JP4503393B2 - Destination guide device, program and recording medium thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a destination guide device, a program, and a recording medium for providing a route to a destination.

  Conventionally, on the homepage published on the Internet, for example, a map including a certain destination and the nearest place to be used as a landmark is published as display content, thereby providing directions to the destination. .

  In the route guidance to the destination, a planar map or a bird's eye view from above is used, and it is necessary to determine the current position on the map. In addition, it was necessary to replace the route from the current position to the destination with his own line of sight and aim for the destination.

  Here, for the person who is not good at grasping his / her position, there are many cases where he / she gets lost in the conventional technique.

  In addition, for example, in an in-vehicle navigation system etc., navigation to the vicinity of the destination is performed, but navigation ends near the destination due to problems of GPS (Global Positioning System) accuracy and destination setting accuracy, Eventually it was necessary to look up the map to find the destination.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed based on the above-described conventional circumstances, and provides a destination guide device, a program, and a recording medium thereof that guide a user easily and reliably from the current position to the destination. Objective.

The present invention employs the following means in order to achieve the above object. In other words, the destination guidance device according to the present invention includes a moving image storage means for storing a live-action video moving image in which a route from a predetermined location registered in advance in association with the destination is recorded as a real-image video, and a destination Indicates the display content, the predetermined location associated with the destination, the departure location display content including a link to the corresponding live-action video, and the predetermined location associated with the destination and the destination A storage means for storing display content including a map , a display content transmission means for transmitting display content to the terminal, and a corresponding live-action video moving image based on a display instruction from the terminal Moving image transmitting means.
In this structure, the user can memorize | store an actual route by seeing a live-action video moving image. As a result, even when the user actually visits the destination, the user can accurately guide the route from the predetermined place as if he had experienced in the past, and as a result, he / she does not get lost.

In addition, a live-action video movie in which a route from a predetermined location registered in advance in association with the destination to the destination as a moving destination is recorded as a real-time video is stored in association with position information of the corresponding predetermined location. The moving image storage means, the current position information receiving means for receiving the current position information as the current position information of the terminal from the terminal, the received current position information, and a plurality of predetermined locations associated with the destination Based on the position information, a moving image selection means for selecting a live-action video moving image corresponding to a predetermined location closest to the current position information, and a moving image transmission means for transmitting the real-action video moving image selected by the moving image selection means to the terminal there is configured to include.

  In this configuration, by acquiring the current position information of the user terminal, it is possible to transmit a video from an appropriate start point without the user selecting an appropriate start position on the map.

  Further, the traffic information receiving means for receiving the traffic information of the road between the predetermined place and the destination is provided, and the moving picture selecting means is used when a plurality of kinds of live-action video moving pictures from one predetermined place to the destination are stored. There is a configuration in which a live-action video moving image is selected from a plurality of types of live-action video moving images based on the traffic jam information received by the traffic jam information receiving means. The traffic jam information receiving means may be a VICS (Vehicle Information and Communication System) or an FM-VICS receiver.

  In this configuration, by selecting a moving image file based on traffic jam information, for example, when visiting by car, it is possible to visit a destination while avoiding traffic jams.

  Here, the destination guidance apparatus can be embodied using a computer. In that case, each means excluding the storage means is embodied by operating a program on a computer.

  The user can memorize | store an actual route by seeing a real image | video video. Thereby, even when the user actually visits the destination, the user can easily and surely guide the route from the predetermined place as if he had experienced in the past, and as a result, he / she does not get lost. .

  Further, by acquiring the current position information of the user terminal, it is possible to transmit an image from an appropriate start point without the user selecting an appropriate start position on the map.

  Furthermore, in the case of a visit by car, it becomes possible to visit a destination while avoiding traffic jams.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for understanding of the present invention. In addition, the following embodiment is an example which actualized this invention, Comprising: It is not the thing of the character which limits the technical scope of this invention. Further, the alphabet “S” added before the numerical value in the flowchart means a step.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, the processing of the destination guidance apparatus in the embodiment according to the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram of a destination guidance apparatus 101 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the processing of each means will be described later.

  FIG. 2 is a configuration example of a destination guidance system using the destination guidance device 101 and the user terminal 201, and a plurality of user terminals 201 and the destination guidance device 101 are connected to each other via a network 202 so as to communicate with each other. Further, the destination guide apparatus 101 can receive FM waves depending on its configuration.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the destination guidance apparatus 101, which includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 301, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 302, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 303, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 304, and A network I / F (interface) 305 is connected via an internal bus 306. The CPU 301 operates as each unit shown in FIG. 1 by using, for example, the RAM 302 as a work area and executing a program stored in the ROM 303, the HDD 304, or the like. The network I / F 305 is connected to a network, and can exchange data with other devices. Further, the configuration of the user terminal 201 is the same as that of the destination guidance apparatus 101, and different processes can be executed because the stored programs are different. Next, the destination guidance apparatus 101 and the user terminal Details of the processing in 201 will be described with reference to a flowchart showing processing of the destination guide device in FIG.

  First, a user who wants to move to a destination accesses the destination guide apparatus 101 via the network 202 from the user terminal 201. For the sake of understanding, the user is intended to visit “A Animal Hospital”. In this case, the user activates a browser (software for browsing the home page) on the user terminal 201 and connects to the search site, and searches the search site for A animal hospital. The search result is displayed on a display connected to the user terminal 201, and the user can access the destination guidance apparatus 101 by selecting the display.

  Next, in the destination guidance apparatus 101, access from the user terminal 201 is received by the display content transmission means 103 via the transmission / reception means 102 (FIG. 7: S701).

  When the access is received, the display content transmission means 103 reads a predetermined display content from the display content storage means 104 and sends it back to the user terminal 201 (FIG. 7: S702).

  Here, in general, the display content transmitted for the first access is configured with various menus for introducing the A animal hospital, for example, but is not directly related to the present invention. Therefore, this menu is omitted. An example of the display content transmitted here is shown in FIG.

  The display content 400 shown in FIG. 4 includes content 401 (destination display content) indicating the destination A animal hospital, and content indicating a representative place when visiting the A animal hospital. 402 to 405 (departure place display content). Here, the content 402 indicates “R station”, which is a train station, and the contents 403 and 405 indicate “T store” and “S store”, which are stores, respectively. The content 404 indicates a “U station” that is a gas station.

  Further, the display content 400 is not displayed in the illustrated case, but the contents 402 to 405 of the display content 400 include content 401 (from the station R in the case of the content 402) corresponding to the content 401 ( Link information to a live-action video file that records the route to (A Animal Hospital) as a live-action video is included. Specifically, the link information is described in, for example, a description <href> of HTML (HyperText Markup Language).

  Next, when the display content 400 is displayed on the display of the user terminal 201, the user selects a desired mark using a pointing device such as a mouse. Here, it is assumed that the user has selected the content 402 indicating “R station”.

  When the user selects the content 402, it indicates that a live-action video movie (file name is AR-01.wma) linked to the content 402 and recording the route from the R station to the A animal hospital is transmitted. The link moving image transmission instruction is received by the moving image selection means 106 via the transmission / reception means 102 (FIG. 7: S703).

  The moving picture selection means 106 that has received the link moving picture transmission instruction obtains a live-action video moving picture (AR-01.wma) corresponding to the instruction from the moving picture storage means 107 and sends it to the user terminal 201 via the moving picture transmission means 109. Transmit (FIG. 7: S704).

  The photographed video image is reproduced on the user terminal 201. Here, the live-action video moving image is a moving image in which the route from the R station to the A animal hospital is sequentially photographed from the eyes of a person, and is photographed including buildings, intersections, signboards, and the like that are landmarks on the route. .

  The user can store the actual route by viewing the display content 400 (map) and the live-action video moving image. Thus, even when the user actually visits the A animal hospital, the user can move as if he had experienced the route from the R station in the past, and as a result, he / she never gets lost.

  The user terminal 201 may be a portable mobile terminal such as a mobile phone. By using a mobile terminal, it is possible to reproduce a live-action video and moving image when moving, and it is possible to reliably visit a destination without relying on memory.

(Embodiment 2)
Subsequently, a destination guide apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described. Note that description of the same processing as in the first embodiment will be omitted.

  In the second embodiment, the destination guidance apparatus 101 includes a current position information receiving unit 105 in addition to the above configuration. The current position information receiving unit 105 can acquire the current position of the user terminal 201 that is accessing the destination guidance apparatus 101 from, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) function provided in a mobile phone or the like. .

  That is, when receiving the link moving image transmission instruction in step S703, the current position information receiving unit 105 further determines the current position of the user terminal from the user terminal 201 by using information such as “north latitude” and “east longitude”. Receive (FIG. 8A: S701 → S702 → S801). In this case, the difference from the first embodiment is that the user does not need to specify (select) one of the desired marks, that is, one of the plurality of contents 402 to 405. For example, it is only necessary to select a “way guide” button.

  When the current position information receiving means 105 receives the current position information, it is transmitted to the moving picture selecting means 106 together with the link moving picture transmission instruction. In the first embodiment, the link video transmission instruction includes transmitting a “live-action video video recording the route from R station to A animal hospital”. It only needs to include the fact that it is an A animal hospital.

  Subsequently, the moving image selection unit 106 refers to a moving image table stored in the moving image storage unit 107. An example of the moving image table is shown in FIG. The moving image table 500 includes a destination name 501 that is the name of the destination, a moving image position name 502 that is a name of a mark (start position) when the route guidance is performed with a live-action moving image, and a moving image position coordinate 503 that is the coordinates of the mark. A moving image file name 504 that is a moving image file name corresponding to the start position, a moving image storage location 505 that is a storage location of the file, and path information 506 are stored. The route information 506 will be described later.

  Now, the moving image selection means 106 refers to the moving image table 500 and extracts the moving image position coordinates 503 indicating the position closest to the current position information of the user terminal 201, where the destination name 501 is “A animal hospital” ( FIG. 8A: S802). Here, assuming that the user has accessed from, for example, the vicinity of the content 404 (U stand), the moving image position coordinate 503 closest to the current position information of the user is a record 510 including the U stand.

  Subsequently, based on the extracted moving image file name 504 and moving image storage location 505 of the record 510, a moving image video file “AU.wma” is obtained from the corresponding storage location, and the user is transmitted via the moving image transmission means 109. It transmits to the terminal 201 (FIG. 8A: S803).

  Thereafter, the moving image file is received by the user terminal 201 and reproduced, as in the first embodiment.

  As described above, by acquiring the current position information of the user terminal, by acquiring the current position information of the user terminal, the user can select from an appropriate start point without selecting an appropriate start position on the map. Can be transmitted.

(Embodiment 3)
Subsequently, a destination guide apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described. The description of the same processing as in the first and second embodiments is omitted.

  In the third embodiment, the destination guide apparatus 101 includes traffic information receiving means 108 in addition to the above configuration. The traffic jam information receiving means 108 can acquire traffic jam information on the road from FM-VICS (Vehicle Information and Communication System) or VICS.

  For example, the display content 600 of FIG. 6 shows two routes X: 601 and Y: 602 from the R station to the A animal hospital on the display content 400 for the sake of understanding. This means that there are a route X: 601 and a route Y: 602 in the route from the R station to the A animal hospital, but it is not necessarily displayed on the user terminal 201. Furthermore, the moving image table 500 includes records 511 and 512 corresponding to the two routes.

  Now, in the present embodiment, the point that the access from the user terminal 201 is received and the link moving image transmission instruction and the current position information are received is the same as in the second embodiment (FIG. 8B: S701 → S801). The point that the position coordinate closest to the current position information of the user is selected from the moving image table 500 and the corresponding record is extracted is the same as in the second embodiment (FIG. 8B: S802).

  Here, when there are a plurality of corresponding records, the moving image selection unit 106 acquires the route information 506 of the plurality of records, respectively. Specifically, the record 511 and the record 512 correspond to the plurality of corresponding records. In the records 511 and 512, the destination name 501 and the moving image position name 502 and the moving image position coordinates 503 have the same value. If there is no plurality of records, the process is the same as in the second embodiment (FIG. 8B: S810 No → S803).

  Then, the moving image selection unit 106 that has acquired a plurality of route information compares the route information X and Y with the traffic information acquired from the traffic information receiving unit 108 (FIG. 8B: S810 Yes → S811 → S812).

  For example, in the traffic jam information, it is assumed that the state of the route Y: 602 is “congested” and the state of the route X: 601 is “no traffic jam”. In this case, the moving image selection unit 106 selects the record 511 including the route X in the route information 506 (FIG. 8B: S812).

  The moving image file corresponding to the selected record 511 is “A-R-01.wma”, and thereafter, the moving image file is acquired and transmitted to the user terminal 201 as in the second embodiment.

  As described above, when there are a plurality of routes, by selecting a video file based on traffic jam information, for example, when visiting by car, it is possible to avoid a traffic jam and visit a destination . Naturally, it is possible to move as if the route had been experienced in the past, and it is the same as above that there is no need to get lost.

  In addition, although the computer and the mobile phone were mentioned as the user terminal, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a car navigation system or a mobile navigation system.

  With the destination guidance device, program, and storage medium thereof according to the present invention, even when the user actually visits the destination, the user can accurately guide the route from the predetermined place as if he had experienced in the past. Therefore, it is suitable as a destination guide device, a program, and a recording medium for providing a route to the destination.

The functional block diagram of a destination guidance apparatus. The schematic block diagram of the destination guidance system. The schematic block diagram of the destination guidance apparatus. The figure which shows an example of the content for a display. The figure which shows an example of a moving image table. The figure which showed the several path | route in the content for a display. 5 is a flowchart showing processing of the destination guide device according to the first embodiment. 7 is a flowchart showing processing of the destination guide device according to the second and third embodiments.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Destination guidance apparatus 102 Transmission / reception means 103 Display content transmission means 104 Display content storage means 105 Current position information reception means 106 Movie selection means 107 Movie storage means 108 Traffic jam information reception means 109 Motion image transmission means

Claims (6)

A moving image storage means for storing a live-action video moving image in which a route from a predetermined location registered in advance in association with the destination to a destination that is a destination is recorded as a real-time video;
A destination display content indicating the destination, the departure point display content containing links to Stock Video moving picture corresponding to the predetermined location together with indicating the predetermined location associated to the destination, the destination and the Display content storage means for storing display content including a map indicating a predetermined location associated with the destination ;
Display content transmitting means for transmitting the display content based on an instruction from a terminal connected via a network;
A destination guidance device comprising: a moving picture transmitting means for sending a live-action picture moving picture corresponding to the link to the terminal based on a display instruction of a link included in the departure place display content from the terminal. Associating a live- action video that records the route from a predetermined location registered in advance in association with the destination to the destination, which is the destination, with positional information of the predetermined location corresponding to the real-image video and the dynamic picture storage means you memory Te,
From a terminal, and the current position information receiving means for receiving the current position information is current location information of the terminal,
Movie selection means for selecting a live-action video movie corresponding to a predetermined location closest to the current location information based on the received current location information and location information of a plurality of the predetermined locations associated with the destination When,
And video transmission means for transmitting the photographed image videos selected by the above SL video selecting means on the terminal
A destination guide device comprising: A traffic information receiving means for receiving traffic information on the road between the predetermined place and the destination,
The moving image selection means, when a plurality of types of live-action video moving images from one predetermined location to the destination are stored, based on the traffic jam information received by the traffic jam information receiving means. The destination guidance device according to claim 2, wherein a live-action video movie is selected from the video movie. The destination information device according to claim 3 , wherein the traffic jam information is information indicating presence or absence of traffic jam . On the computer,
Based on an instruction from a terminal connected via a network, a destination display content indicating a destination that is a destination, a predetermined location registered in advance in association with the destination, and from the predetermined location A display content including a departure place display content including a link to a live-action video that records the route to the destination as a live-action video , and a map indicating the destination and a predetermined location associated with the destination A display content transmission step for transmitting to the terminal;
Based on a display instruction of a link included in the departure place display content from the terminal, a program for executing a live-action video moving image transmission step of transmitting a real-action video movie corresponding to the link to the terminal.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 5 is recorded.

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