JP5490552B2 - Information providing system and in-vehicle device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system and an in-vehicle device that provide information to an information providing destination.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of information communication technology, technology for presenting information other than route information (road map), for example, to an in-vehicle device mounted on a moving body such as a vehicle has been actively developed. For example, in Patent Document 1, in a vehicle-mounted device of a group-registered vehicle, the vehicle navigation that distributes the obtained edited point information to each vehicle after reading and editing the point information registered in each vehicle-mounted device. A configuration related to the system is disclosed.

JP 2005-98883 A

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1, similar information (for example, route information) is provided to all information providing destinations (for example, a vehicle occupant). Therefore, for example, even in a place familiar to the passenger, information similar to the information provided to the passenger who first visited the place is provided, so the route guidance provided by the passenger familiar with the land You may feel annoying about the contents of On the other hand, in a place visited for the first time, the same information is provided to all information providing destinations, so that the passenger may feel that there is too little information provided at the information providing destination.

  The present invention was devised in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing system and an in-vehicle device capable of providing optimal information according to an information providing destination such as a passenger. is there.

That is, the gist of the present invention is an information providing system for providing information to an information providing destination, which is mounted on a vehicle, and is action history information related to a passenger who is on the vehicle, regarding the action using the vehicle. The action history information collecting unit for collecting the action history information is connected to the action history information collecting unit via a communication line, and the action history information collected by the action history information collecting unit corresponds to the regional feature information of the passenger And a history information management unit that manages as a behavior history database, a statistical information management unit that manages a statistical database created by taking statistics for each regional feature of the passenger based on the behavior history database, and the information based on the regional characteristic information about the providing destination, from the statistical database, and provides information extraction unit for extracting information to be provided to the information providing destination is extracted by the advertisement extraction unit The provided information, characterized by comprising the providing information presentation unit that presents to the information providing destination, an information providing system (claim 1).

At this time, the statistical information management unit uses a classification of a person who has the same birthplace and living area, a migrant whose birthplace and living area are different, and a traveler, for each of the regional characteristics of the passenger. Statistics may be taken (claim 2).
Further, the information providing destination information management unit for previously managed as information providing destination identification information, and the information providing destination database in association with the local characteristic information of the information providing destination for identifying the information providing destination, providing the information An information providing destination information acquiring unit that acquires the destination identifying information, and the providing information extracting unit refers to the information providing destination database based on the information providing destination identification information acquired by the information providing destination information acquiring unit. Then, the regional characteristic information of the information provider may be acquired (claim 3 ).

Further, the information providing destination information management unit manages the action history information related to the information providing destination collected by the action history information collecting unit in the information providing destination database in association with the information providing destination identification information. Then, the provided information extraction unit refers to the information providing destination database, determines the regional feature information according to the action history information of the information providing destination, and based on the regional feature information, the statistics The provided information may be extracted from a database (claim 4 ).

Further, the action history database further includes a vehicle identification information acquisition unit that manages the action history information and the vehicle identification information related to the vehicle in association with each other and acquires the vehicle identification information related to the vehicle, and extracts the provided information. parts, based on said vehicle identification information acquired by said vehicle identification information acquiring unit may be extracted the information to be provided to the information providing destination from the statistical database (claim 5).

Then, the information provision destination information acquisition unit acquires the information provision destination identification information for specifying the information provision destination from the portable terminal device that can be carried by the information provision destination, and the action history information collection unit collected the action history information, via the communication line, it may be provided with a history information transmission unit that transmits to the subsequent history information management unit together with the information providing destination identification information (claim 6).

Furthermore, an external information collection unit that collects supply information from an information supply source based on a search key is provided, and the provision information presentation unit uses the supply information collected by the external information collection unit as the provision information. You may show to a provision place (Claim 7 ).

Then, includes a trigger detector for detecting the search trigger, the provided information extracting unit, when the search triggered by the trigger detecting portion is detected, it may be followed by extraction of the provided information (claim 9).

At this time, the trigger detection unit may detect the search trigger by detecting that the information providing destination has performed a predetermined operation (claim 10 ).

In addition, the trigger detection unit may detect the search trigger by detecting a state change related to the information providing destination (claim 11 ).

The trigger detection unit may detect the search trigger by detecting a change in an external situation (claim 1 2 ).

Then, an input an input device which can the search key, the advertisement extracting section, may be extracted the provided information based on the search key input from the input apparatus (claim 8).

Another gist of the present invention is an in-vehicle device that provides information to an information providing destination and is mounted on the vehicle. The device is mounted on the vehicle and is mounted on the vehicle with respect to an action using the vehicle. An action history information collecting unit that collects action history information related to a passenger , and an action history configured by associating the action history information collected by the action history information collecting unit with regional feature information of the passenger based on the database, provided to provide from the statistical database that was created by taking the statistics in each region features of the passenger, in the information providing destination that has been extracted based on the regional features information about the the information providing destination information, characterized by comprising the providing information presentation unit that presents to the information providing destination, to the vehicle-mounted apparatus (claim 1 3).

At this time, the statistical database uses a classification of a person who has the same birthplace and living area, a migrant who has a different birthplace and living area, and a traveler, and provides statistics for each regional characteristic of the passenger. It may be created by taking (claim 14).
Further, an information providing destination information acquiring unit for acquiring information providing destination identification information for specifying the information providing destination is provided , and based on the information providing destination identification information acquired by the information providing destination information acquiring unit, The regional feature information of the information provider may be acquired from an information provider database that manages information provider identification information and the regional feature information of the information provider in association with each other (claim 15 ).

Further, the provided information presentation unit, from the statistical database may be presented to the provided information extracted based on the local characteristic information corresponding to the action history information (claims 1-6).

Furthermore, the provided information presentation unit, includes a vehicle identification information acquisition unit that acquires vehicle identification information about the vehicle, based on said vehicle identification information acquired by said vehicle identification information acquisition unit, is extracted from the statistical database The provided information may be presented (claim 17 ).

Then, the information provision destination information acquisition unit acquires the information provision destination identification information for specifying the information provision destination from the portable terminal device that can be carried by the information provision destination, and the action history information collection unit A history information transmission unit may be provided for transmitting the collected action history information to the history information management unit together with the information providing destination identification information via the communication line (claim 18 ).

According to the present invention, at least one of the following effects or advantages can be obtained.
(1) The action history information of the passenger can be easily collected, and by providing information to the information providing destination based on the collected action history information, it is possible to provide the optimum information corresponding to the information providing destination. .
(2) By managing the behavior history information and the regional feature information of the passenger as a behavior history database, the behavior history information based on the regional feature information of each passenger can be easily collected.
(3) By managing the regional feature information of the information providing destination in advance as the information providing destination database, the regional characteristic information of the information providing destination can be immediately acquired with reference to the information providing destination database.
(4) By managing the action history information and the information providing destination identification information in association with each other as an information providing destination database, it is possible to provide the information providing destination with optimum information based on the regional characteristic information of the information providing destination. .
(5) By managing the action history information and the vehicle identification information in association with each other as the action history database, it is possible to provide information corresponding to the vehicle used by the information providing destination such as the passenger.

1 is a diagram schematically showing an overall hardware configuration of an information providing system and an in-vehicle device as an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an overall configuration of an information providing system and an in-vehicle device in an information providing system as an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the database produced in the information provision system as one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the database produced in the information provision system as one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the preparation method of the action history database in the information provision system as one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the preparation method of the statistics database in the information provision system as one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the database produced in the information provision system as one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the database produced in the information provision system as one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the method of the information provision in the information provision system as one Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an information providing system and an in-vehicle device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 schematically shows an overall hardware configuration of an information providing system and an in-vehicle device as this embodiment, and FIG. 2 schematically shows an overall configuration of the information providing system and the in-vehicle device according to this embodiment. FIG. 3, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are diagrams showing specific examples of databases according to this embodiment, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are flowcharts showing database creation methods according to this embodiment, and FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the method of provision. In the examples shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, illustration of data in some items is omitted for convenience.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the information system 1 according to the present embodiment includes an information center 20 and one or more in-vehicle devices 12. The in-vehicle device 12 is mounted on the vehicle 10.

  The in-vehicle device 12 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 1202, a RAM (Random access memory) 1203, a nonvolatile memory 1204, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 1205, a communication module 1206, an information transmission / reception antenna 11, and a communication. The module 1207 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1208, an input device 127, and a display unit 1209. In-vehicle device 12 is connected to navigation system 1201.

The navigation system 1201 is configured to connect a GPS (Global Positioning System), a vehicle speed sensor, and a gyro sensor (not shown).
GPS is a system that receives radio waves from GPS satellites to determine the position of the vehicle, and a vehicle speed sensor measures the speed of the vehicle. The gyro sensor (autonomous navigation unit) is a sensor for measuring the direction change of the moving body, and is a sensor for detecting the traveling direction of the host vehicle. Then, the vehicle position is calculated and specified by these GPS, vehicle speed sensor, and gyro sensor.

  The ROM 1202 is a storage device that stores in advance data and programs used when the CPU 1208 performs calculations and controls, and the RAM 1203 is a memory that temporarily stores and expands data and programs when the CPU 1208 performs calculations and controls. Device.

  The nonvolatile memory 1204 is a storage device that retains memory even when power is not supplied. For example, vehicle identification information for identifying the vehicle 10 (for example, an automobile registration number of the vehicle 10) is stored. The HDD 1205 is a storage device that retains memory even when power is not supplied, and stores, for example, action history information (for example, a link ID, which will be described later) of the passenger 13. Note that only one of the nonvolatile memory 1204 and the HDD 1205 may be provided depending on the capacity.

  The communication module 1206 is a communication means such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), and is communicably connected to the portable terminal device 131 carried by the passenger 13 and receives the passenger ID stored in the portable terminal device 131. To do. The communication module 1207 is a means such as a DCM (Data Communication Module) and exchanges data with the server 22 installed in the information center 20 via the information transmitting / receiving antenna 11 and the communication line.

  The input device 127 is for the passenger 13 to input a search key (described later), destination setting information, and the like, and is, for example, a keyboard, voice recognition means, and a touch panel provided on the display unit 1209 (described later). . The display unit 1209 is for displaying information on the result of calculation and control by the CPU 1208 and the navigation system 1201 connected as necessary. The display unit 1209 is a display, for example. Note that the input device and the display device of the navigation system 1201 may be used as the input device 127 and the display unit 1209.

  The CPU 1208 is a processing device that performs various computations and controls. In the in-vehicle device 12, the CPU 1208 executes, for example, a management program, which will be described later, an action history information collecting unit 121 and a provided information presenting unit 122. The information providing destination information acquisition unit 123, the vehicle identification information acquisition unit 124, the history information transmission unit 125, the trigger detection unit 126, and the communication unit 128 function.

  The functions as the action history information collection unit 121, the provision information presentation unit 122, the information provision destination information acquisition unit 123, the vehicle identification information acquisition unit 124, the history information transmission unit 125, the trigger detection unit 126, and the communication unit 128 are provided. Examples of programs (management programs) to be realized include flexible disks, CDs (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, etc.), DVDs (DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD + R, DVD-RW). , DVD + RW, HD DVD, etc.), Blu-ray disc, magnetic disc, optical disc, magneto-optical disc and the like. Then, the computer reads the program from the recording medium, transfers it to the internal storage device or the external storage device, stores it, and uses it. Further, the program may be recorded in a storage device (recording medium) such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a magneto-optical disk, and provided from the storage device to a computer via a communication path.

  When realizing the functions as the action history information collection unit 121, the provision information presentation unit 122, the information provision destination information acquisition unit 123, the vehicle identification information acquisition unit 124, the history information transmission unit 125, the trigger detection unit 126, and the communication unit 128. In this embodiment, a program stored in an internal storage device (in this embodiment, ROM 1202, RAM 1203, nonvolatile memory 1204, and HDD 1205) is executed by a microprocessor of the computer (CPU 1208 in this embodiment). At this time, the computer may read and execute the program recorded on the recording medium.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the in-vehicle device 12 includes an action history information collection unit 121, a provision information presentation unit 122, an information provision destination information acquisition unit 123, a vehicle identification information acquisition unit 124, and a history information transmission unit 125. The trigger detection unit 126, the input device 127, and the communication unit 128 are provided. Furthermore, the in-vehicle device 12 is connected to the information transmission / reception antenna 11. A passenger 13 is on the vehicle 10, and the passenger 13 carries a portable terminal device 131. In the present embodiment, illustration and explanation of the configuration and functions of the vehicle 10 are omitted for convenience.

  The passenger 13 may be a driver of the vehicle 10 or a passenger. In the present embodiment, the information providing system 1 and the in-vehicle device 12 will be described by taking as an example a case where the passenger 13 is a driver of the vehicle 10.

[1. In-vehicle device]
The vehicle 10 is a movable body that can move with a passenger, and is an automobile in the present embodiment. Further, the vehicle 10 may be a vehicle owned by a passenger. For example, a vehicle owned by a vehicle other than the passenger, such as a car sharing system, a rental car, a vehicle owned by a friend or family (hereinafter, these are collectively referred to as “ It may be abbreviated as “PTV (Part Time Vehicle) etc.”). Among these, the vehicle 10 is preferably a PTV.

  The action history information collection unit 121 is mounted on the vehicle 10 and collects action history information related to the passenger 13 riding in the vehicle 10 regarding the action using the vehicle 10. The action history information related to the passenger 13 includes, for example, the stop position of the vehicle 10 on which the passenger 13 is boarded (one that has been stopped for a certain period of time), the nearest facility (stop facility) or travel route of the stop position, navigation, The destination setting information when using the system 1201, the inquiry history to the operator, and the like.

  The stop position of the vehicle 10 used by the passenger 13 is determined by, for example, the GPS connected to the navigation system 1201 when the passenger 13 stops the engine of the vehicle 10 and the vehicle 10 stops for a predetermined time. . And the action history information collection part 121 collects this stop position.

  In specifying the stop facility of the vehicle 10, for example, first, the GPS connected to the navigation system 1201 specifies the stop position in the same manner as the stop position. Then, the action history information collecting unit 121 compares the stop position with, for example, map data stored in the HDD 1205, so that the action history information collecting unit 121 identifies a facility included in a predetermined range from the stop position as a stop facility. And collect. This predetermined range can be arbitrarily set.

  Further, similarly, the navigation system 1201 records the travel route on the HDD 1205 or the like in the form of a link ID or the like, and the action history information collection unit 121 collects information on the recorded travel route.

  For the destination setting information, the action history information collecting unit 121 acquires the destination information set by the passenger 13 in the navigation system 1201 using the input device 127. In addition, you may collect where the passenger 13 set the destination together with the said destination setting information.

  Furthermore, the inquiry history to the operator is information indicating the contents of an inquiry made to an operator of an information providing service such as G-BOOK (registered trademark). Such an inquiry history may be intentionally input by the passenger 13 via the input device 127 or the like, and the details of the inquiry made by the passenger 13 to the operator via the telephone or the Internet are displayed. May be input to the action history database 221a stored in the server 22 (hereinafter, “database” will be abbreviated as “DB” where appropriate. The action history DB 221a will be described later). When the operator directly inputs to the action history DB 221a, the action history information collection unit 121 does not collect “inquiry history to the operator”.

  The provision information presentation unit 122 presents provision information (described later) extracted by the provision information extraction unit 222 (described later) to the provision information destination. Specifically, for example, a display unit 1209 of the in-vehicle device 12, a speaker of a car audio (not shown), and the like can be given. In addition to road maps, for example, dangerous areas, dangerous routes (such as routes that are difficult to travel), popular spots in the local area, popular spots for people living in the area, popular with travelers Spots, events that can be participated, PTV and other member-only tour guidance or recommendations according to the reservation time, such as PTV (when the vehicle 10 is a PTV, etc .; for example, routes that can be run within the reservation time, return locations such as PTV), local Specific news or music, local traffic rules, local manners, local driving precautions (eg snow roads, mountain road precautions), tourist guides, etc. It is configured to be presented to the information providing destination by the information providing and presenting unit 122 in any form such as characters, graphics, and sounds.

  The supply information collected by the external information collection unit 224 (described later) may be configured to be presented to the information providing destination as the provision information using the provision information presentation unit 122.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the information providing destination is the passenger 13, that is, the provided information presentation unit 122 is mounted on the vehicle 10 will be described. However, the information providing destination uses, for example, a personal computer (PC) or a mobile terminal device (for example, a mobile phone) and connects to the information center 20 via, for example, the Internet, and receives the provided information at a place other than the vehicle 10. Is also possible. In this case, the information providing destination may be other than the passenger 13 in the vehicle 10.

  The information providing destination information acquisition unit 123 acquires information providing destination identification information for specifying the information providing destination. In this embodiment, since the information providing destination is the passenger 13, the information providing destination information acquisition unit 123 acquires the identification information of the passenger 13. As identification information, passenger ID, member ID, such as PTV, etc. are mentioned, for example. These pieces of information may be consciously input by the passenger 13 via the input device 127, and a unique ID preset in the portable terminal device 131 carried by the passenger 13 is assigned to a communication such as Bluetooth. You may acquire via the communication part 128 by a means. In addition, the identification information of the passenger 13 may be recorded on a medium such as an IC card, and the identification information may be read by the information providing destination information acquisition unit 123 using a reading device such as a card reader. Can be implemented. By these methods, the information providing destination information acquiring unit 123 can acquire information providing destination identification information. Note that the passenger 13 may be only one driver, or may include passengers other than the driver such as family members and friends. When there are two or more passengers 13, each identification information is acquired as information providing destination identification information.

  Further, as described above, when the information providing destination receives the providing information at a place other than the vehicle 10 using, for example, a PC, the identification information such as a member ID such as a PTV input by the information providing destination on the web browser, for example. Can also be used as information providing destination identification information.

  The vehicle identification information acquisition unit 124 acquires vehicle identification information related to the vehicle 10. The vehicle identification information is identification information for specifying the vehicle 10, and is information set arbitrarily such as an automobile registration number or a vehicle body number related to the vehicle 10, for example. The vehicle identification information can be recorded in, for example, the ROM 1202, the nonvolatile memory 1204, the HDD 1205, and the like.

  The history information transmitting unit 125 transmits the behavior history information collected by the behavior history information collecting unit 121 to the server 22 along with the information providing destination identification information via a communication line. Specifically, the history information transmission unit 125 connects to the server 22 provided in the information center 20 by wireless communication using a communication module 1207 such as DCM, and transmits the behavior history information to the server 22. The history information transmission unit 125 may be configured to transmit to the server 22 using a terminal communication device such as a mobile phone other than the DCM. Further, for example, when the in-vehicle device 12 is removable from the vehicle 10 and can be carried, the in-vehicle device 12 removed from the vehicle 10 is connected to the Internet via a wired cable, and the history information transmitting unit 125 is connected via the wired cable. It is good also as a structure which transmits to the server 22.

  The timing at which the history information transmitting unit 125 transmits the behavior history information to the server 22 can be periodically transmitted to the server 22 such as every predetermined time. In addition, it may be transmitted to the server 22 at a predetermined timing, for example, when the action history information is updated, for example, when the engine of the vehicle 10 is turned off or when a new travel route is traveled.

  The trigger detection unit 126 detects a search trigger. This search trigger is an opportunity for the provision information extraction unit 222 (described later) to collect (extract) provision information. For example, when the information providing destination inputs a travel plan on a website, reserves a PTV or the like, sets a destination, makes some request input, etc., the trigger detecting unit 126 Can be detected as a search trigger. Specifically, for example, when the information providing destination inputs a travel plan to a website, pressing the “Send” button on the web browser after inputting the travel plan corresponds to a search trigger. In addition, when the information provider makes a reservation such as PTV, an input to the effect that the reservation has been completed is input. When setting the destination, the destination is input to the input device, and “route guidance” is input. Each pressing of the start button corresponds to a search trigger. Further, when an information providing destination such as a passenger performs a request input, the information providing destination pressing down a predetermined button (for example, an “information request” button) on the in-vehicle device 10 corresponds to a search trigger. The trigger detection unit 126 can also be provided in the server 22.

  In addition, the trigger detection unit 126 may check that the information providing destination is, for example, outside the living area (described later), gets on the vehicle 10 and turns on the engine, or that the vehicle 10 has entered a dangerous route or dangerous area that is defined in advance. State change related to the information providing destination, such as detecting the GPS, the information providing destination getting off the vehicle 10 and locking the door, and performing the procedure for returning the vehicle 10 in the car sharing system May be detected as a search trigger.

  In addition, the trigger detection unit 126 may, for example, obtain new arrival information (for example, new opening, current day ticket, traffic information, news of the region where the vehicle 10 is traveling or the country of origin of the passenger 13) as a search trigger, Updates, recognition of other members such as PTVs arriving at the same destination at the same time, and external status changes such as time periods for providing information (that is, a search trigger occurs) may be detected.

  The communication unit 128 receives the occupant ID of the mobile terminal device 131 carried by the occupant 13 by means of Bluetooth or the like, and is realized by the communication module 1206, for example. However, as described above, when using a medium such as an IC card in which the identification information of the passenger 13 is recorded, a reading device such as a card reader functions as the communication unit 128.

  The portable terminal device 131 records the passenger ID of the passenger 13. The portable terminal device 131 is a portable information processing device that can be carried by the passenger 13, such as a cellular phone, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a PC. In the present embodiment, a mobile phone is used as the mobile terminal device 131. Note that it is not always necessary to record only one occupant ID in one mobile terminal device 131. For example, when a PC is used as the mobile terminal device 131, all boarding on the vehicle 10 in one PC. The passenger ID of the passenger 13 may be recorded, and the communication unit 128 may read a plurality of passenger IDs from this one PC.

[2. Information center]
The server 22 is a server computer (information processing apparatus) installed in the information center 20. As shown in FIG. 1, the server 22 includes a ROM 2001, a RAM 2002, an HDD 2003, a communication module 2004, and a CPU 2005. The server 22 is connected to the information supply source 30 and the base station 21 via the communication line 31. The base station 21 can communicate with the information transmitting / receiving antenna 11.

  The ROM 2001 is a storage device that stores in advance data and programs used when the CPU 2005 performs calculations and controls. The RAM 2002 is a memory that temporarily stores and expands data and programs when the CPU 2005 performs calculations and controls. Device.

  The HDD 2003 is a storage device that retains memory even when power is not supplied, and stores, for example, an action history DB 221a, a statistics DB 221b, and an information providing destination DB 223a.

  The communication module 2004 is for transmitting and receiving information to and from the in-vehicle device 12 via the communication line 31, the base station 21, and the information transmission / reception antenna 11. The communication line 31 is a public line network or the like.

  The CPU 2005 is a processing device that performs various computations and controls. In the server 22, the CPU 2005 executes, for example, a management program, which will be described later, a history information management unit 221, a provided information extraction unit 222, information It functions as a provision destination information management unit 223 and an external information collection unit 224.

  Note that programs (management programs) for realizing the functions as the history information management unit 221, the provision information extraction unit 222, the information provision destination information management unit 223, and the external information collection unit 224 are, for example, a flexible disk, a CD ( CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, etc.), DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD + R, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, HD DVD, etc.), Blu-ray disc, magnetic disc, optical disc, optical It is provided in a form recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a magnetic disk. Then, the computer reads the program from the recording medium, transfers it to the internal storage device or the external storage device, stores it, and uses it. Further, the program may be recorded in a storage device (recording medium) such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a magneto-optical disk, and provided from the storage device to a computer via a communication path.

  When realizing the functions as the history information management unit 221, the provision information extraction unit 222, the information provision destination information management unit 223, and the external information collection unit 224, the internal storage device (ROM 2001, RAM 2002, HDD 2003 in this embodiment) is used. The stored program is executed by a microprocessor of the computer (CPU 2005 in this embodiment). At this time, the computer may read and execute the program recorded on the recording medium.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the server 22 includes a history information management unit 221 having an action history DB 221a, a provision information extraction unit 222, an information provision destination information management unit 223 having an information provision destination DB 223a, and external information collection. The unit 224 is configured to have a function. The external information collection unit 224 is connected to an external information supply source 30 via the communication line 31.

  The history information management unit 221 is connected to the behavior history information collecting unit 121 via the communication line 31, and the behavior history information collected by the behavior history information collecting unit 121 is associated with the regional feature information of the passenger 13. This is managed as the history DB 221a. The regional feature information of the passenger 13 is, for example, the nationality, hometown, living area, etc. of the passenger 13.

  The “living area” represents an area where people are acting on a daily basis. Specifically, for example, in the location information stored in the action history DB 221a, for example, the location information corresponding to the location information in which the saved data is repeatedly registered exceeding a predetermined frequency , Routes, spots, etc. That is, an area where the cumulative number of registrations in a predetermined period is a predetermined value or more corresponds to this living area. In this case, even if the distance from the home is short, the living area may not be reached, and conversely, the living area may be set even if the distance from the home is long. Further, a predetermined range centered on a specific position such as home or work place may be used as the living area. These predetermined values and predetermined ranges can be set arbitrarily.

  The action history DB 221a manages the action history information of the passenger 13 and regional feature information in association with each other. FIG. 3 is a specific example of a database managed as the action history DB 221a. In FIG. 3, for the passenger A whose home country is country X, the action history in each country (country X, country Y, country Z) is classified and registered into routes, spots, events, inquiry contents, and destination setting information. An example is shown. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the behavior history DB 221 a is registered separately for routes that often pass as routes and routes that do not pass. Similarly, in this behavior history DB 221a, PTVs are provided for inquiries made to the operator for spots that are frequently visited and spots that are not frequently visited, events that are frequently used as events, and events that are not frequently visited, as well as events that are frequently visited as events. It is registered separately for those that were performed while using the car and those that were performed while using the car. Further, the destination setting information is registered separately for position information and expected arrival time. That is, the action history DB 221a is made into a database by classifying the action history of the passenger 13 according to frequency and situation.

  In addition, as a standard for the history information management unit 221 to determine “frequently pass” and “not pass” and “frequently pass” and “do not go”, for example, a route “passes frequently” a route that has passed a predetermined number of times. In addition, a spot or event that has been performed a predetermined number of times or more can be a “frequently visited” spot or event. Other than these “frequently passing” routes, “frequently going” spots and events, “not passing” routes and “not going” spots and events can be used. The “predetermined number of times” used as the threshold value can be arbitrarily set.

  Further, the action history DB 221a may further manage the action history information (for example, the latitude and longitude of the route traveled by the vehicle 10, the coordinate value link ID, the input keyword) and the vehicle identification information related to the vehicle 10.

  The information providing destination information management unit 223 associates information providing destination identification information with the regional feature information of the information providing destination and manages in advance as an information providing destination DB 223a. The regional characteristic information of the information providing destination includes, for example, the nationality of the information providing destination, the place of birth, and the living area. FIG. 4 shows a specific example of a database that stores information providing destination identification information, nationality, birthplace, and living area in association with each other for each of the information providing destinations A to C as the information providing destination DB 223a.

  The information providing destination information management unit 223 may further manage the action history information related to the information providing destination collected by the action history information collecting unit 121 in the information providing destination DB 223a in association with the information providing destination identification information. . In this case, the provision information extraction unit 222 refers to the information provision destination DB 223a, determines regional feature information corresponding to the action history information of the information provision destination, and provides the provision information from the behavior history DB 223a based on the regional feature information. Is supposed to be extracted.

  The external information acquisition unit 224 collects supply information from the information supply source 30 connected via the communication line 31 periodically and based on a search key. For example, the external information acquisition unit 224 performs a search using a search key from the information supply source 30 and collects the search results as external information (supply information). Further, the external information acquisition unit 224 may periodically collect supply information. In this case, the frequency of collecting supply information can be arbitrarily set. In the present embodiment, the external information acquisition unit 224 collects supply information based on the search key, and the passenger 13 searches for the search key using the input device 127 provided in the vehicle 10. A key may be input, or the provided information extraction unit 222 (described later) may determine an appropriate search key. When the provided information extracting unit 222 (described later) determines an appropriate search key, for example, the destination setting information input by the information providing destination, the time zone in which the vehicle 10 is traveling, the name of the region, etc. are displayed. 222 (described later) is used as a search key. And supply information is collected from the information supply source 30 based on these search keys. The information supply source 30 is connected to the server 22 via the communication line 31. The information supply source 30 is, for example, a site (external site) on the Internet.

  Information to be collected includes, for example, facility information, regional information (for example, dangerous zone, accident-prone zone), news or music of the area where the vehicle 10 is traveling, tourist destination information, traffic rules, information on manners in the country, weather Information, notices in the area, tourist guides, notification information such as event information, traffic regulations, emergency information such as incidents and accidents, natural disasters, and the like.

  A specific collection method can be realized by using, for example, a web crawler. A web crawler collects information from a site on the Internet, which is an information supply source, and converts the obtained information into a database. Since this web crawler is a known technique, its detailed description is omitted.

Further, it is desirable that the information collected by the external information collection unit 224 is presented to the information providing destination according to an appropriate judgment criterion. In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which information is provided to an information providing destination according to any of the determination criteria of levels 1 to 3 described below.
Level 1 When the external information collection unit 224 collects external information, the collected information is presented to the information providing destination as it is.
Level 2 For example, the external information collection unit 224 determines the provision timing and necessary information based on reservation information such as PTV and information input in advance such as a travel plan, and determines a search key. At this time, the external information collecting unit 224 determines the search key by comparing the external information received in advance with the travel history DB, the statistics DB, and the input travel history of the travel destination, etc. Common keywords (for example, names of roads and cities to destinations, amusement park names as frequent spot names, and event names) are used as search keys. Then, supply information is collected based on the determined search key, and the collected supply information is presented to the information providing destination as it is.
Level 3 The content of the supply information collected at level 2 is taken into account by the external information collection unit 224, and the external information collection unit 224 determines the appropriate timing for providing the information and presents it to the information provider. . As for the provision timing, if emergency information is provided after the action of the passenger 13, the passenger 13 may be exposed to danger. Each will be provided on arrival.

  In the above judgment criteria, the accuracy of information presented in level 2 and level 3 is higher than that in level 1, but the judgment / collection process is complicated, so the load on the external information collection unit 224 is increased. May grow. Further, even information useful for the information providing destination may be excluded from the presentation information and not presented to the information providing destination due to the setting of the search key. Therefore, the function of the external information collection unit 224 may be stopped (that is, the external information may not be collected) as required by the information providing destination.

  The provided information extraction unit 222 refers to the action history DB 221a and extracts provided information to be provided to the information providing destination from the statistics DB 221b (described later) based on the regional feature information regarding the information providing destination. The provision information extraction unit 222 refers to the information provision destination DB 223a based on the information provision destination identification information acquired by the information provision destination information acquisition unit 123, and acquires regional feature information of the information provision destination. It is good. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to easily know regional feature information related to the information providing destination, and it is possible to quickly provide information according to the information providing destination.

  Further, the provision information extraction unit 222 may extract provision information to be provided to the information provision destination from the statistics DB 221b (described later) based on the vehicle identification information acquired by the vehicle identification information acquisition unit 124. For example, when the information providing and extracting unit 222 recognizes that the vehicle 10 is a PTV based on the acquired vehicle identification information, for example, matters that are frequently inquired from the statistics DB 221b (described later) to an operator who is using the PTV, for example. The provided information extraction unit 222 can extract the provided information.

  Further, the provision information extraction unit 222 may extract the provision information based on the search key input from the input device 127 that can input the search key. The provision information extraction unit 222 may extract provision information when the trigger detection unit 126 detects a search trigger.

  The base station 21 is connected to the server 22 via the communication line 31. The base station 21 and the information transmitting / receiving antenna 11 connected to the in-vehicle device 12 are configured to be able to communicate with each other. When DCM is used as the communication module 1207, the information transmitting / receiving antenna 11 and the server 22 exchange information via the base station 21 installed in a station or a building and the public line network as the communication line 31. It has become.

[3. Each step in the information provision system]
Processing in the information providing system of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

[3-1. Creation of action history DB 221a]
In the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, the action history DB 221a is created in advance before providing information to the information providing destination. A method for creating the action history DB 221a in the information providing system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart (steps S11 to S13) illustrated in FIG.

  First, a passenger ID is acquired from the mobile terminal device 131 carried by the passenger 13 via the communication unit 128 in advance. A passenger 13 (for example, a passenger A from country X) who travels on the vehicle 10 takes a route, a spot or an event in each country, and what kind of operator inquiry or destination setting is made. The action history information collection unit 121 collects action history information such as what has been done (step S11).

  Next, the history information transmission unit 125 transmits the behavior history information and the passenger ID collected by the behavior history information collection unit 121 to the history information management unit 221 (step S12). In addition, this step S12 may be performed at any time, and may be performed collectively for every predetermined time. Then, the history information management unit 221 creates and manages the collected behavior history information as the behavior history DB 221a in association with the regional feature information of the passenger 13 based on the passenger ID (see step S13, FIG. 3). ).

  The action history information collection is preferably performed in countries other than the home country X. In addition, it is preferable to collect action history information in X country, such as migrants from Y country and travelers from Z country, in the same manner as described above. By collecting action history information in various countries for the same person and further collecting action histories of various persons in the same country, it is possible to collect a wide variety of data, and a more accurate action history DB 221a. Can be created.

[3-2. Creation of statistics DB]
In the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, the statistics DB 221b is created in advance in the same manner as the action history DB 221a before providing information to the information providing destination. A method of creating the statistics DB 221b in the information providing system of the present embodiment will be described according to the flowchart (steps S21 to S23) shown in FIG.

  First, the information provision destination information management part 223 refers to action history DB221a (step S21). Then, the information providing destination information management unit 223 takes statistics for each regional feature information on the action history DB 221a of a plurality of information providing destinations (passengers 13 in this embodiment) (step S22), and the statistics shown in FIG. DB 221b is created (step S23). In the example shown in FIG. 7, based on the personal history DB 221a described above, the five items of route, spot, event, content of inquiry to the operator, and destination setting information are from the country other than the home country (country X) and country X. The statistical DB 221b classified into three types of regional characteristics of migrants and travelers is shown.

  For example, for a person in country Y who has traveled to country X many times (ie, for example, a predetermined number of times a week) and is familiar with country X, for example, as a classification when creating statistics DB 221b Instead of categorizing as “Native”, you may categorize as “Native”. Moreover, even if it is a native country person, you may classify as a "traveler" with respect to the person who gets on the vehicle 10 and hardly goes out (namely, below predetermined number of times a week, for example). As conditions for these classifications, the information providing destination can be arbitrarily set, and the server 22 can be arbitrarily set.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining each item of the statistics DB 221b in country X, and shows the significance of information registered in each item. For example, when the information providing destination B from Y country travels to X country for the first time, the provided information extracting unit 222 preferentially provides, for example, a safe route, a route that is easy to travel, and a route close to a tourist spot as the information providing destination. As shown for B, it is extracted from the statistics DB 221b. That is, the provided information extraction unit 222 determines whether the information providing destination is “Native”, “Imigrant from outside X country”, or “Travel”, and the corresponding item in the statistics DB 221b (for example, Root).

[3-3. Information provision flow using action history DB and statistics DB]
Next, a method of providing information in the present embodiment will be described according to a flowchart (steps S31 to S37) shown in FIG.

  First, the trigger detection part 126 with which the vehicle-mounted apparatus 12 mounted in the vehicle 10 is equipped detects a trigger. When the trigger is detected, the information is transmitted to the provision information extraction unit 222 through the communication line, the information provision destination information acquisition unit 123 provides the information provision destination identification information, and the vehicle identification information acquisition unit 124 identifies the vehicle. Get information respectively. The information provision destination identification information and the vehicle identification information are transmitted to the provision information extraction unit 222 through a communication line. And provision information extraction part 222 will start extraction of provision information from statistics DB221b, if these information is received.

When extracting provided information, first, the history information management unit 221 identifies an information providing destination based on the received information providing destination identification information. Then, the provided information extraction unit 222 refers to the action history DB 221a based on the specified information providing destination (step S31), and confirms whether the information providing destination is in the home country (step S32). When the information providing destination is in the home country (refer to YES route in step S32), further refer to the statistics DB 221b of the home country (step S34), and information to be provided to the information providing destination by the statistics DB 221b (specifically, for example, Route that often passes as a route). On the other hand, when the information providing destination is other than the home country (refer to the NO route in step S32), the travel destination country statistics DB 221b is referred to (step S33). Then, it is determined whether or not external information is necessary (step S35). The determination at this time is performed in the same manner as the determination method when the information collected by the external information collection 224 is presented to the information providing destination.
If it is determined that external information is necessary (see YES route in step S35), the external information collection unit 224 acquires the latest external information (step S36), and the information extracted by the provided information extraction unit 222 is extracted. The information is sent to the provided information presentation unit 122. Then, the information is provided to the information providing destination by presenting the information received by the provision information presentation unit 122 (step S37). By presenting the latest external information to the information providing destination, the information providing destination can know, for example, the state of the road, the state of the town, the latest information on spots and events, and the like at an appropriate timing. When it is determined that external information is unnecessary (see NO route in step S35), the external information collection unit 224 presents the information received by the provided information presentation unit 122 without acquiring the external information. Information is provided to the information providing destination (step S37).

  Thus, according to the information providing system and the in-vehicle device of the present invention, the action history information of the passenger 13 can be easily collected, and by providing information to the information providing destination based on the collected action history information, Optimal information corresponding to the information provider can be provided. Further, by managing the behavior history information and the regional feature information of the passenger 13 as the behavior history DB 221a, the behavior history information based on the regional feature information of each passenger 13 can be easily collected. Furthermore, by managing in advance the regional feature information of the information providing destination as the information providing destination DB 223a, the regional feature information of the information providing destination can be acquired immediately with reference to the information providing destination DB 223a. Then, by managing the action history information and the information providing destination identification information in association with the information providing destination DB 223a, it is possible to provide the information providing destination with optimum information based on the regional feature information of the information providing destination. In addition, by managing the action history information and the vehicle identification information in association with each other as the action history DB 221a, information according to the vehicle 10 used by the information providing destination such as the passenger 13 can be provided.

  Furthermore, according to the information providing system and the in-vehicle device of the present invention, external information is collected as necessary, so that optimum information can be provided to the information providing destination. Further, by setting a search trigger, provided information is extracted without the information providing destination being aware of it. Furthermore, the information collected by the external information collection unit 224 is presented according to an appropriate determination criterion, so that optimum information can be presented to the information provider. Then, the information providing destination information management unit 223 creates statistics DB 221b by taking statistics for each piece of regional feature information regarding the action history DB 221a of a plurality of information providing destinations, thereby easily associating the regional feature information with the action history. Can be grasped.

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The present invention can be arbitrarily modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof. For example, in the first embodiment, the description has been made on the basis of the country in creating each database. However, the database is limited to, for example, Japan, and may be subdivided by prefecture level or region. That is, for example, for people who are from Miyagi Prefecture (Country X) and live in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, the living sphere is Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, the non-living sphere is a municipality in Miyagi Prefecture other than Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Y country Are Yamagata Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, etc.

  In the present invention, the computer is a concept including hardware and an operating system, and means hardware that operates under the control of the operating system. Further, when an operating system is unnecessary and hardware is operated by an application program alone, the hardware itself corresponds to a computer. The hardware includes at least a microprocessor such as a CPU and means for reading a computer program recorded on a recording medium. In the present invention, the in-vehicle device 12 and the server 22 have a function as a computer. It is doing.

  Furthermore, as the recording medium in the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned flexible disk, CD, DVD, Blu-ray disk, magnetic disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, IC card, ROM cartridge, magnetic tape, punch card, computer internal storage device Various kinds of computer-readable media such as (memory such as ROM and RAM), external storage devices, and printed matter on which codes such as barcodes are printed can be used.

  The present invention can be applied to any application for providing information to information providers, but can be particularly preferably applied to applications for providing optimum information to each information provider.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information provision system 10 Vehicle 11 Information transmission / reception antenna 12 Car-mounted apparatus 1201 Navigation system 1202 ROM
1203 RAM
1204 Non-volatile memory 1205 HDD
1206 Communication module 1207 Communication module 1208 CPU
1209 Display unit 121 Action history information collection unit 122 Provision information presentation unit 123 Information provision destination information acquisition unit 124 Vehicle identification information acquisition unit 125 History information transmission unit 126 Trigger detection unit 127 Input device 128 Communication unit 13 Passenger 131 Portable terminal device 20 Information center 2001 ROM
2002 RAM
2003 HDD
2004 Communication module 2005 CPU
21 base station 22 server 221 history information management unit 221a action history DB
221b Statistics DB
222 Provision Information Extraction Unit 223 Information Provision Destination Information Management Unit 223a Information Provision Destination DB
224 External information collection unit 30 Information supply source 31 Communication line

Claims (18)

An information providing system for providing information to an information providing destination,
An action history information collecting unit that collects action history information related to an occupant on the vehicle, which is mounted on the vehicle and relates to an action using the vehicle;
History information that is connected to the action history information collection unit via a communication line and manages the action history information collected by the action history information collection unit as an action history database in association with the regional feature information of the passenger The management department,
A statistical information management unit that manages a statistical database created by taking statistics for each regional feature of the passenger based on the behavior history database;
Based on the regional characteristic information relating to the information providing destination, from the statistical database, and provides information extraction unit for extracting information to be provided to the information providing destination,
An information provision system comprising: a provision information presenting section that presents the provision information extracted by the provision information extraction section to the information provision destination.   The statistical information management unit collects statistics for each regional feature of the passenger, using classifications of people who have the same birthplace and living area, migrants with different birthplaces and living areas, and travelers. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein: An information providing destination information management unit for managing in advance as an information providing destination database by associating the information providing destination identification information for specifying the information providing destination and the regional feature information of the information providing destination;
An information providing destination information acquisition unit for acquiring the information providing destination identification information;
The provision information extraction unit refers to the information provision destination database based on the information provision destination identification information acquired by the information provision destination information acquisition unit, and acquires regional feature information of the information provider The information providing system according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized by the above. The information providing destination information managing unit manages the action history information related to the information providing destination collected by the action history information collecting unit in the information providing destination database in association with the information providing destination identification information;
The providing information extraction unit, by referring to the information providing destination database, on the basis of the local feature information to determine the local characteristic information corresponding to the action history information of the information providing destination, from the statistical database The information provision system according to claim 3 , wherein the provision information is extracted. The behavior history database further manages the behavior history information and vehicle identification information related to the vehicle in association with each other,
A vehicle identification information acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle identification information related to the vehicle;
The provided information extraction unit, on the basis of the said vehicle identification information acquired by said vehicle identification information acquisition unit, and extracts the information to be provided to the information providing destination from the statistical database, claim The information providing system according to any one of 1 to 4 . The information provider information acquisition unit acquires the information provider identification information for identifying the information provider from a portable terminal device that the information provider can carry,
A history information transmission unit that transmits the behavior history information collected by the behavior history information collection unit to the history information management unit together with the information providing destination identification information via the communication line; The information provision system according to claim 3 or 4 . An external information collection unit that collects supply information from an information supply source based on a search key is provided.
The provided information presentation unit, the supply information collected by the external information collecting unit, characterized in that it presents to the information providing destination as the provided information, according to any one of claims 1 to 6 Information provision system. An input device capable of inputting the search key;
The information providing system according to claim 7 , wherein the provided information extracting unit extracts the provided information based on the search key input from the input device. It has a trigger detector that detects search triggers,
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the provided information extracting unit extracts the provided information when a search trigger is detected by the trigger detecting unit. . The information providing system according to claim 9 , wherein the trigger detection unit detects the search trigger by detecting that the information providing destination has performed a predetermined operation. The information providing system according to claim 9 , wherein the trigger detection unit detects the search trigger by detecting a state change related to the information providing destination. The information providing system according to claim 9 , wherein the trigger detection unit detects the search trigger by detecting a change in an external situation. An in-vehicle device that provides information to an information provider and is mounted on a vehicle,
An action history information collecting unit that collects action history information related to an occupant on the vehicle, which is mounted on the vehicle and relates to an action using the vehicle;
The action history information collected by the action history information collection unit on the basis of the behavior history database configuration by associating the local characteristic information of the passenger, taking statistics by region characteristics of the occupant from the statistical database created, the information to be provided to the information providing destination is extracted based on the regional characteristic information about the the information providing destination, and providing information presentation unit that presents to the information providing destination An in-vehicle device characterized by comprising:   The statistical database uses statistics of each passenger's regional characteristics by using classifications of people who have the same birthplace and living area, migrants with different birthplaces and living areas, and travelers. The in-vehicle device according to claim 13, which is created. An information providing destination information acquisition unit for acquiring information providing destination identification information for identifying the information providing destination;
Based on the information providing destination identification information acquired by the information providing destination information acquisition unit, from the information providing destination database that manages the information providing destination identification information and the regional feature information of the information providing destination in association with each other, The in-vehicle device according to claim 13 or 14 , characterized by acquiring regional feature information of the information provider. The provided information presentation unit, from the statistical database, characterized by presenting the provided information extracted based on the local characteristic information corresponding to the action history information, vehicle according to claim 1 5 apparatus. The provided information presentation unit includes a vehicle identification information acquisition unit that acquires vehicle identification information related to the vehicle,
On the basis of the said vehicle identification information acquired by said vehicle identification information acquisition unit, characterized by presenting the provided information extracted from the statistical database, to any one of claims 1 3 to 1 6 The in-vehicle device described. The information provider information acquisition unit acquires the information provider identification information for identifying the information provider from a portable terminal device that the information provider can carry,
A history information transmission unit that transmits the behavior history information collected by the behavior history information collection unit to the history information management unit together with the information providing destination identification information via the communication line; vehicle apparatus according to claim 1 5 or 1 6.

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