JP6799989B2 - Communication terminal equipment, information distribution system and communication terminal program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, an information distribution system and a communication terminal program.

Conventionally, the communication terminal measures the received radio wave environment regardless of whether it is in standby or during communication, and changes the antenna pictogram display according to the result. This antenna pictogram display indicates to the user an indication of the communication quality at that time and place. The received radio wave environment that serves as the standard for antenna pictogram display includes RSSI (received electric field strength), pilot Ec / Io (ratio of pilot signal energy to total energy), C / I (energy ratio of carrier wave to interference wave), etc. It is used (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-177870

Here, the communication quality of the communication terminal may be affected by the communication state of the mobile communication network as well as the reception radio wave environment. Specifically, when the number of communication terminals using the mobile communication network and the amount of data are large, the communication quality of the communication terminals using the mobile communication network deteriorates even if the received radio wave environment is good. In some cases. In this case, the user who uses the communication terminal may feel a sense of discomfort due to a discrepancy between the antenna pictogram display and the communication quality.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to display an antenna pictogram according to the user's feeling.

(1) One aspect of the present invention includes a radio wave state acquisition unit that acquires radio wave state information indicating the state of the radio wave environment of the own terminal device and a congestion state that acquires congestion state information indicating the communication congestion state of the own terminal device. Based on the acquisition unit, the radio wave condition determination unit that determines the communication quality of the own terminal device based on the radio wave condition information acquired by the radio wave condition acquisition unit, and the congestion state information acquired by the congestion state acquisition unit. , The congestion state determination unit for determining the communication quality of the own terminal device, the first communication quality which is the communication quality of the own terminal device determined by the radio wave condition determination unit, and the own terminal device determined by the congestion state determination unit. It is a communication terminal device including a display control unit that controls the display of the display unit included in the own terminal device based on the degree of deviation from the second communication quality, which is the communication quality.

(2) One aspect of the present invention includes a radio wave state acquisition unit that acquires radio wave state information indicating the state of the radio wave environment of the own terminal device and a congestion state that acquires congestion state information indicating the communication congestion state of the own terminal device. Based on the acquisition unit, the radio wave state information acquired by the radio wave state acquisition unit, and the congestion state information acquired by the congestion state acquisition unit, the first communication which is the communication quality regarding the radio wave environment of the own terminal device. wherein the second communication quality judging unit judges the communication quality is a communication quality for congestion, the said communication quality determination unit determines the first communication quality, divergence of the second communication quality of the quality and the own terminal device It is a communication terminal device including a display control unit that controls the display of the display unit included in the own terminal device based on the degree of.

(3) One aspect of the present invention is that in the communication terminal device according to (1) or (2) above, the display control unit has a difference between the first communication quality and the second communication quality. In this case, the display information to be displayed by the display unit is generated and displayed on the display unit based on at least one of the first communication quality and the second communication quality.

(4) In one aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device according to any one of (1) to (3) above, the degree of dissociation is a value indicating the first communication quality and the second communication quality. The difference from the value indicating is indicated by whether or not the predetermined threshold value is exceeded .

(5) In one aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device according to any one of (1) to (4) above, the display control unit is based on priority display information indicating information to be preferentially displayed. The display of the display unit is controlled.

(6) One aspect of the present invention includes a storage unit for storing a communication terminal apparatus of any one of (1) to (5), the congestion information indicating the congestion state of the communication of the communication apparatus, a congestion transmission unit for transmitting the congestion information before Symbol communication terminal device, the information distribution device including a a information distribution system comprising a.

(7) One aspect of the present invention is to obtain a radio wave state acquisition step of acquiring radio wave state information indicating the state of the radio wave environment and congestion state information indicating the degree of congestion of the network used for communication in the computer. Communication quality based on the state acquisition step, the radio wave condition determination step for determining the communication quality based on the radio wave condition information acquired by the radio wave condition acquisition step, and the congestion state information acquired by the congestion state acquisition step. Based on the degree of discrepancy between the congestion state determination step for determining, the first communication quality which is the communication quality determined by the radio wave condition determination step, and the second communication quality which is the communication quality determined by the congestion state determination step. This is a communication terminal program for executing a display control step that controls the display of the display step.

According to the present invention, it is possible to display the antenna pictogram according to the user's feeling.

It is a figure which shows the outline of the communication terminal apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the information distribution device and the communication terminal device which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the image which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flow chart which shows an example of the operation of the communication terminal apparatus and information distribution apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a table which shows an example of correspondence with the 1st communication quality, 2nd communication quality, and communication speed which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows another example of the image which concerns on this embodiment.

[Embodiment]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a communication terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment.
The communication terminal device 10 is a device that communicates via a mobile communication network, which is a wireless communication network, in response to an operation of the user U. The communication terminal device 10 is, for example, a portable personal computer such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, or a tablet computer (tablet PC). The mobile communication network is, for example, a mobile phone network having a communication method such as the LTE (Long Term Evolution) method. The mobile communication network is not limited to the communication network constructed according to the LTE system, and may be a communication network such as a 3G system other than the communication network constructed according to the LTE system. The mobile communication network is formed by a plurality of radio base stations (not shown). When the communication terminal device 10 is located in the area AR of the mobile communication network, the wireless base station can perform wireless communication between the communication terminal device 10 and the wireless base station according to the LTE system. .. As a result, the user U uses the communication terminal device 10 to perform data communication and a telephone call via the mobile communication network.
As shown in FIG. 1, in this example, a plurality of communication terminals (hereinafter, communication terminal CE) and a communication terminal device 10 are located in the area AR. Specifically, the communication terminal CE1, the communication terminal CE2, ..., The communication terminal CEn, and the communication terminal device 10 are located in the area AR. n is an integer of 3 or more.

Here, if the number of communication terminal CEs that are in the area AR and communicate using the mobile communication network is large, or if the amount of data for communication using the mobile communication network is large, the communication terminal device 10 Communication quality may deteriorate. Further, when the communication terminal device 10 is difficult to receive the radio waves transmitted by the wireless base station, the communication quality of the communication terminal device 10 may deteriorate. Therefore, the communication quality of the communication terminal device 10 includes the number of communication terminal CEs in the area AR, the amount of data of communication performed using the mobile communication network (hereinafter, congested state), and the communication terminal device 10. It is affected by the state of the radio wave environment (hereinafter referred to as the radio wave state). Specifically, the communication terminal device 10 is poorly congested when the number of communication terminal CEs in the area AR is large or when the amount of data of communication performed using the mobile communication network is large. Therefore, when the number of communication terminal CEs in the area AR is small or the amount of data of communication performed using the mobile communication network is small, the congestion state is good. Further, the communication terminal device 10 has a poor radio wave condition when it is difficult to receive the radio wave transmitted by the wireless base station, and the radio wave condition is good when it is easy to receive the radio wave transmitted by the wireless base station. is there.
The communication terminal device 10 is a device that controls the display of an image (hereinafter, image P) indicating an antenna pictogram display based on a congestion state and a radio wave state.
Here, the antenna pictogram display is a display indicating the communication quality of the communication terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 1, in this example, the antenna pictogram display indicates the communication quality of the communication terminal device 10 by five vertical lines having different lengths. Specifically, the image P shows that the larger the number of vertical lines to be displayed, the better the communication quality of the communication terminal device 10, and the smaller the number of vertical lines, the worse the communication quality of the communication terminal device 10. .. The antenna pictogram display may be indicated by a number of vertical lines less than five or may be indicated by more than five vertical lines. Further, the antenna pictogram display may be indicated by a value from 0 to 100, where 100 is the value when the communication quality is the best and 0 is the value when the communication quality is the worst.

<About the connection between the information distribution device and the information distribution device>
Hereinafter, the configuration of the communication terminal device 10 and the information distribution device 20 will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the communication terminal device 10 and the information distribution device 20 according to the present embodiment.
The communication terminal device 10 and the information distribution device 20 are connected so as to be able to transmit and receive information via a mobile communication network.

<About information distribution device>
As described above, the information distribution device 20 is a device connected to the mobile communication network. As shown in FIG. 2, the information distribution device 20 includes a control unit 200 and a storage unit 600.
The control unit 200 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and includes a congestion state information generation unit 210 and a congestion state transmission unit 220 as its functional units.
The congestion state information generation unit 210 generates the congestion state information VT. The congestion state information VT is information indicating the congestion state of the mobile communication network. The congestion state information generation unit 210 performs congestion state information VT of the mobile communication network based on information such as the number of connections of communication terminals CE in a certain area AR, for example. Specifically, the information distribution device 20 has a throughput of communication using a mobile communication network (hereinafter, simply referred to as communication) based on information such as the number of connections of the current communication terminal CE for each area AR. The number of communication terminal devices 10 and communication terminal CE that can be connected to the mobile communication network, the ratio of the number of communication terminal devices 10 and communication terminal CE currently connected to the mobile communication network to the connectable number, A congestion state information VT including a communication delay and schedule information assigned to the communication terminal device 10 and the communication terminal CE is generated. The congestion state information generation unit 210 generates the congestion state information VT at all times or at predetermined time intervals and stores it in the storage unit 600.
Of the congestion state information VT stored in the storage unit 600, the congestion state transmission unit 220 constantly or every predetermined time transmits the congestion state information VT at the position (area AR) where the communication terminal device 10 exists to the communication terminal device 10. Send to.

The congestion state information VT includes communication throughput, communication reception speed, communication transmission speed, the number of connectable communication terminal devices 10 and communication terminal CE that can be connected to the mobile communication network, and the movement occupying the connectable number. Information indicating at least one of the ratio of the number of communication terminal devices 10 and communication terminal CEs currently connected to the mobile communication network, communication delay, and schedule information assigned to the communication terminal device 10 and communication terminal CE. It may be.
Further, in the above description, the case where the congestion state information VT is information indicating the congestion state of the mobile communication network has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The congestion state information VT may be information indicating the congestion state of the wireless LAN (Local Area Network) to which the communication terminal device 10 is connected. Further, the congestion state information VT may be information indicating a congestion state when the communication terminal device 10 is connected to another communication terminal CE by tethering and communicates.

Instead of the configuration in which the information distribution device 20 transmits the congestion state information VT to the communication terminal device 10 at all times or at predetermined time intervals, the communication terminal device 10 requests the information distribution device 20 to transmit the congestion state information VT. It may be a configuration. The timing at which the communication terminal device 10 requests the information distribution device 20 to transmit the congestion state information VT is, for example, when the function (application) included in the communication terminal device 10 is activated, the communication terminal device 10 passes through the mobile communication network. When the standby operation (power saving) mode of the communication terminal device 10 is released, when the security of the communication terminal device 10 is released, and the like.
Further, the congestion state information generation unit 210 replaces the configuration of generating the congestion state information VT based on the information such as the number of connections of the current communication terminal CE for each area AR, and the past communication terminal CE for each area AR. The congestion state information VT may be generated based on information such as the number of connections of the above and transmitted to the communication terminal device 10.
Further, the information distribution device 20 may be configured to acquire the congestion status information VT instead of the configuration for generating the congestion status information VT. In this case, the information distribution device 20 is connected to the mobile communication network and acquires the congestion state information VT from the device that generates the congestion state information VT according to the above configuration.

<About the configuration of the communication terminal device>
As shown in FIG. 2, the communication terminal device 10 includes a control unit 100 and a display unit DP.
The display unit DP is a display device such as a display panel. The display unit DP displays the image P based on the control of the control unit 100.
The control unit 100 includes a CPU, and includes a radio wave state acquisition unit 110, a congestion state acquisition unit 120, a communication quality determination unit 130, and a display control unit 140 as its functional units. The communication quality determination unit 130 includes a radio wave condition determination unit 131 and a congestion state determination unit 132.
The radio wave state acquisition unit 110 acquires the radio wave state information RS of the communication terminal device 10. The radio wave state information RS is information indicating the radio wave state of the communication terminal device 10. The radio wave state acquisition unit 110 acquires the radio wave state information RS calculated by the communication terminal device 10 by a known method. The radio wave state information RS calculated by a known method includes RSSI (received electric field strength) calculated based on the strength at which the antenna module included in the communication terminal device 10 receives radio waves transmitted by the radio base station, and pilot Ec /. Information indicating Io (ratio of pilot signal energy to total energy), C / I (energy ratio of carrier wave to interference wave), and the like. The radio wave condition acquisition unit 110 supplies the acquired radio wave condition information RS to the communication quality determination unit 130.

The congestion state acquisition unit 120 acquires the congestion state information VT from the information distribution device 20. The congestion state acquisition unit 120 supplies the acquired congestion state information VT to the communication quality determination unit 130.

The communication terminal device 10 may have a configuration for generating the congestion status information VT instead of the configuration for acquiring the congestion status information VT from the information distribution device 20. In this case, the communication terminal device 10 generates information that can be generated by the communication terminal device 10 as the congestion state information VT among the information indicating the congestion state of the mobile communication network. Specifically, the communication terminal device 10 generates communication throughput, communication reception speed, communication transmission speed, and the like as congestion state information VT.
Further, when the communication terminal device 10 is provided with a configuration for generating the congestion state information VT, the congestion state acquisition unit 120 may be configured to supply the generated congestion state information VT to the communication quality determination unit 130. The configuration may be such that information on a congestion state other than the congestion state information VT is acquired from the information distribution device 20, and the acquired information and the generated congestion state information VT are supplied to the communication quality determination unit 130. The generated congestion state information information related to the congestion state other than the VT includes, for example, the number of connectable communication terminal devices 10 and the communication terminal CE that can be connected to the mobile communication network, and the mobile communication network that accounts for the connectable number. The ratio of the number of connected communication terminal devices 10 and communication terminal CE, communication delay, schedule information assigned to the communication terminal device 10 and communication terminal CE, and the like.

The radio wave condition determination unit 131 included in the communication quality determination unit 130 determines the communication quality of the communication terminal device 10 based on the acquired radio wave condition information RS. Specifically, the radio wave condition determination unit 131 determines the radio wave condition of the communication terminal device 10 based on the acquired radio wave condition information RS. In this example, the maximum value that can be taken by the determination result of the radio wave condition information RS and the total number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display match. Therefore, the radio wave condition determination unit 131 sets the value of the radio wave condition information RS when the radio wave condition is the best as "5" and the value of the radio wave condition information RS when the radio wave condition is the worst as "1". Determine the radio wave condition. In the following description, the radio wave condition determined by the radio wave condition determination unit 131 will be referred to as the first communication quality Q1. The radio wave state determination unit 131 supplies information indicating the first communication quality Q1 to the display control unit 140.

The congestion state determination unit 132 included in the communication quality determination unit 130 determines the communication quality of the communication terminal device 10 based on the acquired congestion state information VT. Specifically, the congestion state determination unit 132 determines the congestion state of the communication terminal device 10 based on the acquired congestion state information VT. In this example, the maximum value that can be taken by the determination result of the congestion state information VT and the total number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display match. Therefore, the congestion state determination unit 132 sets the value of the congestion state information VT when the congestion state is the best as "5" and the value of the congestion state information VT when the radio wave condition is the worst as "1". Determine the congestion status. In the following description, the congestion state determined by the congestion state determination unit 132 will be referred to as the second communication quality Q2. The radio wave state determination unit 131 supplies information indicating the second communication quality Q2 to the display control unit 140.

The display control unit 140 acquires information indicating the first communication quality Q1 and information indicating the second communication quality Q2 from the communication quality determination unit 130. Specifically, the display control unit 140 acquires information indicating the first communication quality Q1 from the radio wave condition determination unit 131, and acquires information indicating the second communication quality Q2 from the congestion state determination unit 132.
The display control unit 140 controls the display of the display unit DP based on the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2. The details of the control of the display control unit 140 will be described below.

<Display control unit: When the first communication quality and the second communication quality do not deviate>
When the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 do not match or deviate from each other, the display control unit 140 generates an image P based on the value that does not match or deviate, and displays the image P on the display unit DP. Control is performed to display the image P. Further, when the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 do not deviate from a predetermined value (hereinafter, threshold value TH), the display control unit 140 sets the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the first communication quality Q1. 2 Control is performed so that the display unit DP displays the image P in which the larger value among the values of the communication quality Q2 is the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display. In the following description, the case where the threshold value TH is “2” will be described. For example, when the first communication quality Q1 is "5" and the second communication quality Q2 is "4", the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 are "1". Only diverge. Therefore, the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 do not deviate from the threshold value TH. In this case, the display control unit 140 controls the display unit DP to display the image P whose antenna pictogram display is five vertical lines. In this case, the communication terminal device 10 can present the image P to the user U based on the case where the communication quality is good.

When the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 do not deviate from the threshold value TH, the display control unit 140 sets the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2. Of these, an image P in which a small value is the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display may be controlled to be displayed on the display unit DP. In this case, the communication terminal device 10 can present the image P to the user U based on the case where the communication quality is poor.
Further, the display control unit 140 may control the display unit DP to display the image P in which the value of the second communication quality Q2 (congestion state) is the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display. In this case, the communication terminal device 10 can present the image P whose communication quality is the congestion state to the user U.

<Display control unit: When the first communication quality and the second communication quality deviate from each other Part 1>
When the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 deviate from the threshold value TH, the display control unit 140 has at least one of the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2. The image P is generated based on the value, and the display unit DP is controlled to display the image P. Further, when the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 deviate from the threshold value TH, the display control unit 140 sets the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2. Of these, the display unit DP is controlled to display the image P in which the large value is the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display. For example, when the first communication quality Q1 is "1" and the second communication quality Q2 is "4", the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 are "3". Only diverge. Therefore, the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 deviate from the threshold value TH. In this case, the display control unit 140 controls the display unit DP to display the image P whose antenna pictogram display is four vertical lines. In this case, the communication terminal device 10 can present the image P to the user U based on the case where the communication quality is good.

When the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 deviate from the threshold value TH, the display control unit 140 sets the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2. Of these, an image P in which a small value is the number of vertical lines in the antenna pictogram display may be controlled to be displayed on the display unit DP. In this case, the communication terminal device 10 can present the image P to the user U based on the case where the communication quality is poor.
Further, the display control unit 140 may control the display unit DP to display the image P in which the value of the second communication quality Q2 (congestion state) is the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display. In this case, the communication terminal device 10 can present the image P whose communication quality is the congestion state to the user U.
Further, the display control unit 140 indicates the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 when the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 deviate from the threshold value TH. It may be configured to control the display of the image P on the display unit DP. In this case, the communication terminal device 10 can confirm the factor (radio wave state or congestion state) that causes poor communication quality.
Further, the communication terminal device 10 may be configured to acquire the current congestion state information VT and the past congestion state information VT from the information distribution device 20. In this case, the congestion state acquisition unit 120 determines the congestion state based on the current congestion state information VT, supplies the current second communication quality Q2 to the display control unit 140, and is based on the past congestion state information VT. The congestion state is determined, and the past second communication quality Q2 is supplied to the display control unit 140. The display control unit 140 controls the display unit DP to display an image P indicating the current second communication quality Q2 and the past second communication quality Q2. As a result, the communication terminal device 10 can present the image P showing the current and past congestion states to the user U. In addition, the user U can grasp whether the poor communication quality is transient or the like by referring to the image P showing the current and past congestion states.
Further, the communication terminal device 10 may determine the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 of the mobile communication network and the wireless LAN, respectively. In this case, the display control unit 140 includes an image P based on the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 of the mobile communication network, and an image P based on the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 of the wireless LAN. Is controlled to be alternately displayed on the display unit DP at predetermined time intervals. Further, the display control unit 140 includes an image P based on the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 of the mobile communication network and an image P based on the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 of the wireless LAN. Among them, control is performed so that the image P selected by the user U is displayed on the display unit DP.

Hereinafter, the details of the image P to be displayed on the display unit DP by the display control unit 140 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the image P according to the present embodiment.
In FIG. 3A, when the first communication quality Q1 is “1” and the second communication quality Q2 is “4”, the display control unit 140 sets a small value (“1” in this example). An example of the image P1 to be displayed on the display unit DP as a vertical line of the antenna pictogram display is shown.
As described above, the communication terminal device 10 can present the image P to the user U based on the case where the communication quality is poor.
In FIG. 3B, when the first communication quality Q1 is “1” and the second communication quality Q2 is “4”, the display control unit 140 sets a large value (“4” in this example). An example of the image P2 to be displayed on the display unit DP as a vertical line of the antenna pictogram display is shown.
As described above, the communication terminal device 10 can present the image P to the user U based on the case where the communication quality is good.

<Display control unit: When the first communication quality and the second communication quality deviate from each other, part 2>
Further, the display control unit 140 indicates a value indicating the first communication quality Q1 when the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 deviate from the threshold value TH (“2” in this example). The image P may be generated based on a value obtained by multiplying the image P and the value indicating the second communication quality Q2, and the display unit DP may be controlled to display the image P. In this example, the display control unit 140 multiplies the value indicating the first communication quality Q1 and the value indicating the second communication quality Q2 by the total number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display (in this example, "5". The image P having the value obtained by dividing the value (hereinafter, the display value VD) as the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display is controlled to be displayed on the display unit DP. For example, when the first communication quality Q1 is "2" and the second communication quality Q2 is "5", the display value VD is "2". The display control unit 140 controls the display unit DP to display the image P whose antenna pictogram display is two vertical lines. In this case, the communication terminal device 10 can present the image P showing the communication quality based on both the radio wave state and the congestion state to the user U.

<Display control unit: When the first communication quality and the second communication quality deviate from each other, part 3>
Further, the display control unit 140 indicates a value indicating the first communication quality Q1 when the value of the first communication quality Q1 and the value of the second communication quality Q2 deviate from the threshold value TH (“2” in this example). The image P may be generated based on the value indicating the second communication quality Q2 and the priority display information PI, and the display unit DP may be controlled to display the image P. The priority display information PI is information indicating which of the radio wave state and the congestion state is preferentially displayed. In this example, the priority display information PI indicates that the congestion state is preferentially displayed. Therefore, the display control unit 140 controls the display unit DP to display the image P in which the value of the second communication quality Q2 is the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display. When the priority display information PI indicates that the radio wave condition is preferentially displayed, the display control unit 140 sets the image P having the value of the first communication quality Q1 as the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display as the display unit DP. Controls the display on.
Here, the priority display information PI may be information set in advance, or may be information set by the user U by a known method. The known method is, for example, a storage unit provided in the communication terminal device 10 by selecting information to be preferentially displayed by a known function (application) included in the communication terminal device 10 and using the selected information as a priority display information PI. It is a method to memorize in. In this case, the display control unit 140 controls the display of the display unit DP based on the priority display information PI read from the storage unit, the first communication quality Q1, and the second communication quality Q2.
The information to be displayed preferentially may be communication throughput, communication reception speed, communication transmission speed, etc., instead of the radio wave state and congestion state.
The priority display information PI weights the value of the first communication quality Q1 (radio wave state) and the value of the second communication quality Q2 (congestion state) when calculating as the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display. It may be the information to be shown. In this case, the display control unit 140 calculates the display value VD based on the weighting indicated by the priority display information PI, the first communication quality Q1, and the second communication quality Q2. Further, the display control unit 140 controls the display unit DP to display the image P whose calculated display value VD is a vertical line of the antenna pictogram display.

<About the operation of the information distribution device and the information distribution device>
Hereinafter, the operations of the communication terminal device 10 and the information distribution device 20 will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the communication terminal device 10 and the information distribution device 20 according to the present embodiment.
The information distribution device 20 transmits the congestion state information VT to the communication terminal device 10 (step S110). The radio wave state acquisition unit 110 included in the communication terminal device 10 acquires the radio wave state information RS (step S210). The congestion state acquisition unit 120 acquires the congestion state information VT (step S220). The radio wave condition determination unit 131 included in the communication quality determination unit 130 determines the radio wave condition based on the radio wave condition information RS (step S230). The congestion state determination unit 132 included in the communication quality determination unit 130 determines the congestion state based on the congestion state information VT (step S240). The display control unit 140 controls to display the image P on the display unit DP based on the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 determined by the communication quality determination unit 130 (step S250).

The communication terminal device 10 may have a configuration in which the congestion state information VT is acquired based on the radio wave condition information RS, instead of the configuration in which the radio wave condition information RS is acquired and the congestion state information VT is acquired. For example, the communication terminal device 10 does not have to acquire the congestion state information VT from the information distribution device 20 when the radio wave state information RS indicates that the radio wave state is poor. Here, when the radio wave condition is poor, the user U may feel that the communication quality is poor even if the congestion condition is good. When the communication terminal device 10 has a configuration for acquiring the congestion state information VT based on the radio wave condition information RS and the radio wave condition information RS indicates that the radio wave condition is poor, the process for acquiring the congestion state information VT The load can be reduced.

As described above, the information distribution device 20 of the present embodiment transmits the congestion state information VT to the communication terminal device 10 at all times or at predetermined time intervals. The communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment acquires the congestion state information VT from the information distribution device 20. The communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment acquires the radio wave state information RS. The communication terminal device 10 determines the communication quality of the mobile communication network based on the acquired congestion state information VT and the radio wave state information RS, and based on the determined first communication quality Q1 and second communication quality Q2, Controls the display of the image P on the display unit DP.
As a result, the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment displays the antenna pictogram based on the radio wave state and the congestion state. Therefore, the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment can display the communication quality with higher accuracy than the case where the communication quality based only on the radio wave condition is displayed as an antenna pictogram. According to the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment, the antenna pictogram can be displayed according to the feeling of the user U.

As described above, the display control unit 140 included in the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment has the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q1 when the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 deviate from each other. The antenna pictogram is displayed based on at least one of the communication quality Q2.
Therefore, according to the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment, the display and communication of the antenna pictogram are performed when the radio wave condition is good and the congestion state is poor, or when the radio wave condition is poor and the congestion state is good. It is possible to prevent the user U from feeling uncomfortable due to a discrepancy with the quality. That is, according to the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment, it is possible to display the antenna pictogram according to the feeling of the user U.

Further, the display control unit 140 included in the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment sets the communication quality as an antenna pictogram based on the display value VD when the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 deviate from each other. Control the display. As a result, the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment can display the communication quality on the antenna pictogram based on the radio wave state and the congestion state.
Therefore, according to the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment, the communication quality can be easily displayed on the antenna pictogram based on the display value VD. That is, according to the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment, it is possible to display the antenna pictogram according to the feeling of the user U.

Further, when the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 deviate from each other, the display control unit 140 included in the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment displays the antenna pictogram based on the priority display information PI. Control.
Therefore, according to the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment, when the user U sets the priority display information PI, the antenna pictogram can be displayed according to the feeling of the user U.

In the above description, the case where the display control unit 140 displays the communication quality by the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display and the value from 0 to 100 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The display control unit 140 controls the display unit DP to display a display prompting the use of the function (application) included in the communication terminal device 10 according to the communication quality based on the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2. It may be a configuration. For example, the display control unit 140 is an application (for example, a video viewing application) that is required to perform uninterrupted communication and communication of a large amount of data when both the radio wave condition and the congestion condition are good. Controls the display of the display prompting the use on the display unit DP. Further, the display control unit 140 is required to have uninterrupted communication when the radio wave condition is good and the congestion condition is poor, but the display control unit 140 is an application (for example, a net radio) that performs communication that does not require a large amount of data. Controls the display of the display prompting the use of the application) on the display unit DP. Further, for example, the display control unit 140 is an application that performs communication that does not require a processing load for retransmission even if communication is interrupted and does not require a large amount of data when both the radio wave state and the congestion state are poor. Control is performed to display a display prompting the use of (for example, a messenger application) on the display unit DP.

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Hereinafter, another example of the image P to be displayed on the display unit DP by the display control unit 140 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 is a table showing an example of correspondence between the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 and the communication speed according to the present embodiment. Here, the communication speed is, for example, throughput, communication reception speed, communication transmission speed, and the like.
As shown in FIG. 5, in this example, the first communication quality Q1 is indicated by a value of "1" to "4". The first communication quality Q1 shows a large value when the radio wave condition is good, and shows a small value when the radio wave condition is bad. Further, the second communication quality Q2 is indicated by a value of "1" to "3". The second communication quality Q2 shows a large value when the communication quality is good, and shows a small value when the communication quality is poor.
Here, even when the first communication quality Q1 indicates that the radio wave condition is good (for example, "4"), the second communication quality Q2 indicates that the communication quality is poor (for example, "4"). In "1"), the communication terminal device 10 may obtain a communication speed of only about 50 M / s.
As described above, when the image P is displayed based only on the first communication quality Q1 or the second communication quality Q2, the user U has a discrepancy between the communication speed and the image P displayed on the display unit DP. You may feel that you are.
Hereinafter, the case where the display control unit 140 indicates the value of the first communication quality Q1 as the number of vertical lines of the antenna pictogram display and the second communication quality Q2 is indicated by a color will be described.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the image P according to the present embodiment.
When the second communication quality Q2 is "3", the display control unit 140 indicates the vertical line of the antenna pictogram display according to the value of the first communication quality Q1 in "blue" color. Further, when the second communication quality Q2 is "2", the display control unit 140 indicates the vertical line of the antenna pictogram display corresponding to the value of the first communication quality Q1 in "yellow" color. Further, when the second communication quality Q2 is "1", the display control unit 140 indicates the vertical line of the antenna pictogram display corresponding to the value of the first communication quality Q1 in "red" color.
As a result, the user U can recognize the communication quality with high accuracy based on the number of vertical lines in the antenna pictogram display and the color of the vertical lines.

Although the case where the communication terminal device 10 acquires the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 has been described, the present invention is not limited to this. The communication terminal device 10 may have a configuration in which information indicating the correspondence between the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 shown in FIG. 5 and the communication speed is stored in advance and the communication speed is measured. .. In the following description, the information indicating the correspondence between the first communication quality Q1 and the second communication quality Q2 and the communication speed will be described as the quality speed correspondence information. In this case, the communication terminal device 10 may calculate the second communication quality Q2 based on the measured communication speed, the acquired first communication quality Q1, and the quality speed correspondence information. Further, the communication terminal device 10 may calculate the first communication quality Q1 based on the measured communication speed, the acquired second communication quality Q2, and the quality speed correspondence information.

In the above description, the case where the second communication quality Q2 is indicated by "blue", "yellow" and "red" has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The second communication quality Q2 may be indicated by another color instead of "blue", "yellow" and "red".
Further, instead of the configuration in which the first communication quality Q1 is indicated by the vertical line of the antenna pictogram display and the second communication quality Q2 is indicated by the color, the first communication quality Q1 is indicated by the color and the second communication quality Q2 is indicated. May be configured to be indicated by a vertical line in the antenna pictogram display.

Each part of the communication terminal device 10 and the information distribution device 20 in each of the above embodiments may be realized by dedicated hardware, or may be realized by a memory and a microprocessor. May be good.

Each part of the communication terminal device 10 and the information distribution device 20 is composed of a memory and a CPU (central processing unit), and a program for realizing the functions of each part of the communication terminal device 10 and the information distribution device 20 is stored in the memory. The function may be realized by loading and executing the function.

Further, a program for realizing the functions of each part included in the communication terminal device 10 and the information distribution device 20 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read by the computer system and executed. The processing may be performed by doing so. The term "computer system" as used herein includes hardware such as an OS and peripheral devices.

In addition, the "computer system" includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, or a CD-ROM, or a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, a "computer-readable recording medium" is a communication line for transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line, and dynamically holds the program for a short period of time. In that case, it also includes the one that holds the program for a certain period of time, such as the volatile memory inside the computer system that becomes the server or client. Further, the above-mentioned program may be a program for realizing a part of the above-mentioned functions, and may be a program for realizing the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment and may be appropriately modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention. it can. The configurations described in each of the above-described embodiments may be combined.

10 ... Communication terminal device, 20 ... Information distribution device, 100 ... Control unit, 110 ... Radio wave condition acquisition unit, 120 ... Congestion state acquisition unit, 130 ... Communication quality determination unit, 131 ... Radio wave condition determination unit, 132 ... Congestion state determination Unit, 140 ... Display control unit, 200 ... Control unit, 210 ... Congestion state information generation unit, 220 ... Congestion state transmission unit, 600 ... Storage unit, DP ... Display unit, PI ... Priority display information, Q1 ... First communication quality , Q2 ... 2nd communication quality, RS ... Radio wave condition information, VT ... Congestion condition information, VD ... Display value

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A radio wave condition acquisition unit that acquires radio wave condition information indicating the state of the radio wave environment of the own terminal device,
A congestion status acquisition unit that acquires congestion status information indicating the congestion status of communication of the local terminal device,
A radio wave condition determination unit that determines the communication quality of the own terminal device based on the radio wave condition information acquired by the radio wave condition acquisition unit.
Based on the congestion state information acquired by the congestion state acquisition unit, the congestion state determination unit that determines the communication quality of the own terminal device, and the congestion state determination unit.
Based on the degree of discrepancy between the first communication quality, which is the communication quality of the own terminal device determined by the radio wave condition determination unit, and the second communication quality, which is the communication quality of the own terminal device determined by the congestion state determination unit. , A display control unit that controls the display of the display unit of the own terminal device,
Communication terminal device including. A radio wave condition acquisition unit that acquires radio wave condition information indicating the state of the radio wave environment of the own terminal device,
A congestion status acquisition unit that acquires congestion status information indicating the congestion status of communication of the local terminal device,
Based on the radio wave state information acquired by the radio wave state acquisition unit and the congestion state information acquired by the congestion state acquisition unit, the first communication quality and the own terminal which are the communication qualities related to the radio wave environment of the own terminal device. A communication quality determination unit that determines the second communication quality, which is the communication quality related to the congestion state of the device,
A display control unit that controls the display of the display unit included in the own terminal device based on the degree of deviation between the first communication quality determined by the communication quality determination unit and the second communication quality.
Communication terminal device including. The display control unit
When the first communication quality and the second communication quality deviate from each other, the first communication quality and
The communication terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein display information to be displayed by the display unit is generated based on at least one of the second communication qualities and displayed on the display unit. The degree of the deviation is any one of claims 1 to 3, which is indicated by whether or not the difference between the value indicating the first communication quality and the value indicating the second communication quality exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The communication terminal device according to claim 1. The display control unit
The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which controls the display of the display unit based on the priority display information indicating the information to be displayed preferentially. The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
A storage unit for storing the congestion information indicating the congestion state of the communication of the communication apparatus, a congestion transmission unit for transmitting the congestion information before Symbol communication terminal device, the information distribution device including a
Information distribution system equipped with . On the computer
The radio wave condition acquisition step to acquire the radio wave condition information indicating the state of the radio wave environment, and
A congestion status acquisition step for acquiring congestion status information indicating the degree of congestion of the network used for communication, and
A radio wave condition determination step for determining communication quality based on the radio wave condition information acquired by the radio wave condition acquisition step, and
A congestion state determination step for determining communication quality based on the congestion state information acquired by the congestion state acquisition step, and
The display of the display step is controlled based on the degree of deviation between the first communication quality, which is the communication quality determined by the radio wave condition determination step, and the second communication quality, which is the communication quality determined by the congestion state determination step. Display control steps and
Communication terminal program to execute.

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