JP2019015622A - Information processing system, information processing program, information processor, and method for processing information - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide information on a railway station where you can take a bus to a destination.SOLUTION: An information processing system 1 includes: destination reception means 211 for receiving the specification of a destination or a destination area alone as point information from a user; bus railway information acquisition means 312 for acquiring information of a bus arrival railway, which is a bus railway that can get you to the destination or to the destination area; railway station information acquisition means 311 for acquiring information of a railway station that can use the bus arrival railway; and output means 212 for outputting output information including the railway station that can use the bus arrival railway.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

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

  When the user wants to go to a specific destination, the destination may be specified to search for a bus route. Conventionally, the search for a bus route is to search for the nearest bus stop at the destination designated by the user and display information on the bus route passing through the bus stop.

  However, especially in the city center where the railway network is developed, users who use the bus to the destination often go to the railway station using the railway, and then change to the local bus and go to the destination. And such a user often knows the movement method to the said railway station. In such a case, it is desirable to provide the user with information on the railway station that can reach the bus stop near the destination rather than providing the user with information on the bus stop near the destination.

JP 2008-176018 A

  Therefore, the present invention provides information on railway stations that can board a bus route that reaches a destination.

  An information processing system according to an embodiment includes a destination receiving unit that receives designation of only a destination or a destination area as point information from a user, and a arrival bus that is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area Bus route information acquisition means for acquiring route information, train station information acquisition means for acquiring information on railway stations that can use the reaching bus route, and information on railway stations that can use the reaching bus route Output means for outputting output information including the output means.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the convenience at the time of using a bus | bath can be aimed at by providing the information of the railway station which can board the bus route which reaches a destination.

The block diagram which shows the function of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows the search display screen of the destination which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing another example of the operation of the information processing system according to the first embodiment. The figure which shows the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows another example of the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows another example of the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows another example of the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows another example of the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. The figure which shows the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing system which concerns on 4th Embodiment. The figure which shows the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 4th Embodiment. The figure which shows the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 5th Embodiment. The figure which shows the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 6th Embodiment.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, the component which has an equivalent function is attached | subjected the same code | symbol, and detailed description of the component of the same code | symbol is not repeated.

(First embodiment)
When receiving an input of a destination from a user, the information processing system according to the present embodiment searches for and outputs a railway station that can be changed to a bus route that can reach the destination. In the following description, the destination may be point information indicating not only a certain point but also a destination area indicating a predetermined range. More detailed description will be given below.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 includes a terminal device 2 and a server 3. The terminal device 2 and the server 3 are connected to be communicable via the network 4. At least a part of the terminal device 2 and the server 3 can be realized by a computer. The network 4 is, for example, an Internet line, and may be a wired line or a wireless line, and the type and form of the line are not limited.

  The terminal device 2 is a device used by a user, and is, for example, an information processing terminal such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a personal computer, or a tablet terminal. The terminal device 2 includes a control unit 21, a communication unit 22, a storage unit 23, an operation unit 24, and a display unit 25.

  The control unit 21 includes a destination receiving unit 211 and an information output unit 212 and controls the terminal device 2. Note that each unit of the control unit 21 may be implemented by a processor in the terminal device 2 that executes a predetermined program and software processing is specifically realized by using hardware resources. It may be realized by the hardware itself. Moreover, you may provide the part which has another function which controls the terminal device 2. FIG.

  The destination receiving unit 211 functions as a destination receiving unit that receives input and designation of a destination from the user. The user performs input via the operation unit 24 of the terminal device 2 or an input device connected to the terminal device 2. The input destination is received by the destination receiving unit 211. The destination is a point where the user wants to know how to use the bus route, and is information that can identify the point. For example, information such as an address, a building, a telephone number, a company, a hospital, a park, a store, a store name, a resort, a region, a landmark, or the like can be specified.

  The information output unit 212 outputs information to the display unit 25 based on the information output from the server 3. More specifically, the information received from the server 3 is converted into a video signal or a character signal and output to the display unit 25. The information output unit 212 may convert the information into an audio signal and output it through a speaker or the like.

  The communication unit 22 is an interface for transmitting and receiving information between the control unit 21 and the server 3 via the network 4. The storage unit 23 stores a program for operating the control unit 21 and data handled by the control unit 21, for example, destination data and user data. The operation unit 24 is an interface for the user to input information to the terminal device 2 and is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, or the like. The display unit 25 is a video display unit such as a liquid crystal display, and outputs various information from the terminal device 2 to the user. When the operation unit 24 is a touch panel, the operation unit 24 may also serve as the display unit 25.

  The server 3 is a device that performs a search based on an input from a user, and includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a communication unit 33.

  The control unit 31 includes a railway station information acquisition unit 311 and a bus route information acquisition unit 312 and controls the server 3. Note that each unit of the control unit 31 may be implemented by a processor in the server 3 that executes a predetermined program so that software processing is specifically realized using hardware resources, or is implemented. It may be realized by the hardware itself. Moreover, you may provide the other part which controls the server 3. FIG.

  The railway station information acquisition unit 311 performs a search based on the destination information transmitted from the terminal device 2 via the network 4 and the data stored in the storage unit 32, and is a bus route that can reach the destination. Get train station information that can be used. The railway station information acquisition unit 311 performs a search based on conditions from the data stored in the storage unit 32 and acquires information on railway stations that satisfy the conditions. The information on the railway station is information such as the name of the railway station and the name of the railway line passing through the railway station. As specific conditions, there is a condition that it is within a predetermined range (first range) from the destination, or a transfer to a bus route operating from the destination to a bus stop within the predetermined range. There is a condition that it is possible. More detailed description will be given in the operation description to be described later.

  Here, the railway station that can use the bus route that can reach the destination refers to, for example, a railway station that can transfer to the bus route that can reach the destination. “Transferable” means a situation where the user can get on and off the bus line at the railway station. This means, for example, a case where there is a bus stop within 200 m from the railway station or a bus stop within 5 minutes on foot. 200m and 5 minutes are examples, and are not limited to this. In addition, if the bus route that can reach the destination does not pass through the railway station, the distance between the bus station closest to the bus station for transferring to the railway station and the railway station is 500 m. It can also be said that it can be used when you can go back and forth within 10 minutes on foot. In this way, even if it is not possible to transfer directly to a bus route that can reach the destination, a case where it is possible to reach a railway station that is generally within walking distance may be included.

  The bus route information acquisition unit 312 performs a search based on the destination information transmitted from the terminal device 2 via the network 4 and the data stored in the storage unit 32, and can reach the destination. The information of the reaching bus route that is is acquired. The bus route information acquisition unit 312 performs a search based on conditions from the data stored in the storage unit 32 and acquires information on bus routes that satisfy the conditions. The bus route information is information for the user to uniquely recognize the bus route, for example, information such as a departure point, a transit point, a destination, and / or a bus route system name. Specific conditions include a condition that a bus route that can be used at the railway station acquired by the railway station information acquisition unit 311 is within a predetermined range (second range) of the destination, or a predetermined value from the destination. There are conditions such as bus routes operating from bus stops within the range of. This search condition will be described in more detail in the operation description to be described later, similarly to the search condition of the railway station information acquisition unit 311. The first range and the second range both represent a predetermined range from the destination, but the first range indicates the range from the destination to the railway station, and the second range is from the destination to the bus stop. It is different in that it shows the range of.

  The storage unit 32 is a database that stores various data, and includes a route database 321. The storage unit 32 can be configured by an arbitrary storage device such as a hard disk or a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (SSD or the like), for example. Further, although the storage unit 32 is assumed to be in the server 3 in the drawing, it is communicably connected to the information processing system 1 as a database server different from the control unit 31 or as an independent server as a file server. It may be provided in another device.

  The route database 321 is a database used when a search for railway station information and a search for bus route information are executed. This route database 321 may include only bus route information for a predetermined bus operator as information on the bus route, or may include information on bus routes of a plurality of carriers. Good. In the case of providing information on bus routes of a plurality of business operators, it is possible to use the same database as a general railway route information search or a more general route information search. On the other hand, if the information includes only bus route information limited to a predetermined bus operator, it is possible to reduce the data storage capacity and speed up the search when providing services for the predetermined bus operator. Is possible.

  Furthermore, the route database 321 does not necessarily have to include route information about the railway station such as the timetable of the railway at the railway station and the transfer information from the railway to the railway, and information on the railway station and the bus route As long as it has information. In addition, the route database 321 may further include at least one of a map information database and a POI (Point Of Interest) information database.

  When a map database or POI database is provided, it may be stored in a different storage location from the route database 321. The map information database is used for display or point search such as latitude / longitude search. The POI information database is used for point search such as free word search and category search, for example.

  The communication unit 33 receives the information about the destination output from the terminal device 2 and outputs the information acquired by the control unit 31 to the terminal device 2. The information acquired by the control unit 31 is information including at least railway station information, and may be information including information on bus routes, information around the railway station, and the like.

  Next, an example of the search screen display of the terminal device 2 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 25 of the terminal device 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 25 includes a destination input area 251, a search button 252, and a search result display area 253.

  The destination input area 251 is an area for receiving a destination input from the user. Input of the destination may be performed by character input, for example, by the user clicking on the map with a mouse click or a touch panel tap, or by voice input. Good. When performing by character input, you may input the name of a facility, an address, etc., or you may enable it to input other information linked | related with destinations, such as a telephone number. In the case of clicking or tapping, the name of the facility around the position specified by the user or the address, latitude and longitude around the specified position may be displayed in the destination input area 251. Good. Alternatively, the names of facilities and the like may be displayed in advance on a map as shown in FIG. 2, and the user may specify the facility name on the map.

  The search button 252 is a button for outputting the destination to the destination receiving unit 211 of the control unit 21 when pressed after inputting the destination. The pressing may be performed by clicking the mouse or may be performed by tapping. As another example, the search button 252 is not necessarily required, and operations such as mouse gestures, flicking and swiping in a predetermined direction on the touch panel, operations that give vibration to the terminal device 2, and instructions by voice Thus, an operation equivalent to pressing the search button 252 may be performed.

  Furthermore, the destination input area 251 may also serve as the destination receiving unit 211. For example, the destination is input when the destination input to the destination input area 251 is confirmed by the Japanese character input means. The destination information may be transmitted from the reception unit 211 to the server via the communication unit 22. In this case, when the destination is determined in the destination input area 251, the railway station search is automatically started, and the search result may be displayed. If the destination is ambiguous, the candidate may be searched from the database so that the user can select it. In the case of a language other than Japanese, for example, the candidate site may be output when a blank character is input.

  The search result display area 253 is an area for displaying a search result. For example, as shown in FIG. 5 which will be described later, after displaying a map of the periphery, the search result is displayed on the map so as to be clearly understood. In addition, this area may be used when a user searches for a destination while being an area for displaying a search result. For example, as described above, when the user points on the map and inputs a destination, the destination may be specified using the map shown in the search result display area 253.

  Next, a specific operation will be described. Hereinafter, a case will be described in which a search is made for a railway station that can be changed to a bus route that goes to a hospital shown in the search result display area 253 shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 2, there are railway lines on the north side and the south side around the hospital, and there are stations from A station to G station. In this situation, the flow of processing will be described in the case where XX hospital is the destination. In addition, although the map direction is assumed to be the north direction on the upper side for convenience, it is not limited to this. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of operations until a search result according to the present embodiment is displayed.

  First, the destination receiving unit 211 displays an input screen, receives and acquires information on the destination input and designated by the user (step S10). As described above, the destination may be received by the destination reception unit 211 at the timing when the search button 252 in FIG. 2 is pressed, or the destination reception unit 211 may be received at the timing when it is input to the destination input area 251. You may accept your destination.

  Next, the terminal device 2 is received by the destination receiving unit 211, and transmits the acquired destination information to the server 3 via the communication unit 22 (step S11).

  Next, the server 3 searches for a destination (step S20). The search for the destination is performed based on the information stored in the storage unit 32. The information obtained here is information such as an address and latitude / longitude, for example. Further, when the input destination information is ambiguous, a search may be made to further narrow down the candidate locations by presenting them to the user as described above.

  Next, the railway station information acquisition unit 311 of the server 3 acquires a railway station around the destination (step S21). The railway station around the destination refers to a railway station within the first range, for example, within a radius of 2 km from the destination. The first range is not limited to a radius of 2 km, and may be 5 km or 1 km.

  Alternatively, it may be set shorter in the city center, for example, 2 km, and longer in the suburb, for example, 7 km or 10 km. Further, the distance may be set so as to be determined by the density of the railway network or the density of the railway stations, not the distinction such as the city center or the suburbs. Furthermore, the distance is not limited, and it may be possible to search the surroundings while gradually increasing the distance from the destination, and select five stations from the nearest. That is, the 1st range said here is good also not only as distance but as the number of stations.

  Furthermore, the range may be specified by the time that can be reached on foot. For example, it may be within a 5-minute walk or within a 10-minute walk. In this case, the walking speed may be specified, or may be set to a predetermined value (for example, 5 km / h). When the walking speed can be designated, the walking speed may be designated from, for example, “slow” (4 km / h), “standard” (5 km / h), and “sakeka” (6 km / h). Further, the search may be performed based on whether there is a route that can be reached on foot.

  Next, the bus route information acquisition unit 312 searches for a bus route that can be used at the railway station acquired by the railway station information acquisition unit 311 (step S22). In this embodiment, in this way, the railway station is searched first, and then the bus route that can be used at the railway station is searched. This bus search is performed by average search. The average search is a search method for searching for a route without specifying a time, and means a search for obtaining an average value of required time and the like.

  As another search method, as shown in FIG. 4, the bus route may be searched by narrowing down to a predetermined bus operator (step S22A). By doing in this way, you may make it provide the service for predetermined bus operators, using a general purpose database.

  Next, the bus route information acquisition unit 312 determines whether a bus route that can reach the destination is included among the searched bus routes (step S23). Here, a bus route can reach a destination means that there are bus stops on the bus route that are realistically walkable to the destination, for example, a bus stop that is 200 m or 500 m from the destination. Say to do. This distance may be set by the user. Further, it may be lengthened or shortened depending on the density of the bus route around the destination. Further, it may be a road instead of a distance.

  In the following description, a bus route that can reach a destination is referred to as a reaching bus route. In addition, as a reaching bus route, it is also possible to search for a bus route that does not cause transfer between buses to a bus stop that can reach the destination from the railway station.

  Further, in the search, the traveling direction of the bus may be considered. That is, even if the bus route is the same system, there may be different bus stops depending on the outbound route and the return route. In such a case, although the bus is a bus that stops as a bus route, it may not stop at a bus stop around the destination because the traveling direction is opposite.

  For example, in FIG. 2, the bus from station B to station C can reach the hospital XX, but even if the bus is the same system, a different road is used for the bus from station C to station B. ○○ The hospital may not be reachable. In some cases, a different route is operated, and in other cases, a completely different route is operated like a so-called circulation bus.

  In such a case, since it is not reachable from the C station to the destination by the bus of the system, the C station may not be searched as a railway station that can board a reachable bus for the system. In this way, in consideration of the traveling direction of the reaching bus route, a railway station that can be transferred to the reaching bus route may be extracted. That is, in consideration of the traveling direction of the bus route, only the railway station on the near side of the traveling direction with respect to the destination can be set as the search condition.

  When there is a reaching bus route (step S23: Yes), the railway station information acquisition unit 311 acquires information on a railway station that can use the reaching bus route (step S24). In addition, the bus route information acquisition unit 312 acquires the reached bus route information. The arrival bus route information may be acquired at the timing of searching for the bus route in step S22. Bus route information here refers to the bus system, the destination of the bus, the name of the bus stop that can reach the destination, the bus boarding time from the railway station to the bus stop, the approximate distance from the bus stop to the destination It is information including walking time etc.

  Next, the server 3 transmits and outputs the railway station and arrival bus route information acquired in step S24 to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 33 (step S25). On the other hand, if the arrival bus route cannot be acquired in step S23 (step S23: No), the server 3 outputs to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 33 that there is no corresponding railway station. You may do it. In this way, by notifying that there is no corresponding railway station, it is possible to cancel the waiting state in the terminal device 2.

  Next, the information output unit 212 of the terminal device 2 outputs information including information on the railway station that can use the reaching bus route based on the railway station and the reaching bus route information output from the server 3 via the communication unit 22. Is output (step S12). FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display in which search results are output. The search result is displayed as a search result display 254 on a map displayed in the search result display area 253, for example, as shown in FIG. The terminal device 2 may store the received railway station and bus information in the storage unit 23.

  As a result of the search, the destination, the address of the destination, the railway station where the reachable bus can be used, the bus operator, the bus system, the approximate time from the stop to the stop, the name of the bus stop to get off, Information such as the walking time since then is displayed. The information is not limited to this, but the destination phone number, facsimile number, information around the railway station, bus fare, bus destination (bus route name), stop to the stop, and each stop from the train station You may make it display information, such as a business kilometer.

  For example, in FIG. 5, the name and address of the destination are first described. Below that, the names of the stations B, F, and G, which are railway stations that can be used on the reaching bus route, are output. Along with each railway station, the name of the bus operator (☆☆ bus), the name of the system that can reach the destination of the bus operator (○ 13, ○ 14, etc.), the bus boarding time, the name of the stop, the stop Information on walking time since then. That is, the guidance information regarding the reaching bus route as described above is displayed for each railway station.

  From station B, you can reach the destination ○○ hospital by taking the ☆ 13, ○ 14, or ○ 15 bus on the ☆☆ bus. The 13th and 14th routes have the same route to the XX hospital, which is a stop for getting off, and can be reached in about 5 minutes. ○○ After getting off in front of the hospital, reach the destination in 1 minute on foot. On the other hand, since the route to the XX hospital differs from the XX hospital, the XX system arrives at the XX hospital stop in about 10 minutes. As described above, when the routes are the same for each system, the routes may be displayed together, and when the routes are different, they may be displayed separately.

  The same applies to the display for the F station and the G station. In other words, from the F station, the ☆☆ buses ○ 14 and △ 05 are the arrival bus routes, and it takes about 8 minutes to the stop in front of the ○○ hospital. . From G Station, the ☆ 10 bus ☆ 10 line is the arrival bus route, and it takes 16 minutes to the □□ high school stop, which is the nearest bus stop of the destination in the ☆ 10 route, from the □□ high school stop to the destination ○○ It takes 3 minutes to walk to the hospital.

  As described above, when a plurality of railway stations that can be transferred to the reaching bus route are searched, guidance information such as reaching bus route information may be output for each station. Note that the sorting order of these stations can be arbitrarily changed. For example, in order of increasing number of arrival bus lines, order of increasing number of buses on arrival bus lines, order of train stations including arrival bus lines with a short total time to the destination, arrival time with short walking time after getting off The service provider may set such that priority is given to routes that are not congested on average in terms of the order of the railway stations including the bus route and the boarding rate, or may be set on the user side. Alternatively, it is possible to preferentially display a railway line station related to the bus operator.

  Further, although only the system name is displayed in FIG. 5, there may be a plurality of destinations even in the same system, and there may be a destination that cannot reach the destination. In preparation for such a case, the bus destination may be displayed together with the system name.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the search result display. In addition to the search result display of FIG. 5, the display highlights the railway stations that can be transferred to the arrival bus route. More specifically, by highlighting 255B, 255F, and 255G so as to surround the B station, the F station, and the G station, the position of the railway station and the name of the railway station are displayed more clearly to the user. It is possible. In addition to the display enclosed in squares, the relevant railway station name blinks, the relevant railway station is displayed in a different color from other stations, or only the relevant railway station is highlighted with a marker. However, the display is not limited to these methods, and other emphasis display may be performed. By displaying in this way, it is also possible to reduce the possibility that the user overlooks the corresponding railway station.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing still another example of the search result display 254. In FIG. 7, as the search result display 254, platform guidance information and timetable information can be separately displayed as an example of information that is insufficient for the above-described information such as the railway station.

  The platform guidance button 256 is a button for displaying platform guidance information at each railway station when pressed. The platform guidance information at each railway station may be displayed as a list in a tabular form of text, or a map around each railway station may be displayed to visually guide the platform. . In FIG. 7, the train station information is not displayed up to the arrival bus route, but in such a case, when the platform guidance button is pressed, a map around the train station is displayed, and the arrival bus is displayed there. It is also possible to display prominently a boarding place that can ride on the route.

  The timetable button 257 is a button for displaying a timetable of each arrival bus when pressed. The timetable display may be displayed in a list for each railway station or for each system, or may display a timetable for a system specified by the user. When the list is displayed for each railway station or system, the user can more flexibly select from which railway station to get on the arrival bus from a wide selection range.

  These pieces of information are not only displayed in a button format, but, for example, when a railway station displayed in the search result display 254 is clicked or tapped, the platform information and timetable information of the railway station are displayed. Alternatively, when the bus operator is selected, the bus information of the bus operator may be displayed, and when the system name is selected, the bus information of the system may be displayed. When a railway station is selected, information such as restaurants, post offices, convenience stores, or bank ATMs may be displayed along with a map around the railway station.

  When the train station and bus information is stored in the storage unit 23, the new information described above is obtained by acquiring necessary information from the information and outputting it to the display unit 25. Good. Or when not memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 23, you may make it inquire to the server 3 and acquire the information which a user requires, and you may make it display on the display part 25. FIG.

  Further, FIGS. 8 and 9 show another example of the search result display method. In the search result display area 253 in FIGS. 8 and 9, no map is displayed, and the search result is displayed as text data. Thus, the display method of the search result according to the present embodiment may be a display that does not display a map.

  In the example of FIG. 8, the search result is displayed for each railway station. Information related to the B station in the search result is displayed in the search result display area 253B, information related to the F station is displayed in the search result display area 253F, and information related to the G station is displayed in the search result display area 253G. As a result of the search, the train station, the bus stop that can be used at the train station, the platform where you can get to the destination bus route, the system of the destination bus route, the boarding time to the stop to get off, the walking time after getting off, The fare is displayed.

  For example, paying attention to the search result of the B station, it is possible to get on the reaching bus route at the B station of the railway from the bus stop called the B stop. At the B stop, the ○ 13, ○ 14, and ○ 15 buses are arrival bus routes, and for each of them, the bus ride time, the name of the stop to get off, the walking time after getting off, the fare, and , Information on the boarding points where the boarding is possible is displayed. If the routes are the same as in the ○ 13 system and the ○ 14 system, they may be displayed together as the same information. Further, not only the system name but also the destination display may be displayed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a platform guidance button 256B and a timetable button 257B may be installed in the search result display area 253B. Of course, as described in FIG. 7, links may be made to railway stations, systems, landings, and the like, and the information may be displayed at a selected timing. Although only B station was demonstrated above, it is the same also about F station and G station. Also, the sort order of the B station, the F station, and the G station can be arbitrarily set in the same manner as described above.

  FIG. 9 is still another example of search result information. In FIG. 9, in addition to the above-mentioned railway station information, the time of the first bus and the time of the last bus are displayed. In the search result display area 253 for each railway station, the time of the first bus, the time of the last bus, and the like are displayed together with information on the railway station, stop, system, etc., as in the above-described example.

  For example, in the search result display area 253B displaying information related to the B station, the time of the first bus, the time of the last bus, and the time of the last bus for each arriving bus route from the B stop to the XX hospital ○ The time of the last bus leaving the hospital is displayed. In this way, it is also possible to display the first and last times in addition to the information in FIG. Thereby, it is possible to further improve user convenience.

  In FIG. 9, since the amount of information to be displayed varies, information about the G station is not displayed. In such a case, it is possible to add a scroll bar 258 to the display area. Of course, the present invention is not limited to FIG. 9, and the scroll bar 258 may be installed in FIGS. 5 to 8.

  As described above, according to the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, when a user designates a destination, a railway station that can be changed to a bus route that can reach the destination is searched, and the information is output. It becomes possible to do. By displaying the information on the railway station to the user, it is possible to present the arrival bus route information that does not depend on the railway route information and does not narrow the selection range of the arrival bus route. In addition, since the search is performed from the railway station around the destination, the railway station around the destination is efficiently searched, and it is possible to suppress the display of the route as a search result that significantly increases the time to get on the bus. You can also

  As described above, according to the information processing system according to the present embodiment, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user when searching for the reaching bus route. Furthermore, by searching for the railway station from the destination, the user is encouraged to select a railway station that can reach the destination, and the bus route that tends to be complicated compared to the railway network. By searching for a railway station that can be transferred to, there is also an effect of promoting easy use of the bus.

  Also, as described above, it is possible to narrow down the bus operators and perform a search, and by narrowing down in this way, a general-purpose database can be used. In this case, since the search is performed by restricting the operators, it is possible to speed up the search and reduce resources. Furthermore, in the search according to the present embodiment, information on the railway network is not necessary, and it is sufficient if there is at least information on the railway station in addition to the information on the bus route. Therefore, it is possible to reduce resources.

(Second Embodiment)
In the first embodiment described above, the information processing system for searching for a railway station that can use the reaching bus route by searching from the railway station has been described. However, in this embodiment, the vicinity of the destination (second A method for searching from a bus stop within the range will be described.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing according to the present embodiment. The processing up to step S11 in the terminal device 2 and the processing up to step S20 in the server 3 are the same as those in the first embodiment described above, and will be omitted.

  After searching for the destination, the server 3 then searches for a bus stop around the destination (step S21B). A bus stop around the destination is searched based on POI information stored in the storage unit 32, that is, information around the place of interest and map information. The bus stop around the destination means a bus stop within the second range, for example, within a radius of 200 m from the destination. The second range is not limited to a radius of 200 m, and may be 500 m or 100 m. As described above, in this embodiment, instead of searching for the railway station first, the bus stop is searched first, that is, the search is performed from the reaching bus route.

  Further, like the first range, the second range may be set to be short, for example, 100 m in the city center, and may be set to be long, for example, 500 m, 1 km, etc. in the suburbs. Further, the distance may be determined depending on the density of the bus route network and the density of the bus stop, instead of the distinction of the city center and the suburbs. Furthermore, the distance is not limited, and the vicinity may be searched while gradually increasing the distance from the destination, and two stops may be selected from the nearest. Further, the walking time from the destination may be limited by time, for example, within 5 minutes, within 10 minutes. That is, similarly to the first range, the second range may be a range limited not only by the distance but also by the number of bus stops and the walking time.

  Next, the bus route information acquisition unit 312 performs an average search for a bus route that can be boarded at the bus stop (step S22), and searches for a bus route that can be used at the railway station from these bus routes ( Step S23B). That is, a bus route having a bus stop that can be used at the railway station is extracted from the bus routes searched in step S22.

  Next, the railway station information acquisition unit 311 acquires the railway station information from the acquired bus route information, and when there is a bus route passing through the railway station, that is, the railway station information acquisition unit 311 acquires the railway station information. In the case (step S23: Yes), the server 3 acquires the railway station and bus route information (step S24) and outputs the information to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 33. The terminal device 2 that has received the railway station and bus route information via the communication unit 22 displays the search result on the display unit 25 by the information output unit 212. That is, the subsequent processing is the same as that in the first embodiment described above. On the other hand, even when there is no bus route passing through the railway station (step S23: No), the same processing as in the first embodiment is performed.

  In the present embodiment, the search result is displayed in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above. That is, it is possible to display search results as shown in FIGS.

  As described above, even in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, when a user designates a destination, a railway station that can be changed to a bus route that can reach the destination is searched, and the information is output. It becomes possible. Furthermore, according to the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, in order to search for a reaching bus route from a bus stop around the destination, the bus can be disembarked at the bus stop around the destination. It is possible to present to the user a bus that can be used. Compared to the first embodiment described above, not only the surrounding railway stations, but also the railway stations that are farther than the information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment are searched. It is possible to expand.

(Third embodiment)
In the above-described embodiment, the information processing system 1 that outputs information on a railway station that can get on a bus route that can reach a destination has been described. However, in this embodiment, a taxi is used instead of a bus. The case of boarding will be described.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in this embodiment. The processing up to step S11 in the terminal device 2 and the processing up to step S21 in the server 3 are the same processing as in the first embodiment described above.

  After acquiring the railway station within the first range from the destination, the control unit 31 of the server 3 searches for taxi information (step S22C). Taxi information refers to information related to getting on and off taxis at the railway station acquired in step S21. For example, information on taxi pools, information on average number of waiting taxis, etc.

  Next, based on the taxi information, it is determined whether there is a railway station that satisfies a predetermined condition (step S23C). The predetermined conditions are, for example, conditions such as an estimated time to the destination, an estimated fee to the destination, whether or not there is a taxi pool, the average number of waiting taxis, and a straight line distance to the destination. Information on taxi rides other than these may be used.

  When there is a railway station that satisfies the predetermined condition (step S23C: Yes), the railway station information acquisition unit 311 acquires information on the railway station. The information on the railway station may include information on the taxi such as the presence / absence of the taxi pool and the position information of the taxi stand, in addition to the name of the railway station. Moreover, the information containing the information of the facilities around a railway station may be sufficient like the embodiment mentioned above.

  Next, the server 3 transmits and outputs the railway station information to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 33 (step S25C). The railway station information output by the server 3 is received by the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 22. The information output unit 212 of the terminal device 2 outputs the received railway station information to the display unit 25 (step S12C).

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a search result display according to the present embodiment. The rough display is the same as in FIG. The search result display 254 in the search result display area 253 is the taxi search result. In the example of FIG. 12, the information on the railway station is output in the order of the short taxi ride time. The sorting order of the railway stations is not limited to the boarding time, but may be sorted based on information that there is a taxi pool and it is easy to get on a taxi.

  In addition, the displayed information is also the time of getting on a taxi in FIG. 12, but is not limited to this, and may be information on the presence or absence of a taxi pool or landing information. For example, when there are multiple exits at a railway station, which exit information is convenient for reaching the destination, the exit time is short when exiting, or Information about whether the price is cheap. Usability may be improved by outputting such information.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, in addition to searching for a railway station that reaches a destination using a route bus, the convenience of the user is improved in a case where the destination is reached using a taxi. Is possible.

(Modification of the third embodiment)
Further, not only taxi information but also bus information may be output together. For example, when the number of reaching bus routes is less than a predetermined number, information on taxis may be output. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing according to an example of the embodiment for outputting taxi information together with bus information.

  Processing until the terminal device 2 receives an input of a destination from the user and transmits the destination information to the server 3 is the same as in each of the above-described embodiments.

  The server 3 that has acquired the destination information via the communication unit 33 searches for the destination (step S30). This search process also performs the same process as the process of step S20 in each embodiment described above.

  Next, the control unit 31 of the server 3 searches for a bus route (step S31). This search processing may be performed by searching from the railway station information as in the first embodiment, or may be performed from information on the bus stops around the destination as in the second embodiment.

  After the search for the railway station information and the reaching bus route information is completed, the control unit 31 determines whether or not the number of reaching bus routes acquired by the search is equal to or greater than a predetermined number (step S32). The predetermined number means, for example, a predetermined number of 1, 2, or more. This may be set on the service provider side due to restrictions such as the number of displays, or may be specified on the user side. For example, when the predetermined number is 1, taxi information is output when there is no reaching bus route, and when the reaching bus route is 2, taxi information is also output when there is only one reaching bus route. It becomes.

  In addition, although the example which compares the number of arrival bus routes with a predetermined number was given here, it is not restricted to this, For example, you may make it output taxi information by the number of stations of the searched railway station. In this case, if the predetermined number is set to 1, taxi information is output when no railway station is searched, and if the predetermined number is set to 2, taxi information is output even when only one railway station is searched. Will be output. In the following, an example in which a predetermined number is compared with a destination bus route will be described. However, in the case where a predetermined number is compared with a railway station, the same processing can be performed.

  When the bus route information is searched for a predetermined number or more (step S32: Yes), the server 3 performs the same processing as the search result described above, and outputs the search result to the terminal device 2 (step S34, step S35). ). The processing in step S34 and step S35 is the same as the processing in step S24 and step S25 in the above-described embodiment.

  On the other hand, if the bus route information has not been searched for a predetermined number or more (step S33: No), the server 3 proceeds to taxi information search processing (step S33). The process of step S33 is the same process as the taxi search process according to the third embodiment described above. After the taxi search process, the server 3 acquires the railway station information and transmits the railway station information to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 33 (steps S34 and S35). This process is the same as steps S24 and S25 in the taxi search process according to the third embodiment.

  In some cases, the arrival bus route information and the information on the railway station where the taxi can be boarded are searched together. In such a case, the control unit 31 may separately search for the railway station and bus route information related to the arrival bus route information and the railway station information related to taxi information, or perform these two search processes in parallel. You may make it perform.

  The terminal device 2 that receives the information related to the arrival bus route information and the information related to the taxi via the communication unit 22 outputs the searched railway station information to the display unit 25 via the information output unit 212 (step). S12D). FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a search result display in which the train station information related to arrival bus route information and taxi information is output together. As shown in FIG. 14, the arrival bus route information and the taxi information are displayed together on the search result display 254. Of course, this display may be displayed in a text format as shown in FIG.

  As described above, when searching for taxi information, the arrival bus route information may be acquired first, and the taxi information may be searched based on the acquisition status. Note that by setting the predetermined number sufficiently large, it is possible to always display the arrival bus route information and the taxi information together.

(Fourth embodiment)
In each of the above-described embodiments, there is one destination. In the following embodiment, a process for a case where there are a plurality of destinations will be described. The information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment searches for a bus route that can be reached in common when a plurality of destinations are input. That is, on a predetermined bus route, a search is made for a railway station and a reaching bus route having a bus stop that can reach a plurality of destinations and the railway station.

  Since the search processing of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment or the second embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted. The difference lies in searching for a bus route that can reach all of a plurality of destinations and can be used at a railway station when searching for a reaching bus route.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a search result according to the present embodiment. In this example, in addition to XX hospital, the user also inputs △△ supermarket as a destination. As a search result in such a case, as shown in the search result display area 253B in the figure, a bus route that can reach either the OO hospital or the △ Δ supermarket is output.

  For example, from station B, three lines of ○ 13, ○ 14, and ○ 15 can reach any of ○○ hospital and △△ supermarket. After that, guidance information such as the walking time since then, and the platform where you can get on each system is displayed. ○ In the 13th and 14th routes, to go to the ○○ hospital, take the bus to the stop in front of the ○○ hospital for about 5 minutes, then 1 minute on foot, and to go to the △△ supermarket, ○ × Take a bus to the town stop for about 10 minutes, and then walk for 2 minutes. On the other hand, in the ○ 15 system, to go to the hospital in front of the hospital, take a bus to the bus stop in front of the hospital for about 10 minutes and walk from there for 1 minute. Ride to the bus stop for about 13 minutes, and then 1 minute on foot.

  In this way, information on each reaching bus route may be output for each railway station. In FIG. 15, only the information on station B is shown, but when a plurality of railway stations are listed as search results, they can be displayed side by side as shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. is there. Furthermore, the display is not limited to text display, and may be displayed so as to overlap on a map as shown in FIG.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a plurality of destinations are received, it is possible to search for information on railway stations that can be used on bus routes that pass through all of the destinations. . By performing such a search and display, the user can acquire information on bus routes to a plurality of destinations.

(Fifth embodiment)
In the fourth embodiment, a bus route that can reach a plurality of destinations in common is searched, but the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment can reach a plurality of destinations in common. Search for possible railway stations. That is, a search is made for a railway station that can board one or more bus routes that can reach a plurality of destinations. The fourth embodiment differs from the fourth embodiment on the condition that all destinations can be reached on one bus route, but in this embodiment, not only one bus route but also different. The point is to search for a railway station that can reach a plurality of destinations by a plurality of bus routes.

  Since the search processing of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment or the second embodiment described above, as in the fourth embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted. When searching for a destination bus route, when searching from a railway station as in the first embodiment, the bus route information acquisition unit is a bus that can reach each of a plurality of destinations on a bus route that passes through the railway station. The point which searches for a route differs from 1st Embodiment. In addition, as in the second embodiment, when searching from a bus stop around the destination, the railway station information acquisition unit 311 searches for the bus stop for each destination, and gets on and off at the plurality of bus stops. The second embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that a search is made for a railway station that can be changed to a common bus route.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a search result according to the present embodiment. In this example, the user inputs XX hospitals as well as XX hospitals. As shown in the search result display area 253B in the figure, the search result in such a case is output individually as a bus route that can reach XX hospital and a bus route that can reach XX park.

  For example, from station B, there are three bus routes that can reach ○○ hospital: ○ 13, ○ 14, and ○ 15. About 5 minutes, the walk time is 1 minute after getting off at the stop in front of the hospital, and in the line 15 it takes about 10 minutes to get on the bus, and the walk time is 1 minute after getting off at the stop in front of the hospital. Minutes. On the other hand, there are two lines, XX13 and XX20, to the XX hospital. In XX13, the bus ride time is about 18 minutes, and the walk time is 3 minutes after getting off at the stop before XX police box. In the X20 system, the bus ride time is about 12 minutes, and the walk time is 1 minute after getting off at the XX park entrance stop. In addition, it is possible to display boarding information that can be boarded on each bus route at station B.

  In this way, the railway station may be displayed, and information on bus routes that can reach each destination from there may be output. In FIG. 16, only the information on station B is shown, but when a plurality of railway stations are listed as search results, they can be displayed side by side as shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. is there. Further, the display is not limited to the text display, and it may be displayed so as to overlap on the map as shown in FIG. In addition, when there is a bus route that can be reached in common with the XX hospital and the XX hospital to be searched in the fourth embodiment, as in the ○ 13 system shown in FIG. 16, the bus route is also output. May be.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to search for information on railway stations that can be commonly transferred to bus routes that can reach a plurality of destinations. By performing such search and display, the user can select a railway station as a base when heading to a plurality of destinations.

  In all the embodiments described above, only one railway station on the front side in the traveling direction with respect to the arrival bus route is output, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, for example, in the example of FIG. 2, if the destination is XX hospital, it departs from A station, can get on and off at B station, and there is a bus route that can reach XX hospital, In addition, the A station may be output.

  At least a part of the information processing system described in each embodiment described above may be configured by hardware or software. When configured by software, a program for realizing at least a part of the functions of the information processing system may be stored in a recording medium such as a flexible disk or a CD-ROM, and read and executed by a computer. The recording medium is not limited to a removable medium such as a magnetic disk or an optical disk, but may be a fixed recording medium such as a hard disk device or a memory.

  Further, a program that realizes at least a part of the functions of the information processing system may be distributed via a communication line (including wireless communication) such as the Internet. Further, the program may be distributed in a state where the program is encrypted, modulated or compressed, and stored in a recording medium via a wired line such as the Internet or a wireless line.

  Furthermore, the information processing system may be caused to function by one or a plurality of information processing apparatuses. When a plurality of information processing apparatuses are used, one of the information processing apparatuses may be a computer, and the function may be realized as at least one means of the information processing system by the computer executing a predetermined program.

  Based on the above description, those skilled in the art may be able to conceive additional effects and various modifications of the present invention, but the aspects of the present invention are not limited to the individual embodiments described above. . Various additions, modifications, and partial deletions can be made without departing from the concept and spirit of the present invention derived from the contents defined in the claims and equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 2 Terminal device 21 Control part 211 Destination reception part 212 Information output part 22 Communication part 23 Storage part 24 Operation part 25 Display part 3 Server 31 Control part 311 Railway station information acquisition part 312 Bus route information acquisition part 32 Storage Unit 321 Route database 33 Communication unit

Claims (16)

A destination receiving means for accepting designation of only a destination or destination area as point information from a user;
Bus route information acquisition means for acquiring information on a destination bus route that is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area;
Railway station information acquisition means for acquiring information on railway stations that can use the reaching bus route;
An output means for outputting output information including information of a railway station that can use the reaching bus route;
An information processing system comprising: The railway station information acquisition means acquires information of a railway station within a first range from the destination,
The bus route information acquisition means acquires the information on the reaching bus route based on a bus that can be used at a railway station within the first range,
The railway station information acquisition means acquires information on a railway station that can use the destination bus route based on the information on the destination bus route,
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs the output information including the information acquired by the railway station information acquisition unit. The bus route information acquisition means acquires information on the reaching bus route based on information of a bus stop within a second range from the destination,
2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the railway station information acquiring unit acquires information on a railway station that can use the reaching bus route based on the information on the reaching bus route acquired by the bus route information acquiring unit. . The arrival bus route is a bus route in which the destination exists in the traveling direction,
The railway station information acquisition means acquires a railway station that can use the reaching bus route on the front side in the traveling direction of the reaching bus route with respect to the destination as a railway station that can use the reaching bus route. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   The said output means outputs the guidance information regarding the said reach | attainment bus line for every the said train station, when the train station which can use the said some reach | attainment bus line is acquired. Information processing system according to crab.   The guidance information includes bus stop information at a railway station that can use the reaching bus route, bus system, and information on a bus stop that gets off when a bus traveling on the reaching bus route at the railway station is taken. The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein the information is guidance information including at least one of them.   The information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the bus route information acquisition unit acquires a bus route operated by a predetermined bus operator from information on a bus route that can reach the destination. system. The destination receiving means receives designation of a plurality of the destinations,
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the bus route information acquiring unit acquires a bus route that can reach all of the plurality of destinations received by the destination receiving unit. The destination receiving means receives a plurality of the destinations,
The bus route information acquisition means acquires a bus route that can reach each of the plurality of destinations received by the destination reception means,
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the railway station information acquisition unit acquires a railway station that can commonly use the reaching bus line acquired by the bus route information acquisition unit. Computer
Destination accepting means for accepting designation of only a destination or destination area as point information from a user
An output means for outputting output information including information on a railway station that can use a destination bus route that is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area;
Information processing program to function as. Computer
Bus route information acquisition means for acquiring information on a destination bus route that can reach a destination or destination area as point information designated by the user,
Railway station information acquisition means for acquiring information on railway stations that can use the reaching bus route,
An output means for outputting output information including information on a railway station that can use the reaching bus route;
Information processing program to function as. An information processing system formed by a plurality of communicably connected computers,
Destination receiving means for receiving a destination or destination area as point information specified by the user;
Bus route information acquisition means for acquiring information on a destination bus route that is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area;
Railway station information acquisition means for acquiring information on railway stations that can use the reaching bus route;
An output means for outputting output information including information of a railway station that can use the reaching bus route;
An information processing program for causing at least one of the plurality of computers to function as at least one of the above means in order to cause an information processing system including In order to cause the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9 to function by a plurality of computers communicably connected,
An information processing program for causing one of the plurality of computers to function as at least one of the units in the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9. By a plurality of information processing devices connected to be able to communicate,
Destination receiving means for receiving only a destination or destination area as point information designated by the user;
Bus route information acquisition means for acquiring information on a destination bus route that is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area;
Railway station information acquisition means for acquiring information on railway stations that can use the reaching bus route;
An output means for outputting output information including information of a railway station that can use the reaching bus route;
An information processing apparatus comprising at least one of the above means for forming an information processing system comprising: Computer
A destination receiving means for receiving only a destination or destination area as point information specified by the user;
Bus route information acquisition means for acquiring information on a destination bus route that is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area;
Railway station information acquisition means for acquiring information on railway stations that can use the reaching bus route,
An output means for outputting output information including information on a railway station that can use the reaching bus route;
Information processing program to function as. A step of receiving a designation of only a destination or a destination area as point information from a user;
A railway station information obtaining unit obtaining information of a railway station within a first range from the destination or the destination area; and
A bus route information acquisition means for acquiring information on a destination bus route that is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area based on a bus available at the railway station; and
An output means for outputting output information including information on a railway station that can use the reaching bus route based on the information on the reaching bus route;
An information processing method comprising:

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