JP2006194769A - Human position detection device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a person position detection device capable of specifying the position of a person aboard a vehicle such as a train and bus even when the vehicle moves inside of a tunnel or in a place to which electric wave does not reach. <P>SOLUTION: The person position detection device 10 comprises a vehicle specifying section 13 that is attached to the vehicle 11 and has vehicle specifying information for specifying the vehicle 11, and a portable terminal 15 on a user side having an information taking section 20 for taking the vehicle specifying information of the vehicle specifying section 13 and a transmitting section 22 for transmitting the vehicle specifying information. The user having the portable terminal, when getting on the vehicle, takes the vehicle specifying information with the portable terminal. A location of an elderly person or the like traveling using the vehicle can be grasped accurately. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a human position detection device, and more particularly to a human position detection device suitable for reliably detecting the position of a person when riding a vehicle such as a train or a bus.

Conventionally, as a device for obtaining position information, a current position of an automobile or the like is specified using radio waves from an artificial satellite by GPS (Global Positioning System), and displayed on a display superimposed on map information. Navigation devices are known. There is also known a moving body tracking system that specifies the position of the vehicle by a GPS device mounted on the vehicle and tracks the vehicle based on the specified position information of the vehicle (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a device that detects the position of a person by carrying a GPS device and a wireless communication device. In addition, a position detection device using a wireless LAN based on the radio field intensity of a wireless signal from a moving body provided with a device that emits a wireless signal by arranging wireless communication antennas is also considered (for example, Patent Document 3). reference).
JP 2000-268288 A JP-A-9-281212 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-154848

  A conventional apparatus for detecting the position of a person uses a GPS or a wireless LAN. However, for example, in a conventional position detection device using the GPS method, when detecting the position of a person who gets on a vehicle such as a train or a bus, when the vehicle enters a tunnel or in the shadow of an obstacle that shields radio waves. When it enters, there is a problem that the radio wave from the GPS artificial satellite does not reach and the position cannot be specified. In addition, in the conventional position detection device using the wireless LAN method, the position cannot be specified when those vehicles have entered a tunnel, or are located where radio waves do not reach multiple antennas. There is a problem that the position cannot be specified.

  The object of the present invention is to easily and surely identify the position of a person who gets on a vehicle even when a vehicle such as a train or a bus is moving in a tunnel or a place where radio waves do not reach in view of the above problems. It is another object of the present invention to provide a position detection device for a person that can be used to realize various services by using position information of the specified person.

  In order to achieve the above object, a human position detection apparatus according to the present invention is configured as follows.

  A first person position detecting device (corresponding to claim 1) is added to a vehicle and includes a vehicle specifying unit having vehicle specifying information for specifying the vehicle, and an information capturing unit for capturing the vehicle specifying information of the vehicle specifying unit. It consists of a mobile terminal (such as a mobile phone or a dedicated mobile terminal) on the user side that has a transmitter that transmits vehicle specific information, and when the user who has the mobile terminal gets on the vehicle, It is comprised so that vehicle specific information may be taken in with a portable terminal. The vehicle specific information is taken in by the user's own action.

  According to the above-described configuration of the human position detection device, when a user gets on a vehicle such as a train or a bus, the user always enters the vehicle on the assumption that the user is present in the vehicle. The relationship between the position of the user and the position of the vehicle is formed by the user's own actions, and then the position information of the vehicle is obtained by other information sources related to the vehicle and used by mediating the position of the vehicle. So that the position information of the person can be easily and accurately known. Further, this makes it possible to accurately detect and track the position of the user even if the user gets on the vehicle and moves and changes its position, so that the position of the user can be accurately known. When the user subsequently gets off the vehicle, the association between the user and the vehicle is released, and thereafter, the position of the user itself is detected as in the conventional case. Release of the association between the user and the vehicle is performed by the user's own release operation or automatically.

  In the above configuration, the second person position detection device (corresponding to claim 2) is preferably characterized by including a service provider side server and a vehicle operation management company side server. The service provider-side server includes a receiving unit that receives the vehicle specifying information transmitted by the mobile terminal, an inquiry unit that inquires the location of the vehicle to the operator side that manages the operation of the vehicle based on the received vehicle specifying information, Is provided. The server on the service provider side provides necessary services to the user or related parties based on the location information about the user. Further, the vehicle operation management company side server is based on an inquiry information receiving unit that receives inquiry information from the service provider side server, a database that stores vehicle position information, and vehicle identification information received by the inquiry information receiving unit. A position information search unit that searches for the position information of the vehicle from the database, and a position information transmission unit that transmits the searched position information to the server on the service provider side. Based on the service provider side server and the vehicle operation management company side server, it becomes possible to acquire the position information of the vehicle.

  In the above configuration, the third person position detection device (corresponding to claim 3) is preferably characterized in that the vehicle specifying unit is an IC tag. In this configuration, various types of information for specifying the vehicle are stored in the storage unit of the IC tag, and the vehicle to be boarded is specified by the vehicle specifying information transmitted from the IC tag.

  In the above configuration, the fourth person position detection device (corresponding to claim 4) is preferably characterized in that the vehicle specifying unit is an optical bar code. In this configuration, information for identifying the vehicle is given by an optical barcode. The optical bar code is attached to the wall surface near the entrance of the vehicle. The information capturing unit of the mobile terminal owned by the user is formed as an optical bar code reading unit in order to capture the vehicle specifying information given in the form of an optical bar code.

  In the above configuration, the fifth person position detection device (corresponding to claim 5) is preferably characterized in that the vehicle specifying unit is a vehicle specifying information display object for displaying the vehicle specifying information. Examples of the vehicle specific information display object include, for example, in-vehicle notation of a vehicle type number and a registration number, a train number, a train name, a flight name, a car number, a serial number seat number, and the like.

  A sixth person position detecting device (corresponding to claim 6) includes a vehicle position specifying unit that specifies a vehicle position of the vehicle, and a transmission unit that transmits information on the vehicle position to the inside of the vehicle. A mobile terminal on the user side, comprising: a vehicle position specifying transmission unit; a receiving unit that receives vehicle position information transmitted from the vehicle position specifying transmission unit; and a vehicle position information transmission unit that transmits received vehicle position information; The vehicle position information is captured in the vehicle by a portable terminal possessed by the user.

  According to the above-described configuration of the human position detection device, when a user gets on a vehicle such as a train or a bus, the user is present in the vehicle on the assumption that the user is always present in the vehicle. The position of the vehicle and the position of the vehicle are automatically formed by wireless communication, and then the position information of the vehicle is obtained by other information sources related to the vehicle, and the position of the user is mediated by the position of the vehicle. Know information easily and accurately. When the user subsequently gets off the vehicle, the association between the user and the vehicle is released, and thereafter the position of the user is detected as in the conventional case. Release of the association between the user and the vehicle is performed by the user's own release operation or automatically.

  The seventh person position detection device (corresponding to claim 7) preferably has a service provider side server in the above configuration. The service-side provider server includes a vehicle position information receiving unit that receives vehicle position information transmitted by the mobile terminal, and provides necessary services to the user or related parties based on the position information about the user. .

  According to the present invention, when a user gets on a vehicle, the user's position is associated with the position of the vehicle, and the vehicle position information stored in the vehicle operation management company server as information necessary for operation is stored there. It can be used as location information of users (passengers etc.) who are on board. In addition, the vehicle position information specified by the vehicle position specifying unit attached to the vehicle is received by wireless communication via a mobile terminal owned by the user, so that the user gets on the vehicle position information. It is possible to obtain the location information of the user. Thereby, even when a vehicle such as a train or a bus is moving in a tunnel or a place where radio waves do not reach, the position of a person who gets on the vehicle can be accurately and easily specified. Based on the position information, various appropriate services can be provided to the user or related parties. For example, if the user is an elderly person and the family needs to know the position of the person accurately, the person can be accurately moved when the user moves on a bus or train. It is possible to provide a service for informing the location of the location.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments (examples) of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  A human position detection apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the human position detection device 10 includes a vehicle identification unit 13 added near the entrance 12 of a vehicle 11 and a user (person, passenger, or similar animal) riding on the vehicle 11. ) 14 includes a mobile terminal 15, a service provider side server 16, and a vehicle operation management company side server 17. The portable terminal 15 and the service provider side server 16 communicate via a communication network 18, and the service provider side server 16 and the vehicle operation management provider side server 17 communicate via a communication network 19.

  In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the communication networks are shown as 18 and 19 separately, but may be a common communication network. The communication networks 18 and 19 are typically constituted by the Internet. Further, since communication from the mobile terminal 15 is performed using radio, a mobile terminal wireless communication network is usually interposed between the mobile terminal 15 and the communication network 18.

  The vehicle specifying unit 13 added to the vehicle 11 has vehicle specifying information such as an ID for specifying the vehicle 11. The vehicle specifying unit 13 is realized in various forms. Examples of the vehicle specifying unit 13 include, for example, an IC tag having a function of storing ID and a function of transmitting stored ID information wirelessly, or an optical bar code recording ID information. Furthermore, examples of the vehicle identification unit 13 include vehicle type number / registration number, or a vehicle identification information display item such as a train number, a train name, a flight name, or a car number (serial number seat number).

  The mobile terminal 15 is carried and possessed by the user 14. As shown in FIG. 2, the portable terminal 15 includes, as function units, an information capturing unit 20 that captures vehicle specifying information of the vehicle specifying unit 13, a storage unit 21 that stores the captured information, and vehicle specifying information that is captured and stored. And a transmission unit 22 for transmitting. The portable terminal 15 further includes a capture button 23, a capture input key group 24, and a transmission button 25. The portable terminal 15 includes a control unit 26 that controls the information capturing unit 20, the storage unit 21, and the transmission unit 22.

  The mobile terminal 15 is usually a mobile phone. The above-described configuration is realized by each functional part included in the mobile phone. The portable terminal 15 can be made as a dedicated portable terminal.

  The service provider-side server 16 is a server operated by a service provider that provides necessary services to the user 14 or related parties based on position information regarding the user 14. As shown in FIG. 2, the service provider side server 16 includes a receiving unit 27, an inquiry unit 28, a storage unit 29, a control unit 30, and a position display unit 40 as functional units. The inquiry unit 29 is realized by an inquiry program stored in the storage unit 29. In the illustrated example, a block element is shown as one functional unit for convenience of explanation. The receiving unit 27 is a device that receives the vehicle specifying information transmitted by the mobile terminal 15. The memory | storage part 29 is an apparatus which memorize | stores the received vehicle specific information. The inquiry unit 28 is a device that makes an inquiry to the vehicle operation management company side server 17 that manages the operation of the vehicle based on the vehicle specifying information received and stored. The position display unit 40 is a device that displays the position information of the user 14. Each operation of the reception unit 27, the inquiry unit 28, the storage unit 29, and the position display unit 40 is controlled based on the control unit 30.

  The vehicle operation management company side server 17 is a server operated by a company that manages the operation of the vehicle. The vehicle operation management company side server 17 includes an inquiry information receiving unit 31, a database 32, a position information searching unit 33, and a position information transmitting unit 34. The inquiry information receiving unit 31 is an apparatus that receives inquiry information transmitted from the service provider side server 16. The database 32 is a device that stores position information of the vehicle 11. In order to manage the operation of the vehicle, the vehicle operation management company originally has a database 32 so that the location data at each date and time is stored for all vehicles and can be taken out freely. The position information search unit 33 searches the database 32 for the position information of the vehicle 11 based on the vehicle specifying information received by the inquiry information receiving unit 31. The location information transmission unit 34 is a device that transmits the location information extracted by the search to the service provider side server 16. The operations of the inquiry information receiving unit 31, the database 32, the position information searching unit 33, and the position information transmitting unit 34 are controlled by the control unit 35.

  If the vehicle operation management company side server 17 does not have a system for continuous location management, the current location is determined from the point passing situation (for example, “○○ station 3 minutes extended”) and time / diagram. Is configured to estimate

  Next, the operation of the human position detection apparatus 10 having the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing operations executed by the mobile terminal 15, the service provider side server 16, and the vehicle operation management provider side server 17.

  First, when the user 14 gets on the vehicle 11, for example, an IC tag or an optical bar code attached to the vehicle 11 at the entrance is specified. The vehicle capturing information (hereinafter referred to as “ID information” as an example) stored / recorded / displayed in the unit 13 (hereinafter referred to as “memory etc.”) is pressed by the information capturing unit 20 by pressing the capturing button 23 of the portable terminal 15. It takes in based on its own action (step S11). The portable terminal 15 stores the captured ID information in the storage unit 21 (step S12). The stored ID information is transmitted to the service provider side server 16 by the transmission unit 22 when the user 14 presses the transmission button 25 of the portable terminal 15 (step S13). In step S11, when the vehicle specifying unit 14 is a vehicle specifying information sign, the vehicle specifying information (ID information) is input from the capturing key group 24.

  The service provider-side server 16 that has received the ID information by the receiving unit 27 (step S14) inquires the position information of the vehicle that owns the ID information by the inquiry unit 28 (step S15).

  The vehicle operation management company side server 17 receives the inquiry information by the inquiry information receiving unit 31 (step S16), and the vehicle corresponding to the ID information from the database 32 based on the ID information via the position information search unit 33. 11 position information (information on the position of the vehicle 11 corresponding to each time) is searched (step S17). The vehicle operation management company side server 17 transmits the searched position information to the service provider side server 16 by the position information transmission unit 34 (step S18). The service provider side server 16 receives the position information by the inquiry unit 28 (step S19), acquires information regarding the position of the vehicle 11, and further, for example, determines the location of the user 14 in the position display unit 40 of the vehicle 11. Display based on the position information (step S20). Then, the service provider uses the acquired location information to provide various services required by the user 14 or related parties.

  As described above, the vehicle position information stored as information necessary for operation by the vehicle operation management company server can be used as the position information of the user (passenger) 14 riding there. Thereby, even when a vehicle such as a train or a bus is moving in a tunnel or a place where radio waves do not reach, it is possible to specify the position of a person who gets on the vehicle. Then, various appropriate services can be received based on the position information.

  Next, a human position detection apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the human position detecting device 50 includes a vehicle position specifying unit 52 attached to the vehicle 51, a vehicle position transmitting unit 53, and a portable device possessed by a user 54 who gets on the vehicle 51. It comprises a terminal 55 and a service provider side server 56. The portable terminal 55 and the service provider side server 56 are communicated via a communication network 57. The communication network 57 is, for example, the Internet.

  The vehicle position specifying unit 52 added to the vehicle 51 specifies the current position of the vehicle 51 using communication with a GPS device, the above-described vehicle operation management company side server, or the like. The vehicle position transmission unit 53 transmits the specified vehicle position information into the vehicle.

  The portable terminal 55 is carried and carried by the user 54. The portable terminal 55 includes an information capturing unit 58 that captures the vehicle position information transmitted from the vehicle position transmitting unit 53, and a transmission unit 59 that transmits the captured vehicle position specifying information. Each operation of the information capturing unit 58 and the transmission unit 59 is controlled by the control unit 60.

  The service provider-side server 56 is a server owned by a service provider that provides necessary services to users or related parties based on position information about the users 54. The service provider server 56 includes a receiving unit 61 and a position display unit 62. The receiving unit 61 is a device that receives vehicle position information transmitted by the mobile terminal 55. The position display unit 62 is a device that displays the received vehicle position. Each operation of the receiving unit 61 and the position display unit 62 is controlled by the control unit 63.

  Next, the operation of the human position detection apparatus 50 according to the second embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing operations in each of the vehicle position specifying unit 52, the vehicle position transmitting unit 53, the portable terminal 55, and the service provider side server 56.

  In the processing operations of the vehicle position specifying unit 52 and the vehicle position transmitting unit 53 in the human position detecting device 50, first, the vehicle position is specified by the vehicle position specifying unit 52 (step S31). Next, vehicle position information is transmitted into the vehicle by the vehicle position specifying transmission unit 53 (step S32). Then, the process returns and this process is repeated at regular intervals.

  When the user 54 gets on the vehicle 51 and is in the vehicle, the information processing unit 58 carries the position information of the vehicle 51 transmitted from the vehicle position transmitting unit 53 attached to the vehicle 51 by the information capturing unit 58. The data is taken into the terminal 55 (step S33). The portable terminal 55 transmits the captured vehicle position information to the service provider side server 56 via the transmission unit 59 (step S34). Then, each time the position information is transmitted from the vehicle position transmission unit 53 to the inside of the vehicle, the processing operation is executed.

  The service provider side server 56 receives the position information by the receiving unit 61 (step S35), and acquires the position information of the vehicle 51. The service provider server 56 further displays, for example, information related to the position of the vehicle 51 on the position display unit 62 (step S36). In this way, the position of the user 54 is acquired via the position of the vehicle 51. The service provider provides various services required by the user 54 and related parties based on the acquired location information of the user 54.

  As described above, the vehicle position information specified by the vehicle position specifying unit attached to the vehicle is received by the vehicle position information received through the portable terminal that the person owns and carries, so that the user gets on the vehicle position information. It is possible to obtain the position information of the user who is currently on. Thereby, even when a vehicle such as a train or a bus is moving in a tunnel or a place where radio waves do not reach, it is possible to specify the position of a person who gets on the vehicle. Based on the position information, various appropriate services can be provided to the user and related parties.

  Examples of service content provided are as follows. The user is, for example, an elderly person, a disabled person, a lower grade child, or the like, and the related person is, for example, a family such as an elderly person or a manager of a nursing facility such as an elderly person. Even when such an elderly person moves on a vehicle such as a bus or a train, the above-described position detecting device of the person can accurately know the position of the elderly person and the above service provider. Based on the service provided by the side server 16, the family or the like can accurately grasp the location of the elderly or the like.

  As another service content, for example, the user is a normal passenger, and the user himself / herself receives services such as provision of various information based on his / her position information after a certain period of time in movement of the train etc. Is to do so.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, when the user subsequently gets off the vehicle, the association between the user and the vehicle is released, and thereafter, for example, the position of the user itself is detected as in the conventional case. To. Release of the association between the user and the vehicle is performed by the user's own release operation or automatically.

  The present invention is used in a position detection device for detecting the position of a person who has boarded a vehicle such as a train or a bus.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a human position detection device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the person position detection apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the person position detection apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the person position detection apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the person position detection apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the person position detection apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 position detector 11 vehicle 12 entrance 13 vehicle identification unit 14 user 15 mobile terminal 16 service provider side server 17 vehicle operation management company side server 18 communication network 19 communication network 20 information capturing unit 21 storage unit 22 transmission Unit 27 Receiver 28 Query unit 31 Query information receiver 32 Database 33 Location information search unit 34 Location information transmitter

Claims (7)

Vehicle specifying means added to a vehicle and having vehicle specifying information for specifying the vehicle;
Comprising: an information capturing means for capturing the vehicle specifying information of the vehicle specifying means; and a mobile terminal on the user side provided with a transmitting means for transmitting the captured vehicle specifying information.
A human position detecting device, wherein when the user carrying the mobile terminal gets on the vehicle, the user takes in the vehicle specifying information by the mobile terminal. Receiving means for receiving the vehicle identification information transmitted by the portable terminal; and inquiry means for inquiring the location information of the vehicle to a business operator managing the operation of the vehicle based on the received vehicle identification information. A service provider-side server that provides necessary services to the user or related parties based on location information about the user;
Inquiry information receiving means for receiving inquiry information from the server on the service provider side, a database for storing vehicle position information, and the vehicle identification information from the database based on the vehicle specifying information received by the inquiry information receiving means. A vehicle operation management provider side server comprising: location information search means for searching for position information; and position information transmission means for transmitting the searched position information to the service provider side server. Item 1. A human position detecting device according to Item 1.   3. The person position detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle specifying means is an IC tag.   3. The human position detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle specifying means is an optical bar code.   3. The human position detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle specifying means is a vehicle specifying information display object for displaying the vehicle specifying information. Vehicle position specifying transmission means attached to the vehicle, comprising vehicle position specifying means for specifying the vehicle position of the vehicle, and transmission means for transmitting the vehicle position information into the vehicle;
A user-side portable terminal comprising: receiving means for receiving the vehicle position information transmitted from the vehicle position specifying transmitting means; and vehicle position information transmitting means for transmitting the received vehicle position information. Consisting of
A position detection apparatus for a human being characterized in that information on the vehicle position in the vehicle is captured by the mobile terminal possessed by the user. Service provider side that includes vehicle position information receiving means for receiving the vehicle position information transmitted by the portable terminal, and that provides necessary services to the user or related parties based on the position information about the user The human position detecting device according to claim 6, further comprising a server.

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