JP2019149742A - Communication system, display method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To enable users other than a user of a transmitter to use regardless of the inside or the outside of a facility.SOLUTION: A communication system 10 comprises a communication unit 31, an acquisition unit 331, and an output unit 332. The communication unit 31 is provided in a facility 100, and communicates with a transmitter 40 that transmits a wireless signal. The acquisition unit 331 acquires transmitter information related to the transmitter 40 on the basis of the wireless signal received by the communication unit 31 from the transmitter 40. The output unit 332 that outputs to an information terminal 70 facility information D1 including at least a part of three-dimensional data representing a structure of the facility 100, and additional information D2 that is the transmitter information acquired by the acquisition unit 331 and added to the facility information D1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present disclosure relates generally to a communication system, a display method, and a program, and more particularly, to a communication system, a display method, and a program that communicate with a transmitter that transmits a radio signal.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an indoor position positioning system including a positioning server (communication system) and a positioning client (transmitter). In this indoor positioning system, the positioning server receives sensor information such as radio wave intensity and sound wave intensity observed by the positioning client indoors (in the facility) from the positioning client, and the position of the positioning client based on the received sensor information. Is estimated.

JP 2006-170005 A

  An object of the present disclosure is to provide a communication system, a display method, and a program that can be used by a user other than the user of the transmitter regardless of the inside or outside of the facility.

  A communication system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a communication unit, an acquisition unit, and an output unit. The communication unit is provided in a facility and communicates with a transmitter that transmits a radio signal. The acquisition unit acquires transmitter information related to the transmitter based on the radio signal received by the communication unit from the transmitter. The output unit includes facility information including at least a part of three-dimensional data representing the structure of the facility, and additional information added to the facility information that is the transmitter information acquired by the acquisition unit. Output to the information terminal.

  A display method according to an aspect of the present disclosure requests the communication system to transmit the facility information and the additional information. In the display method, when the facility information and the additional information transmitted from the communication system are received, the facility information and the additional information are displayed on a display unit.

  A program according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a program for causing a computer system to execute request processing and display processing. The request process is a process for requesting the communication system to transmit the facility information and the additional information. The display process is a process of displaying the facility information and the additional information on a display unit when the facility information and the additional information transmitted from the communication system are received.

  The present disclosure has an advantage that it can be used by a user other than the user of the transmitter regardless of the inside or outside of the facility.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the entire system including the communication system. FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a room in a facility to which the above communication system is applied. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of facility information stored in the communication system. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the communication system. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of map information displayed on the display unit of the information terminal. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the case where facility information and additional information output from the communication system is displayed on the map information of FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example in which facility information and additional information output from the communication system are displayed on the display unit of the information terminal.

(1) Overview The communication system 10 of the present embodiment is used in a positioning system (LPS: Local Positioning System) that measures the position of the transmitter 40 in a facility 100. The “facility” in the present disclosure is, for example, an office building, a factory, a complex commercial facility, an art museum, a museum, a play facility, a theme park, a hotel, a house, and the like, including a site and a building built on the site . In addition, the “facility” may be, for example, a moving body such as a ship or a railway vehicle. For example, in buildings, moving bodies, underground facilities, tunnels, etc., it is difficult to receive radio waves from satellites used in global positioning systems such as GPS (Global Positioning System). Is difficult. In the positioning system using the communication system 10 of the present embodiment, it is used to measure the position of the transmitter 40 in the facility 100 in the target area where the radio waves of the artificial satellite used in the global positioning system are difficult to reach. .

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the communication system 10 according to the present embodiment includes a communication unit 31, an acquisition unit 331, and an output unit 332.

  The communication unit 31 is provided in the facility 100 and communicates with a transmitter 40 that transmits a radio signal. The “transmitter” in the present disclosure is a mobile terminal that is carried by the user 1 (see FIG. 3) who uses the facility 100, for example, and is a communication terminal such as a smartphone. In addition, the “transmitter” referred to in the present disclosure is not limited to a smartphone, and may be a tablet-type mobile terminal or a transmitter dedicated to a positioning system such as a tag. The above-mentioned “user” is, in other words, a person who is permitted to access the communication system 10 applied to the facility 100.

  The acquisition unit 331 acquires transmitter information regarding the transmitter 40 based on the radio signal received by the communication unit 31 from the transmitter 40. The “transmitter information” referred to in the present disclosure includes position information indicating the position of the person who owns the transmitter 40 or the object to which the transmitter 40 is attached in the facility 100. For example, if the transmitter 40 is attached to an object in a tenant in the facility 100, the transmitter information includes location information of the tenant. The “transmitter information” includes, in addition to the position information of the transmitter 40, attribute information indicating the attribute of the person who owns the transmitter 40 or the object to which the transmitter 40 is attached. For example, if an employee working in an office in the facility 100 owns the transmitter 40, the transmitter information includes information for identifying the employee. In addition, for example, if the transmitter 40 is attached to an object in a tenant in the facility 100, the transmitter information includes an overview of the tenant (store name, products / services to be handled, a link to a store homepage, etc. ) Is included.

  The output unit 332 includes facility information D1 including at least part of the three-dimensional data representing the structure of the facility 100, transmitter information acquired by the acquisition unit 331, and additional information D2 added to the facility information D1. Is output to the information terminal 70. The “information terminal” in the present disclosure is a terminal used not only by the user 1 of the communication system 10 but also by the public other than the user 1 of the communication system 10. For example, the “information terminal” includes a portable computer (such as the above-described smartphone) owned by the public, a personal computer owned by the public, or a personal computer used by the public in a public space.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 owned by the communication system 10 applied to the facility 100 can be output to the information terminal 70. For this reason, in this embodiment, the public using the information terminal 70 can use the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 owned by the communication system 10. That is, the communication system 10 of this embodiment can be used by a user of the information terminal 70 (in this case, the public), in other words, a user other than the user of the transmitter 40, regardless of inside or outside the facility 100. There is.

(2) Configuration Hereinafter, the configuration of the communication system 10, the map server 60 that communicates with the communication system 10, and the information terminal 70 that communicates with the map server 60 will be described with reference to FIGS. The communication system 10 includes a plurality of receivers 20 and a server 30. In the present embodiment, a case where the communication system 10 is applied to a positioning system that measures the position of the transmitter 40 in a facility 100 (see FIG. 3) such as an office building will be described as an example. In the present embodiment, a case where the information terminal 70 is a smartphone carried by the public (that is, the information terminal 70 is a portable portable terminal) will be described as an example.

  The plurality of receivers 20 are arranged in the facility 100. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the plurality of receivers 20 are arranged on the ceiling 102 of the room 101 of the facility 100. In the positioning system using the communication system 10 according to the present embodiment, the position of the transmitter 40 is measured in a place (for example, a room, a hallway, a front entrance, or a site in a building) where a plurality of receivers 20 are arranged. To do.

  The transmitter 40 has a communication function for performing wireless communication using radio waves with a plurality of receivers 20. The transmitter 40 performs wireless communication using a predetermined communication method. In the present embodiment, the transmitter 40 performs wireless communication using, for example, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE (registered trademark)) communication method. The transmitter 40 wirelessly transmits, for example, a wireless signal (beacon signal) called an advertisement packet at a predetermined time interval and a predetermined transmission power. The communication method of the transmitter 40 is not limited to BLE (registered trademark), and may be a communication method such as WiFi (registered trademark).

  Here, individual identification information is assigned to the transmitter 40, and the identification information is held in a nonvolatile memory or the like of the transmitter 40. Although only one transmitter 40 is illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, the transmitter 40 is not limited to one, and a plurality of transmitters 40 may be provided. When a plurality of users 1 use the facility 100, the plurality of users 1 use (carry) individual transmitters 40. That is, the transmitter 40 and the user 1 correspond one-to-one, and the identification information of the transmitter 40 is associated with the user 1, so that the transmitter 1 carried by the user 1 for each user 1. The identification information is different.

  The receiver 20 includes a first communication unit 21, a second communication unit 22, and a control unit 23.

  The first communication unit 21 includes a communication function for performing wireless communication using radio waves with the transmitter 40. The first communication unit 21 performs wireless communication using the same communication method as the transmitter 40. The first communication unit 21 has a function of measuring the signal strength (reception signal strength, RSSI: Received Signal Strength Indication) of the received radio signal when the radio signal transmitted from the transmitter 40 is received. . The communication method of the first communication unit 21 is not limited to BLE (registered trademark), and may be a communication method such as WiFi (registered trademark).

  The second communication unit 22 communicates with the server 30 via the communication network N1 in the facility 100. The communication method of the second communication unit 22 is, for example, a communication method compliant with the Ethernet (registered trademark) standard, but the communication method of the second communication unit 22 can be selected from various communication methods, and even a wired communication method. , A wireless communication system based on a standard such as WiFi (registered trademark) may be used. The second communication unit 22 may be connected to the communication network N1 via a relay device such as a router or a hub.

  The control unit 23 is configured by, for example, a microcomputer having a processor and a memory. That is, the control unit 23 is realized by a computer system having a processor and a memory. The computer system functions as the control unit 23 by the processor executing an appropriate program. The program may be recorded in advance in a memory, or may be provided by being recorded through a telecommunication line such as the Internet or a non-transitory recording medium such as a memory card. Here, individual receiver IDs (IDentification) are assigned to the plurality of receivers 20, and the receiver IDs are held in a nonvolatile memory or the like of the receiver 20.

  When the first communication unit 21 receives a radio signal transmitted from the transmitter 40, the control unit 23 transmits a signal including information on the transmitter 40 of the transmission source (hereinafter also referred to as “reception information”) to the second communication unit. 22 to the server 30 via the communication network N1. Here, the reception information includes the received signal strength of the radio signal transmitted from the transmitter 40, the identification information of the transmitter 40 included in the radio signal, the receiver ID of the receiver 20, and the like.

  The server 30 has a function of measuring the position of the transmitter 40 based on the result of reception of the radio signal transmitted from the transmitter 40 by one or more receivers 20. The server 30 includes a communication unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a control unit 33.

  The communication unit 31 communicates with the receiver 20 via the communication network N1. The communication unit 31 performs communication using the same communication method as the second communication unit 22 of the receiver 20. The communication unit 31 can communicate with the equipment 50 provided in the facility 100 via the communication network N1. The facility 50 is, for example, a lighting device 51 arranged in the room 101 or an air conditioner installed in the room 101. In addition, the communication unit 31 is connected to the information terminal 70 in the facility 100 when an environment capable of communicating with the information terminal 70 is established in the facility 100 by a wireless communication method based on a standard such as WiFi (registered trademark). Communication is possible.

  The storage unit 32 includes, for example, a hard disk drive, an optical disk drive, a memory card, and the like. The storage unit 32 stores receiver IDs of a plurality of receivers 20 installed in the facility 100 and position information regarding the installation positions, history information of the position of the transmitter 40 measured in the facility 100, and the like. Here, the position information related to the installation position of the receiver 20 includes, for example, coordinate information representing the installation position of the receiver 20 in a three-dimensional coordinate system with a predetermined position in the facility 100 as the origin. Further, the storage unit 32 stores facility information D1 and transmitter information of the facility 100.

  The facility information D1 is a part or the whole of the three-dimensional data representing the structure of the facility 100 as shown in FIG. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the facility information D1 is three-dimensional data representing the structure of one building that is the facility 100. The three-dimensional data is data representing the facility 100 in a virtual space constructed using a computer. In the present embodiment, BIM (Building Information Modeling) is assumed as the three-dimensional data. Hereinafter, the three-dimensional data is referred to as “BIM data”.

  The BIM data includes not only data representing the shape and dimensions of the facility 100 but also various types of data related to the facility 100 such as data regarding members constituting the facility 100 and data regarding equipment installed in the facility 100. Are integrated. Further, the BIM data includes information on the latitude / longitude of the reference position of the facility 100 and information on the direction of the facility 100. That is, the BIM data represents not only data for building the facility 100 but also a total of various data related to the facility 100. The BIM data is information expressed using, for example, a three-dimensional CAD (Computer Aided Design) system, and is created using data representing the shape and dimensions of the facility 100. By using the BIM data, for example, a graphic representing the whole or part of the facility 100 can be displayed on the display. The BIM data is hierarchized according to the facility 100. The BIM data includes, for example, information representing the entire facility 100 in a front view or perspective view, information representing each of a plurality of floors of the facility 100 in plan view or perspective view, or information representing one floor in plan view or perspective view. Contains. For example, the BIM data represents data representing a perspective view of an entire building as the facility 100 (see FIG. 4), data representing a plan view of one floor in the building, or a perspective view of a room viewed from the inside. Includes data.

  The control unit 33 is constituted by, for example, a microcomputer having a processor and a memory. That is, the control unit 33 is realized by a computer system having a processor and a memory. Then, the computer system functions as the control unit 33 when the processor executes an appropriate program (such as a control program described later). The program including the control program may be recorded in advance in the storage unit 32, or may be provided by being recorded through a telecommunication line such as the Internet or in a non-temporary recording medium such as a memory card.

  The control unit 33 has the function of the acquisition unit 331, the function of the output unit 332, and the function of the facility control unit 333.

  When the first communication unit 21 of the receiver 20 receives a radio signal transmitted from the transmitter 40, the acquisition unit 331 performs an acquisition process of acquiring transmitter information based on the radio signal received by the first communication unit 21. Do. Specifically, when the first communication unit 21 of the receiver 20 receives a radio signal from the transmitter 40, the receiver 20 outputs reception information regarding the transmitter 40 of the transmission source to the server 30. When the communication unit 31 receives the reception information from the receiver 20, the acquisition unit 331 of the server 30 performs an acquisition process of acquiring transmitter information related to the transmission source transmitter 40. Here, the reception information received from the receiver 20 by the communication unit 31 includes the received signal strength of the radio signal received by the receiver 20, the identification information of the transmitter 40 included in the radio signal, and the receiver of the receiver 20. ID etc. are included. In addition, the received information may include, for example, attribute information of the user 1 who owns the transmitter 40 or attribute information of an object (tenant) to which the transmitter 40 is attached.

  Below, a series of flow which acquires the positional information on the transmitter 40 by an acquisition process is demonstrated. The acquisition unit 331 obtains the installation position of the receiver 20 that has received the radio signal from the transmitter 40, based on the receiver ID included in the reception information. In addition, the acquisition unit 331 obtains the attenuation amount of the radio signal based on the received signal strength of the radio signal from the transmitter 40 and the transmission power of the transmitter 40, and based on this attenuation amount, the transmission of the transmission source The distance from the receiver 40 to the receiver 20 that has received the radio signal is obtained. When the acquisition unit 331 obtains the installation position of the receiver 20 and the distance from the receiver 20 to the transmitter 40 in each of the plurality of receivers 20 that have received the radio signal from one transmitter 40, the triangulation is performed. The coordinates of the position of the transmitter 40 that has transmitted the radio signal are calculated by the above principle. Thereby, the acquisition unit 331 acquires the current position of the transmitter 40 as position information. In other words, the position information regarding the position of the transmitter 40 includes information regarding the current position of the transmitter 40. In the present embodiment, the current position of the transmitter 40 corresponds to the position when the receiver 20 receives a radio signal from the transmitter 40.

  The output unit 332 outputs the facility information D1 and additional information D2 of the facility 100 to the information terminal 70. The additional information D2 is information added to the facility information D1 among the transmitter information. Therefore, the additional information D2 may be the entire transmitter information or a part thereof. In the present embodiment, the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 output by the output unit 332 are information that is permitted to be released outside the facility 100 to which the communication system 10 is applied. That is, the information output by the output unit 332 is information that is allowed to be provided to the public other than the user 1 of the communication system 10. In this embodiment, the additional information D2 includes tenant position information and attribute information in the facility 100 to which the communication system 10 is applied. In other words, the additional information D2 includes location information of the transmitter 40 (here, the tenant to which the transmitter 40 is attached) in the facility 100. Of course, as long as the user 1 of the communication system 10 allows, the additional information D2 may include the position information and attribute information of the user 1.

  In the present embodiment, the output unit 332 outputs the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 to the map server 60 via a network such as the Internet. The map server 60 stores, for example, an electronic map created by a geographic information system (GIS) as map information D3 (see FIGS. 6 and 7). The map server 60 is used in a service that provides the map information D3 free of charge or through a network such as the Google map (registered trademark), for example. In the present embodiment, there are a plurality of facilities 100 to which the communication system 10 is applied, and the map server 60 stores facility information D1 and additional information D2 for each of the plurality of facilities 100. In the present embodiment, the map information D3 is satellite image data captured by an artificial satellite as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, but map data representing buildings, roads, and the like in a three-dimensional manner on a plane. It may be. Further, the map information D3 may be map data that represents buildings, roads, and the like in a plane.

  The map server 60 outputs the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 to the information terminal 70 in response to a request from the information terminal 70. For example, it is assumed that the user searches for a destination (for example, a store that he / she wants to visit) using an application that cooperates with the map server 60 (hereinafter also referred to as “map application”) on the information terminal 70. In this case, the information terminal 70 requests the map server 60 for map information D3 representing the position of the facility 100 including the destination. In response to a request from the information terminal 70, the map server 60 outputs map information D3 representing the location of the facility 100 to the information terminal 70, and the facility information D1 and additional information D2 associated with the facility 100 exist. For example, the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 are also output to the information terminal 70. For example, when the information terminal 70 displays a map around the current location of the information terminal 70, the information terminal 70 requests the map server 60 for map information D3 around the current location. The map server 60 outputs map information D3 around the current location of the information terminal 70 to the information terminal 70 in response to a request from the information terminal 70. At this time, if the facility 100 exists in the area represented by the map information D3, and the facility information D1 and additional information D2 of the facility 100 exist, the map server 60 also stores the facility information D1 and additional information D2. Output to the terminal 70. That is, in the present embodiment, the output unit 332 stores the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 of the facility 100 in the map server 60, thereby indirectly adding the facility information D1 and the additional information to the information terminal 70 via the map server 60. Information D2 is output.

  The facility control unit 333 operates the facility 50 provided in the facility 100 in conjunction with the location information of the transmitter 40 acquired by the acquisition unit 331. For example, the facility control unit 333 uses the brightness of the lighting fixture 51 installed in the first area including the current position of the transmitter 40 in the room 101 as the illumination installed in the second area other than the first area in the room 101. The individual lighting fixtures 51 are controlled so as to be brighter than the brightness of the fixtures 51. Further, for example, the facility control unit 333 controls the air conditioner so that the control amount of the air conditioner in the first region in the room 101 is lower than the control amount of the air conditioner in the second region in the room 101.

  The information terminal 70 includes a communication unit 71, a control unit 72, and a display unit 73.

  The communication unit 71 can be connected to a network such as the Internet, for example, and has a communication function for performing wireless communication with the map server 60 through the network. The communication unit 71 is a communication interface that can be connected to a network through, for example, a mobile phone network (carrier network) provided by a communication carrier. Examples of the mobile phone network include a 3G (third generation) line and an LTE (Long Term Evolution) line. In addition, the communication unit 71 may perform wireless communication with the map server 60 by a wireless communication method based on a standard such as WiFi (registered trademark).

  The control unit 72 is configured by, for example, a microcomputer having a processor and a memory. That is, the control unit 72 is realized by a computer system having a processor and a memory. Then, the computer system functions as the control unit 72 by the processor executing an appropriate program. The program including the control program may be recorded in advance in the storage unit 32, or may be provided by being recorded through a telecommunication line such as the Internet or in a non-temporary recording medium such as a memory card.

  In this embodiment, the control part 72 will start a map application, if the input which starts the above-mentioned map application is received. In the map application, for example, when the user searches for a destination, the control unit 72 causes the communication unit 71 to transmit a request signal for requesting the map server 60 for map information D3 indicating the location of the facility 100 including the destination. . In the map application, for example, when the user receives an input for displaying the current location, the control unit 72 causes the communication unit 71 to transmit a request signal for requesting the map server 60 for map information D3 around the current location. . In any of the above cases, when the communication unit 71 receives the map information D3 from the map server 60, the control unit 72 causes the display unit 73 to display the received map information D3. That is, the information terminal 70 is configured to display the map information D3 representing the location of the facility 100 on the display unit 73.

  Here, when the communication unit 71 receives the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 of the facility 100 from the map server 60, the control unit 72 superimposes the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 on the map information D3, and displays the display unit 73. To display. As already described, the facility information D1 (BIM data) includes information on the latitude / longitude of the reference position of the facility 100 and information on the orientation of the facility 100. Therefore, the control unit 72 displays the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 superimposed on the map information D3 so that the latitude / longitude of the facility 100 in the map information D3 matches the latitude / longitude in the facility information D1. It is possible to display on the unit 73. That is, the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 are linked to the map information D3.

  The display of the map information D3 and the display of the facility information D1 (BIM data) and the additional information D2 are both possible using software capable of executing a program described in a program language such as Java (registered trademark). is there. For example, if the web browser is compatible with WebGL (Web Graphics Library), the three-dimensional data of the facility 100 can be displayed on the display unit 73.

  The display unit 73 is a thin display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display. In this embodiment, the display part 73 comprises the touch panel with the touchpad installed in the display surface. That is, in the present embodiment, the display unit 73 also serves as an input device that receives a user operation. Of course, the input device is not limited to a touch panel, and may be a keyboard, a pointing device, a mechanical switch, or the like.

(3) Operation Hereinafter, an example of the operation of the communication system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Below, it demonstrates focusing on one facility 100 of the some facilities 100 with which the communication system 10 is applied. First, the output unit 332 of the communication system 10 outputs the facility information D1 and additional information D2 of the facility 100 stored in the storage unit 32 to the map server 60 (S1). For example, the output unit 332 may periodically output the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 to the map server 60, or the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 may be triggered by an operation by the administrator of the communication system 10. May be output. In addition, the output unit 332 may output the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 to the map server 60 when at least one of the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 is changed.

  Upon receiving the facility information D1 and additional information D2 from the communication system 10, the map server 60 stores the received facility information D1 and additional information D2 in association with the facility 100 to which the transmission source communication system 10 is applied. (S2).

  Next, when the user of the information terminal 70 (here, the public) operates the information terminal 70, the map application is activated (S3). Here, it is assumed that the facility 100 does not exist around the user of the information terminal 70 when the map application is activated. When the user searches for a destination using the map application, the information terminal 70 transmits a request signal to the map server 60. The map server 60 that has received the request signal transmits map information D3 indicating the location of the facility 100 including the destination, facility information D1 and additional information D2 of the facility 100 to the information terminal 70. Upon receiving these pieces of information, the information terminal 70 superimposes the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 on the map information D3 and displays the information on the display unit 73 (S4).

  For example, when the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 of the facility 100 including the destination do not exist, only the map information D3 around the facility 100 including the destination is displayed on the display unit 73 as illustrated in FIG. On the other hand, when the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 of the facility 100 including the destination exist, as shown in FIG. 7, the map information D3 around the facility 100 including the destination is displayed as the facility information D1 of 3 of the facility 100. Dimension data is displayed overlaid. Furthermore, on the three-dimensional data of the facility 100, a mark (a circle in FIG. 7) indicating the destination position in the facility 100 is displayed as additional information D2 in an overlapping manner.

  At this time, the information terminal 70 may display the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 on the display unit 73 at a time, in a stepwise manner according to a user operation. That is, at least one of the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 may change the content output to the information terminal 70 in response to a request from the information terminal 70. For example, when the user performs an operation such as touching the three-dimensional data of the facility 100 shown in FIG. 7, the information terminal 70 displays a plan view showing the floor with the destination on the display unit 73 as shown in FIG. 8. It may be displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 8, a dot is added to the destination as the additional information D2. In the example shown in FIG. 8, information regarding the destination is displayed in the window D21 as the additional information D2. For example, if the destination is a store, the information about the destination includes an overview of the store, information on main products handled by the store, a link to the homepage of the store, and the like.

  When the link of the store homepage is displayed on the display unit 73 as the additional information D2, the user can access the store homepage by selecting this link. That is, the additional information D2 includes information accessible to the user of the information terminal 70.

  Thereafter, when the user of the information terminal 70 moves, the information terminal 70 reaches the facility 100, or the information terminal 70 reaches a place where it can communicate with the communication system 10 applied to the facility 100 (S5). . Then, the information terminal 70 switches from communication with the map server 60 to communication with the communication system 10 and transmits a request signal for requesting the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 of the facility 100 to the communication system 10. The communication system 10 that has received the request signal transmits the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 of the facility 100 to the information terminal 70. Upon receiving these pieces of information, the information terminal 70 displays the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 on the display unit 73 (S6). For example, the display unit 73 displays three-dimensional data representing the inside of the facility 100 as the facility information D1, and a mark representing the position of the destination as the additional information D2. That is, in this case, the map information D3 from the map server 60 may not be displayed on the display unit 73.

  Hereinafter, the advantages of the communication system 10 of the present embodiment will be described with a comparison with the communication system of the comparative example. The communication system of the comparative example is different from the communication system 10 of the present embodiment in that the output unit 332 is not provided. In the communication system of the comparative example, the information owned by the communication system of the comparative example cannot be used by the public. That is, in the communication system of the comparative example, only a person (user) permitted to access the communication system of the comparative example can use information owned by the communication system of the comparative example. Further, in the communication system of the comparative example, information is not output outside the facility, so even if the user is outside the facility, the information owned by the communication system of the comparative example cannot be used.

  On the other hand, in the communication system 10 of the present embodiment, the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 owned by the communication system 10 applied to the facility 100 can be output to the information terminal 70. That is, in this embodiment, since the information owned by the communication system 10 can be output outside the facility 100, the public using the information terminal 70 uses the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 owned by the communication system 10. can do. Therefore, the communication system 10 of this embodiment can be used by users other than the user of the information terminal 70 (here, the public), in other words, users other than the user of the transmitter 40, regardless of inside or outside the facility 100. There is. Furthermore, in this embodiment, there is an advantage that the user (user 1) who owns the transmitter 40 can use information owned by the communication system 10 even outside the facility 100.

  Moreover, in the communication system 10 of this embodiment, there exists an advantage that the user of the information terminal 70 can grasp | ascertain the facility information D1 and additional information D2 which cannot be known only by map information D3. For example, when the additional information D2 includes the position information of the transmitter 40 in the facility 100 (here, assumed to be linked to the store), there are the following advantages. That is, when the user of the information terminal 70 searches for a store, it is possible to know the position of the facility 100 where the store is located by looking at the map information D3, but visually grasps the location of the store in the facility 100. It ’s difficult. On the other hand, in this embodiment, when the user of the information terminal 70 searches for an arbitrary store, the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 can be viewed, so that not only the location of the facility 100 where the store is located but also the facility 100 It is possible to visually grasp the position of the store.

(4) Modifications The above-described embodiment is merely one of various embodiments of the present disclosure. The above-described embodiment can be variously changed according to the design or the like as long as the object of the present disclosure can be achieved. The functions similar to those of the information terminal 70 may be embodied by a display method, a computer program, or a non-transitory recording medium that records the computer program.

  The display method according to one aspect requests the communication system 10 to transmit facility information D1 and additional information D2. In this display method, when the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 transmitted from the communication system 10 are received, the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 are displayed on the display unit 73.

  The program according to one aspect is a program for causing a computer system to execute a request process and a display process. The request process is a process for requesting the communication system 10 to transmit the facility information D1 and the additional information D2. The display process is a process of displaying the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 on the display unit 73 when the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 transmitted from the communication system 10 are received.

  Hereinafter, modifications of the above-described embodiment will be listed. The modifications described below can be applied in appropriate combinations.

  The communication system 10 in the present disclosure includes a computer system in the acquisition unit 331, the output unit 332, and the like, for example. The computer system mainly includes a processor and a memory as hardware. Functions of the acquisition unit 331, the output unit 332, and the like according to the present disclosure are realized by the processor executing a program recorded in the memory of the computer system. The program may be recorded in advance in a memory of a computer system, may be provided through a telecommunication line, or recorded in a non-transitory recording medium such as a memory card, an optical disk, or a hard disk drive that can be read by the computer system. May be provided. A processor of a computer system includes one or more electronic circuits including a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) or a large scale integrated circuit (LSI). The plurality of electronic circuits may be integrated on one chip, or may be distributed on the plurality of chips. The plurality of chips may be integrated into one device, or may be distributed and provided in a plurality of devices.

  In the above-described embodiment, the entire system including the communication system 10 includes the receiver 20, the server 30, and the facility 50, but the receiver 20 and the facility 50 are not essential components for the communication system 10. . That is, the receiver 20 and the facility 50 may not be included in the components of the communication system 10.

  Further, the communication system 10 is realized by the server 30, but the configuration is not limited to this, and any one of the receivers 20 may have the function of the server 30. For example, the functions of the communication unit 31, the acquisition unit 331, and the output unit 332 may be integrated into any one of the receivers 20. In this case, the server 30 can be omitted.

  Further, at least one function of the acquisition unit 331 and the output unit 332 may be distributed and provided in two or more systems. In addition, the functions of the acquisition unit 331 and the output unit 332 may be distributed and provided in a plurality of devices. In addition, at least some of the functions of the acquisition unit 331 and the output unit 332 may be realized by, for example, cloud (cloud computing).

  In the above-described embodiment, the information terminal 70 requests facility information D1 and additional information D2 from the map server 60 when the user searches for a destination using the map application. Absent. For example, when the user displays a map around the current location on the display unit 73 without searching for a destination by using the map application, the information terminal 70 is in the facility when the information terminal 70 reaches the vicinity of the facility 100. The information D1 and the additional information D2 may be requested from the map server 60. In other words, the output unit 332 outputs the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 to the information terminal 70 when the distance between the information terminal 70 (mobile terminal) and the facility 100 falls below a threshold (for example, several tens of meters). May be. That is, the information terminal 70 may download and cache the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 from the map server 60 in advance, or may download the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 when approaching the facility 100. .

  For example, when the user is browsing the map information D3 with the map application, the scale of the map information D3 may be changed by the user's operation. In this case, when the area of the facility 100 displayed on the display unit 73 exceeds a certain ratio with respect to the entire area of the display unit 73, the information terminal 70 displays the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 on the display unit 73. May be displayed. For example, it is assumed that the map information D3 including the facility 100 is displayed on the display unit 73. At this time, when the scale of the map information D3 is increased by the user operating the information terminal 70, the area of the facility 100 displayed on the display unit 73 is increased. When the area of the facility 100 exceeds a certain ratio with respect to the entire area of the display unit 73, the information terminal 70 displays the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 superimposed on the position of the facility 100 in the map information D3. Display on the unit 73.

  In the above-described embodiment, the information terminal 70 displays the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 on the display unit 73 when the user searches for a destination using the map application. However, the information terminal 70 is not limited to this. For example, the information terminal 70 displays only the map information D3 on the display unit 73 until reaching the vicinity of the facility 100, and displays the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 in addition to the map information D3 when reaching the vicinity of the facility 100. You may display on the part 73.

  In the above-described embodiment, the information terminal 70 displays the map information D3, the facility information D1, and the additional information D2 on the display unit 73 when the user searches for a destination using the map application. It is not intended to be limited to. For example, the information terminal 70 may display only the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 on the display unit 73 when the user searches for a destination using the map application. In this case, the user of the information terminal 70 can know the outline of the facility 100 including the destination by browsing the facility information D1 and the additional information D2. In this case, as the facility information D1, the entire facility 100 may be displayed on the display unit 73, or only the floor with the destination in the facility 100 may be displayed on the display unit 73. In this case, the facility information D1 may not include information on the latitude and longitude of the reference position of the facility 100 and information on the direction of the facility 100.

  In the above-described embodiment, the information terminal 70 may request only the additional information D2 periodically or in real time after requesting the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 to the map server 60 (or the communication system 10). Good. In other words, the output unit 332 may transmit transmitter information that changes in real time at the facility 100 to the information terminal 70 as the additional information D2. The transmitter information that changes in real time includes, for example, the congestion status of the restaurant when the transmitter 40 is linked to the restaurant, or the use status of the conference room when the transmitter 40 is linked to the conference room. is there. In this case, the user of the information terminal 70 can browse the restaurant congestion status or the conference room usage status in real time as additional information D2 by searching for a restaurant or conference room in the facility 100 as a destination, for example. Is possible.

  In the above-described embodiment, the information terminal 70 downloads the facility information D1, the additional information D2, and the map information D3 stored in the map server 60, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 may be stored in a dedicated server different from the map server 60. In this case, the output unit 332 outputs the facility information D1 and the additional information D2 to the dedicated server. In this case, the information terminal 70 may display the map information D3 downloaded from the map server 60, the facility information D1 downloaded from the dedicated server, and the additional information D2 on the display unit 73 in combination.

  In the above-described embodiment, the additional information D2 includes the position information and attribute information of the transmitter 40, but may include only one of the information.

  In the above-described embodiment, the user of the information terminal 70 is assumed to be the public, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the user of the information terminal 70 may be a user other than a person such as a robot. In this case, the information terminal 70 may be incorporated in the robot as one of the components of the robot.

  As an example, a method of using the communication system 10 when the automatic delivery robot is a user of the information terminal 70 will be described below. For example, consider a case where a delivery company that owns an automatic delivery robot dispatches an automatic delivery robot loaded with a delivery object to a delivery destination address. Here, when the above-described communication system 10 is not used, an employee of the delivery company uses the car navigation system built in the automatic delivery robot or the global positioning system such as GPS, so that the automatic delivery robot is delivered to the delivery destination. It is possible to move to the address. However, in this case, since the facility information at the address of the delivery destination is not included, it is difficult to move the automatic delivery robot to the building of the delivery destination.

  On the other hand, when using the communication system 10 described above, an employee of a delivery company can use facility information D1 and additional information D2 of a facility at a delivery address. Therefore, if the employee of the delivery company is permitted to move the automatic delivery robot in the facility, for example, the employee of the delivery company can move the automatic delivery robot to the position of the client in the facility.

(Summary)
As described above, the communication system (10) according to the first aspect includes the communication unit (31), the acquisition unit (331), and the output unit (332). The communication unit (31) is provided in the facility (100) and communicates with a transmitter (40) that transmits a radio signal. The acquisition unit (331) acquires transmitter information regarding the transmitter (40) based on the radio signal received by the communication unit (31) from the transmitter (40). The output unit (332) includes facility information (D1) including at least a part of the three-dimensional data representing the structure of the facility (100), transmitter information acquired by the acquisition unit (331), and facility information (D1). ) And additional information (D2) added to the information terminal (70).

  According to this aspect, there is an advantage that it can be used by users (here, the public) other than the user of the transmitter (40) regardless of inside or outside the facility (100).

  In the communication system (10) according to the second aspect, in the first aspect, the additional information (D2) includes position information of the transmitter (40) in the facility (100).

  According to this aspect, even when the user of the information terminal (70) is outside the facility (100), the position of the transmitter (40) in the facility (100) (for example, the position of the tenant) is grasped. There is an advantage that becomes possible.

  In the communication system (10) according to the third aspect, in the first or second aspect, at least one of the facility information (D1) and the additional information (D2) is in response to a request from the information terminal (70). The content output to the information terminal (70) changes.

  According to this aspect, there is an advantage that the user of the information terminal (70) can select the contents of the facility information (D1) and / or the additional information (D2) to be browsed.

  In the communication system (10) according to the fourth aspect, in any of the first to third aspects, the information terminal (70) displays the map information (D3) indicating the position of the facility (100) on the display unit (73 ). Facility information (D1) and additional information (D2) are linked to map information (D3).

  According to this aspect, when the user of the information terminal (70) includes the location of the facility (100) in the map information (D3), the facility (100) cannot be obtained only by the map information (D3). There is an advantage that information can be grasped.

  In the communication system (10) according to the fifth aspect, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the additional information (D2) includes information accessible to the user of the information terminal (70). .

  According to this aspect, there is an advantage that the user of the information terminal (70) can grasp more detailed information regarding the facility (100) from the additional information (D2).

  In the communication system (10) according to the sixth aspect, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, the information terminal (70) is a portable portable terminal. An output part (332) will output facility information (D1) and additional information (D2) to a portable terminal, if the distance between a portable terminal and a facility (100) is less than a threshold value.

  According to this aspect, for example, when the user of the mobile terminal moves while displaying the map information (D3) around the current location, the user can grasp information about the facility (100) without searching for the facility (100). There is an advantage that it becomes possible.

  In the communication system (10) according to the seventh aspect, in any one of the first to sixth aspects, the output unit (332) transmits the additional information (D2) in real time at the facility (100). The machine information is transmitted to the information terminal (70).

  According to this aspect, there is an advantage that the user of the information terminal (70) can grasp information changing in real time at the facility (100).

  The display method according to the eighth aspect requests the communication system (10) to transmit facility information (D1) and additional information (D2). In this display method, when the facility information (D1) and the additional information (D2) transmitted from the communication system (10) are received, the facility information (D1) and the additional information (D2) are displayed on the display unit (73).

  According to this aspect, there is an advantage that it can be used by users (here, the public) other than the user of the transmitter (40) regardless of inside or outside the facility (100).

  The program according to the ninth aspect is a program for causing a computer system to execute a request process and a display process. The request process is a process for requesting the communication system (10) to transmit the facility information (D1) and the additional information (D2). The display process is a process of displaying the facility information (D1) and the additional information (D2) on the display unit (73) when the facility information (D1) and the additional information (D2) transmitted from the communication system (10) are received. is there.

  According to this aspect, there is an advantage that it can be used by users (here, the public) other than the user of the transmitter (40) regardless of inside or outside the facility (100).

  The various configurations (including modifications) of the communication system (10) according to the embodiment are not limited to the above-described embodiments, but include a communication method, a communication program executed by a computer system, a non-temporary recording medium on which the communication program is recorded, and the like. Can be realized.

  About the structure which concerns on a 2nd-7th aspect, it is not a structure essential to a communication system (10), and can be abbreviate | omitted suitably.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Communication system 31 Communication part 331 Acquisition part 332 Output part 40 Transmitter 70 Information terminal (portable terminal)
73 Display unit 100 Facility D1 Facility information D2 Additional information

Claims (9)

A communication unit provided in the facility for communicating with a transmitter for transmitting a radio signal;
Based on the radio signal received by the communication unit from the transmitter, an acquisition unit that acquires transmitter information about the transmitter;
The facility information including at least a part of the three-dimensional data representing the structure of the facility and the additional information added to the facility information that is the transmitter information acquired by the acquisition unit are output to the information terminal. An output unit,
Communications system. The additional information includes position information of the transmitter in the facility.
The communication system according to claim 1. At least one of the facility information and the additional information changes in content to be output to the information terminal in response to a request from the information terminal.
The communication system according to claim 1 or 2. The information terminal is configured to display map information representing the location of the facility on a display unit,
The facility information and the additional information are linked to the map information.
The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The additional information includes information accessible to a user of the information terminal.
The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The information terminal is a portable mobile terminal,
When the distance between the portable terminal and the facility falls below a threshold, the output unit outputs the facility information and the additional information to the portable terminal.
The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The output unit transmits the transmitter information that changes in real time at the facility to the information terminal as the additional information.
The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. Requesting the communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 7 to transmit the facility information and the additional information,
When the facility information and the additional information transmitted from the communication system are received, the facility information and the additional information are displayed on a display unit. Computer system,
Request processing for requesting transmission of the facility information and the additional information to the communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Upon receiving the facility information and the additional information transmitted from the communication system, a display process for displaying the facility information and the additional information on a display unit is executed.
program.