JP4062010B2 - Information providing apparatus and information providing program - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
【Technical field】
The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and sequentially provides information or a program for controlling provision of information.
[0002]
[Background]
There is an information providing apparatus that provides a user who gets on a vehicle with music that matches the analyzed user's preference (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-114107). According to this information providing apparatus, the user can receive provision of information according to his / her preference.
[0003]
However, when it is desired to receive a plurality of information within a predetermined travel time, for example, when it is desired to receive the provision of news in addition to the information music, when information is provided in the order according to the preference, There may be a situation in which music or the like is preferentially provided from the start of travel and news is provided later. In such a case, there is a problem that the user arrives at the destination before the provision of news and the like is completed, and the news cannot be viewed to the end. In particular, news and the like are transmitted only after all information is completely provided, and therefore, it is indispensable to be provided to the end in order to fully transmit information.
[0004]
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
An object of this invention is to provide the information provision apparatus which provides the information program produced according to the user's scheduled driving time.
[0005]
According to the present invention, there is provided an information providing device for providing an information program including a plurality of information to a user who has boarded a vehicle, the travel time calculating means for obtaining a planned travel time from the current position and destination of the vehicle, and the travel There is provided an information providing apparatus having program creation means for creating an information program within the scheduled travel time obtained by the time calculation means.
[0006]
As a result, an information program according to the scheduled travel time of the user is provided, and an information providing apparatus that provides information desired by the user to the end can be provided.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the information providing apparatus of this embodiment.
[0008]
The information providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is a server having a communication function for exchanging information with a navigation apparatus 200 mounted on a vehicle via a network line such as the Internet.
[0009]
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information providing apparatus 100 includes an arithmetic device 1 and a storage device 5. The arithmetic device 1 includes a ROM that stores an information providing program and a CPU that functions as the arithmetic device 1 by executing the program stored in the ROM. The storage device 5 includes a RAM that can be read by the CPU.
[0010]
The computing device 1 also has an information acquisition function 10 that acquires travel information and the like related to the travel of the vehicle from the navigation device 200 on the vehicle side, and a travel time that calculates a planned travel time for the user to travel the vehicle from the acquired travel information and the like The calculation means 20, the travel purpose determination means 30 for determining the travel purpose for the user to drive the vehicle from the acquired travel information and the like, and the program for creating the information program corresponding to the determined scheduled travel time and / or travel purpose Creating means 40. The storage device 5 stores correspondence data 1 to 3 (51 to 53) and provided information data 54 that is a source of information to be provided. Further, the storage device 5 stores each information in advance and has an update function for receiving and rewriting new information.
[0011]
Each configuration will be described below.
The information acquisition function 10 includes a travel information acquisition unit 11 that acquires travel information including the current position and destination of the vehicle and travel information including the travel time when the user travels the vehicle, and is a user identification for identifying the user. User identification information acquisition unit 12 that acquires information, user preference information acquisition unit 13 that acquires information related to user preferences, and information that is stored in the provided information data 54 of the storage device 5 (information that is the source of provided information) Provided information acquisition unit 14 for acquiring the information from the outside. These information acquisition functions 10 acquire various types of information using the communication function of the information providing apparatus 100. The acquired information is information detected by the information detection unit 210 of the vehicle navigation device 200. For example, the current position and destination of the vehicle are acquired by the route guidance function of the navigation device 200, the travel time is acquired by the timer of the navigation device 200, and the user identification information is obtained from the unlocking information of the key used by the user. The user preference information is acquired by the preference information reception function (information input interface) of the navigation device 200 that receives input from the user.
[0012]
The travel information calculation means 20 calculates a scheduled travel time for which the vehicle is scheduled to travel from the current position and destination of the vehicle acquired by the travel information acquisition unit 11. The current position of the vehicle is information detected by the information detection unit 210 using the GPS (Global Positioning System) function of the navigation device 200. The destination is information detected by the information detection unit 210 on destination information input to the navigation device 200 by the user. Even if the destination is not particularly inputted, the destination predicted from the route immediately after the start of the travel is referred to by referring to the travel history 51 of the user stored in the correspondence data 1 of the storage device 5. It can also be detected as “ground information”. In the case of commuting, the user usually goes to the destination on the same route, so even if the destination is not input, the destination route to which the user goes is compared by comparing the driving route immediately after the start of driving with the past driving history. This is because it can be predicted. The travel time calculation unit 20 determines a route from which the user reaches the destination based on information on the current position and the destination, and calculates a planned travel time from the determined distance of the route and the average hourly speed. At this time, the scheduled travel time may be obtained from the average hourly speed (80 km for a highway, 40 km for a general road, etc.) according to the road attribute of the route. In addition, it is also possible to obtain the estimated travel time based on experience from the current position to the destination based on the past travel history (actual travel time) stored in the correspondence data 1.
[0013]
The travel purpose determining means 30 determines the travel purpose of the user from the travel time at which the user travels the vehicle. This determination is made by referring to correspondence data 1 (51) of “travel information (travel time) −travel purpose” in which past travel times when the user travels the vehicle and travel purposes for which the user travels the vehicle are associated with each other. Done. The user has a predetermined purpose at a predetermined time such as “run the vehicle for commuting at a predetermined time (6:00)” or “run the vehicle for shopping at a predetermined time (10:00)”. You may act in From this point of view, the travel purpose determination means 30 is based on the empirical information (corresponding data 1) that the user A runs the vehicle every morning from 6:00 to 7:00. When information indicating the fact that the vehicle has been driven at 00 is acquired, it is determined that “the user A has driven the vehicle for the purpose of commuting” and the user A's driving purpose is determined.
[0014]
The program creation means 40 creates an information program within the scheduled travel time obtained by the travel time calculation means 20 and creates an information program according to the travel purpose determined by the travel purpose determination means 30.
[0015]
Further, the program creation means 40 of this embodiment has a template selection function 41. The template selection function 41 reads correspondence data 2 (52) in which program templates of a plurality of information programs stored in advance are associated with the scheduled travel time and / or travel purpose, and refers to the correspondence data 2 (52). The program template corresponding to the calculated scheduled traveling time or the determined traveling purpose is selected. This program template is a program template that defines the overall time of an information program, the type of information included in the information program (music, news, etc.), and the timing of provision of each information in the program. According to this program template, the configuration of an information program that provides three types of news and music in 30 minutes is determined, and the timing for providing each information is determined. In this embodiment, an information program is created using a program template from the viewpoint of shortening the processing time for creating an information program. However, the program creation data in the corresponding data 2 (52) is not used without using such a program template. The information program may be created by determining the time of the information program, the type of information included, and the timing of providing each information.
[0016]
The program template selected in this way defines the type of information included in the information program and the timing of provision, but does not define the information content. The user-preferred content selection function 42 of the program creation means 40 selects the contents of content not defined by the program template from the provided information data 54. The user-preferred content selection function 42 selects information (content) included in the information program according to the user's preference by referring to the correspondence data 3 (53) that associates the content that is preferred for each user.
[0017]
Specifically, the program creation means 40 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program template stored in the correspondence data 2 of the storage device 5. As shown in FIG. 2, the plurality of identified program templates are associated with a running purpose to be a program target, an age of a user to be a program target, an occupation to be a program target, and a program time. Since it is considered that information programs desired to be provided differ depending on the user's age, occupation, and situation (going to work, etc.), in this embodiment, a number of program templates corresponding to these are prepared. Among the program templates, for example, the program template identified by No. 20001 is a program configured for commuting users, and the target user's age group is 25 to 37 years old. The occupation is a company employee and the information program takes 1 hour. Note that the present invention is not limited to the example shown in FIG. The correspondence data 2 (52) only needs to associate at least the scheduled traveling time or / and the traveling purpose with the program template.
[0018]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the destination, the current position, and the calculated estimated travel time acquired by the travel information acquisition unit 11 from the information detection unit 210. The travel information acquisition unit 11 acquires a vehicle identification number and user information such as user identification information in addition to the travel information (destination, current position). The “scheduled travel time from the corresponding current position to the destination” shown in FIG. 3 is the time calculated by the travel time calculation means 20 of the calculation device 1. According to such information, the program creation means 40 can identify a vehicle from a large number of vehicles to which information is sent, identify a user, and obtain the scheduled travel time of the user.
[0019]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the acquired travel time and the determined travel purpose. In addition to the travel information (travel time), identification information for identifying the vehicle and the user, user information, and the travel time (day of the week, time) of the specified user are acquired. The travel time shown in FIG. 4 is the time acquired from the information detection means 210, and the corresponding travel purpose is determined by the travel purpose determination means 30 of the computing device 1 with reference to the correspondence data 1 (51). . According to such information, the program creation means 40 specifies a vehicle and a user, and obtains information on the purpose of travel of the user. Moreover, the program creation means 40 of this form can also estimate the estimated traveling time from the determined traveling purpose. Since the user's destination can be estimated by determining the traveling purpose, the estimated traveling time can be calculated from the current position and the destination. For example, when the travel purpose of the user A is determined to be commuting, it can be estimated that the user A is the destination of the commuting destination. The position of the work place is estimated by referring to the travel history of the correspondence data 1 (51).
[0020]
Based on these pieces of information, the program creation means 40 creates an information program. In this embodiment, an information program is created using the program template described above. Specifically, first, a program template is selected, and then the content defined by the program template is determined.
[0021]
Here, selection of a program template according to the scheduled travel time will be described first. When the template selection function 41 of the program creation means 40 obtains information (FIG. 3) that the scheduled travel time for the user A to travel the vehicle is 1 hour (FIG. 3), FIG. 52)), program templates 20001 and 20002 are selected.
[0022]
The template selection function 41 of the present embodiment further narrows down the program template selected based on the scheduled travel time with reference to the travel purpose determined by the travel purpose determination means 30.
[0023]
First, the travel purpose determination means 30 acquires the travel time when the user A actually traveled the vehicle. This acquired travel time is 17 : 00 to 19:00, the travel purpose of the user A is determined to be “return home” from this travel time (see FIG. 4), and the result is sent to the program creation means 40. The template selection function 41 of the program creation means 40 that has received the result refers to the program template (corresponding data 2 (52)) in FIG. 2 and previously selected the program templates 20001, 20002 according to the scheduled travel time. A program template 20002 is selected. It should be noted that which program template is selected can be selected with reference to user information such as the user's age and occupation.
[0024]
Next, the program template will be described with reference to FIG. The program template defines the overall time of the information program, the type of information included in the information program (music, news, etc.), and the provision timing of each information in the program. Specifically, when the previously selected program template 20002 is taken as an example, the program time of the program template 20002 is one hour, starting from a song (content A), news (content B), information (1), Following the information (2), the music (content C) ends. When the provision of the music (content C) is completed, one hour has passed since the start of the provision of the information program, and the user achieves the purpose of traveling and arrives at the home (destination). Incidentally, although the content of the information is not limited, it is preferably content that the user desires to provide such as traffic information, stock price information, weather information, sports information, and shopping information.
[0025]
According to this program template, the configuration of an information program that provides one type of news, two types of information (information (1), information (2)) and two types of music information in one hour is determined. The timing of information provision is specified. With this program template, all of the information that the user desires to provide can be provided within the user's travel time (scheduled travel time). In addition, by preparing a plurality of program templates corresponding to each scheduled traveling time and each traveling purpose, the time for creating the information program can be shortened, and the creation processing speed of the program creating means 40 can be increased.
[0026]
In addition, the stock price information included in this example has a desire to receive information at a predetermined time. For example, you may want to quickly check the closing price of a certain securities market. When it is desired to acquire information disclosed at such a predetermined time, an information program that provides information may be created at a timing close to the predetermined time.
[0027]
Furthermore, the traffic information included in this example has a desire to receive provision of information at a predetermined position (timing). If the information provision position or timing is appropriate, it is possible to select a detour route while avoiding congestion according to the contents of the traffic information. For this purpose, the traffic information must be provided to the user at the timing before arriving at the crossroads where the detour route can be selected. This is because even if the traffic information of the traffic jam is acquired at the timing after passing through the crossroad, the detour route can no longer be selected. According to the information program of this example, the provision timing of traffic information can be adjusted. That is, by providing the traffic information after a predetermined time has elapsed since the user started traveling (providing the information program), the information can be provided at the optimal timing for each user's traveling. .
[0028]
It is the user-preferred content selection function 42 of the program creation means 40 that selects the content of specific information (content) included in this program template. The user-preferred content selection function 42 determines content suitable for each information defined in the program template according to the user's preference. Specifically, referring to the correspondence data 3 (53) that associates the user of the storage device 5 with the content that the user likes, the content according to the user's preference is selected, and the selected content is used as the program template. Insert and create an information program. Of course, the predetermined information may be provided without depending on the user's preference.
[0029]
An example of the correspondence data (53) between the user referred to by the user-preferred content selection function 42 and the content that is preferred is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, “music genres not desired to be provided”, “types of information desired to be provided”, “contents of music frequently listened to by users”, and the like are associated with each user. A description will be given of a program template 20002 provided when the user A commute (goes home) as an example. As shown in FIG. 5, the program template 20002 sequentially provides music (content A), information (1), information (2), music (content B) and information. The order of these information, the length (time) of information, and the timing of providing information are defined by the program template, but the contents of the information included in the information program are not specifically defined. The user preference content selection function 42 selects the content of information according to the preference of the user A of the correspondence data 3 shown in FIG. Specifically, the music (content A) is selected as music other than J-pop, jazz, and classical music of “music genre not desired to be provided”, for example, rock. Next, content B news is provided. The content of the news may be the same general news as other program templates, but considering the fact that the “information you want to provide” is economic information, provide news centered on economic information. Also good. Further, the content of the information (1) is stock price information which is “information desired to be provided”, and the content of the information (2) selects traffic information. As the music (content C), the contents 11 and 23 are selected from the music contents that are often heard.
[0030]
As a result, according to the program template 20002, the program creation means 40, when the user A returns home, “music (rock)” “news centered on economic information” “stock price information” “traffic information” “music (content 11) , Content 23) "is created in turn to provide an information program.
[0031]
The information program created in this way is provided over the scheduled travel time (one hour) until the user A returns home, and the content of the provided information is in accordance with the user's desire and the user's preference.
[0032]
When the information included in the information program is updated, the provision information acquisition unit 14 acquires the latest information and updates the stored provision information data. Therefore, the information selected by the user-preferred content selection function 42 (or program creation means 40) is always the latest information, and the information included in the information program provided to the user is updated information.
[0033]
Next, the control procedure of this embodiment will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.
[0034]
As illustrated in FIG. 7, after the start (S100), the information providing apparatus 100 acquires user identification information from the vehicle-side navigation apparatus 200, and identifies the vehicle and the user.
[0035]
First, a program creation control procedure according to the scheduled travel time will be described. The information acquisition function 10 of the computing device 1 acquires travel information (including the current position, destination, travel time, and other necessary information) detected by the information detection unit 210 (vehicle side) (S102). The travel information acquisition unit 11 acquires information on the destination and the current position from the travel information (S103). The travel time calculation means 20 calculates a travel route from information on the destination and the current position, and further calculates a planned travel time from the current position to the destination (S104, see FIG. 3).
[0036]
The program creation means 40 starts creating an information program within the scheduled travel time (S103). In this information program creation step, the template selection function 41 selects a program template (see FIG. 2) that can be provided within the scheduled travel time from the corresponding data 2 (52) (S106).
[0037]
Further, the processes of steps S113 and S114 are performed in parallel or independently of steps 103 and 104. The travel information acquisition unit 11 acquires the travel date and time included in the travel information (S113). The travel purpose determining means 30 determines the travel purpose of the user with reference to the correspondence data 2 (see FIG. 4) from the acquired travel time. The template selection function 41 of the program creation means 40 selects a program template corresponding to the determined travel purpose from the corresponding data 2 (52) (see FIG. 2). In this embodiment, program templates corresponding to the purpose of travel are further narrowed down from a plurality of program templates selected according to the scheduled travel time (S107).
[0038]
When one program template (see FIG. 5) is determined (S108), the user-preferred content selection function 42 reads the user preference information specified from the corresponding data 3 (53) (see FIG. 6) (S109). With reference to the user preference information, the content (content) of the information included in the program template is selected and determined (S110). The user-preferred content selection function 42 inserts the determined content into the program template (see FIG. 5) (S112). Thus, an information program that provides predetermined information according to the user's preference at a predetermined timing within a predetermined time is created (S113). An output command for outputting this information program is sent to the vehicle-side navigation device 200 specified via the network. The arithmetic unit of the navigation device 200 that has acquired the output command provides information according to the information program via the output means 220 such as a speaker or a display (S114). Incidentally, the instruction for outputting the information program may include voice information, character information, or image information representing the substance of the information included in the instruction, and indicates the address where the information is stored. An instruction for reading information, inserting the read information into a program template, and outputting the information may be included. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, provided information may include provided information data 54 stored on the server-side information providing apparatus 100 side, or a storage device (CD, MD, etc.) of the vehicle-side navigation apparatus 200. Or a readable portable storage medium).
[0039]
Since the information providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is configured and functions as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
[0040]
Since the program creation means 40 creates an information program within the scheduled travel time obtained from the destination and the current position, the program creation means 40 can provide the user with all of the information scheduled to be provided before reaching the destination. . As a result, the user can view the information completely.
[0041]
Moreover, since the program creation means 40 creates an information program according to the travel purpose of the user determined from the travel time when the user actually traveled the vehicle, the program creation means 40 can provide information according to the travel purpose. Furthermore, the destination to which the user is traveling can be estimated from the traveling purpose, and the required time (scheduled traveling time) to the destination can be obtained. Thus, according to the created information program within the scheduled travel time, all information included in the information program can be provided before the user arrives at the destination.
[0042]
Furthermore, a route from the current position to the destination can be set based on the scheduled traveling time and / or the traveling purpose, and the relationship between the position on the route and the scheduled time for the user to pass through the position is obtained. Therefore, it is possible to consider the timing of providing information according to the position where the vehicle travels. Specifically, an information program can be created so that traffic information can be provided before reaching a traffic jam route.
[0043]
The program creation means 40 stores a program template of a plurality of information programs according to the scheduled travel time and travel purpose, and creates an information program using the program template, thereby reducing the time required for the information program creation process. It is possible to provide an information providing apparatus with a high processing speed.
[0044]
In addition, since the program creation means 40 creates an information program including information according to the user's preference with reference to the correspondence data in which the user's preference is associated with the information, the user's preference is reflected. Information programs can be provided.
[0045]
In addition, when the information included in the information program is updated, the program creation means 40 can provide the latest information to the user in order to create an information program including the updated latest information.
[0046]
Although the information providing apparatus 100 has been described in the present embodiment, a computer that operates according to the information providing program of the present invention operates in the same manner as the information providing apparatus 100 and has the same effects.
[0047]
The embodiment described above is described in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and is not described in order to limit the present invention. Therefore, each element disclosed in the above embodiment is intended to include all design changes and equivalents belonging to the technical scope of the present invention.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information providing apparatus according to an embodiment.
FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of program template information.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the acquired destination, current position, and calculated scheduled travel time.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an acquired travel time and a determined travel purpose.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a program template.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining user preference information regarding information;
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a control procedure in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
100: Information providing apparatus
1. Arithmetic unit
11 ... Driving information acquisition unit
20 ... Traveling time calculation means
30 ... Driving purpose determination means
40 ... Program creation means
41 ... Template selection function
42 ... User-preferred content selection function
5. Storage device
200: Car navigation system
210: Information detecting means
220 ... Output means (speaker, display)

Claims (10)

An information providing apparatus for providing an information program including a plurality of information to a user who has boarded a vehicle,
A travel time calculating means for obtaining a planned travel time from the current position and destination of the vehicle;
A program creation means for creating an information program within the scheduled travel time determined by the travel time calculation means,
The program creation means stores in advance templates of a plurality of information programs corresponding to the scheduled travel time, and creates an information program by selecting a template corresponding to the scheduled travel time calculated by the travel time calculation means To provide information . An information providing apparatus for providing an information program including a plurality of information to a user who has boarded a vehicle,
Correspondence data in which the travel time when the user travels the vehicle and the travel purpose for which the user travels the vehicle are stored in advance, and the travel time when the user actually travels the vehicle with reference to the correspondence data A travel purpose determining means for determining a travel purpose of a user who travels the vehicle from
A program creation means for creating an information program according to the travel purpose of the user determined by the travel purpose determination means;
The program creation means stores in advance a plurality of information program templates corresponding to the travel purpose, and creates an information program by selecting a template according to the travel purpose determined by the travel purpose determination means. Providing device. An information providing apparatus for providing an information program including a plurality of information to a user who has boarded a vehicle,
A travel time calculating means for obtaining a planned travel time from the current position and destination of the vehicle;
A program creation means for creating an information program within the scheduled travel time determined by the travel time calculation means,
Correspondence data in which the travel time when the user travels the vehicle and the travel purpose for which the user travels the vehicle are stored in advance, and the travel time when the user actually travels the vehicle with reference to the correspondence data A travel purpose determining means for determining a travel purpose of a user who travels the vehicle from
The program creation means stores in advance a plurality of information program templates corresponding to the travel purpose, and creates an information program by selecting a template according to the travel purpose determined by the travel purpose determination means. Providing device. The information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein when the provided information is updated, the program creating unit provides the user with an information program including the updated information. It said program creation unit refers to the correspondence data of the information associated with the preference of the user, according to claim 1 for creating information program including information corresponding to the preference of the user Information providing device. In the computer mounted on the vehicle,
Obtaining a scheduled travel time from the current position and destination of the vehicle;
Creating an information program including a plurality of information that can be provided within the determined scheduled travel time;
An information providing program for causing the created information program to be provided to a user who has boarded the vehicle,
The step of creating the information program includes:
Reading a plurality of information program templates stored in advance in association with the scheduled travel time;
Selecting a template according to the calculated estimated travel time from the plurality of read templates;
Creating an information program using the selected template . In the computer mounted on the vehicle,
A user who rides in the vehicle from the travel time when the user actually travels the vehicle with reference to correspondence data that associates the travel time when the user travels the vehicle and the travel purpose for which the user travels the vehicle. Determining the travel purpose of the vehicle,
An information providing program for executing an information program including a plurality of information according to the determined traveling purpose,
The step of creating the information program includes:
Reading a plurality of information program templates stored in advance in association with the travel purpose;
Selecting a template according to the determined driving purpose from the plurality of read templates;
Creating an information program using the selected template . In the computer mounted on the vehicle,
A user who rides in the vehicle from the travel time when the user actually travels the vehicle with reference to correspondence data that associates the travel time when the user travels the vehicle and the travel purpose for which the user travels the vehicle. Determining the travel purpose of the vehicle,
An information providing program for executing an information program including a plurality of information according to the determined traveling purpose,
The user's travel purpose is determined from the travel time when the user actually traveled the vehicle by referring to correspondence data that associates the travel time when the user travels the vehicle and the travel purpose for which the user travels the vehicle. And further comprising the step of determining
The step of creating the information program includes reading templates of a plurality of information programs stored in advance in association with the travel purpose;
Selecting a template according to the determined driving purpose from the plurality of read templates;
Creating an information program using the selected template . Creating an information program including the plurality of pieces of information;
The information providing program according to any one of claims 6 to 8 , wherein when the information is updated, an information program including the updated information is provided to the user. The step of creating the information program includes:
The information providing program according to any one of claims 6 to 9 , wherein an information program including information corresponding to the user's preference is created with reference to correspondence data in which the information is associated with the user's preference.

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