JP3884418B2 - Operation management apparatus using guidance script, operation management method using guidance script, and operation management program recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation management apparatus using a guidance script, a method thereof, and the like, and in particular, a car navigation system, a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone (PDC (Personal Digital Cellular)), and a PHS (Personal Handyphone). The present invention relates to a technology that can be applied to various operation management systems such as delivery planning, travel planning, traffic control, and scheduling via a network or electronic media.

  In conventional guidance information services, for example, when a place to be guided is designated, data relating to the place is often displayed in a list. The contents were only information related to the place (location, route, facility, etc.).

  In addition, in the case of a car navigation system, setting the starting point, destination, waypoint, etc. in advance only selects the optimal route based on the map information and outputs the route information as the vehicle travels. It is not possible to output guidance information at a specific time, and the route information from the starting point to the destination set in one car navigation system is transferred to another manufacturer's car navigation system for use. I couldn't do that.

  In addition, the conventional operation management system includes an input means for inputting data that describes the travel schedule and route desired by the user, the reservation status of expressways and various facilities, roads and parking lots, etc. Compare and adjust the operation management database that contains data such as traffic jams, regulations, accidents, weather, etc., and the desired schedule / route data and the data in the operation management database. For example, there is one provided with an adjusting means for correcting the schedule / route data and / or updating the data in the operation management database and an output means for outputting the resulting schedule / route data.

  In addition, there are point / route guidance devices that perform various types of guidance (navigation) such as car navigation systems, personal computers, PDAs, PDCs, and PHSs. Input means for inputting a route (sequence) and execution means for executing guidance (navigation) according to the input point and route (sequence).

  In conventional guidance information services, the list of data related to the location to be presented is not easy for the user to understand. For example, it is unclear whether the data described in such a list is just a set of data or a data series described in the order to be executed. Therefore, it was unclear how to handle the described data.

  In addition, since the contents of the described data are only information about the location, it is not possible to flexibly guide the route to the location or a point in the middle. For example, the route can be specified only by specifying the destination. In accordance with, describe and notify the guidance such as “This facility is famous for XX” or “3 weeks before arrival at XX” 3 minutes before arrival at the destination. I could not.

  Furthermore, in the conventional guidance information service, since the service is provided in different formats for each system, it is difficult to mutually use the guidance information. For example, a car navigation system and a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) can both provide location information services, but the two systems cannot use each other's data.

  In the conventional operation management system, the data format of the schedule / route data for reservation and the point / route data for guidance in the point / route guidance device is different, so both data are created and managed separately. There is a problem that it is inconvenient for any developer, operator or user. In addition, since the data format differs for each operation management system, a large number of data must be created, managed, and operated separately, which is also inconvenient for developers, operators, and users. was there.

  The object of the present invention is to provide not only information on points, routes, facilities, etc., but also practical guidance or virtual guidance along a route to a certain place, and not only the movement of the place but also the passage of time. The format of the input data for reservations in various operation management systems using means that can provide guidance information in a format that can be used in various systems and devices, etc. It is to provide a technique for sharing the format of input data for guidance in various point / route guidance devices.

  Prior to describing the means for realizing the present invention, in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, some examples of use of guidance scripts that are techniques related to the present invention will be briefly described.

  For example, suppose you visit a friend's house next Sunday. The text information referred to as a guidance script in the present invention and image data associated with the guidance script, if necessary, received by the friend for home guidance by e-mail or the like in advance. On Sunday, the received guidance script is read and brought to a portable personal computer or electronic notebook, and navigation using the guidance script is executed from the nearest station. As a result, directions from the nearest station to a friend's house are displayed on a display such as a portable personal computer or an electronic notebook, and the current location is moved and displayed along with the movement. At a place where the route is likely to be lost, attention is urged by voice or image by instructions previously described in the guidance script. A function for executing the guidance script can be incorporated in the car navigation system, and even when visiting a friend's house by car, navigation according to the guidance script created by the friend can be received.

  The following usage is also possible. For example, suppose you want to take a walk around Shibuya Station on a schedule of 2-3 hours. Download a guidance script that guides the area around Shibuya Station over a 2-3 hour schedule from the center that provides the guidance information. By executing the instructions described in the guidance script on the portable information device, it is possible to receive a guidance service according to time and place. At lunch time, restaurant information is automatically displayed. This information service can also be received via a mobile phone. In this case, the guidance script instruction is executed on the center side, and the center device sends the guidance information to the mobile phone by voice or text.

  In addition, a recommended tour course script is created and recorded on an electronic medium such as a CD-ROM or barcode attached as an appendix of a travel magazine or the like. The lecturer searches for a desired sightseeing course from the electronic media using a personal computer or the like, and executes the instruction of the guidance script in the simulation mode. In this case, the guide information is dynamically displayed as if actually walking on the sightseeing course. By visiting the site and executing the guidance script in the navigation mode, it is possible to see the guidance information according to the actual location.

  For this reason, the guidance information presentation device, which is a technology related to the present invention, can describe at least time information or / and location information and guidance information to be output according to the time or / and location to be presented. A series of instructions for inputting a guidance script described based on a predetermined specification and acquiring the current time or / and the current position, or the virtual current time and / or the virtual current position Means for generating a situation, means for processing instructions described in the input guidance script according to the current time or the current location obtained by situation acquisition or situation generation, and output in accordance with the processing of the instructions And a means for outputting guidance information to be presented to the user.

  This guidance script is described in a markup language that identifies the time information, the location information, the guidance information, and other components of the instruction by tags.

  The guidance script can include a description for instructing a plurality of instructions to be processed in series and a description for instructing a plurality of instructions to be processed in parallel. The means for processing the instructions includes serial processing. In response to the instruction or the parallel processing instruction, each one of the plurality of instructions is processed in order, or the plurality of instructions are processed in parallel.

  Further, the means for inputting the guidance script may be operated by communication from an external device providing the guidance script via a network, or / and by reading from a computer-readable electronic medium, and / or by a user. The guidance script specified by the user is input by the input device.

  The input guidance script is analyzed and converted into hierarchical and grouped structured data for guidance. The means for processing the instructions is expressed in the form of structured data for guidance. Process instructions.

  The means for outputting the guidance information presents the current location, departure location, waypoint, destination, and route to the user from time to time and / or for each instruction regarding part or all of the guidance script. In addition, for each designated time, place, distance, input operation, and / or external event, the guidance information is presented to the user by text, map, voice, image, video, light, smell, force, movement, and the like.

  A navigation mode or a simulation mode can be selected as an operation mode of guidance. In the navigation mode, depending on the actual current time or / and current situation, in the simulation mode, a virtual current time or / and virtual mode can be selected. Depending on the current situation of the current location, instructions are processed and guidance information is presented to the user.

  The guidance script is stored in a suitable recording medium such as a portable medium memory such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk and an IC card, a semiconductor memory and a hard disk which can be read by a computer, or converted into a bar code or the like to be printed. Can be recorded.

  This guidance script can be created and edited with a normal text editor or GUI (Graphical User Interface) editor. It can also be generated semi-automatically based on the time and position information history obtained when the route to be actually guided is moved.

  The feature of this guidance script is that a series of instructions related to time, place, and guidance information is described in a markup language based on a predetermined specification, and is easy for humans to read and write. It can be created, provided, and used in a common format, can be distributed through networks and electronic media, and can be easily copied. In this guidance script, you can write guidance about various times and places, you can write guidance about points and routes such as "This facility is famous for XX", and 10 minutes arrival You can also write time guidance such as telling before.

The operation management apparatus of the present invention using such a guidance script is an apparatus for managing operation data, and represents a time condition tag indicating a time at which the guidance information should be presented and a place at which the guidance information should be presented. Markup based on a predetermined specification having at least a place condition tag, an output information tag representing the content of guidance information, and a tag representing a script including the one or more tags as an instruction for instructing an operation related to output of guidance information A set of the time condition tag and time information, a set of the location condition tag and location information, and a set of the output information tag and guidance information to be output are described by a tag representing the instruction. input means for inputting a guiding script summarized as a sequence from a terminal connected in a network, at least Majo Mukuo and location information is described, is specified in the location information at the time specified information indicating the status of the reservation of the use of the location specified by the location information at the time specified by the time information or the time information, Each instruction extracted from the operation management database for managing data related to routes, points, or facilities, in which information indicating the state of the place is described, and the guidance script input by the input means is included in the instruction. time information and location information, to compare the time information and location information described in the data of the traffic control database, the information indicating the state of the information or the location indicating the status of the reservation if it matches acquired as a result, an adjustment means you modify the contents of the script for the previous Symbol guide in response to the result, the tone And an outputting means for outputting a guiding script obtained by means a terminal connected with the network.

  A program for realizing the above processing means by a computer can be stored in an appropriate recording medium such as a portable medium memory, a semiconductor memory, or a hard disk that can be read by the computer.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to share schedule / route data for reservation in various operation management systems and point / route data for guidance in various points / route guidance devices. It is. In addition, this guidance script is text data that can be described by a combination of a name that can identify the type of each information and the contents of the information. Processing is also easy. In addition, by using a network or an electronic medium, anyone can provide and use it anytime and anywhere.

[Configuration example of guidance information presentation device]
Before describing the embodiment of the present invention, a guidance information presentation device that is a technique related to the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a guidance information presentation device that is a technique related to the present invention. In the present embodiment, a series of instructions of time, place, and guidance information data (text data, image data, audio data, etc.) recorded in various formats is described using a markup language description format. .

  Instructions include time (eg, departure time, transit time, arrival time, start time, end time, etc.), location (eg, departure point, transit point, arrival point, intersection, transfer point, facility location, etc.) or / It is a unit of a script whose constituent elements are guide information including one shot and partial data of various media data (map, character, voice, music, image, video, etc.). For example, in a point A on a certain route, an instruction “output voice data (aaa.wav) and image data (xxx.jpg) describing the point A when the point A is present” is given.

  In the present embodiment, such a series of instructions described using a markup language description format such as XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is referred to as a guidance (navigation) script. In the following description, this guidance script is referred to as “navigation script”. The navigation script is stored and managed in the center 40. Alternatively, it is stored in various media 32 such as a magnetic disk or a CD-ROM and read from the user terminal 10.

  In response to a user search request, the operation input unit 11 of the user terminal 10 sends a navigation script or / and various media 32 stored in the center 40 via the network access unit 12 and / or the media access unit 13. From the stored navigation script, a desired one is selected or / and directly input by the user and passed to the script conversion unit 14. The script conversion unit 14 parses the navigation script and converts it into structured data for guidance. In the situation where the user is actually using the navigation script while moving (navigation mode), the instruction processing unit 15 sends the current situation (current time, current location, etc.) of the user from the situation acquisition unit 16. The route information of the structured data for guidance is supplemented, and guidance information is output from the guidance output unit 18 based on the structured data for guidance according to the situation.

  When the user uses the navigation script in a virtual situation (in the simulation mode), the instruction processing unit 15 obtains a virtual current time or a virtual current point from the situation generation unit 17 for guidance. The route information of the structured data is supplemented, and guidance is output from the guidance output unit 18.

For example, there is a navigation script that provides route guidance such as a XX tour from Tokyo Station to the Rainbow Bridge via the Kyobashi Interchange (IC).
(1) Output of voice data “It is Tokyo Station” at Tokyo Station,
(2) Two minutes later, the audio data “Welcome to XX Tour” is output, and the tour summary image data is displayed.
(3) Output of voice data “It is Kyobashi IC” at Kyobashi IC,
(4) Output of voice data “I will soon be a rainbow bridge” 3km before the rainbow bridge,
(5) Output of voice data “Rainbow Bridge” with Rainbow Bridge,
......, it is assumed that an instruction for instructing is described.

  When the operation input unit 11 reads out the navigation script from the center 40 via the network 31 or the like according to a user instruction and starts executing the script, the script conversion unit 14 converts the navigation script to form a structure for guidance. Generate data. Based on the structured data for guidance, the instruction processing unit 15 first extracts a description about a point or route in the instruction, and displays a route outline with reference to the database unit 20 in which map information and the like are stored. . Thereafter, the current location and current time of the user are acquired from the situation acquisition unit 16 by GPS or the like, and the instruction is processed accordingly. As a result, the location where the user is located is “Tokyo Station” at Tokyo Station, and when 2 minutes have passed, “Welcome to XX Tour”, the guidance output unit 18 will guide the user by voice, and the tour summary image data will be displayed. indicate. Furthermore, at Kyobashi IC, it is “Kyobashi IC”, “Soon it is a rainbow bridge” 3 km before the Rainbow Bridge, and when it arrives at the Rainbow Bridge, it is “Rainbow Bridge”. Therefore, the user can receive an appropriate guidance at an appropriate place at an appropriate time when moving along the route of the XX tour.

  Such a navigation script describes a series of instructions concerning time, place, and guidance information using a markup language description format. The generated navigation script is easy to read and write as in the existing markup language, and is easy to search and process. Therefore, it is clear to the author that what the navigation script data means and the sequence of instructions described there are described according to the order to be guided.

  In addition, instructions can be rearranged, serialized, parallelized, optimized, etc., data structured (stratified, grouped), etc., and guidance on various times and places can be presented. Guide information can be easily created and modified.

  In addition, since the navigation script acquired from the center 40 or the like is converted into structured data for guidance corresponding to the terminal itself, one navigation script can be used in various devices and systems.

  On the other hand, for the user, it becomes clear that the guidance is presented along the sequence of instructions (time sequence or / and location sequence), and more suitable guidance can be obtained at an appropriate timing. Furthermore, not only can the guidance information be obtained along the actual position in the navigation mode, but also a route guidance can be virtually experienced in the simulation mode.

  This navigation script can be easily created and edited using an existing text editor. By registering the generated navigation script in the center, anyone can access this navigation script via a network. Guide information can be used anywhere.

[Edit navigation script]
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of processing of the script editing unit 41. Since the navigation script is written in a markup language, it can be edited using a normal text editor. Also, as shown in the navigation script editing screen 42 of FIG. 2, the map information obtained from the map information database 44 is used to edit the route on the image and convert the graphic information such as the map into text information. By converting the information on the navigation script editing screen 42 into a navigation script in a markup language by the translator 43, the navigation script can be created and edited using the GUI. The translator 43 has not only a function of converting a map image or the like into a navigation script but also a function of converting a navigation script stored in the buffer / file 45 or the like so as to be displayed on the map. Such a navigation script editing tool can be easily realized like a homepage creation tool on the Internet, and can be used not only on the center 40 but also on a personal computer owned by a general user.

[Overview of Naviscript]
The navigation script language in this example is marked with a mark to describe a guidance script that is newly defined as a subset of the extensible markup language (XML) established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Is the language.

  In Naviscript, tags enclosed in <and>, such as <inst id = "inst-01">, </ inst>, <title>, and </ title> are called tags. Tags that do not start with </ are called start tags, and tags that start with </ are called end tags. Start and end tags are used as pairs, such as <inst id = "inst-01"> or </ inst> or <title> or </ title>. This pair is called a tag set. Also, something like id in <inst id = "inst-01"> is called the attribute of that tag, and something like inst-01 is called the value of that attribute.

  A navigation script is described by the hierarchical structure of a tag set which is a pair. If there is no tag set in the part sandwiched between the tag sets, that part is called the contents of the tag. The navigation script is configured using tags, attributes, and contents of the navigation script language.

  For example, consider the following navigation script:

<inst>
<time> ○ </ time>
<info> □ </ info>
</ inst>
In this navigation script, the part between <inst> and </ inst> surrounded by <time> and </ time> (○), and the part surrounded by <info> and </ info> (□) Means that “□ guidance information is output at the time of ○”. Note that “inst” means an instruction. Also,
<inst>
<point> ○ </ point>
<info> □ </ info>
</ inst>
In a navigation script like this, the part between <inst> and </ inst> surrounded by <point> and </ point> (○) and the part surrounded by <info> and </ info> (□) means that “Guidance information of □ is output at the location of ○”.

  In addition, instructions in the part enclosed by <seq> and </ seq> execute guidance in series, and instructions in the part enclosed by <par> and </ par> execute guidance in parallel. Instruct to do. Similarly, instructions enclosed in <time-optimal> and </ time-optimal> guide in the optimal order with respect to the required time, and instructions enclosed in <distance-optimal> and </ distance-optimal> The guidance is in the optimum order with respect to the distance, and the instruction enclosed in <cost-optimal> and </ cost-optimal> specifies that the guidance is in the optimum order with respect to the required cost.

  A specific description example will be described below.

<time> 12:00 </ time>
Is an absolute time display of “at 12:00”
<time> + 5sec </ time>
Is a relative time display "5 seconds after the previous instruction"
<time> -10min </ time>
Is a relative time display "10 minutes before the next instruction".

Also,
<longitude> ○○ </ longitude>
<latitude> ○○ </ latitude>
Is an absolute representation of a direct location in terms of latitude and longitude coordinates,
<name> ○○ </ name>
<address> ○○ </ address>
<phone> ○○ </ phone>
Is an absolute indication of an indirect location by name, address and telephone number, respectively. Also,
<location> + 1.0km </ location>
Is an indication of the relative location, "1km past the previous point"
<location> -1.0km </ location>
Is a relative location indication “1 km before the next point”.

<name> ○○ National Park </ name>
<address> ○○ Ward ○○ Town </ address>
<zip> 123-4567 </ zip>
Is an indirect location range display by name, address, and postal code.

<route>
<name> National Route 1 </ name>
</ route>
Is a route specification by name,
<route src = "route-data.dat">
</ route>
Is the specification of route information by data file.
<route func = "route-function.fnc">
</ route>
Is the specification of route information by function.

  In addition, whether or not each instruction is executed is determined based on whether the information about the guidance user, the information about the means of transportation, the information about the surroundings are equal to a certain value, or within a certain range (set of). It can be described by whether it belongs or not.

  For example, information on the user of the guidance used for whether or not to execute the instruction includes gender, age, date of birth, blood type, unmarried / married / separated / bereaved, number of children, family structure, address, permanent address , Workplace, occupation (industry, occupation, job title), height, weight, body type, physical ability, illness, disability (visual, color vision, hearing, taste, language, body,), personality, hobby, preference (sake, tobacco, Sweet / Pin, Japanese / Western, Fish / Meat, etc.), Driving years, Accident history, Violation history, Body temperature, Blood pressure, Pulse, Heart rate, EEG, Eye movement, Elapsed driving time, Driver, Passenger, etc.

  Information on transportation means includes type (walking, bicycle, motorcycle, car, bus, train, ship, airplane, ...), position, speed, acceleration, direction, angular velocity, angular acceleration, altitude, gasoline remaining, light ON / OFF, wiper ON / OFF, indoor light ON / OFF, air conditioner ON / OFF, radio / TV ON / OFF, car navigation ON / OFF, air volume, volume, inspection / inspection period, vehicle type, displacement, car manufacturer, right / There is a left handle.

  Information on the surroundings includes weather (clear / cloudy / rain / snow, rainy season / typhoon), temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, precipitation probability, UV index, photochemical smog index, noise index, traffic congestion, regulatory information, accident information Etc.

As guidance information,
<text> ○○ </ text>
<voice> ○○ </ voice>
<sound> ○○ </ sound>
<image> ○○ </ image>
<video> ○○ </ video>
As shown, character data, voice data, music data, image data, video data, and the like can be designated.

further,
<inst id = "inst-point- jetty">
<point ref = "http://www.naviscript.com/japan/tokyo/odaiba.nav#point-breakwater"></point>
</ inst>
As described above, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) can also be described.

[Specific examples of navigation scripts]
The following is a specific example of a navigation script written in the navigation script language. Refer to the detailed specifications of the tags used in this Naviscript language as they are listed later in this specification.
<naviscript version = "0.3">
<title> Rainbow Town Tour </ title>
<version> example-04_05 </ version>
<copyright> All Rights Reserved,
Copyright (C) FujiLab Ltd. 1998. </ copyright>
<navi>
<title> Rainbow Town </ title>
<author> Fuji sightseeing </ author>
<date> 98/09/10 </ date>
<duration> 3hour40min </ duration>
<distance> 95.0km </ distance>
<cost> 1940yen </ cost>
<par>
<seq>
<inst ref = "inst-info- Introduction"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-point-Kaihin Makuhari Station"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-point-Tokyo Station"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-point-Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-point-Kyobashi IC"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-info- Rainbow Bridge- Information 1"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-info- Rainbow Bridge- Information 2"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-point-Edobashi JC"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-point-Daiba IC"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-object-restaurant"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-object-cafe"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-point-jetty"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-object- Fujisan TV"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-point-Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit"></inst>
<inst ref = "inst-info- Conclusion"></inst>
</ seq>
<seq>
<inst ref = "inst-info- noon"></inst>
</ seq>
</ par>
</ navi>
<inst id = "inst-info-Introduction">
<time> + 5sec </ time>
<info>
<voice> Welcome to Rainbow Town Tour! </ voice>
</ info>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Kaihin Makuhari Station">
<point>
<category> station </ category>
<name> Kaihin Makuhari </ name>
</ point>
<route>
<means> train </ means>
<category> JR </ category>
<category> Keiyo Line </ category>
<duration> 41min </ duration>
<distance> 31.7km </ distance>
<cost> 540yen </ cost>
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Tokyo Station">
<point>
<category> station </ category>
<name> Tokyo </ name>
</ point>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit">
<point>
<name> Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit </ name>
<longitude> 133.33.36 </ longitude>
<latitude> 36.2.5 </ latitude>
</ point>
<route>
<means> car </ means>
<category> Metropolitan Expressway </ category>
<cost> 700yen </ cost>
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Kyobashi IC">
<point>
<name> Kyobashi IC </ name>
<longitude> 133.33.36 </ longitude>
<latitude> 36.2.5 </ latitude>
</ point>
<route>
thesame
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-info-Rainbow Bridge- Information 1">
<time> -10min </ time>
<info>
<text> Rainbow Bridge in 10 minutes. </ text>
</ info>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-info-Rainbow Bridge- Information 2">
<location> -1.0km </ location>
<info ref = "object-Rainbow Bridge # info">
</ info>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Edobashi JC">
<point>
<name> Edobashi JC </ name>
</ point>
<route>
<name> Rainbow Bridge </ name>
<means> car </ means>
<category> Metropolitan Expressway </ category>
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Daiba IC">
<point ref = "point- Daiba IC"></point>
<route> thesame </ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-object-restaurant"
if = "(ref (inst-point-daiba IC # time) & ge 11:30) &&
(ref (inst-point-Daiba IC # time) & le 13:30) ">
<point ref = "object-restaurant"></point>
<info>
<text ref = "object-restaurant # text"></text>
<image ref = "object-restaurant # image"></image>
</ info>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-object-cafe"
if = "(ref (inst-point-Daiba IC # time) & lt 11:30) ｜｜
(ref (inst-point-Daiba IC # time) & gt 13:30) ">
<object ref = "object-cafe"></object>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- jetty">
<point ref = "http://www.naviscript.com/japan/tokyo/odaiba.nav#point-breakwater"></point>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-object-Fujisan TV">
<object>
<name> Fujisan TV </ name>
<address> 9-9-9 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo </ address>
</ object>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit">
<point>
<name> Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit </ name>
<longitude> 133.33.36 </ longitude>
<latitude> 36.2.5 </ latitude>
</ point>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-info-in conclusion">
<time> + 0sec </ time>
<info>
<par>
<voice times = "1"> Congratulations! </ voice>
<sound src = "sound-bye.wav" duration = "2min30sec"></sound>
</ par>
</ info>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-info-noon">
<time> 12:00 </ time>
<info>
<voice> Noon. </ voice>
</ info>
</ inst>
<point id = "point- Daiba IC">
<name> Daiba IC </ name>
<longitude> 133.37.46 </ longitude>
<latitude> 36.3.5 </ latitude>
</ point>
<object id = "object- Rainbow Bridge">
<name> Rainbow Bridge </ name>
<category> bridge </ category>
<info>
<text> Rainbow Bridge is 125m above sea level, 826m long, ... </ text>
</ info>
</ object>
<object id = "object-restaurant">
<name> Restaulant Fuji </ name>
<category> restaulant </ category>
<category> Italian </ category>
<phone> 987-654-3210 </ phone>
<text> Specialties by Italian chefs ... </ text>
<image src = "image-restaulant.jpg"></image>
</ object>
<object id = "object-cafe">
<name> Cafe Fuji </ name>
<category> cafe </ category>
<phone> 999-999-9999 </ phone>
</ object>
</ naviscript>
First, in the first half, from <navi> to </ navi>, information such as the title and version of the navigation script is defined, and the instructions defined in this navigation script are defined.

  Next, after </ navi>, the contents of each instruction are defined. For example, the first instruction “inst-info-Introduction” instructs that a guidance sentence “Welcome to Rainbow Town Tour!” To be output as a voice when 5 seconds have elapsed from the departure time.

[Conversion example of navigation script to structured data for guidance]
The navigation script as described above is converted into structured data for guidance by the script conversion unit 14. An example of structured data for guidance converted from the above-mentioned example of the navigation script is shown below.

[example-04-05.dat]
naviscript.title
= "Rainbow Town Tour";
naviscript.version
= "example-04 _05";
naviscript.copyright
= "All Rights Reserved, Copyright (C) FujiLab Ltd. 1998.";
naviscript.navi.title
= "Rainbow Town";
naviscript.navi.author
= "Fuji Tourism";
naviscript.navi.date
= "98/09/10";
naviscript.navi.duration
= "3hour40min";
naviscript.navi.distance
= "95.0km";
naviscript.navi.cost
= "1940yen";
naviscript.navi.instlist
= "par (seq (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15), seq (16))";
naviscript.navi.inst [1] .id
= "inst-info- Introduction";
naviscript.navi.inst [1] .time
= "+ 5sec";
naviscript.navi.inst [1] .info.voice
= "Welcome to Rainbow Town Tour!";

naviscript.navi.inst [2] .id
= "inst-point-Kaihin Makuhari Station";
naviscript.navi.inst [2] .point.category
= "station";
naviscript.navi.inst [2] .point.name
= "Kaihin Makuhari";
naviscript.navi.inst [2] .route.means
= "train";
naviscript.navi.inst [2] .route.category
= "JR";
naviscript.navi.inst [2] .route.category
= "Keiyo Line";
naviscript.navi.inst [2] .route.duration
= "41min";
naviscript.navi.inst [2] .route.distance
= "31.7km";
naviscript.navi.inst [2] .route.cost
= "540yen";

naviscript.navi.inst [3] .id
= "inst-point-Tokyo Station";
naviscript.navi.inst [3] .point.category
= "station";
naviscript.navi.inst [3] .point.name
= "Tokyo";

naviscript.navi.inst [4] .id
= "inst-point-Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit";
naviscript.navi.inst [4] .point.name
= "Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit";
naviscript.navi.inst [4] .point.longitude
= "133.33.36";
naviscript.navi.inst [4] .point.latitude
= "36.2.5";
naviscript.navi.inst [4] .route.means
= "car";
naviscript.navi.inst [4] .route.category
= "Metropolitan Expressway";
naviscript.navi.inst [4] .route.cost
= "700yen";

naviscript.navi.inst [5] .id
= "inst-point-Kyobashi IC";
naviscript.navi.inst [5] .point.name
= "Kyobashi IC";
naviscript.navi.inst [5] .point.longitude
= "133.33.36";
naviscript.navi.inst [5] .point.latitude
= "36.2.5";
naviscript.navi.inst [5] .route.thesame
= "yes";

naviscript.navi.inst [6] .id
= "inst-info- Rainbow Bridge- Information 1";
naviscript.navi.inst [6] .time
= "-10min";
naviscript.navi.inst [6] .info.text
= "Rainbow Bridge in 10 minutes";

naviscript.navi.inst [7] .id
= "inst-info- Rainbow Bridge- Information 2";
naviscript.navi.inst [7] .location
= "-1.0km";
naviscript.navi.inst [7] .info.text
= "Rainbow Bridge is 125m above sea level, 826m long, ...";

naviscript.navi.inst [8] .id
= "inst-point-Edobashi JC";
naviscript.navi.inst [8] .point.name
= "Edobashi JC";
naviscript.navi.inst [8] .route.name
= "Rainbow Bridge";
naviscript.navi.inst [8] .route.means
= "car";
naviscript.navi.inst [8] .route.category
= "Metropolitan Expressway";

naviscript.navi.inst [9] .id
= "inst-point-Daiba IC";
naviscript.navi.inst [9] .name
= "Daiba IC";
naviscript.navi.inst [9] .longitude
= "133.37.46";
naviscript.navi.inst [9] .latitude
= "36.3.5";
naviscript.navi.inst [9] .route.thesame
= "yes";

naviscript.navi.inst [10] .id
= "inst-object-restaurant";
naviscript.navi.inst [10] .if
= "(ref (inst-point- Daiba IC # time) & ge 11:30) &&
(ref (inst-point- Daiba IC # time) & le 13:30) ";
naviscript.navi.inst [10] .point.id
= "object-restaurant";
naviscript.navi.inst [10] .point.name
= "Restaulant Fuji";
naviscript.navi.inst [10] .point.category
= "restaulant";
naviscript.navi.inst [10] .point.category
= "Italian";
naviscript.navi.inst [10] .point.phone
= "987-654-3210";
naviscript.navi.inst [10] .point.info.text
= "Specialties are made by Italian chefs ...";
naviscript.navi.inst [10] .point.info.image.src
= "image-restaulant.jpg";

naviscript.navi.inst [11] .id
= "inst-object-cafe";
naviscript.navi.inst [11] .if
= "(ref (inst-point- Daiba IC # time) & lt 11:30) ｜｜
(ref (inst-point- Daiba IC # time) & gt 13:30) ";
naviscript.navi.inst [11] .object.id
= "object-cafe";
naviscript.navi.inst [11] .object.name
= "Cafe Fuji";
naviscript.navi.inst [11] .object.category
= "cafe";
naviscript.navi.inst [11] .object.phone
= "999-999-9999";

naviscript.navi.inst [12] .id
= "inst-point-jetty";
naviscript.navi.inst [12] .point.ref
= "http://www.naviscript.com/japan/tokyo/odaiba.nav#point-breakwater";

naviscript.navi.inst [13] .id
= "inst-object- Fujisan TV";
naviscript.navi.inst [13] .object.name
= "Fujisan TV";
naviscript.navi.inst [13] .object.address
= "9-9-9 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo";

naviscript.navi.inst [14] .id
= "inst-point-Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit";
naviscript.navi.inst [14] .point.name
= "Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit";
naviscript.navi.inst [14] .point.longitude
= "133.33.36";
naviscript.navi.inst [14] .point.latitude
= "36.2.5";

naviscript.navi.inst [15] .id
= "inst-info- Conclusion";
naviscript.navi.inst [15] .time
= "+ 0sec";
naviscript.navi.inst [15] .infolist
= "par (1,2)";
naviscript.navi.inst [15] .info [1] .voice.times
= "1";
naviscript.navi.inst [15] .info [1] .voice
= "Thank you so much!";
naviscript.navi.inst [15] .info [1] .sound.src
= "sound-bye.wav";
naviscript.navi.inst [15] .info [1] .sound.duration
= "2min30sec";

naviscript.navi.inst [16] .id
= "inst-info-noon";
naviscript.navi.inst [16] .time
= "12:00";
naviscript.navi.inst [16] .info.voice
= "It's noon.";
3 and 4 show a part of the structured data for guidance described above in a table format. As will be easily understood, there will be a voice guidance of “Welcome to Rainbow Town Tour!” First, by train from Kaihin Makuhari Station to Tokyo Station, then from Tokyo Station Yaesu Central Exit via Kyobashi IC and Edobashi JC Route guidance to IC direction is performed. 10 minutes before the scheduled time of passing through Edobashi JC, the text “Rainbow Bridge in 10 minutes” is displayed. Also, if the Daiba IC arrival time is between 11:30 and 13:30, restaurant guide information is presented, and if the Daiba IC arrival time is before 11:30 or past 13:30, the coffee shop (Cafe) guide information is presented. Next, processing of each unit shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

[Processing of the operation input unit 11]
The operation input unit 11 acquires a navigation script stored in the center 40 and the medium 32 or a navigation script input by the user. FIG. 5 shows a processing flow of the operation input unit 11. The operation input unit 11 accesses the center 40 via the network 31 by the network access unit 12 or / and accesses the media 32 in which the navigation script is stored in advance by the media access unit 13 and performs a desired operation according to a user instruction. The navigation script is received by searching for and selecting the navigation script or by allowing the user to directly input the navigation script (step S11), and the received navigation script is delivered to the script conversion unit 14 (step S12). At this time, the navigation script body is received from the medium 32, but an external image file or the like designated using a URL in the navigation script may be received via the network 31.

[Processing of script conversion unit 14]
The script conversion unit 14 converts a navigation script described in a markup language into structured data for guidance. FIG. 6 shows a processing flow of the script conversion unit 14. As shown in FIG. 6, the script conversion unit 14 receives a navigation script from the operation input unit 11 (step S21), converts the navigation script into structured data for guidance (step S22), and guides it to the instruction processing unit 15. The structured data for use is transferred (step S23).

  Note that the script conversion unit 14 can convert the navigation script into structured data referred to by the instruction processing unit 15, and can also convert the navigation script into various structured data used in the own system or other devices. Thus, for example, by passing time instructions to the scheduler in their raw or converted form and displaying their contents in the scheduler, or converting an instruction about a place into a map description script, Can be displayed on a map.

[Processing of Instruction Processing Unit 15]
The instruction processing unit 15 supplements information such as an unspecified portion with respect to the route information of the structured data for guidance received from the script conversion unit 14, and virtually performs the current situation or simulation for the user. According to the set situation, the instruction of structured data for guidance is processed. The instruction processing unit 15 performs processing as shown in FIG. 7 as preparation processing for instruction processing, and performs processing as shown in FIG. 8 as execution processing.

  In the preparation process of the instruction process, as shown in FIG. 7, when structured data for guidance is received from the script conversion unit 14 (step S31), the execution mode set by the user is the navigation mode or the simulation mode. It is determined whether or not there is (step S32). When the execution mode is the navigation mode, the situation acquisition unit 16 acquires the situation (actual current time and current location) and acquires it (step S33). Is added (step S34). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S35.

  On the other hand, when the execution mode is the simulation mode, a situation preparation request is issued to the situation generation unit 17, and after completion, a situation generation request is issued to obtain the situation (virtual current time and current location) ( In step S42, a virtual current location is added to the head of the structured data for guidance (step S43).

  Next, a flag indicating “original” is assigned to all items of each instruction (step S35). The flag meaning “original” is a flag for distinguishing an instruction originally in the navigation script from an instruction newly added by completion described later.

  Next, the information regarding the location in the structured data is complemented (step S36). In this complementing process, for example, among the various attributes related to places such as latitude, longitude, altitude, name, address, telephone number, and postal code, attributes that are not entered in the navigation script are used as the key. Search from the database unit 20. Here, if only the area is specified, the attribute of a representative place in the area is searched. For example, “Shinjuku City Office”, “Shinjuku Station”, etc. for “Shinjuku City”, and “Mt. Fuji”, “Mount Fuji Mt. If there are a plurality of search results, a query is made using a menu or the like so that the user can select one, or one is selected using an appropriate evaluation index. Then, the searched / selected attribute is entered in the corresponding portion of the structured data for guidance.

  Similarly, information on the route in the guidance structured data (part where the route is not specified) is complemented (step S37). Here, in the items related to the route, the route is not specified or only the category (eg, general road, toll road, expressway, time priority, distance priority, straight ahead priority, highway priority, etc.) is specified. If so, search for a route. If there are a plurality of search results, an inquiry is made using a menu or the like so that the user can select one, or one is selected using an appropriate evaluation index. Then, the searched / selected route is additionally written in the corresponding part of the structured data for guidance, and a flag indicating “addition” is given to the instruction of the route. If the route is completely specified, it is checked whether the route is possible or not. If not, the route is searched. At this time, if there are a plurality of search results, an inquiry is made using a menu or the like so that the user can select one, or one is selected using an appropriate evaluation index. Then, the route searched / selected is corrected and written in the corresponding portion of the structured data for guidance, and a flag indicating “addition” is given to the instruction of the route.

  Next, all relative place designations are converted into absolute place designations (step S38), estimated arrival times at each place are estimated (step S39), and all instructions are rearranged in time order (step S39). Step S40). Thereafter, in the structured data for guidance, the instruction cursor indicating the instruction to be executed next is set as the first instruction (step S41), and the process proceeds to the execution process shown in FIG.

  As the execution process, as shown in FIG. 8, the instruction processing unit 15 first determines whether the execution mode is the navigation mode or the simulation mode (step S51), and when the execution mode is the navigation mode, The status acquisition unit 16 acquires the status (actual current time and current location) and acquires it (step S52). On the other hand, when the execution mode is the simulation mode, a request for generation of a situation (virtual current time and current location) is issued to the situation generation unit 17 and acquired (step S60).

  Thereafter, in the instruction pointed to by the instruction cursor, it is checked whether or not the current point is on the designated route. If it is not on the route, the information regarding the route of the structured data for guidance is complemented (step S53). In complementing information about this route, a route from the current location to a nearby location on the specified route is searched, and if there are multiple search results, the user can ask the user to make a selection on the menu, or , Select one using an appropriate evaluation index. Then, the searched / selected route is additionally written in the corresponding part of the structured data for guidance, and a flag indicating “addition” is given to the instruction of the route.

  Further, when the execution mode is the navigation mode (step S54), information according to the setting information separately set by the user is acquired (step S55). For example, if the user has set in advance to use traffic information, the situation acquisition unit 16 acquires traffic information (eg, information on traffic jams, traffic restrictions, accidents, etc.) and acquires the information (step S55).

  For the route with the “add” flag, the information on the route is supplemented again based on the information acquired in the process of step S55 (step S56). In this completion processing, if the flag of the route specified in the instruction pointed to by the instruction cursor is “addition” and there is traffic congestion or regulation between the nearest essential point or essential route included in the instruction following the instruction cursor, If an accident or the like has occurred and the automatic route change setting separately set by the user is on, the route from the current location to the required location or route is searched. When there are a plurality of search results, an inquiry is made by using a menu or the like so that the user can select one, or one is selected using an appropriate evaluation index. Then, the route searched / selected is corrected and written in the corresponding portion of the structured data for guidance, and a flag indicating “addition” is given to the instruction of the route.

  Next, if the time or location written in the instruction pointed to by the instruction cursor matches the actual current time or current location (in navigation mode) or the virtual current time or current location (in simulation mode) If it is within the range including the error caused by sampling or the like, the guide information is transferred to the guide output unit 18 (step S57), and the position of the instruction cursor is updated to the position of the next instruction (step S58). The above processing is repeated until the next instruction becomes empty (step S59).

[Processing of the situation acquisition unit 16]
The status acquisition unit 16 acquires various information such as the current time and current location of the user, traffic information, and the like. FIG. 9 shows a flow of status acquisition processing of the status acquisition unit 16, and FIG. 10 shows a flow of information acquisition processing of the status acquisition unit 16. As shown in FIG. 9, when the situation acquisition unit 16 receives a situation acquisition request from the instruction processing unit 15, the situation acquisition unit 16 acquires the actual current time and current location and passes them to the instruction processing unit 15 (step S61). Also, as shown in FIG. 10, when an information acquisition request is received from the instruction processing unit 15, information such as traffic information is acquired using appropriate communication means as necessary, and transferred to the instruction processing unit 15 (step S62).

[Processing of the situation generation unit 17]
The situation generation unit 17 prepares and generates values necessary for the simulation mode, such as virtual current time and virtual current location. FIG. 11 shows the flow of status preparation processing of the status generation unit 17 and FIG. 12 shows the flow of status generation processing of the status generation unit 17.

  In the situation preparation process of the situation generation unit 17, when a situation preparation request is received from the instruction processing unit 15, as shown in FIG. 11, the virtual departure time is determined from the actual current time or a time separately set by the user. The time selected by the user or the system is set (step S71). Next, the virtual starting point is set to the point selected by the user or system from the actual current point, a point set separately by the user (eg, home), or the first point appearing in the structured data for guidance. A virtual departure point setting process is executed (step S72).

  Next, the virtual time elapsed speed is set to the virtual time elapsed speed selected by the user or the system from the default virtual time elapsed speed set by the system and the virtual time elapsed speed separately set by the user. (Step S73). Also, for example, the virtual place moving speed for each place moving means such as walking, bicycle, car, etc. can be selected from the default virtual place moving speed set by the system and the virtual place moving speed set separately by the user. The virtual location moving speed selected by the user or the system is set (step S74).

  Thereafter, the simulation sampling time is set to the simulation sampling time selected by the user or the system from the default simulation sampling time set by the system or the simulation sampling time separately set by the user (step S75). Next, the virtual current time is set as the virtual departure time (step S76), and the virtual current point is set as the virtual departure point (step S77).

  In the situation generation process of the situation generation unit 17, as shown in FIG. 12, when a situation generation request is received from the instruction processing unit 15, the virtual current time and the virtual current location are delivered to the instruction processing unit 15 (step S81). The simulation sampling time is added to the virtual current time to update the virtual current time (step S82). Further, the virtual current location is updated (step S83). In this update of the virtual current location, in the currently executing instruction, only the distance calculated by multiplying the virtual location moving speed of the location moving means specified in the currently executing instruction by the simulation sampling time is used. Update to the point you have traveled on the specified route. However, if the range of the route is exceeded, the virtual current point is updated to the end point of the route.

[Processing of the guidance output unit 18]
The guidance output unit 18 outputs guidance (information) based on the navigation script. FIG. 13 shows a processing flow of the guidance output unit 18. When the guidance output unit 18 receives a guidance output request from the instruction processing unit 15, the guidance output unit 18 outputs the guidance (step S91).

[Semi-automatic generation of navigation scripts]
As described in FIG. 2, the navigation script can be edited by a normal text editor or a navigation script editing tool using a translator 43 having a function of converting information on points and routes on a map. It can also be generated automatically based on the route you walked or traveled.

  The script semi-automatic generation unit 19 obtains time series data such as time, position information such as longitude and latitude, and guidance information for each point on the route, and generates a navigation script semi-automatically. As described above, since the navigation script is described in a markup language such as XML, for example, it can be created by a general-purpose text editor or word processor. However, by making this creation semi-automatic based on the actual traveled route, even a person who is not familiar with the markup language can easily create a navigation script.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the script semi-automatic generation process. It is assumed that a navigation script for a route of point A-facility B-point C as shown in FIG. The user terminal 10 is actually carried along the route of point A-facility B-point C and moved. By giving the semi-automatic generation instruction to the script semi-automatic generation unit 19, the script semi-automatic generation unit 19 receives the time and location information at the designated position, or the time and longitude of each moment from the situation acquisition unit 16. Location information such as latitude is acquired as time-series data. Guidance information such as audio data and image data is inserted at an appropriate time and place according to an instruction from the user.

  As described above, when time-series data as shown in FIG. 14B is obtained, each data is tagged and converted into text data, which is used as a navigation script. As a result, the following navigation script can be generated semi-automatically.

<naviscript>
<navi>
<inst id = "inst-01">
<time> 10:00 </ time>
<point>
<longitude> E132.00.00 </ longitude>
<latitude> N37.11.11 </ latitude>
</ point>
<info>
<voice src = "aaa.wav"></voice>
<image src = "xxx.jpg"></image>
</ info>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-02">
<time> 12:00 </ time>
<point>
<longitude> E132.22.22 </ longitude>
<latitude> N37.33.33 </ latitude>
</ point>
<info>
<voice src = "bbb.wav"></voice>
<image src = "yyy.gif"></image>
</ info>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-03">
<time> 16:30 </ time>
<point>
<longitude> E132.44.44 </ longitude>
<latitude> N37.55.55 </ latitude>
</ point>
</ inst>
</ navi>
</ naviscript>
Note that the script semi-automatic generation unit 19 is not limited to the user terminal 10 and may be provided in the center 40 or another portable terminal.

[Example of application of technology related to the present invention to a PC]
Next, an example in which the technology related to the present invention is applied to a portable personal computer (PC) will be described. FIG. 15 shows an example of the system configuration. The personal computer 100 corresponds to the user terminal 10 shown in FIG. 1, and the Web center 200 corresponds to the center 40. The input processing unit 131 corresponds to the operation input unit 11, the network access unit 12, and the media access unit 13 in FIG. 1, and the output processing unit 132 corresponds to the guidance output unit 18 in FIG. Similarly, the script conversion unit 134 is the script conversion unit 14, the instruction processing unit 135 is the instruction processing unit 15, the time / point generation unit 136 is the situation generation unit 17, the map / information management unit 140 and the voice data management. The unit 150 corresponds to the database unit 20, and the clock 160 and GPS (Grobal Positioning System) 170 or the PHS position detection unit 180 correspond to the situation acquisition unit 16.

  The navigation script system 120 for navigation is incorporated as plug-in software in the Web browser 110 of the personal computer 100, for example.

  FIG. 16 shows an example of a homepage screen of a navigation script service provided by the Web center. For example, when the URL of the homepage of the Naviscript service is specified on the screen of the Web browser 110, a menu screen as shown in FIG. 16 described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is distributed from the Web center 200, and the personal computer It is displayed on 100 displays.

  In the screen shown in FIG. 16, for example, “Shibuya Ward” is selected as the area, “View” is selected as the genre, the “Search” button is clicked, and the search request is sent to the Web center 200 via the Web browser 110. When sent, the HTML source for displaying the screen as shown in FIG. 17 is sent from the Web center 200, and the screen of FIG. 17 is displayed by the Web browser 110. Here, two pieces of navigation script information are displayed as search results.

  In the screen shown in FIG. 17, for example, when the user selects the first course and clicks this button, the course from “Tokyo XX City” to “National Noh Theater” via “□□ Communication Center” is displayed. A navigation script for guidance is downloaded from the Web center 200 to the personal computer 100. Along with this, the navigation script system 120 is activated.

  The navigation script system 120 is activated by downloading a file based on a specific file extension (for example, “.NAV”) given to the navigation script after the navigation script is downloaded by the web browser 110. It may be performed by accessing. FIG. 18 shows an example of a screen displayed by the navigation script browser 130 at that time. This screen is embedded and displayed in the screen displayed by the Web browser 110.

  The navigation script of the course starting from “Tokyo City” received from the Web center 200 by the input processing unit 131 of the navigation script browser 130 is passed to the script conversion unit 134. The script conversion unit 134 converts the navigation script into structured data for guidance, and passes this to the instruction processing unit 135. The instruction processing unit 135 performs the following processing as preparation processing for instruction execution.

  First, it is determined whether the execution mode set by the user is navigation or simulation. If the execution mode is navigation mode, a request for acquiring a situation is issued to the clock 160, GPS 170, or PHS position detection unit 180. The actual current time and the current location are acquired as the situation, and an instruction to start from the actual current location is added to the head of the structured data for guidance.

  Next, a flag indicating “original” is assigned to all items such as time, point, route, and guidance information of each instruction of structured data for guidance, and various attributes (latitude, longitude, Among the altitude, name, address, telephone number, zip code, etc.), the map / information management unit 140 searches the unfilled attributes using the filled attributes as keys. For example, when only the area is specified as in Shinjuku Ward, attributes such as Shinjuku Station and Shinjuku Ward Office are searched as representative places in the area. Here, if there are multiple search results, inquire through the menu to select the user, or select one using an appropriate evaluation index, and guide the search or selected attribute. (In the subsequent processing, if there are multiple search results, the same processing is performed). It should be noted that such completion processing is generally performed in the case of a navigation script created by the user, and in the case of a navigation script downloaded from the center, complete course guidance information is described in advance. Omitted because it is considered.

  Next, in the item regarding the route in the structured data for guidance, the route is not specified, or only categories such as general roads, toll roads, expressways, time priority, distance priority, etc. are specified. If so, search for a route. If the route is completely specified, it is checked whether the route is possible or not. If it is not possible, the route is searched. The route that has been searched or selected is additionally entered in the corresponding part of the instruction, and an “add” flag is assigned to the route.

  Next, all relative location specifications are converted into absolute location specifications and entered in the corresponding locations of the structured data for guidance, and the estimated arrival time at all locations is estimated and used for guidance. Fill in the relevant part of the structured data.

  Next, all the instructions are rearranged in time order, and the instruction cursor is set to the first instruction in the structured data for guidance.

  On the other hand, when the execution mode is the simulation mode, a situation preparation request is issued to the time / point generation unit 136, a situation generation request is issued after completion, the virtual current time and the current location are acquired, and the guidance An instruction to start from the virtual current point is added to the top of the structured data. Thereafter, the same preparation process as in the navigation mode is sequentially performed.

  The instruction processing unit 135 performs the following processing as execution processing. First, the case where the execution mode is the navigation mode will be described. When the execution mode is the navigation mode, a situation acquisition request is issued to the GPS 170 and the clock, and the actual current time and current point information are acquired.

  Next, it is checked whether or not the current point is on the specified route. If the current point is not on the route specified in the instruction indicated by the instruction cursor, the route from the current point to a nearby point on the route is determined. The route is searched, the route is additionally written in the corresponding part of the instruction, and an “add” flag is given to the route. When there are a plurality of search results, one route is selected by user designation or an appropriate evaluation index.

  Next, for example, when the traffic information usage setting separately set by the user is on, traffic information (information on traffic jams, rules, accidents, etc.) is acquired from VICS (Vehicle Information Communication System) etc. If the automatic route change setting that is set separately is ON, the flag of the route specified in the instruction pointed to by the instruction cursor is “addition”, and a flag that means “original” included in the instruction following the instruction cursor If traffic jams, rules, accidents, etc. occur between the most recent mandatory point or mandatory route to which is assigned, a route from the current point to the essential point or mandatory route is searched. The route searched or selected is corrected and written in the corresponding part of the instruction, and a flag meaning “add” is given to the route. This traffic information usage setting and automatic route change setting are generally used when applied to a car navigation system, etc. Therefore, when moving by walking as in this example, the user generally sets Turn off.

  Next, if the time and / or location written in the instruction pointed to by the instruction cursor matches the actual current time or / and the current location (or falls within the range including errors caused by sampling, etc.) A guidance output request is issued to the output processing unit 132 to pass guidance information, and the position of the instruction cursor is updated to the position of the next instruction. The above processing is repeated until there are no more instructions.

  On the other hand, when the execution mode is the simulation mode, a request for status generation is issued to the time / point generation unit 136, the virtual current time / current position is acquired, and whether the virtual current position is on the specified route. If the virtual current location is not on the route specified in the instruction pointed to by the instruction cursor, the route to the virtual current location or a nearby location on the route is searched, and that route is searched for the corresponding location in the instruction. And add an “add” flag to the route.

  Next, if the time and / or location written in the instruction pointed to by the instruction cursor matches the virtual current time or / and the current location (or falls within the range including errors caused by sampling, etc.) A guidance output request is issued to the output processing unit 132 to pass guidance information, and the position of the instruction cursor is updated to the position of the next instruction. These processes are repeated until there are no more instructions.

  When the time / point generating unit 136 receives a request for situation preparation from the instruction processing unit 135, the time / point generating unit 136 selects, as the virtual departure time, the actual current time or the time selected by the user from the time set separately by the user. In addition, the actual current location as a virtual starting point or a location selected by the user or the system from a location separately set by the user is set as the default virtual elapsed time speed set by the system as the virtual elapsed time rate or set separately by the user. The user or the system selected from the virtual elapsed time speed is set. Also, the user or system selects the virtual place movement speed for each place movement means such as walking, bicycle, car, etc. from the default virtual place movement speed set by the system or the virtual place movement speed set separately by the user. As the simulation sampling time, the user selects the default simulation sampling time set by the system or the one selected by the user from the simulation sampling time set separately by the user. Further, the virtual current time is set as the virtual departure time, and the virtual current point is set as the virtual departure point.

  In addition, the time / point generation unit 136 performs the following process as the situation generation process. When the time / point generation unit 136 receives a request for status generation from the instruction processing unit 135, the time / point generation unit 136 passes the virtual current time or the virtual current point to the instruction processing unit 135, and adds the simulation sampling time to the virtual current time. Update the virtual current time. Further, the virtual current location is updated to a location that is advanced by a distance calculated by multiplying the virtual location moving speed of the location moving means specified in the currently executing instruction by the simulation sampling time. However, if the calculated point exceeds the range of the route, the virtual current point is updated to the end point of the route.

  Upon receiving the guidance output request from the instruction processing unit 135, the output processing unit 132 outputs guidance according to the instruction indicated by the instruction cursor. As a result, course guidance to the National Noh Theater is performed on the screen as shown in FIG.

  That is, when the execution mode is the navigation mode, the output processing unit 132 displays the outline of the route, the distance to the destination and the time, or moves on the route of the course selected by the user. In accordance with instructions that proceed based on the current time and the current location, guidance explanations and images are displayed on the screen shown in FIG. 18, or / and voice guidance is provided.

  Further, in the simulation mode, guidance explanations and images are displayed on the screen shown in FIG. 18 according to the instructions based on the set virtual current time and current location and the virtual time-lapse speed, and / or. Provide voice guidance.

[Example of application to car navigation system]
Next, as another embodiment, an example in which the technology related to the present invention is applied to a car navigation system will be described. FIG. 19 shows a system configuration example when the technology related to the present invention is applied to a car navigation system. The center 210 corresponds to the center 40 shown in FIG. 1. Similarly, the guidance output unit 302 is the same as the guidance output unit 18 of FIG. 1, and the other input / output processing unit 301 is the operation input unit 11, the network. This corresponds to the access unit 12 and the media access unit 13. The script conversion unit 303 is the script conversion unit 14, the instruction processing unit 304 is the instruction processing unit 15, the time / point generation unit 305 is the situation generation unit 17, the map / information management unit 310 and the voice data management unit. 320 corresponds to the database unit 20, and the clock 160, GPS (Grobal Positioning System) 170, and VICS (Vehicle Information Communication System) 190 correspond to the situation acquisition unit 16, respectively.

  The input / output processing unit 301 designates a course that the user wants to travel from a menu or the like, and makes a search request to the center 210. When a desired navigation script is downloaded from the center 210, it is passed to the script conversion unit 303. The script conversion unit 303 converts the navigation script into structured data for guidance and passes it to the instruction processing unit 304. Thereafter, when there is an instruction to start navigation, the instruction processing unit 304 prepares for the instruction processing according to the structured data for guidance, and executes the instruction.

  The major difference from the conventional car navigation system is that the user has to set his / her own location and route in the conventional system, whereas the system using the technology related to the present invention has a recommended course. Is easy to load. In the conventional method, the route from the current location information and the map information to the set destination is uniformly guided by screen display or voice, whereas the method applying the technology related to the present invention is used. The guidance is output according to the navigation script. Therefore, for example, an appropriate tourist guide can be provided according to the point or route through the tour, such as a bus tour. If necessary, flexible guidance such as guiding a restaurant at lunch or guiding a parking lot can be realized.

  In particular, in the conventional car navigation system, only location guidance is provided, but according to the present navigation script, time guidance according to the current time or elapsed time is also possible. Furthermore, the user himself / herself can create a navigation script that is used by the user or an acquaintance, set it in the car navigation system, and operate the car navigation system.

[Example of application to PHS]
FIG. 20 shows a system configuration example when the technology related to the present invention is applied to a mobile phone (PDC (Personal Digital Cellular)), PHS, or the like. In this case, the navigation script system 510 is incorporated in the center 500. The PHS browser 610 of the PHS 600 has an input processing unit 611 and an output processing unit 612.

  The user issues a search request for a navigation script to the Web server 700 in which the navigation script is recorded via the PHS browsing server 520 of the PHS center 500 using the PHS browser 610 of the PHS 600. The output processing unit 522 of the PHS browsing server 520 downloads a desired navigation script from the Web server 700 and passes it to the input processing unit 521, and the input processing unit 521 passes the navigation script to the script conversion unit 523. The script conversion unit 523 parses the navigation script and converts it into structured data for guidance. When the user uses the navigation script in the navigation mode, the instruction processing unit 524 obtains the user's current status (current time and current location) from the clock 620 and the PHS position detection unit 630 of the PHS 600, and guides the user. Supplements the route information of structured data for use and obtains necessary map / information and voice data from the map / information management unit 530 and voice data management unit 540 based on the structured data for guidance according to the situation. Then, it is passed to the output processing unit 522. The output processing unit 522 outputs guidance on the display screen of the PHS browser 610 via the PHS browsing server 520.

  In the case of the simulation mode, the instruction processing unit 524 obtains the virtual current time / current point from the time / point generation unit 525 and complements the route information of the structured data for guidance. Similarly, the guidance is output on the display screen of the PHS browser 610 or the like.

[Operation management system using a script for guidance]
Embodiments of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 21 shows a configuration example of the operation management system in the embodiment of the present invention. The operation management center 1000 and a terminal 1010 used by a user are connected via a network, and transmit and receive a guidance script. The operation management database 1004 acquires and manages various information such as road conditions and reservation statuses of various facilities from various information providers 1020. The terminal 1010 itself may be a portable information device, or may be various information devices that are incorporated in a car navigation system or the like.

  The operation management center 1000 includes a receiving unit 1001 that receives a navigation script transmitted from the terminal 1010, a forward conversion unit 1002 that converts the received navigation script into structured data for guidance, and a structured structure for converted guidance. An adjustment unit 1003 that compares and adjusts the data and the data stored in the operation management database 1004, an inverse conversion unit 1005 that converts the adjusted structured data for guidance into a navigation script, and the converted navigation script as a terminal And a transmission unit 1006 that sends a reply to 1010.

  The terminal 1010 transmits a navigation script desired by the user from the network destination 1030, media 1031 such as a CD-ROM or magnetic disk, a keyboard, and the like, and the input navigation script to the operation management center 1000. Transmitting unit 1012, receiving unit 1013 for receiving a navigation script that has been corrected by operation management center 1000 and transmitted from operation management center 1000, and for guidance that can be executed on the terminal that has received the corrected navigation script. A forward conversion unit 1014 for converting to structured data, an execution processing unit 1015 for generating guidance information (navigation) based on the structured data for guidance, and an output processing unit 1016 for outputting the generated guidance information Is provided.

  The input processing unit 1011 of the terminal 1010 obtains a desired navigation script describing the destination that is about to go to the destination and the schedule and route of the planned travel and operation in the future from the network destination 1030 or CD- Read from the medium 1031 such as a ROM or a magnetic disk, or input user instruction information using a keyboard or the like.

The following is an example of a navigation script desired by the user. The contents of Naviscript are overnight trips to Lake Yamanaka. On December 23rd, drive from Numazu to Tomei Expressway using the Tomei Expressway, stop at Fuji XX Land, and head to Lake Yamanaka Lodge. A route is specified. The time required is 6 hours and 30 minutes.
<naviscript version = "0.3">
<title> Example </ title>
<copyright> All Rights Reserved,
Copyright (C) FujiLabo Ltd. 1998. </ copyright>
<navi>
<title> Overnight Lake Yamanaka </ title>
<date> Dec 23, 1998 </ date>
<duration> 6hour30min </ duration>
<distance> 100.0km </ distance>
<cost> 15,000yen </ cost>
<seq>
<inst ref = "inst-point-Numazu">
<inst ref = "inst-point-Gotemba">
<inst ref = "inst-point-Gotemba XX intersection">
<inst ref = "inst-object- Fuji XX Land">
<inst ref = "inst-object- Lake Yamanaka Lodge Parking">
</ seq>
</ navi>
<inst id = "inst-point-Numazu">
<time>
10:00
</ time>
<point>
<name> Numazu </ name>
<category> IC </ category>
</ point>
<route>
<means> car </ means>
<name> Tomei Expressway </ name>
<category> Highway </ category>
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Gotemba">
<time>
10:30
</ time>
<point>
<name> Gotemba </ name>
<category> IC </ category>
</ point>
<route>
<means> car </ means>
<category> Prefectural road </ category>
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Gotemba XX intersection">
<time>
10:30
</ time>
<point>
<name> Gotemba XX intersection </ name>
<category> Intersection </ category>
</ point>
<route>
<means> car </ means>
<name> National Route 136 </ name>
<category> National highway </ category>
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-object-Fuji XX Land">
<time>
11:00
</ time>
<object>
<name> Fuji XX Land </ name>
<category> Amusement park </ category>
</ object>
<route>
thesame
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-object-Lake Yamanaka Lodge Lodge">
<time>
16:00
</ time>
<object>
<name> Lake Yamanaka XX lodge parking </ name>
<category> Parking </ category>
</ object>
</ inst>
</ naviscript>
When the navigation script desired by the user is input, the transmission unit 1012 transmits the navigation script to the operation management center 1000.

  The receiving unit 1001 of the operation management center 1000 receives the navigation script transmitted from the terminal 1010, and the forward conversion unit 1002 converts the received navigation script into structured data for guidance.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the operation management database 1004 of the operation management center 1000 manages the following data. Data 1 and data 2 are examples of data relating to routes, data 3 is an example of data relating to points, and data 4 and data 5 are examples of data relating to facilities. The maximum number of vehicles / maximum number of people indicates the maximum number of cars or people who can use the road or facility, and the number of reserved cars / number of reservation people indicates the number of cars or people who have reserved use at a certain time. The degree of congestion of 100% indicates that the number of reserved vehicles / reservants at that time has reached the maximum usable number and cannot be used again.

<Data 1>
Main number: 1234567890-01
Sub number: 19981218-14301500
Type 01: Route Type 02: Expressway Name: Tomei Expressway Section: Numazu-Gotemba Direction: Upbound Date: 1998/12/18
Time: 14: 30-15: 00
Number of reserved cars: 1,234
Maximum number of cars: 5,000
Congestion level: 27 [%]
Traffic jam: 0 [km] / 0 [min]
Regulations: None Accidents: None Weather: Light rain Temperature: 15 [C]
Wind speed: 5 [m]
<Data 2>
Main number: 1234567890-01
Sub number: 19981223-10001030
Type 01: Route Type 02: Expressway Name: Tomei Expressway Section: Numazu-Gotemba Direction: Upbound: 1998/12/23
Time: 10: 00-10: 30
Number of reservations: 5,000
Maximum number of cars: 5,000
Congestion level: 100 [%]
Traffic jam :
Regulations:
Accident:
the weather :
Temperature:
Wind speed:
<Data 3>
Main number: 2345678901-01
Sub number: 19981223-10301100
Type 01: Location Address: Gotemba City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Name: Gotemba XX Intersection Direction: Up National Route 136 Date: December 23, 1998
Time: 10: 30-11: 00
Traffic jam :
Regulations:
Accident:
the weather :
Temperature:
Wind speed:
<Data 4>
Main number: 4567890123
Sub number: 19981223
Type 01: Facility Type 02: Amusement park Name: Fuji XX Land Address: Shizuoka XX
Date: December 23, 1998
Time: 10: 00-20: 00
Number of reservations: 1,000
Maximum number of people: 1,000
Congestion level: 100 [%]
the weather :
Temperature:
Wind speed:
<Data 5>
Main number: 3456789012
Sub number: 19981223
Type 01: Parking lot Address: Shizuoka Prefecture
Name: Lake Yamanaka ○○ Lodge Parking Date: December 23, 1998
Time: 15: 00-10: 00 (next day)
Number of reservations: 11
Maximum number of cars: 20
Congestion level: 55 [%]
...
The adjustment unit 1003 receives the structured data for guidance received from the forward conversion unit 1002, the reservation status of expressways and various facilities described in the operation management database 1004, congestion of roads and parking lots, regulations, accidents The data such as the weather is compared and adjusted, and the structured data for guidance is corrected or / and the data of the operation management database 1004 is updated based on the result.

  For example, the adjustment unit 1003 compares the navigation script desired by the user described above with <Data 2> in the operation management database 1004, and the congestion level of the Tomei Expressway on December 23, 1998 is already 100%. It is determined that it is not possible to drive on the expressway, and it is determined from <Data 4> in the operation management database 1004 that the reservation status of Fuji XX Land on the same day is 100% crowded and entry is not possible. Then, the corresponding portion of the converted structured data for guidance is corrected or / and the data of the operation management database 1004 is changed.

In this case, the structured data for guidance will be modified so that it does not stop at Fuji XX Land by using a general national road instead of Tomei Expressway. In the example of the data of the navigation script and the operation management database 1004, the following part of the structured data for guidance (shown by the description of the navigation script)
<route>
<means> car </ means>
<name> Tomei Expressway </ name>
<category> Highway </ category>
</ route>
Is modified as follows:

<route>
<means> car </ means>
<name> National highway 246 </ name>
<category> National highway </ category>
</ route>
In addition, the following parts are deleted.
<inst id = "inst-object-Fuji XX Land">
<time>
11:00
</ time>
<object>
<name> Fuji XX Land </ name>
<category> Amusement park </ category>
</ point>
<route>
thesame
</ route>
</ inst>
The inverse conversion unit 1005 converts the structured data for guidance corrected by the adjustment unit 1003 into a navigation script. An example of a navigation script that is corrected by the adjustment unit 1003 and converted by the inverse conversion unit 1005 will be described below. The content of the following Naviscript is a route from Numazu to National Lake 246 and 136 via Gotenba XX intersection to Lake Yamanaka, the lodging area.
<naviscript version = "0.3">
<title> Example </ title>
<copyright> All Rights Reserved,
Copyright (C) FujiLabo Ltd. 1998. </ copyright>
<navi>
<title> Overnight Lake Yamanaka </ title>
<date> Dec 23, 1998 </ date>
<duration> 6hour30min </ duration>
<distance> 100.0km </ distance>
<cost> 15,000yen </ cost>
<seq>
<inst ref = "inst-point-Numazu">
<inst ref = "inst-point-Gotemba">
<inst ref = "inst-point-Gotemba XX intersection">
<inst ref = "inst-object- Fuji XX Land">
<inst ref = "inst-object- Lake Yamanaka Lodge Parking">
</ seq>
</ navi>
<inst id = "inst-point-Numazu">
<time>
10:00
</ time>
<point>
<name> Numazu </ name>
<category> IC </ category>
</ point>
<route>
<means> car </ means>
<name> National Route 246 </ name>
<category> National highway </ category>
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Gotemba">
<time>
10:30
</ time>
<point>
<name> Gotemba </ name>
<category> IC </ category>
</ point>
<route>
<means> car </ means>
<category> Prefectural road </ category>
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-point- Gotemba XX intersection">
<time>
10:30
</ time>
<point>
<name> Gotemba XX intersection </ name>
<category> Intersection </ category>
</ point>
<route>
<means> car </ means>
<name> National Route 136 </ name>
<category> National highway </ category>
</ route>
</ inst>
<inst id = "inst-object-Lake Yamanaka Lodge Lodge">
<time>
16:00
</ time>
<object>
<name> Lake Yamanaka XX lodge parking </ name>
<category> Parking </ category>
</ object>
</ inst>
</ naviscript>
The transmission unit 1006 returns the converted navigation script after correction to the terminal 1010. In the terminal 1010, the receiving unit 1013 receives the navigation script transmitted from the operation management center 1000, and the forward conversion unit 1014 converts the received corrected navigation script into structured data for guidance. The execution processing unit 1015 generates guidance information (navigation) based on the structured data for guidance. The output processing unit 1016 outputs the generated guidance information using a display, a printer, a speaker, or the like.

  FIG. 22 shows an example of a navigation script GUI editor screen displayed on the terminal 1010. The GUI editor screen shown in FIG. 22 is used to create a navigation script desired by the user. An operation menu 1101 for selecting and instructing various editing operations is displayed on the map display area 1103. There is a map operation icon 1102 for moving the display area. The user creates a desired navigation script using a GUI linked with the map information displayed in the map display area 1103. The navigation script is expressed as a tree structure including a course outline part 1104, course detail part (navi tag part) 1105, (each) instruction part (inst tag part) 1106, and the like, and is displayed on the left side of the map display area 1103. Has been.

  FIG. 23 shows an example of a browser screen of a navigation script displayed on the terminal 1010. The browser screen of FIG. 23 is displayed when the corrected navigation script transmitted from the operation management center 1000 is confirmed in the simulation mode or executed in the navigation mode. For example, an information display area for displaying position information of each point 1112: A map display area 1113 for displaying the current position and route of the user on a map 1113, a latitude / longitude display area 1114, a text display area 1115 for displaying information based on text data of the guidance information, and an image data of guidance information Each area of the image display area 1116 for displaying information, a map moving button 1121 for moving the map display area, a scale changing button 1122 for changing the scale of the map display, and various setting buttons for setting the simulation mode, the navigation mode, etc. 1123 simulation Start button 1124, the fast-forward button 1125, the end button 1126, such as the reset button 1127 is provided in the browser screen 1110. As the user moves, the position of the icon indicating the current position on the map displayed in the map display area 1113 also moves, related guidance information is displayed in the image display area 1116, etc., and voice guidance information is output from the speaker. Sometimes it is done.

  FIG. 24 shows a process flow of the terminal in the operation management system according to the embodiment of the present invention. When the input processing unit 1011 inputs a navigation script desired by the user (Step S101), the terminal 1010 transmits the navigation unit 1012 to the operation management center 1000 (Step S102). Further, the receiving unit 1013 receives the modified navigation script from the operation management center 1000 (step S103), and the forward conversion unit 1014 uses the received navigation script for structuring for guidance in its own terminal 1010. The data is converted into data (step S104), the execution processing unit 1015 creates guidance information based on the structured data for guidance (step S105), and the output processing unit 1016 outputs the generated guidance information (step S104). S106).

  FIG. 25 shows a flow of processing of the operation management center in the operation management system according to the embodiment of the present invention. The operation management center 1000 receives a navigation script desired by the user from the terminal 1010 by the receiving unit 1001 (step S111), and converts the received navigation script into structured data for guidance by the forward conversion unit 1002 ( Step S112). The adjustment unit 1003 compares and adjusts the structured data for guidance and the data in the operation management database 1004. The structured data for guidance is corrected according to the result of comparison / adjustment, and the data in the operation management database is updated if necessary (step S113). The adjusted structured data for guidance is converted into a navigation script by the inverse conversion unit 1005 (step S114), and is returned to the terminal 1010 by the transmission unit 1006 (step S115).

  FIG. 26 shows a flow of comparison / adjustment processing (FIG. 24: step S113) in the operation management center 1000. The adjustment unit 1003 sets the instruction cursor to the first instruction in the guidance structured data (step S121), and extracts the contents related to time, place, and route from the instruction pointed to by the instruction cursor (step S122). ).

  The data index is set to the first data in the operation management database 1004 (step S123), and the data that matches the content extracted from the instruction is searched while adding the data index (step S124). It is determined whether or not there is matching data (step S125). If there is matching data, it is checked whether or not there is an empty data reservation term (step S126), and the data reservation term is empty. If not, the extracted content is corrected to replaceable content (step S127), and the process returns to step S123. If the data reservation term is free, one data reservation term is added (step S128), and the instruction pointed to by the instruction cursor is copied to the end of the modified structured data for guidance (step S129). ). If there is no matching data in the process of step S125, the process proceeds to step S129.

  Next, one instruction cursor is added (step S130), and it is determined whether or not the instruction cursor exceeds the end (step S131). If the instruction cursor does not exceed the end, the process returns to the process of step S122. If the cursor is beyond the end, processing is terminated.

  As described above, the guidance script is used in the operation management system so that the navigation script can be transmitted and received between the operation management center 1000 and the terminal 1010. Thereby, it is possible to share schedule / route data for reservation in various operation management systems and point / route data for guidance in various points / route guidance devices. In addition, the operation management center 1000 sends back the navigation script desired by the user transmitted from the terminal 1010 after adjusting it with operation data managed by the operation management database 1004. Thereby, the user can use the guide information reflecting various operation management information. That is, the following effects can be expected by using the guidance script in the operation management system.

  (a) It is possible to share schedule / route data for reservations in various operation management systems and point / route data for guidance in various points / route guidance devices.

  (b) Naviscript is text data that can be described by a combination of a name that can identify each type of information and the contents of the information, so it is easy to read and write, and search and processing Is also easy.

  (c) Also, by using the network and electronic media, anyone can provide and use anytime and anywhere.

  (d) Both navigation that actually receives guidance at the destination and simulation that can experience guidance at home or at the office are possible.

[Application of technology related to the present invention to a time adjustment system during movement]
Next, an example in which the technique related to the present invention is applied to a time adjustment system during movement will be described.

  In conventional navigation systems, schedulers, etc., the system does not automatically propose a time adjustment method. When a user cannot act according to a schedule, he or she manually searches the situation and information, I had to reset my schedule.

  For example, if you have to move to location A by time T in order to attend a meeting held at location A, whether you can usually walk in time from the current point C, or if you hurry, It would be extremely useful for a user if there was a device that would automatically show the system and warn the user whether or not it was too late. By applying the technology related to the present invention to such a time adjustment system at the time of movement, the above-mentioned problems can be solved, and the situation and information can be automatically searched to propose a new schedule to the user, or The schedule can be reset automatically.

  FIG. 27 shows a configuration example of a system when the technology related to the present invention is applied to a time adjustment system during movement. This system includes a scheduler 1200 that manages a scheduled action time based on a schedule described in a navigation script, an action rule base 1220, and a rule corresponding to the action rule base 1220 by monitoring the current position and current time. And a monitor (monitoring / execution device) 1210 for presenting and executing the action of the rule. The action rule base 1220 describes actions to be executed depending on whether there is a time margin with respect to the arrival time.

  The scheduler 1200 calculates the estimated arrival time at each point from the current location to the destination from the input schedule. The monitor 1210 includes a current position measuring unit 1211 that measures the current position of the user, a current time measuring unit 1212 that measures the current time, and an estimated arrival time at the next point that calculates an estimated arrival time from each point to each point. Executed by the user in accordance with the part 1213, the rule base collation unit 1214 that collates the rules of the action rule base 1220 based on the expected arrival time of the next point, and the corresponding rule (scheduled or not in time for the scheduled arrival time) It has an action execution unit 1215 that executes an action to be performed.

The processing flow of this system will be described below. First, for each point from the current location of the schedule to the destination,
The information of the i-th point is point_ {i},
Means_ {i, i + 1}, moving means from the i-th point to the i + 1-th point,
The estimated arrival time at the (i + 1) th point is time_ {i + 1},
The flag indicating whether the speed of the moving means is normal (normal-speed) or maximum (max-speed) is set to speed.

Also, assume that the current point information is point_ {now} and point_ {now} is between point_ {i} and point_ {i + 1} without loss of generality.
Means_ {now, i + 1}, the moving means from the current point to the i + 1th point,
Time _ {i + 1, speed}, the estimated arrival time at the i + 1th point when the speed of the moving means is speed
And

  As an initial schedule, the scheduler 1200 includes information on each point, means for moving to each point, current time (first time at the first point (departure point)), speed of the moving means (standard / maximum). Enter. The standard / maximum speed of the moving means means, for example, when the moving means is walking, the speed when walking at a normal speed is the standard speed, and the speed when walking with a steep foot is the maximum speed. When the means of transportation is a train or bus, the standard / maximum distinction is not necessary.

  Information that the scheduler 1200 inputs as the initial schedule is the following information.

point_ {1}, point_ {2},…, point_ {n},
means _ {1,2}, means _ {2,3},…, means _ {n-1, n},
time_ {1}, ..., time_ {j}, ..., time_ {k}, ...
speed
Here, time_ {1} indicates the departure time, and time_ {j} and time_ {k} indicate that the arrival time is specified for the jth and kth points. Then, the scheduler 1200 calculates the estimated arrival time for those not designated among the estimated arrival times from the departure point to the destination, and sends them to the monitor 1210.

time_ {2}, time_ {3},…, time_ {n}
The initial schedule may be modified by the monitor 1210. When the input schedule is corrected by the monitor 1210, the scheduler 1200 inputs information on each point from the current point to the destination, moving means to each point, current time, speed of the moving means. Information.

point_ {now}, point_ {i + 1},…, point_ {n},
means _ {now, i + 1}, means _ {i + 1, i + 2},…, means _ {n-1, n},
time_ {now},
speed
The output of the scheduler 1200 is the estimated arrival time.

time_ {i + 1}, time_ {i + 2},…, time_ {n}
In the monitor 1210, the current time measurement unit 1212 and the current position measurement unit 1211 allow the current time and current point (here, the current point is point_ {i} and point_ {i Get point_ {now} between +1}.

  Based on the current time and current point information, the next point predicted arrival time calculation unit 1213 predicts the arrival time when the speed of the moving means from the current point to the next point is standard (time_ {i + 1, normal-speed}) and the estimated arrival time (time_ {i + 1, max-speed}) when the speed of the moving means is maximum.

  The rule base collation unit 1214 collates the calculated estimated arrival time at the standard / maximum speed with the rules in the behavior rule base 1220, and extracts the corresponding rules. The action execution unit 1215 executes the action described in the rule according to the extracted rule.

  Examples of rules stored in the action rule base 1220 are shown below.

if (time_ {i + 1, normal} <= time_ {i + 1})
action (output ("I can make it in time"))
if (time_ {i + 1, max} <= time_ {i + 1} <time_ {i + 1, normal})
action (output ("If you don't rush, you can't make it"))
if (time_ {i + 1} <time_ {i + 1, max})
action (output ("Not in time");
ask ($ 1: "Do you want to reschedule at standard speed?";
$ 2: "Do you want to reschedule at maximum speed?";
$ 3: "Do you want to cancel this schedule?");
if ($ 1) action (schedule (point _ {now},…, point_ {n},
means_ {now, i + 1},…, means_ {n-1, n},
time_ {now},
normal-speed));
if ($ 2) action (schedule (point _ {now},…, point_ {n},
means_ {now, i + 1},…, means_ {n-1, n},
time_ {now},
max-speed));
if ($ 3) action (clear-schedule);)
The contents of this rule are as follows. If you move from the current location to the next location at a standard speed, the action execution unit 1215 will display a message on the display or the like based on the action specified by the applicable rule if it is in time for the estimated time of arrival at that location. "In time" is displayed and / or audio is output.

  In addition, if it moves at the standard speed, it will not be in time for the estimated arrival time, but if it is in time for the maximum speed, it will display or / and output a voice saying "If you don't hurry,"

In addition, if it is not in time even when moving at the maximum speed, “Not in time” is displayed, and further an inquiry message is displayed to prompt the user to select an adjustment method thereafter. The inquiry message in this example is
“Do you want to reschedule at standard speed?”,
“Do you want to reschedule at maximum speed?”,
“Do you want to cancel this schedule?”,
This is an inquiry menu.

  When the user selects “reschedule at standard speed”, the action execution unit 1215 corrects the subsequent schedule and sends the corrected schedule to the scheduler 1200. Based on the modified schedule, the scheduler 1200 calculates again the estimated arrival time at each standard speed from the current point to the destination and sends it back to the monitor 1210. In this case, the estimated arrival time at the final destination is delayed from the initial schedule.

  When the user selects “reschedule at maximum speed”, the action execution unit 1215 corrects the subsequent schedule at the maximum speed and sends the corrected schedule to the scheduler 1200. Based on the modified schedule, the scheduler 1200 calculates again the estimated arrival time at each standard speed from the current point to the destination and sends it back to the monitor 1210.

  If the user selects Cancel, the schedule information is cleared and the schedule is canceled.

  FIG. 28 shows an example of the display screen of the monitor 1210. In accordance with the schedule, the display screen displays the planned moving location, the estimated time of arrival at the location, moving means, a map, and the like, and also shows the point where the user is currently moving. In the travel schedule from Makuhari Building to Kawasaki Factory as shown in Fig. 28, the current user is moving from Nakameguro Station on the subway to Nakameguro Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line, and the current time is It is displayed. In this case, it is clear that the train will not be in time at 9:40 at the current time (9:40), even though it is scheduled to take the train at 9:34 at Nakameguro Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line. Based on the corresponding rule of the action rule base 1220, a message indicating that it is not in time for the next place (9:34 train at Nakameguro Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line) is displayed.

  FIG. 29 shows the flow of processing of the scheduler 1200. The scheduler 1200 inputs the position sequence of each point from the current location to the destination of the schedule, the sequence of moving means between the points, the current time, and the type (standard / maximum) of the speed of the moving means (step S201). The estimated arrival time at each point from the current location to the destination is calculated (step S202). The estimated arrival time at each point is output (step S204).

  FIG. 30 shows the flow of processing of the monitor 1210. The monitor 1210 repeats the processing of the following steps S212 to S214 at regular time intervals and / or distances (step S211). In the process of step S212, the predicted arrival time to the next point when moving at the standard speed / maximum speed is calculated, the next predicted arrival time is collated with the action rule base 1220 (step S213), and the An action is executed (step S214).

[Guidance plan creation / guidance information management system]
The method for creating the guidance script has already been described. The following is a method for managing various guidance data (guidance information) associated with a place or time, and a combination of guidance information (hereinafter, guidance plan). Will be described.

  Conventionally, there are several systems for creating a guide route (route information) to a destination. For example, when a destination is set, a car navigation system creates route guidance (route information) based on map information such as distance and intersection name originally possessed by a map. However, there was no one that made directions including information such as explanations of shops, hotels, and tourist facilities. However, there are many cases that require guidance information such as tourist information and directions.

  Conventionally, there are many information databases about shops, hotels, and tourist facilities, but most of them are classified by genre, and they have not been managed so as to be effective for realizing route guidance. For guidance information such as tourist information, the content of the necessary guidance information varies depending on the attributes such as the season and the person receiving the guidance, so it is desirable to be able to easily create guidance information and guidance plans corresponding to those attributes. It is. Therefore, there is a need for a system that easily and efficiently creates a guide plan such as a sightseeing guide and a route guide, and a system that manages guide information for creating a guide plan.

  With this system, for example, the user can set the route of sightseeing tour by himself, and from the guide information database that manages the guide information such as explanation of tour conductor, it corresponds to the attribute of the user at each point of the route set arbitrarily Guidance information can be obtained and a guidance plan can be created. In addition, by executing the created guidance plan according to the movement of the actual route on the user's portable terminal, it is possible to enjoy the tour guidance of the personal tour plan without the tour conductor.

  In addition, in conventional car navigation systems, etc., guidance based on map information such as “Turn left at 300m” or “Turn right at XX intersection” is performed. It may be unnatural and difficult to understand. As a guide plan for route guidance, instead of map information such as intersection names, guide information that uses buildings, signs, etc., as landmarks, such as “Turn left at the end of a large △△ sign.” By using, it is possible to easily create a natural and easy-to-understand route guide similar to when a person guides a route.

  FIG. 31 shows a configuration example of a guidance plan creation / guidance information management system. This system includes a guidance plan creation device 1300 and a guidance information database management device 1310.

  The guidance information database management device 1310 manages a guidance information database 1311 that stores guidance information and a guidance plan pasted at a location or time of map data or time data such as a schedule table, a time table, and a calendar.

  The guidance plan creation apparatus 1300 includes a guidance information pasting unit 1301 that allocates and associates guidance information with map data / time data stored in the guidance information database 1311 and a condition for setting conditions such as a validity period or a valid attribute of the guidance information. A setting unit 1302, a route setting unit 1303 for setting a route for the guidance plan, a guidance information extracting unit 1304 for extracting guidance information necessary for the guidance plan from the guidance information database 1311, and a guidance plan based on the extracted guidance information And a guidance plan creation unit 1305 for creating

  The terminal 1320 acquires the guidance plan execution unit 1321 that executes the received guidance plan, the presentation processing unit 1322 that presents the guidance information to the user, and the user location information according to the location and / or time of the user. It has a position information acquisition unit 1323 and a time measurement unit 1324 that acquires the current time. The terminal 1320 is a car navigation device, PC, PDA, PHS, PDC, or the like.

  FIG. 32 shows an overview of the processing flow of this system. The guide information pasting unit 1301 pastes the guide information at the location / time of the map data / time data. Here, pasting means associating guide information with a specific position on a screen such as a map, a schedule, or a calendar. If necessary, the condition setting unit 1302 further sets time conditions such as the validity period of the pasted guidance information and attribute conditions such as the user type, and stores them in the guidance information database 1311 (step S301). .

  A route setting unit 1303 sets a route for the guidance plan. The route is set by selecting a point / region as a route on the map data displayed on the display device or the like, and further setting the time condition and attribute condition of the guidance plan (step S302).

  The guidance information cutting unit 1304 extracts guidance information corresponding to the point / region and time / attribute conditions set in the route of the guidance plan from the guidance information database 1311 (step S303). Based on the set route, a guidance plan is created using the extracted guidance information (step S304). The terminal 1320 executes the created guidance plan according to the position and time of the user and presents guidance information (step S305).

  FIG. 33 shows an example of guidance information pasting processing. An area of a figure such as a rectangle or an ellipse representing a place on the map data indicates a range where the guidance information is valid, and can be arbitrarily set by the user.

  As shown in FIG. 33 (A), a place designation method for pasting guidance information is to designate a place (point, area) represented by a graphic such as a rectangle or an ellipse on the display screen of the map data 1330. Specify facility objects on the map, such as buildings and roads, or specify them directly by using a navigation script. For example, a range where the rainbow bridge can be seen on the map data 1330 is set as a rectangle, and the rainbow bridge guide information 1331 is pasted in that area. Also, as shown in FIG. 33 (B), the time zone on the time data 1341 in the schedule format is specified and the guide information 1342 and 1343 are pasted, or the day (1 or number) on the time data 1344 in the calendar format. Designation information 1345 is pasted.

  Specifically, for example, when “point A” is designated on the map data displayed on the display device by the guidance information pasting unit 1301, a guidance information setting screen as shown in FIG. 34 is displayed. The guidance information setting screen 1350 is a guidance information input field 1351 for directly inputting guidance information, an image file name input field 1352 for inputting a file to be used when the guidance information is image data, and a voice data file as well. A voice file name input field 1353, a reference button 1354 for referring to a designated file, a time condition setting button 1355 for setting a time condition and the like, an OK button 1356, and a cancel button 1357 are provided.

  The contents of the guidance information to be pasted are tourist guidance information such as “This is built in □□ year and is famous for xx…”. It can also be input by using a file created by a travel agency, or by specifying the file name using data such as word-of-mouth information and publications. In addition to text data, voice and image information can be pasted. In this case, a necessary file name (for example, bbb.jpg, aaa.wav, etc.) is designated in the image file name input field 1352 and the audio file name input field 1353. Similarly, such guidance information is created for other designated points and areas.

  Furthermore, when time restrictions are imposed on the guidance information, the time condition setting button 1355 is clicked to activate the condition setting unit 1302, and the guidance information is actually presented on another setting screen (not shown). Set time conditions such as period, date, time, and expiration date. In addition, it is possible to specify a direction or the like to enter the area where the guidance information is pasted, and to specify conditions such as presenting the guidance information only when entering from a specific direction.

  In FIG. 35, as an example of the guide information pasting process, guide information 1361 of the content of the tourist guide such as “This is built in □□ year, famous for XX…” at point A of the map data 1360 is shown. The case where it sticks is shown.

An example in which the result of the guidance information pasting process is expressed by a navigation script is shown below. The content of the navigation script is as follows: latitude: N35.11.11.111, longitude: E135.22.22.222, address: XX city △△ 1-1, point A (entered and named by the user) within 1km radius, Present the guidance information in the text data “This is built in □□, famous for xx…”, and output the audio data and image data of the files “aaa.wav”, “bbb.jpg” Means. Information such as the latitude, longitude, and address of the point A can be described by acquiring data originally held by the map data.
<naviscript>
<inst>
<point>
<name> A </ name>
<latitude> N35.11.11.111 </ latitude>
<longitude> E135.22.22.222 </ longitude>
<address> XX city △△ 1-1 </ address>
</ point>
<info area = "1km">
<text> This is built in □□ year, famous for xx… </ text>
<voice src = "aaa.wav"/>
<image src = "bbb.jpg"/>
</ info>
</ inst>
The guide information pasted on the map data and the time data is stored in the guide information database 1311 and managed by the guide information database management device 1310. Guidance information pasted on map data and time data can be displayed as a guidance sheet. By expressing the information as a guide sheet in this way, it becomes easy to check the contents of the pasted guide information and the correspondence with the map data.

  FIG. 36 shows an example of a guidance sheet. As shown in FIG. 36 (A), the guide sheet 1371 is displayed for each season, or as shown in FIG. 36 (B), the guide sheet 1372 is displayed so as to change with time. Can be displayed separately for each user attribute such as age, sex, and purpose. Furthermore, the relationship between the guidance information having temporal conditions and the place to be pasted can be displayed as a guidance sheet that is three-dimensionally expressed in a three-dimensional space having a time axis as shown in FIG.

  When creating a guidance plan, the route setting unit 1303 first designates a route desired by the user. For example, when specifying the destination and departure point, the system automatically searches for the route and sets the route. The user selects a point / road on the map screen with a pointing device and sets the route. And a method for setting a route by correcting an optimum route along the line drawn by the user on the map screen.

  The set route passes through some areas on the map data to which the guide information is pasted. For example, as shown in FIG. 38, it is assumed that there is map data 1380 in which guidance information is pasted in an area from point A to point J. Assume that the user designates a route as shown in FIG. 38 from the start point s to the goal point g in order to create a guidance plan on the map data 1380. At this time, areas through which the route passes are A, F, and J. The guidance information cutout unit 1304 extracts the guidance information on A, F, and J from the guidance information database 1311. The guidance plan creation unit 1305 creates a guidance plan (start point s → point A → point F → point J → goal point g) using the extracted guidance information according to the set route. For example, a navigation script is created with a name such as “AFJ tour”.

  By expressing the guidance plan with a navigation script, it is possible to deliver the guidance plan via a network or electronic media and realize a guidance service that anyone can use anytime and anywhere.

In the following, an example in which a guidance plan created based on the route shown in FIG. 38 is expressed by a navigation script is shown.
<naviscript>
<navi>
<title> AFJ tour </ title>
<category> Visiting historic sites </ category>
<transport> car </ transport>
<duration> 3 hours </ duration>
<cost> 3,000 yen </ cost>
<par>
<inst>
<point>
<name> A </ name>
<latitude> N35.11.11.111 </ latitude>
<longitude> E135.22.22.222 </ longitude>
<address> XX city △△ 1-1 </ address>
</ point>
<info area = "1.0km">
<text> This is built in □□ year and is famous for xx… </ text><voice src = "aaa.wav"/>
<image src = "bbb.jpg"/>
</ info>
</ inst>
<inst>
<point>
<name> F </ name>
<latitude> N35.33.33.333 </ latitude>
<longitude> E135.44.44.444 </ longitude>
<address> XX city △△ 2-2 </ address>
</ point>
<info area = "2.0km">
<text>… </ text>
<voice src = "ccc.wav"/>
<image src = "ddd.jpg"/>
</ info>
</ inst>
<inst>
<point>
<name> J </ name>
<latitude> N35.55.55.555 </ latitude>
<longitude> E135.59.59.999 </ longitude>
<address> XX city △△ 3-3 </ address>
</ point>
<info area = "1.0km">
<text>… </ text>
<voice src = "eee.wav"/>
<image src = "fff.jpg"/>
</ info>
</ inst>
...
</ par>
</ navi>
</ naviscript>
The part from <title> to </ cost> at the top shows the outline of this guidance plan as a whole, and <par> shows the individual guidance information below. The outline part is given to make the guide information series shown below have some meaning and make it easy to understand. For example, in the case of a travel tour, the contents of the guide can be understood at a glance.

  When the user's terminal 1320 receives the guidance plan, the guidance plan execution unit 1321 executes the guidance plan according to the position information from the position information acquisition unit 1323 and the time from the time measurement unit 1324, and the guidance processing unit 1322 provides guidance. Information is presented in real time.

  For example, when information indicating that the current position of the user is within 1 km of the point F is sent from the position information acquisition unit 1323, the guidance plan execution unit 1321 executes the portion of the point F of the guidance plan to provide guidance regarding the point F. Present information to the user. For guidance information having a condition that restricts the execution time, the guidance information is not presented when the actual guidance plan is executed if the condition is not met.

  The guidance plan execution unit 1321 can also simulate the created guidance plan by executing the guidance plan independently of the information from the position information acquisition unit 1323 and the time measurement unit 1324.

  As another method of using the guidance plan, a case where it is used for route guidance will be described. For example, in the guidance information database 1311, an expression such as “a big sign of ○○” or “a big triangle building” is used at a point that is a point for guiding a road such as an intersection or a parting road. Is prepared by pasting the guide data on the map data 1390. Here, when the user requests route guidance from “ΔΔ station” to the destination shown in FIG. 39, a route is created by the route setting unit 1303, and a guidance information cutout unit 1304 is created for each point through which the route passes. To extract the guidance data. At this time, at points that are not in the guidance database 1311 (where there is no mark), guidance data is created using information (intersection names etc.) originally possessed by the map data. The guidance plan creation unit 1305 creates a guidance plan by combining these guidance data and the direction of turning.

  If a map as shown in FIG. 39 is provided as a guidance plan, it is only necessary to display guidance data extracted from the guidance database 1311, guidance data originally possessed by the map, and routes. In order to provide more detailed guidance, it is necessary to add guidance information such as the direction of turn according to the place.

  The user has a terminal 1320 for storing the created guidance plan, and starts walking from the departure point ΔΔ station. When notified by the position information acquisition unit 1323 that the user has approached a certain point, the guidance plan execution unit 1321 presents the guidance information pasted at that point on the route. As a result, “Go straight from the station, pass the“ A intersection ”, go straight to the“ large sign of XX ”diagonally to the right, and when you pass the intersection with a“ triangular big building ”, you can see right on your left. Route guidance is presented at each point. In this way, it is possible to create and distribute not only the conventional place names and intersection names but also easy-to-understand directions for the user.

  In addition, by managing the guide information and the guide plan as a database by the guide information database management apparatus 1310, the guide information and the guide plan can be efficiently created and distributed. In addition, it is easy to search and evaluate guidance information and guidance plans by uniformly managing guidance information and guidance plans.

  Specifically, in the guide information database 1311, the information is stored together for about the same time, the route passing through the same place, the same cost, etc., or is summarized for each time such as the user attribute or season to be used. Search efficiency can be improved.

  Furthermore, even when a guidance plan that directly matches is not saved, the saved guidance plans are combined to create a guidance plan that meets the requirements. For example, when there is a route guidance plan of “A, B, C, D, E” and “K, L, C, X, Y, Z”, “A, B, C , X, Y, Z "is created. Furthermore, it is possible to call a specific guidance plan by attaching a code to the guidance information or the guidance plan and inputting the code.

  In this way, this system can easily create a guide plan, easily access guide information with contents such as sightseeing guides, and enable searching and the like.

[Information processing system with time / place presentation conditions]
In the following, a system for processing information with a presentation condition related to a place or time such as a navigation script will be described.

  Conventionally, when a user searches for necessary information, for example, when searching for information on a restaurant at a certain point and its vicinity, the search is performed by narrowing down conditions by a region name from a list of restaurant information. The method is generally done. There are also technologies that provide information according to user preferences, such as Push technology and agent technology. In addition, using GPS receiver, position data related to the user is determined, and data of any combination such as position, orientation, traveling direction, line-of-sight direction, speed, altitude, date, time obtained from the user position is searched. There is a technology related to a portable information system that retrieves and outputs information from a database using a key (Japanese translations of PCT publication No. 8-510578, GPS search device). A technique for transmitting information at a specific time is common.

  However, there is no system that attaches time and place restrictions to information itself as conditions for presenting the information and performs processing according to the presentation conditions (time and place restrictions). Since the effectiveness and value of information changes depending on the time and place where it is received, if the information can be presented at the time and place where it is most effective, both the receiving side and the sending side are efficient.

  However, if the presentation conditions such as time and place are not described in the information itself, the presentation conditions must be classified and organized on the system side, and it is difficult to perform such processing manually. Since labor is required and the processing load is large to automate, it is difficult to provide services according to the appropriate time and place. In addition, the process of extracting only the information that the user wants to present from a large amount of information on the terminal side is a heavy burden on the user, and the time, self-position determination unit, This requires a variety of hardware and software such as a cut-out section, which is disadvantageous for terminals with limited memory and processing power.

  This system processes information with a presentation condition regarding absolute or relative time / place like a navigation script and presents the information only to users who satisfy the condition.

  FIG. 40 shows a configuration example of this system. This system includes an information / condition search unit 1401, a target user search unit 1402, a region condition processing unit 1403, a relative condition processing unit 1404, a processing device 1400 having an information transmission unit 1405, a presentation condition having time or / and place restrictions. Conditional information database 1410 for storing information with a time, a time measuring unit 1411 for measuring time, a prediction module 1412 for estimating a time or / and a place specified relative to a condition, and sending various measurement values and data Each sensor 1413 includes a position information management system 1415 that grasps the position of the user, and a terminal 1430.

  The information / condition search unit 1401 of the processing device 1400 is means for acquiring time from the time measurement unit 1416 and searching for information having a condition that applies to the time. The target user search unit 1402 is a means for searching for a target user that satisfies the location restrictions of the condition based on the position information acquired from the position information management system 1415. The area condition processing unit 1403 is a means for controlling the presentation of information in the area in accordance with the designation of the area (range) of time or / and place in the condition. The relative condition processing unit 1404 is a means for searching for information with a condition having a relatively specified time or / and place and processing the condition based on data from the prediction module 1412 and various sensors 1413. The information transmission unit 1405 is means for transmitting information only to the user terminal 1430 that satisfies the condition according to the searched information according to the condition.

  The terminal 1430 is a PDA, PDC, PHS, car navigation system, mobile PC, wearable computer, radio or the like having a presentation unit 1431 that receives and presents information from the information transmission unit 1405 of the processing device 1400.

  This system saves information with time or / and place restrictions as conditions to be presented in the conditional information database 1410, and attaches conditions that apply based on the time measured by the time measurement unit 1411. Information is searched, based on the position information from the position information management system 1415, the user who meets the restriction of the place of the condition is selected, and the information is presented only to the terminal 1430 of the user.

  In this way, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user or system by transmitting and presenting information to the appropriate user in a timely manner based on the presentation conditions such as time and place attached to the information, and it is also efficient for the information provider. Can provide good information. Specifically, when providing news, weather, advertisements, leisure information such as resorts and restaurants, one-to-one marketing, direct marketing, schedule management, etc., provide efficient information Is possible.

  The conditional information database 1410 stores information with presentation conditions having time or / and place restrictions. Conditional information can be written and specified simply as text in the format. Further, like the above-described guidance plan creation / guidance information management system, it can be created using a GUI. Further, an index may be automatically created by extracting keywords related to time and place from existing information. Search, management, use, etc. become easy by using a specific format like Naviscript.

The following time / place constraints are specified.
・ Time designation: Present to everyone at a designated time ・ Location designation: Present to all people belonging to a designated place ・ Time & place designation: Present to all people belonging to a designated place at a designated time Also, more flexible condition setting ・ To users In order to be able to present information, it is possible to specify absolute or relative area specification of time or / and place as time or place conditions.

  The contents of information stored in the conditional information database 1410 include, for example, event information (concerts, sports games, fireworks, department store bargains), restaurant information, tourist information, road information, facility information, news / weather forecasts, television / Radio program guide, traffic information, fortune telling, alerting, manual, e-mail, etc.

  An example of information with time / place restrictions stored in the conditional information database 1410 is shown below. Here, it is expressed in the form of “presentation condition: information”.

(1) Conditional information with absolute time specification “at 7am: Today's weather is sunny and cloudy, with a 30% chance of precipitation…”
This is an example when a weather forecast is presented at 7 am.
・ "At 4pm: Time bargain will be held for 30 minutes from now"
This is an example when bargain information is presented at 4 pm.

(2) Conditional information by time domain specification “between 11 and 12: Recommended restaurant information Italian restaurant △△△△ Chef recommends Milan Doria…”
This is an example of information when restaurant information is presented between 11:00 and 12:00.
・ "Until 12/20: Recommended new movie □□□□□□ Starring: ○○ ・ ○○○…”
This is an example of information when movie information is presented until December 20th.

(3) Conditional information by specifying relative time Time constraints such as “3 days after the information A:”, “1 week after the previous display:”, “3 minutes before reaching the place P:”, etc. Can also be specified in relative time.

(4) Conditional information with time cycle designation “every Tuesday: A non-burnable garbage day”
This is an example of information presented by the local government every Tuesday.
・ "Every 3 hour: Refresh time"
This is an example of information to be presented at regular intervals for a user driving a car.

  Similarly, specify temporal constraints by describing "till, by, about, in, after, before, since, as, when, while, now, then, once, during, within, ..." be able to.

(5) Information with location restrictions by absolute designation ・ "Latitude 36.2.5, Longitude 133.33.36: This is Tokyo Station"
This is an example of information that is uniquely specified such as latitude / longitude and address, and is presented by designating a location.

(6) Location-constrained information by area designation ・ "Between point A and point B: congestion information between A and B ..."
This is an example of information presented between point A and point B.

  Similarly, it is possible to specify areas such as “locations within a radius of 500m from the facilities of XX:” and “on the high-speed △ line:”, and areas that specify city, store, station, and station platforms. is there.

(7) Location-constrained information by relative specification In the case of relative specification, it is specified by a function related to matters that are not determined at the time of description of the condition and are not yet determined. The conditions are determined when the information is actually sent. Examples of this are “1 km before the place at 12:00:” and “within a radius of 300 m where Mr. XX is present”.

  In addition, as derived from the area specification, it is also possible to specify a place constraint on the movement of the relationship between the person and the place. “When you get close to Tokyo Station: Timetable of Tokyo Station”, “While you are in Chiba City: Tourist Information for Chiba Prefecture”, “From Nagoya: Correspondence Table of Nagoya Dialect and Standard Language”, “To Hokkaido Examples are "If you are heading: Hokkaido weather" or "If you are away from Tokyo: Information on vacation spots".

  In the same way, specify using "at, around, in, to, from, on, near, under, above, up, down, for, forward, apart from, through, ..." It is also possible.

  It should be noted that, for any of the time / place conditions, it is possible to specify the conditions regarding the number of presentations and the restrictions on the number of presentations. For example, “3 times by 5/10:”, “limited to 3000 people in the A area: (randomly select from the target person and send information to 3000 people)”, etc. are designated.

  Next, processing of conditional information will be described. The processing device 1400 performs processing as follows.

1) Processing in Case of Absolutely Specified Condition First, the information / condition search unit 1401 selects information with a condition applicable to the time from the conditional information database 1410 for every fixed time measured by the time measuring unit 1411. . The fixed time measured by the time measuring unit 1411 is set to a short interval or a predetermined interval as long as the processing by the information / condition search unit 1401 permits. For example, the time measuring unit 1411 notifies the time every 10 minutes, and selects all the information with the conditions for specifying the time applicable to the time (10 minutes). If the sorting process takes time, the information is not sorted in real time, but the condition is searched in advance every predetermined time. Information having a corresponding condition may be extracted.

  The target user search unit 1402 acquires the current position of the user from the position information management system 1415, and selects a user who is in a position that satisfies the location restriction of the information condition selected by the information / condition search unit 1401. As a method for grasping the position of the user, a system having a self-position grasping system such as GPS can send the self-position regularly, or a position information management system 1415 of a PHS or a mobile phone can be used. .

  The information transmission unit 1405 transmits the extracted information only to the user terminal 1430 selected by the target user search unit 1402. As a method of sending information to a terminal 1430 of a specific user, a method of transmitting by specifying a terminal ID of a receiving terminal 1430 is generally used. However, for example, radio waves reach only a specific range / area in a broadcast type. By adjusting the output, a method of transmitting to the terminal 1430 within a specific range / area can be used.

2) Area condition processing in the case of area specification When the information / condition search unit 1401 includes a time or / and place area specification in the condition searched from the conditional information database 1410, the area condition processing unit 1403 The process is as follows.

  When information applicable to the location and time restrictions is presented to the user terminal 1430 via the information transmission unit 1405, the area condition processing unit 1403 turns on the presentation flag of the information and keeps the presentation flag on. , Do not send to the same user. When the user leaves the area, the presentation flag is turned off. Or, when the user first enters the area, the information is presented only once or is presented a predetermined number of times. When the same information is presented multiple times, it can be presented periodically at regular intervals while entering the area.

  The function of the area condition processing unit may be provided in the terminal 1430. In that case, the area condition processing unit 1403 adjusts the number of presentations in consideration of other information so as to match the amount of information acquired per unit period. It may be adjusted and presented as many times as necessary. For example, if there are three other pieces of information for a user with a unit period acquired information amount of 5 times a day, this information is adjusted to be displayed twice. For this unit period acquired information amount, the technique proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-270672 “Information presentation apparatus and method for adjusting and presenting information” can be used. Since it is not directly related, detailed explanation here is omitted.

  In addition, the area condition processing unit 1403 continues to present information that satisfies the area restrictions to the presentation unit 1431 while the user is in the area specified by the information. When a plurality of pieces of information having the conditions that are applicable are simultaneously transmitted, as shown in FIG. 41A, the latest received information (information A) is overwritten on the presentation screen 1461, or the information shown in FIG. As shown in B), all candidates of information that meet the conditions are displayed as a menu 1462, and the necessary items are switched by pressing a button 1463. If the information cannot be allocated to the displayed menu, as shown in FIG. 41C, the rightmost “>” menu of the menu 1462 indicates that there is a candidate for information that is not further displayed. In this case as well, when the button 1463 is pressed, the information to be displayed manually can be selected. However, display is performed such as displaying newly received information or information with high priority, or removing information out of the condition from the menu. The information items to be selected can be automatically selected. For details of the menu display method, the technique proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-200277 “Electronic processing apparatus having a menu interface” may be used.

  Furthermore, when the movie screening guide information is presented during the screening period, if the user has enough information, it is presented a predetermined number of times, for example, five times by the end of the screening period. You may do it. In this case, as the end date approaches, it is possible to present according to a function that presents more.

3) Relative condition processing in the case of relative designation conditions The relative condition processing unit 1404 calculates relative conditions when the conditions extracted by the information / condition search unit 1401 include relatively specified time or / and place constraints. When the specified condition is uniquely determined, information with that condition is extracted and made available for presentation. For example, when the time constraint of the presentation condition of information B is “3 days after the information A”, it is not known when “after 3 days” until the information A arrives. Thus, the time condition of information B is determined.

  Accordingly, the relative condition processing unit 1404 extracts information B as a presentation target when the information A arrives, and processes the information B to be presented three days after the information A arrives according to the condition of the information B.

  In addition, when the time constraint of the condition of the information C is “one week after the previous display”, the condition of the information C is determined if the information C is displayed even once, so the relative condition processing unit 1404 , Information C is extracted as a presentation target, and processing for presentation is performed. Similarly, if the location restriction of the condition of the information D is “within a radius of 300 m where Mr. XX is present”, the information D is extracted as a presentation target only while the position of XX can be specified, Process.

  Also, if the time limit of the condition is “3 minutes before reaching the place called P” or “1 km before the place at 12:00”, after knowing the time to get to the place P and the place at 12:00, Information cannot be presented meeting the conditions. Therefore, when presenting information having such a condition, the relative condition processing unit 1404 applies the value calculated by the prediction module 1412 that estimates the time to reach the place P and the place at 12:00 to the condition. Process.

  For example, when the presentation condition of the information E is “3 minutes before arrival at the place P” and the time to arrive at the place P is estimated by the prediction module 1412 as 10:00, 57 minutes will meet the time constraints of the condition. Accordingly, the relative condition processing unit 1404 sets the time constraint of the information E to “9:57. When notified from the time measurement unit 1411 to 9:57, the information / condition search unit 1401 sends the conditional information. Information E is extracted and presented from the database 1410 as having a time condition applicable to that time, and similarly, if the prediction module 1412 estimates that the place at 12 o'clock is a point A, the relative condition processing unit 1404 , “Point A” is applied to the condition, the process is performed, and the information is presented assuming that the place condition is applied 1 km before the point A.

  Such a guess is possible when the action plan is known. For example, a person driving using a car navigation system determines a destination in advance and is driving according to the calculated route. The estimated arrival time can be estimated from the degree of congestion on the road, and the location at a specific time can also be estimated. In addition, when traveling using route information based on a navigation script, it is possible to estimate at what time and where the user is, even on foot or train (for example, FIG. 27). Can be used).

  In this system, the system configuration differs depending on where the time and place restrictions of the time / place conditional information are recognized, the information is selected and presented to the user. The configuration example of this system is shown below.

  FIG. 42 shows a system configuration example in the case where the time-conditional information is subjected to sorting processing on the server side as a first configuration example. On the server side, in addition to the conditional information database 1410, an information / condition search unit 1401, an area condition processing unit 1403, a relative condition processing unit 1404, an information transmission unit 1405, a time measurement unit 1411, a prediction module 1412, and various sensors 1413 It prepares and extracts information on time conditions that apply at regular intervals and sends it to all of the terminals 1430 of users who have the ability to receive information. Relative condition processing and area condition processing are performed on the server side, and the terminal 1430 simply presents information to the user. Note that an area condition processing unit 1403 that performs area condition processing may be provided on the terminal 1430 side.

  FIG. 43 shows a system configuration example in the case of processing time-conditional information on the terminal side as a second configuration example. On the server side, in addition to the conditional information database 1410, only the information transmission unit 1405 is provided. The terminal 1430 side includes an information / condition search unit 1401, an area condition processing unit 1403, a relative condition processing unit 1404, a time measurement unit 1411, a presentation unit 1431, and an information buffer 1432. Information with time condition transmitted from the server side is received by the terminal 1430 side, information is selected based on the time condition and presented to the user.

  In this case, since the area designation and relative designation processes are performed on the terminal 1430 side, the processing method for each condition can be set by the user. For example, “if it is till, notify 3 days before the specified date and the previous day”, if the area is specified, “only display first when entering the area”, if relative, “display only when certain (prediction module) Do not use) ”. It should be noted that the amount of information presented to the user and the timing may be changed by adjusting the amount of information and setting the priority of time designation and information amount adjustment.

  FIG. 44 shows the flow of processing when processing time-conditional information. If the time condition attached to the information has a relative designation, the relative condition processing unit 1404 processes the relative condition (step S401). Time is acquired by the time measuring unit 1411 (step S402), and information having a condition that applies to the acquired time is selected by the information / condition searching unit 1401 (step S403). When the condition of the selected information includes time area designation, the area condition processing unit 1403 performs area condition processing on the information (step S404), and presents the selected information to the user terminal 1430 (step S404). S405).

  Steps S401 to S404 are processes performed on either the server side or the terminal side, and step S405 is a process performed on the terminal side.

  FIG. 45 shows a system configuration example in the case where the location-conditional information is processed on the server side as a third configuration example. On the server side, in addition to the conditional information database 1410, a target user search unit 1402, an area condition processing unit 1403, a relative condition processing unit 1404, an information transmission unit 1405, a prediction module 1412, various sensors 1413, and a position information management system 1415 Provided, and only the presentation unit 1431 is provided on the terminal 1430 side. The server side directly transmits information to the user included in the place (area) that satisfies the information condition, and further transmits the applicable information when new information is entered or the user's area is moved. Here, it is possible to search for information with a location condition that applies to the location from the user's location and provide the information, or to search for a user who meets the location condition of each piece of information and send the information to the user. Can also be provided.

  FIG. 46 shows the flow of processing when processing location conditional information. If the location condition attached to the information has a relative designation, the relative condition processing unit 1404 processes the relative condition (step S411). The user location information is acquired from the location information management system 1415 (step S412), and the target user search unit 1402 selects users who satisfy the location restrictions (step S413), and the selected information condition specifies the location area. If included, the area condition processing unit 1403 performs area condition processing on the information (step S414), and presents the information to the selected terminal 1430 (step S415).

  Steps S 412 to S 414 are processes performed on the server side, and steps S 414 to S 415 are processes performed on the terminal side.

  FIG. 47 shows a system configuration example in the case of processing location-conditional information on the terminal side as a fourth configuration example. On the server side, in addition to the conditional information database 1410, only the information transmission unit 1405 is provided. On the terminal 1430 side, the information / condition search unit 1401, the area condition processing unit 1403, the relative condition processing unit 1404, the presentation unit 1431, An information buffer 1432 that holds the processing result of the relative condition, and a self-position grasping unit 1433 that replaces the position information management system 1415 are provided.

  Even if the server simply transmits information with location conditions, if the terminal 1430 has a self-position grasping unit (such as a GPS device) 1433, it is possible to present information on the location conditions suitable for the user's location. . In addition, the user can specify the location restriction range, for example, “receive only information within 1 km from the transmission source of location conditional information (center of information area specification)”, “to the specified location area “I will present it only when it is along the road while driving”. The processing of the terminal 1430 in this configuration example is almost the same as the processing described in FIG.

  As a fifth configuration example, there are the following four configuration examples as system configuration examples in the case of processing time and place conditional information.

1) System configuration in which time and place conditions are determined on the server side, and processing is not performed on the terminal side 2) System configuration in which time conditions are determined on the server side and location conditions are determined on the terminal side 3) Server 4) On the server side: a system configuration that does not perform processing and determines the time and location conditions on the terminal side. The server simply determines the time / location. If the terminal 1430 has a time measuring unit 1411 and a self-position grasping unit (such as a GPS device) 1433 just by transmitting conditional information, the presentation unit 1431 presents time / location condition information suitable for the user. can do.

  Either the time condition or the location condition can be determined first, but the more efficient the selection based on the amount of conditional information distributed, etc., lowers the burden on the system. Can do. Therefore, it is usually more advantageous to determine the time condition first. However, the server may first determine the location condition and send out information, and the terminal side may further identify information that meets the time condition from the information and present it to the user.

  FIG. 48 shows the flow of processing when information with time / place conditions is processed on the server side. If the condition attached to the information has a relative designation, the relative condition processing unit 1404 processes the relative condition (step S421). The time is acquired by the time measuring unit 1411 (step S422), and the information / condition searching unit 1401 selects information having a condition applicable to the acquired time (step S423). Further, the user location information is acquired from the location information management system 1415 (step S424), and the target user search unit 1402 selects users who satisfy the location restrictions (step S425). If the area specification is included, the area condition processing unit 1403 performs area condition processing on the information (step S426), transmits the information to the selected user terminal 1430, and presents the information selected by the presentation unit 1431. (Step S427).

  FIG. 49 shows the flow of processing when selecting information with time / place conditions on the terminal side. Steps S431 to S435 are processes performed on the terminal 1430 side. When the time / place condition-added information transmitted from the server side is received and the condition to which the information is attached has a relative designation, the relative condition processing unit 1404 processes the relative condition (step S431). The time measurement unit 1411 and the self-position grasping unit 1433 acquire the time and the self-position (step S432), and information having a condition applicable to the time / place acquired by the information / condition search unit 1401 is selected (step S433). Further, if the selected information condition includes time or place area designation, the area condition processing unit 1403 performs area condition processing on the information (step S434) and presents the information selected by the presentation unit 1431. (Step S435).

  FIG. 50 shows a system configuration example in the case of processing time / location-added information with a terminal having a self-schedule management function as a sixth configuration example. In this case, an information / condition search unit 1401, a region condition processing unit 1403, a relative condition processing unit 1404, a time measurement unit 1411, and a self-position grasping unit 1433 are provided on the terminal 1430 side as means for identifying time / place conditions. In addition, an input unit 1434 is provided for inputting information on the schedule of the user and his / her group as information with time or / and place. Thus, both general time / place information and personal schedule information are presented according to time or / and place conditions, and the user can receive only information that meets the conditions.

  FIG. 51 shows the flow of processing when information with time / place is processed by a terminal having a self-schedule management function. The time / place conditional information transmitted from the server side is received (step S441), and schedule information is input from the input unit 1434 (step S442). If the condition attached to the information has a relative designation, the relative condition processing unit 1404 processes the relative condition (step S443), and the time measurement unit 1411 and the self-position grasping unit 1433 acquire the time and the self position. In step S444, the information / condition search unit 1401 selects information having a condition that applies to the acquired time / place (step S445). Further, if the selected information condition includes time or place area designation, the area condition processing unit 1403 performs area condition processing on the information (step S446) and presents the information selected by the presentation unit 1431. (Step S447).

An example of expression in which conditional information is described using a navigation script is shown below.
<par>
<inst>
<point>
<latitude> N35.11.11.111 </ latitude>
<longitude> E135.22.22.222 </ longitude>
<address> ○○ City △△ 1-1 </ address>
</ point>
<info area = "1.0km">
<text> This is built in □□ year, famous for xx… </ text>
<voice src = "aaa.wav"/>
<image src = "bbb.jpg"/>
</ info>
</ inst>
</ par>
The content of the Naviscript is for users who are within a radius of 1.0km from the location of latitude N35.11.11.111 and longitude E135.22.22.222. “This is built in □□ year and famous for xx. This means that the text data "...", the audio data of the "aaa.wav" file and the image data of the "bbb.jpg" file are presented. In the above description, information refers to information content that is meaningful to the user. However, not only such information but also a signal that does not contain significant information for the user as a signal flowing through the machine. It can be carried out.

[Naviscript language specifications]
In the following, the specifications of the navigation script language, that is, tags, attributes, and contents used in the navigation script language will be described in detail. The relationship between tags, attributes, and the interior (the content that does not include a tag set is referred to as content) is as follows.

<Tag attribute = attribute value> inside </ tag>
a) Top 1) Tag: <naviscript>
Indicates that this description is a navigation script.

attribute:
version-represents the version of the navigation script.

  Internal: The following tag sets can be included inside.

<title>, <version>, <author>, <affiliation>, <date>, <copyright>, <comment>, <navi>, <inst>, <point>, <object>
b) Below <naviscript> 2) Tag: <title>
Attributes: None Internal: Describe the title of the guidance described in this navigation script.

Example: Rainbow Town Tour 3) Tag: <version>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the version of the guidance described in this navigation script.

Example: example-04_05
4) Tag: <author>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the author of the guidance described in this Naviscript.

Example: Ue Ai, Kukeko Kaneki 5) Tag: <affiliation>
Attributes: None Internal: Describe the attribution of the guidance described in this navigation script.

Example: Fuji Tourism 6) Tag: <date>
Attributes: None Internal: Describe the description date and time of the guidance described in this navigation script.

Example: 98/09/10
7) Tag: <copyright>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the copyright of the guidance described in this Naviscript.

Example: All Rights Reserved, Copyright (C) FujiLab Ltd. 1998.
8) Tag: <comment>
Attributes: None Internal: Write a comment about the guidance described in this navigation script.
9) Tag: <navi>
Attributes: None Internal: The following tag sets can be included inside.

<title>, <author>, <date>, <country>, <area>, <genre>, <duration>, <distance>, <cost>, <course>, <comment>, <seq> or <par >
c) Below <navi> 10) Tag: <title>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the title of the content to be guided.

Example: Rainbow Town 11) Tag: <author>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the author of the content being guided.

Example: Fuji Tourism 12) Tag: <date>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the date and time of the content to be announced.

Example: 98/09/10
13) Tag: <country>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the country to which the point, route, or facility to be guided belongs.

Example: Japan 14) Tag: <area>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the area to which the point, route, or facility to be guided belongs.

Example: Tokyo, Odaiba 15) Tag: <genre>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the genre to which the content being guided belongs.

Example: Drive, see 16) Tag: <duration>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the duration of the course being guided.

Example: 3hour40min
17) Tag: <distance>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the travel distance of the guided course.

Example: 95.0km
18) Tag: <cost>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the cost of the course being guided.

Example: 1940yen
19) Tag: <course>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the course being guided.

Example: Kaihin Makuhari-Tokyo-Rainbow Bridge-Fujisan TV-Tokyo 20) Tag: <comment>
Attributes: None Internal: Write a comment about the content being guided.
21) Tag: <seq>
seq means sequential. <seq> indicates that the items contained within are executed serially.

attribute:
time-optimal-Sort the items related to <point> contained in the inside so that the required time is minimized, and execute the results serially.

    distance-optimal-Sort the items related to <point> contained in the interior so that the required distance is minimized, and execute the results serially.

    cost-optimal—Determines the attributes related to <route> included in the interior so that the required cost is minimized, and executes the results serially.

  Internal: The following tag sets or any combination of any of them can be included internally.

<inst>, <seq>, <par>
22) Tag: <par>
par means parallel. <par> indicates that the items contained inside are executed in parallel.

Attributes: None Internal: The following tag sets or any combination of any of them can be included internally.

<inst>, <seq>, <par>
d) Under <seq> or <par> or under <naviscript> 23) Tag: <inst>
inst means instruction.

attribute:
id-Gives an ID for internal or external reference.

Example: id = "inst-info-Introduction"
ref − References an <inst> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <inst>.

Example: ref = "inst-info- Introduction"
if—Describes whether or not to execute the instruction. If the condition is met, the instruction is executed, otherwise it is not executed.

Example: if = "(ref (inst-point-Daiba IC # time) & ge 11:30) &&
(ref (inst-point-Daiba IC # time) & le 13:30) ">
This condition means that the tag set content of <time> inside the tag set with the ID of inst-point-daiba IC is 11:30 or more and 13:30 or less. To do. The symbols used in the if attribute and their meanings are as follows.

Comparison operator
& eq or == (=: equal)
Left side is equal to right side
& ne or! = (! =: not equal)
The left side is not equal to the right side
& le
Left side is less than right side (<=: less or equal)
& ge
Left side is greater than or equal to right side (> =: greater or equal)
& lt
Left side is smaller than right side (<: less than)
& gt
Left side is greater than right side (<: greater than)
Logical operators
& not or!
Negation (NOT)
& and
And (AND)
& or
Or (OR)
Internal: The following tag sets or any combination of any of them can be included internally.

<time> or <point> or <location> or <object>, and <route>, <info>
e) Under <inst> or <naviscript> 24) Tag: <time>
time means the time to guide.

attribute:
id-Gives an ID for internal or external reference.

    ref − References the <time> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <time>.

  Internal: Describes the time of guidance.

  Time specification can be both absolute and relative, as follows:

<time> 12:00 </ time>
Absolute time specification of 12:00
<time> + 5sec </ time>
Relative time specification of 5 seconds after the previous instruction
<time> -10min </ time>
Relative time specification 10 minutes before the next instruction 25) Tag: <point>
point means the point to guide. point absolutely defines the point.

attribute:
id-Gives an ID for internal or external reference.

id = "point-daiba IC"
ref − References the <point> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <point>.

Example: ref = "point- Daiba IC"
ref = "http://www.naviscript.com/japan/tokyo/odaiba.nav#point-breakwater" Inside: The following tag sets can be included inside.

<name>, <category>, <latitude>, <longitude>, <altitude>, <cost>, <comment>
These tag sets can be regarded as elements that define points to be guided.
f) Below <point> 26) Tag: <name>
Attributes: None Internal: Describe the name of the point.
27) Tag: <category>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the category of the point.

Example: station
28) Tag: <latitude>
Attributes: None Internal: Describe the latitude of the point.

Example: 36.2.5
29) Tag: <longitude>
Attributes: None Internal: Describe the longitude of the point.

Example: 133.33.36
30) Tag: <altitude>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the altitude of the point.

Example: 100m
31) Tag: <cost>
Attributes: None Internal: Describe the cost required at the point, for example, admission.

Example: 540yen
32) Tag: <comment>
Attributes: None Internal: Write a comment about the point.
g) Under <inst> or under <naviscript> [Continued from e)]
33) Tag: <location>
location means the location to guide. location specifies the relative location.

attribute:
id-Gives an ID for internal or external reference.

    ref − References the <location> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <location>.

Internal: Describe the location to guide. The position can be specified as follows. <location> + 1.0km </ location>
Relative location designation of 1km past the previous point
<location> -1.0km </ location>
Specify relative location of 1km before the next point 34) Tag: <object>
object means things such as facilities to be guided.

attribute:
id-Gives an ID for internal or external reference.

id = "object- Rainbow Bridge"
ref-refers to an <object> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <object>.

Example: ref = "object-cafe"
Internal: The following tag sets can be included inside.

<name>, <category>, <address>, <zip-code>, <country>, <phone>, <fax>, <url>, <e-mail>, <latitude>, <longitude>, <altitude >, <Open>, <close>, <reservation>, <comment>, <text>, <voice>, <audio>, <image>, <video>
These tag sets can be regarded as elements that define things such as facilities to be guided.
h) <35> under <object>) Tag: <name>
Attributes: None Internal: Describe the name of the thing.

Example: Restaulant Fujitsu
36) Tag: <category>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the category of the thing.

Example: restaulant, Italian,…
37) Tag: <address>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the address of the thing.

Example: 9-9-9 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
38) Tag: <zip-code>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the postal code of the thing.

Example: 012-3456
39) Tag: <country>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the country name to which the thing belongs.

Example: Japan 40) Tag: <phone>
Attributes: None Internal: Describe the phone number of the thing.

Example: 987-654-3210
41) Tag: <fax>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the fax number of the thing.

Example: 999-999-9999
42) Tag: <url>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the web page address (URL: Uniform Resource Locator) for the thing. Example: http://www.fujisan-tv.com/
43) Tag: <e-mail>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the email address for the thing.

Example: www@fujisan-tv.com
44) Tag: <latitude>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the latitude of the thing.

Example: 36.3.5
45) Tag: <longitude>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the longitude of the thing.

Example: 133.37.46
46) Tag: <altitude>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the altitude of the thing.

Example: 999m
47) Tag: <open>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the opening day and opening time of the thing.

Example: Monday-Friday, 10: 00-17: 00
48) Tag: <close>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the closing day and closing time of the thing.

Example: Saturday, Sunday, Holiday 49) Tag: <reservation>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes whether or not to reserve the thing.

Example: Reservation required 50) Tag: <comment>
Attributes: None Internal: Write a comment about the thing.
51) Tag: <text>
attribute:
duration-Duration to display Internal: Describe the text to be displayed as a form of guidance of things in text.

Example: Specialties by Italian chefs ...
52) Tag: <voice>
attribute:
duration-duration of utterance
times-Number of utterances Internal: Describe the voice to be uttered as text as a form of information guide.

Example: Specialties by Italian chefs ...
53) Tag: <audio>
attribute:
src-Specifies an audio file to be emitted as a form of information guide.

duration-duration to be emitted Internal: None 54) Tag: <image>
attribute:
src-Specifies an image file to be displayed as a form of guidance for things.

duration-Duration to display Internal: None 55) Tag: <video>
attribute:
src-Specifies a video file to be played as a form of information guide.

duration-duration to play inside: none i) under <inst> or under <naviscript> [continues from [g)]
56) Tag: <route>
route means the route to be guided.

attribute:
id-Gives an ID for internal or external reference.

    ref − References the <route> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <route>.

  Internal: The following tag sets can be included inside.

<means>, <name>, <category>, <cost>, <comment>
These tag sets can be regarded as elements that define the route to be guided. Or you can write:

thesame-This means that the information of the route from the local point to the next point is the same as the information of the route from the previous point to the local point.
j) Below <route> 57) Tag: <means>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the route travel method.

Example: walk, bicycle, car, bus, train, ship, plane,…
58) Tag: <name>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the route name.

Example: National Route 1 59) Tag: <category>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the category of the route.

Examples: General roads, toll roads, expressways, boardwalks, ...
60) Tag: <cost>
Attributes: None Internal: Describes the cost required for the route.

Example: 540yen
61) Tag: <comment>
Attributes: None Internal: Write a comment about the route.
k) Under <inst> or under <naviscript> [Continued from i)]
62) Tag: <info>
info means information to be guided.

attribute:
ref − References an <info> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <info>.

Example: ref = "object-Rainbow Bridge # info"
Internal: The following tag sets can be included inside.

<seq> or <par>
l) Below <info> 63) Tag: <seq>
seq means sequential. <seq> indicates that the items contained within are executed serially.

Attributes: None Internal: The following tag sets or any combination of any of them can be included internally.

<text>, <voice>, <audio>, <image>, <video>
64) Tag: <par>
par means parallel. <par> indicates that the items contained inside are executed in parallel. Note that under <info>, the default is <par>, so that <par> can be omitted.

Attributes: None Internal: The following tag sets or any combination of any of them can be included internally.

<text>, <voice>, <audio>, <image>, <video>
m) <seq> or <par> under <info> or 65 under <info> 65) Tag: <text>
attribute:
ref − References the <text> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <text>.

Example:
ref = "object-restaurant # text"
duration-Duration to display Internal: Describe text to be displayed as a form of guidance in text.

Example: Welcome to Rainbow Town Tour!
66) Tag: <voice>
attribute:
ref − References the <voice> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <voice>.

Example: ref = "object-restaurant # voice"
duration-Duration of utterance Internal: Describe voice as a form of guidance in text.

Example: Good work!
67) Tag: <audio>
attribute:
ref − References the <audio> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <audio>.

Example: ref = "object-restaurant # audio"
src-Specifies an audio file to be emitted as a form of guidance.

duration-duration to be emitted Internal: None 68) Tag: <image>
attribute:
ref − References the <image> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <image>.

Example: ref = "object-restaurant # image"
src-Specifies the image file to be displayed as a form of guidance.

duration-Duration to display Internal: None 69) Tag: <video>
attribute:
ref − References the <video> by describing the ID assigned to the internal or external <video>.

Example: ref = "object-restaurant # video"
src-Specifies a video file to be played as a form of guidance.

duration-Duration of playback Internal: None The above specification of the navigation script language is an example, and it is a design matter and easy to extend and change it.

[Features of this embodiment]
The features of various embodiments are listed below.

1. How to write a guide script
(01) This guidance script is described using a time to be presented, or a sequence of instructions having the time to be presented and guidance information to be output at that time as components.

  (02) This guidance script is described using a sequence of instructions having as constituent elements where to go, or where to go and guidance information to be output at that location.

  (03) This guidance script is the time to be presented, the time to be presented and the guidance information to be output at that time, and / or the place to go or the place to go and the guidance information to be output at that place. Is described using a series of instructions having as a component.

  (04) This guidance script can be described in (01), (02), (03) above so that multiple instructions are processed in series or in parallel. It can be described to guide in the optimal order for the required distance, in the optimal order for the required cost, or in the order specified by a combination of these.

  (05) This guidance script is based on (01), (03), and (04) above, with each time set to an absolute time such as “10:00” or a relative time such as “10 minutes later”. Or a time range constituted by any combination of “˜before”, “˜after”, “before”, and “after”.

  (06) In this guidance script, in (02), (03), (04) above, each location is expressed as an absolute location (for example, coordinates such as latitude, longitude, altitude, or name, address, An attribute of a unique thing that can indirectly identify a location, such as a telephone number), or a relative location (eg, “10km behind”), or a location range (eg, “10km square”), or indirectly A location range such as an attribute of an abstract concept that can specify the location range (eg, name, address, postal code, etc.), or “within”, “other than”, “within”, “from” It can be specified by a location range constituted by any combination of “outside”.

  (07) This guidance script uses the above-mentioned (02), (03), and (04) to express a route or trajectory that is a temporal transition of a place as an arithmetic function, a separately defined function, or separately. Can be specified by specified data or a combination of these.

  (08) This guidance script is a provider / providing device that provides guidance on whether or not to execute each instruction in (01), (02), (03), (04), Alternatively, the information about the user / device that uses the guidance, the contents of the guidance, the information about the means of transportation, the information about the surroundings, or the combination of these is equal to a certain value, or within a certain range ( It can be specified by describing whether or not it belongs to (set).

  (09) In the description of this guidance script, in (01), (02), (03), (04) above, the time to be presented, the time to be presented, and the guidance information to be output at that time, or go Various external information such as facilities, things, events (eg, concerts, exhibitions, etc.), timetables, etc. about where to be, or where to go and guidance information to be output at that location, as well as network addresses, etc. You can use it in a script by specifying its location using.

  (10) In this description of the guidance script, in the above (01), (02), (03), (04), as the guidance information output means, text, map, voice, music, image, video, light, smell , Force, movement, or any combination thereof.

  (11) In this guidance script, in (01), (02), (03), (04), items related to the outline of guidance can be described in the script.

  (12) This guidance script is an identifier such as a tag for each item such as time, place, guidance information, and guidance summary in (01), (02), (03), (04), (11) above. Is added and described.

2. How to create a guide script
(01) For some or all of the above guidance scripts, sample various movement data such as the time and place of the user and transportation means, and / or various media data such as voice, music, images, and video, Means for semi-automatically generating a guidance script discretely or continuously.

3. How to save the guidance script
(01) With respect to a part or all of the guidance script, a unique number or name that can identify each of the scripts is assigned and stored.

  (02) With respect to a part or all of the guidance script, the script is classified and stored according to items related to the outline of the guidance described in the script.

  (03) Only one script body is stored for a part or all of the guidance script, and a link to the body is stored in each classification.

  (04) In order to facilitate the distribution of the script for some or all of the above guide scripts, the script language specifications and usable tags should be registered in a specific location on the network, and all users To use only the tags that are registered.

4). Guide script search method
(01) With respect to a part or all of the guidance script, a desired script is searched for the given keyword except for the contents included in the script.

  (02) With respect to a part or all of the guidance script, a desired script is searched for only the contents related to (a set of) specific tags included in the script for a given keyword.

  (03) With respect to a part or all of the guidance script, a desired script is searched using one or more tags and contents related to the tags as keys.

  (04) For a part or all of the guidance script, the tag of the item related to the outline of the guidance is used as the tag of (03).

5). Guide script creation system (editor)
(01) This guidance script creation system creates a guidance script by disassembling or / and concatenating one or more guidance scripts for each instruction with respect to a part or all of the guidance script. To do.

  (02) This guidance script creation system can complete the name of a tag by entering the first few letters or abbreviations of the tag based on the script language specifications for part or all of the guidance script. A means for assisting tagging is provided by automatically complementing the name or automatically adding a tag by selecting from the menu.

  (03) This guidance script creation system has means for hierarchically shaping and displaying a script based on the script language specifications for part or all of the guidance script.

  (04) This guide script creation system checks a part or all of the guide script based on the script language specifications, and points out the grammatical error to the user. , It has a parsing function and a debugging function for automatically correcting.

  (05) This guidance script creation system uses the map information system for some or all of the above guidance scripts, such as latitude, longitude, altitude, and places such as attributes of things such as names, addresses, and telephone numbers. A means for inputting information on the location and / or guidance information associated with the location to the script via a buffer or file, and / or a means for outputting a part or all of the script via a buffer or file .

  (06) This guidance script creation system has a load and save means for a local file system and / or a network destination file system for a part or all of the guidance script.

  (07) This guidance script creation system has a storing means that uses the guide script saving method for a part or all of the guidance script.

  (08) This guidance script creation system has a search means for a local file system and / or a network destination file system for a part or all of the guidance script.

  (09) This guidance script creation system has a retrieval means using the guidance script retrieval method for a part or all of the guidance script.

6). How to convert the guidance script
(01) With respect to a part or all of the guidance script, there is means for extracting instructions from the script and converting them into structured data for guidance.

  (02) For some or all of the above script for guidance, instructions are extracted from the script, and a specific flag is added to each content of time, place, and guidance information, and the time, place, Means for converting into guidance structured data is provided so that it can be distinguished from each content of the guidance information.

  (03) With respect to a part or all of the guidance script, there is means for converting an item related to the time in the instruction into another script for describing time information (for a scheduler or the like).

  (04) With respect to a part or all of the guidance script, there is means for converting a description of a place (point or route) in the instruction into another script for describing the place (point or route) or map.

  (05) With respect to a part or all of the guidance script, there is means for converting a description relating to the output medium in the script into another script for outputting the output medium.

  (06) For some or all of the above-mentioned guidance scripts, regarding the above (03), (04), and (05), various parameters required in the conversion destination script are described in the script or default values, Alternatively, it is specified by another specified file, menu selection by the user, or a combination thereof.

  (07) A means for converting the guide script into a form of an article of a travel advertisement or an information magazine is provided.

  (08) A means for converting the guidance script into a television or radio program or CM format is provided.

7). Guide script conversion system (Translator)
This guide script conversion system has a conversion means using the guide script conversion method for a part or all of the guide script.

8). How to execute guidance instructions
(01) The instruction extracted from the guidance script is executed by the processing algorithm shown in FIG. 7 and FIG.

9. Guidance instruction execution system (processor)
This guidance instruction execution system has means for executing instructions extracted from the guidance script by the processing algorithm shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, or a processing algorithm omitting a part thereof.

10. Guidance output method based on guidance script
(01) With regard to a part or all of the guidance script, the current location, departure location, waypoint, destination, route, etc. are guided from moment to moment or every instruction. Or guide to a certain time, distance and place. Or, provide guidance for each input operation or external event.

  (02) For some or all of the above guidance scripts, guide a straight turn right or left at an intersection or a specific point.

  (03) For all or part of the above guidance script, present the complete information such as the starting point, waypoint, destination, and route.

  (04) The above (01), (02), and (03) are switched or combined for a part or all of the guidance script.

  (05) A part or all of the guidance script is guided using characters, maps, sounds, music, images, video, light, smell, force, movement, and the like.

  (06) For part or all of the above guidance script, select the combination or switch in (04) or (05) above by selecting the description in the script, default value, another specified file, or menu selection by the user, or It is specified by a combination of these.

11. Guidance output system based on guidance script (browser)
(01) This guidance output system has means for outputting guidance using a guidance output method based on the guidance script.

12 Providing and using guidance scripts
(01) This guidance script providing system (server, center) provides information on various points and routes such as recommended date spots and sightseeing courses and accompanying guidance information (via a network or electronic media). Providing the terminal with a script for describing facility information and instructions for turning left and right)

  (02) This guidance script utilization system (client, terminal) uses a network or electronic media to provide information on various points and routes such as recommended date spots and sightseeing courses, and accompanying guidance information ( Acquire a script that describes facility information and directions to turn left and right, and guide you accordingly.

  (03) This guidance script providing system (server, center) uses part or all of the guidance script as the script used in (01) and (02).

  (04) This guidance script using system (client, terminal) uses a part or all of the guidance script as the script used in (01) and (02).

  (05) This system includes a guide script conversion method, a guide script conversion system (translator), a guide instruction execution method, a guide instruction execution system (processor), and a guide script. Based on the guidance output method based on the above, the guidance output system (browser) based on the above guidance script is used.

  (06) This system has a navigation mode and / or a simulation mode as a guidance mode. In the navigation mode, the system acquires actual current time and current location information from the situation acquisition unit, In the simulation mode, information on the virtual current time and current location is acquired from the situation generation unit, and the virtual guidance is performed accordingly.

  (07) In the simulation mode, this system is capable of initializing, stopping, progressing and reversing the virtual current time, and changing the speed of progression and reversal during simulation. Part.

  (08) This system changes the content of guidance, output means, and / or display method according to the type of device used.

13. Various service forms using guide scripts
(01) This system can be used for road guidance, sightseeing guidance, delivery planning, travel planning, traffic control, scheduling, entertainment, local government services, etc.

  (02) In this system, the operation management center receives a guidance script describing the schedule / route desired by the user from an information device such as a car navigation system, and compares and adjusts it with the data in the operation management database. Thus, it can be used for operation management such as sending back a reserved / corrected guidance script.

  (03) When presenting guidance information using a guidance script, the system automatically determines whether the arrival time is in time or not, and suggests actions to be performed by the user. Allows adjustment.

  (04) By assigning guide information to a certain area on the map in advance, when the user selects a route on the map, the guide information related to the route is automatically taken in, and the guide script that combines the guide information is used. Guide plans can be created easily.

  (05) Area and relative time / location conditions can be processed for information with presentation conditions related to time / location described in the guidance script, which matches the time and location conditions. It is possible to construct an information providing system that appropriately transmits information to the user.

[Effects and application examples of this embodiment]
As described above, the present embodiment has the following effects.

  (a) Various kinds of devices / mediums can provide or use a route guidance service offline or online by various users at the same or different time, or at the same or different location.

  (b) The guidance script can be executed / converted / created / edited / decomposed / linked / changed / modified / copied / deleted / saved / searched, and can be reused as a database. In addition, guidance scripts can be carried or transferred via appropriate electronic media and networks, and sales / purchase / issue / receipt / lift / get / throw / pick up / add value (eg, mileage service) ) Can do things.

  (c) Specifically, this guidance script can be created and provided by anyone, such as a guidance script center, content provider, individual facility, individual, or organization.

  (d) The guidance script includes a personal computer (PC), a car navigation system, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone (PDC (Personal Digital Cellular)), a PHS, an IC card, a prepaid card, a magnetic disk, It can be used with various devices / media such as optical discs, barcodes, and paper.

  (e) In particular, a PC or the like can be used as the guidance script providing apparatus, and a PC, a car navigation system, a PDA, a PDC, a PHS, or the like can be used as the utilization apparatus.

  (f) A guidance script created by a PC, car navigation system, PDA, PDC, PHS, etc. can be written on an IC card or a prepaid card, and a guidance script written on an IC card or a prepaid card can be , PC, car navigation system, PDA, PDC, PHS, etc., can execute instructions for guidance service.

  (g) The guidance received from one PC, car navigation system, PDA, PDC, PHS, etc. can be switched to another PC, car navigation system, PDA, PDC, PHS, etc., and the guidance can be received without interruption. it can. For example, a user who is receiving guidance while moving on foot with a PDA can continue to receive the same guidance from the car navigation system by using the same guidance script in common even if they switch to a car on the way. Can do. Similarly, you can go on a private tour, for example, by transferring a taxi. In this case, the guidance script is carried in a PDA or the like, and when a taxi is taken, a copy of the script is transmitted to the car navigation system. The same is true if you change to another taxi. Moreover, it is possible to receive a guide service based on guide information.

  (h) Guidance received by one PC, car navigation system, PDA, PDC, PHS, etc. can also be received by another PC, car navigation system, PDA, PDC, PHS, etc. For example, you can go to the same tour with multiple private cars. That is, one guidance script can be shared by many people.

  (i) This guidance script can be carried or traded with an IC card, prepaid card or the like. For example, using an IC card containing a guide script and electronic money, you can buy a ticket when you put it in a ticket vending machine, take it to the ticket center, get a reserved seat, and book a hotel. Since this information is added to the script, it not only guides you from your home to your seat, but also makes it easy to check in at your hotel. Furthermore, if it is read into the terminal of the room, it can be made to be aware that it is okay to wake up tomorrow according to the schedule.

  (j) For example, prepaid cards of various guidance scripts can be sold, such as history tour courses, celebrity roads, and movie scene tours. You can include store advertisements and movie guides. It is possible to make reservations easily by including restaurant information. The card may include only the script body, and the voice and image data cited may be on the network destination.

  (k) For example, a tissue paper with a prepaid card for a guidance script is distributed in front of the station, or a business card is a prepaid card for a guidance script so that the store or company can be easily reached. It is possible.

  (l) The guidance script can be written and read as a barcode.

  (m) Download a course introduced on TV from the Internet as a guide script, or enter a course published in a magazine or guidebook from the attached barcode or CD-ROM to see a demonstration be able to.

  (n) Since the guidance script is described as text data, it can be written on and read from paper, plastic, and the like. For example, a paper on which a guide script describing a procedure for reaching a treasure is written can be stored in a specific place such as a bank like cash.

  (o) It can be applied in various ways. For guidance in buildings, in the natural world and in the virtual world, for example, indoor guidance using elevators and escalators, guidance at ski resorts and golf courses, river descent and scuba diving. Guides, sightseeing flights, space trip experiences, and virtual shopping mall guidance are possible.

  (p) In addition, past and future guidance can be provided by guidance scripts, such as guidance on Tokaido, explanation of invasions, battles and wars, explanation of scenery seen from the Silk Road and the world car window, Titanic, etc. It can be applied to movie recollections, logbooks and travel albums.

  (q) It is possible to visualize the flow of animals, goods, materials, and information by using a guide script. For example, migratory birds movement, train and bus operation simulation, weather satellite movement, explanation of trade and trade flow, e-mail Display the transfer route of the file.

  (r) A guide script can be easily read and written by using a standard markup language.

  (s) Since the guidance script is basically text data, the capacity of the storage medium is small, and execution by the instruction can be easily realized.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the guidance information presentation apparatus which is a technique relevant to this invention. It is explanatory drawing of a process of a script edit part. It is the figure which represented a part of structured data for guidance which converted a navigation script in a table format. It is the figure which represented a part of structured data for guidance which converted a navigation script in a table format. It is a processing flow figure of an operation input part. It is a processing flow figure of a script conversion part. It is a processing flow figure of the preparation process of an instruction processing part. It is a processing flow figure of the execution processing of an instruction processing part. It is a processing flow figure of the situation acquisition process of a situation acquisition part. It is a processing flowchart of the information acquisition process of a situation acquisition part. It is a processing flow figure of the situation preparation process of a condition generation part. It is a processing flow figure of the situation generation process of a situation generation part. It is a processing flowchart of the guidance output process of a guidance output part. It is explanatory drawing of the process of script semi-automatic generation. It is a figure which shows the system configuration example at the time of applying the technique relevant to this invention to the (portable) personal computer (PC). It is a figure which shows the example of the menu screen for searching a navigation script. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen of the result of having searched the navigation script. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen of guidance and operation based on a navigation script. It is a figure which shows the system structural example at the time of applying the technique relevant to this invention to a car navigation system. It is a figure which shows the system configuration example at the time of applying the technique relevant to this invention to PHS. The structural example of the operation management system in embodiment of this invention is shown. It is a figure which shows the example of the editor screen of the navigation script displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the browser screen of the navigation script displayed on a terminal. It is a processing flow figure of a terminal. It is a processing flow figure of an operation management center. It is a process flow figure of the comparison / adjustment process of an operation management center. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the system at the time of applying the technique relevant to this invention to the time adjustment system at the time of a movement. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen of a monitor. It is a processing flow figure of a scheduler. It is a processing flow diagram of a monitor. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a guidance plan preparation / guidance information management system. It is a processing flow figure of guidance plan preparation. It is a figure showing an example of guidance information pasting processing. It is a figure which shows the example of a guidance information setting screen. It is a figure showing an example of guidance information pasting processing. It is a figure which shows the example of a guidance sheet | seat. It is a figure which shows the example of a guidance sheet | seat. It is a figure which shows the example of a route. It is a figure which shows the example of the map data for route guidance. It is a figure which shows the structural example of an information processing system with a place / time condition. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen which presents information. It is a figure which shows the system configuration example in the case of processing time conditional information on the server side. It is a figure which shows the system configuration example in the case of processing time conditional information on the terminal side. It is a processing flowchart of information processing with time conditions. It is a figure which shows the system configuration example in the case of processing location conditional information on the server side. It is a processing flowchart of information processing with a place condition. It is a figure which shows the system configuration example in the case of processing location conditional information on the terminal side. It is a processing flowchart of information processing with time and place conditions. It is a processing flowchart of information processing with time and place conditions performed on the terminal side. It is a figure which shows the system configuration example in the case of processing conditional information with the terminal which has a schedule function. It is a processing flow figure of information processing with time and place conditions performed by the terminal side which has a schedule function.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 User terminal 11 Operation input part 12 Network access part 13 Media access part 14 Script conversion part 15 Instruction processing part 16 Situation acquisition part 17 Situation generation part 18 Guidance output part 19 Script semi-automatic generation part 20 Database part 31 Network 32 Media 40 Center 41 Script Editor

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A device for managing operation data,
Guidance is provided for a time condition tag representing the time for which the guidance information should be presented, a place condition tag for representing the location where the guidance information should be presented, an output information tag representing the content of the guidance information, and a script including the one or more tags. Written in a markup language based on a predetermined specification having at least a tag that represents an instruction for instructing an operation related to output of information, a set of the time condition tag and time information, a set of the location condition tag and location information, An input means for inputting a guide script in which a set of the output information tag and guidance information to be output is compiled as a series of instructions by a tag representing the instruction from a terminal connected via a network ;
Describes at least the time information Mukuo and location information, specified by the location information in the location information indicating the status of use of the specified location reserved in the information or the time specified by the time information, at the time specified by the time information information indicating the state of location has been described, the operation management database for managing data relating to the route or location or facility,
For each instruction that is extracted from the guiding script that is input by said input means, time information and location information included in the instruction, and the time information described in the data of the traffic control database and location information comparison and, in the case of matching acquired information indicating the state of the information or the location indicating the status of the reservation as a result, and adjusting means you modify the contents of the script for the previous SL guide in accordance with the result,
An operation management apparatus using the guidance script, comprising: an output unit that outputs the guidance script obtained by the adjustment unit to a terminal connected via the network . An operation management method executed by an operation management device having a communication function with terminals connected via a network ,
Guidance is provided for a time condition tag representing the time for which the guidance information should be presented, a place condition tag for representing the location where the guidance information should be presented, an output information tag representing the content of the guidance information, and a script including the one or more tags. Written in a markup language based on a predetermined specification having at least a tag that represents an instruction for instructing an operation related to output of information, a set of the time condition tag and time information, a set of the location condition tag and location information, An input process of inputting a script for guidance in which a set of the output information tag and guidance information to be output is compiled as a series of instructions by a tag representing the instruction from a terminal connected via the network ;
Describes at least the time information Mukuo and location information, specified by the location information in the location information indicating the status of use of the specified location reserved in the information or the time specified by the time information, at the time specified by the time information For each instruction extracted from the guidance script input by the input process with reference to an operation management database that manages data relating to a route, a point, or a facility, in which information indicating the state of the selected place is described , time information and location information included in, and compare the time information and location information described in the data of the operation management database, the status information or the location indicating the status of the reservation if it matches tone to get the information shown as a result, to modify the contents of the previous Symbol guide for the script in accordance with the result And the process,
A process for outputting the guidance script obtained by the adjustment process to a terminal connected via the network . An operation management method using the guidance script. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing a device for managing operation data by a computer ,
Guidance is provided for a time condition tag representing the time for which the guidance information should be presented, a place condition tag for representing the location where the guidance information should be presented, an output information tag representing the content of the guidance information, and a script including the one or more tags. Written in a markup language based on a predetermined specification having at least a tag that represents an instruction for instructing an operation related to output of information, a set of the time condition tag and time information, a set of the location condition tag and location information, An input process for inputting a script for guidance , in which a set of the output information tag and guidance information to be output is compiled as a series of instructions by a tag representing the instruction, from a terminal connected via a network ;
Describes at least the time information Mukuo and location information, specified by the location information in the location information indicating the status of use of the specified location reserved in the information or the time specified by the time information, at the time specified by the time information For each instruction extracted from the guidance script input by the input process with reference to an operation management database that manages data related to a route, a point, or a facility in which information indicating the state of the selected place is described , time information and location information included in, and compare the time information and location information described in the data of the operation management database, the status information or the location indicating the status of the reservation if it matches tone to get the information shown as a result, to modify the contents of the previous Symbol guide for the script in accordance with the result And processing,
A process of outputting the guidance script obtained by the adjustment process to a terminal connected via the network ;
An operation management program recording medium in which a program to be executed by a computer is recorded.

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