JP2018106465A - Boarding guide system, boarding guide method, information processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a boarding guide system, a boarding guide method, an information processing apparatus, and a program for preventing users from taking a wrong ride.SOLUTION: A boarding guide system displays guidance for a train which stops at a target station on an operation terminal. The boarding guide system comprises: an input unit 312 for accepting input of information which specifies a station name of the target station; a timetable discrimination unit 322 for respectively extracting contents which indicate operation of one or more trains included in a photographed image photographed by photographing means; a train determination unit 323 for referring to a database of a train schedule on the basis of the contents which indicate the operation of the extracted trains, to determine the train which stops at the target station among trains included in the timetable; an image processing unit 324 for generating a boarding guide image obtained by processing a timetable image so as to make it possible to identify the train that is determined to stop at the target station among the trains included in the timetable image; and a display unit 315 for displaying a boarding guide image on the operation terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a boarding guidance system, a boarding guidance method, an information processing apparatus, and a program.

  For users who travel by train, there are provided applications and websites that guide the route from the boarding station to the getting-off station, and transfer. For example, a service is known in which a user inputs a boarding station and a getting-off station, searches a database, and displays various information such as departure time, route, transfer station, required time, and fare.

  However, since the service described above displays the boarding guide information in characters on the screen, it is difficult for the user to intuitively understand which train to ride, and a boarding error may occur.

  Therefore, in addition to the above-described services, a technique for presenting guidance information by a user shooting a boarding guidance display item at a station is known. For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2015-214330 (Patent Document 1), a technique for determining whether a train coming to the platform is heading to a destination by photographing a station name mark installed on the platform or the like. Disclosure.

  On the other hand, the mode of train operation is very complex, and even if the route is the same, the destination and the type of operation are different, or there are other routes. There are bulletin boards such as electric bulletin boards (hereinafter referred to as “departure signs”) that display information such as train departure time, train type, and destination, but for those who are unfamiliar with geography. Just looking at the departure sign, it is difficult to tell which train you can get to the destination station.

  For example, if the train type displayed on the departure sign is something that passes through a station, such as “Express” or “Rapid”, does the train of that type stop at the destination station? If the passenger does not know this, it cannot be determined whether the train can be taken. Also, there are cases where the destination station is ahead of the destination station of the train at the departure point, or it may enter another route by entering, so it may be difficult for passengers who do not understand the land to feel inconvenienced. there were.

  With regard to this point, even if Patent Document 1 is viewed, whether the traveling direction is correct or not is determined based on the station name sign, and among the trains displayed on the departure sign, which train stops at the target station. It does not provide this to the user. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for determining whether or not a train is directed to a destination by photographing and identifying a direction curtain of a train that has come to the platform. However, it is difficult for the user to take an action with a margin by performing photographing, identification, determination, etc. within a limited time when the train is stopped, and urging the user to get on.

  Therefore, in the determination of correctness as in Patent Document 1, it is still difficult for the user to intuitively understand which train to ride, and a boarding error may occur. Therefore, a technique for determining which train can be used to reach the destination station is required.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems in the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a boarding guidance system, a boarding guidance method, an information processing apparatus, and a program that prevent a user from getting on the board.

That is, according to the present invention, there is a boarding guidance system that includes a server device and an operation terminal, and displays guidance of a train that stops at a target station on the operation terminal,
Input accepting means for accepting input of information for specifying the station name of the target station on the operation terminal;
When the captured image captured by the imaging means of the operation terminal includes a departure sign image, the contents indicating the operation of one or more trains included in the departure sign image are respectively extracted. Means,
Based on the contents indicating the operation of the one or more trains extracted by the departure sign distinction means, the input acceptance means among the one or more trains included in the departure sign with reference to a train schedule database Train determination means for determining a train that stops at the target station specified by the information received in
Of the one or more trains included in the departure sign image, a train guidance image obtained by processing the image of the departure sign so as to be able to identify a train determined by the train determination means to stop at the target station. Image processing means for generating;
There is provided a boarding guidance system including display means for displaying the boarding guidance image generated by the image processing means on the operation terminal.

  As described above, according to the present invention, there are provided a boarding guidance system, a boarding guidance method, an information processing apparatus, and a program for preventing a user from making a boarding mistake.

The figure which shows schematic structure of the hardware of the whole system in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the hardware constitutions contained in the terminal and server of this embodiment. The software block diagram contained in the system of this embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the various tables which the database server in this embodiment hold | maintains. The figure which shows the example of the departure mark installed in a railway station. The sequence diagram which shows the process which the system of this embodiment performs. The flowchart which shows the process which determines the train which stops at the destination station based on a departure mark in this embodiment. The figure explaining the procedure which processes a picked-up image based on determination of a train in this embodiment. The flowchart which shows the process which performs right / wrong determination of boarding in this embodiment. The figure explaining the method to determine the right / wrong of boarding in this embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the input screen and imaging | photography screen in this embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the screen which displays the determination result of a train in this embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the screen which selects the train which boarded in this embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the screen which displays boarding correctness determination in this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, although this invention is demonstrated with embodiment, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned later. In the drawings referred to below, the same reference numerals are used for common elements, and descriptions thereof are omitted as appropriate.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of hardware of the entire system in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a terminal 110 carried by a user is connected to a network 130. In addition, an application server 120a and a database server 120b are connected to the network 130, and the function of the boarding guidance system of this embodiment can be provided to the terminal 110. In FIG. 1, the application server 120a and the database server 120b are described as separate devices, but the functions of the application server 120a and the database server 120b may be realized by a single server device. . Further, the number of terminals 110 included in the system is not limited to that shown in FIG. 1, and the number of terminals included in the system is not limited.

  The terminal 110 is an operation terminal such as a smartphone terminal 110a or a tablet terminal 110b, for example, and the user can input information, take an image, acquire information from the network 130, and the like by operating the terminal 110. Furthermore, these can be displayed. Further, the terminal 110 may have a GPS function, whereby the coordinates of the current position of the own device can be acquired.

  The application server 120a is an information processing apparatus having a function of notifying the terminal 110 of boarding guidance information by referring to the database server 120b based on information transmitted from the terminal 110. The database server 120b is an information processing device as a server device that holds various databases for providing boarding guidance information in the present embodiment, and holds, for example, train diagrams, station location information, route maps, maps, and the like. To do.

  Next, a detailed hardware configuration included in each device of the present system will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration included in the terminal 110 and various servers according to the present embodiment. The terminal 110 includes a CPU 211, a RAM 212, a ROM 213, a storage device 214, a communication I / F 215, an input I / F 216, a camera 217, a GPS device 218, and a display 219. Each server arranged on the network includes a CPU 221, a RAM 222, a ROM 223, a storage device 224, and a communication I / F 225. Each hardware described above is connected in the apparatus via a bus. In addition, the terminal 110 and the server 120 can be connected to the network 130 through the communication I / Fs 215 and 225, thereby enabling communication such as data transmission / reception.

  First, hardware included in the terminal 110 will be described. The CPU 221 is a device that executes a program that controls the operation of the terminal 110. The RAM 212 is a volatile storage device for providing an execution space for programs executed by the terminal 110, and is used for storing and developing programs and data. The ROM 213 is a nonvolatile storage device for storing programs executed by the terminal 110, data, and the like.

  The storage device 214 is a readable / writable nonvolatile storage device that stores an OS (Operating System), an application, and the like that cause the terminal 110 to function. The communication I / F 215 is an interface that connects the terminal 110 and the network 130, and can transmit and receive data by wired communication or wireless communication.

  The input I / F 216 is an interface for operating the terminal 110, and accepts input of characters from the user. The camera 217 is an imaging device including a lens optical system, an individual imaging element, and the like, and can acquire image data. The GPS device 218 is a device for receiving radio waves from GPS satellites and calculating the coordinates of the current position of the terminal 110 based on the radio waves. The display 219 is a screen for displaying various types of information to the user. As an example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like can be given. The display 219 may be a touch panel display combined with the function of the input I / F 216. Hereinafter, the terminal 110 including the touch panel display will be described as an example.

  Next, hardware included in the server 120 on the network will be described. In FIG. 2, the application server 120a and the database server 120b are collectively described as the server 120.

  The CPU 221 is a device that executes a program that controls the operation of the server 120. The RAM 222 is a volatile storage device for providing an execution space for programs executed by the server 120, and is used for storing and developing programs and data. The ROM 223 is a nonvolatile storage device for storing programs executed by the server 120, data, and the like.

  The storage device 224 is a readable / writable nonvolatile storage device that stores various types of information. For example, the storage device 224a of the application server 120a can store an application program of the boarding guidance system of the present embodiment, and the storage device 224b of the database server 120b can store tables of various databases. The communication I / F 225 is an interface for connecting the server 120 and the network 130 and connecting server devices to each other, and can transmit and receive data.

  Heretofore, the hardware configurations included in the terminal 110 and various servers of the present embodiment have been described. Next, functional means executed by each hardware in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a software block diagram included in the system of this embodiment.

  The terminal 110 includes a communication unit 311, an input unit 312, a photographing unit 313, a position information acquisition unit 314, and a display unit 315. The application server 120a includes a communication unit 321, a departure sign distinction unit 322, a train determination unit 323, an image processing unit 324, and a boarding correctness determination unit 325. The database server 120b includes a train diagram storage unit 326, a station location storage unit. 327. Below, each function means is demonstrated.

  First, the terminal 110 will be described. The communication unit 311 is a communication unit that controls the communication I / F 215 of the terminal 110 and transmits / receives data to / from each server 120 via the network 130. As an example, the communication unit 311 transmits input information, captured image data, position information, and the like, and receives boarding guide information, processed image data, and the like. The input unit 312 is an input unit that controls the input I / F 216 and receives user operations such as character input and item selection on a touch panel display. The input unit 312 accepts input of information for specifying a boarding station or a getting-off station such as a station name or a station number.

  The image capturing unit 313 is a unit that captures an image by controlling the camera 217 and acquires it as image data. Image data acquired by the imaging unit 313 can be transmitted to the application server 120 a via the communication unit 311. The position information acquisition unit 314 is a means for acquiring the current position of the terminal 110 based on the radio wave from the GPS satellite received by the GPS device 218. For example, the position information acquisition unit 314 can acquire the current position of the terminal 110 as information on latitude and longitude coordinate data. The acquired position information can be used for omission of the input of the boarding station and determination of whether the train being boarded is a train that stops at the destination station. The display unit 315 is a display unit that controls the display 219 and displays various screens. For example, an input screen, a shooting screen, a boarding guidance notification screen, and the like can be displayed on the display unit 315.

  Next, the application server 120a will be described. Similar to the communication unit 311 of the terminal 110, the communication unit 321 is a communication unit that controls the communication I / F 225 and transmits / receives data to / from the terminal 110 via the network 130. The departure sign distinction unit 322 is means for identifying departure signs included in the image data received from the terminal 110 and extracting the contents. The departure mark is identified by performing processing such as OCR (Optical Character Recognition) processing on the image data and extracting characters included in the image. The data extracted here is, for example, the departure time and destination of each train among one or more trains displayed in the departure sign.

  The train determination unit 323 is a means for determining which train of the one or more trains displayed on the departure sign can go to the destination station. For example, the train determination unit 323 refers to a database held by the train diagram storage unit 326 and collates with the data extracted by the departure sign distinction unit 322, so that the train determination unit 323 can be used for the stop station of each train displayed on the departure sign. Determine if the station is included. In addition, the train determination unit 323 notifies the image processing unit 324 of the determined result.

  The image processing unit 324 is a unit that processes the image captured by the terminal 110 based on the determination result of the train determination unit 323 so that the train that stops at the destination station can be identified. In the image processing unit 324, for example, among trains displayed on the departure sign included in the image, a train that stops at the target station is highlighted, and a train that does not stop at the target station is processed into an image that is grayed out. be able to. The processed image is transmitted to the terminal 110 via the communication unit 321.

  The boarding correctness determination unit 325 is a means for determining whether the train on which the user boarded stops at the destination station. When the user selects a train on the processed image and requests the terminal 110 to acquire the current position information, the terminal 110 notifies the application server 120a of the train selected by the user and the current position information. To do. Upon receiving the notification, the application server 120a determines whether the boarding correctness determination unit 325 determines whether the train on which the user has boarded stops at the destination station, and notifies the terminal 110 of the determination result. Whether or not to stop at the destination station can be determined based on the location of the station, a route map, a map, or the like.

  Next, the database server 120b will be described. The train diagram storage unit 326 and the station location storage unit 327 included in the database server 120b will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating examples of various tables held by the database server 120b in the present embodiment.

  The train diagram storage unit 326 is a storage unit that stores a schedule of each route as a database. As shown in FIG. 4A, the train diagram storage unit 326 stores a train diagram in association with a destination, an operation type, a stop station, and a departure time. 4A shows a diagram of a specific time zone of one route as an example, but the train diagram storage unit 326 stores a diagram of each route operated by each railroad operator. be able to.

  The station location storage unit 327 is a means for storing the coordinates of the location of each station as a database. As shown in FIG. 4B, the station location storage unit 327 stores a station name and position data indicating the latitude and longitude of the location in association with each other. The station location data is used when the input of the boarding station is omitted or when the boarding right or wrong is determined.

  Note that each storage unit held by the database server 120b may not be held by one server device, and may be held by a server device corresponding to each storage unit, for example. In addition to the storage unit described above, the database server 120b may include a storage unit that holds route maps, maps, and the like. Further, the database server 120b may use a service provider that provides a database on the web. That is, the database can be acquired using a web API (Application Programming Interface) provided by the database administrator.

  Note that the above-described software blocks correspond to functional means that are realized by causing the hardware of each device to function by the CPU of each device executing the program of the present embodiment. In addition, all of the functional means shown in each embodiment may be realized by software, or a part or all of them may be implemented as hardware that provides an equivalent function.

  Since this embodiment uses a departure sign installed at a station, the departure sign will be described here. In order to show the train operation information to the passengers, the departure sign is installed near the ticket gate of the station or on the platform, and various kinds of light emitting diodes arranged in a matrix, liquid crystal screen, inversion flap type, etc. It is displayed by the method. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing examples of departure signs installed at the railway station.

  The format of the departure sign differs depending on the railway company, and the departure sign is set according to the route operation type and needs. For example, the departure signs in FIGS. 5A and 5B are displayed including information such as type, departure time, and destination. In addition, the departure mark in FIG. 5C displays only the landing number and the destination, and the departure sign in FIG. 5D displays the operation interval and the position of the next train.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 (c) and 5 (d), since a signpost in a simple display format is not generally used for a route with a complicated operation form, it is possible to determine which train a passenger should ride. It is difficult for situations that are difficult to understand. On the other hand, in the departure signs as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, there are a plurality of destinations, types, and the like, and unfamiliar passengers are likely to cause confusion such as wrong ride. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, in particular, in order to determine whether the departure mark as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, specifically, the displayed train is a train that stops at the destination station. It is intended for departure signs that contain information on. Here, in order to determine whether the train stops at the destination station, it is necessary to include at least the departure time and the destination of the train, but in order to improve the accuracy of determination, the type of train is included. May be.

  Up to this point, the hardware configuration, software configuration, and target departure mark of the system of the present embodiment have been described. Next, processing in this embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating processing executed by the system according to the present embodiment. The sequence diagram of FIG. 6 shows processing performed by the user carrying the terminal 110, the terminal 110, the application server 120a, and the database server 120b.

  First, when the boarding guidance system of the present embodiment is activated, the terminal 110 displays a station name input screen in step S1001 and requests the user to input the station names of the boarding station and the getting-off station. In step S1002, the user inputs a boarding station and a getting-off station. Instead of inputting the station name of the boarding station, the current position may be acquired by the position information acquisition unit 314 and set as the boarding station. Thereafter, in step S1003, the user photographs the departure sign installed at the boarding station. In the following description, the departure sign image captured in step S1003 is referred to as a “captured image”. In step S1004, the terminal 110 transmits the station name information of the boarding station and the getting-off station and the captured image to the application server 120a.

  In step S1005, the application server 120a that has received the station name information and the captured image identifies the departure sign included in the captured image. In step S1005, processing such as OCR is performed on the characters of the departure mark in the captured image, and various operation information such as the departure time of the train, the destination, and the operation type are extracted. If the captured image could not be identified in step S1005, an identification error was notified to the terminal 110 in step S1006, and the departure sign could not be identified by displaying an error screen in step S1007. This is notified to the user.

  If the photographed image can be identified in step S1005, the train diagram storage unit 326 of the database server 120b is searched in steps S1008 and S1009, and is compared with the display contents of the identified departure sign, and stopped at the destination station. Judgment of train to be performed. Details of the processes in steps S1008 and S1009 will be described later. Thereafter, in step S1010, based on the determined result, the image processing unit 324 processes the captured image and generates an image indicating the train guidance that stops at the destination station. In the following description, the image processed and generated in step S1010 is referred to as a “boarding guide image”.

  The boarding guidance image generated in step S1010 is transmitted from the application server 120a to the terminal 110 in step S1011. In step S1012, the display unit 315 of the terminal 110 notifies the user by displaying the received boarding guidance image on the display 219. Thus, the user can visually understand the train that stops at the destination station by checking the boarding guide image.

  Furthermore, by notifying the user that the train on board is heading toward the destination station, the user can confirm whether or not there has been a boarding error and can give the user a sense of security. . For example, in step S <b> 1013, the user selects a train that has boarded from the boarding guide image, and makes a train confirmation request to the terminal 110. In step S1014, the terminal 110 that has received the request uses the GPS device 218 to acquire position information of the current position. Thereafter, in step S1015, the terminal 110 transmits the information of the train selected by the user to be on board and the acquired position information to the application server 120a.

  In step S1016, the application server 120a searches the station location storage unit 327 of the database server 120b based on the information of the train that the user has selected to board, and in step S1017, the boarding station and the train on which the user has boarded are searched. Get the position data of the next station. Thereafter, in step S1018, based on the position data of the boarding station and the next stop station and the current position information, it is determined whether or not the train on which the user is boarding is directed to the destination station.

  The result determined in step S1018 is notified from the application server 120a to the terminal 110 in step S1019, and the determination result is displayed on the display 219 in step S1020. Details of the processes in steps S1013 to S1020 will be described later. This process allows the user to know whether the train on board is heading to the destination station, and provides a sense of security. On the other hand, if the train on board is wrong, the user may be aware of it. As a result, time loss due to incorrect boarding can be reduced.

  The processing performed by the system of this embodiment has been described above with reference to FIG. Next, details of a method for searching and determining the database server 120b will be described. First, processing corresponding to steps S1008 and S1009 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIGS. 7 and 8 are a flowchart showing a process for determining a train that stops at a destination station based on a departure point in the present embodiment, and a procedure for processing a captured image based on the determination of a train in the present embodiment, respectively. It is a figure explaining. In the following description, the case where the boarding station is Omiya Station and the stop station is Shinjuku Station will be described as an example.

  If the departure sign can be identified in step S1005 of FIG. 6, the application server 120a starts processing from step S2000. In step S2001, the display contents of the identified departure sign are tabulated as extracted data. The extracted data table associates the train departure time, the destination, and the image processing flag. If the character identification accuracy is sufficiently high, the train type may be included in the extracted data table in order to improve the search accuracy. Note that the image processing flag is turned on when it is determined that the train goes to the destination station, and is all turned off at the stage of step S2001. For example, when the departure sign taken at Omiya Station, which is the boarding station, is an image as shown in FIG. 8A, the extracted data table is as shown in FIG.

  Next, in step S2002, the application server 120a inquires the train diagram storage unit 326 about the schedule of the boarding station, and in step S2003, searches for operation data that matches the data included in the extracted data table, and determines The operation data. The operation data is obtained from the train diagram illustrated in FIG. 4A by inquiring to the train diagram storage unit 326 in the form as illustrated in FIG. Furthermore, the operation data that matches the data included in the extracted data table by the search processing in step S2003 is subject to train determination as shown by the thick line in FIG. 8C. For example, since the extracted data table of FIG. 8B includes “14:26 departure for Shinjuku”, “14:30 departure for Odawara”, and “14:44 departure for Osaki”, FIG. (C) The operation data indicated by the bold line is a determination target on the assumption that the operation data matches the data included in the extracted data table.

  Thereafter, in step S2004, it is determined whether the destination station is included in the stop station of the operation data that is the determination target. If it is determined in step S2004 that the destination station is included (YES), in step S2005, the image processing flag in the corresponding extracted data table row is turned on, and the process proceeds to step S2006. If NO in the determinations in steps S2003 and S2004, the process proceeds to step S2006 without changing the image processing flag.

  If FIG. 8 is referred about this process, it will be determined whether the destination station "Shinjuku" is included in the item of a stop station among the operation data of the thick line of FIG.8 (c). For example, “14:26 departure for Shinjuku” and “14:44 departure for Osaki” in FIG. 8C include Shinjuku at the stop station, so image processing is performed as shown in FIG. 8D. The flag is turned on. On the other hand, Shinjuku is not included in the “14:30 departure to Odawara” stop station item, so the image processing flag is OFF as shown in FIG.

  In step S2006, it is determined whether all the operation data to be determined have been collated. When all the collations have been made (YES), the process proceeds to step S2007 and the process is terminated. If there is something that has not been collated (NO), the process returns to step S2004, and the processing of steps S2004 to S2005 is repeated until all the determination targets are collated.

  When the train determination unit 323 performs the processing described with reference to FIG. 7, the image processing flag is set to ON for the train that stops at the target station among the operation data included in the extracted data, as illustrated in FIG. 8D. can do. Based on the determination processing result, the image processing unit 324 can generate a boarding guide image that emphasizes a train whose image processing flag is ON. For example, as shown in FIG. 8 (e), the boarding guidance image highlights the train with the image processing flag turned ON, and grays out the train with the image processing flag turned OFF. The image can be easily understood. Moreover, in this embodiment, it becomes easy to grasp intuitively which train a user should get by processing the image which the user image | photographed.

  By the processing described so far, the user can know which train among the trains displayed in the departure sign can get to the target station, and can prevent the user from getting on the wrong board. it can. However, the user may feel anxiety if the user does not know whether the boarded train was the train displayed on the departure sign after boarding the user. Then, next, the process of step S1013-S1020 which determines the correctness of the train which boarded based on present position information is demonstrated in detail with FIG. 9 and FIG. FIGS. 9 and 10 are respectively a flowchart illustrating a process for determining whether or not a boarding is correct in this embodiment and a method for determining whether or not a boarding is correct in this embodiment.

  The system starts processing to determine whether the boarding is correct from step S3000. In step S3001, the user selects a train on which the user has boarded. Here, the train can be selected from the boarding guide image displayed on the display 219, for example, from among the highlighted ones. Next, in step S <b> 3002, the terminal 110 acquires information on the current position of the user carrying the device by the GPS device 218. Furthermore, the terminal 110 transmits the train information selected by the user and the current position data to the application server 120a. The processes in steps S3001 and S3002 correspond to the processes in steps S1013 to S1015 in FIG.

  Thereafter, in step S3003, the application server 120a refers to the station location storage unit 327 of the database server 120b, and acquires location data of the locations of the boarding station and the next stop station based on the train operation data selected by the user. . Next, in step S3004, based on these various position data, the distance d1 from the boarding station to the next stop station, the distance d2 from the user's current position to the next stop station, and the boarding station to the user's current position. The distance d3 is calculated. Thereafter, in step S3005, it is determined whether the boarding is correct or not by determining whether d1 matches the sum of d2 and d3.

  Here, a method of comparing the distance and determining whether the boarding is correct or not will be described. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, in the case where there are B and C stations adjacent to the A station which is the boarding station, it is assumed that the direction of the B station is the direction going to the target station and the direction of the C station is the wrong route. . As shown in FIG. 10A, when the user is on a train heading to the destination station, the distance after the train departs from station A is equal to the value of d1 and the value of d2 + d3. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), when the user makes a mistake and gets on a train heading to station C, when the distance after the train leaves A station is compared, the value of d1 is d2 + d3. Different from the value. Therefore, whether or not the train is correct can be determined by comparing d1 and d2 + d3 in step S3005.

  In step S3005, when d1 matches d2 + d3 (YES), it is determined that the train on board is correct, and the process proceeds to step S3006. In step S3006, the user is notified that the train is on board and the screen is displayed. Then, in step S3008, the process ends.

  If it is determined in step S3005 that d1 does not match d2 + d3 (NO), it is determined that the train on board is incorrect and the process proceeds to step S3007. In step S3007, the user is informed that the train being boarded is wrong and displayed on the screen. Then, in step S3008, the process ends.

  Note that the processing in step S3005 corresponds to the processing in step S1018 in FIG. 6, and the processing in S3006 and S3007 corresponds to the processing in steps S1019 and S1020 in FIG.

  As described above, by the processing in FIG. 9 described above, it is possible to notify the user after boarding the train whether the train is on board. In the above description, the correctness of the train is determined based on the distance, but the correctness may be determined using a method other than the method described above. For example, the determination may be made based on the route map, the map, and the current position data based on whether the current location is along the route on the map. Further, the position information to be acquired may not be a single point, and a plurality of pieces of position information may be acquired at intervals of time in order to improve the accuracy of determination.

  So far, the various processes in the present embodiment have been described. Hereinafter, an example of a specific display screen displayed on the display 219 of the terminal 110 by the above-described processes will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an input screen and a shooting screen in the present embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen that displays a train determination result in the present embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for selecting a train that has been boarded in the present embodiment. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen that displays the boarding correctness determination in the present embodiment. Below, the detail about each display screen shown to FIGS. 11-14 is demonstrated.

  FIG. 11A is a display example of a screen for inputting a station name. In step S1002 of FIG. 6, the user inputs the boarding station and the getting-off station from the screen as shown in FIG. Moreover, about the boarding station, since there is a high probability that the user using the system of the present embodiment is at the boarding station, the position information acquisition unit 314 of the terminal 110 is used to acquire the position information of the current position, You may change to the input of a boarding station. For example, after the screen shown in FIG. 11B is displayed and the getting-off station is input, a button “obtain current position and next” can be operated. As described above, by using the position information acquisition unit 314, it is possible to reduce time and effort for the user to input the station name of the boarding station.

  After the station name is input in FIGS. 11A and 11B, the terminal 110 transitions to a shooting screen as shown in FIG. When the shooting screen is displayed, the camera 217 of the terminal 110 is activated and an image is acquired by the shooting unit 313. On the shooting screen, the user is prompted to take a picture so that the departure sign is shown at a predetermined position. Further, in order to inform the user what kind of image should be taken, a screen as shown in FIG. 11D may be displayed before the transition to the shooting screen. In the screen of FIG. 11D, the user can know what kind of image should be taken by displaying an example of the departure sign corresponding to the service provided by the system of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 12A shows an example of a screen on which the user has captured the departure sign shown in FIG. When the user captures the departure sign, as described in step S1004 in FIG. 6, the terminal 110 transmits the station name information and the captured image to the application server 120a. Upon receiving these data, the application server 120 a performs the processing described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, determines the train that stops at the target station, and returns a boarding guidance image to the terminal 110. FIG. 12B shows an example of a screen that displays a boarding guide image. Here, the boarding guide image shown in FIG. 8E is shown as an example of the boarding guide image displayed. In FIG. 12 (b), as a result of the determination, highlighting a train that stops at the target station and displaying a message “Please get on the highlighted train”, The user can be urged to board a train that stops at the destination station. Moreover, as shown in FIG.12 (b), the user's judgment which train should be boarded among the trains which come to a station by displaying the operation classification (for example, "rapid speed" etc.) of the said train. I can help.

  In addition, when the shot departure mark cannot be identified, a screen as shown in FIG. 12C is displayed. FIG. 12C shows an example in which the departure sign shown in FIG. 5C is photographed. When characters cannot be identified or information for determination is insufficient, Display the screen. At this time, as shown in FIG. 12C, a message “Reading error. Please shoot again” can be displayed to prompt the user to shoot again. Alternatively, the screen of FIG. 11D may be transitioned to by operating a button “Check corresponding departure sign”. In this way, by notifying the user of an error or indicating the corresponding departure sign, the user can easily determine whether to reshoot or stop processing.

  In addition, even if the departure sign can be identified, if the train that stops at the destination station is not displayed in the time zone displayed on the departure sign, or if the platform where the departure sign was taken was not appropriate There is. In addition, there is a case where the boarding station is different from the station where the departure sign is photographed due to an input error of the boarding station, and there is a case where the extracted data cannot be collated. In such cases, since all the image processing flags are turned off in the determination processing of FIG. 7, the application server 120a notifies the terminal 110 of an error without processing the image.

  For example, FIG. 12 (d) shows an example in which the departure mark in FIG. 5 (b) is photographed. Since the train that stops at Shinjuku Station, which is the target station, is not displayed in the departure sign, an error message “No train going to Shinjuku Station is displayed” is displayed. In such a case, the reason may be that the boarding station or boarding place is wrong, so the user can confirm the error by displaying the message “Please check the boarding station or boarding place”. And the user can easily determine whether to re-shoot or stop the process.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, after displaying a boarding guidance image, a user can select a train and the information regarding the said train can also be displayed. For example, after displaying the screen of FIG. 12 (b), the screen transitions to a screen as shown in FIG. 13 (a), and the user selects the highlighted train and selects it as shown in FIG. 13 (b). A train route map may be displayed. In the route map shown in FIG. 13 (b), it is possible to highlight and display the route through which the train to be boarded, thereby confirming that the train to be boarded is a train that stops at the destination station.

  Furthermore, a boarding confirmation screen may be displayed as shown in FIG. The user may select a train on the boarding confirmation screen and then operate the “boarding complete” button after boarding the train. When “boarding complete” is pressed, as shown in FIG. 13D, the screen changes to a screen that displays the next stop station of the boarded train. In this way, by confirming the next stop station, the user can confirm whether the train on board is matched with the train heading to the destination station together with the announcement in the train.

  Further, as a method for confirming the train on which the vehicle is on, as shown in FIG. 9, whether the boarding is correct or not can be determined based on the current position. For example, after selecting a train on the screens of FIGS. 13A and 13C, the train determination request screen shown in FIG. 14A is displayed. When the user presses the “acquire current position” button on the train determination request screen, the terminal 110 acquires position information on the current position, performs the process of FIG. 9, and determines whether the train on board is correct. As a result of the determination, if the train on board is a train that goes to the destination station, a message “The train currently on board will stop at Shinjuku Station” is displayed as shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the train on board is not a train that goes to the destination station, a message “The train currently on board does not stop at Shinjuku Station” is displayed as shown in FIG.

  In this way, the user can know which train of the trains displayed on the departure sign can go to the target station, and can prevent a user from getting on the wrong board. In addition, by selecting a train that has been boarded, it is possible to know that the train is a train that stops at the destination station, and the user can obtain a sense of security, but the train does not stop at the destination station. In this case, the user can notice a wrong boarding.

  As mentioned above, according to embodiment of this invention demonstrated, the boarding guidance system, boarding guidance method, information processing apparatus, and program which prevent a user's boarding mistake can be provided.

  In the above description, the case where the train is determined with the destination station as the destination station has been described as an example. However, when the train is transferred from the departure station to the destination station, the train displayed on the departure point is displayed. It may be determined whether stops at the transfer station.

  Each function of the above-described embodiment of the present invention can be realized by a device-executable program described in C, C ++, C #, Java (registered trademark) or the like. The program of this embodiment includes a hard disk device, a CD- It can be stored and distributed in a device-readable recording medium such as ROM, MO, DVD, flexible disk, EEPROM, EPROM, etc., and can be transmitted via a network in a format that other devices can.

  As described above, the present invention has been described with the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and as long as the operations and effects of the present invention are exhibited within the scope of embodiments that can be considered by those skilled in the art. It is included in the scope of the present invention.

110 ... terminal, 120 ... server, 120a ... application server, 120b ... database server, 130 ... network, 211 ... CPU, 212 ... RAM, 213 ... ROM, 214 ... storage device, 215 ... communication I / F, 216 ... input I / F, 217 ... camera, 218 ... GPS device, 219 ... display, 221 ... CPU, 222 ... RAM, 223 ... ROM, 224 ... storage device, 225 ... communication I / F, 311 ... communication unit, 312 ... input unit, 313 ... Shooting unit, 314 ... Position information acquisition unit, 315 ... Display unit, 321 ... Communication unit, 322 ... Departure sign division unit, 323 ... Train determination unit, 324 ... Image processing unit, 325 ... Riding correctness determination unit, 326 ... Train schedule storage unit, 327 ... Station location storage unit

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Claims (14)

A boarding guidance system that includes a server device and an operation terminal, and displays guidance of a train that stops at a target station on the operation terminal,
Input accepting means for accepting input of information for specifying the station name of the target station on the operation terminal;
When the captured image captured by the imaging means of the operation terminal includes a departure sign image, the contents indicating the operation of one or more trains included in the departure sign image are respectively extracted. Means,
Based on the contents indicating the operation of the one or more trains extracted by the departure sign distinction means, the input acceptance means among the one or more trains included in the departure sign with reference to a train schedule database Train determination means for determining a train that stops at the target station specified by the information received in
Of the one or more trains included in the departure sign image, a train guidance image obtained by processing the image of the departure sign so as to be able to identify a train determined by the train determination means to stop at the target station. Image processing means for generating;
A boarding guidance system comprising: display means for displaying the boarding guidance image generated by the image processing means on the operation terminal. The boarding guidance system includes:
The train of the route included in the boarding guide image is accepted, and a route map of a route that operates the selected train is received, and a selection of a train determined to stop at the target station is received. Boarding guidance system. The boarding guidance system includes:
The notification that it got on the train determined to stop at the target station among the trains included in the boarding guide image is received, and the station on which the boarded train stops next is displayed. The boarding guidance system according to 2. The boarding guidance system includes:
Position information acquisition means for acquiring a current position of the operation terminal;
Riding correctness determination means for determining whether the boarded train stops at the target station with reference to a database of the current position of the operation terminal and the location of the station,
The boarding guidance system according to claim 3, wherein the display means displays a result determined by the boarding correctness determination means.   The boarding guidance system according to claim 4, wherein the input receiving unit receives information for specifying a station name of the target station based on a current position of the operation terminal acquired by the position information acquiring unit.   In the case where transfer is involved before going to the target station, the train determination means determines a train that stops at the transfer station that performs the transfer among one or more trains included in the departure sign, The boarding guidance system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A boarding guide method for displaying information on a train that stops at a target station on an operation terminal,
Receiving on the operation terminal input of information for identifying the station name of the target station;
A step of extracting contents indicating the operation of one or more trains included in the image of the departure sign when the image of the departure sign is included in the captured image taken by the photographing means of the operation terminal;
Based on the contents indicating the operation of the one or more trains extracted in the extracting step, with reference to a train schedule database, the one of the one or more trains included in the departure sign is accepted in the accepting step. Determining a train that stops at the target station specified by the information;
Of the one or more trains included in the departure sign image, a boarding guide image obtained by processing the image of the departure sign so that the train determined to stop at the target station in the determination step can be identified. Generating step;
Displaying the boarding guide image generated in the generating step on the operation terminal. The boarding guide method includes:
Receiving a selection of a train determined to stop at the target station among the trains included in the boarding guidance image;
The boarding guidance method according to claim 7 including the step of displaying a route map of a route which operates said selected train. The boarding guide method includes:
Receiving a notification that the train has been determined to stop at the target station among the trains included in the boarding guidance image;
The boarding guidance method according to claim 7 or 8 including the step of displaying said station where said boarding board stops next to said user. The boarding guide method includes:
Obtaining a current position of the operation terminal;
With reference to the current location of the operation terminal and the database of the location of the station, determining whether the boarded train stops at the target station;
The boarding guidance method according to claim 9 including the step of displaying the result judged at the step of judging whether to stop at said destination station.   The boarding guidance method according to claim 10, wherein the receiving step receives information for specifying a station name of the target station based on a current position of the operation terminal acquired by the position information acquisition unit.   In the case where transfer is involved before going to the target station, the step of determining the train determines a train that stops at the transfer station that performs the transfer among one or more trains included in the departure sign. The boarding guide method according to any one of claims 7 to 11. An information processing apparatus that displays information on a train that stops at a target station on an operation terminal,
When the captured image captured by the imaging means of the operation terminal includes a departure sign image, the contents indicating the operation of one or more trains included in the departure sign image are respectively extracted. Means,
Based on the contents indicating the operation of the one or more trains extracted by the departure sign distinction means, with reference to a train schedule database, among the one or more trains included in the departure sign, the purpose is set Train determination means for determining a train that stops at a station;
Of the one or more trains included in the departure sign image, the train determination means processes the image of the departure sign so that the train determined to stop at the target station can be identified, and a boarding guide image Image processing means for generating
An information processing apparatus comprising: notification means for notifying the operation terminal of the boarding guide image generated by the image processing means. A program executed by an information processing device that displays on a control terminal information on a train that stops at a target station,
The information processing apparatus;
When the captured image captured by the imaging means of the operation terminal includes a departure sign image, the contents indicating the operation of one or more trains included in the departure sign image are respectively extracted. means,
Based on the contents indicating the operation of the one or more trains extracted by the departure sign distinction means, with reference to a train schedule database, among the one or more trains included in the departure sign, the purpose is set Train determination means for determining a train that stops at a station,
Of the one or more trains included in the departure sign image, the train determination means processes the image of the departure sign so that the train determined to stop at the target station can be identified, and a boarding guide image Image processing means for generating
A program that causes the boarding guide image generated by the image processing means to function as notification means for notifying the operation terminal.