JP4347829B2 - Information registration apparatus, program, information registration method, and information providing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information registration apparatus , a program , an information registration method , and an information provision method used for providing appropriate information according to the position of a mobile terminal.

In patent document 1 (Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2004-191093), the dangerous location information reflecting the present traffic condition is notified to other users, such as a user and a pedestrian, according to a user's movement. A traffic danger point notification system is disclosed.
In GPS (Global Positioning System), a signal from a satellite is received by a GPS terminal, and the position of the GPS terminal is measured.

JP 2004-191093 A

However, in the prior art including the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, only common information is provided to a plurality of users, and individual dangerous spot information is not provided to each user.
Further, the GPS position measurement accuracy is affected by the arrangement state of the satellites used for measurement, and the accuracy varies depending on the position and time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and measures the position of the user, and selects and presents only effective information related to the user's position and suitable for the user from among a large number of pieces of information. information registration device used to program, and to provide information registration method, and an information providing method.

An information registration device according to a first aspect of the present invention registers data used by an information providing device that is carried by a user who is an object of information provision and is connected to a terminal having a position measurement function so as to be able to transmit, and for registration Accepting means for accepting the user identification data of the user together with the registration request from the terminal, the area location data indicating the location of the information providing area for providing information, and the providing content data indicating the content of the information to be provided, and the registration request In this case, a registration processing unit that associates the user identification data, the area position data, and the provided content data with each other and stores them in the storage unit is provided.

Thereby, provision of information regarding the information provision area can be realized.
In the information registration device according to the first aspect , when the registration processing unit receives new area position data and new provision content data for the information providing area, the registration processing unit stores the area position data stored in the storage unit; The position indicated by the area position data when the distance calculated from the new area position data is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value and the provided content data stored in the storage means matches the new provided content data. And the position of the midpoint between the position indicated by the new area position data and the area position data stored in the storage means is updated using the position of the midpoint .

Thereby, the position of the information providing area can be automatically corrected, and the reliability of the position of the information providing area can be improved .

In addition , said aspect is expressed as an apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the above aspect may be expressed by a method, a program, a computer-readable storage medium, a terminal, a system including a registration terminal and the apparatus of the above aspect.
An information providing method according to a second aspect of the present invention is an information providing method implemented in a device that is carried by a user who is an object of information provision and is connected to a terminal having a position measuring function so as to be able to transmit. When receiving a registration request, receiving user identification data of the user, area location data indicating the location of the information providing area for providing information, and providing content data indicating the content of the information to be provided, Storing user identification data, area position data, and provided content data in association with each other in storage means, receiving user identification data and user position data indicating the latest position of the user together with an information provision request from a terminal, providing information When the request is accepted, it is determined whether the user location data satisfies the information provision condition determined from the area location data. And providing provision content data associated with the user identification data to the terminal when the information provision condition is satisfied, and storing in the storage means includes new area position data for the information provision area When the new provision content data is received, the distance calculated from the area position data stored in the storage means and the new area position data is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value and is stored in the storage means. When the provided content data matches the new provided content data, the position of the midpoint between the position indicated by the area position data and the position indicated by the new area position data is obtained, and the storage means is used by using the position of the midpoint Updating the area position data stored in .
Thereby, effective information suitable for the user according to the position of the user can be provided to the terminal carried by the user. Further, the position of the information providing area can be automatically corrected to improve the reliability of the position of the information providing area.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to select and provide only effective information related to the position of the user and adapted to the user from among a large amount of information.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same part in each following figure, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information providing system according to the present embodiment.

Moreover, FIG. 2 is a figure which shows the example of application of the information provision system which concerns on this Embodiment.
The information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes terminals 3a to 3d carried by general users 2a to 2d, terminals 5a to 5d carried by management users 4a to 4d, base stations 6a and 6b, an imaging device 7, A sensor 8, a network 9, an aggregation device 10, and an information providing device 11 are provided.

  The terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d have a position measurement function 12, and also have a communication function 13 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the information providing apparatus 11 via the base stations 6a and 6b, the network 9, and the aggregation apparatus 10. A mobile terminal or a navigation terminal having an output function 14 for displaying and outputting sound received from the information providing apparatus 11. The position measurement function 12 measures the position based on, for example, a signal received from a satellite.

Each of the terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d has a registration function 15 that supports registration in the information providing apparatus 11 necessary for performing the information providing service.
As the terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d, for example, a mobile communication device such as a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) having a wireless communication function, or a notebook PC is used.

  The terminals 3a to 3d are carried by general users 2a to 2d who are recipients of, for example, danger notification data and advertisement data, and the terminals 5a to 5d are carried by management users 4a to 4d. General users 2a to 2d are, for example, children, elderly people, wheelchair users, women, general passersby, and the like. The management users 4a to 4d are, for example, parents, teachers, school officials such as PTA, caregivers, volunteer activists, field supervisors, stores, passers performing registration, information providing service contractors, and the like.

  The terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d include a general user ID (user identification data), general user position data measured by the position measurement function 12, a general user terminal ID indicating a general user terminal, and an information provision trigger. (Information provision request) is provided to the information provision apparatus 11 via the base stations 6 a and 6 b, the network 9, and the aggregation apparatus 10 using the communication function 13.

Further, the terminals 3 a to 3 d of the general users 2 a to 2 d provide the general user ID, the attribute data, and the registration trigger (registration request) to the information providing apparatus 11 using the communication function 13.
The terminals 5a to 5d of the management users 4a to 4d provide the registration data and the registration trigger to the information providing apparatus 11 via the base stations 6a and 6b, the network 9, and the aggregation apparatus 10 using the communication function 13. .

  Here, the registration data includes, for example, general user ID (user identification data), general user attribute data (age, gender, etc.), area position data indicating the position of an information provision area such as a dangerous area / advertisement distribution area (Latitude and longitude), management user ID (registrant identification data), management user terminal ID for specifying the management user's terminal, category of information provision, provision execution time data (date, Day of the week, time zone, etc.), provided data (notification message), and the like.

The imaging device 7 is a camera, for example, and the sensor 8 is a human sensor, for example. The imaging device 7 and the sensor 8 provide data indicating whether or not a person has approached the information providing area to the information providing device 11 via the network 9 and the aggregation device 10.
Here, examples of information provision areas include unobstructed intersections in school zones, areas with frequent traffic accidents, narrow alleys that are difficult to access by wheelchairs, construction sites, areas with steps, areas around stores, etc. .

The imaging device 7 creates image data in the information providing area and provides this image data to the information providing device 11.
The sensor 8 provides the information providing apparatus 11 with detection data indicating whether or not a person is approaching the information providing area.
Note that the imaging device 7 and the sensor 8 may provide image data and detection data to the information providing device 11 at regular intervals.

The base stations 6 a and 6 b provide data received from the terminals 3 a to 3 d and 5 a to 5 d by wireless communication to the information providing apparatus 11 via the network 9 and the aggregation apparatus 10.
The base stations 6a and 6b transmit data received from the information providing apparatus 11 via the aggregation apparatus 10 and the network 9 to the terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d by radio.

As the network 9, for example, the Internet or a telephone line is used.
The aggregation device 10 converts (structures) data received from various types of terminals 3a to 3d, 5a to 5d, the imaging device 7, and the sensor 8 into a common format and provides the information to the information providing device 11.

Further, the aggregation device 10 converts the data received from the information providing device 11 into data corresponding to the types of the terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d as the destinations, and provides the destinations via the network 9 and the base stations 6a and 6b. Terminal 3a-3d, 5a-5d.
The information providing apparatus 11 includes an input / output unit 16, a distribution unit 17, a registration processing unit 18, a provision condition determination unit 19, a provision data creation unit 20, a general user data storage unit 21, and an area data storage unit 22.

  The input / output unit 16 implements a reception function 16a and a provision function 16b. The reception function 16a receives data from the terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d via the base stations 6a and 6b, the network 9, and the aggregation device 10 and provides the received data to the distribution unit 17. The providing function 16b receives the provision data created by the provision data creation unit 20, the general user terminal ID that designates the designation of the provision destination of the provision data, and the management user terminal ID, and receives the aggregation device 10, the network 9, and the base station 6a. , 6b to the destination terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d.

When the distribution unit 17 receives a registration trigger from the reception function 16 a of the input / output unit 16, the distribution unit 17 provides the registration processing unit 18 with the registration data received from the reception function 16 a of the input / output unit 16.
On the other hand, when the distribution unit 17 receives an information provision trigger from the reception function 16 a of the input / output unit 16, the distribution unit 17 provides the data received from the reception function 16 a of the input / output unit 16 to the provision condition determination unit 19.

In the general user data storage unit 21, general user data 21a is managed in a table format.
In the area data storage unit 22, area data 22a and representative point data 22b are managed in a table format.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the relationship between the general user data 21a, the area data 22a, and the representative point data 22b.

  The general user data 21a includes various data related to general users. The general user data 21a includes, for example, a general user ID, general user attribute data, the latest time data (date and time) for which the position measurement has been performed for the general user, the latest position data for the general user, and the position for the general user. Past time data measured, past location data of general users, management user ID, provision status indicating whether or not the information providing service is being implemented, management user terminal ID indicating information providing destination and management user terminal Is an item.

  The area data 22a includes various data related to the information providing area. The area data 22a includes, for example, an area ID, a representative point ID indicating a representative point of the information providing area, a category of information provision, attribute data of a general user who is an information provision target, provision execution time data, provision content data, and the area. The registration update time data indicating the registration update date and time and the deletion time data indicating the deletion date and time for this area are the items.

  The representative point data 22b includes various data related to representative points in the information providing area. The representative point data 22b includes, for example, a representative point ID, area position data (latitude and longitude) indicating the position of the representative point, a map code calculated from the area position data, and a registration update time indicating a new registration date and time for this representative point. Data is an item.

The general user data 21a and the area data 22a are related by the attribute data of the general user.
The area data 22a and the representative point data 22b are related by a representative point ID.
The registration processing unit 18 executes registration processing to the general user data 21a, area data 22a, and representative point data 22b according to the registration data received from the distribution unit 17.

Specifically, when the registration processing unit 18 receives registration data, the registration processing unit 18 sets the received general user ID, general user attribute data, management user ID, and management user terminal ID in the items of the general user data 21a. Set as a value.
In addition, when the registration processing unit 18 receives registration data, the registration processing unit 18 automatically assigns unique values to the area ID of the area data 22a and the representative point IDs of the area data 22a and the representative point data 22b for each information providing area. Set.

  When the registration processing unit 18 receives registration data, the registration processing unit 18 displays the received information provision category, general user attribute data, provision execution time data, provision content data (notification message) in the items of the area data 22a. And set the registration update time data.

  Further, when registration data is received, the registration processing unit 18 sets the received area position data as the value of the area position data item of the representative point data 22b, and calculates the latitude and longitude indicated by the area position data. Map code is calculated and set, and registration update time data is set.

When the provision condition determination unit 19 receives data for providing information, the provision condition determination unit 19 has the received general user ID for the general user data 21a, the area data 22a, and the representative point data 22b. Search for records in the middle.
Also, the provision condition determination unit 19 sets the latest time data and the latest position data of the general user included in the retrieved record as the past time data and the past position data, respectively. And the received general user position data is set to the latest position data.

  Then, when the general user indicated by the general user ID approaches or exists in the information providing area for the retrieved record, the provision condition determining unit 19 provides a management user terminal ID corresponding to the general user ID, provision content data, The received general user terminal ID is provided to the provision data creation unit 20.

The provision data creation unit 20 creates provision data based on the provision content data received from the provision condition determination unit 19, and provides the provision data, the management user terminal ID indicating the provision destination and the general user terminal ID of the input / output unit 16. Provided to the providing function 16b.
The providing function 16b of the input / output unit 16 uses the management user terminal ID received from the provided data creating unit 20 via the aggregation device 10, the network 9, and the base stations 6a and 6b. Provided to the terminal indicated by the general user terminal ID.

  In the present embodiment, the information provision area may be defined by, for example, a circular area having a radius r [m] centered on position data (latitude and longitude) of a representative point measured by GPS or the like. . The information provision area may be defined by, for example, a 2r [m] square area (for example, r = 10).

In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the general users 2a to 2d or the management users 4a to 4d set a DOP value that is an accuracy degradation index, and the width is dynamically changed by the DOP value. The DOP value is provided to the information providing apparatus 11 from the terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of registration processing by the terminals 5a to 5d according to the present embodiment.

In step S1, the terminals 5a to 5d of the management users 4a to 4d provide a registration trigger and a management user terminal ID indicating an information providing destination to the information providing apparatus 11.
In step S <b> 2, the terminals 5 a to 5 d of the management users 4 a to 4 d acquire area position data indicating the position of the information providing area by the position measurement function 12.

In step S3, the terminals 5a to 5d of the management users 4a to 4d receive the general user ID, the general user attribute data, the management user ID, the information provision category, the provision execution time data, the provision content data, and the area position data. The information is provided to the information providing apparatus 11.
The registration of the general user ID and the general user attribute data in the general user data 21a is also possible from the terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d.

A pull-down menu may be used for specifying each data in the registration process. The provided content data may be freely described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of registration processing by the information providing apparatus 11 according to this embodiment.
In step T1, the reception function 16a of the input / output unit 16 repeats the reception process of the registration trigger and the management user terminal ID.

  When the registration trigger and the management user terminal ID are received by the reception function 16a, the reception function 16a receives the general user ID, the general user attribute data, the management user ID, the information provision category, the provision execution time data, in step T2. Provision content data and area position data are received. Each received data becomes registration candidate data for the general user data 21a, area data 22a, and representative point data 22b.

In step T3, the distribution unit 17 determines the type of trigger received by the reception function 16a.
If the accepted trigger is not a registration trigger, the registration process ends.
When the accepted trigger is a registration trigger, in step T4, the distribution unit 17 determines the general user ID, the general user attribute data, the management user ID, the information provision category, the provision execution time data, the provision content data, and the area position. The data is provided to the registration processing unit 18.

  In step T5, the registration processing unit 18 refers to the area data 22a and the representative point data 22b, and “in the area data 22a and the representative point data 22b, the distance between the stored representative point and the received area position data is predetermined. It is determined whether or not the condition that the stored provided content data and attribute data match the received provided content data and attribute data matches (matches) is satisfied.

When the condition of step T5 is not satisfied (when the new registration condition is satisfied), in step T6, the registration processing unit 18 registers the received data in the general user data 21a, area data 22a, and representative point data 22b. .
On the other hand, when the condition of step T5 is satisfied (when the new registration condition is not satisfied), in step T7, the registration processing unit 18 says that the time indicated by the registration update time data of this record is within a certain period from the current date and time. Determine whether the update conditions are met.

If the registration update time data of the record is more than a certain period before the current time, the process ends as the update condition is not satisfied.
If the registration update time data of the update condition record is not more than a certain period before the present time, the registration processing unit 18 determines that the update condition is satisfied. In step T8, the registration processing unit 18 stores the area position data (representative point data) stored in the representative point data 22b. Position data) and the midpoint position of the received area position data are newly registered as area position data of the area data 22a.

  In FIG. 5 above, the determination in step T5 is executed to exclude the same content from being registered repeatedly for the same information providing area. Steps T7 and T8 are executed in order to correct the position of the information providing area and improve the reliability of the position of the information providing area between the registration and the elapse of a certain period.

  That is, in FIG. 5, the information providing apparatus 11 at the time of registration first includes a general user ID that is a registration candidate, general user attribute data, management user ID, information provision category, provision execution time data, provision content data, And the position data of an information provision area are received.

  Next, the information providing apparatus 11 at the time of registration has the same value as the attribute data of the registration candidate general user and the provision content data of the registration candidate, and the linear distance from the area position data of the information provision area of the registration candidate is predetermined. A record that satisfies the condition that the threshold value is not more than the threshold value is searched from the general user data 21a, the area data 22a, and the representative point data 22b.

  Next, the information providing apparatus 11 at the time of registration records that satisfy the condition that the value is equal to the provision content data of the registration candidate and the linear distance from the area position data of the information provision area of the registration candidate is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. If there is no record, a record corresponding to the registration candidate is newly registered in the general user data 21a, area data 22a, and representative point data 22b. At this time, for the representative point data 22b, the registration candidate area position data is used as the area position data of the representative point of the information providing area, and the latitude and longitude are converted into a map code and registered.

If there is a record that satisfies the above condition and the registration update time of this record is more than a certain period (for example, one week) before the current date and time, the information providing apparatus 11 at the time of registration registers various types of registration candidate data. The process ends without
If there is a record that satisfies the above conditions and the registration update time of this record is within a certain period from the current date and time, the information providing apparatus 11 at the time of registration has already been registered in the registration candidate area position data and the representative point data 22b. Recalculation using the midpoint of the representative point area position data as the new representative point area position data, and the new representative point area position data is converted into a map code and registered in the representative point data 22b.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of information providing processing by the terminals 3a to 3d according to the present embodiment.
In step U1, the terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d provide the information providing apparatus 11 with a general user terminal ID that specifies an information provision trigger, a general user ID, and an information provision destination.

In step U2, the terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d acquire general user position data indicating the current positions of the general users 2a to 2d by the position measurement function 12, and acquire DOP values.
In step U3, the terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d provide the information providing apparatus 11 with the general user ID, the general user position data, and the DOP value.

In step U <b> 4, the terminals 3 a to 3 d of the general users 2 a to 2 d determine whether provision data has been received from the information providing apparatus 11.
If the provided data is not received, the process proceeds to step U6.
When the provision data is received, in step U5, the terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d display the contents of the provision data on the screens and output them by voice, and display the danger warning and the advertisement contents to the general users 2a to 2d. To give.

In step U6, the terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d determine whether or not an end operation from the general users 2a to 2d has been received.
If the end operation has not been accepted, the process returns to step U2.
When the termination operation is accepted, the terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d provide the termination trigger to the information providing apparatus 11 in step U7.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of information providing processing by the information providing apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment.
In step V1, the reception function 16a of the input / output unit 16 repeats the reception process of the information provision trigger, the general user ID, and the general user terminal ID.
When the information providing trigger, the general user ID, and the general user terminal ID are received by the reception function 16a, the reception function 16a receives the general user position data and the DOP value in step V2.

In step V3, the distribution unit 17 determines the type of trigger received by the reception function 16a.
If the accepted trigger is not an information provision trigger, the information provision process ends.
If the accepted trigger is an information provision trigger, in step V4, the distribution unit 17 provides the general user ID, the general user terminal ID, the general user position data, and the DOP value to the provision condition determination unit 19.

  In step V5, the provision condition determination unit 19 searches the general user data 21a using the received general user ID and the provision state “in progress” as keys, and the retrieved records are stored in the general user data 21a. The latest position data and the latest measured time data of the latest position data are stored as past position data and measured past time data of the past position data, respectively. The provision condition determination unit 19 stores the received general user position data and time data indicating the measured time of the general user position data as the latest position data and the latest time data, respectively.

In step V6, the provision condition determination unit 19 estimates the moving direction and speed of the general user based on the latest position data, the latest time data, the past position data, and the past time data.
In step V7, the provision condition determination unit 18 predicts the positions of the general users 2a to 2d after a predetermined time based on the estimated moving direction and speed of the general users 2a to 2d, and calculates a predicted position map code. To do.

  In step V8, the provision condition determination unit 18 searches the area data 22a and the representative point data 22b using the attribute data, provision execution time data, and predicted position map code associated with the general user ID as keys. As a result, the record that satisfies the first information provision condition that the attribute data associated with the general user ID matches, the current time is within the time zone indicated by the provision execution time data, and the predicted position map code matches. Are retrieved from the area data 22a and the representative point data 22b.

In step V9, the provision condition determination unit 19 determines whether there is a record in the information provision area that satisfies the first search condition.
If there is no retrieved record, the process proceeds to step V15.
When there is a retrieved record, in step V10, the provision condition determining unit 19 calculates a linear distance between the position of the representative point of the information providing area in the retrieved record and the predicted position of the general users 2a to 2d.

In step V11, the provision condition determination unit 19 sets a threshold value used for determining whether or not the general users 2a to 2d are approaching the information provision area based on the received DOP value.
In step V12, the provision condition determination unit 19 determines whether the second information provision condition that the general users 2a to 2d carrying the terminals 3a to 3d are approaching the information provision area is satisfied based on the distance.

If the second information provision condition is not satisfied, that is, if the general users 2a to 2d are not approaching the information provision area, the process proceeds to step V15.
When the second information provision condition is satisfied, that is, when the general users 2a to 2d are approaching the information provision area, in step V13, the provision data creation unit 20 provides the provision data based on the provision content data in the retrieved record. Create

In step V14, the providing function 16b of the input / output unit 16 provides provided data to the terminal indicated by the management user terminal ID and the terminal indicated by the received general user terminal ID in the retrieved record.
In step V15, the information providing apparatus 11 determines whether an end trigger has been received from the terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d.

If an end trigger is received, the process ends.
If the end trigger has not been received, the process returns to step V2.
In the information providing apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment, the current time used when determining whether or not it is the providing execution time is acquired from the internal clock and calendar of the information providing apparatus 11.

  Provided data provided from the information providing apparatus 11 to the terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d is created from the provided content data of the area data 22a. The registration of the provided content data may be set by using a pull-down menu at the terminals 5a to 5d, or may be set by free description, for example.

  The information providing apparatus 11 determines whether or not the general users 2a to 2d possessing the terminals 3a to 3d are approaching the information providing area by a linear distance between the representative point of the information providing area and the positions of the general users 2a to 2d. Judgment can be made based on whether or not the threshold value is dth or less. When GPS positioning is used for position measurement, the larger the volume of a solid (triangular pyramid in the case of three satellites) that connects three or more satellites used for GPS positioning and the GPS measurement position with a straight line is the accuracy degradation index The DOP value becomes smaller and the GPS positioning accuracy is improved. Usually, the DOP value is about 1.0 to 5.0. Conversely, if the volume of the solid is small, the DOP value increases. The information providing apparatus 11 decreases the threshold value dth when the DOP value received from the terminals 3a to 3d is small (for example, dth = 10 [m] when the DOP value is less than 3.0), and the DOP value is large. In this case, the threshold value dth is increased (dth = 20 [m] when the DOP value is 3.0 or more). Thereby, it can prevent that information is not notified to the general users 2a to 2d and the management users 4a to 4d in the vicinity of the information providing area. In addition, when a large number of information providing areas are registered, it is possible to prevent the number of pieces of information to be provided from becoming too large. Furthermore, when a plurality of information providing areas are adjacent to each other, it is possible to prevent information from being provided in a complicated state.

  In the present embodiment described above, for example, the users 2a to 2d and 4a to 4d carrying the terminals with devices 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d capable of measuring positions such as GPS are generally recipients of the information providing service. The attribute data of the users 2a to 2d is provided to the information providing apparatus 11 asynchronously together with the position data of the information providing area and registered.

  On the other hand, the information providing apparatus 11 collates the latest position data of the general users 2a to 2d that are stored and managed, the attribute data of each of the general users 2a to 2d, and the provision execution time data, so that the general users 2a to 2d and The management users 4a to 4d are notified of the latest data related to the information providing area.

  Thereby, in this Embodiment, the general users 2a-2d can obtain the information surrounding the information provision area filtered according to an attribute and a time slot | zone from the information provision apparatus 11. FIG. Moreover, the management users 4a-4d can know the trends of the general users 2a-2d.

In the present embodiment, the threshold for determining whether or not the general users 2a to 2d carrying the terminals 3a to 3d are in the vicinity of the information providing area is variable according to the position measurement accuracy such as the DOP value. .
Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the information from being notified to the general users 2a to 2d in the vicinity of the information providing area even if the place is indoors, a place where a building stands, or a place with relatively good visibility. Further, it is possible to prevent erroneous information from being provided to the general users 2a to 2d and the management users 4a to 4d.

  In the present embodiment, the general users 2a to 2d who own the terminals 3a to 3d approach the information provision area according to the general user position data sent from the terminals 3a to 3d by the information providing device 11 at a constant cycle. In order to automatically detect that the information is being provided, it is possible to provide a danger notice, a pinpoint advertisement distribution service, and the like to the general users 2a to 2d having specific attributes in the vicinity of the information providing area.

In the present embodiment, the information provision is performed when the general users 2a to 2d approach the information provision area, but the information provision may be performed when the general users 2a to 2d enter the information provision area. .
In the present embodiment, the registration to the general user data 21a, the area data 22a, and the representative point data 22b is performed by the management users 4a to 4d, but the registration to the general user data 21a is performed by the general user 2a who requests information provision. ~ 2d itself may do.

  In the present embodiment, since the general user data 21a and the area data 22a are related by the attribute data of the general user, effective information suitable for the position and attribute data of the general users 2a to 2d is displayed. 2d and its management users 4a to 4d can be provided to terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d.

In the present embodiment, the information providing apparatus 11 determines whether or not to provide information to the general users 2a to 2d and the management users 4a to 4d in consideration of the moving direction and speed of the general users 2a to 2d. it can.
In the present embodiment, when the information providing apparatus 11 receives new area position data for the same information providing area, the information providing apparatus 11 calculates the position indicated by the registered area position data and the position indicated by the new area position data. The registered area position data is updated at the midpoint. Thereby, the position of an information provision area can be corrected and the reliability of the position of an information provision area can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, even when the information providing apparatus 11 receives a registration trigger, the information providing apparatus 11 does not perform a registration process when registering the same content in the same information providing area. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the same data content from being registered repeatedly in the same information providing area.

  In this embodiment, each component may be rearranged as long as the same operation can be realized, each component may be freely combined, and each component may be freely divided. Some components may be deleted. In other words, the present embodiment is not limited to the above-described configuration as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the components without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage.

For example, the storage units 21 and 22 can be freely combined. The data 21a, 22a, 22b stored in the storage units 21, 22 can be freely combined.
Here, the case where the information provision apparatus 11 of the information provision system 1 which concerns on each said embodiment is implement | achieved using a computer and software is demonstrated.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration for realizing the information providing apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment using a computer and software.
The computer 23 includes a processor 24, a storage device 25 such as an internal memory, and an internal bus 26. The processor 24 and the storage device 25 are connected via an internal bus 26.

  The program 28 stored in the storage medium 27 is read into the computer 23 and executed by the processor 24. As a result, the computer 23 realizes functions as respective components included in the information providing apparatus 11. The storage device 25 functions as the storage units 21 and 22.

  In the present embodiment, the program 28 is written in a storage medium 27 such as a magnetic disk (flexible disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc., and operates as the information providing apparatus 11. 23 is applicable. The program 28 can also be transmitted to a computer 23 and applied to the computer 23. The computer 23 reads the program 28 and controls the operation of the program 28 to realize the function as the information providing apparatus 11. The program 28 may be arranged in a distributed manner on a plurality of computers, and the processing may be executed while cooperating with each other between the plurality of computers.

(Second Embodiment)
In the present embodiment, a usage example of the information providing system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, a case where the information providing system 1 is used as a danger notification system will be described.
Management users 4a to 4d (for example, parents with small children, school officials, volunteer activists, etc.) provide information areas that are dangerous areas (for example, intersections with poor visibility in school zones, narrow alleys that cannot be accessed by wheelchairs, construction sites) Information regarding location information, information providing area position data, providing execution time data, and attribute data of general users 2a to 2d (eg, children, elderly people, wheelchair users, women, etc.) who receive danger signals Provide to device 11 and register.

Here, when there is an area where the general users 2a to 2d themselves feel dangerous, the same registration may be performed.
The terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d transmit and store the general user ID and the general user position data to the information providing apparatus 11 at regular intervals.
In addition, the imaging device 7 and the sensor 8 installed in the vicinity of the information providing area transmit and store the image data and detection data indicating whether or not a person has approached the information providing device 11 at a constant period.

  The image data captured by the image capturing device 7 may be provided to the information providing device 11 via the network 9 and the aggregation device 10 when the sensor 8 detects that a person has approached. In this case, the data capacity required for the information providing apparatus 11 can be reduced, the processing load can be reduced, and the network load can be reduced as compared with the case where image data is transmitted at regular intervals. be able to.

  The information providing apparatus 11 manages the attribute data of the general users 2a to 2d, and when the general users 2a to 2d approach or enter the danger area corresponding to the attribute data, the general users 2a to 2d and the management users 4a to 4d. A danger notification message is transmitted to the 4d terminals 3a to 3d and 5a to 5d to give a warning.

Thereby, the general users 2a to 2d can leave the danger area, and the management users 4a to 4d can know that the general users 2a to 2d have approached or entered the danger area.
(Third embodiment)
In the present embodiment, a usage example of the information providing system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described.

This Embodiment demonstrates the case where the information provision system 1 is used as an advertisement transmission system.
The management users 4a to 4d (for example, store managers, employees, etc.) are general users 2a to who receive data related to the information providing area around the store, location data of the information providing area, provision execution time data, and advertisement data. 2d (for example, passersby) attribute data (for example, age, sex, etc.) is provided to the information providing apparatus 11 and registered.

The terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d transmit and store the general user ID and the general user position data to the information providing apparatus 11 at regular intervals.
In addition, the imaging device 7 and the sensor 8 installed in the vicinity of the information providing area transmit and store the image data and detection data indicating whether or not a person has approached the information providing device 11 at a constant period.

Also in the present embodiment, the image data captured by the imaging device 7 is provided to the information providing device 11 via the network 9 and the aggregation device 10 when the sensor 8 detects that a person has approached. It may be.
The information providing apparatus 11 manages the attribute data of the general users 2a to 2d, and when the general users 2a to 2d approach or enter the store corresponding to the attribute data, the information providing device 11 enters the terminals 3a to 3d of the general users 2a to 2d. The store advertisement data is transmitted, and the approach notification message of the customer candidate is transmitted to the terminals 5a to 5d of the management users 4a to 4d.

  As a result, the general users 2a to 2d can obtain the advertisement data from the store that matches their attributes, and the management users 4a to 4d can know the number of approaches, the approach state, and the like of the customer candidates.

  The present invention is effective in the field of distributing information to a terminal carried by a user.

The block diagram which shows the example of a structure of the information provision system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of application of the information provision system which concerns on the embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the relationship between general user data, area data, and representative point data. The flowchart which shows the example of the registration process by the terminal concerning the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the example of the registration process by the information provision apparatus which concerns on the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the example of the information provision process by the terminal which concerns on the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the example of the information provision process by the information provision apparatus which concerns on the embodiment. The block diagram which shows the example of the structure for implement | achieving the information provision apparatus which concerns on the embodiment using a computer and software.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information provision system, 2a-2d ... General user, 3a-3d, 5a-5d ... Terminal, 4a-4d ... Management user, 6a, 6b ... Base station, 7 ... Imaging device, 8 ... Sensor, 9 ... Network, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Aggregation apparatus, 11 ... Information provision apparatus, 12 ... Position measurement function, 13 ... Communication function, 14 ... Output function, 15 ... Registration function, 16 ... Input / output part, 16a ... Reception function, 16b ... Provision function, 17 ... Distribution unit, 18 ... registration processing unit, 19 ... providing condition determination unit, 20 ... provided data creation unit, 21 ... general user data storage unit, 21a ... general user data, 22 ... area data storage unit, 22a ... area data, 22b ... representative point data, 23 ... computer, 24 ... processor, 25 ... storage device, 26 ... internal bus, 27 ... storage medium, 28 ... program

Claims (4)

In an information registration device that registers data used by an information providing device that is connected to a terminal that is carried by a user who is an object of information provision and has a position measurement function,
A receiving means for receiving user identification data of the user together with a registration request from the registration terminal, area position data indicating a position of an information providing area for providing information, and providing content data indicating a content of information to be provided;
Registration processing means for associating and storing the user identification data, the area position data, and the provided content data in a storage means when the registration request is received;
Comprising
When the registration processing means receives new area position data and new provision content data for the information providing area, the registration processing means uses the area position data and the new area position data stored in the storage means. When the calculated distance is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value and the provided content data stored in the storage unit matches the new provided content data, the position indicated by the area position data and the new An information registration apparatus characterized in that a position of a midpoint with respect to a position indicated by the area position data is obtained, and the area position data stored in the storage means is updated using the position of the midpoint. The program for functioning a computer as each means which comprises the information registration apparatus of Claim 1 . In an information registration method for registering data used by an information providing apparatus that is connected to a terminal that is carried by a user who is an object of information provision and has a position measurement function,
  Receiving user identification data of the user together with a registration request from the registration terminal, area position data indicating the position of the information providing area for providing information, and providing content data indicating the content of the information to be provided;
  When the registration request is accepted, the user identification data, the area position data, and the provided content data are related and stored in the storage means.
Including
  To store in the storage means,
  When new area position data and new provision content data are received for the information providing area, a distance calculated from the area position data and the new area position data stored in the storage means is predetermined. If the provision content data stored in the storage means matches the new provision content data, the position indicated by the area position data and the new area position data are indicated. Determining the position of the midpoint with respect to the position, and updating the area position data stored in the storage means using the position of the midpoint
An information registration method characterized by that. In an information provision method implemented in a device that is carried by a user who is a target of information provision and connected to a terminal having a position measurement function so as to be able to transmit,
Rukoto accepts and provides content data indicating the contents of the user identification data and information provided with the area position data indicating the position of the information provision area to implement the provided object information of the user with the registration request from the registration terminal,
The registration request when receiving, storing in the storage means in association with said user identification data and the area position data and said provided content data,
Rukoto accepting a user position data together with the information providing request from the terminal indicating the latest position of the user with the user identification data,
Wherein when the information providing request has been received, the user position data to determine whether the information provided satisfies determined from the area position data,
When the information provision condition is satisfied, the providing content data that is related with said user identification data, to provide to the terminal
Including
To store in the storage means,
When new area position data and new provision content data are received for the information providing area, a distance calculated from the area position data and the new area position data stored in the storage means is predetermined. If the provision content data stored in the storage means matches the new provision content data, the position indicated by the area position data and the new area position data are indicated. A method for providing information , comprising: obtaining a position of a midpoint with respect to a position, and updating the area position data stored in the storage means using the position of the midpoint .

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