JP4548830B2 - Content distribution apparatus, information terminal apparatus, and content distribution system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content distribution system for distributing content to an information terminal device carried by a user who is in a waiting state such as waiting for boarding an airplane or waiting for an attraction at a theme park.

Conventionally, for example, in a facility such as a theme park or an amusement park, when a user wants to enjoy an attraction, the user needs to line up at the entrance of the attraction. At this time, in a popular attraction or the like, a long queue may be formed, and the user has to line up for a long time.
In order to improve such a situation, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-22342 (Patent Document 1) notifies a user of a waiting situation such as an attraction, thereby efficiently selecting an attraction, Techniques for improving user satisfaction are disclosed.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-22342 (FIG. 1)

In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, since a waiting state is notified to the user, a user who wants a plurality of attractions examines the waiting state of the desired attraction and efficiently selects the attraction. It becomes possible to do. However, if all of the desired attractions are in a long line, the user must end up in a line for a long time, resulting in boring time.
In addition to the above-described attractions, the user waits until the departure time for waiting for boarding such as trains and buses, waiting for boarding airplanes, and so on, so he / she has time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and provides contents to waiting users such as waiting for entrance to attractions such as theme parks and amusement parks, waiting for boarding such as trains and buses, etc. by distributing, and to provide without boring the user, Turkey content delivery apparatus can be spent enjoyable latency, the information terminal apparatus, and a content distribution system.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following means.
The present invention provides a wait state detection for detecting that the user is in a wait state using the position information of the current location of the information terminal device received from the information terminal device carried by the user and the difference between the position information. Means, a content distribution means for distributing content to an information terminal device carried by the user when it is detected that the user is in a waiting state, and an imaging device included in the information terminal device an image included in view of the acquired user and an image of a predetermined object that is stored in the field of view of the user by the image matching in the storage unit, whether the predetermined object is present Content detection means for detecting whether or not the content distribution means is associated with the target object when the predetermined target object is present in the user's field of view. To provide a content distribution apparatus to be delivered.

According to the above configuration, when the waiting state detection unit detects whether or not the user is in a waiting state, the content is distributed to the information terminal device carried by the user by the content distribution unit. . As a result, it is possible to provide the content to the user who is in a waiting state, so that it is possible to spend the waiting time happily without boring the user.
Furthermore, when the object detection unit detects that a predetermined object registered in advance is present in the user's field of view, the content associated with the object is distributed by the content distribution unit. It is possible to provide useful information and highly entertaining information to the user. As a result, the user can be more entertained.
As an example of the above-mentioned waiting state, there are amusement parks, theme parks, and other facilities attraction, waiting for entry to a specific location such as a movie theater or a store, waiting for a vehicle such as a train or bus, or boarding an airplane, etc. There is waiting.
The waiting state detecting means detects that the user is in a waiting state, for example, when the user has stayed in a certain place for a predetermined period or longer.
The waiting state detection unit detects that the user is in a waiting state when, for example, predetermined information indicating that the user is in a waiting state is received from an information terminal device that distributes content.
For example, when the object detection unit acquires information indicating that a predetermined object registered in advance in the user's field of view exists from an information terminal device carried by the user, The presence of a predetermined object is detected.
For example, the object detection means acquires an image in the viewing direction of the user from an information terminal device carried by the user, and collates this image with an image of a predetermined object registered in advance. It is detected whether or not a predetermined object exists in the user's field of view.

The content distribution device of the present invention uses the position information and the difference between the position information to acquire a waiting time from an existing waiting time calculation device or to acquire a timetable and compare it with the current time, Waiting time calculating means for calculating the waiting time of the user may be provided, and the content distribution means may distribute content having a length corresponding to the waiting time associated with the object.

According to the above configuration, the waiting time of the user is calculated by the waiting time calculating unit, and the content having a length corresponding to the calculated waiting time is distributed to the information terminal device carried by the user by the content distributing unit. . Accordingly, the distributed content can be terminated within the waiting time, and the waiting time can be enjoyed without giving the user a discomfort such as the content being interrupted.
The waiting time calculating means acquires, for example, a flight boarding time from an information terminal device carried by the user when the departure time is fixed in advance, such as a flight, and the acquired time and current time Are compared to calculate the waiting time.
The waiting time calculation means waits from an existing waiting time calculation device or the like provided in the attraction or the like when the user is lined up in the attraction or the like in a facility such as a theme park or an amusement park. It is good also as a structure which acquires the information of time.

A reference example of the present invention includes a waiting state detection unit that detects that a user is in a waiting state, a content distribution unit that distributes content to an information terminal device carried by the user, and the user's An object detection means for detecting whether or not a predetermined object registered in advance exists in the field of view, and the content distribution means when the predetermined object does not exist in the user's field of view Provides a content distribution device for distributing information for guiding the object to enter the user's field of view.

  According to the above configuration, when there is no object in the user's field of view, information for guiding the object to enter the user's field of view is distributed to the user's information terminal device by the content distribution unit. The This makes it possible to guide the user's line of sight toward the object.

The present invention provides display means, wait state detection means for detecting that the user is in a wait state using position information of the current location and the difference between the position information, and display control means for displaying content on the display means. When an image contained in field of view of the user obtained by the imaging means, by image matching the image of a predetermined object stored in the storage unit, the field of view of the user, the predetermined Object detection means for detecting whether or not the object exists, wherein the object detection means acquires position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of the current location, and a line of sight for detecting the direction of the user's line of sight The user's field of view within a predetermined visual field range determined based on the direction information acquired by the direction detection means and the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means and the direction of the line of sight detected by the line-of-sight direction detection means; Determination means for determining whether or not a predetermined object registered in advance exists, and the waiting state detection means detects that the user is in a waiting state, and the object detection means Thus, when it is detected that the predetermined object exists in the user's field of view, the display control means provides an information terminal device that causes the display means to display the content.

According to the above configuration, the wait state detecting means, it is detected that the user is a wait state, and the predetermined object which is registered in advance by the object detecting means is present in the field of view of the user Is detected, the content is displayed on the display means by the display control means. Thereby, it is possible to spend the waiting time happily without boring the waiting user.
Moreover, according to the said structure, a user's position is acquired by a positional information acquisition means, and the direction of a user's gaze is detected by a gaze direction detection means. Then, the determination means determines a predetermined visual field range based on the position of the user and the direction of the user's line of sight, and whether or not there is a predetermined object registered in advance in the predetermined visual field range. It will be judged. As a result, it is possible to accurately detect whether or not an object exists in the user's field of view.

The information terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a receiving means for receiving content from a content distribution apparatus that distributes content, the display control means, and the received content by the receiving means is displayed on said display means Also good.

According to the above configuration, contents distributed from the content distribution apparatus is received by the receiving means, the content is displayed on the display means by the display control unit, and be provided to the user is waiting. Thereby, it becomes possible to spend a waiting time happily without boring the user.

In the information terminal device of the present invention, the content may be content associated with the object .

According to the above arrangement, so that the content associated with the Target material is displayed on the display means by the display control unit. Thus, useful information and highly entertaining information can be provided to the user, and the user can be more entertained.

The present invention provides display means, wait state detection means for detecting that the user is in a wait state using position information of the current location and a difference between the position information, and display control for displaying content on the display means. means and, by image matching the image of the acquired users of the predetermined object that is stored in the image storage unit included in the field of view by the imaging device, the field of view of the user, the predetermined An object detection means for detecting whether or not the object is present, the object detection means, an image pickup means for picking up a landscape in a user's visual field direction, an image acquired by the image pickup means, Collation means for collating images of predetermined objects registered in advance, and whether there is a predetermined object registered in advance in the user's field of view according to the result of the collation means Judgment The waiting state detecting means detects that the user is in a waiting state, and the object detecting means detects that the predetermined object exists in the user's field of view. In such a case, the display control means provides an information terminal device that causes the display means to display the content.

According to the above configuration, the waiting state detection unit may detect that the user is in a waiting state, and the predetermined object registered in advance by the object detection unit may exist in the user's field of view. When detected, the content associated with the object is displayed on the display means by the display control means. As a result, it is possible not only to make the user in the waiting state bored but also to have a pleasant waiting time, and also to provide useful information and highly entertaining information to the user. . Therefore, the user can be more entertained.
Further, according to the above configuration, the scenery in the user's visual field direction is captured by the imaging unit, and the image acquired by the imaging unit and the image of the predetermined object registered in advance are verified by the verification unit. And according to this collation result, it is determined by a determination means whether the predetermined target registered beforehand in a user's view exists.
Thereby, it becomes possible to accurately detect whether or not a predetermined object registered in advance in the user's field of view exists.

The information terminal device of the present invention may comprise receiving means for receiving content from a content distribution apparatus that distributes content, and the content may be content received by the receiving means.
In the information terminal device of the present invention, the content may be content associated with the object.
In the information terminal device of the present invention, the display means transmits the light from the real field of view of the user's line-of-sight direction and the information displayed on the image display means. In addition, a semi-transmissive optical element that superimposes and displays as a virtual image in the real field of view may be provided.

  According to the above configuration, the content received by the receiving means is displayed on the image display means by the display control means, and the information displayed on the image display means is superimposed as a virtual image in the real field by the transflective optical element. Will be displayed. As a result, the content received from the content distribution device is displayed in a superimposed manner, for example, in the real field of view where the object is present. As a result, it is possible to provide the user with information that integrally displays the target object and the content related to the target object, and the user can be more entertained.

In the information terminal device of the present invention, the display control unit displays the content on the display unit so that the content is displayed at a predetermined position of the predetermined target, thereby causing the predetermined target to be displayed on the predetermined target. The content may be displayed on the display means by following it.

  According to the above configuration, the content is displayed by the display control unit so as to follow the predetermined object. As a result, it is possible to provide the user with the object and the content existing in the real field of view with integrity.

The present invention includes an information terminal device carried by a user and a content distribution device that distributes content to the information terminal device, the information distribution device receiving the information terminal device from the information terminal device Using the position information of the current location and the difference between the position information, the waiting state detecting means for detecting that the user is in a waiting state, and when it is detected that the user is in a waiting state, Content distribution means for distributing content to an information terminal device, wherein the information terminal device acquires display means, communication means for communicating with the content distribution device, and content acquired from the content distribution device via the communication means And a display control means for displaying on the display means.

  According to the above configuration, when it is detected by the waiting state detecting means provided in the content distribution device or the information terminal device whether or not the user is in the waiting state, the information terminal device carried by the user Thus, the content is distributed from the content distribution means provided in the content distribution device. This content is received by the communication means provided in the information terminal device and displayed on the display means by the display control means. This makes it possible to provide content to a user who is in a waiting state.

  According to the present invention, content is distributed to waiting users such as admission to attractions such as theme parks and amusement parks, and waiting for boarding trains, buses, etc. Without waiting, there is an effect that the waiting time can be spent happily.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a content distribution system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the content distribution system according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the content distribution system according to the present embodiment includes an information terminal device 1 carried by a user and a content distribution device 2 that distributes content to the information terminal device 1. Yes.

The information terminal device 1 includes a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving unit 10, a communication unit (receiving unit, communication unit) 11, an imaging device (imaging unit) 12, an operation unit 13, a storage unit 14, a processing unit 15, and image display control. A unit (display control means) 16 and a display device (display means) 17 are provided.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the imaging device 12 and the display device 17 are provided outside the housing 20 incorporating various control mechanisms, a control board, and the like.
The display device 17 includes an image display unit (image display means) 18 and a combiner 19. The image display unit 18 and the combiner 19 are housed in a space part of an opening 21 that penetrates the housing 20 in a retracted state (see FIG. 3), and each side of the short side that is rectangular is housing 20. Opening and closing operation by swinging is enabled.

  The image display unit 18 includes a so-called thin display (hereinafter referred to as “display surface”) 181 such as a liquid crystal display panel (LCD) or an organic EL display panel, and is output from the image display control unit 16 (see FIG. 1). The displayed information is displayed on the display surface 181. For example, the image display unit 18 is fixed to a support member 182 that is pivotally supported by the housing 20, and the display surface 181 is a surface facing the combiner 19, which will be described later, in a retracted state, in other words, the housing 20 is directed to the inside.

The combiner 19 reflects light from the image display unit 18, that is, light of information displayed on the display surface 181 of the image display unit 18, and transmits light from the real field of view of the facility user. In other words, the combiner 19 has a free-form surface (three-dimensional aspheric surface) on at least one surface, transmits an external field image that is a real field of view, and information displayed on the display surface 181 of the image display unit 18 (for example, This is a transflective optical element that superimposes and displays an image or text as a virtual image on a real image in a real field of view.
In the present embodiment, the combiner 19 is a substantially rectangular plate member made of a transparent material such as acrylic or polycarbonate, and a reflective layer such as a metal film is formed on one side thereof. The surface of the reflective layer becomes a reflective surface 61 that reflects the light incident from the image display unit 18 on the surface.
As the combiner 19, in addition to the above-described transflective optical element, for example, a half mirror, a hologram element, or the like can also be adopted, and one of these is appropriately selected and adopted according to the purpose. It is possible.

In the direct view mode of the information terminal device according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the image display unit 18 and the combiner 19 are accommodated in the opening 21, and thus the image display unit 18 and the combiner 19 are overlapped. In this state, the information displayed on the image display unit 18 is directly provided to the user via the combiner 19.
On the other hand, in the virtual vision mode, as shown in FIG. 1, the reflective surface 191 of the combiner 19 and the display surface 181 of the image display unit 18 are substantially opposed to each other and form a substantially Z shape with the housing 20. To be opened. And as shown in FIG. 4, the side surface 22 used as the rear-end part side of the housing | casing 20 is hold | maintained so that it may press against a user's temporal region. In this state, the information light displayed on the display surface 181 of the image display unit 18 is emitted obliquely forward through the opening 21 and is reflected toward the rear end side of the housing 20 by the reflection surface 191. The Thereby, the user can visually recognize the information displayed on the image display unit 18 as a virtual image in front of the combiner 19, that is, farther than the combiner 19 as viewed from the user.

The imaging device 12 acquires information in the actual visual field via the combiner 19. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 4, the imaging device 12 is provided at a position where an actual visual field landscape can be captured via the combiner 19 that spreads in the user's line-of-sight direction in the above-described virtual vision mode. The imaging device 12 captures a landscape in the direction of the user's line of sight and outputs the acquired image to the processing unit 15 (see FIG. 1) described later.
As the imaging device 12, for example, an analog imaging device using a photosensitive member such as a photosensitive film may be used, or a digital imaging device using an imaging element such as a CCD element may be used. In the present embodiment, a digital imaging device is used as the imaging device 12.
The operation unit 13 functions as a man interface (input unit) including a plurality of numeric keys, buttons, and the like, and outputs a signal according to the operation content by the user to the processing unit 15 (see FIG. 1) described later.

The GPS receiving unit 10, the communication unit 11, the storage unit 14, the processing unit 15, the image display control unit 16 and the like of the information terminal device 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 are included in the housing of the information terminal device 1 illustrated in FIGS. Built in the body 20.
The GPS receiving unit 10 functions as a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of the current location. The GPS receiving unit 10 acquires position information of the current location from GPS satellites, and outputs the acquired position result to the processing unit 15.
Based on an instruction from the processing unit 15, the communication unit 11 communicates with an external content distribution device and outputs information acquired from the content distribution device to the processing unit 15.

The storage unit 14 stores an image of an object used when receiving distribution of contents in association with unique identification information assigned to the object.
The acquisition method of the image of the object is not particularly limited. For example, when receiving the service of the content distribution system, the image is downloaded from a predetermined device such as the content distribution device 2 and stored in the storage unit 14. Alternatively, it may be stored in the storage unit 14 by reading from a recording medium such as a CD-ROM.

The processing unit 15 includes an object detection unit (object detection unit) 151 and the like.
For example, the processing unit 15 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like (not shown). The processing procedures of various functions realized by the above-described object detection unit 151 and the like are recorded in a ROM or the like in the form of a program, and the CPU reads the program into the RAM or the like to execute information processing / arithmetic processing. By doing so, various functions of the above-described units are realized. Details of functions realized by each unit will be described later.
The image display control unit 16 causes the image display unit 18 to display the information output from the processing unit 15.

Next, the content distribution apparatus 2 according to the present embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the content distribution device 2 includes a communication unit 31, a content storage unit 32, and a processing unit 35.
The communication unit 31 communicates with the information terminal device 1 carried by the user based on an instruction from the processing unit 35.
The content storage unit 32 stores identification information of an object and content related to the object in association with each other. The identification information of the target object corresponds to the identification information of the target object stored in the storage unit 14 of the information terminal device 1 described above. In addition, the content associated with the identification information of each object may be one or plural.
Each of these contents is configured such that the playback length can be edited. For example, each content is finely divided, and a tag is assigned to each of the divided contents (hereinafter referred to as “small piece content”). By appropriately selecting the small piece content to which this tag is attached according to the length of reproduction, it becomes possible to create content of a predetermined length.

  The processing unit 35 includes a waiting state detection unit (waiting state detection unit) 351, a waiting time calculation unit (waiting time calculation unit) 352, a content creation unit (content creation unit) 353, a content distribution unit (content distribution unit) 354, and the like. It is configured with. For example, the processing unit 35 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. The processing procedures of various functions realized by the waiting state detection unit 351, the waiting time calculation unit 352, the content creation unit 353, the content distribution unit 354, and the like are recorded in a ROM or the like in the form of a program. Are read out into the RAM or the like, and information processing / arithmetic processing is executed, whereby the various functions of each unit described above are realized. Details of functions realized by each unit will be described later.

  Next, the operation of the content distribution system according to the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described. In the present embodiment, as an example, a case where content is distributed in a facility such as a theme park will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the user uses the information terminal device 1 in the virtual mode. As a result, the information terminal device 1 is opened in such a manner that the reflecting surface 191 of the combiner 19 and the display surface 181 of the image display unit 18 are substantially opposed to each other and form a substantially Z shape with the housing 20. The side surface 22 on the rear end side of the housing 20 is held so as to be pressed against the user's temporal region.
In this state, the GPS receiving unit 10 periodically acquires position information of the current location of the user from GPS satellites, and outputs this position information to the processing unit 15. The processing unit 15 transmits information in which the position information is associated with the unique identification information assigned to itself to the content distribution device 2 via the communication unit 11.

Information transmitted from the information terminal device 1 is input to the waiting state detection unit 351 of the processing unit 35 via the communication unit 31 of the content distribution device 2. The waiting state detection unit 351 monitors where the user is in the theme park based on the map in the theme park and the position information from the user, and also determines the user's position from the difference in the position information. The moving speed is detected.
Subsequently, the waiting state detection unit 351 detects that the user is located around the attraction and the moving speed of the user is equal to or lower than a predetermined speed (for example, from a certain place). When the user is hardly moving, it is determined that there is a high possibility that the user is at the end of the queue to enter the attraction, and the waiting state is detected (step SA1 in FIG. 5).

  As described above, when the waiting state is detected (“YES” in step SA1), the content distribution device 2 transmits a target detection start request to the information terminal device 1. This object detection start request is input to the processing unit 15 via the communication unit 11 of the information terminal device 1, and as a result, the object detection process by the object detection unit 151 is started.

  The object detection unit 151 first activates the imaging device 12 (step SA2). Thereby, the image of the landscape in the user's line of sight is acquired by the imaging device 12. The user's line-of-sight image acquired by the imaging device 12 is input to the object detection unit 151 of the processing unit 15 (step SA3).

  The object detection unit 151 detects whether or not an object exists in the input image (step SA4). Specifically, detection is performed by performing image matching between the image acquired by the imaging device 12 and the image of the object stored in the storage unit 14. In the present embodiment, examples of the object include a predetermined tree planted around a user who is lined up to enter the attraction, an image of a character related to the attraction, and the like.

  As a result, when the target object is detected by the target object detection unit 151 (“YES” in step SA4), identification information of the target object associated with the image of the target object is acquired from the storage unit 14. To do. And the process part 15 transmits the identification information of this target object to the content delivery apparatus 2 via the communication part 11 (step SA5).

The identification information of the object is received by the communication unit 31 of the content distribution device 2 and input to the processing unit 35. When the waiting time calculation unit 352 of the processing unit 35 acquires the identification information of the object, it calculates the waiting time of the user, in this embodiment, the time it takes to enter the attraction (step SA6).
Specifically, the waiting time calculation unit 352 of the processing unit 35 acquires the moving speed and position information of the user from the waiting state detection unit 351. Then, a distance from the position information to the entrance of the attraction is calculated, and the waiting time is calculated by dividing the calculated distance by the moving speed.

Subsequently, the content creation unit 353 creates content according to the waiting time calculated by the waiting time calculation unit 352 (step SA7). Specifically, the content associated with the identification information of the object received from the information terminal device 1 is acquired from the content storage unit 32, and the reproduction time of this content is edited according to the waiting time, Content to be transmitted to the information terminal device 1 is created. In editing the content, for example, content of a desired reproduction length is created by selecting the small piece content based on a tag attached to each small piece content.
Then, the content distribution unit 354 transmits the content created by the content creation unit 353 to the information terminal device 1 via the communication unit 31 (step SA8).

  This content is input to the processing unit 15 via the communication unit 11 of the information terminal device 1. The processing unit 15 outputs the input content to the image display control unit 16. The image display control unit 16 displays the content input from the processing unit 15 on the image display unit 18 (step SA9). As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the content (for example, trees) displayed on the image display unit 18 on the object (for example, the trees in FIG. 6) existing in the real field of view through the combiner 19. An image in which two men and women existing in front of 200) are superimposed as a virtual image is provided to the user.

As described above, according to the content distribution system according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
First, when it is detected that the user is in a waiting state, the content is distributed to the information terminal device carried by the user. As a result, it is possible to provide the content to the user who is in a waiting state, so that it is possible to spend the waiting time happily without boring the user.
Secondly, since the content having a length corresponding to the waiting time of the user is distributed, the distributed content can be terminated within the waiting time. Thereby, it is possible to spend the waiting time happily without giving the user unpleasant feeling such as the content being interrupted.
Third, when a predetermined object registered in advance is present in the user's field of view, the content associated with the object is distributed, so that useful information and entertainment properties are provided to the user. High information can be provided. As a result, the user can be more entertained.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the specific structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The design change etc. of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention are included.
First, it is also possible to employ the following method as an object detection unit that detects whether or not a predetermined object registered in advance exists in the user's field of view.
For example, as a specific configuration of the object detection unit, the position information detection unit that detects the user's position information, the line-of-sight direction detection unit that detects the direction of the user's line of sight, and the position information acquisition unit And a determination unit that determines whether or not a predetermined object registered in advance exists in a predetermined visual field range determined based on the position information and the direction of the line of sight detected by the line-of-sight direction detection unit. When this configuration is adopted, information in which the identification information of the target object is associated with the position information of the target object is registered in the storage unit 14 described above.
According to such a configuration, the position of the user is detected by the position detection unit, and the direction of the user's line of sight is detected by the line-of-sight direction detection unit. Then, the determination means determines a predetermined visual field range based on the position of the user and the direction of the user's line of sight, and whether or not there is a predetermined object registered in advance in the predetermined visual field range. It will be judged. As a result, it is possible to accurately detect whether or not an object exists in the user's field of view.
For example, the GPS receiving unit 10 can be used as the position detecting means. Further, as the line-of-sight direction detecting means, for example, a gyro sensor installed in the vicinity of the user's eyes can be employed.

  Secondly, as described above, the waiting state detection unit 351 that detects that the user is in a waiting state may be provided in the content distribution device or may be provided in the information terminal device 1. Also good.

Thirdly, in the above-described embodiment, the waiting state detection unit 351 detects whether or not the user is in a waiting state based on the position information of the user and the moving speed. However, it is possible to take other modes as follows.
As a first other aspect, for example, the operation unit 13 operated by the user includes a wait state button operated when the user is in a wait state, and when the wait state button is operated by the user, You may make it detect that it is a waiting state.
As a second other mode, for example, when a place where a user waits is limited to some extent, such as a bus stop or a train platform, a transmitter that emits a predetermined radio wave is provided in the information terminal device 1. In addition, a receiver that receives radio waves emitted from the transmitter of the information terminal device 1 is installed in the vicinity of a bus stop or a train platform. When the radio waves are received by the receiver, the user is in a waiting state. It is good also as a structure to detect.

  Fourth, the waiting time calculation unit 352 that calculates the waiting time may be included in the content distribution device 2 or may be included in the information terminal device 1 as described above.

Fifth, in the above-described embodiment, the waiting time calculation unit 352 calculates the waiting time based on the position information of the user and the moving speed. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. It is also possible to take the form.
As a first other aspect, for example, a theme park or an amusement park may be provided with a waiting time calculating device that automatically calculates the waiting time of each attraction. In such a case, instead of calculating the waiting time, the waiting time is acquired from such an existing device, and the above-described content creation is performed based on the acquired waiting time. good.
As a second other aspect, when the departure time is fixed to some extent in advance, such as a train, bus, or airplane, the waiting time may be easily calculated by acquiring the departure time, for example. . For example, when the departure time is input by operating the operation unit 13 by the user, the waiting time is calculated from the departure time and the current time.

Sixth, if no object is detected in step SA4 in FIG. 5, that is, if there is no object in the user's field of view, the content distribution unit 354 of the content distribution apparatus 2 uses the object. It is good also as a structure which distributes the information which guide | induces so that a target object may enter into a person's view.
According to such a configuration, when there is no object in the user's field of view, information for guiding the object to enter the user's field of view is transmitted by the content distribution unit 354 to the user's information terminal device. Therefore, the user's line of sight can be guided toward the object.

  Seventh, in the above-described embodiment, the processing units 15 and 35 implement various functions by executing processing by software. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration example, and the above various functions are performed by an analog circuit or the like. May be realized.

  Eighth, the information terminal device according to the above-described embodiment is not limited to the information terminal device as illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 4, and may be, for example, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like. There may be.

  Ninth, in the above-described embodiment, the image display control unit 16 may cause the image display unit 18 to display content by following a predetermined object. For example, the content is displayed on the image display unit 18 so that the content is displayed at a predetermined position of the target detected by the target detection unit 151. As a result, it is possible to provide the user with the content and the predetermined object existing in the real field of view in an integrated form.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the content delivery system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the structural example of the information terminal device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the structural example of the information terminal device which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the effect | action of the image display part shown in FIG. 1, and a combiner. It is a flowchart which shows the effect | action of the content delivery system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the information visually recognized via the combiner by the user in the virtual vision mode of the information terminal device which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information terminal device 2 Content delivery apparatus 10 GPS receiving part 11, 31 Communication part 12 Imaging device 13 Operation part 14 Storage part 15, 35 Processing part 17 Display apparatus 18 Image display part 19 Combiner 20 Housing | casing 32 Content storage part 351 Waiting state Detection unit 352 Wait time calculation unit 353 Content creation unit 354 Content distribution unit

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Wait state detection means for detecting that the user is in a wait state using the position information of the current location of the information terminal device received from the information terminal device carried by the user and the difference between the position information ;
Content delivery means for delivering content to the information terminal device when it is detected that the user is in a waiting state;
In the user's field of view by matching an image included in the user's field of view acquired by the imaging device included in the information terminal device and an image of a predetermined object stored in the storage unit , and a target detection means for detecting whether the predetermined object is present,
A content distribution apparatus in which the content distribution unit distributes content associated with the target object when the predetermined target object is present in the user's field of view. Using the position information and the difference between the position information, the waiting time of the user is calculated by acquiring the waiting time from an existing waiting time calculating device or by acquiring the timetable and comparing it with the current time. A waiting time calculating means for
The content distribution apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content distribution unit distributes content having a length corresponding to the waiting time associated with the object. Display means;
Waiting state detecting means for detecting that the user is in a waiting state using the position information of the current location and the difference between the position information ;
Display control means for displaying content on the display means;
An image included in view of the user obtained by the imaging unit, and by image matching the image of the predetermined object that is stored in the storage unit, the field of view of the user, said predetermined target object An object detection means for detecting whether or not
The object detection means is
Location information acquisition means for acquiring location information of the current location;
Gaze direction detecting means for detecting the gaze direction of the user;
A predetermined target pre-registered in the user's field of view within a predetermined field of view determined based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit and the direction of the line of sight detected by the line-of-sight direction detection unit Determining means for determining whether or not an object exists,
When the waiting state detecting means detects that the user is in a waiting state, and the object detecting means detects that the predetermined object is present in the user's field of view, An information terminal device in which display control means causes the display means to display the content. Receiving means for receiving content from a content distribution device that distributes the content;
The information terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein the content is content received by the receiving unit. The information terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein the content is content associated with the object. Display means;
Waiting state detecting means for detecting that the user is in a waiting state using the position information of the current location and the difference between the position information ;
Display control means for displaying content on the display means;
By image matching the image of the acquired users of the predetermined object that is stored in the image storage unit included in the field of view by the imaging device, the field of view of the user, the predetermined object An object detection means for detecting whether or not it exists,
The object detection means is
An imaging means for imaging a landscape in a user's visual field direction;
Collating means for collating an image acquired by the imaging means with an image of a predetermined object registered in advance;
Determining means for determining whether or not there is a predetermined object registered in advance in the user's field of view according to the result of the checking means;
When the waiting state detecting means detects that the user is in a waiting state, and the object detecting means detects that the predetermined object is present in the user's field of view, An information terminal device in which display control means causes the display means to display the content. Receiving means for receiving content from a content distribution device that distributes the content;
The information terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein the content is content received by the receiving unit. The information terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the content is content associated with the object. The display means includes
Image display means for displaying the content;
A translucent optical element that transmits light from the real field of view of the user's line of sight and displays the information displayed on the image display means as an optical virtual image in a superimposed manner in the real field of view. The information terminal device according to any one of claims 3 to 8 . Wherein the display control means, in a predetermined position of the predetermined object, such content is displayed, by displaying the contents on the display unit, according to claim claims 3 to follow the predetermined target object The information terminal device according to any one of items 9 to 9 . An information terminal device carried by the user, and a content distribution device for distributing content to the information terminal device,
The content distribution device is
Wait state detection means for detecting that the user is in a wait state using the position information of the current location of the information terminal device received from the information terminal device and the difference between the position information;
A content distribution means for distributing content to the information terminal device when it is detected that the user is in a waiting state;
The information terminal device is
Display means;
Communication means for communicating with the content distribution device;
A content distribution system comprising: display control means for causing the display means to display content acquired from the content distribution device via the communication means.

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