JP2023137983A - Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program that can provide information allowing a user to intuitively figure out contents of events including fairs.SOLUTION: An information processing device 10 includes: a map information acquisition unit 131 that acquires map information for drawing a map; an event information acquisition unit 132 that acquires event information regarding events at each point on the map; a user information acquisition unit 133 that acquires user information indicating characteristics of a user; a providing event determination unit 134 that determines the event information to be provided to the user from among the event information around a current location of the user based on the user information; and an information providing unit 135 that provides the map information around the current location of the user, and the event information determined by the providing event determination unit. The event information includes an icon, a figure, or an image that is a mode for symbolizing the event.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

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

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a technique for providing a user with information regarding an event to be held in an area of a map displayed on a screen. An example of such technology is a technology in which a date icon indicating the date of an event is displayed on a map, and when the user taps the date icon, information regarding the event is displayed on the screen (for example, Patent Document (see 1).

JP 2017-26929 Publication

In the technology described in Patent Document 1, the date icons have the same shape and display only the date of the event, so the user does not see the content of the event corresponding to the date icon until the user taps the date icon. cannot be understood intuitively. Some of the date icons are accompanied by an event name, etc., but if the event name, etc. is difficult to read, or if the event name, etc. does not appropriately represent the content of the event, the user taps the date icon. Until then, the details of the event cannot be grasped.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program that can provide information that allows a user to intuitively understand the contents of events including events.

The information processing device according to the present invention includes a map information acquisition unit that acquires map information for drawing a map, an event information acquisition unit that acquires event information regarding events at each point on the map, and a user characteristics a user information acquisition unit that acquires user information indicating the user information; and a provided event determination unit that determines the event information to be provided to the user from among the event information around the user's current location based on the user information. and an information providing unit that provides the map information around the current location of the user and the event information determined by the provided event determining unit, wherein the event information symbolizes the event. Contains icons, graphics, or images of aspects.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide information that allows a user to intuitively grasp the contents of events including events.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a server device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a terminal device according to the present embodiment. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information processing method according to the present embodiment. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information processing method according to the present embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the top screen at the time of application starting in the terminal device based on this embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the event radar screen in the terminal device based on this embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the pop-up display of each event in the terminal device based on this embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, a server device 10, which is an information processing device, a map information server device 20, and a plurality of terminal devices 30 are connected via a network such as the Internet. Connected for communication.

The information processing system 1 is an information providing system that provides event information related to events from the server device 10 to the terminal device 30, and provides event information according to the characteristics of the user who owns the terminal device 30. Here, events include not only events held by people such as events and events, but also phenomena such as wind and rain, the blooming of cherry blossoms, and facts such as the appearance of bears. In addition, events include not only positive events such as festivals and cherry blossoms that make users want to visit the place where the event is occurring, but also things such as landslides, river flooding, commotion, incidents, accidents, etc. It also includes negative events that should be avoided in places where they occur or occur. Furthermore, it also includes combinations of positive and negative events, such as "we can grow wild vegetables, but bears have appeared in the past."
Each configuration of such information processing system 1 will be described in detail below.

[Configuration of server device 10]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the server device 10. As shown in FIG.
The server device 10 is configured by a computer and functions as an information processing device of the present invention. This server device 10 includes a communication section 11, a storage section 12, a control section 13, and the like.
The communication unit 11 is connected to a network (Internet) via, for example, a LAN, and communicates with the map information server device 20, the plurality of terminal devices 30, and the like.

[Configuration of storage unit 12]
The storage unit 12 is a data storage device composed of, for example, a memory, a hard disk, or the like. This storage unit 12 includes a map information storage unit (map information DB 121), an event information storage unit (event information DB 122), a spot information storage unit (spot information DB 123), a user information storage unit (user information DB 124), etc. There is.

Here, an example is shown in which the storage unit 12 of the server device 10 is provided with a map information DB 121, an event information DB 122, a spot information DB 123, and a user information DB 124. It may also be configured such that these databases (DB) are provided in other data servers or cloud storages, and necessary data is downloaded as appropriate.
Further, the storage unit 12 stores an information processing program (software) for controlling the server device 10.

[Information stored in map information DB 121]
The map information DB 121 is a database that stores map information for drawing maps. The map information includes, for example, a map image that is an image of a map, position information on latitude and longitude that indicates a position on the map, and the like. A map information acquisition unit 131, which will be described later, accesses the map information server device 20 regularly or irregularly to update the map information stored in the map information DB 121.

[Information stored in event information DB 122]
The event information DB 122 is a database that stores event information. Event information includes an event ID that identifies each event, and location information that indicates the location on a map where the event associated with this event ID is occurring or has occurred (for example, information about events that do not move, such as cherry blossoms blooming). In the case of a moving event such as a parade, it includes the latitude and longitude of the location, the distance and range of movement (in the case of a moving event such as a parade), the time, the genre of the event, detailed event information, etc.

The event detailed information is detailed content of the event, and includes, for example, text data and image data. The text data includes many keywords related to the details of the event, such as the name of the event. The text data includes, for example, the scale of the event (for example, in the case of a concert: number of participants, in the case of an accident: damage situation, etc.), facilities (for example, in the case of a fireworks festival: number of toilets, number of restaurants, etc.), There is a degree of interest (for example, the number of reactions to messages such as favorites on SNS (Social networking service), etc.). Further, the image data includes an icon or a figure symbolizing the event, an image taken of the event, or a thumbnail image obtained by reducing the image. Note that the text data and image data include not only those posted on sites set up by the administrator of the place where each event occurs, the organizer of each event, etc., but also personal SNS posts, photos, It also includes user-generated content (UGC) such as blogs. The time is the date and time when the event occurred in the past, and includes the period when the event occurs for a predetermined period of time.

[Information stored in spot information DB 123]
In this specification, a spot refers to something that occupies a certain range on a map, such as a mountain, river, school, park, station, railroad, or building. Spots also include what is called a POI (Point of Interest). The spot information DB 123 is a database that stores spot information.

The spot information includes a spot ID that identifies each spot, the name of the spot associated with this spot ID, location information indicating the location of the spot on the map, and an icon for displaying the spot on the map. Contains images, etc. Note that the location information of a spot is not the geographical center of the spot on a map or the address in real estate registration, but the center of population or a point where many visitors to the spot gather (for example, the entrance of a building). , statues, monuments, and other places used for meetings) are preferred.

[Information stored in user information DB 124]
The user information DB 124 is a database that stores user information indicating characteristics of each user. The user information includes, for example, a user ID, user name, user attributes, user history, and the like.

The user ID is information for identifying each user, and different information is assigned to each user. The user ID may be, for example, an email address that each user has. The user name is, for example, the user's full name or handle name. User attributes are information indicating characteristics of a user, and include various information regarding the user, such as gender, age group, preference, address, family composition, educational background, annual income, and the like.

The user history is information indicating the user's behavior history. This user history includes, for example, the history of content viewed on the Internet (URL of viewed content and date and time of viewing), search history when using search engines, etc. (keywords of online searches and shopping searches, and search date and time), This includes location information of places where you took actions such as browsing and searching. If the user takes the action while moving, the location information also includes location information of the source and destination. The location information may be information obtained by the GPS (Global Positioning System) function of the terminal device 30, or may be information indicating actual measured values such as longitude and latitude, or the location of an access point with which the terminal device 30 has performed predetermined communication. It may be.

[Functional configuration of control unit 13]
The control unit 13 includes an arithmetic circuit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and a storage circuit such as a RAM (Random Access Memory). The control unit 13 loads the information processing program stored in the storage unit 12 or the like into the RAM, and executes various processes in cooperation with the program loaded into the RAM.

Then, the control unit 13 reads and executes the information processing program stored in the storage unit 12, so that the map information acquisition unit 131, the event information acquisition unit 132, the user information acquisition unit 133, the provision It functions as an event determining unit 134, an information providing unit 135, and the like.

In this embodiment, the information processing device is configured by one server device 10, and the control unit 13 includes a map information acquisition unit 131, an event information acquisition unit 132, a user information acquisition unit 133, a provision event determination unit 134, and Although an example of functioning as the information providing unit 135 will be shown, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the information processing device of the present invention may be constituted by a plurality of communicably connected server devices, and in this case, it is possible to reduce the processing load by providing a server device corresponding to each function. can.

The map information acquisition unit 131 accesses the map information server device 20 regularly or irregularly to update the map information stored in the map information DB 121. Additionally, the map information acquisition unit 131 accesses various sites such as news sites, SNS sites, blog sites, etc. regularly or irregularly to update the spot information stored in the spot information DB 123. Further, the map information acquisition unit 131 acquires map information of the area corresponding to the current position information or the place name from the map information DB 121 based on the current position information or place name transmitted from the terminal device 30, and the information providing unit 135 supply to Furthermore, when a spot name is transmitted from the terminal device 30, the map information acquisition unit 131 acquires location information from the spot information DB 123 based on the spot name, and obtains map information of the area corresponding to the location information. It is acquired from the map information DB 121 and supplied to the information providing unit 135.

The event information acquisition unit 132 regularly or irregularly accesses various sites such as news sites, SNS sites, blog sites, etc. to acquire event information, and stores it in the event information DB 122 in association with an event ID.

For example, the user information acquisition unit 133 acquires user information of a user who owns the terminal device 30 and is transmitted periodically or irregularly when the user operates the terminal device 30 at various locations. Further, the user information acquisition unit 133 aggregates the population trends of each region, the interests of the user in each region, etc. based on the acquired user information, and stores them in the user information DB 124 in association with the user ID.

The provided event determining unit 134 determines the current location information of the user stored in the event information DB 122 or the place name or spot specified by the user based on the user information of the user stored in the user information DB 124. The event information to be provided to the user is determined from the event information of each event that is occurring or has occurred around the central area. Further, the provision event determining unit 134 reads each piece of event information that has been decided to be provided from the event information DB 122 and supplies it to the information providing unit 135 .
The information providing unit 135 combines the map information supplied from the map information acquisition unit 131 and the event information supplied from the provided event determining unit 134, and transmits the composite data to the terminal device 30.

[Configuration of terminal device 30]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the terminal device 30. As shown in FIG.
The terminal device 30 is a terminal device owned by a user, and is configured by, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a computer such as a personal computer, or the like. Note that FIG. 1 shows an example in which the terminal device 30 is a smartphone.

This terminal device 30 includes a communication section 31, an input section 32, a display section 33, a storage section 34, a positioning section 35, a control section 36, and the like.
The communication unit 31 is connected to a network (Internet) and communicates with the server device 10 and the like. When the communication unit 31 receives the information transmitted by the server device 10, the communication unit 31 supplies the received information to the control unit 36. Further, the communication unit 31 transmits information to the server device 10 according to instructions from the control unit 36.
The input unit 32 is, for example, a user interface such as a button, keyboard, mouse, microphone, touch panel, or the like. Further, the input unit 32 may accept, for example, voice input. Note that when the display section 33 is a touch panel, a part of the input section 32 is formed integrally with the display section 33.

The display unit 33 is, for example, a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Electroluminescence) display. The display unit 33 displays characters, images, etc. based on information input from the control unit 36.
The storage unit 34 is, for example, a nonvolatile storage medium such as a flash memory, ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), SD card, HDD (Hard Disc Drive), or EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory). This is realized using a volatile storage medium such as a register.
The positioning unit 35 includes, for example, a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver. The positioning unit 35 performs positioning based on radio waves received from a satellite, specifies the position of the terminal device 30 (that is, the user's position), and supplies the position information to the control unit 36.

The control unit 36 is realized by a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing a program (software) stored in the storage unit 34. The program may be downloaded from an application server via a network, or may be preinstalled on the terminal device 30, for example. The control unit 36 transmits information input by the user to the server device 10, and causes the display unit 33 to display information received from the server device 10.

[Information processing method]
Next, an information processing method in the information processing system 1 will be explained.
4 and 5 are flowcharts illustrating an example of the information processing method according to this embodiment. In providing event information to the terminal device 30, the server device 10 has acquired user information and event information in advance, and has stored them in the user information DB 124 and the event information DB 122 of the storage unit 12.

The processing described below is executed by the control unit 36 of the terminal device 30 when an application program (hereinafter simply referred to as “app”) stored in the storage unit 34 is activated by a user's operation.
When the application is started, the control unit 36 first obtains current position information from the positioning unit 35 (step S1). Next, the control unit 36 displays the top screen 1000 of the site corresponding to the application shown in FIG. 6 on the display unit 33 (step S2). It is assumed that the user ID and password are sent to the server device 10 when the application is started, and the user logs in to the site corresponding to the application.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a top screen 1000 displayed on the display unit 33 when an application is started on the terminal device 30. In the example of FIG. 6, an event radar icon 1001 is displayed in addition to the headlines of a plurality of news articles. The event radar icon 1001 is displayed as "event radar." Event radar is a service that provides easy visual confirmation of when and where an event is occurring or whether it has occurred.

In this embodiment, the event radar service is realized by displaying on the display unit 33 an image in which event information is superimposed on a map image around the current location or around a place name or spot designated by the user. When the user touches the position of the event radar icon 1001 shown in FIG. 6, switching to the event radar screen 1100 (see FIG. 7) displaying the event radar is performed as described below.

Returning to FIG. 4, the control unit 36 determines whether the user has touched the position of the event radar icon 1001 displayed on the display unit 33 (step S3). If the determination result in step S3 is "NO", the control unit 36 continues displaying the top screen 1000 if no position on the display unit 33 is touched, and displays the event radar icon on the display unit 33. If a position other than the position 1001 is touched, a corresponding process is executed.

On the other hand, if the determination result in step S3 is "YES", that is, if the position of the event radar icon 1001 is touched, the control unit 36 performs processing to switch the screen display.
First, the control unit 36 transmits the current location information and other information acquired in the process of step S1 to the server device 10 (step S4).

Based on the received current location information, the map information acquisition unit 131 of the server device 10 acquires map information of the area corresponding to the current location information from the map information DB 121, and supplies it to the information providing unit 135 (step S21). .

Based on the user information of the user stored in the user information DB 124, the provided event determination unit 134 determines whether or not the event has occurred or is occurring around the area around the current location information of the user, which is stored in the event information DB 122. The event information to be provided to the user is determined from among the event information of each event. Next, the provision event determining unit 134 reads each piece of event information that has been decided to be provided from the event information DB 122 and supplies it to the information providing unit 135 (step S22).
The information providing unit 135 combines the map information supplied from the map information acquisition unit 131 and the event information supplied from the provided event determining unit 134, and then transmits the combined data to the terminal device 30 (step S23).

After displaying the received composite data on the display unit 33, the control unit 36 of the terminal device 30 proceeds to step 6 (step S5). FIG. 7 is an example of an event radar screen 1100 displayed on the display unit 33 of the terminal device 30 in the process of step S5. In the example of FIG. 7, the words "Event Radar" are displayed at the top to indicate that the screen is an event radar screen, and the text is used to instruct to return to the top screen 1000 shown in FIG. 6, that is, to terminate the event radar. A return icon 1101 is displayed.

In the second row of FIG. 7, an input field 1102 for inputting a place name or spot to be searched, and a search button 1103 for instructing a search for the input place name or spot are displayed. This input field 1102 and search button 1103 are used when the user searches for events that are occurring or have occurred at a desired location or spot.

A current position mark 1104 is displayed at the center of the map displayed in FIG. The current position mark 1104 indicates the current position of the terminal device 30 on the displayed map. Even if the user moves, the current location mark 1104 is always displayed at the center of the map.
A small circle 1105, a medium circle 1106, and a large circle 1107 are displayed as concentric circles centered on the current position mark 1104. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the user is moving on foot, and the map is displayed at a scale corresponding to the user's movement, and the radii of the small circle 1105, the middle circle 1106, and the large circle 1107 are 500 m, 2 km, and 2 km, respectively. and 5km. When the user is traveling by a means of transportation such as a bicycle or a car, the scale of the map and the radii of the small circle 1105, the middle circle 1106, and the large circle 1107 are changed depending on the means of transportation.

In the example of FIG. 7, three events are displayed. At the upper left of FIG. 7, an image 1108 and a character string 1109 indicating that a cherry blossom event is occurring at the location on the map are displayed. The image 1108 uses an image of cherry blossom petals in order to help the user intuitively understand the phenomenon of cherry blossom blooming. The character string 1109 is the minimum information regarding the event, and in this example, the character string "Kinumachi Park Cherry Blossom Trees in Bloom for 5 Minutes" is displayed.

On the right side of the current position mark 1104 in FIG. 7, an image 1110 and a character string 1111 indicating that a live performance event is occurring at the position on the map are displayed. An image of a microphone is used as the image 1110 in order to help the user intuitively understand the event of a live performance. The character string 1111 is the minimum information regarding the event, and in this example, it includes the name of the performing group ATP, the fact that the fee is free, and the end time of "ATP Free Live Until 20:00". A string is displayed.

Slightly to the lower left of the image 1110 and the character string 1111 in FIG. 7, an image 1112 and a character string 1113 indicating that a festival event is occurring at the position on the map are displayed. An image of a mikoshi is used as the image 1112 in order to help the user intuitively understand the phenomenon of a festival. The character string 1113 is the minimum information regarding the event, and in this example, the name of the shrine where the festival is being held, Minato Shrine, the fact that it is a major festival rather than an annual festival, and the ending time, " The text string "Minato Shrine Grand Festival until 9:00 PM" is displayed.

When the user touches either the image 1108 or the character string 1109, the image 1110 or the character string 1111, or the image 1112 or the character string 1113, a pop-up display showing more detailed information is displayed near each event.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a pop-up display of each event on the terminal device 30. In the example of FIG. 8, in addition to each character string described in FIG. 7, an address, a period, etc. are displayed. When a user touches each pop-up display, a site established by the administrator of the place where each event occurs, the organizer of each event, etc. may be displayed.

Returning to FIG. 7, at the bottom of FIG. 7, a character string 1114 indicating the number of events that are occurring or have occurred on the displayed map and the address of the map is displayed. Below the character string 1114, a graph is displayed with time on the horizontal axis and the reference point in time at the left end, and a slider 1115 for instructing to change the point in time is displayed on the horizontal axis of the graph.

In the example of FIG. 7, the graph has a plurality of scales, with the left end being the reference current point and the right end being two days from the current point (the day after tomorrow). Position 1 hour from now, position 3 hours from now, position in 3-hour increments from 3 hours to 15 hours from now, position 1 day from now (tomorrow), position 2 days from now (the day after tomorrow) Each scale is marked at the position of . In the example of FIG. 7, the scale intervals and time step widths (scale units representing time per predetermined length) are different. The time step width may be varied stepwise or continuously.

Returning to FIG. 4, the control unit 36 of the terminal device 30 acquires current position information from the positioning unit 35 (step S6). Next, the control unit 36 determines whether the current position information has changed from the previous time (step S7). The processing in steps S6 and S7 may be performed periodically, or may be performed every time the current position information is supplied from the positioning unit 35.
If the determination result in step S7 is "YES", the control unit 36 returns to step S4 and performs the processes of steps S4 and S5 described above. Thereby, the server device 10 performs the processes of steps S21 to S23 described above based on the changed current position information. That is, as the user moves, a map centered on the current location and images and character strings corresponding to multiple events occurring or occurring at the location on the map are changed in real time and displayed on the display unit 33. Is displayed.

On the other hand, if the determination result in step S7 is "NO", that is, if the current position information has not changed from the previous time, the control unit 36 proceeds to step S8 in FIG. 5.
In step S8, the control unit 36 determines whether a place name or spot name has been input. This process is performed by inputting the place name or spot name of the area to be searched into the input field 1102 shown in FIG. 7, and determining whether or not the search button 1103 is touched.
If the determination result in step S8 is "YES", the control unit 36 transmits the place name or spot name and other information acquired in the process of step S8 to the server device 10 (step S9).

When the map information acquisition unit 131 of the server device 10 receives a place name, it acquires map information of the area corresponding to the place name from the map information DB 121 and supplies it to the information providing unit 135. Furthermore, when receiving a spot name, the map information acquisition unit 131 acquires position information from the spot information DB 123 based on the spot name, and acquires map information of the area corresponding to the position information from the map information DB 121. and supplies it to the information providing unit 135 (step S24 in FIG. 5).

Based on the user information of the user, the provided event determining unit 134 selects among the event information of each event occurring or occurring in the area around the received place name or spot, which is stored in the event information DB 122, based on the user information of the user. From this, event information to be provided to the user is determined. Next, the provision event determining unit 134 reads each piece of event information that has been decided to be provided from the event information DB 122 and supplies it to the information providing unit 135 (step S25).
The information providing unit 135 combines the map information supplied from the map information acquisition unit 131 and the event information supplied from the provided event determining unit 134, and then transmits the combined data to the terminal device 30 (step S26).
The control unit 36 of the terminal device 30 displays the received composite data on the display unit 33, and then proceeds to step S11 (step S10).

As explained above, the user can search for a desired location several hours, tens of hours, or several days from now by simply entering the place name or spot name to be searched in the input field 1102 and touching the search button 1103. You can intuitively grasp the phenomena that occur in This function is convenient for planning a trip, for example, because the user can easily grasp events that will occur several days after the current day at the travel destination.

On the other hand, if the determination result in step S8 is "NO", that is, if no place name or spot name has been input, the control unit 36 does nothing and proceeds to step S11.
In step S11, the control unit 36 determines whether the slider 1115 shown in FIG. 7 has been operated. If the determination result in step S11 is "YES", the control unit 36 transmits the time information and other information acquired in the process of step S11 to the server device 10 (step S12).

The provision event determining unit 134 of the server device 10 receives time information and other information (step S27). Next, based on the user information of the user and the received time information, the provision event determining unit 134 selects the user's current location information stored in the event information DB 122 or the area centered around the received place name or spot. The event information to be provided to the user is determined from the event information of each event that is occurring or has occurred in the surrounding area. Next, the provision event determining unit 134 reads each piece of event information that has been decided to be provided from the event information DB 122 and supplies it to the information providing unit 135 (step S28).
The information providing unit 135 combines the map information supplied from the map information acquisition unit 131 and the event information supplied from the provided event determining unit 134, and then transmits the combined data to the terminal device 30 (step S29).
The control unit 36 of the terminal device 30 displays the received composite data on the display unit 33, and then proceeds to step S14 (step S13).

In this case, the information providing unit 135 of the server device 10 may transmit to the terminal device 30 only the current composite data and the partial data that is different from the composite data transmitted in step S23 or step S26. The control unit 36 of the terminal device 30 changes the composite data displayed on the display unit 33 in the process of step S5 or step S10 with the partial data and displays it on the display unit 33.

As explained above, by simply operating the slider 1115, the user can learn about the current location, or events that are occurring or have occurred around the selected place name or spot, several hours, tens of hours, or several days from now. It can be grasped intuitively.
On the other hand, if the determination result in step S11 is "NO", that is, if the slider 1115 is not operated, the control unit 36 does nothing and proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, the control unit 36 determines whether or not termination of the event radar has been instructed. This process is performed by determining whether the return icon 1101 shown in FIG. 7 has been touched.
If the determination result in step S14 is "YES", the control unit 36 transmits information instructing the end of the event radar to the server device 10, and then returns to step S2 in FIG. continues (step S15).
When the provision event determination unit 134 of the server device 10 receives the information instructing the termination of the event radar, it terminates a series of processes (step S30).

On the other hand, if the determination result in step S14 is "NO", that is, if termination of the event radar is not instructed, the control unit 36 returns to step S6 in FIG. 4 and continues the processing from step S6 onward. do.

[Actions and effects of this embodiment]
The server device 10 of the present embodiment includes a storage unit 12 and a control unit 13, and the control unit 13 reads the information processing program stored in the storage unit 12, so that the map information acquisition unit 131 and event information acquisition 132, a user information acquisition section 133, a provision event determination section 134, an information provision section 135, and the like.

The map information acquisition unit 131 acquires map information for drawing a map. The event information acquisition unit 132 acquires event information regarding events at each point on the map. The user information acquisition unit 133 acquires user information indicating user characteristics. The provided event determining unit 134 determines event information to be provided to the user from event information around the user's current location based on the user information. The information providing unit 135 provides the terminal device 30 with map information around the user's current location and event information determined by the provided event determining unit 134. The event information includes an icon, figure, or image that symbolizes the event.

This makes it possible to provide event information that allows the user to intuitively understand the content of the event. Therefore, the user can easily learn about events that would otherwise be missed in a search. Furthermore, since the event information includes an icon, figure, or image that symbolizes the event, even a person who cannot understand text can intuitively understand what kind of event it is.

In the present embodiment, the provision event determining unit 134 determines the event information to be provided according to a change in the user's current location, and the information providing unit 135 uses map information around the changed current position and the provision event determining unit The event information determined by 134 is provided. This allows the user to know events in the area around his or her current location in real time even when the user is on the move.

In this embodiment, a place name or a spot can be specified, and the provided event determining unit 134 determines the event information to be provided from among the event information around the specified place name or spot, and the information providing unit 135 The provided place name or map information around the spot and the event information determined by the provided event determining unit 134 are provided. This allows the user to easily grasp, for example, events at the travel destination several days after the current day, which is convenient for making travel plans.

In this embodiment, the event information includes time information regarding the occurrence of the event, the time regarding the occurrence of the event can be specified, and the provided event determining unit 134 determines the event information to be provided according to the specified time. . This allows the user to intuitively understand the current location, or events around a specified place name or spot several hours, tens of hours, or several days from the current time.

[Modified example]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but includes the following modifications as long as the object of the present invention can be achieved.

[Modification 1]
In the embodiment described above, an example was shown in which event information to be provided to the user is determined based on the user's own user information of the terminal device 30. Among the behavior information, event information may be determined based on behavior information of an anonymous user similar to the user. With this configuration, there is a possibility that phenomena in genres that the user himself has not been interested in will be displayed, which will lead to new discoveries and new realizations.
When anonymizing each user, the anonymization factors include, for example, age group, gender, hobbies, preferences, area of residence, area of work, area of activity, educational background, occupation, family structure, annual income, etc. Examples of anonymous users include an unmarried man in his 30s whose hobby is gaming and who lives, works, and travels in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and an unmarried man in his 20s who lives, works, and travels in the Kansai region. These include unmarried women.
The behavior information is compiled by compiling the user history of each user stored in the user information DB 124 for a predetermined period or region, targeting anonymous users set in advance. Here, the preset anonymous user is, for example, an anonymous user having only predetermined factors such as age group, gender, and area of residence.

[Modification 2]
In the embodiment described above, an example was shown in which the icons, figures, or images (hereinafter abbreviated as "icons, etc.") symbolizing each event displayed on the event radar screen 1100 shown in FIG. 7 are approximately the same size. The size and color of icons etc. may be changed depending on the scale and interest level of each event. If the terminal device 30 is capable of transmitting data indicating the user's degree of excitement, such as the user's heart rate, the interest level also includes data indicating the degree of excitement. Furthermore, the degree of congestion, risk, etc. of each event may be predicted based on past data, etc., and the prediction results may be displayed in colors or shadings of icons or the like. The color and shading of the icons etc. may be changed over time according to the operation of the slider 1115 shown in FIG.

[Modification 3]
In the embodiment described above, an example was shown in which the event radar screen 1100 shown in FIG. 7 displays icons representing each event and minimal information such as the event name and end time. Information may be displayed. For example, if the event is a fireworks display, pictograms indicating the number of restrooms and restaurants, respectively, may be displayed around the event according to the location and number of restaurants.

[Modification 4]
In the above embodiment, an example was shown assuming that the user's current location is in Japan, but if the user's current location is overseas and a Japanese place name or spot is input in the input field 1102, When the icon of the place name or spot is clicked, a message in a foreign language introducing Japan based on the place name or spot may be displayed. With this configuration, even a user who cannot understand Japanese can intuitively understand what an event represents using icons, etc., and can understand the event in detail.

[Modification 5]
In the embodiment described above, an example was shown in which the information providing unit 135 of the server device 10 creates composite data and transmits it to the terminal device 30, but the information providing unit 135 individually transmits map information etc. to the terminal device 30, It may be configured such that the composite data is created based on the map information etc. received by the control unit 36 of the terminal device 30 and then displayed on the display unit 33.

10... Server device (information processing device), 12... Storage unit, 13... Control unit, 30... Terminal device, 121... Map information DB, 122... Event information DB, 123... Spot information DB, 124... User information DB, 131 ... map information acquisition section, 132 ... event information acquisition section, 133 ... user information acquisition section, 134 ... provision event determination section, 135 ... information provision section.

Claims (6)

a map information acquisition unit that acquires map information for drawing a map;
an event information acquisition unit that acquires event information regarding events at each point on the map;
a user information acquisition unit that acquires user information indicating characteristics of the user;
a provided event determining unit that determines the event information to be provided to the user from among the event information around the user's current location, based on the user information;
an information providing unit that provides the map information around the current location of the user and the event information determined by the provided event determining unit;
The event information includes an icon, a figure, or an image that symbolizes the event. The information processing device according to claim 1,
The provision event determining unit determines the event information to be provided according to a change in the current location of the user,
The information providing unit is an information processing device that provides the changed map information around the current location and the event information determined by the provided event determining unit. In the information processing device according to claim 1 or claim 2,
Place names or spots can be specified,
The provided event determining unit determines the event information to be provided from among the event information around the specified place name or the spot,
The information providing unit is an information processing device that provides the specified place name or the map information around the spot, and the event information determined by the provided event determining unit. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The event information includes time information regarding the occurrence of the event,
a time regarding the occurrence of the event is specifiable;
The provision event determining unit is an information processing device that determines the event information to be provided according to the specified time. An information processing method that provides information by a computer,
The computer includes a map information acquisition unit, an event information acquisition unit, a user information acquisition unit, a provision event determination unit, and an information provision unit,
a step in which the map information acquisition unit acquires map information for drawing a map;
the event information acquisition unit acquiring event information regarding events at each point on the map;
the user information acquisition unit acquiring user information indicating characteristics of the user;
The provision event determining unit determines the event information to be provided to the user from among the event information around the user's current location based on the user information;
a step in which the information providing unit provides the map information around the current location of the user and the event information determined by the provided event determining unit;
carried out,
An information processing method in which the event information includes an icon, a figure, or an image that symbolizes the event. An information processing program readable and executable by a computer,
An information processing program that causes the computer to function as the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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