JP2013238590A - Guidance information provision system, portable terminal and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for providing a user with guidance information on a station where the user can get on and off a public transportation system until the user arrives at a destination station.SOLUTION: A guidance information provision system comprises: a guidance information DB 131 storing guidance information associated with a station of a public transportation system; a traffic information DB 132 storing traffic information on the public transportation system; and a guidance information provision server 10. The guidance information provision server 10: acquires public transportation system identification information to identify the public transportation system that a user carrying a portable terminal is travelling therein as well as information on a train pass section where the user can freely get on and off from the public transportation system; identifies a station where the user can get off the public transportation system within the train pass section after a time when the public transportation system identification information is acquired; generates a station image representing the identified station; and enables the generated station image as well as the guidance information associated with the station to be shown on a display until the public transportation system arrives at the station.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for providing information to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, or a tablet, and more particularly, to a station that can get off for a user who has a mobile terminal and gets on a transportation facility such as a train. The present invention relates to technology for providing information.

As for the search technology for the optimal operation route in public transportation networks such as trains, since the operation route search software “Electric Spa” (registered trademark) developed by the present applicant, it has been used by a number of enterprise engineers. Improvements have been attempted.
In recent years, with the improvement in performance of mobile terminals and the development of Internet-related technologies, many services have been provided that perform route search by receiving input of departure and destination from mobile terminals via a network and provide optimal route guidance. ing. In addition to simply providing the user with a route search result, peripheral information about the departure station and the destination station is also provided.

  Patent document 1 discloses the prior art which displays station periphery information, an advertisement, etc. on a terminal device other than route guidance. In Patent Literature 1, a route information distribution server searches for an optimum route route or a plurality of candidate route routes based on route search conditions received from a terminal device. The searched optimum route or the selected candidate route route is delivered to the terminal device and displayed. At that time, a drawing obtained by extracting only the optimum route route or the selected candidate route route from the entire route map is displayed, and station peripheral information, advertisements, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “guidance information”) are displayed in the vacant space. indicate.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2008-209164 (paragraph 0072, FIG. 5)

  Conventionally, as in Patent Document 1, the guidance information displayed together with the route search result is for the destination station. This is because the provider who provides the guidance information cannot provide the information unless it is selected as the destination station, so the advertising effect cannot be expected so much. If the user can obtain guidance information for stations other than the destination station, the user will have an opportunity to stop on the way to the destination station. For example, a user who uses a commuter pass can freely get on and off the train within the commuter pass section. Therefore, if it is possible to obtain the guidance information of the stop stations in the section, it is also possible to get off at the stop station and shop based on the guide information. If such use is possible, it is beneficial for the user and the provider of the guidance information.

  This invention makes it a main subject to provide the system for providing the user with the guidance information of the station which can be boarded / alighted until it arrives at the destination station in view of said problem.

The guidance information providing system for a mobile terminal of the present invention that solves the above problems is obtained from registration means for registering a section of public transportation that a user can get on and off freely, and the mobile terminal possessed by the user, From the public transport specifying information for specifying the public transport on which the user is on board and the operation information of the public transport stored in a predetermined database, the public transport on which the user is on , Specifying means for specifying a station from which the user can get off after the acquisition time of the public transport specifying information in the registered section, and guide information associated with the specified station, the guide information The guide information acquisition means for acquiring from the stored database, and the station image representing the specified station, and the generated station image and the guide information Those having a control means for enabling display on the display of the mobile terminal to public transport the user is riding it arrives at the station.
Another guide information providing system according to the present invention includes a public transport facility specifying information for identifying a public transport facility on which the user is boarded, acquired from a portable terminal possessed by the user, and a predetermined database. A means for identifying the public transport and a plurality of stations where the user can get off after the acquisition time of the public transport specifying information is identified from the accumulated public transport operation information; The image generation means for generating a bird's-eye view image including a plurality of stations and the position information of the mobile terminal heading to each station, and any of the weather, the user's boarding position, the current time, and the user-specific profile, information acquisition conditions The guide information is stored as guide information that matches the acquisition condition, among the guide information associated with each of the stations for the plurality of identified stations. Guidance information acquisition means to be acquired from the database, the station image displayed on the display of the mobile terminal while the user is on the public transport, and the station image representing the next arrival station and the And control means for displaying the guidance information acquired about the station on the display of the portable terminal until the public transportation arrives at the station.
As the public transportation specifying information, position information by GPS, time, or manually used route, station, boarding time, etc. can be used.

The portable terminal of the present invention is a portable terminal possessed by a user, and includes a display, a registration means for registering a section of public transportation that the user can freely get on and off, and a public transportation that the user is on The user is on the board from first information acquisition means for acquiring public transport specifying information for specifying the public transport, and the public transport specifying information and pre-stored public transport operation information. The public transportation and the station where the user can get off after the acquisition time of the public transportation specifying information is specified or the external device is specified and the guidance information associated with the specified station is stored. The guide information associated with the station where the user can get off after the acquisition time of the information for specifying public transport in the registered section is acquired from the registered section. 2 The information acquisition means, the third information acquisition means for acquiring a station image representing the station, the acquired station image and the guidance information associated with the station, the public transportation facility on which the user is on the station Display control means for enabling display on the display until it arrives at the display.
Another portable terminal according to the present invention is a portable terminal carried by a user, wherein the display and first information for acquiring public transport specifying information for specifying the public transport on which the user is on From the acquisition means, the public transport specifying information and the public transport operation information stored in advance, the public transport on which the user is on board, and the acquisition time of the public transport specifying information A second means for obtaining a bird's-eye view image that includes a plurality of stations that the user can get off, or a specifying unit that causes an external device to specify, and a plurality of stations that are specified, and position information of the mobile terminal that faces each station. Information acquisition means, reception means for accepting any of weather, the user's boarding position, the current time, and a user-specific profile as an information acquisition condition; Third information acquisition means for acquiring guide information that matches the acquisition conditions from a database that stores the attached guide information, and displaying the overhead image on the display while the user is on the public transport And a display control means for displaying a station image representing the next arriving station and guidance information acquired for the station on the display until the public transportation arrives at the station. .

The computer program of the present invention is a computer program for operating a portable computer having a display as a portable terminal for providing guidance information, which is carried by a user who rides on public transportation, Registration means for registering a section of public transportation that a user can get on and off freely, first information acquisition means for obtaining information for specifying public transportation for identifying the public transportation on which the user is on, the public transportation Based on the information for institution identification and the operation information of public transportation stored in advance, the public transportation in which the user gets on, and the station where the user can get off after the acquisition time of the information for identification of public transportation Or the external device is specified, and the guide information associated with the specified station is accumulated. 2nd information acquisition means for acquiring guidance information associated with a station where the user can get off after the acquisition time of the information for identifying public transport in the registered section from the database, and acquiring a station image representing the station Display control means for enabling the third information acquisition means, the acquired station image and the guidance information associated with the station to be displayed on the display until the public transportation on which the user is boarding arrives at the station; It is to function as.
Another computer program of the present invention is a computer program for operating a portable computer having a display as a portable terminal for providing guidance information, which is carried by a user who rides on public transportation. First information acquisition means for acquiring public transport specifying information for specifying the public transport on which the user is on board, public transport specifying information and operation information of public transport stored in advance Identifying means for identifying the public transportation on which the user is on board and a plurality of stations where the user can get off after the acquisition time of the information for identifying the public transportation, or for identifying the external device Second information acquisition means for acquiring a bird's-eye view image including a plurality of specified stations and position information of the mobile terminal heading to each station, weather Accepting means for accepting any of the user's boarding position, current time, and user-specific profile as an information acquisition condition, from a database that has previously stored guidance information associated with each station of public transportation, to the acquisition condition Third information acquisition means for acquiring appropriate guidance information, while the user is on the public transport, the overhead image is displayed on the display, and the station image representing the next arriving station and the station are acquired. The displayed guidance information is made to function as display control means for enabling display on the display until the public transportation arrives at the station.

  According to the present invention, the station where the user can get off is identified, and the public transportation facility on which the user gets on the station image representing the identified station and the link image of the guidance information associated with the station Since the information is displayed on the display until it arrives at the station, it is possible to effectively provide the user with guide information on stations that can be boarded and exited until the destination station is reached.

The block diagram of the guidance information provision system of 1st Embodiment. The flowchart showing the process sequence for providing guidance information to a user. The block diagram of the guidance information provision system of 2nd Embodiment. The flowchart showing the process sequence for providing guidance information to a user. The flowchart showing the process sequence of the switching process of guidance information. The flowchart showing the process sequence of the switching process of guidance information. FIG. The example of a display of a specific item. The example of a display of a specific item. The figure showing a mode that guidance information switches by slide operation. The figure showing a mode that guidance information switches by slide operation. The figure showing a mode that guidance information switches by slide operation. The other illustration figure of guidance information. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for drawing the guidance information of FIG. 13. The figure which displayed the route and the station which can get off on a map.

  An embodiment will be described in which the present invention is applied to a network-type guidance information providing system that enables a guidance information provision service for portable terminals such as mobile phones, smartphones, and tablets. In such a guidance information providing system, the server identifies the public transportation facility on which the user carrying the portable terminal gets and provides guidance information to the portable terminal (first embodiment), and the portable terminal. There is a configuration (second embodiment) in which a user having the portable terminal specifies public transportation on which the user gets and obtains guidance information from a server.

[Overall Configuration of First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a guidance information providing system according to the first embodiment. In this guidance information providing system, a portable terminal 20 possessed by a user who uses public transportation such as a railway, and a guidance information providing server 10 that provides guidance information to the portable terminal 20 are connected via a digital network N such as the Internet. Connected to communicate.

  The portable terminal 20 includes a terminal position specifying function using a GPS (Global Positioning System) or WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) access point, a clock function, an input interface that allows a user to input data, a display, a guide, It is a computer device having a communication control function with the information providing server 10.

The portable terminal 20 acquires public transport specifying information for specifying the public transport that the user is on, using the terminal position specifying function and the clock function or the input interface. Based on the current time by the clock function and the current position of the mobile terminal 20 by the terminal position specifying function, the public transportation facility on which the user is aboard can be specified. For example, if the current time is “AM9: 00” and the current position is on the central line between Koenji Station and Nakano Station, it is possible to specify a train passing through the position at that time. In the case of input from the input interface, the user directly inputs data necessary for specifying public transportation such as a route, a station name, and a boarding time being used.
The information for specifying public transportation is transmitted to the guidance information providing server 10 via the digital network N by the communication control function.

  The guidance information providing server 10 includes a server body connected to the digital network N and an external storage device as hardware. Then, the server main body executes a computer program stored in the external storage device, thereby constructing a guide information DB (DB is an abbreviation of database, the same applies hereinafter) 131 and an operation information DB 132 in the external storage device, and the server The main body functions as the data communication interface 100, the information providing tool 110, and the route search engine 120.

In the guidance information DB 131, information on stations of transportation, such as station positions (latitude, longitude), station entrances (north exit, south exit, exit A, exit B, etc .: “station entrance”, hereinafter simply referred to as “entrance”). In addition to data such as the location, the ticket gates connected to the entrances, the platforms that can be reached from the ticket gates, the communication paths between the platforms, etc., the station images for each station, the information about stores around the station, and information such as advertisements are accumulated.
The operation information DB 132 stores operation information for route search, for example, schedule information (including route and timetable), and a map around the station as necessary.

  The data communication interface 100 enables bidirectional communication with the portable terminal 20 and provides a hierarchical page screen to the accessed portable terminal 20. This hierarchical page screen is used for displaying guidance information and providing a route search Web service. The interface for data communication 100 provides the user with a route search environment by interactively performing precise specification of route search conditions between the system side and the user. Get information.

  The information providing tool 110 specifies the public transportation on which the user carrying the mobile terminal 20 gets from the public transportation specifying information and obtains the stations from which the user can get off after obtaining the public transportation specifying information. It is specified by the operation information stored in the operation information DB 132. The information providing tool 110 reads out information related to the identified station from the guidance information DB 131, and generates a station image representing the station and a link image of guidance information associated with the station. The information providing tool 110 displays the generated station image and link image on the display of the portable terminal 20 through the data communication interface 100 until the public transportation on which the user is boarding arrives at the station. Moreover, the content displayed on the display of the portable terminal 20 is updated with progress of time (train operation).

The route search engine 120 performs a route search from the departure point to the destination according to the route search condition including the departure point, the destination, and the use time (the current time when there is no designation) acquired by the data communication interface 100. About at least one of the starting point and the destination, what is directly input (designated) by the user may be specified as it is as the route search condition, or may be specified by presenting and selecting a pre-registered one. Also good.
The route search engine 120 searches for one or a plurality of route candidates by repeatedly linking each node (station, etc.) sequentially from the departure point to the destination, and finds the one that best meets the route search condition. It is determined as an optimum route candidate.
The route search engine 120 is also equipped with a known inference engine, and in the course of route search, that is, in the process of pasting a link to each node, it is found that the required time becomes a route that is not realistic. If the threshold value is larger than the threshold value stored in advance in the memory, the search for the next node and subsequent nodes for the route candidate is stopped at that time. Note that the basic function portion of the route search engine 120 can use route search software “Electric Spatial” (registered trademark) provided by the present applicant.

Such a guidance information providing server 10 provides guidance information to the portable terminal 20 by the processing procedure shown in FIG. In the following description, “S” represents a processing step.
The guidance information providing server 10 acquires public transport facility specifying information and route search conditions from the portable terminal 20 by the data communication interface 100 (S10). The route search condition is sent to the route search engine 120. The route search engine 120 performs a route search with reference to the operation information DB 132 based on the route search condition. The route search result is transmitted to the portable terminal 20 via the data communication interface 100 and is also transmitted to the information providing tool 110. The information for specifying public transportation is sent to the information providing tool 110.
The information providing tool 110 specifies the public transportation (for example, the route and train on which the user is carrying) on which the user carrying the mobile terminal 20 gets from the route search result and the public transportation specifying information (S11). When the public transportation specifying information is information indicating the current time and the position of the mobile terminal 20 at that time, the information providing tool 110 specifies the route used from the position of the mobile terminal 20 and the route search result, Identify the train to board from the current time. When the public transport facility specifying information is directly input by the user through the input interface, such as the route, the name of the station, the boarding time, etc., the information providing tool 110 specifies the route and the train as they are from the input result.

The information providing tool 110 refers to the operation information DB 132 and identifies a station where the user can get off to the target station by the identified public transportation (S12). The information providing tool 110 confirms the schedule information by using the operation information DB 132 and specifies a station (hereinafter referred to as “a station that can get off”) where the specified route and train will stop in the future.
After specifying the disembarkable station, the information providing tool 110 generates a station image and a link image related to the next disembarkable station from the current position with reference to the guide information DB 131, and the mobile terminal via the data communication interface 100 By providing it to 20, the guidance information is displayed on the display of the portable terminal 20 (S13, S14).

The information providing tool 110 displays the station image and the link image on the display of the portable terminal 20 until the train passes through the station that can get off (S15: Y, S16). Whether or not it has passed through the station where it is possible to get off can be determined, for example, as follows.
When acquiring information indicating the current time and the position of the mobile terminal 20 at that time as the public transport specifying information, the guidance information providing server 10 acquires the public transport specifying information at predetermined time intervals (for example, 1 minute). To do. Thereby, the position of the train on which the user gets on at predetermined time intervals can be grasped. It is possible to determine whether or not the train has passed through the station that can get off from the position of the train that has been grasped and the position of the station that can get off. When the public transport specifying information is information directly input by the user through the input interface, the guidance information providing server 10 determines whether a predetermined time has elapsed after acquiring the public transport specifying information, and then gets off. Determine whether you have passed through a possible station.

  After the display is completed, the information providing tool 110 determines whether there is still a disembarkable station identified in S12. If there is a disembarkable station, the process returns to step S13, and the process is repeated until there are no disembarkable stations (S17: Y, S13). If there are no more stations that can get off, the guidance information providing process is terminated (S17: N).

[Overall Configuration of Second Embodiment]
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the guidance information providing system according to the second embodiment. In this guidance information providing system, the function realized by the server body of the first embodiment is realized in the mobile terminal 20 to provide guidance information to the user. The portable terminal 20 directly accesses the database 30 via the digital network N. Such a database 30 may be realized by, for example, a cloud database. Since the guidance information DB 131 and the operation information DB 132 provided in the database 30 have the same contents as the guidance information DB 131 and the operation information DB 132 of the first embodiment, description thereof will be omitted.

  The portable terminal 20 includes a display 28, and by executing the computer program of the present invention stored in a predetermined storage device, a current position detection unit 21, a registration unit 22, a specifying information generation unit 23, information An acquisition unit 24, an input control unit 25, an image generation unit 26, and a display control unit 27 are constructed.

The current position detection unit 21 realizes the terminal position specifying function of the first embodiment, and detects the current position of the mobile terminal 20 using a GPS or WiFi access point.
The registration unit 22 registers, as registration information, a commuting / commuting regular section or a free entry / exit section of public transportation used by the user. The registration information represents a section where the user can get on and off.
The specifying information generating unit 23 generates public transport specifying information from the current position detected by the current position detecting unit 21, the registered information registered in the registering unit 22, and the current time. The generated public transportation specifying information is sent to the information acquisition unit 24. The current time can be acquired by, for example, a clock function that the mobile terminal 20 has.

  The information acquisition unit 24 performs bidirectional communication with the database 30 to enable data transmission / reception. The information acquisition unit 24, from the database 30, the station where the user can get off after the input time of the public transport specifying information for specifying the public transport on which the user is on and the guidance information associated with the station. To get.

The input control unit 25 performs input control of various data using an input device by a user. When the mobile terminal 20 is a smartphone or tablet, the input control unit 25 controls the operation of the touch panel because the display 28 is a touch panel and functions as an input device. Data registered in the registration unit 22 is input by the user using an input device and is registered through the input control unit 25.
The image generation unit 26 generates a station image representing the station and a link image of the guidance information from the information regarding the station stored in the guidance information DB 131.
The display control unit 27 displays the station image and the link image generated by the image generation unit 26 on the display 28. In addition, information is provided to the user by displaying various images on the display 28. The image to be displayed on the display 28 is a hierarchical page screen, and various guide information is displayed by the user's selection.

Such a portable terminal 20 provides guide information to the user by the processing procedure shown in FIG.
The specifying information generating unit 23 of the mobile terminal 20 generates public transport specifying information based on the current position detected by the current position detecting unit 21, the registration information of the registering unit 22, and the current time (S20). The generated public transportation specifying information is sent to the information acquisition unit 24. The information acquisition unit 24 communicates with the database 30 via the digital network N, refers to the operation information DB 132, and specifies the route and train on which the user gets from the public transportation specifying information (S21). After the route and the train are specified, the information acquisition unit 24 specifies a station where the user can get off after the input time of the public transport specifying information from the operation information DB 132 (S22). Moreover, the guidance information linked | related with the specified disembarkable station is acquired from guidance information DB131. The guidance information is sent to the image generation unit 26.

  The image generation unit 26 generates a station image representing a station and a link image of the guide information from the guide information (S23). These images generated by the image generation unit 26 are displayed on the display 28 by the display control unit 27 (S24). When the current position detected by the current position detection unit 21 passes the position of the station where it is possible to get off, the display ends (S25: Y, S26).

  After the display is completed, the information acquisition unit 24 determines whether there is still a disembarkable station identified in S22. If there is a disembarkable station, the process returns to step S23 and the process is repeated until there are no disembarkable stations (S27: Y, S23). If there are no more stations that can get off, the guidance information providing process is terminated (S27: N).

  In the second embodiment, the mobile terminal 20 may include a route search engine and an operation information DB. This can be realized by installing existing route search software on the mobile terminal 20. In such a configuration, it is possible to specify a route and a train on which the user gets using the route search result without using registration information. In addition, it is possible to specify a station that can get off by the processing in the mobile terminal 20. That is, the process up to step S22 in FIG. 4 can be performed without accessing the database 30.

  As described above, in the guidance information providing system according to the first and second embodiments, it is possible to provide various kinds of guidance information related to the next station where the user can get off to the user who has the mobile terminal 20.

[Switch display of guidance information]
In any of the guidance information systems of the first and second embodiments, the display of guidance information is switched as it passes through a station where it is possible to get off as time passes. There are a case where the guide information is switched according to the current position of the mobile terminal 20 and a case where the guide information is switched according to the operation information. The switching process of the guidance information display is executed when the display of the guidance information of the disembarkable station is completed after passing through the disembarkable station in S15 of FIG. 2 or S25 of FIG. In the following description, the guidance information system of the second embodiment is taken as an example, but the same processing is possible in the guidance information system of the first embodiment.

[Switch by current position]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for switching the guidance information according to the current position of the mobile terminal 20.
Based on the current position specified by the current position detection unit 21 (S30), the information acquisition unit 24 accesses the database 30 and specifies the nearest station of the current location (S31). The information acquisition unit 24 extracts the station that can get off the line that stops at the specified nearest station by the operation information DB 132 (S32). The information acquisition unit 24 confirms the position (latitude, longitude) of the station where the user can get off from the guidance information DB 131, and specifies the two stations closest to the current position acquired by the current position detection unit 21 (S33).

The information acquisition unit 24 determines a station located far away from the identified two stations as the next station in the traveling direction, and determines this station as a station that next provides guidance information (S34, S35). As described above, this process is executed at the end of the display of the guidance information of the stations that can get off. Therefore, the nearest station is a disembarkable station where the display of guidance information ends. Therefore, the next nearest station is determined as the next station in the traveling direction.
The information acquisition unit 24 reads the determined station guide information from the guide information DB 131 and sends it to the image generation unit 26. Thereafter, the image generation unit 26 generates a station image / link image. The generated station image / link image is displayed on the display 28, and the guide information of the station is provided to the user (S36).
In the first embodiment, the information providing tool 110 performs the above processing.

[Switching using operation information]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for switching the guidance information according to the current time.
The information acquisition unit 24 acquires the current time (S40), refers to the operation information DB 132, and confirms the arrival time of the disembarkable station on the route and train specified in S21 of FIG. 4 (S41). The information acquisition unit 24 identifies the nearest station from the current time and the arrival time of the station that can get off the train, the arrival time being later than the current time, and determines this station as the next station that provides guidance information (S42). , S43). The information acquisition unit 24 reads the determined station guide information from the guide information DB 131 and sends it to the image generation unit 26. Thereafter, the image generation unit 26 generates a station image / link image. The generated station image / link image is displayed on the display 28, and guidance information on the station is provided to the user (S44).
In the first embodiment, the information providing tool 110 performs the above processing.

[Display example]
FIG. 7 is an exemplary diagram of guidance information displayed on the display 28 of the mobile terminal 20 according to the first and second embodiments. In FIG. 7, the user who owns the mobile terminal 20 is moving on a route from “Koenji Station” to “Shinjuku Station” and “Shibuya Station” to “Gaienmae Station”. This route is a route searched by the route search engine 120 in the first embodiment, and is a route registered in the registration unit 22 in the second embodiment. The current position of the mobile terminal 20 is in the middle of the route from “Koenji Station” to “Nakano Station”, and “Nakano Station”, which is the next stop station, is specified as a station for displaying guidance information.

  For this purpose, the display 28 of the portable terminal 20 relates to a route image representing a route from “Koenji Station” as a departure station to “Gaienmae Station” as a destination station, and “Nakano Station” as a next disembarkable station. An image of guidance information is displayed. In addition, guidance is provided that the next station where you can get off is "Shinjuku Station", and the direction of travel is indicated by an arrow.

  In the route image, all the stations that can get off are displayed. In the route image of FIG. 7, the display of the departure station and the destination station where the user gets on and off, and the stations to be transferred (in FIG. 7, “Shinjuku Station” and “Shibuya Station”) are displayed at other stations. It stands out as something different. The reason why the display of these stations is different from the other stations is to inform that they are important stations in route guidance. The train icon displayed in the route image displays the current position of the mobile terminal 20, and is located between “Koenji Station” and “Nakano Station” in the example of FIG. As the current position changes, the position of the train icon also changes.

  Guidance information is classified into a plurality of types of items. In the example of FIG. 7, “meal”, “special sale”, “trend”, “Nakano limited”, “ranking”, and “time sale” are displayed as the guide information. The display control unit 27 displays the station image on a substantially central portion of the display 28, and arranges the link images in a ring shape around the station image in different display forms for each classification of the guidance information. Items that do not have information to be displayed are displayed in a color different from other items (for example, gray display) to notify that there is no information to be guided. If there is new arrival information, a catch icon or the like indicating that is displayed (in the example of FIG. 7, “New” is displayed).

  The guidance information is switched to the detailed information display screen of the item by the user's selection. FIG. 8 is an exemplary view when “meal” is selected. When “meal” is selected by the user from the display screen of FIG. 7, “meal” is selected in the guide information of “Nakano Station” in FIG. 8, and detailed information of “meal” is displayed. . In addition, the next stopable station after “Nakano Station” is “Shinjuku Station” and the traveling direction is also displayed.

  In the first and second embodiments, such guidance information is transferred to the “Nakano Station” → “Shinjuku Station” → “Yoyogi Station” → according to the processing described with reference to FIGS. ... and so on. In addition, the user may select the desired station name from the route image displayed on the display 28 by tapping or the like to display the guidance information regarding the station. For example, if “gaienmae” is selected from the route image on the screen of FIG. 7, guidance information regarding “gaienmae station” is displayed regardless of the current position of the user. FIG. 9 shows an example of guidance information when “Time Sale” is selected from the guidance information of “Gaizenmae Station”.

  In this case, the selected station name is transmitted to the information providing tool 110 and the information acquisition unit 24. The information providing tool 110 and the information acquisition unit 24 acquire guide information related to the received station name from the guide information DB 131. Thereafter, the guidance information providing server 10 and the portable terminal 20 display the guidance information on the display 28 of the portable terminal 20 by the above processing.

  In addition, the guide information can be switched to guide information of other stations by a slide operation such as so-called flick input. In the case of a slide operation, the station name of the next disembarkable station is transmitted to the information providing tool 110 and the information acquisition unit 24. The information providing tool 110 and the information acquisition unit 24 acquire guide information related to the received station name from the guide information DB 131. Thereafter, the guidance information providing server 10 and the portable terminal 20 display the guidance information on the display 28 of the portable terminal 20 by the above processing.

  FIG. 10 to FIG. 12 are diagrams showing how the guidance information is switched by the slide operation. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the guide information is switched as shown in FIG. 12 when the user performs a slide operation from the top to the bottom of the display 28. 10 to 12, the guide information of “Nakano Station” is switched to the guide information of “Shinjuku Station” by a slide operation. FIG. 10 shows a state in which each item of the station name and the guidance information is switched by moving from top to bottom by a slide operation. This is effective when the items of guidance information differ from station to station. FIG. 11 shows a state where only the station name is switched by moving from top to bottom by a slide operation. This is effective when the items of guidance information for each station are the same.

  FIG. 13 is another exemplary diagram of guidance information displayed on the display 28 of the mobile terminal 20. FIG. 13 is a bird's-eye view image that displays a route on a map or route map, and displays the current position of the mobile terminal 20 with a train icon on the route. The annular guidance information is displayed in consideration of acquisition conditions such as the weather, the user's boarding position, the current time, and the transfer station, not the next stop station.

Considering “weather”, for example, when it is raining, it is possible to preferentially provide guidance information about a station that can be moved by an underground contact facility. By “the user's boarding position”, it is possible to provide guidance information in consideration of whether the user gets off at a position where he / she can easily drop in at the place introduced in the guidance information (such as whether to get off at a position close to the ticket gate). The “current time” makes it possible to provide guidance information about places where the user can stop within the time when the service can be received. At the “transfer station”, the user gets off the train once. In particular, at the transfer station in the commuting / commuting regular section, there is no charge for getting on and off, so it is easy for the user to go out of the station and visit the place introduced by the guide information.
In addition to these, user profiles (hobbies, preferences, places where you have visited in the past, etc.) may be added to the acquisition conditions. The user profile may be recorded in the registration unit 22 of the mobile terminal 20, for example, but a recording device for recording the profile in the mobile terminal 20 may be prepared. In addition, when the train is stopped due to a failure or accident, this may be added to the acquisition conditions to provide guidance information regarding the current station.

  The acquisition condition is used when specifying a station that can get off (S12 in FIG. 2, S22 in FIG. 4), and among the stations that can get off, guidance information related to a station that satisfies the acquisition condition is preferentially provided to the user.

In FIG. 13, as a result of specifying the disembarkable station satisfying the acquisition condition, guidance information regarding “Shinjuku Station”, “Harajuku Station”, and “Shibuya Station” is displayed. The user can obtain information as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 by selecting the guide information of each station. FIG. 13 is a bird's-eye view image showing the relative positional relationship of the current position on the user's movement route, and provides guidance information to the user more intuitively and easily.
The annular guide information may not be displayed on the route map, but may be displayed by switching the display in FIG. 7 when a station is selected by a tap or the like. For example, the route image shown in FIG. 7 is selected to switch to the route map shown in FIG. 13, and the station shown in FIG. 13 is selected to switch to the image shown in FIG. It is possible to switch between the display of FIG. 7 and the user to easily select the route map and the information guidance screen.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for drawing guidance information as shown in FIG.
The portable terminal 20 has a map display function, and first displays a map on the display 28. The portable terminal 20 displays the route so as to overlap the map (S50). After the route is displayed, the stations that can get off are displayed (S51). FIG. 15 is an exemplary diagram in a case where a route and a disembarkable station are displayed on a map.

After displaying the route and the station that can get off, the mobile terminal 20 confirms the number of items of guidance information to be displayed from the guidance information DB 131 and determines a station for displaying the guidance information (S52, S53). The number of items is confirmed by referring to the guide information of each station that can get off by the guide information D131.
The station for displaying the guidance information is determined from the stations that can get off according to the acquisition conditions such as the weather, the user's boarding position, the current time, the transfer station, and the user profile.
The portable terminal 20 displays the guide information of the station determined in S53 (S54). In the example of FIG. 13, the number of items is 6, and guidance information is displayed at “Shinjuku Station”, “Harajuku Station”, and “Shibuya Station”. The station name of the station where the guide information is displayed is highlighted by changing the color or making it bold. The guidance information displays specific information of the item when the item is selected by the user. Moreover, the portable terminal 20 displays the current position on a map. In FIG. 13, it is represented by a train icon.

When the mobile terminal 20 detects the movement of the user from the current position of the mobile terminal 20 by the current position detection unit 21 (S55: Y), the mobile terminal 20 determines whether there is a station that can be dismounted after the movement. Determines again the station for displaying the guidance information and displays the guidance information (S56: Y, S53). In this case, since the current position moves, it may be different from the station that displays the previously determined guidance information. In the example of FIG. 13, for example, when the current position passes “Shinjuku Station”, “Shinjuku Station” is not selected as a station for displaying guidance information.
If there is no remaining station that can be dismounted, the mobile terminal 20 ends the process (S56: N).

  As described above, the guidance information providing system according to the present embodiment includes the guidance information DB 131 and the operation information DB 132, and is for specifying public transportation for identifying the public transportation on which the user holding the information from the portable terminal 20 is on board. Acquire information (for example, GPS position, time, or manually input route, station, boarding time, etc.), and specify the stations where the user can get off from the operation information in the operation information DB 132 after the acquisition time. A station image representing a station and a link image of guidance information associated with the station are generated, and the generated station image and link image are displayed on the display until the public transportation on which the user is on the station arrives at the station. Since it was made to display, the guidance information regarding the station which can get off after the said acquisition time is given with respect to the user who has the portable terminal 20. It can be provided before (the so-called look-ahead). This is useful because the user can get off and go shopping according to the guidance information. The guide information provider can also guide the guide information to the user more widely than in the past, and an advertising effect can be expected.

  The mobile terminal 20 according to the present embodiment includes a registration unit that registers a commuting / commuting period section or a hop-on / off section, and a current position detection unit (such as GPS) that detects a current position of a user who owns the commuting / commuting period section. A bird's-eye view image showing the relative positional relationship of the current position in a regular commuting / commuting interval section or getting-on / off section is generated, and the generated bird's-eye view image is displayed on the display together with the station image and link image. Whether it is possible can be visually presented to the user.

Guidance information is classified into a plurality of types, and the mobile terminal 20 displays a station image in a substantially central portion of the display, and displays a link image in a ring form around the station image in a display form that is different for each classification of guidance information. Since they are arranged, guidance information for each classification can be acquired centering on a station image of a station that can get off, and the guidance information according to the purpose can be prefetched quickly.
In this case, it is easier to obtain the specified type of guidance image by selectively displaying the type of guidance information specified in advance by the user.
If the user can get off after the point of entry of the public transport specifying information, and the public transport on which the user is getting is configured to obtain the next station to arrive and guidance information associated with the station, Even if the user does not specify, the guidance information of the next station to arrive can be automatically displayed on the display, and the user can be alerted.

  The portable terminal 20 may also be configured so that if there is an instruction for obtaining guidance information on another station where the user can get off before the train on which the user is boarding arrives at the next station, By obtaining the guidance information associated with the station, the station image and link image of the station corresponding to the instruction are displayed on the display instead of the station image and link image of the next station, so that the next station The user can be presented in advance with an option for determining whether to transfer when arriving at.

  The mobile terminal 20 is one or more that satisfies a predetermined condition (acquisition conditions such as weather, a user's boarding position, the current time, and a transfer station) that the user can get off after the input of the public transportation specifying information. Station information and associated guide information associated with the station, and by generating a station image representing one or more stations and a link image of each of the one or more stations, pre-read guidance information that meets the conditions can do. In particular, at the transfer station in the commuting / commuting regular section, the user can easily get out of the station and drop in at the place introduced by the guidance information, so the user can get off the shopping route according to the guidance information, etc. Useful. The guide information provider can also guide the guide information to the user more widely than in the past, and an advertising effect can be expected.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Guidance information provision server, 100 ... Data communication interface, 110 ... Information provision tool, 120 ... Route search engine, 131 ... Guide information DB, 132 ... Operation information DB, 20 ... Portable terminal, 21 ... Current position detection part, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 22 ... Registration part, 23 ... Information generation part for identification, 24 ... Information acquisition part, 25 ... Input control part, 26 ... Image generation part, 27 ... Display control part, 28 ... Display, 30 database

Claims (8)

Registration means for registering public transport sections where users can get on and off freely;
Information for identifying public transportation, which is obtained from the mobile terminal possessed by the user, for identifying the public transportation on which the user is aboard, and operation information of public transportation stored in a predetermined database And a specifying means for specifying the public transportation on which the user gets on, and a station where the user can get off after the acquisition time of the public transportation specifying information in the registered section,
Guidance information acquisition means for acquiring guidance information associated with the identified station from a database in which the guidance information is stored;
A station image representing the identified station is generated, and the generated station image and the guidance information can be displayed on the display of the portable terminal until the public transportation on which the user is boarding arrives at the station. A guidance information providing system for a portable terminal. Information obtained from a mobile terminal possessed by the user for identifying the public transportation system on which the user is aboard, and operation information of the public transportation system stored in a predetermined database; From the public transport and a plurality of stations that the user can get off after the acquisition time of the public transport specifying information,
Image generation means for generating a bird's-eye view image including a plurality of identified stations and position information of the mobile terminal heading to each station;
Accepting means for accepting weather, the user's boarding position, the current time, or a user-specific profile as an information acquisition condition;
Among the guidance information associated with each of the plurality of identified stations, guidance information acquisition means for acquiring guidance information that matches the acquisition condition from a database in which the guidance information is stored;
While the user gets on the public transportation, the overhead image is displayed on the display of the portable terminal, and the station image representing the next arriving station and the guidance information acquired about the station are displayed on the public transportation. Control means for enabling display on the display of the portable terminal until the station arrives at the station;
Guidance information providing system for portable terminals having A portable terminal owned by the user,
Display,
Registration means for registering a section of public transportation that the user can freely get on and off;
First information acquisition means for acquiring public transport specifying information for specifying the public transport on which the user is on board;
From the public transport specifying information and pre-stored public transport operation information, the user gets off the public transport that the user is on and after the acquisition of the public transport specifying information. Identify possible stations, or let an external device identify them, and at the time of acquisition of the public transport specifying information in the registered section from the database storing guidance information associated with the identified station Second information acquisition means for acquiring guidance information associated with a station where the user can get off;
Third information acquisition means for acquiring a station image representing the station;
And a display control unit configured to display the acquired station image and guidance information associated with the station on the display until the public transportation on which the user gets on the station arrives at the station. Current position detecting means for detecting the current position of the self;
A fourth information acquisition unit that acquires an overhead image representing a relative positional relationship of the current position in the registered section based on a detection result of the current position detection unit;
The display control means displays the acquired overhead image on the display together with the station image.
The mobile terminal according to claim 3. The guidance information is classified into a plurality of types,
The display control means arranges the guide information in a ring form around each station image in the overhead image in a different display form for each classification.
The mobile terminal according to claim 4. A portable terminal owned by the user,
Display,
First information acquisition means for acquiring public transport specifying information for specifying the public transport on which the user is on board;
From the public transport specifying information and pre-stored public transport operation information, the user gets on the public transport that the user is on and after the acquisition of the public transport specifying information. Identifying means for identifying a plurality of possible stations, or having an external device identify;
Second information acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of identified stations and a bird's-eye view image including position information of the mobile terminal heading to each station;
Accepting means for accepting weather, the user's boarding position, the current time, or a user-specific profile as an information acquisition condition;
Third information acquisition means for acquiring guide information that meets the acquisition conditions from a database that has previously stored guide information associated with each station of public transportation,
While the user gets on the public transport, the display displays the overhead image on the display, and the public transport displays the station image representing the next arriving station and the guidance information acquired for the station. Display control means for enabling display on the display until it arrives at
A mobile terminal. A computer program for operating a portable computer having a display as a portable terminal for providing guidance information possessed by a user who rides on public transportation,
The portable computer;
Registration means for registering a section of public transportation where the user can get on and off freely;
First information acquisition means for acquiring public transport specifying information for specifying the public transport on which the user is on board;
From the public transport specifying information and pre-stored public transport operation information, the user gets off the public transport that the user is on and after the acquisition of the public transport specifying information. Identify possible stations, or let an external device identify them, and at the time of acquisition of the public transport specifying information in the registered section from the database storing guidance information associated with the identified station Second information acquisition means for acquiring guidance information associated with a station where the user can get off;
Third information acquisition means for acquiring a station image representing the station;
Display control means for displaying the acquired station image and guidance information associated with the station on the display until the public transportation on which the user is boarding arrives at the station;
A computer program that functions as a computer program. A computer program for operating a portable computer having a display as a portable terminal for providing guidance information possessed by a user who rides on public transportation,
The portable computer;
First information acquisition means for acquiring public transport specifying information for specifying the public transport on which the user is on board;
From the public transport specifying information and pre-stored public transport operation information, the user gets on the public transport that the user is on and after the acquisition of the public transport specifying information. Identification means for identifying a plurality of possible stations, or for allowing an external device to identify,
Second information acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of identified stations and a bird's-eye view image including position information of the mobile terminal heading to each station;
Accepting means for accepting any of weather, the user's boarding position, the current time, and a user-specific profile as an information acquisition condition;
Third information acquisition means for acquiring guide information that meets the acquisition conditions from a database that stores guide information associated with each public transport station in advance;
While the user gets on the public transport, the display displays the overhead image on the display, and the public transport displays the station image representing the next arriving station and the guidance information acquired for the station. Display control means for enabling display on the display until it arrives at
A computer program that functions as a computer program.