JP7199253B2 - Information processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to techniques for providing advertisements to users.

A locker temporarily accommodates and stores a user's luggage. Lockers are installed in high-traffic areas such as train stations and commercial facilities. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a mechanism for issuing coupons for nearby stores to locker users.

JP 2011-233065 A

The invention described in Patent Document 1 merely issues coupons for stores that are geographically close, and does not consider whether the content advertised by the coupons is suitable for locker users. not

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide appropriate advertisements to users of lockers.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a luggage attribute specifying unit that specifies attributes of luggage stored in a locker, a locker attribute specifying unit that specifies attributes of a locker in which the luggage is stored, and the luggage attribute identification unit. The attribute of the user who stores the luggage is estimated according to the combination of the attribute specified by the specifying unit and the attribute specified by the locker attribute specifying unit, and advertising information according to the estimated user attribute is transmitted to the display device. An information processing device characterized by comprising an advertisement information transmission unit for transmitting information.

The advertisement information transmission unit transmits advertisement information about commercial facilities near the locker to the display device when the service of storing luggage in the locker is started, and when the service of storing the luggage in the locker is finished, advertising information relating to means of transportation may be transmitted to the display device .

An environment specifying unit that specifies the date and time or weather when the luggage is stored in the locker,
The advertisement information transmission unit displays the advertisement information according to the combination of the attribute specified by the package attribute specification unit, the attribute specified by the locker attribute specification unit, and the date and time or weather specified by the environment specification unit. You may make it transmit to a device.

The attributes of the package may include at least one of the type, appearance, weight, and size of the package.

The attributes of the locker include at least one of the following: size, shape, location, usage fee, usage time, expiration date, or usage status in a group of lockers installed on the same site as the locker. may be included.

The advertisement information transmission unit, when a radio signal transmitted from a radio transmission device provided in the key of the locker is received by a radio reception device provided in the display device, displays the display that received the radio signal. The advertisement information may be transmitted to the device.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, an appropriate advertisement can be given to the user who uses a locker.

It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the locker management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a server apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a communication apparatus. It is a block diagram showing an example of functional composition of a locker management system. It is a flowchart which illustrates the operation|movement of advertisement transmission by a server apparatus. It is a figure which illustrates the information which a server apparatus records.

[composition]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a locker management system 1 of this embodiment. The locker management system 1 includes a locker facility 10 including a plurality of lockers each provided with a door that can be opened and closed, an imaging device 11 and a first radio receiver 20 provided in an area including the locker facility 10, and each locker. A key 30 for unlocking or locking a door, a communication device 40 carried by a user, a server device 50 for managing the usage status of each locker, and these locker equipment 10, the communication device 40 and the server device 50 can communicate with each other. and a network 2 to be connected. The imaging device 11 is, for example, a network camera. The communication device 40 is a user-portable communication device such as a smart phone, tablet, or wearable terminal. The network 2 is, for example, a radio communication network conforming to a communication standard such as LTE (Long Term Evolution), and includes a radio base station (not shown) and its higher-level equipment. FIG. 1 shows only one locker facility 10, one key 30, one communication device 40, and one server device 50, but there may be more than one.

The key 30 of each locker is provided with a radio that periodically transmits a radio signal within a range of, for example, several meters to several tens of meters according to BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy) suitable for short-range, low-power wireless communication. A transmitter 31 is provided. In an area including the locker equipment 10 and in a position where all the radio signals transmitted from the radio transmission device 31 of each key 30 can be received (for example, the upper part, the side part or the lower part of the locker equipment 10), the first radio reception A device 20 is provided. When each locker is not used by a user, the key corresponding to that locker is inserted into the keyhole of that locker. For this reason, the first radio receiving device 20 periodically transmits radio signals transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31 of each key 30 inserted into the keyhole of the locker over a period in which each locker is not used by the user. will receive.

The communication device 40 carried by the user is provided with a second radio receiving device 4007 capable of receiving radio signals transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31 . While the user uses the locker and carries the key 30 of the locker, the second wireless receiver 4007 periodically receives the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless transmitter 31 of the key 30. become.

In the locker management system 1 , the server device 50 acquires information indicating whether or not the first radio receiving device 20 or the second radio receiving device 4007 is receiving the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31 . When it is determined that the first radio receiving device 20 is receiving the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31, the key 30 corresponding to the locker is inserted into the keyhole of the locker. It will be. Therefore, the server device 50 records a state in which the locker corresponding to the key 30 equipped with the wireless transmission device 31 is not in use.

On the other hand, it is determined that the first radio receiver 20 has not received the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitter 31 and the second radio receiver 4007 has received the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitter 31. If it is, then no key corresponding to that locker has been inserted into the keyhole of the locker and the user carries the key 30 for that locker. Therefore, the server device 50 records the state in which the locker corresponding to the key 30 equipped with the wireless transmission device 31 is being used.

When luggage is stored in the locker, the luggage is imaged by the imaging device 11 of the locker equipment 10 and the imaged data is transmitted to the server device 50 . The server device 50 identifies the attribute of the package stored in the locker based on the imaging data, and transmits advertising information corresponding to the identified attribute of the package to the communication device 40 functioning as a display device. It is considered that the attribute of the parcel has some relationship with the attribute and state of the user. For example, if the luggage is a suitcase, it can be estimated that the user who stored the luggage in the locker is traveling, and if the luggage is a fashion brand paper bag, is the user who stored the luggage in the locker interested in fashion? It can be presumed that the user is shopping for clothes, and if the baggage is a musical instrument, it can be presumed that the user who stored the baggage in the locker is a person who plays the musical instrument as a hobby or for work. Therefore, by transmitting to the communication device 40 advertisement information according to the attribute of the baggage deposited in the locker by the user, it is possible to provide an advertisement suitable for the user.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of the server device 50. As shown in FIG. The server device 50 is physically configured as a computer device including a processor 5001, a memory 5002, a storage 5003, a communication device 5004, an input device 5005, an output device 5006, and a bus connecting them. Note that in the following description, the term "apparatus" can be read as a circuit, device, unit, or the like. The hardware configuration of the server device 50 may be configured to include one or more of each device shown in the figure, or may be configured without some of the devices.

Each function in the server device 50 is performed by causing the processor 5001 to perform calculations, controlling communication by the communication device 5004, and controlling the and by controlling at least one of reading and writing of data in the storage 5003 .

The processor 5001, for example, operates an operating system and controls the entire computer. The processor 5001 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic device, registers, and the like. Also, for example, a baseband signal processing unit, a call processing unit, and the like may be implemented by the processor 5001 .

The processor 5001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 5003 and the communication device 5004 to the memory 5002, and executes various processes according to them. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least part of the operations described below is used. The functional blocks of server device 50 may be implemented by a control program stored in memory 5002 and running on processor 5001 . Various types of processing may be executed by one processor 5001, but may also be executed by two or more processors 5001 simultaneously or sequentially. Processor 5001 may be implemented by one or more chips. Note that the program may be transmitted from the network 2 to the server device 50 via an electric communication line.

The memory 5002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and is composed of at least one of, for example, ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), and RAM (Random Access Memory). may be The memory 5002 may also be called a register, cache, main memory (main storage device), or the like. The memory 5002 can store executable programs (program code), software modules, etc. for performing methods according to the present invention.

The storage 5003 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, an optical disc such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disc, a magneto-optical disc (e.g., a compact disc, a digital versatile disc, a Blu-ray disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy disk, magnetic strip, and/or the like. Storage 5003 may be called an auxiliary storage device.

The communication device 5004 is hardware (transmitting/receiving device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also called a network device, network controller, network card, communication module, or the like.

The input device 5005 is an input device (for example, keyboard, mouse, switch, etc.) that receives input from the outside. The output device 5006 is an output device (such as a display) that outputs to the outside. Note that the input device 5005 and the output device 5006 may be integrated (for example, a touch panel).

Each device such as processor 5001 and memory 5002 is connected by a bus for communicating information. The bus may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between devices.

The server device 50 includes hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), and an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). Alternatively, the hardware may implement part or all of each functional block. For example, processor 5001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of the communication device 40. As shown in FIG. The communication device 40 has a display function and functions as a display device in the present invention. The communication device 40 is a computer device that physically includes a processor 4001, a memory 4002, a storage 4003, a communication device 4004, an input device 4005, an output device 4006, the above-described second wireless receiving device 4007, and a bus connecting them. is configured as The processor 4001 , memory 4002 , storage 4003 , input device 4005 , and output device 4006 are the same device group as the processor 5001 , memory 5002 , storage 5003 , input device 5005 , and output device 5006 included in the server device 50 . The output device 4006 includes at least a display, which is a display device. Note that the communication device 4004 has a configuration suitable for wireless communication, for example, in order to realize at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD), a high-frequency switch and a duplexer. , filters, and frequency synthesizers. For example, a transmitting/receiving antenna, an amplifier section, a transmitting/receiving section, a transmission line interface, etc. may be implemented by the communication device 4004 . The transceiver may be physically or logically separate implementations for the transmitter and receiver.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the locker management system 1. As shown in FIG. A wireless transmission device 31 provided in the key 30 periodically transmits a wireless signal including a key ID, which is identification information assigned to itself, within a predetermined range. This key ID corresponds to each locker and is stored in the storage medium within the wireless transmission device 31 .

When receiving the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmission device 31, the first radio reception device 20 of the locker equipment 10 periodically transmits the received information including the key ID to the server device 50 via the network 2 during the reception period. Send to

The imaging device 11 of the locker equipment 10 transmits imaged data obtained by imaging the luggage to the server device 50 via the network 2 when the door of the locker is opened, the luggage is stored, and the door is locked with the key 30. do. This imaging data may be a still image or a moving image. At this time, the image capturing device 11 transmits the key ID of the key with which the luggage is stored and locked to the server device 50 via the network 2 together with the image data. Therefore, the imaging device 11 is electrically connected to the locking mechanism of each locker, and identifies the key ID when locking the locking mechanism.

In the communication device 40, when the second radio receiving device 4007 receives the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31, the communication device 4004 periodically identifies the key ID and the communication device 40 during the reception period. Information including the device ID is transmitted to the server device 50 via the network 2 . This device ID is stored in the storage 4003 of the communication device 40 .

In the server device 50 , the acquisition unit 51 acquires information indicating whether or not the first radio reception device 20 or the second radio reception device 4007 is receiving the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmission device 31 . More specifically, when the acquisition unit 51 receives the key ID from the first radio receiving device 20, it means that the first radio receiving device 20 is receiving the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31. information will be obtained. Further, when the acquiring unit 51 receives the key ID and the device ID from the second radio receiving device 4007, the second radio receiving device 4007 of the communication device 40 having the device ID receives the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31. You will get information that means that Further, the acquisition unit 51 acquires the above-described imaging data and key ID from the imaging device 11 .

In the server device 50, the recording unit 52, based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit 51, when it is determined that the first wireless receiving device 20 is receiving the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless transmitting device 31 records the unused state of the locker corresponding to the key ID included in the radio signal. In addition, the recording unit 52 determines that the first radio receiving device 20 has not received the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31 and the second radio receiving device 4007 has received the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31. If so, the state in which the locker corresponding to the key ID included in the radio signal is being used by the user of the communication device 40 corresponding to the device ID included in the radio signal is recorded.

In the server device 50, the luggage attribute identification unit 53 identifies attributes of luggage stored in the locker. The attributes of a package include at least one of the type, appearance, weight, and size of the package. be an attribute of the package. The type of baggage is, for example, a suitcase, a wrapping paper or bag from a store called XX, a case for a musical instrument, etc. It refers to the classification of luggage. Similarly, the appearance, weight, and size of luggage are also classified to such an extent that the user's attributes, conditions, and the like can be estimated. The package attribute specifying unit 53 stores an algorithm for specifying the package attribute from the image data, and specifies the package attribute according to this algorithm. This algorithm is based on known image recognition techniques such as feature point extraction and pattern matching.

The weight of the package is one of the attributes of the package. The user inputs the weight by operating the communication device 40, and the communication device 40 transmits the weight along with the device ID of the communication device 40 via the network 2. You may make it transmit to the server apparatus 50. FIG. Alternatively, the weight may be estimated from the size and type of the package that the package attribute specifying unit 53 can recognize from the imaging data.

In the server device 50 , the advertisement information transmission section 54 transmits advertisement information according to the attribute of the parcel identified by the parcel attribute identification section 53 to the communication device 40 . At this time, the communication device 40 to which the advertisement information is transmitted is the communication device 40 including the second wireless receiving device 4007 that receives the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless transmitting device 31 provided in the locker key 30 . The advertisement information group is recorded in the recording unit 52 in advance. The advertisement information transmission unit 54 stores an algorithm for selecting advertisement information to be transmitted from the advertisement information group recorded in the recording unit 52 based on the attribute of the package. Select the advertisement information that becomes This algorithm may include, for example, an algorithm for estimating user attributes from package attributes and an algorithm for selecting advertising information to be transmitted from user attributes. These algorithms, for example, use the attribute of the package as an explanatory variable and machine learning with the attribute of the user who deposited the package in the locker as the objective variable, and the user's attribute as the explanatory variable, and it has been confirmed that advertising is effective. It is an algorithm generated by machine learning with advertising information as the objective variable, or machine learning with the attribute of the package as the explanatory variable and advertising information that has been confirmed to be effective as the objective variable.

[motion]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 5, the acquisition unit 51 of the server device 50 receives a radio signal transmitted from the radio transmission device 31 as described above from the first radio reception device 20, the second radio reception device 4007, or the imaging device 11. Information indicating whether or not there is or image data is obtained via the network 2 (step S11).

The recording unit 52 determines the locker usage status based on the information acquired by the first wireless receiving device 20 and the second wireless receiving device 4007, and records information according to the determination result. In other words, when the recording unit 52 determines that the first wireless receiving device 20 is receiving the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless transmitting device 31 based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit 51, the locker is not used. In addition, the recording unit 52 determines that the first radio receiving device 20 has not received the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31 and the second radio receiving device 4007 has received the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31. If so, record the state in which the locker is being used.

More specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the recording unit 52 records "locker ID", "key ID", "usage status" and "parcel attribute" in association with each other. In the "Usage Status" record, the first wireless receiving device 20 has not received the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless transmitting device 31 and the second wireless receiving device 4007 has not received the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless transmitting device 31. If it is received, "used" is recorded, and if not, "not used" is recorded. In the example of FIG. 6, it is determined that the first radio receiving device 20 is receiving the radio signal transmitted from the radio transmitting device 31 with the locker ID "L001" and the key ID "K001" of the locker key. Therefore, "not used" is recorded as the usage status of the locker. The same applies to the locker ID "L002" and the key ID "K002" of the locker's key. On the other hand, with the locker ID “L003” and the key ID “K003” of the locker key, the first wireless receiving device 20 has not received the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless transmitting device 31 and the second wireless receiving device 4007 is receiving the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless transmission device 31, "used" is recorded as the locker usage status. In the case of "used" in the "usage status" record, the device ID acquired from the communication device 40 ("M001" in FIG. 6) is recorded.

When the acquisition unit 51 acquires the imaging data and the key ID from the imaging device 11, the package attribute specifying unit 53 specifies the attribute of the package from the imaging data (step S12). The recording unit 52 records the attribute of the specified package. For example, in the example of FIG. 6, in the record of "luggage attribute", "suitcase" (that is, the type of luggage), "large size" (that is, the size of the luggage), and "pink" (the color, pattern, and pattern of the luggage) is recorded.

In the server device 50, the advertisement information transmission unit 54 inputs the attribute of the package specified by the package attribute specifying unit 53 (here, “suitcase, large size, pink”) to the algorithm described above, and the recording unit 52 The advertisement information to be transmitted is selected from the advertisement information group recorded in (step S13). In the example where the attribute of the luggage is "suitcase, large size, pink", the attribute of the user can be "a young woman traveling". , theme parks, tourist facilities, etc. are selected.

Then, the advertisement information transmission unit 54 transmits the selected advertisement information to the communication device 40 of "M001" illustrated in FIG. 6 (step S14). This communication device 40 is the communication device 40 carried by the user who deposited the above-mentioned "suitcase, large size, pink" luggage in the locker.

According to the above embodiment, it is possible to provide appropriate advertisements to users who use lockers. In addition, since the advertisement information is transmitted to the communication device 40 carried by the user who has deposited the luggage in the locker, the advertisement information is surely viewed by the user, and it can be said that the advertisement effect is high. In addition to the first wireless receiver 20 provided near the locker, the second wireless receiver 4007 of the communication device 40 carried by the user is also used as a device for receiving the wireless signal transmitted from the key 30. Determination of locker usage status becomes more reliable.

[Modification]
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. The embodiment described above may be modified as follows. Also, two or more of the following modified examples may be combined for implementation.

[Modification 1]
In the above embodiment, the display device to which the advertisement information is transmitted is implemented by the communication device 40 carried by the user, but the present invention is not limited to this. The display device may be, for example, a display installed in the locker facility 10 . In this case, the advertisement information transmission unit 54 transmits the selected advertisement information to the display device of the locker facility 10 including the locker in which the package whose attribute is specified is stored.

[Modification 2]
In the above-described embodiment, the locker facility 10 includes the imaging device 11, but the configuration is not limited to this. For example, the communication device 40 carried by the user may include an imaging device. In this case, the user takes an image of the luggage to be deposited in the locker with the communication device 40 and transmits the imaged data to the server device 50 . At this time, the communication device 40 transmits the key ID included in the radio signal received by the second radio receiving device 4007 from the radio transmitting device 31 together with the device ID of the communication device 40 to the server device 50 via the network 2 .

[Modification 3]
Attributes of lockers in which packages are stored may be used in selecting advertisement information. That is, the server device 50 includes a locker attribute specifying unit that specifies attributes of the locker in which the package is stored, and the advertisement information transmitting unit 54 has the attribute specified by the package attribute specifying unit 53 and the attribute specified by the locker attribute specifying unit. Advertisement information corresponding to the combination of attributes may be transmitted to the communication device 40 . Here, locker attributes include at least one of the following: locker size, shape, location, usage fee, usage time, usage deadline, or usage status of lockers installed on the same site as the locker. including. The relationship between locker attributes and advertising information to be sent is provided by an algorithm generated by machine learning, etc., with locker attributes as explanatory variables and advertising information that has been confirmed to be effective as objective variables, for example. be done. For example, it can be estimated that a user who uses a locker located at a high position (the top level of the locker facility) is tall, and a user who uses a locker located at a low position (the lowest level of the locker facility) has heavy luggage. . Also, it can be estimated that the user who uses the large locker has heavy luggage or is male, and the user who uses the small locker has light luggage or is female. In addition, it can be estimated that a user who uses the locker for a long time or who pays a high usage fee is a traveler or a user who spends a long time in action. In addition, when most of the lockers are not used as the usage status of the lockers installed on the same site as the lockers containing the luggage, the advertisement information that encourages the use of the lockers of the locker facility is selected. An example is possible.

[Modification 4]
The date and time or the weather may be used in selecting advertisement information. In other words, the server device 50 has an environment specifying unit that specifies the date and time or weather when the package is stored in the locker, and the advertisement information transmitting unit specifies the attribute specified by the package attribute specifying unit and the attribute specified by the locker attribute specifying unit. Advertisement information may be transmitted to the communication device in accordance with the combination of the attribute and the date and time specified by the environment specifying unit. The relationship between the date and time or the weather and the advertising information to be transmitted is provided by an algorithm generated by machine learning, etc., with the date and time or the weather as explanatory variables and the advertising information that has been confirmed to be effective as the objective variable. be done. For example, for users who use lockers during meal times, advertising information related to eating out may be selected, and for users who use lockers late at night, late-night traffic An example may be considered in which advertising information relating to means is selected. Further, for example, advertisement information related to outdoor recreation is selected for users who use lockers on sunny days, and advertisements encouraging the use or purchase of umbrellas for users who use lockers on bad weather days. An example may be considered in which information is selected.

[Modification 5]
In the selection of advertisement information, different advertisements may be selected before and after using the locker. That is, the advertisement information transmission unit may transmit different advertisement information to the communication device at the start of the service of storing packages in a locker and at the end of the service of storing packages in a locker. For example, at the start of a service for storing luggage in a locker, it is assumed that the user will leave the luggage and then move around the area, so an example of selecting advertisement information about commercial facilities near the locker is conceivable. In addition, when the service of storing luggage in the locker ends, it is assumed that the user will move far away, such as returning home after picking up the luggage. example.

[Modification 6]
In response to a request from a user who wants to use a locker from now on, information corresponding to the recorded content (for example, which locker is open) may be distributed to the user's user terminal (not shown). good. As a result, a user who wants to use a locker can know which locker he/she can use from a distance from the locker.

[Modification 7]
In the above embodiment, in addition to the first wireless receiver 20 provided near the locker, the second wireless receiver 4007 of the communication device 40 carried by the user is also used as a device for receiving wireless signals transmitted from the key 30. was using Although this makes it possible to more reliably determine the usage status of lockers, it is not always necessary to adopt the scheme according to this embodiment as a mechanism for determining the usage status of lockers.

[Modification 8]
When the user goes to pick up the baggage left in the locker, the user may be informed of the location of the locker or the time required for the user to move to the location of the locker. In this case, the server device 50 includes a guide information transmitting unit that transmits to the communication device 40 information that guides the location of the locker used by the user or the time required for the user to move to the locker. Specifically, the communication device 40 has a function of periodically measuring the position of its own device by GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like and notifying the server device 50, and the recording unit 52 records the position of each locker. It is recorded in association with the locker ID. The guidance information transmission unit regards the position of the communication device 40 notified by the communication device 40 as the position of the user, calculates the distance between this position and the position of the locker used by this user, and calculates the distance. The time required to move is specified and transmitted to the communication device 40 together with the location of the locker. Thereby, the user can know the location of the locker or the time required for the user to move to the location of the locker when retrieving the baggage deposited in the locker.

[Modification 9]
When the second wireless receiver 4007 transitions from a state in which it does not receive a wireless signal from the wireless transmitter 31 to a state in which it receives the wireless signal, it is when the user approaches the locker. At this time, server device 50 may include an advertisement information transmission unit that transmits advertisement information to communication device 40 having second wireless reception device 4007 that has received the wireless signal. This advertisement information is, for example, information according to the position of the locker that the user has approached, and for example, advertisement information regarding restaurants, commercial facilities, or events near the locker. Similarly, during the period in which the second radio receiving device 4007 receives the radio signal from the radio transmitting device 31, the advertising information transmitting unit receives the radio signal from the communication device 40 provided with the second radio receiving device 4007. You may make it transmit information.

[Modification 10]
The server device 50 estimates the time when the user will go to pick up the luggage deposited in the locker, and notifies the user terminals of other users who want to use the locker that the locker will be available at the estimated time. can be Specifically, the communication device 40 has a function of periodically measuring the position of its own device by GPS or the like and notifying it to the server device 50, and the recording unit 52 associates the position of each locker with the locker ID. attached and recorded. Then, using these positions, the server device 50 determines that the user carrying the communication device 40 is moving toward the locker that the user is using, and that the locker is being used. An estimation unit is provided for estimating the transition time from the state to the unused state. When it is determined that the user carrying the communication device 40 is moving toward the locker used by the user, for example, the position of the communication device 40 is within a predetermined distance from the locker. , and the moving direction of the user specified from the history of the position of the communication device 40 matches the direction of approaching the locker. The estimating unit calculates the distance between the position of the communication device 40 acquired by the acquiring unit 51 and the position of the locker used by the user based on the history of the position of the communication device 40 acquired by the acquiring unit 51. The time is estimated by dividing by the speed of movement. The recording unit 52 records the time estimated by the estimating unit, and the server device 50 distributes information including this time.

[Other Modifications]
The block diagrams used in the description of the above embodiments show blocks in functional units. These functional blocks (components) are implemented by any combination of hardware and/or software. Further, means for realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be implemented by one device physically and/or logically coupled, or may be implemented by two or more physically and/or logically separated devices directly and/or indirectly. These multiple devices may be physically connected (eg, wired and/or wirelessly).

Aspects/embodiments described herein support Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G, 5G, Future Radio Access (FRA), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), It may be applied to systems utilizing Bluetooth®, other suitable systems, and/or advanced next generation systems based thereon.

The procedures, sequences, flow charts, etc. of each aspect/embodiment described herein may be interchanged so long as there is no inconsistency. For example, the methods described herein present elements of the various steps in a sample order, and are not limited to the specific order presented.
Each aspect/embodiment described herein may be used alone, in combination, or switched between implementations. In addition, the notification of predetermined information (for example, notification of “being X”) is not limited to being performed explicitly, but may be performed implicitly (for example, not notifying the predetermined information). good too.

As used herein, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

The information, parameters, etc. described in this specification may be represented by absolute values, relative values from a predetermined value, or other corresponding information. The names used for the parameters described above are not limiting in any way. Further, the formulas, etc. using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed herein.

As used herein, the terms "determining" and "determining" may encompass a wide variety of actions. "Determining", "determining" means, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (e.g., table , searching in a database or other data structure), ascertaining as "determining" or "determining". Also, “judgment” and “decision” are used for receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., transmitting information), input, output, and access. (accessing) (for example, accessing data in memory) may include deeming that something has been "determined" or "determined". In addition, "judgement" and "decision" are considered to be "judgment" and "decision" by resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. can contain. In other words, "judgment" and "decision" may include considering that some action is "judgment" and "decision".

The present invention may be provided as an information processing method including processing steps performed in the server device 50 . Moreover, the present invention may be provided as a program executed in the server device 50 . Such a program may be provided in a form recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disc, or may be provided in a form in which the program is downloaded to a computer via a network such as the Internet, installed, and made available. It is possible.

Software, instructions, etc. may be transmitted and received over a transmission medium. For example, the software can be used to access websites, servers, or other When transmitted from a remote source, these wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission media.

Information, signals, etc. described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description may refer to voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or photons, or any of these. may be represented by a combination of

Terms described herein and/or terms necessary for understanding the specification may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meaning.

Any reference to elements using the "first," "second," etc. designations used herein does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations may be used herein as a convenient method of distinguishing between two or more elements. Thus, reference to a first and second element does not imply that only two elements can be employed therein, or that the first element must precede the second element in any way.

To the extent that "including," "comprising," and variations thereof are used herein or in the claims, these terms, as well as the term "comprising," are inclusive. intended to be Furthermore, the term "or" as used in this specification or the claims is not intended to be an exclusive OR.

Throughout this disclosure, where articles have been added by translation, e.g., a, an, and the in English, these articles are used unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It shall include plural things.

Although the present invention has been described in detail above, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein. The present invention can be embodied in modified and determined aspects without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Accordingly, the descriptions herein are for the purpose of illustration and description, and are not intended to have any limiting meaning with respect to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Locker management system 2... Network 10... Locker equipment 11... Imaging device 20... First wireless receiving device 30... Key 31... Wireless transmitting device 40... Communication device 4001... Processor 4002... Memory , 4003... Storage, 4004... Communication device, 4005... Input device, 4006... Output device, 4007... Second wireless receiving device, 50... Server device, 51... Acquisition unit, 52... Recording unit, 53... Package attribute identification unit, 54... Advertisement information transmitting unit, 5001... Processor, 5002... Memory, 5003... Storage, 5004... Communication device, 5005... Input device, 5006... Output device.

Claims (6)

a baggage attribute identification unit that identifies attributes of baggage stored in the locker;
a locker attribute identification unit that identifies an attribute of the locker in which the package is stored;
According to the combination of the attribute specified by the luggage attribute specifying unit and the attribute specified by the locker attribute specifying unit, the attribute of the user who holds the luggage is estimated, and the advertisement information is displayed according to the estimated attribute of the user. An information processing device comprising: an advertisement information transmitting unit that transmits to the device. The advertisement information transmission unit transmits advertisement information about a commercial facility near the locker to the display device when the service of storing luggage in the locker is started, and when the service of storing the luggage in the locker is finished, 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein advertisement information regarding means of transportation near a locker is transmitted to said display device. An environment specifying unit that specifies the date and time or weather when the luggage is stored in the locker,
The advertisement information transmission unit displays the advertisement information according to the combination of the attribute specified by the package attribute specification unit, the attribute specified by the locker attribute specification unit, and the date and time or weather specified by the environment specification unit. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information is transmitted to the apparatus. 4. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the attribute of the package includes at least one of the type, appearance, weight and size of the package. The attribute of the locker is at least one of the following: size, shape, location, usage fee, usage time, usage period, or usage status in a group of lockers installed on the same site as the locker. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , comprising: The advertising information transmission unit
When a radio signal transmitted from a radio transmission device provided in the locker key is received by a radio reception device provided in the display device, the advertisement information is transmitted to the display device that received the radio signal. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , characterized in that:

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