JP3289814B2 - Facility information display device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facility information display device for acquiring facility information and displaying and guiding the facility information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 shows the structure of a conventional facility information display device. Reference numeral 50 denotes an input means, and 51 denotes information such as facility opening hours, regular holidays, telephone numbers, restaurant menus, and guides to tourist attractions. 52 is a facility information storage means for storing road information, map information such as shape information of rivers, railways, facilities, prefectural borders and administrative areas of municipalities, and character and symbol information, and 53 is facility information. Is displayed on the display 55, and the facility information display means 54 displays map information.
This is map information display means to be displayed on 55.

Next, the operation of the conventional example will be described. In FIG. 3, the map information display means 54 is a map information storage means 52.
, And the desired map information is read out and displayed on the display 55. When a certain facility on the map is indicated by the input means 50, the facility information display means 53 reads the corresponding facility information from the facility information storage means 51 and causes the display 55 to display it.

As described above, in the conventional facility information display device, by specifying a facility on the map display, facility information such as business hours and a restaurant menu can be easily obtained.

[0005]

However, in the conventional facility information display device, it is necessary to store detailed information of the facility in advance, and there is no limit to the data capacity, and the facility information can be stored only with the facility information. There is a problem that it is not possible to know the congestion status until the vehicle actually arrives at the facility because the availability of the parking lot and the waiting time inside the facility are unknown. For this reason, the parking lot was crowded and could not be entered, or in the case of a restaurant, even if the parking lot was vacant, there was a lot of waiting time inside, the parking fee increased and a large time loss was sometimes caused . Furthermore, it is preferable for the user to be able to provide information on a facility that is a little farther than a crowded facility when the facility is to be stopped during a drive.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and provides a user with accurate facility information in real time, and takes into account the facility congestion situation such as parking lot availability and facility waiting time. An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent facility information display device capable of performing efficient route guidance.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a map for storing road information, map information such as shape information of a boundary between rivers, railways, facilities, and regions, and character and symbol information. Information storage means, input means for specifying a predetermined point in the map information in advance, facility information search means for searching the map information storage means for a facility within a predetermined distance from the point specified by the input means, An information request signal for requesting information on the facility searched by the facility information searching means is transmitted to an information providing source providing information on the searched facility, and the information of the facility searched by the facility information searching means from the information providing source is transmitted. Facility information acquiring means for acquiring information, facility information analyzing means for analyzing the facility information acquired by the facility information acquiring means, and facility information analyzed by the facility information analyzing means The construction further includes a facility information display means for displaying on the display, the information of the real-time facilities to be able to provide clarity to the user. Further, since the facility information is acquired in real time from the outside, it is not necessary to store the facility information in advance, and it is possible to contribute to the reduction of the memory capacity.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an input means, 2 is road information, shape information of rivers, railways, facilities, administrative boundaries, characters, and the like. Map information storage means for storing map information such as symbol information; and 3, facility information search means for searching the map information storage means 2 for facilities within a predetermined distance from a point designated by the input means 1, 4
Is facility information obtaining means for externally obtaining information on the facilities searched by the facility information searching means 3, 5 is facility information analyzing means for analyzing the obtained facility information, and 6 is the display of the analyzed facility information on the display 7. This is facility information display means to be performed. The setting of the point by the input means 1 may be set by a user's operation, or may be previously specified to a point on the map information located at the center or the like of the display 7 without the intervention of the user.

FIG. 2A is a conceptual diagram for explaining the operation of the first embodiment. Reference numeral 8 denotes a facility information display device provided with the means shown in FIG. 1, and 100 denotes information which is a source of information. Indicates the provider facility.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. When the facility information searching means 3 searches the map information storage means 2 for facilities existing within a predetermined distance from the point designated by the input means 1, the facility information obtaining means 4 outputs the facility searched by the facility information searching means 3. The information request signal 101 is sent to the information provider facility 100 in order to specify the information for, and an information request is made. Then, upon receiving the information providing signal 102 from the information providing source facility 100, the facility information obtaining means 4 obtains information. Further, the facility information analyzing means 5 analyzes the information acquired by the facility information acquiring means 4, performs selection and prioritization, and displays the result on the display 7.

For example, in the case of a restaurant, a facility information analyzing means 5 is selected from information acquired by the facility information acquiring means 4.
Checks the availability of parking lots and waiting times, and prioritizes them in ascending order of waiting time. FIG. 2 (c) shows a display example of facility information. Reference numeral 110 denotes a display screen of the result of prioritization by the facility information analysis means 5, and the display screen 110 includes an empty parking lot. Restaurant names 111 are displayed in the order of situation 112, restaurant wait time 113.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, since the facility information acquiring means 4 can acquire the real-time information of the facility, the user can always be provided with the real-time facility information to the user. The information analysis means 5 displays the result of the analysis in consideration of the availability of parking lots and the waiting time of the facility on the display 7 to assist the user in making a decision and guide the facility efficiently.

FIG. 2B shows an application form of the first embodiment, wherein 103 is a user terminal, 104 is a display of the user terminal 103, 9 is a facility information display device 8 and a facility information display device 8 1 shows an information center including peripheral devices (not shown) that can be accessed through a line.

A user accesses the facility information display device 8 of the information center 9 from the familiar terminal 103 through a line and requests a facility information service such as "restaurant near XX station" or "gas station near XX town". When the facility information display device 8 sends a request signal 105 to the information providing source facility 100, the facility information display apparatus 8 makes a request by sending an information request signal 101 to the information providing source facility 100, and receives information from the information providing source facility 100 to receive information. After the acquisition, the facility information signal 106 analyzed by the facility information display device 8
May be displayed on the display 104 of the user terminal 103. By doing this,
The user can easily obtain desired facility information from any place.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A facility information search means for searching the map information storage means for facilities within a predetermined distance from a point designated by the input means; and a facility information search facility for obtaining information on the facilities searched by the facility information search means. A facility information acquisition unit that transmits an information request signal to an information provider that provides information and acquires information on the facility searched by the facility information search unit from the information provider. Thus, a special effect is obtained in that a facility within a predetermined distance from the point designated by the input means is searched in advance, information on the facility is requested, and information on the desired facility can be obtained from outside in real time. Further, since it is not necessary to previously store facility information on the facility information display device side, it is possible to contribute to a reduction in memory capacity. In addition, since the facility information analyzing means is provided, it is possible to assist the user in making a decision and to efficiently guide the facility.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a facility information display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the first embodiment of the present invention,
(b) is an explanatory diagram of an application example of the first embodiment of the present invention, and (c) is an explanatory diagram of a screen display example of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a conventional facility information display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,50 ... input means, 2,52 ... map information storage means, 3
... Facility information search means, 4 ... Facility information acquisition means, 5 ... Facility information analysis means, 6,53 ... Facility information display means, 7,
55, 104: Display, 8: Facility information display device,
9: Information center, 51: Facility information storage means, 54: Map information display means, 100: Information providing facility, 101: Information request signal, 102: Information providing signal, 10
3 ... User terminal, 110 ... Display screen, 111 ... Facility name,
112: Availability of parking lots, 113: Waiting time for facilities.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. Map information storage means for storing map information such as road information, shape information of a boundary between rivers, railways, facilities and regions, and character and symbol information, and an input for designating a predetermined point in the map information in advance. means and the information for requesting the POI search means for facilities within a predetermined distance from the specified point to search from the map information storage unit, the information for the facility searched by the facility information searching means by the input means
A facility information acquisition means for acquiring information of the searched facility by the sending the request signal to the information provider for providing information of the searched facilities the information provider the facility information searching means, said facility information obtaining unit in acquired and facility information analyzing means for analyzing the facility information, the facility information analyzed by the facility information analyzing means, characterized in that a facility information display means for displaying on the display facility information display device.