JP2020085568A - Information notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information notification system with which it is possible to notify an occupant of information that suits the preferences of a user (occupant) from among pieces of local information of a region which a vehicle passes through.SOLUTION: Provided is an information notification system equipped with an information management unit (4) and first server (5) mounted in a vehicle (3), comprising: a communication unit (11) for communicably connecting the information management unit and the first server; a position information detection unit (7) for detecting the position information of the vehicle; a regional information acquisition unit (43) for acquiring information relating to a region where the vehicle is located; an occupant specification unit (31) for specifying at least one person out of the occupant of the vehicle; a preference storage unit (53) for storing the preferences of the occupant; a suitable information determination unit (61) for determining information, out of the information acquired by the regional information acquisition unit, that suits the preferences of the occupant stored by the preference storage unit; and a notification unit (17) for notifying the occupant of the information. The first server includes the regional information acquisition unit and the suitable information determination unit, and the information management unit includes the notification unit. The notification unit notifies the occupant of the information received from the first server that suits the preferences of the occupant.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to an information notification system, and more particularly to a technique of notifying area information of an area where a vehicle passes.

With the recent development of communication technology, even in automobiles (vehicles), the technology has been developed in various fields such as inter-vehicle communication and information management.
As one of such communication technologies, a technology has been developed that delivers an advertisement of an area where a vehicle is located to a user (Patent Document 1).

JP, 2014-66803, A

By the way, a route used daily, such as a route from a home to a work place, may include a plurality of regions. Each of these areas may have a history or culture (local information) that is not famous, and overlooks such local information while passing through the area on a regular basis. Can be considered.
Therefore, in view of the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, since an advertisement is displayed on a mobile terminal, it is buried in a plurality of pieces of information such as an email received by the mobile terminal, and even if the local information is displayed as an advertisement, the user can There is a problem that it is less likely to be recognized by.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide information that matches the preference of a user (occupant) from local information (regional information) of a region where a vehicle passes. An object is to provide an information notification system capable of accurately notifying passengers.

To achieve the above object, the information notification system of the present invention is an information notification system including an information management unit and a first server mounted on a vehicle, and is capable of communicating the information management unit and the first server. A communication unit connected to the vehicle, a position information detection unit that detects position information of the vehicle, an area information acquisition unit that acquires information about an area where the vehicle is located, and an occupant that identifies at least one of the occupants of the vehicle. Among the information obtained by the specifying unit, the preference storage unit that stores the preference of the occupant, and the area information obtaining unit, the conformity information determination that determines the information that conforms to the preference of the occupant stored by the preference storage unit And a notification unit for notifying the occupant of information, the first server includes the area information acquisition unit and the compatibility information determination unit, the information management unit includes the notification unit, It is characterized in that the notification unit notifies the occupant of information matching the taste of the occupant received from the first server.

As a result, the first server determines the information suitable for the occupant's preference among the information on the region where the vehicle is located. Therefore, the information suitable for the occupant's preference is determined from the information on the region where the vehicle is located. It is possible to quickly calculate the determination result by performing the operation by the first server.
Further, since the information determined in this way is received from the first server and the notification section of the information management section notifies the occupant, the notification section can notify the occupant.

As another aspect, it is preferable that the first server includes the occupant identification unit and the preference storage unit.
Thus, by identifying at least one of the occupants and storing the occupant's preference in the first server outside the vehicle, even if the owner of the vehicle and the user are different, the first server This makes it possible to identify an occupant and remember his/her preference.

As another aspect, a second server having a second communication unit capable of communicating with at least one of the vehicle and the first server is further provided, and the second server preferably has the occupant specifying unit.
As a result, the second server is further provided in addition to the first server, and the second server controls the occupant specifying unit to communicate with at least one of the vehicle and the first server, so that the personal information of the occupant becomes the first information. It is possible to manage and control separately from the regional information managed by the server.

According to the information notification system of the present invention, among the information on the area where the vehicle is located, the information suitable for the occupant's taste is determined by the first server. It is possible to quickly calculate the determination result by making the first server determine the information suitable for the taste.
Further, since the information determined in this way is received from the first server and the notification section of the information management section notifies the occupant, the notification section can notify the occupant.

As a result, it is possible to notify the occupant of the local information of the area where the vehicle passes through, which is suitable for the user (occupant)'s preference.

It is a block diagram of the area information display system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 3 is a flowchart showing a routine that is executed by a region information display control unit of the ECU and a first server according to the first embodiment and that shows a control procedure of the region information display system. It is an example of a regional information list created by a list creation unit. It is an example of a display list displayed on a touch panel. It is a block diagram of the area information display system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. 8 is a flowchart showing a routine that is executed by a regional information reproduction control unit, a first server and a second server of the ECU according to the second embodiment and that shows a control procedure of the regional information display system. 8 is a flowchart showing a routine that is executed by a regional information reproduction control unit of the ECU according to the second embodiment, a first server, and a second server and that shows a control procedure of a regional information display system according to another example.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
<First Embodiment>
Referring to FIG. 1, a configuration diagram of an area information display system (information notification system) 1 according to the first embodiment is shown. The regional information display system 1 includes an information management unit (information management unit) 4 mounted on a vehicle 3, a display information determination server (first server) 5, and an artificial satellite (positional information detection unit) 7 located above the vehicle 3. And an information management system capable of displaying information to an occupant of the vehicle 3.

The vehicle 3 is, for example, an electric vehicle, and can drive the motor 3a using electric power stored in a battery (not shown) to run. The vehicle 3 includes an information management unit 4.
The information management unit 4 is a passenger vehicle including a communication device (communication unit) 11, a GPS receiver (positional information detection unit) 13, a wifi connector (passenger identification unit) 15, a touch panel (notification unit) 17, and an ECU 19. The communication device 11 is a device that can communicate with the communication device 41 included in the display information determination server 5. The GPS receiver 13 is a receiver that receives radio waves related to the position information of the vehicle 3 transmitted from the artificial satellite 7. The wifi connector 15 is, for example, a communication device that can be communicatively connected to the smartphone 16 (hereinafter simply referred to as “connection”).

Here, the smartphone 16 is a mobile communication device carried by a user of the vehicle 3 or an occupant, and stores information about the owner (user information) such as the name and address of the owner, and a search history via the Internet. .. In addition, in the following description, the smartphone 16 carried by the user of the vehicle 3 will be described. Information display control may be performed.

The touch panel 17 is a liquid crystal panel capable of displaying position information of the vehicle 3 on a map 20 to guide the user to a destination and various settings such as audio (see FIG. 4 described later).
The ECU 19 is a control device for performing comprehensive control including operation control of the vehicle 3, and includes an input/output device, a storage device (ROM, RAM, nonvolatile RAM, etc.), a central processing unit (CPU), and the like. It is composed of. The ECU 19 also includes a user identification unit (occupant identification unit) 31 and a region information display control unit 33.

The user identification unit 31 is a control unit capable of identifying the user from the smartphone (occupant identification unit) 20 connected to the wifi connector 15. Here, as described above, the smartphone 16 is carried by the user. Therefore, the user identification unit 31 can identify the user by connecting the smartphone 16 of the user to the wifi connector 15. The area information display control unit 33 is a control unit for executing area information display control described later.

The display information determination server 5 is a computer connected to an internet line, is configured to include an input/output device, a storage device (ROM, RAM, non-volatile RAM, etc.), a central processing unit (CPU), etc., and will be described later. It is possible to execute the display information determination control. The display information determination server 5 is superior to the ECU 19 included in the information management unit 4 in information input/output, storage capacity, and information processing capability. Further, the display information determination server 5 includes a communication device (communication unit) 41, a region information search unit (region information acquisition unit) 43, a list creation unit 45, a preference learning unit 51, a preference storage unit 53, and a display information determination unit (adaptation). An information determination unit) 61 is provided.

The communication device 41 is a device capable of communicating with the communication device 11 included in the information management unit 4. The area information search unit 43 searches for information such as historical buildings, famous products, cultures, etc. in a predetermined area, their genres, related facilities, and famousness (hereinafter referred to as local information) via the Internet or the like. It is a search unit that can be.
The list creation unit 45 can create a list (region information list) based on the information retrieved by the region information retrieval unit 43, for example, regarding the name, genre, and degree of user preference (user preference degree). Is.

The preference learning unit 51 can perform scoring with a high score for a genre having a high degree of user preference, for example, from a search history stored in the smartphone 16 or a destination history set by the user operating the touch panel 17. It is a learning department. The preference storage unit 53 is a storage unit that stores the degree of user preference learned by the preference learning unit 51 for each user.
The display information determination unit 61 is a determination unit that determines information to be displayed on the touch panel 17 based on information such as the degree of user preference and the distance from the current position from the area information list created by the list creation unit 45. The display determination performed by the display information determination unit 61 will be described in detail in Display information determination control.

Referring to FIG. 2, a flowchart showing a routine that is executed by the area information display control unit 33 and the display information determination server 5 of the ECU 19 according to the first embodiment and that shows the control procedure of the area information display system 1 is shown. Further, referring to FIG. 3, an example of the area information list created by the list creation unit 45 is shown. Furthermore, referring to FIG. 4, an example of the display list 23 displayed on the touch panel is shown. Hereinafter, the control procedure of the area information display control and the display information determination control according to the first embodiment will be described based on FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 4, the area information display button 21 is displayed on the touch panel 17, and the user selects the area information display button 21 to start the routine of the area information display system control according to FIG.
The area information display control unit 33 of the ECU 19 executes the routine of steps S10 to S30 as one of the area information display controls. In step S10, the GPS receiver 13 receives the position information of the vehicle 3, and the process proceeds to step S20. In step S20, the user identification unit 31 identifies the user and acquires the user information as described above, and the process proceeds to step S30.

In step S30, by controlling the communication device 11, the position information of the vehicle 3 and the user information received and acquired in steps S10 and S20 are transmitted to the display information determination server 5.
As a result, in steps S10 to S30, information necessary for executing the regional information display system 1, such as the position information of the vehicle 3 and the user information, can be received and acquired, and these can be transmitted to the display information determination server 5. it can.

The display information determination server 5 executes the routine of steps S110 to S140 as one of the display information determination controls. In step S110, the communication device 41 receives the position information of the vehicle 3 and the user information transmitted in step S30, and the process proceeds to step S120.
In step S120, the list creation unit 45 searches the local information search unit 43 for local information about the region where the vehicle 3 is currently located (hereinafter referred to as the current region), and the "name" column and "genre" of the region information list are searched. Column and “famous degree” column are created (see FIG. 3), and the process proceeds to step S130.

In step S130, the "user preference degree" column is created based on the user preference learned by the preference learning unit 51 and stored in the preference storage unit 53 by the display determination by the display information determination unit 61 (see FIG. 3). For example, the line of the genre whose user preference degree is less than 3 (the line “3” in FIG. 3) is deleted, and the process proceeds to step S140. For convenience of explanation, the line “3” in FIG. 3 shows a strike-through line to mean that it is deleted.

In step S140, the communication device 41 transmits the display information based on the area information list created in steps S120 and S130 to the information management unit 4 of the vehicle 3. At this time, the location information of the facility regarding the items listed in the area information list is also transmitted.
In this way, in steps S110 to S140 executed as one of the display information determination control, based on the position information of the vehicle 3, the user information, the location information and the user preference degree, the location where the user preference degree is high in the current area is displayed. Information can be extracted by the display information determination server 5. In particular, by performing step S120 by the display information determination server 5, the local information of each place in the whole country is stored in the regional information search unit 43 of the display information determination server 5 via the Internet, and the local information of the current region is extracted. It becomes easy to do. Furthermore, by performing step S130 by the display information determination server 5, the display information based on the area information list can be created earlier than the ECU 19.

Returning to the area information display control, in step S40, the display information transmitted in step S140 is received by the communication device 11, the process proceeds to step S50, and the display list 23 is displayed on the left side of the screen of the touch panel 17 (see FIG. 4). .. In the display list 23, the names are displayed in order from the top in the region information list in order of increasing popularity.
As described above, in the display list 23, the display information is arranged from the top in the ascending order of popularity in the area information list, so that the possibility of providing information that the user does not know can be increased. The items included in the display list 23 may be arranged in descending order of user preference, or may be arranged in descending order from the current position of the vehicle 3.

Further, an alphabet corresponding to the alphabet displayed on the map 20 is arranged to the right of the name displayed on the display list 23. Here, the alphabet displayed on the map 20 indicates the parking lot at the entrance of the K valley for A, the store selling H miso for B, and the site of O castle for C. In this way, by displaying the facilities related to the display list 23 on the map 20, the user can experience and obtain the item of interest in the item of the display list 23 wherever he or she goes. You can easily recognize if there is.

In step S60, it is determined whether or not the user or the occupant of the other vehicle 3 has selected any of the items in the display list 23. If the determination result in step S60 is false (No) and, for example, no item in the display list 23 is selected for a certain period of time, the process proceeds to step S80 and display of the display list 23 ends.
On the other hand, when the determination result of step S60 is true (Yes) and any of the items in the display list 23 is selected, the process proceeds to step S70, and the selected device (selection information) is controlled by the communication device 11. After transmitting to the display information determination server 5, the process proceeds to step S80 and the display of the display list 23 is ended. The selection information transmitted to the display information determination server 5 in step S70 is received in step S150 of the display information determination control in the display information determination server 5, and the process proceeds to step S160. In step S160, the preference learning unit 51 learns the user's preference and stores it in the preference storage unit 53. Thereby, the display information reflecting the learning content can be created in the step S130 in the area information display control on and after the next time.

If the determination result of step S60 is true (Yes) and any of the items in the display list 23 is selected, the user may be guided by displaying the route to the facility related to the selected item. Good.
As described above, in the information notification system according to the first embodiment, in the information notification system including the information management unit 4 and the display information determination server 5 mounted on the vehicle 3, the information management unit 4 and the display information determination are performed. A communication device 11 that communicatively connects to the server 5, an artificial satellite 7 that detects position information of the vehicle 3, an area information search unit 43 that obtains information about an area where the vehicle 3 is located, and an occupant of the vehicle 3. Of the information obtained by the user identification unit 31 that identifies at least one of them, the preference storage unit 53 that stores the user's preference, and the information obtained by the area information search unit 43, it matches the user preference stored in the preference storage unit 53. The display information determination server 5 includes a display information determination unit 61 that determines information and creates display information, and a touch panel 17 that notifies the occupant of the information. The display information determination server 5 includes the area information search unit 43 and the display information determination unit 61. In addition, the information management unit 4 includes the touch panel 17, and the display information received from the display information determination server 5 is displayed on the occupant as the display list 23 by the touch panel 17.

Therefore, the display information determination server 5 determines information, which is suitable for the user's preference of the vehicle 3, among the information on the area where the vehicle 3 is located, and the information is displayed by the touch panel 17 of the information management unit 4 mounted on the vehicle 3. Since the occupant is notified of the information received from the information determination server 5, the display information determination server 5 determines from the information about the area where the vehicle 3 is located, information that matches the user's preference of the vehicle 3. By doing so, the determination result can be calculated quickly, and the occupant can be notified of the information using the touch panel 17.

<Second Embodiment>
The second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. It should be noted that the description of the same configurations and effects as those of the first embodiment will be omitted, and only the portions different from the first embodiment will be described here.
Referring to FIG. 5, a configuration diagram of the regional information display system 100 according to the second embodiment is shown. Here, the difference between the regional information display system (information notification system) 100 according to the second embodiment and the regional information display system 1 according to the first embodiment is mainly the information management unit (information management unit) of the vehicle 3. 104 is provided with an in-vehicle camera (occupant identification unit) 115 instead of the wifi connector (occupant identification unit) 15, and user identification, which is a computer having a communication device (communication unit) 141 similar to the display information determination server 5. The server (first server, second server) 106 is provided, and the user identification unit (occupant identification unit) 31 of the ECU 19 according to the first embodiment is provided in the user identification server 106.

The in-vehicle camera 115 is an imaging device that captures an image of the interior of the vehicle 3 and is capable of capturing an image of a user (occupant). Like the communication device 41, the communication device 141 is a device that can communicate with the communication device 11 provided in the vehicle 3.
Referring to FIG. 6, a flow chart shows a routine that is executed by the area information display control unit 33, the display information determination server 5, and the user identification server 106 of the ECU 19 according to the second embodiment and that shows the control procedure of the area information display system 100. Has been done. Hereinafter, along with the flowchart, differences from the control procedure of the regional information display control and the display information determination control according to the first embodiment will be mainly described.

After the GPS receiver 13 receives the position information of the vehicle 3 in step S10, the process proceeds to step S220. In step S<b>220, the communication device 11 is controlled to transmit the user's facial photograph taken by the in-vehicle camera 115 to the user identification server 106.
The user identification server 106 executes the routine of steps S321 to S323 as one of the user identification controls. In step S321, the user identification server 106 receives the user's facial photograph transmitted from the information management unit 104 of the vehicle 3, and the process proceeds to step S323.

In step S323, the user is identified based on, for example, the facial photograph of the user. The user can be specified by searching a database including personal information such as a plurality of facial photographs.
After step S323, the process proceeds to step S325, and the personal information of the user identified by controlling the communication device 141 and the user preference stored in the preference storage unit 53 are transmitted to the information management unit 104 of the vehicle 3. Then, in the area information display control unit 33 of the vehicle 3, the communication device 11 receives the personal information of the user and the preference of the user in step S221.

As described above, by performing steps S321 to S323 as the user identification control in the user identification server 106, in the area information display system 100, for example, when the user does not carry the smartphone 16 or when the vehicle 3 is plural. The user can be specified even in the case of a so-called shared car that is shared.
In particular, by identifying the user by the user identifying unit 31 by the user identifying server 106, which is a server different from the display information determining server 5, the location of each information can be separated and managed.

After the user's personal information and the user's preference are received by the communication device 11 in step S221, the control procedure of the area information display system according to the first embodiment is the same, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.
Referring to FIG. 7, a control procedure of the area information display system 100 as another example executed by the area information display control unit 33, the display information determination server 5, and the user identification server 106 of the ECU 19 according to the second embodiment is shown. The routine is shown in a flow chart.

In another example of the second embodiment, the information management unit 104 of the vehicle 3 does not perform step S221, and the user identification server 106 controls the communication device 141 to store the user's personal information and the preference storage unit 53. The preference of the user to be transmitted to the display information determination server 5. Therefore, in the information management unit 104 of the vehicle 3 in another embodiment, the personal information of the user and the user's preference stored in the preference storage unit 53 are displayed in the display information determination server 5 without passing through the information management unit 104 of the vehicle 3. By transmitting, the time required for display information determination control can be shortened.

As described above, in the information notification system according to the second embodiment, the user identification server 106 has the user identification unit 31, and the user identification server 106 outside the vehicle 3 uses at least one of the occupants of the vehicle 3. Therefore, even if the owner of the vehicle 3 and the user are different from each other, the occupant can be specified by the user specifying server 106.

Especially, since the user identification server 106 having the second communication device 11 capable of communicating with at least one of the vehicle 3 and the display information determination server 5 is further provided, the area where the display information determination server 5 manages the personal information of the occupant. It can be managed and controlled separately from information.
Although the description of the information notification system according to the present invention has been finished, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified within the scope of the invention. For example, in the present embodiment, the touch panel 17 is used to notify the user of the information, but the speaker may be notified by voice.

Further, in the present embodiment, the wifi connector 15 is used for description, but Bluetooth (registered trademark) may be used instead of wifi.
Further, in the present embodiment, the description has been made such that the area information display system control is started by the user selecting the area information display button 21, but the control may be automatically started.

Further, in the present embodiment, the display information is arranged in the display list 23 in ascending order of the degree of famousness in the area information list, but may be arranged in the order of increasing degree of famousness, and a limit value of the degree of famousness (for example, 2 or more). ) May be settable.
Further, in the present embodiment, the identification may be performed based on the user identification portion voice, the iris information of the eye, or the like.
Further, in the second embodiment, the display information determination server 5 has the preference storage unit 53, but the user identification server 106 has the user identification unit 31, and steps S150 and S160 are executed by the user identification server 106. You may do so.

1 area information display system (information display system)
3 Vehicles 4, 104 Information management unit (information management section)
5 Display information determination server (first server)
7 Artificial satellite (positional information detector)
11 Communication device (communication section)
13 GPS receiver (position information detector)
15 wifi connector (occupant identification section)
16 Smartphone (occupant identification section)
17 Touch panel (notification section)
31 User identification section (occupant identification section)
41 Communication device (communication section)
43 Regional Information Retrieval Department (Regional Information Acquisition Department)
53 Preference storage unit 61 Display information determination unit (match information determination unit)
106 user identification server (first server, second server)
115 In-vehicle camera (occupant identification section)
141 communication device (second communication unit)

Claims (3)

In an information notification system including an information management unit mounted on a vehicle and a first server,
A communication unit that connects the information management unit and the first server in a communicable manner;
A position information detection unit that detects the position information of the vehicle,
A regional information acquisition unit that obtains information about the region where the vehicle is located;
An occupant identification unit that identifies at least one of the occupants of the vehicle;
A preference storage unit that stores the preferences of the occupant,
Of the information acquired by the area information acquisition unit, a conformity information determination unit that determines information that conforms to the occupant's preference stored by the preference storage unit,
A notification unit for notifying the occupant of the information,
The first server includes the area information acquisition unit and the compatibility information determination unit,
The information management unit includes the notification unit, and the information notification system notifies the occupant of the information received from the first server and adapted to the preference of the occupant. The information notification system according to claim 1, wherein the first server includes the occupant identification unit and the preference storage unit. A second server having a second communication unit capable of communicating with at least one of the vehicle and the first server,
The information notification system according to claim 1, wherein the second server includes the occupant identification unit.

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