JP2015184517A - map display system and map display program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a map display system and map display program that can optimize a POI ion to be displayed according to a priority based on a current location in a crowded area of a POI.SOLUTION: A map display system causing a map to be displayed comprises: division means that divides the map into two or more prescribed sub-divided areas on the basis of a first point indicative of a prescribed location in the map; priority setting means that sets a priority for controlling a display of an indication component in a sub-divided area relative to each sub-divided area in accordance with which any of the sub-divided areas a second point indicative of a current location of a user is included; and display means that causes a display unit to display a map having the indication component displayed according to the set priority.

Description

  The present invention relates to a map display system and a map display program.

  Conventionally, a map display system is known. In such a map display system, a technique for displaying a list of facilities and the like close to an entrance / exit of a certain facility or the like is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-226781 A

  However, in the above prior art, when there are a plurality of entrances and exits of facilities, it is difficult to determine the entrance to use. For example, when going to a destination via a station, when there are a plurality of entrances and exits of this station, the user determines which one of a plurality of entrances displayed on the map should be used. It was difficult.

  In addition, such problems are not limited to entrances and exits. In an area where many facilities of the same type (for example, convenience stores) are concentrated, many icons indicating the facilities of the same type are displayed densely on the map. There is a problem that it is difficult to find a facility or it is difficult to select a facility.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and aims to optimize a POI icon to be displayed according to a priority based on the current location in a POI (Point of Interest) dense area. And

  In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a map display system for displaying a map, wherein the map is displayed on the basis of a first point indicating a predetermined position on the map. Depending on which of the divided areas the dividing means for dividing into areas and the second point indicating the current location of the user are included in the display in the divided areas Priority setting means for setting priority for controlling display of parts; and display means for displaying on the display unit a map on which the display parts are displayed according to the set priority. To do.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to optimize the POI icon to be displayed according to the priority based on the current location in the POI dense area.

It is a lineblock diagram of an example of the map display system concerning this embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of an example of the map display system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a software block diagram of an example of the map display system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of an example of the map display process which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure (the 1) which shows an example of the division | segmentation aspect of a map. It is a figure (the 2) which shows an example of the division | segmentation aspect of a map. It is a figure (the 3) which shows an example of the division | segmentation aspect of a map. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting of a priority. It is a figure which shows an example of the map information displayed on a map display screen.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<System configuration>
First, the system configuration of the map display system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of a map display system according to the present embodiment. In the map display system 100 of FIG. 1, a map display server 1 and a map display terminal 2 are connected via a network 3.

  The map display server 1 is an information processing apparatus that provides map information to the map display terminal 2 in response to a request from the map display terminal 2. In FIG. 1, the map display server 1 is configured by one information processing device, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured by a plurality of information processing devices. Further, the map display system 100 may include only the map display server 1. That is, a configuration in which various processes of the map display system 100 according to the present embodiment are all realized only by the map display server 1 may be employed.

  The map display terminal 2 is a map display terminal used by the user. The map display terminal 2 is various information processing apparatuses such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, a navigation terminal, a notebook PC (Personal Computer), a desktop PC, a game machine, and a wearable terminal. The user operates the map display terminal 2 to input conditions such as a departure place (or current location), a waypoint, and a destination, and requests the map display server 1 to display a map. The map can be displayed by receiving the map information from. In FIG. 1, the configuration in which the map display system 100 includes one map display terminal 2 is shown as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the map display system 100 includes a plurality of map display terminals 2. The structure which has this may be sufficient.

  Further, the map display system 100 may have a configuration including only the map display terminal 2. That is, a configuration in which various processes of the map display system 100 according to the present embodiment are all realized only by the map display terminal 2 may be employed.

  The network 3 is a communication network including wired and wireless. The network 3 includes, for example, a telephone line network, WiFi, the Internet, and the like.

<Hardware configuration>
Next, the hardware configuration of the map display system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of the map display system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the map display server 1 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, and a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 14 as hardware configurations. , Input device 15, display device 16, and communication device 17.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the map display terminal 2 has a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, an HDD 14, an input device 15, a display device 16, a communication device 17, a voice input / output device 18, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving device 19 is provided.

  The CPU 11 executes various programs and performs arithmetic processing. The ROM 12 stores a program necessary for startup. The RAM 13 is a work area for temporarily storing processing performed by the CPU 11 and storing data. The HDD 14 stores various data and programs. The input device 15 is various input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse. The display device 16 is a display or the like, and displays a map or the like. The communication device 17 communicates with other devices such as the map display server 1 via the network 3. The voice input / output device 18 is a device that performs voice input / output, for example, composed of a microphone device or a speaker device. The GPS receiver 19 receives position information of the current position of the map display terminal 2 from a GPS satellite.

  The map display server 1 does not necessarily have the input device 15 and / or the display device 16. In addition, since the map display terminal 2 can be, for example, a smartphone or a tablet terminal, the input device 15 can be realized by a touch panel that can detect tap coordinates (touch coordinates) on the screen instead of a keyboard and a mouse. In this case, the input operation is realized by a touch panel on the screen, a software key controlled by a program, and the like.

  The map display server 1 and the map display terminal 2 according to the present embodiment can realize various processes as described later by having the above hardware configuration, for example.

<Software configuration>
Next, the software configuration of the map display system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a software configuration diagram of an example of the map display system according to the present embodiment. The map display system 100 includes an input unit 101, a storage unit 102, a map information acquisition unit 103, an area division unit 104, a priority setting unit 105, a display control unit 106, and a display unit as main functional units. 107.

  The input unit 101 receives various information input by the user. The input unit 101 is realized by, for example, the input device 15 and the voice input / output device 18. The various information input by the user is, for example, information on various conditions such as a current location, a departure location, a destination, and a transit location for displaying a map. For example, the position information of the map display terminal 2 acquired from a GPS information acquisition unit (not shown) may be input to the input unit 101 as the current location.

  The storage unit 102 stores various information such as map information, display parts such as various icons displayed on the map information, and information on various facilities. The storage unit 102 is realized by, for example, the HDD 14 or a storage device connected to the map display server 1 via a network.

  The map information acquisition unit 103 acquires map information from the storage unit 102 based on various information input from the input unit 101. The map information acquisition unit 103 is realized by the CPU 11 or the like, for example. The map information acquisition unit 103 acquires map information from the storage unit 102 based on information on the current location, waypoints, and destinations input from the input unit 101, for example.

  The area dividing unit 104 divides the map information acquired by the map information acquiring unit 103 into a plurality of predetermined areas. The area dividing unit 104 is realized by the CPU 11 or the like, for example. For example, the area dividing unit 104 divides the map information acquired by the map information acquiring unit 103 into a plurality of areas centering on the destination.

  The priority setting unit 105 sets the priority of each region based on each region of the map information divided by the region dividing unit 104 and information on the current location. The priority setting unit 105 is realized by the CPU 11 or the like, for example. For each region divided by the region dividing unit 104, the priority setting unit 105 sets, for example, a high priority for the region including the current location, and the priority of the other regions is medium or low depending on the distance from the current location. Set.

  The display control unit 106 controls the map information and various display components indicating various facilities displayed on the map information so as to perform display according to the priority set by the priority setting unit 105. The display control unit 106 is realized by the CPU 11, the display device 16, and the like. For example, the display control unit 106 displays all the display components included in the high priority area, and controls the display components included in the low priority area to reduce the number of displays. Here, the display component in the present embodiment is a display component that indicates an entrance / exit of a facility that the user uses as a destination or a facility (such as a station) that is used to go to the destination. The display component may be a so-called POI. In other words, the display component may be a display component indicating a destination or a facility used to go to the destination, or a display component indicating a convenience store, a depard, a gas station, or other various tourist attractions. There may be.

  The display unit 107 displays map information on the display device 16 of the map display terminal 2 under the control of the display control unit 106. The display unit 107 is realized by the display device 16 or the like, for example.

<Details of processing>
Next, details of processing of the map display system according to the present embodiment will be described. In the map display system 100 according to the present embodiment, in a facility (for example, a station) such as a destination or a transit point displayed on a map, there are a plurality of other facilities (for example, an entrance / exit of a station) around the facility. In addition, display of display components indicating these other facilities is controlled according to the priority based on the current location of the user. That is, for example, when there are a plurality of icons indicating the entrances and exits of a station around the station, it is difficult for the user to determine which entrance to use. Therefore, in the present embodiment, priority is set for a predetermined area including these doors based on the current location of the user, and the doors included in the low priority areas are not displayed (or the display number is reduced). Thus, it is possible to easily determine the entrance / exit used by the user. Hereinafter, as an example, a case where a user sets a station as a destination and controls display of a display component indicating an entrance / exit of the station will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an example of the map display process according to the present embodiment.

  In step S <b> 11, the user performs a map information display operation from the map display terminal 2. This can be performed, for example, via a web browser (not shown) or a map display application (not shown) installed in the map display terminal 2. At this time, the input unit 101 of the map display terminal 2 receives such information when the user inputs information such as the current location, destination, and waypoint. Note that the input unit 101 of the map display terminal 2 may acquire the position information of the map display terminal 2 through, for example, a GPS information acquisition unit (not shown), and input the acquired position information as the current location. Various information received by the input unit 101 of the map display terminal 2 is transmitted to the map display server 1 via the network 3.

  In the above description, the user operates the map display terminal 2 to input various information, but the user may operate the map display server 1. In this case, various information received by the input unit 101 of the map display server 1 is transferred to the map information acquisition unit 103 without going through the network 3 in step S12 described later.

  In step S <b> 12, the map information acquisition unit 103 acquires map information and the like from the storage unit 102 when receiving various information and the like input from the user via the network 3. For example, the map information acquisition unit 103 acquires map information according to the current location or the destination included in the received various information. The map information acquisition unit 103 also acquires various display components such as icons indicating the current location, destination, waypoints, routes, and the like, icons indicating destinations (eg, stations), entrances and surrounding facilities, and the like. Map to map information.

  In step S13, the area dividing unit 104 divides the map information acquired in step S12 into a plurality of predetermined areas. Various division modes may be considered when the area dividing unit 104 divides the map information. Some examples are shown below.

  As shown in FIG. 5, for example, the area dividing unit 104 divides the map information into four areas around the destination. FIG. 5 is a diagram (part 1) illustrating an example of a map division mode. The map information 1000 shown in FIG. 5 is when the user sets a station as a destination. The map information 1000 shown in FIG. 5 divides the map information 1000 into four areas (area 1001 to area 1004) on the top, bottom, left and right with a destination 1200 indicating a station as a destination as a center. For example, a representative point of a station that is a destination (for example, a point that becomes the center of mass) may be set as the destination 1200. Here, the current location 1100 indicates the current location of the user. In addition, display components 1301 to 1304 indicate the positions of the entrances and exits of stations that are destinations in the respective areas 1001 to 1004.

  The area dividing unit 104 may divide the map information into four areas around the destination as shown in FIG. 6, for example. FIG. 6 is a diagram (part 2) illustrating an example of a map division mode. The map information 2000 shown in FIG. 6 is an example in which the map information is divided into two straight lines that pass through a destination 2200 that indicates a destination station and that has an angle of θ between the two straight lines. Here, the current location 2100 indicates the current location of the user. In addition, display components 2301 to 2304 indicate the positions of the entrances and exits of stations that are destinations in the respective regions 2001 to 2004, respectively. The angle θ between the two straight lines may be an arbitrary angle. For example, if θ is 0, the map information 2000 is divided into two areas.

  Further, the area dividing unit 104 may divide the map information along a road or a railroad as shown in FIG. 7, for example. FIG. 7 is a diagram (part 3) illustrating an example of a map division mode. The map information 3000 shown in FIG. 7 is an example in which the map information 3000 is divided into two line segments along the road and the railway around the destination 3200 indicating the destination station. Here, the current location 3100 indicates the current location of the user. In addition, display components 3301 to 3304 indicate the positions of the entrances and exits of stations that are destinations in the respective regions 3001 to 3004. In addition, you may divide | segment by the line segment along a river etc. besides a road and a railroad. Moreover, it is preferable that the road for dividing | segmenting is a trunk road, a highway, etc. The road to be divided may be selected in consideration of the number of lanes and the road width. Since it is difficult for users to cross highways, highways, roads with a large number of lanes, roads with a wide road width, etc., dividing map information along such roads allows processing to be described later. Appropriate priority can be set.

  In the above description, the display parts such as icons displayed on the map are examples of the display parts indicating the position of the entrance / exit of the station as the destination, but the present invention is not limited to this. The display component may be a display component that indicates the position of various facilities such as a convenience store or a gas station. Moreover, although the above demonstrated the case where a user set the station as the destination, it is not restricted to this. For example, it may be a case where a station is set as a transit point, and is not limited to a station, and may be a department store, a shopping mall, or the like. In addition, instead of the current location of the user, the departure location input by the user may be used.

  Here, although the example which divided | segmented map information into four area | regions was shown above by all, as long as the number of the area | regions to divide into two or more, you may divide | segment into arbitrary number of areas.

  Next, in step S14, the priority setting unit 105 sets a priority for controlling display of display components included in each area based on the current location for each area divided in step S13. That is, the priority setting unit 105 sets a high priority for a region including the current location, and sets a low priority for a region not including the current location according to the distance from the current location. Thereby, in step S15 to be described later, it is possible not to display (or reduce the number to display) display components in the low priority area according to the priority. Therefore, on the display device 16 of the map display terminal 2, an icon indicating a facility or the like located near the current location is displayed, while an icon indicating a facility or the like located far from the current location is not displayed (or the number displayed). Less is). For this reason, the user can easily select which facility to use among the facilities displayed on the map.

  Here, as an example of the priority setting in the above step S14, in step S13, the area dividing unit 104, as shown in FIG. A case where the map information 1000 is divided into 1001 to an area 1004) will be described. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the priority setting unit 105 sets the priority for each region (region 1001 to region 1004). That is, the priority setting unit 105 sets the region 1001 farthest from the current location as “low priority”. Further, the priority setting unit 105 sets the area 1003 including the current location to “high priority”. In addition, the area 1002 and the area 1004 which are other areas are set to “medium priority”. By setting in this way, for example, all the display components in the “high priority” region can be displayed, while the display components in the “low priority” region are not displayed. For example, only half of the display components can be displayed in the “medium priority” area. Here, the region farthest from the current location is, for example, a region diagonal to the region including the current location, a region on the opposite side of the region including the current location, a region having the shortest distance from the current location to each region, or the like.

  In the above description, the priority setting unit 105 sets the priority for each area. However, the priority setting unit 105 may set the priority for each display component indicating the position of a facility or the like included in each area. Good. Thereby, different priorities can be set for each display component included in one region. Therefore, for example, even in a facility included in an area far from the current location, it is possible to set a higher priority for a station having a large number of users, a popular facility that many people visit, and the like. That is, for example, when the display component indicating the position of various facilities is a so-called POI, the priority may be set according to the number of users of this POI. Furthermore, in this case, for example, the priority may be set according to the distance from the current location to each display component.

  In the above description, the priority is set to “high”, “medium”, and “low”, but the priority may be displayed as a numerical value. Thus, for example, the display component with the priority “1” is not displayed, the display component with the priority “2” is displayed with one-third, and the display component with the priority “3” has half the number. It is possible to control to limit the number of display parts to be displayed step by step, such as displaying.

  Subsequently, in step S15, the display control unit 106 causes the display unit 107 to display map information according to the priority set in step S14. That is, for example, the display control unit 106 causes the display unit 107 to display map information 4000 as shown in FIG. The map information 4000 shown in FIG. 9 is an example of map information displayed when the priority shown in FIG. 8 is set.

  In the map information 4000 shown in FIG. 9, the display component indicating the entrance / exit of the station as the destination is not displayed in the area 4001 of “low priority”. This is because the entrance / exit located in the area farthest from the current location 4303 is unlikely to be used by the user. Further, in the area 4002 and the area 4004 having “medium priority”, the display component 4302 and the display component 4303 indicating the entrance / exit of the station as the destination are displayed in half. On the other hand, in the area 4003 including the current location with “high priority”, the number of display parts 4303 indicating the entrance / exit of the station as the destination is displayed as it is. Note that display control such as blinking or highlighting may be performed on the display component displayed in the area 4003 having “high priority”.

  In this way, facilities such as entrances and exits that exist in areas far from the current location are considered to be used less frequently by the user. Therefore, by suppressing the display of display parts indicating such facilities, the facility to be used is selected by the user. Can be easily selected. In addition, when the priority is represented by a numerical value, for example, when the priority is less than the first predetermined value, the display number is not displayed, and is not less than the first predetermined value and less than the second predetermined value. May be reduced.

  The display control as described above may be performed by the map display server 1 or the map display terminal 2. That is, the display information with low priority is not displayed on the map display server 1 or the number of displays is reduced and the map information is transmitted to the map display terminal 2, and the received map information is displayed on the display unit 107. Alternatively, the map information may be displayed on the display unit 107 after the display component with a low priority is not displayed on the map display terminal 2 or the number of displays is reduced.

<Summary>
As described above, the map display system according to the present embodiment divides the map information into a plurality of predetermined areas based on predetermined points such as destinations and waypoints, and based on predetermined points such as the current location and the starting point. The priority is set for each of these divided areas. Then, in accordance with the set priority, control is performed such as hiding the display of the display component indicating the facility or the like displayed in each area, or reducing the number of displays. That is, display parts indicating facilities that are considered to be less likely to be used by the user are not displayed or reduced, while display parts indicating facilities that are likely to be used by the user are displayed as usual. The Therefore, in the case where a plurality of display parts indicating facilities and the like are displayed on the map, and in a large number, the map display system according to the present embodiment appropriately adjusts the number of displays according to the possibility of use by the user. Therefore, the user can easily select a facility or the like used by the user.

  The area dividing unit 104 is an example of a dividing unit. The priority setting unit 105 is an example of priority setting means. The display control unit 106 and the display unit 107 are an example of a display unit. The destination 1200, the destination 2200, and the destination 3200 are examples of the first point. The current location 1100, the current location 2100, and the current location 3100 are examples of second points.

  The present invention is not limited to the specifically disclosed embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims.

1 Map display server 2 Map display terminal 11 CPU
12 ROM
13 RAM
14 HDD
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Input apparatus 16 Display apparatus 17 Communication apparatus 18 Voice input / output apparatus 19 GPS receiver 100 Map display system 101 Input part 102 Storage part 103 Map information acquisition part 104 Area division part 105 Priority setting part 106 Display control part 107 Display part

Claims (9)

A map display system for displaying a map,
A dividing means for dividing the map into two or more predetermined areas based on a first point indicating a predetermined position on the map;
In order to control display of display components in each divided area according to which of the divided areas the second point indicating the current location of the user is included Priority setting means for setting the priority;
Display means for displaying on the display unit a map that displays the display component according to the set priority;
A map display system. The priority setting means includes:
The map display system according to claim 1, wherein the priority of an area including the second point is set high, and the priority of an area different from the area including the second point is set low. The priority setting means includes:
Furthermore, the map display system of Claim 2 which sets the priority according to the distance from the area | region where the said 2nd point is included about the area | region different from the area | region where the said 2nd point is included, respectively. The priority setting means includes:
Control display of the display component for the display component included in each of the divided areas, depending on which of the divided areas the second point indicating the current location of the user is included. The map display system according to claim 1, wherein a priority for setting is set. The priority setting means includes:
The map display system according to claim 4, wherein a priority for controlling display of the display component is set according to a distance from the second point to the display component. The display means includes
The map display system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the number of display parts included in the area is displayed on the map according to the priority set for each of the divided areas. The display means includes
In accordance with the priority set for each of the divided areas, the number of display parts included in the high priority area is included in the area so that the number is higher than the number of display parts included in the low priority area. The map display system according to claim 6, wherein the number of display parts to be displayed is limited on the map. The display means includes
The map display system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein when a priority of the area is predetermined, display parts included in the area are prevented from being displayed on the map. The computer that displays the map
A dividing means for dividing the map into two or more predetermined areas based on a first point indicating a predetermined position on the map;
In order to control display of display components in each divided area according to which of the divided areas the second point indicating the current location of the user is included Priority setting means for setting priority,
Display means for displaying a map on which the display component is displayed according to the set priority on a display unit;
Map display program to function as.

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