JP5246552B2 - Content providing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content providing apparatus that is provided in a specific management target section and provides content to visitors who enter and leave the management target section.

  Information providing devices that provide content (information) for an unspecified number of people, such as street corner display advertisements, in-car advertisements for trains and buses, advertisements displayed in movies, halls, and various buildings, are known. ing. In such an information providing apparatus, an information providing apparatus that displays an optimal content according to an attribute of a group that can change from time to time is proposed for a group of a plurality of unspecified persons (for example, , See Patent Document 1). In this prior art, the reader / writer reads each person's attribute information (gender, age, etc.) from the wireless tag possessed by each of a plurality of information recipients existing within a predetermined reading range, and converts them into the attribute information. In response, select and provide the best content for the group.

JP 2006-18725 A

  Information providing devices that provide content to an unspecified number of people are locations where many visitors adjust the time (hereinafter referred to as “managed areas”), such as company and hotel lobbies, station and hospital waiting rooms, etc. ). In these managed areas, there are a mix of people with different waiting times, such as those who have been waiting for a long time and those who have just begun to wait. Discomfort increases.

  When the conventional technology is applied to such a management target section, the following problems occur. That is, since the above-described conventional information providing apparatus selects the optimum content for the group according to the attribute information, priority is given to the attributes (hereinafter referred to as “first attributes”) that exist in large numbers in the management target section. Thus, information is selected. However, for example, the waiting time of people with a small number of attributes (hereinafter referred to as “second attributes”) in the management target section is long, and the waiting time of people with a large number of first attributes is short. In some cases, despite the increased fatigue and discomfort of people with the second attribute, information will be selected and provided in preference to the first attribute. The fatigue and discomfort of the attributed people will increase more and more.

  As described above, since the conventional technology does not consider the waiting time of the visitor, there is a possibility that the visitor cannot spend comfortably when it is applied to a management target section such as a waiting room.

  The objective of this invention is providing the content provision apparatus which can select the content delivered to a visitor in consideration of the waiting time in a management object area.

  In order to achieve the above object, the content providing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention provides an entrance / exit detection means for detecting entrance / exit by a visitor into a specific managed area, visitor identification information related to the visitor, and Visitor information acquisition means for acquiring visitor attribute information corresponding to visitor identification information, and determination means for determining whether or not it is necessary to aggregate the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors existing in the managed section And summing up the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors present in the managed section acquired by the visitor information acquisition means when the determination means determines that the summation is necessary And the specific management target area of each visitor calculated based on the entry / exit detection result by the entry / exit detection means with respect to the aggregate result of the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors by the aggregation means Weighting correction means for performing correction by a predetermined weight stored in the storage means in accordance with the waiting time restricted by the storage means, and totaling of the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors weighted and corrected by the weighting correction means According to the result, a selection means for selecting a visitor-provided content from among a plurality of contents stored in an information database stored in advance in a storage means, and the visitor-provided content selected by the selection means is output. Output means.

  In the first invention of this application, when a visitor enters a specific management target section, the entrance is detected by the entrance / exit detection means. Even when a visitor leaves the management target section, the exit is detected by the entrance / exit detection means. In addition, when each visitor enters, the visitor information acquisition means uses the visitor identification information to identify each visitor and the visitor's preferences such as hobbies, sex / age, purpose of visit, etc. The attribute information is acquired by the visitor information acquisition means. Then, the determination means determines whether or not it is necessary to count visitor attribute information of a plurality of visitors existing in the management target section. For example, when there is a visitor entering or leaving the management target section, When it is determined that counting is necessary, such as when a certain period of time has elapsed, the visitor attribute information of all visitors in the management target section is counted by the counting means. The selection means provides the selected visitor-provided content by selecting the visitor-provided content from among the plurality of contents of the information database stored in the storage means in accordance with the summation result thus totaled. Is output by the output means and provided to all visitors in the management target section.

  Here, in the first invention of this application, the weighting correction means performs a predetermined weighting on the counting result of the counting means according to the waiting time restrained by the management target section of each visitor. For this reason, for example, the visitor attribute information related to visitors with a long wait time is weighted so that the specific gravity becomes heavier, and the visitor attribute information related to visitors with a short wait time is weighted so that the specific gravity becomes lighter It becomes possible to do. Accordingly, it is possible to provide visitor content with a more focused target being a visitor whose waiting time restricted by the management target section is long and fatigue is gradually increased.

  The content providing device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the content providing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein a visit history database storing a time when the visitor's entry / exit was detected by the entry / exit detection means was stored within a predetermined period of time. It has history information judging means for judging whether or not the time is stored, and the weight correction means judges that the visit time of the visitor is stored within the predetermined period by the history information judging means. In this case, as the waiting time, the weighting correction is performed according to the waiting time until leaving the specific management target section within the predetermined period.

  For example, if a visitor is visiting a specific managed area for the purpose of receiving a prescribed service, the visitor who has entered between the current time and before the prescribed period has not received the service, A visitor who does not enter between the current time and a predetermined period of time can be considered to have already received the service. Therefore, weighting correction according to the waiting time is not performed for a visitor whose entry time is not stored within a predetermined period, and the waiting time is applied to a visitor whose entry time is stored within a predetermined period. By performing the weighting correction, it is possible to provide visitor content as a more important target for visitors who have become tired due to a long waiting time before receiving service and obtaining satisfaction.

  The content providing device according to a third aspect of the present invention is the content providing apparatus according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, wherein the visit history database stores the time when the visitor's entry / exit was detected by the entry / exit detection means. It has entrance / exit counting means for counting the number of times visitors enter / exit, and the weight correction means includes the waiting time in the specific management target section of each visitor and the visit count counted by the entrance / exit counting means. The weighting correction is performed based on the number of times the person enters and leaves.

  In this way, visitor information related to customers and regular customers who have a relatively large number of visit histories, taking into account the presence and number of visit histories, will be more specific than other visitors. Weighting is possible. Accordingly, it is possible to provide visitor content in such a way that those customers and regular customers are favored over other visitors.

  The content providing apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the content providing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein when the visitor information acquisition means acquires a plurality of the visitor attribute information, the counting means Based on the detection result by the detection means, the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors is totaled according to each visitor entering and leaving the management target section or at a predetermined time, and the selection means includes: The visitor-provided content is selected according to the totaling result of the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors that has been aggregated by the aggregation unit and weighted and corrected by the weighting correction unit, and the selection unit selects the content provided by the selection unit Provided content determination means for determining whether or not the visitor provided content has been updated, and that the provided visitor content has been updated by the provided content determination means If it is the cross-sectional, characterized in that it has a display control means for displaying on the display means to switch the visitors provide content.

  As a result, each visitor enters and exits the managed area, corresponding to the visitor attribute information aggregation result of all visitors that fluctuates over time, and the optimal content for the entire visitor at that time Can be provided by switching.

  In the content providing apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the invention, when the provided content determining unit determines that the visitor-provided content has been updated, the display control unit is configured to display the display unit on the display unit. After the visitor-provided content is completed, the display of the visitor-provided content is switched to the display means.

  Thus, a visitor who is interested in viewing the currently displayed content can view the content to the end.

  In the content providing apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect, when the provided content determining means determines that the visitor-provided content has been updated, the display control means is configured to display the display means on the display means. The display of the visitor-provided content is switched to the display unit according to the time required for the completion of the visitor-provided content.

  Thus, for example, when the currently displayed content is at the end of the content, the display of the content is provided as it is without interruption, and when the currently displayed content is at the beginning of the content It becomes possible to switch the display of the content so as to match the total result of the visitor attribute information. As a result, it is possible to provide the optimum content for all visitors at that time.

  The content providing apparatus according to a seventh aspect is the notification according to the fifth or sixth aspect, wherein the display control means performs notification regarding the display switching when the display switching of the visitor-provided content to the display means is performed. Means are provided. Thereby, a visitor can grasp | ascertain that a content switches.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the content delivery which considered the waiting time during stay in a management object area can be performed with respect to a visitor.

1 is a system configuration diagram conceptually showing an overall configuration of a content providing system of an embodiment. It is a block diagram showing the functional structure of the content provision system of this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of the memory content of the visit history database stored in the memory | storage part of the reception apparatus. It is a figure showing an example of the memory content of the user database stored in the memory | storage part of the reception apparatus. It is a figure showing an example of the memory content of the content database stored in the memory | storage part of the reception apparatus. It is a figure showing an example of the memory content of the display recipe memory area stored in the memory | storage part of a display apparatus. It is a figure showing an example when the content of the display recipe memorize | stored in the display recipe memory | storage area is updated. It is a flowchart showing the control content performed by the control part of a reception apparatus, when displaying a content. It is a flowchart showing the detailed content of the visitor tendency analysis process of step S100. It is a flowchart showing the detailed content of the display recipe update process of step S200. It is a flowchart showing the control content performed by the control part of a display apparatus when displaying a content. It is a figure showing an example of the display of the display of a display apparatus when a guidance sentence is produced. It is a flowchart showing the detailed content of the visitor tendency analysis process of step S100 performed by the control part of a reception apparatus in the modification made into the total object according to waiting time only for the person who entered in the predetermined period. It is a figure showing an example of the memory | storage content of the user database stored in the memory | storage part of the reception apparatus in the modification which weights and totals according to the frequency | count of a visitor's entrance / exit. It is a figure showing an example of a weight graph showing change of a weight value according to waiting time of "regular person", "regular person", and "beginner". It is a flowchart showing the detailed content of the visitor tendency analysis process of step S100 performed by the control part of a reception apparatus in the modification which weights and counts according to the number of visitors' entrance / exit.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram conceptually showing the overall configuration of the content providing system 1 of the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, a content providing system 1 (content providing device) includes a receiving device 100 installed in a reception AC and a display device 200 installed in a waiting room WR. The receiving device 100 and the display device 200 are connected to each other via a LAN (Local Area Network) 151 so as to be capable of information communication, and are connected to an external content distribution company via a network NW such as the Internet.

  The reception AC is a space for receiving a visitor M to enter and leave the waiting room WR, and is provided with a reception device 100. In this reception AC, the visitor M uses the keyboard 121 and the mouse 122 in accordance with the display on the display 120 connected to the reception device 100, and performs entrance processing when entering the waiting room WR and exit processing when leaving the waiting room WR. Do. In the entrance process, the visitor M inputs visitor identification information and visitor attribute information. Here, the visitor identification information is information for identifying the visitor M. In this embodiment, the visitor identification information is information including a visitor ID and a visitor name. The visitor attribute information is information representing the attributes of the visitor M. In this embodiment, the visitor attribute information is information including the visitor M's preferences (hobbies, etc.) and the purpose of the visit. These are only examples, and other information such as adding the sex and age of the visitor M to the visitor attribute information may be included.

  Thereby, in the reception device 100, the visitor identification information and the entry time are stored in the visit history database 111 (see FIG. 2 described later), and the visitor identification information and the visitor attribute information are stored in the user database 112 (described later). (See FIG. 2). In the exit process, the visitor M inputs the visitor identification information. Thereby, in the reception apparatus 100, the record of the corresponding visitor M in the visit history database 111 is searched based on the visitor identification information, and the exit time is stored in the record.

  In the above description, the visitor M inputs information using the keyboard 121 and the mouse 122. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the person in charge of reception may perform information input. Each visitor M has an ID card (for example, a membership card) in which visitor identification information and visitor attribute information are registered in advance, and a reader 123 connected to the accepting device 100 (shown in FIG. Information may be read from the ID card via magnetism or wireless communication. In this case, the trouble of inputting information by the visitor M can be saved.

  The waiting room WR (management target section) is a section where a large number of visitors M adjust the time, such as a company or hotel lobby, a station or a hospital waiting room. The display device 200 installed in the waiting room WR is composed of, for example, a large-screen liquid crystal television or the like, and incorporates a microcomputer composed of a CPU or the like. This display device 200 is based on the contents of the content database 113 (see FIG. 2 described later) distributed by the content distribution company and stored in the content distribution company according to the attributes and waiting time of the visitor M present in the waiting room WR. By displaying the content (visitor-provided content) selected from the above, the content is provided to the visitor M present in the waiting room WR.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the content providing system 1.

  In FIG. 2, the accepting device 100 is connected via the LAN 151 between the control unit 101 that controls the accepting device 100 as a whole, the storage unit 110 configured with an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and the display device 200. A LAN controller 102 for controlling information communication, an output control unit 103 for controlling output of a video signal to the display 120, and a control for inputting information via the keyboard 121, mouse 122, and reading device 123. And an input control unit 104 to perform.

  The storage unit 110 (storage means) includes a visit history database 111 in which visitor identification information and entry / exit times are stored, a user database 112 in which visitor identification information and visitor attribute information of each visitor M are stored, A content database 113 (information database) for storing content distributed from a content distribution company, a content providing program for selecting and providing content according to the attributes and waiting time of the visitor M present in the waiting room WR, etc. It has a program storage area 114 for storing various programs.

  The control unit 101 is a so-called microcomputer, and although not shown, the control unit 101 includes a central processing unit such as a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and uses the temporary storage function of the RAM and stores the program in the storage unit 110. Signal processing is performed according to various programs stored in the area 114.

  The display device 200 is a device in which a control unit and the display are integrally configured. The display device 200 includes a control unit 201 that controls the entire display device 200, a storage unit 210 that is configured by an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or the like, and information communication performed via the LAN 151 between the reception device 100. A LAN controller 202 that controls the output, an output control unit 203 that controls the output of video / audio signals to the display 220 (output means, display means) and the speaker 221 (output means), and video information via the antenna 222 A video input control unit 204 that performs control related to the input of the video. Hereinafter, “display” in the display device 200 includes at least video display among video display by the display 220 and audio output by the speaker 221.

  In the above, the display device 200 is configured by integrating the control unit and the display and the display. However, the display device 200 may be configured separately as in the receiving device 100.

  The storage unit 210 stores a content along the recipe stored in the display recipe storage area 211 and the display recipe storage area 211 that stores the recipe corresponding to the order in which the content IDs for identifying the content to be displayed are displayed. And a program storage area 212 for storing various programs such as a content display program to be displayed.

  The reception device 100 and the display device 200 having the above-described configuration are connected to the LAN 151 and the network NW via the communication control devices 131 and 132, respectively.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage contents of the visit history database 111 stored in the storage unit 110 of the reception apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. 3, the visit history database 111 stores, for each visitor M, a visitor ID and visitor name, which are visitor identification information, and an entry / exit time. In the example shown in FIG. 3, six visitors M enter the waiting room WR and one visitor M leaves, so that five visitors M exist in the waiting room WR.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage contents of the user database 112 stored in the storage unit 110 of the reception apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. 4, for each visitor M, the visitor ID and visitor name, which are visitor identification information, and the preference information and visit purpose, which are visitor attribute information, are stored in the user database 112 in association with each other. Has been. The example shown in FIG. 4 is a case where the waiting room WR is a waiting room of a hospital, and the medical condition of each visitor M is stored as a visiting purpose.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage contents of the content database 113 stored in the storage unit 110 of the reception apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. 5, in the content database 113, for each content, a content ID for identifying the content, type information indicating the content type (character content or video content), and a classification indicating the content content classification A tag and content content information are stored in association with each other.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage contents of the display recipe storage area 211 stored in the storage unit 210 of the display device 200. The content ID shown in FIG. 6 corresponds to FIG. 5 described above. As illustrated in FIG. 6, content IDs are stored in the display recipe storage area 211 in the display order, and the control unit 201 of the display device 200 displays the content corresponding to the content IDs in the order of the display recipes. To do. The content (content) of the display recipe stored in the display recipe storage area 211 is updated by an update signal from the control unit 101 of the receiving apparatus 100.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example when the contents of the display recipe stored in the display recipe storage area 211 are updated. In the example shown in FIG. 7, from the state shown in FIG. 6 (for example, the state where the soccer video content corresponding to the content ID 1015 of No. 1 is displayed), 2, a baseball video content corresponding to the content ID 1013 is added. At this time, a guidance sentence relating to content display switching is created and stored in association with the added content. Thereby, in the display apparatus 200, No. 1 is displayed during the display of the soccer video content corresponding to No. 1 (see FIG. 12 to be described later). The display is changed to the content of the baseball video corresponding to 2.

  In the content providing apparatus 1 configured as described above, when the visitor M enters the waiting room WR, the visitor identification information and the visitor attribute information are input using the keyboard 121 and the mouse 122. Thereby, the admission is detected by the reception device 100 of the reception AC, and these pieces of information are stored in the visit history database 111 and the user database 112. Then, the visitor attribute information of all visitors in the waiting room WR is aggregated, and the result of the aggregation is corrected by a predetermined weight according to the waiting time restrained in the waiting room WR of each visitor M. Done. The content to be displayed on the display device 200 is selected from the plurality of contents stored in the content database 113 in accordance with the tabulation result corrected in this way, and the selected content is the display device of the waiting room WR. 200.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the control content executed by the control unit 101 of the receiving apparatus 100 when displaying the content. The control unit 101 starts this flowchart when the power switch of the receiving apparatus 100 is turned on (START position).

  In step S10, the control unit 101 determines whether or not there is an admission processing request, that is, whether or not the visitor M has performed admission processing using the keyboard 121 and the mouse 122 of the reception device 100 at the reception AC. If the visitor M performs the entrance process, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S20.

  In step S20, the control unit 101 acquires visitor identification information (visitor ID and visitor name) and visitor attribute information (preference information and purpose of visit) input by the visitor M's entrance process.

  In step S30, the control unit 101 obtains the entrance time from a timing unit (not shown), associates the visitor identification information obtained in step S20 with the entrance time, and stores it in the visit history database 111 of the storage unit 110.

  In step S <b> 40, the control unit 101 associates the visitor identification information acquired in step S <b> 20 with the visitor attribute information, and stores them in the user database 112 of the storage unit 110. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S100 described later.

  On the other hand, if the visitor M is not performing the entrance process in step S10, the determination is not satisfied and the process proceeds to step S50. In step S50, the control unit 101 determines whether there is an exit processing request, that is, whether the visitor M has performed the exit processing at the reception AC. If the visitor M performs the exit process, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S60.

  In step S <b> 60, the control unit 101 acquires visitor identification information (visitor ID and visitor name) input by the visitor M leaving process.

  In step S70, the control unit 101 searches for the record of the corresponding visitor M in the visit history database 111 based on the visitor identification information acquired in step S60, and stores the exit time in the record. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S100 described later.

  On the other hand, if the visitor M does not perform the exit process in step S50, the determination is not satisfied and the process proceeds to step S80. In step S80, the control unit 101 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since a visitor tendency analysis process in step S100 described later was performed last time. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the determination is not satisfied and the routine goes to Step S90 described later. On the other hand, if the predetermined time has elapsed, the determination is satisfied, and the routine goes to Step S100. By this step S80, even if the visitor M has not entered or exited, a visitor tendency analysis process in step S100 described later and a display recipe update process in step S200 are performed every time a predetermined time elapses.

  In step S100, the control unit 101 aggregates visitor attribute information of the visitor M present in the waiting room WR and corrects the weighting according to the waiting time of each visitor M for the aggregate result. (Refer to FIG. 9 described later for details).

  In step S200, the control unit 101 displays the contents stored in the content database 113 according to the result of counting the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors M that have been weighted and corrected by the visitor tendency analysis process. A content to be displayed on the device 200 is selected, and a display recipe update process for updating the display recipe in the display recipe storage area 211 stored in the storage unit 210 of the display device 200 is executed (refer to FIG. 10 described later for details).

  In step S <b> 90, the control unit 101 determines whether or not there is an end command for ending the reception process by the reception device 100. For example, when the application that performs the reception process in the reception device 100 is terminated, it is considered that there is an termination instruction, the determination is satisfied, and the flow is terminated. On the other hand, if there is no such termination command, the determination is not satisfied and the process returns to the first step S10 and the above-described procedure is repeated.

  In the above, step S10 and step S50 constitute entrance / exit detection means for detecting entrance / exit to the specific management target section described in the claims, and step S20 includes the visitor identification information related to the visitor. A visitor information acquisition unit is configured to acquire visitor attribute information corresponding to the visitor identification information. Further, Step S10, Step S50, and Step S80 constitute a determination unit that determines whether or not it is necessary to aggregate visitor attribute information of a plurality of visitors existing in the management target section.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the detailed contents of the visitor tendency analysis process in step S100.

  In step S <b> 105, the control unit 101 initializes the preference degree P representing the degree of preference included in the visitor attribute information of the visitor M to 0.

  In step S110, the control unit 101 calculates the waiting time of each visitor M based on the entry time and the current time of each visitor M stored in the visit history database 111 of the storage unit 110, and adds them. Then, the sum of the waiting times of all the visitors M present in the waiting room WR is calculated.

  In step S120, the control unit 101 selects a record of one visitor M from the information stored in the visit history database 111 of the storage unit 110, and extracts and acquires the visitor identification information.

  In step S130, the control unit 101 accesses the user database 112 in the storage unit 110, and based on the visitor identification information acquired in step S120, visitor attribute information (here, preference information) of the corresponding visitor M is obtained. get.

  In step S140, the control unit 101 determines whether the preference information acquired in step S130 has already been issued in the visitor tendency analysis process. If the preference information has already been issued, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S150.

  In step S150, the control unit 101 sets the preference level P corresponding to the preference information acquired in step S130 to the current preference level P based on the calculation formula stored in an appropriate storage area of the storage unit 110. The value obtained by dividing the waiting time of the visitor M selected in step S120 by the total waiting time calculated in step S110 is added. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S170 described later.

  On the other hand, if the preference information is not already published in step S140, the determination is not satisfied and the process proceeds to step S160. In step S160, the waiting time of the visitor M selected in step S120 based on the calculation formula stored in the appropriate storage area of the storage unit 110 for the preference degree P corresponding to the preference information acquired in step S130. Is divided by the sum of the waiting times calculated in step S110. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S170.

  In step S170, for all visitors M currently in the waiting room WR (in other words, for all visitors M records stored in the visit history database 111), has the processing procedure of steps S120 to S160 been completed? Determine whether or not. If the processing has not been completed for all visitors M, the determination is not satisfied and the routine returns to the previous step S120. Then, the record of the next visitor M is selected from the information stored in the visit history database 111, and the same procedure is repeated for the visitor M. On the other hand, if the processing is completed for all visitors M, the determination is satisfied and this routine is terminated.

  In the above flow, by repeating step S120 to step S170 for all visitors M records, the preference degree P is calculated for each preference included in the visitor attribute information of all visitors M present in the waiting room WR. That is, the preference information of all visitors M present in the waiting room WR is aggregated. Therefore, Step S120 to Step S170 constitute a totaling unit that counts visitor attribute information of a plurality of visitors existing in the management target section described in the claims. In addition, while repeating steps S120 to S170 for the records of all visitors M, each visitor for the total result of the visitor attribute information using the total waiting time calculated in step S110 in steps S150 and S160. The weighting correction according to the waiting time of M is performed simultaneously with the above aggregation. That is, step S110, step S150, and step S160 constitute the weight correction means described in the claims, and the calculation formula stored in the appropriate storage area of the storage unit 110 described above is stored in the storage means. This corresponds to a predetermined weighting.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the detailed contents of the display recipe update process in step S200.

  In step S205, the control unit 101 calculates the ratio of the preference degree P to the total sum of the preference degrees P calculated in the visitor tendency analysis process in step S100. In the present embodiment, in the visitor tendency analysis process S100, the analysis is performed for all the records, so the calculation result of the ratio to the total is the same as the result of S100.

  In step S210, the control unit 101 determines whether the content type is text or video. The content to be displayed on the display device 200 is, for example, a target number in advance according to a time zone, a time frame, or the like, such as 10 text contents and 3 video contents in one hour from 13:00 to 14:00. Is set, and this determination is made based on the setting contents. If character content is selected based on this setting content, the process proceeds to step S215.

  In step S215, the control unit 101 selects one preference from each preference included in the visitor attribute information of all visitors M present in the waiting room WR, and the preference frequency calculated in step S205 for the preference. The ratio of P is multiplied by the target number of extractions to calculate the number of extractions. Here, the extraction target number is a target number set in advance as the number of character contents to be extracted in one display recipe update process.

  In step S220, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the number of extracted cases calculated in step S215 is less than one. If the number of extractions is one or more, the determination is not satisfied and the routine goes to Step S230 described later. On the other hand, if the number of extracted cases is smaller than one, the determination is satisfied, and the routine goes to Step S225, where the number of extracted cases is one, and the routine goes to Step S230.

  In step S230, the control unit 101 accesses the content database 113 of the storage unit 110, and extracts character content having classification tags that match the preference selected in step S215, for the number set in step S215 or step S225. To do.

  In step S235, the control unit 101 accesses the display recipe storage area 211 of the storage unit 210 of the display device 200 via the LAN 151, and adds the content ID corresponding to the character content extracted in step S230 to the display recipe. A display recipe is created and the stored contents of the display recipe storage area 211 are updated.

  In step S240, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the processing procedure of steps S215 to S235 has been completed for all preferences included in the visitor attribute information of all visitors M present in the waiting room WR. If not completed, the determination is not satisfied and the process returns to the previous step S215, and the next preference is selected from the preferences included in the visitor attribute information of all visitors M existing in the waiting room WR. Repeat the same procedure for. On the other hand, if the processing is completed for all preferences, the determination is satisfied and this routine is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the video content is selected based on the above-described setting contents in the previous step S210, the process proceeds to step S245. In step S245, the control unit 101 acquires the preference information having the largest percentage of the preference degree P calculated in step S205.

  In step S250, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the preference acquired in step S245 matches the classification tag of the video content currently displayed on the display device 200. If the acquired preference matches the classification tag of the video content being displayed, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S255.

  In step S255, the control unit 101 ends this flow without updating the display recipe in the display recipe storage area 211.

  On the other hand, if the acquired preference does not match the classification tag of the video content being displayed in step S250, the determination is not satisfied and the routine goes to step S260. In this step S260, it is determined whether or not the elapsed display time of the video content being displayed on the display device 200 exceeds half of the required display time of the content (in other words, the time required to complete the display of the content is the required display time). Or less). If the elapsed display time of the video content exceeds half of the required display time of the content, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S255, where the control unit 101 updates the display recipe in the display recipe storage area 211. This flow is finished without. On the other hand, when the elapsed display time of the video content does not exceed half of the required display time of the content, the determination is not satisfied and the routine goes to Step S265.

  In step S265, the control unit 101 creates a guidance sentence (see FIG. 12 described later) regarding display switching of video content.

  In step S270, the control unit 101 accesses the content database 113 in the storage unit 110, and extracts one video content having a classification tag that matches the preference acquired in step S245. Then, the display recipe storage area 211 of the storage unit 210 of the display device 200 is accessed via the LAN 151, and the content ID corresponding to the extracted video content is added to the display recipe together with the guidance sentence created in step S265. A display recipe is created and the stored contents of the display recipe storage area 211 are updated. Thereafter, this routine is terminated.

  In the above, Step S230 and Step S270 constitute selection means for selecting a visitor-provided content from among a plurality of contents described in the claims.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing control details executed by the control unit 201 of the display device 200 when displaying content.

  In step S <b> 305, the control unit 201 reads the display recipe stored in the display recipe storage area 211 of the storage unit 210.

  In step S310, the control unit 201 determines whether or not a display recipe exists (whether or not a content ID is registered in the read display recipe) based on the reading result in step S305. If the display recipe does not exist, the determination is not satisfied and the process proceeds to step S315, and the control unit 201 outputs a control signal to the output control unit 203 to display content on the display 220 (including audio output by the speaker 221). ) Is not performed. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S360 described later.

  On the other hand, if there is a display recipe in step S310, the determination is satisfied, and the routine goes to step S320. In step S320, the control unit 201 determines whether the display recipe has been updated by the control unit 101 of the receiving apparatus 100. If the display recipe has not been updated, the determination is not satisfied and the process proceeds to step S325, and the control unit 201 continuously displays the content according to the current display recipe. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S360 described later.

  On the other hand, if the display recipe has been updated in step S320, the determination is satisfied, and the routine goes to step S330. In step S330, it is determined whether the content added by updating the display recipe is character content. If it is character content, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S335, where the control unit 201 starts displaying character content according to the updated display recipe. At this time, if the content being displayed is video content, for example, the text content is displayed at the corner of the screen while the display of the video content is continued. When the content being displayed is text content, the text content added after the display of the text content is displayed. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S360 described later.

  On the other hand, if the added content is video content in step S330, the determination is not satisfied and the routine goes to step S340. In step S340, the control unit 201 determines whether the content added by updating the display recipe is video content. If the added content is not video content, the determination is not satisfied and the routine goes to Step S360 described later. On the other hand, if the added content is video content, the determination is satisfied, and the routine goes to Step S345.

  In step S345, the control unit 201 determines whether or not a guidance sentence has been created for the added video content. If no guidance sentence has been created, the determination is not satisfied and the routine goes to Step S355 described later. On the other hand, if the guidance text has been created, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S350, where the control unit 201 additionally displays the guidance text on the displayed video content for a certain period of time (see FIG. 12 described later). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S355.

  In step S355, the control unit 201 starts displaying video content according to the updated display recipe. In step S340 to step S355, if the displayed content is text content, the video content added after the display of the displayed text content is terminated without displaying the guidance text. Display.

  In step S <b> 360, the control unit 201 determines whether there is an end command for ending display processing by the display device 200. For example, when an application that performs display processing in the display device 200 is terminated, it is considered that there is an termination command, the determination is satisfied, and the flow is terminated. On the other hand, if there is no such termination command, the determination is not satisfied and the process returns to the first step S305 to repeat the above-described procedure.

  In the above, step S320 constitutes provided content determination means for determining whether or not the visitor provided content described in the claims has been updated. Further, Step S235, Step S255, and Step S270 shown in FIG. 10 and Step S325, Step S335, Step S350, and Step S355 shown in FIG. 11 are displayed on the display unit by switching the visitor-provided content. The display control means is configured, and step S350 of these constitutes notification means for performing notification regarding display switching. As described above, the function of the control unit 101 of the reception apparatus 100 and the function of the control unit 201 of the display apparatus 200 cooperate to constitute the display control means described in the claims.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of display on the display 220 of the display device 200 when the guidance sentence is created. The example shown in FIG. 12 corresponds to FIG. 7 described above, and the content display section 223 in the display 220 has No. A soccer video content corresponding to one content ID 1015 is displayed. From this state, as shown in FIG. When the content of the baseball video corresponding to content ID 1013 is added to 2 and the display recipe is updated, as shown in FIG. 12, the guidance of the added video content is displayed on the additional display unit 224 for a certain period of time. . Thereafter, on the display device 200, the content display unit 223 displays No. No. 1 from the content of the soccer video corresponding to No. 1. 2 is changed to the content of the baseball video corresponding to 2. In addition, in the facility display unit 225 on the left side of the content display unit 223 in the display 220, the name of the facility having the waiting room WR is displayed.

  In the above example, the reason for changing the content is included in the guidance text. However, a guidance text that only guides the user to change the content without including the reason for the change may be used.

  In the content providing system 1 according to the embodiment described above, the entrance device 100 detects the entrance by performing the entrance process when the visitor M enters the waiting room WR. Even when the visitor M leaves the waiting room WR, the exit is detected by the reception device 100 by performing the exit process. In addition, when each visitor M enters, the visitor identification information for identifying each visitor M, the preference such as hobbies related to each visitor M, and the visitor attribute information including the purpose of the visit are received by the reception device 100. Obtained by. Then, the visitor attribute information of a plurality of visitors M existing in the waiting room WR is tabulated. A specific content is selected from a plurality of contents in the content database 113 stored in the storage unit 110 according to the totaling result thus totaled, and the selected content is displayed by the display device 200. Provided to all visitors M in the waiting room WR.

  Here, in the said embodiment, predetermined weighting is performed according to the waiting time restrained by the waiting room WR of each visitor M with respect to the total result of visitor identification information. As a result, the visitor attribute information related to the visitor M with a long waiting time is weighted so that the specific gravity becomes heavier, and the visitor attribute information related to the visitor with a short wait time is weighted so that the specific gravity becomes lighter can do. As a result, it is possible to provide content with a more focused target being the visitor M whose waiting time restricted by the waiting room WR becomes longer and fatigue is gradually increased. As a result, it is possible to entertain a specific number of visitors M who come to the waiting room WR as comfortably as possible during their stay in the waiting room WR.

  In the present embodiment, in particular, when it is determined that the recipe content (content) in the display recipe storage area 211 stored in the storage unit 210 of the display device 200 has been updated, the content is switched and displayed on the display 220. As a result, each visitor M corresponds to the visitor attribute information count result (including the waiting time) of all visits M that fluctuate with the passage of time as each visitor M enters and leaves the waiting room WR. Content that is optimal for the entire user can be switched and provided.

  Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, when it is determined that the recipe content (content) in the display recipe storage area 211 stored in the storage unit 210 of the display device 200 has been updated, the content after being displayed is completed. The display on the display 220 is switched. Thus, the visitor M who is interested in viewing the currently displayed content can view the content to the end (without interruption). As a result, it is possible to prevent the dissatisfaction caused by switching to another content in the middle of the content from being given to the visitor M who is viewing.

  In the present embodiment, particularly, when the elapsed display time of the video content being displayed exceeds half of the required display time of the content, the display is switched after the content being displayed is completed. Thus, when the currently displayed content is the end of the content, the display of the content is provided without interruption, and when the currently displayed content is the beginning of the content ( Since the story has not progressed so much, it is considered that there is little dissatisfaction due to switching), and the display of the content can be switched so as to match the current total result of the visitor attribute information (considering the waiting time). As a result, it is possible to comprehensively balance the provision of the optimum content for the entire visitor at that time and the prevention of unsatisfaction caused by sudden switching to other content during viewing.

  In the present embodiment, in particular, when the display of the video content being displayed on the display 220 is switched, a guidance sentence related to the display switching is displayed on the additional display unit 224 in the display 220 for a certain period of time. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the visitor M from being greatly dissatisfied by suddenly switching to another content at an unexpected timing during viewing.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and technical idea of the present invention. Hereinafter, such modifications will be described in order.

(1) When only those who enter within a predetermined period are subject to aggregation according to waiting time In the above embodiment, all visitors M present in the waiting room WR are subject to weighted aggregation according to waiting time. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the target person who performs weighted aggregation according to the waiting time may be limited, for example, only the visitor M who has entered within a predetermined period is the target.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the detailed contents of the visitor tendency analysis process in step S100, which is executed by the control unit 101 of the reception apparatus 100 of the present modification, and corresponds to FIG. 9 described above. In FIG. 13, the same procedures as those in FIG. 9 are given the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

  Steps S105 to S110 are the same as in FIG. 9 described above, and the control unit 101 initializes the preference number P to 0, calculates the waiting time of each visitor M, adds them, The sum of waiting times of all visitors M present in the waiting room WR is calculated.

  In step S120, the record of one visitor M is selected from the information stored in the visit history database 111 of the storage unit 110, and the visitor identification information and the entry time information are extracted and acquired.

  In step S125, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the visitor M corresponding to the record selected in step S120 has entered within a predetermined period, and whether the entrance time acquired in step S120 is included in the predetermined period. Judge by whether or not. As this predetermined period, for example, when a visitor M visits a specific waiting room WR for the purpose of receiving a predetermined service, the period from the current time until the average waiting time until receiving the service (for example, from the current time) Range up to 2 hours before). By setting in this way, the visitor M who has entered within the predetermined period has not received the service, and the visitor who has not entered within the predetermined period (that is, from the current time until receiving the service) Visitors who have entered even before the average waiting time) can be considered to have already received the service. Note that the above is an example, and a period other than the above may be set, such as setting the service provision time as the predetermined period.

  If the visitor M has not entered within the predetermined period, the determination is not satisfied and the routine goes to Step S170 described later. That is, for the visitor M who has not entered within the predetermined period, the preference correction and the weighting correction according to the waiting time in steps S150 and S160 are not performed. On the other hand, if the visitor M has entered within the predetermined period in step S125, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to step S130.

  Steps S130 to S170 are the same as in FIG. 9 described above, and the control unit 101 acquires the preference information of the corresponding visitor M, and depending on whether or not this preference information has already been issued, the preference degree P Is calculated based on a calculation formula stored in an appropriate storage area of the storage unit 110. Then, it is determined whether or not the processing procedure of steps S120 to S160 has been completed for all visitors M currently in the waiting room WR. If the processing is completed for all visitors M, the determination is made. Once satisfied, this routine ends.

  The configuration of the content providing system 1 and the control contents other than those described above in the present modification are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  In the above, Step S125 constitutes history information judging means for judging whether or not the visitor entry time is stored within the predetermined period described in the claims.

  In the modified example described above, when it is determined in the visit history database 111 that the visit time of the visitor M is stored within a predetermined period, the wait until the visitor M leaves the waiting room WR. Perform weighted aggregation according to time. Thus, for example, when a visitor M visits a specific waiting room WR for the purpose of receiving a predetermined service, the service is provided to the visitor M who has entered between the current time and a predetermined period before. A visitor M who has not received and has not entered between the current time and a predetermined period before (that is, a visitor M who has entered before the predetermined period) is considered to have already received the service. You can also. Therefore, weighting is not added according to the waiting time for the visitor M whose entry time is not stored within the predetermined period, and the waiting time is provided for the visitor M whose entry time is stored within the predetermined period. By performing weighted aggregation according to the situation, it is possible to relieve discomfort due to waiting time as a more important target for visitor M who has become tired with waiting time getting longer before receiving service and satisfaction. it can.

  As a result, for example, when the present invention is applied to a waiting room of a hospital, if the average waiting time until a medical examination at the hospital is 1 hour, the predetermined period is set to a period of 1 hour before the current time. By setting the content, the content can be selected with higher priority for the visitor M who has become tired due to a long waiting time before the examination. In addition, if the normal examination time of the hospital is set as a predetermined period, the visitor M for the purpose of the examination is a visitor M for the purpose other than the examination, for example, after the normal examination time is over. It is possible to select content with priority over visitors who have only received it.

(2) When weighting and counting according to the number of visitors entering and leaving In the above embodiment, the number of visitors M entering and leaving the waiting room WR was not particularly considered, but depending on the number of visitors M entering and leaving Then, weighted aggregation according to the waiting time may be performed.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage contents of the user database 112 stored in the storage unit 110 of the reception apparatus 100 according to the present modification, and corresponds to FIG. 4 described above. As shown in FIG. 14, in the user database 112 of this modification, for each visitor M, a visitor ID and visitor name as visitor identification information, and preference information and visit purpose as visitor attribute information And the number of visits and the visit interval are stored in association with each other. The number of visits and the visit interval are automatically calculated by the control unit 101 each time a visitor M enters (corresponding to an entry / exit counting means), and the user database 112 is updated. The period for counting the number of visits and the visit interval may be limited to a predetermined period (for example, one month or one year).

  In the present modification, the control unit 101 of the reception device 100 performs a visit according to the visit frequency of the waiting room WR based on the visit number and visit interval of the visitor M stored in the user database 112 in the visitor tendency analysis process. Specify person type. This visitor type is “normal”, which is the average visit frequency, “regular” which is higher than this “normal”, and “novice” which is less frequent than “normal”. It consists of three types. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 14, the visitor M corresponding to the visitor IDs 501 and 510 is identified as “normal person”, and the visitor M corresponding to the visitor IDs 503, 505, 506 and 507 is “ “Regular” is specified, and visitor M corresponding to visitor IDs 502, 504, 508, and 509 is specified as “beginner”.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a weight graph representing a change in weight value according to the waiting time of the above three types of visitors, “normal person”, “regular person”, and “beginner”. 15A shows a weight graph of “normal person”, FIG. 15B shows a “regular person”, and FIG. 15C shows a weight graph of “beginner”. These weight graphs are stored in an appropriate storage area of the storage unit 110. In addition, the said weight value is a value corresponding to the said weight at the time of performing weighting totalization based on the waiting time of the visitor M and the frequency | count of entrance / exit in this modification.

  The example shown in FIG. 15 shows a case where a visitor M visits a specific waiting room WR for the purpose of receiving a predetermined service, and each weight graph is an average until receiving service after entering the waiting room WR. It is determined based on the waiting time, the average service time for receiving the service, and the average leaving time until the service is ended.

  As shown in FIG. 15A, the weight value of “normal person” increases according to the waiting time until a predetermined time elapses after the admission, and then remains unchanged until the average waiting time and the average service time elapse. It becomes. After the average service time elapses, the weight value decreases according to the waiting time, and after the average exit time elapses, the weight value is leveled again until the exit from the waiting room WR. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15B, the weight value of the “regular person” is set higher than the “normal person” at the time of admission, and is higher than the “normal person” in the entire waiting time until leaving after that. Is set. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15C, the weight value of “beginner” rises until the average waiting time elapses after entry, and then decreases until the average exit time elapses. The total waiting time is set to be lower than the “normal person”. After that, it will be level until it leaves the waiting room WR like “normal person”.

  By setting the weight value as described above, the visitor M having a higher visit frequency in the waiting room WR is weighted so that the specific gravity becomes heavier, and the visitor M having a higher visit frequency is favored than the visitor M having a lower visitor frequency. And content can be provided.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the detailed contents of the visitor tendency analysis process in step S100, which is executed by the control unit 101 of the reception apparatus 100 of the present modification.

  In step S <b> 405, the control unit 101 initializes the preference degree P representing the degree of preference included in the visitor attribute information of the visitor M to 0.

  In step S410, the control unit 101 selects the record of one visitor M from the information stored in the visit history database 111 of the storage unit 110, and extracts and acquires the visitor identification information and the entry time. To do.

  In step S415, the control unit 101 calculates the waiting time of the corresponding visitor M based on the current time and the entrance time acquired in step S410.

  In step S420, the control unit 101 accesses the user database 112 of the storage unit 110, and based on the visitor identification information acquired in step S410, the corresponding visitor attribute information (here, preference information) of the visitor M is obtained. get.

  In step S425, the control unit 101 acquires the visit number and visit interval of the corresponding visitor M from the user database 112, and specifies the visitor type of the visitor M based on these.

  In step S430, the control unit 101 reads a weight graph corresponding to the visitor type specified in step S425 from the storage unit 110, and acquires a weight value based on the waiting time calculated in step S415.

  In step S435, the control unit 101 determines whether the preference information acquired in step S420 has already been issued in the visitor tendency analysis process. If the preference information has already been issued, the determination is satisfied, and the routine goes to Step S440.

  In step S440, the control unit 101 sets the preference level P corresponding to the preference information acquired in step S420 to a value obtained by adding the weight value acquired in step S430 to the current preference level P value. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S450 described later.

  On the other hand, if the preference information is not already published in step S435, the determination is not satisfied and the process proceeds to step S445. In step S445, the preference degree P corresponding to the preference information acquired in step S420 is set as the weight value acquired in step S430. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S450.

  In step S450, for all visitors M currently in the waiting room WR (in other words, for all visitors M records stored in the visit history database 111), has the processing procedure of steps S410 to S445 been completed? Determine whether or not. If the processing has not been completed for all visitors M, the determination is not satisfied and the routine returns to the previous step S410. Then, the record of the next visitor M is selected from the information stored in the visit history database 111, and the same procedure is repeated for the visitor M. On the other hand, if the processing is completed for all visitors M, the determination is satisfied and this routine is terminated.

  In the flow described above, steps S410 to S450 constitute a totaling unit that counts visitor attribute information of a plurality of visitors existing in the management target section described in the claims. Further, Step S430, Step S440, and Step S445 constitute the weight correction unit described in the claims, and the weight graph stored in the appropriate storage area of the storage unit 110 described above is stored in the storage unit. This corresponds to a predetermined weighting.

  In the modified example described above, the number of entrances / exits of the visitor M to the waiting room WR is calculated, and weighted aggregation according to the waiting time is performed according to the number of entrances / exits. As a result, the visitor information related to customers and regulars who have a relatively large number (or high frequency) of visit histories, taking into account the presence / absence of visit histories and the number of visits (or visit frequency), etc. Can be weighted such that the specific gravity is heavier than the visitor M. Accordingly, the content can be provided in such a way that those customers and regulars are favored over other visitors M.

(3) Others In the above, the case where the video content and the text content are displayed on the display 220 of the display device 200 has been described. However, the present invention is also applicable to the case where only the text content is output without being displayed. Is applicable.

  In the above, regardless of the number of visitors M who entered the waiting room WR, the weighted aggregation corresponding to the waiting time of the visitor attribute information is performed (even if the number of visitors is one). When there are a plurality of visitors M who enter the waiting room WR (when a plurality of visitor attribute information is acquired in step S20 in FIG. 8), the weighted aggregation corresponding to the wait time of the visitor attribute information May be performed.

  Also, in the above, when the elapsed display time of the displayed video content exceeds half of the required display time of the content, the display is switched after the displayed content is completed. Instead of controlling the display switching timing according to the elapsed display time, the display switching timing may be controlled according to the type of video content being displayed. For example, if the video content being displayed has a story such as a drama or a movie, the display is switched after the displayed content is completed, and if the story does not have a story such as news The display may be switched immediately.

  In addition, in the above, the arrow shown in each figure of FIG.1, FIG.2, etc. shows an example of the flow of a signal, and does not limit the flow direction of a signal. In addition, the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8, 9, 10, 11 and the like do not limit the present invention to the procedure shown in the above-described flow, and the procedure can be added without departing from the spirit and technical idea of the invention. You may delete or change the order.

  In addition to those already described above, the methods according to the above-described embodiments and modifications may be used in appropriate combination.

  In addition, although not illustrated one by one, the present invention is implemented with various modifications within a range not departing from the gist thereof.

1. Content provision system (content provision device)
110 Storage unit (storage means)
111 Visit History Database 113 Content Database (Information Database)
220 Display (output means, display means)
221 Speaker (output means)
M Visitor WR Waiting room (managed area)

Claims (7)

Entry / exit detection means for detecting entry / exit to a specific managed area by a visitor;
Visitor information acquisition means for acquiring visitor identification information related to the visitor and visitor attribute information corresponding to the visitor identification information;
A judging means for judging whether or not it is necessary to aggregate the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors present in the managed section;
Aggregating means for aggregating the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors present in the managed section acquired by the visitor information acquiring means when the determination means determines that the aggregation is necessary; ,
The totaling result of the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors by the totaling means is constrained to the specific management target section of each visitor calculated based on the entrance / exit detection result by the entrance / exit detection means. Weighting correction means for performing correction according to a predetermined weight stored in the storage means according to the waiting time;
In accordance with the total result of the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors weight-corrected by the weight correction means, visitor-provided content is selected from the plurality of contents stored in the information database stored in the storage means in advance. A selection means to select;
And an output means for outputting the visitor-provided content selected by the selection means. History information judging means for judging whether or not the visit time of the visitor is stored within a predetermined period in the visit history database storing the time when the visitor's entrance / exit was detected by the entrance / exit detection means. Have
The weight correction means, when the history information determination means determines that the visit time of the visitor is stored within the predetermined period, the specific management target within the predetermined period as the waiting time. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the weighting correction is performed according to a waiting time until the user leaves the section. With respect to a visit history database in which the time when the visitor's entrance / exit was detected by the entrance / exit detection means was stored, the entrance / exit counting means for counting the number of times the visitor entered / exited within a predetermined period,
The weighting correction means performs the weighting correction based on the waiting time in the specific management target section of each visitor and the number of entrances / exits of the visitor counted by the entrance / exit counting means. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. When the visitor information acquisition means has acquired a plurality of the visitor attribute information,
The counting means includes
Based on the detection result by the entrance / exit detection means, the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors is totaled according to each visitor entering and exiting the management target section or every predetermined time,
The selection means includes
According to the totaling result of the visitor attribute information of the plurality of visitors that is aggregated by the aggregation unit and weighted and corrected by the weighting correction unit, the visitor provided content is selected,
Provided content determining means for determining whether or not the visitor provided content selected by the selecting means has been updated;
The display control means for switching the visitor-provided content and displaying it on the display means when the provided content judging means judges that the visitor-provided content has been updated. 4. The content providing device according to any one of items 3. When it is determined by the provided content determination means that the visitor provided content has been updated,
5. The content according to claim 4, wherein the display control means switches the display of the visitor provided content to the display means after the visitor provided content being displayed on the display means is completed. Providing device. When it is determined by the provided content determination means that the visitor provided content has been updated,
The display control means switches display of the visitor-provided content to the display means in accordance with a time required for completion of the visitor-provided content being displayed on the display means. Item 6. A content providing apparatus according to Item 5. The display control means includes
The content providing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a notification unit configured to perform notification related to the display switching when the display switching of the visitor-provided content is performed on the display unit.

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