JP6818279B2 - Information processing equipment, server equipment, public transportation usage guidance methods, computer programs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technology for guiding the use of public transportation such as trains and buses using an information processing device such as a mobile terminal.

In the conventional route search technology in public transportation such as trains and buses, it is essential for the user to input the "destination", and the route search cannot be performed unless the destination is determined. The public transportation that is the target of the route search entered by the user is only the route that the user knows. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a guidance information providing system that searches a route from a departure point to a destination according to a route search condition including a departure place, a destination, and a usage time.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-238980

However, depending on your current location, you may not be able to immediately determine where you are and which routes you can use public transport. In addition, it may be complicated to specify the destination. Users who are accustomed to boarding public transportation know the information of the route to the destination, and even if it is a transit station to the destination, as long as they get on the train of the route of the transit station, eventually It is normal to know that you can reach your destination.
If so, if you guide some routes of transit stations, propose transit stations to reach your destination, and allow the user to select one of the transit stations, you will not need to enter the destination in the first place. Increased convenience for users.

Based on the above background, the present invention recommends the route from the current location to the transit station in various patterns without imposing a burden on the user for inputting information, and as much as possible existing public transportation without using a taxi or the like. The main issue is to provide a mechanism that can promote the use of institutions.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a touch panel type display that accepts information input by touch operation, a sensor that detects the current location and the current time, a communication means that establishes a communication path between the server device, and control. The server device includes means and means, and the server device includes train stations and their positions, train route information and timetable information, shared bus stops and surrounding maps, bus timetable information, and transfer to any station. The holding means for holding the identification information of the transfer stop, which is a stop capable of the bus, and the holding means without waiting for the designation of the destination when the current location is detected by the sensor after the communication path is established by the communication means. To search for stations with a predetermined number or less that can be moved from the current location, calculate the expected arrival time when moving from the current location toward the specified station, and after the calculated estimated arrival time It has a search means for extracting the operation information of a train departing from the station from the timetable information, and the control means provides a bird's-eye view of the route including the station specified by the server device in the route. Generated based on the route information, the generated route bird's-eye view is displayed on the display together with the current location, and the estimated arrival time to the station is mapped and displayed for each station in the route bird's-eye view, and the touch operation is performed. When any station or the display area of the expected arrival time is specified, a route map from the current location to the nearest stop and the station is generated based on the surrounding map and the identification information of the transfer stop. Then, an information processing apparatus for switching and displaying this route map on the display is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to propose the usage routes of a plurality of public transportations that estimate the user's destination, wait for the user's designation, and perform the next processing, so that the efficiency that meets the user's demand can be met. Route search becomes possible. In addition, the use of public transportation can be promoted.

(A) and (b) are explanatory views of an information processing apparatus. Functional block diagram of the information processing device. Explanatory drawing of railroad information and shared bus information. Diagram of the procedure for processing public transportation information. An example diagram of a bird's-eye view of the route. An example diagram of a bird's-eye view of the route. An example diagram of a bird's-eye view of the route. An example diagram of a bird's-eye view of the route. An example diagram of a route map.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The public transportation usage guidance device of the present embodiment is realized by the information processing device executing a predetermined application program. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of such an information processing device. FIG. 1A is an external view of the information processing device 1, and FIG. 1B is a hardware configuration diagram of the information processing device 1. The information processing device 1 is realized by a portable computer such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The information processing device 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 13, a storage 14, a GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor 15, an input device 16, and a display 17. Be prepared. Each component is communicably connected via bus B.

The CPU 11 reads the start program from the ROM 13 and executes it to start the information processing device 1. Further, the CPU 11 reads the application program from the storage 14 and executes the RAM 12 in the work area to make the information processing device 1 function as a usage guidance device. The CPU 11 realizes a functional block described later by executing an application program.

The storage 14 is a large-capacity storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive). The storage 14 stores computer programs such as application programs installed in the information processing device 1 and various data. The GPS sensor 15 receives radio waves transmitted from GPS satellites and detects the current location and the current time. The input device 16 is an input button 161 (see FIG. 1A) and a position input device. The display 17 is an FPD (Flat Panel Display). The information processing device 1 includes, for example, a transparent sheet-shaped position input device as an input device 16 and provided on the display surface of the display 17 to provide a touch panel type display that accepts information input by touch operation.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the information processing device 1. In the present embodiment, each functional block is described as being realized by the CPU 11 executing an application program, but at least a part thereof may be realized by hardware. The information processing device 1 includes a position information acquisition unit 101, a time information acquisition unit 102, a route search engine 103, an operation information database (hereinafter referred to as “DB”) 104, a main control unit 105, an input control unit 106, and a display. It functions as a control unit 107.

The position information acquisition unit 101 acquires information representing the current location of the information processing device 1 detected by the GPS sensor 15 and stores it in the RAM 12. The time information acquisition unit 102 acquires information representing the current time detected by the GPS sensor 15 and stores it in the RAM 12.

The route search engine 103 accesses the operation information DB 104 and searches for a route without waiting for the user to specify the destination, triggered by the detection of the current location by the GPS sensor 15. The route search engine 103 searches for a predetermined number or less of boarding locations that can be moved from the current location, and calculates the estimated arrival time when moving from the current location toward the specified boarding location. The boarding place that can be moved from the current location to be searched is a railway station that can be moved from the current location on foot or by a shared bus. The route search engine 103 extracts operation information of public transportation departing from the boarding place after the calculated expected arrival time from the operation information DB 104. For example, the route search engine 103 extracts at least one of the destination and departure time of public transportation available from the boarding place after the expected arrival time and the route and type as operation information.

The operation information DB 104 holds railway information and shared bus information. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of railway information and shared bus information. Railway information includes boarding locations and locations of public transportation, route information, and timetable information. In the present embodiment, the boarding place of public transportation is represented by the station name on the railway line, and the position is represented by the position information (for example, longitude, latitude, address, etc.). The route information and timetable information are, for example, timetable information (including routes and timetables) for route search. The shared bus information includes a map of the shared bus stop and its surroundings, bus timetable information, and identification information of the transfer stop where it is possible to transfer to a boarding place such as a station.

Based on the railway information of the operation information DB 104, the route search engine 103 starts from the bus stop, which includes a station that can be moved on foot from the current location and a bus stop within the range that can be moved on foot from the current location. Search for the first station to arrive as a boarding place.
The route search engine 103 refers to the shared bus information of the operation information DB 104 when the movement from the current location to the boarding location includes boarding the shared bus. Based on the shared bus information, the route search engine 103 searches for the nearest stop from the current location where the shared bus including the transfer stop for moving to the boarding place stops. The route search engine 103 sets the current time as the walking time from the current location to the nearest stop specified as a result of the search, the boarding time from the stop to the first transfer stop, and the walking time from the transfer stop to the boarding place. To calculate the expected arrival time. The first transfer stop is, for example, the transfer stop that arrives first after boarding from the nearest stop when the shared bus route goes through a plurality of stations.
The route search engine 103 refers to the railway information of the operation information DB 104, and based on the route information and the timetable information, the destination and departure time of public transportation that can be used from the boarding place after the expected arrival time, and the route. And at least one of the types are extracted as operation information.

The route search engine 103 generates a route map from the current location to the nearest bus stop and a route map from the transfer stop to the boarding location when calculating the estimated arrival time at the boarding location. The route search engine 103 stores these generated route maps in the RAM 12 until the boarding location is specified by the user.

The main control unit 105 provides a public transportation usage guidance service to the user of the information processing device 1 by controlling the processing by each component and each function of the information processing device 1. The main control unit 105 generates a route bird's-eye view including a specified number or less of boarding locations in the route based on the route information.
The input control unit 106 receives a user's instruction or the like using the input device 16 and sends it to the main control unit 105. The main control unit 105 performs processing according to an instruction or the like acquired from the input control unit 106. The display control unit 107 displays an image on the display 17 under the control of the main control unit 105. In the present embodiment, the display control unit 107 displays an image related to the use guidance of public transportation, for example, a bird's-eye view of a route and a route map.

The main control unit 105 makes it possible to display the expected arrival time and the operation information in association with each boarding place on the bird's-eye view of the route. For example, the main control unit 105 maps and displays the estimated arrival time at the station for each station that serves as the boarding place, and displays the destination and departure time of the train departing from the station, and at least one of the route and type. Display in association with the expected arrival time.
When the user uses the input device 16 to specify one of the boarding locations or the display area of the expected arrival time from the route bird's-eye view, the main control unit 105 displays a route map from the current location to the designated boarding location. The display 17 is switched and displayed. The main control unit 105 may highlight the boarding place or the line including the boarding place in the bird's-eye view of the route. For example, the main control unit 105 highlights the route that is boarding the station at the boarding location in the bird's-eye view of the route, and displays only the station name that can be reached from the boarding location without the need for transfer. The setting of the highlighting mode can be instructed by the user, for example, by the input device 16.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the usage guidance processing of public transportation by the information processing device 1. By executing this process, the information processing device 1 searches for a station that can be moved from the current location while the user carrying the information processing device 1 is out, and obtains information about the transportation system available from the station. To provide. 5 to 9 are illustrations of a bird's-eye view of the route displayed on the display 17.

The information processing device 1 detects the current location and the current time by the GPS sensor 15 (S10). The detected current location and current time are sent from the GPS sensor 15 to the position information acquisition unit 101 and the time information acquisition unit 102. The position information acquisition unit 101 and the time information acquisition unit 102 store the acquired current location information and the current time information in the RAM 12.

The main control unit 105 instructs the route search engine 103 to search for the boarding location, triggered by the detection of the current location by the GPS sensor 15. First, the route search engine 103 searches for a station having a boarding location of a predetermined number or less that can be moved from the current location based on the information representing the current location stored in the RAM 12 (S11). The route search engine 103 accesses the operation information DB 104, refers to the railway information, and searches for a station name that can be moved from the current location. In the example of FIGS. 5 to 8, the star mark represents the current location. The search results of the station that will be the boarding place by the route search engine 103 are "Nakano Station", "Koenji Station", and "Nogata Station". In the present embodiment, an example of searching for three stations to be boarding places is shown, but more stations may be displayed as boarding places in an area where public transportation is sufficient such as a big city. Conversely, in areas where public transportation is not very well-developed, the number of boarding locations (stations) displayed will decrease.

The route search engine 103 calculates the estimated arrival time at the station that is the boarding place (S12). The route search engine 103 accesses the operation information DB 104, refers to the shared bus information, and calculates the estimated arrival time when the bus moves from the stop closest to the current location to each station that is the boarding location. As described above, the route search engine 103 determines the current time as the walking time from the current location to the nearest stop, the boarding time from the stop to the first transfer stop, and the walking time from the transfer stop to the station at the boarding location. And the total time is calculated as the estimated arrival time. If it is possible to move from the current location to the station where the boarding is to be carried out on foot, the route search engine calculates the estimated arrival time when walking. The permissible time for walking is preset. The user may input and set the allowable time by the input device 16. The estimated arrival time when walking is calculated according to the distance of the route from the current location to the station where the boarding is performed. Since the walking speed of a person is approximately 4 [km / h], the route search engine 103 calculates the estimated arrival time from the distance of the route from the current location to the station where the passenger is boarding and the walking speed. The route search engine 103 holds, for example, a table showing the relationship between the distance and the walking time, specifies the walking time according to the distance of the route from the current location to the boarding place, and walks at the current time. The estimated arrival time may be calculated by adding the time.

In the examples of FIGS. 5 to 8, the expected arrival time by bus to "Nakano Station" is "15:15", the expected arrival time by bus to "Koenji Station" is "15:18", and "Nokata Station". The expected arrival time by bus to "" is "15:10". In the example of FIG. 6, the expected arrival time by walking to "Nakano Station" is "15:20", the expected arrival time by walking to "Koenji Station" is "15:28", and "Nogata Station". The expected arrival time by walking to is "15:32". In this way, if it is possible to arrive at the boarding place by either bus or on foot, the estimated arrival times of both are displayed. If only one is a reasonable route, only one is displayed.

The route search engine 103 extracts operation information representing the departure time of public transportation departing from the station serving as the boarding place after the expected arrival time at each boarding place with reference to the operation information DB 104 (S13). The route search engine 103 refers to the railway information of the operation information DB 104, and extracts the departure time from the station which is each boarding place from the route information and the timetable information. In the example of FIG. 5, the extraction results of the departure times, train types, directions, destinations, etc. of the up and down directions of the stations that are the boarding locations are displayed.

The main control unit 105 generates a route bird's-eye view including the station as the boarding place in the route based on the search result and the operation information by the route search engine 103 (S14). The main control unit 105 causes the display control unit 107 to display the generated bird's-eye view of the route on the display 17 (S15). In this way, the display 17 displays a bird's-eye view of the route as illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 8.

FIG. 5 is a basic image of a bird's-eye view of the route, and displays the estimated arrival time at each station, the departure time of the first train that can be boarded at each station after arrival, the train type, the direction, and the destination. ..
FIG. 6 is a bird's-eye view of the route when the estimated arrival time is displayed when going to the station which is the boarding place by a shared bus and when going on foot. In this bird's-eye view of the route, the estimated arrival times of both stations are displayed for stations that can be reached by bus or on foot, and if only one is a reasonable route, only one is displayed. In the example of FIG. 6, since it is a rational route to move to "Nakano Station" by walking, the estimated arrival time by walking is displayed. For "Koenji Station" and "Nogata Station", both expected arrival times are displayed because they can be reached by both bus and walking.

FIG. 7 is a bird's-eye view of the route when the route that is on the station that is the boarding place is highlighted. This bird's-eye view of the line displays the station name and the line name that can be reached from the station that is the boarding place without requiring a transfer, and does not display the station name and the line name that require a transfer from the station. The route bird's-eye view displayed in this way can be presented to the user by emphasizing the stations that can be moved on the route to be boarded at the boarding location that can be moved from the current location.
FIG. 8 is a bird's-eye view of the route when the route entering the boarding place is not highlighted. This line bird's-eye view displays the station name and the line name that require a transfer from the station that is the boarding place. Therefore, the user can easily find a route to a destination that requires a transfer.

These route bird's-eye views can be switched by the user instructing using the input device 16. The main control unit 105 switches the route bird's-eye view displayed on the display 17 in response to an instruction.

From such a bird's-eye view of the route, the user of the information processing device 1 can select a transit station leading to the destination from the stations serving as boarding locations by the input device 16. Here, the case where the station name or the expected arrival time is selected by touch operation on the touch panel will be described, but the selection may be made by operating the input button 161. The main control unit 105 acquires the station name or the expected arrival time selected by the touch operation by the user from the input control unit 106 (S16). The main control unit 105 causes the display control unit 107 to display a route map from the current location to the selected transit station on the display 17 (S17). As described above, the route map is generated by the route search engine 103 when calculating the estimated arrival time at the boarding place and stored in the RAM 12. The main control unit 105 acquires a route map to the transit station from the RAM 12 and displays it on the display 17.

FIG. 9 is an example diagram of a route map. In the example of FIG. 9, "Nakano Station" is selected as the transit station, the route from the current location to the nearest stop, the destination and departure time of the shared bus to board at that stop, the name of the stop (transfer stop) to get off, and The estimated arrival time at the transfer stop and the expected arrival time at "Nakano Station" are displayed. If you do not board the shared bus, the route map will show the route on foot. If the distance from the current location to the transit station is long, a route map showing the route from the current location to the nearest stop and the route from the transfer stop to the transit station is displayed.

The information processing device 1 of the present embodiment as described above searches for a boarding place that can be moved from the current location without waiting for the user to specify the destination, and presents the information processing device 1 to the user including the estimated arrival time. The user selects a transit station to be used at his / her own discretion from the presented contents. The information processing device 1 presents the user with a movement route from the current location to the transit station according to the selection result. Therefore, the user can easily acquire the route to the transit station to the destination without inputting the destination.

In the above description, the route search engine 103 and the operation information DB 104 have been described as a configuration provided in the information processing device 1, but these may be provided in an external device such as a server. In this case, the information processing device 1 has a function of being able to communicate with an external device via a public network. The information processing device 1 transmits the detection result of the current location and the current time by the GPS sensor 15 to the external device via the public network. The information processing device 1 acquires search results and operation information from an external device via a public network, and generates a route bird's-eye view including a station as a boarding place in the route. When the user selects a transit station, the information processing device 1 transmits the selected transit station name to the external device via the public network. The external device transmits a route map according to the name of the transit station to the information processing device 1 via the public network. The information processing device 1 displays the route map acquired in this way on the display 17.

1 ... Information processing device, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... RAM, 13 ... ROM, 14 ... Storage, 15 ... GPS sensor, 16 ... Input device, 161 ... Input button, 17 ... Display, 101 ... Position information acquisition unit, 102 ... Time information acquisition unit, 103 ... Route search engine, 104 ... Operation information DB, 105 ... Main control unit, 106 ... Input control unit, 107 ... Display control unit

Claims (5)

It is equipped with a touch panel display that accepts information input by touch operation, a sensor that detects the current location and the current time, a communication means that establishes a communication path between the server device, and a control means.
The server device is a train station and its position, train route information and timetable information, a shared bus stop and its surrounding map, bus timetable information, and a transfer stop which is a stop capable of transferring to any station. After the communication path is established by the holding means for holding the identification information of the above and the communication means, the holding means is accessed without waiting for the designation of the destination when the current location is detected by the sensor, and the current location is used. Search for less than a predetermined number of stations that can be moved, calculate the estimated arrival time when moving from the current location toward the specified station, and for trains departing from that station after the calculated estimated arrival time. It has a search means for extracting operation information from the timetable information, and has.
The control means generates a route bird's-eye view including a station specified by the server device in the route based on the route information, displays the generated route bird's-eye view together with the current location on the display, and displays the route bird's-eye view. The estimated arrival time to the station is mapped and displayed for each station in the above station, and when any station or the display area of the expected arrival time is specified by the touch operation, the nearest stop from the current location and the station concerned. An information processing device that generates a route map up to the point based on the surrounding map and the identification information of the transfer stop, and switches and displays this route map on the display. A communication means that establishes a communication path between a touch panel display that accepts information input by touch operation and an information processing device equipped with a sensor that detects the current location and the current time.
Holds train stations and their locations, train route information and timetable information, shared bus stops and surrounding maps, bus timetable information, and identification information of transfer stops that can be transferred to any station Holding means to
After the communication path is established by the communication means, the holding means is accessed without waiting for the designation of the destination when the current location is detected by the sensor, and a predetermined number of stations or less that can be moved from the current location are reached. Search and calculate the expected arrival time when moving from the current location toward the station specified by this, and extract the operation information of trains departing from the station after the calculated estimated arrival time from the timetable information. Search means to do
The search result and the operation information are transmitted to the information processing apparatus to display a bird's-eye view of the route including the specified station in the route on the display together with the current location, and for each station in the bird's-eye view of the route. When the expected arrival time to a station is mapped and displayed, and any station or the display area of the expected arrival time is specified by the touch operation, a route map from the current location to the nearest bus stop and the station. Is provided based on the surrounding map and the identification information of the transfer stop, and the generated route map is transmitted to the information processing apparatus to be switched and displayed on the display.
Server device. A method executed between an information processing device equipped with a touch panel type display that accepts information input by touch operation and a sensor that detects the current location and the current time, and a server device that can communicate with the information processing device. There,
The information processing device or the server device can transfer to any station such as a train station and its position, train route information and timetable information, a shared bus stop and its surrounding map, and bus timetable information. A holding process that holds the identification information of the transfer stop, which is a stop,
With the detection of the current location by the sensor of the information processing device as an opportunity, the stored information is accessed without waiting for the designation of the destination, and a predetermined number or less of stations that can be moved from the current location are searched for. A search process that calculates the estimated arrival time when moving from the current location toward the specified station, and extracts the operation information of trains departing from the station after the calculated estimated arrival time from the timetable information.
A route bird's-eye view including the specified station in the route is generated based on the route information, the generated route bird's-eye view is displayed on the display together with the current location, and each station in the route bird's-eye view is sent to the station. When the expected arrival time is mapped and displayed, and any station or the display area of the expected arrival time is specified by the touch operation, the route map from the current location to the nearest bus stop and the station is displayed. A control process that generates a map based on the surrounding map and the identification information of the transfer stop and switches this route map to the display.
A method of guiding the use of public transportation, which is characterized by having. A computer program for operating a computer having a communication function as the information processing device according to claim 1. A computer program for operating a computer having a communication function as the server device according to claim 2.