JP6550508B1 - Facility information provision system, facility information provision method, and facility information provision program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information providing system, an information providing method, and an information providing program capable of providing information on appropriate facilities according to a driving situation of a vehicle to a passenger boarding the vehicle. A facility information providing system is obtained by a current position acquisition unit that acquires a current position of a vehicle, a travel information acquisition unit that acquires a travel distance or a travel time of the vehicle, and a travel information acquisition unit. When the travel distance or the travel time exceeds a predetermined value set in advance, the vehicle passes the current position P1 acquired by the current position acquisition unit 111 from the travel start point S1 at which the vehicle starts to travel. A facility information providing unit 115 that provides information on facilities included in the predetermined range AR2 based on the extended line C2 obtained by extending the straight line C1 to a passenger of the vehicle. [Selection] Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility information provision system, a facility information provision method, and a facility information provision program.

  Conventionally, when the driving time of the vehicle by the driver exceeds a predetermined time, a technology has been proposed for providing the driver with rest information on rest facilities according to the current position (see, for example, Patent Document 1) .

JP 2018-59940 A

  However, in the prior art, when the driving time exceeds a predetermined time, the information on the rest facility is provided based on the current position of the vehicle and the position of the rest facility, so the rest facilities targeted for providing information are It is limited. For example, if the driving time exceeds a predetermined time while traveling on an expressway, information on the service area and the parking area of the expressway is provided. Thus, in the prior art, it is difficult to provide the driver with information on appropriate facilities according to the driving situation of the vehicle.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a facility information provision system, a facility information provision method, and a facility information provision program capable of providing an occupant of a vehicle with information of an appropriate facility according to a driving condition of a vehicle. It is.

  The facility information providing system according to the present invention comprises: a current position acquisition unit for acquiring a current position of a vehicle; a travel information acquisition unit for acquiring a travel distance or travel time of the vehicle; and the travel information acquisition unit The extension line which extended the straight line which passes the current position acquired by the present position acquisition part from the position where traveling of the vehicle is started when traveling distance or the traveling time becomes more than the predetermined value set up beforehand. And a facility information providing unit for providing information on facilities included in a first predetermined range based on the condition to a passenger of the vehicle.

  In the facility information providing method according to the present invention, the current position of the vehicle is acquired, the traveling distance or traveling time of the vehicle is acquired, and the traveling distance or the traveling time exceeds a predetermined value set in advance. Information on facilities included in a first predetermined range based on an extended line extending a straight line passing the current position from a position at which the vehicle starts traveling is provided to an occupant of the vehicle.

  The facility information providing program according to the present invention comprises the steps of acquiring the current position of the vehicle, acquiring the traveling distance or traveling time of the vehicle, and the traveling distance or traveling time or more being a predetermined value or more set in advance. Providing an occupant of the vehicle with information on facilities included in a first predetermined range based on an extension extending a straight line passing the current position from a position at which the vehicle starts traveling; , And a facility information providing program for causing a computer to execute.

  According to the present invention, it becomes possible to provide information of facilities appropriate for the driving situation of the vehicle to a passenger boarding the vehicle.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facility information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of a display screen displayed on a passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a display screen displayed on a passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of facility information used in the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of travel information used in the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of facility information provision processing of the facility information provision system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure of facility information provision processing of the facility information provision system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of a display screen displayed on the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of a display screen displayed on the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a view showing an example of a display screen displayed on the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of facility information used by the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the facility information provision device of the facility information provision system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a view showing an example of a display screen displayed on the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the facility information provision device of the facility information provision system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of attribute information used by the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the passenger terminal of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a predetermined range of the facility information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for understanding of the present invention. The following embodiments are merely specific examples of the present invention, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

  The facility information providing system according to the present invention is a facility for providing a passenger on a vehicle, such as a restaurant, a retail store, a rest area (hotel or the like), a game arcade, etc., based on travel information corresponding to the driving condition of the vehicle. Is a system that provides information on The passengers include a driver who drives a vehicle and a passenger who rides the vehicle. Hereinafter, as an example of the facility according to the present invention, "restaurant" and "rest place" will be described as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a facility information providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a facility information providing device 1 and a passenger terminal 2 carried by a passenger of a vehicle. The facility information providing system 100 may include one passenger terminal 2 or may include a plurality of passenger terminals 2. Further, each of the plurality of passenger terminals 2 may be possessed by each of a plurality of passengers who board (ride) the same vehicle, or each of a plurality of passengers who board a different vehicle may possess It may be something. Hereinafter, one passenger terminal 2 will be described as an example.

  The facility information providing apparatus 1 and the passenger terminal 2 can communicate via a communication network N1 such as the Internet, a LAN, a WAN, or a public telephone line.

  Here, an example of an application scene of the facility information providing system 100 is shown. FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of a map displayed on the operation display unit 23 of the passenger terminal 2. In FIG. 2, symbol S1 indicates the position where the vehicle has started to travel (travel start point), P1 indicates the current position of the vehicle (current position), and C1 passes from the travel start point S1 to the current position P1. A straight line C1 is shown, and a reference C2 indicates an extension line extending the straight line C1, and a reference AR1 indicates a predetermined range based on the extension line C2. The predetermined range AR1 may be a range around the extension line C2 or may be a range on the extension line C2. Moreover, in FIG. 2, the code | symbol A shows the restaurant and the code | symbol X has shown the rest area. The predetermined range AR1 is an example of a first predetermined range of the present invention. Although the predetermined range AR1 is displayed on the operation display unit 23 in FIG. 2 for convenience of explanation, the predetermined range AR1 may not be displayed on the operation display unit 23.

  Specifically, for example, the facility information providing system 100 is included in the predetermined range AR1 when a predetermined time (for example, 3 hours) or more has passed since the driver started driving the vehicle at the traveling start point S1 at 6 o'clock. The driver is provided with information on restaurant A and rest area X, which are For example, information such as the position and appearance of the restaurant A and the rest area X is displayed on the map displayed on the passenger terminal 2 of the driver. As shown in FIG. 3, when the traveling direction of the vehicle changes (for example, right turn), the predetermined range AR1 changes to the predetermined range AR2, and the restaurants B, C, D included in the predetermined range AR2 and the rest area Y Information such as position and appearance of is displayed on the map. The predetermined range AR2 is an example of a first predetermined range of the present invention.

  Further, the facility information providing system 100 may provide the driver with information on a facility operating at the current time (for example, “11:30”) among the facilities included in the predetermined range. On the way to the destination, the driver who has acquired the information on the facility visits the facility based on the information to eat, drink, or take a break.

  Next, a specific configuration of the facility information providing system 100 will be described.

[Passenger terminal 2]
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the passenger terminal 2 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, an operation display unit 23, a communication I / F 24, a GPS receiving unit 25 (GPS: Global Positioning System (registered trademark)), and the like. The passenger terminal 2 is a portable terminal carried by a passenger (driver or passenger) who board the vehicle, and is an information processing apparatus such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, or a tablet terminal.

  The GPS receiving unit 25 receives signals (GPS signals) transmitted from a plurality of GPS satellites (not shown) via an antenna (not shown) and measures positioning data (latitude) indicating the position of the passenger terminal 2 , Longitude, altitude) and current time.

  The communication I / F 24 connects the passenger terminal 2 to the communication network N1 by wire or wirelessly, and performs data communication according to a predetermined communication protocol with an external device such as the facility information providing apparatus 1 via the communication network N1. Is a communication interface for executing

  The operation display unit 23 is a user interface including a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays various types of information, and an operation unit such as a mouse, a keyboard, or a touch panel that receives an operation.

  The storage unit 22 is a non-volatile storage unit such as a flash memory that stores various types of information. For example, the storage unit 22 stores various control programs. The control program is non-temporarily recorded on a computer readable recording medium such as USB, CD or DVD (registered trademark), and is a USB drive, a CD drive or the like electrically connected to the passenger terminal 2 It is read by a reading device (not shown) such as a DVD drive and stored in the storage unit 22. The control program may be downloaded from an external device via the communication network N1 and stored in the storage unit 22.

  The control unit 21 includes control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processing. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which a control program such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various processes is stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or non-volatile storage unit that stores various types of information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (work area) of various types of processing executed by the CPU. Then, the control unit 21 controls the passenger terminal 2 by causing the CPU to execute various control programs stored in advance in the ROM or the storage unit 22.

  Specifically, the control unit 21 includes various processing units such as a reception processing unit 211, a current position detection unit 212, and a display processing unit 213. The control unit 21 functions as the various processing units by executing various processing according to the control program by the CPU. Also, some or all of the processing units included in the control unit 21 may be configured by an electronic circuit. The control program may be a program for causing a plurality of processors to function as the various processing units.

  The reception processing unit 211 acquires operation information operated by the passenger on the operation display unit 23 of the passenger terminal 2. For example, when the reception processing unit 211 performs an operation of instructing the display of a map, an operation of instructing a search of a facility, an operation of setting a destination, and the like on the setting screen displayed on the operation display unit 23 by the passenger. Obtain information corresponding to the operation. The passenger terminal 2 transmits the information acquired by the reception processing unit 211 to the facility information providing device 1.

  The current position detection unit 212 detects the current position of the vehicle on which the passenger gets on the basis of the positioning data detected by the GPS reception unit 25. The passenger terminal 2 transmits position information including the current position and the current time detected by the current position detection unit 212 to the facility information providing device 1.

  The display processing unit 213 causes the operation display unit 23 to display various types of information. For example, based on the map data acquired from the facility information providing device 1, the display processing unit 213 causes the operation display unit 23 to display a map around the current position of the vehicle on which the passenger rides. Further, based on the facility information on the predetermined facility acquired from the facility information providing device 1, the display processing unit 213 causes the map to display information such as the position and the appearance of the facility. The display processing unit 213 may display only the facility information without displaying the map. Further, the display processing unit 213 causes the operation display unit 23 to display various setting screens operated by the passenger.

[Facilities information provision device 1]
As shown in FIG. 1, the facility information providing apparatus 1 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, an operation display unit 13, a communication I / F 14, and the like. The facility information providing apparatus 1 is an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer. The facility information providing device 1 may be mounted on a vehicle or may be installed outside the vehicle. The facility information providing apparatus 1 is not limited to one computer, and may be a computer system in which a plurality of computers cooperate and operate. Also, various processes executed by the facility information providing apparatus 1 may be distributed and executed by one or more processors.

  The communication I / F 14 connects the facility information providing apparatus 1 to the communication network N1 by wire or wirelessly, and performs data communication according to a predetermined communication protocol with an external device such as the passenger terminal 2 via the communication network N1. Is a communication interface for executing

  The operation display unit 13 is a user interface including a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays various types of information, and an operation unit such as a mouse, a keyboard, or a touch panel that receives an operation.

  The storage unit 12 is a non-volatile storage unit including a semiconductor memory that stores various types of information, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), and the like. For example, the storage unit 12 stores a control program such as a facility information provision program for causing the control unit 11 to execute a later-described facility information provision process (see FIG. 6). For example, the facility information providing program is non-temporarily recorded on a computer readable recording medium such as USB, CD, or DVD (registered trademark), and is electrically connected to the facility information providing apparatus 1 It is read by a reader (not shown) such as a USB drive, a CD drive or a DVD drive and stored in the storage unit 12. The facility information providing program may be downloaded from an external device via the communication network N1 and stored in the storage unit 12.

  In addition, the storage unit 12 includes a map information database 121 (hereinafter referred to as map information DB 121), a facility information database 122 (hereinafter referred to as a facility information DB 122), and a travel information database 123 (hereinafter referred to as a travel information DB 123). Is included. The map information DB 121 stores map information such as road data on roads, intersection data on intersections, facility data on locations and appearances (shapes and the like) of facilities, and search data on route searches.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the facility information DB 122. As shown in FIG. The facility information DB 122 stores facility information such as the type and name of the facility, business hours indicating a time zone in which the facility can be used, and an address (contact information). FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the travel information DB 123. As shown in FIG. The travel information DB 123 includes vehicle identification information, a travel start time, a travel start point, a travel time (driving time) indicating the time from the travel start time to the current time, and a travel distance indicating the distance from the travel start point to the current position The travel information such as (driving distance) is stored. The travel information DB 123 is updated as needed as time passes. At least one of the map information DB 121, the facility information DB 122, and the travel information DB 123 may be stored in a data server (not shown) installed outside the facility information providing device 1. The data server may be configured by one physical server, or may be configured by a cloud server configured by a plurality of physical servers.

  The control unit 11 includes control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processing. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which a control program such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various arithmetic processing is stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or non-volatile storage unit that stores various types of information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (work area) of various types of processing executed by the CPU. Then, the control unit 11 controls the facility information providing apparatus 1 by causing the CPU to execute various control programs stored in advance in the ROM or the storage unit 12.

  Specifically, the control unit 11 includes various processing units such as a current position acquisition unit 111, a travel information acquisition unit 112, a determination processing unit 113, a facility search processing unit 114, and a facility information provision unit 115. The control unit 11 functions as the various processing units by executing various processing according to the facility information providing program by the CPU. Also, some or all of the processing units included in the control unit 11 may be configured by an electronic circuit. The facility information providing program may be a program for causing a plurality of processors to function as the various processing units.

  The current position acquisition unit 111 acquires the current position of the vehicle at the current time based on the position information received from the passenger terminal 2. The current position acquisition unit 111 is an example of the current position acquisition unit of the present invention.

  The travel information acquisition unit 112 acquires a travel start time, a travel start point, a travel time, and a travel distance for each vehicle based on the information on the current time and the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit 111. The travel information acquisition unit 112 stores travel information including the acquired travel start time, travel start point, travel time, and travel distance in the travel information DB 123 (see FIG. 5). For example, the traveling information acquisition unit 112 acquires traveling time by calculating the time from the traveling start time to the current time. The traveling information acquisition unit 112 may subtract from the traveling time the time from the traveling start time to the time to resume traveling when a predetermined time has elapsed since the vehicle stopped. The travel information acquisition unit 112 is an example of the travel information acquisition unit and the current time acquisition unit of the present invention.

  The determination processing unit 113 determines whether the travel time acquired by the travel information acquisition unit 112 is equal to or greater than a predetermined time (threshold). Further, the determination processing unit 113 determines whether the travel distance acquired by the travel information acquisition unit 112 is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance (threshold). Each of the predetermined time and the predetermined distance is an example of the predetermined value of the present invention.

  The facility search processing unit 114 searches for facilities for which information is provided to the passenger. For example, the facility search processing unit 114 searches for a facility included (located) in a predetermined range AR1 around an extension line C2 extending a straight line C1 passing the current position P1 from the traveling start point S1. Also, for example, the facility search processing unit 114 may search for facilities operating at the current time among a plurality of facilities included in the predetermined range AR1. The facility search processing unit 114 determines whether each of a plurality of facilities registered in the facility information DB 122 is to be determined as a facility for which information is to be provided.

  The facility information providing unit 115 provides the passenger with facility information on the facility searched by the facility search processing unit 114. For example, the facility information providing unit 115 transmits facility information including information included in the facility information DB 122 and facility data included in the map information DB 121 to the passenger terminal 2 for the facility determined by the facility search processing unit 114. Do. That is, the facility information provided to the passenger includes information such as the position and appearance of the facility on the map, the name of the facility, and business hours. The facility information providing unit 115 is an example of the facility information providing unit of the present invention.

  When the passenger terminal 2 receives the facility information from the facility information providing device 1, the passenger terminal 2 displays information such as the location and the appearance of the facility on the map displayed on the operation display unit 23. The facility information providing unit 115 may transmit voice data corresponding to the facility information to the passenger terminal 2. When the passenger terminal 2 receives the voice data from the facility information providing apparatus 1, the passenger terminal 2 outputs the facility information to the outside by voice.

[Facility information provision processing]
Hereinafter, the facility information providing process executed by the control unit 11 of the facility information providing device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The control unit 11 performs the facility information provision process by starting the execution of the facility information providing program in response to the operation of the passenger, for example, the operation of instructing the search of the facility on the setting screen displayed on the passenger terminal 2. Start running. The facility information providing process may be terminated halfway according to a predetermined operation on the passenger terminal 2.

  The present invention can be grasped as an invention of a facility information providing method that executes one or more steps included in the facility information providing process.

  In addition, one or more steps included in the facility information provision process described here may be omitted as appropriate. Also, the steps in the facility information provision process may be performed in different orders within a range that produces the same effects. Furthermore, although the case where each step in the facility information providing process is executed by the control unit 11 is described as an example here, in another embodiment, each step in the facility information providing process is distributed by a plurality of processors. May be performed.

  Also, here, the facility information provision processing will be described by taking the above-described application scene as an example.

  In step S11, the control unit 11 (current position acquisition unit 111) acquires the current position of the vehicle at the current time based on the position information received from the passenger terminal 2. For example, the control unit 11 obtains the current position P1 (see FIG. 3) at the current time point “11:30” for the vehicle “C0001”.

  In step S12, the control unit 11 (travel information acquisition unit 112) determines the travel time based on the travel start time (see FIG. 5) and the current time and current position information acquired by the current position acquisition unit 111. get. For example, the control unit 11 acquires the traveling time “5 hours 30 minutes” based on the current time “11:30” and the information on the current position P1.

  In step S13, the control unit 11 (determination processing unit 113) determines whether the traveling time acquired by the traveling information acquisition unit 112 is equal to or longer than a predetermined time (or equal to or longer than a predetermined distance). When travel time is more than predetermined time (or more than predetermined distance) (S13: YES), processing shifts to Step S14, and when travel time is less than predetermined time (or less than predetermined distance) (S13: NO), The processing returns to step S11. When the predetermined time is set to 3 hours, the travel time "5 hours and 30 minutes" is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, so the process shifts to step S14.

  In step S14, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) executes a facility search process for searching for a facility for which information is provided to the passenger. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure of facility search processing executed by the control unit 11 of the facility information providing device 1. Here, a facility search process in consideration of the operating time of the facility is taken as an example.

  In step S21 shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) acquires one piece of facility information from a plurality of pieces of facility information registered in the facility information DB 122 (see FIG. 4). For example, the control unit 11 acquires information (business hours, address, and the like) of the restaurant A.

  In step S22, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) determines whether the restaurant A is located in the predetermined range AR2 around the extension line C2 based on the acquired information on the restaurant A. Here, since the restaurant A (see FIG. 2) is not located within the predetermined range AR2 shown in FIG. 3 (S22: NO), the process proceeds to step S25. In step S25, when there is other facility information registered in the facility information DB 122 (S25: YES), the process returns to step S21.

  Returning to step S21, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) acquires information (business hours, address, etc.) of the restaurant B registered in the facility information DB 122.

  In step S22, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) determines whether the restaurant B is located in the predetermined range AR2 around the extension line C2 based on the acquired information on the restaurant B. Here, since the restaurant B is located in the predetermined range AR2 (S22: YES), the process proceeds to step S23.

  In step S23, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) determines whether the current time is within the business hours of the restaurant B based on the acquired information on the restaurant B. Here, since the current time "11:30" is within the business hours "11:00 to 14:00" of the restaurant B (S23: YES), the process proceeds to step S24. If the current time is not within business hours (S23: NO), the process proceeds to step S25.

  In step S24, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) determines the restaurant B as a facility to which information is to be provided. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S25.

  The processing of steps S21 to S25 described above is performed for all the facilities included in the facility information DB 122 (see FIG. 4). Thus, for example, the restaurant B, D and the rest area Y are determined as the facilities to which the information is to be provided. When the process of the above-described steps S21 to S25 is completed, the process proceeds to step S15 (see FIG. 6).

  In step S15, when there is a target facility of the information provision searched (decided) by the facility search processing unit 114 (S15: YES), the process proceeds to step S16. If there is no facility for which information is to be provided (S15: NO), the process returns to step S11.

  In step S16, the control unit 11 (facility information providing unit 115) provides the passenger with facility information on the facility determined by the facility search processing unit 114. For example, for the restaurants B and D and the rest area Y determined by the facility search processing unit 114, the control unit 11 includes facility information including information included in the facility information DB 122 and facility data included in the map information DB 121. Transmit to the passenger terminal 2.

  Facility information provision processing is executed as described above. By executing the above-described facility information provision process, the passenger terminal 2 receives the facility information from the facility information provision device 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 21 (display processing unit 213) of the passenger terminal 2 positions and views of the restaurants B and D and the rest area Y on the map displayed on the operation display unit 23. Display the information of. Thus, the facility information providing unit 115 provides the passenger with information of facilities that are available at the current time, and the facility information providing unit 115 provides information of facilities that are not available at the current time. Not to offer.

  In addition, although the above-mentioned example demonstrated the plant | facility search process which considered the business hours of the plant | facility, the structure which does not consider business hours may be sufficient as a plant | facility search process. That is, in the facility search process, the process of step S23 shown in FIG. 7 may be omitted.

  According to the facility information providing system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, for example, when the driving time of the vehicle is long (or the travel distance is long), the information for prompting a break is provided to the driver. In addition, information on facilities included in a predetermined range based on an extension C2 extending a straight line C1 passing the current position P1 from the travel start point S1 is provided to the driver. Furthermore, information corresponding to the current time, for example, information on a restaurant that is open for lunch if the current time is a lunch time zone, is provided to the driver. For this reason, the driver can obtain information that allows taking a meal, a break, etc. on the way to the destination. Therefore, it becomes possible to provide the passenger with information of an appropriate facility according to the driving situation of the vehicle.

  The facility information providing system 100 may or may not have a route guidance function (navigation function) for guiding a route to a destination. When the facility information providing system 100 has a route guidance function, the facility information providing system 100 provides the passenger with information on facilities located on the route to the destination, for example, facilities located in a predetermined range. It is also good.

  The facility information providing system 100 of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be an embodiment shown below.

  As another embodiment, the facility information providing system 100 may have a configuration in which the passenger selects the type of facility desired for providing information in the passenger terminal 2. For example, when the passenger selects “Restaurant” as the desired facility type on the setting screen displayed on the passenger terminal 2, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) performs the facility search process of the above-described example. In (see FIG. 7), the restaurants B and D are determined as the facilities for which information is provided. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 9, the information on the rest area Y is not displayed on the map displayed on the operation display unit 23 on the passenger terminal 2, and the positions and appearances of the restaurants B, C and D are displayed. Information such as is displayed. In FIG. 9, facilities (eateries B, C, D) determined by the facility search process that does not consider the operating hours of the facilities are shown.

  Further, as another embodiment, the facility information providing system 100 is a facility included in the predetermined range AR1 (or the predetermined range AR2) and within the predetermined range AR3 from the position where the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at the predetermined time set in advance. The information processing system may be configured to provide the passenger with information on the facilities available at the predetermined time. The predetermined range AR3 is an example of a second predetermined range of the present invention. For example, when the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) of the facility information providing device 1 sets “12:00” as the time when the passenger takes a break as the predetermined time, the current time is “10: In the case of “00”, a facility which is located in a predetermined range AR3 from a position (scheduled arrival position) where a vehicle is scheduled to arrive at a predetermined time “12:00” and which can take a break is a facility targeted for information provision. Decide on. The control unit 11 (facility information provision unit 115) provides the passenger with facility information on the determined facility. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the positions of the restaurant D and the rest area Y included in the predetermined range AR3 corresponding to the position where the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at the predetermined time “12:00” in the passenger terminal 2 Information such as appearance is displayed on the map displayed on the operation display unit 23.

  In the embodiment, the passenger may not set the predetermined time. In this configuration, for example, the facility information providing unit 115 calculates the position where the vehicle is scheduled to arrive based on the traveling speed of the vehicle, and is located within the predetermined range AR3 from the position, and the time when the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at the position The information on the facilities available for use may be provided to the passenger.

  In another embodiment, the facility information providing system 100 may consider an empty rate of a parking lot owned by the facility in the facility search process. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, the facility information DB 122 includes information on the vacant rate at the current time of the parking lot owned by the facility. The vacant rate is calculated, for example, based on information acquired from a device (such as a sensor) installed in a parking lot, and updated as needed. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 12, the control part 11 of the plant | facility information provision apparatus 1 is provided with the vacant rate acquisition part 116 which acquires the vacant rate of a plant | facility from plant | facility information DB122. The vacant rate acquisition unit 116 is an example of the vacant rate acquisition unit of the present invention.

  Specifically, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) of the facility information providing device 1 is a facility included in the predetermined range AR1 (or the predetermined range AR2), and is acquired by the empty rate acquisition unit 116 A facility that owns a parking lot whose empty rate exceeds a predetermined empty rate is determined as the target facility of information provision. The control unit 11 (facility information provision unit 115) provides the passenger with facility information on the determined facility. The pre-predetermined empty vehicle rate is set to, for example, 60%. In this case, as shown in FIG. 13, for example, at the restaurant C and the rest area Y, the vacant rate (see FIG. 11) exceeds 60% on the map displayed on the operation display unit 23, as shown in FIG. Information such as position and appearance is displayed.

  In another embodiment, the facility information providing system 100 may consider the attributes of the passenger of the vehicle in the facility search process. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 14, the attribute information DB 124 is stored in the storage unit 12. As shown in FIG. 15, the attribute information DB 124 includes identification information of a vehicle, identification information of a passenger (driver or passenger), information such as presence or absence of a passenger, age, sex, family configuration and the like. The example shown in FIG. 15 shows the case where three family members ride on the vehicle "C0001". The attribute information is registered by, for example, setting by the passenger on a setting screen displayed on the passenger terminal 2. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the control unit 11 of the facility information providing device 1 includes an attribute information acquisition unit 117 that acquires attribute information from the attribute information DB 124. The attribute information acquisition unit 117 is an example of the attribute information acquisition unit 117 of the present invention.

  Specifically, the control unit 11 (facility search processing unit 114) of the facility information providing device 1 is a facility included in the predetermined range AR1 (or the predetermined range AR2), and the boarding acquired by the attribute information acquiring unit 117 The facility selected based on the attribute information of the person is determined as the facility to which the information is to be provided. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, when three passengers are in the same family, the control unit 11 determines a restaurant (family restaurant or the like) that is easy to use by family as a target facility for providing information. In addition, when the passenger is one driver, the control unit 11 determines an easy-to-use restaurant (such as a set meal restaurant) as the facility to which the information is to be provided. The control unit 11 may determine the facility for which the information is to be provided, based on the information such as the age and sex of the passenger. The control unit 11 (facility information provision unit 115) provides the passenger with facility information on the determined facility.

  Further, as another embodiment, the control unit 11 (facility information provision unit 115) of the facility information provision device 1 is a facility included in the predetermined range AR1 (or the predetermined range AR2), and it is The configuration may be such that information on facilities existing at the position along the route is provided to the passenger. As a result, since the information on the facility on the traveling road or the facility on the route to the destination is provided to the passenger, the passenger can easily stop at the facility.

  Furthermore, as another embodiment, the control unit 11 (facility information provision unit 115) of the facility information provision device 1 is a facility included in the predetermined range AR1 (or the predetermined range AR2) and used within a predetermined time from the current time. It is also possible to provide the passenger with information on possible facilities and not to provide the passenger with information on facilities that are not available within a predetermined time from the current time. For example, when the current time is "9:00", information on a restaurant (for example, opening hours "11:00 to 14:00") that can be used within a predetermined time (5 hours) is provided, and the predetermined time is set. It does not provide information of a restaurant (for example, opening hours "17:00 to 23:00") that can not be used within (5 hours). In this way, it is possible to provide only information on facilities that may be dropped by a passenger.

  Furthermore, as another embodiment, the control unit 11 (facility information provision unit 115) of the facility information provision device 1 selects information on facilities that the current time has passed in the available time zone among the information on facilities provided to the passenger. May be deleted. For example, in the case where the information shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the operation display unit 23 of the passenger terminal 2, when the current time passes “14:00”, the facility information providing unit 115 sets up the restaurant B, Information on restaurant B and D among C, D and rest area Y is deleted.

  Furthermore, as another embodiment, the control unit 11 (facility information providing unit 115) of the facility information providing device 1 deletes the information of the facility provided to the passenger when a predetermined time has elapsed since the vehicle stopped traveling. It may be configured to For example, in the case where the information shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the operation display unit 23 of the passenger terminal 2, the facility information providing unit 115 can , C, D and the information of rest area Y are deleted. When a predetermined time has elapsed after the travel of the vehicle has stopped, it can be considered that the passenger took a break, and thus the provision of unnecessary information can be suppressed by deleting the information. If the current time is a lunch time zone and two hours have passed since the travel of the vehicle was stopped, only the information on the restaurant that is open for lunch may be deleted.

  In another embodiment, the control unit 21 of the passenger terminal 2 may include one or more processing units included in the control unit 11 of the facility information providing device 1. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the passenger terminal 2. In FIG. 16, processing units having the same functions as the processing units illustrated in the block diagram illustrated in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Each information stored in the storage unit 22 may be acquired from an external device. Further, for example, the control unit 21 may download the facility information providing program to the storage unit 22 via the Internet, and execute the facility information providing process (see FIG. 6).

  As another embodiment, the control unit 11 of the facility information providing device 1 may include one or more processing units included in the control unit 21 of the passenger terminal 2. In this case, the facility information providing device 1 may be an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle.

  In each of the embodiments, the predetermined range (predetermined range AR1, AR2) is, for example, a range on the extension C2, a range around the extension C2, or an extension C2 from the current position as shown in FIG. It is a range that extends radially in the extending direction.

1: Facility information providing device 2: Passenger terminal 11: Control unit 12: Storage unit 13: Operation display unit 14: Communication I / F
21: control unit 22: storage unit 23: operation display unit 24: communication I / F
25: GPS reception unit 100: facility information provision system 111: current position acquisition unit 112: travel information acquisition unit 113: determination processing unit 114: facility search processing unit 115: facility information provision unit 116: empty rate acquisition unit 117: attribute information Acquisition unit 211: Reception processing unit 212: Current position detection unit 213: Display processing unit AR1: Prescribed range AR2: Prescribed range AR3: Prescribed range C2: Extension P1: Current position S1: Traveling start point

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A current position acquisition unit for acquiring the current position of the vehicle;
A travel information acquisition unit that acquires a travel distance or travel time of the vehicle;
The current position acquisition unit acquires the current position acquisition unit from a position at which the vehicle starts traveling when the traveling distance acquired by the traveling information acquisition unit or the traveling time becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value set in advance. A facility information providing unit for providing information on facilities included in a first predetermined range based on an extended line extending a straight line passing the current position to a passenger of the vehicle;
Facility information provision system provided with And a current time acquisition unit for acquiring the current time,
The facility information providing unit provides the passenger with information of the facility which is the facility included in the first predetermined range and which is available at the current time acquired by the current time acquisition unit. Do not provide the passenger with information about the facility that is not available at the current time,
The facility information provision system according to claim 1. The facility information providing unit is the facility included in the first predetermined range, and is located within a second predetermined range from a position where the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at a predetermined time that is set in advance, at the predetermined time. Providing the passenger with information of the available facilities,
The facility information provision system according to claim 2. The facility information providing unit provides the passenger with information on the facility existing at a position along a traveling path in the traveling direction of the vehicle among the plurality of facilities included in the first predetermined range.
The facility information provision system according to claim 1. The vehicle further comprises an empty vehicle rate acquiring unit for acquiring an empty vehicle rate of a parking lot owned by the facility,
The facility information providing unit is the facility included in the first predetermined range, and the information of the facility which owns the parking lot whose vacant rate exceeds the predetermined vacant rate acquired by the vacant rate acquiring unit Provided to the passenger
The facility information provision system according to claim 1. It further comprises an attribute information acquisition unit for acquiring the attribute information of the passenger.
The facility information providing unit is configured to board the information of the facility selected based on the attribute information of the passenger acquired by the attribute information acquiring unit among the plurality of facilities included in the first predetermined range. To provide
The facility information provision system according to claim 1. And a current time acquisition unit for acquiring the current time,
The facility information provision unit is configured to, among the plurality of facilities included in the first predetermined range, carry the boarding information of the facility which is available within a predetermined time from the current time acquired by the current time acquisition unit. Providing the passenger with information on the facility which is not available within the predetermined time from the current time.
The facility information provision system according to claim 1. The facility information providing unit deletes information of the facility whose current time has passed an available time zone, among the information of the facility provided to the passenger.
The facility information provision system according to claim 7. The facility information providing unit deletes the information of the facility provided to the passenger when a predetermined time has elapsed since the traveling of the vehicle is stopped.
The facility information provision system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The first predetermined range is a range on the extension line, a range around the extension line, or a range extending radially from the current position in a direction in which the extension line extends.
The facility information provision system according to any one of claims 1 to 9. The display processing unit further displays a map including the position of the facility corresponding to the information of the facility provided by the facility information providing unit and the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit.
The facility information provision system according to any one of claims 1 to 10. Get the current position of the vehicle,
Acquire the travel distance or travel time of the vehicle,
Included in a first predetermined range based on an extension line extending a straight line passing the current position from the position where the travel of the vehicle is started when the traveling distance or the traveling time becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value set in advance Providing information about the facilities to be
Facility information provision method. Obtaining the current position of the vehicle;
Acquiring a travel distance or travel time of the vehicle;
Included in a first predetermined range based on an extension line extending a straight line passing the current position from the position where the travel of the vehicle is started when the traveling distance or the traveling time becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value set in advance Providing information about the facilities to be provided to the passengers of the vehicle;
Facility information provision program for making a computer run.

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