JP5363699B2 - Distributed information service system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a distributed information service system, and more particularly to a distributed information service system that provides an information providing service in a limited range such as a station or a specific shopping street.

In recent years, information providing services have been provided that provide users of public transportation with information such as vehicle operating conditions and tourist information. The system that provides the information providing service detects, for example, that the user passes through a ticket gate at a station, and sends information related to the user from the guidance information providing system server to the user terminal based on the detected information. This is a system that provides information by sending (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-2005-149426

  In the information providing service system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the user processes information that has passed through the ticket gate at the station, and the information providing system server performs processing for providing information to the user. The center management method is adopted. In this information providing service system, all users who use each station on the public transportation line registered to receive the service must perform the information providing process on the guidance information providing system server, and the server itself However, a large capacity is required. Therefore, the information providing service system using the server is a large-scale system, and there is a problem that the cost for operating the system is higher.

  In view of the above problems, the object of the present invention is to operate a system that is not large-scale by distributing a plurality of information providing apparatuses that process information provision within a limited range without adopting a center management system. The object is to provide a distributed information service system capable of reducing costs.

  In order to achieve the above object, a distributed information service system according to the present invention is configured as follows.

A first distributed information service system (corresponding to claim 1 ) includes a local information providing device that provides information to a specific user at each station along a specific railway, and the local information providing device is registered in advance by the user. A user registration confirmation means for confirming whether the user has been registered, an information transmission means for sending information to the user when the user registration confirmation means confirms that the user is registered, and a use A user code receiving means for receiving a code for specifying a user, and a user code transmitting means for transmitting a code for specifying a user. The local information providing device at one station is a code for specifying a user. When the user moves from one station to another station, the user can receive information from the local information provider at the other station. .

In the second distributed information service system (corresponding to claim 2 ), in the above configuration, the user preferably has a portable terminal device, and the portable terminal device transmits a code identifying the user. Then, it is characterized by receiving and displaying the information transmitted from the information transmitting means.

A third distributed information service system (corresponding to claim 3 ) is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned configuration, the device for receiving and displaying the information transmitted by the information transmitting means is preferably a station service device. It is done.

In a fourth distributed information service system (corresponding to claim 4 ), in the above-described configuration, preferably, the information transmission means is configured to receive and display information transmitted by the information transmission means at one station and another station. It is characterized by being a dedicated terminal device.

The fifth distributed information service system (corresponding to claim 5 ), in the above configuration, preferably receives the usage status information of the local information providing device provided at each station, manages the usage status information, It is characterized by having a central management device that sends information to the provided local information providing device.

According to the present invention, a local information providing device that provides information to a specific user at each station along a specific railway is provided, and the local information providing device confirms whether or not the user is registered in advance. When the confirmation means and the user registration confirmation means confirm that the user is registered, the information transmission means for transmitting information to the user and the user code for receiving a code for identifying the user Receiving means and user code transmitting means for transmitting a code identifying a user, wherein the local information providing device at one station sends a code identifying the user to the local information providing device at another station. When a user moves from one station to another station, the user can receive information from the local information provision device at the other station, so the information provision at each station is processed without adopting the center management method. Multiple information providing devices Since then be installed is, the system can also reduce operating costs rather than large-scale. In addition, a user who can receive the information providing service at one station can receive the information providing service at other stations as well.
In addition, according to the present invention, by using a local information providing apparatus that provides information within a limited range, the performance of the apparatus can be limited to the performance required for the limited range, and the capital investment can be kept low. it can.
Furthermore, according to the present invention, since information is provided within a limited range, a process for providing information is not large-scale, and thus a time response for providing information can be performed in a short time.
Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to use a local information providing apparatus having the same specifications at a plurality of locations, and therefore this system can be easily constructed.
Furthermore, according to the present invention, the central management device is provided, and the usage status of each local information providing device is totaled and managed, so that user statistics can be easily obtained.
Further, according to the present invention, since information can be sent from the central management device to each local information providing device, common information can be sent to each location at once, and the information can be provided to the user.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments (examples) of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a distributed information service system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The distributed information service system 10 is a system that provides an information providing service in a limited range such as a station or a specific shopping street. In FIG. 1, reference numerals 11 and 12 denote stations, and reference numeral 13 denotes a line schematically. Reference numerals 14 and 15 denote shopping streets, reference numerals 16 and 17 denote roads leading to the shopping street 14, and reference numerals 18 and 19 denote roads leading to the shopping street 15. .

  The distributed information service system 10 includes local information providing devices 20 and 21 at stations 11 and 12, and local information providing devices 22 and 23 at shopping streets 14 and 15, respectively. The distributed information service system 10 includes user detection units 26 and 27 connected to local information providing devices 20 and 21 near the entrances 24 and 25 of the stations 11 and 12, respectively. The twelve premises also include user detection units 28 and 29 connected to the local information providing devices 20 and 21, respectively. Furthermore, the distributed information service system 10 includes user detection units 32 and 33 connected to the local information providing device 22 at the entrances 30 and 31 of the shopping street 14, respectively. User detection units 36 and 37 connected to the information providing device 23 are provided. The user detection units 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36, and 37 are configured by wireless markers, optical markers, tags, readers, and the like, and are connected to respective local information providing apparatuses by wired or wireless LAN. ing.

  In the distributed information service system 10, information display terminal devices 38 and 39 connected to local information providing devices 20 and 21, respectively, are provided in stations 11 and 12, and local information is provided in shopping streets 14 and 15, respectively. Terminal devices 40 and 41 for displaying information connected to the providing devices 22 and 23 are provided. The local information providing devices 20 and 21 are connected to ticket machines 42 and 43 provided on the premises of the stations 11 and 12, respectively. Further, the local information providing devices 20 and 21 are connected to the settlement machines 44 and 45 provided in the stations 11 and 12 respectively. The distributed information service system 10 includes a central management device 46 at one predetermined place. The local information providing devices 20, 21, 22, 23 and the central management device 46 are connected by a communication line 47. Further, FIG. 1 shows a user 50 who is about to enter a station premises, and the user 50 owns or equips a portable terminal device 51. The local information providing apparatus 20 provides information to the user within a limited range within the station 11. Further, the local information providing device 21 provides information to the user within a limited range within the station 12. The local information providing device 22 provides information to the user within a limited range in the shopping street 14. Further, the local information providing device 23 provides information to the user within a limited range within the shopping street 15.

  In the distributed information service system 10, the user detection unit 26 detects the presence of the user 50 that has come to the entrance / exit 24 on the station premises, and sends a detection signal to the local information providing apparatus 20. The local information providing device 20 that has received the detection signal sends a user code transmission command signal to the portable terminal device 51. The mobile terminal device 51 that has received the user code transmission command signal sends the stored user code to the local information providing device 20. The local information providing apparatus 20 that has received the user code searches whether the user code is in the service recipient list. If the user code is not in the list, the notification is sent and the information providing service is stopped. If the user code is in the list, an information provision service start screen is sent to the portable terminal device. The user can receive the information providing service according to the guidance on the screen. In addition, by registering in advance in the local information providing apparatus 20 the type of service that the user wants to receive, the user can receive the desired information service.

  When the user gets off the train and enters the station 11, the user detection unit 28 detects the user, and the information providing service is performed in the same manner as when the user detection unit 26 detects the user. Can receive. Furthermore, when it is desired to receive information from the ticket vending machine 42, the payment machine 44, or the dedicated terminal device 38, the user code is input from the input device dedicated to providing information provided in each device. If the user code is registered in the local information providing device 20, the information provision can be received from the display screens of the ticket vending machine 42, the checkout machine 44, and the dedicated terminal device 38.

  The station 12 can receive information from the local information providing apparatus 21 in the same manner as the station 11.

  In the distributed information service system 10, the user detection units 32 and 33 detect the presence of the user 50 who has come to the entrances 30 and 31 of the shopping street, and send the detection signal to the local information providing device 22. Upon receiving the detection signal, the local information providing device 22 sends a user code transmission command signal to the portable terminal device 51. Receiving the user code transmission command signal, the portable terminal device 51 sends the stored user code to the local information providing device 22. The local information providing device 22 that has received the user code searches whether the user code is in the service recipient list. If the user code is not in the list, the notification is sent and the information providing service is stopped. If the user code is in the list, an information provision service start screen is sent to the portable terminal device. The user can receive the information providing service according to the guidance on the screen.

  When it is desired to receive information from the dedicated terminal device 40, the user code is input from the input device dedicated to providing information provided in the dedicated terminal device 40, so that the user code is the local information providing device. Information registration can be received from the display screen.

  In the shopping street 15, information can be received from the local information providing device 23 in the same manner as the shopping street 14.

  In the distributed information service system 10, when a user takes a train from the station 11 and goes to the station 12, the user code is provided from the local information providing device 20 through the communication line 47 to provide local information of the station 12. It is sent to the device 21 and can receive the same information providing service at the station 12 as well. Further, when the user goes from the station 11 to the shopping street 14 or the shopping street 15, the user code is sent from the local information providing device 20 via the communication line 47 to the local information providing device 22 or the shopping street 15 of the shopping street 14. The information is sent to the local information providing device 23 and can receive the same information providing service in the shopping street 14 or the shopping street 15.

  The usage status of the information providing service stored in the local information providing devices 20, 21, 22, and 23 is sent to the central management device 46 via the communication line 47. The usage status sent to the central management device 46 can be used for marketing. In addition, the central management device 46 sends train delay information and the like to the local information providing devices 20, 21, 22, and 23 at the same time, so that users at each station and each shopping street obtain train delay information. be able to.

  Next, the distributed information service system 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the local information providing apparatus. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the central management apparatus. 4 to 8 are flowcharts showing typical operations of the distributed information service system 10.

  Since the local information providing devices 20, 21, 22, and 23 are the same device, only the local information providing device 20 will be described here. As shown in FIG. 2, the local information providing apparatus 20 includes a user registration confirmation unit 60, an information transmission unit 61, a control unit 62, a storage unit 63, a user code reception unit 64, a user code transmission unit 65, and central information. A receiving unit 66 and a usage status information transmitting unit 67 are provided. The storage unit 63 stores information specific to each station and each shopping street, for example, information such as vehicle operation status, seat reservation status, event reservation status, and tourist information, a service recipient list based on user codes, and service information. Usage conditions such as selection contents and usage frequency are stored. The user registration confirmation unit 60 sends a user code transmission command to the portable terminal device 51 in response to a command from the control unit 62, receives the user code from the portable terminal device 51, and is stored in the storage unit 63. If the user code is registered in the service recipient list, if there is no user code, a signal indicating that there is no user code is sent to the control unit 62, the information provision is stopped, and if there is a user code A signal indicating the presence is sent to the control unit 62. Further, the user registration confirmation unit 60 receives the user code input from the terminal device 38, the ticket vending machine 42, and the checkout machine 44, searches the service receiver list stored in the storage unit 63, and stores it in the storage unit 63. A search is made as to whether the user code is registered. If there is no user code, a signal indicating the absence of the user code is sent to the control unit 62, the information provision is stopped, and if there is a user code, the presence is indicated. A signal is sent to the control unit 62. Upon receiving an information transmission command from the control unit 62, the information transmission unit 61 reads information stored in the storage unit 63 and sends information. The user code transmission unit 65 sends the user code stored in the storage unit 63 to a local information providing device provided in an area where the user goes next, for example, the local information providing device 12 of the station 12. The user code receiving unit 64 receives a user code sent from another local information providing device and stores it in the storage unit 63. The usage status information transmission unit 67 sends the usage status of the local information providing device 20 to the central management device 46. The central information receiving unit 66 receives information from the central management device 46. The control unit 62 operates the user registration confirmation unit 60, the information transmission unit 61, the user code transmission unit 65, the user code reception unit 64, the usage status information transmission unit 67, the central information reception unit 66, and the storage unit 63. Control.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the central management apparatus. The central management device 46 includes a usage status information receiving unit 70, a central information transmitting unit 71, a control unit 72, and a storage unit 73. The usage status information receiving unit 70 receives usage status information periodically sent from each local information providing device and stores the usage status information in the storage unit 73. The administrator can use it for marketing or the like by looking at the stored usage situation. The central information transmission unit 71 transmits information common to each area such as train delay information to the local information providing devices 20, 21, 22, and 23 all at once. Thereby, each local information provision apparatus 20, 21, 22, 23 can provide the information to a user. The control unit 72 controls the storage unit 73, the usage status information reception unit 70, and the central information transmission unit 71.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a first representative operation of the distributed information service system. In addition, FIGS. 4-7 shown below demonstrates operation | movement supposing the utilization in the station 11 shown in FIG. The operation similar to the operation described below is also performed in use at the station 12, the shopping street 14, and the shopping street 15 which are other limited ranges. In the distributed information service system 10, when the control unit 62 of the local information providing device 20 receives a detection signal from the user detection unit 26 or the user detection unit 28 (step S11), the control unit 62 confirms the user registration. An operation command is sent to the unit 60 (step S12). Upon receiving the operation command, the user registration confirmation unit 60 sends a user code transmission command to the portable terminal device 51 (step S13). Receiving the signal, the portable terminal device 51 sends a user code (step S14). Receiving the user code, the user registration confirmation unit 60 searches the service receiver list in the storage unit 63 (step S15), and determines whether the user code is in the list (step S16). If there is no user code, a signal indicating the absence is sent to the control unit 62 (step S17). The control unit 62 sends an information provision stop command to the information transmission unit 61 (step S18). The information transmitting unit does not send information (step S19). If there is a user code, a signal indicating the presence is sent to the control unit 62 (step S20). The controller 62 sends an operation command to the information transmitter 61 (step S21). The information transmission part 61 takes out information from the memory | storage part 63, and sends it to the portable terminal device 51 (step S22). The portable terminal device 51 displays the sent information (step S23). Thereby, the user 50 can obtain information.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a second typical operation of the distributed information service system. In the distributed information service system 10, when the ticket vending machine 42, the checkout machine 44, and the dedicated terminal device 38 are used (step S31), the user registration confirmation unit 60 operates (step S32), and the user code input command screen is displayed. The data is sent to the machine 42, the checkout machine 44, or the dedicated terminal device 38 (step S33), and the user is requested to input a user code (step S34). The user registration confirmation unit 60 searches the storage unit 63 for the input user code (step S35), and determines whether the user code is in the list (step S36). If the user code is not registered, a signal indicating that the user code is not registered is sent to the control unit 62 (step S37). The control unit 62 sends an information provision stop command to the information transmission unit 61 (step S38). The information transmission unit 61 stops transmission (step S39). On the other hand, if the user code has been registered, a signal indicating that it has been registered is sent to the control unit 62 (step S40). The control unit 62 sends an information provision command signal to the information transmission unit 61 (step S41). The information transmission unit 61 extracts information from the storage unit 63 and sends it to the ticket vending machine 42, the settlement machine 44, and the terminal device 38 (step S42). Receiving the information, the ticket vending machine 42, the payment machine 44, and the terminal device 38 display the information (step S43). Thereby, the user can obtain information.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a third typical operation of the distributed information service system. In the distributed information service system 10, when the user goes to another area, the user registration confirmation unit of the local information providing device 20 from the portable terminal device 51, the ticket machine 42, the checkout machine 44, or the dedicated terminal device 38. Information indicating the destination is sent to 60 (step S51). The user registration confirmation unit 60 of the dedicated information providing apparatus 20 stores the destination information in the storage unit 63 (step S52). The control unit 62 of the local information providing device 20 operates the user code transmitting unit 65 to send the user code stored in the storage unit 63 to the local information providing device provided at the destination (step S53). For example, when the destination is the station 12, the user code is sent to the local information providing device 21. The user code receiving unit of the local information providing apparatus at the destination receives the user code and stores it in the storage unit (step S54). Thereby, the user can receive the same information providing service even at the destination.

  7 and 8 are flowcharts showing fourth and fifth representative operations of the distributed information service system, respectively. In the distributed information service system 10, the storage unit 63 of the local information providing device 20 stores the usage status of the local information providing device (step S61). The stored usage status information is periodically sent to the central management device 46 via the communication line by the usage status information transmission unit 67 (step S62). Thereby, the central management apparatus 46 can totalize the utilization condition of each local information provision apparatus (step S63), and can use the data for marketing. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, when information is sent from the central management device 46 to the local information providing devices 20, 21, 22, and 23 all at once (step S71), the local information providing device 20 receives the information from the central management device 46. The central information receiving unit 66 receives the information, stores it in the storage unit 63 (step S72), and provides the information to the user (step S73). Similarly, the other local information providing devices 21, 22, and 23 store information (step S74, step S75, and step S76) and provide information (step S77, step S78, and step S79), respectively.

  As described above, in this distributed information service system, since a plurality of information providing devices that process information provision within a limited range are installed without using the center management method, the system is operated without being oversized. Cost can also be reduced.

  In the above-described embodiment, the portable terminal device has been described. However, a mobile phone provided with the function of the portable terminal device may be used. In this embodiment, the four ranges of the stations 11 and 12 and the shopping streets 14 and 15 have been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a similar system can be constructed even if a plurality of ranges other than four are provided. Needless to say, you can.

  The configurations, shapes, sizes, and arrangement relationships described in the above embodiments are merely schematically shown to the extent that the present invention can be understood and implemented. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the technical idea shown in the claims.

  The present invention is used as a distributed information service system for providing information for a user who uses a station, a shopping street, or the like.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the distributed information service system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of a local information provision apparatus. It is a functional block diagram of a central management apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the 1st typical operation | movement of a distributed information service system. It is a flowchart which shows the 2nd typical operation | movement of a distributed information service system. It is a flowchart which shows the 3rd typical operation | movement of a distributed information service system. It is a flowchart which shows the 4th typical operation | movement of a distributed information service system. It is a flowchart which shows the 5th typical operation | movement of a distributed information service system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Distributed information service system 11 Station 12 Station 13 Railway line 14 Shopping street 15 Shopping street 20 Local information provision apparatus 21 Local information provision apparatus 22 Local information provision apparatus 23 Local information provision apparatus 26 User detection part 27 User detection part 28 Use Person detection unit 29 User detection unit 38 Terminal device 39 Terminal device 40 Terminal device 41 Terminal device 42 Ticket vending machine 43 Ticket vending machine 44 Settlement machine 45 Settlement machine 50 User 51 Portable terminal device

Claims (5)

It has a local information provision device that provides information to specific users at each station along a specific railway,
The local information providing device includes:
User registration confirmation means for confirming whether or not the user is registered in advance;
Information transmitting means for transmitting information to the user when the user registration confirmation means confirms that the user is registered;
User code receiving means for receiving a code identifying the user;
User code transmitting means for transmitting a code for identifying the user;
With
The local information providing device of one station sends a code identifying a user to the local information providing device of the other station, and when the user moves from the one station to the other station, The distributed information service system, wherein the user can receive information from the local information providing device at the other station. The user possesses a portable terminal device,
The portable terminal device transmits a code identifying the user, the distributed information service system according to claim 1, wherein receiving the information transmitted from said information transmitting unit, and displaying. The information received the information transmitted by the transmitting means, device to be displayed, distributed information service system according to claim 1, characterized in that the public transportation equipment. Receiving said information transmission information transmitted by the means, the device to be displayed, distributed information service according to claim 1, wherein the a dedicated terminal device installed in the other station as one of the station system. A central management device that receives usage status information of the local information providing device provided at each station, manages the usage status information, and sends information to the local information providing device provided at each station. The distributed information service system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 .

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