JP2005165749A - Map information system and map information display method - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for clarifying display on a screen by displaying data selected based on the number of accesses, etc. on a terminal on a terminal, and shortening time for a user to accurately acquire target data Provide a method.
Upon receiving a display request from a portable terminal, a map display server transmits a search field and area information to a facility management server, and the facility management server corresponds to the search field and area information in a facility database. The facility data having the largest number of accesses is acquired from the display order table 16 and transmitted to the map display server 12, and the map display server 12 transmits display information that combines the map information and the facility data to the portable terminal 11. When the confirmation OK is input from the portable terminal 11, the facility management server 14 counts up the number of times the facility is accessed in the facility database 15, and the facility management server 14 updates the rank of the display order table 16 every predetermined period. To do.
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Description

   The present invention relates to a map information system, and more particularly to a map information system suitable for use in a portable terminal and a display method thereof.

  Conventionally, a map information system that displays map information on a terminal such as a computer using the Internet has been used.

  As a system for distributing information, at the time of collecting information, it collects area information including map information, collects distribution target information and distribution information from information providers, collects personal information from user terminals, and collects user information. Collects action history including location information about users from, analyzes user behavior patterns based on the collected action history, collects user location information from user terminals when distributing information, and A configuration is known in which distribution information to be distributed to a user is searched based on environmental information, behavior patterns, personal information, and distribution target conditions, and the searched distribution information is distributed to the user (for example, patents described later) Reference 1).

  In addition, as a portable map information display device, a device that searches and displays desired map information by operating a scroll key is also known (see, for example, Patent Document 2 below).

  Furthermore, a search rank indicating the priority of the facility at the time of search is set, and the corresponding facility type code setting unit of the corresponding facility type code is set by the urgency rank and the search rank, and this code and the facility storage unit are set. A map display device for a vehicle is also known in which, when an abnormal condition occurs, a search is performed by comparing codes that are present, and the most suitable facility is set and displayed on the map screen (for example, patents described later) Reference 3).

JP 2002-342367 A (page 3-4, FIG. 1) JP-A-1-298390 (page 3, FIG. 2) JP-A-6-174482 (page 3, FIG. 2)

  In a map information system, when a facility is searched from a terminal, if there are a large number of cases that match the condition, it is not possible to display all the matches on the terminal screen. Or even if it can be displayed on the terminal, the facilities overlap each other on the map screen, and the display is difficult to see.

  In the conventional map information system, it is possible to display a list of search results on another screen of the terminal. However, it is possible to search again with more conditions or confirm the contents of each data. As a result, the time required for the user to acquire appropriate data increases.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to display data selected based on the number of accesses on a terminal on a map so that the display on the screen is clarified and the data desired by the user is accurately acquired. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and a method for reducing the time required for the above.

  A system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a mobile terminal, a map display server that is connected to the mobile terminal and distributes map information, a map database that is accessed by the map display server and stores map information, and a map A facility database that stores facility information displayed on a display screen; and a facility management server that communicates with the map display server and manages facility data in the facility database. The map display server having a display order table ranked in descending order of the number of accesses and stored in a table format, and receiving the display request from the mobile terminal, stores the search field and the area information to the facility management server. The facility management server includes a display corresponding to a search field and region information in the facility database. Means for acquiring facility data having the highest number of accesses from the rank table and transmitting it to the map display server, wherein the map display server includes means for transmitting display information combining the map information and the facility data to the portable terminal. And the facility management server includes means for counting up the number of accesses to the facility in the facility database when confirmation from the portable terminal is input, and the facility management server displays a display rank for each predetermined period. Means for updating the rank of the table are provided.

  In the present invention, when a display request is made from the portable terminal to the map display server, a search field and area information are transmitted to the map display server.

  In the present invention, the map display server having a personal information database that holds in advance a search field corresponding to the mobile terminal as personal information, and that has received a display request from the mobile terminal, It is good also as a structure which acquires the search field corresponding to the said portable terminal with reference to a database, and transmits the regional information and search field of the said portable terminal to the said facility management server.

A method according to another aspect of the present invention includes:
(A) When the user performs a facility search of an area using a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal makes a map search display request for position information, scale, and search field to the map display server;
(B) the map display server requesting a map display corresponding to position information from a map database storing map information;
(C) The map database returns data corresponding to the position information to the map display server;
(D) requesting facility data corresponding to the location information and the search field from the facility database storing the facility information displayed on the map;
(E) the facility database returning the facility data selected based on the display priority of the display order table corresponding to the requested search field;
(F) The map display server creates map display data by superimposing the map display corresponding to the position data obtained from the map database and the facility data in the display order table of the search field acquired from the facility database. And a process of
(G) The map display server transmits the created map display data to the mobile terminal;
(H) the portable terminal displaying a map in which the facility data is superimposed on the screen of the portable terminal;
(I) The user confirms the screen display content of the mobile terminal, and if the request is met, selecting confirmation on the screen of the mobile terminal and ending the facility search;
including.

  In the method according to the present invention, when the user confirms the screen of the mobile terminal and does not meet the request, the user selects Impossible, makes a re-search request, and again ( Steps a) to (h) are performed.

In the method according to the invention,
(J) a step of notifying the facility management server through the map display server that the confirmation of the search in the search field and the facility data is possible if the confirmation is possible in the step (i). ,
(K) the facility management server counting up the number of accesses to facility data in the facility database;
(L) The facility management server performs the steps (a) to (k) every time there is a request from the mobile terminal, totals the number of accesses for each field, and every predetermined period, And creating the display order table based on the number of accesses.

  According to the present invention, since only the data with a large number of accesses is displayed on the map, the user can shorten the time to reach the target data.

  According to the present invention, since limited facility data is displayed, the data can be easily discriminated from the map.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, since the data displayed on the map is limited, the targeted facilities (stores, companies, etc.) can be differentiated from other facilities. It is expected to contribute to expanding business opportunities.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described. Referring to FIG. 1, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a mobile terminal 11, a map display server 12 that is connected to the mobile terminal 11, distributes map information, and is accessed by the map display server to store map information. A map database 13, a facility database 15 storing facility information displayed on the map display screen, and a facility management server 14 that communicates with the map display server 12 and manages the facility data in the facility database 15 are provided. The facility database 15 is provided with a display order table 16 which is ranked in order of the number of accesses and stored in a tabular format for each search field and region.

  Upon receiving the display request from the mobile terminal 11, the map display server 12 transmits the search field and the area information to the facility management server 14. The facility management server 14 acquires facility data having the largest number of accesses from the display order table 16 corresponding to the search field and the area information in the facility database 15 and transmits the acquired facility data to the map display server 12. The map display server 12 transmits display information combining the map information and the facility data to the mobile terminal 11. When confirmation OK is input from the portable terminal 11, the facility management server 14 counts up the number of times the facility is accessed in the facility database 15. The facility management server 14 updates the order of the display order table every predetermined period.

  In the present invention, when a display request is made from the mobile terminal 11 to the map display server 12, the search field and area information are transmitted to the map display server. Alternatively, the map display server 12 having a personal information database 18 (see FIG. 3) that holds in advance a search field corresponding to the mobile terminal 11 as personal information and receiving a display request from the mobile terminal, With reference to the personal information database 18, a search field corresponding to the mobile terminal is acquired, and the area information of the mobile terminal and the search field are transmitted to the facility management server 14. The user does not need to select and input the search field from the mobile terminal.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention allows a user to refer to appropriate data when a facility search and display is performed in a map information system using a mobile terminal. When searching for facilities from the terminal, not only data that matches the search conditions is displayed, but also the data to be displayed is limited by referring to a display order table created periodically.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the map display system according to the present embodiment is connected to a mobile terminal (information terminal) 11 having a communication function and an input / output device, and the mobile terminal 11, and map display information is transferred to the mobile terminal 11. The map display server 12 to be distributed, the map database 13 that is accessed by the map display server 12 and stores map information, and the map display server 12 are communicatively connected. The map display server 12 is communicatively connected via the network to display the map. In response to a request from the server 12, the facility displayed on the map information is transmitted to the map display server 12, and the facility management server 14 that manages the facility information, and the facility database 15 that stores the facility information displayed on the map, It is prepared for. Reference numeral 17 denotes an area where the mobile terminal 11 is present. The portable terminal 11 and the map display server 12 are connected via wireless (wireless base station).

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 16 denotes a display order table for each search field held in the facility database 15. Items G1 to Gn in the table represent facility names for each display order. The facility name items G1 to Gn also hold position information for display on the map. The display order table 16 of the facility database 15 is a table in which access results for each search field in a predetermined period are tabulated. The facility database 15 holds a display order table for each search field.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a facility data display method during map display. It is assumed that the map details increase as the level increases from map display level 1. In FIG. 2, “number of display data: 1” at map display level 1 indicates that only one item is displayed in the search field when a map is displayed during facility search. Next, “number of display data: 3” at map display level 2 indicates that there are three data to be newly displayed at this level. However, when the map is displayed, the upper data is taken over, so that the actual display is 3 + 1. Since then, in map display level 3, there are 9 cases (5 cases + 3 cases + 1 case). Map display level 4 indicates that all data is displayed.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The portable terminal 11 exists in area 17 (area “D1”).

[Procedure 1]
When the mobile terminal 11 searches for a facility in the area 17 (“D1”), the map display server 12
(1) Location information: D1
(2) Map display level (scale): Level 1
(3) Search field: E1
Is used as a parameter to make a map search display request (a in FIG. 1). The position information is not limited to the area where the mobile terminal 11 is currently located. That is, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a facility search in an area designated on the mobile terminal 11.

[Procedure 2]
The map display server 12 requests the map database 13 for map display and related data corresponding to the position information: “D1” (b in FIG. 1).

[Procedure 3]
The map database 13 returns map data corresponding to the position information: “D1” to the map display server 12 (c in FIG. 1).

[Procedure 4]
The map display server 12 is connected to the facility database 15 via the facility management server 14.
(1) Location information: D1
(2) Map display level (scale): Level 1
(3) Search field: E1
Is used as a parameter and the corresponding facility data is requested (d in FIG. 1).

[Procedure 5]
In response to the request from the map display server 12, the facility database 15 returns the data of “facility data G1” from the display order table 16 corresponding to the search field: “E1” (e in FIG. 1).

[Procedure 6]
The map display server 12 acquires the map display and related data corresponding to the position information: “D1” acquired from the map database 13 and the rank of the display rank table 16 of the search field: “E1” returned from the facility database 15. Creates the map display data superimposed with the “facility data G1” ranked No.1.

[Procedure 7]
The map display server 12 transmits the created map display data to the mobile terminal 11 (f in FIG. 1).

[Procedure 8]
On the screen of the portable terminal 11, map display data in which facility data is superimposed is displayed. When the user confirms the screen display content of the mobile terminal 11 and meets the user's request, the user selects OK on the mobile terminal 11 screen and ends the facility search. Confirmation OK is transmitted from the portable terminal 11 to the map display server 12 (g in FIG. 1). On the other hand, if the screen display content of the mobile terminal 11 does not meet the request, the user selects the confirmation NG and makes a re-search request to the map display server 12 (g in FIG. 1). .

[Procedure 9]
The processing procedure for performing the re-search is performed in the above [Procedure 1] to [Procedure 8]. Of the parameters to be set, (2) the map display level (scale) is changed to level 2 to provide more details. Search on a simple map.

  In the case of confirmation OK in the re-search [Procedure 8], confirmation from the portable terminal 11 to the facility management server 14 through the map display server 12 in “search field: E1 / facility data G1”. The fact that it has become OK is notified (h in FIG. 1).

[Procedure 10]
The facility management server 14 counts up the number of accesses of “facility data G1” in the facility database 15 (i in FIG. 1).

[Procedure 11]
The facility management server 14 performs [Procedure 1] to [Procedure 10] each time there is a request from the mobile terminal 11, and counts the number of accesses for each field. Then, the display rank table 16 with the updated rank is created based on the number of accesses for each predetermined period. For example, if the number of accesses to the facility G3 exceeds the facilities G1 and G2, the facility G3 is ranked first, and the facilities G1 and G2 are ranked second or lower.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, elements equivalent to those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. The second embodiment of the present invention includes a personal information database 18 in which personal information of users is stored in addition to the configuration of the above-described embodiment shown in FIG. Connected. The second embodiment of the present invention is further devised in the above-described embodiment with respect to the input method in the search field. In the personal information database 18, a search field corresponding to the user of the mobile terminal (information terminal) 11 is registered as personal information of the user.

  In FIG. 3, the portable terminal 11 exists in an area 17 (referred to as area “D1”).

[Procedure 1]
When the mobile terminal 11 performs a map display of the area “D1”, the map display server 12
(1) Location information: D1
(2) Map display level (scale): Level 1
Is used as a parameter to make a map display request (a in FIG. 3).

[Procedure 2]
The map display server 12 requests the map database 13 for map display and related data corresponding to the position information: “D1” (b in FIG. 3).

[Procedure 3]
The map database 13 returns map data corresponding to the position information “D1” to the map display server 12 (c in FIG. 3).

[Procedure 4]
The map display server 12 requests the search field data corresponding to the mobile terminal 11 registered in advance from the personal information database 18 (d in FIG. 3).

[Procedure 5]
The personal information database 18 returns search field data corresponding to the mobile terminal 11 to the map display server 12 (e in FIG. 3). The search field returned from the personal information database 18 to the map display server 12 is “E1”.

[Procedure 7]
The map display server 12 is connected to the facility database 15 via the facility management server 14.
(1) Location information: D1,
(2) Map display level (scale): Level 1,
(3) Search field: E1
Is used as a parameter, and corresponding facility data is requested (f in FIG. 3).

[Procedure 8]
The facility database 15 returns the data of “facility data G1” which is first in the display order table 16 from the display order table 16 corresponding to the search field: “E1” requested from the map display server 12 (FIG. 3). g).

[Procedure 9]
The map display server 12 has the map display and related data corresponding to the position information: “D1” obtained from the map database 13 and the rank in the display order table 16 of the search field: “E1” obtained from the facility database 15. Map display data is created by superimposing the “facility data G1” in the first place.

[Procedure 10]
The map display server 12 transmits the created map display data to the mobile terminal 11 (h in FIG. 3).

[Procedure 11]
Map data in which “facility data G1” is superimposed on the screen of the mobile terminal 11 is displayed. The user confirms this, and if the display content meets the request, the user can view the map data on the screen of the mobile terminal 11. The confirmation OK is selected, and the facility search is terminated. On the other hand, if the display content does not meet the user's request, the user selects confirmation NG (impossible) from the portable terminal 11 and the facility is displayed via the map display server 12 and the facility management server 14. A re-search request is made to the database 15 (i, k in FIG. 3).

  When re-searching is performed, it is performed by [Procedure 1]-[Procedure 11]. Among the parameters to be set, (2) the map display level (scale) is changed to level 2, and the search is performed on a more detailed map.

[Procedure 12]
If the confirmation is OK in [Procedure 11], the facility management server 14 is notified through the map display server 12 that the confirmation is OK in “search field: E1 / facility data G1” ( J) in FIG.

[Procedure 13]
The facility management server 14 counts up the number of accesses to the facility data G1 in the facility database 15 (k in FIG. 3).

[Procedure 14]
The facility management server 14 performs steps 1-13 every time there is a request from the mobile terminal 11, and counts the number of accesses for each field. Then, the display rank table 16 with the updated rank is created based on the number of accesses for each predetermined period.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and includes various modifications and corrections that can be made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the invention. Of course.

  The present invention is preferably applied to any portable communication terminal such as a mobile phone having an Internet connection function and an image display function, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), and a personal digital assistant (PDA).

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the facility data display method at the time of the map display in one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the other Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

11 Mobile terminal 12 Map display server 13 Map database 14 Facility management server 15 Facility database 16 Display order table 17 Area 18 Personal information database

Claims (15)

A mobile device,
A map display server that is communicatively connected to the mobile terminal and delivers map information;
A map database accessed by the map display server and storing map information;
A facility database that stores facility data;
A facility management server that communicates with the map display server and manages facility data in the facility database;
With
The facility database includes a display order table that is ranked in descending order of the number of accesses according to the search field and region, and is stored in a table format.
The map display server that has received a display request from the mobile terminal comprises means for transmitting a search field and area information to the facility management server,
The facility management server includes means for acquiring facility data having the highest number of accesses from a display order table corresponding to a search field and area information in the facility database and transmitting the facility data to the map display server,
The map display server includes means for creating map display information obtained by combining the map information acquired from the map database and the facility data and transmitting the map display information to the portable terminal,
In the portable terminal, when confirmation for the displayed map information is input, the facility management server receives a confirmation notification from the portable terminal, and the facility management server includes means for counting up the number of accesses to the facility in the facility database. ,
The map information display system, wherein the facility management server includes means for updating the rank of the facilities in the display rank table based on the number of accesses for each predetermined period.   2. The map information display according to claim 1, wherein when the display request is made from the mobile terminal to the map display server, the mobile terminal transmits at least a search field and area information to the map display server. system. A search field corresponding to the user of the mobile terminal has a personal information database that holds in advance as personal information of the user,
The map display server that has received a display request from the mobile terminal refers to the personal information database, acquires a search field corresponding to the mobile terminal, and obtains regional information of the mobile terminal and the personal information data base. The map information display system according to claim 1, wherein the search field acquired from a database is transmitted to the facility management server.   The said portable terminal transmits the map display level information showing the reduced scale displayed on a screen to the said map display server, when performing the display request with respect to the said map display server from the said portable terminal. 1. The map information display system according to 1. A mobile device,
A map display server that is communicatively connected to the mobile terminal and delivers map information;
A map database that is accessed by the map display server and stores map information;
A facility database storing facility data;
A facility management server that communicates with the map display server and manages facility data in the facility database;
A display method in a map display system comprising:
In the facility database, according to the search field and region, having a display order table that is ranked in the order of the number of accesses and stored in a table format,
The map display server that has received a display request from the mobile terminal transmits a search field and area information to the facility management server;
The facility management server acquires facility data having the highest number of accesses from a display order table corresponding to a search field and area information of the facility database and transmits the facility data to the map display server;
The map display server transmitting display information combining the map information and the facility data to the portable terminal;
When confirmation from the mobile terminal is input, the facility management server counts up the number of times the facility is accessed in the facility database;
The map management information display method characterized by including the process in which the said facility management server updates the order of the display order table in the said facility database for every predetermined period.   The said portable terminal includes the process of transmitting at least a search field | area and area information to the said map display server, when performing the display request with respect to the said map display server from the said portable terminal. Map information display method. The search field corresponding to the mobile terminal has a personal information database held in advance as personal information of the user of the mobile terminal,
The map display server that has received the display request from the mobile terminal refers to the personal information database, obtains a search field corresponding to the mobile terminal, and determines the local information of the mobile terminal and the search field, The map information display method according to claim 5, further comprising a step of transmitting to the facility management server.   The mobile terminal includes means for transmitting, to the map display server, map display level information representing a scale displayed on a screen when the display request is made to the map display server. Item 6. The map information display method according to Item 5. (A) When a user searches for a facility in an area using a mobile terminal, a process of transmitting a map search display request from the mobile terminal to a map display server using positional information, a scale, and a search field as parameters When,
(B) The map display server requests a map display corresponding to the position information from the map database storing the map information;
(C) The map database returns the data corresponding to the position information to the map display server;
(D) The map display server requests facility data corresponding to the location information and the search field from the facility database storing the facility data displayed on the map via the facility management server;
(E) the facility database returning the facility data selected based on the display priority of the display order table corresponding to the search field requested from the map display server;
(F) Map display data in which the map display server superimposes the map display corresponding to the position data obtained from the map database and the facility data in the display order table of the search field returned from the facility database. Creating a process;
(G) the map display server transmitting the created map display data to the mobile terminal;
(H) the portable terminal displaying a map in which the facility data is superimposed on the screen of the portable terminal;
(I) When the user confirms the screen display content of the portable terminal and meets the user's request, the user selects confirmation possible on the screen of the portable terminal and ends the facility search. And a process of
The map information display method characterized by including.   When the user confirms the screen display content of the mobile terminal and does not meet the user's request, the user selects Impossible and the mobile terminal displays the map display server. The map information display method according to claim 9, wherein a re-search request is made, and the steps (a) to (h) are performed again. (J) When confirmation by the user is permitted in the step (i), the facility management server can confirm the search by the search field and the facility data through the map display server. A step of notifying
(K) the facility management server counting up the number of accesses to facility data in the facility database;
(L) The facility management server performs the steps (a) to (k) every time there is a request from the portable terminal, and totals the number of accesses for each field, and is set every predetermined period. And updating the display order table based on the number of accesses;
The map information display method according to claim 9, further comprising: (A) When a user searches for a facility in an area using a mobile terminal, a step of making a map display request from the mobile terminal to the map display server using position information and scale as parameters;
(B) The map display server requests a map display corresponding to the position information from the map database storing the map information;
(C) The map database returns map data corresponding to position information to the map display server;
(D) The map display server requests a search field information corresponding to the mobile terminal from a personal information database storing the search field corresponding to the mobile terminal as personal information of the user of the mobile terminal. Process,
(E) the personal information database returning a search field corresponding to the mobile terminal to the map display server;
(F) requesting facility data corresponding to the location information and the search field from the facility database storing facility information displayed on the map via the facility management server;
(G) the facility database returning the facility data selected based on the display priority of the display order table corresponding to the requested search field;
(H) the map display server creating map display data obtained by superimposing the map display data acquired from the map database and the facility data of the display order table of the search field acquired from the facility database;
(I) the map display server transmitting the created map display data to the mobile terminal;
(J) The mobile terminal displays map information obtained by superimposing the facility data on the screen of the mobile terminal;
(K) When the user confirms the screen display content of the mobile terminal and meets the user's request, the user selects confirmation on the screen of the mobile terminal and ends the facility search. And a process of
The map information display method characterized by including.   When the user confirms the screen display content of the mobile terminal and does not meet the user's request, the user selects “impossible” from the mobile terminal, and the map display server from the mobile terminal The map information display method according to claim 12, wherein a re-search request is performed on the map, and the steps (a) to (k) are performed again. (L) a step of notifying the facility management server through the map display server that the confirmation of the search in the search field and the facility data is possible if confirmation is possible in the step (k); ,
(M) The facility management server counts up the number of facility data accesses in the facility database;
(N) Whenever there is a request from the portable terminal, the facility management server performs the above (a) to (k), totals the number of accesses for each field, and every predetermined period, Creating the display ranking table based on the number of accesses;
The map information display method according to claim 12, further comprising:   The map information display method according to claim 10 or 13, wherein when the re-search is executed, the level of detail of the displayed map is increased.

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