JP7531357B2 - SPATIAL EVALUATION SUPPORT DEVICE, SPATIAL EVALUATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND SPATIAL EVALUATION SUPPORT PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a spatial evaluation support device, a spatial evaluation support system, and a spatial evaluation support program.

Conventionally, the following technologies have been available to help users evaluate infrastructure and structures such as cities, streetscapes, and tourist destinations.

Patent Document 1 discloses a regional evaluation index processing system for processing evaluation indexes related to regional activities. This regional evaluation index processing system includes an item acquisition unit that acquires, for each of a plurality of regions for which evaluation indexes are processed, a plurality of items and their item values that represent activities that are carried out in each region and that vary in the short term, and a plurality of items and their item values that represent fixed attributes related to each region. This regional evaluation index processing system also includes a combination generation unit that generates combinations of the acquired items that represent the activities and the acquired items that represent the attributes, and a correlation analysis unit that calculates the degree of correlation between the values of the items that represent the activities and the values of the items that represent the attributes for each of the generated combinations. This regional evaluation index processing system also includes a classification execution unit that acquires combinations that have a correlation degree equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value from the calculated correlation degrees, and classifies the plurality of regions into a plurality of groups based on the values of the items that represent the attributes in the acquired combinations, and a scoring unit that converts the values of the items that represent the activities of each region into scores for each of the regions that belong to the classified groups.

Patent document 2 discloses a regional index calculation device that includes a correlation coefficient calculation unit that calculates a correlation coefficient between a regional index history value and a sensor data history value, and a regional index calculation unit that calculates an estimated value of the regional index based on the sensor data and the correlation coefficient.

Furthermore, Patent Document 3 discloses an evaluation device that includes an information acquisition unit that acquires regional information, which is information about a region, from a user, and an evaluation unit that evaluates the acquired regional information using a daily area that indicates the active area of the user who provided the regional information.

JP 2016-206772 A JP 2014-241088 A JP 2014-16870 A

However, the techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have the drawback that they require analysis of the correlation between two types of items, which entails complex processing.

In addition, the technology disclosed in Patent Document 3 is a technology for evaluating information provided by people who know the area well, and has the problem that it cannot contribute to evaluating the potential value of a space.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and aims to provide a space evaluation support device, a space evaluation support system, and a space evaluation support program that can contribute to the evaluation of the potential value of a space without complex processing.

The spatial evaluation support device of the present invention described in claim 1 comprises an acquisition unit that acquires multiple different types of evaluation values indicating the level of evaluation for the space to be evaluated, and a derivation unit that derives the difference between each combination of two non-contradictory evaluation values among the multiple types of evaluation values acquired by the acquisition unit as a latent evaluation value that indicates the level of latent value in the space that has not yet been manifested at that time.

According to the spatial evaluation support device of the present invention described in claim 1, multiple different types of evaluation values indicating the level of evaluation of the space to be evaluated are obtained, and the difference between each combination of two non-contradictory evaluation values among the multiple types of evaluation values obtained is derive as a latent evaluation value indicating the level of latent value in the space that has not yet been manifested at that time, thereby contributing to the evaluation of the level of the latent value of the space without complex processing.

The spatial evaluation support device according to the present invention described in claim 2 is the spatial evaluation support device described in claim 1, further comprising a presentation unit that presents information related to the potential evaluation value derived by the derivation unit.

The spatial evaluation support device according to the present invention described in claim 2 can contribute more effectively to the evaluation of the potential value of a space by presenting information on the derived potential evaluation value.

The spatial evaluation support device according to the present invention described in claim 3 is the spatial evaluation support device described in claim 2, in which the presentation unit synthesizes information about the potential evaluation value with a map image and presents it.

According to the spatial evaluation support device of the present invention described in claim 3, by synthesizing and presenting information on the potential evaluation value on a map image, it is possible to more effectively contribute to the evaluation of the potential value of a space.

The spatial evaluation support device according to the present invention described in claim 4 is the spatial evaluation support device described in claim 3, in which the map image is a social heat map image.

According to the spatial evaluation support device of the present invention described in claim 4, the map image can be made into a social heat map image, which can more effectively contribute to the evaluation of the potential value of a space.

The spatial evaluation support device according to the present invention described in claim 5 is the spatial evaluation support device described in claim 3 or claim 4, in which the acquisition unit acquires the multiple types of evaluation values for each predetermined divided area of the space, the derivation unit derives the potential evaluation value for each divided area, and the presentation unit synthesizes and presents information about the potential evaluation value for each divided area at a corresponding position on the map image.

According to the spatial evaluation support device of the present invention described in claim 5, by synthesizing and presenting information on the potential evaluation value for each divided area at the corresponding position on the map image, it is possible to more effectively contribute to the evaluation of the potential value of the space.

The spatial evaluation support device according to the present invention described in claim 6 is a spatial evaluation support device described in any one of claims 2 to 5, in which the presentation unit presents information about the potential evaluation value only for the potential evaluation value for which the larger evaluation value used to derive the potential evaluation value is equal to or greater than a predetermined allowable threshold.

According to the spatial evaluation support device of the present invention described in claim 6, by presenting information on potential evaluation values only for potential evaluation values for which the larger evaluation value used to derive the potential evaluation value is equal to or greater than a predetermined allowable threshold, potential evaluation values related to evaluation values with relatively low potential value can be excluded from the presented information, and as a result, potential evaluation values with higher value can be grasped.

The spatial evaluation support device according to the present invention described in claim 7 is the spatial evaluation support device described in any one of claims 2 to 6, in which the presentation unit presents information indicating that the smaller evaluation value used to derive the potential evaluation value to be presented is a type of evaluation value that should be improved, by including the information on the potential evaluation value.

According to the spatial evaluation support device of the present invention described in claim 7, by including information indicating that the smaller evaluation value used to derive the potential evaluation value to be presented is a type of evaluation value that should be improved in the information related to the potential evaluation value, it is possible to more effectively contribute to the evaluation of the potential value of the space.

The spatial evaluation support device according to the present invention described in claim 8 is a spatial evaluation support device described in any one of claims 2 to 7, in which the presentation unit presents information about the potential evaluation values only for those potential evaluation values that are equal to or greater than a predetermined difference threshold.

According to the spatial evaluation support device of the present invention described in claim 8, by presenting information on potential evaluation values only for potential evaluation values that are equal to or greater than a predetermined difference threshold, it is possible to more effectively contribute to the evaluation of the potential value of a space.

The spatial evaluation support device according to the present invention described in claim 9 is a spatial evaluation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, in which the multiple types of evaluation values include at least multiple types of a dwell degree indicating the degree of a person's dwell in the space, an emotional degree indicating the degree of an emotional evaluation felt by the person in the space, and an economic activity activity indicating the amount of money spent by the person in the space.

According to the spatial evaluation support device of the present invention described in claim 9, the multiple types of evaluation values include at least multiple types of evaluation values, such as a degree of presence indicating the degree of presence of people in the space, an emotionality indicating the degree of emotional evaluation felt by people in the space, and an economic activity level indicating the amount of money spent by people in the space, so that a potential evaluation value according to the types of evaluation values included can be obtained.

The spatial evaluation support system according to the present invention, as described in claim 10, includes a terminal including the spatial evaluation support device as described in any one of claims 1 to 9, a receiving unit that receives from the spatial evaluation support device the potential evaluation value derived by the derivation unit of the spatial evaluation support device, and a display control unit that controls the display unit to display information about the potential evaluation value received by the receiving unit.

According to the spatial evaluation support system of the present invention described in claim 10, by displaying information on the potential evaluation value derived by the spatial evaluation support device of the present invention, it is possible to contribute to the evaluation of the potential value of a space without complex processing.

The spatial evaluation support program of the present invention as described in claim 11 causes a computer to execute a process of acquiring multiple different types of evaluation values indicating the level of evaluation of the space to be evaluated, and deriving the difference between each combination of two non-contradictory evaluation values among the acquired multiple types of evaluation values as a latent evaluation value indicating the level of latent value in the space that has not yet been manifested at that time.

According to the spatial evaluation support program of the present invention as described in claim 11, multiple different types of evaluation values indicating the level of evaluation of the space to be evaluated are obtained, and the difference between each combination of two non-contradictory evaluation values among the multiple types of evaluation values obtained is derived as a latent evaluation value indicating the level of latent value that has not yet been manifested at that time in the space, thereby contributing to the evaluation of the level of the latent value of the space without complex processing.

As described above, the present invention can contribute to the evaluation of the potential value of a space without complex processing.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a space evaluation support system according to an embodiment. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a space evaluation support system according to an embodiment. 1 is a graph (radar chart) for explaining a potential evaluation value of the space evaluation support system according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of a target area information database according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of an evaluation basic information database according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of a potential evaluation information database according to the embodiment; 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a space evaluation support process according to the embodiment. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an evaluation value presentation process according to the embodiment. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an evaluation value display process according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a front view showing an example of a configuration of an initial screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a front view showing an example of a configuration of an evaluation result screen according to the embodiment.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the present invention will be described as being applied to a spatial evaluation support system that includes a spatial evaluation support device configured with a server computer or the like, and multiple subject terminals that are terminals used individually by each subject.

First, the configuration of the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to Figures 1 to 3. Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment. Also, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment. Furthermore, Figure 3 is a graph (radar chart) used to explain the potential evaluation value of the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment includes a spatial evaluation support device 10 and multiple subject terminals 30, each of which can access a network 80. Examples of the spatial evaluation support device 10 include information processing devices such as personal computers and server computers. Examples of the subject terminals 30 include portable terminals such as smartphones, tablet terminals, and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants, mobile information terminals).

The subject terminal 30 according to this embodiment is a terminal held by each of a plurality of subjects who are to use the spatial evaluation support system 90. The subject terminal 30 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 31, a memory 32 as a temporary storage area, a non-volatile storage unit 33, an input unit 34 such as a touch panel, a display unit 35 such as a liquid crystal display, and a media read/write device (R/W) 36. The subject terminal 30 also includes a camera 38, a microphone 39, a GPS (Global Positioning Systems) 40, and a wireless communication unit 42. The CPU 31, the memory 32, the storage unit 33, the input unit 34, the display unit 35, the media read/write device 36, the camera 38, the microphone 39, the GPS 40, and the wireless communication unit 42 are connected to each other via a bus B1. The media read/write device 36 reads information written in the recording medium 37 and writes information to the recording medium 37.

The storage unit 33 is realized by a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flash memory, or the like. The storage unit 33, which serves as a storage medium, stores an evaluation value display program 33A. The evaluation value display program 33A is stored in the storage unit 33 when a recording medium 37 to which the evaluation value display program 33A is written is set in the medium reading and writing device 36, and the medium reading and writing device 36 reads the evaluation value display program 33A from the recording medium 37. The CPU 31 reads the evaluation value display program 33A from the storage unit 33, expands it in the memory 32, and sequentially executes the processes of the evaluation value display program 33A.

On the other hand, the spatial evaluation support device 10 is a device that comprehensively stores and manages various information handled by the spatial evaluation support system 90. The spatial evaluation support device 10 comprises a CPU 11, a memory 12 as a temporary storage area, a non-volatile storage unit 13, an input unit 14 such as a keyboard and mouse, a display unit 15 such as a liquid crystal display, a media read/write device 16, and a communication interface (I/F) unit 18. The CPU 11, memory 12, storage unit 13, input unit 14, display unit 15, media read/write device 16, and communication interface (I/F) unit 18 are connected to each other via a bus B2. The media read/write device 16 reads information written to the recording medium 17 and writes information to the recording medium 17.

The storage unit 13 is realized by a HDD, SSD, flash memory, etc. The storage unit 13 as a storage medium stores a space evaluation support program 13A and an evaluation value presentation program 13B. The space evaluation support program 13A is stored in the storage unit 13 by setting the recording medium 17 in which the space evaluation support program 13A is written to the medium reading and writing device 16, and the medium reading and writing device 16 reading the space evaluation support program 13A from the recording medium 17. The evaluation value presentation program 13B is stored in the storage unit 13 by setting the recording medium 17 in which the evaluation value presentation program 13B is written to the medium reading and writing device 16, and the medium reading and writing device 16 reading the evaluation value presentation program 13B from the recording medium 17. The CPU 11 reads the space evaluation support program 13A and the evaluation value presentation program 13B from the storage unit 13, expands them in the memory 12, and sequentially executes the processes that the space evaluation support program 13A and the evaluation value presentation program 13B each have.

The storage unit 13 also stores a target area information database 13C, an evaluation basic information database 13D, and a potential evaluation information database 13E. The target area information database 13C, the evaluation basic information database 13D, and the potential evaluation information database 13E will be described in detail later.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, the functional configuration of the spatial evaluation support device 10 and the subject terminal 30 according to this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the spatial evaluation support device 10 includes an acquisition unit 11A, a derivation unit 11B, and a presentation unit 11C. The CPU 11 of the spatial evaluation support device 10 executes the spatial evaluation support program 13A and the evaluation value presentation program 13B, thereby functioning as the acquisition unit 11A, the derivation unit 11B, and the presentation unit 11C.

The acquisition unit 11A according to this embodiment acquires multiple different types of evaluation values that indicate the level of evaluation of the space to be evaluated (hereinafter referred to as the "evaluation target space"). In this embodiment, the multiple types of evaluation values include the degree of stay indicating the degree of stay of people in the evaluation target space, the emotionality indicating the degree of emotional evaluation people have in the evaluation target space, and the economic activity level indicating the amount of money spent by people in the evaluation target space. However, this is not limited to this form, and a combination of any two of the above-mentioned stay degree, emotionality, and economic activity level may be applied as the multiple types of evaluation values.

The derivation unit 11B according to this embodiment derives the difference between each combination of two types of evaluation values among the multiple types of evaluation values acquired by the acquisition unit 11A as a latent evaluation value that indicates the level of latent value that has not yet been manifested at that point in time in the evaluation target space.

The presentation unit 11C according to this embodiment presents information related to the potential evaluation value derived by the derivation unit 11B. The presentation unit 11C according to this embodiment presents the information related to the potential evaluation value by transmitting the information related to the potential evaluation value to the requested subject terminal 30 and displaying it on the display unit 35 of the subject terminal 30, but this is not limited to the presenting. For example, the information related to the potential evaluation value may be presented by displaying it on the display unit 15 of the spatial evaluation support device 10. Furthermore, the presentation of the information related to the potential evaluation value by the presentation unit 11C is not limited to displaying it on the display unit, and may be presented by voice or by printing it on an image forming device (a so-called printer).

That is, as shown in FIG. 3 as an example, if all of the multiple types of evaluation values in a common space are high, then the space has no particular problems and there is no room for improvement. In contrast, the more variation there is in the evaluation values for each type and the greater the difference between each combination of two types of evaluation values, the more room there is for improvement in the evaluation target with the smaller evaluation value in that combination. Therefore, in the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment, as described above, the difference between each combination of two types of evaluation values among the multiple types of evaluation values is considered to be a latent evaluation value that indicates the high potential value that has not yet been manifested at that time in the evaluation target space.

On the other hand, the presentation unit 11C according to this embodiment combines the information on the potential evaluation value derived by the derivation unit 11B with a map image and presents it. In particular, in this embodiment, a social heat map image is applied as the map image. The social heat map image is an image showing a map in which areas with different densities or colors are displayed on the map image that is normally displayed in the corresponding area, emphasizing locations where there is a lot of information that matches the target's category. That is, in this embodiment, each target is asked to answer multiple questions in advance, and the answer results are analyzed and classified to determine the category of each target in advance. Then, the social heat map image according to this embodiment is displayed on the map image so that the density increases in locations where there is a lot of information (in this embodiment, information posted on SNS (Social Networking Service)) that matches the target's category to be used. However, this is not limited to a form of changing the density, and the color may be changed in order from high density to low density, such as red → yellow → green.

In this embodiment, the spatial evaluation support device 10 is connected via a network 80 or the like to a server that provides the latest social heat map images of the areas (hereinafter referred to as "target areas") that are the subject of the spatial evaluation support system 90. The spatial evaluation support device 10 then obtains the latest social heat map images from this server, and sequentially updates the social heat map images stored in the target area information database 13C (see also FIG. 4) described below. However, this is not the only possible form, and the spatial evaluation support device 10 itself may sequentially update the social heat map images corresponding to each subject.

In addition, the acquisition unit 11A according to this embodiment acquires the above-mentioned multiple types of evaluation values for each predetermined divided area of the space to be evaluated, the derivation unit 11B derives the above-mentioned potential evaluation value for each divided area, and the presentation unit 11C synthesizes and presents information regarding the potential evaluation value for each divided area at the corresponding position on the map image.

The presentation unit 11C according to this embodiment presents information about the potential evaluation value only for potential evaluation values where the larger evaluation value used to derive the potential evaluation value is equal to or greater than a predetermined tolerance threshold. In particular, the presentation unit 11C according to this embodiment presents information about the potential evaluation value including information indicating that the smaller evaluation value used to derive the potential evaluation value to be presented is a type of evaluation value that should be improved. Furthermore, the presentation unit 11C according to this embodiment presents information about the potential evaluation value only for potential evaluation values that are equal to or greater than a predetermined difference threshold.

On the other hand, the subject terminal 30 according to this embodiment includes a receiving unit 31A and a display control unit 31B. The CPU 31 of the subject terminal 30 executes the evaluation value display program 33A, thereby functioning as the receiving unit 31A and the display control unit 31B.

The receiving unit 31A according to this embodiment receives the above-mentioned potential evaluation value derived by the derivation unit 11B of the spatial evaluation support device 10 from the spatial evaluation support device 10. In addition, the display control unit 31B controls the display of information related to the potential evaluation value received by the receiving unit 31A on the display unit 35.

Next, the target area information database 13C according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the target area information database 13C according to this embodiment.

The target area information database 13C according to this embodiment is a database in which information related to the target area described above is registered. As shown in FIG. 4, the target area information database 13C according to this embodiment stores the following information: the target area name, the social heat map image, the target district name, the target district position, and the target district ID (Identification).

The target area name is information indicating the name of each of the target areas, and the social heat map image is information indicating the above-mentioned social heat map image for each subject in the target area indicated by the corresponding target area name. The target district name is information indicating the name of a district that exists within the corresponding target area, and the target district position is information indicating the position where the corresponding target district exists.

In this embodiment, the target area is an area divided by block in each town in the corresponding target area, and the target area corresponds to the above-mentioned evaluation target space. In addition, in this embodiment, the target area position is defined as the coordinate position in a two-dimensional coordinate system of a pair of diagonal corners of the circumscribing rectangular frame of the corresponding target area. However, this is not limited to these forms, and for example, the target area may be an area divided by street address in each town in the corresponding target area, the target area position may be the coordinate position in the two-dimensional coordinate system of the center point of the circumscribing rectangular frame, or latitude and longitude may be applied instead of the coordinate position in the two-dimensional coordinate system.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned target area ID is information that is assigned in advance and is different for each target area in order to individually identify the corresponding target area.

Next, the evaluation basic information database 13D according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the evaluation basic information database 13D according to this embodiment.

The evaluation basic information database 13D according to this embodiment stores information used when deriving the above-mentioned potential evaluation value. As shown in FIG. 5, the evaluation basic information database 13D according to this embodiment stores information such as the target area name, the target district name, and the evaluation basic information.

The above target area name and target district name are the same information as the target area name and target district name in the target area information database 13C, respectively. Furthermore, the above evaluation basic information is information indicating the values of the above-mentioned retention level, emotion level, and economic activity level for the corresponding target district.

In this embodiment, with the consent of each subject, location information obtained by the GPS 40 of the subject terminal 30 held by the subject is sequentially acquired, and the above-mentioned staying degree is derived for each target area based on the staying time of each user in each target area obtained using the location information. Specifically, the average value of the staying time of each subject is derived for each target area, and the maximum value of the average value for all target areas is set as the maximum value of a predetermined number of stages (10 stages in this embodiment), and the stage corresponding to the above-mentioned average value for each target area is set as the staying degree of the target area. However, this is not limited to this form, and for example, instead of the staying time derived using the GPS 40, a form in which the staying degree is derived by applying the staying time of visitors already obtained statistically for each target area by a local government or the like. Also, a form in which the staying degree is derived by taking into account not only the staying time of each subject but also the number of visitors for each target area. In short, any information indicating the degree of staying of people in each target area can be applied as the above-mentioned staying degree.

In addition, in this embodiment, a value indicating the level of emotional evaluation of a target area (hereinafter referred to as "emotional evaluation value") is obtained from a subject who visited any of the target areas, and the emotionality level is derived for each target area using the emotional evaluation value. Specifically, an average value of the emotional evaluation values of each subject is derived for each target area, and the maximum value of the average value for all target areas is set as the maximum value of the predetermined number of stages, and the stage equivalent to the average value for each target area is set as the emotionality level of the target area. However, this is not limited to this form, and for example, instead of the emotional evaluation value, information equivalent to the emotional evaluation value posted on SNS may be applied to derive the emotionality level. In short, any information indicating the level of emotional evaluation of people for each target area can be applied as the emotionality level.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the amount of spending for each subject obtained from a POS (Point Of Sale) system used in various stores in each target district is obtained, and the amount of spending is used to derive the economic activity level for each target district. Specifically, the average value of the amount of spending for each subject is derived for each target district, and the maximum value of the average value for all target districts is set as the maximum value of the predetermined number of stages, and the stage corresponding to the average value for each target district is set as the economic activity level for the target district. However, this is not limited to this form, and for example, instead of the amount of spending, the economic activity level may be derived by applying the amount of spending by visitors that has already been statistically obtained for each target district by a local government or the like. In addition, the economic activity level may be derived by taking into account not only the amount of spending by each user but also the number of visitors for each target district. In short, any information indicating the degree of spending by people in each target district can be applied as the economic activity level.

Thus, in this embodiment, the evaluation values of the retention level, emotional level, and economic activity level are uniformly expressed using the same number of stages (10 stages in this embodiment), but this is not limited to this. For example, the number of stages may be changed for each evaluation value depending on the importance.

Next, the potential evaluation information database 13E according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the potential evaluation information database 13E according to this embodiment.

The potential evaluation information database 13E according to this embodiment registers the potential evaluation values obtained by executing the spatial evaluation support program 13A. As shown in FIG. 6, the potential evaluation information database 13E according to this embodiment stores information on the target area name, the target district ID, the potential evaluation value, and the improvement target evaluation value.

The target area name and the target district ID are the same information as the target area name and the target district ID in the target area information database 13C, respectively. The potential evaluation value is information indicating the potential evaluation value of the corresponding target district, and the improvement target evaluation value is information indicating the type of evaluation value to be improved in the corresponding target district.

In the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment, the above-mentioned latent evaluation value is derived by calculating it according to the following formula (1). In formula (1), DD represents the latent evaluation value, SD represents the retention level, ED represents the emotional level, MD represents the economic activity level, and max(A, B, C) represents the maximum value of A, B, and C.

DD=max(|SD-ED|, |ED-MD|, |SD-MD|) (1)

As shown in formula (1), in the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment, the maximum value of the difference between two types of evaluation values among the stagnation degree SD, the emotional degree ED, and the economic activity degree MD is applied as the potential evaluation value DD. However, this is not limited to this form, and the potential evaluation value DD may be, for example, a form in which each of the differences between the above two types of evaluation values is applied, or a form in which the maximum value of the difference between the above two types of evaluation values and the average value of the second largest value are applied.

In addition, in the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment, the type of evaluation value that is smaller of the two types of evaluation values that have the maximum difference when calculating the potential evaluation value DD using formula (1) is used as the evaluation value to be improved. This type of evaluation value is the type of evaluation value that has room for improvement in the corresponding target area.

Next, the operation of the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 7 to 11. Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the spatial evaluation support process according to this embodiment. Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the evaluation value presentation process according to this embodiment. Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the evaluation value display process according to this embodiment. Fig. 10 is a front view showing an example of the configuration of an initial screen according to this embodiment. Furthermore, Fig. 11 is a front view showing an example of the configuration of an evaluation result screen according to this embodiment.

First, referring to FIG. 7, the operation of the spatial evaluation support device 10 according to this embodiment when executing the spatial evaluation support process will be described. When a user of the spatial evaluation support device 10 (e.g., an administrator of the spatial evaluation support system 90) inputs an instruction to start executing the spatial evaluation support process via the input unit 14, the CPU 11 of the spatial evaluation support device 10 executes the spatial evaluation support program 13A, thereby executing the spatial evaluation support process shown in FIG. 7. Note that, in order to avoid confusion, a case will be described here in which the target area information database 13C and the evaluation basic information database 13D have already been constructed.

In step 100 of FIG. 7, the CPU 11 obtains the assessment values of the stagnation degree SD, emotional degree ED, and economic activity level MD of one of the target districts (hereinafter referred to as the "processing target district") by reading them from the assessment basic information database 13D. Also in step 100, the CPU 11 obtains the target district ID corresponding to the processing target district by reading it from the target area information database 13C. In step 102, the CPU 11 derives the potential assessment value DD by substituting the obtained assessment values into equation (1).

In step 104, the CPU 11 determines whether the larger of the two evaluation values whose difference was the maximum when calculating the potential evaluation value DD is equal to or greater than a predetermined allowable threshold value, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step 110, whereas if the determination is positive, the process proceeds to step 106.

In step 106, the CPU 11 determines whether the derived potential evaluation value DD is equal to or greater than a predetermined difference threshold, and if the result is negative, the process proceeds to step 110, whereas if the result is positive, the process proceeds to step 108.

In step 108, the CPU 11 stores the derived potential evaluation value DD and the above-mentioned improvement target evaluation value in the potential evaluation information database 13E together with the target district ID read in the processing of step 100.

In step 110, the CPU 11 determines whether the above processing has been completed for all target districts. If the determination is negative, the process returns to step 100, whereas if the determination is positive, the spatial evaluation support process ends. When the processing from step 100 to step 110 is repeatedly executed, in step 100, target districts that have not been subject to processing up to that point become the areas to be processed.

The above spatial evaluation support process results in the creation of a potential evaluation information database 13E, as shown in Figure 6 as an example.

Next, referring to FIG. 8, the operation of the spatial evaluation support device 10 according to this embodiment when executing the evaluation value presentation process will be described.

In the spatial evaluation support system 90 according to this embodiment, when a subject wishes to refer to the above-mentioned latent evaluation values of various locations in a target area, the subject uses the subject's own terminal 30 to execute the evaluation value display process described below. In this evaluation value display process, the subject transmits reference request information including information indicating the target area for which the subject wishes to refer to the latent evaluation value (hereinafter referred to as "designated target area information") to the spatial evaluation support device 10. When this reference request information is received, the CPU 11 of the spatial evaluation support device 10 executes the evaluation value presentation program 13B, thereby executing the evaluation value presentation process shown in FIG. 8. Note that, in order to avoid confusion, a case will be described here in which the latent evaluation information database 13E has already been constructed.

In step 150 of FIG. 8, the CPU 11 extracts the specified target area information from the received reference request information. In step 152, the CPU 11 reads out the target area IDs, potential evaluation values DD, and improvement target evaluation values of all target areas included in the target area (hereinafter referred to as the "processing target area") indicated by the specified target area information from the potential evaluation information database 13E.

In step 154, the CPU 11 reads out from the target area information database 13C the target area location corresponding to the read target area ID, and the social heat map image corresponding to the processing target area and the target person who is the access source.

In step 156, the CPU 11 uses the read social heat map image, the potential evaluation value DD and improvement target evaluation value of each target district, and the target district location information to create information showing an evaluation result screen with a predetermined configuration (hereinafter referred to as "evaluation result screen information"). In step 158, the CPU 11 transmits the created evaluation result screen information to the target user terminal 30 from which the access originated, and then ends this evaluation value presentation process.

Next, referring to FIG. 9, the operation of the subject terminal 30 according to this embodiment when executing the above-mentioned evaluation value display process will be described. The evaluation value display process shown in FIG. 9 is executed by the CPU 31 of any of the subject terminals 30 executing the evaluation value display program 33A. The evaluation value display process shown in FIG. 9 is executed, for example, when an instruction to execute the evaluation value display process is input from any of the subjects (hereinafter referred to as the "subject") via the input unit 34 of his/her subject terminal 30.

In step 200 of FIG. 9, the CPU 31 controls the display unit 35 to display an initial screen having a predetermined configuration, and in step 202, the CPU 31 waits until the specified information is input.

As an example, as shown in FIG. 10, the initial screen according to this embodiment displays a message prompting input of the target area name, and also displays an input area 35A in which the target area name of the target area for which the potential evaluation value DD is to be referenced is input. When the initial screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed by the display unit 35, the subject uses the input unit 34 to input the name of the target area for which the potential evaluation value DD is to be referenced in the input area 35A, and then selects the end button 35B. In response to this, step 202 is judged to be positive, and the process proceeds to step 204. Note that, in this embodiment, the target area name is input on the initial screen in the form of directly inputting the target area name, but this is not limited thereto, and all target area names for which the potential evaluation value DD can be referenced may be displayed in a pull-down format, and the desired target area name may be selected from the displayed target area names.

In step 204, the CPU 31 transmits the above-mentioned reference request information to the spatial evaluation support device 10. In response to this, the spatial evaluation support device 10 executes the evaluation value presentation process as described above, and transmits evaluation result screen information to the target user terminal 30 from which the user accessed the device.

Therefore, in step 206, the CPU 31 waits until evaluation result screen information is received from the spatial evaluation support device 10. In step 208, the CPU 31 controls the display unit 35 to display the evaluation result screen indicated by the received evaluation result screen information, and in step 210, the CPU 31 waits until predetermined information is input, and then ends this evaluation value display process.

As an example, as shown in FIG. 11, the evaluation result screen according to this embodiment displays the potential evaluation value DD and the improvement target evaluation value of the target area included in the processing target area at a corresponding position on the social heat map image of the processing target area. Note that the corresponding position is the position indicated by the target area position described above.

Therefore, by referring to the evaluation result screen, the target person can grasp the potential evaluation value DD and the improvement target evaluation value of each area in the processing target area together with the social heat map image.

As described above, this embodiment includes an acquisition unit 11A that acquires multiple different types of evaluation values that indicate the level of evaluation of the space to be evaluated, and a derivation unit 11B that derives the difference between each combination of two types of evaluation values out of the multiple types of evaluation values acquired by the acquisition unit 11A as a latent evaluation value that indicates the level of latent value that has not yet been manifested at that point in time in the space. Therefore, it can contribute to the evaluation of the level of the latent value of a space without complex processing.

In addition, according to this embodiment, information regarding the derived potential evaluation value is presented. This can therefore contribute more effectively to the evaluation of the potential value of a space.

In addition, according to this embodiment, information regarding the potential evaluation value is synthesized and presented on the map image. This can therefore contribute more effectively to the evaluation of the potential value of a space.

Furthermore, according to this embodiment, the map image is a social heat map image. Therefore, it can more effectively contribute to the evaluation of the potential value of a space.

In addition, according to this embodiment, information regarding the potential evaluation value for each divided area is synthesized and presented at the corresponding position on the map image. This can therefore contribute more effectively to the evaluation of the potential value of the space.

In addition, according to this embodiment, information on potential evaluation values is presented only for potential evaluation values where the larger evaluation value used to derive the potential evaluation value is equal to or greater than a predetermined acceptable threshold. Therefore, potential evaluation values related to evaluation values with relatively low potential value can be excluded from the presented information, and as a result, potential evaluation values with higher value can be grasped.

In addition, according to this embodiment, information indicating that the smaller evaluation value used to derive the potential evaluation value to be presented is the type of evaluation value that should be improved is included in the information about the potential evaluation value and presented. This can therefore contribute more effectively to the evaluation of the potential value of the space.

In addition, according to this embodiment, information on potential evaluation values is presented only for potential evaluation values that are equal to or greater than a predetermined difference threshold. This can therefore contribute more effectively to the evaluation of the potential value of a space.

Furthermore, according to this embodiment, the multiple types of evaluation values include a degree of presence indicating the degree of presence of people in the space, an emotionality level indicating the degree of emotional evaluation felt by people in the space, and an economic activity level indicating the amount of money spent by people in the space. Therefore, a potential evaluation value according to these evaluation values can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, the evaluation result screen is described as displaying only the potential evaluation value DD and the improvement target evaluation value of the target area in the processing target area superimposed on the social heat map image, but this is not limited to the above. For example, in addition to this information, the evaluation values of the stagnation degree SD, emotionality degree ED, and economic activity activity degree MD may be displayed adjacent to the information, or information indicating the difference between the two types of evaluation values in formula (1) may be displayed in a similar manner.

In the above embodiment, the subject himself/herself specifies the processing target area, but this is not limiting. For example, a GPS 40 built into the subject terminal 30 held by the subject may be used to automatically apply an area including the location of the subject terminal 30 as the processing target area. In addition, information indicating the subject's preference trends may be acquired in advance by the spatial evaluation support device 10, and information on the target area according to the subject's preferences may be provided to the subject at any time.

In the above embodiment, the three types of evaluation values, the stagnation level SD, the emotion level ED, and the economic activity level MD, are applied as evaluation values, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as described above, a combination of only two of these may be applied as the evaluation value, or other evaluation values such as spatial characteristic level and historical level may be newly added and applied. Here, the spatial characteristic level is an evaluation value for characteristic objects and scenery in the target area obtained from omnidirectional images collected by Google for Google Street View, and the historical level is an evaluation value for historical events that occurred in the target area.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the spatial evaluation support process is executed in the spatial evaluation support device 10, but this is not limited to the above. For example, the spatial evaluation support process may be executed by each subject terminal 30. In this case, the spatial evaluation support device 10 of the present invention is included in the subject terminal 30.

In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which an image showing a map that highlights locations with a lot of information that matches the target person's category is applied as the social heat map image, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an image in which the redder the area is, the higher the potential evaluation value DD, may be applied as the social heat map image.

In the above embodiment, the input of the processing target area is performed on the initial screen using the input unit 34, but this is not limited to the above. For example, the processing target area may be input as voice information using the microphone 39.

In addition, in the above embodiment, no specific reference was made to what happens after the subject refers to the evaluation result screen, but if the potential evaluation value displayed on the evaluation result screen is different from the subject's own subjective evaluation, the subject's own subjective evaluation may be reflected in the potential evaluation information database 13E using the subject's terminal 30.

It goes without saying that formula (1) is merely an example and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

In the above embodiment, for example, the hardware structure of the processing unit that executes each process of the acquisition unit 11A, the derivation unit 11B, and the presentation unit 11C can be the various processors shown below. As described above, the various processors include a CPU, which is a general-purpose processor that executes software (programs) and functions as a processing unit, as well as a programmable logic device (PLD), which is a processor whose circuit configuration can be changed after manufacture, such as an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), a dedicated electrical circuit, which is a processor with a circuit configuration designed specifically to execute a specific process, such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), etc.

The processing unit may be configured with one of these various processors, or may be configured with a combination of two or more processors of the same or different types (e.g., a combination of multiple FPGAs, or a combination of a CPU and an FPGA). The processing unit may also be configured with a single processor.

As an example of configuring the processing unit as a single processor, first, there is a form in which one processor is configured as a combination of one or more CPUs and software, as typified by computers such as client and server, and this processor functions as the processing unit. Secondly, there is a form in which a processor is used that realizes the functions of the entire system, including the processing unit, on a single IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, as typified by systems on chips (SoCs). In this way, the processing unit is configured as a hardware structure using one or more of the various processors mentioned above.

More specifically, the hardware structure of these various processors can be an electrical circuit that combines circuit elements such as semiconductor elements.

10 space evaluation support device 11 CPU
Reference Signs List 11A Acquisition unit 11B Derivation unit 11C Presentation unit 12 Memory 13 Storage unit 13A Spatial evaluation support program 13B Evaluation value presentation program 13C Target area information database 13D Evaluation basic information database 13E Latent evaluation information database 14 Input unit 15 Display unit 16 Medium reading and writing device 17 Recording medium 18 Communication I/F unit 30 Target person terminal 31 CPU
31A Receiving unit 31B Display control unit 32 Memory 33 Storage unit 33A Evaluation value display program 34 Input unit 35 Display unit 36 Medium reading and writing device 37 Recording medium 38 Camera 39 Microphone 40 GPS
42 Wireless communication unit 80 Network 90 Space evaluation support system

Claims (11)

an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of different types of evaluation values that indicate the level of evaluation of a space to be evaluated;
a derivation unit that derives a difference between two non-contradictory evaluation values among the multiple types of evaluation values acquired by the acquisition unit as a latent evaluation value that indicates a level of a latent value that has not yet been actualized at that time in the space; and
A spatial evaluation support device equipped with the above. a presentation unit that presents information regarding the potential evaluation value derived by the derivation unit;
The spatial evaluation support device according to claim 1 , further comprising: The presentation unit presents information about the potential evaluation value by combining the information with a map image.
The space evaluation support device according to claim 2. The map image is a social heatmap image.
The space evaluation support device according to claim 3. the acquiring unit acquires the plurality of types of evaluation values for each predetermined divided area of the space,
The derivation unit derives the latent evaluation value for each of the partitioned regions,
The presentation unit presents information regarding the potential evaluation value for each of the divided areas in a composite manner at a corresponding position on the map image.
5. The spatial evaluation support device according to claim 3 or 4. The presentation unit presents information about the potential evaluation value only for the potential evaluation value in which the larger evaluation value used in deriving the potential evaluation value is equal to or greater than a predetermined allowable threshold value.
The space evaluation support device according to any one of claims 2 to 5. The presentation unit presents information indicating that the smaller evaluation value used in deriving the latent evaluation value to be presented is an evaluation value of a type to be improved, by including the information regarding the latent evaluation value.
The space evaluation support device according to any one of claims 2 to 6. The presenting unit presents information about the latent evaluation value only for the latent evaluation value that is equal to or greater than a predetermined difference threshold.
The space evaluation support device according to any one of claims 2 to 7. The multiple types of evaluation values include at least multiple types of values: a degree of presence indicating a degree of presence of a person in the space, an emotional degree indicating a degree of an emotional evaluation felt by the person in the space, and an economic activity level indicating a quantity of money spent by the person in the space.
The space evaluation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 8. A space evaluation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
a terminal including a receiving unit that receives the potential evaluation value derived by the derivation unit of the spatial evaluation support device from the spatial evaluation support device, and a display control unit that controls a display unit to display information related to the potential evaluation value received by the receiving unit;
A spatial evaluation support system including: obtaining a plurality of different evaluation values each indicating a level of evaluation of the space to be evaluated;
Deriving a difference between each combination of two non-contradictory evaluation values among the acquired multiple types of evaluation values as a latent evaluation value indicating the level of latent value that has not yet been actualized at that point in time in the space;
A spatial evaluation support program for executing processing on a computer.