JP2003231468A - Operation information processor, its method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means wherein a user can select an optimum departure point (an entraining point) when browsing operation schedule information of transportation. <P>SOLUTION: A present position of a terminal machine 20 carried by the user is acquired through a present position acquiring part 26, and a name of a station corresponding to the present position of the terminal machine 20 is retrieved from a map information storing part 37 on the basis of the present position of the terminal machine 20 and geographical information of a plurality of stations (entraining points) stored in the map information storing part 37. A schedule editing part 32 outputs operation schedule information corresponding to the retrieved name of the station on the basis of pieces of operation schedule information stored in a schedule data saving part 31. Since the station corresponding to the present position of the terminal machine 20 is selected, the optimum departure point (the entraining point) can be selected when the user browses the operation schedule information of the transportation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an operation information processing device,
The present invention relates to the same method and program, and more particularly to a technique for providing operation information of transportation facilities according to the current position of a terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Due to the recent spread of network technology, mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants)
A system has been put into practical use that allows users to view operation timetable information of public transportation from terminals such as t).
For example, in one system, a user can access a predetermined database stored in a host computer from a terminal via the Internet, and input the station name of the departure / destination station and the designation of departure time or arrival time. ,
The flight number (departure time and destination station name) of the flight available at the departure station is searched, and characters can be output as a list of candidate flight numbers.

[0003]

However, when the user is in an unfamiliar land, it is difficult to properly select the departure station to be entered. Especially when the user is between two train stations or between stations on different routes, even if you search for one of those stations, the It cannot be used efficiently.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a means by which a user can select an optimum starting point (departure point) when browsing operation schedule information of transportation facilities.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, position information acquisition means for acquiring a current position of a terminal held by a user, names of a plurality of boarding points and their geographical information are associated with each other. Boarding point storage means for storing information, a timetable information storage means for storing the name of each of the boarding points and operation schedule information of transportation at the boarding point in association with each other, the current position of the terminal and the boarding point Based on the geographical information of
A boarding point search means for searching a name of a boarding point corresponding to the current position of the terminal from the plurality of boarding points, and operating timetable information corresponding to the names of the boarding points searched by the boarding point search means are output. A schedule information output device, and an operation information processing device characterized by including.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the position information acquisition means is
The current position of the terminal held by the user is obtained, and the boarding point search means determines the terminal position of the terminal based on the current position of the terminal and the geographical information of the plurality of boarding points stored in the boarding point storage means. Search for the name of the boarding point corresponding to the current position. The timetable information output means outputs the service timetable information corresponding to the name of the retrieved boarding point based on the service timetable information stored in the timetable information storage means. As described above, in the first aspect of the present invention, the boarding point corresponding to the current position of the terminal is selected, so that the user can select the optimum starting point for browsing the operation timetable information of the transportation system.

A second aspect of the present invention is the operation information processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, further comprising distance calculating means for calculating distances from the current position of the terminal to a plurality of boarding points, and the boarding points. The operation information processing apparatus is characterized in that the search means searches for the name of the boarding point having the smallest distance from the position of the terminal.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the distance calculating means calculates the distances from the current position of the terminal to a plurality of boarding points, and the boarding point searching means calculates the boarding point having the smallest distance from the position of the terminal. Search for the name of. Therefore, in the second aspect of the invention, the boarding point closest to the current position of the user can be selected as the starting point.

A third aspect of the present invention is the operation information processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, further comprising travel time calculating means for calculating required travel times from the current position of the terminal to a plurality of boarding points, The boarding point search means searches the name of a boarding point for which the required travel time from the terminal device is the shortest.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the moving time calculating means is
The required travel time from the current position of the terminal to a plurality of boarding points is calculated, and the boarding point search means searches for the name of the boarding point having the shortest required travel time from the terminal. Therefore the third
In the present invention, the boarding point that the user holding the terminal can reach in the shortest time can be selected as the starting point.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is the operation information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, further comprising destination information input means for acquiring information about the destination of the user. In the operation information processing apparatus, the boarding point searching means executes the search in consideration of the destination information as well.

In the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the destination information input means acquires the information on the destination of the user, the boarding point search means executes the search in consideration of the acquired information on the destination. . Therefore, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, the optimum boarding point according to the destination can be selected as the starting point.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is the operation information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, wherein the plurality of flights at the retrieved boarding point are from the boarding point to the destination. The operation information processing apparatus further comprising: an operation time calculating means for calculating the operation time required; and an order control means for arranging the names of the plurality of flights in ascending order of the calculated operation time.

In the fifth aspect of the present invention, the operating time calculating means is
For a plurality of flights at the boarding point searched by the boarding point searching means, the required travel time from the boarding point to the destination is calculated. The order control means arranges the names of the plurality of flights in ascending order of the calculated required travel times. Therefore, in the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the names of flights with short travel times are output in high order, the user can easily know the flights with short travel times.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is the operation information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, wherein a fare from the boarding point to the destination is calculated for the retrieved boarding point. The fare calculation means and the names of the multiple flights
An order control means for arranging the calculated fares in ascending order,
It is an operation information processing device further provided with.

In the sixth aspect of the present invention, the fare calculation means calculates the fare from the boarding point to the destination with respect to the boarding point searched by the boarding point searching means. The order control means arranges the names of the plurality of flights in order of the calculated calculated fare. Therefore, in the sixth aspect of the present invention, the names of flights with low fares are output in high order, so that the user can easily know the flights with low fares.

A seventh aspect of the present invention is the operation information processing apparatus according to the fifth or sixth aspect of the present invention, in which the present time obtaining means for obtaining the present time and the flight departing the boarding point after the obtained present time. The flight information processing apparatus further includes a flight number extraction unit that extracts a flight name.

In the seventh aspect of the present invention, the current time acquisition means acquires the current time, and the flight number extraction means extracts the flight number departing from the boarding point after the acquired current time. Therefore, in the seventh aspect of the present invention, flights whose departure time has passed can be excluded from the output targets.

An eighth aspect of the present invention is the operation information processing apparatus according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, which is a subtraction means for subtracting the current time from the departure time of the flight of the extracted flight number, and the calculation of the subtraction means. The remaining time output means for outputting a value as the remaining time, and the operation information processing device.

In the eighth aspect of the present invention, the subtraction means subtracts the current time from the departure time of the flight of the extracted flight number, and the remaining time output means outputs the calculated value of the subtraction means as the remaining time. Therefore, in the eighth aspect of the present invention, the user can determine the availability and time margin of the flight by referring to the remaining time.

A ninth aspect of the present invention is the operation information processing apparatus according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, wherein the terminal includes display means and display control means for controlling the display means, and the display control means is controlled. The display means displays a time display chart having a time axis in the orbiting direction of 60 minutes as one round. The time display chart starts at the current time and departs at a predetermined time within 60 minutes from the current time. The flight information processing device is characterized in that a flight number mark is displayed at a position on the time axis corresponding to the departure time of each flight.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the display means displays a time display chart having a time axis in the orbiting direction of 60 minutes, which is controlled by the display control means provided in the terminal. Shows a flight number mark at the position on the time axis corresponding to the departure time of each flight, for flights departing from the current time within a predetermined time of 60 minutes from the current time.
In the ninth aspect of the invention, since the time display chart circulates around 60 minutes, it is convenient for the user to recognize the distribution of the departure time of each flight by the same reading method as a general analog display type timepiece. Since the flight number to be displayed is limited to those departing within 60 minutes, the flight number in the range exceeding one round in the time display diagram is not displayed, and misreading by the user can be prevented.

In a tenth aspect of the present invention, the position information acquisition step for acquiring the current position of the terminal held by the user, the current position of the terminal, the names of a plurality of boarding points, and their geographical information are mutually obtained. A boarding point searching step of searching a name of a boarding point corresponding to the current position of the terminal from the plurality of boarding points on the basis of the geographical information stored in the boarding point storage means that is associated and stored; Based on the name of each boarding point, and the operation timetable information stored in the timetable information storage means that stores the name of each of the boarding points and the operation timetable information of the transportation at the boarding point in association with each other. And an operation timetable information output step of outputting operation timetable information corresponding to the name of the boarding point, and the operation information processing method. In the tenth invention, the same effect as that of the first invention can be realized.

An eleventh aspect of the present invention is to obtain a position information acquisition step of acquiring a current position of a terminal device held by a user, a current position of the terminal device, names of a plurality of boarding points and geographical information thereof. A boarding point searching step of searching a name of a boarding point corresponding to the current position of the terminal from the plurality of boarding points on the basis of the geographical information stored in the boarding point storage means that is associated and stored; Based on the name of each boarding point, and the operation timetable information stored in the timetable information storage means that stores the name of each of the boarding points and the operation timetable information of the transportation at the boarding point in association with each other. And a timetable information output step of outputting operation timetable information corresponding to the name of the boarding point, and a program for causing a computer to execute the timetable information output step.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the effect of the present invention can be realized mainly by installing this in a fixed-side device.

A twelfth aspect of the present invention is a position information acquisition step of acquiring the current position of the terminal held by the user at the terminal, and a position transmission step of transmitting the acquired current position from the terminal to the management device. And a step of receiving data processed by the management device based on the current position of the terminal from the management device in the terminal, and outputting operation schedule information of a transportation facility in the terminal based on the received data. And a program for causing a computer to execute the steps.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the effect of the present invention can be realized mainly by installing the terminal in a terminal.

The boarding point in the present invention may be set in a unit of a certain station or stop, or may be set in a unit such as a platform line or a post of the stop in the station or stop,
A group of railroad tracks in the same direction or a group of posts at stops may be set as a unit. The geographical information may be coordinate information such as latitude / longitude, or may be a region code assigned to each region divided in the target geographical region. Further, the name of the boarding point may be character information such as a station name / stop name, or a boarding point code determined corresponding to the station name / stop name.

[0029]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an operation information providing system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the operation information providing system 10
Transmits the coordinate information obtained by the terminal 20 held by the user to the central management server 30 installed at the station,
The central management server 30 searches for a station name corresponding to the received coordinate information and a plurality of available flight numbers, and sends their departure times together with the current time to the terminal device 20. In addition, a station information transmission unit 40 is installed on each platform of the station, and the signal can be received by the station information reception unit 27 of the terminal device 20.

The central management server 30 is installed in a business office or a management center that collectively controls a plurality of stations and a plurality of routes. The central management server 30 is configured as a well-known server computer, and includes a diamond data storage unit 31, a diamond editing unit 32, a diamond clock image generation unit 33,
Radio transmitter / receiver 34, Japan Standard Time acquisition unit 35, time keeping /
Correction unit 36, map information storage unit 37 and central processing unit 38
Is included.

The timetable data storage unit 31 is composed of a hard disk device, etc.
All schedule information of public transportation such as airplanes is stored for, for example, 6 months later. In response to a request from the terminal device 20, the timetable editing unit 32 refers to the timetable data stored in the timetable data storage unit 31 and, as described later, for a necessary time (for example, if the current time is 4:00 pm If the time is 45 minutes, the operation timetable information from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm) is edited. The timepiece timepiece image generation unit 33 generates a timepiece timepiece image described later based on the edited service timetable information.

The wireless transmission / reception unit 34 performs wireless communication with the terminal device 20 through a public telephone line network (not shown). The Japanese standard time acquisition unit 35 receives the long wave 40 kHz standard radio wave transmitted from the standard time supply station 39 such as National Institute of Communications and Communications and acquires the Japanese standard time. The time holding / correcting unit 36 holds the current time information and periodically corrects it according to the information from the Japanese standard time acquisition unit 35.
The map information storage unit 37 includes a hard disk device, etc., and names of all public transportation stops such as train stations, bus stops, and airfields included in the geographical area (for example, the Kanto region or the whole of Japan) to which information is provided, The coordinate information (longitude and latitude) as the geographical information is stored in association with each other. The central processing unit 38 includes a CPU and controls the operation of the central management server 30 as a whole.

The terminal 20 is configured as a mobile phone having a voice and data transmission / reception function, and includes a wireless transmission / reception unit 21, a character / numeric input unit 22, a display unit 23, a storage unit 24 and a central processing unit 25. In addition to the provision, the present position acquisition unit 26 and the station information reception unit 27 are provided.

The wireless transmitter / receiver 21 is connected to the wireless transmitter / receiver 3 of the central management server 30 through a public telephone line network (not shown).
Wireless communication is performed with the mobile terminal 4. The character / number input unit 22 includes a well-known numeric keypad 22a and a direction instruction determination key 22b (see FIG. 2), and the display unit 23 includes an LCD display and a display control program for controlling the LCD display. The storage unit 24 includes a volatile RAM and a non-volatile RAM. The central processing unit 25 includes a CPU and the like, and the terminal 2
0 Controls overall operation.

The current position acquisition unit 26 receives radio waves from at least three GPS satellites and calculates the latitude and longitude of the current position of the terminal 20 in response to the received radio waves. The station information receiver 27 receives station information signals from station information transmitters 40a, 40b, ... 40n described below.

The external appearance of the terminal 20 is as shown in FIG. 2, and the antenna 21a for the radio transmitter / receiver 21 described above is used.
In addition, an antenna 27a for the station information receiving unit 27 is provided.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the station information transmitting section 40a,
40b, ... 40n (hereinafter collectively referred to as station information transmitting unit 40 as appropriate) are installed one by one on the platform of the station. The station information transmission unit 40 is installed at all stations to which information is provided, modulates station information unique to each platform, and transmits weak radio communication to the station information reception unit 27 of the terminal 20. Is transmitted every predetermined time. The station information is an ID assigned to each platform. For example, when the station information transmitted from a certain station is in the format of “8152xx”, the station information transmitted from the platform 1 of the station is “815201”, That is, it is determined according to a certain law. The weak wireless communication performed by the station information transmission unit 40 is, for example, 2.4 GHz ISM (Industry S
cience Medical) Bluetooth using the band (trademark)
The short-range wireless communication standard is preferred.

The operation information providing system 10 is, for example, HT
It can be constructed based on TP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), and in this case, the diamond clock image is generated by the diamond clock image generation unit 33 by the CGI (Common Gateway Interfa).
ce) It will be composed by hypertext generated according to the program.

In the operation information providing system 10, when the user holding the terminal device 20 inputs a timetable information acquisition request to the terminal device 20, for example, a direction instruction determination button using a well-known GUI system. 22b
When the timetable information acquisition request is selected by the operation of, the current position acquisition unit 26 of the terminal device 20 acquires the position coordinates, and the station information reception unit 27 receives the receivable station information. The timetable information is acquired by accessing the central management server 30. An example of processing in the terminal device 20 and the central management server 30 in this case will be described below.

In FIG. 3, first, a request for acquisition of coordinate information and station information and the transmission of these to the central management server 30 are performed (S1). As described above, the coordinate information is acquired based on the radio waves from the GPS satellites, and the station information is acquired based on the radio waves from the station information transmitter 40.
After a predetermined number of trials and a predetermined time of waiting, the acquired coordinate information and station information are transmitted to the central management server 30.

The central management server 30 receives this signal (S21), and determines whether the received data includes station information (S22) and coordinate information (S24). In the present embodiment, different processing is performed according to these judgment results.

First, when the station data and the coordinate information are not included in the received data from the terminal device 20 (route A in FIG. 3), the terminal device 20 is far from the station and the current position from the GPS satellite is acquired. This is a case where it is not possible and only communication as a mobile phone is possible (for example, in the case of an underground mall where an antenna for a mobile phone is installed). In this case, since the terminal device 20 cannot acquire the current position and station information, the central management server 30 cannot infer which station the user desires for the timetable. Therefore, the central management server 30 creates a station name list irrelevant to the current position of the user (S26). This station name list is a list of station names in the area for which information is to be provided (for example, the Kanto region or the whole of Japan) in alphabetical order. In response to the reception of the station name list (S4), the station name is selected / input to the terminal device 20 by the operation of the user (S5, S6), and when a signal to that effect is received by the central management server 30 (S27), The station name of the station is echoed on the terminal 20 (S23).

If the received data from the terminal 20 does not include station information but includes coordinate information (route B in FIG. 3), the terminal 20 is far from the station, but the GPS This is a case where the current position from the satellite can be acquired and communication as a mobile phone is also possible (for example, when the user is on the ground away from the station). In this case, since the terminal 20 can acquire only the current position, the central management server 30 can infer which station the user is near. Therefore, in the central management server 30, a search of the map information storage unit 37 creates a nearby station name list that lists stations that are close to the user's current position, and the terminal 20
(S25).

The neighborhood station name list is created by the position coordinates of the current position of the terminal device 20 and all stations stored in the map information storage unit 37 in advance (or the position coordinates of the terminal device 20 or the received public telephone line). The distance from the terminal 20 to the plurality of stations is calculated based on the position coordinates of the plurality of stations estimated from the position coordinates of the base station, and the station name from the station with the smallest distance to the fifth station It is executed by enumerating in this order.

From the nearby station name list, the user selects the terminal 20
Is operated to select and input a station name (S5) and transmitted to the central management server 30 (S6, S27), the station name of the station is echoed on the terminal 20 (S23). If the station name list does not include the station where the user wants to see the timetable, the user can enter and send a message to that effect (S
5) In the central management server 30, the map information storage unit 37 is again provided.
Is referred to and a station name list irrelevant to the user's current position is created and transmitted to the terminal device 20 (S26). The above steps S2 to S6 and S23 to S27 are repeatedly executed until the user selects any station name as the boarding station.

When the received data from the terminal 20 includes both station information and coordinate information (route C in FIG. 3), the terminal 20 is close to the station (or inside the station). In this case, the current position from the GPS satellite can be acquired and the communication as a mobile phone can also be performed (for example, near the station on the ground or in the station). In this case,
Since the terminal device 20 can acquire both the station information and the current position, the central management server 30 searches the map information storage unit 37 and transmits the station name corresponding to the received station information as a candidate (S
23) If the user selects that the station is OK (S3), the process proceeds to step S7 and the subsequent steps. When the user does not want to display the timetable information of that station (for example, when he wants to display the timetable information of a station that is not the current station), the process proceeds to step S25 and the subsequent steps.

If the received data from the terminal 20 includes station information but not coordinate information (route D in FIG. 3), the terminal 20 is close to the station (or In the middle), the current position from the GPS satellite cannot be acquired (for example, when the user is inside a part of the station). In this case, since the station information can be acquired even if the terminal device 20 cannot acquire the current position, it can be almost surely estimated that the user is extremely close to the station by this station information. Therefore, the central management server 30 transmits the station name corresponding to the received station information as a candidate (S23),
If the user chooses to go to that station (S3),
The process proceeds to step S7 and the subsequent steps. If the user does not want to display the timetable information of the station, the process proceeds to step S25 and thereafter.

The processing from step S7 is performed on the above-mentioned route A to.
It is commonly performed in any case of D. Step S
In 7, it is determined whether or not the destination station is designated, that is, whether or not “Yes” is selected from the options “With / without destination station” in the display image of the display unit 23, and when “None” is selected here In the case where only the station name of the departure station is confirmed and the station name of the destination station is unknown, a signal to that effect is transmitted to the central management server 30 (S8). When this signal is received by the central management server 30 (S28), a route list for that station is created and transmitted to the terminal 20 (S29). This route list enumerates the route names (for example, Saikyo line, Takasaki line, Keihin Tohoku line) of all lines that stop at that station.

When any route is selected and transmitted by the user at the terminal 20 which has received this route list (S9) (S10), it is selected by the central management server 30 which has received this (S30). An up-down line list of routes is created and transmitted to the terminal device 20 (S31). This up-down line list shows options for the up line or the down line on the line selected by the user. When the user selects and inputs either the up line or the down line to the terminal device 20 which receives this (S11) and transmits (S12), the central management server 30 which has received this (S32), the diamond editing unit The timetable information is created by searching the timetable data storage unit 31 by 32, and the timepiece timepiece image generation unit 33 creates a timepiece timepiece image according to this timetable information and transmits it to the terminal 20 (S36).

On the other hand, in step S7, when the user selects "destination station: present", the processes of steps S8 to S12 and S28 to S32 are skipped. In this case, assuming that the station name of the departure station is confirmed and the destination station exists, a signal to that effect is transmitted to the central management server 30 (S13). Receive this (S3
3) The central management server 30 sends the input request of the station name of the target station to the terminal 20 (S34), and the terminal 20 that receives the request (S14) inputs / transmits the station name of the target station. (S15) Then, this is received (S15
35) In the central management server 30, the timetable information is created by the timetable editing unit 32, and the timepiece clock image generation unit 33 creates a timetable clock image according to the timetable information and transmitted to the terminal device 20 (S36). ). In this case, the line including the target station is selected in the timetable editing unit 32 according to the station name of the target station input by the user, and the up / down direction on the line is determined. This direction determination is performed by determining in which direction the destination station is with respect to the departure station on the selected route.

In this way, the timetable information created by the central management server 30 includes the station name of the boarding station, the route name, whether the train is going up or down, and the flight number of all flights departing from the current time up to 45 minutes later ( It includes information on departure time and end station name). In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the timepiece display image created according to this timetable information has a time display diagram having a rotation direction with 60 minutes as one rotation or a substantially annular time axis.
a is included, and the current time (the time indicated by the image of the long hand)
The flight number mark 23b is displayed at the position on the time axis corresponding to the departure time of each flight for flights departing from the current time within 45 minutes after the current time.

In response to the reception of the timepiece clock image (S16), the terminal device 20 processes the data by the predetermined display control program stored in the storage unit 24, and the display unit 23.
A diamond clock image is displayed on the screen (S17).

As described above, in the present embodiment, the current position of the terminal device 20 held by the user is acquired through the current position acquisition unit 26 and stored in the current position of the terminal device 20 and the map information storage unit 37. The map information storage unit 37 is searched for the name of the station corresponding to the current position of the terminal 20 based on the geographical information of the plurality of stations (boarding points). The timetable editing unit 32 outputs the service timetable information corresponding to the retrieved station name based on the service timetable information stored in the timetable data storage unit 31. Thus, in this embodiment,
Since the station corresponding to the current location of the terminal 20 is selected,
The optimum starting point (boarding point) can be selected when the user browses the transportation schedule information.

Further, in the present embodiment, the central management server 30
Referring to the map information storage unit 37, the terminal 20
While calculating the distance from the current position to multiple stations,
The name of the station with the shortest distance from the current position of the terminal 20 is searched. Therefore, in this embodiment, the station closest to the current position of the user can be selected as the starting point.

Further, in the present embodiment, the terminal device 20 requests the input of the destination (S34), and in consideration of the information of the destination thus acquired, the timetable editing unit 32 selects the route and the up / down route. Direction determination is executed (S3
6). As described above, in the present embodiment, the route selection and the up / down direction determination can be executed by inputting the destination, so that the number of steps of the input operation by the user can be reduced,
Optimal boarding point (platform) according to the destination
Can be selected as the starting point.

Further, in the present embodiment, the timetable editing unit 32 acquires the current time from the standard time supply station 39, the Japanese standard time acquisition unit 35, and the time keeping / correcting unit 36, and the boarding point after the current time from the timetable data storage unit 31. Extract the flight number departing from. Therefore, in the present embodiment, flights whose departure time has passed can be excluded from the output targets. In the present embodiment, the Japanese standard time acquisition unit 35 and the time keeping / correction unit 36.
However, some or all of these may be provided in the terminal 20, and the timetable editing unit 32 may perform central management without acquiring the time information from the standard time supply station 39. The current time may be acquired only from the internal clock of the server 30 or the terminal 20.

Further, in the present embodiment, the time display chart 23a displayed on the display unit 23 of the terminal 20 has a time axis in the rotation direction having one rotation of 60 minutes, and the time display chart 23a shows
For flights departing from the current time within a predetermined time (45 minutes) within 60 minutes from the current time, a flight number mark 23b is displayed at a position on the time axis corresponding to the departure time of each flight. As described above, in this embodiment, the time axis on the time display chart 23a is set to 60 minutes, so that the user can read the distribution of the departure time of each flight in the same way as a general analog display type timepiece. It is easy to recognize and convenient, and the flight number to be displayed is limited to those departing within 60 minutes,
The display of the flight number in the range exceeding one round in the time display FIG. 23a is not performed, and the misreading by the user can be prevented.

In the above embodiment, the distance from the current position of the terminal device 20 to a plurality of stations is calculated, and the name of the station having the smallest distance from the current position of the terminal device 20 is searched. Instead of such a configuration, the terminal 2
The time required to move from the current position of 0 to a plurality of stations may be calculated by the central management server 30, and the name of the boarding point where the time required to move from the terminal 20 is the shortest may be searched. It is preferable that the required travel time is calculated by table processing based on the walking speed of the general public and road map information or a predetermined function. With such a configuration, the boarding point that the user holding the terminal 20 can reach in the shortest time can be selected as the departure point.

In the above embodiment, after the station name of the departure station is confirmed (S13), the route selection and the up / down direction determination are executed in consideration of the destination information (S36). ), Instead of or in addition to such a configuration, the user (terminal 20) is required to input the destination information before the station name (departure point name) of the departure station is finalized. Alternatively, the information of the input destination may be reflected in the selection of the departure station (boarding point). For example,
When a plurality of departure stations (departure points) are searched within a predetermined distance (or a predetermined travel time) from the current position of the terminal device 20, the plurality of departure stations (departure points) are detected from the current position of the terminal device 20. ) To calculate the travel time required for each, and select a departure station (boarding point) that minimizes the sum of this travel time and the operating time from the departure station to the destination. A plurality of departure stations (boarding points) may be listed as candidates in order from the departure station having the smallest sum of the operating time and the operating time and displayed on the display unit 23. In this case, it is preferable that the timetable data storage unit 31 pre-store information on the operating time (required time) of all the itineraries of each station and each itinerary.

Further, in the above embodiment, the information of the departure time of each flight is provided. However, in addition to such a configuration, the timetable of the timetable of each station or the entire itinerary of each flight is stored in the timetable data storage unit 31. (Time required) information is stored in advance, and for multiple flights at the retrieved boarding points, the required travel time from the boarding point to the destination is calculated, and the names of these multiple flights are calculated. It is also possible to arrange the display by arranging from the top to the bottom in the ascending order of the required travel time. With such a configuration, the names of flights with short operating times are output in high order, so that the user can easily know the flights with short operating times. Further, the arrangement may be such that the destinations or the destination stations are arranged and displayed in order of arrival time. The configuration may be such that the operating time (time required to reach the destination) when a plurality of routes are used (in the case of transit) is calculated and provided as information.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the information of the route / up / down and the flight number (departure time and destination station) is provided. However, in addition to such a configuration, the retrieved boarding point The fare from the boarding point to the destination may be calculated, and the retrieved flight numbers and routes may be arranged in the descending order of the calculated fare. In this case, the name of the flight with the lowest fare will be output to the top, so
Users can easily know the flight number and route with the cheapest fare.

Further, in the present embodiment, the departure time of each flight is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 23 according to the position of the flight number mark 23b according to the time display method of the long hand in an ordinary analog timepiece. The departure time of the flight may be displayed by letters (numerals) such as “16: 05-Yuki Koganei”, or may be in a tabular format including a letter display relating to a plurality of flight names. Further, the arrival time of each flight may be displayed on the display screen of the display unit 23 in addition to the departure time and the ending station of each flight.

In this embodiment, the display screen of the display unit 23 may display not only the departure time of each flight but also the remaining time until the departure time, for example, "4 minutes left". Good. This remaining time is preferably calculated by subtracting the current time from the departure time of each flight, and the program for calculating such remaining time is stored in either the central management server 30 or the terminal 20. It may be installed. When configured in this way, the user can refer to the remaining time display
The availability and time margin of the flight can be judged.

The program according to the present embodiment uses the position information acquisition step for acquiring the current position of the terminal held by the user, the current position of the terminal, the names of a plurality of boarding points, and their geographical information to each other. A boarding point searching step of searching a name of a boarding point corresponding to the current position of the terminal from the plurality of boarding points on the basis of the geographical information stored in the boarding point storage means that is associated and stored; The name of each boarding point, the name of each boarding point and the operation timetable information stored in the timetable information storage means that stores the operation timetable information of the transportation at the boarding point in association with each other,
Based on the, the timetable information output step of outputting the operation timetable information corresponding to the name of the boarding point retrieved, and can be configured as a program for causing a computer to execute,
This can be traded as a storage medium in which this is stored, and the effects of the present invention can be realized mainly by installing this in a fixed-side device.

Further, the program in this embodiment is
A position information acquisition step of acquiring the current position of the terminal held by the user in the terminal, a position transmission step of transmitting the acquired current position from the terminal to a management device, and a management device of the terminal device in the management device. In order to make the computer execute the step of receiving data processed based on the current position from the management device in the terminal, and outputting the operation schedule information of transportation in the terminal based on the received data Can be configured as a program, and can be traded as a storage medium storing the program, and the effects of the present invention can be realized mainly by installing the program in a terminal.

The boarding points in the present invention include all those in public transportation which is used to get on and off at a predetermined point such as a train station or a bus stop. In addition, the boarding point may be set at a certain station or stop as a unit, or as a platform line or stop post in the station or stop, or as a group of trains or stops in the same direction. May be defined as The geographical information may be coordinate information such as latitude / longitude, or may be a region code assigned to each region divided in the target geographical region. Further, the name of the boarding point may be character information such as a station name / stop name, or a boarding point code determined corresponding to the station name / stop name.

In addition, since the station information transmitter 40 and the station information receiver 27 are used in this embodiment, the current position of the terminal 20 can be specified even when it is difficult to acquire the current position information by the GPS satellite. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the up / down direction is determined using the platform information included in the station information. However, according to the present invention, the station information transmitting unit 40 and the station information receiving unit 27 may be provided only in some stations or may not be used at all.

The communication between the terminal 20, the central management server 30, and the station information transmission unit 40 in this embodiment can be performed via various communication means such as a dedicated line, a commercial line or the Internet. In particular, it is preferable to use a commercial packet communication network for communication between the terminal device 20 and the central management server 30.

Further, in the above description, the timepiece clock image is created by the central management server 30 and transmitted to the terminal device 20, but the image data in the timepiece clock image and other images for providing the operation timetable information are provided. If a part or all of them are held in the terminal device 20, the processing speed can be increased by suppressing the communication data amount. In addition, if the terminal 20 holds a part (particularly, information related to the vicinity of the current position of the terminal 20) or all of the operation timetable information and the position information of the boarding point in the present invention, the search time can be reduced. It can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an operation information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a configuration example of a terminal.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process relating to information provision executed by a terminal and a central processing server.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 operation information providing system, 20 terminals, 21 wireless transmitter / receiver unit, 23 display unit, 23a time display diagram, 23
b Flight number mark, 26 Current position acquisition unit, 27 Station information reception unit, 30 Central management server, 31 Timetable data storage unit, 32 Timetable editing unit, 34 Wireless transmission / reception unit, 36
Time keeping / correction unit, 37 Map information storage unit, 40, 40
a, 40b, 40n Station information transmission section.

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A position information acquisition means for acquiring a current position of a terminal held by a user, a boarding point storage means for storing the names of a plurality of boarding points and their geographical information in association with each other, The plurality of boarding points based on a timetable information storage unit that stores the name of the boarding point and the operation timetable information of the transportation at the boarding point in association with each other, and the current position of the terminal and the geographical information of the boarding point Boarding point searching means for searching the name of the boarding point corresponding to the current position of the terminal from points, and timetable information output means for outputting operation timetable information corresponding to the boarding point name searched by the boarding point search means An operation information processing device comprising: 2. The operation information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising distance calculating means for calculating distances from a current position of the terminal to a plurality of boarding points, wherein the boarding point searching means comprises: An operation information processing apparatus characterized by searching for a name of a boarding point having a smallest distance from a position of a terminal. 3. The operation information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising travel time calculation means for calculating required travel time from the current position of the terminal to a plurality of boarding points, and the boarding point searching means. However, the operation information processing apparatus is characterized by searching for a name of a boarding point where the required travel time from the terminal is the shortest. 4. The operation information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising destination information input means for acquiring information on the destination of the user, wherein the boarding point search means is provided. An operation information processing device, characterized in that the search is performed in consideration of the information of the destination. 5. The operation information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, for a plurality of flights at the retrieved boarding point, a required travel time from the boarding point to the destination is calculated. An operation information processing apparatus further comprising: an operation time calculating means; and an order control means for arranging the names of the plurality of flights in ascending order of calculated operation times. 6. The operation information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a fare calculation unit that calculates a fare from the boarding point to the destination for the retrieved boarding point. An operation information processing apparatus further comprising: an order control means for arranging the names of the plurality of flights in descending order of calculated fare. 7. The operation information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the current time acquisition means acquires the current time, and the flight number that extracts the flight number departing from the boarding point after the acquired current time. An operation information processing apparatus further comprising: an extracting unit. 8. The operation information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the subtraction means subtracts the current time from the departure time of the flight of the extracted flight number, and the calculated value of the subtraction means is used as the remaining time. An operation information processing device further comprising: remaining time output means for outputting. 9. The operation information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the terminal includes a display unit and a display control unit for controlling the display unit, and the display unit is controlled by the display control unit. , A time display diagram having a time axis in the orbiting direction of 60 minutes is displayed. In the time display diagram, each flight starts from the current time and departs within 60 minutes from the current time. A flight information mark is displayed at a position on the time axis corresponding to the departure time of the operation information processing device. 10. A position information acquisition step of acquiring a current position of a terminal held by a user, a current position of the terminal, names of a plurality of boarding points and their geographical information are stored in association with each other. A boarding point search step for searching the boarding point name corresponding to the current position of the terminal from the plurality of boarding points based on the geographical information stored in the boarding point storage means; and the searched boarding point name And the name of each of the boarding points and the operation timetable information stored in the timetable information storage means that stores the operation timetable information of the transportation at the boarding point in association with each other, and the name of the boarding point retrieved An operation information processing method, comprising: a time information output step of outputting operation time information corresponding to. 11. A position information acquisition step of acquiring a current position of a terminal held by a user, a current position of the terminal, names of a plurality of boarding points and their geographical information are stored in association with each other. A boarding point search step for searching the boarding point name corresponding to the current position of the terminal from the plurality of boarding points based on the geographical information stored in the boarding point storage means; and the searched boarding point name And the name of each of the boarding points and the operation timetable information stored in the timetable information storage means that stores the operation timetable information of the transportation at the boarding point in association with each other, and the name of the boarding point retrieved A program for causing a computer to execute the timetable information output step for outputting operation timetable information corresponding to. 12. A position information acquisition step of acquiring the current position of a terminal held by a user in the terminal, a position transmission step of transmitting the acquired current position from the terminal to a management device, and the management device. In the step of receiving data processed based on the current position of the terminal from the management device in the terminal, and in the terminal based on the received data, outputting operation schedule information of transportation means, A program that causes a computer to execute.