JP4255954B2 - Operation guidance device, operation guidance display method, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation guidance device that visually provides train operation guidance using, for example, a computer system and a display device.

  There is an operation guide device that digitizes timetables handled at bookstores, operation timetables issued by railway companies, etc., and automates information retrieval. Such an operation guidance device is usually constructed using a general-purpose computer device in consideration of the spread. Generally, an input means for inputting a search condition and a timetable to be searched The storage unit stores information, the search engine searches for timetable information stored in the storage unit, and the display unit displays search results on the screen. In addition, there are various apparatus configurations, particularly search engine construction techniques, and there are cases where the apparatus is assembled directly by a program after the computer apparatus is started, and is realized on the computer apparatus through a medium recording a group of instructions that can be executed by the computer apparatus. There is also a case.

  When using this operation guidance device, the operator first inputs a station, train name, or route name (Tokaido Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, etc.) from the input means as a search key. The search engine recognizes the search key, searches the storage unit for timetable information related to the recognized search key, and displays it on display means such as a display. Thereby, the operator can acquire the desired timetable information. There exists patent document 1 in such an operation guidance apparatus, for example.

In recent years, there is also a system that provides operation guidance as described above via a network such as the Internet. For example, Patent Document 2 is an operation guidance system using such a network.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-78981 JP 2001-331604 A

  The conventional operation guidance device is convenient in that it can quickly know the route to the destination station where it is scheduled to get off by being automated using a computer device. By the way, in daily travel such as commuting and attending school, the route is almost fixed, and it is not necessary to search for the route again. However, even in such daily movements, departure guidance may be checked for each route to confirm when it is possible to reach the destination station.

  Usually, train departure information is provided at the station platform. Since such a place is a public place, the departure guidance assumes an unspecified number of operators, and if the route is in the same direction, a predetermined number of cases are guided in the order of departure. Therefore, guidance that is unnecessary for a specific person is also included. In addition, if there is a transfer, it is necessary to provide information on the departure station at the transit station. However, since this indication is not displayed, it was not possible to know what kind of trains could be used at the transit station, and the guidance was given at the departure station. I can't get on the train with peace of mind.

  In view of such a problem, the present invention mainly provides an operation guidance mechanism that enables an operator to quickly understand operation guidance information at a transit station up to the target station. And

The present invention provides an operation guidance device, an operation guidance method, and a computer program.
The operation guidance device provided by the present invention is information on one or a plurality of transit stations through which the operator passes from the departure station to the destination station on which the operator plans to get off. An input receiving means for receiving an input; a time management means for acquiring the current time; a search means for searching for information by accessing a database storing operation information including station and route connections and train arrival and departure times for each station And control means for controlling output of information to a predetermined display device. The control means is an operation guide that can be laid out independently on the display screen of the display device for each departure station and via station when the input accepting means accepts information input of the departure station and via station. A train generated by generating a screen and causing the search means to search for the departure time of a train that the operator can board at each station when the current time acquired by the time management means is a starting point. The departure time is posted on the operation guidance screen for the station in direct or indirect expression, and thereafter, the posted contents on all these operation guidance screens are changed according to the passage of the current time acquired by the time management means. Is.

  In the operation guidance device of the present invention, the timetable of the trains that can be boarded at the station is displayed on different operation guidance screens for each departure station and transit station. Therefore, the operator can quickly know the operation guide information of the departure station and the transit station. The direct expression of the departure time is a direct expression in which the departure time is displayed as it is, for example, and the indirect expression is not a display of the departure time as it is, for example, a waiting time until the departure time. It is an expression that indirectly indicates the departure time.

  In such an operation guidance device, for example, the control means enables the operator to move to an arbitrary place on the display screen while the operation guidance screen is displayed on the display device. With such a configuration, it is possible to arrange on the display screen according to the preference of the operator.

  Further, for example, a maximum display and a minimum display may be prepared on the operation guidance screen, and either one may be selected by the control means. When the maximum display is selected, the control device can display the connection of routes at the station, the departure time of a plurality of trains in order from the earliest departure on each route, and the arrival and departure times of trains for each subsequent station On the other hand, at the time of the minimum display, the information of the earliest train at the station is edited to the minimum display area where the information can be displayed by direct expression or indirect expression. In such a configuration, the operator can select the maximum display and the minimum display as required. The connection of the route and each route can be specified by the route and its direction, for example.

For example, the control means may be configured to enable display of the maximum display or minimum display operation guidance screen in any display area of the display device. In such a configuration, the degree of freedom of display by the operator is further increased.
Further, the control means may be able to specify the transit station by designation with a pointing device on the operation guide screen when the maximum display operation guide screen is displayed, for example. With such a configuration, it is easy for the operator to input information.

  Further, in order to further facilitate information input by the operator, the information input accepting means has a transfer guide means for providing transfer station guidance from the departure station to the destination station, and a guidance result by the transfer guide means When the data is output in a predetermined data structure, the operator can drag and drop the data output by the transfer guidance means onto any of the operation guidance screens displayed on the display device. Thus, the operation guide device may be configured to generate the operation guide screen at the departure station and the transit station. By linking with the transfer guidance means, the operation guidance device of the present invention can be further improved in usability.

  The operation guidance display method of the present invention is a method for inputting information of one or a plurality of transit stations through which the operator passes from the departure station to a destination station scheduled to get off. Triggered by the reception of the station, the operator gets on the train at each station when the current time is the starting point by accessing a database that accumulates operation information including station and route connections, and train arrival and departure times for each station. A method executed in an apparatus having means for searching for a possible train departure time, and for each of the departure station and the transit station, the operator can board at the station according to the search result. In addition to displaying the departure times of multiple trains in direct or indirect representation in order from the earliest departure, for any one of the trains with the departure times displayed, the train on the route that the train operates Detailed operation guidance screen that displays the departure and arrival times to other stations; for each departure station and each transit station, the departure time of the earliest train that the operator can board at that station according to the search result This is an operation guidance display method for displaying any one of the simple operation guidance screens displayed in direct expression or indirect expression on a predetermined display device for each of the departure station and the transit station.

  The computer program of the present invention is a computer program that includes information on one or a plurality of transit stations through which the operator passes from the departure station to a destination station where the operator plans to get off. Input receiving means for receiving input; time management means for acquiring the current time; search means for searching for information by accessing a database storing operation information including station and route connections and train arrival and departure times for each station; Upon receipt of information input of the departure station and the transit station by the input acceptance means, for each departure station and transit station, an operation guidance screen that can be laid out independently on the display screen of the display device is generated, When the current time acquired by the time management means is used as a starting point, the search means searches the departure time of the train that the operator can board at each station. The departure time of the train thus obtained is displayed on the display screen of a predetermined display device as the operation guide screen for the station in direct expression or indirect expression, and thereafter displayed on all these operation guide screens. It is a computer program that functions as control means for changing the contents according to the lapse of the current time acquired by the time management means.

According to the present invention, when the operator specifies the current or arbitrary time, information such as the train arrival and departure times and transfer routes at the transit station from the departure station to the destination station, the operator is the departure station, It is displayed on the operation guidance screen that can be laid out for each transit station, and the display content changes with the passage of the current time, so when the operator leaves the current location at the current time or at any time, You will be able to quickly and accurately know when you will arrive on your screen with an easy-to-read layout on your screen. If the operation guide screen is laid out in a vacant area on the display screen with a minimum screen, the screen is not occupied, and can be displayed at all times.
Through such an operation guidance screen, for example, if you get on a train that departs from a certain station, or if you leave the current location at what time in the evening, you can get information about when you can arrive at the destination station. Since it can be accurately communicated, it can be a very convenient navigation guide tool for the operator.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus 1 that can construct an operation guidance apparatus according to the present invention. The information processing apparatus 1 is realized by a general-purpose computer device, for example. The information processing apparatus 1 is connected to a display device 7 that supports input / output of information with an operator by image display, and an input device 8 such as a keyboard and a pointing device. It has a processing unit 3, an auxiliary storage device 4 such as a hard disk device, a random access memory (RAM) 5, and a read only memory (ROM) 6.

  The input / output interface 2 performs interface control between the display device 7 and the input device 8. An instruction is input from the input device 8 via the input / output interface 2 and an image can be displayed on the display device 7.

  The CPU 3 controls the overall operation of the information processing apparatus 1. In this embodiment, in particular, the operation guide device of the present invention is realized by executing the computer program of the present invention in cooperation with the RAM 5 and the ROM 6.

  The auxiliary storage device 4 is a large-capacity storage device. In this embodiment, a database for realizing the operation guidance device of the present invention is formed.

  FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram showing a configuration of the operation guidance apparatus of the present embodiment realized by the information processing apparatus 1 as shown in FIG. 1, and shows functional blocks necessary for the implementation of the present invention and their connection relations. is there.

  This operation guidance apparatus is comprised from the main control part 10 and the operation guidance database management part (operation guidance DBMS) 20 which accumulate | stores various information required for operation guidance, and the display apparatus 7 and the input device 8 are connected. The In the relationship with the information processing apparatus 1 in FIG. 1, the main control unit 10 is realized by the CPU 3 and the input / output interface 2, and the operation guidance DBMS 20 is realized by the CPU 3 and the auxiliary storage device 4.

  The operation guidance DBMS 20 is provided with a station information database (hereinafter referred to as DB) 21 and a timetable information DB 22, which are connected by common information. In the station information DB 21 and the timetable information DB 22, operation information including train departure and arrival times for each station and each route is accumulated. The operation guidance DBMS 20 is accessed by the main control unit 10 to search for necessary operation information.

  The station information DB 21 is a database in which, for example, data having a configuration as shown in FIG. 3 is accumulated, and for each station, route information of routes in directions (operation directions) that can be moved from the station is known. The route information is specified by the station name and the operation direction. In the example of FIG. 3, for each station, information about the route on which it is placed (in this case, the name of the route entered), information about the direction of train operation (here, the direction of operation is indicated by the name of the adjacent station on each route). ), And information about the time required to change the route at a station where a plurality of routes are on (here, transfer times) are stored.

  The timetable information DB 22 is a database in which, for example, data having a configuration as shown in FIG. 4 is accumulated, and the arrival and departure times of each station for each route can be known. By specifying the route, timetable information indicating the arrival and departure times of all stations on the route is specified. In the example of FIG. 4, timetable information is stored for each travel direction (up / down) of each route.

  The route information specified by the station information DB 21 includes the station, the route, and the operation direction of the route. Therefore, the timetable information DB 22 is searched from the route information, and the timetable information of the route and the operation direction is specified. Moreover, the train arrival / departure time at the station of the specified timetable information can be known from the station included in the route information.

  In this embodiment, the operation information is shown in the form of the database. However, this is for convenience. If the above information can be prepared at the time of information processing, it is stored in another form. Also good. In any case, operation information is stored in a searchable form.

  The main control unit 10 is information for acquiring necessary information from the input / output control unit 11, the input analysis unit 12, the time management unit 13, the time setting unit 14, the information search unit 15, the control unit 16, and the operation guidance DBMS 20. An acquisition unit 17 is included.

The input / output control unit 11 performs input / output control of information among the operation guidance DBMS 20, the display device 7, and the input device 8. Thus, an instruction from the operator using the input device 8 is accepted, and a screen for displaying information is displayed on the display device 7.
The input analysis unit 12 analyzes information input by the operator using the input device 8 and performs necessary processing according to the analysis result, for example, an information search request to the operation guidance DBMS 20 and a search result distribution. From the input device 8, in addition to text input, the operator can input information corresponding to the coordinate information of the specified position or region by specifying the display screen of the display device 7 on the display screen. The unit 12 analyzes the information input in this way.

  The time management unit 13 acquires the current time. The time management unit 13 acquires the current time, for example, by inputting from the outside or by measuring by itself. For example, the information processing apparatus 1 realized by a general-purpose computer or the like is usually equipped with an OS (Operating System). A clock function is attached to the OS, and the time management unit 13 can acquire the current time by this function.

The time setting unit 14 stores time that can be set by the operator. For example, it is possible to store the time required for boarding at the station, such as the time required for the operator to arrive at the station and the time required for transfer at a station having a transferable route. Therefore, these times can be set for each station. The time required for the transfer is also stored in the station information DB 21, but this is a general time. When the operators set their own transfer times, they are stored in the time setting unit 14. The value stored in the time setting unit 14 is used preferentially over the value stored in the station information DB 21. Since the operator can set the transfer time and the like independently, the departure guidance of the transit station can be performed more accurately.
The time setting unit 14 can also store the time of arrival at a transit station when there is a transit station from the departure station where the ride is scheduled to the destination station where the departure is scheduled.

The information search unit 15 accesses the operation guidance DBMS 20 via the information acquisition unit 17 and performs information search. When a station desired by the operator is input, the information search unit 15 acquires information on all routes that enter the station from the station information DB 21 and finds routes in all directions that can be moved from the station. Identify.
In addition, when the departure station desired by the operator, the transit station from the departure station to the destination station, the operation direction from the departure station, and the like are input, the information search unit 15 in the station information DB 21 The route information of the route of the said operation direction is specified, and the timetable information of the route linked | related with this specified route information is specified in timetable information DB22. And based on the present time acquired by the time management part 13, the timetable of the train which can board at the said station is searched from the specified timetable information. Since the information search unit 15 operates based on the current time, the information search unit 15 performs a search as the current time elapses. Search results are obtained for each departure station and transit station.

  The control unit 16 controls the operation of each functional block of the main control unit 10. The control unit 16 directly controls the display operation of the display device 7. For example, the control unit 16 causes the display device 7 to display a screen (hereinafter referred to as “operation guidance screen”) based on the search result by the information search unit 15. Also edit for. Since the search result by the information search unit 15 is obtained for each departure station and transit station, the operation guidance screen is also displayed separately for each departure station and transit station. Further, the control unit 16 displays on the display device 7 a screen (hereinafter referred to as “setting screen”) for prompting the operator to input the desired departure station, the name of the transit station, the operation direction, and the like when starting the operation guidance device. indicate.

  FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram of a setting screen. The display of the setting screen is provided with input areas 31 and 32 that can be input by the operator using the input device 8. The input area 32 can be input only when the check box 37 is checked. The station name of the departure station / route station is input in the input area 31. The station name of the destination station is input to the input area 32 after the check box 37 is checked.

  When the button 33 is clicked after input in the input area 31, the departure station / passage station is input to the main control unit 1. The information search unit 15 and the control unit 16 thereby acquire information on all routes entering the station from the station information DB 21 and display routes in all directions that can be moved from the station in the display area 34. . As a result, the display area 34 displays the direction of movement from the station input in the input area 31 and the operation direction such as a route on which the boarding is possible. The operator can select a desired operating direction from the display area 34, and the desired operating direction is input to the main control unit 10 by clicking the button 35 after selection.

  When the check box 37 is checked and input to the input area 32 in addition to the input area 31, the departure station and the stop station (target station) are input to the main control unit 1. Thus, the information search unit 15 and the control unit 16 acquire information on the common route entering these stations from the station information DB 21 and display the route passing between these stations in the display area 34. The operator can select a desired operating direction from the display area 34, and the desired operating direction is input to the main control unit 10 by clicking the button 35 after selection.

  When the button 36 is clicked, these settings are cancelled. When the check box 38 is checked, the information search unit 15 includes a paid express route as a search target.

  FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a search result obtained by performing transfer station guidance from the departure station to the destination station using general-purpose transfer guide search software. Such an output result can be directly used as an input on the setting screen. The search result includes information on the departure station, the transit station, the destination station, and the route between them, and the information can be directly input to the setting screen as the station and the operation direction desired by the operator. For example, a display image as shown in FIG. 6 can be input by dragging and dropping it on the setting screen or the operation guide screen.

  The operation guidance screen showing the search result is displayed on the display device 7 as three types of operation guidance screens as shown in FIGS. The display of these operation guidance screens changes with the passage of the current time, and the departure time of the train with the earliest boarding time that can always be boarded is displayed. Whether the operation guidance screen is displayed in any form of FIGS. 7 to 9 can be selected by the operator.

  FIG. 7 is the most detailed operation guidance screen that is displayed at maximum, a display area 39 that displays the current time or arrival time, and a display area 40 that displays the time required to board the station detected as the departure station. A display area 41 in which departure times of a plurality of trains (for example, three) are displayed in order from the start, display areas 42 and 43 displayed only when the check box 44 is checked, and a setting button 45 Is displayed. In the display area 43, the time at which a predetermined one of the multiple trains displayed in the display area 41 arrives and departs at each station on the route is displayed together with the name of each station. In the display area 42, the train route names displayed in the display area 43 are displayed. A setting screen can be displayed by selecting (for example, clicking) the setting button 45. The time of the display area 40 can be input by the operator. The time input to the display area 40 is stored in the time setting unit 14.

FIG. 8 is an operation guidance screen in which the display areas 42 and 43 are removed from the operation guidance screen of FIG. FIG. 8 is an operation guidance screen when the check box 44 of FIG. 7 is not checked. Depending on whether or not the check box 44 is checked, the operation guide screen of FIG. 7 and the operation guide screen of FIG. 8 can be switched.
FIG. 9 is a simple operation guidance screen that is minimally displayed. The operation guidance screen of FIG. 9 is displayed in one line and displays the departure time of the first train. Since it is displayed in one line, the amount of memory necessary for display can be reduced, which is useful when displaying a plurality of operation guidance screens.

  Each of the operation guidance screens in FIGS. 7 to 9 is a direct expression in which the departure time is displayed as it is, but alternatively, it may be expressed in an indirect expression by a waiting time from the current time to the departure time. Good. In addition, the train type (normal, express, limited express, etc.) may be displayed instead of the route name / train name.

  The main control unit 10 and the operation guidance DBMS 20 described above are normally constructed by the information processing apparatus 1 executing a required process in accordance with a command group (program and necessary data) stored in the command storage unit. However, the above-described instruction group is not necessarily integral with the information processing apparatus 1 and may be separated from the information processing apparatus 1. However, in this case, it is necessary to materialize on the recording medium in a form that can be read and executed by the information processing apparatus 1.

  Next, the processing operation of the operation guidance apparatus having the above-described configuration will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a process flowchart of the main control unit 10 when the operation content of the operator is detected.

  When there is a request for operation guidance by the operator from the input device 8, the main control unit 10 displays a setting screen as shown in FIG. 5 on the display device 7 (step S101). When a station name is input to the input area 31 (input area 32 if necessary) of the setting screen and the button 33 is clicked, the station desired by the operator is input to the main control unit 10. Thereby, a search for routes in all directions of the station is instructed. When the operator instructs the search for routes in all directions of the station, the input analysis unit 12 of the main control unit 10 thereby detects the departure station and / or the stop station (step S102).

  Based on the detected station name, the information search unit 15 searches the station information DB 21 for routes in all directions that can be moved from the station. The search result is displayed on the display device 7 by the control unit 16 (step S103). When the station names of the departure station and the stop station are detected, all the routes that enter both the departure station and the stop station are displayed. The route name in the movable direction is displayed in the display area 34 of the setting screen. FIG. 11 is a display example of such a setting screen. Here, all the operating directions at the departure station “Shinbashi” are displayed in the display area 34.

  Next, when the operator selects a desired route from the display area 34 of the setting screen and instructs the display of the timetable, the main control unit 10 stores the information on the selected route in the station information DB 21 in which information on the selected route is accumulated. An area is specified and detected (step S104). The instruction to display the timetable is given, for example, when the operator clicks the button 35 on the setting screen. The main control unit 10 specifies and reads an area in the timetable information DB 22 where the timetable information of the detected route is accumulated. Next, the information search unit 15 acquires the current time from the time management unit 13. A timetable is read based on the acquired current time. For example, the departure station is departed from the timetable information in order from the earliest departure according to the time obtained by adding the time required for boarding set in the time setting unit 14 or the transfer time stored in the station information DB 21 to the current time. Read the timetable of multiple trains. The control unit 16 edits the read timetable and causes the display device 7 to display a guide image based on the edited result (step S105). Since the current time always changes, the edited timetable changes every moment. Therefore, the first train that can be boarded is always displayed on the operation guidance screen.

  FIG. 12 is an illustration of an operation guidance screen. Here, the departure times of three “Tokyo Metro Ginza Line” trains that depart from “Shinbashi” station are displayed in the display area 41. In addition, the display area 43 displays the time at which the first train arrives at each station. In FIG. 12, since “5” minutes are set in the display area 40, “5 minutes” is stored in the time setting unit 14 as the time required for boarding, and is based on the time obtained by adding 5 minutes to the current time. The time of trains that can be boarded is displayed.

Next, when the operator selects any station from the display area 43, the main control unit 10 detects the transit station (step S106: Y). Selection of a station is performed by clicking on a station name as a transit station from the display area 43. As the station name is clicked, the time at which the station arrives is also input to the main control unit 10. When the main control unit 10 detects the transit station and the arrival time, the main control unit 10 stores the arrival time in the time setting unit 14 and moves to step S107 to display a new setting screen in which the station name of the transit station is displayed in the input area 31. It is displayed on the device 7 (step S107). If the operator is instructed to end the search without detecting the transit station, the process ends (step S106: N, step S108: Y).
When the arrival time is input to the time setting unit 14, the time table based on the arrival time is searched instead of the current time of the time setting unit 13. Therefore, the time when the timetable is edited in step S105 in the next routine is based on the arrival time.

  The setting screen is not displayed according to the display of the operation guide screen. Even when a plurality of operation guidance screens are displayed, they are displayed separately. That is, the operation guidance screen displayed for each departure station and via station is laid out independently on the display screen of the display device 7.

  FIGS. 11 to 19 are illustrations of screens displayed on the display device 7 by such a series of processes. 11 to 19 exemplify setting screens and operation guidance screens from “Shimbashi” to “Seijo Sakuragaoka” via “Shibuya” and “Meidaimae”. “Shinbashi” is the departure station, “Shibuya” and “Meijimae” are transit stations, and “Seijo Sakuragaoka” is the destination station.

  FIG. 11 is a view showing an example of the setting screen displayed in step S103. The station “Shinbashi” as a departure station is input to the input area 31 by the operator. In addition, routes in all directions of this station are displayed in the display area 34. In this setting screen, “Toranomon Direction”, “Tokyo Metro Ginza Line”, and “Shibuya Line” are selected by the operator.

  FIG. 12 is an exemplary diagram of an operation guidance screen displayed in step S105. This operation guidance screen is a screen displayed in response to an instruction of a station and an operation direction from the setting screen of FIG. 11 by the operator. The departure times of three trains from “Shinbashi” to “Shibuya” are displayed in the display area 41 in accordance with the operator's input and selection results. In addition, the route name of the train selected in the display area 41 is displayed in the display area 42, and the stop and departure times of each station are displayed in the display area 43. In the display area 39, the current time is displayed. Three trains displayed in the display area 41 are selected according to the time obtained by adding the time required for the operator to go to the station “Shinbashi” at the current time. By inputting the time in the display area 40 of the operation guidance screen, the time required for the operator to go to the departure station from the current location can be set. In FIG. 12, “5 minutes” is set. Each station displayed in the display area 43 can be selected, and when selected by the operator, the main control unit 10 detects the selected station as a transit station. Here, “Shibuya” is selected. When “Shibuya” is selected, “15:46” which is the arrival time of “Shibuya” is stored in the time setting unit 14.

  FIG. 13 is a view showing an example of the setting screen displayed in step S103. This setting screen is a screen displayed in response to an instruction from the operation guide screen of FIG. 12 by the operator. In the input area 31 of this setting screen, the station name “Shibuya” selected on the operation guidance screen of FIG. 13 is input. Unlike FIG. 12, the station name “Meidaimae” is input in the input area 32. The station name in the input area 32 is input by the operator. Since the station names are respectively input in the input areas 31 and 32, the routes that enter both are displayed in the display area 34. In this setting screen, “Kansen direction”, “Keiou Inokashira line”, “Kichijoji line” and “Fujimigaoka line” are selected by the operator.

  FIG. 14 is an exemplary view of an operation guidance screen displayed in step S105. This operation guidance screen is a screen displayed in response to an instruction from the setting screen of FIG. 13 by the operator. Depending on the operator's input and selection results, the departure times of the three trains from “Shibuya” to “Meidaimae” are displayed in the display area 41 and the route names are displayed in the display area 42. In addition, for the train selected in the display area 41, the stop and departure times of each station are displayed in the display area 43. In the display area 39, the arrival time at “Shibuya” selected in FIG. 12 is displayed. Three trains displayed in the display area 41 are selected according to the time obtained by adding the time required for transfer at “Shibuya” to the arrival time. The time required for the transfer may be set by inputting the time in the display area 40, or may be obtained from the data stored in the station information DB 21. Each station displayed in the display area 43 can be selected, and when selected by the operator, the main control unit 10 detects the selected station as a transit station. Here, “Meidaimae” is selected. When “Meidaimae” is selected, “16:05”, which is the arrival time of “Meidaimae”, is stored in the time setting unit 14.

  FIG. 15 is a view showing an example of the setting screen displayed in step S103. This setting screen is a screen displayed in response to an instruction from the operation guide screen of FIG. 14 by the operator. In the input area 31 of this setting screen, the station name “Meijidai” selected on the operation guidance screen of FIG. 14 is input. In addition, the station name “Seiseki Sakuragaoka” is entered in the input area 32. The station name in the input area 32 is input by the operator. Since the station names are respectively input in the input areas 31 and 32, the routes that enter both are displayed in the display area 34. In this setting screen, the operator selects “Direction of Shimotakaido”, “Keio Line”, “Keio Hachioji Line”, “Takao Yamaguchi Line”, “Takatsuki Fudo Line”, and “Tama Zoo Park Line”. Yes.

  16 and 17 are examples of the operation guidance screen displayed in step S105. This operation guidance screen is a screen displayed in response to an instruction from the setting screen of FIG. 15 by the operator. Depending on the operator's input and selection results, the departure time of the three trains from “Meidaimae” to “Seijo Sakuragaoka” is displayed in the display area 41, and its route name is displayed in the display area 42. In addition, for the train selected in the display area 41, the stop and departure times of each station are displayed in the display area 43. In the display area 39, the arrival time at “Meijidai” selected in FIG. 14 is displayed. Three trains displayed in the display area 41 are selected according to the time obtained by adding the time required for transfer at “Meijidai” to this arrival time. The time required for the transfer may be set by inputting the time in the display area 40, or may be obtained from the data stored in the station information DB 21. By moving the scroll bar of FIG. 16, the display screen of FIG. 17 is obtained.

  FIG. 18 is another exemplary view of the operation guidance screens of FIGS. 16 and 17. Here, “Keio Line / Quasi-Express” is selected from the display screen 41, and the stop and departure times of each station where the quasi-limited express stops are displayed on the display screen 43.

  Through these setting screens and operation guidance screens, the timetable of the route from “Shimbashi” to “Seijo Sakuragaoka” via “Shibuya” and “Meijidai” is presented to the operator. As shown in FIG. 19, the operation guide screens in FIGS. 12, 14, and 16 are displayed on the display device 7 in different display windows.

  FIG. 20 is a minimum display of the operation guidance screen. Each operation guide screen of FIG. 12, FIG. 14, and FIG. 16 is displayed on the minimum operation guide screen as shown in FIG. In such a display, since the display area can be made smaller than those in FIGS. 12, 14, and 16, the screen of the display device 7 can be used effectively when other processes are performed.

  In FIG. 20, in addition to the route of “Shinbashi” → “Shibuya” → “Meidaimae” → “Seijo Sakuragaoka”, the route of “Shimbashi” → “Tokyo” → “Shinjuku” → “Seijo Sakuragaoka” is also displayed. . Since the operation guide screen is the minimum display, the display screen of the display device 7 can be used effectively even if the operation guide screen of another route is displayed. In FIG. 20, the upper three operation guidance screens are via Shibuya and Meidaimae, and the lower three operation guidance screens are via Tokyo and Shinjuku.

  Thus, when there are a plurality of routes from the departure station to the destination station, an operation guidance screen for each route can be displayed. The layout on the display screen of the display device 7 can be freely determined by the operator. However, the operation guide screen with the minimum display is placed at the corner of the screen as shown in FIG.

FIG. 21 is a configuration example of an operation guide apparatus having a configuration different from that of the operation guide apparatus of FIG.
2 is different from the operation guidance apparatus of FIG. 2 in that a network interface unit 18 is provided instead of the input / output control unit 11. The network interface unit 18 is connected to the network L, and performs data transmission / reception with other terminal devices 9 such as other portable information terminals and general-purpose computer devices connected to the network L. In the operation guidance apparatus having such a configuration, the network interface unit 18 serves as an instruction receiving unit of the present invention. The other components have the same functions as the components of the operation guide device in FIG.

  The operation guide device having such a configuration can provide the operation guide service to the operator of the terminal device 9 via the network L such as the Internet. Information on the departure station where the operator gets on and the transit station where the operator passes from the departure station to the destination station is input from the terminal device 9 via the setting screen. As a result, an operation guidance screen is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 9. On the terminal device 9 with a narrow display screen such as a mobile phone or a portable information terminal, it is preferable that a simple operation guidance screen is displayed as shown in FIG. In such a configuration, information based on the latest timetable can be provided to a large number of terminal devices 9 by keeping the operation guide DBMS 20 of the operation guide device always the latest operation information.

  Moreover, in embodiment of FIG. 2, FIG. 21, although the main control part 10 and the operation guidance DBMS20 are comprised integrally, you may make these into another structure. For example, the operation guidance DBMS 20 may be placed on a website on the Internet and accessed from the main control unit 10 when necessary. Alternatively, in a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like, the operation guide DBMS 20 may be built in a server, and the server operation guide DBMS 20 may be accessed from a client.

The hardware block diagram of information processing apparatus. The illustration figure which shows the structure of a service guidance apparatus. The illustration of a station information database. The illustration figure of a timetable information database. FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram of a setting screen. The illustration figure of the search result by general purpose route search software. The illustration of an operation guidance screen. The illustration of an operation guidance screen. The illustration of an operation guidance screen. The flowchart of the operation guidance process by the main control part. FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram of a setting screen. The illustration of an operation guidance screen. FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram of a setting screen. The illustration of an operation guidance screen. FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram of a setting screen. The illustration of an operation guidance screen. The illustration of an operation guidance screen. The illustration of an operation guidance screen. The illustration of an operation guidance screen. The illustration of an operation guidance screen. The other illustration figure which shows the structure of a service guidance apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 Information processing device 2 Input / output interface 3 CPU
4 Auxiliary storage device 5 RAM
6 ROM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main control part 11 Input / output control part 12 Input analysis part 13 Time management part 14 Time setting part 15 Information search part 16 Control part 17 Information acquisition part 18 Network interface part 20 Operation guidance DBMS
21 Station information database 22 Timetable information database 7 Display device 8 Input device 9 Terminal device L Network

Claims (9)

An input receiving means for receiving information input of one or a plurality of transit stations through which the operator passes from the departure station to a destination station where the operator plans to get off;
Time management means for obtaining the current time;
Search means for accessing a database storing operation information including station and route connections and train arrival and departure times for each station;
Control means for performing information output control to a predetermined display device;
The control means includes
In response to reception of an information input of the departure station and the via station by said input receiving means, said display device display screen independently layout possible the operation guidance screen and via operation guide screen for the station for departure station to generate the departure time of the operator can ride train in the departure station when starting from the current time the time management unit has acquired to search the search means,
The departure time of the resulting train by this, Rutotomoni to be posted on the operation guide screen for the departure station with direct representation or indirect representation,
When the train that the operator can board at the departure station starts from the arrival time when the train arrives at the transit station, the search means searches for the departure time of the train that the operator can board at the transit station,
The train departure time obtained by this is posted on the operation guidance screen for the transit station in direct expression or indirect expression,
Thereafter, the contents posted on the operation guidance screen for the departure station are changed according to the passage of the current time acquired by the time management means , and the operator boarded the contents displayed on the operation guidance screen for the transit station at the departure station. Change according to the change of arrival time when possible trains arrive at the transit station,
Navigation guide device. The control means enables the operator to move to an arbitrary place on the display screen in a state where the operation guide screen is displayed on the display device.
The operation guidance device according to claim 1. The control means enables selection of either a maximum display or a minimum display for the operation guidance screen generated for each departure station and transit station, and when the maximum display is selected, the connection of routes at the station On each line, edit the time of multiple trains in order from the earliest departure and the arrival and departure times of trains for each subsequent station on a screen that can be posted. Edit the information to the minimum display area that can display the information directly or indirectly.
The operation guidance device according to claim 2. The connection of each route and each route can be specified by the route and its direction.
The operation guidance device according to claim 3. The control means is capable of displaying the maximum display or minimum display operation guidance screen in any display area of the display device, respectively.
The operation guidance device according to claim 3. The control means makes it possible to specify the via station by designation with a pointing device on the operation guide screen when the maximum operation guide screen is displayed.
The operation guidance device according to claim 5. The information input accepting means is provided when there is a transfer guide means for performing transfer station guidance from the departure station to the destination station, and when the guidance result by the transfer guide means is output in a predetermined data structure. The operation guidance screen at the departure station and the transit station is generated by dragging and dropping the data output by the operator onto any of the operation guidance screens displayed on the display device. To
The operation guidance device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. Upon receipt of information input of one or a plurality of transit stations through which the operator passes from the departure station to the destination station scheduled to get off from this departure station, the station and the route Access to a database that stores operation information including train connection and train arrival and departure times for each station, and search for departure times of trains that the operator can board at each station when the current time is the starting point A method performed in an apparatus having means comprising:
The departure times of a plurality of trains are displayed in direct representation or indirect representation in order from the earliest departure that can be boarded by the operator at the station according to the search result for each departure station and via station, and For any one of the trains on which the time is displayed, a detailed operation guidance screen that displays the arrival and departure times of the train to other stations on the route operated by the train;
A simple operation guidance screen that displays the departure time of the earliest train that can be boarded by the operator at the station in direct representation or indirect representation according to the search result for each departure station and via station;
The operation guidance display method for displaying the information on a predetermined display device. Computer
An input receiving means for receiving information input of one or a plurality of transit stations through which the operator passes from the departure station to the destination station where the operator plans to get off;
Time management means for obtaining the current time;
Search means for searching for information by accessing a database storing operation information including station and route connections and train arrival and departure times for each station;
Upon receipt of the information input of the departure station and the transit station by the input acceptance means , the operation guide screen for the departure station and the operation for the transit station that can be laid out independently on a display screen of a predetermined display device generates a guide screen, the departure time of the operator can ride a train in the departure station when starting from the current time to the time management unit has acquired to search in the search means,
The departure time of the resulting train by this, Rutotomoni to be posted on the operation guide screen for the departure station with direct representation or indirect representation,
When the train that the operator can board at the departure station starts from the arrival time when the train arrives at the transit station, the search means searches for the departure time of the train that the operator can board at the transit station,
The train departure time obtained by this is posted on the operation guidance screen for the transit station in direct expression or indirect expression,
Thereafter, the contents posted on the operation guidance screen for the departure station are changed according to the passage of the current time acquired by the time management means , and the operator boarded the contents displayed on the operation guidance screen for the transit station at the departure station. Control means for changing possible trains according to changes in arrival time when they arrive at the transit station ;
As a computer program.

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