JP6038611B2 - Information processing system, information processing device, server, terminal device, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing device, a server, a terminal device, an information processing method, and an information processing program for displaying a map.

  In recent years, many devices that provide route guidance to a user, such as a car navigation device, have been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a map display device that guides a vehicle from a departure place to a destination by displaying a current location and a guidance route on a map. In this map display device, the user can grasp the timing of the right / left turn by displaying the mark data at a branch point (intersection etc.) of the route in the map data. The landmark data here is a facility name or the like.

JP-A-8-75489

  However, even if the landmark data is displayed at the branch point of the route, if the facility corresponding to the landmark data is not very famous, the user may miss this facility. In addition, the actual situation is that the degree of acceptance of the facility differs depending on the user, and even if the facility is well known for a certain person, it is often the case that the facility is not known for others.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, a server, a terminal device, and an information processing for displaying an appropriate facility on a map according to a user. A method and an information processing program are provided.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, facility information storage means for storing information about facilities, user information storage means for storing attribute information of each user, and tolerance information that is the tolerance of the attribute information for each facility information The facility tolerance information storage means for storing the map information, the map information acquisition means for acquiring map information in response to a map request from a specific user, and the attribute information of the user who made the map request from the user information storage means User information information acquisition means for acquiring information, and facility information acquisition means for acquiring facility information to be displayed on the map information from the facility information storage means based on the acquired attribute information and the tolerance information And a display means for displaying the acquired map information and facility information.

  According to the present invention, since the user's attributes are taken into account, an appropriate facility can be displayed on the map according to the user.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows an example of the structure of the data which the user information storage part 223 memorize | stores. The figure which shows an example of the structure of the data which the facility information storage part 222 memorize | stores. The figure which shows another example of the structure of the data which the facility tolerance information storage part 224 memorize | stores. The figure which shows another example of the structure of the data which the facility tolerance information storage part 224 memorize | stores. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the processing operation of the information processing system of FIG. The figure which shows an example of the screen which performs route guidance. The figure which shows an example of the screen which performs route guidance. The figure which shows an example of the structure of the data which the user information storage part 223 memorize | stores.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system includes a terminal device 1, a server 2, and a network 3. The terminal device 1 is used by a user, and may be a mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal device, or a stationary electronic device such as a car navigation device. At least a part of the terminal device 1 and the server 2 is realized by a computer. The terminal device 1 communicates with the server 2 via the network 3, but the network 3 may be either a wired line or a wireless line, and the type and form of the line are not limited.

  The terminal device 1 includes a communication unit 11, a control unit 12, an operation input unit 13, and a display unit 14.

  The communication unit 11 is an interface that transmits and receives information between the control unit 12 and the server 2 via the network 3.

  The control unit 12 includes a map request transmission unit 121, an information reception unit 122, and a route guidance unit 123. The control unit 12 is, for example, a processor, and these units are realized by executing a program (not shown) stored in a nonvolatile memory.

  The map request transmission unit 121 requests map information from the communication unit 11 to the server 2 via the network 3. This map information is used for route guidance to a predetermined destination, for example. If necessary, the map request transmission unit 121 may transmit the origin and destination of the route and the current location of the terminal device 1 acquired by the GPS receiver (not shown) to the server 2 in addition to the map request. Good. The information receiving unit 122 receives map information and facility information (described later) transmitted from the server 2 from the network 3 via the communication unit 11. The route guidance unit 123 provides route guidance to the user using the acquired map information and facility information.

  The operation input unit 13 is an interface for a user to input an operation to the terminal device 1 and is, for example, a touch panel or a microphone in a mobile electronic device or a touch panel or a button in a stationary electronic device.

  The display unit 14 is an interface that outputs various types of information from the terminal device 1 to the user, and is, for example, a liquid crystal display that displays video. Specifically, the display unit 14 displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for receiving an operation from the user, route information described later, and the like. Note that the display unit 14 is not necessarily provided in the terminal device 1. In that case, a display data output unit that outputs display data to an external display unit may be provided in the terminal device 1.

  On the other hand, the server 2 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23.

  The communication unit 21 is an interface that transmits and receives information between the control unit 23 and the terminal device 1 via the network 3.

  The storage unit 22 includes a map information storage unit 221, a facility information storage unit 222, a user information storage unit 223, and a facility tolerance information storage unit 224.

  The map information storage unit 221 stores map information. The map information includes map data and facility information related to facilities associated with the map data.

  The facility information storage unit 222 stores information regarding facilities. Specifically, in addition to facility location information, category (classification) information, detailed facility information, icon information for display on a map, and the like may be included.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure stored in the user information storage unit 223. As illustrated, the user information storage unit 223 stores a user ID that identifies each user and the attribute information in association with each other. The attribute information includes, for example, sex and age. Further, the attribute information may include a residential area, occupation, family structure, nationality, hobby, and the like. The residential area may be a rough local unit such as the Kanto region or the Kansai region, a prefectural unit, or a more detailed municipal unit. The family structure is, for example, whether the person is unmarried or married, and the presence or absence of a child.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the structure of data stored in the facility tolerance information storage unit 224. As illustrated, the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 stores the relationship between the attribute information and the tolerance for each facility information. More specifically, the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 stores a facility ID for identifying each facility in association with attribute information of a user who has a high degree of tolerance for this facility. The gender may be “common” in addition to gender. Age groups may span multiple age groups. Of course, the age group may be determined more finely or roughly.

  For example, according to FIG. 3, a facility whose facility ID is F01 (hereinafter also simply referred to as facility F01) is particularly well known to women in their 20s and 30s. The facility F02 is particularly well recognized by men in their 30s.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another example of the structure of data stored in the facility tolerance information storage unit 224. As shown in FIG. 6A, the facility acceptance level information storage unit 224 stores a facility ID that identifies each facility and a category (classification) of the facility in association with each other. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5B, the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 stores each category in association with attribute information of a user who has a high degree of tolerance for this category.

  For example, according to FIG. 2B, the beauty salon is particularly well known to women in their 20s and 30s. GS is particularly well recognized by men in their 40s and above.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another example of the structure of data stored in the facility tolerance information storage unit 224. As shown in FIG. 6A, the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 associates each category included in the facility information with the degree of tolerance for each attribute information (age group) of the user to this category. May be stored. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5B, the degree of tolerance for each gender may be associated and stored as user attribute information. As described above, the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 may store the degree of tolerance as a numerical value. In this example, it is assumed that the larger the numerical value, the higher the tolerance.

  For example, according to FIG. 5A, the degree that the beauty salon is recognized by the teenager is 3, whereas the degree recognized by the 30s is 4.

  3 to 5 exemplify gender and age as attribute information, the attribute information may be a residential area, occupation, family structure, nationality, hobby, etc. For example, the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 stores the relationship between the category and the attribute information and the tolerance for the category in a format such that “automobile supply stores are highly tolerated by users who enjoy driving”. May be.

  Note that some or all of the storage units in the storage unit 22 may be in an external device connected via the network 3 instead of in the server 2. In addition, each storage unit may be a separate independent database, may be one database, or has a dependency relationship in which the contents of other storage units are included in one storage unit. Also good.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the control unit 23 includes a map request reception unit 231, a route information acquisition unit 232, a map information acquisition unit 233, a user attribute information acquisition unit 234, a facility information acquisition unit 235, and an information transmission unit 236. And have. The control unit 23 is, for example, a processor, and these units are realized by executing a program (not shown) stored in the nonvolatile memory.

  The map request receiving unit 231 receives a map request transmitted from the map request transmitting unit 121 of the terminal device 1 from the communication unit 21 via the network 3.

  The route information acquisition unit 232 acquires route information indicating a route to a predetermined destination. The route information may be a route only on foot, a route using public transportation such as a train, or a route traveling by automobile. The route information is obtained, for example, when the terminal device 1 transmits a departure place and a destination and the route information acquisition unit 232 searches for a route. Alternatively, a route determined in advance for each user, such as a user's commuting route or a school route, may be used. There is no particular limitation on the route information acquisition method.

  The map information acquisition unit 233 acquires map information from the map information storage unit 221. The range to be acquired may be the entire map information, a predetermined range from the acquired route, or a predetermined range of the current position of the terminal device 1.

  The user attribute information acquisition unit 234 acquires the attribute information of the user from the user information storage unit 223 illustrated in FIG. 2 based on the user ID indicating the user of the terminal device 1.

  The facility information acquisition unit 235 refers to the facility information storage unit 222 for facility information suitable for the user in consideration of the attribute information of the user among the facilities within the range of the map information acquired by the map information acquisition unit 233. Get. The acquired facility information is displayed superimposed on the map information on the display unit 14 of the terminal device 1.

  Referring to FIG. 3, for example, when the user attribute is “female in 30s”, the tolerance for the facility F01 and the facility F04 is high. Therefore, the facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires information on the facility F01 and the facility F04. As described above, the facility information acquisition unit 235 may acquire the facility information based on the acceptance degree of the facility information according to the user attribute information. Based on the acquired facility information (here, the facility ID), the facility information acquisition unit 235 displays information (location, facility detailed information, display icon, etc.) regarding the facility to be displayed on the map from the facility information storage unit 222. Acquired based on the facility ID.

  Also, referring to FIG. 4B, when the user attribute is “female in 30s”, the tolerance for the beauty salon and fast food is high. Therefore, the facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires information on the facility F11 (beauty salon) and the facility F13 (fast food) from FIG. As described above, the facility information acquisition unit 235 may acquire the facility information based on the acceptance level of the category (facility classification) according to the user attribute information. Similarly, the facility information acquisition unit 235, based on the acquired facility information (here, the category), information (location, facility detailed information, display icon, etc.) regarding the facility to be displayed on the map from the facility information storage unit 222 ) Based on the facility information (here, category).

  Also, as shown in FIG. 5, when the degree of tolerance is stored for each attribute information, the facility information acquisition unit 235 has, for the user's attribute information, facility information that is equal to or higher than a threshold with a degree of tolerance. May be obtained. For example, when the attribute of the user is “female in twenties” and the threshold is “4”, the facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires “beauty salon” and “fast food” from FIG. “Beauty salon”, “fast food” and “supermarket” are acquired from FIG. Then, the facility information acquisition unit 235, based on the acquired facility information (here, category), information about the facility to be displayed on the map from the facility information storage unit 222 (position, facility detailed information, display icon, etc.) Is acquired based on the facility information (here, category).

  Note that the threshold value may be set to a lower value when many facilities are to be displayed on the map, and the threshold value may be set to a larger value when not many facilities are to be displayed. This threshold value may be a predetermined fixed value or may be adjustable by the user.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the information transmission unit 236 transmits the map information acquired by the map information acquisition unit 233 and the information about the facility to be displayed on the map acquired by the facility information acquisition unit 235 from the communication unit 22 via the network 3. To the terminal device 1.

  FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a processing operation of the information processing system in FIG.

  First, the terminal device 1 receives a map request from the user via the operation input unit 13. As a specific example, the map request is to start a map application or to determine a departure place and a destination for route guidance in the route guidance application. In response to a map request from the user, the map request transmission unit 121 of the terminal device 1 transmits a map request to the server 2 (step S1). This map request includes the user ID.

  In response to this, the map request receiving unit 231 of the server 2 receives the map request (step S11). Thereafter, the route information acquisition unit 232 acquires route information by performing route search or the like (step S12). Further, the map information acquisition unit 233 acquires map information from the map information storage unit 221 (step S13).

  Then, the user attribute information acquisition unit 234 acquires attribute information corresponding to the ID of the user who transmitted the map request from the user information storage unit 223 (step S14). In the example of FIG. 2, when the user ID is “U00”, the corresponding attribute information is “25 years old female”, and when the user ID is “U01”, the corresponding attribute information is “31 years old male”. is there.

  The facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires the facility to be displayed on the map from the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 according to the attribute information of the user and the stored contents of the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 (step S15).

  When the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 has the structure shown in FIG. When the acquired attribute information is the “25-year-old woman”, the facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires the facility F01 as facility information having a high degree of tolerance for such a user. When the acquired attribute information is “31-year-old male”, the facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires a facility F02 having a high degree of tolerance for such a user.

  In the case where the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 has the structure shown in FIG. When the acquired attribute information is “25-year-old woman”, referring to FIG. 4B, categories having a high degree of tolerance for such a user are “beauty salon” and “fast food”. Therefore, the facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires the facility F11 (beauty salon) and the facility F13 (fast food) from FIG. Further, when the acquired attribute information is “31-year-old male”, referring to FIG. 4B, the category having a high degree of tolerance for such a user is “fast food”. Therefore, the facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires the facility F13 (fast food) from FIG.

  When the facility tolerance information storage unit 224 has the structure shown in FIG. 5 and the threshold value is 4, the following is performed. When the acquired attribute information is the above “25-year-old woman”, referring to FIG. 5A, the categories that are highly tolerated for the user in “20s” are “beauty salon” and “fast food”. . Further, referring to FIG. 5B, categories having a high tolerance for the user of “female” are “beauty salon”, “fast food”, and “supermarket”. Therefore, the facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires the categories “beauty salon”, “fast food”, and “super” as the facility information.

  Based on the facility information acquired in this way, the facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires information (location, facility detailed information, display icon, etc.) regarding the facility to be displayed on the map from the facility information storage unit 222. The information transmission unit 236 transmits the information regarding the acquired facility and the map information including the route information to the terminal device 1 (step S16).

  In response to this, the information receiving unit 122 of the terminal device 1 receives facility information and map information (step S2). And the route guidance part 123 performs route guidance with respect to a user by displaying a facility on the display part 14 on the map transmitted from the server 2 (step S3).

  7 and 8 are diagrams illustrating an example of a screen for performing route guidance. In both figures, the starting point S and the destination G are the same point, and the routes are also equal. Then, it is assumed that there is a tenant building adjacent to the intersection P that is a point where route guidance is to be performed, the facility F01 is on the first floor, and the facility F02 is on the second floor.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a screen when the user is U00 in FIG. In this case, as shown in the figure, a facility F01 having a high tolerance for the attribute information “25-year-old woman” of the user U00 is displayed adjacent to the intersection P. If the facility F02 is displayed instead of the facility F01 adjacent to the intersection P, the user U00 is not interested in the facility F02 and may not notice the facility F02. As a result, appropriate route guidance cannot be performed for the user U00. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, by displaying the facility F01 having a high degree of tolerance for the “20s female”, the user U00 has a high possibility of noticing the facility F01 and can perform route guidance appropriately. it can.

  On the other hand, FIG. 8 shows a screen example when the user is U01. In this case, as shown in the figure, a facility F02 having a high tolerance level for the attribute information “31-year-old male” of the user U01 is displayed adjacent to the intersection P.

  As can be seen from FIGS. 7 and 8, the facilities displayed by the user are different even if the route is exactly the same.

  7 and 8 show an example in which facility information is displayed within a predetermined range of route guidance points. However, when guiding a route on foot instead of a car, the moving speed is slower than that of a car driver, and the range of front, back, left and right views is also high. Therefore, the predetermined range for displaying the facility information is such that the range from the route guidance point displayed for the pedestrian route is wider than the range from the route guidance point displayed for the vehicle route, Information may be displayed. By doing this, even if there is no easy-to-recognize facility at the corner where the right / left turn is made at the route guidance point where there is a right / left turn, it should turn right / left as a result by recognizing the corner facility where the right / left turn is not performed It will be possible to support the accurate grasp of the corner.

  In addition, the facility information may be displayed not only at the route guidance point, but also within a predetermined range of the intersection to go straight on. Thereby, the user can grasp | ascertain that the intersection should not be turned based on the displayed facility information.

  Thus, in 1st Embodiment, the facility according to a user is displayed in consideration of a user's attribute. Thereby, route guidance can be performed appropriately.

(Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment described below, the facility to be displayed is acquired based on the facility acceptance level that also considers the usage history of each facility of the user.

  The schematic configuration of the information processing system according to the second embodiment is substantially the same as that shown in FIG. However, the contents stored in the user information storage unit 223 are different from those in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure stored in the user information storage unit 223. In contrast to the user information storage unit 223 of FIG. 2, the user information storage unit 223 of the present embodiment further stores the facility usage history of each user. As the usage history, for example, the ID of the facility used and its category are stored. These usage histories may be stored each time a route search destination is set. Alternatively, the current position of the terminal device 1 may be acquired in real time by the server 2, and when the current position matches the position of a certain facility, the facility may be stored as a usage history. Only the facility ID may be stored as the use history, or only the category may be stored.

  The processing operation of the information processing system according to the second embodiment is also substantially the same as in FIG. However, in step S14, the user attribute information acquisition unit 234 acquires a usage history in addition to attribute information such as sex and age. In step S15, the facility information acquisition unit 235 acquires the facility to be displayed on the map based on the facility tolerance set in consideration of the usage history in addition to the facility according to the attribute information of the user. . Hereinafter, an example of an acquisition method considering the usage history will be described.

  By setting or updating the facility tolerance shown in FIG. 5 based on the use history of each facility of the user, the facility information acquisition unit 235 gives priority to the facility that the user who performs route guidance uses many times. Can be acquired. In addition, when the frequently used facility is one of the chain stores, the facility information acquisition unit 235 sets not only the same store but also the facility tolerance for the classification information of the facility, You may enable it to acquire other stores of the same chain store.

  Further, the facility information acquisition unit 235 may preferentially acquire a facility having a category that is the same as or similar to the category that the user has used many times. For example, when a certain user uses the fast food store A many times, the facility information acquisition unit 235 may acquire a fast food store B different from this.

  Note that the facility information acquisition unit 235 may not acquire the facility according to the user's attribute information when the number of facilities according to the user's usage history is large. The facility according to the user's attribute is a facility that is highly tolerated by users who share the same attribute, and the user does not necessarily know the facility. On the other hand, the facility used by the user should be known by the user and is highly likely to be recognized.

  On the other hand, when the number of facilities corresponding to the user's usage history is equal to or less than a predetermined number, a facility corresponding to the user's attribute information may be acquired. In this case, the facility corresponding to the user's usage history and the facility corresponding to the user's attribute information are mixedly displayed on the display unit 14.

  Thus, in 2nd Embodiment, a facility is acquired in consideration of a user's facility utilization log | history. Therefore, a facility more suitable for the user can be displayed.

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

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

  Based on the above description, those skilled in the art may be able to conceive additional effects and various modifications of the present invention, but the aspects of the present invention are not limited to the individual embodiments described above. Absent. Various additions, modifications, and partial deletions can be made without departing from the concept and spirit of the present invention derived from the contents defined in the claims and equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Terminal device 11 Communication part 12 Control part 121 Map request transmission part 122 Information reception part 123 Route guidance part 13 Operation input part 14 Display part 2 Server 21 Communication part 22 Storage part 221 Map information storage part 222 Facility information storage part 223 User information Storage unit 224 Facility tolerance information storage unit 23 Control unit 231 Map request reception unit 232 Route information acquisition unit 233 Map information acquisition unit 234 User attribute information acquisition unit 235 Facility information acquisition unit 236 Information transmission unit

Claims (12)

In response to the request from the User over The, and the map information acquisition means for acquiring the map information,
A user attribute information acquisition means for acquiring the attribute information and the facility usage history of the user,
Based on the facility acceptable degree information based on the facility utilization history and the acquired user attribute information, and the previous SL facility information acquisition unit that acquires facility information to be displayed on the map information,
Display means for displaying the acquired map information and facility information;
An information processing system comprising: Before Stories facility information acquisition means, the information processing system according to claim 1, characterized in that the acceptable level to obtain a high facility information to the acquired attribute information. Before Stories facility information acquisition means, the information processing system according to claim 1, acceptable degree with respect to the acquired attribute information and acquires facility information of more than a predetermined degree. Before Stories facility information acquisition means, characterized in that the acceptable level with respect to the obtained attribute information to a classification of each facility information acquires high the classification, obtains the facility information corresponding to the obtained classified The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Comprising route information acquisition means for acquiring route information about a route to a predetermined destination;
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the route information in addition to the map information and the facility information.   The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein the display unit displays the facility information in a predetermined range of a route guidance point in map information.   The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein the display unit displays the facility information for route guidance. In response to the request from the User over The, and the map information acquisition means for acquiring the map information,
A user attribute information acquisition means for acquiring the attribute information and the facility usage history of the user,
Based on the facility acceptable degree information based on the facility utilization history and the acquired user attribute information, and the previous SL facility information acquisition unit that acquires facility information to be displayed on the map information,
Display means for displaying the acquired map information and facility information;
An information processing apparatus comprising: And map display receiving means for receiving or RaKaname asked Yu over The,
Before according to Kiyo determined, a map information acquiring section for acquiring map information,
A user attribute information acquisition means for acquiring the attribute information and the facility usage history of the user,
Based on the facility acceptable degree information based on the facility utilization history and the acquired user attribute information, and the previous SL facility information acquisition unit that acquires facility information to be displayed on the map information,
An information transmission means for transmitting the acquired map information and facility information. A terminal device capable of communicating with the server according to claim 9 ,
A map request transmitting means for transmitting front Kiyo determined to the server,
Information receiving means for receiving the map information and facility information from the information transmitting means of the server;
And a display means for displaying the received map information and facility information. The method comprising the steps of: receiving or RaKaname asked Yu over The,
And the step of acquiring the attribute information and facility usage history of the user,
A step of attribute information of the user before SL acquired and based on the facility acceptable level information based on the facility utilization history, obtains the facility information to be displayed before SL on the map information,
Displaying the acquired map information and facility information. An information processing method comprising: Computer
Map information acquisition means for acquiring map information in response to a request from the user;
User attribute information acquisition means for acquiring the user attribute information and facility use history;
Facility information acquisition means for acquiring facility information to be displayed on the map information based on facility acceptance level information based on the acquired user attribute information and facility usage history;
Display means for displaying the acquired map information and facility information;
An information processing program that functions as a computer program.

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