JP2010141556A - Portable information processing terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately notify a user of a moving state while suppressing deterioration of operation performance by a portable information processing terminal. <P>SOLUTION: The portable information processing terminal includes: a route information acquisition means for including departure place information, destination information, and scheduled arrival time information showing scheduled arrival time to a destination, and for acquiring route information showing a moving means and a moving route from a departure place to the destination; a position detection time setting means for setting time before the scheduled arrival time information as position detection time based on the route information; a current position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information showing the current position of the portable information processing terminal itself when the position detection time comes; and a notification means for outside outputting notification information notifying the user of a fact that the portable information processing terminal arrives the destination when it is determined that the current position of the portable information processing terminal itself is located at a place, which is scheduled to arrive at the position detection time calculated based on the route information, based on the current position information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information processing terminal, and more particularly to a portable information processing terminal having a position detection function.

  In recent mobile phones, it is possible to perform not only a telephone call function but also data communication by accessing a website on the Internet. Some websites on the Internet can search for a route between them by inputting a starting point and a destination. Therefore, the user of the mobile phone can access the route search site by using the mobile phone, and can acquire route information such as a transfer guide from a departure point to a destination, such as a train or a route bus.

  In recent years, mobile phones are equipped with GPS (Global Positioning System) functions, and the location of the mobile phone is detected and the route to the destination is searched using this location information. It is also possible.

  However, in areas where you are not familiar with geography, such as the first time you go, you may be concerned until you arrive at your destination. In this case, each time the user stops at the station, the user is bothered by the name of the station or repeatedly looking at the clock to check the current time relative to the estimated arrival time.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which the arrival time at a destination or the like is set in a schedule table in a mobile phone, and the user is notified by a vibrator or the like when such time is reached. However, even in the case of transportation such as trains and route buses, there may be a delay, and in such a case, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is notified even though the destination is not approached. This may cause a problem that proper notification cannot be made.

  In order to solve such a problem, in Patent Documents 2 and 3, the mobile terminal or mobile phone periodically acquires the current position information of the terminal itself, and based on the current position information and the destination information. To find out if you are close to your destination. And when approaching the destination, an alarm etc. alert | reports.

JP 2002-225712 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-44754 JP 2005-86718 A

  However, the techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 2 and 3 frequently have to perform processing for acquiring current position information, resulting in an increase in power consumption and processing load of the terminal. In particular, in the portable information processing terminal, since the resources that can be used are limited, there is a problem that the performance of the terminal itself cannot be used efficiently and the operation performance is lowered.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to appropriately notify the user of the movement state while suppressing a decrease in operation performance in the portable information processing terminal, which is the above-described problem.

In order to achieve such an object, a portable information processing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention is provided.
It includes departure point information indicating the position of the departure point, destination information indicating the position of the destination, and planned arrival time information indicating the planned arrival time at the destination, and means for moving from the departure point to the destination. Route information acquisition means for acquiring route information representing a route;
Position detection time setting means for setting a time before the scheduled arrival time information as a position detection time based on the route information;
Current position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information representing the current position of the self when the position detection time is reached;
Arrive at the destination when it is determined that the current position is located at the location where the arrival at the position detection time calculated based on the route information is scheduled based on the current position information Notification means for outputting notification information for notifying the user to the outside,
Equipped with.

Moreover, the program which is the other form of this invention is:
In the control device equipped in the portable information processing terminal,
It includes departure point information indicating the position of the departure point, destination information indicating the position of the destination, and planned arrival time information indicating the planned arrival time at the destination, and means for moving from the departure point to the destination. Route information acquisition means for acquiring route information representing a route;
Position detection time setting means for setting a time before the scheduled arrival time information as a position detection time based on the route information;
Current position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information representing the current position of the self when the position detection time is reached;
Arrive at the destination when it is determined that the current position is located at the location where the arrival at the position detection time calculated based on the route information is scheduled based on the current position information Notification means for outputting notification information for notifying the user to the outside,
It is a program for realizing.

In addition, the notification method according to another aspect of the present invention is:
It includes departure point information indicating the position of the departure point, destination information indicating the position of the destination, and planned arrival time information indicating the planned arrival time at the destination, and means for moving from the departure point to the destination. A route information acquisition step for acquiring route information representing a route;
A position detection time setting step for setting a time before the scheduled arrival time information based on the route information as a position detection time;
When the position detection time set in the position detection time setting step is reached, current position information representing its current position is acquired, and calculated based on the route information based on the acquired current position information A notification step of outputting notification information for notifying the user that the vehicle has arrived at the destination when it is determined that the current position of the subject is located at the location where the arrival at the position detection time is scheduled. When,
Have

  By configuring as described above, the present invention suppresses an increase in processing load and power consumption of the portable information processing terminal, suppresses a decrease in operation performance, and appropriately sets a moving state for the user. Notification can be made, and user convenience can be improved.

<Embodiment 1>
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the portable information processing terminal. In this embodiment, an outline of a portable information processing terminal will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, the portable information processing terminal 1 in this embodiment is
It includes departure point information indicating the position of the departure point, destination information indicating the position of the destination, and planned arrival time information indicating the planned arrival time at the destination, and means for moving from the departure point to the destination. Route information acquisition means 2 for acquiring route information representing a route;
Position detection time setting means 3 for setting a time before the scheduled arrival time information based on the route information as a position detection time;
Current position information acquisition means 4 for acquiring current position information representing the current position of the self when the position detection time is reached;
Arrive at the destination when it is determined that the current position is located at the location where the arrival at the position detection time calculated based on the route information is scheduled based on the current position information Notification means 5 for outputting notification information for notifying the user to the outside,
It has.

And in the portable information processing terminal,
The position detection time setting means determines that the current position information and the purpose when the notification means determines that the current position of the position detection time setting means is not located at a place where it is scheduled to arrive at the position detection time. The new position detection time is set based on the ground information.

In the portable information processing terminal,
The position detection time setting means is a time that is expected to arrive at a point that is a predetermined distance away from the destination based on the route information, or a time that is set in advance from the scheduled arrival time at the destination. The previous time is calculated and set as the position detection time.

  According to the above invention, first, the portable information processing terminal acquires route information representing a route from the departure place to the destination, and at a time before the scheduled arrival time included in the route information, for example, the destination. The time immediately before arrival is set as the position detection time. Thereafter, the portable information processing terminal acquires the current position information of the portable information processing terminal when the position detection time comes. Then, by comparing the acquired current position information with the destination information included in the route information, it can be determined that the current position is located at a place where arrival is scheduled at a position detection time before the destination. In this case, notification information for notifying the user that the vehicle has arrived at the destination is output to the outside.

  In this way, the portable information processing terminal sets in advance the time that is expected to arrive near the destination, and performs processing to acquire current position information at the time. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately notify the user of the movement state while suppressing the increase in processing load and power consumption and suppressing the decrease in operation performance without frequently performing the process of acquiring the current position information. it can. As a result, user convenience can be improved.

In the portable information processing terminal,
The route information includes moving means to be used, transfer place information indicating a transfer place where the transfer means is changed, and estimated arrival time information to the transfer place,
The position detection time setting means sets, as the position detection time, a time before the scheduled arrival time to the transfer location information based on the route information,
When the notification means determines that its current position is located at a location scheduled to arrive at the position detection time calculated based on the route information based on the current position information. , To output the notification information to notify the user that it will arrive at the transfer place,
The structure is taken.

  As a result, even when there is a transfer of the transportation means from the departure place to the destination, as described above, the time scheduled to arrive near the transfer place is set in advance, and the current position information is acquired at this time. Processing is performed, and it is determined whether or not the vehicle has actually moved near the transfer place. Therefore, without performing the process of frequently acquiring the current position information, it is possible to suppress an increase in processing load and power consumption and suppress a decrease in operating performance. As a result, the moving state can be appropriately notified to the user, and convenience can be improved.

In the portable information processing terminal,
The notification means acquires the current position information by the position information acquisition means after a preset time has elapsed since outputting the notification information indicating arrival at the transfer location, and the acquired current position information And whether or not the transfer is normal based on the above route information.
The structure is taken.

In the portable information processing terminal,
Based on the route information, the notification means acquires current position information by the position information acquisition means after a predetermined time has elapsed from the scheduled arrival time to the transfer location information, and acquires the acquired current Based on the location information and the route information, it is determined whether or not the transfer is normal.
The structure is taken.

In the portable information processing terminal,
The route information is a transfer means to be used, transfer place information indicating a transfer place where the transfer means is changed, scheduled arrival time information to the transfer place, departure time information indicating a time of departure from the transfer place, Including
Based on the route information, the notifying unit is configured to acquire the current position information by the position information acquiring unit after a preset time has elapsed from the scheduled arrival time to the transfer location information or the time of leaving the transfer location. And based on the acquired current position information and the route information, it is determined whether or not the transfer is normal.
The structure is taken.

In the portable information processing apparatus,
The route information acquisition means determines the moving means and the movement route from the current position to the destination based on the current position information and the destination information when the notification means determines that the transfer is not normal. Get new route information to represent,
The structure is taken.

  Thereby, when there is a transfer of the moving means from the departure place to the destination, a process of acquiring the current position information is performed after a predetermined time has elapsed from the time when the transfer is expected. Then, it is determined whether or not the transfer is correct by checking whether the current position information is located on a normal movement route. Furthermore, if the transfer is not normal, new route information from the current location to the destination is acquired. Therefore, without performing the process of frequently acquiring the current position information, it is possible to suppress an increase in processing load and power consumption and suppress a decrease in operating performance. As a result, it can be determined whether the user is moving along a normal route, and the convenience of the user can be improved.

  Further, the above-described portable information processing terminal can be realized by incorporating a portable information processing terminal program into a control device equipped in the portable information processing terminal.

Specifically, the program which is another embodiment of the present invention is:
In the control device equipped in the portable information processing terminal,
It includes departure point information indicating the position of the departure point, destination information indicating the position of the destination, and planned arrival time information indicating the planned arrival time at the destination, and means for moving from the departure point to the destination. Route information acquisition means for acquiring route information representing a route;
Position detection time setting means for setting a time before the scheduled arrival time information as a position detection time based on the route information;
Current position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information representing the current position of the self when the position detection time is reached;
Arrive at the destination when it is determined that the current position is located at the location where the arrival at the position detection time calculated based on the route information is scheduled based on the current position information Notification means for outputting notification information for notifying the user to the outside,
It is a program for realizing.

And in the above program,
The position detection time setting means determines that the current position information and the purpose when the notification means determines that the current position of the position detection time setting means is not located at a place where it is scheduled to arrive at the position detection time. The position detection time is newly set based on the ground information.
The structure is taken.

Furthermore, in the above program,
The route information includes moving means to be used, transfer place information indicating a transfer place where the transfer means is changed, and estimated arrival time information to the transfer place,
The position detection time setting means sets, as the position detection time, a time before the scheduled arrival time to the transfer location information based on the route information,
When the notification means determines that its current position is located at a location scheduled to arrive at the position detection time calculated based on the route information based on the current position information. , To output the notification information to notify the user that it will arrive at the transfer place,
The structure is taken.

In addition, the notification method executed by the operation of the portable information processing apparatus described above is
It includes departure point information indicating the position of the departure point, destination information indicating the position of the destination, and planned arrival time information indicating the planned arrival time at the destination, and means for moving from the departure point to the destination. A route information acquisition step for acquiring route information representing a route;
A position detection time setting step for setting a time before the scheduled arrival time information based on the route information as a position detection time;
When the position detection time set in the position detection time setting step is reached, current position information representing its current position is acquired, and calculated based on the route information based on the acquired current position information A notification step of outputting notification information for notifying the user that the vehicle has arrived at the destination when it is determined that the current position of the subject is located at the location where the arrival at the position detection time is scheduled. When,
Have

And in the above notification method,
If it is determined in the notification step that the current position of the user is not located at a place where the current position is scheduled to arrive at the position detection time, a new information is generated based on the current position information and the destination information. A position detection time resetting step for setting the position detection time;
When the new position detection time set in the position detection time setting step is reached, current position information representing its current position is acquired, and the route information is added to the route information based on the acquired current position information. Notification information for notifying the user that the vehicle will arrive at the destination when it is determined that the current position of the user is located at the place where the arrival at the new position detection time calculated based on A second notification step for outputting to the outside,
The structure is taken.

Furthermore, in the notification method according to another aspect of the present invention,
The route information includes moving means to be used, transfer place information indicating a transfer place where the transfer means is changed, and estimated arrival time information to the transfer place,
In the position detection time setting step, based on the route information, a time before a scheduled arrival time to the transfer location information is set as a position detection time,
In the notification step, when the position detection time set in the position detection time setting step is reached, current position information is acquired in the position information acquisition step, and the route is determined based on the acquired current position information. Notification information for notifying the user that the vehicle will arrive at the transfer location when it is determined that the current location is located at the location where the arrival at the position detection time calculated based on the information is scheduled. Output to the outside,
The structure is taken.

  Even the invention of the program or the notification method having the above-described configuration can achieve the above-described object of the present invention because it has the same operation as the portable information processing terminal.

<Embodiment 2>
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the entire system. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone.

  In the present embodiment, a more specific configuration and operation of the portable information processing terminal described in the first embodiment will be described. As an example of the portable information processing terminal described above, a cellular phone is cited. However, the portable information processing terminal is not limited to a cellular phone, and is, for example, a portable information processing terminal such as a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), or a notebook computer. Also good.

[Constitution]
As shown in FIG. 1, the system configuration in this embodiment includes a mobile phone 10 used by a mobile phone user (hereinafter referred to as a user), and a mobile phone system for performing telephone calls and data communication using the mobile phone 10. And a base station 50 that performs wireless communication 51 with the mobile phone 10. In addition, a web server 60 that is connected via a network N such as a mobile phone network or the Internet connected to the base station 50 and can perform data communication with the mobile phone 10 is provided. Further, the mobile phone 10 includes a GPS satellite 40 of a GPS (Global Positioning System) positioning system used for detecting its own position. Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in detail.

  First, the web server 60 has established a travel route search site, and in response to a request from the mobile phone 10, searches the travel route from the departure place to the destination, and obtains route information as a search result from the mobile phone. 10 has a function of transmitting to the network. For example, the web server 60 stores data such as map information on various roads and tracks, route information on transportation such as trains and buses, time information on stations and bus stops for each transportation. is doing. Then, when the web server 60 receives the departure place information indicating the departure place and the destination information indicating the destination from the mobile phone 10, the current time is determined based on the data stored in advance as described above. When the departure point is departed from, the transportation system to be used and the estimated arrival time at the destination are calculated. And a route including departure point information, destination information, planned arrival time information that is a planned arrival time at the destination, and information indicating a transportation system to be used from the departure point to the destination and its travel route Information is transmitted to the mobile phone 10.

  The web server 60 also calculates information related to the transfer when a route requiring a transfer of transportation such as a train or a route bus from the departure point to the destination is searched during the travel route search. Transmit to the mobile phone 10. Specifically, the transportation to be used by transfer, the transfer location information indicating the transfer location to which the transport is changed, the scheduled arrival time information to the transfer location, and the departure time information indicating the time to leave the transfer location , And the route information including is transmitted to the mobile phone 10.

  Next, the configuration of the mobile phone 10 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in this figure, a mobile phone 10 includes a radio unit 11 for performing radio communication with a mobile phone network in order to perform telephone calls and data communication, and a GPS that receives satellite position information and time information from a GPS satellite 40. And an antenna unit 12. In addition, the mobile phone 10 includes a timer unit 13 that measures time, a speaker 14 that outputs sound, and a vibrator unit 15 that vibrates the mobile phone 10 itself.

  In addition, the mobile phone 10 stores a control unit 20 that is an arithmetic device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls the operation of the mobile phone 10 itself, a program necessary for the operation of the mobile phone 10 and various data to be used. And a memory unit 30 that is a storage device such as a flash memory.

  And the control part 20 is provided with the route information acquisition part 21, the position detection time setting part 22, the present position information acquisition part 23, and the alerting | reporting part 24 constructed | assembled by incorporating the program. Further, the memory unit 30 stores route information 31 acquired from the web server 60 described above. The details will be described below. Note that the mobile phone 10 has, of course, functions provided in a general mobile phone such as a telephone call function and a data communication function, but the description of the configuration is omitted.

  The route information acquisition unit 21 (route information acquisition means) accesses the travel route search site established by the web server 60 described above, and includes route information including the travel route from the travel route search site to the destination. Is acquired and stored in the memory unit 30. Specifically, the route information acquisition unit 21 first accesses the travel route search site and displays the travel route search screen on the display unit of the mobile phone 10. Then, the departure point information and the destination information input from the user of the mobile phone 10 are input to the departure point and destination input fields displayed on the movement route search screen, and the wireless route 51 is used to enter the movement route search site. Send. The departure point information and the destination information are not limited to information input by the user. For example, as the departure point information, the current position information of the mobile phone 10 calculated based on the information acquired by the GPS antenna unit 12 by the current position information acquisition unit 23 described later may be used. Further, as the destination information, for example, the destination information acquired from the website by selecting the information specifying the displayed place while browsing the website may be used.

  Furthermore, when the departure time or arrival time is designated by the user, the route information acquisition unit 21 also transmits time information that is the departure time and arrival time designated by the user to the travel route search site. . Furthermore, when a location such as a transfer location is specified by the user, information on the transit location and the transfer location input by the user is also transmitted to the travel route search site. Then, the travel route search site searches for a travel route that satisfies the conditions specified by the user as described above, and transmits route information as a search result to the mobile phone 10.

  The route information acquisition unit 21 receives the route information calculated and transmitted at the travel route search site as described above based on the transmitted departure place information and destination information, and stores the route information in the memory unit 30. Remember. At this time, as described above, the route information includes departure place information and destination information, scheduled arrival time information, and transportation and travel routes to be used. In addition, when there is a transfer route, the route information further includes the transportation to be used for transfer, transfer location information indicating the transfer location, scheduled arrival time information to the transfer location, and the transfer location. And departure time information indicating the departure time.

  Note that the route information acquisition unit 21 may include a travel route search function included in the web server 60 described above. That is, the mobile phone 10 is equipped with a database such as map information, transportation route information, and time information, and the route information acquisition unit 21 calculates the route information described above according to the input departure point and destination. It may be acquired and stored in the memory unit 30.

  The position detection time setting unit 22 (position detection time setting means) sets a time before the scheduled arrival time to the destination included in the route information as the position detection time, and notifies the timer unit 13 of the time. To do. Specifically, the position detection time setting unit 22 reads the “pre-arrival time” set and stored in advance by the user from the memory unit 30, and subtracts the “pre-arrival time” from the scheduled arrival time, Set as the position detection time. Then, the timer unit 13 starts counting up to the position detection time. When the position detection time is reached, the timer unit 13 notifies the current position information acquisition unit 23 to that effect. For example, when the user has set the time “10 minutes” as the “pre-arrival time”, the time 10 minutes before the scheduled arrival time included in the route information is set as the position detection time, and the time Then, the current position information acquisition unit 23 is notified to that effect.

  Here, for example, when the user has set the “pre-arrival distance”, the position detection time setting unit 22 sets the time to arrive at a location near the destination by the “pre-arrival distance”. It is calculated from the route information, that is, the planned transportation time to be used and the scheduled arrival time at the destination, and this time is set as the position detection time. Similarly to the above, by notifying the timer unit 13, the timer unit 13 notifies the current position information acquisition unit 23 when the position detection time is reached. For example, when the user has set the distance “5 km” as the “pre-arrival distance”, the time expected to arrive at a place 5 km before the destination is calculated from the estimated arrival time and the like. Set the time as the position detection time. Then, when the position detection time comes as a result of the measurement by the timer unit 13, the current position information acquisition unit 23 is notified to that effect.

  In addition, when the current position information acquisition unit 23 (current position information acquisition unit) receives a notification from the timer unit 13 that the position detection time has come as described above, a plurality of GPS points are received via the GPS antenna unit 12. The satellite position information and current time information are acquired from the satellite 40, the current position of the mobile phone 10 is calculated, and the current position information is acquired. In addition, since the acquisition method of the positional information using GPS is well-known, the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In addition, the notification unit 24 (notification unit) acquires the current position information of the mobile phone 10 acquired by the position information acquisition unit 23, and indicates that the user arrives at the destination based on the current position information. It is determined whether or not to notify. Specifically, the notification unit 24 identifies a position detection time arrival scheduled place that is a place where arrival is scheduled at the position detection time described above, and falls within a preset distance range from the position detection time arrival planned place. When the current position of the mobile phone 10 is located, it is determined to notify the user. And the alerting | reporting part 24 outputs the alerting | reporting information to the effect of arriving at the destination outside, for example by ringing a melody from the speaker 14 or vibrating by the vibrator part 15. FIG.

  Here, for example, the position detection time scheduled arrival place may be calculated and specified by the position detection time setting unit 22 described above, or may be calculated and specified by the notification unit 24. Specifically, for example, a location near the position that is far from the destination by the “pre-arrival distance” set by the user may be set as the expected arrival location at the position detection time, or “ A place that is scheduled to arrive before the scheduled arrival time by the “pre-arrival time” may be calculated and set from route information, that is, the transportation, destination information, and travel route to be used.

  And when the said alerting | reporting part 24 judges that the present position of the mobile telephone 10 is not located in the predetermined range from the position detection time arrival arrival place, it will detect that and present position information. The time setting unit 22 is notified. Receiving this, the position detection time setting unit 22 newly sets a position detection time that is the next time of detecting the current position information. In this case, for example, based on the current position information and the route information, the estimated arrival time arriving at the destination is calculated again, and the time before the “pre-arrival time” is newly set by the new arrival time. Set as position detection time. Alternatively, the time at which the arrival is scheduled to be near the distance before the destination by the “pre-arrival distance” is calculated again based on the route information as described above, and the time is set as a new position detection time. When this new position detection time comes, the timer unit 13 notifies the current position detection time as described above, the current position information acquisition unit 23 acquires the current position, and the notification unit 24 executes the notification process.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the mobile phone 10 described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, it is assumed that there is no transfer of transportation on the searched route.

  First, the user of the mobile phone 10 accesses a travel route search site provided on the Internet, and determines the estimated arrival time and destination based on conditions such as departure place, destination, and means of transportation such as a train / route bus. The route / transfer information and the like are searched (step S1). Then, the route information searched in the travel route search site is transmitted to the mobile phone 10, and the mobile phone 10 receives the transmitted route information and stores it in the memory unit 30 (step S2, route information acquisition step). ).

  Subsequently, the mobile phone 10 sets a timing for generating an alarm notifying the arrival of the destination. Here, first, based on the route information stored in the memory unit 30, a place that is scheduled to be located before the preset “pre-notification time” from the scheduled arrival time, or preset from the destination The location just before the “pre-notification distance” is calculated as the estimated arrival location at the position detection time (step S3). Then, the time at which the calculated position detection time is scheduled to arrive is calculated and set in the timer unit 13 as the position detection time (step S4, position detection time setting step). For example, based on the route information stored in the memory unit 30, the time before the “pre-informing time” set in advance from the scheduled arrival time is calculated, or the “pre-informing distance” set in advance from the destination The position detection time may be set by calculating a time at which it is scheduled to arrive at a location just before. Note that the position detection time and the position detection time estimated arrival place may be calculated in any order.

  Subsequently, when the position detection time is set in the timer unit 13 as described above, the timer unit 13 starts counting up to the position detection time (step S5). When the position detection time is reached (step S6), the timer unit 13 notifies that fact and detects the current position of the mobile phone 10 using GPS (Yes in step S6, Yes in step S7, Step S8).

  Subsequently, the mobile phone 10 compares the current position, which is the result of detecting the current position, with the position detection time scheduled arrival place calculated in step S3 (step S9). When the current position is located within a preset distance from the position detection time scheduled arrival location (Yes in step S9), the mobile phone 10 rings the speaker unit 14 or the vibrator unit 15 As a result of the vibration, the user is informed that the arrival at the destination is near (step S10, notification step).

  On the other hand, if the current position is not within the predetermined range from the position detection time scheduled arrival place as a result of the comparison in step S9 (No in step S9), the mobile phone 10 determines that the latest position detection result, destination information, Are compared, and the next new position detection time and the position detection time scheduled arrival place are set again (step S11, position detection time resetting step).

  Thereafter, as described above, when a new position detection time is set in the timer unit 13, the timer unit 13 starts counting up to the new position detection time (step S5). When the new position detection time is reached (step S6), the timer unit 13 notifies that fact and detects the current position of the mobile phone 10 using GPS (Yes in step S6, in step S7). Yes, step S8).

  Subsequently, the mobile phone 10 compares the current position, which is the result of detecting the current position, with the position detection time scheduled arrival place calculated in step S11 (step S9). If the current position is within a predetermined range from the position detection time scheduled arrival place (Yes in step S9), the mobile phone 10 is notified to the user by the ringing of the speaker unit 14 or the vibration of the vibrator unit 15. The fact that the land arrival is near is notified as an alarm (step S10, second notification step).

  At this time, if the current position is not within the predetermined range from the position detection time scheduled arrival place as a result of the comparison in step S9 (No in step S9), the mobile phone 10 repeats the above-described processing.

  When the position detection time is reached in Step S6 (Yes in Step S6), if the mobile phone 10 is out of the GPS radio wave range (No in Step S7), the current position cannot be detected. . In such a case, the process proceeds to FIG. 5, and first, the occurrence time of the scheduled arrival alarm is set based on the scheduled arrival time included in the route information (step S12). For example, a time that is a preset time (for example, 5 minutes before) before the scheduled arrival time is set as the scheduled arrival alarm generation time.

  Subsequently, the timer unit 13 starts counting up to the time of occurrence of the scheduled arrival alarm (step S13). When the timer unit 13 reaches the set time (Yes in step S14), the mobile phone 10 uses the speaker unit 14 or the vibration of the vibrator unit 15 as an alarm that the destination is near to the user. Notify (step S15).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the mobile phone 10 sets in advance the time when it is scheduled to arrive near the destination, and performs processing for acquiring current position information when such time is reached. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately notify the user of the movement state while suppressing the increase in processing load and power consumption and suppressing the decrease in operation performance without frequently performing the process of acquiring the current position information. it can. As a result, user convenience can be improved.

<Embodiment 3>
A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone. In the present embodiment, the mobile phone 10 described in the above-described second embodiment shows a case where the searched route includes transfer information of transportation such as a train or a route bus.

[Constitution]
The configuration of the mobile phone 10 in the present embodiment is substantially the same as that of the second embodiment described above. In addition to this, the following configuration is adopted in the present embodiment.

  First, the route information acquisition unit 21 in the present embodiment acquires route information from the travel route search site and stores it in the memory unit 30. This route information includes departure point information and destination information, and scheduled arrival time information. And transportation and travel routes to be used. Further, in the present embodiment, since there is a transfer route, the transportation system to be used for transfer, transfer location information indicating the transfer location, scheduled arrival time information to the transfer location, and departure from the transfer location. And departure time information indicating the time to perform.

  In addition, the position detection time setting unit 22 in the present embodiment sets a time before the scheduled arrival time at the transfer location included in the route information described above as the position detection time. At this time, as in the case of the second embodiment described above, for example, the “pre-arrival time” set and stored in advance by the user is read from the memory unit 30, and this “pre-arrival time” is scheduled for the transfer location. The time subtracted from the arrival time is set as the position detection time. Or, for example, if the user has set the “pre-arrival distance”, the time of arrival at the previous location that is separated from the transfer location by the “pre-arrival distance” is the route information, that is, the transportation facility to be used and the transfer location. The time is calculated from the estimated arrival time, and this time is set as the position detection time.

  Then, as in the second embodiment, the current position information acquisition unit 23 receives information from the timer unit 13 that the position detection time has come, and acquires information from the GPS satellite 40 via the GPS antenna unit 12. The current position information of the mobile phone 10 is calculated and acquired.

  In addition, the notification unit 24 in the present embodiment acquires the current position information of the mobile phone 10 acquired by the position information acquisition unit 23, and indicates that the user arrives at the transfer location based on the current position information. It is determined whether or not to notify. Specifically, the notification unit 24 identifies a place where arrival is scheduled at the above-described position detection time, that is, a place close to the transfer place, and the mobile phone 10 falls within a predetermined distance range with respect to this place. If the current position is located, it is determined to notify the user. And the alerting | reporting part 24 outputs the alerting | reporting information to the effect of arriving at the destination outside, for example by ringing a melody from the speaker 14 or vibrating by the vibrator part 15. FIG. Note that the place where the arrival is scheduled at the position detection time that is close to the transfer place may be calculated by the position detection time setting unit 22 described above or may be calculated by the notification unit 24. .

  And the alerting | reporting part 24 in this embodiment is further provided with the following functions. First, as described above, the notification unit 24 notifies the arrival at the transfer place, and after the preset time (for example, 10 minutes) has elapsed, the current position information acquisition unit 23 Position information is acquired, and based on the acquired current position information and route information, it is determined whether or not the transfer is normal. For example, if the current position is located on the moving route included in the route information, it is determined that the transfer is normal, and if the current position is not located on the moving route in the route information, the transfer is not normal. Judge that.

  When the notification unit 24 determines that the transfer is not normal, the notification unit 24 instructs the route information acquisition unit 21 to perform a route search again. Then, the route information acquisition unit 21 performs a travel route search again using the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 23 as a departure point and the destination information included in the route information as a destination. , Get new route information.

  Then, the position detection time setting unit 22, the current position information acquisition unit 23, and the notification unit 24 operate to acquire and notify the position information immediately before the destination based on the new route information, as described above. .

  Here, in the above description, whether or not the transfer is normal by acquiring the current position information of the mobile phone 10 after a preset time has elapsed since the notification unit 24 notified immediately before the transfer location. Although the case where the determination is performed is illustrated, the present invention is not limited to executing this process at this timing. For example, after a predetermined time has elapsed from the scheduled arrival time at the transfer location included in the route information, it may be determined whether the transfer is normal by acquiring current position information.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the mobile phone 10 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In this embodiment, as a result of performing route search in step S1 of FIG. 4 described in the above-described second embodiment, route information that needs to be changed is acquired (step S2).

  Subsequently, in the present embodiment, a transfer place (transfer station) is set as the destination described in the second embodiment. And the place immediately before this transfer place is set as a notification area (step S3), and it is the time to arrive at this notification area, and the time before the scheduled arrival time to arrive at the transfer place is set as the position detection time. Set (step S4).

  Thereafter, when the position detection time is reached (Yes in steps S5 and S6), the current position of the mobile phone 10 is acquired using GPS (Yes in step S7, step S8). If the current position of the mobile phone 10 is within the notification area (Yes in step S9), a position notification process for notifying that the location is close to the transfer location is performed (step S10). This notification is step S21 in FIG.

  Subsequently, the mobile phone 10 detects the current position of the mobile phone 10 using GPS after a predetermined time has elapsed in the notification process (step S22) (step S23). Then, by checking whether or not the detected current position is located on the moving route in the route information, it is determined whether the user is on the train to be transferred (step S24). As a result, when the user is not on the planned train, the position is detected again after a predetermined time (step S25) (step S26). Then, by checking whether or not the current position detected in the same manner as described above is located on the moving route in the route information, it is determined whether or not the user transfer is normal (step S27). At this time, when it is not possible to determine whether or not the transfer is normal, for example, when the transfer is not on the route route of another train and is still located at the transfer station, the processes of steps S24 to S27 are repeated.

  As a result of the determination in step S27, for example, if it is determined that the user is on another train and the transfer is not normal (No in step S27), the route from the current position to the destination is searched again. Is requested to the travel route search site (step S28). Thereby, new route information can be acquired, and based on the route information, the processing from step S3 in FIG. 4 is executed as described above, and notification is performed immediately before the destination. In addition, when the train is changed to the train to be changed in step S24, the processing from step S3 in FIG. 4 is executed to notify immediately before the destination.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when there is a transfer of transportation from the departure point to the destination, the mobile phone 10 sets in advance a time that is expected to arrive near the transfer point, and this takes place. When the time comes, the current position information is acquired. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately notify the user of the movement state while suppressing the increase in processing load and power consumption and suppressing the decrease in operation performance without frequently performing the process of acquiring the current position information. it can. As a result, user convenience can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, it is possible to determine whether or not the transfer is correct. When the transfer is not normal, new route information from the current location to the destination is acquired. Therefore, it is determined whether the user is moving along a normal route while suppressing an increase in processing load and power consumption and suppressing a decrease in operation performance without frequently performing processing for acquiring current position information. It is possible to improve user convenience.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a mobile phone having a position information acquisition function such as a GPS function, and has industrial applicability.

2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable information processing terminal 1 in Embodiment 1. FIG. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the communication system in Embodiment 2. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone according to Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment. 6 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone according to Embodiment 3. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the mobile phone according to the third embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable information processing terminal 2 Route information acquisition means 3 Position detection time setting means 4 Current position information acquisition means 5 Notification means 10 Mobile phone 11 Radio unit 12 GPS antenna unit 13 Timer unit 14 Speaker unit 15 Vibrator unit 20 Control unit 21 Route Information acquisition unit 22 Position detection time setting unit 23 Current position information acquisition unit 24 Notification unit 30 Memory unit 31 Route information 40 GPS satellite 50 Base station 60 Web server

Claims (14)

It includes departure point information indicating the position of the departure point, destination information indicating the position of the destination, and planned arrival time information indicating the planned arrival time at the destination, and means for moving from the departure point to the destination. Route information acquisition means for acquiring route information representing a route;
Position detection time setting means for setting a time before the scheduled arrival time information based on the route information as a position detection time;
Current position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information representing the current position of the self when the position detection time is reached;
Arrive at the destination when it is determined that the current position is located at the location where the arrival at the position detection time calculated based on the route information is scheduled based on the current position information Notification means for outputting notification information for notifying the user to the outside,
A portable information processing terminal equipped with The portable information processing terminal according to claim 1,
The position detection time setting means, when the notifying means determines that the current position is not located at a place where it is scheduled to arrive at the position detection time, the current position information and the purpose The position detection time is newly set based on the ground information.
Portable information processing terminal. The portable information processing terminal according to claim 1 or 2,
The position detection time setting means is a time estimated to arrive at a point separated from a destination by a preset distance based on the route information, or a time set in advance from a scheduled arrival time at the destination. Calculate the previous time, and set it as the position detection time.
Portable information processing terminal. The portable information processing terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The route information includes a moving means to be used, transfer place information indicating a transfer place where the transfer means is changed, and scheduled arrival time information to the transfer place,
The position detection time setting means sets, as the position detection time, a time before the scheduled arrival time to the transfer location information based on the route information,
When the notification means determines that its current position is located at a location scheduled to arrive at the position detection time calculated based on the route information based on the current position information. , To output the notification information to notify the user that it will arrive at the transfer place,
Portable information processing terminal. The portable information processing terminal according to claim 4,
The notification means acquires the current position information by the position information acquisition means after a preset time has elapsed since outputting the notification information indicating arrival at the transfer location, and the acquired current position information And whether or not the transfer is normal based on the route information.
Portable information processing terminal. The portable information processing terminal according to claim 4,
The notification means acquires the current position information by the position information acquisition means after the elapse of a preset time from the scheduled arrival time to the transfer location information based on the route information, and acquires the acquired current Based on the location information and the route information, determine whether the transfer is normal,
Portable information processing terminal. The portable information processing terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The route information is the moving means to be used, the changing place information indicating the changing place to transfer the moving means, the scheduled arrival time information to the changing place, the departure time information indicating the time to leave the changing place, Including
Based on the route information, the notifying unit is configured to acquire the current location information by the location information acquiring unit after a preset time has elapsed from a scheduled arrival time to the transfer location information or a time leaving the transfer location. And based on the acquired current position information and the route information, it is determined whether or not the transfer is normal.
Portable information processing terminal. A portable information processing terminal according to any one of claims 5 to 7,
The route information acquisition means, when the notification means determines that the transfer is not normal, on the basis of the current position information and the destination information, a route means and a travel route from the current position to the destination. Get new route information to represent,
Portable information processing device. In the control device equipped in the portable information processing terminal,
It includes departure point information indicating the position of the departure point, destination information indicating the position of the destination, and planned arrival time information indicating the planned arrival time at the destination, and means for moving from the departure point to the destination. Route information acquisition means for acquiring route information representing a route;
Position detection time setting means for setting a time before the scheduled arrival time information based on the route information as a position detection time;
Current position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information representing the current position of the self when the position detection time is reached;
Arrive at the destination when it is determined that the current position is located at the location where the arrival at the position detection time calculated based on the route information is scheduled based on the current position information Notification means for outputting notification information for notifying the user to the outside,
A program to realize A program according to claim 9, wherein
The position detection time setting means, when the notifying means determines that the current position is not located at a place where it is scheduled to arrive at the position detection time, the current position information and the purpose The position detection time is newly set based on the ground information.
program. The program according to claim 9 or 10,
The route information includes a moving means to be used, transfer place information indicating a transfer place where the transfer means is changed, and scheduled arrival time information to the transfer place,
The position detection time setting means sets, as the position detection time, a time before the scheduled arrival time to the transfer location information based on the route information,
When the notification means determines that its current position is located at a location scheduled to arrive at the position detection time calculated based on the route information based on the current position information. , To output the notification information to notify the user that it will arrive at the transfer place, It includes departure point information indicating the position of the departure point, destination information indicating the position of the destination, and planned arrival time information indicating the planned arrival time at the destination, and means for moving from the departure point to the destination. A route information acquisition step for acquiring route information representing a route;
A position detection time setting step for setting a time before the scheduled arrival time information based on the route information as a position detection time;
When the position detection time set in the position detection time setting step is reached, current position information representing its current position is acquired, and calculated based on the route information based on the acquired current position information A notification step of outputting notification information for notifying the user that the vehicle will arrive at the destination when it is determined that the current position of the user is located at the location where the arrival is scheduled at the position detection time. When,
An informing method. The notification method according to claim 12,
If it is determined in the notification step that the current position of the user is not located at a place where the current position is scheduled to arrive at the position detection time, a new information is generated based on the current position information and the destination information. A position detection time resetting step for setting the position detection time;
When the new position detection time set in the position detection time setting step is reached, current position information representing its current position is acquired, and the route information is obtained based on the acquired current position information. Notification information for notifying the user that the vehicle will arrive at the destination when it is determined that the current position of the user is located at the place where the arrival at the new position detection time calculated based on A second notification step for outputting to the outside,
Notification method. The notification method according to claim 12 or 13,
The route information includes a moving means to be used, transfer place information indicating a transfer place where the transfer means is changed, and scheduled arrival time information to the transfer place,
In the position detection time setting step, based on the route information, a time before a scheduled arrival time to the transfer location information is set as a position detection time,
The notification step acquires current position information in the position information acquisition step when the position detection time set in the position detection time setting step is reached, and based on the acquired current position information, the route Notification information for notifying the user that the vehicle will arrive at the transfer location when it is determined that the current location is located at the location where the arrival at the position detection time calculated based on the information is scheduled Output to the outside,
Notification method.

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