JP7398997B2 - Information processing device, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program.

Conventionally, technology has been known to display information such as the vehicle's location on the expressway and the distance to the next facility (interchange, service area, parking area, etc.) on a screen for the purpose of providing information to drivers (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-168996

However, with the conventional technology, only facilities that can be displayed on the screen based on the vehicle's position can be displayed. Therefore, a user such as a driver cannot confirm, for example, the distance to a facility that is far ahead of the vehicle's location and is not displayed on the screen with respect to the vehicle's location.

On the other hand, there is also a technology that can display facilities that are not displayed on the screen based on the vehicle's position by scrolling the screen by user operation, but in this case, the facility and the vehicle's position can be displayed. cannot be displayed at the same time.

Therefore, for example, if you want to check information on important facilities such as junctions for changing roads, you may not be able to check until it is displayed on the screen based on your vehicle's position, or you may not be able to check it at the same time as your vehicle's position. There were some inconveniences such as being unable to do so.

One embodiment of the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and aims to constantly provide information regarding a predetermined facility.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing device according to an embodiment is an information processing device that is mounted on or brought into a vehicle traveling on an expressway, and which includes information about a predetermined facility on the expressway. The vehicle includes a display unit that displays information regarding a first facility located on the traveling direction side of the vehicle and closest to the current position of the vehicle in a first display area.

Information regarding a predetermined facility can be provided at all times.

1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information providing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram (part 1) showing an example of a guide screen. FIG. 2 is a diagram (part 2) showing an example of a guide screen. It is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a client terminal according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a server device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the functional configuration of a client terminal and a server device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a process executed by a client terminal and a server device according to the present embodiment. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a guide screen display control process according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a dialog.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. In this embodiment, when a user is driving on an expressway, in addition to information on various facilities within a displayable range based on the user's own vehicle position, a screen (hereinafter referred to as , referred to as a "guidance screen") on a user's terminal will be described. Note that the expressway may also be referred to as a motorway.

Here, examples of the facility include a junction (JCT), an interchange (IC), a service area (SA), and a parking area (PA). The predetermined facility is a facility set in advance, and in this embodiment, it is assumed to be a JCT. However, any facility other than JCT (IC, SA, or PA) may be set as the predetermined facility, or a facility that satisfies any conditions specified by the user (for example, "PA where large vehicles can be parked") may be set as the predetermined facility. ”, “SA with gas station”, “SA with kids corner”, etc.) may be set.

Furthermore, the information regarding the facility shall include at least the type of facility (JCT, IC, SA, or PA), the name of the facility, and the distance from the start point (or end point) of the expressway to the facility. However, in addition to these, the information regarding the facility may include various information (for example, if the facility is a PA, the number of parking spaces, etc.). Further, the information regarding the facility may include the distance from the vehicle's location to the facility (that is, the relative distance from the vehicle's location). In addition, hereinafter, when it is written as "distance", it means the distance from the starting point (or ending point) of the expressway.

<Overall configuration>
First, the overall configuration of the information providing system 1 according to this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system 1 according to this embodiment includes a client terminal 10 and a server device 20. Furthermore, the client terminal 10 and the server device 20 are communicably connected via any communication network N such as the Internet or a mobile phone network, for example.

The client terminal 10 is a terminal such as a smartphone owned by a user (for example, a driver of a vehicle traveling on an expressway, a passenger of the vehicle, etc.). While the user is driving on the expressway, the client terminal 10 displays the names of facilities within a displayable range based on the vehicle's position, the distance to the facility, and the name of the next JCT and the distance to the JCT. A guidance screen will be displayed that provides the following information. This allows the user to always check the name of the next JCT and the distance to the JCT.

Note that the client terminal 10 is not limited to a smartphone, and may be, for example, a tablet terminal, a wearable device, or a vehicle-mounted device including a so-called car navigation system.

The server device 20 is a server that provides facility data necessary for the client terminal 10 to display a guidance screen. The facility data is, for example, data that includes at least the name and location of the facility.

Note that the configuration of the information providing system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is an example, and other configurations may be used. For example, if the client terminal 10 itself holds the data necessary to display the guidance screen (in addition to the facility data described above, network data described later, etc.), the information providing system 1 includes the server device 20. It doesn't have to be.

<Information screen>
Here, an example of a guidance screen displayed on the client terminal 10 of a user traveling on an expressway will be described.

The guide screen 1000 shown in FIG. 2 includes a first display area 1100 and a second display area 1200.

In the first display area 1100, the JCT name of the next JCT (that is, the closest JCT) ahead in the traveling direction of the host vehicle and the distance to the JCT are fixedly displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the JCT name of the next JCT "Miyanogi" and the distance to the JCT "16.7 kp" are displayed in the first display area 1100. Note that kp stands for kilometer post and represents the distance from the starting point (or ending point) of the expressway.

The second display area 1200 includes a vehicle position icon 1201 that represents the current position of the vehicle, and a list of facility icons (hereinafter referred to as "facility icon list") that displays the facility name and distance to the facility. Among them, facility icons within a displayable range based on the own vehicle position icon 1201 are displayed. At this time, as the vehicle position moves, the facility icon list is dynamically scrolled downward on the screen (hereinafter, scrolling accompanying the movement of the vehicle position is referred to as "automatic scrolling"). In the example shown in FIG. 2, the facility icon 1211 displays the IC name "Wangan Ichikawa" and the distance to the IC "1.0kp", and the IC name "Yatsu Funabashi" and the distance to the IC "5.5kp". A facility icon 1212 is displayed in the second display area 1200. Here, the facility icons that are within the range that can be displayed based on the own vehicle position icon 1201 are the facility icons that are within the range that can be displayed based on the own vehicle position icon 1201. These are facility icons that are included in the second display area 1200 when the facility icon list is dynamically scrolled toward the bottom of the screen.

The facility icon list displayed in the second display area 1200 can be scrolled (hereinafter referred to as "manual scrolling") by a user operation (for example, a swipe operation toward the bottom or top of the screen). I can do it. An operation for manually scrolling the facility icon list is also referred to as a "scroll operation."

When an icon displaying the JCT name and distance of the next JCT is displayed in the second display area 1200 by automatic scrolling or manual scrolling, the JCT name and distance of the next JCT are displayed in the first display area 1100. is displayed. For example, when the JCT name "Miyanogi" and the distance to the relevant JCT are displayed in the first display area 1100, the JCT name "Miyanogi" and the distance to the relevant JCT are displayed by automatic scrolling or manual scrolling. When the icon is displayed in the second display area 1200, the JCT name of the next JCT and the distance to the JCT are displayed in the first display area 1100. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, when an icon 1221 displaying the JCT name "Miyanogi" and the distance to the JCT is displayed in the second display area 1200 by manual scrolling, the first Display area 1100 displays the JCT name of Narita JCT, which is the next JCT after Miyanogi JCT, and the distance to the JCT.

As described above, the client terminal 10 according to the present embodiment has a first display area in which information regarding a predetermined facility is fixedly displayed, and a second display area in which a facility icon list is automatically scrolled according to movement of the own vehicle position. A guidance screen including the display area is displayed. This guide screen allows the user to constantly check not only the information regarding the facility displayed in the second display area but also the information regarding the predetermined facility. Therefore, the user can always check, for example, the name of the next JCT and the distance to the next JCT.

In the example shown in Figure 2, the distance (kp) from the start point (or end point) of the expressway to the facility in question is displayed, but along with (or in place of) kp, the relative distance from the vehicle's position to the facility in question is displayed. Distance may also be displayed. When the relative distance from the vehicle position to the facility is displayed, this relative distance is dynamically updated as the vehicle position moves.

<Hardware configuration>
Next, the hardware configurations of the client terminal 10 and the server device 20 according to this embodiment will be explained.

≪Client terminal 10≫
As shown in FIG. 4, the client terminal 10 according to the present embodiment includes a touch panel 11, an external I/F 12, a communication I/F 13, a processor 14, a memory device 15, and a GPS (Global Positioning System) as hardware. System) receiver 16. Each of these pieces of hardware is communicably connected via a bus 17.

The touch panel 11 is an electronic component that combines a display device such as a display and a display device such as a touch pad, and receives user operation input and displays various screens etc. to the user.

The external I/F 12 is an interface with external devices such as the recording medium 12a. The client terminal 10 can read, write, etc. on the recording medium 12a via the external I/F 12. Note that the recording medium 12a includes, for example, an SD memory card (Secure Digital memory card), a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory card, and the like.

The communication I/F 13 is an interface for connecting the client terminal 10 to the communication network N. The processor 14 is, for example, various arithmetic devices such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The memory device 15 is, for example, various storage devices such as RAM (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), and flash memory. The GPS receiver 16 is an electronic component that receives radio waves from GPS satellites.

The client terminal 10 according to this embodiment has the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 4, so that it can implement various processes described below.

<<Server device 20>>
As shown in FIG. 5, the server device 20 according to the present embodiment includes an input device 21, a display device 22, an external I/F 23, a communication I/F 24, a processor 25, and a memory device 26 as hardware. and has. Each of these pieces of hardware is communicably connected via a bus 27 .

The input device 21 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. The display device 22 is, for example, a display. Note that the server device 20 does not need to have at least one of the input device 21 and the display device 22.

The external I/F 23 is an interface with an external device such as a recording medium 23a. The server device 20 can read from and write to the recording medium 23a via the external I/F 23. Note that the recording medium 23a includes, for example, a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), an SD memory card, a USB memory card, and the like.

The communication I/F 24 is an interface for connecting the server device 20 to the communication network N. The processor 25 is, for example, various arithmetic devices such as a CPU. The memory device 26 is, for example, various storage devices such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), a RAM, a ROM, and a flash memory.

The server device 20 according to this embodiment has the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 5, so that it can implement various processes described below.

<Functional configuration>
Next, the functional configurations of the client terminal 10 and the server device 20 according to this embodiment will be explained.

≪Client terminal 10≫
As shown in FIG. 6, the client terminal 10 according to this embodiment includes a communication section 101, a positioning section 102, and a display control section 103. Each of these functional units is realized, for example, by processing executed by the processor 14 by one or more programs installed on the client terminal 10.

The communication unit 101 sends and receives various data to and from the server device 20 . The positioning unit 102 measures the current position of the client terminal 10 (that is, the position of the vehicle in which the user who owns the client terminal 10 rides) by receiving radio waves using the GPS receiver 16. The display control unit 103 displays a guidance screen on the touch panel 11.

<<Server device 20>>
As shown in FIG. 6, the server device 20 according to this embodiment includes a communication section 201, an identification section 202, and a facility acquisition section 203. Each of these functional units is realized, for example, by a process that one or more programs installed in the server device 20 causes the processor 25 to execute.

Further, the server device 20 according to this embodiment includes a point sequence data storage section 204, a network data storage section 205, and a facility data storage section 206. Each of these storage units can be realized by, for example, the memory device 26.

The communication unit 201 sends and receives various data to and from the client terminal 10 . The identification unit 202 uses point sequence data indicating the position of the client terminal 10 (that is, the position of the own vehicle) and network data stored in the network data storage unit 205 to identify the user of the client terminal 10. Identify the expressway and direction (upward or downward direction) in which the vehicle is traveling. The facility acquisition unit 203 uses the expressway and direction specified by the identification unit 202 to acquire the corresponding facility data from the facility data storage unit 206.

The point sequence data storage unit 204 stores point sequence data indicating a point sequence of the own vehicle position. The network data storage unit 205 stores network data that is data related to road networks. The facility data storage unit 206 stores facility data. Note that the network data includes data regarding links that constitute the road network and data regarding nodes indicating end points of the links. The link-related data includes, for example, information such as the road type and road name of the road represented by the link.

<Processing details>
Next, the flow of processing executed by the client terminal 10 and the server device 20 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing an example of processing executed by the client terminal 10 and the server device 20 according to the present embodiment. In the following, it is assumed that the user of the client terminal 10 is traveling on an expressway.

The positioning unit 102 of the client terminal 10 measures the current position of the client terminal 10 by receiving radio waves using the GPS receiver 16 (step S101). Next, the communication unit 101 of the client terminal 10 transmits position information indicating the current position measured by the positioning unit 102 to the server device 20 (step S102). Note that the communication unit 101 of the client terminal 10 also transmits identification information for identifying the client terminal 10 (for example, user ID, terminal ID, etc.) to the server device 20 along with the location information.

When the identifying unit 202 of the server device 20 receives the position information from the client terminal 10 through the communication unit 201, it stores the position information in the point sequence data storage unit 204 (step S103). At this time, the specifying unit 202 associates the identification information and position information of the client terminal 10 with each other and stores them in the point sequence data storage unit 204, for example. Thereby, the time series of the position information of the client terminal 10 is stored as point sequence data in the point sequence data storage unit 204.

Note that instead of transmitting the position information in step S102 described above, point sequence data may be transmitted. That is, in step S102 described above, the client terminal 10 may transmit position information in a certain predetermined time period to the server device 20 as point sequence data.

Following step S103, the identification unit 202 of the server device 20 uses the point sequence data stored in the point sequence data storage unit 204 and the network data stored in the network data storage unit 205 to The expressway and direction (upward or downward direction) in which the user of the terminal 10 is traveling are specified (step S104). The identification unit 202 may identify the expressway and direction in which the user is traveling, using point sequence data and network data, for example, by a known method such as map matching.

Next, the facility acquisition unit 203 of the server device 20 acquires the corresponding facility data from the facility data storage unit 206 using the expressway and direction specified by the specifying unit 202 (step S105). Here, the relevant facility data refers to facility data regarding facilities located in the relevant direction (that is, the user's traveling direction) on the relevant expressway.

Then, the communication unit 201 of the server device 20 transmits the facility data acquired by the facility acquisition unit 203 to the client terminal 10 (step S106).

Note that, for example, if the corresponding facility data has already been transmitted to the client terminal 10, the above steps S105 and S106 may not be executed.

The display control unit 103 of the client terminal 10 executes a guidance screen display control process (step S107). That is, the display control unit 103 scrolls the facility icon list displayed in the second display area on the guide screen according to the current position determined in step S101, and by this scrolling, displays the next When information regarding a JCT is displayed in the second display area, information regarding the next JCT is displayed in the first display area. Note that details of the guidance screen display control process will be described later.

Steps S101 to S107 described above are repeatedly executed at predetermined intervals (for example, every few seconds).

Further, when the user performs a scroll operation of the second display area on the guidance screen, the display control unit 103 of the client terminal 10 executes a display control process for the guidance screen (step S201). That is, for example, the display control unit 103 scrolls the facility icon list displayed in the second display area on the guide screen in response to a scroll operation, and by this scrolling, information regarding the next JCT is displayed in the second display. If the JCT is displayed in the first display area, information regarding the next JCT is displayed in the first display area.

≪Display control processing of guidance screen≫
Here, the guidance screen display control process in step S107 or step S201 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the guidance screen display control process according to the present embodiment.

The display control unit 103 scrolls the facility icon list displayed in the second display area on the guide screen according to the current position determined by the positioning unit 102 or the scroll operation (step S301).

Next, the display control unit 103 determines whether or not an icon displaying the JCT name of the next JCT and the distance to the JCT is displayed in the second display area as a result of the scrolling in step S301 described above. (Step S302).

If it is determined that the icon displaying the JCT name of the next JCT and the distance to the JCT is not displayed in the second display area (NO in step S302), the display control unit 103 receives the It is determined whether there is a JCT in the user's direction of travel by referring to the facility data obtained (step S303).

If it is determined that there is a JCT in the direction of travel of the user (YES in step S303), the display control unit 103 displays the JCT name of the JCT (that is, the next JCT) and the distance to the JCT in the first display. It is displayed in the area (step S304).

If it is determined that there is no JCT in the user's direction of travel (NO in step S303), the display control unit 103 does not display anything in the first display area (step S305).

If it is determined that the icon displaying the JCT name of the next JCT and the distance to the JCT is displayed in the second display area (YES in step S302), the display control unit 103 receives the It is determined whether or not there is a next JCT by referring to the facility data obtained (step S306).

If it is determined that there is a next next JCT (YES in step S306), the display control unit 103 displays the JCT name of the next next JCT and the distance to the JCT in the first display area ( Step S307).

If it is determined that there is no next JCT (NO in step S306), the display control unit 103 displays nothing in the first display area (step S308).

As described above, while the user is driving on the expressway, the client terminal 10 according to the present embodiment has a first display area in which information regarding a predetermined facility is fixedly displayed, and a first display area in which information regarding a predetermined facility is fixedly displayed, and A guide screen is displayed that includes a second display area in which a facility icon list is automatically scrolled accordingly. As a result, the user can always check not only the information about the facility displayed in the second display area but also the information about the predetermined facility (for example, the name of the next JCT and the distance to the JCT). It becomes possible.

Note that the first display area on the guide screen may be configured to be pressable by a user's tap operation or the like. For example, when information regarding a JCT with the JCT name "Miyanoki" is displayed in the first display area, when the first display area is pressed by the user, a dialog 1300 shown in FIG. 9 may be displayed. . In this dialog 1300, "Higashi-Kanto Expressway up", "Keiyo Road up", and "Keiyo Road down" are displayed for selection. When you select one of them, the corresponding JCT on the selected expressway and direction is displayed. Traffic information is displayed. For example, when "Keiyo Road down" is selected in the dialog 1300, a window 1400 is displayed that displays traffic information for the Keiyo Road down direction from Miyanogi JCT. In this way, by pressing the first display area, the user can check the traffic information for the JCT displayed in the first display area. Such traffic information may be output as audio from a speaker or the like provided in the client terminal 10, for example.

Note that the traffic information is just one example, and may be useful information related to information regarding facilities displayed in the first display area. For example, if information related to "PA where large vehicles can be parked" is displayed in the first display area, it may be information indicating the availability of parking lots, or information related to "SA with gas station" is displayed. If is displayed in the first display area, it may be information representing the congestion situation of the gas station, and if information about "SA with kids corner" is displayed in the first display area, The information may also be information representing the congestion status of the kids corner.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described specifically disclosed embodiments, and various modifications and changes, combinations with known techniques, etc. can be made without departing from the scope of the claims. be.

1 Information provision system 10 Client terminal 20 Server device 101 Communication unit 102 Positioning unit 103 Display control unit 201 Communication unit 202 Identification unit 203 Facility acquisition unit 204 Point sequence data storage unit 205 Network data storage unit 206 Facility data storage unit N Communication network

Claims (8)

An information processing device that can be mounted on or brought into a vehicle traveling on a highway,
a display control unit that displays a display screen that includes a first display area and a second display area that is a different display area from the first display area;
The display control section includes:
Among the information regarding the predetermined facilities on the expressway, if there is information regarding a first facility located on the traveling direction side of the vehicle and closest to the current position of the vehicle, the information is displayed in the first display area. , displaying information regarding the first facility;
displaying a scrollable list of information regarding facilities on the expressway in the second display area;
When information regarding the first facility is displayed in the second display area by scrolling the list displayed in the second display area, information regarding the predetermined facility located on the expressway Among them, if there is information regarding a second facility that is located on the traveling direction side of the vehicle and that is next to the current location after the first facility, the second facility is displayed in the first display area. An information processing device that displays information about facilities . The display control section includes:
2. The second display area displays information about facilities in the list that are within a range that can be displayed in the second display area based on the current position. Information processing device. The information processing device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a display unit that displays the display screen. The display control section includes:
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the list displayed in the second display area is scrolled in response to movement of the current position or a user's operation. The facilities on the expressway include at least junctions, interchanges, service areas, and parking areas,
The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined facility is a junction or a facility that satisfies conditions specified by the user. The display control section includes:
The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein information related to information displayed in the first display area is displayed in response to an operation on the first display area. An information processing method that can be applied to an information processing device that can be mounted on or brought into a vehicle traveling on an expressway,
Displaying a display screen including a first display area and a second display area that is a different display area from the first display area,
In the step,
Among the information regarding the predetermined facilities on the expressway, if there is information regarding a first facility located on the traveling direction side of the vehicle and closest to the current position of the vehicle, the information is displayed in the first display area. , information regarding the first facility is displayed;
A scrollable list of information regarding facilities on the expressway is displayed in the second display area,
When information regarding the first facility is displayed in the second display area by scrolling the list displayed in the second display area, information regarding the predetermined facility located on the expressway Among them, if there is information regarding a second facility that is located on the traveling direction side of the vehicle and that is next to the current location after the first facility, the second facility is displayed in the first display area. An information processing method in which information about facilities is displayed . to the computer ,
Displaying a display screen that includes a first display area and a second display area that is a different display area from the first display area;
In the step,
Among the information regarding predetermined facilities on the expressway , if there is information regarding a first facility that is located on the traveling direction side of the vehicle in which the computer is installed or brought in and is closest to the current position of the vehicle, Information regarding the first facility is displayed in the first display area,
A scrollable list of information regarding facilities on the expressway is displayed in the second display area,
When information regarding the first facility is displayed in the second display area by scrolling the list displayed in the second display area, information regarding the predetermined facility located on the expressway Among them, if there is information regarding a second facility that is located on the traveling direction side of the vehicle and that is next to the current location after the first facility, the second facility is displayed in the first display area. A program that displays information about facilities .

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