JP2014185874A - Information terminal device, movable body position notification program, and movable body position notification method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely notify a user of the fact that a movable body approaches a point specified by the user, when the user desires to receive the notification.SOLUTION: An information terminal device 10 comprises: a vehicle position acquisition unit 2 for acquiring a position of a vehicle (movable body) having the information terminal device 10 mounted thereon; a communication unit 3 for performing communication with a communication terminal; and a storage unit 4 for storing a table in which a point specified by a user and a specific communication terminal are associated with each other. When the position of the vehicle approaches the specified point, the communication unit 3 notifies the communication terminal associated with the point.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information terminal device that can be mounted on a mobile object such as a vehicle, and a mobile object position notification program for notifying a communication terminal of the position of the mobile object using the information terminal device.

  A general navigation device has a function of notifying the user of the fact by a screen display or sound when the user approaches a destination or waypoint. Further, in the following Patent Document 1, when a vehicle reciprocates along a route, the boarding point of the passenger who rides on the vehicle on the outbound route and the communication device of the passenger are automatically registered, and the vehicle is on the return route. There has been proposed a navigation device that notifies a passenger's communication device that boarded at a boarding point when approaching the boarding point.

JP 2002-98543 A

  For example, if a passenger of a vehicle sets a point of interest (for example, a sightseeing spot) as a destination or waypoint of a navigation device, notification can be made at each point, and the passenger can Missing the point is suppressed. However, if this is done with a general navigation device, notifications are frequently made, and the driver may be distracted by the notifications, which may distract attention to driving. In addition, when the navigation device is placed on the front panel (dashboard) of the vehicle, the display unit of the navigation device is difficult to see from the rear seat, and voice notifications are also difficult to reach the rear seat. It is also possible that you will not notice.

  In the navigation device of Patent Document 1, the registered point is the boarding point of the passenger, and it is not considered to notify the communication device of the point according to the passenger's preference, and the above problem is solved. I can't do it.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an information terminal device capable of surely notifying a user who wishes to be notified when a moving object approaches a point designated by the user, and It is an object to provide a moving body position notification program.

  An information terminal device according to the present invention is an information terminal device that can be mounted on a mobile object, and is specified by a mobile object position acquisition unit that acquires the position of the mobile object, a communication unit that communicates with a communication terminal, and a user A storage unit that associates and stores the specified point and a specific communication terminal, and the communication unit is associated with the point when the position of the mobile object approaches the specified point. Notification is made to the communication terminal.

  According to the present invention, by associating a point designated by the user with the communication terminal of the same user, when the mobile object approaches the point designated by the user, the notification reaches the communication terminal of the user. . As a result, the user can surely recognize that the moving object has approached the point designated by the user.

1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile body position notification system according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the positional relationship of the information terminal device and communication terminal at the time of vehicle mounting. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the information terminal device according to the first embodiment. It is a block diagram of the mobile body position notification system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a moving body position notification system according to a third embodiment.

<Embodiment 1>
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile body position notification system according to Embodiment 1. The mobile body position notification system includes an information terminal device 10, a liquid crystal monitor 11 and a touch panel 12 connected to the information terminal device 10, and communication terminals A to C that can communicate with the information terminal device 10. .

  The liquid crystal monitor 11 displays an image output from the information terminal device 10. The touch panel 12 is attached to the front surface of the liquid crystal monitor 11 and accepts a user's touch operation on the liquid crystal monitor 11. Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which the liquid crystal monitor 11 and the touch panel 12 are externally attached to the information terminal device 10, they may be built in the information terminal device 10.

  The information terminal device 10 can be mounted on a moving body such as a vehicle, and is a device having a function of acquiring the position of the moving body and a communication function with the communication terminals A to C. In Embodiment 1, the information terminal device 10 shall be mounted in a vehicle.

  The information terminal device 10 includes an input / output interface unit 1, a vehicle position acquisition unit 2, a communication unit 3, a storage unit 4, and a control unit 5. The control unit 5 has a function of controlling the operations of the input / output interface unit 1, the vehicle position acquisition unit 2, the communication unit 3, and the storage unit 4 and is realized by a program process using a CPU based on software.

  The input / output interface unit 1 is a part that exchanges various signals between the liquid crystal monitor 11 and the touch panel 12, a function of outputting an image signal for displaying an image on the liquid crystal monitor 11, and a user's touch operation Accordingly, a function of transmitting a signal output from the touch panel 12 to the control unit 5 is provided.

  The vehicle position acquisition unit 2 has a function of acquiring the position of the vehicle (moving body) on which the information terminal device 10 is mounted from position information such as GPS (Global Positioning System) information. The vehicle position acquisition unit 2 is realized by program processing using a CPU based on software, but may include hardware such as a GPS receiver.

  The communication unit 3 is a part that performs communication with the communication terminals A to C. In the first embodiment, communication between the communication unit 3 and the communication terminals A to C is performed using short-range wireless communication. Short-range wireless communication includes, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark), wireless LAN (Local Area Network), and the like, and the communication distance is limited, but generally there is no communication fee.

  The memory | storage part 4 has the function to memorize | store the table which matched and described the location designated by the user and a specific communication terminal. The storage unit 4 is configured by a storage medium such as a hard disk, a removable disk, or a memory.

  The user uses touch panel 12 to specify a combination of a point to receive notification when the vehicle approaches and a communication terminal (usually the user's communication terminal) as a transmission destination (notification destination) of the notification. be able to. The control unit 5 causes the storage unit 4 to store a table in which associations between points designated by the user and notification destination communication terminals are registered. In the table stored in the storage unit 4, a plurality of communication terminals can be associated with one point and registered. Each communication terminal can be specified using, for example, an IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number, a MAC address (Media Access Control address), a telephone number, or the like.

  The user may be able to designate the point where the notification is desired and the communication terminal as the notification destination through the communication terminal. That is, the user may designate a point of interest by the map search function of the communication terminal, and transmit the position information of the designated point to the information terminal device 10 by short-range wireless communication. The control unit 5 automatically associates the point designated through the communication terminal with the communication terminal, registers it in the table, and stores it in the storage unit 4. By doing so, the user does not need to specify a communication terminal to be notified, and convenience is improved.

  Further, the control unit 5 compares the vehicle position acquired by the vehicle position acquisition unit 2 with the point designated by the user (the point registered in the table of the storage unit 4 (hereinafter referred to as “registered point”)), It is determined whether or not the vehicle position has approached the registration point. When the control unit 5 determines that the vehicle position has approached the registration point, the control unit 5 uses the communication unit 3 to notify the communication terminal associated with the registration point (that the vehicle position has approached the registration point). Notice. The determination as to whether or not the vehicle position has approached the registration point can be made based on, for example, whether or not the vehicle position has entered a range within a certain distance from the registration point.

  The communication terminals A to C are portable devices having a communication function such as mobile phones and smartphones, and can perform the above short-range wireless communication with the communication unit 3 of the information terminal device 10. . In the present embodiment, it is assumed that communication terminals A to C are carried by passengers of a vehicle on which information terminal device 10 is mounted.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a positional relationship between the information terminal device 10 and the communication terminals A to C when the vehicle is mounted. Although illustration in FIG. 2 is omitted, the liquid crystal monitor 11 and the touch panel 12 are arranged at the same place as the information terminal device 10 in the vehicle. In the example of FIG. 2, the information terminal device 10 is installed on the front panel (dashboard) of the vehicle, the passenger in the passenger seat has the communication terminal A, the passenger in the right rear seat has the communication terminal B, The state where the passenger in the left rear seat is carrying the communication terminal C is shown.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information terminal device 10. The information terminal device 10 performs the operation shown in FIG. 3 every certain time interval or every time the vehicle travels a certain distance. Further, as a premise of this operation, the table stored in the storage unit 4 of the information terminal device 10 has already registered a point where the user wants to be notified and a communication terminal as the notification destination. To do.

  First, the vehicle position acquisition unit 2 acquires the position (vehicle position) of the vehicle on which the information terminal device 10 is mounted (step S1). The control unit 5 compares the vehicle position acquired by the vehicle position acquisition unit 2 with the point (registered point) registered in the table of the storage unit 4 (step S2), and whether or not the vehicle position approaches the registered point. Is determined (step S3).

  When it is determined that the vehicle position has approached the registration point (YES in step S3), the control unit 5 uses the communication unit 3 to notify the communication terminal associated with the registration point (step S4). If it is determined that the vehicle position has not yet approached the registration point (NO in step S3), nothing is done.

  The process of said step S2-S4 is implemented about all the registration points. That is, if there is still a registered point that has not been compared with the vehicle position (NO in step S5), the process returns to step S2 to perform processing for that registered point. If the comparison between the vehicle position and all the registered points has been completed (YES in step S5), the process ends.

  According to the first embodiment, by associating a point designated by the user with the user's communication terminal, when the vehicle approaches the point designated by the user, the notification reaches the user's communication terminal. become. As a result, the user can surely recognize that the moving object has approached the point designated by the user. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from missing a point of interest.

  For example, in FIG. 2, it is assumed that each of the passengers associates a sightseeing spot of interest with his / her communication terminal and registers it in the information terminal device 10. In the process of traveling the vehicle, the communication terminal A is notified when it approaches the tourist spot registered by the passenger in the passenger seat, and the communication terminal B is notified when it approaches the tourist spot registered by the passenger in the right rear seat, A notification is sent to the communication terminal C when approaching a tourist spot registered by the passenger in the left rear seat. Although it is difficult to see the LCD monitor 11 of the information terminal device 10 from the left and right rear seats, the notification to the communication terminal B or the communication terminal C prevents the passengers in the left and right rear seats from overlooking the tourist spot. .

  The driver can easily recognize that he or she has approached the destination or waypoint by using a conventional notification method using the liquid crystal monitor 11 connected to the information terminal device 10 on the front panel. For this reason, the driver's communication terminal is not shown in the example of FIG. 2, but the information terminal device 10 may also notify the driver's communication terminal.

  In addition, since notification to the passenger's communication terminal is performed instead of notification using the liquid crystal monitor 11, it is possible to suppress the display of notifications unnecessary for driving on the liquid crystal monitor 11, and the driver can drive The effect of being able to concentrate on is obtained. Further, as a communication method for notifying the communication terminals A to C from the information terminal device 10, operation costs can be kept low by adopting short-range wireless communication that does not require a communication fee, such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or wireless LAN. Can do.

<Embodiment 2>
FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the mobile body position notification system according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, notification from the communication unit 3 of the information terminal device 10 to the communication terminals A to C is performed by communication using a wide area communication network. Here, a cellular phone network is used as the wide area communication network.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the information terminal device 10 according to the second embodiment, the communication unit 3 controls a specific communication terminal D and communicates with the communication terminals A to C through the mobile phone network. When the information terminal device 10 is mounted on a vehicle, for example, a driver's communication terminal is used as the communication terminal D connected to the information terminal device 10, and other passenger's communication terminals are notified from the information terminal device 10. It is conceivable to receive the communication terminals A to C.

  Communication between the communication unit 3 and the communication terminal D may be short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or wireless LAN, or wired communication using a wired LAN or USB (Universal Serial Bus). A method of sending a notification from the communication terminal D connected to the information terminal device 10 to the communication terminals A to C through the wide area communication network is based on characters or images by e-mail or SMS (Short Message Service) provided by a mobile phone carrier. Notification using a phone call may be used, or notification using voice by a telephone function may be used.

  In general, a communication fee is often generated for communication using a wide area communication network such as a cellular phone line network. Except for this, the second embodiment can achieve the same effects as the first embodiment. In addition, since the mobile phone network is used for communication between the information terminal device 10 and the communication terminals A to C, the communication terminals A to C have a short-range wireless communication function such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or wireless LAN. There is no need. Therefore, it is possible to construct a mobile body position notification system that is more versatile than the first embodiment.

  In addition, since the wide area communication network has a wide communication area, when the information terminal device 10 according to the second embodiment is mounted on a vehicle, it is possible to send a notification to a communication terminal of a user who does not board the vehicle. For example, when two vehicles are divided and headed to the same destination, the communication carried by the passenger of the other vehicle reports that the vehicle equipped with the information terminal device 10 has passed a specific point. Usage such as reception at a terminal is also possible. Further, for example, a method of using a notification that a vehicle equipped with the information terminal device 10 has passed a specific point receives a notification that the vehicle remaining at the departure point of the vehicle is also conceivable.

<Embodiment 3>
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the mobile body position notification system according to the third embodiment. In the second embodiment, the information terminal device 10 performs communication using the wide area communication network through the external communication terminal D. However, in the third embodiment, the communication unit 3 of the information terminal apparatus 10 includes the wide area communication network. It has a communication function using. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the information terminal device 10 can communicate with the communication terminals A to C without using the external communication terminal D.

  According to this configuration, the information terminal device 10 has a function as a communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a smartphone. In other words, a communication terminal having the notification function according to the present invention is obtained.

  For example, if a mobile location notification system is configured using a plurality of communication terminals having the configuration of the information terminal device 10 of FIG. 5, it is possible to mutually notify that each communication terminal has approached a specific point. Thus, a more versatile mobile position notification system can be obtained.

  It should be noted that the present invention can be freely combined with each other within the scope of the invention, and each embodiment can be appropriately modified or omitted.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input / output interface part, 2 Vehicle position acquisition part, 3 Communication part, 4 Storage part, 5 Control part, 10 Information terminal device, 11 Liquid crystal monitor, 12 Touch panel, AD Communication terminal.

Claims (7)

An information terminal device that can be mounted on a mobile body,
A moving body position acquisition unit for acquiring the position of the moving body;
A communication unit for communicating with a communication terminal;
A storage unit that stores a location specified by the user and a specific communication terminal in association with each other;
With
When the position of the mobile body approaches the designated point, the communication unit notifies the communication terminal associated with the point, the information terminal device. The location can be specified through a communication terminal,
The information storage device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores a location specified through a communication terminal in association with the communication terminal. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit can store a plurality of communication terminals in association with one point. The information terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the communication unit performs the notification to the communication terminal using short-range wireless communication. The information terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the communication unit performs the notification to the communication terminal using a wide area communication network. A mobile location notification program for notifying a communication terminal that a mobile has approached a specific point,
Storing in the storage unit the location designated by the user and a specific communication terminal in association with each other;
Causing the moving body position acquisition unit to acquire the position of the moving body;
When the position of the mobile object approaches the designated point, using a communication unit, the communication terminal associated with the point is notified,
A moving body position notification program comprising: A mobile body location notification method for notifying a communication terminal that a mobile body has approached a specific point,
A step in which the storage unit associates and stores the point designated by the user and the specific communication terminal;
A moving body position acquisition unit acquiring the position of the moving body;
When the position of the mobile object approaches the designated point, the communication unit notifies the communication terminal associated with the point;
A moving body position notification method comprising:

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