JP6559788B2 - Information provision device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus having a function of interactively providing information to a user.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been proposed an apparatus that easily realizes various controls by intuitive user operations. For example, in a conventional apparatus, a camera that shoots a predetermined shooting area and outputs shooting information, and three-dimensional coordinate information of a user's fingertip in the shooting area are acquired based on shooting information from the camera. A control command is output to the computer based on the dimensional coordinate information (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-251702 A

  However, in the field of information providing devices having a function of providing information interactively to users, development of new technologies that have not been conventionally desired is desired.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an information providing apparatus capable of providing interactive information.

  An information providing apparatus according to the present invention provides a fluid motion calculation unit that calculates a motion of a fluid flowing according to a predetermined law based on a fluid simulation, and a motion of an information carrier that moves in the fluid according to the fluid flow. An information carrier motion calculation unit that calculates based on the image, a video display unit that displays the image of the fluid and the video of the information carrier on a video display surface, and an image of the information carrier displayed on the video display surface. On the other hand, when the user performs a touch operation, a touch target detection unit that detects the information carrier that has been touch-operated by the user as a touch target, and the user that has performed a touch operation on the image of the information carrier is detected as a touch subject. The information carried by the information carrier to be touched is transmitted to the touch subject detection unit and the terminal device owned by the touch subject user. It includes an information transmitting unit.

  With this configuration, an image of the information carrier that moves in the fluid according to the flow of the fluid is displayed on the image display surface along with an image of the fluid that flows according to a predetermined law. When the user performs a touch operation on the image of the information carrier, information carried by the information carrier is transmitted to a terminal device owned by the user. As a result, it is possible to provide interactive information that has not existed before.

  In the information providing apparatus of the present invention, the video display surface includes a cylindrical first display surface and a planar second display surface, and the video display unit displays the fluid image on the first display surface. And a first projection unit that projects an image of the information carrier, and a second projection unit that projects an image of the fluid and an image of the information carrier on the second display surface.

  In the information providing apparatus of the present invention, the cylindrical first display surface is installed to extend in the vertical direction, and the planar second display surface is installed to extend in the horizontal direction, and the second display The first display surface and the second display surface are continuous in the central portion of the part, and the flow of the fluid flows from the upper side to the lower side of the first display surface, and then the second display surface. It may be set to flow from the center toward the outer periphery.

  The information providing apparatus of the present invention includes: a terminal insertion unit into which the user terminal device is inserted; and a terminal identification unit that identifies the terminal device by communicating with the terminal device inserted into the terminal insertion unit. You may prepare.

  In the information providing apparatus of the present invention, the terminal insertion unit is disposed below the second display surface, and the second display surface is touched by the user at a position corresponding to the terminal insertion unit. An image of the suction port to which the information carrier is attracted may be displayed.

  In the information providing apparatus of the present invention, the touch operation includes a first touch operation and a second touch operation, and the user performs the first touch operation on the image of the information carrier displayed on the image display surface. Then, the information carrier floats out of the fluid, and when the user performs the second touch operation on the image of the information carrier that has floated, the information carrier is attracted to the suction port. Also good.

  In the information providing apparatus of the present invention, in the fluid image, the movement of the fluid is expressed using lines, and in the image of the information carrier, an image representing the content carried by the information carrier is displayed. May be.

  In the information providing apparatus of the present invention, the touch subject detection unit may detect the user who has touch-operated the video of the information carrier using a camera image of a shooting area including the video display surface.

  In the information providing apparatus of the present invention, the touch target detection unit may detect an information carrier that is touch-operated by the user, using an infrared sensor provided on the video display surface.

  According to the present invention, when the user performs a touch operation on the image of the information carrier moving in the fluid, the information carried by the information carrier is transmitted to the terminal device owned by the user. As a result, it is possible to provide interactive information that has not existed before.

It is a block diagram of the information provision apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the video display surface in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the video display part in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the flow of the information card in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for operation | movement description of the information provision apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the touch operation process in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the video display surface in other embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the video display surface in other embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a case of an information providing apparatus used for an exhibition booth at an event venue is illustrated.

  A configuration of an information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information providing apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing apparatus 1 includes a control unit 2, a video display unit 3, a terminal insertion unit 4, and an information transmission unit 5.

  The control unit 2 includes a fluid motion calculation unit 6 that calculates the movement of water in a waterfall that flows according to a predetermined law (for example, a natural law) based on a fluid simulation, and an information card C that moves in the water according to the flow of water in the waterfall. The information card motion calculation unit 7 is provided for calculating the motion based on the fluid simulation. The video display unit 3 displays the video of the waterfall and the video of the information card C whose movements are calculated in this way on the video display surface 8.

  The control unit 2 detects a touch target when the user touches the video of the information card C displayed on the video display surface 8 to detect the information card C (touch target) touch-operated by the user. And a touch subject detection unit 10 that detects a user (touch subject) who has touch-operated the video on the information card C. The touch subject detection unit 10 detects a user who has touch-operated the video on the information card C using the camera image of the shooting area including the video display surface 8. The touch target detection unit 9 detects the information card C touched by the user using an infrared sensor (not shown) provided on the video display surface 8. The information transmission unit 5 transmits the information carried by the touch target information card C to the terminal device 11 owned by the touch-oriented user.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the video display surface 8 includes a cylindrical first display surface 12 and a planar second display surface 13. In this case, the cylindrical first display surface 12 is installed so as to extend in the vertical direction, and the planar second display surface 13 is installed so as to spread in the horizontal direction. And the 1st display surface 12 and the 2nd display surface 13 are continuing in the central part of the 2nd display part, and after the flow of water of a waterfall flows from the upper part of the 1st display surface 12 toward the lower part, It is set to flow from the center of the second display surface 13 toward the outer periphery (see FIG. 4).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the video display unit 3 projects a waterfall water (flowing water) video and an information card C video onto the first display surface 12, and the second display surface 13. A second projection unit 15 that projects the image of the water of the waterfall (water flowing from the waterfall) and the image of the information card C is included. The 1st display surface 12 and the 2nd display surface 13 are screens, for example, and the 1st projection part 14 and the 2nd projection part 15 are constituted by projector devices, for example. The first projection unit 14 is installed above and outside the first display surface 12, and the second projection unit 15 is installed above the second display surface 13.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the user terminal device 11 is inserted into the terminal insertion unit 4. The control unit 2 includes a terminal identification unit 16 that identifies the terminal device 11 by communicating with the terminal device 11 inserted into the terminal insertion unit 4. In this case, the terminal insertion unit 4 is disposed below the second display surface 13, and the information card C touched by the user is placed on the second display surface 13 at a position corresponding to the terminal insertion unit 4. An image of the suction port H that is attracted is displayed.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, in the waterfall image, the movement of the water is expressed using “lines”. The information card C carries various contents to be provided to the user, and in the video of the information card C, an image (representative image) representing the contents carried by the information card C is displayed. The user can recognize the content carried by the information card C by looking at the representative image.

  About the information provision apparatus 1 comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5 and FIG.

  When providing information to the user using the information providing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, first, the waterfall movement is calculated using a fluid simulation (S1), The movement of the information card C flowing in the water is calculated (S2). Then, the image of the water of the waterfall and the image of the information card C whose movements are calculated in this way are displayed on the image display surface 8 (S3).

  Next, when the user inserts the terminal device 11 into the terminal insertion unit 4 (S4), the terminal device 11 inserted into the terminal insertion unit 4 is specified by communicating with the terminal device 11 (S5). Thereafter, when a touch operation is performed by the user (S6), an information card C (touch target) touched by the user is detected using an infrared sensor (not shown) provided on the video display surface 8. (S7) A user (touch subject) who touched the video on the information card C using the camera image is detected (S8). Specifically, the standing position of the user (touch subject) may be detected from the camera image.

  And the process (touch operation process) performed by a user's touch operation is performed (S9). In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, when the user performs the first touch operation (first touch operation) on the video of the information card C displayed on the video display surface 8 (S90), the information card C When the user performs a second touch operation (second touch operation) on the image of the information card C that has emerged from the water (S91) and has emerged (S92), the information card C enters the suction port H. It is attracted (S93). Thereafter, the information carried by the touch target information card C is transmitted to the terminal device 11 owned by the touch-oriented user (S10). Specifically, since the standing position of the user (touch subject) is detected from the camera image, the terminal device 11 inserted in the terminal insertion unit 4 closest to the standing position of the user is touched. Information carried by the information card C may be transmitted. That is, it is possible to estimate that the terminal device 11 inserted in the terminal insertion unit 4 closest to the user's standing position is the terminal device 11 owned by the user.

  According to the information providing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment as described above, an image of the information card C moving in the water is displayed on the image display surface 8 along with the image of the waterfall water flowing according to the laws of nature. When the user performs a touch operation on the video of the information card C, information carried by the information card C is transmitted to the terminal device 11 owned by the user. As a result, it is possible to provide interactive information that has not existed before.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above by way of example, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and can be changed or modified according to the purpose within the scope of the claims. is there.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the 1st display surface 12 and the 2nd display surface 13 may be cut | disconnected in half, and the mirror 17 may be installed in a back surface. Moreover, as shown to Fig.8 (a), both the 1st display surface 12 and the 2nd display surface 13 may be planar. Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, the video display surface 8 may be formed of a single curved surface.

  As another embodiment, it is possible to omit “a touch subject detection unit that detects, as a touch subject, a user who has touched an image of an information carrier”. In the case of this embodiment, first, the touch target detection unit detects the coordinates (touch coordinates) on the video display surface where the information carrier is touched by the user. And a terminal specific part determines one terminal insertion part for performing communication of the information which an information carrier carries based on the touch coordinate. For example, the terminal specifying unit may determine the terminal insertion unit closest to the touch coordinates as one terminal insertion unit for communicating information carried by the information carrier. In addition, for example, the terminal specifying unit transmits information that the information carrier carries the terminal insertion portion that is most likely to flow from the touch coordinates based on the fluid flow calculated by the fluid simulation. It can also be determined as one terminal insertion unit for performing. Furthermore, when the user continues to touch the information carrier and drags the information carrier to the suction port on the video screen as it is, the terminal specifying unit, based on the continuous touch coordinates, The terminal insertion portion corresponding to the suction port to which the information carrier is dragged can be determined as one terminal insertion portion for transmitting information carried by the information carrier. Thereafter, the terminal specifying unit starts communication with the terminal device inserted in one terminal insertion unit determined as described above. Then, the information transmission unit transmits the information carried by the information carrier to be touched to the terminal device with which the terminal specifying unit has started communication. In this way, even if the “touch subject detection unit” is omitted, one terminal device is identified based on the coordinates (touch coordinates) on the video display surface where the information carrier is touched by the user. Thus, it is possible to appropriately transmit information carried by the information carrier.

  As described above, the information providing apparatus according to the present invention has an effect that it is possible to provide interactive information that is not conventionally available, and is useful for being used in an exhibition booth at an event venue.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information provision apparatus 2 Control part 3 Image | video display part 4 Terminal insertion part 5 Information transmission part 6 Fluid motion calculation part 7 Information card motion calculation part 8 Video display surface 9 Touch object detection part 10 Touch subject detection part 11 Terminal apparatus 12 1st Display surface 13 Second display surface 14 First projection unit 15 Second projection unit 16 Terminal identification unit 17 Mirror C Information card H Suction port

Claims (11)

A fluid motion calculator that calculates the motion of the fluid flowing according to a predetermined law based on a fluid simulation;
An information carrier motion calculator that calculates the motion of the information carrier that moves in the fluid according to the flow of the fluid based on a fluid simulation;
An image display unit for displaying an image of the fluid and an image of the information carrier on an image display surface;
A touch target detection unit that detects an information carrier touch-operated by the user as a touch target when the user performs a touch operation on the video of the information carrier displayed on the video display surface;
A touch subject detection unit for detecting, as a touch subject, the user who has touch-operated the image of the information carrier;
An information transmission unit that transmits information carried by the information carrier to be touched to a terminal device owned by the touch-oriented user;
Information providing device. The video display surface includes a cylindrical first display surface and a planar second display surface,
The image display unit projects a fluid image and an information carrier image onto the first display surface, and the fluid image and the information carrier image onto the second display surface. A second projection unit for projecting,
The information providing apparatus according to claim 1. The cylindrical first display surface is installed to extend in the vertical direction,
The planar second display surface is installed so as to spread in the horizontal direction,
The second display surface and the first display surface in the central portion of the second display surface is continuous,
The flow of the fluid is set to flow from the center of the second display surface to the outer periphery after flowing from the upper side to the lower side of the first display surface.
The information providing apparatus according to claim 2. A terminal insertion unit into which the terminal device of the user is inserted;
A terminal identification unit that identifies the terminal device by communicating with the terminal device inserted in the terminal insertion unit,
The information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . The terminal insertion portion is disposed below the second display surface,
On the second display surface, an image of the suction port to which the information carrier touch-operated by the user is drawn is displayed at a position corresponding to the terminal insertion portion.
The information providing apparatus according to claim 4, which cites claim 2 or claim 3 . The touch operation includes a first touch operation and a second touch operation,
When the user performs the first touch operation on the image of the information carrier displayed on the video display surface, the information carrier emerges from the fluid,
When the user performs the second touch operation on the image of the information carrier that has emerged, the information carrier is attracted to the suction port.
The information providing apparatus according to claim 5. In the fluid image, the movement of the fluid is expressed using lines,
In the video of the information carrier, an image representing the content carried by the information carrier is displayed.
The information providing apparatus according to claim 1. The touch main body detection unit detects the user who has touch-operated the video of the information carrier using a camera image of a shooting area including the video display surface.
The information providing apparatus according to claim 1. The touch target detection unit detects an information carrier touch-operated by the user using an infrared sensor provided on the video display surface.
The information providing apparatus according to claim 1. A fluid motion calculator that calculates the motion of the fluid flowing according to a predetermined law based on a fluid simulation;
An information carrier motion calculator that calculates the motion of the information carrier that moves in the fluid according to the flow of the fluid based on a fluid simulation;
An image display surface on which an image of the fluid and an image of the information carrier are displayed;
An image display unit for displaying an image of the fluid and an image of the information carrier on the image display surface;
A touch target detection unit that detects an information carrier touch-operated by the user as a touch target when the user performs a touch operation on the video of the information carrier displayed on the video display surface;
A touch subject detection unit for detecting, as a touch subject, the user who has touch-operated the image of the information carrier;
An information transmission unit that transmits information carried by the information carrier to be touched to a terminal device owned by the touch-oriented user;
Information provision system. An information providing method executed by the information providing apparatus,
Calculating the movement of the flowing fluid according to a predetermined law based on a fluid simulation;
Calculating the movement of the information carrier moving in the fluid according to the flow of the fluid based on a fluid simulation;
Displaying an image of the fluid and an image of the information carrier on an image display surface;
When the user performs a touch operation on the image of the information carrier displayed on the video display surface, the information carrier that is touch-operated by the user is detected as a touch target;
Detecting the user who touch-operated the image of the information carrier as a touch subject;
Transmitting information carried by the information carrier to be touched to a terminal device owned by the touch-oriented user,
Information provision method.

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