JP2013061829A - Probe information processing server, probe information processing method, and probe information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately acquire a user's entrance/exit with respect to relatively small-scale facilities without applying a large load to the processing.SOLUTION: When sequentially receiving probe information is changed into information without current position information measured using a GPS function, an entrance/exit update section 107 determines that a portable communication terminal of a transmission source enters facilities specified by the current position information of the already-received probe information and map information. When the sequentially receiving probe information is changed into information with the current position information measured using the GPS function, the entrance/exit update section determines that the portable communication terminal exits from the facilities where the portable communication terminal has entered. The determination results of the entry and exit are recorded in a tabulation file 110 by facilities.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information communication field, and relates to an apparatus, method, and system for receiving and processing probe information including current position information transmitted from a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone terminal.

  In recent years, highly-developed map data can be easily used through the Internet. Thereby, for example, a route search to a target facility can be performed easily and quickly. Here, the term “facility” broadly means a structure, building or other equipment that people use when conducting social life. However, in this specification, people mainly come and go. Means a thing. More specifically, various buildings (buildings) such as various stores, hospitals, clinics, schools, and public institutions correspond to the “facility” mentioned here.

  The user not only knows the location of the target facility, but also requests to know information about the facility, for example, whether it is a popular facility or whether it is currently crowded. is there. As for stores, etc., it is possible to know user evaluations through so-called word-of-mouth sites and commercial introduction sites. However, it is the subjective opinions of users that can be found on word-of-mouth sites and commercial introduction sites, and whether objective facilities are popular as objectively reliable information (whether prosperous or not) It is not possible to know whether or not).

  There are only a few facilities where the number of visitors and the number of spectators are publicized. For example, you can grasp how much you can attract customers (retail stores, etc.) that you are interested in, including outlet malls, only by the feeling of being crowded or vacant, depending on the people at the site. There is no current situation. Further, in stores that have introduced a POS (Point Of Sales) system, it is possible to know the sales status of a product in real time, but the main focus is on grasping the best seller of the product and the source of death. Also, information collected by the POS system is not usually provided to general users.

  Therefore, Patent Document 1 described later makes it possible to grasp the entrance / exit to the target facility by associating the current position information included in the probe information from the mobile communication terminal used by the user with the map data. Technology is disclosed. Here, probe information is information transmitted from a portable communication terminal carried by the user, and includes current position information and current time information of the portable communication terminal.

  In the case of the technique described in Patent Document 1, when the position indicated by the current position information of the probe information enters the site or house frame of the facility grasped by the map data from the outside, Determine. On the other hand, when the position indicated by the current position information of the probe information goes out of the site or house frame of the facility grasped by the map data, it is determined that the facility has left the facility. This makes it possible to objectively grasp the user's entrance to and exit from the facility.

JP 2010-238004 A

  However, in the case of the technique described in Patent Document 1 described above, it is necessary to always match the current position information of all probe information with map data to detect entry / exit to a facility. For this reason, the load concerning the entrance / exit detection process to the facility is large. Further, in the case of the technique described in Patent Document 1 described above, entrance / exit for a facility or area having a relatively large site such as an amusement park or a shopping street can be accurately grasped. However, in the case of the technique described in Patent Document 1, since entrance / exit to the facility is detected according to the result of matching between the current position information of the probe information and the map information, it is possible to go to a relatively small restaurant It may not be possible to accurately grasp the entrance / exit of.

  For example, it is assumed that a user's mobile communication terminal is equipped with a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver and receives a signal from an artificial satellite and performs arithmetic processing to measure the current position. In this case, if a mobile communication terminal having a GPS receiver enters the room, a signal from the artificial satellite cannot be received, and the current position cannot be measured. In this case, it is impossible to detect that the vehicle is located within the target site or house frame, and it is not possible to accurately detect entry / exit to the facility.

  In view of the above, the present invention does not impose a heavy load on processing, can accurately grasp the user's entry / exit into a relatively small facility, and the user's entry / exit for each facility It is an object to be able to obtain various information based on the above.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a probe information processing server according to claim 1 is provided.
From a portable communication terminal that has a function of measuring the current position of its own device using a signal from an artificial satellite, and transmits probe information that includes at least the current position information obtained by positioning at a predetermined timing. A probe information processing server for processing the probe information,
Receiving means for receiving the probe information from the mobile communication terminal;
When the probe information sequentially received by the receiving means is changed from having the current position information to not having the current position information, the mobile communication terminal uses the information and map information included in the received probe information. Admission determination means for determining that the specified facility has been entered,
Exit determination for determining that the mobile communication terminal has exited from a facility where the mobile communication terminal has entered when the probe information sequentially received by the receiving means has changed from those not having the current position information to those having the current position information. Means,
And a discrimination result holding unit for storing the discrimination result of the entrance discrimination unit and the discrimination result of the exit discrimination unit for each facility.

  According to the probe information processing server of the first aspect of the present invention, the probe includes information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal at every predetermined timing, and includes current position information measured using a signal from an artificial satellite. Information is sequentially received by the receiving means. Note that the current position information of the probe information is blank if, for example, a user with a mobile communication terminal enters the indoors and cannot receive a signal from an artificial satellite, and the current position cannot be measured. For example, there is no valid current position information.

  When the probe information sequentially received by the receiving means is changed from having the measured current position information to not having the measured current position information, the probe information already received by the mobile communication terminal is received by the admission determining means. It is determined that the user has entered the facility specified by the information included in the map and the map information. On the other hand, when the probe information sequentially received by the receiving means changes from those having no current position information that has been measured to those having the current position information, the leaving determination means causes the portable communication terminal to It is determined that he / she has left the facility where he / she entered. Then, these discrimination results of entrance / exit are stored by the discrimination result holding means for each facility.

  As a result, the entrance / exit to / from the facility is grasped based on the disappearance and revival of the current position information of the probe information, so that a large load is not applied to the process, and a relatively large scale of users who have mobile communication terminals. You will be able to accurately grasp the entrance and exit of small facilities. And various information based on the user's entry / exit for each grasped facility can also be obtained.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately grasp the entry / exit of a relatively small facility indoors by a user having a portable communication terminal that transmits probe information without imposing a heavy load on processing. And various information based on a user's entrance / exit for every facility can be acquired, and various analysis can also be performed.

It is a figure for demonstrating schematic structure of the probe information processing system of embodiment. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the structural example of the mobile communication terminal 4 of embodiment. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the structural example of the server apparatus 1 of embodiment. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of stored data (probe information) stored in a probe information file 103. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of the registration data of user DB105. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of the facility data of facility DB106. It is a figure for demonstrating the total data according to facilities managed with the total file 110 according to facilities. 6 is a flowchart for explaining processing performed in an entrance / exit update unit 107; 6 is a flowchart for explaining processing performed by a user information update unit. It is a figure for demonstrating the process of the entrance / exit totaling part.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the apparatus, method, and system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[System overall configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a schematic configuration of a probe information processing system according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the basic configuration of the probe information processing system of this embodiment is that a server device 1 and mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Are connected via a network 2. It has been done. Furthermore, the information provided by the location management server 6 connected to the network 2 can be used.

  The server device 1 receives and processes probe information transmitted from various mobile communication terminals, thereby grasping the entrance / exit of the user having the mobile communication terminal that has transmitted the probe information to various facilities. A function as an information processing server is realized. That is, the server apparatus 1 is realized by applying the apparatus and method of the present invention.

  The network 2 includes various wide area communication networks. The network 2 includes an IP (Internet Protocol) network, a public switched telephone network (PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)), a digital circuit network (ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)), and the like. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the network 2 includes a mobile phone network including a large number of base stations 3 (1), 3 (2), 3IN (1),..., A wireless LAN (Local Area Network) called wifi, etc. ), And a wireless communication network conforming to a high-speed wireless communication standard called wimax or the like.

  As the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2), etc., there are various kinds of communication functions such as mobile phone terminals, PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), information terminals called tablet terminals or pad-type terminals, etc. Things are offered. In this embodiment, each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Will be described as being a mobile phone terminal having a high penetration rate among various mobile communication terminals.

  Each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Has a GPS function, receives signals from at least three or more artificial satellites, and performs arithmetic processing to determine the current position of the own device. It can be measured. Each of the GPS functions of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Can measure the current position of the own device with high accuracy using a technique called so-called differential GPS.

  The differential GPS performs positioning by GPS at a base station of a mobile phone terminal network whose position is known, and generates a signal indicating a deviation between the actual position of the base station and the position measured using the GPS. To send. Each mobile communication terminal 4 (1), 4 (2),... Receives a signal from this base station, and each mobile communication terminal 4 (1), 4 (2),. By correcting the current position of the own machine, the current position of the own machine can be determined more accurately.

  And each of portable communication terminal 4 (1), 4 (2), ... is provided with the function which produces | generates probe information for every predetermined timing, and transmits this to the server apparatus 1. FIG. The probe information includes at least a user ID that is identification information that can identify a user who uses the device, current time information, and current position information obtained by positioning using the GPS function. .

  As the user ID, for example, the one set at the time of purchase of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),. In addition, it is possible to use a telephone number assigned to each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Or a unique ID of a SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module Card). That is, the user ID may be information that can uniquely specify a user who uses each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),.

  The probe information is aggregated and used as statistical information, or is used for a position information providing service to an individual or group possessing a terminal or a company. However, in the probe information processing system of this embodiment, it is used to grasp the user's entrance to and exit from various facilities such as the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),.

  In FIG. 1, GPS satellites 5 (1), 5 (2),... Are arranged on the earth orbit and are out of about 30 artificial satellites that transmit so-called GPS signals for current position measurement. Some are shown. In FIG. 1, each of the base stations 3 (1), 3 (2),... Is a base station of a mobile phone network installed outdoors. In addition, in order to make it possible to use a mobile phone terminal even in an indoor place where radio waves from an outdoor base station are difficult to reach, the base station 3IN (1) also shows indoors in various facilities such as stores, for example. In some cases, a small base station connected to a mobile phone network may be installed.

  The location management server 6 is provided on the telephone company side, manages the number of each base station, the latitude and longitude of the location of each base station, and identifies the mobile phone terminal sent from the base station. It has a function of calculating and managing the position of the mobile phone terminal from the information and the information on the received electric field strength of the radio wave from the mobile phone terminal using a triangulation method. The location management server 6 also has a function of sending the calculated location information of the mobile phone terminal to the mobile phone terminal.

  Accordingly, each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Determines the current position of the own device by the function of the position management server 6 even when the current position cannot be measured by the GPS function. It can also be grasped. In addition, when the server device 1 receives provision of information from the position management server 6, the current position of each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),.

  In the probe information processing system of this embodiment, each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Generates probe information at predetermined timings, and sends this to the server device 1. Send to. In this embodiment, as described above, the probe information is at least identification information that can identify the user of the mobile communication terminal, current time information, and current information obtained by positioning using the GPS function. Position information.

  However, if a user with the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Enters a room such as a store indoors (a space separated from the outside by a roof or a wall), for example, Since the GPS signal cannot be received, the current position cannot be measured using the GPS function. In this case, in each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),..., Probe information with the current position information measured by the GPS function, for example, blank is formed and transmitted to the server device 1.

  Therefore, in the server device 1, the probe information does not have (disappears) from the state (exists) of the current position information measured by the GPS function for each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),. ) When the state changes, the user determines that the user has entered the facility indoors. Conversely, for each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),..., The probe information changes from a state in which it does not have (disappears) current position information measured by the GPS function to a state in which it has (resurrected). In this case, it is determined that the user has left the facility.

  And where the facility has been entered can be identified by referring to the map information, for example, using the current position information measured by the GPS function immediately before the disappearance of the current position information. Therefore, in the server device 1, the entrance / exit of the user having the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Is grasped for each facility, and this can be used as necessary. . Thereby, it becomes possible to grasp the entry / exit of the user to / from a relatively small store almost in real time.

  Each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Is a GPS signal from a GPS satellite 5 (1), 5 (2),. Even if it cannot be received, the current position of the aircraft can be grasped almost accurately. Therefore, based on the disappearance / revival of the current position information measured by the GPS function, it is possible to grasp the entrance / exit to the facility, and based on the current position information of the own machine from the position management server 6, the user of the own machine It is also possible to accurately identify where the facility has entered or exited.

  In addition, the base station ID of the base station that has passed through is added to the probe information from each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),. For this reason, when the base station identified by the location management server 6 by the base station ID is, for example, the indoor base station 3IN (1) shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal that has transmitted the probe information Can be identified as being located in the facility where the indoor base station 3IN (1) is installed. The inquiry about the location of the base station based on the base station ID can be made from the server device 1 to the location management server 6.

  In this embodiment, each of the mobile communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Has the same basic configuration. Therefore, unless otherwise indicated below, the portable communication terminals 4 (1), 4 (2),... Are collectively referred to as the portable communication terminal 4. In the following, the base stations 3 (1), 3 (2),... Are collectively referred to as the base station 3. In addition, the base stations 3IN (1),... Installed inside the facility are collectively referred to as indoor base stations 3IN. In the following, first, a configuration example of the mobile communication terminal 4 that generates probe information and transmits it to the server device 1 will be described, and then a configuration example of the server device 1 and details of processing performed in the server device 1 will be described. .

[Configuration example of mobile communication terminal 4]
First, a configuration example of the mobile communication terminal 4 used in the probe information processing system of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration example of the mobile communication terminal 4 according to this embodiment. As described above, the mobile communication terminal 4 used in the probe information processing system of this embodiment is configured as a mobile phone terminal.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 4 of this embodiment includes a transmission / reception antenna 401, a transmission / reception processing unit 402, a receiver (speaker) 403, and a transmitter (microphone) 404 as parts that perform communication through the network 2. I have. In addition, as a part for providing a user interface, a key operation unit 411, a display control unit 412, a display unit 413, an audio processing unit 414, and a speaker 415 are provided.

  As the display unit 413, for example, a so-called thin display element such as an organic electroluminescence display (LCD) or a liquid crystal display (LCD) is used. The voice processing unit 414 and the speaker 415 output ringtones, warning sounds, other voice messages, and the like. Further, although not shown, the mobile communication terminal 4 includes a vibrator, which can generate a vibration when receiving an incoming call and notify the user of the incoming call, for example.

  The mobile communication terminal 4 includes a control unit 420 that controls each unit. The control unit 420 is formed by connecting a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 421, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 422, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 423, and an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM) 424 through a CPU bus 425. A computer device. The CPU 421 reads out and executes a program stored in the ROM 422 or the EEPROM 424, forms a control signal to be supplied to each part, supplies this to each part, accepts data transmitted from each part, and receives it. Depending on the process. The ROM 422 is a program in which various data necessary for programs executed in the CPU 421 and processing are recorded in advance.

  The RAM 423 is mainly used as a work area, such as temporarily storing intermediate results of processing. The EEPROM 424 is a so-called nonvolatile memory, and stores and holds data and the like that should be retained even when the power of the mobile communication terminal 4 is turned off. The EEPROM 424 stores, for example, a new program for adding functions, various setting parameters, telephone directory data, application programs, additional programs for improving functions, and the like.

  The mobile communication terminal 4 further includes a clock circuit 431 that provides the current date, current day, and current time, and an external input / output terminal 432 and an external interface (hereinafter abbreviated as an external I / F) 433. I have. The mobile communication terminal 4 includes a GPS unit 434 and a GPS antenna 435. As described above, the GPS unit 434 and the GPS antenna 435 receive GPS signals (positioning information) from a plurality of artificial satellites and perform arithmetic processing, thereby accurately detecting the current position of the own device (positioning ) Can be.

  The mobile communication terminal 4 includes a probe information generation unit 436. In this embodiment, the probe information generation unit 436 has the current time information from the clock circuit 431, the current position information from the GPS unit 434, and the current position information provided from the position management server 6 described above at every predetermined timing. Is generated. The current time information includes the current date and time. The current position information consists of latitude and longitude. The probe information generated by the probe information generation unit 436 is transmitted to the network 2 through a control unit 420, a transmission / reception processing unit 402, and a transmission / reception antenna 401, which will be described later, and is transmitted to the server device 1.

  The mobile communication terminal 4 having such a configuration transmits information to the network 2 through the transmission / reception processing unit 402 and the transmission / reception antenna 401 under the control of the control unit 420, or information addressed to the own device transmitted through the network 2. Or various other communication processes can be performed.

  The mobile communication terminal 4 also includes a menu for registering various executable application programs. The menu is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 413 through the display control unit 412 by performing a predetermined operation such as pressing a menu key provided in the key operation unit 411, for example. Can do. Then, the control unit 420 can receive a selection input of an item included in the menu from the user through the key operation unit 411, and can execute a program corresponding to the item selected by the user.

  The menu for registering various application programs that can be executed in the mobile communication terminal 4 is also provided with an item for executing transmission of probe information. Therefore, by selecting an item for executing transmission of probe information in the menu, the user of the mobile communication terminal 4 can start processing for generating and transmitting probe information at predetermined timings.

  Note that the probe information can be generated and transmitted at an appropriate timing, for example, every 30 seconds, every minute, and so on. However, as will be described later, in order to appropriately grasp the entrance to and exit from the facility, it is not preferable that the timing is too long. Therefore, in the mobile communication terminal 4 of this embodiment, for example, probe information is generated and transmitted at a timing such as every minute.

[Configuration Example of Server Device 1]
Next, a configuration example of the server device 1 according to this embodiment will be described. The server device 1 according to this embodiment realizes a function as a probe information processing server that receives and processes probe information from the mobile communication terminal 4 described above. FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration example of the server apparatus 1 according to this embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the server apparatus 1 includes a connection terminal 101 to the network 2, a communication I / F 102, and a probe information file 103. The server device 1 includes a map database (hereinafter abbreviated as map DB) 104, a user database (hereinafter abbreviated as user DB) 105, and a facility database (hereinafter abbreviated as facility DB) 106. With. Furthermore, the server device 1 includes an entrance / exit update unit 107, a user information update unit 108, and an entrance / exit total unit 109, a facility-specific total file 110, a facility-specific history file 111, a control unit 120, a hard disk drive ( (Hereinafter abbreviated as HDD) 130.

  The control unit 120 controls each unit of the server device 1, and is a computer device configured by connecting a CPU 121, a ROM 122, a RAM 123, and an EEPROM 124 through a CPU bus 125 as shown in FIG. 3. The CPU 121 reads and executes so-called firmware such as BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) stored in the ROM 122 or the EEPROM 124 and application software stored in the HDD 130 described later. Then, the CPU 121 generates a control signal to each unit and supplies it to each related unit, or receives data from each unit and processes it.

  The ROM 122 stores various firmware executed by the CPU 121 and data necessary for processing in advance. The RAM 123 is used mainly as a work area in various processes, such as temporarily storing intermediate results of the processes. The EEPROM 124 is a rewritable so-called nonvolatile memory, and stores and holds data that should be held even when the power is turned off. Specifically, the EEPROM 124 stores and holds various information such as firmware such as BIOS and various setting parameters.

  The HDD 130 includes a hard disk as a recording medium, and performs writing / reading on the hard disk in accordance with the control of the control unit 120. The hard disk of the HDD 130 stores, for example, various application programs, data obtained by various processes, and the like.

  The connection terminal 101 forms a connection end with the network 2. A communication line from the network 2 is connected to the connection terminal 101. The communication I / F 102 receives various information addressed to the own device transmitted through the network 2, converts this into information in a format that can be processed by the own device, and supplies the information to the control unit 120. Further, the communication I / F 102 converts various information for transmission supplied through the control unit 120 into a signal of a format to be transmitted to the network 2 and transmits the signal to the network 2.

  The probe information file 103 accumulates probe information received from the mobile communication terminals 4 of many users received through the connection terminal 101 and the communication I / F 102. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of stored data (probe information) stored in the probe information file 103.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the probe information file 103 of this embodiment is configured to accumulate probe information including date and time information, positioning position information, and provided position information for each user ID (for each user). The user ID is the same as that included in the transmitted probe information, and is information that can uniquely identify the user who uses the mobile communication terminal 4 as described above. Each of the date / time information, the positioning position information, and the provided position information is information included in the probe information. Of these, the positioning position information is the current position information measured by the GPS function of the mobile communication terminal 4. The provided position information is current position information provided by the mobile phone terminal 4 from the position management server 6 described above.

  The example of the accumulated data in the probe information file shown in FIG. 4 is an example for a user whose user ID is “00001”. In this example, the position (latitude, longitude) at which the user with the user ID “00001” was at 14:10:20 on June 10, 2011 is (X11, Y11) in the positioning position information. The provided position information indicates (X21, Y21).

  Further, the position (latitude and longitude) at which the user with the user ID “00001” was at 14:11:20 on June 10, 2011 is not grasped by the positioning position information, but is provided by the provided position information (X22, Y22). Similarly, the position (latitude, longitude) at which the user with the user ID “00001” was at 15:20:20 on June 10, 2011 is not grasped by the positioning position information, but the provided position information (X22 Y22).

  Therefore, the user whose user ID is “00001” was located outdoors at 14:10:20 on June 10, 2011, but at least 14:11 on June 10, 2011. At the time point after 20 seconds, it is possible to determine (recognize) that the current position cannot be measured by the GPS function, that is, the vehicle has entered (entered) some facility indoors.

  On the other hand, when the transmitted probe information changes from a state in which positioning position information does not exist to a state in which positioning position information exists (revived), the user has left the facility where he / she entered. It can be determined (recognized) that it has exited. In this way, for each user, the probe information is accumulated, and the entry / exit to the facility can be determined by detecting the change in the presence / absence of the positioning position information.

  Note that the position indicated by the positioning position information and the position indicated by the provided position information are usually substantially the same position, but are not completely the same, and may include a slight error. As described above, the probe information file 103 stores the probe information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 4 for each user of the mobile phone terminal 4 in chronological order according to the current time information included in the probe information. .

  In this embodiment, the map DB 104 stores and holds detailed map information in Japan. The map information includes the location of various landmarks such as mountains, rivers, towns, roads, railway lines, various stores, hospitals, clinics, schools, police stations, fire stations, shrines and temples, administrative boundaries, etc. The size and the like can be accurately expressed. The map DB 104 stores and holds map data (map drawing data) such as vector data and raster data for drawing a map of Japan nationwide in association with latitude / longitude information. The map DB 104 also stores and holds note data displayed on the map in association with latitude / longitude information.

  The user DB 105 stores and holds various information about the user of the mobile communication terminal 4 that transmits probe information to the server device 1. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of registration data in the user DB 105. As shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, the user DB 105 includes a user ID, name, sex, date of birth, telephone number, e-mail address, current address, family structure, occupation, etc., income, Data consisting of hobbies, destinations, etc. are registered.

  The user ID is the same as the user ID used in the probe information file 103 in FIG. The other information is basically registered by the user when the mobile communication terminal 4 is purchased. The name, gender, date of birth, telephone number, and e-mail address are basically fixed information that does not change. However, the telephone number and the e-mail address can be changed according to the user's desire, and in this case, the telephone number and the e-mail address can be changed according to a request from the user.

  In addition, the current address, family structure, occupation, work location, etc., income, hobbies, stopovers, and other information can also be initially registered by the user. However, after that, the probe information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 4 can be updated by collecting and analyzing the probe information for a predetermined period. Such a function of updating user information in the user DB 105 is also realized as a function of the server device 1 of this embodiment.

  The facility DB 106 stores and holds in advance information on various facilities such as stores, hospitals, clinics, schools, and public institutions that want to grasp the entry / exit states of various users having the mobile communication terminal 4. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of facility data managed by the facility DB 106 of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, facility data including a facility ID, a facility name, a location, business hours, a regular holiday, a business type, and the like is registered in the facility DB 106.

  In this embodiment, the facility data in the facility DB 106 can be automatically generated based on map information in the map DB 104 and information such as a Web page disclosed on a server on the Internet. That is, the facility ID is automatically given when the facility data is registered. The facility name and location (address, latitude, longitude) can be acquired from the map information in the map DB 104. Business hours, regular holidays, and business types can be acquired from information such as a Web page disclosed on a server on the Internet specified by a facility name or address, for example.

  The administrator of the server apparatus 1 can also register the facility DB 106 by manually inputting it through a key operation unit (not shown). In this way, by making it possible to input manually, information about a newly established facility can be registered prior to reflection in the map DB 104, and is also necessary from a web page on the Internet. Necessary information can be input even when necessary information cannot be acquired.

  The facility totaling file 110 indicates the entrance / exit status of the user who has the mobile communication terminal 4 for each facility based on the probe information accumulated in the probe information file 103, the information in the map DB 104, and the information in the facility DB 106. Hold the data to be managed. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the total data for each facility managed by the total file for each facility 110 according to this embodiment. With the facility total file 110 shown in FIG. 7, the entrance / exit situation for each facility for one day can be managed.

  As illustrated in FIG. 7, the facility-specific aggregate data in the facility-based aggregate file 110 according to this embodiment includes information indicating a facility ID, a facility name, and a location as information that can specify each facility. In addition, it is possible to grasp each of the user's entrance (IN), exit (OUT), and stay (stay) for each facility by time zone, and for each user based on the user ID. To be able to.

  In the server device 1 according to this embodiment, the number of visitors to the user, the user ID of the user who entered the user, the number of the user who left the user, the user ID of the user who left the user, and the number of users who stayed in the hourly time zone The user ID of the user who is staying can be grasped. The number of visitors and the number of people leaving can be counted directly based on the probe information, as will be described later. On the other hand, the number of stayers is calculated. That is, the number of visitors in the time period is obtained by adding the number of visitors in the time period to the number of people in the previous time period and subtracting the number of people leaving in the time period.

  Further, the user ID can be grasped in the same manner. That is, the visitor ID and the exit ID can be directly specified based on the probe information. Then, if the stayer ID is deleted from the stayer ID of the previous time zone and the visitor ID of the time zone, the stayer ID of the time zone remains. Become.

  Further, in the server device 1 of this embodiment, for a user who is determined to have entered the facility based on the probe information, it is also possible to determine what moving means the user has used to reach the facility. I try to figure it out. Briefly, based on the user's probe information, the user's movement route and movement status are grasped and, for example, the movement speed of the user is obtained based on the movement time at a predetermined distance immediately before reaching the facility. . Then, the moving means of the user is specified in accordance with the grasped moving route and moving situation for the user and the obtained moving speed.

  Here, the moving means are a walk, a bicycle, a car, a bus, a train, and the like. Then, for example, if the moving speed at a predetermined distance is less than 5 km / h, the moving means is walking, and if the moving speed is 5 km / h or more and less than 30 km / h, the moving means can be determined to be a bicycle. Further, when the moving speed is 30 km / h or more, the grasped moving route does not pass on the railway track, and the grasped moving state does not stop at the bus stop, it is determined that the moving means is an automobile. can do.

  Further, when the moving speed is 30 km / h or more and the grasped moving route passes on the railroad track, it can be determined that the moving means is a train. Further, when the moving speed is 30 km / h or more and the grasped moving state is a mode (pattern) that stops at the bus stop, it can be determined that the moving means is a bus. In addition, when a period in which probe information is taken into consideration is extended and a plurality of moving means are used, it is possible to grasp each of them.

  The example shown in FIG. 7 shows an example of data for managing the entrance / exit status of the facility whose facility ID is “123456”. In the case of this example, it is known that there are four visitors at 9:00 am, and the breakdown is a user whose user ID is 001, 019, 032, 041. In FIG. 7, the user ID is shown by three digits for the sake of simplicity. However, the user ID may be 5 digits or more as shown in FIGS.

  In addition, it is determined that the moving means of the user whose user ID is 001 among the visitors at 9:00 am is walking (W), and the moving means of the user whose user ID is 019 is the car (C). . Further, it is determined that the moving means of the user whose user ID is 032 is a bicycle (B), and the moving means of the user whose user ID is 041 is a bus (Bus).

  In the case of the example shown in FIG. 7, the number of people leaving at 9 am is one, and it is understood that the user is a user whose user ID is 001. Therefore, it is known that the number of staying persons at 9 am is three, and the breakdown is the users whose user IDs are 019, 032, 041.

  Similarly, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 6, there are three visitors at 10:00 am, and it is understood that the users are users whose user IDs are 003, 005, and 123. . In this case, the moving means of the user with the user ID 003 is a train (T), the moving means of the user with the user ID 005 is walking (W), and the moving means of the user with the user ID 123 is car (C ).

  In the case of the example shown in FIG. 6, the number of people leaving at 10:00 am is 2, and it is understood that the users are users with user IDs 019 and 032. Therefore, the number of stayers in the 10:00 am range is 4 people including stayers from the previous time zone, and it is understood that the users are users whose user IDs are 041, 003, 005, 123. ing.

  As described above, the facility-specific total file 110 can grasp the number of visitors, visitors, and stayers and the number of users for each time zone of each facility for one day of the day. In addition, although demonstrated as what manages a user's entrance / exit according to the time slot | zone for every hour here, it does not restrict to this. The time zone can be a time zone of an appropriate length, such as every 2 hours, every 3 hours, every 4 hours, and so on. That is, it is possible to set the time zone according to the purpose.

  The facility-specific history file 111 stores the data of the facility-specific total file 110 for managing the entrance / exit status of each facility for one day described with reference to FIG. 7 by facility and by day. It is. Based on the data accumulated in the facility-specific history file 111, as will be described in detail later, depending on various categories (counting attribute conditions) such as by day of the week, by weather, by season, the situation of entrance / exit for each facility And so on.

  Each of the entrance / exit update unit 107, the user information update unit 108, and the entrance / exit counting unit 109 is a part for enabling the user to enter and exit the facility for each facility and to analyze it. Hereinafter, each part will be described.

  The entrance / exit update unit 107 performs processing for accumulating the received probe information in the probe information file 103 and updating the facility-specific total file 110 and facility-specific history file 111. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining processing performed in the entrance / exit update unit 107. Here, the process performed in the entrance / exit update part 107 is demonstrated, referring the flowchart of FIG.

  The processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 8 is always executed in the entrance / exit update unit 107 under the control of the control unit 120 while the server device 1 is moving. First, the entrance / exit update unit 107 determines whether or not the date has changed based on the current time provided by a clock circuit (not shown) of the server device 1 (step S101). The discrimination process in step S101 is a process for discriminating whether or not the summation for one day in the total file 103 for each facility that manages the entrance and exit of each facility for one day is completed.

  When it is determined in the determination process of step S101 that the date has changed, the entrance / exit update unit 107 executes an update process of the facility-specific history file 111 and the facility-specific total file 110 (step S102). In step S102, after the facility total data in the facility total file 110 is transferred to the facility history file 111 as data by facility and date, the data in the facility total file 110 is cleared.

  Then, after the process of step S102 or when it is determined in step S101 that the date has not changed, the process proceeds to step S103. Then, the entrance / exit update unit 107 determines whether or not the own device has received the probe information (step S103), and when determining that it has not received the probe information, repeats the processing from step S101 and waits for reception of the probe information. It becomes.

  When it is determined in step S103 that the own device has received the probe information, the entrance / exit update unit 107 stores the received probe information in the probe information file 103 through the control unit 120 (step S104). As described with reference to FIG. 4, the probe information file 103 stores probe information in the probe information file 103 for each user and in chronological order according to the date and time information.

  Based on the probe information of the same user in the probe information file 103, the entrance / exit update unit 107 has positioning position information in the newly received probe information, although the previous probe information has positioning position information. It is determined whether or not has disappeared (step S105). That is, in step S105, it is determined whether or not the probe information of the same user has transitioned from a state having positioning position information (current position information measured using the GPS function) to a state having no positioning position information.

  In the determination process of step S105, when it is determined that the positioning position information has been lost, the entrance / exit update unit 107 determines the moving means of the user of the mobile communication terminal 4 that has transmitted the received probe information ( Step S106). In step S106, as described above, based on the probe information of the user for a predetermined period stored in the probe information file 103, the user's movement trajectory and movement status are grasped, and the movement speed is obtained. The moving means of the user is specified according to the above.

  Next, the entrance / exit update unit 107 identifies the location of the facility where the user entered based on the positioning location information of the probe information immediately before the probe information received this time and the map data of the map DB 104, and according to the location The facility DB 106 is referred to, and the facility ID of the facility is also specified (step S107). Here, although it has been described that the positioning position information of the probe information immediately before the probe information received this time is used, the present invention is not limited to this. You may make it identify the facility which entered, using the provision position information (present position information provided from the position management server 6) of the probe information received this time.

  Then, the entrance / exit update unit 107 updates the fields of entrance information (IN information) and staying information in the corresponding time zone of the facility summary data of the corresponding facility (facility that has entered this time) stored in the facility summary file 110. The process which performs is performed (step S108). The time zone can be specified based on the date and time information of the latest probe information received or in the server device 1 based on the reception time of the latest probe information. The reception time of the probe information is not shown, but the current time provided by the clock circuit included in the server device 1 can be used. Thereafter, the processing from step S101 is repeated.

  Further, when it is determined in the determination process in step S105 that the positioning position information has not transitioned to the lost state, the entrance / exit update unit 107 performs the determination process in step S109. That is, the entrance / exit update unit 107, based on the probe information of the same user in the probe information file 103, has no positioning position information, but the probe position information received this time includes positioning position information. It is determined whether or not it has been restored (step S109). In other words, the process of step S109 is a process of determining whether or not the probe information of the same user has transitioned from a state in which the positioning position information has disappeared to a state in which the positioning position information has been restored (returned).

  When it is determined in the determination process in step S109 that the positioning position information has been restored, the entrance / exit update unit 107 confirms where the facility has entered so far (step S110). Specifically, the entrance / exit update unit 107 confirms the position of the facility where the user has entered based on the positioning position information of the probe information received this time and the map data of the map DB 104, and the facility is changed according to the position. The facility ID of the facility is also specified with reference to the DB 106 (step S110). In addition, it is also possible to confirm and specify the facility that has been entered using the provided position information of the probe information (current position information provided from the position management server 6) in which the positioning position information has been lost until immediately before. Good.

  Then, the entrance / exit update unit 107 updates the exit information (OUT information) and stay information fields of the corresponding time zone of the facility total data of the corresponding facility (the facility that has left this time) stored in the facility total file 110. Is performed (step S111). Here, as in the case of the process of step S108, the time zone may be specified based on the date / time information of the latest received probe information or based on the time when the latest probe information is received in the server device 1. it can. After the process of step S111, the process from step S101 is repeated.

  Further, when it is determined in the determination process of step S109 that the positioning position information has not changed to the restored state, the positioning position information of the probe information has not disappeared or recovered through the determination process of step S105 or step S109. I understand. That is, the positioning position information of the probe information continues to exist. In this case, the entrance / exit update unit 107 does not perform an update process or the like to the facility total file 110, and the process from step S101 is repeated.

  In this way, the entrance / exit update unit 107 updates the data corresponding to each of the probe information file 103, the facility total file 110, and the facility history file 111 based on the received probe information. Process. The entrance / exit update unit 107 also realizes a function as a specifying unit that specifies a moving unit of a user who has entered the facility.

  When the user information update unit 108 detects that the information in the user DB 105 described with reference to FIG. 5 has changed based on the probe information for each user stored in the probe information file 103, the user information update unit 108 stores the information. Perform the update process. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining processing performed by the user information update unit 108. Here, the process performed by the user information update unit 108 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 9.

  The user information update unit 108 executes the process illustrated in FIG. 9 at a predetermined timing such as every month. Then, the user information update unit 108 first extracts probe information for a predetermined period (for example, the latest past one month) for each user (step S201). Then, the user information update unit 108 specifies the user ID of the analysis target user based on the extracted probe information (step S202).

  Then, the probe information for a predetermined period of the user who specified the user ID is matched with the map information in the map DB 104, and the movement route (behavior pattern) of the user in the predetermined period is specified (step S203). After that, the user information update unit 108 grasps the user's stop location, stop time, stay time at the stop location, stop period at each stop location, and the like based on the identification result of step S203. Based on this, the current address, occupation, etc., work location, etc., income, hobbies, presence / absence of children, etc. are grasped (step S204).

  In other words, when the current address changes due to moving, or when the occupation or work location changes due to employment, change of job, advancement, etc., the user's behavior trajectory is analyzed according to the probe information, The state can be detected. For this reason, as described above, by developing the probe information for a predetermined period on the map, it is possible to grasp the stop location, the stop time, the stay time for the stop location, the stop period to each stop location, etc. Based on this, it is possible to grasp the current address, occupation, work location, and the like.

  Also, based on the specified stop-off location, the work place and part-time job are specified, the age of the user and the work time (stay time), wage information of the work place and part-time work disclosed on the Internet, general It is also possible to roughly estimate the user's income based on information on various wage rates. You can also specify your hobbies based on the specific location you are visiting or on the road, or if you are visiting a nursery school or kindergarten almost every day based on the specified location, Various analyzes such as knowing that there are children are possible.

  Furthermore, in step S204, the user information update unit 108 confirms the presence or absence of another user who stops at the location specified as the current address, and grasps the family living together (step S205). When there is another user who stops over time, it can be determined that the other user is the family of the user with the user ID specified in step S202.

  Then, the user information update unit 108 refers to the registration information in the user DB based on the user ID specified in step S202, and updates the unregistered information and change information based on the information grasped in steps S204 and S205. (Step S206). That is, in step S206, when the information grasped in steps S204 and S205 is different from the registered information in the user DB 105, the different information is changed to the latest grasped information.

  Thereafter, the user information update unit 108 determines whether or not all the extracted probe information has been processed for each user (step S207). If it is determined in the determination process in step S207 that all the extracted probe information is not processed for each user, the process from step S202 is repeated, and the probe information analysis process for the next user and the update process of the user DB 105 are performed. I do. If it is determined in step S207 that all the extracted probe information has been processed for each user, the process shown in FIG. 9 is terminated.

  As described above, when the user information update unit 108 detects the change in the registration information registered in the user DB 105 by analyzing the probe information, the user information update unit 108 changes the registration data in the user DB 105 to the information after the change. Can be corrected automatically. Therefore, even if there is a change in the registered data in the user DB 105, the user can automatically update to the correct data without performing a change process one by one.

  The entrance / exit totaling unit 109 calculates various total values for each facility by counting one or both of the total data for each facility in the total file 110 for each facility and the historical data for each facility in the history file 111 for each facility. Process. The information collected here can be provided to the user through the mobile communication terminal 4. In addition, the aggregated information can be provided as a document to the operator of each facility.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the processing of the entrance / exit counting unit 109. As shown in FIG. 10, the entrance / exit totaling unit 109 uses the facility-specific total file 110 and the facility-specific history file 111 as input files, and uses the user DB 105, the facility DB 106, and the weather history DB 130 as reference files. Calculate the aggregate value.

  The weather history DB 130 stores and holds at least information such as past weather, temperature, humidity, precipitation, snowfall, wind direction, and wind speed by region. Here, by region, for example, by region, region, prefecture, municipality, special area, etc., divided by so-called administrative boundaries, or the whole of Japan is divided into rectangular regions (mesh) with a side of about 5 km For example, by region. The weather history DB 130 may be configured to be included in the server device 1 of this embodiment. For example, the server device 1 accesses what is provided on the network 2 by a weather forecast company or the like. It is also possible to obtain necessary information.

  And the entrance / exit totaling part 109 can form the information which shows the congestion condition according to (1) facilities according to the day and time zone by using the total data of the total file 110 according to facilities. Moreover, the entrance / exit totaling unit 109 can use the history data of the facility-specific history file 111 to form (2) information indicating the degree of congestion by facility, date, and time period. Further, the entrance / exit counting unit 109 uses the total data of the facility-specific total file 110 and the history data of the facility-specific history file 111, so that (3) by facility, such as by day of the week, by weather, by season, etc. Information indicating the degree of congestion for each predetermined section can be formed.

  In addition, the entrance / exit counting unit 109 uses the total data of the facility-specific total file 110 and the history data of the facility-specific history file 111 to (4) grasp the total value for each moving means of the visitors by facility, By considering the registration information in the user DB, (5) it is possible to grasp the total value of the individual attributes of visitors by facility. Here, the personal attributes are, for example, sex, age, occupation, income, hobbies and the like. By this, for example, it is possible to grasp the facilities with many male visitors and the facilities with many female visitors, or grasp the gender, age, occupation, income, hobbies, etc. of the users with many visitors for each facility. It is also possible. It is also possible to consider business hours and regular holidays, which are registered information in the facility DB 106.

  Of course, in FIG. 10, the information and total values shown in (1) to (5) are merely examples, and it is of course possible to perform other various totals. For example, it is possible to count the transportation means of visitors by facility and by time zone, or by summing the personal attributes of visitors by facility and by time zone. That is, it is possible to calculate at least a total value obtained by variously combining the above (1) to (5). Of course, it is also possible to calculate the grand total by removing the binding of each facility.

  That is, the entrance / exit counting unit 109 can perform various counting processes according to various counting attribute conditions such as time zone, date, day of the week, weather, season, or a combination thereof. Also, by taking into account the registration information in the user DB 105, it is also possible to perform a tabulation process using the user's personal attributes.

  Then, as described above, the entrance / exit totaling unit 109 responds to a request from an end user through the mobile communication terminal 4, for example, the current congestion status of one or more target facilities or the past congestion status. Etc. can be provided. In addition, an operator of each facility can access the server apparatus 1 through a personal computer or the like, and receive provision of various information as described above of the facility operated by the facility.

  As described above, the server device 1 receives the probe information from each mobile communication terminal 4, accurately grasps the user entry / exit for each facility, and uses this information to grasp the degree of congestion for each facility from various aspects. To be able to analyze.

[Effect of the embodiment]
Thus, in the server device 1 of this embodiment, based on the disappearance and revival of positioning position information (current position information measured using the GPS function) included in the probe information from the mobile communication terminal 4, Admission and exit can be accurately detected and grasped for each facility. In particular, it is possible to accurately detect entry into and exit from a facility.

  Moreover, in the server apparatus 1, when the entrance and exit to a facility are detected, the facility may be specified. Therefore, since the current position information measured using the GPS function and the map information are not always matched, processing in the mobile communication terminal 4 and the server device 1 can be reduced.

[Modification]
Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, the portable communication terminal 4 receives provision of present position information (provided position information) from the position management server 6, and also transmits this to the server apparatus 1 including it in probe information. As explained. However, it is not limited to this. The mobile communication terminal 4 that has transmitted the probe information for which the positioning position information that is the current position information measured by the GPS function does not exist is specified by the user ID of the probe information. Then, the specified location information of the mobile communication terminal 4 may be requested from the server device 1 to the location management server 6, and the server device 1 may receive provision directly from the location management server 6. Thereby, the current position of the mobile communication terminal 4 to which the server apparatus 1 has independently transmitted the probe information can be specified without depending on the probe information from the mobile communication terminal 4.

  In addition, in a facility such as a store, an indoor base station (in-facility local base station) 3IN may be provided as shown in FIG. The transmission information such as probe information transmitted from each mobile communication terminal 4 includes the base station ID of the base station that has passed through. Therefore, in the server apparatus 1, when the positioning position information is not included in the probe information from the mobile communication terminal 4, the server apparatus 1 makes an inquiry to the position management server 6 based on the base station ID that has been included in the probe information. It is also possible to identify the facility where the mobile communication terminal 4 is entering.

  As described above, the server device 1 can specify the facility where the mobile communication terminal 4 has entered by using the fact that the probe information (communication information) from the mobile communication terminal 4 becomes information via the indoor base station. it can. Of course, it is possible to adopt a configuration that considers both the positioning position information and the provision position information immediately before disappearance.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, when a transition is made from the state in which the positioning position information of the probe information is lost to the state in which it has disappeared, the server device 1 determines that the user having the mobile communication terminal 4 has entered the facility. I made it. Similarly, when the positioning information of the probe information is changed from the lost state to the recovered state, the server device 1 determines that the user having the mobile communication terminal 4 has left the facility. However, it is not limited to this.

  When the probe information in which the positioning position information is lost is transmitted two or more times from the state in which the positioning position information is present, it may be determined that the user having the mobile communication terminal 4 has entered the facility. . Further, when probe information whose positioning position information has been restored is transmitted two or more times from the state where the positioning position information has disappeared, it is determined that the user having the mobile communication terminal 4 has left the facility. May be.

  In this case, simply, in the process of step S105 of the process shown in FIG. 8, when it is confirmed that the probe information whose positioning position information has been lost has been received a predetermined number of times, the process proceeds to the process of step S106 and less than the predetermined number of times. In the case of times, the process from step S101 may be repeated. Further, in the process of step S109 of the process shown in FIG. 8, when it is confirmed that the probe information whose positioning position information has been restored has been received a predetermined number of times, the process proceeds to step S110. What is necessary is just to repeat the process from step S101. In this case, the number of receptions of probe information in which positioning position information has been lost and the number of receptions of probe information in which positioning position information has been restored can be set to an appropriate number according to the transmission interval of probe information and the like.

  Further, from the positioning position information of probe information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 4 or the provided position information and the map information, the mobile communication terminal 4 exists in a facility such as a store, and the residence time (stay time) in the facility ) Can be added to the facility to detect entry. In other words, when the location position information is lost or revived, the entrance to the facility or the exit is detected. It is considered that there are cases where accurate counting is not possible. For example, there is a possibility that the current position could not be measured using the GPS function only once due to the influence of a fence or a tree of a building even though the facility was not actually entered. is there.

  Therefore, as described above, the entrance and exit of the facility are detected based on the disappearance and restoration of the positioning information of the probe information, but the residence time from entrance to exit is not less than a predetermined time. In this case, it may be determined that entry / exit to the facility has occurred. Thereby, entrance / exit to a facility can be detected with high accuracy. The residence time can be set to an appropriate value according to the purpose of entry / exit detection, for example, 3 minutes or more, 5 minutes or more, 10 minutes or more.

  Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, the server apparatus 1 demonstrated as what processes the probe information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 4 in real time. However, it is not limited to this. The probe information from the mobile communication terminal 4 may be accumulated, and the facility total file 110 and the facility history file 111 may be updated based on the probe information accumulated at a predetermined timing. That is, the accumulated probe information can be batch processed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the mobile communication terminal 4 has been described as having a function of generating and transmitting probe information at each predetermined timing. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when it is assumed that the probe information from the mobile communication terminal 4 is used only for the detection of entrance / exit to the facility, the mobile communication terminal 4 detects the entrance / exit to the facility, and this is used as the server device. 1 may be notified.

  That is, it is assumed that the mobile communication terminal 4 detects that the positioning position information has changed from a position where positioning is possible to a position where positioning is impossible. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 4 forms entrance information including the user ID, information indicating that the facility has been entered, the latest positioning position information, and the current time, and transmits the entry information to the server device 1. To do. Thereby, in the server apparatus 1, while referring to map information based on the positioning position information of the said entrance information, the facility which entered can be specified, and the entrance information of the corresponding time slot | zone about the facility is updated. can do.

  Further, it is assumed that the mobile communication terminal 4 detects that the positioning position information has changed from a state where positioning is impossible to a state where positioning is possible. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 4 forms exit information including the user ID, information indicating that the user has exited the facility, the latest positioning position information, and the current time, and transmits the exit information to the server device 1. To do. Thereby, in the server apparatus 1, while referring to map information based on the positioning position information of the said exit information, the exited facility can be confirmed, and the exit information of the corresponding time zone for the facility is updated. can do.

  As described above, the location information provided from the location management server 6 or the communication information is used as described above even when the mobile communication terminal 4 detects entrance / exit to the facility. The facility that has entered or exited can also be identified by the base station ID of the base station through which the communication information has been included, which is included in the entrance information and exit information.

  As described above, when the entrance / exit to the facility is detected on the mobile communication terminal 4 side, it is only necessary to form and transmit the entrance information and exit information only when the entrance / exit is detected. The amount of communication between the terminal 4 and the server device 1 can be reduced. However, probe information from the mobile communication terminal 4 is normally used in a pedestrian navigation service or a so-called concierge service. Therefore, by using the probe information from the already used mobile communication terminal 4 as it is, the mobile communication terminal 4 side can appropriately grasp the entrance / exit for each facility without changing anything. , Method and system can be realized.

[Others]
In the above-described embodiment, the connection terminal 101 and the communication I / F 102 of the server device 1 mainly realize the function as a reception unit, and the entrance / exit update unit 107 serves as an entrance determination unit and an exit determination unit. The function is realized. The facility-specific total file 110 and the facility-specific history file 111 of the server device 1 realize a function as a determination result holding unit.

  Further, the entrance / exit counting unit 109 of the server device 1 realizes functions as first, second, and third counting means. Further, the connection terminal 101, the communication I / F 102, and the control unit 120 of the server device 1 realize a function as a weather information acquisition unit, and the probe information file 103 realizes a function as a storage unit. In addition, the entrance / exit update unit 107 of the server device 1 also realizes a function as a specifying unit that specifies the moving unit of the user.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server apparatus, 101 ... Connection terminal, 102 ... Communication I / F, 103 ... Probe information file, 104 ... Map DB, 105 ... User DB, 106 ... Facility DB, 107 ... Entrance / exit update part, 108 ... User information update 109, entry / exit counting unit, 110 ... facility-specific total file, 111 ... facility-specific history file, 120 ... control unit, 2 ... network, 3 ... base station, 4 ... mobile communication terminal, 401 ... transmission / reception antenna, 402 ... Transmission / reception processing unit, 403 ... Handset (speaker), 404 ... Transmitter (microphone), 411 ... Key operation unit, 412 ... Display control, 413 ... Display unit, 414 ... Audio processing unit, 415 ... Speaker, 420 ... Control unit 421 ... CPU, 422 ... ROM, 423 ... RAM, 424 ... EEPROM, 425 ... CPU bus, 431 ... clock circuit, 432 ... external input Power terminal, 433 ... external I / F, 434 ... GPS unit, 435 ... GPS antenna, 5 ... GPS satellite, 6 ... location management server

Claims (8)

From a portable communication terminal that has a function of measuring the current position of its own device using a signal from an artificial satellite, and transmits probe information that includes at least the current position information obtained by positioning at a predetermined timing. A probe information processing server for processing the probe information,
Receiving means for receiving the probe information from the mobile communication terminal;
When the probe information sequentially received by the receiving means is changed from having the current position information to not having the current position information, the mobile communication terminal uses the information and map information included in the received probe information. Admission determination means for determining that the specified facility has been entered,
Exit determination for determining that the mobile communication terminal has exited from a facility where the mobile communication terminal has entered when the probe information sequentially received by the receiving means has changed from those not having the current position information to those having the current position information. Means,
A probe information processing server comprising: a discrimination result holding unit that stores a discrimination result in the entrance discrimination unit and a discrimination result in the exit discrimination unit for each facility. The probe information processing server according to claim 1,
The discrimination result holding means is capable of holding the discrimination result by day and by time zone,
A probe information processing server, comprising: a first totaling unit that totalizes the entrance and exit of the information held in the discrimination result holding unit according to a predetermined counting attribute condition. The probe information processing server according to claim 2,
Weather information acquisition means for acquiring information on past weather;
Probe information comprising second counting means for counting the information stored in the determination result holding means in consideration of past weather information acquired by the weather information acquisition means, Processing server. The probe information processing server according to claim 1, claim 2, or claim 3,
Storing means for storing the probe information received by the receiving means;
Moving means for a user having the mobile communication terminal based on the probe information and map information of the mobile communication terminal stored in the storage means when it is determined that the facility has entered the facility by the admission determination means A probe information processing server comprising: a specifying unit that specifies The probe information processing server according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, or claim 4,
The determination result holding means holds a determination result including information that makes it possible to identify the user of the mobile communication terminal,
A probe information processing server, comprising: a third totaling unit that performs totaling using personal attributes of a user who uses the mobile communication terminal. The probe information processing server according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4 or claim 5,
The portable communication terminal receives the specific current position information of the own device specified in the server device on the telephone company side according to information of a base station with which the own device can communicate, and the probe including the specified current position information Can generate and send information,
One or both of the entrance discrimination means and the exit discrimination means perform the discrimination processing in consideration of the specific current position information included in the probe information. From a portable communication terminal that has a function of measuring the current position of its own device using a signal from an artificial satellite, and transmits probe information that includes at least the current position information obtained by positioning at a predetermined timing. There is a probe information processing method used in a probe information processing server for processing the probe information,
Receiving the probe information from the mobile communication terminal through a receiving means;
When the probe information sequentially received in the receiving step changes from having the current position information to not having the current position information, the mobile communication terminal uses the information included in the probe information already received by the entrance determination means An admission determination process for determining that the user has entered the facility specified by the map information;
When the probe information sequentially received in the receiving step changes from those not having the current position information to those having the current position information, it is determined by the exit determination means that the mobile communication terminal has exited from the facility where it has entered. An exit discrimination process,
A probe information processing method comprising: a discrimination result holding step of recording a discrimination result in the entrance discrimination step and a discrimination result in the exit discrimination step in a discrimination result holding unit for each facility. A probe information processing system configured by connecting a mobile communication terminal that transmits probe information and a server device that receives probe information through a network,
The mobile communication terminal is
Positioning means for positioning the current position of the own aircraft by receiving a signal from an artificial satellite and processing it,
Generating means for generating probe information that includes at least the current position information measured by the positioning means for each predetermined timing;
Transmission means for transmitting the probe information generated by the generation means to a predetermined server device,
The server device
Receiving means for receiving the probe information from the mobile communication terminal;
When the probe information sequentially received by the receiving means is changed from one having the current position information measured by the positioning means to one not having, the portable communication terminal includes the probe information already received. Admission determining means for determining that the user has entered the facility specified by the information and the map information,
When the probe information sequentially received by the receiving means is changed from one having no current position information measured by the positioning means to one having the current position information, the mobile communication terminal leaves the facility where it entered. Exit discrimination means for determining that
A probe information processing system, comprising: a discrimination result holding unit that stores a discrimination result in the entrance discrimination unit and a discrimination result in the exit discrimination unit for each facility.

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