JP6663897B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program configured to be able to provide restaurant information to a user.

  In the technical field of a system for presenting information when a departure place and a destination are designated, the conventional technique usually searches for various services around the destination. For example, Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 disclose techniques for presenting an appropriate parking lot around a destination to a driver. Here, regarding the service of renting a parking lot for hours, services near the destination are searched.

  Patent Literature 3 discloses that a car navigation apparatus has a problem of setting a route along a road with many restaurants during a meal time as a guidance route. It describes that when a meal start time zone is included between the meal start times, a search is made for a route along a road on which more restaurants are going to pass in the meal start time zone.

JP 2014-221705 A JP-A-2006-024166 JP-A-2005-037143

  However, according to the above-described conventional technology, when the service is a service that provides a service that is performed at a substantially fixed time of the day (for example, lunch), the service is provided at a time that greatly deviates from the fixed time. Proposal of offer is not meaningful (it is meaningless to present recommended lunch past lunch time), so it may not be appropriate proposal. There is also a need to find a new good-quality restaurant by taking a departure on the way from the departure place to the destination, but the above-mentioned conventional technology cannot meet such needs.

  In view of these circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can propose a meal away from a departure place or a destination.

One aspect of the present technology that achieves the above object is an information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs the following processing.
It is determined that the meal time zone of the user is included between the scheduled departure time of the moving object carrying the user and the estimated arrival time of the moving object.
-Estimate the place where the moving body is moving during the meal time period.
A restaurant located within a first distance from a place where the estimated moving body is moving and at a second distance from at least one of a departure point and a destination of the moving body; Is generated from the restaurant information associated with the location information.

  According to the above configuration, a place where the moving body that carries the user and moves in the “meal time zone” corresponding to a time zone suitable for a meal is estimated, and is located within the first range from the place. And searching for a restaurant located at a second distance from at least one of the departure point and the destination of the moving object, thereby making a new departure while traveling from the departure point to the destination. It becomes possible to search for restaurants.

  The control unit, when the meal time zone is closer to the scheduled departure time or the scheduled arrival time than a predetermined threshold, the time from the scheduled departure time or the scheduled arrival time to the meal time zone is the predetermined time. The meal time zone may be set apart so that the interval is equal to or larger than the threshold value.

  According to the above configuration, when the meal time zone is too close to the estimated departure time or the estimated arrival time, the meal time zone can be shifted, and a search result close to the departure place or the destination can be provided to the user. become.

The control unit may perform the following processing.
-A route search for a plurality of routes connecting the departure place and the destination of the moving object is performed.
-For each of the search results of the above route search, a place where the moving body is moving during the meal time zone is estimated.
-The restaurant is searched for each of the search results of the route search.-Among the plurality of routes, the route with the most restaurant information extracted by the restaurant search is presented.

  According to the above configuration, a plurality of routes are searched in the route search, and a route candidate that can extract the most restaurant information from the plurality of route candidates is presented, so that the user can be provided with various options relatively. Can be provided.

  The control unit may present a route that connects the departure place and the destination obtained based on the route search in the shortest time, at the same time as presenting the route with the most restaurant information.

  According to the above configuration, by presenting the shortest route candidates at the same time as the route candidates from which the most restaurant information can be extracted, not only the various options are shown but also the shortest route on the highly convenient route. Choices can also be shown.

  The control unit, when outputting the search result of the restaurant search, outputs and displays a display element of a departure place and a display element of a destination respectively corresponding to the departure place and the destination of the moving body, and A display element to a restaurant search result that is linked to a display output of a search result of the search may also be displayed and output.

  According to the above configuration, there is provided a user interface in which a display element for displaying a search result by a restaurant search on the above-mentioned travel route is arranged between a departure place and a destination, and respective display elements. Can be.

The control unit may perform the following processing.
-Acquire information on the number of people in a group including the user who moves by the moving object.
Transmitting a reservation request together with the number information to the restaurant selected by the user via the display output of the restaurant search result linked by the display element to the restaurant search result.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to acquire the number of user groups riding on the moving object and make a reservation for a restaurant searched by the number of users.

The control unit may perform the following processing.
If the search result of the restaurant search is less than the predetermined minimum number of stores, the meal time zone is changed to a later time zone.
Estimate the place where the moving body is moving during the changed meal time slot.
・ The restaurant is searched based on the estimated location.

  According to the above configuration, when the search result is relatively small (less than a predetermined number of stores), the search position is shifted along the moving route of the moving object, so that the search result is not deviated from the moving route. Can be different.

  When the plurality of meal time zones are included between the expected departure time and the expected arrival time, the control unit includes a parameter for filtering a search result in the restaurant search for one meal time zone. May be different from the value in the above-mentioned one meal time zone in the above-mentioned restaurant search for the other meal time zones.

  According to the above configuration, when a plurality of meal time zones are included while the user moves, one of parameters such as a menu to be searched in each meal time zone is changed, and the type of restaurant proposed to the user and Diversity such as genres of meals to be provided can be secured.

  In addition, the control unit, when the user moves by transiting the plurality of moving objects, and when the scheduled transit time of the moving object is within a predetermined time range from the meal time zone, the controller at the transit scheduled time A restaurant search may be performed based on the position of the user.

  According to the above configuration, when the user changes the moving body, even if the transfer time is outside the meal time zone, if the transfer time is within the predetermined time range, the restaurant is set based on the user's position at the transfer time. In order to perform a search, a user can be provided with a restaurant search function that allows a user to eat at a reasonable timing.

The control unit may perform the following processing.
When there is no restaurant extracted by the restaurant search, a restaurant located between the place where the moving object is moving and the destination of the moving object during the meal time zone is used for the restaurant search. Extract based on
-If a restaurant located between the place where the moving body is moving and the destination of the moving body during the meal time period is not extracted, the moving body is moved from the departure place of the moving body during the meal time period. Is extracted based on the above-mentioned restaurant search.
-Among the extracted restaurants, the restaurant closest to the place where the moving body is moving during the meal time period is output as the last restaurant.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to preferentially propose an available restaurant when the presence of a restaurant cannot be expected, such as when the destination is a campsite or a mountain interior.
Further, the information processing apparatus may further include a storage unit that stores the database.

The information processing device may further include a storage unit that stores a plurality of the restaurant information.
In this case, the control unit extracts, as the restaurant search, a restaurant that meets a condition from the plurality of restaurant information stored in the storage unit.
The plurality of restaurant information may be stored in a database in a normalized state.

The above problem is also solved by an information processing device according to another aspect of the present technology.
The information processing device includes a communication unit and a control unit.
The communication unit receives, from an external user terminal, a scheduled departure time, a scheduled arrival time, and a type of the moving body on which the user moves.
The control unit determines that the meal time zone of the user is included between the scheduled departure time and the scheduled arrival time.
The control unit estimates a place where the moving body is moving during the meal time zone based on the type of the moving body.
The control unit is located within a first distance from a location where the estimated moving object is moving, and is located at a second distance from at least one of a departure point and a destination of the moving object. A restaurant search is performed to extract the located restaurant from the restaurant information associated with the location information.
The communication unit transmits a search result of the restaurant search to the user terminal.

The above problem is also solved by an information processing device according to another aspect of the present technology.
The information processing device includes a control unit.
The control unit may be configured such that the user's meal time zone is after the scheduled departure time of the moving body carrying the user, or at least one of before the scheduled arrival time of the moving body. Determine that this is the case.
The control unit estimates a place where the moving body is moving during the meal time period.
The control unit is located within a first distance from a place where the estimated moving body is moving, and is located at a second distance from at least one of a departure place and a destination of the moving body. A search condition for a restaurant search for extracting a located restaurant from the restaurant information associated with the position information is generated.

Another aspect of the present technology is an information processing method executed by a processing unit of an information processing device.
The processing unit performs the following processing.
It is determined that the meal time zone of the user is included between the scheduled departure time of the moving object carrying the user and the estimated arrival time of the moving object.
-Estimate the place where the moving body is moving during the meal time period.
A restaurant located within a first distance from a place where the estimated moving body is moving and at a second distance from at least one of a departure point and a destination of the moving body; Is generated from the restaurant information associated with the location information.

Another embodiment of the present technology is a program that causes a processing unit of an information processing device to execute the following processing.
A procedure of determining that the user's meal time zone is included between the scheduled departure time of the moving object carrying the user and the estimated arrival time of the moving object.
A procedure for estimating a place where the moving body is moving during the meal time period;
A restaurant located within a first distance from a place where the estimated moving body is moving and at a second distance from at least one of a departure point and a destination of the moving body; For generating a search condition for a restaurant search that extracts the restaurant information from the restaurant information associated with the location information.

  As described above, according to the present technology, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can propose a meal at a place away from a departure place or a destination.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a restaurant information providing system according to an embodiment of the present technology. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of a server and a user terminal included in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a store database illustrated in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the example of a software program structure of the said restaurant information provision system. It is a use case figure of the said restaurant information provision system. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen for a route search of the user terminal in FIG. 1. It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the information processing of the said restaurant information provision server. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a process executed by a restaurant information providing server included in FIG. 1. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a restaurant search process in FIG. 8. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a search result adjustment process in FIG. 9. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display output screen configured by the restaurant information providing server in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display output screen configured by the restaurant information providing server in FIG. 1.

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present technology will be described with reference to the drawings.

<First embodiment>

<Example of hardware configuration>
FIG. 1 shows an example of a network configuration of a restaurant information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment. As illustrated, the restaurant information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment is configured such that the restaurant information providing server 100 can communicate with the user terminal 200 via the Internet 50. The restaurant information providing server 100 is an example in the present embodiment of a hardware resource that realizes the information processing device according to the present technology.

  In FIG. 1, the restaurant information providing server 100 is configured so that a route search server 110 can be used. The route search server 110 has a geographic information database 31 (shown in FIG. 4). When the route search server 110 receives a route search instruction command using at least the geographic information of the departure place and the geographic information of the destination as parameters from other servers including the restaurant information providing server 100 via an application program interface or the like. , Return one or more routes R connecting the departure place and the destination.

  The Internet 50 is an example of a network that mediates the restaurant information providing server 100 and the user terminal 200 in the present embodiment. Examples of such a network include a network connecting base stations for mobile wireless communication, an intranet, and the like. May be included.

  Note that the user terminal 200 is estimated by at least one of the user terminal 200A used by the user A, the user terminal 200B used by the user B, the user terminal 200C used by the user C,... Shown in FIG. It is the nickname when it is mentioned without it.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user moves from the departure place to the destination on the moving body 300. However, it is not essential that part or all of the restaurant information providing system 1 be physically or functionally included in the mobile object 300. FIG. 1 shows a user terminal 200 as a part of the restaurant information providing system 1.

  In FIG. 1, a user terminal 200B is an example of an on-vehicle type user terminal 200. The user terminal 200B is loaded on the mobile 300B, and may have a function as, for example, a car navigation terminal.

  Referring to FIG. 2, a hardware configuration example of the restaurant information providing server 100 and the user terminal 200 is shown. Hereinafter, the configuration example shown in FIG. 2 will be described as being the one of the restaurant information providing server 100. As illustrated, the hardware of the restaurant information providing server 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, and a RAM (Random Access) via a bus 14. (Memory: random access memory) 13 may be connected to constitute a processing control unit.

  The processing control unit including various hardware connected to the bus 14 may be further connected to the input / output interface 15. The input / output interface 15 may be connected to the display unit 16, the operation receiving unit 17, the storage unit 18, and the communication unit 19.

  Various hardware connected to the input / output interface 15 functions as an input / output unit for inputting / outputting information to / from the restaurant information providing server 100. The input / output of information to / from the restaurant information providing server 100 includes a mode of inputting / outputting information to / from a processing control unit constituted by various hardware connected to the bus 14.

  The display unit 16 provides a table output function to the restaurant information providing server 100, and is specifically realized by, for example, a combination of a liquid crystal display and a graphic controller. The operation receiving unit 17 provides the restaurant information providing server 100 with a function of inputting a user operation, and is specifically realized by, for example, a liquid crystal touch panel or a keyboard device.

  The storage unit 18 provides the restaurant information providing server 100 with a secondary storage function, and is specifically realized by, for example, a hard disk device or an SSD (Solid State Disks). The communication unit 19 provides the restaurant information providing server 100 with a communication function with an external device, a function of inputting / outputting information using the communication function, and the like. The communication unit 19 is specifically realized by, for example, a local area network device. In this case, the communication unit 19 can be implemented regardless of a physical layer such as wired / wireless.

  The storage unit 18 has a store database 32. Referring to FIG. 3, an example of the data structure of the store database 32 is shown. The information stored in the storage unit 18 may be regarded as data held by the restaurant information providing server 100. The store database 32 is provided in an external data server (not shown), and even if the CPU 11 issues a search query to the external data server as needed, the same effect as that of this embodiment can be obtained.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a data structure of information for each store stored in the store database 32. The store database 32 stores, for each store registered in advance in the restaurant information providing server 100, store identification information, store name, type, position information, and the like. Here, the type means the tendency of the food provided by the store (Italian, Japanese food, Chinese food, etc.), the service providing form (Izakaya, fast food, buffet style, etc.). The type may be a combination of information such as a cooking tendency and a service providing form.

  “Position information” described in FIG. 3 includes a geographic coordinate system represented by latitude and longitude. The location information may also include location information represented by a town name and an address, a street name and an address, and the like. Further, the position information may include height direction information (such as a floor where the store is located).

  The technical effect of adopting the above hardware configuration will be described. In the present embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 saves the hardware resources by accepting the traffic from the plurality of user terminals 200 in one hand. For example, when the user terminal 200 performs all the information processing executed by the restaurant information providing server 100, it is also possible to exert the operational effects of the present technology with the user terminal 200 alone. However, by adopting the hardware configuration as described in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 in comparison with such an embodiment, the information processing executed by the restaurant information providing server 100 is provided to each of the plurality of user terminals 200. There is no need to prepare as many resources as possible.

<Example of software program configuration>
FIG. 4 shows an example of a software program configuration according to the present embodiment. The illustrated configuration example shows a software program that performs predetermined information processing using the hardware resources shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. When the configuration of the hardware resources is changed, The software program configuration can also be changed in accordance with the requirements.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a user terminal 200 running a mobile operating system 201 has a route search application 202 executed thereon.

  As shown in FIG. 4, on the other hand, the restaurant information providing server 100 executes a server operating system 101 as software. On the server operating system 101, a route search API (application program interface) 102 and a restaurant search API 103 are executed.

Hereinafter, the basic functions of each software program will be described.
The route search application 202 performs inter-process communication with the route search API 102 and the restaurant search API 103, and transmits and receives data and information.

  The route search API 102 is provided with the location information of the departure place and the destination as parameters from outside including the route search application 202 and other APIs as parameters, and based on the information, the geographic information of the departure place and the geographic information of the destination are obtained. Is transmitted as a parameter to the route search server 110. The route search API 102 generates a display screen by superimposing a return value on, for example, a map. The display screen may be transmitted to the route search application 202.

  When the restaurant search API 103 receives a store search instruction command from outside including the route search API 102 and the route search application 202 using geographic information and a search range as parameters, the restaurant search API 103 searches the store database 32 and searches for store information that matches the conditions. return.

  In the present embodiment, a software program group including the server operating system 101 executed by the restaurant information providing server 100 will be described in detail below using the hardware resources described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. By providing the information processing of such a procedure, in particular, the CPU 11 of various hardware, the provision of the function is realized.

<Use case>
Hereinafter, first, an outline of a use case of the restaurant information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described, and then, processes executed by the restaurant information providing server 100 and the user terminal 200 will be described.

  Referring to FIG. 5, a use case diagram of the restaurant information providing system 1 is shown. As shown in the drawing, the user can perform operations such as “search for a route”, “search for a side trip”, and “reserve a store” as a user who uses the restaurant information providing system 1. The restaurant information providing system 1 provides functions such as “execution of route search”, “execution of“ side-by-side search ””, and “execution of store reservation” for these user operations. The use case disclosed in FIG. 5 is merely an example, and the restaurant information providing system 1 may be configured as a system capable of providing various functions in addition to the above.

  Here, the "detour search" means that the restaurant information providing system 1 searches for a restaurant to take a detour and eat while traveling on the mobile 300, such as a vacation, a trip, or a business trip. To provide information to the user.

  As a process on the side of the restaurant information providing system 1 for providing the “search route” function, the user terminal 200 includes a user interface for allowing the user to input information necessary for a route search such as a departure place and a destination. The presenting process includes a process in which the restaurant information providing server 100 inquires of the route search server 110 using the departure place and the destination as parameters based on information collected through the user interface, and executes it.

  As a process on the restaurant information providing system 1 side for providing a function of “doing a“ side-by-side search ””, the user terminal 200 presents a user interface for instructing the user to execute “by-side-by-side search”; The process includes a process in which the restaurant information providing server 100 searches the store database 32 when the execution of “detour search” is instructed via the user interface, a process in which the user terminal 200 displays and outputs a search result to the user, and the like. .

  As processing on the restaurant information providing system 1 side for providing a “store reservation” function, the user terminal 200 presents a user interface for allowing the user to input information necessary for changing search conditions; A process in which the restaurant information providing server 100 resets a search condition based on the information collected through the user interface, and a process executed by the restaurant information providing server 100 in providing the “execute search” function. Is performed again.

  Each of the above functions may be individually provided to the user. However, in the following description, when the restaurant information providing system 1 provides the route search function, a mode in which a function of performing a "side-by-side search" is combined Is disclosed. According to this aspect, a synergistic effect that a high added value is given to the route search function is provided.

<Route search user interface>
FIG. 6 shows an example of a display screen for a route search of the user terminal 200. The restaurant information providing system 1 provides a user interface as shown in FIG. 6 when the user uses the route search function. At this time, the restaurant information providing server 100 configures a display screen, and the user terminal 200 outputs the display screen as a display screen of the route search application 202.

  6, a display screen 210 is a display screen of the route search application 202. The display screen 210 may be configured to include display elements such as a departure location input unit 211, a current location input unit 212, an arrival location input unit 213, a current location input unit 214, and a search execution instruction unit 215.

  The departure place input unit 211 is a user interface provided for the user to input a planned departure place, and may be a form in which geographic information such as latitude and longitude or a place name is input in a free word, or may be selected in a pull-down manner. It may be in such a form. When the user selects this, the current location input unit 212 automatically inputs the geographic information acquired by GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like to the departure location input unit 211.

  The destination input unit 213 is a user interface provided for the user to input an expected destination, and may be a form in which geographic information such as latitude and longitude or a place name is input in a free word, or may be selected in a pull-down manner. It may be in such a form. When the user selects this, the current location input unit 214 automatically inputs the geographic information acquired by a GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like to the destination input unit 213.

  The search execution instructing unit 215 transmits the search conditions set by the departure place input unit 211 and the destination place input unit 213 to the restaurant information providing server 100 as parameters of “departure place” and “arrival place”, respectively. User interface. The restaurant information providing server 100 receives the parameters and the instruction to execute the route search, and executes the operation described below.

<Operation of restaurant information providing server>
Hereinafter, the flow of information processing executed by the restaurant information providing server 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the contents of the information processing executed by the restaurant information providing server 100. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a process executed by the restaurant information providing server included in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the flow of the restaurant search process in FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the flow of the search result adjustment processing in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, according to the following information processing of the present embodiment, one or more routes are usually searched from the departure place to the destination. In FIG. 7, route 1, route 2, and route 3 are search results of the route search output from the route search server 110.

  According to the route search described with reference to FIG. 8, the route that is the shortest geographically, the route that is the shortest in time, and easy to move (for example, the number of changes at the intersection is relatively small, Are output as search results.

  According to the restaurant information search process described with reference to FIG. 9, the restaurant information search is performed for each route. In FIG. 7, a restaurant located in a first range from a moving point of the mobile object 300 in a meal time zone T3 (described later) indicated by P is searched. Hereinafter, specific information processing will be described with reference to FIGS.

  Referring to FIG. 8, a procedure of a process executed by CPU 11 of restaurant information providing server 100 is shown. As shown in the figure, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) transmits a route search request to the route search server 110 (S11).

  Subsequently, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) receives the route search request from the route search server 110 (S12).

  Subsequently, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) generates a search condition for each of the one or more route search results received from the route search server 110, and executes a restaurant search process using the search condition. (S13). The restaurant search process executed here is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) based on the one or more route search results received from the route search server 110 obtained in S12 and the search result of the restaurant search process obtained in S13. , A display output screen is configured and output to the user terminal 200 (S14).

  FIG. 9 shows a procedure of a restaurant search process executed by the CPU 11 of the restaurant information providing server 100. As illustrated, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) first defines variables used in a restaurant search process (S21).

  In S21, T1 is a scheduled departure time, T2 is a scheduled arrival time, T3 is a meal time zone, and T4 is a threshold for determining whether the meal time zone T3 is close to the scheduled departure time T1 or the estimated arrival time T2. The restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) uses the estimated departure time and the estimated arrival time included in the route search result received from the route search server 110 as T1 and T2. Note that the length of the meal time zone T3 (for example, one hour) may be added to the estimated arrival time T2.

  In S21, since the meal is basically performed every day at a fixed time slot, the meal time slot T3 may be determined to a predetermined value by the restaurant information providing system 1. Since eating habits may have personal and cultural differences, the restaurant information providing system 1 may include a user interface that allows the user to change the meal time zone T3. The threshold value T4 may also be determined by the restaurant information providing system 1 to a predetermined value. The restaurant information providing system 1 may also have a user interface that can change the threshold value T4.

  Subsequently, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) determines whether the meal time zone T3 is included between the scheduled departure time T1 and the scheduled arrival time T2 (S22). If not included (S22, No), the restaurant search process ends, and the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) transitions to S14 in FIG.

  If the meal time zone T3 is included between the scheduled departure time T1 and the estimated arrival time T2 (S22, Yes), the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) subsequently proceeds to the meal time zone T3 and the estimated departure time T1 or It is determined whether or not the estimated arrival time T2 is close based on the threshold T4 (S23).

  When it is determined that the meal time zone T3 and the scheduled departure time T1 or the scheduled arrival time T2 are close to each other (S23, Yes), the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) determines that the proximity is determined at least by the threshold T4 or more. The meal time period T3 is shifted so as to open the interval (S24). That is, when the meal time zone T3 is close to the scheduled departure time T1, T3 is reset to a later time. On the other hand, if the meal time zone T3 is close to the estimated arrival time T2, the time is reset to an earlier time.

  If it is determined that the meal time zone T3 does not approach the scheduled departure time T1 or the scheduled arrival time T2 (S23, No), the step of S24 is skipped.

  Subsequently, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) estimates a moving point P of the moving body 300 at T3 (S25). As a specific method of estimating the moving point P, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) issues a query to the route search server 110 using the meal time period T3 as a parameter, or the route search server 110 It may be obtained by calculation based on the acquired route search result.

  The result of the information processing in S25 is shown, for example, at the moving point P in FIG. The moving point P shown in FIG. 7 is a place where the moving body 300 is estimated to be moving during the meal time zone T3, and thus is a different place for each route.

  Subsequently, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) issues a search query to the store database 32 using the travel point P estimated in S25 as a search parameter of the store database 32, and receives a search result (S26). That is, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) extracts information on the restaurant from the store database 32 using the moving point P as a parameter.

  The information processing result in S26 can be grasped as, for example, each restaurant indicated by a restaurant icon surrounded by a broken line in FIG. FIG. 7 shows an example in which a restaurant located within the range of the ellipse whose focus is on the first point and the last point of the place P is searched. As illustrated, the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) searches for a restaurant located at a first distance from a place P where a belt-shaped moving object is estimated to be moving. Here, the “first distance” may be arbitrarily determined by the restaurant information providing system 1 within the range of the “side trip”. The “first distance” may be defined by, for example, calculating backward from a distance that can return to the route within one hour.

  In the restaurant search in S26, the search is performed using one of the search conditions that the restaurant is located at a second distance or distance from at least one of the departure place and the destination. The second distance may be set on the system side. For example, the second distance is set so far that the user can experience the “detour” experience. The second distance is different from the threshold for judging proximity (T4, using time as a unit) used in S21 to S24 of FIG.

  Subsequently, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) performs a process of adjusting the search result obtained in S26 (a result of extracting restaurant information from the store database 32) (S27), and ends the restaurant search process. Returning to the flow of FIG. Details of the search result adjustment processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 10 shows a procedure of an adjustment process of a search result of the restaurant search process (extraction result of the restaurant information).

  First, the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) determines whether or not the number of restaurants extracted according to the search result of the restaurant search process is smaller than a predetermined minimum number of stores (S31). When it is determined that the number of the extracted restaurants related to the search result of the restaurant search process is smaller than the predetermined minimum number of stores (S31, Yes), the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) sets the meal time period T3. Shift to a later time (S32). That is, the meal time zone T3 moves to a later time.

  The predetermined minimum number of stores may be determined to a predetermined value by the restaurant information providing system 1. Further, the restaurant information providing system 1 may include a user interface that allows a user to change a predetermined minimum number of stores. Also, the restaurant information providing system 1 may determine the shift width of T3 in S32 to a predetermined value, and may change the value.

  The restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) determines whether or not the number of extracted restaurants related to the search result of the restaurant search process is smaller than a predetermined minimum number of stores (S31). For example, when the predetermined minimum number of stores is set to 1, when there is no restaurant at all, the result is Yes. If the number of restaurants extracted in this determination is smaller than the predetermined minimum number of stores (S31, Yes), the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) shifts the meal time zone T3 (S32) and then shifts after the shift. The moving point P of the moving body 300 in the meal time zone T3 is estimated or specified (S33). Next, the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) issues a search query to the store database 32 using the moving point P as a parameter, and extracts information on the restaurant (S34). The processing in S33 is equivalent to the processing in S25. Step S34 is equivalent to step S26.

  If it is not determined that the number of the extracted restaurants related to the search result of the restaurant search process is smaller than the predetermined minimum number of stores (S31, No), the restaurant search server 100 (CPU11) performs steps S32 to S34. Skip the process.

  In the example of the information processing procedure illustrated in FIG. 10, an example in which the processes of S <b> 31 to S <b> 34 are performed only once is shown. However, if the number of search results is still smaller than the predetermined minimum number of stores even after the store search in S <b> 34, , S31 to S34 may be further repeated a plurality of times.

  When the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) completes the search result adjustment process shown in FIG. 10, the process proceeds to the output of the route search result and the restaurant search result in FIG. 8 (S14).

  In the following, based on the one or more route search results received from the route search server 110 obtained in S12 and the search result of the restaurant search process obtained in S13, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) The display output screen configured will be described. This display output screen is output to the user terminal 200 (S14). This display output screen is an example of an output by the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11).

<Display output>
FIG. 11 shows an example of a display output screen configured by the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11). The display screen 210 of FIG. 11 is output by the user terminal 200 as a display screen of the route search application 202, similarly to FIG. The display screen 210 has a display element 216 corresponding to the departure place and a display element 217 corresponding to the destination as shown. Further, a display element 218 that indicates the movement of the mobile unit 300 and connects the display element 216 corresponding to the departure place and the display element 217 corresponding to the destination may be provided. In FIG. 11, the display element 218 is indicated by an arrow.

  In the present embodiment, a display element 216 corresponding to the departure place and a display element 217 corresponding to the destination are output, and the search result of the restaurant information search described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10 is displayed. A display element 220 is provided that provides a link to the output. The display element 220 may be accompanied by a display element 219 that visualizes the meal time zone T3 by superimposing the meal time zone T3 on the display element 218 representing the movement of the mobile object 300.

  FIG. 11 also shows a display element 221 for performing a restaurant information search using the geographic information of the destination as a parameter (or displaying a result of the restaurant information search). The display element 220 that provides a link to the search result of “detour search” is completely different from the display element 221 that provides a link to the restaurant information search at such a destination, and the time period during which the user normally eats ( A user interface for searching for a restaurant that can eat during the meal time period T3) is provided. Although the restaurant information at the destination may be information that is indicated at a timing that is not appropriate in terms of time, the “detour search” according to the present embodiment does not propose a restaurant that can be used at a time suitable for a meal. It is possible.

  Referring to FIG. 12, an example of a display output of a search result of the restaurant information search is shown. The restaurant information providing system 1 transits to a screen as shown in FIG. 12 when the user selects the display element 220 that provides a link to the display output of the search result of the restaurant information search in FIG. It is configured as follows.

<Reservation processing>
The display output screen as illustrated in FIG. 12 may be assigned a call to the “store reservation” function as described with reference to the use case in FIG. In this case, in FIG. 12, the icon indicating the restaurant is clickable. When the restaurant in FIG. 12 is selected by the user, the restaurant information providing server 100 (CPU 11) transmits a reservation request to the selected restaurant. The reservation request may include the meal time slot T3, and may be configured as an application for the user to receive the food and drink providing service during the meal time slot T3.

  Further, the reservation request may include the number of people information. The number of people information is the number of people who visit the store and the number of reservations. For example, the number of people information may be automatically acquired by the user terminal 200 from the mobile body 300. When the mobile unit 300 is a passenger car whose number of people can be grasped by a human sensor or the like and the user terminal 200 is a car navigation terminal installed on the mobile unit 300, the user terminal 200 receives the number of people information from the mobile unit 300. To get.

<Modification>
The above embodiment can be implemented, for example, as follows.

<Second embodiment>

  In the above-described embodiment, it is assumed that the user keeps moving on the moving body 300, but the user may move from the departure place to the destination while transiting the plurality of moving bodies 300. Further, even in the case where the connection is taken into consideration, the first embodiment exhibits the effect.

  In the present embodiment, when the movement of the user is performed using a plurality of moving objects 300, in the configuration of the first embodiment, in S25 (estimation of the moving point P) of the restaurant information search process (FIG. 9). Immediately before, the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) determines whether or not the scheduled transit time T5 is included in the meal time zone T3.

  In this determination, the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) performs the same processing as in the first embodiment if it is included. However, if it is determined that it is not included, the estimated connecting time T5 further includes the meal time zone. It is determined whether it is within a predetermined time range from T3. If it is determined that the time is within the predetermined time range, the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) changes the meal time zone T3 to include the scheduled transit time T5. This may be achieved by shifting T3.

  According to the present embodiment, it is possible to propose a meal at the time of connection, and a rational proposal can be made.

<Third embodiment>
In the above-described embodiment, the case where only one meal time zone T3 is included during the movement of the user is mainly assumed, but a plurality of T3 may be provided. In this embodiment, in this case, further, in the first meal time period T3, the parameters such as the genre of the restaurant set when performing the restaurant information search and the restaurant information in the second meal time period T3 are set. Different parameters such as genres of restaurants to be set when performing a search.

  In the present embodiment, in S26 of FIG. 9, parameters representing the type of restaurant and the genre of the service to be provided (such as the type and tendency of dishes) are made different. This parameter is different from the parameter related to the moving point P.

<Fourth embodiment>
When the user goes to a campsite or the like, there is a case where the restaurant information search result cannot be sufficiently obtained. In the present embodiment, the following processing is performed immediately after S26 in FIG. 9 in preparation for such a case. First, the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) determines whether or not there is a restaurant extracted in S26. Second, when it is determined that there is no extracted restaurant, the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) searches for a restaurant located between the moving point P and the destination. Third, even if this search does not extract a restaurant, that is, if it is determined that there is no restaurant between the travel point P and the destination, the restaurant search server 100 (CPU 11) returns The restaurants located up to the moving point P are extracted. Fourth, among the restaurants extracted as a result of the third processing, the restaurant closest to the moving point P is output as the last restaurant.

  According to the present embodiment, the last restaurant can be introduced to the user regardless of the meal time zone, and the satisfaction of the user is improved.

  The present embodiment is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made in the present embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, of the processes executed by the restaurant information providing server 100, the processes other than the restaurant search process (FIG. 9) may be modified and executed so that the user terminal 200 executes. The user terminal 200 generates a search condition for the restaurant search process, and transmits the search condition to the restaurant information providing server 100. The restaurant information providing server 100 executes a restaurant search process based on the search condition, and returns a processing result to the user terminal 200. The hardware configuration example of the user terminal 200 is not limited, and may be configured as, for example, an in-vehicle terminal in a car navigation system.

<Fifth embodiment>
A fifth embodiment will be described as a modification of the first embodiment, which achieves the problem of enabling a meal to be proposed at a place away from the departure place or the destination.

  In the present embodiment, in the information processing performed by the restaurant information providing server 100, it is determined whether or not a meal time zone T3 is included between the estimated departure time T1 and the estimated arrival time T2 (FIG. 8, S22). Instead, it is determined whether the meal time zone T3 is after the scheduled departure time T1, or the meal time zone T3 is before the scheduled arrival time T2, and whether any one of the conditions is satisfied. . That is, if either one condition is satisfied, the estimation of the moving location of the moving object in the meal time zone T3 and the search for the restaurant are performed.

  In the present embodiment, for example, in the case where the meal time zone T3 is after the scheduled departure time T1, if the recommended restaurant is located at a second distance from the destination, the departure It will be recommended even if it is not between the destination and the destination. According to the present embodiment, a restaurant that is located at a location moved in the opposite direction to the route from the departure place to the destination if the place is the second distance from the destination is also recommended according to the present embodiment. Is done.

  According to the present embodiment, even when the departure place and the destination are determined, and only one of the scheduled departure time and the scheduled arrival time is determined, a meal is proposed at a place away from the departure place and the destination. be able to.

1. Restaurant information providing system 11: CPU
12 ... ROM
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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 18 ... Storage part 19 ... Communication part 31 ... Geographic information database 32 ... Store database 100 ... Restaurant information provision server 200 ... User terminal

Claims (14)

It is determined that the preset meal time zone of the user is included between the estimated time of departure of the moving object carrying the user and the estimated time of arrival of the moving object,
Estimating the place where the moving body is moving during the meal time zone,
A restaurant located within a first distance from a place where the estimated moving body is moving and located at a second distance from at least one of a departure place and a destination of the moving body. , Comprising a control unit that generates a search condition of a restaurant search to be extracted from the restaurant information associated with the position information ,
The control unit, when the meal time zone is closer to the estimated departure time or the expected arrival time than a predetermined threshold, the time from the expected departure time or the expected arrival time to the meal time zone is the predetermined time. An information processing apparatus that keeps the meal time zone away from the user so that the interval is equal to or greater than the threshold value . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
The control unit includes:
Performing a route search for a plurality of routes connecting the departure place and the destination of the moving object,
For each of the search results of the route search, estimate the place where the mobile is moving during the meal time zone,
For each of the search results of the route search, perform the restaurant search,
An information processing apparatus that presents a route having the largest number of the restaurant information items extracted by the restaurant search among the plurality of routes. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
The information processing apparatus, wherein the control unit presents a route connecting the departure place and the destination obtained based on the route search in the shortest time, at the same time as presenting a route with the most restaurant information. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The control unit, as a search result screen based on the search condition, is within a first distance from a place where the estimated moving body is moving, and at least one of a departure place and a destination of the moving body. An information processing apparatus for outputting a display element indicating a position of a restaurant located at a second distance from the restaurant in a relative positional relationship between the position of the departure place and the position of the destination. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The control unit, when outputting the search result of the restaurant search, outputs and displays the display element of the departure place and the display element of the destination corresponding to the departure place and the destination of the mobile object, respectively, An information processing device that also outputs a display element to a restaurant search result that is linked to a display output of a search result. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
The control unit includes:
Acquiring the number of people information of the group including the user who moves by the moving body,
An information processing apparatus for transmitting a reservation request together with the number information to a restaurant selected by the user via a display output of the restaurant search result linked by a display element to the restaurant search result. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The control unit includes:
If the search result of the restaurant search is less than a predetermined minimum number of stores, change the meal time zone to a later time zone,
Estimating the place where the moving body is moving in the changed meal time zone,
An information processing device for performing the restaurant search based on the estimated location. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The control unit, when the plurality of meal time zones are included between the scheduled departure time and the estimated arrival time, a parameter for filtering a search result in the restaurant search for one meal time zone. The information processing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein one of the values is different from the value in the one meal time slot in the restaurant search for the other meal time slots. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The control unit, when the user moves by transiting the plurality of moving objects, and the scheduled transit time of the moving object is within a predetermined time range from the meal time zone, the user of the user at the scheduled transit time An information processing device that searches for restaurants based on location. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1-9,
The control unit includes:
If there is no restaurant extracted by the restaurant search, a restaurant located between the place where the mobile body is moving and the destination of the mobile body during the meal time zone is determined based on the restaurant search. Extract
When a restaurant located between the place where the moving object is moving and the destination of the moving object during the meal time period is not extracted, the moving object is moved from the departure place of the moving object during the meal time period. Extract the restaurant between the place to be moving based on the restaurant search,
An information processing apparatus for outputting, as a last restaurant, a restaurant closest to a place where the mobile body is moving during the meal time period among the extracted restaurants. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
Comprising a storage unit for storing a plurality of the restaurant information,
The information processing device, wherein the control unit extracts, as the restaurant search, a restaurant that meets a condition from the plurality of restaurant information stored in the storage unit. The preset meal time zone of the user is at least one of after the scheduled departure time of the moving object carrying the user, or before the scheduled arrival time of the moving object. Judge to do
Estimating the place where the moving body is moving during the meal time zone,
A restaurant located within a first distance from a place where the estimated moving body is moving and located at a second distance from at least one of a departure place and a destination of the moving body. , Comprising a control unit that generates a search condition of a restaurant search to be extracted from the restaurant information associated with the position information ,
The control unit, when the meal time zone is closer to the estimated departure time or the expected arrival time than a predetermined threshold, the time from the expected departure time or the expected arrival time to the meal time zone is the predetermined time. An information processing apparatus that keeps the meal time zone away from the user so that the interval is equal to or greater than the threshold value . An information processing method executed by a processing unit of the information processing device,
It is determined that the preset meal time zone of the user is included between the estimated time of departure of the moving object carrying the user and the estimated time of arrival of the moving object,
Estimating the place where the moving body is moving during the meal time zone,
A restaurant located within a first distance from a place where the estimated moving body is moving and located at a second distance from at least one of a departure place and a destination of the moving body. , Generating a search condition of restaurant search to be extracted from the restaurant information associated with the location information ,
When the meal time zone is closer to the estimated departure time or the estimated arrival time than a predetermined threshold, the time from the estimated departure time or the expected arrival time to the meal time zone is equal to or longer than the predetermined threshold. An information processing method for keeping the meal time zone away from the user . In the processing unit of the information processing device,
A procedure for determining that the preset meal time zone of the user is included between the estimated time of departure of the moving object carrying the user and the estimated time of arrival of the moving object,
Estimating a place where the moving body is moving during the meal time,
A restaurant located within a first distance from a place where the estimated moving body is moving and located at a second distance from at least one of a departure place and a destination of the moving body. Generating a search condition for a restaurant search to be extracted from the restaurant information associated with the location information ,
When the meal time zone is closer to the estimated departure time or the estimated arrival time than a predetermined threshold, the time from the estimated departure time or the expected arrival time to the meal time zone is equal to or longer than the predetermined threshold. A program for executing a procedure for keeping the meal time zone away from the user.

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