JP2012177575A - Information distribution device, information distribution method, information distribution program, and recording medium storing information distribution program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information distribution device capable of distributing facility information satisfying user's preference according to past traveling history, an information distribution method, an information distribution program, and a recording medium storing the information distribution program.SOLUTION: A distribution information search unit 22 of a server unit 20 calculates a search degree of a current place from traveling history stored in a traveling history/search degree storage unit 24, and the freshness of information about facilities based on the update date of information about the facilities stored in a facility information storage unit 23. Then, the information about the facilities matching a genre set within a display range preset from the current place is retrieved based on the freshness when the search degree is high, and retrieved based on a distance when the search degree is low, and the retrieved information about the facilities is displayed on a display unit 16 of a terminal 10.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus, an information providing method, an information providing program, and a recording medium in which an information providing program is stored.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for automatically presenting peripheral information such as a facility in accordance with a user (user) preference in a vehicle-mounted navigation device or the like is known.

  For example, Patent Document 1 includes a determination unit 2b that determines whether or not a vehicle has traveled in the past, and the determination unit 2b determines that the vehicle is in a location that has never traveled in the past. In this case, it is described that the display control unit 4 performs multi-display control on the monitor 1 so as to display the facility guidance information captured by the information capturing unit 2c.

JP 2007-139443 A

  However, in the apparatus described in Patent Document 1, it is determined whether or not to display facility guidance information only based on whether or not the vehicle has traveled in the past. When the number of times is small, it is often desired to display information. In addition, when the facility information is updated, it is more useful for the user to display the updated information even if the vehicle has traveled in the past.

  Therefore, the present invention provides, for example, an information providing apparatus, an information providing method, an information providing program, and a recording medium storing the information providing program, which can provide facility information that suits the user's preference according to past travel history. The issue is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information providing apparatus according to claim 1 is an information providing apparatus that provides a user with peripheral information within a predetermined range from a current location of a mobile object, wherein the current location of the mobile object is provided. A search degree for calculating a search degree for the current location acquired by the current location acquisition unit based on a travel history of the moving body based on a travel history of the moving body; Based on the update date and time when the surrounding information was updated, a freshness calculating means for calculating the freshness of the surrounding information, and the predetermined range set by the range setting means from the current location acquired by the current location acquiring means A search means for searching the surrounding information within the range of the search based on the search degree calculated by the search degree calculation means and the freshness calculated by the freshness calculation means; and the search means It is characterized in that comprises an information providing means for providing the peripheral information to the user, the.

  The information providing method according to claim 9, wherein the information providing method provides the user with peripheral information within a predetermined range from the current location of the mobile object, and acquires current location information related to the current location of the mobile object. A range setting step for setting the predetermined range, a search degree calculation step for calculating a search degree for the current location acquired in the current location acquisition step based on a travel history of the mobile body, and the peripheral information Based on the updated update date and time, the freshness calculation step of calculating the freshness of the peripheral information, and the peripheral information within the range set in the range setting step from the current location acquired in the current location acquisition step, A search step for searching based on the search degree calculated in the search degree calculation step and the freshness calculated in the freshness calculation step; and the search Is an information providing step of providing said peripheral information retrieved in step to the user, characterized in that it comprises a.

  The information providing program according to claim 10 is an information providing program for providing a user with peripheral information within a predetermined range from a current location of a mobile object, and acquiring current location information about the current location of the mobile object Means, a range setting means for setting the predetermined range, a search degree calculation means for calculating a search degree for the current location acquired by the current location acquisition means based on a travel history of the moving body, and the peripheral information Based on the updated update date and time, the freshness calculating means for calculating the freshness of the peripheral information, and the peripheral information within the predetermined range set by the range setting means from the current location acquired by the current location acquiring means. Search means for searching based on the search degree calculated by the search degree calculation means and the freshness calculated by the freshness calculation means; and the search means searched by the search means It is characterized with the information providing means for providing edge information to the user, and that the functioning of the computer.

It is a block diagram of the information provision apparatus concerning 1st Example of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed operation | movement of the terminal part of the information provision apparatus shown by FIG. It is the flowchart which showed operation | movement of the server part of the information provision apparatus shown by FIG. It is explanatory drawing which showed the relationship between the freshness at the time of a search degree changing, and distance. It is explanatory drawing which showed the range which displays the information regarding the plant | facility of the set genre, the positional relationship of the plant | facility of a display candidate, and the update date of information. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display when the search degree is the lowest in the explanatory diagram shown in FIG. 5. It is the figure which showed the display when the search degree is the highest in the explanatory view shown in FIG. It is a block diagram of the information provision apparatus concerning the 2nd Example of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the information providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the search degree calculation unit calculates the search degree for the current location acquired by the current location acquisition unit based on the travel history of the moving object, and the freshness calculation unit includes the peripheral information. The freshness of the peripheral information is calculated based on the updated update date and time, and the search means calculates the peripheral information within the range set by the range setting means from the current location acquired by the current location acquisition means. Search based on the search degree and the freshness calculated by the freshness calculation means, and the information providing means provides the user with the peripheral information searched by the search means, so search and provide according to the search degree and freshness The surrounding information to be changed can be changed, and the surrounding information can be provided according to the visit situation of the user.

  The travel history storage means for storing the travel history, the peripheral information storage means for storing the peripheral information, and the preference setting means for setting the user's preference are further provided, and the search degree calculation means includes the travel history storage means. The search means calculates the search degree by referring to the travel history stored in the search history, and the search means searches the peripheral information stored in the peripheral information storage means in consideration of the preference set in the preference setting means. May be. By doing in this way, peripheral information can be provided according to a user's preference and a visit situation.

  The information providing means includes display means for displaying peripheral information, and the moving body is a bicycle, and the range setting means defines a range in which the user can move by bicycle within a predetermined time. The search unit may determine the priority based on the search degree and the freshness, and the display unit may display the peripheral information having the highest priority. By doing in this way, it can display and provide from peripheral information with high priority during a bicycle run.

  In addition, when the search degree is low, the search means may calculate the distance between the current location and the point indicated by the surrounding information, and determine so that the priority becomes higher as the distance from the current location becomes shorter. In this way, if you have rarely visited the current location, you can provide information from the surrounding information of the location near the current location, and the user can visit the location where the surrounding information is provided even if the user is not familiar with the local geography. It becomes easy.

  Further, when the search degree is high, the search means may determine that the priority becomes higher as the freshness becomes new. In this way, if the user has visited the current location many times, the freshness information can be provided from new surrounding information, and a new discovery can be provided to the user.

  Further, the search degree calculating means may calculate the search degree in predetermined area units. By doing in this way, it is not necessary to calculate the search degree every time the current location moves, the frequency of calculation of the search degree can be reduced, and the necessary processing capacity and power consumption can be reduced.

  The search means may exclude the peripheral information from the search target when the search degree is a predetermined value or more and the update date and time of the peripheral information is earlier than the date and time when the current location was visited immediately before. Good. In this way, when the update date and time is older than the date and time of the previous visit, it is possible to reduce the number of times the user has viewed the information by removing it from the search result.

  Further, map information storage means storing map information, and guide means for guiding to a point indicated by the peripheral information provided from the information providing means based on the map information stored in the map information storage means, You may prepare. By doing in this way, since it can guide and guide a route, when going to the point which peripheral information shows, it can go to the point concerned easily.

  Further, in the information providing method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the search degree calculation step calculates the search degree for the current location acquired in the current position acquisition step based on the travel history of the mobile body, and the freshness calculation step Based on the update date and time when the information was updated, the freshness of the surrounding information is calculated, and in the search step, the surrounding information within the range set in the range setting step from the current location acquired in the current location acquisition step is calculated in the search degree calculation step The search is performed based on the search degree and the freshness calculated in the freshness calculation step, and the information providing step provides the user with the peripheral information searched in the search step. The surrounding information to be displayed can be changed, and the surrounding information can be provided in accordance with the visit situation of the user.

  Further, in the information providing program according to the embodiment of the present invention, the search degree calculation unit calculates the search degree for the current location acquired by the current location acquisition unit based on the travel history of the moving object, and the freshness calculation unit includes the surroundings The freshness of the surrounding information is calculated based on the update date and time when the information is updated, and the searching means calculates the surrounding information within the range set by the range setting means from the current location acquired by the current location acquiring means by the search degree calculating means. The search is performed based on the search degree and the freshness calculated by the freshness calculation means, and the information providing means provides the user with the peripheral information searched by the search means. The surrounding information to be provided can be changed, and the surrounding information can be provided according to the visit situation of the user.

  Further, the information providing program described above may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium. In this way, the program can be distributed as a single unit in addition to being incorporated in the device, and version upgrades can be easily performed.

  An information providing apparatus 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing apparatus 1 includes a terminal unit 10 and a server unit 20. The terminal unit 10 is attached to a place where the user of the mobile body can easily view and operate, and displays settings and information such as user preferences and display ranges, and facility information around the current location while traveling. The server unit 20 is configured by a computer or the like installed at a business office or the like. The terminal unit 10 is based on the user's preference and display range selected from the terminal unit 10, the travel history of the point, the update date of facility information, and the like. The facility information to be displayed is retrieved and transmitted to the terminal unit 10. Note that the moving body in the present embodiment will be described assuming a vehicle such as an automobile or a bicycle, but is not limited thereto, and may be a human (that is, movement by walking).

  Moreover, the structure of the information provision apparatus 1 described in FIG. 1 is an example, and is not limited thereto. FIG. 1 shows that each component included in the information providing apparatus 1 may be divided into a terminal unit 10 and a server unit 20. For example, a part of the server unit 20 may be replaced with the terminal unit 10. May be provided, or conversely, the server unit 20 may include a part of the terminal unit 10.

  In the present embodiment, the peripheral information is described as information about the facility, but the present invention is not limited to this. The peripheral information includes, for example, various information (image information such as a photograph, comment information by text, etc.) associated with the location information by the user of the information providing apparatus 1 or others.

  The terminal unit 10 includes a GPS reception unit 11, a current location / date and time calculation unit 12, an operation unit 13, a control unit 14, a communication unit 15, a display unit 16, and a speaker 17.

  The GPS receiving unit 11 periodically receives radio waves including positioning data such as latitude and longitude information and time information from a plurality of GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites, and outputs the radio waves to the current location / datetime calculating unit 12. The means for detecting the current location is not limited to GPS, and an independent sensor (angular velocity sensor) or the like may be used, or a clock function may be incorporated to calculate the date and time.

  The current location / datetime calculation unit 12 as the current location acquisition unit calculates the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and date / time of the current location from the positioning data received by the GPS receiver 11 and outputs the coordinates and date / time of the current location to the control unit 14. To do.

  The operation unit 13 serving as a range setting unit and a preference setting unit includes input units such as a plurality of buttons. Then, the operation unit 13 sets preferences such as the genre of the facility for which information is to be displayed based on the display on the display unit 16, the range of the facility for displaying the information, and the guidance instruction to the facility for which the information is displayed. And so on. Moreover, you may comprise the operation part 13 with a touchscreen.

  The control unit 14 is responsible for overall control of the terminal unit 10, transmits operation information input from the operation unit 13 to the communication unit 15, and transmits information related to the facility displayed by the communication unit 15 to the display unit 16. Output.

  The communication unit 15 performs wireless communication with the communication unit 21 of the server unit 20. The communication unit 15 transmits operation information and the like input from the operation unit 13 to the server unit 20, and receives information related to facilities to be displayed transmitted from the server unit 20 and outputs the information to the control unit 14.

  The display unit 16 as an information providing unit and a display unit is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display or the like, and a setting screen for a preference of a genre or the like of a facility where information is to be displayed, a range of a facility where information is displayed, Information about the found facility is displayed. That is, the peripheral information is provided to the user.

  The speaker 17 outputs a preference sound such as a genre of a facility for which information is to be displayed, a guidance voice for setting a range of a facility for displaying information, a confirmation sound at the time of operation, a sound indicating that information is displayed, and the like. To do.

  The server unit 20 includes a communication unit 21, a presentation information search unit 22, a facility information storage unit 23, and a travel history / search degree storage unit 24.

  The communication unit 21 performs wireless communication with the communication unit 15 of the terminal unit 10. The operation information transmitted from the terminal unit 10 is output to the presentation information search unit 22, and the information related to the displayed facility searched by the presentation information search unit 22 is output to the terminal unit 10.

  The presentation information search unit 22 serving as a search degree calculation unit, a freshness calculation unit, a search unit, and a guide unit is stored in the travel history / search degree storage unit 24 based on operation information transmitted via the communication unit 21. The information on the facility to be displayed on the terminal unit 10 is retrieved based on the degree of search and the freshness of the information on the facility stored in the facility information storage unit 23, and is output to the terminal unit 10 via the communication unit 21. The presentation information search unit 22 also calculates the search degree and the freshness. Further, when guidance to the found facility is requested, map information is read from the facility information storage unit 23 to generate guidance information (route information) to the facility.

  The facility information storage unit 23 as a peripheral information storage unit and a map information storage unit is configured by a hard disk drive, for example, and stores information such as genre, facility name, location (location), business hours, and telephone number as information about the facility. Has been. Information regarding the facility may be automatically acquired from the Internet or the like, or may be registered by the user from the terminal unit 10 or another personal computer. The facility information storage unit 23 also stores map information used when guiding a route from the current location to each facility.

  The travel history / search degree storage unit 24 as the travel history storage means is configured by, for example, a hard disk drive, and stores the travel history and search degree of the mobile body. The search degree is a value indicating the degree of search for a certain area, and takes a larger value as the number of visits and stay time in the area increases. In addition, what is necessary is just to set as the area which divided | segmented the map on the mesh shape by the predetermined distance interval, an administrative unit etc. as an area which shows this search degree. The facility information storage unit 23 and the travel history / search degree storage unit 24 may share a storage device such as a hard disk drive.

  Next, the operation of the information providing apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the terminal unit 10. The flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is executed by the control unit 14.

  First, in step S101, the genre of the facility to be displayed is set as a preference regarding the facility for which information is to be displayed from the operation unit 13, and the process proceeds to step S102. For example, the genre may be further classified into categories such as public facilities, restaurants, department stores, public facilities, stations, police boxes, parks, and restaurants, Japanese foods, western foods, fast foods. Of course, a plurality of genres may be set.

  Next, in step S102 as a range setting step, a range (predetermined range from the current location) for displaying the facility with the current location as the center is set, and the process proceeds to step S103. This range determines how far the facility of the genre set in step S101 is subject to search / display centering on the current location, and is set in units of meters or kilometers. Further, an initial value may be set in advance, and the initial value may be adopted when the user does not change it.

  Next, in step S103, the mobile body on which the terminal unit 10 is mounted starts traveling and proceeds to step S104.

  Next, in step S104 as a current location acquisition step, the current location is transmitted to the server unit 20, and the process proceeds to step S105. In this step, the current location calculated by the current location / date calculation unit 12 is transmitted to the server unit 20 via the communication unit 15.

  Next, in step S105, it is determined whether or not information about the facility is received from the server unit 20. If received (in the case of Y), the process proceeds to step S106, and if not received (in the case of N), the process proceeds to step S106. Return to S104.

  Next, in step S106 as an information providing step, information about the facility is displayed on the display unit 16, and the process proceeds to step S107. In the present embodiment, basically only one piece of information about the facility is displayed.

  Next, in step S107, it is determined whether or not guidance to the facility whose information is displayed in step S106 is necessary. If necessary, the process proceeds to step S108, and if not necessary, the process returns to step S104.

  Next, in step S108, the route to the facility is displayed and guided, and the process proceeds to step S109. In this step, the route information to the facility generated by the server unit 20 is displayed on the display unit 16 for guidance.

  Next, in step S109, it is determined whether or not the guidance to the facility has ended. If it has ended (in the case of Y), the process proceeds to step S110, and if it has not ended (in the case of N), the process waits in this step. To do.

  Next, in step S110, it is determined whether or not the travel is finished. If finished (Y), this flowchart is finished, and if not finished (N), the process returns to step S104.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server unit 20. The flowchart shown in FIG. 3 is executed by the presentation information search unit 22.

  First, in step S201, it is determined whether or not the genre has been set from the terminal unit 10. If it has been set (Y), the process proceeds to step S202, and if it has not been set (N). Wait in this step.

  Next, in step S202, it is determined whether or not the display range has been set from the terminal unit 10. If it has been set (in the case of Y), the process proceeds to step S203, and if it has not been set (in the case of N). ) Waits at this step.

  Next, in step S203, it is determined whether or not the current location has been received from the terminal unit 10. If received (in the case of Y), the process proceeds to step S204. If not received (in the case of N), this step is performed. stand by.

  Next, in step S204, the travel history is updated, and the process proceeds to step S205. The travel history is updated based on the current location information received in step S203 and stored in the travel history / search degree storage unit 24.

  Next, in step S205 as a search step, the facility information is searched and the process proceeds to step S206. In this step, based on the search degree accumulated in the travel history / search degree accumulation unit 24 and the freshness of the information related to the facility accumulated in the facility information accumulation unit 23, the display range is set and set. Search for facilities by genre.

  The freshness calculation method may be simply the difference between the current date and time and the update date of information about the facility itself, or the difference between the current date and time and the update date of information about the facility is calculated in multiple stages. May be. For example, when there are 5 stages, the difference is 5 for freshness within 0 to 1 week, 4 for freshness within 1 week to 1 month, 3 for freshness within 3 months to 3 months, and 3 months to 6 months. Means that the freshness is 2 or more than 6 months, and the freshness is 1 or the like.

  For example, the search degree calculation method may be evaluated / calculated in a plurality of stages based only on the number of visits to the area, or may be evaluated / calculated in a plurality of stages based only on the staying time. Further, evaluation and calculation may be performed in a plurality of stages based on a value calculated from a predetermined expression having terms of the number of visits and stay time. For example, this expression simply indicates the number of visits to the area, such as simply the number of visits x stay time, or multiplying the number of visits and stay time after multiplying by a predetermined coefficient. It suffices if a value that is a scale to be shown is calculated.

  In addition, since the search degree is a value indicating the degree of visit to the area to which the current location belongs, it is necessary to present information with a new freshness (information with a new update date and time) as the search degree is high, but the search degree is low Does not necessarily have to be judged only by freshness. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the search degree is low, the facility having a short distance from the current location is searched with priority over the freshness. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, weighting may be performed for evaluation. Specifically, after assigning a score to each freshness and distance, the score is multiplied by a weight according to the search degree, and the freshness and distance are added for evaluation. By doing in this way, when the search degree is the lowest at the place visited for the first time (freshness weight is 0, distance weight is 1), facilities with close distances are searched, and the number of visits has been visited many times and the search degree is the highest. In the case of (the freshness weight is 1 and the distance weight is 0), a facility with a new freshness is searched (freshness is searched preferentially), and the middle is evaluated by a weighted score, the facility with the highest evaluation. Will be searched. The distance may be evaluated by dividing the display range into a plurality of stages in the same manner as the freshness.

  That is, in this embodiment, the weighted score is a priority, and in particular, in the case of the information providing device 1 for bicycles and pedestrians, it is attached to the handle of the bicycle or worn by pedestrians. Since the display screen is often small and it is difficult to display a plurality of pieces of information at one time, it is effective to display with priority.

  Next, in step S206, information related to the facility searched in step S205 is transmitted to the terminal unit 10, and the process proceeds to step S207.

  Next, in step S207, it is determined whether or not the terminal unit 10 has requested that guidance to the facility transmitted to the terminal unit 10 in step S206 is necessary. If so, the process proceeds to step S208 and is not requested. In this case, the process returns to step S203. In this step, corresponding to step S107 in FIG. 2, when it is requested that guidance to the facility is required, guidance information (route information) to the facility is generated and transmitted to the terminal unit 10 in the next step. .

  Next, in step S208, guidance information to the facility that transmitted the information to the terminal unit 10 in step S206 is generated and transmitted to the terminal unit 10, and the process proceeds to step S209.

  Next, in step S209, it is determined whether or not the traveling is finished. If finished (Y), this flowchart is finished, and if not finished (N), the process returns to step S203.

  The search degree is calculated for each area by the presentation information search unit 22 based on the travel history stored in the travel history / search degree storage unit 24 independently of the flowchart of FIG. Update to the degree storage unit 24 (search degree calculation step). The timing for updating the search degree may be performed when the traveling is finished, may be periodically performed, such as at regular time intervals, or may be performed by a user instruction. In addition, the freshness is also calculated by the presentation information search unit 22 based on the update date and time of information stored in the facility information storage unit 23 and updated to the facility information storage unit 23 independently of the flowchart of FIG. (Freshness calculation step). The timing for updating the freshness may be performed at predetermined intervals, for example, once a day or once a week, or may be performed when there is a facility in which information is updated.

  Next, an actual operation example of the information providing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a range in which information related to a facility of a set genre is displayed, a positional relationship between display candidate facilities, and an information update date. In FIG. 5, a circle indicates a range (information display range) for displaying information on facilities of a genre set, and the current location is located at the center of the circle. Further, there are stores A to C as facilities of the set genre in the information display range, and from the current location, store B is the closest and then stores C and A are the most distant. The information update date for each store is December 12, 2012 for Store A, November 11, 2011 for Store B, and October 10, 2010 for Store B. Store A is the newest information. Has been updated.

  Here, when the mobile object equipped with the information providing apparatus 1 visits the current location for the first time and the search degree is the lowest, the store B is searched to search for a facility with a short distance as described above. Information about the store B is transmitted and displayed on the display unit 16 as in the display example shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, when “go here” is selected, a route to the store B is guided, and when “confirm location” is selected, a map including the current location and the store B is displayed.

  Further, when the mobile object equipped with the information providing device 1 visits the current location many times and the search degree is the highest, as described above, the store A is searched to search for a facility having a new freshness, and the terminal unit 10 is searched. Is transmitted to store A and displayed on the display unit 16 as in the display example shown in FIG. At this time, if the information is updated after the previous visit, “New” or the like may be displayed to indicate that the information has been updated. Further, when the search degree is medium, since the freshness and the distance are weighted and evaluated as described above, one of the stores A to C is displayed depending on the evaluation value (priority).

  According to the present embodiment, the presentation information search unit 22 of the server unit 20 relates to the search degree for the current location from the travel history accumulated in the travel history / search degree accumulation unit 24 and the facility accumulated in the facility information accumulation unit 23. Based on the date and time of the information update, the freshness of the information about the facility is calculated, and the information about the facility that matches the set genre within the preset display range from the current location is based on the freshness when the search degree is high. If the search degree is low, the search is performed based on the distance, and the information about the searched facility is displayed on the display unit 16 of the terminal unit 10. Therefore, the search is performed in consideration of freshness and distance according to the search degree. And the information regarding the facility to be displayed can be changed, and the information regarding the facility that suits the user's preference can be provided according to the user's visit situation. In addition, when the search level is low, the search is preferentially performed closer to the current location than the freshness. Therefore, when there are few visits to the current location, the information about the facilities close to the current location can be displayed, and the user can It is easy to visit the displayed facilities even if they are not guided by the geography. In addition, if the search level is high, the facility with a new freshness is preferentially searched, so if you have visited the current location many times, you can display the information about the facility with the new freshness, and the user will find a new discovery. Can be provided.

  In addition, since the search degree is calculated in units of a predetermined area, it is not necessary to calculate the search degree every time the current location moves, the search frequency can be reduced, and the necessary processing power and power consumption Can be reduced.

  Moreover, since it can guide to the facility displayed on the terminal unit 10, it can be reached without hesitation without knowing the road to the facility.

  Next, an information providing apparatus 1 'according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The same parts as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the terminal unit 10 and the server unit 20 are combined into one. That is, the communication units 15 and 21 are deleted from FIG. 1, the input of the current location / date calculation unit 12 and the operation unit 13 is directly input to the presentation information search unit 22, and the output of the presentation information search unit 22 is directly connected to the display unit 16. It is output to the speaker 17. The presentation information search unit 22 performs the flowchart of FIG. 2 executed by the control unit 14.

  According to this embodiment, since all functions are built in, the communication unit with the outside is only the GPS receiving unit 11 for calculating its current location. Therefore, it is possible to display information about the facility without being influenced by the communication status with the outside.

  In the above-described two embodiments, when the visit degree of the current location is large and the search degree is large, a facility for displaying information with priority on freshness is searched, but at this time, it is updated after the date and time of the last visit. If there is no information displayed, it may be determined that there is no information to be displayed, and nothing may be transmitted to the terminal unit 10. In this way, when the update date and time is older than the date and time of the previous visit, it is possible to reduce the number of times the user has viewed the information by removing it from the search result.

  In addition, the present location / date calculation unit 12, the operation unit 13, the control unit 14, the communication unit 15, the communication unit 21, the presentation information search unit 22, and the facility information storage of the information providing apparatus 1 or 1 ′ described above. The present invention can be configured as an information display program by configuring the unit 23 and the travel history / search degree accumulation unit 24 as a program that operates on a computer. In the case where the terminal unit 10 and the server unit 20 are configured separately as shown in the first embodiment described above, of course, the respective functions (terminal unit 10 and server unit 20) are realized in two computers. A program like this may be used.

  According to the embodiment described above, the following information providing apparatus 1, information providing method, and information providing program can be obtained.

(Supplementary Note 1) An information providing device 1 that provides a user with peripheral information within a predetermined range from the current location of a mobile object,
A current location / datetime calculation unit 12 for acquiring position information relating to the current location of the moving object;
An operation unit 13 for setting a predetermined range;
An operation unit 13 for setting a genre related to a facility for which information is to be displayed;
A presentation information search unit 22 that calculates a search degree for the current location acquired by the current location / date and time calculation unit 12 based on the travel history of the moving body;
A presentation information search unit 22 that calculates the freshness of the peripheral information based on the update date and time when the peripheral information is updated;
The peripheral information within a predetermined range set by the operation unit 13 from the current location acquired by the current location / date and time calculation unit 12 is converted into the search degree calculated by the presentation information search unit 22 and the freshness calculated by the presentation information search unit 22. A presentation information search unit 22 to search based on
A display unit 16 that provides the user with the peripheral information searched by the presentation information search unit 22;
An information providing apparatus 1 comprising:

(Appendix 2) An information providing method for providing a user with peripheral information within a predetermined range from the current location of a mobile object,
Step S104 for acquiring position information relating to the current location of the moving object;
Step S102 for setting a predetermined range;
A search degree calculating step for calculating a search degree for the current location acquired in step S104, based on the travel history of the moving body;
A freshness calculating step for calculating freshness of information related to the facility based on the update date and time when the peripheral information is updated;
Step S205 for searching for peripheral information within the predetermined range set in Step S102 from the current location acquired in Step S104 based on the search degree calculated in the search degree calculation step and the freshness determined in the freshness calculation step;
Providing the user with the peripheral information retrieved in step S205;
An information providing method characterized by comprising:

(Supplementary note 3) An information providing program for providing a user with peripheral information within a predetermined range of a current location of a mobile object,
A current location / datetime calculation unit 12 for acquiring position information relating to the current location of the moving object;
An operation unit 13 for setting a predetermined range;
An operation unit 13 for setting a genre related to a facility for which information is to be displayed;
A presentation information search unit 22 that calculates a search degree for the current location acquired by the current location / date and time calculation unit 12 based on the travel history of the moving body;
A presentation information search unit 22 that calculates the freshness of the peripheral information based on the update date and time when the peripheral information is updated;
The peripheral information within a predetermined range set by the operation unit 13 from the current location acquired by the current location / date and time calculation unit 12 is converted into the search degree calculated by the presentation information search unit 22 and the freshness calculated by the presentation information search unit 22. A presentation information search unit 22 for searching on the basis of;
A display unit 16 that provides the user with the peripheral information searched by the presentation information search unit 22;
An information providing program for causing a computer to function as

  According to the information providing apparatus 1, the information providing method, and the information providing program, it is possible to change the information about the facility to be searched and displayed according to the search degree and the freshness, and suit the preference according to the visit situation of the user. Can provide information about facilities.

  In addition, the Example mentioned above only showed the typical form of this invention, and this invention is not limited to an Example. That is, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1, 1 'information providing device 11 GPS receiving unit 12 current location / date calculation unit (current location acquisition means)
13 Operation unit (range setting means, preference setting means)
16 Display section (information providing means, display means)
22 Presentation information search unit (search degree calculation means, freshness calculation means, search means, guidance means)
23 Facility information storage unit (peripheral information storage means, map information storage means)
24 Travel history / search degree storage unit (travel history storage means)
S101 Genre setting (preference setting step)
S102 Display range setting (range setting step)
S104 Current location transmission (current location acquisition step)
S106 Facility information display (information provision step)
S205 Facility information search (search step)

Claims (11)

An information providing device that provides a user with peripheral information within a predetermined range from the current location of a mobile object,
Current location acquisition means for acquiring location information relating to the current location of the mobile body;
Range setting means for setting the predetermined range;
Search degree calculation means for calculating a search degree for the current location acquired by the current location acquisition means based on a travel history of the mobile body;
Freshness calculation means for calculating freshness of the peripheral information based on the update date and time when the peripheral information was updated;
The peripheral information within the predetermined range set by the range setting unit from the current location acquired by the current location acquisition unit is calculated by the search degree calculated by the search degree calculation unit and the freshness calculation unit. A search means for searching based on freshness;
Information providing means for providing the peripheral information searched by the search means to the user;
It is provided with the information provision apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. Travel history storage means for storing the travel history;
Peripheral information storage means for storing the peripheral information;
A preference setting means for setting the user's preference,
The search degree calculation means calculates the search degree by referring to the travel history stored in the travel history storage means,
The search means further considers the preference set in the preference setting means, and searches the peripheral information stored in the peripheral information storage means;
The information providing apparatus according to claim 1. The information providing means includes display means for displaying the peripheral information,
The moving body is a bicycle, and the range setting means sets a range in which the user can move by the bicycle within a predetermined time as the predetermined range,
The search means determines a priority based on the search degree and the freshness,
The display means displays peripheral information having the highest priority;
The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information providing apparatus is an information providing apparatus.   The search means calculates a distance between the current location and a point indicated by the surrounding information, and when the search degree is low, determines that the priority becomes higher as the distance from the current location becomes closer. The information providing apparatus according to claim 3.   5. The information providing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, when the search degree is high, the search unit determines that the priority becomes higher as the freshness becomes newer.   The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the search degree calculation unit calculates the search degree in units of predetermined areas.   The search means excludes the peripheral information from the search target when the search degree is equal to or greater than a predetermined value and the update date and time of the peripheral information is earlier than the date and time when the current location was visited immediately before. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information providing apparatus is an information providing apparatus. Map information storage means for storing map information;
Guidance means for guiding to the point indicated by the peripheral information provided from the information providing means based on the map information stored in the map information storage means;
The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: An information providing method for providing a user with peripheral information within a predetermined range from the current location of a mobile object,
A current location acquisition step of acquiring position information regarding the current location of the mobile body;
A range setting step for setting the predetermined range;
A search degree calculation step for calculating a search degree for the current location acquired in the current location acquisition step based on a travel history of the mobile body;
A freshness calculating step of calculating the freshness of the peripheral information based on the update date and time when the peripheral information is updated;
The peripheral information within the predetermined range set in the range setting step from the current location acquired in the current location acquisition step is calculated in the search degree and freshness calculation step calculated in the search degree calculation step. A search step for searching based on freshness;
An information providing step for providing the user with the peripheral information searched in the searching step;
An information providing method characterized by comprising: An information providing program for providing a user with peripheral information within a predetermined range from the current location of a mobile object,
Current location acquisition means for acquiring location information relating to the current location of the mobile body;
Range setting means for setting the predetermined range;
Search degree calculation means for calculating a search degree for the current location acquired by the current location acquisition means based on a travel history of the mobile body;
Freshness calculation means for calculating freshness of the peripheral information based on the update date and time when the peripheral information was updated;
The peripheral information within the predetermined range set by the range setting unit from the current location acquired by the current location acquisition unit is calculated by the search degree calculated by the search degree calculation unit and the freshness calculation unit. A search means for searching based on freshness;
Information providing means for providing the peripheral information searched by the search means to the user;
An information providing program for causing a computer to function as   A computer-readable recording medium storing the information providing program according to claim 10.

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