JP3971149B2 - Facility information display device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a facility information display device that acquires facility information, displays it, and provides guidance.
[0002]
[Prior art]
FIG. 9 shows the configuration of a conventional facility information display device, in which 50 is an input means, 51 is a facility that stores in advance information such as business hours of the facility, regular holidays, telephone numbers, restaurant menus, tourist attractions guides, etc. Information storage means, 52 is map information storage means for storing road information, map information such as rivers, railways, facilities, prefectural borders, administrative districts of municipalities, etc., character information, symbol information, etc. 53 is facility information on the display 55 Facility information display means 54 to be displayed is a map information display means 54 for displaying map information on the display 55.
[0003]
Next, the operation of the conventional example will be described. In FIG. 9, the map information display means 54 reads out desired map information from the map information storage means 52 and displays it on the display 55. The facility information display means 53 reads the corresponding facility information from the facility information storage means 51 and displays it on the display 55 when a certain facility on the map is indicated by the input means 50.
[0004]
Thus, in the conventional facility information display device, facility information such as business hours and restaurant menus can be easily obtained by designating a facility on the map display.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional facility information display device, it is necessary to store detailed information of the facility in advance, and there is no limit to the data capacity. Since the waiting time is unknown, there was a problem that the congestion situation could not be grasped until the actual arrival at the facility. For this reason, the parking lot is crowded and can not be entered, or in the case of a restaurant, there are many waiting times even when the parking lot is empty, and there are cases where the parking fee is increased and a large time loss occurs . Furthermore, when it is desired to stop at a facility during a drive, it can be said that it is preferable for the user to be able to provide information on a facility that is still a little farther than a nearby and crowded facility.
[0006]
The present invention solves such a conventional problem, provides the user with accurate facility information in real time, and is efficient in consideration of the congestion situation of the facility such as parking space availability and facility waiting time. It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent facility information display device capable of route guidance.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention is given in order to solve achieve the object, the map information storage means for storing MAP information, input means for previously designating a predetermined point in the map information, from the point designated by said input means Information providing a facility information retrieval unit for retrieving a facility within a distance from the map information storage unit, and an information request signal for requesting information on the facility retrieved by the facility information retrieval unit. A facility information acquisition unit that acquires information on a facility that is transmitted to the source and is searched by the facility information search unit from the information provider; a facility information analysis unit that analyzes the facility information acquired by the facility information acquisition unit; Facility information display means for displaying facility information analyzed by the facility information analysis means on a display, and the facility information acquisition means is designated by the input means. The availability of the parking lot of the facility within the predetermined distance from the predetermined point and the waiting time in the facility within the predetermined distance from the predetermined point specified by the input means, and the facility information analysis means, The facility parking lot is vacant and the priorities are calculated in ascending order of the waiting time of the facilities, and the facility information display means displays the facilities in a list in the order of priorities determined by the facility information analysis means. To do. With this configuration, real-time facility information can be provided to the user in an easy-to-understand manner. In addition, since facility information is acquired from outside in real time, it is not necessary to store facility information in advance, which can contribute to a reduction in memory capacity. In addition, it is possible to quickly grasp necessary information by displaying the list with priorities in the order of the facilities with the smallest total waiting time.
[0008]
Further, the map information storage means for storing MAP information, input means for previously designating a predetermined point in the map information, from said map information storage means property within a predetermined distance from a specified point by the input means A facility information search means for searching, and an information request signal for requesting information for the facility searched for by the facility information search means is transmitted to an information provider that provides information on the searched facility, and the facility is searched from the information provider. A facility information acquisition means for acquiring information on the facility searched by the information search means; a facility information analysis means for analyzing the facility information acquired by the facility information acquisition means; and the facility information analyzed by the facility information analysis means is displayed. and a facility information display means for displaying on said facility information acquisition unit, within a predetermined distance from a predetermined point designated by said input means Get a free form status of setting the parking, the facility information display means, said facility Parking is free, characterized in that the table Shimesuru. With such a configuration , vacant information on the parking lot within a predetermined distance from the point specified by the input means is acquired from the outside in real time, so it is possible to grasp where the vacant parking lot is located It becomes.
Further, the map information storage means for storing the map information, the input means for designating a predetermined point in the map information in advance, and the facility within a predetermined distance from the point designated by the input means is searched from the map information storage means. A facility information search means that transmits information request signals for requesting information on the facilities searched by the facility information search means to an information provider that provides information on the searched facilities, and the facility information from the information provider The facility information acquisition means for acquiring the facility information searched by the search means, the facility information analysis means for analyzing the facility information acquired by the facility information acquisition means, and the facility information analyzed by the facility information analysis means on the display A facility information display means for displaying, wherein the facility information acquisition means is within a predetermined distance from a predetermined point designated by the input means. The facility information analysis means obtains priorities in ascending order of the facility wait time, and the facility information display means lists the facilities in the order of priorities obtained by the facility information analysis means. It is characterized by displaying. By such a configuration, since acquires latency information of the facility within a predetermined distance from a specified point in real time from the outside by the input means, prioritizing the order of less facilities total waiting time list By displaying, necessary information can be quickly grasped.
[0009]
Further, the map information storage means for storing MAP information, input means for previously designating a predetermined point in the map information, from said map information storage means property within a predetermined distance from a specified point by the input means A facility information search means for searching, and an information request signal for requesting information for the facility searched for by the facility information search means is transmitted to an information provider that provides information on the searched facility, and the facility is searched from the information provider. A facility information acquisition means for acquiring information on the facility searched by the information search means; a facility information analysis means for analyzing the facility information acquired by the facility information acquisition means; and the facility information analyzed by the facility information analysis means is displayed. a facility information display means for displaying on, and a route searching means for searching the shortest path between the specified two points, the route search unit, the The required time of the route to the installation is calculated, prioritized in the order of the facilities with the smallest total time of the waiting time of the facility calculated by the facility information analyzing unit and the required time, and the facility information display unit obtains A list is displayed in accordance with the given priority. With this configuration, real-time facility information can be provided to the user in an easy-to-understand manner. In addition, since facility information is acquired from outside in real time, it is not necessary to store facility information in advance, which can contribute to a reduction in memory capacity. In addition, it is possible to quickly grasp necessary information by displaying the list with priorities in the order of the facilities with the smallest total waiting time. In addition, since the route search means for searching for the shortest route between two designated points is provided, it is possible to easily grasp the optimum route, and the facility information display means displays a list according to the obtained priority order. By doing so, it is possible to quickly grasp information on the facility in consideration of the time required for the route to the facility.
[0010]
In addition, when the facility whose information is acquired by the facility information acquisition means is a restaurant or the like, the facility information display means displays the waiting time in the facility, thereby providing real-time facility congestion information such as the waiting time of the facility. Can be provided to users in an easy-to-understand manner.
Further, the map information storage means for storing the map information, the input means for designating the type of facility or the specific facility in the map information, the type of the facility designated by the input means or the specific facility is stored in the map information A facility information search means for searching from the means, and an information request signal for requesting information on the facility searched by the facility information search means to an information provider that provides information on the searched facility, and from the information provider Facility information acquisition means for acquiring facility information searched by the facility information search means, facility information analysis means for analyzing facility information acquired by the facility information acquisition means, and facility information analyzed by the facility information analysis means Is provided with facility information display means for displaying on the display. With such a configuration, the facility type designated by the input means or the information of the specific facility can be acquired and displayed in real time.
In addition, the facility information acquisition unit acquires a vacant state of a parking lot of a facility within a predetermined distance from a predetermined point designated by the input unit, and the facility information analysis unit acquires the facility where the parking lot is vacant. Is displayed. With such a configuration, the vacant information of the parking lot designated by the input means is acquired from the outside in real time, so that it is possible to grasp the vacant status of the parking lot.
In addition, the facility information acquisition unit acquires waiting times in the facility within a predetermined distance from the predetermined point specified by the input unit, and the facility information analysis unit determines the priority order in ascending order of the waiting times of the facilities. The facility information display means displays the facilities in a list in the priority order obtained by the facility information analysis means. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to quickly grasp necessary information by displaying a list with priorities in the order of the facilities with the smallest total waiting time in the facilities designated by the input means.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. First, the first embodiment will be described. In FIG. 1, 1 is an input means, 2 is a map information storage means for storing road information, map information such as rivers, railways, facilities, administrative boundaries, character information, symbol information, etc. 3 is designated by the input means 1 Facility information search means for searching for facilities within a predetermined distance from the point from the map information storage means 2, 4 for facility information acquisition means for acquiring information on facilities searched by the facility information search means 3 from the outside, and 5 for acquired facilities Facility information analysis means 6 for analyzing information, and facility information display means 6 for displaying the analyzed facility information on the display 7. Note that the point setting by the input means 1 may be set by a user's operation, or may be specified in advance at a point on the map information located in the center of the display 7 without using the user. The facility information acquisition unit 4, the facility information analysis unit 5, and the facility information display unit 6 correspond to a “control unit”.
[0012]
FIG. 2A is a conceptual diagram for explaining the operation of the first embodiment, 8 is a facility information display device including the means shown in FIG. 1, and 100 is an information provider facility that is an information provider. Indicates.
[0013]
Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. When the facility information search unit 3 searches the map information storage unit 2 for a facility existing within a predetermined distance from the point designated by the input unit 1, the facility information acquisition unit 4 searches for the facility searched by the facility information search unit 3. In order to designate information for the information requesting facility 100, an information request signal 101 is sent to the information providing source facility 100 to request information. And the facility information acquisition means 4 acquires information by receiving the information provision signal 102 from the information provision origin facility 100. FIG. Further, the facility information analyzing unit 5 analyzes the information acquired by the facility information acquiring unit 4 and then performs selection and prioritization, and the result is displayed on the display 7.
[0014]
For example, in the case of a restaurant, the facility information analysis unit 5 checks the parking space availability and waiting time from the information acquired by the facility information acquiring unit 4, and sets the priority order in ascending order of the waiting time. FIG. 2 (c) shows a display example of facility information. 110 is a display screen of the results prioritized by the facility information analysis means 5, and this display screen 110 has a parking lot available. The restaurant name 111 is displayed in the order of the situation 112 and the waiting time 113 of the restaurant.
[0015]
As described above, according to the first embodiment described above, since the facility information acquisition unit 4 can acquire real-time information on the facility, the facility information analysis unit can always provide real-time facility information to the user. Since the result 5 analyzed in consideration of the parking lot availability and the waiting time of the facility is displayed on the display 7, the user's judgment is helped and the facility can be efficiently guided.
[0016]
FIG. 2B shows an application form of the first embodiment, in which 103 is a user terminal, 104 is a display of the user terminal 103, 9 is a facility information display device 8 and a facility information display device 8 through a line. An information center including peripheral devices (not shown) that can be accessed is shown.
[0017]
Request signal for requesting service of facility information such as “restaurant near OO station” or “gas station near XX town” by accessing the facility information display device 8 of the information center 9 from the familiar terminal 103 through a line. After transmitting 105, the facility information display device 8 makes a request by sending an information request signal 101 to the information providing facility 100, and after acquiring information by receiving the information providing signal 102 from the information providing source facility 100, It is also possible to display the facility information signal 106 analyzed by the facility information display device 8 on the display 104 of the user terminal 103. In this way, the user can easily obtain information on a desired facility from any location.
[0018]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In FIG. 3, 10 is an input means for the user to select a point setting, type of facility, or a specific facility, and 11 is to find the shortest route between two points specified in advance or the next longest route to search for the optimum route. Route search means 12 for displaying the map information on the display, map information display means 13 for displaying the route set by the route search means 11 on the map. That is, in the configuration of the second embodiment, the input means 1 is the input means 10 in the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and the route search means 11, the map information display means 12, and the route display means 13 are added. Is.
[0019]
Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation in the second embodiment of the present invention. First, in the state where the map is displayed on the display 7 by the map information display means 12 (S2-1), the input means 10 inputs the type of facility such as setting of a point or a gas station or restaurant (S2- 2) A facility within a predetermined distance from the point designated by the facility information retrieval means 3 is retrieved from the map information storage means 2 (S2-3), and the facility information acquisition means 4 obtains information on the retrieved facility from the outside. (S2-4). The facility information analyzing means 5 extracts the facility where the parking lot is vacant when the information on the acquired facility includes information such as the vacant state of the parking lot and the waiting time of the facility (S2-5), and the route searching means After searching for the route from the set point to the facility extracted in step 11 (S2-6), the facility information analysis means 5 again calculates the total time required for the route to the facility and the waiting time at the facility. Priorities are given in ascending order, and the facility information display means 6 displays a list on the display 7 (S2-7). Further, when the user selects a specific facility by the input means 10 (S2-8), the route display means 13 displays the route to the facility in an overlapping manner (S2-9).
[0020]
FIG. 5 shows a display example of the screen of the second embodiment, in which 200 is a point set by the user, 201 to 204 are facilities, 205 is a route, and a route from the point 200 to the facility 204 on the map. 205 is overlaid. Here, on the display screen, the parking space availability and the waiting time of the facility are displayed in different colors. For example, when the parking lot is full, it is easy to see and convenient for the user if it is displayed in a blurred manner like the facility 202. It is.
[0021]
According to the second embodiment configured as described above, the provision of the route search means 11 provides provision of facility information and route guidance in consideration of facility congestion such as parking space availability and facility waiting time. Can be done.
[0022]
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention, and 14 is a vehicle position estimating means for estimating the current position of the vehicle by various sensors and the map information storage means 2. That is, the apparatus shown in FIG. 6 is obtained by newly adding a vehicle position estimating means 14 to the apparatus shown in FIG. 3, and has the same function or the same role as the means in the second embodiment shown in FIG. The detailed description is omitted because the same reference numerals are attached.
[0023]
Next, the operation in the configuration shown in FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of another configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention. After the current position of the vehicle is estimated by the vehicle position estimating means 14 (S3-1), a map near the current position of the vehicle is displayed on the display 7 by the map information display means 12 (S3-2). Next, when the destination is set by the user by the input means 10 (S3-3), the route search means 11 searches for the shortest route from the current position to the destination (S3-4), and the search result route. Is overlaid on the map displayed on the display 7 by the route display means 13 (S3-5). If there is a facility information request from the user via the input means 10 on the way to the destination (S3-6), the facility guidance is provided in the same manner as in the second embodiment (S3-7). In addition to searching for the shortest route from the current position to the destination, the route search means 11 may search for several routes following the shortest route and display them on the display 7.
[0024]
FIG. 8 shows a display example of the screen in the configuration shown in FIG. 6, where 300 is a vehicle current position mark, 301 is a route to a preset destination, and a facility 302 is selected. A route 303 to the facility 302 is displayed. At this time, the route 303 may be displayed by distinguishing from the route 301 to the destination set in advance by changing the color or line type.
[0025]
Thus, according to the configuration shown in FIG. 6, the provision of the vehicle position estimating means 14 makes it possible to apply to the in-vehicle navigation device, and even when the facility stops on the way to the destination, the congestion of the facility Facility information considering the situation can be provided, and an efficient route to the destination can be guided.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, real-time facility congestion information such as parking space availability and facility waiting time can be provided to the user, and the user can know the facility congestion status in advance. There is an advantage that time can be lost and planning can be made accurately. Further, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to store facility information in advance as in the prior art, and further, visibility is improved by providing only necessary information by selecting and prioritizing it. It also has an effect.
[0027]
Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to search for a route to a facility in consideration of the vacant condition of the parking lot, the waiting time of the facility, etc., and to provide an effect of guiding an optimum facility from a designated point. In addition, because the route search is based on the total required time including the waiting time at the facility, for example, the parking lot is full even if the distance from the specified point is short, or the waiting time in the facility If the distance is long, the facility with less waiting time is guided even if the distance is a little longer, and there is an effect that efficient facility guidance can be realized.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a facility information display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2A is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2B is an explanatory diagram of an application example of the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2C is a first embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the example of a screen display.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a facility information display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a screen display example according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the facility information display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart for explaining the processing flow of the facility information display apparatus shown in FIG. 6;
8 is an explanatory diagram of a screen display example of the facility information display device shown in FIG. 6;
FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a conventional facility information display device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,10,50 ... Input means 2,52 ... Map information storage means, 3 ... Facility information search means, 4 ... Facility information acquisition means, 5 ... Facility information analysis means, 6,53 ... Facility information display means, 7, 55, 104 ... Display, 8 ... Facility information display device, 9 ... Information center, 11 ... Route search means, 12, 54 ... Map information display means, 13 ... Route display means, 14 ... Vehicle position estimation means, 51 ... Facility information Storage means, 100 ... information providing source facility, 101 ... information request signal, 102 ... information providing signal, 103 ... user terminal, 110 ... display screen, 111 ... facility name, 112 ... parking space availability, 113 ... waiting for facility Time 200: User setting point 201: Parking lot with low waiting time, 202: Parking lot with long waiting time, 203 ... Parking lot with full parking space, 204 ... the facility targeted for guidance, 205 ... target for guidance Route to the facility, 300 ... current position mark of the vehicle, 301 ... route from the departure point to the destination, 302 ... facility targeted for guidance, 303 ... from the route from the departure point to destination to the facility targeted for guidance Route.

Claims (4)

A facility information display device for searching for facilities located within a predetermined distance from a predetermined point from map information stored in the map information storage means and displaying a list of facility names of the searched facilities,
The data indicating the name of the facility, the data provided from the facility information provider through the line, and indicating the vacancy of the parking lot related to the facility, and the waiting time inside the facility related to the facility provided from the facility information provider A facility provided with a control unit that associates data to be displayed and displays a list of the facility names of the facilities in which the parking lot is vacant among the facility names on the display in ascending order of waiting time inside the facility. Information display device. The facility information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the display to display the facility name of the facility with the shortest waiting time inside the facility at the top of the list. The control unit, for the display, classifies the facility name of the searched facility into a group of facility names of facilities where parking is vacant and a group of facility names of facilities where parking is not vacant. The facility information display device according to claim 1, wherein the facility information display device displays a list. The control unit causes the display to display a group of facility names of a facility having a parking lot higher than a group of facility names of a facility having no parking lot. Item 4. The facility information display device according to Item 3.

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