JP2017228174A - Output device, output method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reproduce appropriate and valid content according to a user and a place where the user is viewing.SOLUTION: When a user terminal 40 comprising a short-range radio communication unit such as NFC is closely communicatively connected, a terminal ID such as NFC-ID is acquired. In a server 30, an installation country/region of a signage device 10 having a device ID of the highest connection frequency is acquired as a user country/region based on user terminal use information (DB) which is stored associating the connection frequency with the device ID of the signage device 10 to which a user terminal 40 of the terminal ID has been so far connected, and device installation information (DB) which is stored associating installation country/regional information with each device ID. When the installation country/region of the signage device 10 to which the user terminal 40 is connected is different from the user country/region, a content for the user country/region is read from the contents for a plurality of countries/regions and switched with the reproducing content to reproduce.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an output device, an output method, and a control program therefor.

  There are output devices that reproduce content such as advertisements using various media such as moving images, still images, and audio. In such an output device, it is desirable to play back content with content corresponding to the viewer (user).

  In a conventional content playback system in which content is transferred from a user's smartphone to another playback device and played back, the style information defining the user's viewing style held by the smartphone is also transferred to the playback device together with the content to be played back Then, it is considered that the playback unit is controlled according to the style information to play back the content (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-126059 A

  Currently, various contents are being played around the world due to the development of the communication environment, but it is desired to play back appropriate contents according to the location where the user views.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an output device, an output method, and a control program thereof capable of reproducing appropriate content according to a place where a user views and listens. And

  An output device according to the present invention includes a terminal connection unit that connects to an external terminal, a terminal information acquisition unit that acquires terminal information of an external terminal connected by the terminal connection unit, and a terminal acquired by the terminal information acquisition unit Location information acquisition means for acquiring location information regarding the connected external terminal based on the number of times of connection between the external terminal corresponding to the information and a plurality of output devices including its own device and location information of each output device; Output control means for controlling the content to be output based on the location information regarding the connected external terminal acquired by the location information acquisition means and the location information of the own device.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to reproduce | regenerate suitable content according to the place where a user views.

Schematic which shows the structure of the content reproduction system provided with the signage apparatus 10 (10A, 10B, ...) which concerns on embodiment of the output device of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic circuit of the said signage apparatus. The figure which shows the content of the moving image content 17DB for countries / regions memorize | stored in the content memory 17 of the said signage apparatus. The figure which shows the content of the apparatus installation information (database) 30A memorize | stored in the server 30 of the said content reproduction system. The figure which shows the content of the user terminal utilization information (database) 30B memorize | stored in the server 30 of the said content reproduction system. The flowchart which shows the content reproduction process of the said signage apparatus 10 (10A, 10B, ...). The flowchart which shows the content of the user information acquisition process (S4) in the content reproduction process of the said signage apparatus 10 (10A, 10B, ...). 5 is a flowchart showing user information estimation processing of the server 30; The flowchart which shows the process of the part changed according to other embodiment of the user information estimation process of the said server 30. FIG. The flowchart which shows the process of the part changed according to other embodiment of the content reproduction process of the said signage apparatus 10 (10A, 10B, ...).

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a content reproduction system including a signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...) According to an embodiment of an output device of the present invention.

  The content reproduction system includes, for example, a plurality of signage devices 10 (10A, 10B,...) Distributed in a plurality of countries / regions (locations), the signage devices 10A, 10B,. And a server 30 that can be connected via communication.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic circuit of the signage device 10.

  The signage device 10 is an electronic mannequin using projector technology, and is installed, for example, in a commercial facility.

  The signage device 10 includes a screen panel 12 on which an image is projected and displayed from the rear side by a rear projection type projection unit 11 built in the device body. An advertisement image including the model is projected and displayed.

  In addition, the signage device 10 includes a speaker 13, and an advertisement sound corresponding to the advertisement image is output from the speaker 13.

  The advertisement image and the advertisement sound are edited into one moving image content and reproduced.

  Further, menu selection buttons 14a to 14d are provided on the upper front portion of the apparatus main body corresponding to the position of the advertisement selection menu projected and displayed along the lower portion of the screen panel 12. This advertisement selection menu is displayed as part of the advertisement image.

  In addition, a human sensor 15 is provided at the lower front portion of the apparatus main body.

  The human sensor 15 detects a person approaching within a predetermined range of the apparatus main body, and when the human sensor 15 detects the approach of the person, the reproduction of the moving image content is started. The

  A liquid crystal display unit 16 is also provided on the front panel of the apparatus main body.

  In the content memory 17, a plurality of types of data of the moving image content are generated and stored in advance. Data of a plurality of types of moving image content stored in the content memory 17 is selectively read out by a CPU 23 to be described later and sent to the projection image driving unit 18 via the system bus BS.

  The projection image driving unit 18 is configured to generate a frame rate according to a predetermined format, for example, 120 [frames / second] and the number of color component divisions, in accordance with advertisement image data sent via the system bus BS. Then, the micromirror element 19 as a display element is driven to display by faster time-division driving multiplied by the number of display gradations.

  The micromirror element 19 performs display operation by individually turning on / off each inclination angle of a plurality of micromirrors arranged in an array, for example, WXGA (horizontal 1280 pixels × vertical 768 pixels) at high speed. Thus, an optical image is formed by the reflected light.

  On the other hand, primary color lights of R, G, and B are emitted cyclically from the light source unit 20 in a time division manner. The light source unit 20 includes an LED that is a semiconductor light emitting element, and repeatedly emits R, G, and B primary color lights in a time-sharing manner. The LED included in the light source unit 20 may include an LD (semiconductor laser) or an organic EL element as an LED in a broad sense.

  Moreover, it is good also as what uses the primary color light from which the wavelength differs from the original light excited by irradiating the fluorescent substance with the light radiate | emitted from the said LED. The primary color light from the light source unit 20 is reflected by the mirror 21 and applied to the micromirror element 19.

  An optical image is formed by the reflected light from the micromirror element 19, and the formed optical image is projected from the back side of the screen panel 12 through the projection unit 11.

  The projection unit 11 includes a focus lens that changes a focus position and a zoom lens that changes a projection field angle in the lens optical system. The focus lens and the zoom lens are moved along the lens optical axis by the rotation driving of the lens motor (M) 22, so that the focus position and the projection angle of view of the optical image emitted from the projection unit 11 are respectively set. Change.

  The CPU 23 controls all the operations of the circuits. The CPU 23 is directly connected to the main memory 24 and the program memory 25. The main memory 24 is composed of, for example, an SRAM and functions as a work memory for the CPU 23. The program memory 25 is composed of an electrically rewritable nonvolatile memory such as a flash ROM, and stores an operation program executed by the CPU 23, various fixed data, and the like.

  The program memory 25 stores a unique ID (apparatus ID) of the own apparatus 10 and installed country / region (location) information in association with each other. For example, the country / region information of the signage device 10A is stored as “Japan / Tokyo”, 10B is “Japan / Osaka”, 10C is “China / Beijing”, and the like.

  The CPU 23 controls the signage device 10 by reading out the operation program, fixed data, and the like stored in the program memory 25, developing and storing them in the main memory 24, and executing the program. Control.

  The CPU 23 executes various projection operations in accordance with operation signals from the operation unit 14. The operation unit 14 sends key operation signals of several operation keys including a power key and button operation signals of the menu selection buttons 14 a to 14 d provided in the main body of the signage device 10 to the CPU 23.

  The CPU 23 is further connected to the human sensor 15, the display unit 16, the sound processing unit 26, the network communication unit 27, and the short-range wireless communication unit 28 via the system bus BS.

  The sound processing unit 26 includes a sound source circuit such as a PCM sound source, converts the audio data in the content data read from the content memory 17 during the projection operation into analog data, drives the speaker 13 to emit sound, or as necessary. A beep sound is generated.

  The network communication unit 27 is connected to a nearby wireless LAN router (not shown), and transmits / receives data to / from a server 30 provided on the communication network N such as the Internet.

  The short-range wireless communication unit 28 has a low-power-consumption wireless communication function such as NFC or iBeacon (registered trademark), and transmits and receives data according to the proximity of the same type of short-range wireless communication unit mounted on a smartphone, for example. Do.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the country / region video content 17DB stored in the content memory 17 of the signage device 10. As shown in FIG.

  The content memory 17 includes, for example, a plurality of moving image contents 17DB corresponding to each country / region (location) where the signage devices 10A, 10B,... Are installed, contents for Japan / Tokyo, contents for Japan / Osaka, Memorize as content for China / Beijing. For example, content for Japan / Tokyo is Tokyo dialect in Japanese language and content for Tokyo people, content for Japan / Osaka content is Osaka dialect in Japanese language and content for Osaka people, and content for China / Beijing is language Is a Chinese dialect for Beijingers.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of the device installation information (database) 30A stored in the server 30 of the content reproduction system.

  This device installation information (database) 30A associates device IDs and installation country / region (location) information of each of a plurality of signage devices 10 (10A, 10B,...) Capable of communication connection via the communication network N. I remember.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the contents of the user terminal usage information (database) 30B stored in the server 30 of the content reproduction system.

  The user terminal usage information (database) 30B is obtained when the user's terminal (such as a smartphone equipped with the short-range wireless communication unit) 40 approaches the signage device 10A, 10B,. 10 each time it is used (connected to the device 10), the terminal ID (short-range wireless communication unit ID) acquired as terminal information from the user terminal 40 is associated with the device ID of the connected signage device 10 and used. Update (add) the number of (connection) times and store it.

  When storing the device ID of the signage device 10 used (connected) for the first time by the user terminal 40 and the use (connection) count “1” in the user terminal usage information (database) 30B, The first use (connection) date and time is also stored in association with each other.

  The signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...) Has a function of reproducing content for the country / region where the device 40 is installed in an initial state after the device is activated, a smartphone equipped with the short-range wireless communication unit, and the like. When the communication connection with the user terminal 40 is established, the terminal ID (short-range wireless communication unit ID) and the own apparatus ID acquired from the user terminal 40 are transmitted to the server 30 to transmit the user terminal usage information 30B (FIG. 5). The number of times of use (connection) of the user terminal 40 connected via communication is based on the function for creating or updating the reference), the device installation information 30A (see FIG. 4) of the server 30 and the user terminal use information 30B (see FIG. 5). A function (location information) for acquiring installation country / region information of many signage devices 10 (10A, 10B,...) As country / region information (user information) of the user Acquisition means), when the user information (country / region information) acquired from the server 30 is different from the installation country / region information of the own device 10, the content being played back corresponds to the user information (country / region information) It has a function (output control means) for switching to country / region (language / content) content.

  In the signage device 10 configured as described above, the CPU 23 controls the operation of each part of the electronic circuit according to the instructions described in the operation program, and the software and hardware operate in cooperation with each other. The content reproduction function described in the following operation explanation is realized.

  Next, the operation of the content reproduction system having the above configuration will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing content reproduction processing of the signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the contents of the user information acquisition process (S4) in the content reproduction process of the signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...).

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing user information estimation processing of the server 30.

  In the signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...), The activation of the device 10 is instructed by the operation of the operation unit 14, or the human sensor 15 moves the person (user) within a predetermined range of the device body. When the approach is detected, the device 10 is activated (step S1), and the content data for the initial activation stored in the content memory 17 is read and reproduced (step S2).

  Here, the content for initial startup is set to content corresponding to the country / region information of the own device 10, for example, the country / region information stored in the program memory 25 of the device 10 is stored. In the case of “Japan / Osaka”, the content is set for Japan / Osaka.

  In the signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...), A user terminal 40 such as a smartphone provided with the short-range wireless communication unit that is close to a predetermined position (position of the short-range wireless communication unit 28) of the device main body. On the other hand, it is assumed that a service application that provides useful information to users such as coupons is installed, and that the service is advertised in languages according to multiple countries / regions. To do.

  When the user terminal 40 approaches and is connected for communication to the short-range wireless communication unit 28, when the CPU 23 determines that the user has used (step S3 (Yes)), the user information acquisition is performed. In accordance with the process (step S4), the server 30 sends a user information acquisition request including data in which the terminal ID acquired from the user terminal 40 (NFC-ID when the short-range wireless communication unit is NFC) is associated with its own device ID. (Step S41).

  When the server 30 receives the user information acquisition request transmitted from the signage device 10 (step P1 (Yes)), it corresponds to the received terminal ID of the user terminal 40 and the device ID of the signage device 10 In addition, the number of times of terminal use (connection) in the user terminal use information 30B (see FIG. 5) is updated (+1) (step P2). If the user terminal 40 is used for the signage device 10 for the first time and the terminal ID received by the server 30 is associated with the device ID for the first time, the user terminal usage information (database) 30B is used. On the other hand, new data is generated and stored by associating the terminal ID and device ID for which this association is the first time with the terminal use (connection) count “1” and the use (connection) date and time (step P2) ).

  In the user terminal usage information (database) 30B, among the device IDs of the signage device 10 that are associated with the received terminal ID, a plurality of terminal usage (connection) counts within the range of -2 times. Is determined, that is, whether there is another device ID of the number of terminal usages (connections) approximate to the maximum number of terminal usages (connections) (step P3).

  If it is determined that a plurality of device IDs are not extracted (step P3 (No)), the device ID of the most frequently used terminal (connection) is determined based on the device installation information 30A (see FIG. 4). The associated installation country / region information is acquired as user information in which the user's country / region is estimated (step P4a), and the acquired user information (country / region) is sent to the signage device 10 that requested the user information. It is transmitted (step P5).

  That is, for example, when the user terminal 40 having the terminal ID “111” is connected to the signage device 10B whose installation country / region information is “Japan / Osaka” by the short-range wireless communication unit, the user From the terminal usage information (database) 30B, the device ID “A” in which the most frequent terminal usage (connection) count “4” is associated with the terminal ID “111” is extracted. In this case, a plurality of device IDs associated with the terminal ID “111” are not extracted in the range “4 to 2” from the most frequent terminal use (connection) number “4” to −2 times. Then, the installation country / region information “Japan / Tokyo” of the signage device 10A with the extracted device ID “A” is acquired from the device installation information (database) 30A, and the user information is estimated as the user country / region. It is transmitted to the signage device “Japan / Osaka” 10B.

  When the user information “Japan / Tokyo” transmitted from the server 30 is received by the signage device “Japan / Osaka” 10B (step S42 (Yes)), the country / region information “Japan / Tokyo” of the own device 10B is received. It is determined that “Osaka” is different from the country / region information “Japan / Tokyo” which is the received user information (step S5 (No)).

  Then, the contents for Japan / Osaka being reproduced according to the step S2 are switched to the contents for Japan / Tokyo having the language / content corresponding to the country / region information “Japan / Tokyo” as the user information and reproduced. (Step S6 → S2).

  As a result, in the signage device 10B having the installation country / region information “Japan / Osaka”, the content of the installation country / region information “Japan” is reproduced in a state where the content of the contents for the Osakans is being played in the Osaka dialect in Japanese. / Tokyo ”, the user (user terminal 40 (terminal ID“ 111 ”)) who uses the signage device 10A most frequently (the most frequent connection times) approaches the country / region information of the user“ Japan / Tokyo ", and it will be possible to switch to the content for the Tokyo people with Japanese Tokyo dialect and play it.

  In the present embodiment, when the signage device 10 that is communicatively connected to the user terminal 40 with the terminal ID “111” is the signage device 10A having the installation country / region information “Japan / Tokyo”, the step In S5, it is determined that the country / region information “Japan / Tokyo” in which the device 10A is installed and the country / region information “Japan / Tokyo” as the received user information are the same (step S5 (Yes)). ) The content for Japan / Tokyo that is being reproduced according to step S2 is continuously reproduced without switching the content in step S6 (step S5 → S2).

  On the other hand, in step P3 in the process of the server 30 (see FIG. 8), the user terminal usage information (database) 30B is the largest among the device IDs associated with the terminal ID received from the signage device 10. If it is determined that a plurality of device IDs have been extracted within the range of -2 times from the number of times of terminal use (connection), (step P3 (Yes)), among the extracted device IDs, the first use (connection) ) Installation country / region information associated with the device ID having the first date and time and stored in the device installation information (database) 30A is acquired as user information in which the user's country / region is estimated (step P4b). ). Then, the acquired user information (country / region) is transmitted to the signage device 10 as the user information request source (step P5).

  Accordingly, for example, in the signage device 10B having the installation country / region information “Japan / Osaka”, the contents of the installation country / region information “Japan / Osaka dialect” are reproduced in the state where the content for the Osaka people is being reproduced. A user (user terminal 40) that uses (connects) the signage device 10A that is “Japan / Tokyo” and the signage device 10B that is the installation country / region information “Japan / Osaka” the same number of times or substantially the same number of times. If the user (user terminal 40) first uses (connects), the country / region information “Japan / Tokyo” of the signage device 10A that is first used (connected) is estimated as the country / region information of the user, It will be possible to switch to the content of contents for Tokyo people with the Tokyo dialect in Japanese and play it.

  Further, in step P3 in the process of the server 30 (see FIG. 8), the user terminal usage information (database) 30B is the largest among the device IDs associated with the terminal ID received from the signage device 10. If it is determined that a plurality of device IDs have been extracted within the range of -2 times from the number of times of terminal use (connection), (step P3 (Yes)), among the extracted plurality of device IDs, use (connection) The installation country / region information stored in the device installation information (database) 30A in association with the device ID having the latest date and time (the first connection date and time is late) is user information in which the user's country / region is estimated. It may be acquired (step P4b). In the above example, it is determined whether or not a plurality of device IDs are extracted in the range of -2 times from the most terminal use (connection) times. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the setting of the range may be changed as appropriate. The range may be changed for each terminal ID.

  Therefore, according to the signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...) Of the content reproduction system having the above-described configuration, when the user terminal 40 including the short-range wireless communication unit such as NFC is connected to the short-range wireless communication unit 28, A terminal ID such as NFC-ID is acquired. Then, in the server 30, user terminal usage information (database) 30B in which the number of connections and the first connection date and time are stored in association with the device ID of the signage device 10 to which the user terminal 40 of the terminal ID has been connected so far. And the device installation information (database) 30A in which the installation country / region information is stored in association with each device ID, the installation country / region of the signage device 10 having the device ID with the largest number of connections is the user terminal 40. As the user's country / region. If the country / region where the signage device 10 to which the user terminal 40 is connected is different from the country / region of the user, the content for the country / region of the user is read from the content for the country / region. The content being played is switched to be played back.

  This makes it possible to reproduce appropriate content according to the location where the user views without acquiring personal information from the user terminal 40.

  Further, according to the signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...) Of the content reproduction system having the above configuration, the user terminal 40 (terminal ID) connected to the signage device 10 this time based on the user terminal usage information (database) 30B. If a plurality of signage devices 10 (device IDs) are extracted in the range of -2 times from the maximum number of connections among the signage devices 10 (device IDs) that have been connected so far, the plurality of extracted Of the device IDs, the installation country / region of the signage device 10 having the first device ID of the first connection date / time is acquired as the country / region of the user.

  As a result, when a plurality of signage devices 10 (device IDs) having the same number of connections with the user terminal 40 is the largest or substantially equal, the country of installation of the signage device 10 having the first connected device ID / Region can be estimated as the country / region of the user.

(Other embodiments)
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process of a portion to be changed according to another embodiment of the user information estimation process of the server 30.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the process of the portion to be changed according to another embodiment of the content reproduction process of the signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...).

  In this other embodiment, in step P3 in the processing of the server 30, the user terminal usage information (database) 30B has the largest number of device IDs associated with the terminal ID received from the signage device 10. If it is determined that a plurality of device IDs have been extracted within the range of -2 times (can be changed as appropriate) from the number of times the terminal is used (connected) (step P3 (Yes)), it corresponds to the extracted plurality of device IDs. Each installed country / region information attached and stored in the device installation information (database) 30A is acquired as user selection information for the user to select an arbitrary country / region (step P4 '). Then, the acquired user selection information (country / region) is transmitted to the signage device 10 as the user information request source (step P5 ′).

  For example, in the signage device 10C having the country / region information “China / Beijing”, the content of the country / region information “Japan / Tokyo, ”And the user (user terminal 40) who has used (connected) the signage device 10B that is the installation country / region information“ Japan / Osaka ”at the same or approximately the same number of times. In this case, each signage device 10A, 10B installation country / region information “Japan / Tokyo” “Japan / Osaka” is transmitted to the signage device “China / Beijing” 10C as the user selection information (country / region). Is done.

  When the user selection information (“Japan / Tokyo” “Japan / Osaka”) transmitted from the server 30 is received in the signage device “China / Beijing” 10C (step S42 ′ (Yes)), the received information A selection menu of user selection information (“Japan / Tokyo” “Japan / Osaka”) is displayed at the bottom of the screen panel 12 corresponding to two of the menu selection buttons 14a to 14d (step S43 ′).

  Then, when a user's arbitrary country / region (for example, “Japan / Tokyo”) is selected according to the user operation of the menu selection buttons 14a to 14d (step S44 ′ (Yes)), the country in which the device 10C is installed / Region information “China / Beijing” and the selected country / region “Japan / Tokyo” are determined to be different (step S5 ′ (No)).

  Then, the content for China / Beijing that is being played back in accordance with the step S2 is switched to the content for Japan / Tokyo in the language / content corresponding to the country / region “Japan / Tokyo” selected by the user and played back ( Step S6 ′ → S2).

  Accordingly, whether a user who uses one of the signage devices 10 (10A, 10B,...) In each of the installation countries / regions has the same signage devices 10A, 10B,. If the number of times of use is approximately the same (connected to the user terminal 40), the user can select any country / region of the signage devices 10A, 10B,. And the content in the language / content for the selected country / region can be viewed.

  In each of the above embodiments, each signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...) And the server 30 have been described separately. However, each signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...) That can be communicably connected via the communication network N. ..)) May have the function of the server 30.

  In the embodiments of the output device, the signage device 10 (10A, 10B,...) Is described as reproducing various contents. However, any device capable of reproducing moving images, still images, audio, etc. Of course, it is not limited to the signage device 10.

  Each processing method by the signage device 10 and the server 30 of the content reproduction system described in the embodiment, that is, each of the content reproduction processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 and 7, the user information estimation processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. The methods are all programs that can be executed by a computer, such as a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, etc.), a magnetic disk (floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), It can be stored and distributed in a medium of an external storage device such as a semiconductor memory. Then, the computer (CPU) of the electronic device provided with the display devices (11, 12) and the audio output device (13) reads the program stored in the medium of the external storage device into the storage device, and uses the read program to By controlling the operation, it is possible to realize the content reproduction function described in each of the above embodiments, and to execute the same processing by the above-described methods.

  Further, program data for realizing each of the above methods can be transmitted on a communication network in the form of a program code, and the program data is displayed from a computer device (program server) connected to the communication network. It is also possible to realize the above-described content reproduction function by taking in an electronic device equipped with the devices (11, 12) and the audio output device (13) and storing it in a storage device.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention when it is practiced. Further, each of the embodiments includes inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent elements are deleted from all the constituent elements shown in each embodiment or some constituent elements are combined in different forms, the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention If the effects described in the column “Effects of the Invention” can be obtained, a configuration in which these constituent requirements are deleted or combined can be extracted as an invention.

  Hereinafter, the invention described in the scope of claims of the present application will be appended.

[1]
A terminal connection means for connecting to an external terminal;
Terminal information acquisition means for acquiring terminal information of an external terminal connected by the terminal connection means;
Location information regarding the connected external terminal based on the number of times of connection between the external terminal corresponding to the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means and a plurality of output devices including the own device and location information of each output device A location information acquisition means for acquiring
Output control means for controlling content to be output based on the location information about the connected external terminal acquired by the location information acquisition means and the location information of the own device;
An output device comprising:

[2]
The location information acquisition unit is configured to connect the external terminal corresponding to the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition unit and the number of connections between a plurality of output devices including the own device and the location information of each output device. Obtaining the location information of the output device having the largest number of times as location information relating to the connected external terminal;
The output device according to [1], wherein

[3]
The location information acquisition unit is configured to connect the external terminal corresponding to the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition unit and the number of connections between a plurality of output devices including the own device and the location information of each output device. When there are a plurality of output devices in a predetermined range with the maximum number of times or less than the maximum number, the location information of the output device connected first among the plurality of output devices is acquired as location information regarding the connected external terminal.
The output device according to [1] or [2].

[4]
The location information acquisition means transmits terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means and information of the own device to a server, and includes a plurality of external terminals and the own device corresponding to the transmitted terminal information from the server. Based on the number of times of connection with the output device and the location information of each output device, the location information regarding the connected external terminal is acquired.
The output device according to any one of [1] to [3].

[5]
The location information acquisition means
Based on the number of connections between the external terminal corresponding to the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means and a plurality of output devices including the own device and the location information of each output device, the number of times of connection is the maximum or the maximum is predetermined. When there are a plurality of output devices in the range of, having a plurality of location information acquisition means for acquiring the location information of each of the plurality of output devices,
The output device according to any one of [1] to [4].

[6]
The multiple location information acquisition means transmits the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means and information of the own device to a server, and includes an external terminal and the own device corresponding to the transmitted terminal information from the server. Based on the number of times of connection with a plurality of output devices and the location information of each output device, when there are a plurality of output devices within a predetermined range where the number of times of connection is the maximum or less than the maximum, the location information of each of the plurality of output devices To get the
[5] The output device according to [5].

[7]
The output control means switches the content to be output when the location information about the connected external terminal acquired by the location information acquisition means is different from the location information of the own device.
The output device according to any one of [1] to [6].

[8]
An output method for controlling a computer of an output device, comprising:
Connect to an external device,
Obtain terminal information of the connected external terminal,
Based on the number of times of connection between the external terminal corresponding to the acquired terminal information and a plurality of output devices including its own device and the location information of each output device, the location information about the connected external terminal is acquired,
Control content to be output based on the acquired location information about the connected external terminal and the location information of the device itself,
An output method characterized by that.

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A program for controlling a computer of an output device,
The computer,
A terminal connection means for connecting to an external terminal;
Terminal information acquisition means for acquiring terminal information of an external terminal connected by the terminal connection means;
Location information regarding the connected external terminal based on the number of times of connection between the external terminal corresponding to the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means and a plurality of output devices including the own device and location information of each output device A location information acquisition means for acquiring
Output control means for controlling content to be output based on the location information on the connected external terminal acquired by the location information acquisition means and the location information of the own device;
A computer readable program to function as a computer.

10 ... Signage device (output device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Projection part 12 ... Screen panel 13 ... Speaker 14a-14d ... Menu selection button 15 ... Human sensor 17 ... Content memory 18 ... Projection image drive part 19 ... Micromirror element 20 ... Light source part 23 ... CPU
25 ... Program memory 26 ... Sound processing unit 27 ... Network communication unit 28 ... Short-range wireless communication unit 30 ... Server 40 ... User terminal

Claims (9)

A terminal connection means for connecting to an external terminal;
Terminal information acquisition means for acquiring terminal information of an external terminal connected by the terminal connection means;
Location information regarding the connected external terminal based on the number of times of connection between the external terminal corresponding to the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means and a plurality of output devices including the own device and location information of each output device A location information acquisition means for acquiring
Output control means for controlling content to be output based on the location information about the connected external terminal acquired by the location information acquisition means and the location information of the own device;
An output device comprising: The location information acquisition unit is configured to connect the external terminal corresponding to the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition unit and the number of connections between a plurality of output devices including the own device and the location information of each output device. Obtaining the location information of the output device having the largest number of times as location information relating to the connected external terminal;
The output device according to claim 1. The location information acquisition unit is configured to connect the external terminal corresponding to the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition unit and the number of connections between a plurality of output devices including the own device and the location information of each output device. When there are a plurality of output devices in a predetermined range with the maximum number of times or less than the maximum number, the location information of the output device connected first among the plurality of output devices is acquired as location information regarding the connected external terminal.
The output device according to claim 1, wherein the output device is an output device. The location information acquisition means transmits terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means and information of the own device to a server, and includes a plurality of external terminals and the own device corresponding to the transmitted terminal information from the server. Based on the number of times of connection with the output device and the location information of each output device, the location information regarding the connected external terminal is acquired.
The output device according to claim 1, wherein the output device is an output device. The location information acquisition means
Based on the number of connections between the external terminal corresponding to the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means and a plurality of output devices including the own device and the location information of each output device, the number of times of connection is the maximum or the maximum is predetermined. When there are a plurality of output devices in the range of, having a plurality of location information acquisition means for acquiring the location information of each of the plurality of output devices,
The output device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the output device is configured as described above. The multiple location information acquisition means transmits the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means and information of the own device to a server, and includes an external terminal and the own device corresponding to the transmitted terminal information from the server. Based on the number of times of connection with a plurality of output devices and the location information of each output device, when there are a plurality of output devices within a predetermined range where the number of times of connection is the maximum or less than the maximum, the location information of each of the plurality of output devices To get the
The output device according to claim 5. The output control means switches the content to be output when the location information about the connected external terminal acquired by the location information acquisition means is different from the location information of the own device.
The output device according to claim 1, wherein the output device is an output device. An output method for controlling a computer of an output device, comprising:
Connect to an external device,
Obtain terminal information of the connected external terminal,
Based on the number of times of connection between the external terminal corresponding to the acquired terminal information and a plurality of output devices including its own device and the location information of each output device, the location information about the connected external terminal is acquired,
Control content to be output based on the acquired location information about the connected external terminal and the location information of the device itself,
An output method characterized by that. A program for controlling a computer of an output device,
The computer,
A terminal connection means for connecting to an external terminal;
Terminal information acquisition means for acquiring terminal information of an external terminal connected by the terminal connection means;
Location information regarding the connected external terminal based on the number of times of connection between the external terminal corresponding to the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means and a plurality of output devices including the own device and location information of each output device A location information acquisition means for acquiring
Output control means for controlling content to be output based on the location information on the connected external terminal acquired by the location information acquisition means and the location information of the own device;
A computer readable program to function as a computer.