JP2022072162A - Information processing device and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device and an information processing method that make it easy for a user to recognize a route from the user's departure place to a meeting point and can present the meeting point that is easy for the user to access.SOLUTION: An information processing device and an information processing method calculate at least one or more meeting point candidates based on a user's location and a vehicle's location, calculate routes along which the user moves from the user's location to the meeting point candidates, calculate a cost for each route indicating the degree of difficulty for the user to recognize the route based on environmental information along the route, selects a meeting point where the user and the vehicle will meet from the meeting point candidates based on the cost, and transmits the meeting point to the user's terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method.

It is a technology that provides a waiting point recommended as a point where the user and the vehicle to be dispatched meet, and gives the user a travel route from the user's departure point to the waiting point with the vehicle and a set waiting time. A technique for presenting and merging a user and a vehicle at a selected waiting point is disclosed (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2018-526715

However, according to the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is determined whether or not the waiting point is recommended on condition that the waiting point exists within a predetermined threshold value from the user's starting point, so that the waiting point is close to the user's starting point. Even if it is a point, there is a problem that it is difficult to recognize the route to the waiting point and there is a possibility that a waiting point that is difficult for the user to access may be recommended.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is an information processing device and an information processing method capable of easily recognizing a route from a user's departure point to a waiting point and presenting a waiting point that is easy for the user to access. Is to provide.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to one aspect of the present invention calculate at least one waiting point candidate based on the position of the user and the position of the vehicle, and calculate the candidate waiting points of the user. The route that the user travels from the position to the waiting point candidate is calculated, the cost indicating the difficulty level for the user to recognize the route is calculated for each route based on the environmental information along the route, and the user and the user are calculated based on the cost. The waiting point where the vehicle meets is selected from the waiting point candidates, and the waiting point is transmitted to the user's terminal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily recognize a route from a user's departure point to a waiting point and present a waiting point that is easy for the user to access.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

[Information processing device configuration]
A configuration example of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The information processing device 1 is connected wirelessly or by wire so as to be able to communicate with the terminal 200 (information terminal), and receives various data from the terminal 200. The information processing device 1 may be mounted on the terminal 200 or may be installed outside the terminal 200.

Here, the terminal 200 receives the vehicle allocation request from the user and transmits the accepted vehicle allocation request to the information processing apparatus 1. Examples of the terminal 200 include mobile terminals (smartphones, tablets, etc.) that users use on a daily basis. In addition, the terminal 200 may be a computer such as a personal computer used by the user, or may be an interactive voice response device that receives a request from the user by an automatic response.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 1 includes an acquisition unit 21, a controller 100, and an output unit 300. In addition, the information processing apparatus 1 may include a database 23. The controller 100 is connected so as to be able to communicate with the acquisition unit 21, the database 23, and the output unit 300.

The acquisition unit 21 acquires the vehicle allocation request received by the terminal 200. When the information processing device 1 is mounted on the terminal 200, the acquisition unit 21 is connected to an input unit (not shown) of the terminal 200 via an API (application programming interface) provided by the terminal 200. There may be. When the information processing device 1 is not mounted on the terminal 200, the acquisition unit 21 may be connected to the terminal 200 by a wireless network such as 4G, 5G, or LTE.

Further, the acquisition unit 21 acquires the user's position by the position detection sensor that acquires the position information of the user's terminal 200. For example, the position detection sensor is a sensor that measures an absolute position such as GPS (Global Positioning System). In addition, the position detection sensor may be a sensor that measures an absolute position by a method such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark) positioning, RFID (Radio Frequency Identifier) positioning, or beacon positioning.

Further, the acquisition unit 21 may acquire the position of the vehicle by the position detection sensor mounted on the vehicle dispatched to the user. The position detection sensor mounted on the vehicle may be of the same type as the position detection sensor that acquires the position information of the terminal 200, but is not limited thereto. For example, the position may be estimated using a method called odometry. Odometry is a method of estimating the position of a vehicle by obtaining the amount of movement and the direction of movement of the vehicle according to the rotation angle and the rotation angular velocity of the vehicle.

Further, the acquisition unit 21 may acquire environmental information in the area including the position of the user from an external server (not shown). Here, the "environmental information" includes the position information of specific points of interest (POI: Point Of Interest) scattered on the road map data and the attribute information of the points of interest. In addition, environmental information includes map information in the area including the user's position (topographical data such as road shape and height difference, stairs position, traffic sign position such as pedestrian crossing, traffic signal position, etc.). There may be.

An "interest point" is, for example, a convenience store, coffee shop, restaurant, tourist facility, shop, entertainment facility, etc., where the user is or is expected to be interested by the time the vehicle arrives at the destination. It is a location with a parking lot, etc. The attribute information of the interest point is information about the appearance of the building or land at the interest point and the signboard at the interest point, and includes information such as the appearance, the size, height, color, and presence / absence of blinking of the signboard.

The acquisition unit 21 is from an internet service that provides panoramic photographs of the scenery along the road, and an external server that stores images acquired from in-vehicle cameras of a plurality of vehicles as a database. It may be the one to be acquired.

The acquisition unit 21 may acquire the user's action history associated with the points included in the area including the user's position. The "behavior history" includes information on whether or not the user has stayed at the site in the past. In addition, the "behavior history" may include information on the length of stay at the relevant point and the frequency of stay.

The acquisition unit 21 may acquire the attribute information of the user himself / herself. The user's attribute information may be composed of information such as the user's walking speed, age, gender, and physical characteristics. For example, when the terminal 200 is a mobile terminal (smartphone, tablet, etc.) that the user uses on a daily basis, the application that functions as the information processing device 1 is an SNS (social network service) or other cloud service. These attribute information may be acquired by cooperating with such as.

In addition, the attribute information of the user may include the user identification information for specifying the attribute information of the user registered based on the pre-questionnaire for the user.

The database 23 stores the vehicle allocation request by the acquisition unit 21. Further, the database 23 may store various information acquired by the acquisition unit 21.

The output unit 300 outputs the result of processing by the controller 100 to the terminal 200. Specifically, the output unit 300 outputs a waiting point where the user and the vehicle dispatched to the user meet. In addition, the output unit 300 may output a route for the user to move from the position of the user to the waiting point. The calculation of the waiting point and the route in the controller 100 will be described later.

The terminal 200 (information terminal) presents to the user information about the waiting point received from the output unit 300 by voice data or image data. The user who uses the vehicle dispatch service can start moving to the waiting point by confirming the presented information.

The controller 100 is a general-purpose computer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory, a storage device, an input / output unit, and the like. The controller 100 is connected to the acquisition unit 21, the database 23, and the output unit 300.

A computer program for functioning as the information processing apparatus 1 is installed in the controller 100. By executing the computer program, the controller 100 functions as a plurality of information processing circuits included in the information processing apparatus 1.

Here, an example of realizing a plurality of information processing circuits included in the information processing apparatus 1 by software is shown, but of course, dedicated hardware for executing each of the following information processing is prepared and the information processing circuit is provided. It is also possible to configure. Further, a plurality of information processing circuits may be configured by individual hardware.

The controller 100 includes a candidate calculation unit 110, a route calculation unit 120, a cost calculation unit 130, and a waiting point selection unit 140 as a plurality of information processing circuits.

The candidate calculation unit 110 calculates at least one waiting point candidate based on the position of the user and the position of the vehicle. Specifically, the candidate calculation unit 110 searches for a place where the vehicle dispatched to the user can stop in an area including the position of the user (for example, an area within a range in which the user can move on foot), and the vehicle stops. Among the possible places, the place suitable for the user to get on the vehicle is extracted and used as a waiting point candidate.

The calculation method of the waiting point candidate is not limited to this, for example, in the area including the user's position, the place where the vehicle dispatched in the past stopped for the user's boarding / alighting is searched and used as the waiting point candidate. May be. In addition, the waiting point candidate searches for a place where the vehicle can reach within a predetermined time from the position of the vehicle and a place where the vehicle dispatched to the user can stop in the area including the position of the user, and the stop is concerned. A place suitable for the user to get on the vehicle may be extracted from the possible places and used as a waiting point candidate.

The route calculation unit 120 calculates a route for the user to move from the user's position to the waiting point candidate. Specifically, based on the map information or the like in the area including the user's position, the route that the user can move from the user's position to the waiting point candidate calculated by the candidate calculation unit 110 is calculated. The route calculation by the route calculation unit 120 is performed for each waiting point candidate. The route calculation unit 120 may calculate a plurality of routes for one waiting point candidate.

When calculating the route, the route calculation unit 120 may calculate the access difficulty level indicating the difficulty of passing the route based on the map information or the like in the area including the user's position. Here, the "access difficulty" is the number or type of obstacles that hinder the movement of the user on the route, such as a point on the route where a right or left turn is made, a section with a height difference, a section of stairs, or a pedestrian crossing. It is calculated according to. The larger the number of obstacles on the route, the larger the access difficulty is calculated. Further, the degree of contribution to the access difficulty may be changed according to the type of obstacle on the route.

In addition, the route calculation unit 120 may calculate only the routes whose access difficulty level is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. For example, the route calculation unit 120 updates the access difficulty level of the route at any time while extending the route having the user's position as the start point of the route search toward the waiting point candidate, and the access difficulty level is predetermined. If the threshold value is exceeded, the route search may be terminated at that point.

Further, the route calculation unit 120 may calculate a larger access difficulty level as the route becomes longer. This is because the longer the route, the more the user needs to travel a long distance, and the load when passing through the route is considered to increase.

In addition, the route calculation unit 120 may set a different access difficulty level for each user based on the attribute information of the user. For example, the access difficulty when the walking speed of the user is high may be set smaller than the access difficulty when the walking speed of the user is low.

The cost calculation unit 130 calculates the cost indicating the difficulty level for the user to recognize the route for each route based on the environmental information along the route.

The cost indicating the difficulty of recognizing a route by the user is roughly the degree of getting lost when the user tries to move to a waiting point candidate at the departure point (user's position) of the route or a point on the route. There is a correlation. For example, when a certain route is presented to the user, it is difficult to visually recognize the mark along the route displayed together with the route, or there are multiple marks similar to the mark, so that the movement direction is likely to be confused. If so, the cost calculated for the route will be a large value.

It should be noted that the route calculation unit 120 calculates the cost for the route calculated by the route calculation unit 120, and therefore does not calculate the cost based on the information of the waiting point candidate itself. The cost calculated by the route calculation unit 120 is a factor related to whether or not the user who is going to move on the route can recognize the route without error, and whether or not the user can recognize the waiting point candidate itself without error. Different from the factors involved.

Therefore, the route calculation unit 120 may calculate the cost for each route based on the environmental information along the section from the user's position to the position before the waiting point candidate in the route, for example.

A specific example of cost calculation by the cost calculation unit 130 will be described. First, the route calculation unit 120 temporarily sets the cost based on the access difficulty level. For example, the cost calculation unit 130 temporarily sets the cost so that the higher the access difficulty level, the higher the cost.

Then, the cost calculation unit 130 temporarily sets the cost based on information such as environment information along the route, user behavior history, route length, user attribute information, and access difficulty calculated for the route. Determine if you need to change.

For example, the route calculation unit 120 may calculate the cost for each route based on the action history in the area including the position of the user. In particular, the route calculation unit 120 may set the cost of the route to be smaller as the number of points associated with the action history is larger on the route.

More specifically, the cost calculation unit 130 determines whether or not there is a user's action history at each point through which the route passes, and subtracts a predetermined value from the cost each time a point with an action history is found. , The final cost may be set. In addition, the cost calculation unit 130 determines whether or not the user has an action history for the position of the user who is the departure point of the route, and calculates the cost to be calculated when there is an action history when there is no action history. It may be set to be smaller than the cost.

The reason for setting the cost in this way is that the more points on the route have an action history, the less likely the user is to get lost when moving on the route.

Further, the route calculation unit 120 may set a cost indicating the difficulty level for the user to recognize the route for each route based on the points of interest along the route. In particular, the route calculation unit 120 may set the cost of the route to be smaller as the number of points of interest along the route increases. More specifically, the cost calculation unit 130 searches for interest points within a predetermined range from the route, subtracts a predetermined value from the cost according to the number of interest points found by the search, and obtains the final cost. It may be set.

The reason for setting the cost in this way is that the larger the number of points of interest along the route, the easier it is for the user to move using the points of interest as a marker when moving the route, and it is considered that the user is less likely to get lost. Is.

The cost calculation unit 130 calculates an index value indicating the visibility of the interest point for each interest point along the route, and the larger the calculated index value, the smaller the route cost is set. good. In this case, the cost calculation unit 130 may set the final cost by subtracting the value of the index value related to the interest point found by the search from the cost.

For example, the cost calculation unit 130 calculates the distance between the interest point and the route, or the distance between the user's position and the interest point based on the environmental information, and based on these calculated distances, the interest point is calculated. An index value indicating the visibility may be set. In particular, the cost calculation unit 130 may set the index value to be larger as the distance between them is smaller.

Further, the cost calculation unit 130 determines whether or not there is an obstacle between the route and the point of interest, and when it is determined that there is no obstacle rather than the index value when it is determined that there is an obstacle. The index value of may be set large. The reason for setting the cost in this way is that the points of interest along the route are shielded by obstacles, which makes it difficult for the user to move using the points of interest as a marker when moving along the route, making it easy to get lost. This is because it is considered to be.

The waiting point selection unit 140 selects a waiting point where the user and the vehicle meet from the waiting point candidates based on the cost. For example, the waiting point selection unit 140 may select a waiting point candidate related to the route having the lowest cost as a waiting point from a plurality of waiting point candidates.

Further, the waiting point selection unit 140 arranges a plurality of routes in order from the one with the lowest cost, selects a predetermined number of routes in order from the route with the lowest cost, and waits for waiting point candidates related to the selected route. It may be selected as a point. That is, the waiting point selection unit 140 may be selected as a waiting point with a higher priority as the waiting point candidate related to the route having a lower cost.

The waiting point selection unit 140 may reselect the waiting point candidate selected as the waiting point from the viewpoint of the moving distance of the user. First, the waiting point selection unit 140 compares one of the selected waiting point candidates (first waiting point candidate) with the other waiting point candidates (second waiting point candidate). If the difference obtained by subtracting the length of the route related to the second waiting point candidate from the length of the route related to the first waiting point candidate is larger than the predetermined length, the first waiting point candidate is used as the waiting point. It may be the one that cancels the election of.

Even if the cost of the route related to the first waiting point candidate is smaller than the cost of the route related to the second waiting point candidate, the route related to the first waiting point candidate is compared with the route related to the second waiting point candidate. If the travel distance is longer than the acceptable level, it is likely to lead to a burden on the user. Therefore, the waiting point selection unit 140 cancels the selection of the first waiting point candidate as a waiting point under the above-mentioned conditions.

Whether the priority is given to the low cost of the route (value including the access difficulty level and other indicators related to the difficulty level for the user to recognize the route) or the distance of the route itself depends on the user. Therefore, the predetermined length described above may be set based on the attribute information of the user.

[Processing procedure of information processing device]
Next, the processing procedure of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing of the information processing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 2 may be started based on a user's instruction, or may be repeatedly executed at a predetermined cycle. In addition, the processing of the information processing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 2 may be started after the vehicle to be dispatched to the user is determined based on the vehicle dispatch request.

First, in step S103, the acquisition unit 21 acquires the user's position information (position information), the local environment information including the user's position, and the action history.

In step S105, the candidate calculation unit 110 calculates at least one waiting point candidate based on the position of the user and the position of the vehicle.

In step S107, among the waiting point candidates calculated by the candidate calculation unit 110, the route calculation unit 120 selects a waiting point candidate for which a route has not been calculated yet.

In step S109, the route calculation unit 120 calculates a route for the user to move from the user's position to the selected waiting point candidate. Then, in step S111, the cost calculation unit 130 calculates the cost related to the route calculated by the route calculation unit 120.

In step S113, the route calculation unit 120 determines whether or not the route has been calculated for all the waiting point candidates calculated by the candidate calculation unit 110.

If it is determined that the route has not been calculated for all the waiting point candidates (NO in step S113), the process returns to step S107.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the route has not been calculated for all the waiting point candidates (YES in step S113), in step S115, the waiting point selection unit 140 waits for the user and the vehicle to meet based on the cost. Select a point from the waiting point candidates.

After that, in step S117, the output unit 300 outputs a waiting point where the user and the vehicle dispatched to the user meet. That is, the output unit 300 outputs a waiting point candidate selected as a waiting point by the waiting point selection unit 140.

[Effect of embodiment]
As described in detail above, the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment calculate at least one waiting point candidate based on the position of the user and the position of the vehicle, and wait from the position of the user. The route that the user travels to the point candidate is calculated, the cost indicating the difficulty level for the user to recognize the route is calculated for each route based on the environmental information along the route, and the user and the vehicle meet based on the cost. The waiting point is selected from the waiting point candidates, and the waiting point is transmitted to the user's terminal.

This makes it easy to recognize the route from the user's departure point to the waiting point, and it is possible to present a waiting point that is easy for the user to access. In addition, when the user tries to move from the departure point to the waiting point, it is less likely that the user is lost in the direction in which the user should go on the starting point or the route, and the user may be delayed in reaching the waiting point. It is suppressed. As a result, the possibility that the vehicle dispatched to the user at the waiting point waits for the user is reduced, and the efficiency of the entire vehicle dispatch system is improved.

Further, the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment may be selected as a waiting point with a higher priority as a waiting point candidate related to a route having a lower cost. As a result, a plurality of waiting points are selected with priority, and the user can be given the degree of freedom to select one waiting point from a plurality of high-priority waiting points. In addition, it is possible to select one waiting point by comparing a plurality of waiting points with reference to the priority proposed by the system.

Further, the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment calculate the cost for each route based on the environmental information along the section from the user's position to the position before the waiting point candidate in the route. May be. In particular, since the cost is calculated based on the environmental information in the section of the predetermined range starting from the user's position, the environmental information at the position close to the user's position affects the cost calculation. As a result, it is less likely that the user will be lost in the direction in which the user should go at the departure point, and it is possible to prevent the user from being delayed in reaching the waiting point.

Further, the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment acquire the user's action history associated with the points included in the area including the user's position, and calculate the cost for each route based on the action history. It may be something to do. It is considered that the more points with the action history are on the route, the less likely the user is to get lost when moving the route, and the user's action history can be reflected in the cost calculation. As a result, it is possible to calculate a cost that more accurately indicates the difficulty level for the user to recognize the route, and it is possible to select a waiting point more appropriate for the user from the waiting point candidates.

Further, in the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment, there are many points associated with the action history included in the section from the user's position to the position before the waiting point candidate in the route. The cost calculated for the route may be smaller. As a result, the action history at a position close to the user's position affects the cost calculation. As a result, it is less likely that the user will be lost in the direction in which the user should go at the departure point, and it is possible to prevent the user from being delayed in reaching the waiting point.

Further, in the information processing device and the information processing method according to the present embodiment, the first route related to the first waiting point candidate among the waiting point candidates selected as the waiting point and the waiting point different from the first waiting point candidate If the difference between the length of the first route minus the length of the second route is larger than the predetermined length with respect to the second route related to the second waiting point candidate among the candidates, the first waiting point candidate May be canceled from being selected as a waiting point. Further, the predetermined length may be set based on the attribute information of the user.

As a result, the difficulty of recognizing the route is small because the cost related to the route is small, but it is possible to prevent the selection of waiting points that impose a load on the user due to the long travel distance on the route. .. As a result, the convenience of the user is improved.

Further, in the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment, the environmental information may include the information of the interest point which is the point of interest of the user existing in the area. This makes it possible to calculate the cost based on the information of the points of interest that can be a mark when moving along the route. As a result, it is possible to calculate a cost that more accurately indicates the difficulty level for the user to recognize the route, and it is possible to select a waiting point more appropriate for the user from the waiting point candidates.

Further, in the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment, the cost calculated for the route may be set smaller as the number of points of interest along the route increases. This makes it possible to calculate the cost that more accurately indicates the difficulty level at which the user recognizes the route.

Further, in the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment, an index value indicating the visibility of the interest point is calculated, and the larger the index value is, the smaller the cost calculated for the route is set. May be. Further, the index value may be set larger as the distance between the route and the point of interest or the distance between the position of the user and the point of interest is smaller.

Furthermore, it is determined whether or not there is an obstacle between the route and the point of interest, and the index value when it is determined that there is no obstacle is better than the index value when it is determined that there is an obstacle. May be set to a large value.

As a result, the visibility of the mark when moving the route can be reflected in the cost calculation, and the cost that more accurately indicates the difficulty level for the user to recognize the route can be calculated.

Further, the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment calculate the access difficulty level indicating the difficulty of passing through the route, and the larger the access difficulty level, the larger the cost calculated for the route is set. It may be a thing. As a result, it is possible to select a waiting point in consideration of the difficulty of passing through the route, and it is possible to select a waiting point more appropriate for the user from the waiting point candidates.

Further, the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment may calculate the access difficulty level indicating the difficulty of passing the route, and calculate only the route whose access difficulty level is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. .. As a result, it is possible to reduce the possibility that a waiting point related to a route having a high transit load for the user is selected. Furthermore, a route having an access difficulty higher than a predetermined threshold value can be excluded from the calculation target, and the calculation load can be reduced.

Further, the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment calculate the access difficulty level based on at least one of the number of left and right turns, the height difference, the number of stairs, and the number of pedestrian crossings in the route. There may be. As a result, it is possible to select a waiting point in consideration of the difficulty of passing through the route, and it is possible to select a waiting point more appropriate for the user from the waiting point candidates.

Further, the information processing apparatus and the information processing method according to the present embodiment transmit the waiting point to the information terminal, and the information terminal presents the received information about the waiting point to the user by voice data or image data. You may. As a result, the user can recognize the information about the waiting point and start moving to the waiting point.

Each of the functions shown in the above embodiments may be implemented by one or more processing circuits. Processing circuits include programmed processors, electrical circuits, etc., as well as devices such as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and circuit components arranged to perform the described functions. Etc. are also included.

Although the contents of the present invention have been described above according to the embodiments, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to these descriptions and can be modified and improved in various ways. The statements and drawings that form part of this disclosure should not be understood as limiting the invention. This disclosure will reveal to those skilled in the art various alternative embodiments, examples and operational techniques.

It goes without saying that the present invention includes various embodiments not described here. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is defined only by the matters specifying the invention relating to the reasonable claims from the above description.

1 Information processing device 21 Acquisition unit 23 Database 100 Controller 110 Candidate calculation unit 120 Route calculation unit 130 Cost calculation unit 140 Waiting point selection unit 300 Output unit

Claims (18)

An information processing device including an acquisition unit, a controller, and an output unit.
The acquisition unit
Get the position of the user and the position of the vehicle,
Acquire environmental information in the area including the user's location,
The controller
At least one or more waiting point candidates are calculated based on the position of the user and the position of the vehicle.
A route for the user to move from the position of the user to the candidate waiting point is calculated.
Based on the environmental information along the route, the cost indicating the difficulty level for the user to recognize the route is calculated for each route.
Based on the cost, a waiting point where the user and the vehicle meet is selected from the waiting point candidates.
The output unit is
An information processing device characterized in that the waiting point is transmitted to the terminal of the user. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.
The controller
An information processing apparatus characterized in that the waiting point candidate related to the route having a lower cost is selected as the waiting point with a higher priority. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.
The controller
An information processing device for calculating a cost for each route based on the environmental information along a section of the route from the position of the user to the position before the candidate waiting point. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The acquisition unit
Acquire the action history of the user associated with the point included in the area, and
The controller
An information processing device characterized in that a cost is calculated for each route based on the action history. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4.
The larger the number of points associated with the action history included in the section from the user's position to the position before the waiting point candidate in the route, the higher the cost calculated for the route. An information processing device characterized by its small size. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
The first route related to the first waiting point candidate among the waiting point candidates selected as the waiting point, and
For the second route related to the second waiting point candidate among the waiting point candidates different from the first waiting point candidate
When the difference obtained by subtracting the length of the second path from the length of the first path is larger than the predetermined length, it is characterized in that the selection of the first waiting point candidate as the waiting point is canceled. Information processing device. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6.
The acquisition unit
Acquire the attribute information of the user and
An information processing device characterized in that the predetermined length is set based on the attribute information. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
The information processing device is characterized in that the environmental information includes information on an interest point that is a point of interest of the user existing in the area. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8.
An information processing apparatus characterized in that the larger the number of the points of interest along the route, the smaller the cost calculated for the route. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 or 9.
The controller
An index value indicating the visibility of the interest point was calculated, and the index value was calculated.
An information processing apparatus characterized in that the larger the index value, the smaller the cost calculated for the route. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10.
An information processing apparatus characterized in that the smaller the distance between the path and the point of interest, the larger the index value. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 or 11.
An information processing device characterized in that the smaller the distance between the user's position and the interest point, the larger the index value. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 12.
The controller
Determining if there is an obstacle between the route and the point of interest,
An information processing apparatus characterized in that the index value when it is determined that there is no obstacle is larger than the index value when it is determined that there is an obstacle. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13.
The controller
Calculate the access difficulty level, which indicates the difficulty of passing through the route,
An information processing apparatus characterized in that the higher the access difficulty level, the higher the cost calculated for the route. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14.
The controller
Calculate the access difficulty level, which indicates the difficulty of passing through the route,
An information processing device characterized in that only the route whose access difficulty level is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value is calculated. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14 or 15.
The controller
An information processing device for calculating the access difficulty level based on at least one of the number of left and right turns, the height difference, the number of stairs, and the number of pedestrian crossings in the route. Upon receiving the waiting point from the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 16, the waiting point is received.
An information terminal characterized by presenting received information about the waiting point to the user by voice data or image data. Get the position of the user and the position of the vehicle,
Acquire environmental information in the area including the user's location,
At least one or more waiting point candidates are calculated based on the position of the user and the position of the vehicle.
A route for the user to move from the position of the user to the candidate waiting point is calculated.
Based on the environmental information along the route, the cost indicating the difficulty level for the user to recognize the route is calculated for each route.
Based on the cost, a waiting point where the user and the vehicle meet is selected from the waiting point candidates.
An information processing method comprising transmitting the waiting point to the terminal of the user.

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