JP6952332B2 - Information processing system, information processing program, information processing device, and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing program, an information processing device, and an information processing method.

When a user wants to go to a specific destination, he / she may search for a bus route by specifying the destination. Conventionally, the search for a bus route has been to search for the nearest bus stop at a destination designated by a user and display information such as a bus route passing through the bus stop.

However, especially in the city center where the railway network is well developed, users who use the bus to the destination often use the railway to go to the railway station, where they change to a fixed-route bus and head for the destination. And such users often know how to get to the train station. In such a case, it is desired to provide the user with information on a railway station that can reach the bus stop near the destination, rather than providing information on the bus stop near the destination.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-176018

Therefore, the present invention provides information on railway stations that can be boarded on a bus route that reaches a destination.

The information processing system according to one embodiment is a destination receiving means that accepts designation of only a destination or a destination area as point information from a user, and an arrival bus that is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area. Information on bus route information acquisition means for acquiring route information, railway station information acquisition means for acquiring information on railway stations that can use the arrival bus route, and information on railway stations that can use the arrival bus route. It is provided with an output means for outputting the including output information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve convenience when using a bus by providing information on a railway station where a bus route reaching a destination can be boarded.

The block diagram which shows the function of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows the search display screen of the destination which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the operation of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The flowchart which shows another example of the operation of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows another example of the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows another example of the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows another example of the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows another example of the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the operation of the information processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the operation of the information processing system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. The figure which shows the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the operation of the information processing system which concerns on 4th Embodiment. The figure which shows the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 4th Embodiment. The figure which shows the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 5th Embodiment. The figure which shows the search result display of the information processing system which concerns on 6th Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. In each figure, components having the same function are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description of the components having the same reference numerals will not be repeated.

(First Embodiment)
The information processing system according to the present embodiment searches for and outputs a railway station that can transfer to a bus route that can reach the destination when it receives an input of the destination from the user. In the following description, the destination may be point information indicating not only a certain point but also a destination area indicating a predetermined range. More details will be given below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a function of the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 includes a terminal device 2 and a server 3. The terminal device 2 and the server 3 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via the network 4. At least a part of the terminal device 2 and the server 3 can be realized by a computer. The network 4 is, for example, an Internet line, which may be a wired line or a wireless line, regardless of the type or form of the line.

The terminal device 2 is a device used by a user, and is, for example, an information processing terminal such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a personal computer, or a tablet terminal. The terminal device 2 includes a control unit 21, a communication unit 22, a storage unit 23, an operation unit 24, and a display unit 25.

The control unit 21 includes a destination reception unit 211 and an information output unit 212, and controls the terminal device 2. It should be noted that each part of the control unit 21 may be one in which the processor in the terminal device 2 executes a predetermined program and the processing by the software is concretely realized by using the hardware resources, or is implemented. It may be realized by the hardware itself. Further, it may be provided with a unit having another function of controlling the terminal device 2.

The destination reception unit 211 functions as a destination reception means for receiving input and designation of a destination from the user. The user inputs via the operation unit 24 of the terminal device 2 or the input device connected to the terminal device 2. The input destination is accepted by the destination reception unit 211. A destination is a point where a user wants to know how to get there using a bus route, and is information that can identify the point. For example, information that can identify a location such as an address, a building, a telephone number, a company, a hospital, a park, a store, a store name, a resort, an area, or a landmark.

The information output unit 212 outputs information to the display unit 25 based on the information output from the server 3. More specifically, the information received from the server 3 is converted into a video signal or a character signal and output to the display unit 25. The information output unit 212 may convert the information into an audio signal and output the information via a speaker or the like.

The communication unit 22 is an interface for transmitting and receiving information between the control unit 21 and the server 3 via the network 4. The storage unit 23 stores a program for operating the control unit 21 and data handled by the control unit 21, for example, destination data and user data. The operation unit 24 is an interface for a user to input information to the terminal device 2, and is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, or the like. The display unit 25 is a video display means such as a liquid crystal display, and outputs various information from the terminal device 2 to the user. When the operation unit 24 is a touch panel, the operation unit 24 may also serve as the display unit 25.

The server 3 is a device that performs a search based on an input from a user, and includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a communication unit 33.

The control unit 31 includes a railway station information acquisition unit 311 and a bus route information acquisition unit 312, and controls the server 3. It should be noted that each part of the control unit 31 may or is implemented so that the processor in the server 3 executes a predetermined program and the processing by the software is concretely realized by using the hardware resources. It may be realized by the hardware itself. Further, another unit that controls the server 3 may be provided.

The railway station information acquisition unit 311 searches based on the destination information transmitted from the terminal device 2 via the network 4 and the data stored in the storage unit 32, and the bus route that can reach the destination. Get available train station information. The railway station information acquisition unit 311 searches from the data stored in the storage unit 32 based on the conditions, and acquires the information of the railway station satisfying the conditions. The railway station information is, for example, information such as the name of the railway station and the name of the railway line passing through the railway station. As a specific condition, it is necessary to be within a predetermined range (within the first range) from the destination, or to change to a bus route operating from the destination to a bus stop within a predetermined range. There is a condition that it is possible. More details will be described in the operation description described later.

Here, a railway station that can use a bus route that can reach the destination means, for example, a railway station that can transfer to a bus route that can reach the destination. Transferable means a situation in which you can get on and off the bus line at the railway station. This means, for example, that there is a bus stop within 200 m from the railway station, or there is a bus stop within 5 minutes on foot. 200m and 5 minutes are examples, and are not limited to this. If the bus line that can reach the destination does not pass through the train station, the distance between the bus stop closest to the train station and the train station may be 500 m. It can be said that it can be used even if you can come and go within 10 minutes on foot. In this way, even if it is not possible to directly transfer to a bus route that can reach the destination, the case where it is possible to reach a railway station that is generally within walking distance may be included.

The bus route information acquisition unit 312 searches based on the destination information transmitted from the terminal device 2 via the network 4 and the data stored in the storage unit 32, and the bus route that can reach the destination. Get information on the arrival bus route. The bus route information acquisition unit 312 searches from the data stored in the storage unit 32 based on the conditions, and acquires the information of the bus route satisfying the conditions. The bus route information is information for the user to uniquely recognize the bus route, and is, for example, information such as a departure point, a waypoint, a destination, and / or a systematic name of the bus route. Specific conditions include the condition that the bus routes available at the railway station acquired by the railway station information acquisition unit 311 are within the predetermined range (within the second range) of the destination, or the condition from the destination. Conditions such as bus routes operating from bus stops within the range of. This search condition will be described in more detail in the operation description described later, similarly to the search condition of the railway station information acquisition unit 311. Both the first range and the second range represent a predetermined range from the destination, but the first range indicates the range from the destination to the railway station, etc., and the second range is from the destination to the bus stop, etc. It differs in that it indicates the range of.

The storage unit 32 is a database that stores various data, and includes a route database 321. The storage unit 32 can be configured by any storage device such as a hard disk or a non-volatile semiconductor memory (SSD or the like). Further, although the storage unit 32 is assumed to be in the server 3 in the drawing, it is communicably connected to the information processing system 1 as a database server different from the control unit 31 or as an independent server as a file server. It may be provided in another device.

The route database 321 is a database used when searching for railway station information and searching for bus route information. This route database 321 may include only bus route information of a predetermined bus operator as bus route information, or may include bus route information of a plurality of operators. good. When the information on the bus routes of a plurality of operators is provided, it is possible to use the same database as the general railway route information search or the more general route information search. On the other hand, if the information includes only bus route information limited to the specified bus operator, it is possible to reduce the data storage capacity and speed up the search when providing the service for the specified bus operator. It is possible.

Furthermore, this route database 321 does not necessarily have to include railway station timetables, railway-to-railway transfer information, and other railway station route information, and railway station information and bus routes. It suffices to have the information of. In addition to this, the route database 321 may further include at least one of a map information database and a POI (Point Of Interest) information database.

When the map database and the POI database are provided, they may be stored in a storage location different from the route database 321. The map information database is used for display or for point search such as latitude / longitude search. The POI information database is used for point search such as free word search and category search.

The communication unit 33 receives the information about the destination output from the terminal device 2, and outputs the information acquired by the control unit 31 to the terminal device 2. The information acquired by the control unit 31 is at least information including railway station information, and may be information including bus route information, information around the railway station, and the like.

Next, an example of the search screen display of the terminal device 2 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 25 of the terminal device 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 25 includes a destination input area 251, a search button 252, and a search result display area 253.

The destination input area 251 is an area that receives input of a destination from the user. The destination may be input by character input, for example, by the user indicating by clicking the mouse or tapping the touch panel on the map, or by voice input. good. When inputting characters, the name and address of the facility may be input, or other information such as a telephone number that is associated with the destination may be input. When clicking or tapping, the name of the facility, etc. around the position specified by the user, or the address, latitude / longitude, etc. around the specified position may be displayed in the destination input area 251. good. Further, the name of the facility or the like may be displayed on the map in advance as shown in FIG. 2, and the facility name on the map may be specified by the user.

The search button 252 is a button that outputs a destination to the destination reception unit 211 of the control unit 21 when pressed after inputting the destination. The pressing may be performed by clicking the mouse or by tapping. As another example, the search button 252 is not always essential, and mouse gestures, flicks, swipes, and other actions in a predetermined direction on the touch panel, vibrations to the terminal device 2, and actions such as voice instructions. Therefore, the operation equivalent to pressing the search button 252 may be performed.

Further, the destination input area 251 may also serve as the destination reception unit 211. For example, the destination is determined at the timing when the destination input to the destination input area 251 in the Japanese character input means is determined. The destination information may be transmitted from the reception unit 211 to the server via the communication unit 22. In this case, when the destination is determined in the destination input area 251, the railway station search may be automatically started and the search result may be displayed. If the destination is ambiguous, the candidate site may be searched from the database so that the user can select it. In the case of a language other than Japanese, for example, the candidate site may be output when a blank character is input.

The search result display area 253 is an area for displaying the search result. For example, as shown in FIG. 5 described later, it is an area in which a map of the surrounding area is displayed and the search result is displayed so that it can be clearly seen on the map. In addition, this area may be used when the user searches for a destination as well as an area for displaying the search result. For example, as described above, when the user points to the map and inputs the destination, the destination may be specified using the map shown in the search result display area 253.

Next, a specific operation will be described. Hereinafter, a case of searching for a railway station capable of transferring to a bus route to XX hospital, which is shown in the search result display area 253 shown in FIG. 2, will be described. In the example of FIG. 2, there are railway lines on the north side and the south side, respectively, around the XX hospital, and there are stations from A station to G station. In such a situation, the flow of processing will be explained when the destination is XX Hospital. For convenience, the direction of the map is said to be north on the upper side, but it is not limited to this. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation until the search result according to the present embodiment is displayed.

First, the destination reception unit 211 displays the input screen, receives and acquires the information of the destination input and specified by the user (step S10). As described above, the destination may be received by the destination reception unit 211 at the timing when the search button 252 in FIG. 2 is pressed, or the destination reception unit 211 may receive the destination at the timing when the destination input area 251 is input. You may accept the destination.

Next, the terminal device 2 receives the destination information received by the destination reception unit 211, and transmits the acquired destination information to the server 3 via the communication unit 22 (step S11).

Next, the server 3 searches for the destination (step S20). The search for the destination is performed based on the information stored in the storage unit 32. The information obtained here is, for example, information such as an address and latitude / longitude. Further, when the input destination information is ambiguous, the search may be performed so as to further narrow down by presenting the candidate site to the user as described above.

Next, the railway station information acquisition unit 311 of the server 3 acquires the railway stations around the destination (step S21). The railway station around the destination means a railway station within the first range, for example, within a radius of 2 km from the destination. The first range is not limited to a radius of 2 km, and may be 5 km or 1 km.

Further, it may be set short in the city center, for example, 2 km, and set long in the suburbs, for example, 7 km or 10 km. Further, the distance may be set so as to be determined by the density of the railway network or the density of the railway station, instead of distinguishing between the central part and the suburbs. Furthermore, the distance is not limited, and the surrounding area may be searched while gradually increasing the distance from the destination, and 5 stations may be selected from the closest station. That is, the first range referred to here may be not only the distance but also the number of stations.

Furthermore, the range may be specified by the time that can be reached on foot. For example, it may be within a 5-minute walk, or within a 10-minute walk. In this case, the walking speed may be specified or may be set to a predetermined value (for example, 5 km / h). When the walking speed can be specified, the walking speed may be specified from, for example, "slow" (4 km / h), "standard" (5 km / h), and "sekaseka" (6 km / h). In addition, the search may be performed based on whether or not there is a route that can be reached on foot.

Next, the bus route information acquisition unit 312 searches for a bus route that can be used at the railway station acquired by the railway station information acquisition unit 311 (step S22). In this embodiment, in this way, the railway station is first searched, and then the bus routes available at the railway station are searched. The search for this bus is performed by an average search. The average search is a search method for performing a route search without specifying a time, and refers to a search for acquiring an average value such as a required time.

As another search method, as shown in FIG. 4, the bus route may be searched by narrowing down to a predetermined bus operator (step S22A). By doing so, it is possible to provide a service for a predetermined bus operator while using a general-purpose database.

Next, the bus route information acquisition unit 312 determines whether or not the searched bus route includes a bus route that can reach the destination (step S23). Here, the fact that a bus route can reach a destination means that among the bus stops on the bus route, there is a bus stop that is a distance that can be actually walked to the destination, for example, a distance of 200 m or 500 m from the destination. Say to do. This distance may be user-configurable. Further, it may be lengthened or shortened depending on the density of bus routes around the destination. Also, it may be a distance, not a distance.

In the following description, a bus route that can reach the destination is referred to as an arrival bus route. As a arrival bus route, it is also possible to search for a bus route that does not cause a transfer between buses from a railway station to a bus stop that can reach the destination.

Further, in the search, the traveling direction of the bus may be considered. That is, even if the bus routes are of the same system, the bus stops that stop may differ depending on the outbound route and the inbound route. In such a case, although the bus stops as a bus route, it may not stop at the bus stop around the destination because the direction of travel is opposite.

For example, in Fig. 2, the bus from B station to C station can reach XX Hospital, but even if the bus is of the same system, the bus from C station to B station uses a different road. ○○ The hospital may not be reachable. In some cases, they operate on partially different routes, and in other cases, they operate on completely different routes, such as so-called circular buses.

In such a case, since it is not possible to reach the destination from the C station by the bus of the system, the station C may not be searched as a railway station where the accessible bus can be boarded. In this way, the railway stations that can transfer to the arrival bus route may be extracted in consideration of the traveling direction of the arrival bus route. That is, in consideration of the traveling direction of the bus route, only the railway station on the front side of the traveling direction with respect to the destination can be set as the search condition.

When there is an arrival bus route (step S23: Yes), the railway station information acquisition unit 311 acquires information on the railway stations that can use the arrival bus route (step S24). At the same time, the bus route information acquisition unit 312 acquires the arrival bus route information. The arrival bus route information may be acquired at the timing of searching for the bus route in step S22. The arrival bus route information mentioned here is the bus system, the destination of the bus, the name of the bus stop that can reach the destination, the bus boarding time from the railway station to the bus stop, and the approximate distance from the bus stop to the destination. It is information including the walking time of.

Next, the server 3 transmits and outputs the railway station and arrival bus route information acquired in step S24 to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 33 (step S25). On the other hand, when the arrival bus route cannot be acquired in step S23 (step S23: No), the server 3 outputs to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 33 that there is no corresponding railway station. You may do so. In this way, it is also possible to cancel the processing waiting state in the terminal device 2 by notifying that there is no corresponding railway station.

Next, the information output unit 212 of the terminal device 2 provides output information including information on the railway station and the railway station that can use the arrival bus route based on the arrival bus route information output from the server 3 via the communication unit 22. Is output (step S12). FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display in which the search result is output. The search result is displayed as shown in the search result display 254 on the map displayed in the search result display area 253, for example, as shown in FIG. The terminal device 2 may store the received railway station and bus information in the storage unit 23.

As a result of the search, the destination, the address of the destination, the railway station where the reachable bus is available, the bus operator, the bus system, the approximate time from the boarding stop to the getting off stop, the name of the bus stop to get off, and getting off. Information such as the walking time since then is displayed. Not limited to this information, destination phone number, facsimile number, information around the railway station, bus fare, bus destination (name of bus route), stop to get off stop, each stop from the railway station Information such as the operating kilometers of the bus may be displayed.

For example, in FIG. 5, the name and address of the destination are first described. Below that, the station names of B station, F station, and G station, which are railway stations where you can get on the arrival bus route, are output. In addition to each railway station, the name of the bus operator (☆☆ bus), the name of the system that can reach the destination of the bus operator (○ 13, ○ 14, etc.), the bus boarding time, the name of the stop, and the disembarkation Information on the walking time since then is described. That is, guidance information regarding the arrival bus route as described above is displayed for each railway station.

From station B, you can reach your destination, XX Hospital, by taking the XX, XX, and XX 15 buses. The routes to the XX hospital, which is the stop for getting off, are the same for the XX 13 system and the XX 14 system, and they arrive in about 5 minutes. After getting off in front of the hospital, you will reach your destination in 1 minute on foot. On the other hand, since the route to the XX hospital is different from the above two systems, the XX 15 system arrives at the XX hospital front stop in about 10 minutes. In this way, if the routes are the same for each system, they may be displayed together, and if they are different routes, they may be displayed separately.

The same applies to the display for F station and G station. In other words, from F station, the ☆☆ bus lines ○ 14 and △ 05 are the arrival bus routes, and it takes about 8 minutes to reach the stop in front of the ○○ hospital, and you can reach your destination in 1 minute on foot after getting off. .. From G station, ☆ ☆ bus ☆ 10 is the arrival bus route, and it takes 16 minutes to reach the □□ high school stop, which is the nearest bus stop to the destination on ☆ 10 bus, and □□ from the high school stop to the destination. It is said that it will take 3 minutes on foot to reach the hospital.

In this way, when a plurality of railway stations capable of transferring to the arrival bus route are searched, guidance information such as arrival bus route information may be output for each station. The sort order of these stations can also be changed arbitrarily. For example, the order of the number of arrival bus routes, the order of the number of arrival bus routes, the order of railway stations including the arrival bus route with a short total time to the destination, and the short walk time after getting off. The service provider may set the order of the railway stations including the bus route, and the route that is not congested on average in terms of the occupancy rate may be set by the service provider, or the user may set it. Alternatively, it is possible to preferentially display the stations of the railway line related to the bus operator.

Further, although only the systematic name is displayed in FIG. 5, there may be a plurality of destinations even if the system is the same, and the destination may not reach the destination. In preparation for such a case, the destination of the bus may be displayed together with the systematic name.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the search result display. In addition to the search result display in FIG. 5, the display emphasizes the railway stations where it is possible to transfer to the arrival bus route. More specifically, by highlighting 255B, 255F, and 255G so as to surround B station, F station, and G station, the position of the railway station and the name of the railway station are displayed more clearly to the user. It is possible. In addition to the display surrounded by a square like this, the name of the relevant railway station is blinked, the relevant railway station is displayed in a different color from other stations, and only the relevant railway station is highlighted with a marker. However, the method is not limited to these methods, and other emphatic displays may be used. By displaying in this way, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the user overlooks the corresponding railway station.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing still another example of the search result display 254. In FIG. 7, as the search result display 254, the platform guidance information and the timetable information can be separately displayed as an example of the above-mentioned information that is insufficient with the information such as the railway station.

The platform guide button 256 is a button that displays platform guide information at each railway station when pressed. The platform guidance information at each railway station may be a list displayed in a text table format, or a map around each railway station may be displayed to visually guide the platform. .. In FIG. 7, the platform of the arrival bus route is not displayed as the information of the railway station, but in such a case, when the platform guidance button is pressed, a map of the area around the railway station is displayed, and the arrival bus is displayed on it. It is also possible to prominently display the platform where you can board the route.

The timetable button 257 is a button that displays the timetable of each arrival bus when pressed. The timetable display may display a list for each railway station or system, or may display a timetable for the system specified by the user. When displaying a list for each railway station or system, the user can more flexibly select from a wide selection range from which railway station to board the arrival bus.

Not only this information is displayed in the form of a button, but for example, when a railway station displayed in the search result display 254 is clicked or tapped, the bus stop information and timetable information of the railway station are displayed. Alternatively, if a bus operator is selected, information on the bus of the bus operator may be displayed, and if a system name is selected, information on the bus of the system may be displayed. When a railway station is selected, information such as a restaurant, a post office, a convenience store, or an ATM of a bank may be displayed along with a map of the area around the railway station.

When the railway station and bus information is stored in the storage unit 23, the new information described above may be output to the display unit 25 by acquiring necessary information from the information. good. Alternatively, if the information is not stored in the storage unit 23, the server 3 may be inquired to acquire the information required by the user and displayed on the display unit 25.

Further, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show another example as a method of displaying the search result. The map is not displayed in the search result display area 253 in FIGS. 8 and 9, and the search result is displayed as text data. As described above, the method of displaying the search result according to the present embodiment may be a display in which the map is not displayed.

In the example of FIG. 8, the search result is displayed for each railway station. The information about the B station in the search result is displayed in the search result display area 253B, the information about the F station is displayed in the search result display area 253F, and the information about the G station is displayed in the search result display area 253G. The search results include railway stations, bus stops available at railway stations, stops where you can board the arriving bus route, the system of the arriving bus route, the boarding time to the stop you get off, the walking time after getting off, and The fare is displayed.

For example, paying attention to the search result of the B station, at the B station of the railway, it is possible to get on the arrival bus route from the bus stop called the B stop. At stop B, buses of ○ 13, ○ 14, and ○ 15 are the arrival bus routes, and for each of them, the bus boarding time, the name of the stop to get off, the walking time after getting off, the fare, and , The boarding area information that can be boarded is displayed. When the routes are the same, such as ○ 13 system and ○ 14 system, they may be collectively displayed as the same information. Moreover, not only the systematic name but also the destination may be displayed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a landing guide button 256B and a timetable button 257B may be installed in the search result display area 253B. Of course, as described in FIG. 7, links may be provided to railway stations, systems, landings, etc., and the information may be displayed at a selected timing. In the above, only B station has been described, but the same applies to F station and G station. Further, the sort order of B station, F station, and G station can be arbitrarily set as in the above description.

FIG. 9 is yet another example of the search result information. In FIG. 9, in addition to the above-mentioned railway station information, the time of the first bus and the time of the last bus are displayed. In the search result display area 253 related to each railway station, the time of the first bus, the time of the last bus, and the like are displayed together with information on the railway station, the stop, the system, and the like, as in the above-mentioned example.

For example, in the search result display area 253B displaying information related to station B, the time of the first bus, the time of the last bus, and ○ for each arrival bus route from the B stop to the ○○ hospital. ○ The time of the last bus departing from the hospital is displayed. In this way, it is possible to display the time of the first train and the last train in addition to the information of FIG. This makes it possible to further improve the convenience of the user.

In FIG. 9, since the amount of information to be displayed is diverse, the information about the G station is not displayed. In such a case, the scroll bar 258 can be added to the display area. Of course, the present invention is not limited to FIG. 9, and the scroll bar 258 may be installed in FIGS. 5 to 8.

As described above, according to the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, when the user specifies a destination, a railway station that can transfer to a bus route that can reach the destination is searched for, and the information is output. It becomes possible to do. By displaying the information of the railway station to the user, it is possible to present the arrival bus route information that does not depend on the railway route information and does not narrow the selection range of the arrival bus route. Furthermore, since the search is performed from the railway station around the destination, the railway station around the destination is efficiently searched, and it is suppressed to display the route that extremely increases the time to get on the bus as the search result. You can also do it.

As described above, according to the information processing system according to the present embodiment, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user in searching for the arrival bus route. Furthermore, by searching for a railway station from the destination, the user is encouraged to select a railway station that can reach the destination, and for bus routes that tend to be more complicated than the railway network, the arrival bus route By searching for a railway station where you can transfer to, it also has the effect of promoting the easy use of buses.

Further, as described above, it is also possible to narrow down the bus operators to perform the search, and by narrowing down the search in this way, it is possible to use a general-purpose database. In this case, since the search is performed by limiting the operators, it is possible to speed up the search and reduce resources. Further, in the search according to the present embodiment, the information on the railway network is not required, and at least the information on the railway station is required in addition to the information on the bus route, so that it is possible to reduce the resources from that point as well.

(Second Embodiment)
In the above-described first embodiment, the information processing system for searching for a railway station that can use the arrival bus route by searching from the railway station has been described, but in the present embodiment, the area around the destination (second). The method of searching from the bus stop (within the range) will be explained.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to the present embodiment. The processing up to step S11 in the terminal device 2 and the processing up to step S20 in the server 3 are the same as those in the first embodiment described above, and thus will be omitted.

After searching for the destination, the server 3 subsequently searches for a bus stop around the destination (step S21B). The bus stop around the destination is searched based on the POI information stored in the storage unit 32, that is, the information around the place of interest and the map information. The bus stop around the destination means a bus stop within the second range, for example, within a radius of 200 m from the destination. The second range is not limited to a radius of 200 m, and may be 500 m or 100 m. As described above, in the present embodiment, the bus stop is searched first, that is, the search is performed from the arrival bus route, instead of searching for the railway station first.

Further, this second range may be set short in the city center, for example, 100 m, and long in the suburbs, for example, 500 m or 1 km, as in the first range. Further, the distance may be set so that the distance is determined by the density of the bus route network and the density of the bus stop, instead of distinguishing between the central part and the suburbs. Further, the distance is not limited, and the surrounding area may be searched while gradually increasing the distance from the destination, and two stops may be selected from the closest one. Further, the walking time from the destination may be limited to 5 minutes or less, 10 minutes or less, and so on. That is, the second range may be a range limited not only by the distance but also by the number of bus stops and the walking time as in the first range.

Next, the bus route information acquisition unit 312 searches for bus routes that can be boarded at the bus stop by average search (step S22), and searches for bus routes that can be used at the railway station from among those bus routes (step S22). Step S23B). That is, from the bus route searched in step S22, a bus route having a bus stop available at the railway station is extracted.

Next, the railway station information acquisition unit 311 acquires the railway station information from the acquired bus route information, and when there is a bus route passing through the railway station, that is, the railway station information acquisition unit 311 acquires the railway station information. In the case (step S23: Yes), the server 3 acquires the railway station and bus route information (step S24) and outputs the information to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 33. The terminal device 2 that has received the railway station and bus route information via the communication unit 22 displays the search result on the display unit 25 by the information output unit 212. That is, the subsequent processing is the same as that of the first embodiment described above. On the other hand, even when there is no bus route passing through the railway station (step S23: No), the same processing as in the first embodiment is performed.

Also in this embodiment, the display of the search result is the same as that in the first embodiment described above. That is, it is possible to display the search results as shown in FIGS. 5 to 9.

As described above, the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment also searches for a railway station that can transfer to a bus route that can reach the destination when the user specifies the destination, and outputs the information. It becomes possible. Further, according to the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, in order to search for the arrival bus route from the bus stop around the destination, the bus can get off at the bus stop around the destination and get on at the railway station. It is possible to present the user with a bus that can be used. Compared with the first embodiment described above, not only the surrounding railway stations but also the railway stations farther than the information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment are searched, so that the user can select more. It is possible to expand.

(Third Embodiment)
In the above-described embodiment, the information processing system 1 that outputs the information of the railway station that can get on the bus route that can reach the destination has been described, but in the present embodiment, the taxi is used instead of the bus. The case of getting on the bus will be described.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the present embodiment. The processing up to step S11 in the terminal device 2 and the processing up to step S21 in the server 3 are the same processing as in the first embodiment described above.

After acquiring the railway station within the first range from the destination, the control unit 31 of the server 3 searches for taxi information (step S22C). The taxi information refers to the information regarding getting on and off the taxi at the railway station acquired in step S21. For example, information on taxi pools, information on the average number of waiting taxis, and the like.

Next, based on the taxi information, it is determined whether or not there is a railway station that satisfies a predetermined condition (step S23C). The predetermined conditions are, for example, the estimated time to the destination, the estimated charge to the destination, whether or not there is a taxi pool, the average number of waiting taxis, the straight line distance to the destination, and the like. Information on taxi rides other than these may be used.

When there is a railway station satisfying a predetermined condition (step S23C: Yes), the railway station information acquisition unit 311 acquires the information of the railway station. The information on the railway station may include information on the taxi, such as the presence or absence of a taxi pool and the location information of the taxi stand, in addition to the name of the railway station. Further, as in the above-described embodiment, the information may include information on facilities around the railway station.

Next, the server 3 transmits and outputs the railway station information to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 33 (step S25C). The railway station information output by the server 3 is received by the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 22. The information output unit 212 of the terminal device 2 outputs the received railway station information to the display unit 25 (step S12C).

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of displaying the search result according to the present embodiment. The rough display is the same as in FIG. The search result display 254 in the search result display area 253 is the search result of the taxi. In the example of FIG. 12, the information of the railway station is output in the order of the shortest taxi boarding time. The sort order of railway stations is not limited to the boarding time, and may be sorted based on information that there is a taxi pool and it is easy to board a taxi.

Further, the displayed information is also the time when the taxi is on in FIG. 12, but the information is not limited to this, and may be information on the presence or absence of a taxi pool and the landing. The information on the platform is, for example, when there are multiple exits at a railway station, which exit is convenient for reaching the destination, which exit has a shorter boarding time, or Information such as whether the charge is cheap. Usability may be improved by outputting such information.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in addition to the search for a railway station that reaches the destination by using a fixed-route bus, the convenience of the user is improved in the case of reaching the destination by using a taxi. It is possible to do.

(Modified example of the third embodiment)
Further, not only taxi information but also bus information may be output together. For example, when the number of arriving bus routes is less than a predetermined number, information about a taxi may be output. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing flow according to an example of the embodiment in which taxi information is output together with bus information.

The process from the terminal device 2 receiving the input of the destination from the user to transmitting the destination information to the server 3 is the same as in each of the above-described embodiments.

The server 3 that has acquired the destination information via the communication unit 33 searches for the destination (step S30). This search process is also the same as the process of step S20 in each of the above-described embodiments.

Next, the control unit 31 of the server 3 searches for a bus route (step S31). The search process may be a search from the railway station information as in the first embodiment, or may be a search from the information of the bus stop around the destination as in the second embodiment.

After the search for the railway station information and the arrival bus route information is completed, the control unit 31 determines whether or not the number of arrival bus routes acquired by the search is equal to or greater than a predetermined number (step S32). The predetermined number means, for example, a predetermined number of 1, 2, or more. This may be set by the service provider due to restrictions such as the number of displays, or may be specified by the user. For example, if the predetermined number is 1, the taxi information will be output when there is no arrival bus route, and if the arrival bus route is 2, the taxi information will be output even if there is only one arrival bus route. It becomes.

Here, an example of comparing the number of arriving bus routes with a predetermined number has been given, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, taxi information may be output based on the number of searched railway stations. In this case, if the predetermined number is set to 1, taxi information is output when no railway station is searched, and if the predetermined number is set to 2, taxi information is output even when only one railway station is searched. It will be output. In the following, an example of comparing the predetermined number with the arrival bus route will be described, but the same processing can be performed when comparing the predetermined number with the railway station.

When a predetermined number or more of bus route information is searched (step S32: Yes), the server 3 performs the same processing as the above-mentioned search result and outputs the search result to the terminal device 2 (step S34, step S35). ). The processing of steps S34 and S35 is the same as the processing of steps S24 and S25 of the above-described embodiment.

On the other hand, when the bus route information has not been searched for more than a predetermined number (step S33: No), the server 3 shifts to the taxi information search process (step S33). The process of step S33 is the same process as the taxi search process according to the third embodiment described above. After the taxi search process, the server 3 acquires the railway station information and transmits the railway station information to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 33 (step S34, step S35). This process is the same as step S24 and step S25 in the taxi search process according to the third embodiment.

In some cases, information on the arrival bus route and information on the railway station where you can take a taxi may be searched together. In such a case, the control unit 31 may search for the railway station and bus route information related to the arrival bus route information and the railway station information related to the taxi information separately, or perform these two search processes in parallel. You may do it.

The terminal device 2 that has received the information related to the arrival bus route information and the information related to the taxi via the communication unit 22 outputs the searched railway station information to the display unit 25 via the information output unit 212 (step). S12D). FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a search result display in which the arrival bus route information, the taxi information, and the railway station information related to the information are output together. As shown in FIG. 14, the arrival bus route information and the taxi information are displayed together on the search result display 254. Of course, this display may be displayed in text format as shown in FIG. 8 or 9.

As described above, when searching for taxi information, the arrival bus route information may be acquired first, and the taxi information may be searched based on the acquisition status. By setting the predetermined number sufficiently large, the arrival bus route information and the taxi information may always be displayed together.

(Fourth Embodiment)
In each of the above-described embodiments, there is only one destination, but in the following embodiments, processing for a case where there are a plurality of destinations will be described. The information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment searches for a bus route that can reach those destinations in common when a plurality of destinations are input. That is, on a predetermined bus route, a railway station and an arrival bus route and a railway station having a bus stop capable of reaching a plurality of destinations are searched for.

Since the search process of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment or the second embodiment, detailed description thereof will be omitted. The difference is that when searching for a arriving bus route, all of the multiple destinations can be reached and the bus routes available at the train station are searched.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of search results according to the present embodiment. In this example, in addition to the XX hospital, the user inputs the △△ supermarket as the destination. As the search result in such a case, as shown in the search result display area 253B in the figure, a bus route that can reach both the XX hospital and the XX supermarket is output.

For example, from station B, three lines, ○ 13, ○ 14, and ○ 15, can reach both ○○ hospital and △△ supermarket, and the bus boarding time and getting off in each line. The walking time after that and the guidance information such as the platform where you can get on each system are displayed. In the ○ 13 system and ○ 14 system, to go to the ○○ hospital, take the bus to the stop in front of the ○○ hospital for about 5 minutes, and then walk for about 1 minute. Take the bus to the XX town stop for about 10 minutes, then walk for 2 minutes. On the other hand, in the ○ 15 system, to go to the ○○ hospital, take the bus to the stop in front of the ○○ hospital for about 10 minutes, and then walk for 1 minute. It takes about 13 minutes to get to the stop and 1 minute on foot from there.

In this way, information on each arrival bus route may be output for each railway station. In addition, although only the information of the B station is described in FIG. 15, when a plurality of railway stations are listed as the search result, it is possible to display them side by side as shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. be. Further, the display is not limited to the text display, and may be displayed so as to overlap on the map as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a plurality of destinations are accepted, it is possible to search for information on a railway station that can board a bus route that passes through all of those destinations. .. By performing such a search and display, the user can acquire information on a bus route to a plurality of destinations.

(Fifth Embodiment)
In the fourth embodiment, a bus route that can reach a plurality of destinations in common is searched, but the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment can reach a plurality of destinations in common. Search for possible railway stations. That is, a search is performed for a railway station that can board one or a plurality of bus routes that can reach a plurality of destinations. The difference from the fourth embodiment is that the fourth embodiment is conditioned on the fact that all destinations can be reached by one bus route, but in this embodiment, not only one bus route but also different The point is to search for a railway station that can reach multiple destinations by multiple bus routes.

Since the search process of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment or the second embodiment described above as in the fourth embodiment, detailed description thereof will be omitted. When searching for a arriving bus route from a railway station as in the first embodiment, the bus route information acquisition unit can reach a plurality of destinations on the bus route passing through the railway station. It differs from the first embodiment in that it searches for a route. Further, when searching from a bus stop around the destination as in the second embodiment, the railway station information acquisition unit 311 searches for a bus stop for each destination, and gets on and off at those multiple bus stops. It differs from the second embodiment in that it searches for a railway station that can be transferred in common to the bus routes that can be used.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of search results according to the present embodiment. In this example, in addition to the XX hospital, the user inputs the XX hospital as the destination. As the search result in such a case, as shown in the search result display area 253B in the figure, the bus route that can reach the XX hospital and the bus route that can reach the XX park are output individually.

For example, from station B, there are three bus routes that can reach XX hospital: XX, XX, and XX. In XX and XX, the bus boarding time is Approximately 5 minutes, 1 minute walk time after getting off at the XX hospital front stop, about 10 minutes on the bus on the ○ 15 system, 1 minute walk time after getting off at the XX hospital front stop Minutes. On the other hand, there are two lines to XX Hospital, ○ 13 system and × 20 system. In ○ 13 system, the bus boarding time is about 18 minutes, and the walking time after getting off at the XX police box stop is 3 minutes. In the × 20 system, the bus ride time is about 12 minutes, and the walking time after getting off at the XX park entrance stop is 1 minute. In addition, a platform guide for getting on each bus route may be displayed at station B.

In this way, the railway station may be displayed and information on the bus route that can reach each destination may be output. In addition, although only the information of the B station is described in FIG. 16, when a plurality of railway stations are listed as the search result, it is possible to display them side by side as shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. be. Further, the display is not limited to the text display, and may be displayed so as to overlap on the map as shown in FIG. In addition, if there is a bus route that can be reached in common by the XX hospital and the XX hospital, which are the search targets in the fourth embodiment, as in the XX 13 system shown in FIG. 16, the bus route is also output. You may.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to search for information on a railway station that can be commonly transferred to a bus route that can reach a plurality of destinations. By performing such a search and display, the user can select a railway station as a base when heading to a plurality of destinations.

In all the above-described embodiments, only one railway station on the front side in the traveling direction is output with respect to the arrival bus route, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, for example, in the example of FIG. 2, when the destination is XX hospital, if there is a bus route that departs from A station, can get on and off at B station, and can reach XX hospital, B station. Not only that, the station A may also be output.

At least a part of the information processing system described in each of the above-described embodiments may be configured by hardware or software. When configured by software, a program that realizes at least a part of the functions of the information processing system may be stored in a recording medium such as a flexible disk or a CD-ROM, read by a computer, and executed. The recording medium is not limited to a removable one such as a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and may be a fixed recording medium such as a hard disk device or a memory.

Further, a program that realizes at least a part of the functions of the information processing system may be distributed via a communication line (including wireless communication) such as the Internet. Further, the program may be encrypted, modulated, compressed, and distributed via a wired line or wireless line such as the Internet, or stored in a recording medium.

Further, the information processing system may be operated by one or more information processing devices. When a plurality of information processing devices are used, one of the information processing devices may be a computer, and the function may be realized as at least one means of the information processing system by executing a predetermined program by the computer.

Based on the above description, those skilled in the art may be able to conceive of additional effects and various modifications of the present invention, but aspects of the present invention are not limited to the individual embodiments described above. .. Various additions, changes and partial deletions are possible without departing from the conceptual idea and purpose of the present invention derived from the contents defined in the claims and their equivalents.

1 Information processing system 2 Terminal device 21 Control unit 211 Destination reception unit 212 Information output unit 22 Communication unit 23 Storage unit 24 Operation unit 25 Display unit 3 Server 31 Control unit 311 Railway station information acquisition unit 312 Bus route information acquisition unit 32 Storage Part 321 Route database 33 Communication part

Claims (16)

A destination reception means that accepts the designation of only the destination or destination area as point information from the user,
A bus route information acquisition means for acquiring information on a arrival bus route, which is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area.
A railway station information acquisition means that acquires information on a railway station that can use the arrival bus route and does not consider the departure point of the user.
And outputs the output information including the information of the previous Kitetsu road Station, and output means,
Information processing system equipped with. The railway station information acquisition means acquires information on a railway station within the first range from the destination, and obtains information on the railway station.
The bus route information acquisition means acquires information on the arrival bus route based on the buses available at the railway station within the first range.
The train station information acquisition unit acquires information of this iron road station based on the information of the arrival bus lines,
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the output means outputs as the output information including the information acquired by the railway station information acquisition means. The bus route information acquisition means acquires the information of the arrival bus route based on the information of the bus stop within the second range from the destination, and obtains the information of the arrival bus route.
The train station information acquisition means, the information processing system according to claim 1 for acquiring information before Kitetsu road station based on said arrival bus route information acquired by the bus route information acquisition means. The arrival bus route is a bus route in which the destination exists in the traveling direction.
The train station information obtaining means, either prior to the destination as Kitetsu Road station, of claims 1 to 3 to acquire the pre Kitetsu Road station in front of the traveling direction of the arrival bus route Information processing system described in Crab. And the output means, when a plurality of pre Kitetsu Road station is acquired, the information of any one of claims 1 to 4 and outputs the guidance information on the arrival bus lines for each of the railway station Processing system. The guide information, before Kitetsu landing information of the bus in the road station, system bus, and, at least one of information of the bus stop to get off when riding a bus traveling the arrival bus lines in the railway station The information processing system according to claim 5, which is guidance information including the information. The information processing according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the bus route information acquisition means acquires a bus route operated by a predetermined bus operator among the information on the bus route that can reach the destination. system. The destination receiving means accepts a plurality of designations of the destination,
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the bus route information acquisition means acquires a bus route that can reach all of the plurality of destinations received by the destination reception means. The destination receiving means receives a plurality of the destinations,
The bus route information acquisition means acquires a bus route that can reach each of the plurality of destinations received by the destination reception means.
The train station information acquisition means, the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7 for acquiring the bus route information acquiring means before acquired in Kitetsu Road station. Computer,
Destination reception means that accepts the designation of only the destination or destination area as point information from the user,
An output means that outputs output information including information on a railway station that can use a reachable bus route that is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area and does not consider the departure point of the user.
An information processing program that functions as. Computer,
Bus route information acquisition means, which acquires information on the arrival bus route, which is a bus route that can reach the destination or destination area as the point information specified by the user.
A railway station information acquisition means that acquires information on a railway station that can use the arrival bus route and does not consider the departure point of the user.
And outputs the output information including the information of the previous Kitetsu road Station, output means,
An information processing program that functions as. An information processing system formed by multiple computers connected to each other so that they can communicate with each other.
A destination reception means that accepts a destination or destination area as point information specified by the user,
A bus route information acquisition means for acquiring information on a arrival bus route, which is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area.
A railway station information acquisition means that acquires information on a railway station that can use the arrival bus route and does not consider the departure point of the user.
And outputs the output information including the information of the previous Kitetsu road Station, and output means,
An information processing program for making at least one of a plurality of the computers function as at least one of the above means in order to make the information processing system provided with the above function function. In order to make the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9 function by a plurality of communicably connected computers.
An information processing program for causing one of the plurality of computers to function as at least one of the means in the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9. By multiple information processing systems connected communicably
A destination reception means that accepts only the destination or destination area as point information specified by the user,
A bus route information acquisition means for acquiring information on a arrival bus route, which is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area.
A railway station information acquisition means that acquires information on a railway station that can use the arrival bus route and does not consider the departure point of the user.
And outputs the output information including the information of the previous Kitetsu road Station, and output means,
An information processing system comprising at least one of the above means in order to form an information processing system comprising the above means. Computer,
Destination reception means that accepts only the destination or destination area as point information specified by the user,
A bus route information acquisition means for acquiring information on a arrival bus route, which is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area.
A railway station information acquisition means that acquires information on a railway station that can use the arrival bus route and does not consider the departure point of the user.
And outputs the output information including the information of the previous Kitetsu road Station, output means,
An information processing program that functions as. The step that the destination reception means accepts the designation of only the destination or the destination area as the point information from the user,
A step of acquiring information on a railway station in which the railway station information acquisition means is a railway station within the first range from the destination or the destination area and does not consider the departure point of the user .
A step in which the bus route information acquisition means acquires information on a arrival bus route, which is a bus route that can reach the destination or the destination area based on the buses available at the railway station.
Output means, and outputting the output information including the information before Kitetsu road station on the basis of the arrival bus route information,
Information processing method including.

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