JP2020129007A - Information processing system, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a travel support system, a travel support server, a travel support method, and a program capable of creating a travel plan by providing travel support information effective for a user.SOLUTION: A travel support method includes the steps of: acquiring travel plan information including inputted visiting planned place information; when the acquired visiting planned place information is included in stored travel information of other users, acquiring visiting place information on a visiting place associated with a travel route which is included in the travel information of the other users and includes the visiting planned place on the basis of the visiting planned place information; creating travel support information including the visiting place information associated with the acquired travel route; and displaying the created travel support information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

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

BACKGROUND ART Heretofore, a technique of guiding a place where another person has stopped has been disclosed.

For example, in the stop-off facility information presentation system described in Patent Document 1, the destination information set by the user, the visit facility information of another person other than the user, and the stop-off facility information that stopped by before visiting the visited facility are displayed. A technique for creating a list of stop-off facilities whose visiting facilities are the target facilities is disclosed.

JP, 2011-257370, A

However, in the conventional stop-off facility information presentation system described in Patent Document 1 or the like, there is a problem in that it is not known whether the information is actually useful to the user only by presenting the result of totaling the usage histories of others. Had.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a travel support system, a travel support server, a travel support method, and a program that can provide effective travel support information for a user and create a travel plan. With the goal.

In order to achieve such an object, the travel support system of the present invention includes travel information storage means for storing travel information of other users, and travel plan information including planned visit location information input via the input unit. In the case where the travel plan information acquisition unit for acquiring the travel plan information and the planned visit location information acquired by the travel plan information acquisition unit are included in the travel information of the other user stored in the travel information storage unit, A visit point information acquisition means for obtaining the visit point information regarding the visit point, which is included in the travel information of other users and includes the planned visit point based on the planned visit point information, and the visit point information relating to the visit point, and the above-mentioned visit point Displaying travel support information creating means for creating travel support information including the visited place information associated with the travel route acquired by the information acquisition means, and the travel support information created by the travel support information creating means And a travel support information display unit to be displayed on the department.

Also, in the travel support system of the present invention, in the travel support system described above, the travel support information creating unit selects the visited place information acquired by the visited place information acquiring unit based on a predetermined condition, and the selection is made. It is characterized in that the travel support information including the visited site information is created.

Further, in the travel support system of the present invention, the travel support information creating unit aggregates the visited place information associated with the travel route acquired by the visited place information acquiring unit based on a predetermined condition, and the aggregated. It is characterized in that the travel support information including the visited site information is created.

Further, in the travel support system of the present invention, in the travel support system described above, the travel support information creating means is further associated with the visited place based on the visited place information acquired by the visited place information acquiring means. It is characterized in that the travel support information including the travel time information and/or the travel time information regarding the travel means between the planned visit site and the visited site is created based on the travel route.

The travel support system of the present invention is the travel support system described above, wherein the travel plan information further includes departure point information and destination information, and the travel support information creating means further includes the visited place information. If the visited place information acquired by the acquisition means does not match the departure place information or the destination information, the departure place including the travel route associated with the visited place based on the visited place information It is characterized in that an optimum route from a departure place based on information to a destination based on the destination information is searched for, and the travel support information including route information on the optimum route is created.

Further, in the travel support system of the present invention, in the travel support system described above, the visited place information acquisition unit stores the planned visit place information acquired by the travel plan information acquisition unit in the travel information storage unit. If included in the travel information of the other user, the planned visit site based on the planned visit site information included in the travel information of the other user based on the weather and/or the means of transportation is used. It is characterized by acquiring the visited place information regarding the visited place, which is associated with the travel route.

Further, the travel support system of the present invention is a travel support system in which a travel support server including at least a control unit and a storage unit, and a terminal device including at least a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit are communicably connected. In the system, the storage unit of the travel support server includes a travel information storage unit that stores travel information of another user, and the control unit of the travel support server includes the input unit of the terminal device. If the planned visit location information included in the travel plan information that is input via the terminal device and transmitted from the terminal device is included in the travel information of the other user stored in the travel information storage means, A visiting place information acquisition means for obtaining visiting place information relating to a visiting place, which is included in the user's travel information and includes a planned visiting place based on the planned visiting place information, which is associated with a travel route, and the above visiting place information acquisition The travel support information creating means for creating travel support information including the visited place information associated with the travel route acquired by the means, and the travel support information created by the travel support information creating means for the terminal device. And a travel support information transmitting unit for transmitting the travel support information to the terminal device, the control unit of the terminal device receiving the travel support information transmitted from the travel support server. Travel support information display means to be displayed on the display unit.

The travel support server of the present invention is a travel support server that includes at least a control unit and a storage unit that is communicatively connected to a terminal device that includes at least a display unit and an input unit, and the storage unit described above. Includes travel information storage means for storing travel information of another user, wherein the control unit is included in the travel plan information input from the input unit of the terminal device and transmitted from the terminal device. When the planned visit place information included in the travel information of the other user stored in the travel information storage means is based on the planned visit place information included in the travel information of the other user Including the place, the visited place information acquisition means for obtaining visited place information regarding the visited place, which is associated with the travel route, and the visited place information associated with the travel route, which is obtained by the visited place information acquisition means. Travel support information creating means for creating travel support information including: display information generating means for creating display information including the travel support information created by the travel support information creating means; and output control information including the display information. Output control means for displaying the display information on the display unit of the terminal device by transmitting the display information to the terminal device.

A travel support method of the present invention is a travel support method executed in a travel support system, wherein the travel support system includes travel information storage means for storing travel information of other users and travel plan information acquisition. A travel destination information acquisition unit, a travel support information creation unit, and a travel support information display unit, and the travel plan information acquisition unit includes the planned travel destination information input via the input unit. The travel plan information acquisition step of acquiring plan information, the visited place information acquisition means, and the planned visit place information acquired in the travel plan information acquisition step are stored in the travel information storage means. If it is included in the user's travel information, the visit point information about the visited point, which is included in the travel information of the other user and includes the planned visit point based on the planned visit point information, and which is associated with the travel route, is acquired. And a travel support information creating step, wherein the travel support information creating unit creates travel support information including the visit site information associated with the travel route acquired in the visit site information acquiring step. It is characterized in that it includes a creating step and a travel support information displaying step of causing the display section to display the travel support information created in the travel support information creating step.

Further, the travel support method of the present invention is a travel support in which a travel support server including at least a control unit and a storage unit, and a terminal device including at least a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit are communicably connected. A travel support method executed in a system, wherein the storage unit of the travel support server includes travel information storage means for storing travel information of another user, and is executed by the control unit of the travel support server. The planned visit location information included in the travel plan information transmitted from the terminal device, which is input through the input unit of the terminal device, is stored in the travel information storage unit and is stored in the other user's When included in the travel information, the visit location for which the visit location information regarding the visit location, which is associated with the travel route and includes the planned visit location based on the planned visit location information included in the travel information of the other user, is acquired. A trip for creating travel support information including the above-mentioned visited place information associated with the above-mentioned travel route obtained at the above-mentioned visited place information obtaining step, which is executed in the information acquisition step and the above-mentioned control unit of the above-mentioned travel support server. A step of creating support information, a step of transmitting the travel support information created in the step of creating travel support information, which is executed by the control unit of the travel support server, to the terminal device, and the terminal, The travel support information receiving step of receiving the travel support information transmitted from the travel support server, executed by the control unit of the device; and the travel support information executed by the control unit of the terminal device. And a step of displaying travel support information to be displayed on the display unit.

Further, the travel support method of the present invention is a travel support method executed in a travel support server including at least a control unit and a storage unit, which is communicatively connected to a terminal device including at least a display unit and an input unit. The storage unit includes travel information storage means for storing travel information of another user, and is input via the input unit of the terminal device, which is executed by the control unit, and the terminal When the planned visit location information included in the travel plan information transmitted from the device is included in the travel information of the other user stored in the travel information storage means, it is included in the travel information of the other user. , The visited place information acquisition step of obtaining the visited place information regarding the visited place, which includes the planned visited place based on the planned visited place information and is associated with the travel route, and the obtained in the visited place information acquiring step, A travel support information creating step of creating travel support information including the visited place information associated with a travel route, and a display information creation of creating display information including the travel support information created in the travel support information creating step And an output control step of displaying the display information on the display unit of the terminal device by transmitting output control information including the display information to the terminal device.

Further, the program of the present invention is a program for causing a travel support device including at least a display unit, an input unit, a control unit, and a storage unit to execute, and the storage unit stores travel information of other users. And a travel plan information acquisition step for acquiring travel plan information including the planned visit location information input via the input unit in the control unit, and a travel plan information acquisition step. If the planned visit location information acquired as described above is included in the travel information of the other user stored in the travel information storage means, the planned visit location information included in the travel information of the other user Associated with the travel route, including the planned visit site based on A travel support information creating step of creating travel support information including the visited place information, and a travel support information displaying step of displaying the travel support information created in the travel support information creating step on the display unit. It is characterized in that

Further, the program of the present invention is a program to be executed by a travel support server, which is communicatively connected to a terminal device including at least a display unit and an input unit, and includes a control unit and a storage unit. The storage unit includes a travel information storage unit that stores travel information of another user, and the travel information input from the terminal unit in the control unit and transmitted from the terminal device. When the planned visit site information included in the plan information is included in the travel information of the other user stored in the travel information storage unit, the planned visit site information included in the travel information of the other user Associated with the travel route, which includes the planned visit site based on the following, and which is associated with the travel route obtained in the visit place information acquisition step, which obtains visit place information regarding the visited place A travel support information creating step of creating travel support information including the visited place information, and a travel support information transmitting step of sending the travel support information created in the travel support information creating step to the terminal device. It is characterized by

Further, the program of the present invention is a program to be executed by a travel support server, which is communicatively connected to a terminal device including at least a display unit and an input unit, and includes a control unit and a storage unit. The storage unit includes a travel information storage unit that stores travel information of another user, and the travel information input from the terminal unit in the control unit and transmitted from the terminal device. When the planned visit site information included in the plan information is included in the travel information of the other user stored in the travel information storage unit, the planned visit site information included in the travel information of the other user Associated with the travel route, which includes the planned visit site based on the following, and which is associated with the travel route obtained in the visit place information acquisition step, which obtains visit place information regarding the visited place A travel support information creating step of creating travel support information including the visited place information; a display information creating step of creating display information containing the travel support information created in the travel support information creating step; And an output control step of displaying the display information on the display unit of the terminal device by transmitting output control information including the output control information to the terminal device.

According to the present invention, the travel plan information including the input planned visiting place information is acquired, and when the acquired planned visiting place information is included in the stored travel information of other users, the other usage The visit location information related to the visit location, which is included in the travel information of the person and includes the planned visit location based on the planned visit location information, is acquired, and the visit location information associated with the acquired travel route is acquired. Since the travel support information including the above is created and the created travel support information is displayed, the travel plan can be created by utilizing the travel information of other users. Further, according to the present invention, since the created travel plan is utilized for the next travel information, the more the system is used, the more the travel information is enhanced, and the better travel information can be provided. This has the effect of providing a virtuous cycle of gathering travel information.

Further, according to the present invention, the acquired visited place information is selected based on a predetermined condition, and the travel support information including the selected visited place information is created. The effect that can be presented to.

Further, according to the present invention, since the visited place information associated with the acquired travel route is aggregated based on a predetermined condition and the travel support information including the aggregated visited place information is created, the statistics of other users are collected. This has the effect of being able to create travel support information that utilizes the information.

Further, according to the present invention, based on the travel route associated with the visited place based on the acquired visited place information, the traveling means information regarding the traveling means between the planned visiting place and the visited place, and/or Since the travel support information including the required time is created, there is an effect that the user can accurately understand the itinerary between the stop points.

Further, according to the present invention, when the acquired visited place information does not match with the departure place information or the destination information, a departure route including a travel route associated with the visited place based on the visited place information is provided. Since the optimal route from the starting point based on the geographical information to the destination based on the destination information is searched and the travel support information including the route information regarding the optimal route is created, the user can travel around the planned destination in the shortest time. It is possible to present an available route.

Further, according to the present invention, when the acquired planned visiting place information is included in the stored travel information of the other user, the travel of the other user is based on the weather and/or the transportation means. Since the information on the visited place related to the visited place, which is included in the information and includes the planned visited place based on the visited place information, which is associated with the moving route, is acquired, the natural environment that changes according to the season and the physical condition of the user, etc. The effect that it is possible to provide travel support information suitable for.

In the above description, the effects have been described by taking the travel support system of the present invention as an example, but the same effects can be obtained with the travel support server, the travel support method, and the program.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the travel support system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the travel support system in the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the input screen in the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the input screen in the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the movement history information in the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a visited-place information acquisition process using movement history information according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a visited-place information acquisition process using movement history information according to this embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a travel route associated with a visited place in the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in this embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in this embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in this embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in this embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of reference information in the present embodiment. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the travel support system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the travel support system in the second embodiment. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the travel support device according to the third embodiment. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the travel support device according to the third embodiment.

Embodiments of a travel support system, a terminal device, a travel support server, a travel support method, and a program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

Hereinafter, the configuration and processing of the travel support system in the present invention will be described in detail in the order of the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the third embodiment.

[First Embodiment]
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13. However, the first embodiment described below exemplifies a travel support system for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and is not intended to specify the present invention to this travel support system. However, it is equally applicable to travel assistance systems of other embodiments within the scope of the claims. For example, the form of function distribution on the server side and the terminal side in the travel support system illustrated in the first embodiment is not limited to the following, and functional or physical units can be used in arbitrary units as long as similar effects and functions can be achieved. Can be distributed and integrated into

[Structure of travel support system]
First, an example of the configuration of the travel support system according to the first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the travel support system according to the first embodiment, and conceptually shows only the portion related to the present invention in the configuration. In the present embodiment, a travel support system that provides communication-type navigation will be described as a specific example, but the present invention is not limited to this and is also applicable to a stand-alone type travel support system and the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the travel support system of the first embodiment schematically includes a travel support server 200 capable of providing map information and route search, and a single or multiple route guidance application and transfer. A terminal device 100 equipped with a guidance application or the like is communicably connected to the terminal device 100. Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the communication includes, for example, remote communication such as wired/wireless communication via the network 300. Moreover, each part of these travel support systems is communicably connected via an arbitrary communication path.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the travel support system of the first embodiment, the travel support server 200 roughly includes a control unit 202 and a storage unit 206, and the terminal device 100 includes a position acquisition unit. Reference numeral 112 includes an output unit (display unit 114 and voice output unit 116), an input unit 118, a control unit 102, and a storage unit 106.

[Structure of Travel Support Server 200]
Here, in FIG. 1, the travel support server 200 stores, in the storage unit 206, the planned visit location information included in the travel plan information input from the input unit 118 of the terminal device 100 and transmitted from the terminal device 100. If it is included in the travel information of another user, the visit related to the visited place, which is included in the travel information of the other user and includes the planned visit place based on the planned visit information, is associated with the travel route. It has a function of acquiring geographic information, creating travel support information including visiting place information associated with the acquired travel route, and transmitting the created travel support information to the terminal device 100. The travel support server 200 is communicably connected to the terminal device 100 via the network 300 via the communication control interface unit 204, and includes a control unit 202 and a storage unit 206. The control unit 202 is a control unit that performs various processes. The communication control interface unit 204 is an interface connected to a communication device (not shown) such as an antenna or a router connected to a communication line or a telephone line, and controls communication between the travel support server 200 and the network 300. Has the function of performing. That is, the communication control interface unit 204 has a function of communicating data with the terminal device 100 or the like via a communication line. The storage unit 206 is a storage device such as a fixed disk device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive), and various databases and tables (travel information database 206a, network information database 206b, traffic information database 206c). , A map information database 206d, and a guide information database 206e).

Of the constituent elements of the storage unit 206, the travel information database 206a is a travel information storage unit that stores travel information of other users. Here, the travel information may include movement history information, travel plan information, location search history information, and the like. Here, the movement history information may be information regarding the positioning history of the current position of another user (user). Further, the movement history information may be check-in information when another user stops at a visited place (spot such as POI). The travel information may be information posted by another user in the past, or may be information obtained by notifying the other user of a message and requesting information provision. Further, the travel information database 206a may store user's past travel information as travel information of other users.

The network information database 206b is a network information storage unit that stores network information about the network. Here, the network information may be information about a network that defines a transportation network. Further, the network information is information about a network represented by a combination of a node, which is a node on the transportation network representation, and a link connecting the nodes, that is, a combination of the node information and the link information. Good. Further, the node information may include a widget such as an icon indicating a node. Further, the network information may include road network information, route network information, and in-facility network information. Further, the network information database 206b may store connection node information that is node information regarding a connection node that is a connection position where a plurality of networks are connected. The network information is stored in advance in the network information database 206b, and the control unit 202 of the travel support server 200 periodically and/or according to the processing by the control unit 202 (for example, data in the control unit 202). The latest data is downloaded from an external device (for example, a map providing server that provides map information) via the network 300 to update the network information stored in the network information database 206b. May be.

Here, the road network information included in the network information is network information that defines a road network, and is, for example, node information regarding nodes that are nodes in a road network representation such as intersections, and road sections between nodes. It is network information expressed by a combination with link information about links. Here, the road network information is network information for each road type corresponding to a car, a bicycle, or a walk (for example, a highway national road, a motorway, a general road, a bicycle road, or a pedestrian road). It may be stored in the database 206b. Further, the node information includes a node number (for example, a node ID), a node name, position information such as position coordinates such as latitude/longitude altitude, a node type, the number of links to be connected, a connection node number, and an intersection name. Information may be included. The link information includes link numbers (for example, link IDs, etc.), start node IDs, end node IDs, types of roads, route numbers of national roads, prefectural roads, city roads, etc. Area attribute information, link length (for example, distance, etc.), road service status, traffic regulation section during abnormal weather, vehicle weight restriction, vehicle height restriction, width, road width classification, lane information (for example, number of lanes, route bus) About dedicated lanes, lanes dedicated to motorcycles, lanes dedicated to motorcycles and light vehicles, priority lanes such as route buses, lanes dedicated to bicycles, lanes for vehicles, lanes for each direction of travel, etc. Vehicle lane information, etc.), installation information of the Chuo Line including median strips, pedestrian paths (eg, sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian roads, bicycle roads, bicycle pedestrian roads, bicycle pedestrian roads, or, Pedestrian information (for example, including installation information of pedestrians and position information regarding installation positions) regarding pedestrians, crossing information regarding pedestrian crossings (for example, pedestrian crossings, pedestrian bridges, and underpasses) (for example, , Crossroad installation information, and location information regarding installation location), speed limits, lane change restrictions, link attributes such as overpasses, tunnels and bridges, and information such as names (for example, road names) May be included. Further, the road network information may include usage charge data and the like. Here, the usage fee data may be information representing fuel fees consumed when traveling by automobiles and motorcycles, and toll fees for toll roads such as highway national roads and motorways. Further, the road network information may store position information such as latitude and longitude information of facilities such as automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, and facilities existing on a route when moving by foot or the like.

In addition, the route network information included in the network information is network information that defines the route network of each transportation system (for example, public transportation system) such as a railroad, an airplane, a bus, and a ship. Node information (for example, stop point information) about nodes that are nodes (for example, stations, stops, stops, airports, ports, terminals, etc. that are stop points for transportation), and between nodes The network information is represented by a combination with link information (for example, route information including operation route information) related to a link (for example, a railroad route, an air route, a route, a bus route, etc.). Here, the route network information may be stored in the network information database 206b for each operating company, each route, and each public transportation system that operates the route. In addition, the route may be a line connecting a departure place and a destination where the transportation passes. In addition, the operation route information is information regarding an operation route on which the transportation facility in which the transportation route is set actually moves, and may include position information of the operation route. A railroad is a transportation system that transports passengers and cargo by being guided by fixed guideways (rails, guide rails, etc.) installed on the route, such as trains, trams, It may be a ropeway, a monorail, a cable car, a linear motor car, or the like. In addition, the node information includes a node number (for example, a node ID, etc.), a node name (for example, a station name, a stop name, a stop name, a stop name, an airport name, a port name, which is a name of a transportation stop point, Information such as terminal name), and position information such as latitude and longitude altitude. Further, the link information includes a link number (for example, link ID, etc.), a start node ID, an end node ID, a type, a link length (for example, distance, etc.), an in-link attribute such as an viaduct, a tunnel and a bridge, and a link name. (For example, a route name), and information such as position information such as latitude and longitude altitude may be included. Further, the route network information further includes the type of transportation (for example, limited express, express, semi-express, rapid, rapid express, commuter express, commuter express, section express, section semi-express, section rapid, each station stop, and , Normal, etc.) node information (for example, an express stop station, a semi-express stop station, a rapid stop station, etc.) and link information about links such as railroad lines and bus lines connecting the nodes. The network information represented by the combination of and may be included in association with the type.

In addition, the route network information includes position information (eg, latitude/longitude altitude) of a boarding/alighting place of a transportation facility (eg, a platform of a station), shape information, and arrangement information (eg, an island platform and a relative platform). , And attribute information (for example, the name and identification number of a boarding/alighting place such as a platform number) and the like may be included. In addition, the route network information may include fare charge data for transportation. Here, the usage fare data may be, for example, information representing a fare, a fare, and the like generated when using each transportation such as a railroad, an airplane, a bus, and a ship. Further, the route network information may include boarding position data. Here, the boarding position data is, for example, a boarding position of a transportation system in which a plurality of vehicles such as a train, a streetcar, a monorail, a cable car, and a linear motor car are connected (for example, a vehicle close to a ticket gate, convenient for transfer. Information indicating a vehicle in a different position, a vehicle with a low congestion rate, a female-only vehicle, or the like).

The in-facility network information included in the network information is network information that defines the route network in the facility. Here, the in-facility network information includes, for example, entrances and exits of shops, companies, offices, toilets, etc. in buildings, entrances and exits of elevators and escalators, entrances and exits of stairs, boarding entrances of planes, etc., on platforms of stations. Node information about nodes that are connecting points such as train positions and ticket gates at stations such as passageways, and passages connecting steps between nodes, stairs, moving walkways, escalators, elevators, etc. It is network information expressed by a combination with link information about links. Here, the node information includes a node number (for example, a node ID or the like), a name of a node (an entrance/exit name or the like), position information such as position coordinates such as latitude/longitude altitude, a node type (for example, an entrance/exit, etc.). Information such as an entrance/exit, a corner of a passage, a branch point of a passage, the number of links to be connected, and a connection node number may be included. Further, the link information includes a link number (for example, a link ID or the like), a start node ID, an end node ID, a link length, a width, a link type (for example, a passage connecting steps between nodes, a stairway, a slope, an escalator, an elevator, And a moving walkway), and barrier-free information may be included. Here, the facilities may be stations, office buildings, hotels, department stores, supermarkets, museums, museums, schools, aquariums, underground passages, multilevel parking lots, underground parking lots, and indoor structures such as underground malls. .. Further, the facility may be a bus terminal, a park, an amusement park, a campsite, a connecting passage, an outdoor parking lot, or an outdoor building such as a zoo.

The traffic information database 206c is a traffic information storage unit that stores traffic information. Here, the traffic information may include timetable information about the timetable of the transportation facility. Here, the timetable information may include stoppoint timetable information regarding a timetable for each stop point of the transportation facility, and operation timetable information regarding an operation timetable for each transportation facility. Further, the timetable information may be information representing a timetable of each transportation such as a railroad, an airplane, a bus, and a ship. In addition, the timetable information further includes departure/arrival times (for example, scheduled times of departure, transit, and arrival) of transportation at nodes on the route (that is, stop points of transportation), names of transportation routes, Also, the information may include attribute information such as the name of a node on the route of the transportation facility (that is, the stop point of the transportation facility). In addition, the timetable information includes transportation attribute information (for example, type and destination information) associated with each section (for example, one or more links) that connects nodes on a transportation route. You can leave. Further, the timetable information may include attribute information of the boarding/alighting place such as the name and identification number (eg, platform number) of the boarding/alighting place used for getting on and off each transportation facility. In addition, the stop point timetable information may be timetable information in units of stop points (for example, timetable information that determines the arrival time of the transportation facility passing through each stop point). Further, the operation timetable information may be timetable information for each transportation facility (for example, timetable information defining transit times at stop points through which each transportation facility transits). Further, the traffic information may include operation information of transportation facilities (for example, delay information). For example, the operation information includes railroad operation information, air travel information, ship operation information, and bus operation information. May be included. Note that the operation information may include information about stop points and scheduled passage times for each route or service flight. Further, the timetable information further includes transportation destination information (for example, final destination information) and types of transportation (for example, limited express, express, semi-express, rapid express, rapid express, commuter express, commute commute). Information such as express, section express, section semi-express, section rapid, stop at each station, and normal).

Further, the traffic information may include road traffic information. Here, the road traffic information may include traffic jam information such as a traffic jam occurrence point, a traffic jam distance, and a transit time between two points on the road (that is, travel time). Further, the road traffic information may include traffic obstacle information, traffic regulation information, and the like. Here, the traffic regulation information is data that defines various traffic regulations. For example, traffic regulation during abnormal weather such as precipitation regulation, snow cover/freezing regulation, ultrasonic wave regulation, wind speed regulation, visibility regulation, and height regulation. Vehicle traffic regulations such as regulations and weight regulations, road construction and work, construction regulations accompanying road construction, traffic zone regulations that regulate the traffic zones that can be traveled depending on the time of day and vehicle type, and vehicle traffic due to road damage, etc. It may include information such as prohibition of general vehicles from entering due to a community zone or the like installed to secure traffic safety, and prohibition of general vehicles from entering because it is a connecting road to private land. Further, the traffic regulation information may be traffic regulation information in which a vehicle lane or the like becomes inoperable or difficult due to construction, accident, vehicle failure, or the like. In addition, the traffic information is stored in advance in the traffic information database 206c, and the control unit 202 of the travel support server 200 periodically (for example, every 5 minutes) and/or for processing by the control unit 202. In response to this (for example, when the control unit 202 needs the data), the latest data is transmitted via the network 300 to an external system (for example, National Police Agency, VICS (Vehicle Information and Communication System), and It is downloaded from ATiS (registered trademark) (Advanced Traffic Information Service), Japan Road Traffic Information Center (registered trademark) (JARTIC (registered trademark)), railway company, bus company, traffic information distribution server (service), etc. The traffic information stored in the traffic information database 206c may be updated.

The map information database 206d is a map information storage unit that stores map information about maps. Here, the map information database 206d may store map information regarding maps of a plurality of reduced scales or map information that can correspond to maps of a plurality of reduced scales. That is, the map information may include a plurality of raster-scale map drawing images of a reduced scale, a vector-format map drawing image, or the like. Here, the map information may be, for example, outdoor map information such as map information meshed according to a scale (for example, JIS standard first to third area division mesh data and 100 m mesh data). .. In addition, the map information may include outdoor map information such as national and local road map information. Further, the map information database 206d may store route map information regarding a route map of public transportation. Further, the map information may include indoor map information such as a floor guide map regarding a building having height information (for example, a multilevel parking lot, a station, a department store, a school, etc.). The map information database 206d may store map information and a map ID (for example, a mesh number) that uniquely identifies the map information in association with each other.

Further, the map information database 206d may further store map object information regarding map objects displayed on the map. Here, the map object information is a feature displayed on the map (for example, a building, a house, a building such as a station, a road, a railroad, a bridge, a tunnel, a contour line, a coastline, a lakeshore, etc. Shape information (polygons, polylines, etc.) about the shape of lifelines, seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, parks, sites such as outdoor facilities, administrative circles, administrative districts, and blocks), on a map Note displayed in (for example, place name, address, telephone number, store, park, building, station, etc., facility name, famous place, historic site, river, lake, bay, mountain, forest, etc. , Roads, bridges, and tunnel names, route names, point information, and word-of-mouth information, facility opening hours, store products, URLs, photo data, coupon information, etc.), and note information, and Symbols displayed on the map (for example, mountains, historic sites, temples, government offices, police stations, police boxes, fire stations, stations, medical institutions, museums, schools, factories, and cemeteries, restaurants, food, etc. Store symbols such as goods stores, liquor stores, tobacco stores, department stores, shopping centers, supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations, financial institutions, and post offices, road signals, toll road entrances, toll gates, service areas, parking Areas and symbols such as interchanges, parking lots, stations, hotels, museums, facility symbols such as museums, and word of mouth symbol etc.) Good. Here, the shape information may include an image (for example, a polygon, a polyline, etc.) for drawing a map object.

Further, the map information database 206d may further store POI information including POI position information and the like. Here, the position (coordinates) information of the POI is the latitude and longitude altitude of the POI, the telephone number of the POI, the address of the POI, and the location of the point where the POI exists (urban areas, suburbs, harbors, and the vicinity of stations, etc.). ) And application restrictions, etc. may be included. In addition, POI information includes POI name, type (category), URL, business hours, products handled, average price (for example, average usage fee, etc.), reputation, ranking, ease of stopping by, recommended score, photo data, coupon information. , Word-of-mouth (for example, word-of-mouth evaluation and user comments), usage conditions, availability, facility size, POI ID, reference rate such as the number of times or frequency of access to the POI information, and update date and time of the POI information. Information may be included. Here, the POI is a specific point or facility perceived by a person as a convenient place or a place of interest, and may be a store, a company, an office, a public facility, an entertainment facility, an outdoor facility, or the like. It may be. Here, the stores include, for example, restaurants, grocery stores, liquor stores, tobacco stores, department stores, shopping centers, supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations, financial institutions, post offices, multilevel parking lots, and hotels and inns. It may be an accommodation facility or the like. Moreover, the public facilities may be, for example, government offices, police stations, police boxes, fire stations, stations, medical institutions, museums, museums, schools, and the like. Further, the entertainment facility may be, for example, a movie theater, a theater, an amusement park, a pachinko parlor, a casino, a racetrack, or the like. Further, the outdoor facility may be a bus terminal, a park, an amusement park, a campsite, a connecting passage, an outdoor parking lot, a zoo, or the like. Further, the POI may be a venue for a temporary event (for example, a festival, an exhibition, an exposition, a match, a concert, a flea market, etc.).

In addition, the indoor map information included in the map information may include indoor route data for indoor routes on the premises such as facilities. Here, the premises route data may be data based on at least the movement route data on the premises such as a station and the map information of a map (facility guide map) including the movement route. For example, the indoor route data may be an image in which the moving route is drawn on the facility guide map. Further, for example, the indoor route data may further include message data that describes the moving route. Here, the movement route based on the movement route data may be an optimum route (for example, a shortest route or a barrier-free route) that connects a ticket gate or the like when transferring between a plurality of transportation facilities in the facility.

Further, the map information and the like are stored in advance in the map information database 206d, and the control unit 202 of the travel support server 200 regularly and/or according to the processing by the control unit 202 (for example, the control unit). The map information stored in the map information database 206d by downloading the latest data from an external device (for example, a map providing server that provides map information) via the network 300 (when the data is needed in 202, etc.) Etc. may be updated.

The guidance information database 206e is a guidance information storage unit that stores guidance information (voice guidance information, display guidance information, etc.). Here, the display guidance information included in the guidance information is turn-by-turn (TBT), which is an arrow navigation that displays a guidance such as a right turn or left turn on the screen, which is associated with a traveling direction at a branch point or the like, and It may be character data or the like notifying that the position is close to the target object, and may be used when the control unit 102 of the terminal device 100 executes the display guidance, for example. In addition, the display guidance information may include map information (for example, an enlarged view of an intersection) regarding a low-scale map around the intersection, a road sign image of a road sign, a road display image of a road marking, and the like. Further, the voice guidance information included in the guidance information may be voice information that informs that there is a congested area around the current position. Crossing is possible", "There is a crossing ahead", and "This is the last crossing", "Traffic is ahead" associated with the guidance of the traffic jam, and the direction of travel at the branch point, etc. It may be voice information such as "Turn left at the next intersection" associated with, etc., and "It will be around the destination soon" associated when the current position approaches the destination, For example, the control unit 102 of the terminal device 100 may be used when executing voice guidance.

Further, the control unit 202 has a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program defining various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing required data. Then, the control unit 202 performs information processing for executing various processes by using these programs and the like. The control unit 202 functionally and conceptually includes a travel plan information receiving unit 202a, a visited place information acquiring unit 202b, a travel support information creating unit 202c, and a travel support information transmitting unit 202d.

Of these, the travel plan information receiving unit 202a is a travel plan information receiving unit that receives the travel plan information including the planned visit site information input from the input unit 118 of the terminal device 100 and transmitted from the terminal device 100. .. Here, the travel plan information may further include departure point information and destination information. Further, the travel plan information further includes weather information, transportation information (for example, use of public transportation, use of foot, use of bicycle, use of railroad, use of car, etc.), departure date (departure date and time), and return. The date (return date and time) and/or the schedule (date) and the like (for example, route search conditions) may be included. The planned visit location information is the name of the point (travel destination) that the user plans to visit, or location information (for example, location information corresponding to the position tapped on the displayed map information). May be.

In addition, when the planned visit site information is included in the travel information of another user stored in the travel information database 206a, the visited site information acquisition unit 202b includes the visited site included in the travel information of the other user. It is a visited place information acquisition unit that obtains visited place information regarding a visited place, which is associated with a moving route and includes a planned visited place based on the planned place information. Here, when the planned visit site information is included in the travel information of another user stored in the travel information database 206a, the visited site information acquisition unit 202b determines whether or not the other sites are visited based on the weather and/or the transportation means. The visit point information regarding the visit point, which is included in the travel information of the user and includes the planned visit point based on the planned visit point information, which is associated with the travel route, may be acquired.

The travel support information creation unit 202c is a travel support information creation unit that creates travel support information including the visited place information associated with the travel route acquired by the visited place information acquisition unit 202b. Here, the travel support information creation unit 202c may select the visit place information acquired by the visit place information acquisition unit 202b based on a predetermined condition and create travel support information including the selected visit place information. .. In addition, the travel support information creation unit 202c aggregates the visit place information associated with the travel route acquired by the visit place information acquisition unit 202b based on a predetermined condition, and the travel support information including the aggregated visit place information. May be created. Further, the travel support information creating unit 202c further moves between the planned visiting place and the visiting place based on the moving route associated with the visiting place based on the visiting place information acquired by the visiting place information acquiring unit 202b. Travel assistance information including travel information regarding means and/or required time may be created. Further, when the visited place information acquired by the visited place information acquiring unit 202b does not match the departure place information or the destination information, the travel support information creation unit 202c further determines the visited place based on the visited place information. It is also possible to search for an optimum route from the departure point based on the departure point information including the associated travel route to the destination based on the destination information, and create travel support information including the route information regarding the optimum route.

Here, the travel support information creation unit 202c may search for the optimum route (guidance route) using the network information stored in the network information database 206b. Further, the travel support information creation unit 202c may further search for the optimum route based on the traffic information stored in the traffic information database 206c. For example, the travel support information creation unit 202c may search for the optimum route based on the traffic information stored in the traffic information database 206c using the network information stored in the network information database 206b. In addition, the travel support information creation unit 202c may search for an optimum route that satisfies the travel plan information (route search condition). Further, the travel support information may include a difference (difference information) from the travel plan information, and/or travel reference information including statistical information of the travel information. Here, the travel reference information may include the average staying time, the number of visitors, the previous visit place, the later visit place, and/or the order of visit of the visit place including the planned visit place. Further, the travel reference information may include transportation means information regarding transportation means between points (for example, between visited places) and/or accommodation destinations. Further, the travel support information further includes map information relating to the map including the optimum route stored in the map information database 206d, and/or guide information (displayed on the optimum route stored in the guide information database 206e). (Guidance information, voice guidance information, etc.) may be included.

The travel support information transmission unit 202d is a travel support information transmission unit that transmits the travel support information created by the travel support information creation unit 202c to the terminal device 100.

[Configuration of terminal device 100]
Further, in FIG. 1, the terminal device 100 has a function of receiving the travel support information transmitted from the travel support server 200 and displaying the travel support information on the display unit 114. The terminal device 100 is, for example, an information processing device such as a commercially available desktop or notebook personal computer, a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PHS, and a PDA, and a navigation terminal that provides travel route guidance and the like. (For example, a car travel support device). Here, the terminal device 100 may be equipped with an internet browser or the like, and may be equipped with a route guidance application, a transfer guidance application, an information search application, or the like. Further, the terminal device 100 may include a position acquisition unit 112 having a GPS function, an IMES function, or the like so that the current position can be measured in real time. Further, the terminal device 100 may include an output unit including at least the display unit 114 and the audio output unit 116. Further, the terminal device 100 may include an input unit 118 that inputs data.

Here, the display unit 114 may be a display unit (for example, a display including liquid crystal or organic EL, a monitor, a touch panel, or the like) that displays a display screen of an application or the like. The audio output unit 116 may be an audio output unit (for example, a speaker) that outputs audio information as audio. The input unit 118 may be, for example, a key input unit, a touch panel, a control pad (for example, a touch pad, a game pad, etc.), a mouse, a keyboard, a microphone, or the like. The input/output control interface unit 108 also controls the position acquisition unit 112, the display unit 114, the audio output unit 116, the input unit 118, and the like.

Here, the position acquisition unit 112 may be, for example, a signal reception unit that receives a position information signal transmitted from the position transmission device 500. Here, the position transmission device 500 may be a GPS device (for example, a GPS satellite) that transmits a position information signal (GPS signal). Here, the GPS signal may include the time from an atomic clock or the like mounted on the GPS device, the ephemeris of the GPS device (for example, orbit information, etc.), and the like. The position transmitting device 500 may be a base station (for example, a mobile phone, a car phone, a PHS base station, or the like) that is a device or the like for performing wireless communication with the terminal device 100. The position transmitting device 500 may be an IMES device that realizes an IMES (Indoor Message System) technology that enables indoor positioning using a position information signal having characteristics similar to a GPS signal.

The position transmitting device 500 may be a GPS repeater that transmits a GPS signal received outdoors outdoors. Further, the position transmitting device 500 is arbitrarily installed on each floor in a building (for example, a multi-storey parking lot) or each place in an underground structure (for example, a subway station, an underground mall, an underground communication passage, and an underground parking lot). It may be a small transmitter. It should be noted that self-position information (position ID, etc.) according to the installation location is assigned to this small transmitting device. Then, when the terminal device 100 enters the communicable range, the terminal device 100 receives the self-position information transmitted from the small transmitter as a position information signal. The communication system at this time may be, for example, various short-range wireless systems such as an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag system or Bluetooth (registered trademark), or an infrared communication system. The position transmitting device 500 may be a wireless LAN access point. In this embodiment, the position acquisition unit 112 may receive a wireless LAN signal or the like and acquire the identification information of the access point. Then, the control unit 102 may specify the position of the access point from the identification information unique to the access point acquired by the position acquisition unit 112 and acquire the position information. Further, in the present embodiment, the control unit 102 may calculate position information including latitude, longitude, and height information from the position information signal acquired by the position acquisition unit 112. Here, the position information may indicate an absolute position specified by latitude and longitude, or a relative position from a reference position.

Here, the position acquisition unit 112 may include a speed sensor, an acceleration sensor, a direction sensor, a distance sensor, and the like that detect the amount of change (for example, vector amount) of the terminal device 100. Here, the position acquisition unit 112 may detect the speed with a speed sensor. Further, the position acquisition unit 112 may detect acceleration by using an acceleration sensor. Further, the position acquisition unit 112 may detect the azimuth (for example, east/west/south/south/north/heaven/ground) and the inclination with the azimuth sensor. Further, the position acquisition unit 112 may detect the moving distance (displacement) with a distance sensor. Here, the speed sensor may be a laser Doppler vibrometer or the like, and may detect the speed of the terminal device 100 from the difference in frequency or the like caused by the detected Doppler effect. Further, the acceleration sensor may be a mechanical acceleration sensor, an optical acceleration sensor such as an FBG optical fiber type, or a semiconductor type acceleration sensor such as a MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) acceleration sensor. Further, a geomagnetic sensor that detects an absolute traveling direction, an optical gyro that detects a relative traveling direction, or the like may be used as the direction sensor. Further, the azimuth sensor may be an electronic compass or the like that can obtain information about the azimuth and the inclination by combining the geomagnetic sensor and the acceleration sensor. Further, when the terminal device 100 is an information processing terminal for a vehicle, the distance sensor may generate a pulse signal in proportion to the rotation speed of the axle and detect a moving distance in proportion to the number of pulse signals.

In addition, the position acquisition unit 112 may further include a communication device, and when the terminal device 100 is an information processing terminal for a vehicle, the vehicle position is determined from the inter-vehicle communication of the communication device mounted on each vehicle. You may acquire the positional information which shows. Further, the position acquisition unit 112 may acquire position information indicating the current position of the user of the terminal device 100 based on the map information.

The communication control interface unit 104 is an interface connected to a communication device (not shown) such as an antenna or a router connected to a communication line or a telephone line, and communication between the terminal device 100 and the network 300. It has the function of controlling. That is, the communication control interface unit 104 has a function of communicating data with the travel support server 200 or the like via a communication line. The network 300 has a function of mutually connecting the terminal device 100 and the travel support server 200 to an external device such as an external map providing server or an external system. For example, the Internet, a telephone line network (mobile terminal line). Network and general telephone network), an intranet, or power line communication (PLC).

Further, the storage unit 106 is a large-capacity storage unit such as an HDD or SSD, and/or a storage unit such as a small-capacity high-speed memory (for example, cache memory) configured by using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or the like. Therefore, various databases, files, and tables (travel support information file 106a, etc.) may be stored. Here, the storage unit 106 may temporarily store various files and the like.

The travel support information file 106a is a travel support information storage unit that stores travel support information.

In addition, the control unit 102 has a control program such as an OS, a program that defines various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing required data. Then, the control unit 102 performs information processing for executing various processes by using these programs and the like. Conceptually, the control unit 102 includes a current position information acquisition unit 102a, a travel plan information transmission unit 102b, a travel support information reception unit 102c, and a travel support information display unit 102d.

Here, the current position information acquisition unit 102a is a current position information acquisition unit that acquires the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100. Here, the current position information acquisition unit 102a may acquire the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 at predetermined time intervals (for example, every one second or every three minutes), that is, at a predetermined cycle. Good. Further, the current position information acquisition unit 102a may acquire the position information calculated by the position acquisition unit 112 from the position information signal received from the position transmission device 500 as the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100. The current position information acquisition unit 102a may further transmit the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 to the travel support server 200. Further, the current position information may include an acquisition time (for example, a transmission time included in the position information signal).

Further, the current position information acquisition unit 102a may acquire position information such as position coordinates about the current position input by the user via the input unit 118 as the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100. Here, the current position based on the current position information input by the user via the input unit 118 may be a position at which the user actually exists, or a virtual current position arbitrarily selected by the user. (As an example, it may be an arbitrary station such as an Osaka station or airport selected by a user in Tokyo). For example, the current position information acquisition unit 102a is a point corresponding to the display position designated by the user via the input unit 118 (for example, designated via a touch panel) on the map information displayed on the display unit 114. The information may be acquired as the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100.

The travel plan information transmission unit 102b is a travel plan information transmission unit that transmits the travel plan information to the travel support server 200 when the travel plan information including the planned visit location information is input via the input unit 118. .. Here, the travel plan information transmission unit 102b may display display information (input screen) for inputting the travel plan information on the display unit 114.

The travel support information receiving unit 102c is a travel support information receiving unit that receives the travel support information transmitted from the travel support server 200. Here, the travel support information receiving unit 102c may further store the received information in the travel support information file 106a. Here, when the travel support information file 106a stores existing reception information, the travel support information receiving unit 102c may store the newly set reception information by overwriting the existing reception information. ..

The travel support information display unit 102d is a travel support information display unit that causes the display unit 114 to display travel support information. Here, the travel support information display unit 102d may further display the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 on the display unit 114. The travel support information display unit 102d may display the display guidance information on the display unit 114. Further, the travel support information display unit 102d may perform route guidance by displaying route guidance information (map information, route information, and/or current position information, etc.) on the display unit 114. Here, the travel support information display unit 102d may execute route guidance when a route guidance start request is input via the input unit 118. Further, the travel support information display unit 102d may output voice information (voice guidance information or the like included in the guidance information) corresponding to the display via the voice output unit 116.

This is the end of the description of the example of the configuration of the travel support system according to the first embodiment.

[Processing of travel support system]
Next, an example of the processing of the travel support system according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 13. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the travel support system in the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, first, the travel plan information transmission unit 102b of the terminal device 100 causes the display unit 114 to display an input screen for inputting travel plan information, and the user plans to visit the input unit 118 via the input unit 118. When the travel plan information including the geographical information is input, the travel plan information is transmitted to the travel support server 200 (step SA-1). Here, the travel plan information further includes departure point information, destination information, weather (weather) information, and transportation means information (for example, use of public transportation, use of foot, use of bicycle, use of railroad, use of car, etc.). , Departure date (departure date and time), and/or schedule (date) (for example, route search conditions) may be included. The planned visit location information is the name of the point (travel destination) that the user plans to visit, or location information (for example, location information corresponding to the position tapped on the displayed map information). May be. For example, the travel plan information transmission unit 102b causes the display unit 114 to display an input screen including map information, and when the user taps the map information displayed via the input unit 118, the travel plan information transmission unit 102b corresponds to the tapped position. It is also possible to acquire the point information to be visited as the planned visit location information and transmit the travel plan information including the planned visit location information to the travel support server 200.

Here, an example of the input screen in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing an example of the input screen in the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the input screen for inputting the travel plan information in the present embodiment, the input information regarding the departure date, the departure place, the destination, the means of transportation to be used, and the planned visiting place (visiting place). It may include a text box for entering, as well as a drop down list for selecting a date. Here, the user may input at least one planned visiting place information as travel plan information and use it as a narrowing condition when referring to route data of another user. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, in the input screen for inputting the travel plan information in the present embodiment, a text for inputting the input information regarding the departure date, the departure place, and the planned visit destination (travel destination). It may include a box as well as a drop down list for selecting a date. Here, if the travel plan information is specifically determined, the user may also input the departure time and the order of visits.

Returning to FIG. 2, the travel plan information receiving unit 202a of the travel support server 200 receives the travel plan information including the planned visit location information transmitted from the terminal device 100 (step SA-2).

Then, the visited place information acquisition unit 202b of the travel support server 200 determines that the planned visited place information received by the travel plan information reception unit 202a is included in the travel information of other users stored in the travel information database 206a. , And obtains the visited place information regarding the visited place, which is included in the travel information of the other user and includes the planned visited place based on the planned visited place information, which is associated with the moving route (step SA-3). Here, when the planned visit location information received by the travel plan information receiving section 202a is included in the travel information of other users stored in the travel information database 206a, the visited site information acquisition unit 202b travel plan information. Based on the weather based on the weather information included in the travel plan information received by the receiving unit 202a and/or the use transportation means based on the transportation means information, the planned visit place included in the travel information of the other user. Visit location information about the visit location associated with the travel route may be obtained, including the information-based planned visit location. Further, the term “associated with a travel route” may be a route searched as a travel route or a route accompanied by an actual travel history, a combination associated by a user as a series of travel plans, and a route along a road. You may not have one. That is, the visited place information acquisition unit 202b determines the travel plan input by the user from the travel history information, travel plan information, and location search history information of other users stored in the travel information database 206a. Related information (visit place information) may be extracted.

Here, an example of travel information of another user stored in the travel information database 206a in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the movement history information in the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5, the movement history information included in the travel information of another user stored in the travel information database 206a according to the present embodiment includes the positioning of another user that is positioned using GPS or the like. It may include position information, visit point information including check-in information when another user stops at a spot, and/or travel route information of another user. Here, as shown in FIG. 5, the movement history information in this embodiment may hold the same movement history in a plurality of data formats, and one movement history may correspond to only one data format. Good.

In addition, an example of the visited-site information acquisition processing according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. 6 and 7 are diagrams showing an example of the visited-place information acquisition processing using the movement history information in the present embodiment.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the visited-place information acquisition unit 202b uses the measured position information of another user stored in the travel information database 206a and the map information stored in the map information database 206d to display on the map. Match the POIs of other users with the positioning positions of other users to identify stop points (visit points) (Figure 6 left), and specify the stop points (visit points) and the points set by users (users) The place) may be matched (FIG. 6 right), and the visited place information regarding the matched stop point (visit place) may be acquired. That is, a movement history including a predetermined point may be extracted from the measured position information.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the visited-place information acquisition unit 202b uses the travel information database 206a to store the positioning information of other users, the network information stored in the network information database 206b, and the map information database. Using the map information stored in 206d, the POI and the road network on the map are matched with the positioning positions of other users to identify the stop-point (visit point) and the movement route (left in FIG. 7). The stop point (visit point) and the movement route are matched with the route (travel plan) set by the user (user) (Fig. 7, right), and the matched stop point (visit) is associated with the movement route. You may acquire the visit point information regarding (ground). That is, the movement history including the predetermined route may be extracted from the positioning position information.

Further, with reference to FIG. 8, an example of the travel route associated with the visited place in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a travel route associated with a visited place in the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing travel routes to be aggregated. For example, when the B museum is designated as the planned visit site, the travel routes of other users including the B museum as the visited site may be extracted. .. Here, the travel route may be an actual travel route of another user, may be a route registered as a travel route by another user, or may be information associating only a visited place. .. Further, the visited place information acquisition unit 202b may acquire and aggregate other visited places included in the series of travel routes based on the extracted travel routes of other users, and include, for example, B Museum. Data not only on A but also on C, D, and E may be aggregated on the travel route.

Returning to FIG. 2, the travel support information creation unit 202c of the travel support server 200 creates travel support information including the visited place information associated with the travel route acquired by the visited place information acquisition unit 202b (step SA- 4). Here, the travel support information creation unit 202c may select the visit place information acquired by the visit place information acquisition unit 202b based on a predetermined condition and create travel support information including the selected visit place information. .. In addition, the travel support information creation unit 202c aggregates the visit place information associated with the travel route acquired by the visit place information acquisition unit 202b based on a predetermined condition, and the travel support information including the aggregated visit place information. May be created. Further, the travel support information creating unit 202c further moves between the planned visiting place and the visiting place based on the moving route associated with the visiting place based on the visiting place information acquired by the visiting place information acquiring unit 202b. Travel assistance information including travel information regarding means and/or required time may be created. In addition, the travel support information creation unit 202c further includes the planned visiting sites or the visiting sites based on the travel route associated with the visiting site based on the visiting site information acquired by the visiting site information acquiring unit 202b. You may create the travel means information regarding the travel means, and/or travel support information including the required time.

Further, when the visited place information acquired by the visited place information acquiring unit 202b does not match the departure place information or the destination information, the travel support information creation unit 202c further determines the visited place based on the visited place information. The optimum route that includes the associated travel route and that satisfies the travel plan information (route search condition) received by the travel plan information receiving unit 202a from the departure point based on the departure point information to the destination based on the destination information is transported. You may search based on the traffic information memorize|stored in the information database 206c using the network information memorize|stored in the network information database 206b, and may produce travel assistance information containing the route information regarding the said optimal route. Further, the travel support information may include a difference (difference information) from the travel plan information, and/or travel reference information including statistical information of the travel information. Here, the travel reference information may include the average staying time, the number of visitors, the previous visit place, the later visit place, and/or the order of visit of the visit place including the planned visit place. Further, the travel reference information may include transportation means information regarding transportation means between points (for example, between visited places) and/or accommodation information. Further, the travel support information further includes map information relating to the map including the optimum route stored in the map information database 206d, and/or guide information (displayed on the optimum route stored in the guide information database 206e). (Guidance information, voice guidance information, etc.) may be included.

Then, the travel support information transmission unit 202d of the travel support server 200 transmits the travel support information created by the travel support information creation unit 202c to the terminal device 100 (step SA-5).

Then, the travel support information receiving unit 102c of the terminal device 100 receives the travel support information transmitted from the travel support server 200, and stores the received travel support information in the travel support information file 106a (step SA-6).

Then, the travel support information display unit 102d of the terminal device 100 causes the display unit 114 to display the travel support information stored in the travel support information file 106a (step SA-7), and ends the process. When the user inputs a route guidance start request for the optimum route through the input unit 118, the travel support information display unit 102d displays the travel support information file on the map information stored in the travel support information file 106a. Even if route guidance is executed, the route information stored in 106a and the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 102a are superimposed and displayed on the display unit 114. Good. Here, the travel support information display unit 102d may cause the display unit 114 to display the display guidance information corresponding to the optimum route stored in the travel support information file 106a. Further, the travel support information display unit 102d may output voice information corresponding to the display (voice guidance information or the like stored in the travel support information file 106a) via the voice output unit 116. The travel support information display unit 102d may display the reference information stored in the travel support information file 106a on the display unit 114, or may display the reference information on the display unit 114 in addition to the route information. A person may selectably display the reference information on the display unit 114. As described above, in the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain information of another user who has created a travel plan similar to the user in the past, and, for example, the same prefecture, area, or visited place as the other user. By creating travel support information that partially overlaps with the travel information of other users, including information related to etc., it is possible to compare the travel plans of the users with the actual travels of other users.

Here, an example of the travel support information in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 12. 9 to 12 are diagrams showing examples of display screens according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is travel support information created based on the visited place information aggregated based on the travel plan information shown in FIG. ) May be added and displayed, the ratio and ranking used as the result of totaling may be displayed, and the context before and after the visit may be displayed.

In addition, FIG. 10 is travel support information that displays the entire route connected by the optimum route from the departure point to the visited place, and the movement acquired based on the visited place information that is aggregated based on the travel plan information illustrated in FIG. The route information may include route information including a route and an optimum route from the user's original departure point and destination to the visited point that is not included in the travel route. This makes it possible to display an effective route as a whole. Further, the travel support information may be easier for the user to use because there may be a tour route or route that is easier for the user to use than a travel route based on the visited place information, depending on the user's unique departure point or destination. You may make it include the route information regarding a route.

Further, FIG. 11 is an example in which travel support information including support information (reference information) is displayed for each aggregated condition. For example, in the present embodiment, when the condition is weather, the travel day is sunny or rain Depending on the difference, the visit point information based on the aggregated travel route and the support information (reference information) may be displayed. Here, the condition may be not only the weather but also the transportation means or the like.

Further, FIG. 12 is an example of travel support information (recommended travel plan) created based on the travel plan information (travel plan) shown in FIG. 4, and includes a departure date (2012/2/1) and a schedule (2 nights/night). Sun), route information about the travel route that visits route point 1 (D temple) and route point 2 (castle B) from the departure point (A station) in order, map information with route information superimposed, and amend travel plans It may include a button (to modify) for doing. Here, as shown in FIG. 12, the travel support information may include reference information such as arrival/departure times between visiting places and transportation means information. In addition, the travel route may be a route in the order of visit in consideration of reference information. Further, the travel support information may include a staying time at the visited place in consideration of the reference information. Further, the travel support information may include candidate information of a substitute schedule when the travel date is bad weather.

Here, an example of the reference information in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 13. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of reference information in the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an example of reference information created based on the travel plan information shown in FIG. 4, and shows necessary types of information from the travel information of a plurality of types of other users stored in the travel information database 206a. It may be generated by selection. Here, as shown in FIG. 13, as reference information, the average staying time at each visited place, the number of visitors to each visited place, the use ratio of the transportation means between the visited places, the visited place before the visited place, and the visit The information may be information about a visited place after the place, a popular lodging place of a visitor to the visited place, a visiting order ranking of the visited place, and the like.

This is the end of the description of an example of the process of the travel support system according to the first embodiment.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a travel support system (server driven type) according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15. Here, FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the travel support system in the second embodiment, and conceptually shows only the portion related to the present invention in the configuration.

In the travel support system according to the second embodiment, the travel support server 200 generates data to be displayed on the display unit 114 of the terminal device 100, and transmits the data to the terminal device 100, so that the terminal The display unit 114 of the device 100 is functioning. As described above, the second embodiment is different from the other embodiments in that the travel support server 200 performs processing on the initiative of the server.

[Structure of Travel Support Server 200]
First, an example of the configuration of the travel support server 200 according to the second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 14, the travel support server 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes at least a position acquisition unit 112, an output unit (display unit 114 and voice output unit 116), an input unit 118, and a control unit 102. It is communicably connected to the provided terminal device 100 and includes at least a control unit 202 and a storage unit 206. The communication includes, for example, remote communication such as wired/wireless communication via the network 300. The travel support server 200 and each unit of the terminal device 100 are communicatively connected via an arbitrary communication path.

In FIG. 14, the travel support server 200 stores, in the storage unit 206, the planned visit location information included in the travel plan information input from the input unit 118 of the terminal device 100 and transmitted from the terminal device 100. If included in the travel information of the user of, the visit point information related to the visit point, which is included in the travel information of the other user and includes the planned visit point based on the planned visit point information, that is associated with the travel route, is included. The travel support information including the visited location information associated with the acquired travel route is acquired, the display information including the created travel support information is generated, and the output control information including the display information is transmitted to the terminal device 100. By transmitting, the display information is displayed on the display unit 114 of the terminal device 100.

The functions of the communication control interface unit 204 and the storage unit 206 (travel information database 206a, network information database 206b, traffic information database 206c, map information database 206d, guide information database 206e, etc.) in the travel support server 200, and The functions of the position acquisition unit 112, the display unit 114, the voice output unit 116, and the input unit 118 in the terminal device 100 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

Further, in FIG. 14, the control unit 202 has a control program such as an OS, a program that defines various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing required data. Then, the control unit 202 performs information processing for executing various processes by using these programs and the like. Conceptually, the control unit 202 is a travel plan information reception unit 202a, a visited place information acquisition unit 202b, a travel support information creation unit 202c, a current position information acquisition unit 202e, a display information generation unit 202f, and an output control unit 202g. Equipped with. The functions of the travel plan information receiving unit 202a, the visited place information acquiring unit 202b, and the travel support information creating unit 202c are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

Among these, the current position information acquisition unit 202e is a current position information acquisition unit that acquires the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100. Here, the current position information acquisition unit 202e may acquire the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 at predetermined time intervals (for example, every one second or every three minutes), that is, at a predetermined cycle. Good. Further, the current position information acquisition unit 202e receives the position information signal received from the position transmission device 500 by the position acquisition unit 112 of the terminal device 100 from the terminal device 100, and the position information calculated from the position information signal is transmitted to the terminal device. It may be acquired as the current position information of 100 users. Further, the current position information acquisition unit 202e receives position information such as position coordinates regarding the current position input by the user via the input unit 118 of the terminal device 100, and the position information is received by the user of the terminal device 100. May be acquired as the current position information.

The display information generation unit 202f is a display information generation unit that generates display information. Here, the display information generation unit 202f may generate display information including travel support information. Here, the display information generation unit 202f may further generate display information including current position information of the user of the terminal device 100. In addition, the display information generation unit 202f may generate display information (input screen) for inputting travel plan information. The display information generation unit 202f may also acquire the input screen stored in the storage unit 206 in advance. Here, the display information may be information (for example, an image, character information, or a display screen) to be displayed on the display unit 114 of the terminal device 100.

The output control unit 202g is an output control unit that outputs the output control information including the display information to the terminal device 100 to output the output control information via the output unit of the terminal device 100. Here, the output control unit 202g may display the display information on the display unit 114 of the terminal device 100 by transmitting the output control information including the display information to the terminal device 100. Further, the output control unit 202g transmits the output control information including the display information to the terminal device 100 by transmitting the output control information including the display information when a route guidance start request is input via the input unit 118 of the terminal device 100. The route guidance may be executed by displaying it on the display unit 114 of the terminal device 100. In addition, the output control unit 202g further transmits output control information including voice information corresponding to the display information (for example, voice guidance information stored in the guidance information database 206e) to the terminal device 100, so that the voice The voice guidance may be executed by outputting information via the voice output unit 116 of the terminal device 100.

This is the end of the description of the example of the configuration of the travel support server 200 according to the second embodiment.

[Travel support system (server-driven) processing]
Next, an example of processing of the travel support system according to the second embodiment configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIG. 15. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the travel support system in the second embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 15, first, the display information generation unit 202f of the travel support server 200 generates an input screen for inputting travel plan information (step SB-1). Here, the display information generation unit 202f may acquire the input screen for inputting the travel plan information stored in the storage unit 206 in advance.

Then, the output control unit 202g of the travel support server 200 transmits the output control information including the input screen generated by the display information generation unit 202f to the terminal device 100, so that the display information is displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 100. It is displayed on 114 (step SB-2).

Then, when the user inputs the travel plan information including the planned site information on the input screen displayed on the display unit 114 via the input unit 118, the control unit 102 of the terminal device 100 displays the travel plan information. It transmits to the travel support server 200 (step SB-3).

Here, the processing of steps SB-4 to SB-6 in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 15 is the same as the processing of steps SA-2 to SA-4 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, the description is omitted.

Then, the display information generation unit 202f of the travel support server 200 generates display information including the travel support information created by the travel support information creation unit 202c (step SB-7). Here, the display information generation unit 202f may further generate display information including the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 202e.

Then, the output control unit 202g of the travel support server 200 transmits the output control information including the display information generated by the display information generation unit 202f to the terminal device 100, so that the display information is displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 100. It is displayed on 114 (step SB-8), and the process ends. Here, the output control unit 202g outputs the output control information including the display information generated by the display information generating unit 202f, such as when a route guidance start request is input via the input unit 118 of the terminal device 100. The route guidance may be executed by displaying the display information on the display unit 114 of the terminal device 100 by transmitting the display information to the display unit 114. In addition, the output control unit 202g further transmits output control information including voice information corresponding to the display information (for example, voice guidance information stored in the guidance information database 206e) to the terminal device 100, so that the voice The voice guidance may be executed by outputting information via the voice output unit 116 of the terminal device 100.

This is the end of the description of an example of the process of the travel support system according to the second embodiment.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a travel support system according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17. Here, FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the travel support device 400 in the third embodiment, and conceptually shows only the portion related to the present invention in the configuration. Here, in the travel support system according to the third embodiment, a travel support apparatus 400 will be described in which each configuration is provided in one housing and performs processing independently (standalone type). The invention is not limited to the example, and each configuration may be provided in a separate housing and connected via the network 300 or the like to configure a device as one concept (for example, cloud computing).

In the third embodiment, all the functions are integrated in the travel support device 400, travel plan information including the planned visit place information input via the input unit 418 is acquired, and the acquired planned visit site is acquired. When the information is included in the travel information of the other user stored in the storage unit 406, a travel route including a planned visit site based on the planned visit site information included in the travel information of the other user is displayed. For example, by acquiring the associated visited place information about the visited place, creating travel support information including the visited place information associated with the acquired travel route, and displaying the created travel support information on the display unit 414. Have a function.

[Configuration of Travel Support Device 400]
First, an example of the configuration of the travel support device 400 according to the third embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 16, the travel support device 400 according to the third embodiment of the present invention includes a position acquisition unit 412, an output unit (display unit 414 and voice output unit 416), an input unit 418, a control unit 402, and a storage unit. 406 and at least. Each part of these travel support devices 400 may be communicatively connected via any communication path. The travel support device 400 may be, for example, various navigation terminals such as a PND (Portable Navigation Device), various information processing devices such as a notebook personal computer, or mobile terminal devices such as a mobile phone, PHS, or PDA. Good. Further, the travel support device 400 may be communicably connected to an external device via the network 300 via a communication control interface unit (not shown).

In FIG. 16, the functions of the input/output control interface unit 408, the position acquisition unit 412, the display unit 414, the voice output unit 416, and the input unit 418 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and therefore description thereof will be omitted. Also, regarding each part of the storage unit 406 (travel information database 406a, network information database 406b, traffic information database 406c, map information database 406d, guidance information database 406e, etc.), the travel support device 400 is used instead of the travel support server 200. Each function is the same as that of the first embodiment except that it is provided, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Further, regarding each part of the control unit 402, each function is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the travel support device 400 of the present embodiment is a stand-alone type and the control unit 402 does not include each transmission unit. Is the same.

Further, in FIG. 16, the control unit 402 has a control program such as an OS, a program defining various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing required data. Then, the control unit 402 performs information processing for executing various processes by using these programs and the like. Functionally, the control unit 402 includes a current position information acquisition unit 402a, a travel plan information acquisition unit 402b, a visited place information acquisition unit 402c, a travel support information creation unit 402d, and a travel support information display unit 402e.

Of these, the current position information acquisition unit 402a is a current position information acquisition unit that acquires the current position information of the user of the travel support device 400. Here, the current position information acquisition unit 402a may acquire the current position information of the user of the travel support device 400 in a predetermined cycle (for example, every one second or every three minutes). The current position information acquisition unit 402a may also acquire the position information calculated by the position acquisition unit 412 from the position information signal received from the position transmission device 500, as the current position information of the user of the travel support device 400. Further, the current position information may include an acquisition time (for example, a transmission time included in the position information signal).

In addition, the current position information acquisition unit 402a may acquire position information such as position coordinates about the current position input by the user via the input unit 418 as the current position information of the user of the travel support device 400. .. Here, the current position based on the current position information input by the user via the input unit 418 may be a position where the user actually exists, or a virtual current position arbitrarily selected by the user. (As an example, it may be an arbitrary point such as an Osaka station or airport selected by a user in Tokyo). For example, the current position information acquisition unit 402a travels through the coordinates designated by the user via the input unit 418 on the display screen based on the map information displayed on the display unit 414 (for example, designated via the touch panel). It may be acquired as the current position information of the user of the support apparatus 400.

The travel plan information acquisition unit 402b is a travel plan information acquisition unit that acquires travel plan information including the planned visit location information input via the input unit 418. Here, the travel plan information acquisition unit 402b may display display information (input screen) for inputting travel plan information on the display unit 414.

In addition, when the planned visit site information is included in the travel information of another user stored in the travel information database 406a, the visited site information acquisition unit 402c includes the visit included in the travel information of the other user. It is a visited site information acquisition means for acquiring visited site information regarding a visited site, which is associated with a travel route and includes a planned visited site based on the planned site information. Here, when the planned visit site information is included in the travel information of another user stored in the travel information database 406a, the visited site information acquisition unit 402c determines whether or not the other site is to be visited based on the weather and/or the transportation means. The visit location information regarding the visited location, which is included in the travel information of the user and includes the planned visit location based on the planned visit location information, which is associated with the travel route, may be acquired.

In addition, the travel support information creation unit 402d is a travel support information creation unit that creates travel support information including the visited place information associated with the travel route acquired by the visited place information acquisition unit 402c. Here, the travel support information creation unit 402d may select the visit place information acquired by the visit place information acquisition unit 402c based on a predetermined condition and create travel support information including the selected visit place information. .. In addition, the travel support information creation unit 402d aggregates the visit place information associated with the travel route acquired by the visit place information acquisition unit 402c based on a predetermined condition, and the travel support information including the aggregated visit place information. May be created. In addition, the travel support information creation unit 402d further moves between the planned visit site and the visited site based on the travel route associated with the visited site based on the visited site information acquired by the visited site information acquisition unit 402c. Travel assistance information including travel information regarding means and/or required time may be created. Further, when the visited place information acquired by the visited place information acquisition unit 402c does not match the departure place information or the destination information, the travel support information creation unit 402d further determines that the visited place is based on the visited place information. It is also possible to search for an optimum route from the departure point based on the departure point information to the destination based on the destination information, including the associated travel route, and create travel support information including the route information regarding the optimum route.

Here, the travel support information creation unit 402d may search for the optimum route (guidance route) using the network information stored in the network information database 406b. Further, the travel support information creation unit 402d may further search for the optimum route based on the traffic information stored in the traffic information database 406c. For example, the travel support information creation unit 402d may search for the optimum route based on the traffic information stored in the traffic information database 406c using the network information stored in the network information database 406b. The travel support information creation unit 402d may search for an optimum route that satisfies the travel plan information (route search conditions). Further, the travel support information may include a difference (difference information) from the travel plan information, and/or travel reference information including statistical information of the travel information. Further, the travel support information further includes map information regarding a map including the optimum route stored in the map information database 406d, and/or guide information (displayed on the optimum route stored in the guide information database 406e). Guidance information and voice guidance information, etc.) may be included.

The travel support information display unit 402e is a travel support information display unit that causes the display unit 414 to display travel support information. Here, the travel support information display unit 402e may further display the current position information of the user of the travel support device 400 on the display unit 414. Further, the travel support information display unit 402e may display the display guidance information on the display unit 414. Further, the travel support information display unit 402e may execute route guidance by displaying route guidance information (map information, route information, and/or current position information, etc.) on the display unit 414. Here, the travel support information display unit 402e may execute route guidance when a route guidance start request is input via the input unit 418. Further, the travel support information display unit 402e may output voice information (voice guidance information or the like included in the guidance information) corresponding to the display via the voice output unit 416.

This is the end of the description of the example of the configuration of the travel support device 400 according to the third embodiment.

[Processing of Travel Support Device 400]
Next, an example of the processing of the travel support system (travel support device 400) in the third embodiment configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the travel support device 400 according to the third embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 17, first, the travel plan information acquisition unit 402b causes the display unit 414 to display an input screen for inputting travel plan information, and the user includes the planned visit site information via the input unit 418. When the travel plan information is input, the travel plan information is acquired (step SC-1). Here, the planned visit location information is the name of the point (travel destination) where the user plans to visit, or location information (for example, location information corresponding to the position tapped on the displayed map information). It may be. For example, the travel plan information acquisition unit 402b displays an input screen including map information on the display unit 414, and when the user taps the map information displayed via the input unit 418, the travel plan information acquisition unit 402b corresponds to the tapped position. It is also possible to acquire the point information to be visited as the planned visiting place information and to acquire the travel plan information including the planned visiting place information.

Then, when the planned visit place information acquired by the travel plan information acquisition unit 402b is included in the travel information of another user stored in the travel information database 406a, the visited place information acquisition unit 402c uses the other use. The visit point information relating to the visit point, which is included in the travel information of the person and includes the planned visit point based on the planned visit point information, and which is associated with the travel route is acquired (step SC-2). Here, when the planned visit site information acquired by the travel plan information acquisition unit 402b is included in the travel information of other users stored in the travel information database 406a, the visited site information acquisition unit 402c determines the travel plan information. Based on the weather based on the weather information included in the travel plan information acquired by the acquisition unit 402b and/or the use transportation based on the transportation information, the planned visit destination included in the travel information of the other user. You may obtain the visit place information regarding the visit place, which is associated with the travel route and includes the planned visit place based on the information.

Then, the travel support information creation unit 402d creates travel support information including the visited place information associated with the travel route acquired by the visited place information acquisition unit 402c (step SC-3). Here, the travel support information creation unit 402d may select the visit place information acquired by the visit place information acquisition unit 402c based on a predetermined condition and create travel support information including the selected visit place information. .. In addition, the travel support information creation unit 402d aggregates the visit place information associated with the travel route acquired by the visit place information acquisition unit 402c based on a predetermined condition, and the travel support information including the aggregated visit place information. May be created. In addition, the travel support information creation unit 402d further moves between the planned visit site and the visited site based on the travel route associated with the visited site based on the visited site information acquired by the visited site information acquisition unit 402c. Travel assistance information including travel information regarding means and/or required time may be created. Further, when the visited place information acquired by the visited place information acquiring unit 402c does not match the departure place information or the destination information, the travel support information creation unit 402d determines that the visited place is based on the visited place information. The optimum route including the associated travel route, from the departure point based on the departure point information to the destination based on the destination information, that satisfies the travel plan information (route search condition) acquired by the travel plan information acquisition unit 402b is transported. You may search based on the traffic information memorize|stored in the information database 406c using the network information memorize|stored in the network information database 406b, and may produce travel assistance information containing the route information regarding the said optimal route. Further, the travel support information may include a difference (difference information) from the travel plan information, and/or travel reference information including statistical information of the travel information. Further, the travel support information further includes map information regarding a map including the optimum route stored in the map information database 406d, and/or guide information (displayed on the optimum route stored in the guide information database 406e). Guidance information and voice guidance information, etc.) may be included.

Then, the travel support information display unit 402e causes the display unit 414 to display the travel support information created by the travel support information creation unit 402d (step SC-4), and ends the process. When the user inputs a route guidance start request for the optimum route via the input unit 418, the travel support information display unit 402e includes the map information included in the travel support information created by the travel support information creation unit 402d. The route information included in the travel support information created by the travel support information creation unit 402d and the current position information of the user of the travel support device 400 acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 402a are superimposed and displayed on top. The route guidance may be executed by displaying it on the section 414. Here, the travel support information display unit 402e may cause the display unit 414 to display the display guidance information corresponding to the optimum route included in the travel support information created by the travel support information creation unit 402d. Further, the travel support information display unit 402e may output voice information corresponding to the display (such as voice guidance information included in the travel support information created by the travel support information creation unit 402d) via the voice output unit 416. Good.

This is the end of the description of an example of the process of the travel support device 400 according to the third embodiment.

[Other Embodiments]
Now, the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but may be implemented in various different embodiments within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. It may be carried out.

Further, of the processes described in the embodiments, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed may be manually performed, or the processes described as manually performed may be performed. All or part of the process can be automatically performed by a known method.

In addition, unless otherwise specified, the processing procedures, control procedures, specific names, information including parameters such as registration data and search conditions for each processing, screen examples, and database configuration shown in the above documents and drawings are excluded. Can be changed arbitrarily.

Further, regarding the terminal device 100, the travel support server 200, and the travel support device 400, the respective constituent elements shown in the drawings are functional and conceptual, and do not necessarily have to be physically configured as illustrated.

For example, the processing functions of the terminal device 100, the travel support server 200, and the travel support device 400, particularly the processing functions performed by the control unit 102, the control unit 202, and the control unit 402, will be described. All or an arbitrary part may be realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a program interpreted and executed by the CPU, or may be realized as hardware by a wired logic. Note that the program is recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that includes programmed instructions for causing a computer to execute the method according to the present invention, which will be described later, and the terminal device 100 may be used as necessary. , Mechanically read by the travel support server 200 and the travel support device 400. That is, a computer program for giving instructions to the CPU in cooperation with an OS (Operating System) and performing various processes is recorded in the storage unit 106 such as the ROM or the HDD, the storage unit 206, the storage unit 406, and the like. Has been done. This computer program is executed by being loaded in the RAM, and constitutes a control unit in cooperation with the CPU.

Further, this computer program may be stored in an application program server connected to the terminal device 100, the travel support server 200, and the travel support device 400 via an arbitrary network 300, and as necessary. It is also possible to download all or part of it.

Further, the program according to the present invention may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium, or may be configured as a program product. Here, the "recording medium" means a memory card, USB memory, SD card, flexible disk, magneto-optical disk, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM (registered trademark), CD-ROM, MO, DVD, and Blu-ray. (Registered trademark) It includes any "portable physical medium" such as Disc.

In addition, the “program” is a data processing method described in an arbitrary language or a description method, and may have any format such as source code or binary code. The “program” is not necessarily limited to a single configuration, but may be configured in a distributed manner as a plurality of modules or libraries, or in cooperation with a separate program represented by an OS (Operating System). Including those that achieve the function. Note that known configurations and procedures can be used for a specific configuration for reading the recording medium in each device shown in the embodiments, a reading procedure, an installation procedure after reading, and the like.

Storage unit 106, storage unit 206, and various databases stored in storage unit 406 (travel support information file 106a, travel information database 206a, network information database 206b, traffic information database 206c, map information database 206d, guidance information The database 206e, the travel information database 406a, the network information database 406b, the traffic information database 406c, the map information database 406d, and the guidance information database 406e) are a memory device such as RAM and ROM, a fixed disk device such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, Further, it is a storage means such as an optical disk and stores various programs, tables, databases, files for web pages, etc. used for various processes and website provision.

Further, the terminal device 100, the travel support server 200, and the travel support device 400 may be configured as an information processing device such as a known personal computer or workstation, and any peripheral device may be added to the information processing device. You may connect and comprise. Further, the terminal device 100, the travel support server 200, and the travel support device 400 may be realized by implementing software (including programs, data, etc.) for realizing the method of the present invention in the information processing device. ..

Furthermore, the specific form of device distribution/integration is not limited to that shown in the drawings, and all or part of the device may be functionally or physically united in arbitrary units according to various additions or functional loads. It can be distributed and integrated. That is, the embodiments described above may be implemented in any combination, or the embodiments may be selectively implemented.

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a travel support system, a travel support server, a travel support method, and a program that can provide effective travel support information to a user and create a travel plan. Therefore, it is extremely useful in various fields such as information equipment and information processing fields that support navigation.

100 terminal device 102 control unit 102a current position information acquisition unit 102b travel plan information transmission unit 102c travel support information reception unit 102d travel support information display unit 104 communication control interface unit 106 storage unit 106a travel support information file 108 input/output control interface unit 112 Position acquisition unit 114 Display unit 116 Voice output unit 118 Input unit 200 Travel support server 202 Control unit 202a Travel plan information reception unit 202b Visited place information acquisition unit 202c Travel support information creation unit 202d Travel support information transmission unit 202e Current position information acquisition unit 202f display information generation unit 202g output control unit 204 communication control interface unit 206 storage unit 206a travel information database 206b network information database 206c traffic information database 206d map information database 206e guide information database 300 network 400 travel support device 402 control unit 402a current position information Acquisition unit 402b Travel plan information acquisition unit 402c Visited place information acquisition unit 402d Travel support information creation unit 402e Travel support information display unit 406 Storage unit 406a Travel information database 406b Network information database 406c Traffic information database 406d Map information database 406e Guide information database 408 Input/output control interface unit 412 Position acquisition unit 414 Display unit 416 Voice output unit 418 Input unit 500 Position transmission device

Claims (7)

A travel plan information acquisition means for acquiring travel plan information including planned visit site information regarding a planned site desired by the user,
A visiting place information acquisition means for obtaining visiting place information regarding a plurality of visiting places during fine weather and bad weather, including at least one or more of the above planned visiting places,
Based on the travel plan information and the visited place information, the travel support at the time of fine weather including the visit order information of the plurality of visited places including the planned visited place and the transportation means information of the transportation means between the visited places Information, and travel support information creating means for creating alternative travel support information in the event of bad weather,
Equipped with
The above alternative travel support information is
An information processing system including the above-mentioned means of transportation corresponding to the above bad weather. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein
The above visiting place information acquisition means is
At least one or more of the planned visit destinations, which includes visit order information of a plurality of visited places of another user and transportation means information of a transportation means used by the other user to move between the visited places. An information processing system, comprising: acquiring the visited place information regarding a plurality of visited places of the other user during the fine weather and during the bad weather. A server connected communicatively to the terminal device,
A travel plan information acquisition unit that acquires travel plan information including planned visit site information regarding a planned site visited by the user, transmitted from the terminal device,
A visiting place information acquisition means for obtaining visiting place information regarding a plurality of visiting places during fine weather and bad weather, including at least one or more of the above planned visiting places,
Based on the travel plan information and the visited place information, the travel support at the time of fine weather including the visit order information of the plurality of visited places including the planned visited place and the transportation means information of the transportation means between the visited places Information, and travel support information creating means for creating alternative travel support information in the event of bad weather,
Function as
The above alternative travel support information is
An information processing program including the above-mentioned means of transportation corresponding to the above bad weather. An information processing system composed of a plurality of information processing devices communicably connected to each other,
A travel plan information acquisition means for acquiring travel plan information including planned visit site information regarding a planned site desired by the user;
A visiting place information acquisition means for obtaining visiting place information regarding a plurality of visiting places during fine weather and bad weather, including at least one or more of the above planned visiting places,
Based on the travel plan information and the visited place information, the travel support in good weather including visit order information of the plurality of visited places including the planned visited place and transportation means information of transportation means between the visited places Information, and travel support information creating means for creating alternative travel support information in the event of bad weather,
To function as
The above alternative travel support information is
An information processing program including the transportation information corresponding to the bad weather,
One of the plurality of information processing devices is
An information processing program for causing one or more of the above means to function. An information processing program for operating the information processing system according to claim 1 or 2, which is configured by a plurality of information processing devices that are communicatively connected,
One of the plurality of information processing devices is
An information processing program for causing one or more of the above means to function. Computer,
A travel plan information acquisition means for acquiring travel plan information including planned visit site information regarding a planned site desired by the user;
A visiting place information acquisition means for obtaining visiting place information regarding a plurality of visiting places during fine weather and bad weather, including at least one or more of the above planned visiting places,
Based on the travel plan information and the visited place information, the travel support at the time of fine weather including the visit order information of the plurality of visited places including the planned visited place and the transportation means information of the transportation means between the visited places Information, and travel support information creating means for creating alternative travel support information in the event of bad weather,
Function as
The above alternative travel support information is
An information processing program including the above-mentioned means of transportation corresponding to the above bad weather. A step of the travel plan information acquisition means acquiring travel plan information including planned visit site information regarding a planned site visited by the user;
A step of acquiring visiting place information regarding a plurality of visiting places during fine weather and bad weather, including at least one or more of the above planned visiting places;
The travel support information creating means includes, based on the travel plan information and the visited place information, visit order information of the plurality of visited places including the planned visited place and travel means information of the travel means between the visited places. A step of creating the travel support information in the fine weather and the alternative travel support information in the bad weather,
Equipped with
The above alternative travel support information is
An information processing method comprising the above-mentioned means of transportation corresponding to the above bad weather.

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