to 3 days from today for 2 discounts on all products!” Is displayed.

  FIG. 3B shows an example of a display screen for information that prompts the intention display. When the human sensor 14 senses a person, the information display monitor 13 switches to a screen that displays information that prompts the intention display. In this embodiment, the information “XX street tree planting donation! △△ Please touch the card. One unit is XX yen. XX street store association” is displayed.

  FIG. 3C shows an example of a display screen that displays a result of intention display. When a person who approves the donation causes the reading unit 15 to read a predetermined card on the screen described in (b) above, the totaling unit 165 tabulates and displays the result. The display of the result is displayed on the display unit 17 so that it can be intuitively understood, but may be displayed on the display 13 with characters or the like at the same time. In addition, the speaker 18 may display by voice. In this embodiment, in order to display the donation result of the tree planting visually on the display unit 17, the pattern indicating the growth of the tree is lit with a light source and displayed, and at the same time, the display 13 “Thank you for your cooperation. The current total donation amount is XX yen. The information “June 15, 2007” is displayed. The unit of lighting of the light source is one corresponding to the number of times of reading, such as one for the number of times of reading, and in addition, one light source is turned on every 10 times or 100 times. May be.

  Note that the display on the display unit 17 may be made to turn on the light source, blink the light source, or turn off the light source. Also, set a target value for the number of times the intention display data is read, and form the figure and characters little by little until the target value is achieved so that the figure or character indicated by the display unit is completed when the target value is achieved. It may be configured to light up so as to.

  In addition, a person who intends to express his / her intention registers, for example, “Yes” data or “No” data as setting data in a recording medium M such as a mobile phone for information prompting his / her intention. When the registered setting data is read by the information processing apparatus 1, the light source of the display unit 17 may be lit in different colors in accordance with the ratio of the numbers of “Yes” and “No”.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which two information processing devices 1 are arranged side by side and the information processing devices 1 are connected to be able to communicate.

  The information processing apparatus 1 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 is a stand-alone type. However, when there are two or more choices of intention display for the information prompting the intention display, the stand-alone information processing apparatus 1 displays the intention using intention display data composed only of ID data and attribute data. I can't.

  Therefore, two or more information processing devices 1 are juxtaposed and each information processing device is communicably connected, and any one of the information processing devices 1 is set as a master information processing device 1. From the master information processing device 1, Information that prompts a common intention display to other information processing apparatuses 1 may be transmitted and displayed, and each information processing apparatus 1 may be assigned and displayed with the two or more options.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the information processing apparatus 1a and the information processing apparatus 1b are connected is shown. The display information database 163 of the information processing device 1a (master information processing device 1a) stores information displayed on its own display 13 and information displayed on the information processing device 1b (slave information processing device 1b).

  When the human sensor of the master information processing apparatus 1a senses, predetermined display information is read from the display information database 163 and displayed on the display 13, and the display 13 of the slave information processing apparatus 1b displays the predetermined display information. Is transmitted to the slave information processing apparatus 1b.

  In the present embodiment, on the display 13 of the master information processing apparatus 1a, “XX Plaza Usage Questionnaire If you have used more than 10 times last year, please touch here. If you use less than 9 XX Plaza Usage Surveys last year, please touch this link on the display 13 of the slave information processing device 1b. "Management corporation".

  The intention display totaling process may be executed together by the totaling unit 166 of the master information processing apparatus 1a, or may be executed by the respective totaling units 166 of the master information processing apparatus 1a and the slave information processing apparatus 1b.

  In FIG. 4, the configuration in which a plurality of information processing apparatuses 1 are arranged side by side has been described. However, a plurality of displays are provided in one information processing apparatus, and two or more intention display options are provided on each display as described above. You may make it display. However, in this case, intention display data (setting data) for each option needs to be registered in the recording medium M in advance.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the data table of the display information database 163 described in FIG.

  As described with reference to FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention can be installed in any place such as a public area. Therefore, the information processing apparatus 1 is in an optimum form for collecting public intention display information depending on the place. is there. Furthermore, even in the same place, the attributes of the public to come and go may vary depending on the time period, day of the week, month, and the like. Therefore, if information that prompts the intention display can be changed according to a predetermined period, it is possible to collect information with higher accuracy.

  Therefore, the display information database 163 stores information (that is, content) that prompts the intention display in correspondence with the set period, senses that the person is approaching by the human sensor 14, and performs the information display processing unit 164. When reading predetermined display information from the display information database 163, the reading period and the period of the data table of the display information database 163 may be collated to read the content corresponding to the matching period.

  The content illustrated in this embodiment shows an example in which periods are distinguished by time zones. The content # 001 in the time zone from 7:00 to 9:00 is “about the business hours of the bicycle parking lot”, and the content # 002 in the time zone from 11:00 to 14:00 is “about the ingredients tonight” , Content # 003 in the time zone from 17:00 to 19:00 is “About the number of times the convenience store is used”. In other words, it is considered that the time when customers who use bicycle parking lots or customers who have the potential to use them come and go is the most common during morning commuting and attending school, and housewives who purchase dinner ingredients For example, there is a high possibility that it will be around noon, and the convenience of using the convenience store is high because there are many students and adults who come and go back home. It is only necessary to be able to display information prompting each intention display in a suitable time zone.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing flow in the case of limiting the number of intention indications using the same ID data. Note that FIG. 2 is referred to for each component of the information processing apparatus 1.

  When sensed by the human sensor 14, information (content) for prompting the intention display is read from the display information database 163 and displayed on the display (S1). A person who displays an intention for the information on the display causes the reading unit 15 to read the recording medium M (S2). That is, the ID data of the person who displays the intention is read. The read ID data is collated with reference to the read information database 165 by the totaling unit 166 to check whether it has been read in the past (S3), and there is a history that the same ID data has been read. If it is determined that there is (S4), it is determined whether the number of readings exceeds a predetermined number (S5).

  When the predetermined number of times is exceeded, the counting unit 166 performs processing by excluding the number of times exceeding the predetermined number from the target of the total calculation (S6). The predetermined number of times can be set to a number of times desired by the person who collects information. However, in the case of one time, the step of S5 may be omitted and the process of S6 may be performed immediately.

  If there is no identical ID data in S4, or if the number of readings does not exceed the predetermined number in S5, this ID data may be newly stored in the reading information database (S7).

  In addition, although the processing flow in the case of limiting the number of intention displays is shown in FIG. 6, in addition, intention display data including predetermined attribute data is excluded from the cumulative calculation target as described above. And may be processed (not shown).

  By adopting such a configuration, for example, it is possible to narrow down the target person for which the intention is to be displayed, such as only a man, only a woman, and only a specific age, so that it is possible to collect information with higher accuracy.

  Further, a target value for the number of readings is set, and when the target value is reached, the subsequent reading is stopped and information for prompting the intention to achieve the target value is deleted from the display information database 163. You may comprise (not shown).

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a processing flow in the case where the information for prompting the intention requests a donation.

  The recording medium M owned by the person who displays the intention is a prepaid card or the like, and is charged with predetermined amount data in advance (S ″ 1).

  When there is a display of information for fund-raising on the display 13 of the information processing apparatus 1 (S′1), the person who owns the recording medium M performs the input to the information processing apparatus 1 in order to input to the recording medium M ( Hereinafter, the “prepaid card”) is held over the reading unit 15 (S ″ 2).

  The reading unit 15 reads the ID data of the prepaid card (S′2). The amount of donation is set to a fixed amount with the amount when the prepaid card is read once as the unit amount. On the other hand, the prepaid card subtracts the data for the read amount and rewrites the charge amount (S ″ 3).

  On the information processing apparatus 1 side, the number of touches of the prepaid card corresponding to the read ID data is read from the read information database 165 (S′3). The totaling unit 166 performs the totaling process for the donation amount (S′4). That is, what is necessary is just to multiply the number of readings read in the past by the set unit price. Finally, the collected money amount is displayed on the display unit 17 (S′5).

  Note that the collected donation amount data may be transferred to a donation organization or the like at a predetermined timing so that cash can be received by processing such as withdrawing from each predetermined account of the person who has indicated the intention.

  By the way, although FIG. 7 demonstrated the case where money amount data was read from the recording medium M of the person who displays an intention, predetermined amount etc. were calculated according to the frequency | count of reading of the recording medium M of a user, and an intention display was carried out. A person who provides information to be urged (such as a company) may pay this amount for donation, mesena activities, and social contribution.

  FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of an information processing system in which a plurality of information processing apparatuses 1 according to the present invention are linked.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which three information processing apparatuses 1 (information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d, and 1e) according to the present invention are linked is shown, but the number of units can be changed as necessary.

  Each of the information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d, and 1e is connected to the information processing server 2 through a communication network (hereinafter referred to as “Internet network N”) so as to be freely communicable.

  The information processing server 2 has a device information database 21 in which respective addresses are registered with the connected information processing devices 1c, 1d, and 1e as terminals, and each information processing server 2 receives information processing from the information processing server 2 via the Internet network N. Information that prompts the same intention display can be distributed to the devices 1c, 1d, and 1e, and the distributed information can be displayed on the display 13 of each information processing device 1c, 1d, and 1e.

  This information processing system is constructed to realize various processes of the information processing apparatus 1 described in FIGS. 1 to 7 in cooperation with a plurality of information processing apparatuses.

  For example, the information processing server 2 has storage means (not shown) for storing data in which a plurality of pieces of information for prompting the intention and a period for displaying these pieces of information are associated with each other and connected to the information processing server 2 When the information prompting the intention display is displayed on each display 13 of the information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d, and 1e, the information corresponding to the time zone to be displayed is read from the storage means, and the read information is displayed on the display 13 can be distributed to addresses registered in the device information database 21 via the Internet N.

  Further, when the information processing server 2 receives the intention display data read by the information processing devices 1c, 1d, and 1e via the Internet N, the information processing server 2 registers the intention display data in the device information database 21, and newly When the intention display data read from the information processing apparatus is received, past intention display data is read from the apparatus information database 21, and calculation means for calculating the total number of times of intention display data reading is included (not shown). With this configuration, the number of past readings of a plurality of information processing devices at remote locations can be accumulated for information that prompts a specific intention display, and intention display data can be stored on the latest information processing device. When read, it is possible to check the number of times read by all the information processing apparatuses connected to the information processing server 2.

  Further, when the information processing server 2 receives two or more intention display data with the same ID data from the information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d, and 1e for information that prompts a predetermined intention display, the information processing server 2 receives the information from the apparatus information database 21. The number of times of intention display by the ID data is read out. When this number is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, an amount exceeding the predetermined number can be excluded from the total number of readings.

  When the information processing server 2 receives intention display data including predetermined attribute data from the information processing devices 1c, 1d, and 1e, the information processing server 2 excludes the information that prompts the predetermined intention display from the cumulative number of readings. You may do it.

  The information processing server 2 may process only predetermined data set as desired from the intention display data received from the information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d, and 1e as the target of the accumulation.

  The information processing server 2 may set a target value for the number of readings received from the information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d, and 1e, and stop the subsequent reading when the target value is reached.

  The ID data may be an e-mail address of a communication terminal such as a personal computer P or a mobile phone C of the person who has indicated the intention. In this case, the information processing server 2 sets the target value of the number of readings received from the information processing devices 1c, 1d, and 1e, and when the target value is reached, the personal computer P or mobile phone is connected via the Internet N. The communication terminal such as the telephone C may be provided with a notification means for transmitting a notification of the achievement of the target to the e-mail address.

  For example, the information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d, and 1e display information for soliciting the joint purchase of a predetermined product for a limited number of people, and the purchase applicants read each recording medium M by the information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d, and 1e. By registering as a joint purchase applicant, when the number of joint purchase applicants reaches the above number, the joint purchaser is confirmed and a notification to that effect of each joint purchaser is sent to the e-mail address. In this case, you may make it link with the purchasing system which performs electronic commerce.

  The information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d, and 1e can be used alone as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7, or can be connected to the information processing server 2 via the Internet network N as described with reference to FIG. It may be provided with a switch between the single mode and the terminal mode so that it can be used as a terminal.

  Although not intended to collect public intentions, the information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d, and 1e according to the present invention may be used as display devices for movement history information. That is, an information processing apparatus is installed at a location that becomes a point of map data on the web, and the recording medium M is read each time the information processing apparatus passes. The movement history information can be generated by storing the read information processing device address, ID data, read time, and the like in the device information database 21 of the information processing server 2. The movement history information may be viewed by the person himself or an authorized person using any information processing apparatus. In this case, the movement route may be recorded in map data on the web and displayed on the display 13 or the like. In particular, if it is installed in an underground facility where GPS does not reach, it can be expected to be used effectively by using it separately from a mobile phone.

  In addition, if these information processing devices 1c, 1d and 1e are installed at the entrance of an event venue, such as a movie theater or a concert venue, and a ticket with an IC chip is read when entering the venue, It is also possible to display the vacant seat status on the display unit or the like.

  Further, the information processing apparatuses 1c, 1d and 1e are linked to the IP telephone, and a predetermined telephone number is recorded in advance on the recording medium M. When the recording medium M is read by the reading unit, the predetermined telephone is called. You may do it. If the peripheral video can be transferred simultaneously on the display 13, a videophone can be made.

  The present invention is mainly used in information processing related industries.

(A) Front view of information processing apparatus, (b) Side sectional view of information processing apparatus Functional block diagram of information processing device (A) The figure which showed the example of a standby screen, (b) The figure which showed the example of the display screen of the information which prompts an intention display, (c) The figure which showed the example of an aggregation result display screen The figure which showed the example of a display screen at the time of arranging two information processing apparatuses in parallel The figure which showed the data table of the display information database Process flow diagram for limiting the number of intentions displayed with the same ID data Process flow diagram when the information that prompts the intention to ask for donations Information processing system configuration diagram that links multiple information processing devices

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing apparatus 2 Information processing server 11 Base 12 Support leg 13 Display 14 Human sensor 15 Reading part 16 Control part 17 Display part 18 Speaker

Claims (27)

  An information processing apparatus that is installed at a predetermined location and collects public intentions for predetermined information, wherein the first display means for displaying the predetermined information and the intention display for the predetermined information An information processing apparatus comprising: reading means for reading intention display data input by a person who performs the job; totaling means for counting the read intention display data; and second display means for displaying the totaled results.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first display means is a display that displays the predetermined information.   The said 1st display means has a human sensitive sensor, and when a person enters into the sensing area of this human sensitive sensor, the said display is presented with the information which prompts the said intention display. Item 3. The information processing device according to Item 2.   The said 1st display means presents the information which accelerates | stimulates the intention display with a sound with a speaker in combination with the said display or instead of the said display. Information processing device.   The first display means has storage means for storing data in which a plurality of pieces of information prompting intention display and a period for presenting the information are associated with each other, and when displaying information prompting the intention display on the display 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information corresponding to a display period is read from the storage means, and the read information is displayed on the display.   6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reading unit is a reader that reads the intention display data from a recording medium on which the intention display data is recorded.   The intention display data is composed of at least one of ID data, attribute data, and setting data indicating intentions of various formats for the predetermined information, and the reading means includes the recording medium By reading at least one of the ID data, attribute data, and setting data, the intention display data for the information displayed by the first display means is processed as read. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is provided.   The recording medium is an IC chip-mounted recording medium such as an IC tag or an IC card, or a portable communication terminal such as a mobile phone, and the reader is a reader of these recording media. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7.   The aggregating means has an accumulating means for accumulating the read intention display data. When the intention display data is newly read, the past intention display data is read from the accumulating means, and the total number of readings of the intention display data is calculated. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus.   When there are two or more intention indications by the same ID data for the information prompting the predetermined intention indication, the number of intention indications by the ID data is read from the storage means, and this number exceeds the predetermined number. If it is, the counting means is configured to process the number of times exceeding this from the target of calculation of the cumulative total. The information processing apparatus according to any one of the above.   As for the information that prompts a predetermined intention display, for the intention display data that includes the predetermined attribute data, the aggregation means is configured to be processed by excluding the cumulative calculation target. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:     The counting means sets a target value for the number of readings, and when the target value is reached, stops the subsequent reading and erases information prompting the intention to achieve the target value from the storage means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is configured as described above.   The second display means includes a plurality of light sources such as LEDs, and the number of readings counted by the counting means is any one of the number of lights on, the number of blinks, and the number of lights off. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is displayed by a number.   The second display means displays the number of times of reading by an image, sound, or a combination thereof in place of or in addition to the light source. The information processing apparatus according to any one of the above.   When the target value of the number of readings is set, the second display means displays so as to form a predetermined figure or character by the light source or the image, and when the set target value is achieved 15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the graphic or character is displayed so as to be completed.   The information prompting the intention is information for requesting a donation displaying a unit amount, and the recording medium is a recording medium charged with a predetermined amount of data such as a prepaid card, and the ID data of the recording medium is When read by the reading means, the number of readings of the same ID data with respect to the information for requesting the donation is read from the storage means, and the donation amount is calculated from the number of readings and the unit amount by the counting means. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 15.   When there are two or more choices of intention indications for the information that prompts the intention indication, two or more information processing devices are juxtaposed to connect the information processing devices so that they can communicate with each other. As a master information processing apparatus, information that prompts a common intention display to other information processing apparatuses is transmitted and displayed from the master information processing apparatus, and the two or more options are assigned to each information processing apparatus for display. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the information processing apparatus is configured.   Two or more information processing apparatuses, and an information processing server communicatively connected to the two or more information processing apparatuses via a communication network such as the Internet network. It has a device information database in which the addresses of information processing devices are registered, and from this information processing server, distributes information prompting the same intention display to each information processing device via the communication network, and this distributed information An information processing system characterized by displaying on the first display means of each information processing apparatus.   The information processing server includes a storage unit that stores data in which a plurality of pieces of information for prompting an intention and a period for displaying the information are associated with each other, and each of the information processing apparatuses connected to the information processing server. When displaying information prompting intention display on the display, the information corresponding to the display period is read from the storage means, and the read information is displayed on the display via the communication network. 19. The information processing system according to claim 18, wherein the information is distributed to an address registered in the information database.   When the information processing server receives the intention display data read by each of the information processing devices via the communication network, the intention information data is registered in the device information database, and any one of the information processing devices is newly registered. 19. The apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising a totaling unit that reads past intention display data from the device information database and calculates a total number of times of reading intention display data when receiving the intention display data read from the device information database. 19. The information processing system according to 19.   When the information processing server receives two or more intention display data with the same ID data from each information processing apparatus connected to information for prompting a predetermined intention display, the ID data is stored from the apparatus information database. When the number of intentions is read out and the number exceeds the predetermined number, the counting means is configured to exclude the number of times from the calculation target of the total and process it. 21. The information processing system according to claim 18, wherein the information processing system is any one of claims 18 to 20.   When the information processing server receives intention display data including predetermined attribute data from each connected information processing apparatus for information that prompts a predetermined intention display, the counting means calculates the cumulative total The information processing system according to any one of claims 18 to 21, wherein the information processing system is configured to be excluded from the target of processing.   The above-mentioned totaling means is configured to process only predetermined data set arbitrarily from the intention display data received from each information processing apparatus as the target of accumulation. The information processing system according to claim 22.   The information processing server is configured to set a target value for the number of readings received from each information processing apparatus, and to stop subsequent reading when the target value is reached. The information processing system according to any one of claims 18 to 23.   In the information processing server, the ID data registered in the device information database is an e-mail address of the person who made the intention display, sets a target value of the number of readings received from each information processing device, and sets the target value The information processing system according to any one of claims 18 to 24, further comprising a notification unit that transmits a notification to the effect that the goal has been achieved to each e-mail address.   In order to collect public intention indications for the predetermined information, a first display step for displaying the predetermined information at a predetermined location using a display means such as a display, and for the displayed information, Information comprising: a reading step for reading the intention display data input by a person who performs display; a counting step for counting the read intention display data; and a second display step for displaying the totaled result Processing method.   In order to collect public intention indications for predetermined information at a plurality of locations, display means such as displays are installed at the plurality of locations, and the predetermined information is transmitted to each display means by a communication network such as the Internet network. A distribution step that distributes the information via the network, a reading step in which the person who intends to display the distributed information reads the intention display data that is input at each of the plurality of locations, and the read intention display data A step of receiving via the communication network, a counting step of counting the received intention display data, and a second display step of distributing the tabulated results to the plurality of locations and displaying them at each location. An information processing method characterized by the above.

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