JP2010124222A - Device for generating location information of radio base station, method for generating the location information of radio base station, and program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate generation of location information of a radio base station, by estimating that a location where the user of a terminal device has been located at the date of connection to the radio base station is the location of the radio base station. <P>SOLUTION: An AP (radio base station) location information generating device 10 uses movement history information 131, indicating the dates of connection to APs of the terminal device, in association with identification information of the APs and schedule information 132, showing the period of stay in each of locations where the terminal device has been located, to determine in which period and location of the stay, indicated by the schedule information 132 the dates of connection to respective APs shown by the movement history information 131 are included. The locations where the terminal device has been located at the dates of connection to APs are registered with AP location information 133, in association with identification information of the APs. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for creating location information of a radio base station.

Conventionally, there is an information service using a radio base station. In order to provide such an information service, it is necessary to know the location of the wireless base station (AP, access point). However, the location of such a radio base station is usually known by the operator of the radio communication service, and it is difficult for general users to obtain the information. As such an AP position estimation technique, Non-Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for estimating the location of an AP using an intensity value of a received signal from the AP received by a mobile terminal device or the like.
Junichi Kokimoto et al., “PlaceEngine: WiFi location information infrastructure based on real-world collective intelligence”, Internet Conference 2006, pp.95-104, 2006, [online], [October 14, 2008 search], Internet, < URL: http://www.placeengine.com/show/papers>

  However, in order to estimate the location of the AP using the technique described in Non-Patent Document 1, it is necessary to perform a complicated calculation process using the strength of the received signal from the AP. In addition, in order to estimate the location of one AP, the intensity values of the received signals at a plurality of locations (for example, 3 or more locations) are required, and the direction of the antenna when the signals are received is also considered. There is a need. An object of the present invention is to solve such problems and to easily estimate the location of a radio base station.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a radio base station location information creation device indicating a location where one or more radio base stations are installed, and the terminal device is connected by radio communication. The connection information that indicates the identification information of the radio base station, the connection date and time to the radio base station, and the schedule information that indicates the period in which the terminal device is located for each location where the terminal device is located. An information input unit that accepts input and stores it in a storage unit, a storage unit that stores connection information and schedule information, and a connection date and time to each radio base station indicated in the connection information at which location indicated in the schedule information A radio base station that determines whether the terminal device is included in the period in which the terminal device was present and associates the location of the terminal device in the period including the connection date and time with the identification information of the radio base station based on the determination result Create location information for Characterized in that it comprises a location information creation processing unit for.

  Further, in the invention according to claim 5, the radio base station location information creation device indicating the installation location of one or more radio base stations, the identification information of the radio base station to which the terminal device is connected by radio communication, Accepts input of connection information indicating the date and time of connection to the radio base station and schedule information indicating the period of time for each location where the terminal device is present and stores it in the storage unit A step of determining which period the connection date / time indicated in the connection information is included in the schedule information indicated in the schedule information, and a connection date / time based on the determination result A location of the radio base station, wherein the location of the terminal device is present in a period including the base station and the location information of the radio base station indicating the identification information of the radio base station in association with each other is executed. How to create information It was.

  By doing in this way, the location information creation device (hereinafter, abbreviated as location information creation device) of the radio base station can be used for the period in which each location indicated in the schedule information of the terminal device user, etc. Based on the connection date and time of the device to each radio base station, it is possible to estimate where the terminal device was when it was connected to the radio base station. That is, the location information creation device can estimate that the location of the user of the terminal device is the location where the radio base station is located at the connection date and time to the radio base station. Therefore, the location of the radio base station can be estimated without performing complicated calculation processing, and the location information of the radio base station can be created.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the radio base station location information creation device according to the first aspect, the location indicated in the schedule information is a location name, an address, and a link URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to a map site. And latitude / longitude information or a combination thereof.

  By doing in this way, the location information creation device of the radio base station specifies the location of the radio base station by one of the location name, address, location and latitude / longitude information indicated on the map site, or a combination thereof. be able to.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the wireless base station in the wireless base station location information creation device according to the first or second aspect is configured to use Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) (registered trademark) or Bluetooth (registered trademark). (Trademark) base station.

  By doing in this way, the radio base station location information creation device can easily estimate the location of a Wi-Fi (registered trademark) or Bluetooth (registered trademark) base station.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for causing the radio base station location information creating apparatus, which is a computer, to execute the radio base station location information creating method according to the fourth aspect.

  According to such a program, it is possible to cause a general computer to execute the method for creating location information of the radio base station according to claim 4.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily estimate the location of a radio base station.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as an embodiment) will be described. First, the outline of processing of the location information creation apparatus for a radio base station according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a processing outline of a location information creation device for a radio base station according to the present embodiment. In this embodiment, the wireless base station is, for example, a wireless base station (hereinafter referred to as AP (access point)) having a communication function with a terminal device using Wi-Fi (registered trademark) or Bluetooth (registered trademark). Abbreviated). The terminal device is a PC (Personal Computer) or a mobile phone having a communication function with the AP (that is, a communication function using Wi-Fi (registered trademark) or Bluetooth (registered trademark)).

  An AP location information creation device (hereinafter abbreviated as AP location information creation device) receives input of movement history information 131 of a terminal device and schedule information 132 of a user of the terminal device. The movement history information 131 is a set of connection information (AP information) indicating identification information of an AP (access point) to which the terminal device is connected and a connection date / time to the AP. The connection date and time indicated in the AP information may include the date and time when the terminal device and the AP can communicate with the AP, in addition to the date and time when the terminal device and the AP actually communicated. The schedule information 132 is information indicating where and from where the user of this terminal device has been. In addition, the AP information of the movement history information 131 is acquired by, for example, an AP information acquisition program provided in the terminal device.

  The AP location information creation device refers to each AP information indicated in the movement history information 131, and refers to the schedule information 132 where the user of the terminal device was at the connection date and time to each AP. Judgment. For example, the connection date “2008.11.10.10:0” of the AP “AA” in the movement history information 131 is the period from the location “XX” in the schedule information 132 (that is, from the start date “2008.11.10.9:30” to the end date It is included in "period until 2008.11.10.10:20". Therefore, since the terminal device can be estimated to be at the location “XX” at the connection date “2008.11.10.10:00:00”, the AP location information creation device estimates that the location of the AP “AA” is “XX”. . The AP location information creation apparatus can estimate the locations of the APs “BB” and “CC” as “YY” and “ZZ” by executing such processing for the APs “BB” and “CC”, respectively. . Then, the AP location information creation device registers the estimation result in the AP location information 133. By doing so, the AP location information creation device can create the AP location information 133.

  Next, the configuration of such an AP location information creation apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a location creation device (AP location information creation device) for a radio base station according to the present embodiment. Note that this AP location information creation device may be another device connected to the terminal device via a network, or may be the terminal device itself. When the AP location information creation device is a device different from the terminal device, each of the AP information and the schedule information 132 is based on the identification information of the terminal device attached to each information. To identify.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the function of the AP location information creation device 10 is roughly divided into an input / output unit 11, a processing unit 12, and a storage unit 13. The input / output unit 11 receives input from the external device, such as AP history information 131, schedule information 132, AP location information search request, and the like. The processing unit 12 controls the entire AP location information creation apparatus 10, mainly refers to the movement history information 131 and the schedule information 132, estimates the location of the AP, and creates the AP location information 133.

  The input / output unit 11 includes an input / output interface. The processing unit 12 is realized by a program execution process by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) included in the AP location information creation device 10, a dedicated circuit, or the like. Further, the storage unit 13 includes a storage medium such as a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a hard disk drive (HDD), and a flash memory. When the AP location information creation device 10 is realized by a program execution process, the storage unit 13 stores a program for realizing the function of the AP location information creation device 10.

  The processing unit 12 includes an information input unit 121, a location information creation unit 122, and a search unit 123.

  The information input unit 121 registers the AP information input via the input / output unit 11 in the movement history information 131. Further, the schedule information 132 of the user of the terminal device input via the input / output unit 11 is output to the storage unit 13.

  The location information creation unit 122 determines in which location the date and time of connection to each AP indicated in the movement history information 131 is included in the location indicated in the schedule information 132. Then, based on the determination result, the location information creation unit 122 identifies the location where the terminal device was in the period including the connection date and time, and the identification information of the AP to which the terminal device was connected at the connection date and time. Is registered in the AP location information 133.

  When the search unit 123 receives a search request for the AP location information 133 via the input / output unit 11, the search unit 123 searches for information on the AP location information 133 based on the search request. For example, when the search unit 123 receives a search request for location information related to the AP “AA”, the search unit 123 searches the location “XX” of the AP “AA” from the AP location information 133 accordingly. Then, the search result is output via the input / output 11.

  The storage unit 13 stores movement history information 131, schedule information 132, and AP location information 133. As described above, the movement history information 131 is information indicating the connection date and time when the terminal device is connected to the AP in association with the identification information of the connected AP. If the AP is a Wi-Fi (registered trademark) base station, the identification information of this AP is a BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier), that is, a MAC (Media Access Control) address of a device constituting the AP. is there. If the AP is Bluetooth (registered trademark), the AP identification information is a MAC address. The schedule information 132 is information indicating the period (start time and end time) in which the user of the terminal device was present for each place. For this schedule information 132, for example, information created by the schedule software of the user of this terminal device is used. The schedule information 132 is preferably content according to the action actually taken by the user, but may not necessarily be the content according to the action taken by the user. Further, the place indicated in the schedule information 132 is described by any one or a combination of a place name (place name), an address, a link URL to a map site, and latitude / longitude information, for example.

  Next, the processing procedure of the AP location information creation apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure of the location creation device (AP location information creation device) of the radio base station according to the present embodiment. First, the information input unit 121 of the AP location information creation apparatus 10 receives an input of the schedule information 132 via the input / output unit 11 (S11). Then, the information input unit 121 stores the received schedule information 132 in the storage unit 13.

  When the information input unit 121 receives an input of AP information of the terminal device (S12), the information input unit 121 sequentially registers the AP information in the movement history information 131 (S13).

  Next, the location information creation unit 122 receives the input of the creation instruction of the AP location information 133 from the input / output unit 11 or the like as a trigger, and the connection date and time to each AP is set in the schedule information 132 for each AP. It is determined which place is included in the indicated period (S14). Then, based on the determination result, the location information creation unit 122 and the location information (that is, the schedule information 132 on the AP where the terminal device was connected at the connection date and time) The location information of the location of the terminal device is associated with the date and time of connection to the AP and registered in the AP location information 133 (S15).

  In this way, the AP location information creation device 10 easily estimates the location (installation location) of each AP by using the schedule information 132 of the user of the terminal device and the movement history information 131 of the terminal device, AP location information 133 can be created.

  After the AP location information 133 is created, when the search unit 123 of the AP location information creation device 10 receives the AP location search request, the AP location information 133 reads the AP location indicated in the search request. Search for a place. The search result is output via the input / output unit 11. For example, the search unit 123 searches for “XX” as the location (installation location) of the AP “AA” from the AP location information 133 illustrated in FIG. Then, the search result is output to the source of the search request via the input / output unit 11.

  By using the AP location information 133 created in this way, for example, even if there is no user schedule information, the identification information of the AP to which the terminal device such as the user's mobile phone or mobile terminal is connected From the above, it is possible to easily estimate the place where the user is. In addition, when the user shoots a blog post or image using the terminal device, the post content and image, and the post and image are taken from the blog post date and time. You can also associate with other places. That is, even if it is not known where the posting or image was taken, it can be estimated from the posting date or shooting date of the blog where the posting or image was taken. Then, for example, a server or the like that associates postings and images or the like sends information on the blog postings and image shooting dates and times of users of terminal devices from the server of blogs and photo posting sites such as RSS (Rich Site Summary) and ATOM. By obtaining the feed and referring to the obtained feed and the AP location information 133, the user of the terminal device can associate an action (blog posting or image posting) at the same place as a series of actions.

  The AP location information creation device 10 according to the present embodiment can be realized by a program that executes the processing as described above, and the program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM or the like). It is possible to provide.

It is the figure which demonstrated notionally the process outline | summary of the location information creation apparatus of the radio base station of this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the structure of the place creation apparatus (AP place information creation apparatus) of the radio base station of this Embodiment. It is the flowchart which showed the process sequence of the place creation apparatus (AP place information creation apparatus) of the radio base station of this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10 AP location information creation device (radio base station location information creation device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Input / output part 12 Processing part 13 Storage part 121 Information input part 122 Location information creation part 123 Search part 131 Movement history information (connection information)
132 Schedule information 133 AP location information

Claims (5)

An apparatus for creating location information of a radio base station indicating installation locations of one or more radio base stations,
For each location where the terminal device is located, the identification information of the radio base station to which the terminal device is connected by wireless communication, the connection information indicating the date and time of connection to the radio base station, and the location of the terminal device are present. An information input unit that accepts input with schedule information indicating a period of time and stores the information in a storage unit;
The storage unit for storing the connection information and the schedule information;
It is determined whether the connection date and time to each radio base station indicated in the connection information is included in a period indicated in the schedule information, and the connection date and time is included based on the determination result. A location information creation processing unit that creates location information of the radio base station in which the location of the terminal device is present in association with the identification information of the radio base station in association with each other. Base station location information creation device.   The place indicated in the schedule information is described by any one or a combination of a place name, an address, a link URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to a map site, and latitude / longitude information. For creating location information of wireless base stations in Japan.   The location information of the radio base station according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the radio base station is a base station of Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) (registered trademark) or Bluetooth (registered trademark). Creation device. An apparatus for creating location information of a radio base station indicating installation locations of one or more radio base stations,
For each location where the terminal device is located, the identification information of the radio base station to which the terminal device is connected by wireless communication, the connection information indicating the date and time of connection to the radio base station, and the location of the terminal device are present. Receiving an input with schedule information indicating a period of time, and storing it in a storage unit;
Determining in which period the time and date of connection to each radio base station indicated in the connection information is included in the period indicated in the schedule information;
Based on the determination result, creating the location information of the radio base station indicating the location of the terminal device in the period including the connection date and time and the identification information of the radio base station in association with each other And a method of creating location information of a radio base station.   A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a radio base station location information creation apparatus, which is a computer, to execute the location information creation method for a radio base station according to claim 4.

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