JP2005241344A - Facility information providing system, navigation device, and facility information providing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reconcile high operability and high serviceability with respect to a facility information providing system, etc. for providing information on various facilities, so that an occupant is provided by a navigation device with information on a travel route to a desired facility by means of simple operation, and further, that information is obtained on provisions within the facility. <P>SOLUTION: Just after the occupant determines a desired facility A from facility information on a plurality of facilities, a destination in a travel route providing function of the navigation device 2 is set at the desired facility A. Further, in parallel therewith, detailed facility information on the facility A is automatically received by a portable terminal device 3 possessed by the occupant. This can enhance operability, since reception processing of the facility information on the facility A and destination setting processing on the navigation device 2 can be performed substantially by one operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention includes a facility information providing apparatus that provides information on various facilities such as an amusement park, a zoo, a theme park, an entertainment venue, a museum, and a large shopping mall, and a facility information providing function via wireless communication means. The navigation apparatus belongs to a system and an apparatus that can transmit such facility information to a portable terminal device possessed by a passenger on the vehicle.

Conventionally, information providing sites such as amusement parks, zoos, theme parks, entertainment venues, museums, large shopping malls, and other information providing sites such as homepages (hereinafter referred to as HP) are stored and displayed on a server. Communicating with a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC) possessed by a person who receives such information (hereinafter referred to as an information provider) or a communication terminal device such as a mobile phone via a network such as the Internet Providing facility information of these facilities to the information provider by connecting is generally performed.
For example, in the case of a facility such as an amusement park or a theme park, a large-sized facility such as a ferris wheel or a roller coaster is provided in the facility in order to provide various services to visitors who visit the facility, that is, visitors. There are playground equipment, restaurants, and souvenir shops. If the facility is a museum or the like, there are exhibits to be exhibited in the hall. When such large playground equipment, restaurants, shops, and exhibits are defined as offerings at each facility, information on such offerings is provided on an information providing site such as HP that introduces the above facilities. Is generally recorded so as to be provided by the communication terminal device.
Further, for example, Patent Document 1 below discloses a technique for collectively distributing facility information including guidance information on a provided item to a mobile terminal device. As a result, the information provider can operate the mobile terminal device to check or confirm the content of the guidance information after delivery of the guidance information, before arrival at such a facility, or in the facility after arrival of the facility. It becomes possible to do.

On the other hand, various devices for assisting driving are mounted on the vehicle. Among them, a vehicle navigation device having a driving route providing function such as route guidance for guiding a route to a destination by voice or image is known. It is.
This is because when a passenger who has boarded a vehicle inputs the telephone number or name of a desired facility in the navigation device, on the map displayed on the display screen, the travel route information for this facility as a destination is displayed, Alternatively, the route to the destination is notified by voice, and the occupant can reach the destination by driving according to the travel route information thus provided.
In addition, a technology in which such a navigation device is further added with a function for enabling wireless communication with a network is also known, thereby providing various types of information on the display screen of the navigation device in the same manner as the communication terminal device described above. Information on the site can be provided so as to be able to communicate with each other.

JP 2002-123640 A

By the way, a vehicle navigation device having a travel route providing function is mounted on a vehicle, and a passenger (driver or passenger) of such a vehicle desires a desired one of a plurality of facilities such as an amusement park and a theme park. Conventionally, when selecting one facility and going to that facility, the occupant took the following actions.

  First, when a facility as a destination is determined, the occupant inputs the facility name, the telephone number of the facility, an address, and the like into the above-described navigation device with this facility as the destination. Thus, the occupant can arrive at the selected facility while receiving the travel route information to the destination using the travel route providing function of the navigation device.

On the other hand, after arriving at the destination facility, for example, an occupant enters the facility with a portable terminal device, and introduces various offers in the facility from the portable terminal device brought in the facility Connect to the site and get information about attractions and large playground equipment such as roller coasters from this site. Thus, the occupant was able to efficiently migrate a plurality of deliverables in the facility according to the occupant's request.
However, in this case, the following newly becomes a problem.

  While the occupant uses the navigation device to set the facility as the destination, the occupant uses the mobile terminal device to connect to the information providing site that introduces the facility in detail, and for example, details about each offer in the facility I have to get information. In other words, although the facility that the occupant intends to go from now on is the same, the facility destination setting operation by the travel route information providing function of the navigation device and the operation for obtaining the detailed information of the facility by the mobile terminal device are separately performed. It is being operated on. Thus, conventionally, it has been impossible to receive both the travel route information to the desired facility by the navigation device and the information related to the provision in the facility with a simple operation.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and its purpose relates to facility information provision that provides information on various facilities, and the occupant operates the travel route provision function of the navigation device, Not only can the travel route information to the desired facility be obtained, but also information on the deliverables available in the facility can be obtained along with this operation, thereby achieving both high operability and high serviceability. There is.

In order to achieve such an object, in the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention, a travel route to a set destination is provided to an occupant mounted on the vehicle and boarding the vehicle. A navigation device having a travel route providing function;
In the facility information providing system including the navigation device and an information center capable of transmitting and receiving, the navigation device includes a predetermined facility determined by a passenger from a plurality of facilities in which a plurality of deliverables are arranged on the site. The information processing apparatus includes destination setting means that can be set as a destination in the travel route providing function of the navigation device, and that transmits a facility determination signal indicating the determined facility to the information center. Is a facility information storage unit that stores the facility information including guidance information regarding each deliverable in each facility, and after receiving the facility confirmation signal from the navigation device, the facility information storage unit , Extract the guidance information of each offer of the confirmed facility, and provide this guidance information to the registered mobile terminal device Characterized in that a provided object information transmitting means for transmitting the capability.
With such a configuration, an occupant who has boarded the vehicle can not only operate the travel route providing function by performing the operation for determining the desired facility using the navigation device, but also, in accordance with the operation for determining the desired facility. Thus, it is possible to transmit information related to each provided object of the determined desired facility to the registered mobile terminal device.
As a result, the occupant can obtain the service of the navigation route providing function of the navigation device and the provision of the facility information provided by the portable terminal device with a simple operation such as determining the facility, and has high operability. Both high serviceability can be achieved.

The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that, in claim 1, the provision information transmitting means directly transmits guide information to the mobile terminal device set and registered in advance.
According to such a configuration, since the guidance information is directly transmitted from the provision information transmitting unit to the portable terminal device after the facility is confirmed, the information can be accurately transmitted to the portable terminal device. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the provision information transmitting means transmits the guide information to the mobile terminal device that is set and registered in advance indirectly via the navigation device. It is characterized by doing.
With such a configuration, after the establishment operation of the facility, the guidance information is transmitted to the portable terminal device by the provision information transmitting means via the navigation device, so that the information is accurately transmitted to the portable terminal device. It becomes possible.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the provision information transmitting unit transmits the guide information so as to be provided to a plurality of portable terminal devices.
With such a configuration, after a plurality of passengers boarding the vehicle and arriving at a desired facility, even if each passenger is divided and receives a service by a different offer, each passenger can receive a mobile terminal. By possessing the device, it becomes possible for each occupant to receive guidance information, and convenience can be improved.

The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the facility information storage means records facility information transmitted from a facility station that manages the facility.
With such a configuration, the facility station can create the facility information so that it can be provided to the navigation device and the portable terminal device, so it can provide the latest information to the occupant or provide unique information of each facility station. The facility information can be enhanced.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the provided information transmitting means is set uniquely for each portable terminal device, and the code transmitted to each portable terminal device is After being transmitted from the portable terminal device to the information center, the facility information recorded in the facility information recording means is transmitted so as to be displayed on the display screen of the portable terminal device.
With such a configuration, facility information can be easily obtained by a passenger entering a code.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the offer information transmitting means collectively transmits the guide information of each offer in the determined facility after receiving the facility determination signal. It is characterized by that.
With such a configuration, the occupant obtains the guidance information for each offer in a lump, so that the occupant can obtain information smoothly as necessary.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, after the facility information transmission means receives the facility confirmation signal, the portable terminal device performs an operation for requesting transmission of guidance information regarding a predetermined provision. After that, the requested guide information is transmitted to the portable terminal device.
With such a configuration, the occupant can obtain information as necessary, and the information can be obtained after the provision of the information, so that the latest information can be obtained.

A ninth aspect of the present invention is the portable terminal according to the first aspect, wherein the provided information transmitting means includes a position detecting means for detecting a position of the portable terminal device after receiving the facility confirmation signal. When the mobile terminal device detects a state in which the mobile terminal device is approaching a predetermined offer, guidance information is transmitted to the mobile terminal device.
With such a configuration, the occupant can obtain information on the provided item when approaching the provided item, and thus can obtain the guidance information of the provided item in a timely manner. Also, since the information is obtained after the information needs to be provided, the latest information can be obtained.

In the invention according to claim 10 corresponding to the second invention according to the present invention, the position setting means for setting the destination located on the map by the operation of the occupant, and the occupant who has boarded the vehicle, Providing facility information about travel facilities that provide travel routes to the destination set by the location setting means, and multiple facilities that are multiple destinations that are the destinations of vehicles In the vehicle-mounted navigation device comprising facility information receiving means for receiving from the device, the facility information includes guidance information related to each provided item and is desired from the plurality of facilities by the position setting means. Provided with provision information transmitting means for transmitting guidance information regarding a predetermined provision within the facility to a registered mobile terminal device after setting the facility as a destination And
With such a configuration, while receiving the travel route information to the destination facility by the navigation device, in addition to the facility guidance information, the questionnaire creation request information regarding each offer is also sent to the passengers within the facility. It will be sent to be available.
Thereby, the same effect as that of claim 1 can be obtained.
Furthermore, exchange of information between the information center and the navigation device can be suppressed, and the entire system can be made compact.
In the invention according to claim 11 corresponding to the third invention according to the present invention, the vehicle is mounted on a vehicle and provides a traveling route to a set destination for a passenger boarding the vehicle. In a facility information providing apparatus configured to be able to transmit and receive navigation with a route providing function, facility information including guidance information of each provided item in each facility is stored for a plurality of facilities in which a plurality of provided items are arranged in the site. After receiving a facility confirmation signal indicating the facility confirmed by the occupant from the navigation device in accordance with the destination setting in the travel route providing function of the navigation device, the facility information storage unit, Extract the guide information for each offer of the confirmed facility, and send the guide information to the registered mobile terminal device so that it can be provided. Characterized by comprising a means.
With such a configuration, the same operation and effect as in the first aspect can be obtained.

As described above, in the invention according to the present invention, an occupant who has boarded a vehicle simply performs an operation with a desired facility as a destination in the travel route providing function of the navigation device, so that the travel route to this facility is simply obtained. In addition to this, in addition to this, information related to each offer of the facility that has been operated and input is transmitted to the portable terminal device possessed by the passenger.
As a result, the occupant can obtain the service of the navigation route providing function of the navigation device and the provision of the facility offer information by the portable terminal device by a simple operation such as setting the facility as the destination. Both operability and high serviceability can be achieved.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a facility information providing system according to the present embodiment. This system includes a navigation device 2 mounted on a vehicle 1 and a portable terminal device 3 possessed by a passenger boarding the vehicle 1. An information center 4 that manages facility information, and a facility station 5 that provides facility information about the facility A to the information center 4 in the facility A such as an amusement park, zoo, theme park, entertainment venue, museum, large shopping mall, etc. , And an Internet system 6 (network) including a base station 6a and the like that connect these components so as to allow mutual communication.
In this case, the navigation device 2 and the mobile terminal device 3 are configured to exchange signals by wireless communication with the base station 6a.

Further, if the facility A is an amusement park or a theme park, the facility A includes large playground equipment such as a ferris wheel and a roller coaster, a restaurant, a store such as a souvenir shop, and the like. Hereinafter, these are referred to as an offer S as providing services to visitors. In this case, for example, if the facility A is a museum or the like, each exhibit exhibited in the hall corresponds to the provided item S, and the facility A gathers a plurality of shops, sales floors, and restaurants. If it is a large-scale shopping mall, each shop, a sales floor, and a restaurant correspond to the offer S, respectively.
The portable terminal device 3 can be carried along with a visit to the facility A after the occupant has driven the vehicle 1 and arrived at the facility A.

The information center 4 includes a server 7 that performs main control of the information center 4 and a database 8 that is connected to the server 7 so as to be able to exchange electronic data. The database 8 is a facility information providing database 9. And a mail address database 10 for recording and registering address information of the portable terminal device 3 of the occupant, and a fee for recording information related to the consideration given to each occupant carrying the portable terminal device 3 and the occupant carrying the navigation device 2 And an information database 11. Note that this consideration is, for example, a discount for a provided item (for example, a food or drink or a souvenir) in the visited facility A.
The facility information providing database 9 includes a facility information database 9a and a questionnaire creation request database 9b in which questionnaire creation request information including questionnaire creation request data and questionnaire format data for requesting creation of a questionnaire is recorded. ing. Among these, the facility information database 9a records facility outline information indicating an overall general comment on each facility A for a plurality of facilities A. In addition, the facility information database 9a collects individual questionnaire response information answered by visitors who have already visited the facility A, and records the questionnaire information that summarizes the information, and each facility A For the above-mentioned provision S possessed by each facility A, the guidance information database 9d for recording the respective guidance information is also included. The facility information providing database 9 also includes a questionnaire response information storage database 9e.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a specific structure of the navigation device 2.
According to this figure, the navigation apparatus 2 includes a controller 2a that performs various arithmetic processes described below, and a transmission / reception apparatus that includes an antenna and an interface that are connected to the controller 2a and that enable transmission / reception of information from the Internet 6. 2b, a GPS (Global Positioning System) 2c that receives a signal from an artificial satellite that is connected to the controller 2a and orbits the earth, and outputs the received signal to the controller; And an input operation device 2d that can display information and the like so as to be provided to the occupant.
In addition, although not shown in the navigation device 2, when a destination is input and set by a telephone number or an address by an input operation using the input operation device 2 d, the input information and location information of the destination recorded in advance are set. A travel route providing function for calculating a plurality of optimum travel routes, for example, the shortest location from the current position or desired location to the destination, for example, and displaying them on the display 2e is provided. ing.
This function also has a function of teaching a travel route to be traveled next by a voice signal or the like from a travel route on which the vehicle 1 is currently traveling. Supports driving.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a specific structure of the mobile terminal device 3.
According to this figure, similar to the navigation device 2, the mobile terminal device 3 is connected to the controller 3a for performing various arithmetic processing described below and the controller 3a, and enables transmission / reception of information from the Internet 6. A transmitter / receiver 3b including an antenna and an interface, a GPS (Global Positioning System) 3c connected to the controller 3a, receiving a signal from an artificial satellite orbiting the earth, and outputting the received signal to the controller, a controller 3a, etc. The receiving operation device 3d that enables an operation by the occupant with respect to the control by the control, and a display 3e that displays information or the like so as to be provided to the occupant.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing information transmission / reception between the information center 4, the navigation device 2, the mobile terminal device 3, and the facility station 5.
According to this figure, in order to record the latest facility information, the information center 4 periodically or as appropriate from the facility station 5 via the Internet 6, the above-mentioned questionnaire information, guidance information and provision outline information ( And facility information including facility outline information (described later). After receiving these information, the questionnaire information database 9c, the guidance information database 9d, and the facility information database 9a in the information center 4 are received. Etc. are recorded.
From the navigation device 2, for example, for each of the e-mail address information of the mobile terminal devices 3 and 3 possessed by two occupants and for example two facilities A that the occupant wants to visit from now on, the respective facilities Facility candidate information such as a facility name for identifying A is output to the information center 4 via the Internet 6.
In addition, the navigation apparatus 2 transmits a facility confirmation signal to the information center 4 in order to make the information center 4 recognize the facility A that has decided to visit.

  In response to receiving the facility candidate information from the navigation device 2, the information center 4 transmits facility information regarding each facility A to the navigation device 2. Further, in response to receiving the facility confirmation signal from the navigation device 2, the information center 4 transmits detailed facility information of the confirmed facility A to the navigation device 2. In this case, the detailed facility information includes questionnaire creation request information including questionnaire creation request text data and questionnaire format data as described above, and guidance information.

Similarly, after the facility confirmation signal is transmitted from the navigation device 2 to the information center 4, the portable terminal device 3 receives detailed facility information of the confirmed facility A.
In addition, from the navigation device 2 or the portable terminal device 3, the information center 4 has received information about the items such as thrill, fun, satisfaction, etc. on the questionnaire format data in the already received facility information. By inputting the level and responding, the created questionnaire response information is transmitted.
The information center 4 records the received questionnaire response information and then transmits them together to the facility station 5. The facility station 5 updates the questionnaire information as the facility information based on the latest questionnaire response information received.

(Operation in the first embodiment)
Next, the operation in the first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
In FIG. 5A, the occupant uses the navigation device 2 to perform an address registration process of the mobile terminal device that registers the address of the mobile terminal device 3 possessed by the occupant in the information center 4. Specifically, in step S1, an address transmission process of the mobile terminal device 3 is performed, and this operation is performed through a display screen on the display 2e of the navigation device 2 as shown in FIG. In the case of FIG. 6, when the occupant inputs the addresses of the respective mobile terminal devices 3 owned by two occupants in the mail address field 101 and selects the registration button 102 at the bottom of the screen, the navigation device 2 selects the information center 4. In addition, the mail address information of each portable terminal device 3 is transmitted. The selection of the button can be performed by the passenger pressing the button displayed on the screen with a finger, but a general selection method may be used. (Hereafter, the selection method of various buttons is the same unless otherwise specified.)
The information center 4 receives the address information (step S2), registers the received address information in the mail address database 10 via the server 7 (step S3), and then ends such mail address registration processing. . This registration process is performed each time the information center 4 receives the address information of the mobile terminal device 3 as in step S2.

Next, facility information input processing by the navigation device 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
In step S4, if the occupant desires to visit the facility A when the occupant is in the vehicle, the occupant performs a facility candidate transmission operation by the navigation device 2 in order to obtain facility information. This operation is performed on the display screen of the navigation device 2 as shown in FIG. 7, and the occupant is considering a visit after selecting the destination setting button 104 below the displayed map image 103. A plurality or one facility A is set as a destination. Such setting of the facility A is performed by specifying a desired facility name from a general search image (not shown). For example, a preset facility existing in the currently displayed map image All the facility names of A may be displayed in a selectable manner.
After setting the facility A, the facility candidate information that includes information about each set facility name and can identify a candidate facility is transmitted to the information center 4.
In FIG. 7, the result of the address registration process described above is displayed at the lower right of the map image 103, and a change button 105 is also set so that the registration can be changed.

  In step S5, the information center 4 receives the facility candidate information, and then proceeds to step S6 to read out the facility outline information of the facility corresponding to the set facility name from the facility information database 9a. Next, the facility information read out in this way is output to the navigation device 2, and the process proceeds to step S <b> 7. In step S <b> 7, the navigation device 2 receives each facility information of the facility A as a candidate from the information center 4.

The display of the facility information of each facility A will be described with reference to FIGS.
In FIG. 8, the map image 103 displays the current location 103a of the vehicle 1 and the positions 103b and 103c of the facility A set as candidates. In the right column of the map image 103, all the facility candidate names 106 set in step S4 and their classifications 107 are displayed. Under this column, a confirmation button for confirming the facility A is displayed. 108, and a return button 109 for returning the setting of the facility A candidate from the beginning to the screen of FIG. 7 is displayed.
When “A Amusement Park” is selected in the facility candidate name 106 as shown in FIG. 8, for example, the position of the A amusement park 103b in the map image 103 is a candidate other than the A amusement park. The facility name is enclosed and displayed in a square frame (□) so that it can be identified more easily than the facility A, and facility outline information 110 introducing the outline of the Amusement park is displayed in the lower column of the map image 103. The

In addition, a questionnaire result information button 111 is displayed in the display column of the facility outline information 110. When the occupant selects the button 111, as shown in FIG. For example, the ranking information 112 related to the offering S of the amusement park A is changed and displayed. The contents of the questionnaire information will be described later.
A return button 113 is displayed at the lower right of the display column of the ranking information 112. When this button 113 is selected, the screen of FIG. 8 can be returned.

Next, facility determination processing by the occupant will be described with reference to FIG.
After the occupant decides to visit the desired facility A from a plurality or a single facility A based on the facility information as shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. This is done by selecting the confirm button 108 in a state where the desired facility name 106 is selected on the display screen 9. (Step S8)
By selecting the confirmation button 108, in step 8, the destination in the travel route providing function of the navigation device 2 is automatically set to the facility position confirmed here. At this time, a general confirmation process using a confirmation button may be performed so as to confirm once that the destination is set to the facility operated by the confirmation button.
Next, when the confirmation button 108 is selected, the process proceeds from step 8 to step S9, and a facility confirmation signal transmission process is performed. Next, in step S10, the information center 4 receives the facility confirmation signal and then proceeds to step S11. In step S11, from the guidance information on the offer S existing in the determined facility A, and the above-mentioned questionnaire creation request sentence data and the questionnaire format data for requesting the crew member to create a questionnaire for each offer S. All of the questionnaire creation request information is collectively read from the guidance information database 9d and the questionnaire creation request database 9b, respectively. After that, the guidance information and the questionnaire creation request information are transmitted as batches to the mail address of the portable terminal device 3 registered in step S3 as detailed facility information. At this time, it is also transmitted to the navigation device 2 at the same time. At this time, on the mobile terminal device 3 side and the navigation device 2 side, a general use of a confirmation button is used to confirm whether or not detailed facility information may be transmitted to the mobile terminal device 3. After performing the confirmation process, it may be transmitted to the mobile terminal device 3 only when “may be transmitted” is selected.

  In addition, the details of the detailed facility information transmitted at this time will be described with reference to FIG. 10. The detailed facility information transmitted in a lump has various information set in a plurality of blocks. Provided item summary information is set in the first block, guidance information for the provided item S1 is set in the next block, and questionnaire creation request information for the provided item S1 is set in the next block. ing. Next, from the provision S2 to the provision SN (N = 1, 2,...), Each provision S and the corresponding questionnaire creation request information are set to be a pair.

Next, it progresses to step S12 and the portable terminal device 3 once records the detailed facility information transmitted in a lump in RAM (rewritable memory) which is not illustrated in the controller 3a.
In the portable terminal device 3, the detailed facility information once recorded in this way can be displayed on the display 3e in a display form as shown in FIG.
Specifically, when an occupant performs an operation to display the recorded detailed facility information by the input operation device 3d of the mobile terminal device 3, first, a top page image as shown in FIG. Is done. In this image, information 201 indicating that there is a price for responding to the questionnaire is displayed, and it is possible to prompt the passenger to answer the questionnaire. Next, when the occupant performs an operation to display the next screen, an offer summary information image 202 as shown in FIG. 11B is displayed. For example, it is possible to know the arrangement of each offering S in the facility A.

Further, when the occupant performs an operation to display the next screen, an image 203 of guidance information regarding the roller coaster as the provision S as shown in FIG. Below, an image 204 of questionnaire creation request information including a questionnaire creation request sentence 204a for the roller coaster and a questionnaire format 204b is displayed. When the occupant further performs an operation to display the next screen, an image 203 of guidance information related to the plaza event is displayed as the offer S as shown in FIG. 11D, and at the same time, a questionnaire creation request for the plaza event is displayed. An information image 204 is displayed.
In the transition process from the display of FIG. 11C to the display of FIG. 11D, the display of FIG. 11C is displayed on the display 3e unless the occupant performs an operation for displaying the next screen. An image transition restriction function for restricting the transition so as not to proceed to the display of FIG.
Similarly, the display of the other deliverables S is also set so that the guide information and the questionnaire creation request information are displayed at the same time, and the same image transition restriction is also applied to the display of the other deliverables S. The function is set.

The operation of the occupant based on the function of step S12 will be described. First, the occupant already sets a facility A as a destination by using the travel route providing function by the navigation device 2 of the vehicle. In the case of traveling toward the facility A, an occupant other than the driver, for example, operates the portable terminal device 3 possessed by the occupant and receives the facility A received immediately after the facility confirmation operation. Outline information and guidance information can be displayed on the display 3e. Thereby, before arriving at the facility A, the occupant can obtain various information regarding the facility A and the provision S.
Therefore, after arriving at the facility A, the occupant again performs an operation of connecting the mobile terminal device 3 and the information center 4 so that communication is possible, and the facility information is not obtained from the beginning. It is possible to obtain information efficiently while omitting.

Further, after the vehicle 1 arrives at the facility A using the travel route providing function of the vehicle navigation device 2, the occupant enters the facility A with the mobile terminal device 3. Thereafter, when the occupant approaches the predetermined offer S in the facility A and operates the mobile terminal device 3 to obtain the guidance information of the offer S recorded in the mobile terminal device 3, the mobile terminal device 3 On the display 3e, the image 204 of the questionnaire creation request information is displayed at the same time as the image 203 of the guidance information.
In this case, since the portable terminal device 3 is provided with the above-described image migration restriction function, the guide information image 203 and the questionnaire creation request information image 204 are provided by the occupant, for example. After receiving the service provided by the object S, the occupant continues to be displayed on the display 3e of the portable terminal device 3 unless an operation for displaying the next screen is performed. Therefore, immediately after receiving the service by the predetermined offer S, when the occupant looks at the display 3e of the portable terminal device 3 in order to obtain the guidance information of the next desired offer S, the occupant provides the service. You will see the questionnaire creation request information for the offer S you received. Therefore, it is possible to prompt the passenger to create a questionnaire, thereby improving the questionnaire collection rate.

Note that the answer to the questionnaire at this time is that an occupant who received the service of the offer S for each item such as “fun”, “thrill”, and “fun” in the questionnaire format image 204b shown in FIG. The evaluation is performed in five stages, and the stage number is input to the portable terminal device 3 (the larger the stage number, the greater the degree of each item). As a result of such an evaluation input operation, questionnaire response data is created, and this questionnaire response data is transmitted to the information center 4 as will be described later. (Step S14)
In addition, the above-described image transfer restriction function temporarily stops the display of the display 3e when the operation of the mobile terminal device 3 is not performed for a predetermined time, and waits for the display of the image displayed so far. In the standby state, after that, when the occupant performs any operation such as pressing any button of the input operation device 3d, the standby state image displayed immediately before the display is temporarily stopped is displayed. A so-called power saving mode function may be provided.
Further, such guidance information and questionnaire creation request information can be displayed any number of times by performing an operation for displaying guidance information of the provision S desired by the occupant.

After step S11, the process proceeds to step S12 as described above, and at the same time, the process also proceeds to step S13. In step S13, the navigation apparatus 2 transmits detailed facility information that is collectively transmitted to a RAM (not shown) in the controller 2a. Once recorded in the rewritable memory), the recorded detailed facility information is displayed on the display 2e in a display form as shown in FIG.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, detailed facility information 114 is displayed in a column for displaying detailed facility information below the map image 103. The detailed facility information display form is the same as the detailed facility information display form displayed on the display 3e of the portable terminal device 3 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, a fixed facility name 115 is displayed in the right column of the map image 103, and a facility cancel button 116 for canceling the determined facility is set.
As described above, after the predetermined facility is determined, the detailed information on the facility can be displayed on the navigation device 2 so that the occupant can also operate the top page image of the facility A by operating the navigation device 2. Provision outline information and guide information can be obtained. Therefore, by the time the passenger arrives at the facility A, the occupant can obtain a variety of information regarding the facility A and the deliverable S, and can efficiently obtain the information while omitting troublesome operations as in step S12. It becomes.

In step S12, when the occupant answers the questionnaire with reference to the questionnaire format image 204b of the questionnaire creation request information as described above and automatically creates questionnaire response data, the process proceeds to step S14.
Note that FIG. 5D from steps S14 to S20 discloses the processing of questionnaire response data. In step S14, the questionnaire response data is transmitted to the information center 4. Then, in step S15, the information center 4 receives the questionnaire response data, and then proceeds to step S16. Individual questionnaire response data received from the terminal device 3 is recorded and registered in the questionnaire response information storage database 9e.

Thereafter, in step S <b> 17, the server 7 performs a value giving process for giving a value to the occupant carrying the mobile terminal device 3 that has transmitted the questionnaire response data.
Specifically, for example, within a predetermined period such as 1 hour or 2 hours, information such as the number of times the occupant answered the questionnaire and the content of the response (corresponding to the compensation related information described in the claims), Recorded in the consideration information database 11 and periodically set discount information on the offer of facility A according to the number of questionnaire responses and the accuracy of the response content (for example, the amount of missed responses to some items, etc.) And this is transmitted to the portable terminal device 3 which a passenger | crew has. Discount information refers to information such as freeing predetermined foods and drinks sold in the facility A or discounting 20% when shopping at a souvenir shop in the facility A. The discount period is one month. Etc. with a limited time.
When the occupant purchases food and drinks and souvenirs in the facility A within the specified discount period, the occupant displays the discount information transmitted to the mobile terminal device 3 on the display 3e of the mobile terminal device 3 and presents it to the store clerk. It is possible to receive this consideration.
Such consideration is not limited to discount information. For example, in a cash back point system operated by a credit company to which an occupant is a member, even if a cash back point is added to the occupant. Good.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S18, and the questionnaire response data recorded / registered in step S16 is transmitted to the facility station 5 in response to a request from the facility station 5 or periodically. In step S20, after the questionnaire response data is received, the process proceeds to step S20 and the questionnaire response data is totaled. Specifically, such a tabulation process is performed by averaging the five-step evaluation of each item such as “interesting” and “thrill” for each offer S from a lot of questionnaire response data. Is called. As a result, an averaged evaluation result for each item of each offer S can be obtained, so that the facility station 5 creates a database, so that the facility station 5 can obtain, for example, ranking information 112 in FIG. It is possible to extract a high-evaluation offering S for a predetermined item, or extract a high-evaluation item for a predetermined offering.

Next, the facility information update / registration process will be described with reference to FIG. 5E. After step S20, the facility information is updated in step S21. This is to process the information stored in the database as described above to create questionnaire information such as ranking information, and update the facility outline information and the guidance information of each offer S to the latest information as facility information. That is done.
Since the facility information is updated at the facility station 5 as shown in step S21, the facility information can be continuously updated to new information, and the facility operator of each facility A can include the questionnaire information. Since information can be created, each facility information does not have uniform contents, and appeal to other facilities A can be improved.
Thereafter, in step S22, the updated facility information is transmitted to the information center 4. The information center 4 receives the facility information in step S23, and then in step S24, the facility information database 9a, guidance information database in the information center 4. 9d, a process of rewriting the questionnaire information database 9c with the updated facility information is performed, and the series of processes from step S4 is completed.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the facility candidate information is received from the navigation device 2 as shown in steps S4 and S5, the processing from step S4 to step S17 is executed, and from step S17 to step S24 periodically. Is being processed.

(Operations and effects in the first embodiment)
With the above configuration, in the first embodiment, when the occupant determines a desired facility A from a plurality of facility information in the facility, immediately after that, the destination in the travel route providing function of the navigation device 2 is desired. Set to facility A. Further, at the same time, detailed facility information of the facility A can be automatically received by the registered mobile terminal device 3 among the plurality of mobile terminal devices including the mobile terminal device possessed by the passenger. Thereby, the detailed facility information receiving process of the facility A and the destination setting process of the navigation device 2 can be performed by, for example, approximately one simple operation, and the operability can be improved.
Further, by such an operation by the navigation device 2, the occupant can obtain various information related to the facility A and the offer S from the occupant's mobile terminal device 3 before arriving at the facility A. Therefore, after arriving at the facility A, the occupant can again perform an operation of connecting the mobile terminal device 3 and the information center 4 so as to be able to communicate with each other, so that troublesome operations such as obtaining facility information from the beginning can be omitted. Information can be obtained.

Further, after the vehicle 1 arrives at the facility A using the travel route providing function of the vehicle navigation device 2, the occupant carries the portable terminal device 3 and enters the facility A. However, by operating the mobile terminal device 3 in the facility A, it is possible to obtain the guidance information of the provision S recorded in the mobile terminal device 3. Thereby, since the guidance information can be obtained immediately before receiving the service of the offer S, the occupant again selects the desired offer S in the facility A, determines the order of experiencing the offer S, etc. , Can be migrated efficiently.
In this case, on the display 3 e of the mobile terminal device 3, the questionnaire creation request information image 204 is displayed simultaneously with the guidance information image 203.
Therefore, since the passenger can recognize the guidance information and the questionnaire creation request information at the same time, it is possible to promote the questionnaire response to the passenger and to improve the questionnaire collection rate.
In this case, since the portable terminal device 3 is provided with an image transition restriction function, the portable terminal device 3 obtains the guidance information of the next offer after the occupant receives the service by the predetermined offer. When the device 3 is operated, since the questionnaire creation request information about the predetermined offer is seen, it is possible to prompt the occupant to create the questionnaire more reliably and to further improve the questionnaire collection rate. .

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described.
In the second embodiment, in step S11 of the first embodiment, detailed facility information is collectively transmitted to the mobile terminal device 3 and the navigation device 2, whereas such detailed facility information is classified. Then, it is configured to transmit to the mobile terminal device 3 as appropriate.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the detailed facility information includes top page image information and provision outline information recorded in one block M1 (see FIG. 13A), and the provision S1. Two blocks M2 (see FIG. 13 (b)) in which a block for recording guidance information and a block for recording questionnaire creation request information for the provision S1 are combined, and a block for recording guidance information for the provision S1 and the provision S1. Similarly, two blocks M3 in which the blocks for recording the questionnaire creation request information are combined (see FIG. 13 (b)), the block for recording the guidance information of the provision SN and the questionnaire creation request information for the provision SN are provided. The block is composed of two blocks M4 (see FIG. 13D) in which the blocks to be recorded are combined. These blocks M1,..., M4 can be transmitted separately.

In step S11 of FIG. 5, information in these blocks M1,..., M4 is appropriately transmitted, and in step S12, the transmitted information is received and displayed.
Next, the operation will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 14. For example, before the occupant arrives at the facility A or after arrival, the mobile terminal device 3 is operated before the service S to be serviced is specified. First, the information center 4 is connected, and the images 201 and 202 of the provided outline information are obtained from the information center 4 (see FIGS. 14A and 14B).
When an occupant wants to obtain information on an offer S of interest, for example, a roller coaster, from the overall map of the facility A, for example, the outline information of the offer, the passenger selects the offer S, thereby Then, the image 203 of the guidance information of the provided item S and the image 204 of the questionnaire creation request information are obtained from the information center 4 (see FIG. 14C). At this time, the latest information such as waiting time concerning the roller coaster can also be displayed. Thereafter, after boarding the roller coaster, the questionnaire is answered by the questionnaire format data image 204b of the questionnaire creation request information, and the questionnaire response data is transmitted to the information center 4. (See step S14)
In addition, after answering the questionnaire, when you want to obtain information on D Square, for example, that is different from the roller coaster, perform the same operation, and in the same way, the guidance information of the offer S and the questionnaire creation request information Is obtained (see FIG. 14D). At this time, it is also possible to display the latest information image 203 of D Square (that is, information on the photo session with the character, etc.) that has suddenly been decided, so that after viewing the parade of the square and taking a commemorative photo It is also possible to answer the questionnaire and send it to the information center 4.

  Such a configuration has the same effect as that of the first embodiment, and the mobile terminal device 3 does not need to temporarily record all of the detailed facility information in the memory in the mobile terminal device 3. The load on the memory of the mobile terminal device 3 can be reduced. In addition, since the latest guide information can always be obtained, it is possible to display the waiting time until the service of the offer S is received and the latest information that has been determined suddenly, thereby further improving serviceability.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment according to the present invention will be described.
In the second embodiment, in step S <b> 11, the provision outline information, the guidance information regarding each offer S, and the questionnaire creation request information are transmitted to the portable terminal device 3 by the operation of the portable terminal device 3 by the occupant. In the third embodiment, these transmission processes are performed in conjunction with the position detection function of the mobile terminal device 3 using the GPS 3c.
Specifically, detailed facility information is set as shown in FIG. 13 as in the second embodiment.

In step S11 of FIG. 5, information in these blocks M1,..., M4 is appropriately transmitted, and in step S12, the transmitted information is received and displayed.
Next, the operation will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 15. As in the second embodiment, for example, the provision S to be serviced is specified before or after the occupant arrives at the facility A. Before, the occupant can connect to the information center 4 by operating the mobile terminal device 3 and obtain the provision outline information from the information center 4 (see FIGS. 15A and 15B).
Separately from this, when the occupant arrives at the facility A, the function of the GPS 3c of the mobile terminal device 3 determines the arrival at the facility, and transmits a signal informing the information center 4 to inform the information center 4 Then, based on this signal, the provision outline information is automatically transmitted to the mobile terminal device 3 and the image 201 is displayed. In the mobile terminal device 3, the provision outline information is received, and at the same time, the occupant is notified of the acquisition of the provision outline information with a ringtone or the like.

Next, when the occupant wants to obtain, for example, information about the D square of the provision outline information, the D square that is the provision S is selected and operated by the same processing as in the first embodiment. Thereby, it is possible to obtain the guidance information image 203 and questionnaire creation request information image 204 of the D square from the information center 4 (see FIG. 15C).
On the other hand, in the third embodiment, an occupant can obtain the guide information image 203 of D Square without performing such an operation. Specifically, the occupant moves within the facility A. Then, when approaching D Square, the GPS 3c function of the mobile terminal device 3 determines the approach to D Square (for example, the unit of the position of the passenger and the position of D Square within a radius of 50 m of D Square) When it is determined that the difference per time is small), a signal informing the information center 4 is transmitted. Based on this signal, the information center 4 automatically transmits D Square guidance information and questionnaire creation request information to the mobile terminal device 3. To inform the crew.
Then, after appreciating the parade in D Square, the questionnaire is answered by the questionnaire format data of the questionnaire creation request information, and the questionnaire response data is transmitted to the information center 4.

  With such a configuration, the same effects as in the second embodiment are obtained, and guidance information and questionnaire creation request information are obtained by detecting the position of the occupant by the GPS 3c, so that the occupant receives the information. This eliminates the need for the operation and improves convenience.

(Modifications in the first to third embodiments)
Hereinafter, modifications of the first to third embodiments will be described.
In the above-described embodiment, detailed facility information is directly transmitted from the information center 4 to the mobile terminal device 3 in step S11 of FIG. The information may be once transmitted to the navigation device 2 and recorded in the navigation device 2, and then transmitted from the navigation device 2 to the occupant's mobile terminal device 2 by the operation of the occupant by the mobile terminal device 3 or the function of the GPS 3c. . In this case, since it is only necessary to store the address of the mobile terminal device 3 in the navigation device, the address transmission process of the mobile terminal device 3 to the information center 4 can be omitted.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, in steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 5, the address of the mobile terminal device 3 is transmitted in advance to the information center 4 by the navigation device 2, and the information center 4 based on this address, Although various information is transmitted to the portable terminal device 3, it may replace with the acquisition method of various information by the registration process of such address information as follows. That is, when obtaining information on a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that records various information of the server of the information center 4 in a displayable manner, an occupant who is communicably connected to the server 7 by the portable terminal device 3 or the like has a predetermined password If the key code is not received, information is distributed from this URL so that it cannot be displayed. Such a key code is received by transmitting a key code from the information center 4 to a terminal device operated by the occupant when the occupant requests the information center 4 to distribute various information in step S5 or step S9. By this, when a crew member obtains facility information and detailed facility information, the key code is inputted to a URL where various information is recorded, and the information is provided. Is possible.

In the first to third embodiments, various information is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 3 in which the address is registered in steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 5, but the address registration process is performed in steps S1 to S3. Instead of performing in step S9, it may be performed at the same time when the facility confirmation signal is transmitted in step S9.
In the first to third embodiments and the above-described modifications, detailed facility information is received from the information center 4 based on the facility confirmation signal transmitted from the navigation device 2 to the information center 4 in step S9 in FIG. However, instead of this, based on the transmission process of the facility candidate from the navigation device 2 to the information center 4 in step S4, the facility information of the candidate facility A is sent from the information center 4 in step S6. In addition, more detailed facility information may be transmitted. In this case, the detailed facility information received by the navigation device 2 in step S7 is sent to the portable terminal device 3 of the occupant registered in advance in the navigation device 2 at the same time that the facility confirmation operation is performed in step S8. Then, the detailed facility information is transmitted, and in step 12, the portable terminal device 3 receives it. In this case, steps S9, S10, S11, and S13 in FIG. 5 are omitted.
With such a configuration, in addition to the effects of each embodiment, there is an effect that the exchange of information between the information center 4 and the navigation 2 can be suppressed and the entire system can be made compact.
In the first to third embodiments and the above-described modified examples, the questionnaire creation request information is transmitted from the information center 4, but instead of this, the navigation device 2 stores each facility A and each in advance. The questionnaire creation request information that is common to the provision S is recorded, and the information is transmitted from the navigation device 2 in conjunction with the transmission of the guide information from the information center 4 or the navigation device 2 to the portable terminal device 3. You may transmit to the terminal device 3.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a facility information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The control block diagram of the navigation apparatus 2. FIG. FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the mobile terminal device 3. Explanatory drawing which shows the transmission / reception form of the information of a facility information provision system. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement flow which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which illustrates the registration operation screen of the mail address displayed on the navigation apparatus. The figure which illustrates the destination setting operation screen displayed on the navigation apparatus. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the facility information displayed on the navigation apparatus 2. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the questionnaire information displayed on the navigation apparatus. The figure which shows the form of detailed facility information. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the detailed facility information displayed on the portable terminal device. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the detailed facility information displayed on the navigation apparatus. The figure which shows the form of detailed facility information. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the detailed facility information displayed on the portable terminal device. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the detailed facility information displayed on the portable terminal device.

Explanation of symbols

1: Vehicle 2: Navigation device 3: Mobile terminal device 4: Information center 5: Facility station 6: Internet (network)
7: Server 9: Facility information providing database (facility information recording means)
11: Consideration information database (consideration information recording device)
Facility: A
Offering: S

Claims (11)

A navigation device mounted on a vehicle and having a travel route providing function for providing a travel route to a set destination for an occupant boarding the vehicle;
In a facility information providing system including the navigation device and an information center capable of transmitting and receiving,
The navigation device is
A predetermined facility determined by a passenger can be set as a destination in the travel route providing function of the navigation device from a plurality of facilities in which a plurality of deliverables are arranged on the site, and indicates the determined facility Comprising a destination setting means for transmitting a facility confirmation signal to the information center,
The information center
Facility information storage means for storing the facility information including guidance information regarding the respective deliverables in the facilities;
After receiving the facility confirmation signal from the navigation device, it is possible to extract the guidance information of each offer of the confirmed facility from the facility information storage means, and to provide this guidance information to the registered mobile terminal device A facility information provision system comprising: a provision information transmission means for transmitting.   The facility information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the provided information transmitting unit directly transmits guide information to the mobile terminal device that has been set and registered in advance.   The facility information according to claim 1, wherein the provision information transmitting means transmits the guide information to the portable terminal device set and registered in advance indirectly via the navigation device. Offer system.   The facility information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the provided information transmitting means transmits the guide information so as to be provided to a plurality of portable terminal devices.   The facility information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the facility information storage means records facility information transmitted from a facility station that manages the facility.   The provided information transmitting means is individually set for each mobile terminal device, and after the code transmitted to each mobile terminal device is transmitted from the mobile terminal device to the information center, the facility information The facility information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the facility information recorded in the recording means is transmitted so as to be displayed on a display screen of the mobile terminal device.   The facility information providing system according to claim 1, wherein, after receiving the facility confirmation signal, the provision information transmitting means collectively transmits guidance information of each offer in the confirmed facility.   After the facility confirmation signal is received, the offer information transmission means is configured to request the mobile terminal device to receive the requested guide information after the mobile terminal device performs a guide information transmission request operation on the predetermined offer. The facility information providing system according to claim 1, wherein:   The provided information transmitting means, after receiving the facility confirmation signal, from the portable terminal device provided with position detecting means for detecting the position of the portable terminal device, the portable terminal device approaches a predetermined provided item. The facility information providing system according to claim 1, wherein guidance information is transmitted to the portable terminal device when a state is detected. Position setting means for setting a destination located on the map by the operation of the occupant;
A travel route providing means for providing a travel route to the destination set by the position setting means for a passenger who has boarded the vehicle;
In a vehicle-mounted navigation device comprising facility information receiving means for receiving facility information from a facility information providing device, which is a destination of a vehicle, and receives facility information about a plurality of facilities provided with a plurality of deliverables in the site,
The facility information includes guidance information related to each of the deliverables, and in addition to the operation of setting a desired facility from the plurality of facilities as a destination by the position setting means, a predetermined deliverable in the facility A navigation apparatus comprising provision information transmission means for transmitting guidance information related to information to a registered mobile terminal apparatus. In a facility information providing apparatus configured to be able to transmit and receive with navigation having a travel route providing function that is mounted on a vehicle and provides a travel route to a set destination for an occupant boarding the vehicle,
Facility information storage means for storing facility information including guidance information of each offer in each facility, regarding a plurality of facilities in which a plurality of offers are arranged in the site;
Each facility provided from the facility information storage means after receiving a facility confirmation signal indicating the facility confirmed by the passenger from the navigation device in accordance with the destination setting in the travel route providing function of the navigation device A facility information providing apparatus comprising: provided information transmitting means for extracting information on an object and transmitting the guidance information to a registered mobile terminal device so as to be provided.

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