JP2010091515A - Guidance map - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable easy arrival at a desired guide object, in an area where a plurality of guide objects exist. <P>SOLUTION: The guidance map 1, on which a plurality of animal icons 12a-12j showing respectively the plurality of guide objects, and route information 15 showing a route connecting the plurality of guide objects are displayed, includes a communication part 25 for acquiring the present position on the guide map 1; and display units 22a-22j and a control substrate 26 for displaying enhanced an animal icon, showing a designated guide object among the plurality of guide objects, and an animal icon showing the nearest guide object to the present position obtained by the communication part 25 among the plurality of guide objects. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a guidance map in which a plurality of marks respectively indicating a plurality of guidance objects and route information indicating a route connecting the plurality of guidance objects are displayed on a sheet medium.

  Conventionally, in amusement facilities such as zoos, amusement parks, museums, etc., guide maps in the park or in the hall have been prepared and distributed to visitors. In such a guidance map, a guidance object and a route connecting the objects are displayed, and a visitor goes around the park or the hall while referring to the guidance map.

Here, an information display board in which an area corresponding to a place name on a map shines when a button on which the place name or the like is displayed is pressed is considered (for example, see Patent Document 1). By applying the technology used for this information display board to the guidance map as described above, among the guidance objects displayed on the guidance map, the guidance object designated by the visitor will shine, and the entrance The person can easily grasp the position of the desired object among the objects of the guidance displayed on the guidance map.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-29489

  However, as described above, among the guidance objects displayed on the guidance map, if the guidance object designated by the visitor shines, it is easy to grasp the absolute position of the desired object of the visitor. If the current location of the attendee is unknown, it is difficult to say that the attendee can easily reach the desired guidance object.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the conventional technology as described above, and can easily reach a desired guidance object in an area where a plurality of guidance objects exist. The purpose is to provide a map.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides:
In a guidance map in which a plurality of marks respectively indicating a plurality of guidance objects and route information indicating a route connecting the plurality of guidance objects are displayed on a sheet medium,
Position acquisition means for acquiring the current position of the guidance map;
A display control means for highlighting a mark indicating the designated guidance object among the plurality of guidance objects and displaying the current position acquired by the position acquisition means on the route information. Features.

  In the present invention configured as described above, when the current position of the guidance map is acquired by the position acquisition unit, on the route information indicating the route connecting the plurality of guidance objects displayed on the sheet medium. The current position of the guidance map is displayed, and when a guidance object is designated from among a plurality of guidance objects, a mark indicating the designated guidance object is highlighted. Therefore, the person who has the guidance map can recognize the relative position between the current position and the designated guidance object, and can easily reach the desired guidance object.

In the guidance map in which a plurality of marks respectively indicating a plurality of guidance objects and route information indicating a route connecting the plurality of guidance objects are displayed on the sheet medium.
Position acquisition means for acquiring the current position of the guidance map;
Emphasizes a mark indicating a designated guidance object among the plurality of guidance objects and a mark indicating a guidance object closest to the current position acquired by the position acquisition unit among the plurality of guidance objects. Display control means for displaying.

  In the present invention configured as described above, when the current position of the guidance map is acquired by the position acquisition unit, among the plurality of marks respectively indicating the plurality of guidance objects displayed on the sheet medium, A mark indicating the guidance object closest to the current position acquired by the position acquisition means is highlighted, and when a guidance object is designated from among a plurality of guidance objects, the designated guidance object is displayed. The mark to show is highlighted. Therefore, the person who has the guidance map can recognize the relative position between the approximate position where the user is currently present and the designated guidance object, and can easily reach the desired guidance object.

  In addition, if the history of the current position acquired by the position acquisition means is displayed on the route information by the display control means, the person who has the guidance map can recognize the route that he / she has moved, It becomes easy to grasp the moving direction.

  As described above, in the present invention, in the guidance map in which a plurality of marks respectively indicating a plurality of guidance objects and route information indicating a route connecting the plurality of guidance objects are displayed on the sheet medium. The position acquisition means for acquiring the current position of the guidance map, and a mark indicating the designated guidance object among the plurality of guidance objects is highlighted, and the current position acquired by the position acquisition means is displayed on the route information. Since the display control means for displaying the information is displayed, it is possible to easily reach a desired guidance object in an area where a plurality of guidance objects exist.

  In addition, the present position of the guidance map is acquired in a guidance map in which a plurality of marks indicating a plurality of guidance objects and route information indicating a route connecting the plurality of guidance objects are displayed on the sheet medium. A position acquisition means, a mark indicating a designated guidance object among a plurality of guidance objects, and a mark indicating a guidance object closest to the current position acquired by the position acquisition means among the plurality of guidance objects Even in a configuration including display control means for emphasizing and displaying, it is possible to easily reach a desired guidance object in an area where a plurality of guidance objects exist.

  In addition, when the display control means displays the history of the current position acquired by the position acquisition means on the route information, the person who has the guidance map can recognize the route that he / she has moved. This makes it easier to grasp the direction of movement.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a view showing a first embodiment of a guide map of the present invention, where (a) is a front view, (b) is a cross-sectional view, and (c) is a control sheet portion 20 shown in (b). FIG.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a sheet-like control sheet portion 20 is sandwiched between two topsheets 10a and 10b, which are sheet media made of paper or the like, and these are adhered to each other by an adhesive (not shown). Has been configured.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the animal is placed on the surface sheet 10a at a place where an animal that is a guidance object published at a zoo guided by the guidance map 1 is raised. Animal icons 12a to 12j serving as marks to be displayed are respectively displayed, and route information 15 indicating routes between places where these animals are kept is displayed. In addition, the location of the toilet or restaurant is also displayed as an icon, and congestion meters 14a to 14c that indicate the congestion status of the toilet or restaurant in three stages are displayed. Furthermore, for each of the animals on which the animal icons 12a to 12j are displayed, buttons 11a to 11j for lighting or blinking the animal icons 12a to 12j are displayed according to the design of the animal. Event icons 13a to 13f indicating that an event such as a show or feeding is performed are displayed.

  In the control sheet unit 20, as shown in FIG. 1 (c), switches 21a to 21j are respectively arranged in areas facing the buttons 11a to 11j, and animal icons 12a to 12j, event icons 13a to 13f, and congestion Display units 22a to 22j, 23a to 23f, and 24a to 24c are arranged in regions facing the meters 14a to 14c, respectively. Furthermore, a communication unit 25 serving as a position acquisition unit for acquiring current position information of the guidance map 1, congestion status of toilets and restaurants, and event information such as shows and feedings, and pressing of the switches 21a to 21j and the communication unit 25 Is provided with a control board 26 for controlling the display of the display units 22a to 22j, 23a to 23f, and 24a to 24c. The control board 26, the communication unit 25, the switches 21a to 21j, and The display units 22a to 22j, 23a to 23f, and 24a to 24c are electrically connected to each other by wiring printed on the top sheet 10b. The display units 12a to 12j and the control board 26 constitute display control means of the present invention. When the switch 21a to 21j is applied with a conductive agent on the back surface of a thin rubber and is pressed, the two wires printed in the area facing the switches 21a to 21j of the top sheet 10b are short-circuited by this conductive agent. Is. The display units 22a to 22j, 23a to 23f, and 24a to 24c are lighted or blinked when the color developing layer is sandwiched between two transparent electrodes and the color developing layer is colored by the voltage applied to the transparent electrode. is there. As such display units 22a to 22j, 23a to 23f, and 24a to 24c, a vertical electrophoretic type, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) type, or an electrochromic type can be considered. In the case where it is necessary to maintain lighting even after the voltage is no longer applied, a vertical electrophoresis type or an electrochromic type is preferable. The control board 26 is a circuit board such as a small IC chip, a capacitor, and a resistor mounted on a flexible board such as a film, and wiring for connecting them is provided. Since the control sheet portion 20 has the above-described configuration, it has flexibility, and thereby the guide map 1 can be folded.

  Below, the usage method of the guidance map 1 comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a map in a zoo that is an amusement facility in which the guide map 1 shown in FIG. 1 is used.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the zoo 2 where the guidance map 1 shown in FIG. 1 is used, base stations 3a to 3j are installed at the places where the animals disclosed in the zoo 2 are raised. Has been. The base stations 3a to 3j transmit information to the guide map 1 by control from a server (not shown) installed in or outside the zoo 2, and have a communication range that does not interfere with each other. As a communication method in the base stations 3a to 3j, radio waves, infrared rays, or the like can be considered. Further, the communication ranges of the base stations 3a to 3j are such that they do not interfere with each other. However, the frequency and time when radio waves are used, and the time when infrared rays are used are set for each base station 3a to 3j. If the information is allocated and transmitted, the information transmitted from the base stations 3a to 3j in the guidance map 1 can be received by identifying the base stations 3a to 3j even if the communication ranges slightly overlap.

  When a visitor to the zoo 2 has the guidance map 1 and goes around the zoo 2, first, the current position of the guidance map 1 is acquired by the communication unit 25 of the guidance map 1. A base station ID that can identify each of the base stations 3a to 3j is transmitted from each of the base stations 3a to 3j installed in the zoo 2. This base station ID is received by the communication unit 25 of the guidance map 1 existing in the communication range of the base stations 3a to 3j.

  The base station ID received by the communication unit 25 of the guide map 1 is notified to the control board 26, and the display corresponding to the base station ID notified from the communication unit 25 among the display units 22a to 22j on the control board 26. The unit is controlled to light up or blink. In the control board 26, the base station ID and the display units 22a to 22j are stored in association in the memory of the IC chip, and the display unit corresponding to the base station ID is lit or blinked based on this association. To be controlled.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state where the current position and the destination of the guidance map 1 are highlighted on the guidance map 1 shown in FIG.

  As described above, the display units 22a to 22j are arranged in regions facing the animal icons 12a to 12j displayed on the top sheet 10a. Therefore, on the control board 26, the base station IDs of the base stations 3a to 3j installed at the locations indicated by the animal icons 12a to 12j, and the display units 22a to 22 arranged in a region facing the animal icons 12a to 12j. 22j is associated. For example, if the visitor who has the guide map 1 is near the place where the lion of the zoo 2 is raised, the base station ID of the base station 3a installed at the place where the lion is raised is communicated. The control unit 26 controls the display unit 22a to light up or blink. Thereby, the animal icon 12a displayed at the place where the lion is raised on the guidance map 1 is highlighted or blinked. That is, the animal icon 12a indicating the place closest to the current position of the guidance map 1 among the places where the animals in the zoo 2 are bred is highlighted.

  When an attendant who has the guidance map 1 designates an animal by pressing a button on which a picture of the animal to be viewed is displayed among the buttons 11a to 11j displayed on the guidance map 1, the button is displayed. When the switch arranged in the area opposite to the button is pressed, the control board 26 recognizes that the button has been pressed, and the display unit corresponding to the pressed button is controlled to light up or blink. . In the control board 26, the buttons and the display units 22a to 22j are stored in association with each other in the memory of the IC chip, and control is performed so that the display units corresponding to the buttons are lit or blinked based on the association. Is done. The buttons 11a to 11j displayed on the top sheet 10a are displayed with the animal pattern disclosed in the zoo 2, and the animals arranged in the area facing the display unit 22a to 22j In the control board 26, the buttons and the display units 22a to 22j are stored in association with each other so that the animals indicated by the icons 12a to 12j correspond to each other. Therefore, for example, when a visitor who has the guidance map 1 wants to see a penguin, when the penguin is designated by pressing the button 11f on which the penguin is displayed, the button 11a to 11j is opposed to the button. The switch 21f disposed in the area to be pressed is pressed, and the control board 26 controls the display unit 22f to light up or blink. Then, the animal icon 12f displayed at the place where the penguin is bred on the guidance map 1 is highlighted or blinked. Note that lighting of the display units 22a to 22j by pressing the switches 21a to 21j is also controlled by connecting the power source and the display units 22a to 22j via the switches 21a to 21j without using the control board 26, respectively. Can do.

  Thereby, the visitor who has the guidance map 1 can recognize the relative position between the place where the current person is and the place where the designated animal is bred, and can easily reach the desired animal. .

  Further, the information transmitted from the base stations 3a to 3j and received by the communication unit 25 of the guidance map 1 is not limited to the base station ID described above. In the server that controls the base stations 3a to 3j, the congestion status of toilets and restaurants installed in the zoo 2 is managed, and information indicating the congestion status in three stages is transmitted to the base stations 3a to 3j. Has been. This information is transmitted together with the base station ID via the base stations 3a to 3j, and is received by the communication unit 25 of the guidance map 1 that has received the base station ID from the base stations 3a to 3j. The information received by the communication unit 25 is notified to the control board 26 in the same manner as the base station ID, and the display units 24a to 24c are lit on the control board 26 based on the information notified from the communication unit 25. As a result, the congestion meters 14a to 14c display according to the congestion status of the toilet and restaurant. Each of the congestion meters 14a to 14c has three display units, and is controlled so that the number of display units corresponding to the congestion situation of the toilet or restaurant is lit or by changing the color to be lit. The congestion status is displayed in three stages. The display of the congestion meters 14a to 14c is automatically updated every time information indicating the congestion status of toilets and restaurants in three stages is transmitted from the base stations 3a to 3j. Therefore, visitors who have the guidance map 1 can know the current congestion status of toilets and restaurants.

  In the zoo 2, it is planned to perform events such as shows and feedings for public animals at a predetermined time. In the server that controls the base stations 3a to 3j, this time is managed for each animal that performs an event, and at that time, information indicating the type of event and the animal that performs the event is transmitted from the server to the base stations 3a to 3j. Sent through. This information is received by the communication unit 25 of the guidance map 1 that has received the base station ID from the base stations 3a to 3j. The information received by the communication unit 25 is notified to the control board 26 in the same manner as the base station ID, and the display units 23a to 23f are turned on or blinked on the control board 26 based on the information notified from the communication unit 25. As a result, among the event icons 13a to 13f, the icon of that type is lit or blinked for the animal on which the event is performed.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the guidance map of the present invention.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the current position of the guide map 101 and the history of movement of the visitors who have the guide map 101 on the route information 15 with respect to those shown in the first embodiment. The only difference is that the history mark 16 is displayed, and the area facing the history mark 16 of the control sheet unit 20 is the same as the display units 22a to 22j, 23a to 23f, and 24a to 24c. Each display unit is arranged.

  Below, the usage method of the guidance map 101 in this form is demonstrated. Note that the highlighting of the animal icons 12a to 12j by pressing the buttons 11a to 11j and the display of the congestion meters 14a to 14c and the event icons 13a to 13f are the same as those described in the first embodiment. Therefore, explanation is omitted.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state where the current position and movement history of the guidance map 101 are displayed on the guidance map 101 shown in FIG. 4 and the destination is highlighted.

  In the zoo 2, base stations similar to the base stations 3 a to 3 j shown in FIG. 2 are installed at locations corresponding to the history marks 16 along the route between the locations where the animals are kept. These base stations transmit base station IDs as described above.

  The base station ID transmitted from the base station is received by the communication unit 25 of the guidance map 101 in the same manner as described above, whereby the current position of the guidance map 101 is acquired. The base station ID received by the communication unit 25 is notified to the control board 26, and the control board 26 is controlled so that the display unit corresponding to the base station ID notified from the communication unit 25 is lit, thereby Among the history marks 16, the history mark corresponding to the position where the base station where the base station ID is received, that is, the current position of the guidance map 101 illuminates. The association between the base station ID and the display unit is stored in advance in the memory of the IC chip of the control board 25 in the same manner as the base station ID and the display units 22a to 22j described above.

  Thereby, the visitor who has the guidance map 101 can recognize his present position.

  The current position of the guidance map 101, that is, the base station ID received from the base station, is stored as position history information in the memory of the IC chip of the control board 25 at predetermined time intervals.

  Thereafter, when the visitor who has the guidance map 101 moves, the base station ID transmitted from the base station in which the guidance map 101 enters the communication range is received in the communication unit 25 of the guidance map 101 as described above. The base station ID is notified to the control board 25. In the control board 25, the display unit corresponding to the notified base station ID and the display unit corresponding to the base station ID stored as the position history information in the memory of the IC chip are controlled to light up. As a result, the history mark 16 on the route along which the visitor having the guidance map 101 has moved is turned on, and the history of the current position of the guidance map 101 acquired in the guidance map 101 is displayed. Thereby, the visitor who has the guidance map 101 can recognize the route on which he / she has moved, and can easily grasp the moving direction.

  Here, by changing the brightness of the history mark that is turned on as described above, it is possible to make it easier to grasp the moving direction of the visitor who has the guidance map 101. In the control board 25, the display unit corresponding to the base station ID notified from the communication unit 25 and the display unit corresponding to the base station ID stored as the position history information in the memory of the IC chip are turned on. In this case, on the control board 26, the display unit corresponding to the base station ID notified from the communication unit 25 corresponds to the base station ID stored as the position history information in the memory of the IC chip. The color developed by the display unit is controlled so as to be brighter than the display unit. Furthermore, when there are a plurality of base station IDs stored as location history information in the memory of the IC chip, the base station ID stored earlier among the base station IDs stored as location history information in the memory of the IC chip Control is performed so that the display unit corresponding to the base station ID stored later is brighter than the display unit corresponding to. As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the history mark 16a of the current position of the visitor possessing the guidance map 101 is lit, and further, of the history marks 16b and 16c on the route that the visitor has traveled. The history mark 16b close to the current position is lit darker than the history mark 16a and brighter than the history mark 16c far from the current position, and the visitor having the guide map 101 further understands the moving direction. It becomes easy.

  Also, in the guidance map 101, the penguin animal icon 12f designated by the visitor holding the guidance map 101 pressing the button 11f is lit or blinking.

  In the present embodiment, the current position of the guidance map 101 is recognized by the base station ID transmitted from the base station installed along the route between the locations where the animals are bred. In addition, a general GPS (Global Positioning System) function may be installed to acquire the current position of the guidance map 101.

  It is also possible to combine the two embodiments described above. That is, in the guidance map 101 having the configuration shown in FIG. 4, the animal icon closest to the current position of the guidance map 101 can be turned on or blinked as in the guidance map 1 shown in FIG.

  Further, in the above-described guidance maps 1 and 101, by providing the control sheet unit 20 with a sheet-like sound output unit made up of a piezo element and a diaphragm, for example, the current position and event information of the guidance maps 1 and 101, or Information about the specified animal can also be output by voice. In that case, the output voice information may be transmitted from the base stations 3a to 3j, or stored in the memory of the IC chip of the control board 26, but the base stations 3a to 3j and the communication unit In the case where communication with 25 is performed by a simple method such as infrared rays, it is preferably stored in the memory of the IC chip of the control board 26.

  Further, in this embodiment, the guidance map 1, 101 has been described by taking an example of guiding the inside of the zoo 2 as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the guidance target is an amusement facility such as an amusement park or a museum. It can be used in facilities where multiple objects are placed.

It is a figure which shows 1st Embodiment of the guidance map of this invention, (a) is a surface figure, (b) is sectional drawing, (c) is a figure which shows the structure of the control sheet | seat part shown in (b). It is. It is a figure which shows the map in the zoo which is an amusement facility where the guidance map 1 shown in FIG. 1 is used. It is a figure which shows the state by which the present position and the destination of the guidance map were highlighted on the guidance map shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows 2nd Embodiment of the guidance map of this invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state where the current position and movement history of the guidance map are displayed on the guidance map shown in FIG. 4 and the destination is highlighted.

Explanation of symbols

1,101 Guide map 2 Zoo 3a-3j Base station 10a, 10b Surface sheet 11a-11j Button 12a-12j Animal icon 13a-13f Event icon 14a-14c Congestion meter 15,115 Path information 16, 16a-16c History mark 20 Control Sheet part 21a-21j Switch 22a-22j, 23a-23f, 24a-24c Display unit 25 Communication part 26 Control board

Claims (3)

In a guidance map in which a plurality of marks respectively indicating a plurality of guidance objects and route information indicating a route connecting the plurality of guidance objects are displayed on a sheet medium,
Position acquisition means for acquiring the current position of the guidance map;
A display control means for highlighting a mark indicating the designated guidance object among the plurality of guidance objects and displaying the current position acquired by the position acquisition means on the route information. Feature guide map. In a guidance map in which a plurality of marks respectively indicating a plurality of guidance objects and route information indicating a route connecting the plurality of guidance objects are displayed on a sheet medium,
Position acquisition means for acquiring the current position of the guidance map;
Emphasizes a mark indicating a designated guidance object among the plurality of guidance objects and a mark indicating a guidance object closest to the current position acquired by the position acquisition unit among the plurality of guidance objects. A guide map comprising display control means for displaying. In the guidance map according to claim 1 or 2,
The display control means is a guidance map for displaying the history of the current position acquired by the position acquisition means on the route information.

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