JP2012038278A - Sightseeing guide system in foreign language - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give a tourist from a foreign country a tour of a tourist site and the like in a foreign language used by the tourist in order to have the tourist understand the tourist site deeply.SOLUTION: In a sightseeing guide server, WEB addresses, tourist site names, management symbols, and guide columns in various languages are set, and the guide columns previously store a number for specifying each language, and sightseeing guide voice data in a foreign language corresponding to the number. In a mobile phone and an information terminal, an optical character reader is provided, the WEB addresses and numbers for specifying predetermined languages are stored so as to be able to be changed each time a tourist changes. On an information tag installed at a tourist site, an image corresponding to the tourist site name and the management symbol in the sightseeing guide server is displayed. A tourist arrives at a tourist site, puts a mobile phone or an information terminal close to the information tag to read the tourist site name and the management symbol, and transmits the name and the symbol to the sightseeing guide server. On the basis of the action by the tourist, the sightseeing guide server reads the guide voice data about the tourist site in a specified foreign language and transmits the data to the mobile phone or the information terminal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

  The present invention relates to a tourist guide system in a foreign language, and in particular, a foreign tourist or the like uses a mobile phone or information terminal (smart phone) such as a mobile phone brought by a tourist board or a signboard installed in a sightseeing spot or the like. From the information tag affixed to the mobile phone / information terminal or based on the GPS location information obtained by the mobile phone / information terminal, the explanation data including the guidance voice and the characters / graphics regarding the sightseeing spot is acquired via the Internet. The present invention relates to a technical field of a tourist guidance system in which a plurality of languages are configured and any one language is selected and acquired.

Generally, in tourist spots, it is provided by guidance broadcasts using information boards, signboards, pamphlets, and outdoor speakers. This tourism content was a language that mainly depends on the language of the country to which the tourism area belongs.
For example, Japanese in Hokkaido, and English in Las Vegas in the United States, but sometimes the local language and the language used by the foreign tourists are explained.

In addition, when using a mobile phone in recent years to get close to a predetermined sightseeing spot, the tourist information providing WEB site is automatically accessed according to the global position data from the GPS and the local position data from the PHS communication station antenna. There is something.
2. Description of the Related Art There is known a sightseeing spot information providing system in which sightseeing spot information is stored in advance on this WEB site, and characters, pictures, and voices are obtained from the sightseeing spot information using a mobile phone.

JP 2008-039826 A JP 2007-280259 A JP 2006-072642 A JP 2005-005938 A JP 2004-054465 A JP 2003-045452 A JP 2002-073872 A JP 11-337354 A JP-A-11-325920 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-301590 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-242480 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-332997

However, in the conventional tourist information guide system using a mobile phone or an information terminal, the tourist information is automatically sent from the tourist information providing WEB site. Could not cope with.
There is a problem that tourists cannot obtain tourist site information in their own language quickly and easily because a plurality of operations are required until tourist information is obtained in their own language. There is a challenge to try.

  In the sightseeing bus for foreigners, information on the current location and the next sightseeing spot is provided in multiple languages. In this case, for example, a guide with the same content is prepared in a plurality of languages using a recording tape or the like, and the recorded portion of the language is reproduced according to the language of the foreigner. Therefore, it was not suitable for guidance at tourist spots that got off the bus.

  The present invention was created in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks with the aim of solving these problems, and the invention of claim 1 is a tourism system that provides tourists with species guidance for tourist sites distributed in various places. And a plurality of mobile phones / information terminals carried by the tourists that can communicate with each other via the Internet, and a tourist information server provided in a remote area. The tourist information server includes a web address and a tourist information on the Internet. A place name and its control symbol, and a guide field in various languages are set. In the guide field in this language, a plurality of numbers for specifying the language of each country and a tourist guide in a foreign language corresponding to each number are provided. Audio data is stored in advance so as to maintain almost the same content for the duration of the sightseeing spot, and the mobile phone / information terminal has an optical character reader. The number specifying the predetermined language is recorded in advance so that it can be changed every time the tourist changes, and an information tag is set in the tourist spot, and this information tag is set in the tourist information server The image corresponding to the tourist destination name and management symbol is displayed in advance so as to be optically readable, the tourist arrives at the tourist destination, and the mobile phone / information terminal is brought close to the information tag by the optical character reader, A tourist place name and a management symbol are read, and then, according to the previously recorded WEB address, the tourist information server is accessed on the Internet, the number specifying the language and the management symbol read are transmitted to the tourist information server, Based on these numbers, the name, and the management symbol, the tourist information server reads out the voice data of the guidance in the specified foreign language of the relevant tourist spot. And transmitted to the mobile phones and information terminal via the Internet, it is characterized in that to inform the guide in a foreign language it has been received by the serial mobile phones and information terminal from the speaker to the tourists.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the tourist information server, a GPS area column in which a position coordinate group occupied by a tourist spot on the earth is measured and recorded by a GPS device, and is set in the mobile phone / information terminal. A GPS function circuit for detecting position coordinates on the earth is provided, and a tourist arrives at the sightseeing spot, and the GPS function circuit of the mobile phone / information terminal detects the current position coordinates on the earth, and then records the information in advance. According to the WEB address, the tourist information server is accessed on the Internet, and a number for designating the language and the current position coordinates are transmitted to the tourist information server, and the tourist information server is based on these numbers and the current position coordinates. The voice data of the guidance in the specified foreign language of the relevant sightseeing spot is read out and transmitted to the mobile phone / information terminal via the Internet, and the mobile phone In the story and information terminal is characterized in that to inform the tourists guidance by foreign language received from the speakers.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, tourists in each country can move their mobile phone / information terminal close to the information tag and read the tourist place name and the management symbol with an optical character reader. Even foreign tourists with different languages can immediately and quickly obtain tourist spot information in their own language.
According to the invention of claim 2, a tourist arrives at a sightseeing spot, the GPS function circuit of the mobile phone / information terminal detects the current position coordinates on the earth, and then on the Internet according to the WEB address recorded in advance. With a simple operation of simply accessing the tourist information server, foreign tourists whose native languages are different from each other can immediately and quickly obtain tourist spot information in their own language.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, based on information tags 4 (to be described later) affixed to a guide board or a signboard installed in a sightseeing spot using a mobile phone / information terminal 1 such as a mobile phone brought by tourists, etc. The tourist information server 3 can be accessed via the Internet 2.

The tourist information server 3 stores in advance guidance voice data and character / graphic data relating to various tourist areas. For example, http: // www. kammko. net and so on.
As shown in FIG. 2, only the recording device 6 of the tourist information server 3 is displayed, which is provided with a GPS field column, a sightseeing spot / symbol column, a language / content and a local language column.
In the GPS area column, the coordinate group on the earth included in the range of each sightseeing spot, the sightseeing spot name and symbol column, the specific name and a symbol added for management, and the language, contents and local language column Sightseeing explanation audio and music in each language are stored in advance, each of the local dialects.

For example, the GPS area column includes coordinate groups X1Y1Z1 to X2Y2Z3, and the corresponding regional area includes a tropical botanical garden. Therefore, a tropical botanical garden and a symbol a there are stored in the tourist area name and symbol column. Further, in the language, contents and local language column, the explanation of “Hiroha ...” and the data of “Chappenu” in the local dialect are stored in Chinese corresponding to the designation number 1. Similarly, in the same tropical botanical garden, the designation number 2 stores the explanation of “Wide ...” and “Chappenu” data in the local dialect in English. Similarly, the designated number 3 is French, the designated number is Spanish, the designated number 5 is Russian, and other explanatory voices are stored as necessary.
Still further, in the language, contents and local language fields, information according to the season, information on nearby tourist spots, special products, souvenirs, introduction of recommended spots, etc. can be stored.

  Next, there is an underwater aquarium at the coordinates X3Y3Z3 to X4Y4Z4 in the GPS area, where the symbol is b, the designated number 1 is in Chinese, the description of “giant sharks ...” and the data of “Mabuinugachi” in the local dialect Stored. Similarly, in the same underwater aquarium, the description of “shark ...” and the data of “underwater aquarium” are stored in English of the designated number 2 and in the local dialect. In the same manner, French of the designated number 3 and Spanish of the designated number 4 are stored, and further, the designated number 5 is stored in the Russian language, and explanation voices of various languages are stored as necessary.

  Furthermore, there are “lily towers” in the coordinates X5Y5Z5 to X6Y6Z6 in the GPS area, the symbol there is c, the designated number 1 in Chinese, “sympathy ...” and the local dialect “Thimgurasa Is stored. Similarly, in the same lily tower, the designated number 2 English, the designated number 3 French, the designated number 4 Spanish, the designated number 5 Russian, and other language explanation voices are stored as necessary. Yes. Many more languages can be provided as well.

The GPS area column, the sightseeing spot / symbol column, the language / contents, and the local language column are provided in accordance with the number of tourist attractions (spots).
This operating company performs input to the recording device of the tourist information server 3 using a keyboard, a microphone, and an optical reading device (not shown). In particular, voice input in a national language is input from a microphone by a person who specializes in the native language.
The language, contents, and explanation data in the local language column are composed of a plurality of languages, and any one of the languages is selected and read out.

In FIG. 4, the overall structure of the sightseeing spot will be described. For example, along the road R, tourist attractions “Tropical Botanical Garden” 5, “Underwater Aquarium” 7, “Lily Tower” 9 and the like are provided in order.
Information tags 4 of the same form are affixed to information boards and signboards installed at these tourist attractions. Each information tag 4 has the same part number 4 for the sake of explanation, although the content data is different from each other.
In each information tag 4, a tropical botanical garden and symbol a, an underwater aquarium and symbol b, a lily tower and symbol c are recorded corresponding to the sightseeing place name and symbol column of the tourist information server 3 in FIG. ing.

Next, the configuration of the mobile phone / information terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
The CPU 10 is connected to each functional circuit via a bus line 25, and in particular, a basic work memory RAM 11, a program unit 12 that controls the operation, an OCR (optical character reader) 13 that reads the information tag 4, 1 includes a communication unit 14, a start switch 15, a semiconductor memory 16, a key unit 17, a digital / analog conversion unit 18, a speaker 19, a GPS function circuit 23, and other functional circuits. Is provided. The battery 21 supplies a voltage E to each circuit and part through the power switch 20.

The start switch 15 is operated by a tourist who visits a tourist attraction, the semiconductor memory 16 is composed of an integrated IC circuit, and can be read at any time regardless of the recording position, and is a large-capacity memory capable of storing a large amount of tourist information. is there.
The key unit 17 is a normal input key when the mobile phone / information terminal 1 is used as a telephone, and the digital / analog conversion unit 18 converts the digitally processed signal from the CPU 10 into an analog signal as necessary and generates it from the speaker 19 as sound. It is something to be made.

Since the mobile phone / information terminal 1 uses the latest general-purpose device, various other functional circuits are provided, the battery 21 is connected to the ground G / ground of the device on the negative electrode side, and the power switch 20 is used for this device. Sometimes turned on.
In the present invention, in particular, the semiconductor memory 16 includes the site URL home address http: // www. kammko. net is recorded in advance.
The GPS function circuit 23 is a well-known technique, and the position of the receiver on the earth can be detected by XYZ of the global coordinates, and can be displayed on the map with the coordinate data and the display device screen. The CPU 10 is a central control device and controls the entire functional circuit of this terminal.

Next, the preparatory operation of the present invention will be described. An operator A of this tourist information system has previously prepared a tourist information server 3 http: // www. kammko. Set net on the Internet. For example, “Tropical Botanical Garden” 5, “Underwater Aquarium” 7, and “Lily Tower” 9 of the tourist attraction are set up as a guide business contract.
Thereafter, the operator A measures the coordinates of each tourist attraction on the earth with a GPS measuring device. Although not shown in the figure, this survey will be conducted on-site verification to ensure certainty and will be recorded on a recording device.

  Next, the obtained GPS coordinate group data of the tourist attraction is input to the recording device of the server 3 in FIG. Next, a symbol such as a management symbol a b c... Is assigned to each tourist attraction, and is input together with its name in the tourist destination symbol column.

On the other hand, there is guidance data in Japanese prepared by the management company B for the tourist attraction, so the language and content of the recording device of the server 3 and the local language column will show the countries of foreigners who are expected to enter accordingly. Corresponding to each language, it is appropriately translated by the operator A operator and recorded.
Furthermore, the translated guidance data is input with additional explanation voices and music data in a dialect of the local language to which the tourist attraction belongs.

Next, the operation | movement at the time of use by the tourist of this invention is demonstrated.
For example, suppose 10 tourists from China visited the area. The operator A of the server 3 hands over the cellular phone / information terminal 1 of FIG. 2 to each customer with the power switch 20 turned on and the voltage E from the battery 21 to each circuit and part under power supply. Further, at that time, the Chinese designation number “1” is input from the key unit 17, and the data “1” is temporarily recorded in the RAM 11.
If there is one British person, the English person is further input with the English designation number “2” from the key section 17, and the data “2” is temporarily recorded in the RAM 11.
In this state, a Chinese tourist moves along the road R with the mobile phone / information terminal 1 and arrives at the tropical botanical garden. Therefore, as previously guided, each Chinese tourist brings the terminal 1 close to the information tag 4 prepared there.

The program unit 12 of the terminal 1 operates, and the OCR 13 reads the name of the tropical botanical garden and the symbol a from the information tag 4 and temporarily records them in the RAM 11.
In response to this reading, the program unit 12 responds from the semiconductor memory 16 to the site URL home address http: // www. kammko. The net is read and the site is automatically accessed via the Internet 2.

When the terminal 1 can communicate with the site of the tourist information server 3 via the Internet 2, the program unit 12 reads the tropical botanical garden, the symbol a, and the designated number “1” in Chinese from the RAM 11 and transmits them.
The tourist information server 3 that has received the data of the tropical botanical garden, the symbol a, and the designated number “1” from the terminal 1 receives the data received from the sightseeing place name and symbol column, the language, the content, and the local language column of the recording device 6. On the basis of this, the explanation of the tropical botanical garden is read out as “Hiroha ...” in Chinese and “Chappenu” in the local dialect and automatically transmitted to the terminal 1 via the Internet 2.

The terminal 1 displays the received data regarding the tropical botanical garden on its display part, and provides an analog signal by voice to the speaker 19 via the digital / analog converter 18 so that a Chinese tourist can view, read, or Listening to information such as history and origin can provide tourist explanations in the native language of China. You can also enjoy the locality by listening to the local dialect “Chappe-Nu” (large flowers, etc.).
If there is only one British, the English can get a tourist explanation in English with data “2”.
Similarly, if you set the terminal 1 in advance, such as “3” for French, “4” for Bolivian, “5” for Russian, etc., people in each country can get tourist explanations in their native language, China. it can.

Thereafter, the vehicle travels along the road R, and a Chinese tourist with the terminal 1 arrives at the underwater aquarium 7.
Also in this case, the terminal 1 is brought close to the information tag 4.
Similarly, the OCR 13 reads the name of the undersea aquarium and the symbol b from the information tag 4, reads the site of the tourist information server 3 from the semiconductor memory 16, and accesses the site via the Internet 2.

  When the terminal 1 can communicate with the site of the tourist information server 3 via the Internet 2, the program unit 12 reads and transmits the underwater aquarium, the symbol b, and the designated number “1” in Chinese from the RAM 11.

The tourist information server 3 that has received the data of the underwater aquarium, the symbol b, and the designated number “1” from the terminal 1 describes the explanation of the underwater aquarium in the Chinese dialect “Mabu Ingachi”. Data is read and transmitted to the terminal 1.
At the terminal 1, a detailed tourist explanation can be obtained by allowing a Chinese tourist to view, read, or listen to the received data about the underwater aquarium. You can also enjoy the locality by listening to the local dialect “Mabuinugachi (surprised)”.

The tourist information operation regarding the Yuri Tower is performed in the same way.
The operator A of the server 3 changes the designated number “1” in Chinese to English for the designated number “2”, Spanish for the designated number “3”, French for the designated number “4”, and so on. The guide language can be changed according to the tourists of each country.

The mobile phone / information terminal 1 is provided with a GPS function so that the detected position coordinate group XYZ data is communicated to the site of the tourist information server 3 via the Internet 2, and based on the coordinate groups X1Y1Z1 to X2Y2Z3, etc. It is also possible to read out the tourist information by specifying the underwater aquarium of the tourist spot. Also in this case, the language designation is made in accordance with the designation in advance by the operator A of the server 3.
Further, the language and contents of the recording device 6 of the tourist information server 3 and the contents of the local language column can be improved and added as necessary.

  In the future, many tourists are expected to visit from overseas Asia, EU, South America, Africa, especially China, etc. in Japan, and it can be expected that the service for tourists of each country of the present invention will play an important role. The present invention can be easily and easily applied to international speakers, large festivals for foreigners, exhibitions and various souvenir shops at any time individually for visitors who speak each language.

  1 is an overall configuration diagram of a sightseeing guide system in a foreign language according to the present invention.   It is a detailed block diagram of the principal part of the sightseeing guide server 3 of FIG.   It is a detailed block diagram of the principal part of the mobile telephone and the information terminal 1 of FIG.   It is a map which shows roughly arrangement of a sightseeing spot of a certain area.

1 Mobile phone / information terminal 2 Internet 3 Tourist information server 4 Information tag 4
5 Tropical Botanical Garden 6 Recording Device 7 Underwater Aquarium 9 Yuri Tower 10 CPU
11 RAM1
12 Program unit 13 OCR (Optical character reader)
14 Communication Unit 15 Start Switch 16 Semiconductor Memory 17 Key Unit 18 Digital / Analog Conversion Unit 19 Speaker 20 Power Switch 21 Battery 23 GPS Function Circuit 25 Bus Line

Claims (2)

In a tourism system that provides tourists with guidance on sightseeing spots distributed in various places, a plurality of mobile phones and information terminals carried by the tourists that can communicate with each other via the Internet, and a tourist guidance server provided in a remote area And consist of
In the tourist information server, a web address on the Internet, a tourist name, and a management symbol as a set thereof, and information fields in various languages are set,
In the guidance column in this language, a number that specifies the language of each country and the voice data of the tourist guidance in a foreign language that corresponds to each number are maintained so that the contents remain substantially the same for the duration of the tourist destination. Store in advance,
The mobile phone / information terminal is provided with an optical character reader, and the number specifying the predetermined language is recorded in advance so that it can be changed every time the tourist changes,
An information tag is installed in the tourist spot, and an image corresponding to the tourist spot name and the management symbol set in the tourist information server is displayed on the information tag so as to be optically readable in advance.
A tourist arrives at the tourist spot, brings the mobile phone / information terminal close to the information tag, reads the tourist spot name and management symbol with an optical character reader, and then on the Internet according to the pre-recorded WEB address. The tourist information server is accessed, the number specifying the language and the read management symbol are transmitted to the tourist information server, and the tourist information server determines the relevant tourist destination based on the number, the name and the management symbol. Voice data of guidance in a specified foreign language is read and transmitted to the mobile phone / information terminal via the Internet, and the mobile phone / information terminal informs tourists of the received foreign language guidance. A tourist information system in foreign languages. In the tourist information server, a GPS area column in which a position coordinate group occupied by a tourist spot on the earth is measured by a GPS device and recorded, and a position coordinate on the earth is detected by the mobile phone / information terminal. GPS function circuit to provide,
A tourist arrives at the tourist spot, the GPS function circuit of the mobile phone / information terminal detects the current position coordinates on the earth, and then accesses the tourist information server on the Internet according to the pre-recorded WEB address. , The number specifying the language and the current position coordinates are transmitted to the tourist information server, and the tourist information server is configured to provide guidance for the corresponding tourist spot in the specified foreign language based on the numbers and the current position coordinates. The foreign data according to claim 1, wherein voice data is read out and transmitted to the mobile phone / information terminal via the Internet, and the mobile phone / information terminal informs the tourist of the received guidance in a foreign language. Tourist information system by language.

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