JP2022191823A - guidance system - Google Patents

Abstract

To enhance a possibility for guiding providing facilities enabling arrival in line with a providing timing of products.SOLUTION: A providing facility, which provides products, comprises: a providing time acquisition unit that acquires a providing time capable of providing products for users; an arrival schedule time acquisition unit that acquires an arrival schedule time of the user at the providing facility; and a guidance processing unit that causes a guidance unit to guide the providing facility in which a differential between the providing time and arrival schedule time is equal to or less than a threshold.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to guidance systems.

Conventionally, there has been known a system for searching for and displaying restaurants near a moving route of a moving object. In Patent Document 1, a place where a moving body is moving during a meal time period is estimated, and a moving body is located within a first distance from the estimated place, and at least one of the starting point and the destination of the moving body is estimated. A technique for extracting a restaurant located a second distance away from is disclosed. This allows the user to search for restaurants near the route to which the user plans to travel during meal times.

JP 2018-132517 A

However, since food is prepared after an order is received at a restaurant, it takes time before the product is served. For this reason, there is a problem that if an order is placed before the product arrives at the restaurant, it may not arrive in time for the product to be completed. If the timing of the order is too early, the product will be completed before arrival and the product will be cold when received. Also, if the timing of the order is too late, the user has to wait until the product is served at the restaurant after arrival.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to increase the possibility of guiding a mobile body to a providing facility that can arrive in time with the product providing timing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a guidance system, comprising: a provision time acquiring unit for acquiring a provision time at which a product can be provided to a user in a provision facility that provides the product; An estimated arrival time acquiring unit that acquires the estimated arrival time of the user to the facility, and a guidance processing unit that guides the providing facility for which the difference between the provision time and the estimated arrival time is equal to or less than a threshold.

The guidance system guides the providing facilities whose difference between the providing time and the estimated arrival time is equal to or less than a threshold. In other words, the guidance system can increase the possibility of guiding the providing facility that can be reached in time with the product providing timing.

The block diagram of a guidance management system. The figure which shows the data structural example of facility information. 4 is a flowchart showing guidance processing; Explanatory drawing of guidance processing. The figure which shows the data structural example of the facility information which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. 10 is a flowchart showing guidance processing according to the third embodiment; Explanatory drawing of the second search range.

Here, embodiments of the present invention will be described according to the following order.
(1) First embodiment:
(2) Second embodiment:
(3) Third Embodiment:
(4) Other embodiments:

(1) First embodiment:
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a guidance management system 1 according to the first embodiment. The guidance management system 1 includes a guidance system 10 , an in-vehicle system 20 and a facility system 30 . The guidance system 10 , the in-vehicle system 20 and the provided facility system 30 communicate via a network 40 . The in-vehicle system 20 is a system installed in a vehicle. The in-vehicle system 20 requests the guidance system 10 to search for a route from the current location of the vehicle to the destination, and receives the movement route according to the instruction from the user. This allows the vehicle to travel along the travel route. The in-vehicle system 20 also guides the providing facilities near the moving route according to the information received from the guidance system 10 . Here, the provision facility is a facility that provides products, such as a restaurant. In the present embodiment, a case where the providing facility is a restaurant that allows take-out of food and drink will be described as an example. Examples of such provision facilities include fast food restaurants and restaurants where take-out is possible.

The guidance system 10 is, for example, a stationary general-purpose computer, a cloud-type external server, or the like. The guidance system 10 searches for a moving route of the vehicle on which the in-vehicle system 20 is mounted and transmits the moving route to the in-vehicle system 20 in response to a request from the in-vehicle system 20 . The guidance system 10 also transmits to the guidance system 10 the searched (hit) provided facilities among the provided facilities near the moving route.

Although only one in-vehicle system 20 is shown in FIG. 1, it is assumed that the guidance system 10 can communicate with a plurality of in-vehicle systems 20 . The multiple in-vehicle systems 20 are installed in multiple different vehicles.

The provision facility system 30 is an information processing device installed in the provision facility. As another example, the providing facility system 30 may be a portable computer such as a tablet used in the providing facility. The providing facility system 30 receives product order information from the in-vehicle system 20 . When the providing facility system 30 receives the order information, the employees of the providing facility start preparations for providing the product, such as cooking.

The guidance system 10 includes a communication section 11 , a control section 12 and a recording medium 13 . The communication unit 11 is a device for performing wireless communication with an external device. The control unit 12 can communicate with the in-vehicle system 20 via the communication unit 11 . That is, transmission and reception of information with the in-vehicle system 20 by the control unit 12 is executed via the communication unit 11 . The control unit 12 includes a CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and can execute various programs stored in the recording medium 13 and ROM. The control unit 12 of this embodiment can execute a first guidance program 120 as one of these programs. The control unit 12 causes the in-vehicle system 20 to guide the provided facilities near the moving route by the processing of the first guidance program 120 .

The recording medium 13 stores map information 131 , facility information 132 , route information 133 and registered time zone information 134 . The map information 131 includes node data indicating the positions of nodes corresponding to end points of road sections, shape interpolation point data indicating positions of shape interpolation points for specifying the shape of the road between nodes, and links connecting nodes. Includes link data etc. indicating Here, nodes correspond to intersections, and links correspond to road sections from intersection to intersection. The map information 131 is used for identifying the position of the vehicle, searching for a route to a destination, providing route guidance, and the like. The map information 131 further includes facility information. The facility information includes facility IDs for identifying facilities, facility coordinates, facility attributes (gas station, convenience store, fast food, etc.), and the like.

The facility information 132 is information relating to facilities that provide take-out food and drink among the facilities included in the map information 131 . FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of the facility information 132. As shown in FIG. The facility information 132 includes multiple records corresponding to multiple facilities. A record corresponds to each row shown in FIG. Each record associates a facility ID, facility coordinates, facility type, facility name, URL (uniform resource locator), preparation time, and first threshold. In this embodiment, facility types are provided independently of the facility attributes included in the map information 131 . Here, the facility ID is information for identifying the facility, and corresponds to the facility ID in the map information 131 . The facility coordinates are information indicating the position coordinates of the providing facility, and correspond to the facility coordinates included in the map information 131 . The facility type is information indicating the product type provided by the providing facility. In this embodiment, the facility type includes information indicating the type of food, such as fast food or ramen, in addition to information indicating whether food or drink. In addition, the definition of the type in the facility type is not limited to the embodiment. As another example, even among fast food, a more detailed classification such as hamburgers and desserts may be displayed. The facility name is the name of the providing facility. The URL is the URL of the web page that displays the information of the providing facility.

The preparation time is the time required to provide the product at the providing facility. For example, at a hamburger restaurant, it takes time from the time an order is received until the hamburger is completed and ready to be served. The preparation time includes the preparation time required by the facility, such as cooking at the providing facility, from the time an order is received until the product becomes ready to be provided. Further, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the user orders food and drink through the above-described user operation on the web page of the facility. Correspondingly, the preparation time includes not only the preparation time on the facility side but also the operation time on the web page by the user. Hereinafter, the operation time on the web page will be referred to as order required time. For example, if the cooking time (facility side preparation time) at the providing facility is 9 minutes and the order required time is 1 minute, a total of 10 minutes is set as the preparation time. By adding the preparation time to the time at a certain point in time, it becomes possible to predict the delivery time when the order is started at a certain point in time and the product is prepared. Here, the provision time is the time when the product can be provided.

It is assumed that the preparation time is set in advance. For example, each provider predicts the cooking time and order duration for each provider, and determines the preparation time based on the prediction results. Then, the determined preparation time is set as the preparation time of each providing facility. As another example, each providing facility predicts the cooking time, and the value obtained by adding the order required time, which is set uniformly regardless of the providing facility, to each cooking time of each providing facility may be set as the preparation time for

The first threshold is the maximum value of time allowed as a difference between the timing at which the user can actually receive the product and the product provision time, with the provision time as a reference. For example, if the user receives the product 30 minutes after the hamburger is completed, the hamburger will be cold and the product cannot be provided with the quality intended by the seller. From such a point of view, the first threshold value for the product provision time is set in advance for each facility. For example, 5 minutes is set as the first threshold for AA Burger Higashimachi. This means that the desired provision period is 5 minutes after the provision time. Also, for ramen shops, a relatively short one minute is set as the first threshold so that the noodles do not stretch out. It should be noted that the first threshold is set to a value according to the seller's wishes for each providing facility. However, as another example, an appropriate value may be determined and set by an administrator of the guidance system 10 or the like.

The route information 133 is information indicating a travel route set for each in-vehicle system 20 . In the route information 133, a travel route set as a travel route guided by the in-vehicle system 20 is associated with a vehicle ID that identifies the vehicle in which the in-vehicle system 20 is mounted. Since the in-vehicle system 20 is installed in a vehicle, the vehicle ID is also information for identifying the in-vehicle system 20 .

The registered time period information 134 is information indicating a registered time period registered in advance for each in-vehicle system 20 . In the registration time period information 134, registration time periods are associated with vehicle IDs. The registered time period is registered by the user of the in-vehicle system 20 operating the in-vehicle system 20 as a time period for eating and drinking. More specifically, the registered time period registered in the in-vehicle system 20 is transmitted to the guidance system 10 and registered in the registered time period information 134 . In this way, it is assumed that the registration time period is set for each user (vehicle).

As another example, the registered time period may be set based on the travel history of the vehicle. In this case, the vehicle shall be a probe vehicle. Also, it is assumed that a general meal time zone is set as a reference time zone in the guidance system 10 . Then, the guidance system 10 periodically acquires probe information from the in-vehicle system 20, and extracts a time period close to the reference time period and during which travel is interrupted (stopped). The guidance system 10 extracts, for example, a time period close to the reference time period and during which driving is interrupted a plurality of times on different days, and sets the average value as the registered time period. Note that the registered time period may be a value set based on the time period extracted as a time period close to the reference time period, and is not limited to an average value. As another example, the guidance system 10 may set the registered time period based on the time period during which the vehicle is stopped at the restaurant.

As another example, the registration time period may be a value that does not depend on the vehicle (user). That is, in this case, only one registered time period is registered in the registered time period information 134, and the vehicle ID is unnecessary.

Returning to FIG. The first guidance program 120 executed by the control unit 12 of the guidance system 10 executes the computer of the guidance system 10 as the route search unit 121, the provided time acquisition unit 122, the estimated arrival time acquisition unit 123, and the first guidance processing unit 124. It is a program for That is, hereinafter, the processes performed by the route search unit 121, the provision time acquisition unit 122, the estimated arrival time acquisition unit 123, and the first guidance processing unit 124 are performed by the control unit 12 (CPU). .

When the route search unit 121 receives a search instruction including the position of the vehicle and the destination from the in-vehicle system 20, the route search unit 121 refers to the map information 131, sets the position of the vehicle as the departure point, and connects the departure point and the destination. Explore driving routes. A travel route is an array of nodes connecting a starting point to a destination. The moving route is transmitted to the in-vehicle system 20 . The provided time acquisition unit 122 refers to the travel route stored in the route information 133 and detects the provided facilities included in the range based on the travel route. Then, the provision time acquisition unit 122 acquires the product provision time at the provision facility based on the current time.

The estimated arrival time acquisition unit 123 acquires the estimated arrival time to each provided facility detected by the provided time acquisition unit 122 based on the map information 131 and the travel route. The first guidance processing unit 124 extracts facilities for which the difference between the estimated arrival time and the service time is less than a threshold, and causes the in-vehicle system 20 to guide the extracted facilities. Specifically, the first guidance processing unit 124 transmits guidance information indicating the extracted providing facilities to the in-vehicle system 20 . Here, the guidance information is information indicating the providing facility for which the difference between the estimated arrival time and the providing time is less than a threshold, and includes the facility name and URL of the providing facility. The processing of the provision time acquisition unit 122, the estimated arrival time acquisition unit 123, and the first guidance processing unit 124 will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. The first guidance processing unit 124 is an example of a guidance processing unit.

The in-vehicle system 20 includes a communication section 21 , a control section 22 , a user I/F section 23 , a recording medium 24 , a GNSS reception section 25 , a vehicle speed sensor 26 and a gyro sensor 27 . The communication unit 21 is a device for performing wireless communication with an external device. The control unit 22 can communicate with the guidance system 10 and the providing facility system 30 via the communication unit 21 . That is, transmission and reception of information with the guidance system 10 and the facility system 30 by the control unit 22 are executed via the communication unit 21 . The control unit 22 includes a CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and performs various processes by executing various programs stored in the recording medium 24 and ROM. The control unit 22 of this embodiment can execute a second guidance program 220 as one of these programs. The control unit 22 causes the providing facility to be guided by the processing of the second guidance program 220 .

The user I/F section 23 is an interface section for the user to input instructions and to provide various information to the user. The user I/F unit 23 includes a touch panel display, switches, speakers and the like (not shown). That is, the user I/F unit 23 has an output unit for images and sounds and an input unit for user instructions.

The GNSS receiver 25 is a device that receives signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System. The GNSS receiver 25 receives radio waves from navigation satellites and outputs a signal for calculating the position of the vehicle via an interface (not shown). The control unit 22 acquires the position of the vehicle by acquiring this signal. The vehicle speed sensor 26 outputs a signal corresponding to the rotational speed of the wheels of the vehicle. The control unit 22 acquires this signal via an interface (not shown) and acquires the vehicle speed. The gyro sensor 27 detects the angular acceleration of turning of the vehicle in the horizontal plane and outputs a signal corresponding to the orientation of the vehicle. The control unit 22 obtains the traveling direction of the vehicle by obtaining this signal. The vehicle speed sensor 26, the gyro sensor 27, and the like are used to identify the travel track of the vehicle. In this embodiment, the control unit 22 identifies the position of the vehicle based on the departure point and the travel track of the vehicle, and transmits the position of the vehicle identified based on the departure place and the travel track to the GNSS reception unit 111. Compensate based on the output signal.

The second guidance program 220 executed by the control unit 22 of the in-vehicle system 20 is a program for causing the computer of the in-vehicle system 20 to execute as the second guidance processing unit 221 . That is, the processing described below as being performed by the second guidance processing unit 221 is processing performed by the control unit 22 (CPU).

The second guidance processing unit 221 transmits a guidance information transmission request to the guidance system 10 and receives guidance information from the guidance system 10 in response to the request. Then, the second guidance processing section 221 causes the output section of the user I/F section 23 as a guidance section to guide the facility indicated in the guidance information. Here, the transmission request includes the vehicle ID of the vehicle in which the in-vehicle system 20 is installed, the position of the vehicle, and the time when the position of the vehicle was detected. Hereinafter, the position of the vehicle will be referred to as the current location of the vehicle, and the time at which the position of the vehicle is detected will be referred to as the current time. The second guidance processing unit 221 transmits a transmission request to the user I/F unit 23 when a user operation requesting guidance of the providing facility is performed.

The user can also specify the facility type of the providing facility. In this case, the second guidance processing unit 221 generates and transmits a transmission request designating the facility type designated according to the user's operation. In this case, the transmission request includes the facility type in addition to the vehicle ID, current location and current time of the vehicle. The facility type may be, for example, a type in a rough classification such as food and drink, or may be a type in a more detailed classification of food such as fast food or ramen. The facility type should just correspond to the facility type that can be defined in the facility information 132 .

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing guidance processing executed by the functions of the first guidance program 120 . The guidance process is a process executed by the guidance system 10 when a request for transmission of guidance information is received from the in-vehicle system 20 . Through the guidance processing, guidance information is generated and transmitted to the in-vehicle system 20 that has transmitted the transmission request. Before the guidance process is executed, a travel route to be guided is set in the in-vehicle system 20 that has sent the transmission request. 133.

When receiving a transmission request from the in-vehicle system 20, the guidance system 10 performs the following processing on the in-vehicle system 20 that has transmitted the transmission request. Hereinafter, the in-vehicle system 20 to be processed will be referred to as a target in-vehicle system, and a vehicle equipped with the target in-vehicle system will be referred to as a target vehicle. First, the provided time acquisition unit 122 of the guidance system 10 acquires the passage time of the guidance point on the travel route of the target vehicle (step S100). Here, the guide point is an intersection or the like at which the vehicle should proceed in a non-straight direction when traveling along the travel route. In the process of step S100, the provided time acquisition unit 122 first refers to the route information 133 and identifies the travel route set for the target vehicle based on the vehicle ID included in the transmission request. The provided time acquisition unit 122 further refers to the map information 131 and extracts guide points included in the travel route of the target vehicle. The provided time acquisition unit 122 acquires the passage time at which each guidance point is passed, based on the current time and the current location of the vehicle.

If the target vehicle has already traveled partway through the travel route by the current time, the provided time acquisition unit 122 acquires the passage time only for guidance points that are scheduled to pass after the current time.

Next, the provided time acquisition unit 122 refers to the registration time period information 134 and acquires the registration time period associated with the vehicle ID included in the transmission request as the registration time period of the target vehicle (step S102). . Next, the provided time acquisition unit 122 determines whether or not the travel route includes a section to be traveled in the registered time zone based on the travel route passage time acquired in step S100 (step S104). If the passage times obtained in step S100 include a time included in the registered time period, the provided time acquisition unit 122 determines that the section to be traveled is included in the registered time period. If the passage times obtained in step S100 do not include a time included in the registered time period, the provided time acquisition unit 122 determines that the registered time period does not include the section to be traveled. The provided time acquisition unit 122 terminates the guidance process when the section to be traveled is not included (N in step S104).

If the travel route includes a section to be traveled in the registered time zone (Y in step S104), the provided time acquisition unit 122 extracts provided facilities located within the first search range (step S106). . Here, the processing of step S106 will be described.

The provided time acquisition unit 122 extracts the guide point corresponding to the earliest passage time and the guide point corresponding to the latest passage time among the guide points corresponding to the passage times determined to be included in the registered time period in S104. do. Then, the provided time acquisition unit 122 sets a section from the guide point corresponding to the earliest passing time to the guide point corresponding to the latest passing time as a registered time period section. Here, the registered time period section is a section in which the vehicle is scheduled to travel during the registered time period. As another example, the provided time acquisition unit 122 obtains more detailed passage points at the start time and end time of the guidance time period, and sets the section between these two passage points as the registered time period section. may

Subsequently, the provided time acquisition unit 122 refers to the map information 131 and sets a range in which the distance traveled from the registered time period section is less than the threshold as a first range. Note that the first search range is not limited to the embodiment as long as it is a range that is determined based on the registered time period section. As another example, a range including all of a plurality of ranges based on each of a plurality of guide points included in the registered time period section may be set as the first search range. Alternatively, a range in which the straight-line distance from the registered time period section is less than a threshold may be set as the first search range. As another example, a range along the registered time period section may be set as the first search range. As another example, a range in which the running time from the registered time period section is less than a predetermined value may be set as the first search range. Here, the registered time period section is an example of a route to be traveled during the registered time period. Also, the first search range is an example of a range based on the route to be traveled during the registered time period. After setting the first search range, the provision time acquisition unit 122 refers to the map information 131 and the facility information 132 and extracts the provision facilities located within the first search range.

Further, as described above, the transmission request may include the facility type. In this case, in step S106, the provision time acquisition unit 122 extracts the provision facility of the type that is located within the first search range and that matches the facility type included in the transmission request. For example, if cooking is specified in the transmission request, the extraction target in step S106 is limited to the providing facility associated with the cooking. Further, when ramen is specified in the transmission request, the extraction target in step S106 is limited to providing facilities associated with ramen.

After the process of step S106, the provision time acquisition unit 122 determines whether or not the provision facility exists within the first search range (step S108). The provision time acquisition unit 122 determines that the provision facility exists within the first search range when the provision facility is extracted in step S106, and performs the first search when the provision facility is not extracted in step S106. It is determined that there is no providing facility within the range. When the providing facility does not exist within the first search range (N in step S108), the providing time acquiring unit 122 ends the guidance process.

When the providing facility exists within the first search range (Y in step S108), the provision time obtaining unit 122 obtains the product providing time of each providing facility existing within the first search range (step S110 ). Specifically, the provision time acquisition unit 122 acquires the preparation time of each provision facility existing within the first search range from the facility information 132 . Then, the provision time acquisition unit 122 acquires the time obtained by adding the preparation time of each provision facility to the current time as the provision time of each provision facility.

Next, the route search unit 121 searches for routes to each facility included in the first search range (step S112). Specifically, the route search unit 121 refers to the map information 131 and performs a route search with the current location of the target vehicle as the starting point and the location of each providing facility as the destination. Next, the estimated arrival time acquisition unit 123 acquires, by referring to the map information 131, the estimated arrival time at each facility when traveling along the movement route to each facility obtained by the route search. (Step S114).

Next, the first guidance processing unit 124 compares the difference between the estimated arrival time and the provision time obtained for the same provision facility with a threshold, and extracts provision facilities whose difference is equal to or less than the threshold as guidance targets ( step S116). In the processing of step S116, the first guidance processing unit 124 uses the first threshold as the threshold when the estimated arrival time is later than the provision time. Here, the first threshold is a value associated with the providing facility in the facility information 132 . When the estimated arrival time is later than the provision time and the difference is equal to or less than the first threshold, the first guidance processing unit 124 determines that the difference is equal to or less than the threshold, and extracts the provision facility as a guidance target. As a result, it is possible to exclude provision facilities that are scheduled to arrive after a period of time longer than the first threshold has elapsed with respect to the provision time, from the guidance targets.

On the other hand, the first guidance processing unit 124 uses the second threshold as the threshold when the estimated arrival time is earlier than the provision time. Here, it is assumed that the second threshold value is a uniform value regardless of the providing facility, and is preset in the recording medium 13 . When the estimated arrival time is earlier than the provision time and the difference is equal to or less than the second threshold, the first guidance processing unit 124 determines that the difference is equal to or less than the threshold, and extracts the provision facility as a guidance target.

If the estimated arrival time is earlier than the provision time, the user needs to wait at the provision facility until the provision time in order to receive the product. The second threshold is set in consideration of the user's waiting time. Since such waiting time is not determined according to the type of product, unlike the first threshold, a uniform value is set as the second threshold regardless of the providing facility. By extracting provision facilities below the second threshold as guidance targets, provision facilities scheduled to arrive earlier than the second threshold before the provision time can be excluded from the guidance targets.

In addition, when the vehicle arrives before the provided time, it is assumed that the time allowed to wait at the provided facility differs depending on the user. Therefore, as another example, a different second threshold value for each vehicle ID may be set in the recording medium 13 in advance. In this case, the first guidance processing unit 124 uses the second threshold value of the vehicle ID of the target vehicle. As a result, the first guidance processing unit 124 can extract, as guidance targets, providing facilities that take into consideration the second threshold value that is suitable for the user.

As another example, the threshold value to be compared with the difference may be a uniform value regardless of whether the scheduled arrival time or the provision time is later. Further, the threshold value in this case may be a value set according to the providing facility, or may be a uniform value regardless of the providing facility.

After the processing of step S116, the first guidance processing unit 124 generates guidance information for guiding the facility extracted in step S116, and transmits the guidance information to the in-vehicle system 20 (step S118). With the above, the guidance processing is completed. The in-vehicle system 20 that has received the guidance information displays the guidance information on the user I/F section 23 . Thereby, the user can browse the guidance information. The guidance information displays the store name, location, etc. of the extracted facility. When the user selects a providing facility, the web page of the selected providing facility is displayed, and the user can place an order on the web page. When the order on the web page is completed, order information indicating the details of the order is sent to the providing facility system 30 . At the providing facility, according to the order information delivered to the providing facility system 30, preparation of the product is started. On the other hand, after completing the order, the user drives the vehicle toward the providing facility, and when arriving at the providing facility, the user can receive the ordered product without much delay from the product provision time. Furthermore, in this case, the guidance system 10 may search again for a route that leads to the destination via the provided facility, and transmit the route to the in-vehicle system 20 .

In the guidance process, as described above, if the route to be traveled during the registered time zone is not included in the movement route (N in step S104), the guidance process ends without transmitting the guidance information. In other words, guidance of the provided facilities in the in-vehicle system 20 is also not performed when the provided time is not included in the registered time zone. As described above, in the guidance management system 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to limit the guidance of the facility provided by the guidance information to the time period during which the user eats. Therefore, it is possible to prevent unnecessary guidance from being provided during a time period when the user does not desire to eat.

Further, even when the providing facility does not exist in the first search range (N in step S108), guidance information is not transmitted. It is highly probable that a user who is moving on a travel route will not purchase food and drink that deviates greatly from the travel route. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the in-vehicle system 20 limits guidance targets to provided facilities within the first search range based on the registered time period section. As a result, it is possible to provide guidance that is more suitable for the user by limiting to facilities that are highly likely to be desired by the user.

Further, when the facility type is included in the transmission request, the providing facilities extracted in step S106 are limited to the providing facilities of the type selected by the user. Therefore, guidance targets can be limited to the types of providing facilities selected by the user.

Here, the guidance processing will be further described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4. FIG. Assume that three of AA Burger Higashimachi, BB Burger Ekimae, and CC Coffee shown in FIG. 2 are extracted in step S106 as providing facilities located within the first search range. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that the current time is "11:50" and that AA Burger Higashimachi, BB Burger Ekimae, and CC Coffee are located along the moving route A.

In this case, the serving time at AA Burger Higashimachi is the current time "11:50" plus the preparation time "20 minutes" at AA Burger Higashimachi, ie, "12:10". On the other hand, it is assumed that "12:10" is obtained as the estimated time of arrival at AA Burger Higashimachi in step S110. In this case, the AA Burger Higashimachi store is extracted as a guidance target in step S116.

Similarly, the CC coffee serving time is the current time "11:50" plus the CC coffee preparation time "5 minutes", that is, "11:55". On the other hand, it is assumed that "11:55" is obtained as the estimated time of arrival at CC coffee in step S110. In this case, CC coffee is extracted as a guide target in step S116.

On the other hand, the serving time at the BB Burger station-front store is the current time "11:50" plus the preparation time "10 minutes" at the BB Burger station-front store, that is, "12:00". On the other hand, it is assumed that "12:15" is obtained as the estimated time of arrival at the BB Burger Ekimae branch in step S110. In this case, the estimated arrival time at the BB Burger Ekimae store is later than the offer time, and the difference between the two times is 15 minutes. That is, the difference is greater than the first threshold value (5 minutes) of the BB Burger Ekimae store. Therefore, the BB Burger station square store is not extracted as a guidance target.

As described above, the guidance system 10 of the present embodiment can guide the providing facilities for which the difference between the providing time and the estimated arrival time is equal to or less than the threshold. That is, the guidance system 10 can increase the possibility of guiding the user to a facility that can be reached in time with the timing of product provision.

As a modification of the first embodiment, the guidance system 10 may periodically perform the guidance process, for example, from a predetermined time before the registered time period. As a result, the user can receive the guidance of the providing facility when the registration time period approaches, without requiring any user operation.

(2) Second embodiment:
Next, the guidance management system 1 according to the second embodiment will be mainly described in terms of differences from the guidance management system 1 according to the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, the data configuration of facility information stored in the recording medium 13 of the guidance system 10 is different from the facility information 132 in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of facility information 200 according to the second embodiment. In the facility information 200, the preparation time and the first threshold are set for each product type provided at the providing facility. For example, for "AA Burger Higashimachi", product types "cooking" and "drink" are set, and preparation times of "cooking" and "drink" are set to "20 minutes" and "5 minutes", respectively. ing. Similarly, "5 minutes" and "7 minutes" are set as the first threshold values for "cooking" and "drink", respectively.

Also, in the second embodiment, the user can specify the product to be provided at the providing facility, and in this case, the transmission request includes the product type. When the product type is included in the transmission request, the guidance system 10 refers to the preparation time and the first threshold value associated with the product type indicated in the transmission request, and replaces the providing facility with the providing facility. It is determined whether or not each product is to be guided. As a result, for example, when the user wants a hamburger, only the food serving time is taken into consideration, not the drink serving time at the AA Burger Higashimachi branch, so that only the food can be extracted as a guidance target. . On the other hand, if the user wants only a drink, the hamburger at AA Burger Higashimachi is excluded from the extraction targets at step S106, and only the drink at AA Burger Higashimachi is the target for extraction at step s106. In this way, guidance can be provided in units of product types.

Other configurations and processes of the guidance management system 1 of the second embodiment are the same as those of the guidance management system 1 of the first embodiment.

According to the guidance system 10 of the second embodiment, since it is possible to determine whether or not to be guided by the product type unit of the providing facility instead of the providing facility unit, the providing facility more suitable for the user's request is guided. can increase the likelihood of

A modification of the second embodiment will be described. A transmission request may include a plurality of product types. For example, the transmission request may include food and drink. In this case, in step S106, the guidance system 10 extracts providing facilities within the first search range that have food and drink associated as product types in the facility information 200. FIG. Also, in this case, the guidance system 10 refers to the longest preparation time among the preparation times for each of the plurality of product types of one providing facility in step S110. Similarly, in step S116, the guidance system 10 refers to the shortest first threshold among the first thresholds for each of the plurality of product types of one providing facility.

(3) Third Embodiment:
Next, the guide management system 1 according to the third embodiment will be described mainly about the differences from the guide management system 1 according to the first embodiment. In the third embodiment, when a transmission request is received, the guidance management system 1 provides products by traveling from the current location regardless of whether or not it is in the registered time period section where the vehicle is scheduled to travel during the registered time period. Let the staff guide you to the facilities that can arrive on time.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing guidance processing executed by the guidance system 10 according to the third embodiment. The guidance processing of this embodiment is also executed when a request for transmission of guidance information is received from the in-vehicle system 20, similarly to the guidance processing of the first embodiment.

In the guidance process, first, the provision time acquisition unit 122 of the guidance system 10 acquires the passage time of the guidance point on the movement route of the target vehicle (step S200). This process is the same as the process of step S100 in the first embodiment. Next, the provision time acquisition unit 122 refers to the map information 131 and extracts provision facilities located within the second search range (step S202).

Here, the second search range will be described with reference to FIG. The second search range is a range set for extracting facilities that can be reached at the provided time when the vehicle leaves the current location at the current time. Therefore, it is preferable that the second search range include providing facilities that can be reached by driving the vehicle during the preparation time. From this point of view, in the present embodiment, the provided time acquisition unit 122 sets the maximum value of all preparation times included in the facility information 132 as the reference time to be referred to when defining the second search range. Then, the provided time acquisition unit 122 identifies a partial section B that can be reached within the reference time in the travel route A, and selects a range in which the straight line distance from the partial section B is less than the threshold as a second search range C set as

Note that the second search range is not limited to the embodiment as long as it is a range that is determined based on a partial section. As another example, a range including all of a plurality of ranges based on each of a plurality of guide points included in a partial section may be set as the second search range. Also, a range in which the distance traveled from the partial section is less than the threshold may be set as the second search range. As another example, a range in which the travel time along or from the partial section is less than a predetermined value may be set as the second search range. Here, the second search range is an example of a range based on the moving route.

After the processing of step S202 in FIG. 6, the provision time acquisition unit 122 determines whether or not the provision facility exists within the second search range (step S204). If the providing facility exists within the second search range (Y in step S204), the provision time acquiring unit 122 acquires the product providing time of each providing facility that exists within the second search range (step S206). ). On the other hand, when the providing facility does not exist within the second search range (N in step S204), the providing time acquiring unit 122 ends the guidance process.

After the process of step S206, the in-vehicle system 20 advances the process to step S208. The processes of steps S208 to S214 are the same as the processes of steps S110 to S118 in the first embodiment, respectively. Other configurations and processes of the guidance management system 1 of the third embodiment are the same as those of the guidance management system 1 of the first embodiment.

According to the guidance system 10 of the third embodiment, regardless of the registered time period, based on the current location of the vehicle and the moving route, it is possible to guide the provided facilities that can be reached at the provided time. That is, the guidance system 10 can increase the possibility of guiding the user to a facility that can be reached in time with the timing of product provision.

(4) Other embodiments:
The above embodiment is an example for carrying out the present invention, and various other embodiments can be adopted. For example, the guidance system 10 may be a system implemented by a plurality of devices (for example, a server and a client, the guidance system 10 and the in-vehicle system 20 according to the embodiment, etc.). Some functions of the route search unit 121, the provision time acquisition unit 122, the estimated arrival time acquisition unit 123, and the first guidance processing unit 124 that constitute the guidance system 10 are realized by the control unit of the first device, and the rest may be realized by a control unit of a second device different from the first device.

For example, the recording medium 24 of the in-vehicle system 20 may store map information, and the control section 22 of the in-vehicle system 20 may function as the route searching section 121 . In this case, the searched travel route is sent to the guidance system 10 . As another example, the control unit 22 of the in-vehicle system 20 may function as at least one of the provided time acquisition unit 122 , the estimated arrival time acquisition unit 123 and the first guidance processing unit 124 .

Also, part of the configuration of the above-described embodiments may be omitted, and the order of processing may be changed or omitted. For example, in the guidance process of the first embodiment, the control unit 12 extracts each provided facility within the first search range, acquires the estimated time of arrival at each provided facility, and then obtains the provision of the provided facility. You can get the time.

The guidance management system 1 may further include a facility management system. In this case, when the user of the in-vehicle system 20 confirms the guidance information and completes the order on the web page of the desired facility, the order information is sent to the facility system 30 via the facility management system. .

The product is not limited to food and drink, and may be any product that requires time to be provided. Here, the time required for provision may include at least one of the preparation time at the store for provision and the time required for the user to place an order.

The provision facility may be a facility that provides products that take time to be provided, and is not limited to a facility that provides food and drink for takeout as described in the embodiments. As another example, the provision facility includes a store whose purpose is only to eat and drink in the store of food and drink.

The registered time slot may be a time slot that is registered in advance as a time slot for receiving provision of a predetermined product. That is, the registered time slot is not limited to the time slot for eating and drinking.

In the present embodiment, a guidance system intended for movement by vehicle has been described, but the means of movement is not limited to vehicles. In other words, the means of transportation includes not only vehicles but also movement while riding on a wide range of moving bodies such as bicycles and motorbikes, and further includes movement on foot by the user. In the case of walking, the guidance system 10 searches for a moving route on foot.

Also, the system provided with the user I/F section as the guidance section for displaying the guidance information is not limited to the in-vehicle system 20 as long as it is a system that can move with the user. As another example, the system may be implemented by a mobile terminal such as a smart phone or tablet carried by the user. In this case, the position of the mobile terminal is used as the current location. The position of the mobile terminal is specified by the signal received by the GNSS receiver mounted on the mobile terminal.

Further, the guidance system 10 may guide the provided facility when the in-vehicle system 20 does not move along the moving route. In other words, the guidance system 10 guides the providing facilities that the user can arrive at in accordance with the timing of the provision of the product, in the movement that does not depend on the moving route. In this case, when receiving a transmission request, the guidance system 10 generates guidance information indicating a providing facility that can be reached at the product providing time by driving from the current location. Specifically, the guidance system 10 sets a third search range that is determined based on the current location, treats provided facilities existing within the third search range as processing targets, and determines whether the difference between the provided time and the estimated arrival time is equal to or less than a threshold. What is necessary is just to extract a provision facility as guidance object. Here, the third search range is a range determined based on the current location. For example, a range in which the travel distance is equal to or less than a threshold relative to the current location, a range in which the travel time is equal to or less than the threshold relative to the current location, and a range in which the linear distance is equal to or less than the threshold relative to the current location are set as the third detection ranges.

The above embodiment is an example for carrying out the present invention, and various other embodiments can be adopted. For example, the facility information 200 described in the second embodiment may be used in the guidance management system 1 of the third embodiment.

Furthermore, the system, program, and method described above may be implemented as a single device, or may be implemented using components shared by a plurality of devices, and include various aspects. In addition, it can be changed as appropriate, such as a part of which is software and a part of which is hardware. Furthermore, the invention is established as a recording medium for a program for controlling the system. A recording medium for the program may be a magnetic recording medium, a semiconductor memory, or any other recording medium that will be developed in the future.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Guidance management system 10... Management system 11... Communication part 12... Control part 13... Recording medium 20... In-vehicle system 21... Communication part 22... Control part 23... User I/F part 24 Recording medium 121 Route search unit 122 Provided time acquisition unit 123 Estimated arrival time acquisition unit 124 First guidance processing unit 131 Map information 132 Facility information 133 Route information 134 Registration time zone information, 221... second processing guidance section,

Claims (5)

A provision time acquisition unit that acquires a provision time at which the product can be provided to a user at a facility that provides the product;
an estimated arrival time acquiring unit that acquires the estimated arrival time of the user to the providing facility;
A guidance system, comprising: a guidance processing unit that guides a guidance unit to the provided facilities for which the difference between the provided time and the estimated arrival time is equal to or less than a threshold. 2. The guidance system according to claim 1, wherein said providing facility is a facility that provides products selected by said user. 3. The guidance system according to claim 1, wherein said providing facilities are facilities located in a preset range based on said user's moving route. 4. The guidance system according to claim 3, wherein said providing facility is a facility located within a range of said moving route based on a route on which the user is scheduled to travel during a registered time period registered in advance. Guidance system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the threshold is specified based on the product offered.

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