JP3952982B2 - Process creation device for target behavior - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a plurality of target actions requested by a user, and a process for creating a process related to a target action that presents to the user a target facility for which the target is achieved for each target action and a travel route that passes through these target facilities. Relates to the device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, there has been an itinerary creation system using the Internet that can create an itinerary for a personal tour that satisfies various requirements such as personal preference and budget (for example, Patent Document 1). In this itinerary creation system, when a user inputs a destination, the user is presented with accommodation information corresponding to the input destination, sightseeing information, and transportation to the destination. This is a system for creating user itineraries.
[0003]
Further, the following means (1) and (2) have been proposed as moving means used when moving in a certain section.
[0004]
(1) A vehicle shared use system (hereinafter simply referred to as a shared use system) that lends a vehicle such as an automobile or a bicycle to the user in response to a use request from the user. In particular, in consideration of environmental issues, low-emission vehicles are being shared. This system for joint use of low-emission vehicles is particularly called CEVSS (Clean Energy Vehicle Sharing System).
[0005]
The shared use system includes a single port system that lends and returns vehicles to users at the same parking lot (port), a port that lends vehicles, and a port that returns vehicles. There are multi-port systems that can be selected according to circumstances. In the shared use system, a reservation is required when using a vehicle. An apparatus for accepting a reservation from a user in a shared use system is described in Patent Document 2.
[0006]
(2) A demand bus that stops at a boarding place designated by a user and a boarding place and gets on and off the user. The demand bus determines an operation route based on a reservation from a user. A demand bus reservation system has been proposed in Patent Documents 3, 4, and 5, for example. Demand bus users can board the bus at the boarding location reserved at the boarding date and time they booked, and can get off the bus at the reserved boarding location. Therefore, it is freed from waiting for a bus found on a fixed-diagram bus (so-called route bus). In addition, since the demand bus operator can operate with a vehicle allocation setting according to the reservation status of the user, the operating cost can be reduced.
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-297720 A [Patent Document 2]
JP 2001-273589 A [Patent Document 3]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-241091 [Patent Document 4]
JP 2001-229495 A [Patent Document 5]
JP 2001-31788 A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional itinerary creation system described in Patent Document 1 and the like is a configuration in which the user inputs a destination and presents the moving means to the input destination to the user. It did not present an appropriate facility (store, etc.) for the user's intended behavior.
[0009]
The purpose behavior mentioned here is behavior for a user's desire to purchase clothes, eat French cuisine, or purchase electrical appliances, for example.
[0010]
For this reason, the user uses the Internet to search for a facility suitable for the target action as the destination, and then receives a means of moving to the destination using a conventional itinerary creation system. Two steps of work had to be done, which was very inconvenient for the user.
[0011]
In particular, when the user has multiple destination behaviors, the user not only performs the work for determining the destination for each destination behavior, but also in which order the destinations determined for each destination behavior are routed ( If the travel route) is not determined, it is not possible to receive a travel means for travel between destinations using a conventional itinerary creation system. On the other hand, since it is necessary to consider the positional relationship between a plurality of destinations, the work for determining the movement route is a work that is very time-consuming for the user because a map or the like is used.
[0012]
Furthermore, conventional itinerary creation systems do not have a function to make reservations for shared vehicles or demand buses that require reservations for travel between destinations, so when using shared vehicles or demand buses Had to work separately on these reservations.
[0013]
An object of the present invention is to present a suitable facility for each target behavior to a user who has a plurality of target behaviors, and present to the user a travel route that passes through the facility for each target behavior selected by the user. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a process creation device for a target action with improved user convenience.
[0014]
Another object of the present invention is to provide a travel creation device that can make reservations for a shared vehicle that requires reservation and a demand bus while presenting the above-described travel process.
[0015]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problem, the process creating apparatus according to the target action of the present invention has the following configuration.
[0016]
(1) a map information database in which map information is registered;
A transportation database that registers transportation schedules, and
A target behavior database that registers target facilities by target behavior,
An accepting means for accepting a departure point and a plurality of target actions;
For each target action received by the receiving means, an extracting means for searching a target behavior database and extracting a target facility;
Facility reception means for receiving selection of target facilities extracted by the extraction means for each target action;
Using the map information database and the transportation system database, from the departure point accepted by the accepting means, a travel route that passes through each target facility for each target action accepted by the facility accepting means is generated. For each target facility in the generated movement route, a movement route generation means for determining a movement means used for movement of the section; and
Travel route output means for outputting the travel route generated by the travel route generation means;
When the travel route output by the travel route output means is approved, the travel means determined by the travel route generation means in the travel route is determined for each section that is a travel means requiring reservation. Reservation means for performing reservation processing related to the reservation of the transportation means determined in the above,
Equipped with a,
For the section having a plurality of movement means that can be used for movement, the movement route generation means determines the movement means with the highest priority preset by the user as the movement means for this section among the available movement means. It is means to do.
It has.
[0017]
In this configuration, when the receiving means receives the departure point and a plurality of target actions,
The extraction means searches the target behavior database for each of the plurality of target behaviors received here, and extracts an appropriate target facility. The purpose behavior mentioned here is behavior for a user's desire to purchase clothes, eat French cuisine, or purchase electrical appliances, for example. The target facility is a clothing store, a restaurant, an electronic store, or the like that can satisfy the user's desire. For example, when the target behavior is “I want to buy clothes”, a clothing store is extracted as the target facility, and when the target behavior is “I want to eat French cuisine”, a French restaurant is extracted as the target facility. A plurality of target facilities are extracted for one target action.
[0018]
The target facility extracted for each target behavior is presented to the user, and the facility reception means receives the selection of the target facility by the user for each target behavior. Thus, since the user has the right to determine the target facility for the target behavior, the user can select the target facility that suits his / her hobbies and preferences.
[0019]
The movement route generation means generates a movement route that passes through the target facility determined for each target action from the departure point input by the user, and determines a movement means to be used for movement for each section. In generating the travel route, a map information database and a transportation system database are used. For example, for the target facility for each target behavior, the positional relationship is acquired using map information, and the target facility closest to the departure point is set as the first target facility (first target facility). The processing is repeated such that the target facility closest to the second target facility is set as the second target facility, and the target facility closest to the second target facility is set as the third target facility. Next, using the transportation database, the moving means of each section (between the departure point and the first target facility, between the nth target facility and the n + 1th target facility) is determined. The moving means determined here are a train, a route bus, a shared vehicle (car or bicycle), a demand bus, a walk, and the like. The movement route output means outputs the movement route generated here and presents it to the user. This moving route includes the order of moving the target facility and moving means used for moving each section. The moving means for each section is determined based on the priority order set in advance by the user.
[0020]
And if the movement route presented to the user by the movement route output means is approved by the user, there is a section in which the movement means determined in the approved movement route is a movement means that needs to be reserved. The reservation means performs reservation processing related to reservation of the movement means used for movement of the section.
Therefore, even if there are a plurality of target actions, the user can select a target facility for each target action by a series of operations and obtain a travel route that travels through the selected target facilities. There is no need to make reservations for transportation means that require reservations. As a result, user convenience can be improved. Moreover, since the moving means of each section is determined based on the priority order set in advance by the user, an appropriate moving route can be presented to the user.
[0021]
(2) The reservation unit makes a reservation including a use start date and time, a use end date and time, a vehicle rental location, and a vehicle return location for the first shared vehicle to be rented to the user in response to a usage request from the user. Having a first reservation function,
The movement route generation means generates the movement route in consideration of the use of the first shared vehicle.
[0022]
In this configuration, a shared vehicle that lends a vehicle (bicycle, car, etc.) to the user is also used as a moving means between the target facilities. A travel route can be presented.
[0025]
( 3 ) The reservation means makes a reservation including the boarding date and time, the boarding place, and the getting-off place for the boarding place designated by the user and the second shared vehicle that stops at the boarding place and gets on and off the user. 2 reservation functions,
The movement route generation means generates the movement route in consideration of the use of the second shared vehicle.
[0026]
In this configuration, the boarding place designated by the user and the demand bus that stops at the boarding place and gets on and off the user are also used for movement between the target facilities. Means and travel routes can be presented.
[0029]
(6) In addition to the departure point and the plurality of target actions, the reception unit receives a final arrival point,
The movement route generation unit generates a movement route that moves from the departure point received by the reception unit to the final arrival point via each target facility for each target action received by the facility reception unit.
[0030]
In this configuration, after the user has performed all the target actions, a place where the user wants to go can be input as the final arrival point, and a moving route for that purpose is presented. This final arrival point may be the same as or different from the departure point.
[0031]
(7) A target area receiving means for receiving the target area is provided,
The extraction unit extracts the target facility in the target area received by the target area reception unit.
[0032]
In this configuration, the target area, for example, "Keihanna district", accepts the settings, such as "Osaka city", so was to present the subject facilities within the area of interest to the user, it is likely to be available to the user There is no presentation to the user until there is no remote target facility.
[0033]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a process creation apparatus (hereinafter simply referred to as a process creation apparatus) according to a target action according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0034]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a stroke creation system to which a stroke creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. Reference numeral 1 denotes a process creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and reference numeral 2 denotes a terminal 2 operated by a user. The terminal 2 may be a user-owned personal computer that can be connected to the process creation device 1 via the network 3 such as the Internet, or a terminal device installed in a station, a store, or the like. A terminal device directly connected by a dedicated line or the like may be used. Furthermore, it may be a mobile terminal device having a wireless communication function such as a mobile phone. The terminal 2 is not particularly limited as long as it can perform data communication with the process creation device 1.
[0035]
The process creation system of this embodiment generates a travel route that sequentially passes through a target facility where a plurality of target actions desired by the user can be performed in response to a request from the user, and presents it to the user. . The process creation device 1 reserves and uses a vehicle shared use system (hereinafter simply referred to as a shared use system) that lends a vehicle such as an automobile or a bicycle (the first shared use vehicle referred to in the present invention). A function for making a reservation for a demand bus (second shared vehicle referred to in the present invention) that stops at a boarding place designated by the person and gets off at the boarding place (reservation for a reservation device not shown) It also has a function to apply.
[0036]
A function as a reservation device may be built in the process creation device 1.
[0037]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the process creation device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The process creation device 1 of this embodiment is a control unit 11 that controls the operation of the main body, a communication unit 12 that controls data communication with the terminal 2, a map database 13 in which map information is registered, and public transportation. A transportation database 14 that registers train and route bus schedules, a purpose behavior database 15 that registers target facilities by purpose behavior, and a shared system that lends vehicles to users, or users return vehicles And an address database 16 in which each address is associated with each parking lot (port). The communication unit 12 is provided with a wired communication unit 12a that controls wired data communication and a wireless communication unit 12b that controls wireless data communication.
[0038]
Here, the shared use system and the demand bus will be briefly described.
[0039]
The shared use system is a system for jointly using vehicles such as automobiles and bicycles (hereinafter referred to as shared use vehicles). A system that uses a shared vehicle as a low-emission vehicle is particularly called CEVSS (Clean Energy Vehicle Sharing System). The shared use system includes a multi-port system and a single-port system.
[0040]
The multi-port system is a system in which a user can select a rental port for renting a vehicle and a return port for returning a vehicle according to his / her convenience. The lending port and the return port may be different ports or the same port. Many users who use the multi-port system rent a vehicle at a port near the departure point and return the vehicle at a port near the destination in order to use the vehicle for moving from the departure point to the destination.
[0041]
The single port system is a system that lends and returns vehicles at a single port. In the single port system, the user rents a vehicle at a port near the departure point, moves to the destination, finishes the business at the destination, and then returns to the port where the vehicle is rented and returns the vehicle.
[0042]
Next, the demand bus will be briefly described. The demand bus is a bus that stops at a boarding place and a getting-off place designated by each user and gets on and off the user, and determines a bus operating route according to the reservation status of the user. A user who has reserved a demand bus can get on the demand bus when he / she goes to the boarding place on the boarding date and time, and can get off from the demand bus at the destination where he / she gets off.
[0043]
Next, the operation of the process creation device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the process creation device of this embodiment.
[0044]
Note that the shared use system described in this embodiment is a multi-port system.
[0045]
The process creation device 1 starts this process (the process shown in FIG. 3) when there is a process creation request from the user. The user operates the terminal 2 to access the process creation device 1 and transmits a process creation request to the process creation device 1. This process creation request includes user identification information for identifying the user. Information for identifying a user from this identification code is registered in the process creation device 1. Specifically, personal information such as the user's name, address, telephone number, and age is stored in association with the identification code. When the process creation device 1 receives the process creation request from the user, the process creation apparatus 1 transmits an input request for the departure point and the target action to the terminal 2 operated by the user (s1). Is waited for a response from the terminal 2 (s2).
[0046]
The user inputs a departure point and a plurality of target actions at the terminal 2 and transmits them to the process creation device 1. The purpose behavior mentioned here is behavior for a user's desire to purchase clothes, eat French cuisine, or purchase electrical appliances, for example. The departure point is a point where the user departs, such as the user's home or work place. For example, the departure point may be input using an address or a telephone number. In order to enable input by telephone number, a database in which telephone numbers and addresses are associated with each other may be provided in the main body.
[0047]
When the departure point and the plurality of target actions are transmitted from the terminal 2, the process creation device 1 transmits a target area confirmation request to the terminal 2 (s3). The target area mentioned here is an area that restricts the location of the facility (store, etc.) where the user performs the target action, such as “Keihanna district”, “Osaka city”, “Nara city”, etc. . The user inputs the target area at the terminal 2 and transmits it to the process creation device 1.
[0048]
The target area may be transmitted from the terminal 2 together with the departure point and the target action in s2.
[0049]
When the target area is transmitted from the user (s4), the process creation device 1 performs the target facility extraction process for the target action (s5). In s5, the target facility in the target area is extracted from the target behavior database 14 for each target behavior transmitted from the terminal 2. Usually, a plurality of target facilities are extracted for one target action. The process creation device 1 transmits the target facility selection request extracted in s5 for each target action to the user's terminal 2 (s6).
[0050]
In the terminal 2, the target facility extracted by the process creation device 1 in s5 is displayed for each target action. At this time, simple guidance and reputation of the facility are also displayed for each target facility. The user selects one target facility for each target action while viewing these pieces of information. The terminal 2 transmits the target facility selected by the user for each target action to the process creation device 1. In addition, because target facilities located in the target area are extracted, the target facilities in the area that are not necessary for the user are not presented, and the user may be troublesome to select the target facility. Absent.
[0051]
In addition, since the above-described process creation device 1 transmits the information on the target facility to the user's terminal 2 is an act related to the advertisement and promotion of the target facility, the advertising cost is charged to the target facility. You may do it.
[0052]
When the process creation device 1 receives the target facility selected by the user for each target action (s7), the process creation apparatus 1 executes a movement route creation process (s8).
[0053]
Here, the movement route creation processing will be described in detail. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the movement route creation process.
[0054]
The process creation device 1 acquires the positional relationship between the departure point and the target facility selected by the user using the map database (s21). Next, the target facility closest to the departure point is extracted (s22), and the target facility extracted here is determined to be the first target facility (first target facility). The target facility closest to the target facility for which the previous order was determined (target facility for which the order has not yet been determined) is extracted (s23), and the target facility extracted here is the target facility that is next to the target facility for which the previous order has been determined. To decide. The process creation device 1 determines whether there is a target facility whose order is not determined (s24). If there is a target facility whose order is not determined, the process of s23 is repeated.
[0055]
When the process creation device 1 determines the order for all the target facilities in s24, it determines the moving means used for the movement of each section (s25). In s25, for example, if the distance of the moving section is several hundred meters, walking is selected. Otherwise,
1. If a demand bus is operating in the moving section, select the demand bus.
[0056]
2. If there is a shared vehicle port near both sides of the moving section, select the shared vehicle.
[0057]
3. If there is a train station near both sides of the moving section, select the train.
[0058]
4. If there is a route bus stop near both sides of the moving section, select the route bus.
[0059]
5. If there is no suitable transportation, select a taxi.
[0060]
Priorities are assigned to demand buses, shared vehicles, trains, and route buses. If a plurality of items are applicable in the selections 1 to 4 above, the higher priority is selected. Further, this priority order may be determined in advance by the user.
[0061]
When determining the moving means for all the sections, the process creation device 1 calculates the time required for the movement of each section (s26).
[0062]
The process creation device 1 creates the movement route including the order of passing through the target facility, the movement means of each section, and the time taken for the movement of each section by executing the processing shown in FIG. The process creation device 1 transmits the travel route generated in s8 to the user terminal 2 (s9). The user confirms the movement route on the terminal 2 to determine the order in which the plurality of target facilities selected by the user should be moved, the moving means used for moving each section, and the movement. I know how long it takes.
[0063]
When the travel route is transmitted in s9 and a response to approve the travel route is received from the user's terminal 2 (s10), the process creation device 1 uses a shared vehicle that requires reservation or a demand bus as the travel means. It is determined whether there is a section that is present (s11). If there is a shared vehicle or a section where the demand bus is used as a moving means, a reservation process is performed (s12), and this process is terminated.
[0064]
When the reservation process is performed in s12, the use start time and use end time are input to the user in the case of a shared use vehicle, and the ride time is input to the user in the case of a demand bus.
[0065]
If the travel route transmitted to the user's terminal 2 in s9 is not approved by the user and the user wishes to change the travel route (s13), the travel route changed based on the content of the change request. (S14), and the processing after s9 is executed. Examples of the change request transmitted by the user to the process creation device 1 include a change in the order of the target facilities and a change in the moving means in any section.
[0066]
As described above, in the process creation device 1 of this embodiment, even when there are a plurality of target behaviors of the user, it is possible to acquire a movement route that travels through the target facility for each target behavior by a series of operations. . In other words, it is possible to acquire a process for a plurality of target actions by a very simple operation, and it is possible to improve the convenience for the user.
[0067]
In addition, when the user confirms the travel route presented, reservations for shared vehicles and demand buses that require reservations are automatically made. Therefore, the convenience can be further improved.
[0068]
In the above embodiment, the user inputs a departure point and a plurality of target actions. However, the user may be allowed to input a final arrival point. This final arrival point is a place where the user wants to move after performing all the target actions input by the user. In this case, a process for determining a moving means that moves from the last target facility to the final target point may be added to the movement route generation process shown in FIG.
[0069]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a process for a plurality of target actions by a very simple operation, and it is possible to improve convenience for the user.
[0070]
In addition, just by approving the presented travel route, reservations for shared vehicles and demand buses that require reservations are automatically made, reducing the effort involved in making these reservations and making it more convenient for users. It is.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a stroke creation system to which a stroke creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a process creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the process creation device of this embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a movement route generation process in the process creation device of this embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
1-stroke creation device 2-terminal 11-control unit 12-communication unit 13-map database 14-transportation database 15-target behavior database 16-address database

Claims (5)

A map information database in which map information is registered;
A transportation database that registers transportation schedules, and
A target behavior database that registers target facilities by target behavior,
An accepting means for accepting a departure point and a plurality of target actions;
For each target action received by the receiving means, an extracting means for searching a target behavior database and extracting a target facility;
Facility reception means for receiving selection of target facilities extracted by the extraction means for each target action;
Using the map information database and the transportation system database, from the departure point accepted by the accepting means, a travel route that passes through each target facility for each target action accepted by the facility accepting means is generated. For each target facility in the generated movement route, a movement route generation means for determining a movement means used for movement of the section; and
Travel route output means for outputting the travel route generated by the travel route generation means;
When the travel route output by the travel route output means is approved, the travel means determined by the travel route generation means in the travel route is determined for each section that is a travel means requiring reservation. Reservation means for performing reservation processing related to the reservation of the transportation means determined in the above,
Equipped with a,
For the section having a plurality of movement means that can be used for movement, the movement route generation means determines the movement means with the highest priority preset by the user as the movement means for this section among the available movement means. A process for creating a process related to a target action, which is a means for performing the process. The reservation means makes a reservation including a use start date / time, a use end date / time, a vehicle rental location, and a vehicle return location for a first shared vehicle to be rented to the user in response to a usage request from the user. Has a reservation function,
The said route generation means is a stroke creation apparatus concerning the objective action of Claim 1 which produces | generates the said movement route in consideration of utilization of the said 1st joint use vehicle. The reservation means performs a reservation including a boarding date and time, a boarding place, and a boarding place for a boarding place designated by the user and a second shared vehicle that stops at the boarding place and gets on and off the user. Has function,
3. The process for creating a route for a target action according to claim 1, wherein the movement route generation unit generates the movement route in consideration of use of the second shared vehicle. The reception means receives the final arrival point in addition to the departure point and the plurality of target actions,
The said movement route production | generation means produces | generates the movement route which moves to the said last arrival point via each target facility for every target action which the said facility reception means received from the departure point which the said reception means received. The process creation apparatus concerning the target action in any one of -3. A target area receiving means for receiving the target area;
The process for creating a target action according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the extracting means extracts the target facility in the target area received by the target area receiving means.

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