JPH11232284A - Information transmitter/receiver and information exchanging method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable each user to receive necessary information in accordance with its purpose or format by transmitting data related to the sort of required information from a user side, retrieving information suited to the data and transmitting the retrieved information from an information providing side to the user. SOLUTION: An information receiving part 2 built in an information transmitter/receiver transmits data stored in a user's required information DB 3 when judged that an information providing device is intalled around the device itself, an information transmitting/receiving part 4 in the information providing device stores the user's required information (data) received from the information transmitter/receiver in a storage part 6. The user's required information is compared with information stored in a providing information DB 7 and information suited to the use's required information is retrieved and transmitted to the information transmitter/receiver. When these information providing devices are installed on street corners or respective floors of a department store, each user owning the information transmitter/receiver can acquire a variety of information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information transmission / reception apparatus and an information exchange method for interactively exchanging information between an information transmission / reception apparatus owned by a user and an externally provided information provider (apparatus). Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the number of people who always carry a portable terminal or the like and store necessary information in the portable terminal or obtain it from an external system such as the Internet has increased. However, all of these require explicit representation of necessary information, and the route of obtaining the information is limited. The purpose or form of the information (text,
The information provided is the same regardless of the user (sound, Japanese, English, map, etc.).

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanism that allows individual users to receive necessary information according to their purpose and form, and to provide a wide variety of information obtaining methods.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an information transmitting / receiving apparatus capable of obtaining information desired by a user through an interaction with an information providing side, wherein the information transmitting / receiving apparatus stores data relating to the type of information desired by the user. A storage means,
A transmitting means for transmitting the data stored in the first storage means, and according to the data transmitted from the transmitting means,
It is provided with receiving means for receiving information desired by the user from information transmitted by the information providing side, and information presenting means for presenting information desired by the user received by the receiving means. And an information exchange method configured to obtain information desired by a user through interaction with an information providing side, wherein the user transmits data relating to the type of information desired by the user. Receiving the transmitted data on the information providing side, using the received data, searching for information matching the data from various information stored on the information providing side, and using the searched information; An information exchange method characterized in that the information is transmitted to a user side and the transmitted information is presented to a presentation means on the user side.

Thus, a user can use an active card (information transmitting / receiving device) in which the purpose of desired information is stored.
, It is possible to obtain necessary information according to the purpose of the user from the information providing device installed in the external system. If the form of desired information is also stored, it can be referred to in that form. Thus, for example, a foreigner who has visited a trip that only understands English can travel in English and hear information transmitted by an information providing device installed at a tourist spot by carrying an active card whose purpose and form is English. it can. If it is confirmed that a disaster has occurred, the evacuation route information can be obtained for the purpose of searching for an evacuation route.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of an information exchange system according to the present invention. This system includes an information transmitting / receiving device held by a user and an information providing device for providing various information. The information transmitting / receiving device is generally provided in the form of an active card usually carried by a user, and can be connected to a user terminal. That is, the information transmitting / receiving device can be attached (connected) to and detached from the user terminal. The information providing device is installed at a town corner or a tourist spot or embedded in a facility. Although not shown in the drawing, there are a plurality of information providing devices.

[0007] The information transmitting and receiving apparatus includes a user desired information DB 3 in which the purpose of obtaining information and the presentation form of the user are stored. Data for the purpose (type) of user information acquisition is, for example, general data such as traffic information and tourist information, and patrol information, and special uses such as voltage and flow rate of each plant equipment. And those used in emergencies such as evacuation sites and foodstuffs. The data relating to the presentation form stored in the user desired information DB 3 is used to determine in what form information suitable for the purpose of acquiring information of the user is presented. Specifically, it is an English text, a Japanese text, an English voice, a Japanese voice, a drawing, a map, and the like.

As described above, the purpose of the information request and the form of the presentation information can be stored in the user desired information DB 3. The user desired information DB3 may be provided in the form of a chip or the like, and may be replaced with an information transmitting / receiving device, or may be switched by the information transmitting / receiving device itself.

[0009] The provision information DB 7 in the information provision device stores information on facilities in which the information provision device is embedded. Examples of the information include sightseeing guide information at sightseeing spots and names and position information of buildings at buildings and intersections. In addition, information such as the nearest evacuation site and the location of a food warehouse is also stored in case of a disaster.

The processing flow of the information exchange system will be described in order with reference to FIG. The information transmitting / receiving unit 2 built in the information transmitting / receiving device checks whether or not the information providing device is installed around (S1), and when it is determined that the information providing device is installed,
The data of the user desired information DB3 is transmitted (S2). On the other hand, the information providing apparatus operates the information transmitting / receiving unit 4 to check whether the information transmitting / receiving apparatus is approaching around. When the information transmitting / receiving device and the information providing device approach each other in a predetermined range, the information transmitting / receiving unit 2 of the information providing device receives from the information transmitting / receiving device (S3) and stores the received user desired information (data) in the storage unit. 6 is stored. The information providing device compares the user desired information with the information stored in the provided information DB and searches for information that matches the user desired information (S4). If a match is detected (S5), the information is transmitted to the information transmitting / receiving device via the information transmitting / receiving means (S6), and the information presenting means presents the provided information (S7).

[0011] Thus, if the information providing device is installed on each floor of a street corner or a department store, the user having the information transmitting / receiving device can obtain various information. At the street corner, you can get the name and address of the place. User desired information DB3
If weather information (kind) data is included in the information, weather forecast etc. can be obtained. Since various information is registered in the information providing device of each floor of the department store,
Users can only obtain information that is appropriate for themselves on each floor.

A bar code is conceivable as information in the provided information DB 7. The information providing device is installed as equipment such as a building. In this case, the information transmitting / receiving device corresponds to a non-contact type bar code reader. The user can read the barcode attached to the building with a portable information transmitting / receiving device, that is, a barcode reader, and obtain the name and position information of the building.

Since the information transmitting / receiving device can be easily attached to a user's portable terminal or the like, the information transmitting / receiving device can be detached and incorporated with another user desired information DB in accordance with the situation. Alternatively, the user desired information DB may be chipped and replaced. Thus, for example, when a foreigner enters the country, it is possible to give the user a desired information DB chip or an information transmitting / receiving device. When the user speaks English and comes to Japan for sightseeing, various types of data are registered in the user-desired information DB such that the purpose is sightseeing and the form of information provision is English. This will allow the foreigner to receive various tourist information in English everywhere.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of another information exchange system according to the present invention. It relates to the construction of the user desired information DB3. The user situation detection sensor 9 is a sensor that obtains information necessary for constructing the user desired information DB3, and may be a vital sensor such as a heart movement or a pulse rate. Based on the information detected by the user situation detection sensor 9, the user necessary information detection unit 8 constructs the user desired information DB3.

For example, if the pulse of the user is disturbed,
The user necessary information detection unit 8 determines that the user is in poor physical condition and registers the purpose: hospital information in the user desired information DB3. When the user situation detecting sensor 9 detects that the user cannot see the information presented by the information presenting section 1, the user necessary information detecting section 8 stores the information in the user desired information DB3. Form: Register as Japanese voice. Thereby, if information provided by the information providing apparatus relates to hospital information and is described in Japanese voice, it can be received, and the information presenting unit 1 can convey the hospital information in Japanese voice. .

In another example, a video camera may be registered in the use state detection sensor 9. Thereby, for example, the user necessary information detection unit 8 detects that the user has been trapped in the dark. In this case, the purpose: danger escape, form: voice is registered in the user desired information DB3, and information on the evacuation route and the like can be received from the provided information DB7 by voice. In this way, the purpose is: when the danger escape is registered, the information providing device which receives this information not only provides information such as evacuation route guidance, but also transmits the information to other information transmitting / receiving devices (devices not shown in the figure). It is also conceivable to inform them.

Further, the information form data of the user desired information DB 3 can be changed depending on the hardware configuration in which the information transmitting / receiving device is attached. If you do not have a display but do have a speaker, the form of information:
Becomes voice.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of another information exchange system according to the present invention. The configuration of FIG. 1 includes a media conversion unit 11 and an information conversion unit 10. The information conversion unit 10 receives from the search unit 5 the information itself to be converted and the type of media to be converted. The media converter 11 includes English-Japanese translation, Japanese-English translation, speech synthesis, video recognition,
Various media conversion functions such as drawing recognition are implemented. The information to be converted and the type of media to be converted are input to the information conversion unit 10 from the search unit 5. The information conversion unit 10 checks whether information conversion is possible using the media conversion function registered in the media conversion unit 11. If possible, media conversion is performed by the media conversion function registered in the media conversion unit 11 and returned to the search unit 5. If it is impossible, it returns to the search unit 5 that conversion is impossible. Note that the information conversion unit 10 can perform media conversion by combining media conversion functions.

Thus, if English is desired as the information format of the user desired information and only the information registered in Japanese is found in the provided information DB 7, the information conversion unit 10 registers the information in the media conversion unit 11. Media conversion is performed using the provided Japanese-English translation function, and the provided information in English is returned to the search unit 5. In this case, if English voice is registered as the information form of the user desired information in the storage unit 6, the information conversion unit 1
At 0, English voices can be returned to the search unit 5 using the Japanese-English translation function and English voice synthesis registered in the media conversion unit 11.

If the information that matches the user desired information stored in the storage unit 6 cannot be retrieved from the provided information DB 7 or cannot be converted by the information conversion unit 10, the result is not returned to the information transmitting / receiving device. .

By having the function of media conversion as described above, it is possible to perform appropriate information presentation according to the situation of the information presentation unit 1. It is also possible to respond flexibly to foreigners and people with disabilities. Since there is no need to register the same kind of provided information in the provided information DB 7, the provided information DB
7 can be reduced in size.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a modification of the information exchange system shown in FIG. 4, and includes an update of the provided information DB7. It is also possible to obtain the latest information by linking the information providing center 12 and the provided information DB.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, if the user carries the information transmitting / receiving device, the user can obtain necessary information desired by the user from the information providing device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first information exchange system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing flow;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a second information exchange system.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a third information exchange system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example regarding an update of a provided information DB;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information presentation part 2 Information transmission / reception part 3 User desired information DB 5 Search part 6 Storage part 7 Provided information DB

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Genso Matsubara 1 Kosuka Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Toshiba Research and Development Center Co., Ltd. No. 1 town Toshiba R & D Center

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information transmitting / receiving apparatus which can obtain information desired by a user through an interaction with an information providing side, wherein the first storage means stores data relating to a type of information desired by the user; Transmitting means for transmitting data stored in the one storage means; receiving means for receiving information desired by the user from information transmitted by the information providing side in accordance with data transmitted from the transmitting means; An information transmitting / receiving apparatus comprising: information presenting means for presenting information desired by a user received by the receiving means. 2. An information exchange method configured so that information desired by a user can be obtained by interaction with an information providing side, wherein data relating to the type of information desired by the user is transmitted from the user side, The transmitted data is received by the information providing side, and the received data is used to search for information matching the data from various information stored in the information providing side. An information exchange method, wherein the information is transmitted to a user, and the transmitted information is presented to presentation means on the user side. 3. An information exchange method configured to obtain information desired by a user through an interaction with an information providing side, wherein the method detects a situation of the user from a user side, and detects a state of the detected user. Detects the type of information according to the situation, transmits data related to the type of detected information, receives the transmitted data on the information provider side, and stores the data on the information provider side using the received data. Searching for information matching the data from the various types of information, transmitting the searched information to the user side, and presenting the transmitted information to the presentation means on the user side. method of exchange.