JP2020027477A - Information providing device, server device, and information providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information providing device, a server device, and an information providing method capable of providing a highly reliable predicted taxi demand for each area.SOLUTION: An information providing device according to an embodiment comprises an acquisition unit, a display control unit, and a reception unit. The acquisition unit acquires a predicted demand level of a taxi at each point and a position of a high demand point which is a point where the demand level of the taxi is known to be high. The display control unit displays a predicted demand degree and a position of a high demand point for each section of a map in a mesh shape on the map. The reception unit receives an operation by a user. When a predetermined operation by the user is received by the reception unit, the display control unit displays a predicted demand degree of a predetermined area including the high demand point and a predicted demand degree of an area other than the predetermined area in the section including the high demand point on the map.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information providing device, a server device, and an information providing method.

  In recent years, there is a navigation system that proposes a route to an area where customer demand is high for an empty taxi. In such a navigation system, current demand is predicted from past taxi ride results, and a route to an area with high demand is proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

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  However, areas proposed by the prior art may not have as high a demand for taxis as expected.

  An aspect of an embodiment is made in view of the above, and provides an information providing apparatus, a server apparatus, and an information providing method capable of providing a highly reliable predicted taxi demand for each area. The purpose is to:

  An information providing device according to an aspect of an embodiment includes an acquisition unit, a display control unit, and a reception unit. The acquisition unit acquires the predicted taxi demand at each point and the position of a high demand point that is known to have a high taxi demand. The display control unit displays the predicted demand degree and the position of the high demand point for each section of the map in a mesh shape on the map. The receiving unit receives an operation by the user. The display control unit, when a predetermined operation by the user is received by the receiving unit, the predicted demand degree of a predetermined area including the high demand point, and the predetermined area in the section including the high demand point Are displayed on the map with the predicted demand degree of the area excluding the above.

  The information providing device, the server device, and the information providing method according to one aspect of the embodiment can provide a highly reliable predicted demand degree of a taxi for each area.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the information providing method according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the information providing system according to the embodiment. FIG. 3A is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display mode when the first operation according to the embodiment is performed. FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display mode when the first operation according to the embodiment is performed. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display mode when the second operation according to the embodiment is performed. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process executed by the control unit of the information providing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating Modification Example 1 of the display mode of the predicted demand according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing Modification 2 of the display mode of the predicted demand according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an information providing system according to a modification of the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information providing device, a server device, and an information providing method will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited by the embodiments described below. First, an information providing method performed by the information providing apparatus according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the information providing method according to the embodiment. The information providing device according to the embodiment is a device that is mounted on a taxi and displays a predicted demand degree of the taxi for each divided area of the map on a predetermined display device (for example, a touch panel display) and provides the taxi driver to the taxi driver. is there.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1 (a), the information providing device calculates a predicted demand level of a taxi for each section of the map M in a mesh shape and a point at which the demand level of the taxi is known to be high. The positions of certain high demand points P1 to P7 are superimposed on the map M displayed on the display device.

  The numbers in each section in the map M shown in FIG. 1A indicate that the larger the value, the higher the predicted demand level. The high demand points P1 to P7 are points where the demand for taxis is necessarily high, such as taxi stands, stations, hotels, large commercial facilities, stadiums, and the like. In the example shown in FIG. 1A, high demand points P2 to P5 are concentrated around the station.

  As described above, the information providing apparatus superimposes and displays the positions of the high demand points P1 to P7 on the map M in addition to the predicted demand degree for each of the sections of the map M divided into a mesh. Thus, the information providing device can provide, with a certain probability, information on an area where a customer is likely to get on, to a taxi driver who is performing a so-called drifting operation in an empty state.

  However, the taxi driver always has a high probability that the predicted demand degree in the map M shown in FIG. 1A is high and that the taxi driver has run through the area of the section including the high demand points P1 to P7. In some cases, customers may not always be able to get on.

  For example, in the case of an area of a section including a taxi stand, even if the predicted demand degree of the entire area is high, the predicted demand degree may be greatly affected by the riding performance at the taxi stand.

  In such a case, a taxi waiting at the taxi stand may be able to get on with a high probability, but a taxi running outside the taxi stand may have a low probability of getting on.

  For this reason, the information providing apparatus does not necessarily display the predicted demand degree for each section and the position of the high demand point on the map M as shown in FIG. Can not be said to have been able to provide the forecast demand level.

  Therefore, the information providing apparatus, when receiving a predetermined operation by a user (here, a taxi driver), predicts a demand degree of a predetermined area including a high demand point (hereinafter, referred to as a “high demand area”). And the predicted demand degree of the area other than the high demand area in the section is displayed on the map M.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 1A, the information providing apparatus taps the position of the high demand point P1 included in a certain area M1 in the map M with the fingertip F once by the user (an example of the first operation). ), The display of the area M1 is switched to the display shown in FIG. Note that FIG. 1B selectively shows only the area M1 including the high demand point P1 tapped by the fingertip F.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, the information providing apparatus encloses a high demand area M1a surrounding a high demand point P1 (for example, several 100 m square) with a rectangular frame, and predicts the high demand area M1a within the frame. The demand level (here, 10) is displayed. Then, the information providing device causes the area M1b excluding the high demand area M1a in the area M1 to display the predicted demand level (here, 10) of the area.

  As described above, the information providing apparatus does not mean that the predicted demand degree is 20 (see FIG. 1A) at any point in the area M1, but the predicted demand degree of the high demand area M1a is 10, The information that the predicted demand degree is 10 is provided to the user.

  That is, the information providing apparatus subtracts the predicted demand degree based on the actual taxi ride in the high demand area M1a from the predicted demand degree of the entire area M1 to obtain the pure predicted demand of the area other than the high demand area M1a in the area M1. Provide degrees to the user. Thus, the information providing device can provide a highly reliable predicted demand degree of a taxi for each area.

  Next, an example of a configuration of an information providing system 100 including the information providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the information providing system 100 according to the embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the information providing system 100 includes, for example, a demand degree prediction device 101 communicably connected via a communication network N such as the Internet, a dispatch center device 102, and the information providing device 1. .

  The demand degree prediction device 101 collects the riding result information of a plurality of taxis from the dispatch center device 102. The boarding record information includes position information at which each taxi has boarded the customer. The demand degree prediction device 101 calculates a predicted demand degree of a taxi at each point on the map based on the actual boarding information collected from the dispatch center device 102.

  The information providing device 1 is mounted on a taxi and connected to the touch panel display 4 as described above. The information providing device 1 includes a control unit 2 and a storage unit 3. The storage unit 3 is, for example, an information storage device such as a data flash, and stores predicted demand degree information 31 and map information 32.

  The control unit 2 includes a microcomputer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and various circuits. The control unit 2 includes an acquisition unit 21 that functions when the CPU executes a program stored in the ROM using the RAM as a work area, a display control unit 22, and a reception unit 23.

  The acquisition unit 21, the display control unit 22, and the reception unit 23 included in the control unit 2 are partially or entirely configured by hardware such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). Is also good.

  The acquisition unit 21, the display control unit 22, and the reception unit 23 included in the control unit 2 each realize or execute an operation of information processing described below. The internal configuration of the control unit 2 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 2 and may be another configuration as long as the configuration performs information processing described later.

  The acquisition unit 21 acquires the predicted taxi demand at each point in the map and the position of the high demand point where the taxi demand is known to be high from the demand prediction device 101, and obtains the predicted demand information 31. Is stored in the storage unit 3.

  The display control unit 22 reads out the predicted demand degree information 31 and the map information 32 from the storage unit 3 and causes the touch panel display 4 to display the predicted demand degree and the position of the high demand point for each of the sections into which the map is partitioned in a mesh shape.

  The receiving unit 23 receives, from the touch panel display 4, an input of information indicating a position on the screen where the user performed a touch operation and a type of the touch operation. The receiving unit 23 outputs information input from the touch panel display 4 to the display control unit 22.

  The display control unit 22 determines whether the first operation of tapping the high demand point once has been performed based on the information input from the reception unit 23. If the display control unit 22 determines that the first operation has been performed, the predicted demand degree of the high demand area including the tapped high demand point and the high demand area in the area of the section including the high demand area are determined. Is displayed on the map with the predicted demand degree of the area excluding.

  Further, the display control unit 22 determines, for example, whether or not a second operation in which a high demand point is tapped twice is performed, unlike the first operation, based on information input from the reception unit 23. . When the display control unit 22 determines that the second operation has been performed, the display control unit 22 calculates the high demand region centered on the tapped high demand point and the predicted demand degrees of the plurality of regions surrounding the high demand region. Display on the map.

  Next, an example of a display mode of the predicted demand level displayed by the display control unit 22 when the user performs the above-described first operation or second operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A to 4. 3A and 3B are explanatory diagrams illustrating an example of a display mode when the first operation according to the embodiment is performed.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display mode when the second operation according to the embodiment is performed. In FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 4, illustration of the map in the section is omitted in consideration of the visibility of the displayed predicted demand level.

  As shown in the left diagram of FIG. 3A, when the user wants to know a more detailed predicted demand degree of the area M10 where the predicted demand degree is relatively high as 35, the user specifies the position of the high demand point P10 existing in the area M10 with a fingertip. Tap once with F.

  When such an operation is performed, as illustrated in the right diagram of FIG. 3A, the display control unit 22 includes a high demand area M10a surrounding the high demand point P10 in the area M10 (for example, several hundred square meters), and a high demand area M10a. The predicted demand degree with the area M10b excluding the area M10a is individually displayed.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3A, the breakdown of the predicted demand degree of the entire area M11 of 35 is such that the predicted demand degree of the high demand area M10a is 30, and the predicted demand degree of the area M10b excluding the high demand area M10a is 5.

  Accordingly, the information providing apparatus 1 can notify the user that the relatively high predicted demand of 35 in the area M11 is considerably dependent on the demand of the high demand point P10. Therefore, the user can avoid running away from the area M10 and search for another area where the customer is likely to get on.

  Thereafter, as shown in the left diagram of FIG. 3B, when the user wants to know a more detailed predicted demand degree of another area M11 whose predicted demand degree is relatively high as 30, a high demand point P11 existing in the area M11 Tap once with the fingertip F.

  When such an operation is performed, as illustrated in the right diagram of FIG. 3B, the display control unit 22 includes a high demand area M11a surrounding the high demand point P11 in the area M11 (for example, several 100 m square) and a high demand area M11a. The predicted demand degree with the area M11b excluding the area M11a is individually displayed.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3B, the breakdown of the predicted demand degree of the entire area M11 of 30 is such that the predicted demand degree of the high demand area M11a is 10, and the predicted demand degree of the area M11b excluding the high demand area M11a is 20.

  Thereby, the information providing apparatus 1 can notify the user that the relatively high predicted demand of 30 in the area M11 does not depend so much on the demand of the high demand point P11. Therefore, the user can have the customer get on with a relatively high probability by running in the area M11.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 4A, when the user is stopped in the high demand area M12a having a high predicted demand degree of 40 and there are no passengers, the user moves the position of the high demand point P12 to the fingertip F. Tap twice.

  When such an operation is performed, as illustrated in FIG. 4B, the display control unit 22 estimates the predicted demand degree of the high demand area M12a centered on the high demand point P12 and a plurality (here, Then, the predicted demand degrees of the four (4) peripheral areas M12b, M12c, M12d, and M12e are displayed on a map.

  At this time, in the example shown in FIG. 4B, the predicted demand degree of the upper right peripheral area M12b and the lower right peripheral area M12c of the high demand point P12 is 11 as shown in parentheses at the center of the area. .

  Further, the predicted demand degree of the peripheral area M12d at the upper left of the high demand point P12 is 13 as shown in parentheses at the center of the area. In addition, the predicted demand degree of the peripheral area M12e at the lower left of the high demand point P12 is 25 as shown in parentheses at the center of the area.

  As described above, the predicted demand of the lower left peripheral region M12e of each of the peripheral regions M12b, M12c, M12d, and M12e is about twice the predicted demand of the other peripheral regions M12b, M12c, and M12d. The three peripheral areas M12b, M12c, and M12d other than the lower left peripheral area M12e have substantially the same predicted demand.

  However, the predicted demands of the four peripheral regions M12b, M12c, M12d, and M12e are values including the predicted demands of the high demand region M12a, and are not sufficiently reliable.

  Therefore, the display control unit 22 sets the predicted demand in which the influence of the high demand point P12 is excluded from the predicted demand in each of the peripheral areas M12b, M12c, M12d, and M12e in the area of each of the peripheral areas M12b, M12c, M12d, and M12e. indicate.

  Here, the display control unit 22 calculates the predicted demand degree of the portion included in each of the peripheral regions M12b, M12c, M12d, and M12e in the high demand region M12a as 10 for each of the peripheral regions M12b, M12c, M12d, and M12e. Display the value subtracted from the forecast demand.

  Thereby, the predicted demand degree of the peripheral area M12b on the upper right of the high demand point P12 becomes 1 as shown on the upper right of the area. Further, the predicted demand degree of the peripheral area M12c at the lower right of the high demand point P12 is 1 as shown at the lower right of the area.

  Further, the predicted demand degree of the peripheral area M12d at the upper left of the high demand point P12 is 3, as shown at the upper left of the area. Further, the predicted demand degree of the peripheral area M12e at the lower left of the high demand point P12 is 15, as shown at the lower left of the area.

  That is, in practice, the pure predicted demand of the lower left peripheral area M12e is 5 times higher than the predicted demand of the upper left peripheral area M12d, and the pure predicted demand is higher than the upper right peripheral area M12b and the lower right peripheral area M12c. 15 times higher.

  Thereby, the information providing apparatus 1 informs the user that the peripheral area M12e located at the lower left of the high demand point P12 on the map has actually a much higher predicted demand degree than the other peripheral areas M12b, M12c, M12d. be able to.

  Accordingly, the user can have the customer get on with a relatively high probability by going from the currently stopped high demand point P12 to the peripheral area M12e located at the lower left of the high demand point P12 on the map. In this manner, the information providing apparatus 1 can provide the user with a highly reliable predicted taxi demand for each area useful to the user.

  Next, an example of a process executed by the control unit 2 of the information providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process executed by the control unit 2 of the information providing device 1 according to the embodiment.

  The control unit 2 repeatedly executes the processing illustrated in FIG. 5 while the information providing apparatus 1 is powered on. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, when the information providing apparatus 1 is powered on, the control unit 2 first determines whether or not there is a latest predicted demand degree (step S101).

  At this time, the control unit 2 checks whether or not a new predicted demand degree is calculated for the demand degree prediction device 101, and determines whether or not there is the latest predicted demand degree. Then, when the control unit 2 determines that there is no latest predicted demand degree (No at Step S101), the control unit 2 shifts the processing to Step S104.

  When determining that there is the latest predicted demand degree, the control unit 2 acquires the latest predicted demand degree from the demand degree prediction device 101 (step S102), and the predicted demand degree based on the acquired latest predicted demand degree. The information 31 is stored in the storage unit 3 (step S103).

  Subsequently, the control unit 2 displays the high demand point and the predicted demand degree of each section obtained by partitioning the map into a mesh shape by superimposing the map on the map (step S104). Thereafter, the control unit 2 determines whether the first operation has been performed (Step S105).

  Then, when determining that there is no first operation (No at Step S105), the control unit 2 shifts the processing to Step S107. When it is determined that the first operation is performed (Step S105, Yes), the control unit 2 individually displays the high demand area in the section and the predicted demand degree of the area excluding the high demand area (Step S106).

  Subsequently, the control unit 2 determines whether a second operation has been performed (step S107). Then, when determining that there is no second operation (No at Step S107), the control unit 2 ends the process, and starts the process again from Step S101.

  When it is determined that the second operation is performed (Step S107, Yes), the control unit 2 individually displays the high demand area and the predicted demand degrees of a plurality of peripheral areas surrounding the high demand area (Step S108). finish. Thereafter, the control unit 2 restarts the process from step S101.

  The above-described embodiment is an example, and various modifications are possible. Next, with reference to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, a modified example of the display mode of the predicted demand according to the embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating Modification Example 1 of the display mode of the predicted demand according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing Modification 2 of the display mode of the predicted demand according to the embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, for example, when the high demand point illustrated in FIG. 4A is tapped twice with the fingertip F of the user, the information providing apparatus 1 does not display the predicted demand degree of the high demand area M12a. It can also be.

  Then, the information providing apparatus 1 calculates a predicted demand obtained by subtracting a predicted demand degree in a part including the high demand area M12a from each central area of four peripheral areas M12b, M12c, M12d, and M12e centered on the high demand area M12a. Display the degree. Thereby, the information providing apparatus 1 can improve the visibility of the predicted demand degree of each of the peripheral areas M12b, M12c, M12d, and M12e.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the high demand area including the high demand point is represented by a rectangle has been described as an example. However, the information providing apparatus 1 may use the high demand area according to the planar view shape of the facility existing at the high demand point. An area can also be set.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, when the high demand point tapped twice by the user's fingertip F is a station, the information providing apparatus 1 sets the shape of the high demand area M13a to be the same as the planar shape of the station. Set to shape.

  Then, the information providing apparatus 1 calculates a predicted demand obtained by subtracting a predicted demand degree in a part including the high demand area M13a from each central area of four peripheral areas M13b, M13c, M13d, and M13e around the high demand area M13a. Display the degree.

  Accordingly, the information providing apparatus 1 can intuitively image the direction of each of the peripheral areas M13b, M13c, M13d, and M13e with respect to the station from the planar shape of the station to be displayed.

  Also, in the above-described information providing system 100, the case where the information providing device 1 is mounted on each taxi has been described. The predicted demand may be transmitted and displayed.

  Next, an information providing system including the server device will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an information providing system 100a according to a modification of the embodiment. Here, among the components shown in FIG. 7, the same components as those shown in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those shown in FIG. 2, and redundant description will be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the information providing system 100a includes a demand degree prediction device 101 communicably connected via a communication network N, a dispatch center device 102, a server device 10, and a plurality of taxis Tx1 to Txn. (N is a natural number of 2 or more). In the following, any one of a plurality of taxis Tx1 to Txn is referred to as a taxi Tx.

  The demand degree prediction device 101 and the dispatch center device 102 are the same devices as those shown in FIG. The server device 10 differs from the information providing device 1 shown in FIG. 2 only in the operations of the display control unit 22a and the reception unit 23a included in the control unit 2a.

  The display control unit 22a predicts a map of a predetermined area centering on a traveling point of each taxi Tx1 to Txn to each taxi Tx1 to Txn via the communication network N, and a prediction of a taxi for each section obtained by dividing the map into a mesh shape. The demand degree and the high demand point are transmitted.

  Each of the taxis Tx1 to Txn displays a map received from the server device 10, a predicted taxi demand degree for each of the sections obtained by dividing the map into a mesh, and a high demand point on a touch panel display mounted on the vehicle.

  The reception unit 23a receives, from the taxi Tx, information indicating the position on the screen where the user performed a touch operation and the type of the touch operation. The reception unit 23a outputs information received from the taxi Tx to the display control unit 22.

  The display control unit 22a determines whether the first operation of tapping the high demand point once has been performed based on the information input from the reception unit 23a. When the display control unit 22a determines that the first operation has been performed, the predicted demand degree of the high demand area including the tapped high demand point and the high demand area in the area of the section including the high demand area are determined. Is transmitted to the taxi Tx and displayed on the map.

  In addition, the display control unit 22a determines whether or not the second operation of tapping the high demand point twice has been performed based on the information input from the reception unit 23a. If the display control unit 22a determines that the second operation has been performed, the display control unit 22a calculates the predicted demand degrees of the high demand area centered on the tapped high demand point and the plurality of areas surrounding the high demand area. Send to taxi T and display on map.

  Thus, the server device 10 can provide a highly reliable predicted demand degree of a taxi for each area where the map is divided into meshes, similarly to the information providing device 1 described above. Further, according to the information providing system 100a, it is not necessary to mount the information providing device 1 shown in FIG. 2 on each taxi Tx in order to provide a reliable predicted demand degree to the driver of each taxi Tx. Thus, the cost of the entire system can be kept low.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the high demand point is tapped once by the user, only the display of the mesh-shaped area including the tapped high demand point is displayed, for example, in FIGS. 3A and 3B. The display mode is switched to the display mode shown in the right diagram of FIG.

  When the third operation is received by the switch that receives the third operation, the information providing apparatus 1 and the server apparatus 10 collectively remove the predicted demand degree of the high demand area and the high demand area for all the high demand points. The predicted demand level of the area may be displayed.

  In addition, when the fourth operation is received by the switch that receives the fourth operation, the information providing apparatus 1 and the server apparatus 10 collectively calculate the predicted demand degree of the high demand area and the high demand area for all the high demand points. The predicted demand degrees of a plurality of surrounding areas may be displayed. Thereby, the information providing apparatus 1 and the server apparatus 10 do not need to individually tap the high demand point by the user, so that the operability can be improved.

  In addition, even when the information providing apparatus 1 and the server apparatus 10 are configured to display the predicted demand degrees of a plurality of peripheral areas surrounding the position of the own vehicle when the position of the own vehicle is tapped instead of the high demand point. Good.

  As a result, the information providing device 1 and the server device 10 notify the user stopping the taxi at an arbitrary position of an area in which direction with respect to the stop position of the own vehicle is an area having a high predicted demand degree. can do.

  In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the predicted demand degree for each of the sections divided in the mesh shape is displayed until the first to fourth operations are performed by the user. Need not be displayed.

  For example, the information providing apparatus 1 and the server apparatus 10 display only the map and the high demand point until the first to fourth operations are performed by the user, and when the first to fourth operations are performed, The display can be switched to the display according to the first to fourth operations. Thereby, the information providing device 1 and the server device 10 can improve the visibility of the map when the display of the predicted demand degree is unnecessary.

  Further effects and modifications can be easily derived by those skilled in the art. For this reason, the broader aspects of the present invention are not limited to the specific details and representative embodiments shown and described above. Accordingly, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information provision apparatus 2, 2a Control part 21 Acquisition part 22, 22a Display control part 23, 23a Reception part 3 Storage part 31 Predicted demand degree information 32 Map information 4 Touch panel display 100, 100a Information provision system 101 Demand degree prediction apparatus 102 Vehicle dispatch Center device 10 Server device Tx, Tx1-Txn Taxi

Claims (5)

An acquisition unit that acquires a predicted demand degree of a taxi at each point and a position of a high demand point that is a point where the demand degree of the taxi is known to be high;
A display control unit for displaying the predicted demand degree and the position of the high demand point for each section obtained by dividing the map into a mesh on the map,
And a receiving unit that receives a predetermined operation by the user.
The display control unit,
When the predetermined operation is received by the receiving unit, the predicted demand degree of a predetermined area including the high demand point and the predicted demand degree of an area other than the predetermined area in the section including the high demand point On the map. The display control unit,
When a predetermined operation different from the predetermined operation by the user is received by the receiving unit, the predicted demand degree of the predetermined region centering on the high demand point, and a plurality of regions surrounding the predetermined region The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predicted demand degree is displayed on the map. The display control unit,
The information providing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shape of the predetermined area is set according to a plan view shape of a facility existing at the high demand point. An acquisition unit that acquires a predicted demand degree of a taxi at each point and a position of a high demand point that is a point where the demand degree of the taxi is known to be high;
A display control unit for transmitting the predicted demand degree and the position of the high demand point for each section obtained by dividing the map into a mesh shape to a taxi and displaying the position on the map being displayed in the taxi;
And a reception unit for receiving predetermined operations from the taxi,
The display control unit,
When the predetermined operation is received by the receiving unit, the predicted demand degree of a predetermined area including the high demand point and the predicted demand degree of an area other than the predetermined area in the section including the high demand point And transmitting it to the taxi and displaying it on the map being displayed by the taxi. An acquisition step of acquiring a predicted demand degree of a taxi at each point and a position of a high demand point where the demand degree of the taxi is known to be high;
A display control step of displaying, on the map, the predicted demand degree and the position of the high demand point for each section in which the map is divided into meshes,
And a receiving step of receiving a predetermined operation by the user.
The display control step includes:
When a predetermined operation is received by the receiving step, the predicted demand degree of a predetermined area including the high demand point, and the predicted demand degree of an area excluding the predetermined area in the section including the high demand point. Is displayed on the map.

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