JP2010020521A - Item management guidance device, method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an item management guidance device and method and program for specifying a place where items to be used for (corresponding to) various events to be executed by a user are managed so as to be associated with those events, and for properly guiding the user to the place where there exit those items. <P>SOLUTION: A server device 10 includes: a registration information DB 14 in which registration information including item positional information related with items is stored; a retrieval part 11 for retrieving the registration information corresponding to the selected item information selected by a user from the registration information DB 14; an extraction part 12 for extracting the item positional information of the items from the registration information retrieved by the retrieval part 11; and an operation part 13 for performing the operation of position relation information showing a position relation between the selected item and the user terminal 20 from the item positional information extracted by the extraction part 12 and the positional information of the user terminal 20 received by the reception part 15, and for transmitting the position relation information to the user terminal 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an item management for managing articles and guiding them to a storage location of articles in a space where people such as general households, offices, hotels, stores and hospitals are active (hereinafter collectively referred to as indoor spaces). The present invention relates to a guide device, method, and program.

  Conventionally, an automatic warehouse is known in the industrial field as a system for managing articles in a predetermined space (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  The automatic warehouse disclosed in Patent Literature 1 is configured to receive designation of an article stored in the warehouse and issue the designated article.

Moreover, the automatic warehouse disclosed in Patent Document 2 is an automatic warehouse that stores lamps that need to be replaced periodically, and receives an input of a replacement schedule for the lamps. The necessary number of lamps are set out for the necessary number.
JP-A-8-113315 JP-A-8-234809

  By the way, various events are executed in ordinary homes, offices, hotels, stores, hospitals, and the like. For example, in an office, when inventory of fixed assets is performed, it is necessary to confirm whether or not the equipment actually exists in the place where the various equipment that is the target of the fixed assets should be. In ordinary households, there are events where fathers can stay on business trips or go camping with their families. When executing such an event, an article corresponding to the event is required. For example, a change of clothes or the like is necessary for an overnight business trip. In camping, tents, simple table sets, gas stoves, sleeping bags, etc. are required. Therefore, when an event is to be executed from now on, it is necessary for a person to collect necessary items.

  Here, it may be considered that the industrial article management system disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 is applied to the indoor space.

  However, in the article management systems disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, a drive device is prepared for designating articles one by one and taking them out. However, in order to manage simple articles (items) such as fixtures and daily necessities, there is a problem that the drive device becomes large.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides various systems executed by a user in a system that manages articles existing in an indoor space where a person is active, such as a general home, office, hotel, store, and hospital. An object management guidance apparatus, method, and program for identifying an area where an item used (corresponding) for the event is managed in response to an event and appropriately guiding a user to the place where the item is located And

(1) registration information storage means for storing registration information including item position information relating to an item;
When the item search instruction information is input from the information terminal device, transmission means for transmitting item search screen information for searching for the item stored in the registered information storage means to the information terminal device;
Receiving means for receiving selected item information related to the selected item selected in the item search screen information and information terminal position information indicating the position of the information terminal device;
Search means for searching for registration information corresponding to the selected item information from the registration information storage means;
Extraction means for extracting the item position information of the item from the registration information searched by the search means;
From the item position information extracted by the extracting means and the information terminal position information received by the receiving means, calculating positional relation information indicating a positional relation between the selected item and the information terminal device, Computing means for transmitting the positional relationship information to an information terminal device;
An item management guide device comprising:

  According to the invention according to (1), the server device 10 allows the user to use the article in the user terminal 20 based on the registration information regarding the article including the position information of the article (item) transmitted from the user terminal 20 such as a mobile phone. The item search screen information for selecting the item is transmitted, the article selected by the user at the user terminal 20 is received, the information about the article selected by the user at the user terminal 20 is searched from the registration information DB (DataBase), and the user The positional information registered with the article selected in the user terminal 20 is extracted, and the positional relation information indicating the mutual positional relation is calculated from the received positional information of the user terminal 20 and the positional information related to the article selected by the user in the user terminal 20. The positional relationship information is transmitted to the user terminal 20.

  In this way, according to the invention according to (1), the server device 10 determines how the user possessing the user terminal 20 can reach the place where the item exists by the user terminal. It can be calculated as positional relationship information, which is image information displayed on 20 display units (not shown).

  Further, the server device 10 displays stereoscopic image information (displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20) indicating how the place where the item in the indoor space exists from the user terminal 20 looks stereoscopically (three-dimensionally). 3D image information) can be calculated as positional relationship information.

  Accordingly, in an indoor space where people are active, such as general homes, offices, hotels, stores, and hospitals, the articles existing in the space are easily and appropriately managed, and the articles ( It is possible to identify the location where the item is managed and guide the user quickly and appropriately to the location where the item is located.

  (2) When the information terminal position information received from the receiving means is updated, the calculation means recalculates the position relation information indicating the position relation between the selected item and the information terminal device, and Item according to (1), wherein route information indicating a change in information terminal position information is calculated, and the recalculated position relationship information and the route information are transmitted to the information terminal device. Management guidance device.

  According to the invention according to (2), the server device 10 uses the information terminal position information indicating the position of the user terminal 20 and the item position information indicating the storage location (storage location) of the item extracted from the registration information to the user terminal. The user who owns 20 can re-calculate as a positional relationship information which is image information to be displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20 as to what route the item can exist at. The movement route of the user terminal 20 after the user starts searching is calculated and transmitted to the user terminal 20 via the transmission unit 16.

  In this way, according to the invention according to (2), since the route traveled by the user with the user terminal 20 is displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20, the user can quickly find the item and Appropriate support can be provided.

  In addition, the user can easily visually grasp in which direction the item can be reached by referring to the moving route.

(3) The registration information includes at least one of item image information for specifying the item and item audio information for specifying the item,
The item management screen device according to (1) or (2), wherein the item search screen information includes information indicating at least one of the item image information and the item audio information.

  According to the invention according to (3), the item image information photographed by the user with a digital camera attached to the user terminal 20 can be registered as item registration information, and the search screen displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20 Since the image is displayed on the screen, it is possible to easily recognize the item that the user is trying to find.

  In addition, since item voice information, which is voice information for identifying an item recorded by the user from the voice receiver of the user terminal 20, can be registered as item registration information, the user can listen to the voice information when trying to find an item. The item can be easily recognized.

(4) a registration information storage step in which registration information including item position information regarding the item is stored;
When the item search instruction information is input from the information terminal device, a transmission step of transmitting item search screen information for searching for the item stored in the registration information storage step to the information terminal device;
A receiving step of receiving selected item information related to a selected item selected in the item search screen information and information terminal position information indicating a position of the information terminal device;
A search step of searching from the registration information stored in the registration information storage step for registration information corresponding to the selected item information;
An extraction step of extracting the item position information of the item from the registration information searched in the search step;
From the item location information extracted in the extraction step and the information terminal location information received in the reception step, calculate location relationship information indicating a location relationship between the selected item and the information terminal device, An item management guidance method comprising: a calculation step of transmitting the positional relationship information to an information terminal device.

  According to the invention according to (4), the server device 10 allows the user to use the article in the user terminal 20 based on the registration information regarding the article including the position information of the article (item) transmitted from the user terminal 20 such as a mobile phone. The item search screen information for selecting the item is transmitted, the article selected by the user at the user terminal 20 is received, the information about the article selected by the user at the user terminal 20 is searched from the registration information DB, and the user The position information registered in the article selected in the step is extracted, the positional relation information indicating the mutual positional relation is calculated from the received position information of the user terminal 20 and the position information related to the article selected by the user in the user terminal 20, The related information is transmitted to the user terminal 20.

  In this way, according to the invention according to (4), the server device 10 determines how the user possessing the user terminal 20 can reach the place where the item exists by the user terminal. It can be calculated as positional relationship information, which is image information displayed on the 20 display units.

  Further, the server device 10 displays stereoscopic image information (displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20) indicating how the place where the item in the indoor space exists from the user terminal 20 looks stereoscopically (three-dimensionally). 3D image information) can be calculated as positional relationship information.

  Accordingly, in an indoor space where people are active, such as general homes, offices, hotels, stores, and hospitals, the articles existing in the space are easily and appropriately managed, and the articles ( It is possible to identify the location where the item is managed and guide the user quickly and appropriately to the location where the item is located.

  (5) A program that causes a computer to execute the method according to (4).

  According to such a configuration, the same effect as in (4) can be expected by causing the computer to execute the program.

  According to the present invention, in an indoor space where people are active, such as general homes, offices, hotels, stores, and hospitals, the articles existing in the space are easily and appropriately managed, and in response to a user's request. Thus, the place where the article (item) is managed can be identified, and the user can be promptly and appropriately guided to the place where the item is located.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

[Entire system configuration]
FIG. 1 shows an information processing system 1 that includes a server device 10 according to the present embodiment, a user terminal 20, and an antenna unit 30 that communicates with the user terminal 20 and can identify the position of the user terminal 20. In FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 includes one server device 10 and one user terminal 20, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured by a plurality of devices.

  In addition, the antenna unit 30 includes at least three antennas, thereby specifying the three-dimensional position of the user terminal 20 (see GPS (Global Positioning System) as a known technique).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the server device 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 310 (a plurality of CPUs such as a CPU 320 may be added in a multiprocessor configuration), a bus line 200, a communication I / O An F (I / F: interface) 330, a main memory 340, a BIOS (Basic Input Output System) 350, an I / O controller 360, a hard disk 370, an optical disk drive 380, and a semiconductor memory 390 are provided. The hard disk 370, the optical disk drive 380, and the semiconductor memory 390 are collectively referred to as a storage device 410.

  The control unit 300 is a part that controls the server device 10 in an integrated manner, and appropriately reads and executes various programs stored in the hard disk 370, thereby cooperating with the hardware described above and various functions according to the present invention. Is realized.

  The communication I / F 330 is a network adapter when the server device 10 transmits / receives information to / from other devices such as the user terminal 20 via the network.

  The BIOS 350 records a boot program executed by the CPU 310 when the server device 10 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the server device 10, and the like.

  A storage device 410 such as a hard disk 370, an optical disk drive 380, and a semiconductor memory 390 can be connected to the I / O controller 360.

  The hard disk 370 stores various programs for causing the hardware to function as the server device 10, a program for executing the functions of the present invention, a table to be described later, and the like. The server device 10 can also use an external hard disk (not shown) as an external storage device.

  As the optical disk drive 380, for example, a DVD-ROM drive, a CD-ROM drive, a DVD-RAM drive, or a CD-RAM drive can be used. In this case, the optical disk 400 corresponding to each drive is used. A program or data can be read from the optical disk 400 by the optical disk drive 380 and provided to the main memory 340 or the hard disk 370 via the I / O controller 360.

  Note that the computer in the present invention refers to an information processing device including a storage device, a control unit, and the like, and the server device 10 includes an information processing device including a storage device 410, a control unit 300, and the like. The processing device is included in the concept of the computer of the present invention.

  In addition, the server device 10 according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, and thus, based on the registration information regarding the article including the position information of the article (item) transmitted from the user terminal 20 such as a mobile phone, Transmits item search screen information for selecting an article in the user terminal 20, receives an article selected by the user in the user terminal 20, and stores information on the article selected by the user in the user terminal 20 in a registration information DB (DataBase). From the received position information of the user terminal 20 and the position information related to the article selected by the user in the user terminal 20, the mutual positional relationship is extracted. A device for calculating the positional relationship information shown, transmitting the positional relationship information to the user terminal 20, and executing it The has.

  Here, a configuration for exhibiting the function will be described with reference to a functional block diagram shown in FIG. The server device 10 includes a search unit 11 as a search unit, an extraction unit 12 as an extraction unit, a calculation unit 13 as a calculation unit, a registration information DB 14 as a registration information storage unit, and a reception unit 15 as a reception unit. And a transmission unit 16 as a transmission unit (and a transmission function that is a partial function of the calculation unit).

  The search unit 11 has a function of searching registration information corresponding to the selected item information from the registration information DB.

  That is, the receiving unit 15 receives information (selected item information) related to an item such as an article selected by the user on the user terminal 20 such as a mobile phone, and selects the selected item information from the registration information DB based on the received selected item information. Search for registration information corresponding to.

  Once the user registers registration information, which is information related to the item, in the user terminal 20 such as a mobile phone, it becomes possible to easily retrieve the item registration information from the server device 10 via the user terminal 20 at any time.

  Moreover, the search part 11 has a function to search in order from the item information registered most recently.

  Since the registration information stored (registered) in the registration information DB 14 may be updated and registered, it is possible to search the registration date and time information recorded with the most recently registered information as the attribute information of the registration information. The search unit 11 can easily search for the latest item information registered.

  The extraction unit 12 has a function of extracting item position information from the registration information searched by the search unit 11.

  That is, information (selected item information) related to an item such as an article selected by the user on the user terminal 20 such as a mobile phone is received by the receiving unit 15 and the selected item information is selected from the registration information DB 14 based on the received selected item information. The position information (information when the item indicating where in the indoor space the item is registered) related to the selected item is extracted.

  Once the user registers the item position information as information about the item in the user terminal 20 such as a mobile phone, the item position information can be easily extracted from the server device 10 via the user terminal 20 at any time. .

  The computing unit 13 computes positional relationship information indicating the positional relationship between the selected item and the user terminal 20 from the item positional information extracted by the extracting unit 12 and the positional information of the user terminal 20 received by the receiving unit 15. And has a function of transmitting positional relationship information to the user terminal 20.

  That is, the item position information is indicated by the coordinate axis in the indoor space such as a general home, office, hotel, store, or hospital where the item is registered by the user terminal 20, and the position information of the user terminal 20 is the user terminal. The position of the user terminal 20 is indicated by the coordinate axis in the indoor space (the same indoor space where the item exists) such as a general home, office, hotel, store, and hospital where the user is located. The positional relationship can be calculated using the same coordinate axis as the terminal 20.

  Further, in the storage device 410 including the registration information DB 14 of the server device 10, position information of fixed objects such as walls, floors, ceilings, passages, desks, shelves, partitions (partitions) of indoor spaces is registered in advance. The calculation unit 13 of the server device 10 indicates on the display unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20 what route the user holding the user terminal 20 can reach to the place where the item exists. It can be calculated as positional relationship information, which is image information to be displayed (detailed in the description of FIG. 7A).

  In addition, the calculation unit 13 of the server device 10 displays stereoscopic image information (display of the user terminal 20) indicating how the place where the item in the indoor space exists from the user terminal 20 looks stereoscopically (three-dimensionally). 3D image information displayed in the unit (not shown) can be calculated as the positional relationship information (detailed in the description of FIG. 7B).

  Further, the positional relationship information includes the distance and direction between the item and the user terminal 20 (the direction from the user terminal 20 toward the item, the direction from the item toward the user terminal 20, or the position and the position determined in advance in the indoor space). Display on a display unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20 so as to guide the position of the item selected by the user using an application installed in the user terminal 20. It is also possible to do so.

  In addition, when the information terminal position information indicating the position of the user terminal 20 received from the receiving unit 15 is updated, the calculation unit 13 recalculates the position relationship information indicating the position relationship between the selected item and the user terminal 20. A function of calculating route information (route information indicating the movement route of the user terminal 20) indicating a change in the information terminal position information, and transmitting the recalculated positional relationship information and the route information to the user terminal 20. Have.

  The registration information DB 14 has a function of storing registration information including item position information regarding items.

  In the registration information DB 14, item image information (image information captured by a digital camera or the like of the user terminal 20) and item sound information (items input from a sound receiving unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20) as information relating to the item are stored. Language), keywords for searching for items (words such as “hanko”, “minicar”, etc.), registration date and time information indicating the date and time when the item was registered, and item location information that indicates where the item is located in the indoor space Item ID information (for example, represented by three-dimensional coordinate data) and item ID information indicating an item ID (IDentification) is registered (stored) in association with each other.

  Further, in order to search for an item, the keyword is input by the user via the input unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20 or by the user from the voice receiving unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20. The user terminal 20 or the server device 10 may identify the language (item voice information) representing the item by performing voice recognition. In addition, as a keyword for searching for an item, the user terminal 20 or the server device 10 may specify image information captured by the user with a digital camera or the like of the user terminal 20 by image recognition.

  Furthermore, the registration information DB 14 also stores information on indoor spaces in which information about items is registered as registration information. For example, position information of fixed objects such as walls, floors, ceilings, passages, desks, shelves, partitions (partitions) of indoor spaces is registered in advance. As described above, when the indoor space information is registered in advance, the server device 10 can recognize the position of the user terminal 20 in the indoor space via the antenna unit 30.

  The receiving unit 15 has a function of receiving selected item information related to the selected item selected in the item search screen information and information terminal position information indicating the position of the user terminal 20.

  The information terminal position information indicating the position of the user terminal 20 can be calculated as the coordinate information of the indoor space in the antenna unit 30, or the information itself received from the user terminal 20 by the antenna unit 30. When the information terminal position information is the information itself received from the user terminal 20 by the antenna unit 30, the server device 10 calculates the position of the user terminal 20 in the indoor space.

  The transmission unit 16 has a function of transmitting item search screen information for searching for an item stored in the registration information DB 14 to the user terminal 20 when item search instruction information is input from the user terminal 20.

  The item search instruction information input from the user terminal 20 is transmitted from the user terminal 20 when the user operates an input device such as a key input of the user terminal 20 (for example, presses a key).

  In addition, the transmission unit 16 represents positional relationship between the user terminal 20 calculated in the calculation unit 13 and the item instructed to search, positional relationship information for guiding a user who owns the user terminal 20 to the item location, The route information indicating how the user who owns the user terminal 20 is moving in the indoor space and the positional relationship information that is recalculated when the user terminal moves are transmitted.

  According to the present invention with such a configuration, in an indoor space where people are active, such as general homes, offices, hotels, stores, and hospitals, the articles existing in the space are easily and appropriately managed, It is possible to identify a place where the article (item) is managed according to the user's request, and to promptly and appropriately guide the user to the place where the item exists.

[Processing procedure]
Here, a specific processing procedure that can be realized when the present invention is applied will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. The processing procedure shown below is an example, and there are innumerable processing procedures that can be realized in addition to this.

  Note that the server device 10 according to the present invention allows the user to select an article on the user terminal 20 based on registration information regarding the article including the position information of the article (item) transmitted from the user terminal 20 such as a mobile phone. The item search screen information is transmitted, the article selected by the user at the user terminal 20 is received, the information about the article selected by the user at the user terminal 20 is searched from the registration information DB, and the article selected by the user at the user terminal 20 Is extracted from the received position information of the user terminal 20 and the position information related to the article selected by the user at the user terminal 20, and the position relation information indicating the mutual position relation is calculated. Transmit to the terminal 20.

  Store or temporarily place various items (items) used by the user in an indoor space where the user is active, such as a general home, office, hotel, store, and hospital, and then search for the item. If you do so, you may forget the storage or storage location. In particular, when the place where the item is placed is not a place that the user often sees, the place where the item is placed may be unknown to the user. In such a case, if the place where the item is placed is automatically input and the user is automatically guided to the place where the item is placed when searching for the item, it will be very convenient for the user. Below, the server apparatus 10 which performs such operation | movement is demonstrated using an operation | movement flowchart.

  In step S <b> 1, the server apparatus 10 registers (stores) information (registration information) related to the item in the registration information DB 14.

  Information related to an item includes item image information (image information captured by a digital camera or the like of the user terminal 20), item sound information (a language representing an item input from a sound receiving unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20), Keywords for searching for items (words such as “hanko” and “minicar”), registration date and time information indicating the date and time when the item was registered, item position information (for example, 3) indicating where the item is located in the indoor space And item ID information indicating the ID of the item, etc., which are registered in association with each other.

  These pieces of information are input by the user using the user terminal 20 and transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the receiving unit 15. Since the position of the user terminal 20 is detected by the antenna unit 30 in the item position information, the user places the item at a predetermined position, moves the user terminal 20 to the item position, and inputs such as key input of the user terminal 20 It is detected when the user operates the device (for example, presses a key).

  The registration information DB 14 also stores information on the indoor space in which information about items is registered as registration information. For example, position information of fixed objects such as walls, floors, ceilings, passages, desks, shelves, partitions (partitions) of indoor spaces is registered in advance.

  In step S <b> 2, the server device 10 transmits, to the user terminal 20, item search screen information for the user to search for an item using the user terminal 20 based on the registration information regarding the item registered in step S <b> 1.

  The user selects an item that the user desires to search from the item search screen displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20 based on the item search screen information transmitted from the server device 10 to the user terminal 20. The selected item is received by the server device 10 from the user terminal 20 via the receiving unit 15 as selected item information. In addition, information terminal position information indicating the position (in the indoor space) of the user terminal 20 is also received by the server device 10 from the user terminal 20 via the receiving unit 15.

  In step S <b> 3, the server device 10 detects registration information regarding the item selected by the user from the registration information DB 14. As an example, since the item ID is associated with the registration information, if the item ID is used as search information, the same item information is handled among the user terminal 20, the server device 10, and the registration information DB 14 of the server device 10. Is possible.

  In step S4, the server apparatus 10 uses the item position information indicating the storage location of the item from the registration information (the item selected by the user on the user terminal 20 and the item to be searched for) selected in step S3. To extract.

  As described in step S <b> 1, item position information and the like are associated with the registration information, so that the extraction unit 12 of the server device 10 can extract the item position information from the registration information.

  In step S5, the server device 10 receives information terminal position information indicating the position (in the indoor space) of the user terminal 20 received in step S2, and an item storage location (storage location) extracted from the registration information in step S4. On the display unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20, it is possible to reach the location where the item is present by the user carrying the user terminal 20 from the item position information indicating It can be calculated as positional relationship information that is image information to be performed (detailed in the description of FIG. 7A).

  Further, the server device 10 displays stereoscopic image information (displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20) indicating how the place where the item in the indoor space exists from the user terminal 20 looks stereoscopically (three-dimensionally). (Stereoscopic image information) can be calculated as positional relationship information (detailed in the description of FIG. 7B).

  In step S <b> 6, the server device 10 causes the display unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20 to display image information regarding the route from the location where the user calculated in step S <b> 5 to the location where the item the user is looking for is located.

  Therefore, the user can easily identify the location where the item is placed (managed) by looking at the display unit of the user terminal 20, and can quickly and appropriately reach the location where the item is located. It becomes possible.

  Further, the server device displays a stereoscopic image (including an illustrated image) on the display unit of the user terminal 20 when the place where the item the user is looking for is found from the place where the user calculated in step S5 is present. .

  Accordingly, the user can easily identify the place where the item is located because the indoor landscape is displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20 as if the user is looking at the place where the item is present from the current position. In addition, it is possible to quickly and appropriately reach the place where the item is.

  In step S7, whether there is a change in the information terminal position information indicating the position (in the indoor space) of the user terminal 20 received in the server device 10 from the user terminal 20 via the receiving unit 15 (the user having the user terminal 20 moves Or not) is detected. If the user terminal 20 that is an information terminal has moved (step S7: YES), the process proceeds to step S8. If the user terminal 20 that is an information terminal does not move (step S7: NO), the process returns to step S6. Until the user terminal 20 moves, the navigation information before the user terminal 20 moves is continuously displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20.

  In step S8, the server apparatus 10 is based on the information terminal position information indicating the position of the user terminal 20 received in step S7 and the item position information indicating the place (storage location) of the item extracted from the registration information in step S4. , Recalculating as a positional relationship information which is image information displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20 on what route the user who owns the user terminal 20 can reach to the place where the item exists The movement route of the user terminal 20 after the user starts searching for the item is calculated and transmitted to the user terminal 20 via the transmission unit 16.

  Since the route traveled by the user with the user terminal 20 is displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20, it is possible to quickly and appropriately support (guide) the user to find an item.

  Further, the user can easily visually grasp in which direction the item can reach the place where the item is located while referring to the moving route.

  In step S9, when the item that the user was looking for is found and the display for searching for the item on the user terminal 20 is terminated (step S9: YES), the processing program is terminated, and the user continues to search for the item. If yes (step S9: NO), the process returns to step S7, and the user terminal 20 is controlled to continue displaying the previous screen.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to specify a place where the article (item) is managed in response to a user's request, and promptly and appropriately guide the user to the place where the item exists.

[Example of item registration method]
Next, an example of an item registration method will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5A shows a case where various items (items) used by a user are stored or temporarily placed in an indoor space where a user is active, such as a general home, office, hotel, store, and hospital. It is the schematic diagram which showed the mode of the case typically.

  In the indoor space, three antennas 30a, 30b, and 30c are installed, and these antennas (30a, 30b, and 30c) receive information from the user terminal 20 carried by the user 21. The antenna unit 30 specifies the position of the user terminal 20 in the indoor space.

  Further, the server device 10 may specify the position of the user terminal 20 in the indoor space.

  When the user 21 determines the place where the item 22 is placed, the user 21 moves the user terminal 20 close to the item 22 and transmits information to the server device 10 using the position of the user terminal 20 as the item storage location. When transmitting the position of the user terminal 20 as information, the user operates an input unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20.

  In FIG. 5A, the number of antennas is three as an example. However, at least three antennas may be provided, and four or more antennas may be provided. By installing four or more antennas, the reception sensitivity of the indoor antenna is improved, and the position detection accuracy of the user terminal 20 is improved.

  The antenna unit 30 includes an antenna 30a, an antenna 30b, and an antenna 30c.

  FIG. 5B is an example of a display image for inputting registration information of items displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20.

  The user operates the input unit of the user terminal 20 in the search keyword input field 23 to input the item search keyword. In addition, the date and time when the item is registered is entered in the registration date column 24. In the registration date / time information related to the registration date of the item, hour / minute / second information is also registered, and information of a timer (not shown) of the user terminal 20 or the server device 10 is used for the hour / minute / second information.

  Further, when the user selects the voice input field 25, item voice information such as a user's voice for specifying an item is input from a voice receiving unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20. Voice recognition is performed by the user terminal 20 or the server device 10, and an item or a search keyword is specified.

  Further, the user can take an item from a digital camera or the like attached to the user terminal 20 and register the item image information as registration information.

[Example of item registration information]
Next, an example of item registration information will be described with reference to FIG. The registration information of the items registered in the registration information DB 14 is associated with each other, and is associated and managed in the management table corresponding to the item ID assigned in the user terminal 20 or the server device 10 for each item.

  FIG. 6A is an example of a management table, and item position information (for example, represented by three-dimensional coordinate data) that indicates where the item is located in the indoor space as information relating to the item, item image information (user terminal) Image information photographed by 20 digital cameras), item audio information (a language representing an item input from an audio receiving unit (not shown) of the user terminal 20), a keyword for searching for an item (“hanko”, Registration date / time information indicating the date and time when the item was registered is registered (stored) in association with item ID information indicating the item ID.

[Example of item search screen]
Next, an example of an item search screen will be described with reference to FIG. The search item 26 in FIG. 6B is an image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20 in order to search for “minicar” indicated by the item ID 0001 in FIG. The search item 26 is selected using an icon (not shown) displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20 by the user operating an input device such as a key input of the user terminal 20 (for example, pressing a key). be able to.

  The search item 27 in FIG. 6B is an image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20 in order to search for “hanko” indicated by the item ID 0002 in FIG. It is an image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20 for searching for a “seal” indicated by ID0003 (not shown). The search item 28 shows a case where there is no image as registration information of “seal”, and when the user instructs the search item 28, the voice information “seal” input by the user via the voice receiving unit is stored in the user terminal. Since it is output from 20, the user can easily recognize what items are registered.

[Example of position information and route information screen]
FIG. 7A shows information terminal position information indicating a position in the indoor space of the user terminal 20 calculated by the server device 10 (position of the user 21a in FIG. 7A), and an item location extracted from the registration information. (Storage location) From the item position information indicating the plane position 22a of the item 22 in FIG. 7 (a), the user who owns the user terminal 20 reaches the place where the item exists by what route It is a top view of the interior space as an example of the image information displayed on the display part of the user terminal 20 which guides whether it can do.

  In FIG. 7A, the user 21a indicates the position where the user is present, and displays an image indicating that the user can reach the planar position 22a of the item 22 that is a minicar when passing through the passage 26 and the passage 27 in the indoor space. By viewing this image, the location where the article (item) selected by the user is managed can be easily identified, and the passage 26 and the passage 27 can be displayed until the item is located. It has been shown that the user can be guided quickly and appropriately.

  7B shows a three-dimensional position 22b of the item 22 that is a minicar in the same indoor space from the position in the indoor space of the user terminal 20 (the position of the user 21a in FIG. 7A) calculated by the server device 10. It is a three-dimensional image (including an illustrated image) as an example of image information to be displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20, which shows how the target (three-dimensional) looks.

  The minicar 22 that is the item that the user is looking for is placed in the second row (including the three-dimensional position 22b of the item 22) from the right drawer when viewed from the front of the office desk 28. The three-dimensional position 22b of the item 22 is indicated by a display line such as an arrow 29 or the like that is in the second stage from the top of the right drawer when viewed from the front of the office desk 28.

  If the user looks at FIG. 7B, which is a screen displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20, it is possible to visually grasp the place where the item that the user is looking for is present, so there is an item. It is possible to promptly and appropriately guide the user to the place.

  FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20 in which the route information that the user has moved with the user terminal 20 is displayed as the route route 31 on the plan view of the indoor section displayed in FIG. This is an image.

  When the user terminal 20 has moved, the server device 10 receives the information terminal position information indicating the position of the user terminal 20 received in step S7 and the item position information indicating the location of the item extracted from the registration information in step S4. From the above, it is re-examined as positional relationship information, which is image information to be displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 20, about what route the user who owns the user terminal 20 can reach to the place where the item exists. The calculation unit calculates a movement route of the user terminal 20 after the user starts searching for an item, transmits the image shown in FIG. 8 as an example to the user terminal 20 via the transmission unit 16, and displays the display unit of the user terminal 20. To display.

  When the user looks at the image shown in FIG. 8, the user's movement path so far can be confirmed, so it is possible to visually determine in which direction the item can reach the place where the item is located. Can be easily captured.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

  In the present embodiment, the server device 10 has been described as having a hard disk 370 and an optical disk drive 380. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the server device 10 has no drive system, that is, a so-called zero spindle. Also good. In the case of such a configuration, the contents stored in the hard disk 370 are stored in the large-capacity semiconductor memory 390.

  Moreover, it can be set as the structure which can perform all the functions performed by the server apparatus 10 demonstrated so far only by the user terminal 20. FIG.

It is a figure which shows the information processing system comprised from the server which concerns on this embodiment, and a user terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server which concerns on this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of the server which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart with which it uses for description about the process sequence by the server which concerns on this embodiment. (A) It is a figure which shows an example of the registration method of the item which concerns on this embodiment. (B) It is a figure which shows an example of the item search screen which concerns on this embodiment. (A) It is a figure which shows an example of the registration information of the item which concerns on this embodiment. (A) It is a top view of indoor space which is an example of the image information displayed on the display part of the user terminal 20 which concerns on this embodiment. (B) It is a three-dimensional figure of the interior space which is an example of the image information displayed on the display part of the user terminal 20 which concerns on this embodiment. It is a top view of indoor space containing the route information which is an example of the image information displayed on the display part of the user terminal 20 which concerns on this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 10 Server 20 User terminal 30 Antenna part 11 Search part 12 Extraction part 13 Calculation part 14 Registration information DB (database)
15 Receiver 16 Transmitter

Claims (5)

Registration information storage means for storing registration information including item position information regarding the item;
When the item search instruction information is input from the information terminal device, transmission means for transmitting item search screen information for searching for the item stored in the registered information storage means to the information terminal device;
Receiving means for receiving selected item information related to the selected item selected in the item search screen information and information terminal position information indicating the position of the information terminal device;
Search means for searching for registration information corresponding to the selected item information from the registration information storage means;
Extraction means for extracting the item position information of the item from the registration information searched by the search means;
From the item position information extracted by the extracting means and the information terminal position information received by the receiving means, calculating positional relation information indicating a positional relation between the selected item and the information terminal device, Computing means for transmitting the positional relationship information to an information terminal device;
An item management guide device comprising:   When the information terminal position information received from the receiving means is updated, the calculation means recalculates the position relation information indicating the position relation between the selected item and the information terminal device, and the information terminal position 2. The item management guide device according to claim 1, wherein route information indicating a change in information is calculated, and the recalculated positional relationship information and the route information are transmitted to the information terminal device. . The registration information includes at least one of item image information for specifying the item and item audio information for specifying the item,
The item management guide device according to claim 1, wherein the item search screen information includes information indicating at least one of the item image information and the item audio information. A registration information storage step in which registration information including item position information relating to the item is stored, and when the item search instruction information is input from the information terminal device, the item stored in the registration information storage step is searched for Transmitting the item search screen information to the information terminal device;
A receiving step of receiving selected item information related to a selected item selected in the item search screen information and information terminal position information indicating a position of the information terminal device;
A search step of searching from the registration information stored in the registration information storage step for registration information corresponding to the selected item information;
An extraction step of extracting the item position information of the item from the registration information searched in the search step;
From the item location information extracted in the extraction step and the information terminal location information received in the reception step, calculate location relationship information indicating a location relationship between the selected item and the information terminal device, An item management guidance method comprising: a calculation step of transmitting the positional relationship information to an information terminal device.   A program causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 4.

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