JP7067605B1 - System and control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user who uses a mobile device such as an elevator to view information provided to the user while using the mobile device even after using the mobile device. A system (100) is a system that provides advertising information to a user who uses an elevator (4), and has a display unit (42) that outputs advertising information and a user who uses the elevator. The user identification unit (115) for specifying the information and the information identification unit (116) for specifying the advertising information displayed on the display unit during the boarding period when the user was in the car. Includes a provider and (117), which provides advertising information to the user's terminal device (200). [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a control program for a system and a terminal device that provides advertising information to a user who uses an elevator.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for displaying an advertisement for a user in a car on a display device provided in the car of the elevator.

Japanese Patent No. 6744499

In the technique of Patent Document 1, if the user arrives at the destination floor while viewing the display of the advertisement, the content of the advertisement may not be confirmed to the end.

Further, in the technique of Patent Document 1, when a user is interested in the content of an advertisement and wants to check it again after boarding, the user needs to search for the advertisement by himself / herself.

One aspect of the present invention is to enable a user who uses a mobile device such as an elevator to view information provided to the user while using the mobile device even after using the mobile device. do.

In order to solve the above problems, the system according to the first aspect of the present invention is a system that provides advertising information to a user who uses an elevator, and is provided in the car of the elevator and has the advertising information. The output device that outputs the above, the user identification unit that identifies the user using the elevator, and the output device that was output to the output device during the boarding period in which the specified user was in the car. It includes an information specifying unit that specifies advertising information, and a providing unit that provides the specified advertising information to the specified user's terminal device.

According to the above configuration, the user is identified, and the advertising information output when the user is in the car is provided to the terminal device of the user. You can use your own terminal to view the advertising information that you could only partially watch and the advertising information that you were interested in.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the system according to the second aspect further includes an acquisition unit for acquiring the advertisement information provision request from the user's terminal device, and the user identification unit is the acquisition unit. When the provision request is acquired, the user of the terminal device that has transmitted the provision request may be specified.

According to the above configuration, the advertising information output during the ride of the user is provided to the user based on the request from the user, so that only the user who desires to provide the advertising information can provide the advertising information. Advertising information can be provided.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the system according to the third aspect of the present invention is provided with an image pickup device provided in at least one of the car and the elevator landing to image the user, a pre-registered face image of the registrant, and the said person. It is determined whether or not the storage device that stores the identification information that identifies the registrant in association with the storage device and the user's face imaged by the image pickup device match the face image stored in the storage device. When the determination unit determines that the face image matches the face image, the identification information associated with the face image and stored in the storage device is associated with the boarding period. Further including a matching unit stored in a storage device, the provision request includes the identification information of the user, and the information identification unit responds to the provision request when the acquisition unit acquires the provision request. The advertising information output to the output device during the boarding period stored in the storage device may be specified in association with the included identification information.

According to the above configuration, when the user is a registrant, the user and the boarding period of the user are associated with each other. Therefore, when the user is a registrant, during the boarding period of the user. It is possible to identify the advertising information output to the output device. As a result, the advertising information can be provided only when there is a request from a registrant who wants to view the advertising information on his / her own terminal device.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is provided with an image pickup device provided in at least one of the car and the elevator landing to image the user, a pre-registered registrant's face image, and the said person. It is determined whether or not the storage device that stores the identification information that identifies the registrant in association with the storage device and the user's face imaged by the image pickup device match the face image stored in the storage device. When the determination unit further includes the determination unit and the determination unit determines that the information matches the face image, the user identification unit stores the identification information stored in the storage device in association with the face image. The information specifying unit identifies the advertising information displayed on the output device during the boarding period of the captured user, and the providing unit specifies the specified advertising information. , May be provided to the registrant's terminal device identified based on the identified identification information.

According to the above configuration, when the user is a registrant, the advertising information is provided to the user, so that only the registrant who desires to view the advertising information on his / her own terminal device can use it. , Advertising information can be provided.

In the system according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third or fourth aspect, the image pickup device takes an image of the time when the image pickup device takes an image of the user who gets in the car and the user who gets off the car. A boarding period specifying unit that specifies the boarding period may be further included by using the time and time.

According to the above configuration, since the boarding period can be accurately specified, the advertising information output to the output device during the user's boarding can be accurately specified.

In the system according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, the advertising information specified by the information specifying unit has at least one of the output start time and the output end time to the output device. The advertising information that was outside the boarding period may be used.

According to the above configuration, only the advertising information output beyond the boarding period of the user can be provided to the user. In other words, the advertising information that the user has viewed from the beginning to the end in the elevator car is excluded from the advertising information provided to the user, so that all the advertising information that the user could not view is included. Can be provided.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the system according to the seventh aspect of the present invention is a system that provides advertising information to users who use the elevator, and is provided at the platform of the elevator to advertise the advertisement. An output device that outputs information, and an information specifying unit that specifies the advertising information that was output to the output device during the waiting time until the user of the elevator gets into the car at the platform of the elevator. It includes a providing unit that provides the above-mentioned advertising information to the specified terminal device of the user.

According to the above configuration, the user is identified, and the advertising information output when the user is waiting for the elevator car at the elevator platform is provided to the user's terminal device. , The user can view the advertising information that was only partially viewed and the advertising information that he / she is interested in by using his / her own terminal device.

The system and the terminal device according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer, and in this case, the system and the terminal device are made into a computer by operating the computer as each part (software element) provided in the system. The control programs of the system and the terminal device to be realized, and the computer-readable recording medium on which the control programs are recorded are also included in the scope of the present invention.

According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to enable a user who uses a mobile device such as an elevator to view information provided to the user while using the mobile device even after using the mobile device. can.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows a specific example of a registrant database. It is a figure which shows a specific example of a usage history database. It is a figure which shows a specific example of an advertisement database. It is a figure which shows a specific example of an advertisement history database. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of processing executed by each apparatus included in a system. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of processing executed by each apparatus included in a system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the system which concerns on Embodiment 2. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the system including the advertisement management apparatus which concerns on the modification.

[Embodiment 1]
<Overview of System 100>
Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The system 100 is a system that provides advertising information to users who use the elevator. The system 100 may be a system built on a cloud server as an example.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system 100 includes an advertisement management device 1, a boarding period specifying device (boarding period specifying unit) 2, an elevator control device 3, and an elevator 4. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the system 100 includes a plurality of buildings provided with a boarding period specifying device 2, an elevator control device 3, and an elevator 4. Further, the building according to the present embodiment shall include a plurality of elevators 4.

The advertisement management device 1 according to the present embodiment causes the display unit (output device) 42 to display an advertisement in the car 41 of the elevator 4. Further, the advertisement management device 1 obtains the advertisement information displayed on the display unit 42 while the user is using the elevator 4, based on the request from the terminal device 200 of the user who used the elevator. It is transmitted to the terminal device 200. The details of the advertisement management device 1 will be described later.

The advertising information is information that promotes the consumption activity of the user, and is, for example, information such as an advertisement of a certain store, a product or a service, an advertisement of an event, or a coupon. In the present embodiment, the advertising information will be described as a moving image. That is, the advertising information according to the present embodiment is an advertisement for a store, a product, a service, an event, etc., or a moving image for the promotion. The moving image may include a URL or a QR code (registered trademark) for accessing the coupon.

<Terminal device 200>
The terminal device 200 is a terminal device of a user who uses the elevator 4, and is communicably connected to the advertisement management device 1. The terminal device 200 may be, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, or may be a stationary terminal device such as a personal computer. An application for acquiring and displaying advertising information from the advertising management device 1 is installed in the terminal device 200. In the following description, the process executed by the terminal device 200 is performed in a state where the application is started. Further, in the following description, when the term "application" is simply used, it means an application for acquiring and displaying advertising information.

The terminal device 200 transmits a request for providing advertising information to the advertising management device 1 according to the operation of the user. The provision request is information requesting that the advertising information displayed on the elevator 4 used by the user be transmitted to the terminal device 200. The provision request includes identification information that can identify a user who uses the elevator 4 and transmits the provision request using the terminal device 200. The identification information is, for example, an identification number (user ID described later) assigned to each user of the application.

As an example, the terminal device 200 receives and displays a list consisting of records associated with the building name and the boarding time of the elevator 4 in response to the transmitted provision request. When any record is selected from the list by the user's operation, the terminal device 200 sets the advertising information corresponding to the selected record, that is, the building in the selected record, at the selected boarding time. A request for provision of advertising information (hereinafter referred to as "second provision request") displayed on the display unit 42 when boarding the elevator 4 is transmitted. The terminal device 200 receives and displays the list of the advertising information as a response corresponding to the provision request. The list is a list of identification information (advertising ID described later) that identifies each advertising information. When the advertisement ID is selected from the list by the operation of the user, the terminal device 200 transmits a request for providing the advertisement information indicated by the selected advertisement ID (hereinafter, referred to as "third provision request"). Further, the terminal device 200 receives and displays the selected advertising information in response to the provision request.

<Elevator control device 3 and elevator 4>
The elevator control device 3 has a one-to-one correspondence with the elevator 4, and is realized, for example, as a control panel provided in the machine room or hoistway of the corresponding elevator 4. The elevator control device 3 is communicably connected to the advertisement management device 1, the boarding period specifying device 2, and the display unit 42 and the image pickup unit 43 (imaging device) of the corresponding elevator 4. In FIG. 1, among the members included in the elevator 4, those having low relevance to the invention of the present disclosure are omitted.

The elevator control device 3 controls, for example, the raising and lowering of the car 41. When the elevator landing button (not shown in FIG. 1) is pressed by the user and a signal indicating the press is input to the elevator control device 3, the elevator control device 3 goes to the departure floor where the user is based on the signal. Move the car 41. After that, when any one of the buttons on the operation panel in the car 41 (not shown in FIG. 1) is pressed by the user in the car 41 and a signal indicating the pressing is input to the elevator control device 3, the elevator The control device 3 moves the car 41 to the destination floor indicated by the signal.

Further, the elevator control device 3 receives the advertisement promotion information from the advertisement management device 1 and displays it on the display unit 42 of the elevator 4.

The display unit 42 is an output device provided in the car 41 of the elevator 4 and displaying advertising information under the control of the elevator control device 3. In the present embodiment, the elevator 4 is described by taking as an example a configuration in which the elevator 4 includes only the display unit 42 as an output device for advertising information, but the output device is not limited to the display unit 42. For example, the elevator 4 may further include a speaker that outputs voice in the car 41, and may output advertising information by voice.

The image pickup unit 43 is provided at a position in the car 41 where the face of the user in the car 41 can be imaged, and transmits the captured image to the elevator control device 3. In this embodiment, the image pickup unit 43 is provided at a position where the entire door provided in the car 41 can be imaged. In other words, the image pickup unit 43 is provided at a position where the user who gets in the car 41 and the user who gets off the car 41 can take an image. Further, in the embodiment, the image pickup unit 43 is described as capturing a moving image, but may capture a still image.

<Riding period identification device 2>
The boarding period specifying device 2 is communicably connected to the advertisement management device 1 and the elevator control device 3. The boarding period specifying device 2 acquires an image captured by the image pickup unit 43 from the elevator control device 3. The boarding period specifying device 2 specifies a boarding period indicating the time during which the user was in the car 41 of the elevator 4. As an example, the boarding period specifying device 2 specifies the boarding time when the user boarded the car 41 and the disembarking time when the user got off the car 41 in the acquired moving image.

As an example, the boarding period specifying device 2 specifies the image pickup time of the frame in which a user is getting off the car 41 as the disembarkation time, and the frame imaged before the frame and the user starts to appear. To identify. This specific process can be realized by performing an existing image comparison process. Then, the boarding period specifying device 2 specifies the imaging time of the specified frame as the boarding time. The period from the boarding time to the disembarking time is the boarding period of the user. The boarding period specifying device 2 includes an image of the user's face image captured, the specified boarding time and disembarking time, information indicating the number of the elevator 4 used by the user (elevator ID described later), and the elevator 4. Information indicating the provided building (building ID described later) is associated with the information and transmitted to the advertisement management device 1. The boarding period specifying device 2 extracts, for example, the face image from a frame in which the boarding time is specified.

<Advertising management device 1>
Hereinafter, the detailed configuration of the advertisement management device 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the advertisement management device 1 includes a control unit 11, a communication unit 12, and a storage unit 13. In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the advertisement management device 1 is one device will be described as an example, but the advertisement management device 1 is an advertisement management system in which a plurality of devices having functions as each part are connected to each other. It may be configured. The control unit 11 controls each unit of the advertisement management device 1. Further, the communication unit 12 is a communication module for the advertisement management device 1 to communicate with the boarding period specifying device 2, the elevator control device 3, and the terminal device 200.

The storage unit (storage device) 13 stores various programs executed by the advertisement management device 1 and various data used by the advertisement management device 1. The storage unit 13 according to the present embodiment stores at least the registrant database 131, the usage history database 132, the advertisement database 133, and the advertisement history database 134. The storage unit 13 may be a storage device that is connected to the advertisement management device 1 so as to be communicable and is separate from the advertisement management device 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of the registrant database 131. As shown in FIG. 2, the registrant database 131 is composed of a record in which a face image data of a registrant registered in advance and a user ID that identifies the registrant are associated with each other. Here, the "registrant" refers to a person who is using the application in the terminal device 200. That is, the registrant database 131 is a database that stores the user ID, which is the ID of the user of the application, in association with the face image of the user.

The terminal device 200 transmits the face image data to the advertisement management device 1 based on the operation of the user of the application. At this time, the user ID is associated with the face image data and transmitted. The advertisement management device 1 stores the received face image data and the user ID in the registrant database 131.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the usage history database 132. The usage history database 132 is composed of usage histories of users who have used the elevator 4. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, in the usage history database 132, each user ID includes an elevator ID that identifies the elevator 4 used by the user indicated by the user ID, and an elevator 4 indicated by the elevator ID. A record in which the building ID that identifies the building in which the user is provided is associated with the boarding time and the disembarking time of the user is stored. Details of updating the usage history database 132 will be described later.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of the advertisement database 133. As shown in FIG. 4, in the advertisement database 133, the advertisement information, the advertisement ID for identifying the advertisement information, and the advertisement time indicating the temporal length of the moving image in the advertisement information correspond to each other. It is composed of attached records. It should be noted that each record in the advertisement database 133 does not have to include the advertisement time.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the advertisement history database 134. The advertisement history database 134 is a database in which the advertisement information displayed in each elevator 4 in each building is arranged in chronological order. In the example of FIG. 5, in the advertisement history database 134, an advertisement ID, an elevator ID indicating an elevator 4 displaying the advertisement information indicated by the advertisement ID, and a building provided with the elevator 4 indicated by the elevator ID are provided. A record in which the indicated building ID and the display start time (output start time) of the advertisement information indicated by the advertisement ID in the elevator 4 indicated by the elevator ID are associated with each other is stored.

<Structure of control unit 11>
Referring to FIG. 1 again, the control unit 11 includes an advertisement determination unit 111, a determination unit 112, a usage history update unit (correspondence unit) 113, an acquisition unit 114, a user identification unit 115, an information identification unit 116, and a provision unit 117. Includes.

The advertisement determination unit 111 determines the advertisement information to be displayed on the display unit 42 of the elevator 4. Specifically, the advertisement determination unit 111 acquires the advertisement / promotion information stored in the advertisement database 133, and transmits the advertisement / promotion information to the elevator control device 3 via the communication unit 12. The method by which the advertisement determination unit 111 determines the advertisement information is not particularly limited. For example, the advertisement determination unit 111 may randomly determine the advertisement information to be displayed on the display unit 42. Alternatively, the order in which the advertising information to be displayed on the display unit 42 may be displayed may be set in advance. In this case, the advertisement determination unit 111 acquires the advertisement information in the set order and transmits it to the elevator control device 3.

Further, the advertisement determination unit 111 includes an advertisement ID indicating the advertisement information transmitted to the elevator control device 3, a display start time of the advertisement information, an elevator ID of the elevator 4 on which the advertisement information is displayed, and the said. It is stored in the advertisement history database 134 in association with the building ID of the building in which the elevator 4 is provided. The advertisement determination unit 111 may set the time when the advertisement information is transmitted to the elevator control device 3 as the display start time. Alternatively, the elevator control device 3 may transmit information indicating the time when the advertisement information is started to be displayed on the display unit 42 to the advertisement management device 1, and the advertisement determination unit 111 may set the time indicated by the information as the display start time. .. In the latter example, the elevator control device 3 associates the elevator ID, the building ID, and the advertisement ID with the information indicating the time when the advertisement information is started to be displayed, and transmits the information to the advertisement management device 1.

The determination unit 112 determines whether or not the user who uses the elevator 4 is a user (registrant) who is using the application. The determination unit 112 determines whether or not the face image received from the boarding period specifying device 2 matches any of the face image data stored in the registrant database 131. When the received face image matches any of the face image data stored in the registrant database 131, the determination unit 112 acquires the user ID associated with the face image data in the registrant database 131. .. Then, the determination unit 112 associates the acquired user ID with the building ID, elevator ID, boarding time, and disembarking time received together with the face image, and outputs the acquired user ID to the usage history updating unit 113. On the other hand, if the received face image does not match any of the face images stored in the registrant database 131, the determination unit 112 ends the process. It should be noted that the determination of whether or not the received face image and each face image data match can be realized by the existing image comparison process.

The usage history update unit 113 stores the information acquired from the determination unit 112 in the usage history database 132, and updates the usage history database 132. Specifically, the usage history updating unit 113 specifies a user ID that matches the user ID acquired from the determination unit 112 from the usage history database 132. Then, the specified user ID is stored in association with the building ID, elevator ID, boarding time, and disembarking time acquired from the determination unit 112. As a result, the usage history of the elevator 4 of the user indicated by the received user ID is updated.

The acquisition unit 114 receives a request for providing advertising information from the terminal device 200 via the communication unit 12. Upon receiving the provision request, the acquisition unit 114 outputs the provision request to the user identification unit 115. The provision request includes a user ID.

When the user identification unit 115 acquires the provision request from the acquisition unit 114, the user identification unit 115 identifies the user ID that matches the user ID included in the provision request from the usage history database 132. That is, the user specifying unit 115 identifies the user (application user) of the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the provision request in the usage history database 132. Further, since the usage history database 132 is the usage history of the elevator 4 by the user of the application, it can be expressed that one user is specified from the users who have used the elevator 4. The user specifying unit 115 outputs a record including the specified user ID to the information specifying unit 116. The record may include a plurality of combinations of a building ID, an elevator ID, a boarding time, and a disembarking time.

When the information specifying unit 116 acquires a record from the user specifying unit 115, the advertisement is displayed on the display unit 42 during the boarding period in which the user specified by the user specifying unit 115 is in the car 41. Identify the information. Specifically, the information specifying unit 116 refers to the advertisement history database 134, and at least the display start time and the display end time (output end time) during the boarding period from the boarding time to the disembarking time included in the acquired record. Identify the advertising information that contains one. More specifically, the information specifying unit 116 identifies the combination of the building ID and the elevator ID that matches the combination of the building ID and the elevator ID included in the acquired record from the advertisement history database 134. Subsequently, the information specifying unit 116 is associated with the advertisement ID associated with the display start time within the boarding period from the boarding time to the disembarking time included in the acquired record among the display start times associated with the specified combination. To identify. The specified advertising ID indicates advertising information whose display start time or both the display start time and the display end time are within the boarding period. Further, the information specifying unit 116 extracts a record whose display start time is before the boarding time from the advertisement history database 134. The information specifying unit 116 identifies the record having the latest display start time among the extracted records. When the display start time of the specified record is the same as the boarding time, the advertisement ID has already been specified for the record by the above-mentioned processing, so that the information specifying unit 116 further processes the record. Not performed. On the other hand, when the display start time of the specified record is earlier than the boarding time, the information specifying unit 116 specifies the advertisement ID included in the record. This advertising ID indicates advertising information whose part is displayed within the boarding period. The information specifying unit 116 associates the acquired user ID, building ID, and boarding time with the specified advertisement ID and outputs it to the providing unit 117.

For example, the user whose user ID is "u001" shown in FIG. 3 boarded the elevator 4 whose elevator ID is e1 at 8:00:10 on August 1, 2020 in the building whose building ID is b001. , I got off at the same 30 seconds. When the user sends a usage request to the advertisement management device 1 using the terminal device 200, the information specifying unit 116 will be in the period from 8:00:10 to 30 seconds on August 1, 2020. , Specify the advertising ID of the advertising information including at least one of the display start time and the display end time. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 5, the information specifying unit 116 specifies "a001" and "a002" as advertisement IDs.

Further, for example, the user whose user ID is "u002" shown in FIG. 3 is in the elevator 4 whose elevator ID is e1 in the building whose building ID is b001, at 8:00:20 on August 1, 2020. I got on the train and got off at the same 30 seconds. In addition, the user boarded the elevator 4 with the elevator ID e1 at 10:00:35 on August 1, 2020 in the building with the building ID b002, and got off at the same 50 seconds. When the user sends a usage request to the advertisement management device 1 using the terminal device 200, the information specifying unit 116 will be in the period from 8:00:10 to 30 seconds on August 1, 2020. , Specify the advertising ID of the advertising information including at least one of the display start time and the display end time. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 5, the information specifying unit 116 specifies "a002" as the advertisement ID. In addition, the information specifying unit 116 identifies the advertising ID of the advertising information including at least one of the display start time and the display end time between 10:00:35 and 50:50 on August 1, 2020. do. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 5, the information specifying unit 116 specifies "a012" as the advertisement ID.

The provision unit 117 provides the advertising information to the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the provision request. Specifically, the providing unit 117 generates a list including records including the building name and the boarding time specified from the building ID acquired from the information specifying unit 116, and transmits the list to the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the provision request. .. The building name included in the list may be specified by referring to a database (not shown in FIG. 1) in which the building ID and the building name are associated with each other, which is stored in the storage unit 13. Further, when the providing unit 117 receives the second providing request including the information indicating the selected record from the terminal device 200, the providing unit 117 identifies the building ID and the boarding time from the record, and is associated with the specified information. Further identify the advertising ID. Then, the providing unit 117 generates a list of the specified advertisement IDs and transmits the list to the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the second providing request. Further, when the providing unit 117 receives the third providing request including the selected advertising ID from the terminal device 200, the providing unit 117 reads out the advertising information associated with the advertising ID from the advertising database 133 and provides the third providing. The request is transmitted to the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the request.

<Example of processing flow in system 100>
6 and 7 are sequence diagrams showing an example of the flow of processing executed by each device included in the system 100. FIG. 6 shows a flow of processing for updating the usage history database 132. FIG. 7 shows a flow of processing in which the advertisement management device 1 transmits advertisement information to the terminal device 200.

When the user uses the elevator 4, first, the process shown in FIG. 6, that is, the process of updating the usage history database 132 is performed. Specifically, first, the elevator control device 3 acquires a moving image captured by the image pickup unit 43 of the elevator 4 (S1) and transmits it to the boarding period specifying device 2. The boarding period specifying device 2 specifies the boarding time and the disembarking time as the boarding period of the user based on the acquired moving image (S11). The boarding period specifying device 2 includes a user's face image, a user's boarding period, an elevator ID indicating the number of the elevator 4 used by the user, and a building ID indicating the building in which the elevator 4 is installed. Are associated with each other and transmitted to the advertisement management device 1.

The determination unit 112 of the advertisement management device 1 refers to the registrant database 131, and the face image of the user received from the boarding period specifying device 2 matches any of the face image data stored in the registrant database 131. Whether or not it is determined (S21). When the user's face image does not match any of the face image data stored in the registrant database 131 (NO in S21), the determination unit 112 ends the process.

When the received face image matches any of the face image data stored in the registrant database 131 (YES in S21), the determination unit 112 uses the face image data associated with the face image data in the registrant database 131. Acquire the person ID. The determination unit 112 associates the acquired user ID with the building ID, elevator ID, boarding time, and disembarking time received together with the face image, and outputs the acquired user ID to the usage history updating unit 113.

The usage history update unit 113 updates the usage history database 132 based on the information acquired from the determination unit 112 (S22). Specifically, the usage history update unit 113 identifies a user ID that matches the user ID from the usage history database 132, and the identified user ID includes a building ID and an elevator ID acquired from the determination unit 112. The boarding time and the getting-off time are stored in association with each other. This completes the process of updating the usage history database 132.

Next, when a user using the elevator 4 transmits a provision request to the advertisement management device 1 using his / her own terminal device 200, the process shown in FIG. 7, that is, the advertisement management device 1 sends the advertisement information to the terminal device 200. The process of sending to is performed. Specifically, first, when the terminal device 200 transmits the provision request to the advertisement management device 1 (S41), the acquisition unit 114 of the advertisement management device 1 acquires the provision request. After that, the acquisition unit 114 outputs the provision request to the user identification unit 115.

When the user specifying unit 115 acquires the provision request from the acquisition unit 114, the user specifying unit 115 identifies the user of the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the provision request (S31). Specifically, the user identification unit 115 refers to the usage history database 132 and identifies a user ID that matches the user ID included in the provision request. The user specifying unit 115 outputs a record including the specified user ID to the information specifying unit 116.

When the information specifying unit 116 acquires a record from the user specifying unit 115, the information specifying unit 116 refers to the advertisement history database 134, and the advertising information displayed on the display unit 42 during the boarding period in which the user was in the car 41. (S32). The information specifying unit 116 associates the acquired user ID, building ID, and boarding time with the specified advertisement ID and outputs it to the providing unit 117.

The providing unit 117 generates a list including a record including a building name and a boarding time specified from the building ID acquired from the information specifying unit 116 (S33), and transmits the list to the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the providing request. When the terminal device 200 receives from the advertisement management device 1 a list including records including the building name and the boarding time, the terminal device 200 outputs the list (S42). Further, the terminal device 200 transmits a second provision request including information indicating the selected record to the advertisement management device 1 based on the operation of the user who selects one of the records.

Upon receiving the second provision request, the provision unit 117 identifies the building ID indicated by the selected record and the advertisement ID associated with the boarding time (S34). The providing unit 117 generates a list of the specified advertisement IDs and transmits it to the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the second providing request. When the terminal device 200 receives the list of advertisement IDs from the advertisement management device 1, the terminal device 200 outputs the list (S43). Further, the terminal device 200 transmits a third provision request including information indicating the selected advertisement ID to the advertisement management device 1 according to the operation of the user who selects one of the advertisement IDs (transmission step).

Upon receiving the third provision request, the providing unit 117 refers to the advertising database 133 and identifies the advertising information associated with the selected advertising ID (S35). The providing unit 117 transmits the specified advertising information to the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the third provision request. When the terminal device 200 receives the advertisement information from the advertisement management device 1 (reception step), the terminal device 200 outputs the advertisement information (S44: output step).

<Effect of system 100>
As described above, the system 100 according to the present embodiment is a system that provides advertising information to the user who uses the elevator 4, and is provided in the car 41 of the elevator 4 to display (output) the advertising information. The display unit 42, the user identification unit 115 that identifies the user using the elevator 4, and the advertisement displayed on the display unit 42 during the boarding period in which the specified user was in the car 41. It includes an information specifying unit 116 for specifying advertising information, and a providing unit 117 for providing the specified advertising information to the terminal device 200 of the specified user.

According to the above configuration, the user is identified and the advertising information output when the user is in the car is provided to the terminal device of the user, so that the user is partially used. You can view the advertising information that you could only watch and the advertising information that you were interested in using your own terminal device.

Further, the system 100 further includes an acquisition unit 114 for acquiring an advertisement information provision request from the user's terminal device 200, and the user identification unit 115 provides the acquisition unit when the acquisition unit acquires the provision request. Identify the user of the terminal device 200 that sent the request.

According to the above configuration, based on the request from the user, the advertising information output during the ride of the user is provided to the user, so that the advertising is advertised only to the user who desires to provide the advertising information. Information can be provided.

Further, the system 100 is provided in at least one of the car 41 and the elevator landing, and includes an image pickup unit 43 for photographing a user, a determination unit 112, and an association unit 113. The determination unit 112 stores the storage unit 13 that stores the face image of the registrant registered in advance and the identification information that identifies the registrant in association with each other, and the user's face imaged by the image pickup unit 43. It is determined whether or not the image matches the face image stored in the unit 13. When the determination unit 112 determines that the face image of the user matches the face image of the registrant, the association unit 113 is associated with the face image of the registrant and stored in the storage unit 13. The user's identification information and the user's boarding period are stored in the storage unit 13 in association with each other.

Further, the provision request includes the identification information of the user, and when the acquisition unit 114 acquires the provision request, the information identification unit 116 is stored in the storage unit 13 in association with the identification information included in the provision request. The advertising information displayed on the display unit 42 during the boarding period is specified.

According to the above configuration, when the user is a registrant, the user and the boarding period of the user are associated with each other. Therefore, when the user is a registrant, the output is performed during the boarding period of the user. It is possible to identify the advertising information output to the device. As a result, the advertising information can be provided only when there is a request from a registrant who wants to view the advertising information on his / her own terminal device.

Further, the system 100 uses the time when the image pickup unit 43 takes an image of the user who gets in the car 41 and the time when the image pickup unit 43 takes an image of the user who gets off the car 41, and sets the ride period of the user. The boarding period specifying device 2 to be specified is further included.

According to the above configuration, since the boarding period can be accurately specified, the advertising information displayed on the display unit 42 during the boarding of the user can be accurately specified.

Further, the terminal device 200 receives and outputs a list including records including the building name and the boarding time as a response to the provision request. As a result, when the user uses the elevator 4 of one building a plurality of times, it is possible to select when to view the advertising information displayed on the used elevator 4. Further, even when the user uses the elevators 4 of a plurality of buildings, it is possible to select which building the elevator 4 has to view the advertising information. Further, even if time has passed since the user used the elevator 4, it is possible to select when to view the advertising information displayed on the used elevator 4.

[Embodiment 2]
Other embodiments of the present invention will be described below. For convenience of explanation, the same reference numerals are given to the members having the same functions as the members described in the above embodiment, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the system 100A according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, the system 100A differs from the system 100 in that it includes an advertisement management device 1A, a boarding period specifying device 2A, an elevator control device 3A, and an elevator 4A.

In the elevator 4A, the display unit 42A is provided not in the car 41 but at each platform of the elevator 4A. The elevator control device 3A causes the display unit 42A to display the advertising information during the waiting time when the user is waiting for the car 41 at the landing of the elevator 4A. The user can view the advertising information while waiting for the car 41.

The boarding period specifying device 2A specifies, in addition to the boarding period of the user, the waiting time from when the user presses the button of the elevator platform to boarding the car 41. Specifically, the boarding period specifying device 2A specifies a frame at which the user has begun to be imaged in the image pickup unit 43 provided at the elevator landing, and specifies the time when the frame is imaged as the waiting start time. Alternatively, the boarding period specifying device 2A may receive information indicating that the user has pressed the button of the elevator landing from the elevator control device 3A, and specify the time when the information is received as the waiting start time. Further, the boarding period specifying device 2A identifies a frame in which the user has boarded the car 41, that is, a frame in which the user no longer appears in the image pickup unit 43, and specifies the time when the frame is imaged as the waiting end time. The boarding period specifying device 2A specifies the time from the waiting start time to the waiting chief time as the waiting time of the user.

The advertisement management device 1A includes a control unit 11A having a usage history updating unit 113A and an information specifying unit 116A, and a storage unit 13A for storing the usage history database 132A. In the usage history database 132A, each user ID includes an elevator ID that identifies the elevator 4 used by the user indicated by the user ID, and a building ID that identifies the building in which the elevator 4 indicated by the elevator ID is provided. , A record associated with the wait start time and wait end time of the user is stored.

The usage history update unit 113A stores the user ID in association with the building ID, elevator ID, wait start time, and wait end time of the building used by the user, and updates the usage history database 132A.

When the information specifying unit 116A acquires a record from the user specifying unit 115, during the waiting time from when the user specified by the user specifying unit 115 starts waiting for the car 41 at the elevator platform until the user gets on the car 41. The advertising information displayed on the display unit 42A is specified. Specifically, the information specifying unit 116A refers to the advertisement history database 134, and during the waiting time from the waiting start time to the waiting end time included in the acquired record, at least one of the display start time and the display end time is set. Identify the advertising information contained. More specifically, the information specifying unit 116A identifies the combination of the building ID and the elevator ID that matches the combination of the building ID and the elevator ID included in the acquired record from the advertisement history database 134. Subsequently, the information specifying unit 116A is associated with the display start time during the waiting time from the wait start time to the wait end time included in the acquired record among the display start times associated with the specified combination. Identify the advertising ID. The specified advertisement ID indicates the display start time or the advertisement information in which both the display start time and the display end time are in the waiting time. Further, the information specifying unit 116A identifies the record one above the record having the earliest display start time among the records including the specified advertisement ID, and identifies the advertisement ID included in the specified record. This advertisement ID indicates the advertisement information whose display end time was in the waiting time.

In the system 100A according to the second embodiment, when the user uses the elevator 4A, the advertising information displayed on the display unit 42A while waiting for the car 41 is viewed again by using his / her own terminal device 200. be able to.

[Modification example]
In each of the above-described embodiments, when the advertisement management device 1 receives the provision request from the terminal device 200, the advertisement management device 1 transmits the advertisement promotion information as a response. However, the advertisement management device 1 may automatically transmit the advertisement / promotion information displayed during the boarding period of the user to the terminal device 200 of the user without receiving the provision request.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system 100B including an advertisement management device 1B according to this modification. As shown in FIG. 9, the advertisement management device 1B includes a control unit 11B. The control unit 11B does not include the acquisition unit 114, but includes the determination unit 112B in place of the determination unit 112, and the user identification unit 115B in place of the user identification unit 115. different.

In the advertisement management device 1B, the determination unit 112B matches the face image of the user using the elevator 4 received from the boarding period specifying device 2 with any of the face images of the registrants stored in the registrant database 131. Judge whether or not. When the determination unit 112B determines that the user using the elevator 4 is a user using the application, the determination unit 112B outputs information indicating the determination result to the user identification unit 115B. When the user identification unit 115B acquires the information indicating the determination result, the user ID corresponding to the user's face image is acquired, and the boarding time, disembarking time, elevator ID and building received from the boarding period specifying device 2 are obtained. It is output to the information specifying unit 116 together with the ID. Other processes are the same as the processes in the system 100 according to the first embodiment.

As described above, when the captured user's face image is registered in the registrant database 131 in the advertisement management device 1B, the information specifying unit 116 identifies the user without having to acquire the provision request.

According to the above configuration, when the captured user is a registrant, the advertising information can be automatically provided to the user. As a result, the advertising information can be provided only to the registrant who wants to view the advertising information on his / her own terminal device, that is, the user of the application.

The storage unit 13 according to this modification does not have to store the usage history database 132. In this case, the control unit 11B does not have to include the usage history update unit 113.

Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the advertisement management device 1 provides the user with all the advertisement IDs of the advertisement information displayed on the display unit 42 during the boarding period of the user. Does not have to provide the advertising ID of the advertising information that has been viewed in its entirety during the boarding period. Specifically, the information specifying unit 116 may specify only the advertising ID of the advertising information in which at least one of the display start time and the display end time on the display unit 42 is outside the boarding period of the user. More specifically, the information specifying unit 116 identifies the combination of the building ID and the elevator ID that matches the combination of the building ID and the elevator ID included in the record acquired from the user specifying unit 115 from the advertisement history database 134. do. Subsequently, the information specifying unit 116 includes the display start time and the display end time associated with the specified combination, one of which is included in the boarding period and the other is outside the boarding period. Specify the advertisement ID associated with the display end time.

According to the above configuration, only the advertising information displayed beyond the boarding period of the user can be provided to the user. That is, the advertising information that the user has viewed from the beginning to the end in the car 41 of the elevator 4 is excluded from the advertising information provided to the user, so that the advertising that the user could not view at all is excluded. Only information can be provided.

Further, in the first embodiment, the boarding period specifying device 2 may specify the boarding period based on the acquired information other than the user's face image. For example, the boarding period specifying device 2 may acquire information on the operation of the elevator 4 used by the user from the elevator control device 3 and specify the boarding period based on the information. Specifically, the boarding period specifying device 2 acquires from the elevator control device 3 information indicating the departure floor and destination floor of the user, the unit of the elevator 4 used by the user, and information indicating the status of the unit. do. The boarding period specifying device 2 calculates the time when the elevator 4 arrives at the departure floor and the time when it arrives at the destination floor based on each acquired information, and sets the time when the elevator 4 arrives at the departure floor as the boarding time. You may specify the time when you arrive at the destination floor as the time of getting off.

The following modifications will be described as examples applied to the first embodiment, but these modifications can also be applied to the second embodiment.

Further, the image pickup unit 43 may be provided in a place other than the car 41. For example, the image pickup unit 43 may be provided at each landing of the elevator 4. In this case, the boarding period specifying device 2 specifies the time when the user does not appear on the image pickup unit 43 on the departure floor as the boarding time, and the time when the user begins to appear on the image pickup unit 43 on the arrival floor as the disembarkation time.

When the image pickup unit 43 is provided at the landing of the elevator 4, the image pickup unit 43 may be provided so as to have a one-to-one correspondence with each elevator 4, or the landing of several elevators 4 may be collectively imaged. It may be provided.

Further, in the system 100, only one building may be provided with the elevator 4, or only one elevator 4 may be provided in the building. In the system 100, when there is only one building provided with one elevator 4, it is not necessary to specify the building and the elevator 4 used by the user, so that the building ID and the elevator ID are unnecessary.

Further, in the terminal device 200, the list for the user to select the advertising information may include information other than the advertising ID. For example, in the terminal device 200, instead of or in addition to the advertisement ID, a thumbnail image showing each advertisement information or a list of texts explaining an outline of each advertisement information may be displayed.

Further, in the system 100, different elevator IDs may be assigned to each elevator 4. In this case, the elevator 4 used by the user can be specified without the building ID, so that the building ID is unnecessary.

Further, the terminal device 200 may receive the advertising information as a response to the transmitted provision request, and may display the advertising information on the terminal device 200. Alternatively, the terminal device 200 may receive and display a list of advertising information in place of the list of building names and boarding times in response to the transmitted provision request.

[Example of implementation by software]
Control blocks of systems 100, 100A, and 100B (particularly, boarding period specifying device 2, determination unit 112, 112B, usage history updating unit 113, 113A, acquisition unit 114, user specifying unit 115, 115B, information specifying unit 116, 116A , And the providing unit 117) may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or may be realized by software.

In the latter case, the systems 100, 100A, and 100B include a computer that executes the instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function. The computer includes, for example, one or more processors and a computer-readable recording medium that stores the program. Then, in the computer, the processor reads the program from the recording medium and executes the program, thereby achieving the object of the present invention. As the processor, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) can be used. As the recording medium, a "non-temporary tangible medium", for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory) or the like, a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. Further, a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the above program may be further provided. Further, the program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. It should be noted that one aspect of the present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the above program is embodied by electronic transmission.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and the embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in the different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1, 1A, 1B Advertising management device 2, 2A Boarding period specifying device (boarding period specifying unit)
4, 4A Elevator 41 Car 42, 42A Display (output device)
43 Imaging unit (imaging device)
100, 100A, 100B System 114 Acquisition unit 112, 112B Judgment unit 113, 113A Usage history update unit (correspondence unit)
115, 115B User identification unit 116, 116A Information identification unit 117 Provision unit 200 Terminal equipment

Claims (8)

It is a system that provides advertising information to users who use elevators.
An image pickup device provided in at least one of the elevator car and the elevator landing to image the user, and an image pickup device.
An output device provided in the car and outputting the advertising information,
The user identification unit that identifies the user who used the elevator,
A boarding period specifying unit that specifies the boarding period during which the specified user was in the car based on an image captured by the image pickup device.
An information specifying unit that identifies the advertising information that was output to the output device during the specified boarding period , and
A system including a providing unit that provides the specified advertising information to the specified user's terminal device. Further provided with an acquisition unit for acquiring the advertisement information provision request from the user's terminal device.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the user specifying unit identifies the user of the terminal device that has transmitted the provision request when the acquisition unit acquires the provision request. A storage device that stores the face image of the registrant registered in advance and the identification information that identifies the registrant in association with each other.
A determination unit for determining whether or not the user's face imaged by the image pickup device matches the face image stored in the storage device.
When the determination unit determines that the face image matches the face image, the identification information associated with the face image and stored in the storage device is stored in the storage device in association with the boarding period. Including the correspondence part and
The provision request includes the identification information of the user, and includes the identification information of the user.
When the acquisition unit acquires the provision request, the information specifying unit is output to the output device during the boarding period stored in the storage device in association with the identification information included in the provision request. The system according to claim 2, which specifies the advertising information. A storage device that stores the face image of the registrant registered in advance and the identification information that identifies the registrant in association with each other.
Further includes a determination unit for determining whether or not the user's face imaged by the image pickup device matches the face image stored in the storage device.
When it is determined by the determination unit that it matches the face image,
The user identification unit identifies the identification information stored in the storage device in association with the face image .
The system according to claim 1, wherein the providing unit provides the specified advertising information to the terminal device of the registrant specified based on the specified identification information. The boarding period specifying unit determines the boarding period by using the time when the image pickup device takes an image of the user who gets in the car and the time when the image pickup device takes an image of the user who gets off the car. The system according to claim 3 or 4, which is specified. The advertising information specified by the information specifying unit is any of claims 1 to 5, wherein at least one of the output start time and the output end time to the output device is outside the boarding period. Or the system according to item 1. It is a system that provides advertising information to users who use elevators.
An image pickup device provided at the elevator platform to image the user, and
An output device provided at the elevator platform to output the advertising information, and
The user identification unit that identifies the user of the elevator,
A waiting time specifying unit that specifies the waiting time until the specified user gets into the car at the elevator landing based on the image captured by the image pickup device, and the waiting time specifying unit.
An information specifying unit that identifies the advertising information that was output to the output device during the specified waiting time , and
A system including a providing unit that provides the specified advertising information to the specified user's terminal device. It is a control program for terminal devices.
A transmission step of transmitting the request for providing the advertising information to the system according to claim 1 or 7.
As a response to the provision request, a receiving step of receiving the advertising information specified by the information specifying unit, and a receiving step.
A control program for a terminal device, including an output step for outputting the received advertising information to the terminal device.

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