JP2012090208A - Guide system using human body communication - Google Patents

Abstract

A guide system capable of reliably reproducing guide information related to an exhibit in which a user is interested is provided.
A guide system includes a transmission device including a human body communication transmission unit that transmits a guide information code by human body communication, and a memory that stores a plurality of guide information added with the guide information code. , Reproducing means 102 for reproducing guide information, human body communication receiving means 103 for receiving a guide information code transmitted from the transmitting device 11 by human body communication, and a guide to which the guide information code received by the human body communication receiving means 103 is added. After the information is reproduced by the reproducing means, the electric strength detected by the human body communication receiving means 103 is confirmed while the guide information is reproduced by the reproducing means 102. When the electric strength falls below a predetermined level, the guide information And at least a playback apparatus 10 having a control means 100 for terminating playback of the playback.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for automatically explaining an exhibit or a place displayed in a facility such as a museum or a showroom.

  In facilities where many exhibits are exhibited, such as museums and showrooms, a sensor that detects people in the vicinity of the exhibit and a speaker that sends guide information related to the exhibit are used to send the guide information explained by the exhibit in audio. If a person in the vicinity of the exhibit is detected by the sensor, a guide corresponding to the exhibit in which the sensor is installed is obtained using a speaker corresponding to the sensor that detects the person. There was a flow system.

  However, in the conventional system, a person who came to the vicinity of the exhibit while listening to the guide information related to the exhibit cannot hear the guide information from the beginning until the guide information is finished. Since the guide information is troublesome for those who do not want to hear the guide information related to the exhibit, all users can receive the guide information from the beginning by having a playback device that reproduces the guide information of the exhibit. A system that can be heard has been invented.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a guide is constituted by a plurality of transmission devices that transmit an ID code for identifying an exhibit, and a reproduction device that reproduces guide information corresponding to the ID code received from the transmission device using a speaker or an earphone. An apparatus is disclosed.

  According to the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the user visits the vicinity of the exhibit, the playback device receives the ID code corresponding to the exhibit, so that the guide information related to the exhibit can be heard. However, when the exhibits are close to each other, it is difficult to install the transmission device so that the ID code does not interfere, and the ID code may interfere.

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  Therefore, the present invention is a guide system installed in a facility where a large number of exhibits are exhibited, such as a museum or a showroom, and can reliably reproduce guide information related to exhibits that the user is interested in. It aims to provide a guide system.

  In the guide system of the present invention that solves the above-described problems, the transmission device of the guide system transmits guide information related to the exhibit so that identification information of the guide information related to the exhibit that the user is interested in can be transmitted by human body communication. A human body communication transmitting means for storing a guide information code for identifying the stored information and transmitting the stored guide information code by human body communication.

  In addition, the reproduction device of the guide system that reproduces the guide information transmits the guide information transmitted from the transmission device through the human body communication so that the guide information code related to the exhibit in which the user is interested can be received through the human body communication. A memory having a human body communication receiving means for receiving a code, and storing a plurality of the guide information to which the guide information code is added so as to reproduce the guide information code related to the exhibit that the user is interested in; The reproduction information for reproducing the guide information and the guide information added with the guide information code received by the human body communication reception means are reproduced by the reproduction means, and then the guide information is reproduced by the reproduction means. During this time, the electrical strength detected by the human body communication receiving means is confirmed, and when the electrical strength falls below a predetermined level, the guide information And a control means for terminating the playback.

  Furthermore, in the guide system of the present invention, in addition to the guide information code, a user attribute of a user that matches the guide information is added to the guide information stored in the memory of the playback device, and the playback device Further comprising user attribute acquisition means for acquiring a user attribute of a user who possesses the reproduction apparatus, wherein the control means of the reproduction apparatus is added with the guide information code received by the human body communication reception means, and When the guide information to which the user attribute acquired by the user attribute acquisition unit is added is reproduced, the guide information can be changed according to the user.

  Various specific implementation methods of the user attribute acquisition unit of the playback apparatus can be considered. The user attribute acquisition unit is a unit that reads a user attribute from an IC card in which the user attribute is stored. There is no need to prepare the playback device.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a guide system is installed in a facility where a large number of exhibits such as a museum or a showroom are exhibited, and the guide information related to the exhibits that the user is interested in is reliably reproduced. Can be provided.

The figure explaining the guide system which concerns on this embodiment. The block diagram of the transmitter which comprises a guide system, and a reproducing | regenerating apparatus. The flowchart which showed the procedure in which a reproducing | regenerating apparatus reproduces | regenerates guide information.

  From this, the embodiments of the present invention will be described to the extent that those skilled in the art of the invention can understand the contents of the invention and implement the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a guide system 1 according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a guide system 1 according to the present embodiment is a system using human body communication that uses a human body as a transmission medium, and is a transmitter 11 that is embedded in a floor near an exhibit and supports human body communication. And a playback device 10 possessed by the user 2 who uses the guide system 1 and compatible with human body communication.

  In the guide system 1 according to the present embodiment, a guide information code that specifies guide information to be played back by the playback device 10 is stored in the transmission device 11, and when the user 2 touches the transmission device 11 (here, the foot of the user 2 is When placed on the transmission device 11), the guide information code is transmitted from the transmission device 11 to the reproduction device 10 by human body communication, and the guide information corresponding to the guide information code is reproduced by the reproduction device 10.

  Since the communication distance of the human body communication is about several centimeters, by installing the transmission device 11 in an area where the user 2 stands alone, even if a plurality of users 2 are in front of the same exhibit, each guide information is on demand. Can be used. If it is possible to use guide information on demand, the guide information corresponding to the user attribute is stored in the playback device 10 and the guide information according to the user attribute of the user 2 who owns the playback device 10 is played back. It can also be played back by the apparatus 10.

  There are two types of transmission methods for human body communication: current methods that require electrodes to be in contact with the human body and electric fields that do not require electrodes to be in contact with the human body. In the present invention, it is preferable to adopt an electric field method that allows communication through shoes. In FIG. 1, the transmission device 11 is embedded in the floor. However, when the exhibit is a replica or a model, the transmission device 11 may be embedded in the replica or the model.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the transmission device 11 and the playback device 10 that constitute the guide system 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the transmission device 11 is provided with a human body communication transmission unit 110 that transmits a guide information code indicating guide information to be reproduced by human body communication. The transmission device 11 transmits the reproduction device 10 to the transmission device 11. Human body communication receiving means 103 for receiving guide information is provided.

  The transmission device 11 stores a guide information code indicating guide information reproduced by the reproduction device 10 possessed by the user 2 when the user 2 touches the transmission device 11, and the user 2 touches the transmission device 11 to transmit the information. When the human body communication transmitting means 110 of the device 11 and the human body communication receiving means 103 of the reproducing device 10 are electrically connected, the guide information code stored in the transmitting device 11 is transmitted from the transmitting device 11 to the reproducing device 10 by human body communication. .

  In the reproducing apparatus 10, in addition to the human body communication receiving means 103 for receiving the guide information transmitted by the transmitting apparatus 11, a reader / writer means 104 for communicating with an IC card attached to the reproducing apparatus 10, and a plurality of guide information , A reproducing means 102 for reproducing the guide information stored in the memory 101, and a control means 100 for controlling the reproducing apparatus 10.

  In the memory 101 of the playback apparatus 10, guide information corresponding to the location is stored in the memory 101 for each location where the guide information is provided, such as near an exhibit, and the metadata of the guide information stored in the memory 101 includes A guide information code is added, and this guide information code is associated with a guide information code stored in the transmission device 11 touched by the user 2 when reproducing the guide information.

  Further, in the present embodiment, in order to be able to reproduce the guide information according to the user attributes (nationality and age) of the user 2 possessing the reproduction apparatus 10, the user attribute type is supported for each location where the guide information is provided. A plurality of guide information is stored in the memory, and in addition to the guide information code, the type of user attribute is added to the metadata of the guide information.

  By making it possible to play back guide information that matches the user attributes (nationality and age) of the user 2 who owns the playback device 10, for example, for overseas people, guide information in the native language of the foreign person is displayed. Can be provided.

  The reproduction means 102 provided in the reproduction apparatus 10 is means for reproducing guide information stored in the memory 101, and the specific content of the reproduction means 102 depends on the type of guide information. When the guide information is a character or a picture, the reproducing means 102 is a display, and when the guide information is sound, the reproducing means 102 is a means for reproducing and outputting the sound.

  The reader / writer unit 104 of the playback device 10 is a unit that functions as a user attribute acquisition unit that acquires a user attribute from the user 2 who owns the playback device 10. In this embodiment, the user attribute of the user 2 who owns the playback device 10. Is stored in the IC card 105, and the reader / writer means 104 of the playback apparatus 10 performs an operation of reading the user attribute from the IC card 105 attached to the playback apparatus 10.

  The control means 100 of the playback apparatus 10 is a means in which a CPU, RAM, ROM, etc. are mounted, and the control means is mounted with a computer program for executing a procedure for reproducing guide information.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the playback apparatus 10 plays back guide information. When the user 2 who owns the playback device 10 touches one transmission device 11 installed in a facility such as a museum, the human body communication transmission unit 110 of the transmission device 11 and the human body communication reception unit 103 of the playback device 10 are electrically connected. The human body communication receiving means 103 of the playback device 10 receives the guide information code from the transmission device 11 touched by the user 2 by human body communication (S1).

  When the guide information code is received from the transmission device 11, the control unit 100 of the reproduction device 10 receives the guide information code transmitted from the transmission device 11 and the IC card 105 as the guide information to be reproduced when the IC card 105 is attached to the reader / writer 104. The guide information in which the user attribute read from the IC card 105 is added to the metadata is selected (S2), and the selected guide information is reproduced by the reproducing means 102 (S3).

  When the reproduction of the guide information is started by the reproduction unit 102, the control unit 100 of the reproduction apparatus 10 detects the electric intensity (for example, charge intensity) detected by the human body communication reception unit 103 while the reproduction unit 102 reproduces the guide information. ) Is confirmed (S4), and when the electric intensity falls below a predetermined level, the reproduction of the guide information is terminated (S5), and this procedure is terminated.

  When the control unit 100 of the playback device 10 starts playback of the guide information by the playback unit 102, the control unit 100 of the playback device 10 causes the human body communication reception unit 103 to play while the guide information is played back by the playback unit 102. The reason for confirming the detected electric intensity is to confirm that the user 2 has left the transmitting apparatus 11 due to the electric intensity.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide the guide system 1 that can reliably reproduce the guide information of the exhibit that the user 2 is interested in and can reproduce the guide information according to the user 2.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Guide system 10 Playback apparatus 100 Control means 101 Memory 102 Playback means 103 Human body communication receiving means 104 Reader / writer means 105 IC card 11 Transmission apparatus 110 Human body communication transmission means 2 User 3 Exhibit

Claims (3)

A transmission device comprising a human body communication transmitting means for storing a guide information code for identifying guide information relating to an exhibit and transmitting the stored guide information code by human body communication;
A memory storing a plurality of the guide information to which the guide information code is added, a reproducing means for reproducing the guide information, and a human body communication for receiving the guide information code transmitted from the transmitting device by human body communication The human body communication receiving unit while the guide information is reproduced by the reproducing unit after the reproducing unit reproduces the guide information to which the guide information code received by the receiving unit and the human body communication receiving unit is added. Confirming the detected electric intensity, and when the electric intensity falls below a predetermined level, a reproducing apparatus comprising control means for terminating reproduction of the guide information;
A guide system comprising at least the following.   In addition to the guide information code, a user attribute of a user that matches the guide information is added to the guide information stored in the memory of the playback device, and the playback device has the playback device. User attribute acquisition means for acquiring a user attribute of a user is provided, and the control means of the playback device is added with the guide information code received by the human body communication reception means and acquired by the user attribute acquisition means The guide system according to claim 1, wherein the guide information to which a user attribute is added is reproduced. The guide system according to claim 2, wherein the user attribute acquisition means of the playback device is means for reading the user attribute from an IC card in which the user attribute is stored.

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