JP2016211915A - Notification system, server device, communication terminal device, program, and notification method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique to preferentially notify a user of a travel method suitable for the land attribute of a departure place or a destination in the case where there are a plurality of travel methods from the departure place to the destination.SOLUTION: A communication terminal device 20 transmits information on a departure place and a destination input by a user to a server device 10 (S1 and S2). The server device 10 searches for one or more travel methods from the departure place to the destination (S3 and S4), and if there are a plurality of travel methods, it determines the priority of notification for each of the plurality of travel methods according to the land attribute of the departure place or the destination (S6). The server device 10 gives higher priority to the notification of a travel method including public transportation as travel means if the departure place is an urban area than if it is a rural area. The server device 10 transmits information on the travel method and the priority to the communication terminal device 20 (S7). The communication terminal device 20 notifies the user of at least part of the plurality of travel methods according to the priority (S8 and S9).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for notifying a user of a movement method from a departure place to a destination.

  A service for notifying a moving method from a departure place designated by a user to a destination has been conventionally provided. Non-Patent Document 1 displays a route with a short time required from the departure point to the destination, a low toll, or a small number of transfers by combining trains, airplanes, buses, cars, ferries, and walking. It is described. Patent Document 1 provides static information registered in advance in a map database such as a curve warning, a railroad crossing warning, and prefectural border guidance when driving on a road familiar to the user (daily driving). However, when the user is traveling on a road that is unknown to the user (unusual driving), it is possible to further guide information that changes over time such as traffic information such as traffic jams, construction, and accidents, and weather information. Have been described.

  Further, Patent Documents 2 to 4 disclose techniques for guiding any one of a plurality of routes (routes) according to a combination of one starting point and a destination. Patent Document 2 describes correcting candidate selection or ranking of candidates based on physical information including at least one of a user's age, sex, height, and weight. Patent Document 3 discloses a route from a departure point to a destination based on weather costs determined from events such as night, rain, cloudy, and clear, and seasonal factors determined from events such as spring, summer, autumn, and winter. It is described to set. Patent Document 4 describes that when there is a route that has been passed a predetermined number of times or more to go to a set destination, that route is set as a guide route to go to the destination. Yes.

JP 2005-331294 A JP 2013-53879 A JP 2003-294470 A JP 2006-30108 A

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  In the technique described in Non-Patent Document 1, a moving method is notified by combining a train, an airplane, a bus, a car, a ferry, and a walk, regardless of where the departure place and the destination are. However, in areas such as urban areas where public transportation has been developed and areas such as rural areas that do not, the number of vehicles (for example, trains and buses) used to transport people and the places where they get on and off The number of stations (for example, stations and stops) varies greatly. In the former area, it is convenient for the user to move by a movement method centered on public transportation, but in the latter area, movement by this movement method may be inconvenient. On the other hand, with respect to the movement method using a private car, the latter area where the traffic volume and the number of passers-by are few may be more convenient for the user than the former area.

In the technique described in Patent Document 1, the information guided during driving differs depending on whether the vehicle is running on a daily basis or on an extraordinary basis, but there are one way of movement that is guided according to a combination of one starting point and destination. . In the techniques described in Patent Documents 2 to 4, any one of a plurality of routes is guided for a combination of one starting point and a destination. Whether it exists or not is not considered, and there is a problem similar to the case of the technique of Non-Patent Document 1.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a technology for preferentially notifying a user of a predetermined movement method according to the attribute of the land of the departure place or the destination when there are a plurality of movement methods from the departure place to the destination. Is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the notification system according to the present invention includes a reception unit that receives input of a user's departure place and destination, and a plurality of methods for moving from the departure place where the input is received to the destination. Deciding means for deciding priority of notification for each of the plurality of movement methods according to the land attribute of the departure place or destination, and at least of the plurality of movement methods according to the decided priority Notification means for notifying the user of some movement methods.

  In the notification system of the present invention, the land attribute may include a different attribute for each user. In this case, the land attribute includes an attribute indicating the daily or extraordinary area of the user with respect to the starting point or destination for which the input has been accepted, and the determining unit is configured to indicate the extraordinary area. The priority of the notification of the moving method in which the route from the departure point where the input is accepted to the destination includes a transit point that satisfies a predetermined condition may be made higher than in the case of indicating the daily area .

In the notification system of the present invention, the land attribute may include an attribute according to a user's movement history.
In the notification system of the present invention, the determination unit may determine the priority based on the attribute or state of the user in addition to the land attribute.
In the notification system of the present invention, the determination unit may determine the priority based on the user's schedule or the environment around the user in addition to the land attribute.

  The server device according to the present invention includes a plurality of information acquisition means for acquiring information on a user's departure place and destination from the user's communication terminal device, and a plurality of methods for moving from the departure place to the destination. A determination means for determining a priority of notification for each of the plurality of movement methods according to a land attribute of the place or the destination, and at least a part of the plurality of movement methods according to the determined priority Information transmitting means for transmitting information on the movement method to the communication terminal device.

  The communication terminal device according to the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives an input of a user's departure point and destination, an information transmission unit that transmits information on the departure point and destination from which the input has been received, and the input Information on priority of notification determined for each of the plurality of movement methods according to the plurality of movement methods from the accepted departure place to the destination and the land attribute of the departure place or the destination. And an information acquisition means for notifying a user of at least some of the plurality of movement methods according to the priority determined based on the information acquired from the server device; Is provided.

  The program of the present invention can be used by the server device, the step of accepting the input of the user's destination to the computer of the communication terminal device, the step of transmitting the information of the destination that accepted the input to the server device, and the server device. When it is determined that there is a vehicle, a step of acquiring information on a moving method for moving from the user's position to the destination using the vehicle from the server device, and information acquired from the server device And a step of notifying the user of a movement method for moving from the user's position to the destination using the available vehicle.

  The notification method of the present invention includes a step of accepting an input of a user's departure place and destination and a land of the departure place or destination when there are a plurality of methods of moving from the departure place where the input is accepted to the destination. Determining a priority of notification to each of the plurality of movement methods according to the attribute, and notifying a user of at least some of the plurality of movement methods according to the determined priority With.

  According to the present invention, when there are a plurality of movement methods from the departure place to the destination, the user can be preferentially notified of a predetermined movement method according to the attribute of the land of the departure place or the destination.

The figure which shows the whole structure of the notification system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the server apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. The block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the communication terminal device which concerns on the same embodiment. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the server apparatus and communication terminal device which concern on the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the process which the server apparatus and communication terminal device which concern on the same embodiment perform. Explanatory drawing of an example of the notification of the movement method which concerns on the embodiment. Explanatory drawing of an example of the notification of the movement method which concerns on the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the process which the server apparatus and communication terminal device of the notification system which concern on 2nd Embodiment of this invention perform. Explanatory drawing of an example of the notification of the movement method which concerns on the embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a notification system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The notification system 1 is a system that notifies the user of a method of moving from the departure place to the destination of the user. The departure point corresponds to the starting point of the route traveled by the user, and the destination corresponds to the end point of the route traveled by the user. The moving method includes a route for moving from the departure place to the destination. The moving method includes information on moving means used for moving the route. Examples of the transportation means include public transportation such as trains, buses, and airplanes, vehicles other than public transportation such as bicycles, private cars, and taxis, and walking. Further, the moving method includes information on the place of getting on and off the vehicle and the departure and arrival time for a route using public transportation. Further, the movement method includes information on time and fee required for movement.

As shown in FIG. 1, the notification system 1 includes a server device 10 and a communication terminal device 20. The server device 10 and the communication terminal device 20 have a function of connecting to the network 100. The network 100 includes a mobile communication network, an exchange, a base station, and the like, and is a communication line managed and operated by a predetermined communication carrier.
Although only one communication terminal device 20 is shown in FIG. 1, there are actually two or more communication terminal devices 20.

  The server device 10 provides the communication terminal device 20 with a travel guidance service that guides the travel method from the departure point to the destination specified by the user of the communication terminal device 20. The communication terminal device 20 is a portable communication terminal device possessed (carried) by a user, and is a smartphone in the present embodiment. The communication terminal device 20 notifies the user of information on the movement method guided by the server device 10. The communication terminal device 20 is not limited to a smartphone, and may be a feature phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or various wearable communication terminal devices (for example, a head-mounted display or a wristband communication terminal device). . The communication terminal device 20 may be a stationary communication device instead of a portable type. The communication terminal device 20 may be an in-vehicle device such as a car navigation device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the server device 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the server device 10 includes a control unit 11, a communication unit 12, and a movement guidance DB (Data Base) 13.
The control unit 11 is a processor including a CPU as an arithmetic processing device and a memory including a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory). The CPU controls each unit of the server device 10 by reading a program stored in the ROM into the RAM and executing it. The communication unit 12 is an interface that is connected to the network 100 and serves as an external device.

The movement guidance DB 13 is a database that stores (accumulates) data for providing a movement guidance service. The travel guidance DB 13 stores, for example, map data, road data, facility data, and route network data.
The map data is data representing a map of a target area (for example, all over Japan) for which the travel guidance service is provided. In the map data, the target area is divided into a plurality of mesh areas along the latitude direction and the longitude direction, and a land attribute is assigned to each mesh area. The land attribute indicates the attribute of the land in the area corresponding to each mesh area. In the present embodiment, as the land attribute, there is an attribute indicating one of the urban area that is the first attribute or the rural area that is the second attribute. In this embodiment, an area where public transportation is developed is assumed as an urban area, and an area where public transportation is not sufficiently developed as compared with an urban area is assumed as a local area. The land attribute is specified by, for example, a service provider that provides a movement guide service.

The road data includes, for example, information specifying each link (that is, a road) and a node (for example, a branch point, a junction, or an intersection) to which each link is connected. The facility data includes information for identifying various facilities, for example, landmarks (for example, parks, department stores, hospitals, etc.) that are geographical features. The route network data includes, for example, information on places where trains and buses, which are vehicles of public transportation, get on and off, time required for moving between places of getting on and off, and fees.
In the present embodiment, the server device 10 includes the movement guidance DB 13, but the server device 10 may access the movement guidance DB 13 as an external device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the communication terminal device 20. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the communication terminal device 20 includes a control unit 21, a communication unit 22, a UI (User Interface) unit 23, a positioning unit 24, and a storage unit 25.
The control unit 21 is a processor including a CPU as an arithmetic processing unit and a memory including a ROM and a RAM. The CPU controls each unit of the communication terminal device 20 by reading the program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 25 into the RAM and executing it.

The communication unit 22 includes, for example, a wireless communication circuit and an antenna, and communicates with an external device by connecting to the network 100.
The UI unit 23 includes a display unit (for example, a liquid crystal display) that displays an image on a display surface, and a touch sensor that is provided so as to overlap the display surface of the display unit and receives an operation input by a user's contact. It is. The communication terminal device 20 may further include other operation means such as a physical key, or may have a function of accepting an operation by voice input.

The positioning unit 24 includes an antenna that receives a signal from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and a processing circuit that processes the received signal, and the positioning unit 24 (that is, the communication terminal device 20). A positioning process for measuring the position (current position) of is performed. Positioning by GNSS is generally used as GPS (Global Positioning System) positioning.
Note that the positioning unit 24 may perform the positioning process using another positioning method such as base station positioning.

  The storage unit 25 is a storage device such as an EEPROM (Electronically Erasable and Programmable ROM) or a flash memory, and stores various programs executed by the control unit 21.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating functional configurations of the server device 10 and the communication terminal device 20.
The control unit 11 of the server device 10 implements functions corresponding to the information acquisition unit 111, the search unit 112, the determination unit 113, and the information transmission unit 114 by executing a program. The control unit 21 of the communication terminal device 20 implements functions corresponding to the reception unit 211, the information transmission unit 212, the information acquisition unit 213, and the notification unit 214 by executing a program.
In the communication terminal device 20, the accepting unit 211 accepts input of a departure place and a destination. The accepting unit 211 accepts an input of a departure place and a destination based on information inputted by the user via the UI unit 23. The accepting unit 211 may accept an input of a departure place based on position information indicating the position measured by the positioning unit 24.
The information transmitting unit 212 transmits the information of the departure place and the destination received by the receiving unit 211 to the server device 10 via the communication unit 22.

In the server device 10, the information acquisition unit 111 acquires the information transmitted by the information transmission unit 212 via the communication unit 12.
The search unit 112 searches for one or more travel methods from the departure point to the destination based on the information on the departure point and the destination acquired by the information acquisition unit 111 and the movement guide DB 13.

  When there are a plurality of movement methods from the departure place searched for by the search means 112 to the destination, the determination means 113 notifies each of the plurality of movement methods according to the land attribute of the departure place or the destination. Determine the priority. In this embodiment, the determination means 113 changes the priority determination method for the movement method depending on whether the land attribute of the departure place is an urban area or a rural area.

  The information transmission unit 114 transmits information on the movement method searched by the search unit 112 to the communication terminal device 20 via the communication unit 12. When there are a plurality of movement methods, the information transmission unit 114 transmits information on each movement method according to the priority determined by the determination unit 113. The information transmission unit 114 transmits, for example, movement method information and priority information.

In the communication terminal device 20, the information acquisition unit 213 acquires the information transmitted by the information transmission unit 114 via the communication unit 22.
The notification unit 214 notifies the user of the movement method searched by the search unit 112 via the UI unit 23. When the search unit 112 searches for a plurality of movement methods, the notification unit 214 notifies the user of at least some of the movement methods according to the priority determined by the determination unit 113.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing related to the travel guidance service executed in the notification system 1.
First, the control unit 21 of the communication terminal device 20 receives input of a departure place and a destination based on information input using the UI unit 23 (step S1). There are no particular restrictions on the method of specifying the information of departure and destination, but for example, direct designation of an address by inputting a character string or designation of a position on a map, or of a public transportation vehicle such as a station or a stop There are designation of getting on / off place, designation of landmark, etc. Further, the departure place may be input based on position information indicating the position measured by the positioning unit 24.

  The control unit 21 transmits the information of the departure place and the destination received in step S1 to the server device 10 via the communication unit 12 (step S2). The control unit 11 of the server device 10 acquires (receives) the information transmitted in step S2 via the communication unit 12 (step S3). Next, the control unit 11 searches for one or more movement methods from the departure point to the destination based on the acquired information of the departure point and the destination and the movement guide DB 13 (step S4). For example, the control unit 11 searches for one or a plurality of movement methods on the condition that the travel time required for movement is short, the order in which the cost is low, and the order in which the number of transfers of the transportation facility is small.

  Next, the control unit 11 determines whether there are a plurality of movement methods searched in step S4 (step S5). When it determines with "YES" at step S5, the control part 11 determines the priority of notification to each of the searched several moving method (step S6). Here, the control unit 11 assigns “1”, “2”, “3”,... In descending order of priority, and increases the priority as the numerical value decreases.

In step S6, when the departure place is an urban area, the control unit 11 raises the priority of notification of a moving method including a vehicle of public transportation as a moving means, compared to a case of a rural area. On the other hand, when the departure place is a rural area, the control unit 11 increases the priority of notification of a movement method including a vehicle other than walking or public transportation as a moving means, as compared with a case of an urban area. This is because it is convenient for the user to move by a moving method centering on a vehicle of public transportation in an urban area, but moving by this moving method may be inconvenient in a rural area. With regard to transportation methods using vehicles other than walking or public transportation, the latter rural areas with less traffic and number of passersby are considered more convenient than urban areas.
If “NO” is determined in the step S5, the control unit 11 passes the process of the step S6 and proceeds to the process of the step S7.

  Next, the control part 11 transmits the information of the searched movement method to the communication terminal device 20 via the communication part 12 (step S7). When the priority is determined in step S6, the control unit 11 transmits a plurality of movement methods and information on the priority determined for each movement method.

  The control unit 21 of the communication terminal device 20 acquires (receives) the information transmitted in step S7 via the communication unit 22 (step S8). Next, the control unit 21 notifies the user of the movement method based on the information acquired in step S8 (step S9). When there are a plurality of movement methods, the control unit 21 notifies the movement method according to the priority determined for each.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a notification of a movement method when the land attribute is an urban area. Here, a plurality of methods of moving from the departure point P1 to the destination P2 which is the “□□ building” are shown. As shown in FIG. 6 (A), the moving method with the priority “1” walks from the departure point P1 to the nearest “A station”, and from the “A station” to the “B station” on the X route. The train shows that the train from the “B station” to the “C station” is a Y-line train, and the “C station” to the destination P2 is a walk. This moving method also includes information on train arrival and departure times and fees. As described above, the movement method with the priority “1” is mainly about the transfer guide of the public transportation.

  As shown in FIG. 6 (B), the moving method with the priority “2” walks from “D station” to “C station” instead of the nearest “A station” from the departure place P1. ”Is a Y-line train, and“ C station ”to the destination P2 is a walk. This travel method also includes information on train departure and arrival times and tolls. Thus, the moving method with the priority “2” has a smaller number of train transfers than the moving method with the priority “1”, but the moving distance and the moving time on foot are longer. This moving method is composed of a transfer guide for vehicles of public transportation and route guidance for guiding a route of a link (road) to which the user should move.

As shown in FIG. 6C, the moving method with the priority “3” indicates route guidance in which the entire route from the departure point P1 to the destination P2 is a vehicle other than walking or public transportation. Here, it shows that it goes straight 2.0km to the east from the starting point P1, turns right at the “ΔΔ intersection”, and goes straight 200m. In this way, the moving method with the priority “3” has a longer moving distance and moving time on foot than the moving method with the priority “2”.
In this way, when the land attribute is “urban”, the priority of the notification is the higher the travel method that uses mainly public transport vehicles and the distance and travel time on vehicles other than walking or public transport is shorter. Becomes higher.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a notification of a movement method when the land attribute is a rural area. Here, a plurality of methods for moving from the departure place P3 to the destination P4, which is “◯ × shopping center”, are shown.
As shown in FIG. 7A, the moving method with the priority “1” indicates route guidance in which the entire area from the departure point P3 to the destination P4 is a vehicle other than walking or public transportation. Here, it shows that it goes straight 400m to the east from the departure point P3, turns right at “X ○ intersection” and goes straight 800m, and further turns left at “□ △ intersection” and goes straight 1.3km.

As shown in FIG. 7B, the moving method with the priority “2” is a walk from the departure point P3 to “G Bus Tei”, a bus from “G Bus Tei” to “E Station”, “ This indicates that the train from the "E station" to the "F station" is a Z-line train and the "F station" to the destination P4 is a walk. This moving method includes information on the arrival and departure times of buses and trains and information on charges. As described above, the movement method with the priority “2” is shorter than the movement method and the movement time on foot with the movement method with the priority “1”, but uses public transportation vehicles more frequently.
In this way, when the land attribute is “local”, the priority of notification is higher as the travel distance and travel time of public transportation vehicles are mainly used, except for walking or public transportation. Become.

  According to the notification system 1 of the first embodiment described above, when there are a plurality of movement methods from the departure place to the destination, the movement method suitable for the land attribute assigned to the user's departure place is given priority. The user can be notified. In the notification system 1, depending on the land attribute, it is made different whether priority is given to the transfer guidance of the public transportation vehicle or the route guidance. Thereby, compared with the case where a moving method is notified without considering the land of the departure place, it can be expected that the convenience of the user is improved.

[Second Embodiment]
The land attribute of the first embodiment described above is an attribute unique to each region, but may include a different attribute for each user. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the land attribute indicates one of a user's daily area or an extraordinary area. The daily area is set based on the area where the user behaves on a daily basis. The daily life area is an area to which the user's action base belongs, for example, at the user's home or destination (for example, work place). The extraordinary area is set based on an area where the user behaves extraordinarily.
Since the overall configuration and hardware configuration of the notification system 1 of the present embodiment may be the same as those of the first embodiment described above, description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing relating to the travel guidance service executed by the notification system 1 of the present embodiment.
First, the control unit 21 of the communication terminal device 20 sets a daily zone and an extraordinary zone (step S11). For example, the control unit 21 displays a map on the UI unit 23 and accepts input of information via the UI unit 23 to set the daily life zone and the extraordinary life zone. At this time, the control unit 21 may set the daily sphere and the non-daily sphere for each mesh area in the map data, or the daily sphere by direct designation of an address by inputting a character string or specifying a position on the map. In addition, a non-daily life zone may be set. In the present embodiment, the control unit 21 sets an area other than the daily area as an extraordinary area. Further, based on the positioning process by the positioning unit 24, the control unit 21 may set a region where the user stays frequently as a daily zone and set other regions as a non-daily zone.

  After the setting in step S11, the control unit 21 receives the input of the departure point and the destination based on the information input using the UI unit 23 (step S1). And the control part 21 transmits the information of the daily sphere and unusual area | region about a departure place, and the information of a departure place and a destination to the server apparatus 10 via the communication part 12 (step S12).

  The control unit 11 of the server device 10 acquires (receives) the information transmitted in step S12 via the communication unit 12 (step S13). Next, the control unit 11 searches for one or more movement methods from the departure point to the destination based on the acquired information of the departure point and the destination and the movement guide DB 13 (step S4). Next, the control unit 11 determines whether there are a plurality of movement methods searched in step S4 (step S5). When it determines with "YES" at step S5, the control part 11 determines whether the departure place is an everyday area or an unusual area (step S14). The controller 11 makes this determination based on the information acquired in step S13.

  When it is determined that the departure place is the daily area (step S14; daily area), the control unit 11 determines the priority of notification for each of the plurality of travel methods searched for by the method according to the daily area (step S15). . When the departure place is the daily life zone, the control unit 11 determines the priority for each movement method in the order of the short time required for movement from the departure place to the destination. Here, the control unit 11 may determine the priority for each moving method so as to increase the priority in the order of the least cost or the least number of transits.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the notification of the movement method. Here, there are shown a plurality of movement methods from the departure point to the destination “◯ △ hotel”.
As shown in FIG. 9A, when the departure place is the daily life zone, the moving method with the priority “1” is walking from the departure place P5 to “K station”, and from “K station” to “L station”. It is shown that the train from the “L” station to the destination P6 is a walk on the W route. This movement method indicates a movement route having the earliest arrival time at the destination P6.

  When it is determined that the departure place is the extraordinary zone (step S14; extraordinary zone), the control unit 11 determines the priority of notification for each of the searched moving methods by a method according to the extraordinary zone ( Step S16). When the departure place is an extraordinary area, the control unit 11 increases the priority of notification of a moving method in which a route that satisfies a predetermined condition is included in the route, compared to the case of an ordinary area. At this time, the control unit 11 may increase the priority of notification for a moving method that includes more waypoints that satisfy the condition. As such a transit point, there are points where it is desirable for a user to drop in in a non-daily life area, such as a landmark such as a tourist spot or a souvenir shop, or a toilet.

  As shown in FIG. 9B, in the case of an extraordinary zone, the moving method with a priority of “1” is walking from the departure point P5 to “H bus stop”, from “H bus stop” to “I bus stop”. This shows that the train takes a bus from "I bus stop" to "J Bus Tei" nearest to the souvenir shop, and walks from "Souvenir shop" to destination P6. Since this moving method has a longer moving distance and moving time than the moving method with the priority “1”, the arrival time at the destination P6 is delayed, but a user who has visited an area in an extraordinary area is desirable for himself / herself. You can stop at the spot.

In the case of an extraordinary area, the control unit 11 may increase the priority of notification of a movement method that uses a specific link such as a main road or a boarding place where transfer is easy. Moreover, the control part 11 may make low the priority of the notification of the moving method which uses a road with many traffic volumes and traffic accidents as a waypoint.
If “NO” is determined in the step S5, the control unit 11 passes the process of the step S6 and proceeds to the process of the step S7.

  And the control part 11 transmits the information of the searched movement method to the communication terminal device 20 via the communication part 12 (step S7). When the priority is determined in step S6, the control unit 11 transmits a plurality of movement methods and information on the priority determined for each movement method. The control unit 21 of the communication terminal device 20 acquires (receives) the information on the movement method transmitted in step S7 via the communication unit 22 (step S8). Next, the control unit 21 notifies the user of the movement method based on the information acquired in step S8. When there are a plurality of movement methods, the control unit 21 notifies the movement method according to the priority determined for each (step S9).

  According to the notification system 1 of the second embodiment described above, when there are a plurality of movement methods from the departure place to the destination, the user is notified with priority on the movement method suitable for different land attributes for each user. Can do. In this notification system 1, the priority of notification of the movement method varies depending on whether the departure place is an ordinary area or an unusual area. Thereby, compared with the case where a uniform moving method is notified regardless of the place, it is expected that the moving method suitable for the purpose of the user staying at the place is notified and the convenience of the user is improved.

[Modification]
The present invention can be implemented in a form different from the above-described embodiment. The present invention can also be implemented in the following forms, for example. Further, the following modifications may be combined as appropriate.
(Modification 1)
In the notification system 1 according to the first embodiment described above, the control unit 11 may acquire position information indicating the position of the user measured by the positioning unit 24 and determine the priority for each movement method. For example, the control unit 11 lowers the priority of the notification of the moving method including public transportation in the local part, but there is a place for getting on and off the public transportation vehicle within a predetermined distance from the position measured by the positioning unit 24. If so, increase the priority of notifications of travel methods including public transport. Also, in urban areas, the priority of notification of travel methods including public transportation is increased, but the control unit 11 can get on and off the public transportation vehicle within a predetermined distance from the user's position measured by the positioning unit 24. If there is not, lower the priority of notification of travel methods including public transportation.

(Modification 2)
Land attributes other than the land attributes described in the above-described embodiment may be used.
The land attribute may include an attribute determined by the movement history of the user. For example, if the communication terminal device 20 has a pedometer function, the communication terminal device 20 uses this pedometer function to determine whether the user uses walking as a moving means in each region. And the control part 11 raises the priority of the notification of the movement method using a walk about the movement within a certain distance about the user who uses the walk frequently based on this determination result. On the contrary, the control unit 21 increases the priority of the notification of the movement method using the vehicle of the public transportation even for the movement within the certain distance for the user who uses the foot frequently.

  The control unit 11 may use the degree of congestion of the link as the land attribute. The degree of congestion is a value that serves as an index of the number of people or vehicles present. For example, the control unit 11 lowers the priority of notification of a movement method that passes through a link with a relatively high degree of congestion, and increases the priority of notification of a movement method that passes through a link with a relatively low degree of congestion. May be.

Moreover, the control part 11 may use the number of the moving means of each land as a land attribute. The control unit 11 increases the priority of notification of the moving method including the moving unit as the number of moving units increases, and sets the priority of notification of the moving method including the moving unit as the number of moving units decreases. make low.
Further, the control unit 11 may use, as the land attribute, information serving as an index of ease of understanding for the user when using the moving means. This intelligibility is defined, for example, by the number of ticket gates when the moving means is public transportation. This is because a public transportation system with a smaller number of ticket gates can be said to be a public transportation system that is easy for users to understand and use. For example, even when the number of moving means is the same, the control unit 11 determines the priority of notification of a moving method including a moving means that is easy for the user to understand from the priority of notification of a moving method that does not include the moving means. Also make it high.
In addition, the ease of understanding for users when using transportation means is not limited to the number of ticket gates in public transportation, but is defined by the installation location of the ticket gates, the travel route from the ticket gates to the boarding locations, and the distance between them. May be.

  Moreover, the control part 11 may change a land attribute according to a user's residence. For example, even if the control unit 11 is an area where a moving method including public transportation is preferentially notified, the user who lives in the area is walking or using public transportation more than other users. Increase the priority of notifications of travel methods using vehicles other than

(Modification 3)
The control part 11 may determine the priority with respect to each moving method using a user's attribute or state in addition to a land attribute. User attributes include user attributes such as the user's age and sex. In this case, the control part 11 makes the priority of the notification of the moving method including a walk so that a user's age is younger. Moreover, the control part 11 makes the priority of the notification of the moving method including a walk higher than the case of a woman, when a gender is a man. The user state includes the physical state of the user. When the physical condition is good, the control unit 11 raises the priority of the notification of the moving method including walking, compared to the case where the physical condition is not good or when the foot is inconvenient. The control unit 11 may specify the user attribute and the user state based on information input to the communication terminal device 20 by the user, or based on information detected by a sensor mounted on the communication terminal device 20. May be specified.

  Further, the user attribute may include the usage frequency of the user's public transportation. In this case, the control unit 11 increases the priority of the notification of the moving method including the public transportation as the daily usage frequency of the public transportation is higher, and includes the public transportation as the usage frequency is lower. The priority of notification of the movement method may be lowered.

(Modification 4)
The control unit 11 may determine the priority for each moving method using the user's schedule in addition to the land attribute. It is assumed that the place visited by the user and the purpose of the visit to the place (for example, travel) are registered in the communication terminal device 20 in the schedule function. In this case, if the control unit 11 determines that the user is in the daily area based on the purpose of the visit, the control unit 11 determines the priority by the daily area method described in the second embodiment. If the control unit 11 determines that the user is in the extraordinary zone based on the purpose of the visit, the control unit 11 determines the priority by the extraordinary zone method described in the second embodiment.

  The control part 11 may determine the priority with respect to each moving method based on the surrounding environment in addition to a land attribute. There is weather as a surrounding environment. For example, the control unit 11 obtains weather information via the network 100, and, for example, when the weather is fine, the priority of the notification of the moving method including vehicles other than walking or public transportation is higher than the case of rainy weather. Make it high. In addition to this, the control unit 11 may determine the priority of the notification of the movement method using the information on the amount of snow as the surrounding environment.

(Modification 5)
The control unit 11 may set the priority of the notification of the moving method including the waypoint (for example, store) that has paid a predetermined fee such as the advertisement fee in the route as compared to the moving method not including the waypoint in the route. Good.

(Modification 6)
In the embodiment described above, the control unit 21 notifies all of the plurality of movement methods according to the priority order, but the notification method is not limited to this. For example, the control unit 21 may notify some of the plurality of movement methods. In this case, the control unit 21 may notify the upper n (n is a natural number) moving methods and may not notify the others.

(Modification 7)
The control unit 11 may determine the priority of notification for the moving method based on the land attribute of the destination instead of the land attribute of the departure place. For example, the control unit 11 may determine the priority of notification for the moving method based on the land attribute of the destination in the same manner as in the case of the land attribute of the departure place.

(Modification 8)
The communication terminal device 20 may realize part or all of the functions of the server device 10 described above. For example, the communication terminal device 20 may realize the functions of the search unit 112 and the determination unit 113. In this case, the communication terminal apparatus 20 searches for a movement method and determines a priority by inquiring of an apparatus including an external movement guide DB 13 connected to the network 100.

(Modification 9)
Some of the configurations and operations described in the above-described embodiments may be omitted. Further, the order of the processes described in the above-described embodiments may be changed as appropriate.

(Modification 10)
The functions realized by the control units 11 and 21 of the above-described embodiments can be realized by a combination of a plurality of programs, or can be realized by linkage of a plurality of hardware resources. When the functions of the control units 11 and 21 are realized using a program, the program can be a magnetic recording medium (magnetic tape, magnetic disk (HDD (Hard Disk Drive), FD (Flexible Disk), etc.)), an optical recording medium. (Such as an optical disk), a magneto-optical recording medium, a semiconductor-readable recording medium such as a semiconductor memory, or the like, or may be distributed via a network. The present invention can also be grasped as a notification method.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Notification system, 10 ... Server apparatus, 11 ... Control part, 111 ... Information acquisition means, 112 ... Search means, 113 ... Determination means, 114 ... Information transmission means, 12 ... Communication part, 13 ... Movement guidance DB, 20 ... Communication terminal device, 21 ... control unit, 211 ... reception means, 212 ... information transmission means, 213 ... information acquisition means, 214 ... notification means, 22 ... communication section, 23 ... UI section, 24 ... positioning section, 25 ... storage section

Claims (10)

An accepting means for accepting an input of a user's departure place and destination;
Determination of determining the priority of notification for each of the plurality of moving methods according to the land attribute of the starting point or destination when there are a plurality of moving methods from the starting point to which the input is accepted Means,
A notification system comprising: notification means for notifying a user of at least some of the plurality of movement methods according to the determined priority. The notification system according to claim 1, wherein the land attribute includes an attribute that is different for each user. The land attribute includes an attribute indicating the daily or non-daily area of the user for the starting point or destination where the input is accepted,
The determining means includes
In the case of showing the extraordinary zone, the route from the starting point to the destination where the input is accepted includes a transit point that satisfies a predetermined condition, compared to the case of showing the non-daily zone. The notification system according to claim 2, wherein the notification priority is increased. The notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the land attribute includes an attribute corresponding to a movement history of the user. The notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the determination unit determines the priority based on an attribute or state of the user in addition to the land attribute. The said determination means determines the said priority based on the said user's schedule or the surrounding environment of the said user in addition to the said land attribute. Any one of Claims 1-5 characterized by the above-mentioned. The notification system described. Information acquisition means for acquiring the user's departure point and destination information from the user's communication terminal device;
When there are a plurality of movement methods from the departure place to the destination, a determination unit that determines the priority of notification for each of the plurality of movement methods according to the land attribute of the departure place or the destination;
A server device comprising: information transmission means for transmitting information on at least some of the plurality of movement methods to the communication terminal device according to the determined priority. An accepting means for accepting an input of a user's departure place and destination;
Information transmitting means for transmitting the information of the starting point and destination where the input has been received to the server device;
Information on the priority of notification determined for each of the plurality of movement methods according to the plurality of movement methods from the departure place from which the input is accepted to the destination, and the land attribute of the departure place or the destination, Information acquisition means for acquiring from the server device;
A communication terminal device comprising: notification means for notifying a user of at least some of the plurality of movement methods according to the priority determined based on information acquired from the server device. In the computer of the communication terminal device,
Receiving the user's departure and destination inputs;
Transmitting the information of the starting point and the destination where the input has been received to the server device;
Information on priority of notification determined for each of the plurality of movement methods according to the plurality of movement methods from the departure place that received the input to the destination, and the land attribute of the departure place or the destination, Obtaining from the server device;
And a step of notifying the user of at least some of the plurality of movement methods according to the priority determined based on the information acquired from the server device. Receiving the user's departure and destination inputs;
Determining the priority of notification for each of the plurality of movement methods according to the land attribute of the departure place or the destination when there are a plurality of movement methods from the departure place to which the input is accepted; When,
A notification method comprising: notifying a user of at least some of the plurality of movement methods according to the determined priority.

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