JP2020012820A - Facility information provision system, facility information provision method, and facility information provision program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information provision system, an information provision method and an information provision program that are capable of providing occupants on board a vehicle with information on facilities suited to driving conditions of the vehicle.SOLUTION: A facility information provision system 100 comprises: a current position acquisition unit 111 to acquire a current position of a vehicle; a travel information acquisition unit 112 to acquire a travel distance or travel time of the vehicle; and a facility information provision unit 115 to provide occupants of the vehicle with information on facilities included in a certain range AR2 based on an extended line C2 obtained by extending a straight line C1 connecting a travel start location S1, from which the vehicle starts traveling, and a current position P1, which is acquired by the current position acquisition unit 111, when the travel distance or the travel time acquired by the travel information acquisition unit 112 has reached or exceeded a certain preset value.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility information providing system, a facility information providing method, and a facility information providing program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique has been proposed in which, when a driving time of a vehicle by a driver exceeds a predetermined time, rest information of a rest facility or the like corresponding to a current position is provided to the driver (for example, see Patent Document 1). .

JP 2018-59940 A

  However, according to the conventional technology, when the driving time exceeds a predetermined time, the information of the rest facility is provided based on the current position of the vehicle and the position of the rest facility. It will be limited. For example, when the driving time exceeds a predetermined time while traveling on the expressway, information on the service area and the parking area of the expressway is provided. As described above, in the related art, it is difficult to provide appropriate driver information to the driver according to the driving situation of the vehicle.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a facility information providing system, a facility information providing method, and a facility information providing program capable of providing appropriate facility information according to the driving situation of a vehicle to a passenger on board the vehicle. It is in.

  The facility information providing system according to the present invention is a current position acquisition unit that acquires a current position of the vehicle, a travel information acquisition unit that acquires a travel distance or a travel time of the vehicle, and the travel information acquisition unit that acquires the travel information. When the traveling distance or the traveling time becomes equal to or more than a predetermined value set in advance, an extension line extending a straight line passing from the position at which the vehicle starts traveling to the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit. And a facility information providing unit that provides information on facilities included in the first predetermined range based on the information to the passengers of the vehicle.

  In the facility information providing method according to the present invention, the current position of the vehicle is acquired, the traveling distance or the traveling time of the vehicle is acquired, and when the traveling distance or the traveling time is equal to or more than a predetermined value set in advance. And providing, to the occupant of the vehicle, information on facilities included in a first predetermined range based on an extension of a straight line passing through the current position from a position at which the vehicle starts running.

  The facility information providing program according to the present invention includes a step of acquiring a current position of the vehicle, a step of acquiring a traveling distance or a traveling time of the vehicle, and a step of acquiring the traveling distance or the traveling time to a predetermined value or more. Providing a facility information included in a first predetermined range based on an extension of a straight line passing through the current position from a position at which the vehicle starts running, to a occupant of the vehicle; Is a facility information providing program for causing a computer to execute.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to provide the information of the appropriate facility according to the driving | running state of a vehicle to the passenger boarding a vehicle.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a facility information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of facility information used in the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of travel information used in the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of a facility information providing process of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of a facility information providing process of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of facility information used in the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the facility information providing device of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the facility information providing device of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of attribute information used in the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a predetermined range of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings to provide an understanding of the present invention. The following embodiments are examples embodying the present invention, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

  The facility information providing system according to the present invention provides a passenger boarding a vehicle to a facility such as a restaurant, a retail store, a rest area (a hotel, etc.), an amusement arcade, etc., based on traveling information corresponding to a driving situation of the vehicle. It is a system that provides information. The passenger includes a driver who drives the vehicle and a passenger who rides on the vehicle. Hereinafter, “restaurants” and “resting places” will be described as examples of facilities according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a facility information providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a facility information providing device 1 and a passenger terminal 2 carried by a vehicle occupant. The facility information providing system 100 may include one passenger terminal 2 or may include a plurality of passenger terminals 2. In addition, each of the plurality of passenger terminals 2 may be owned by each of a plurality of passengers who board (join) the same vehicle, or may be owned by each of a plurality of passengers who board different vehicles. It may be something. Hereinafter, one passenger terminal 2 will be described as an example.

  The facility information providing device 1 and the passenger terminal 2 can communicate via a communication network N1 such as the Internet, a LAN, a WAN, or a public telephone line.

  Here, an example of an application scene of the facility information providing system 100 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a map displayed on the operation display unit 23 of the passenger terminal 2. In FIG. 2, reference symbol S1 indicates a position where the vehicle has started traveling (traveling start point), reference symbol P1 indicates a current position (current position) of the vehicle, and reference symbol C1 passes from the traveling start point S1 to the current position P1. A straight line C1 is shown, a symbol C2 shows an extension of the straight line C1, and a symbol AR1 shows a predetermined range based on the extension C2. The predetermined range AR1 may be a range around the extension line C2 or a range on the extension line C2. In addition, in FIG. 2, reference sign A indicates a restaurant, and reference sign X indicates a resting place. The predetermined range AR1 is an example of a first predetermined range of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the predetermined range AR1 is displayed on the operation display unit 23 for convenience of description, but the predetermined range AR1 may not be displayed on the operation display unit 23.

  Specifically, for example, the facility information providing system 100 includes the vehicle in the predetermined range AR1 when a predetermined time (for example, three hours) has elapsed since the driver started driving the vehicle at the driving start point S1 at 6:00. The information of the restaurant A and the resting place X which are facilities to be provided is provided to the driver. For example, information such as the location and appearance of the restaurant A and the resting place X is displayed on a map displayed on the passenger terminal 2 of the driver. As shown in FIG. 3, when the traveling direction of the vehicle changes (for example, a right turn), the predetermined range AR1 changes to the predetermined range AR2, and the restaurants B, C, D, and the rest area Y included in the predetermined range AR2. Is displayed on the map. The predetermined range AR2 is an example of a first predetermined range of the present invention.

  Further, the facility information providing system 100 may provide the driver with information on facilities that are open at the current time (for example, “11:30”) among the facilities included in the predetermined range. On the way to the destination, the driver who has acquired the information of the facility stops at the facility based on the information to eat, drink, or take a break.

  Next, a specific configuration of the facility information providing system 100 will be described.

[Passenger terminal 2]
As shown in FIG. 1, the passenger terminal 2 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, an operation display unit 23, a communication I / F 24, a GPS receiving unit 25 (GPS: Global Positioning System, registered trademark), and the like. The passenger terminal 2 is a portable terminal carried by a passenger (driver, passenger) riding in the vehicle, and is an information processing device such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, or a tablet terminal.

  The GPS receiver 25 receives signals (GPS signals) transmitted from a plurality of GPS satellites (not shown) via an antenna (not shown), and receives positioning data (latitude) indicating the position of the passenger terminal 2. , Longitude, altitude) and the current time.

  The communication I / F 24 connects the passenger terminal 2 to a communication network N1 by wire or wirelessly, and performs data communication with an external device such as the facility information providing device 1 via the communication network N1 according to a predetermined communication protocol. Is a communication interface for executing.

  The operation display unit 23 is a user interface including a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays various information, and an operation unit such as a mouse, a keyboard, or a touch panel that receives an operation.

  The storage unit 22 is a nonvolatile storage unit such as a flash memory for storing various information. For example, the storage unit 22 stores various control programs. The control program is non-temporarily recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a USB, a CD, or a DVD (both are registered trademarks), and is electrically connected to the passenger terminal 2 by a USB drive, a CD drive, or the like. The data is read by a reading device (not shown) such as a DVD drive and stored in the storage unit 22. The control program may be downloaded from an external device via the communication network N1 and stored in the storage unit 22.

  The control unit 21 has control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processing. The ROM is a nonvolatile storage unit in which a control program such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various processes is stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or nonvolatile storage unit for storing various information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (work area) for various processes executed by the CPU. The control unit 21 controls the passenger terminal 2 by executing various control programs stored in the ROM or the storage unit 22 in advance by the CPU.

  Specifically, the control unit 21 includes various processing units such as a reception processing unit 211, a current position detection unit 212, and a display processing unit 213. The control unit 21 functions as the various processing units by executing various processes according to the control program by the CPU. Further, a part or all of the processing units included in the control unit 21 may be configured by an electronic circuit. Note that the control program may be a program for causing a plurality of processors to function as the various processing units.

  The reception processing unit 211 acquires operation information operated by the passenger on the operation display unit 23 of the passenger terminal 2. For example, when the passenger performs an operation of instructing the display of a map, an operation of instructing a search for a facility, an operation of setting a destination, and the like, on the setting screen displayed on the operation display unit 23, Then, information corresponding to the operation is acquired. The passenger terminal 2 transmits the information acquired by the reception processing unit 211 to the facility information providing device 1.

  The current position detector 212 detects the current position of the vehicle on which the occupant is riding, based on the positioning data detected by the GPS receiver 25. The passenger terminal 2 transmits the location information including the current location and the current time detected by the current location detection unit 212 to the facility information providing device 1.

  The display processing unit 213 causes the operation display unit 23 to display various information. For example, the display processing unit 213 causes the operation display unit 23 to display a map around the current position of the vehicle on which the passenger is boarding, based on the map data obtained from the facility information providing device 1. In addition, the display processing unit 213 displays information such as the location and appearance of the facility on the map based on the facility information on the predetermined facility acquired from the facility information providing device 1. Note that the display processing unit 213 may display only the facility information without displaying the map. The display processing unit 213 causes the operation display unit 23 to display various setting screens operated by the passenger.

[Facility information providing device 1]
As shown in FIG. 1, the facility information providing device 1 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, an operation display unit 13, a communication I / F 14, and the like. The facility information providing device 1 is an information processing device such as a personal computer, for example. The facility information providing device 1 may be mounted on a vehicle or may be installed outside the vehicle. The facility information providing apparatus 1 is not limited to one computer, and may be a computer system in which a plurality of computers operate in cooperation. In addition, various processes executed by the facility information providing device 1 may be executed in a distributed manner by one or more processors.

  The communication I / F 14 connects the facility information providing apparatus 1 to a communication network N1 by wire or wirelessly, and performs data communication with an external device such as the passenger terminal 2 via the communication network N1 according to a predetermined communication protocol. Is a communication interface for executing.

  The operation display unit 13 is a user interface that includes a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays various types of information, and an operation unit such as a mouse, a keyboard, or a touch panel that receives an operation.

  The storage unit 12 is a non-volatile storage unit including a semiconductor memory that stores various types of information, a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), and the like. For example, the storage unit 12 stores a control program such as a facility information providing program for causing the control unit 11 to execute a facility information providing process described later (see FIG. 6). For example, the facility information providing program is non-temporarily recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a USB, a CD, or a DVD (both are registered trademarks), and is electrically connected to the facility information providing apparatus 1. The data is read by a reading device (not shown) such as a USB drive, a CD drive, or a DVD drive and stored in the storage unit 12. The facility information providing program may be downloaded from an external device via the communication network N1 and stored in the storage unit 12.

  The storage unit 12 also includes a map information database 121 (hereinafter, referred to as a map information DB 121), a facility information database 122 (hereinafter, referred to as a facility information DB 122), and a travel information database 123 (hereinafter, referred to as a travel information DB 123). Is included. The map information DB 121 stores map information such as road data on roads, intersection data on intersections, facility data on the location and appearance (shape and the like) of facilities, and search data on route search.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the facility information DB 122. The facility information DB 122 stores facility information such as the type and name of the facility, business hours indicating the time zone in which the facility can be used, and the address (contact address). FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the travel information DB 123. The travel information DB 123 includes identification information of the vehicle, a travel start time, a travel start point, a travel time (driving time) indicating a time from the travel start time to the current time, and a travel distance indicating a distance from the travel start point to the current position. Travel information such as (driving distance) is stored. The travel information DB 123 is updated as needed with the passage of time. At least one of the map information DB 121, the facility information DB 122, and the travel information DB 123 may be stored in a data server (not shown) installed outside the facility information providing device 1. The data server may be configured by one physical server, or may be configured by a cloud server configured by a plurality of physical servers.

  The control unit 11 has control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processing. The ROM is a nonvolatile storage unit in which a control program such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various arithmetic processes is stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or nonvolatile storage unit for storing various information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (work area) for various processes executed by the CPU. The control unit 11 controls the facility information providing apparatus 1 by executing various control programs stored in the ROM or the storage unit 12 in advance by the CPU.

  Specifically, the control unit 11 includes various processing units such as a current position acquisition unit 111, a traveling information acquisition unit 112, a determination processing unit 113, a facility search processing unit 114, and a facility information providing unit 115. The control unit 11 functions as the various processing units by executing various processes according to the facility information providing program by the CPU. Further, a part or all of the processing units included in the control unit 11 may be configured by an electronic circuit. The facility information providing program may be a program for causing a plurality of processors to function as the various processing units.

  The current position acquisition unit 111 acquires the current position of the vehicle at the current time based on the position information received from the passenger terminal 2. The current position acquisition section 111 is an example of the current position acquisition section of the present invention.

  The traveling information acquisition unit 112 acquires a traveling start time, a traveling start point, a traveling time, and a traveling distance for each vehicle based on the information on the current time and the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit 111. The traveling information acquisition unit 112 stores the traveling information including the acquired traveling start time, traveling start point, traveling time, and traveling distance in the traveling information DB 123 (see FIG. 5). For example, the traveling information acquisition unit 112 acquires the traveling time by calculating the time from the traveling start time to the current time. Note that, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the vehicle stopped, the traveling information acquisition unit 112 may subtract the time from the traveling start time to the time at which traveling is restarted from the traveling time. The traveling information acquisition unit 112 is an example of the traveling information acquisition unit and the current time acquisition unit of the present invention.

  The determination processing unit 113 determines whether the traveling time acquired by the traveling information acquiring unit 112 is equal to or longer than a predetermined time (threshold). The determination processing unit 113 determines whether the traveling distance acquired by the traveling information acquisition unit 112 is equal to or more than a predetermined distance (threshold). The predetermined time and the predetermined distance are each an example of the predetermined value of the present invention.

  The facility search processing unit 114 searches for a facility to provide information to the passenger. For example, the facility search processing unit 114 searches for facilities included (located) in a predetermined range AR1 around an extension C2 extending from a straight line C1 extending from the traveling start point S1 to the current position P1. Further, for example, the facility search processing unit 114 may search for a facility that is open at the current time among a plurality of facilities included in the predetermined range AR1. The facility search processing unit 114 determines, for each of a plurality of facilities registered in the facility information DB 122, whether or not to determine a facility to be provided with information.

  The facility information providing unit 115 provides the facility information on the facility searched by the facility search processing unit 114 to the passenger. For example, the facility information providing unit 115 transmits the facility information including the information included in the facility information DB 122 and the facility data included in the map information DB 121 to the passenger terminal 2 for the facility determined by the facility search processing unit 114. I do. That is, the facility information provided to the passenger includes information such as the location and appearance of the facility on a map, the name of the facility, and business hours. The facility information providing unit 115 is an example of the facility information providing unit of the present invention.

  When receiving the facility information from the facility information providing device 1, the passenger terminal 2 displays information such as the location and appearance of the facility on a map displayed on the operation display unit 23. Note that the facility information providing unit 115 may transmit voice data corresponding to the facility information to the passenger terminal 2. When receiving the voice data from the facility information providing device 1, the passenger terminal 2 outputs the facility information to the outside by voice.

[Facility information provision processing]
Hereinafter, the facility information providing process performed by the control unit 11 of the facility information providing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The control unit 11 starts the execution of the facility information providing program in response to an operation of a passenger, for example, an operation of instructing a search for a facility on a setting screen displayed on the passenger terminal 2, thereby executing the facility information providing process. Start running. Note that the facility information providing process may be terminated halfway according to a predetermined operation on the passenger terminal 2.

  The present invention can be considered as an invention of a facility information providing method for executing one or more steps included in the facility information providing process.

  Also, one or more steps included in the facility information providing process described here may be omitted as appropriate. Further, the steps in the facility information providing process may be executed in a different order as long as a similar effect is obtained. Further, a case will be described here as an example where each step in the facility information providing process is executed by the control unit 11, but in another embodiment, each step in the facility information providing process is distributed by a plurality of processors. May be executed.

  In addition, here, the facility information providing process will be described using the above-described application scene as an example.

  In step S11, the control unit 11 (current position acquisition unit 111) acquires the current position of the vehicle at the current time based on the position information received from the passenger terminal 2. For example, the control unit 11 acquires the current position P1 (see FIG. 3) of the vehicle “C0001” at the current time “11:30”.

  In step S12, the control unit 11 (the traveling information acquisition unit 112) determines the traveling time based on the traveling start time (see FIG. 5) and the current time and current position information acquired by the current position acquisition unit 111. get. For example, the control unit 11 acquires the travel time “5 hours 30 minutes” based on the information of the current time “11:30” and the current position P1.

  In step S13, the control unit 11 (the determination processing unit 113) determines whether the travel time acquired by the travel information acquisition unit 112 is equal to or longer than a predetermined time (or equal to or longer than a predetermined distance). If the running time is equal to or longer than the predetermined time (or longer than the predetermined distance) (S13: YES), the process proceeds to step S14, and if the running time is shorter than the predetermined time (or shorter than the predetermined distance) (S13: NO), The process returns to step S11. If the predetermined time is set to 3 hours, the process proceeds to step S14 because the travel time “5 hours 30 minutes” is equal to or longer than the predetermined time.

  In step S14, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) executes a facility search process for searching for a facility to provide information to the passenger. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of a facility search process performed by the control unit 11 of the facility information providing apparatus 1. Here, a facility search process in consideration of the business hours of the facility will be described as an example.

  In step S21 shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) acquires one facility information from a plurality of facility information registered in the facility information DB 122 (see FIG. 4). For example, the control unit 11 acquires information on the restaurant A (business hours, address, etc.).

  In step S22, the control unit 11 (the facility search processing unit 114) determines whether or not the restaurant A is located in a predetermined range AR2 around the extension C2 based on the acquired information on the restaurant A. Here, since the restaurant A (see FIG. 2) is not located in the predetermined range AR2 shown in FIG. 3 (S22: NO), the process proceeds to step S25. In step S25, when there is other facility information registered in the facility information DB 122 (S25: YES), the process returns to step S21.

  Returning to step S21, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) acquires information (business hours, address, etc.) of the restaurant B registered in the facility information DB 122.

  In step S22, the control unit 11 (the facility search processing unit 114) determines whether or not the restaurant B is located in a predetermined range AR2 around the extension line C2 based on the acquired information on the restaurant B. Here, since the restaurant B is located in the predetermined range AR2 (S22: YES), the process proceeds to step S23.

  In step S23, the control unit 11 (the facility search processing unit 114) determines whether or not the current time is within the business hours of the restaurant B based on the acquired information of the restaurant B. Here, since the current time “11:30” is within the business hours of the restaurant B “11:00 to 14:00” (S23: YES), the process proceeds to step S24. If the current time is not within the business hours (S23: NO), the process proceeds to step S25.

  In step S24, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) determines the restaurant B as a facility to be provided with information. Thereafter, the processing shifts to step S25.

  The processing of steps S21 to S25 described above is executed for all facilities included in the facility information DB 122 (see FIG. 4). Thereby, for example, the restaurants B and D and the resting place Y are determined as the facilities to be provided with the information. When the processes in steps S21 to S25 are completed, the process proceeds to step S15 (see FIG. 6).

  In step S15, when there is a facility for which information is to be searched (determined) by the facility search processing unit 114 (S15: YES), the process proceeds to step S16. If there is no facility for which information is to be provided (S15: NO), the process returns to step S11.

  In step S16, the control unit 11 (facility information providing unit 115) provides the passenger with facility information on the facility determined by the facility search processing unit 114. For example, the control unit 11 outputs facility information including information included in the facility information DB 122 and facility data included in the map information DB 121 for the restaurants B and D and the resting place Y determined by the facility search processing unit 114. Transmit to the passenger terminal 2.

  The facility information providing processing is executed as described above. By executing the above-described facility information providing process, the passenger terminal 2 receives the facility information from the facility information providing device 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 21 (display processing unit 213) of the passenger terminal 2 displays the positions and appearances of the restaurants B and D and the resting place Y on a map displayed on the operation display unit 23. Display information about As described above, the facility information providing unit 115 provides the passenger with information on the facilities that are included in the predetermined range and is available at the current time, and outputs the information on the facilities that are not available at the current time to the passenger. Not to provide.

  In the above-described example, the facility search process considering the business hours of the facility has been described. However, the facility search process may be configured not to consider the business hours. That is, in the facility search process, the process of step S23 shown in FIG. 7 may be omitted.

  According to the facility information providing system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, for example, when the driving time of the vehicle is long (or when the traveling distance is long), information for prompting the driver to take a break is provided to the driver. In addition, information on facilities included in a predetermined range based on an extension line C2 obtained by extending a straight line C1 passing through the current position P1 from the traveling start point S1 is provided to the driver. Furthermore, information corresponding to the current time, for example, information on restaurants that are open for lunch if the current time is a lunch time period is provided to the driver. For this reason, the driver can acquire information that can take a meal, a break, etc. on the way to the destination. Therefore, it is possible to provide the passenger with information on the appropriate facility according to the driving situation of the vehicle.

  The facility information providing system 100 may or may not have a route guidance function (navigation function) for guiding a route to a destination. When the facility information providing system 100 has a route guidance function, the facility information providing system 100 provides the passenger with information on facilities that are included in a predetermined range and are located on a route to the destination, for example. Is also good.

  The facility information providing system 100 of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but may be the following embodiment.

  As another embodiment, the facility information providing system 100 may include a configuration in which the passenger selects the type of facility desired for information provision in the passenger terminal 2. For example, when the passenger selects “restaurant” as the desired facility type on the setting screen displayed on the passenger terminal 2, the control unit 11 (the facility search processing unit 114) performs the facility search processing in the above-described example. In (see FIG. 7), restaurants B and D are determined as facilities to which information is to be provided. As a result, the passenger terminal 2 does not display the information of the resting place Y on the map displayed on the operation display unit 23, as shown in FIG. 9, and the positions and appearances of the restaurants B, C, and D. Is displayed. FIG. 9 shows facilities (restaurants B, C, and D) determined by a facility search process that does not consider the business hours of the facility.

  As another embodiment, the facility information providing system 100 is a facility included in the predetermined range AR1 (or the predetermined range AR2), and is located within a predetermined range AR3 from a position where a vehicle is scheduled to arrive at a predetermined time set in advance. And information on the facility available at the predetermined time may be provided to the passenger. The predetermined range AR3 is an example of a second predetermined range of the present invention. For example, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) of the facility information providing apparatus 1 sets the current time to “10:20” when the passenger sets “12:00” as the predetermined time as a time to take a break. In the case of “00”, facilities that are located within a predetermined range AR3 from the position where the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at the predetermined time “12:00” (scheduled arrival position) and are capable of taking a break are designated as facilities for information provision. To decide. The control unit 11 (facility information providing unit 115) provides the passenger with facility information regarding the determined facility. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the passenger terminal 2 includes the position of the restaurant D and the resting place Y included in the predetermined range AR3 corresponding to the position where the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at the predetermined time “12:00”. Information such as the appearance is displayed on a map displayed on the operation display unit 23.

  In the above-described embodiment, a configuration may be adopted in which the passenger does not set the predetermined time. In this configuration, for example, the facility information providing unit 115 calculates a position at which the vehicle will arrive based on the traveling speed of the vehicle, and is located within a predetermined range AR3 from the position, and the time at which the vehicle is to arrive at the position. May be provided to the passenger.

  In another embodiment, the facility information providing system 100 may consider the vacancy rate of the parking lot owned by the facility in the facility search process. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, the facility information DB 122 includes information on the vacancy rate at the current time of the parking lot owned by the facility. The vacancy rate is calculated based on information acquired from, for example, a device (such as a sensor) installed in a parking lot, and is updated as needed. As shown in FIG. 12, the control unit 11 of the facility information providing device 1 includes an empty rate acquisition unit 116 that acquires the empty rate of the facility from the facility information DB 122. The vacancy rate acquisition unit 116 is an example of the vacancy rate acquisition unit of the present invention.

  Specifically, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) of the facility information providing device 1 is a facility included in the predetermined range AR1 (or the predetermined range AR2), and is acquired by the vacancy rate acquisition unit 116. A facility that owns a parking lot with a vacancy rate exceeding a predetermined vacancy rate is determined as a facility to be provided with information. The control unit 11 (facility information providing unit 115) provides the passenger with facility information regarding the determined facility. The previous predetermined empty vehicle rate is set to, for example, 60%. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 13, the occupant terminal 2 displays, on the map displayed on the operation display unit 23, the restaurant C and the resting place Y in which the vacancy rate (see FIG. 11) exceeds 60%. Information such as the position and appearance is displayed.

  In another embodiment, the facility information providing system 100 may consider the attributes of the occupant of the vehicle in the facility search processing. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 14, the storage unit 12 stores an attribute information DB 124. As shown in FIG. 15, the attribute information DB 124 includes information such as vehicle identification information, passenger identification information (driver or passenger), presence / absence of a passenger, age, gender, and family structure. The example illustrated in FIG. 15 illustrates a case where three family members ride on the vehicle “C0001”. The attribute information is registered, for example, by a passenger setting on a setting screen displayed on the passenger terminal 2. As shown in FIG. 14, the control unit 11 of the facility information providing apparatus 1 includes an attribute information acquisition unit 117 that acquires attribute information from the attribute information DB 124. The attribute information acquisition section 117 is an example of the attribute information acquisition section 117 of the present invention.

  Specifically, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) of the facility information providing apparatus 1 is a facility included in the predetermined range AR1 (or the predetermined range AR2), and the boarding acquired by the attribute information acquisition unit 117. The facility selected based on the attribute information of the person is determined as the facility to be provided with the information. For example, when the three passengers belong to the same family as shown in FIG. 15, the control unit 11 determines a restaurant (family restaurant or the like) that is easy to use with the family as a facility to be provided with information. When the driver is a single driver, the control unit 11 determines a restaurant (e.g., a set meal shop) that can be easily used alone as a facility to be provided with information. The control unit 11 may determine a facility to be provided with information based on information such as the age and gender of the passenger. The control unit 11 (facility information providing unit 115) provides the passenger with facility information regarding the determined facility.

  As another embodiment, the control unit 11 (facility information providing unit 115) of the facility information providing apparatus 1 is a facility included in the predetermined range AR1 (or the predetermined range AR2) and is located on a traveling path in the traveling direction of the vehicle. It is good also as a structure which provides the information of the facility which exists along the position to a passenger. Thereby, the information of the facility on the travel path or the facility on the route to the destination is provided to the passenger, so that the passenger can easily drop in at the facility.

  As another embodiment, the control unit 11 (facility information providing unit 115) of the facility information providing apparatus 1 is a facility included in the predetermined range AR1 (or the predetermined range AR2) and used within a predetermined time from the current time. A configuration may be adopted in which information about facilities that can be provided is provided to the passenger, and information about facilities that cannot be used within a predetermined time from the current time is not provided to the passenger. For example, when the current time is “9:00”, information of a restaurant (for example, business hours “11:00 to 14:00”) that can be used within a predetermined time (5 hours) is provided, and the predetermined time is provided. It does not provide information on restaurants (for example, business hours “17:00 to 23:00”) that cannot be used within (5 hours). As a result, it is possible to provide only information on facilities where the passenger may drop in.

  As another embodiment, the control unit 11 (facility information providing unit 115) of the facility information providing apparatus 1 may include information on the facilities provided to the passenger, information on the facilities whose current time has passed the available time zone. May be deleted. For example, when the information shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the operation display unit 23 of the passenger terminal 2 and the current time has passed “14:00”, the facility information providing unit 115 Information on restaurants B and D in C and D and resting place Y is deleted.

  As another embodiment, the control unit 11 (facility information providing unit 115) of the facility information providing apparatus 1 deletes the facility information provided to the passenger when a predetermined time has elapsed since the vehicle stopped running. It is good also as a structure which performs. For example, when the information shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the operation display unit 23 of the passenger terminal 2 and two hours have elapsed since the vehicle stopped running, the facility information providing unit 115 , C, D and resting place Y are deleted. If a predetermined time has elapsed after the vehicle stopped running, it can be considered that the passenger has taken a break, and by deleting the information, the provision of unnecessary information can be suppressed. In addition, when the current time is a lunch time zone and two hours have passed since the vehicle stopped running, only the information of the restaurant that performs lunch business may be deleted.

  As another embodiment, the control unit 21 of the passenger terminal 2 may include one or a plurality of processing units included in the control unit 11 of the facility information providing device 1. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the passenger terminal 2. In FIG. 16, processing units having the same functions as the processing units illustrated in the block diagram illustrated in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Each piece of information stored in the storage unit 22 may be obtained from an external device. Further, for example, the control unit 21 may download the facility information providing program to the storage unit 22 via the Internet and execute the facility information providing process (see FIG. 6).

  Further, as another embodiment, the control unit 11 of the facility information providing device 1 may include one or more processing units included in the control unit 21 of the passenger terminal 2. In this case, the facility information providing device 1 may be a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle.

  In the above embodiments, the predetermined range (predetermined ranges AR1 and AR2) is, for example, a range on the extension line C2, a range around the extension line C2, or an extension line C2 from the current position as shown in FIG. It is a range that extends radially in the direction of extension.

1: Facility information providing device 2: Passenger terminal 11: Control unit 12: Storage unit 13: Operation display unit 14: Communication I / F
21: control unit 22: storage unit 23: operation display unit 24: communication I / F
25: GPS receiving unit 100: Facility information providing system 111: Current position acquiring unit 112: Travel information acquiring unit 113: Judgment processing unit 114: Facility search processing unit 115: Facility information providing unit 116: Unoccupied rate acquiring unit 117: Attribute information Acquisition unit 211: reception processing unit 212: current position detection unit 213: display processing unit AR1: predetermined range AR2: predetermined range AR3: predetermined range C2: extension line P1: current position S1: travel start point

Claims (16)

A current position acquisition unit for acquiring the current position of the vehicle,
Information of facilities included in a first predetermined range based on an extension of a straight line passing through the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit from the position where the vehicle starts running, to the occupant of the vehicle. Facility information providing department to provide,
Facility information providing system equipped with Further comprising a current time acquisition unit for acquiring the current time,
The facility information providing unit provides the passenger with information on the facility that is included in the first predetermined range and is available at the current time acquired by the current time acquisition unit, Does not provide the passenger with information on the facility that is not available at the current time,
The facility information providing system according to claim 1. The facility information providing unit is the facility included in the first predetermined range, and is located within a second predetermined range from a position where the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at a predetermined time set in advance, and is located at the predetermined time. Providing information of the available facilities to the passenger;
The facility information providing system according to claim 2. The facility information providing unit provides the occupant with information on the facility present at a position along a traveling path in the traveling direction of the vehicle, among the plurality of facilities included in the first predetermined range,
The facility information providing system according to claim 1. Further comprising a vacancy rate acquisition unit for acquiring the vacancy rate of the parking lot owned by the facility,
The facility information providing unit is a facility included in the first predetermined range, wherein the vacancy rate acquired by the vacancy rate acquisition unit has information on the facility owning the parking lot that exceeds a predetermined vacancy rate Providing to the passenger,
The facility information providing system according to claim 1. Further comprising an attribute information acquisition unit for acquiring the attribute information of the passenger,
The facility information providing unit is configured to board information of the facility selected from the plurality of facilities included in the first predetermined range based on the passenger attribute information acquired by the attribute information acquiring unit. To provide
The facility information providing system according to claim 1. Further comprising a current time acquisition unit for acquiring the current time,
The facility information providing unit is configured to board information of the facility that can be used within a predetermined time from the current time acquired by the current time acquisition unit among the plurality of facilities included in the first predetermined range. Not provide to the passenger information of the facility that will not be available within the predetermined time from the current time,
The facility information providing system according to claim 1. The facility information providing unit, of the facility information provided to the passenger, deletes the information of the facility past the time zone where the current time is available,
The facility information providing system according to claim 7. It further has a route guidance function that guides the route to the destination,
The facility information providing unit provides the passenger with information on the facility that is included in the first predetermined range and is located on a route to a destination of the vehicle.
The facility information providing system according to claim 1. The facility included in the first predetermined range, further comprising a facility search processing unit that searches for the facility according to the type selected by the passenger,
The facility information providing unit provides information on the facility searched by the facility search processing unit to the passenger.
The facility information providing system according to claim 1. The facility information providing unit is the facility included in the first predetermined range, and is located within a second predetermined range from a scheduled arrival position at which the vehicle is scheduled to arrive calculated based on a traveling speed of the vehicle. Providing the passenger with information on the facilities available at the scheduled time of arrival at the expected arrival position,
The facility information providing system according to claim 2. The facility information providing unit, when a predetermined time has elapsed after the vehicle stopped running, deletes the information of the facility provided to the passenger,
The facility information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 11. The first predetermined range is a range on the extension line, a range around the extension line, or a range extending radially from the current position in a direction in which the extension line extends.
The facility information providing system according to claim 1. The apparatus further includes a display processing unit that displays a map including the location of the facility corresponding to the information of the facility provided by the facility information providing unit and the current location acquired by the current location acquisition unit.
The facility information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 13. Get the current position of the vehicle,
Providing the occupant of the vehicle with information on facilities included in a first predetermined range based on an extension of a straight line passing through the current position from the position where the traveling of the vehicle is started,
Facility information provision method. Obtaining a current position of the vehicle;
Providing facility information included in a first predetermined range based on an extension of a straight line passing through the current position from a position at which the vehicle starts traveling, to a passenger of the vehicle;
Facility information providing program that causes a computer to execute

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