JP5378811B2 - Travel management system, server device, and terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for allowing independently running users to share running experience with each other in real time. <P>SOLUTION: The system includes a server and a plurality of terminal devices. Each terminal device measures a running distance and a running speed, and transmits running information including a measured time, the running speed, and the running speed to the server device. The server device controls the running information received from the plurality of terminal devices, and transmits the running information of each terminal, about a running distance difference of a predetermined value or below to the terminal. Based on the running information of the other terminal device obtained from the server device and the running information of its own device, the terminal device calculates the time at which the user is overtook by the other user or overtakes the other user, and informs the user of this device, at the calculated time or before a predetermined time from the calculated time, that the user will overtake the other user or be overtook by the other user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a travel management system that manages, processes, and distributes travel information of a large number of users.

  A configuration in which travel information of individual users is collected by a server device using a sensor function mounted on a portable terminal device and distributed to each user is disclosed and actually used. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 1).

  According to Patent Document 1, a GPS terminal is attached to each runner, and the server device generates race information including the position, rank, and time of the runner based on the position information acquired from each GPS terminal, and registers the generated race information in advance. Push distribution to the user's mobile phone. Further, according to the configuration described in Non-Patent Document 1, each user's mobile terminal records the current position and travel distance using a mounted GPS terminal or the like and transmits it to the server device. Based on the information collected from each mobile terminal, the total number of users currently running and the distance traveled by all users is calculated and distributed to each user.

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  The configuration described in Patent Document 1 provides race information to roadside spectators in races such as marathons, and is spread over a wide geographical area, each of which is independently jogging or the like This does not share driving experiences with other users. The configuration described in Non-Patent Document 2 distributes the total number of users currently traveling and the total distance traveled by all users to each user. It does not provide a sense of realism such as sharing in real time.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a system, a server device, and a terminal device for sharing a traveling experience in real time between users who are traveling independently.

According to the terminal device of the present invention, there is provided a network that establishes a wireless link with means for acquiring the travel distance and travel speed, time when the travel distance and travel speed are acquired, and travel information including the travel distance and travel speed at the time. It means for transmitting to the server device via a travel information of the user of the difference in travel distance acquired from the server device other terminals less than a predetermined value, based on the running information of the host device, another user Means for calculating the time to be overtaken or overtaken by other users, and that the overtaking of other users or overtaken by other users is performed at the calculated time or a predetermined time before the calculated time. And a means for notifying the user of the device.

According to the server device of the present invention, means for managing travel information including measurement time, travel distance and travel speed at the measurement time, received from a plurality of terminal devices via the network, Means for transmitting the travel information of the terminal device whose difference is less than a predetermined value.

According to the system of the present invention,
It includes the server device and a plurality of the terminal devices.

  Each user is traveling independently, but can share the driving experience of being overtaken or overtaken in real time.

It is a block diagram of the system by this invention. It is a block diagram of the terminal device by this invention. It is a block diagram of the server apparatus by this invention. It is a figure which shows the management data of a driving information management part.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the system according to the present invention includes a plurality of terminal devices 1, a network 2, and a server device 3. For example, the terminal device 1 establishes a wireless link with the network 2 by a wireless channel compliant with the mobile communication network standard, and other devices connected to the network 2 such as other terminal devices 1 and server devices 3. It has a function to communicate.

  FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the terminal device 1 according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the server device according to the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the terminal device 1 includes a measurement unit 11, a transmission / reception unit 12, an estimation unit 13, a comparison unit 14, and a notification unit 15. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the server device 3 includes a transmission / reception unit 31, a travel information management unit 32, and a distribution data determination unit 33.

  The measurement unit 11 has a function of acquiring the current position or travel speed, and obtains the travel distance and the current travel speed from the start of travel of the user from the change of the current position or the travel speed, and at the obtained time. A certain measurement time and a traveling speed and a traveling distance at the measurement time are periodically recorded as traveling information. Note that a GPS terminal or an acceleration sensor can be used to acquire the current position or the traveling speed, and the terminal device 1 recognizes the start of traveling when the user inputs to the terminal device 1. Moreover, the transmission / reception part 12 transmits the recorded latest driving | running | working information to the server apparatus 3 with a periodic time interval or an aperiodic time interval with a user's identifier. Here, the periodic time interval is, for example, a case where transmission is performed every time travel information is recorded, and the non-periodic time interval is, for example, the travel distance reaches an integral multiple of a predetermined distance. It means the case of sending at a time.

  The transmission / reception unit 31 of the server device 3 outputs the travel information received from each terminal device 1 and the user identifier to the travel information management unit 32. The travel information management unit 32 manages the latest travel information of each user as management data. When the user identifier and the travel information are acquired from the transmission / reception unit 31, the travel information management unit 32 identifies the user specified by the user identifier. Update driving information. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing management data of the travel information management unit 32. According to FIG. 4, the latest travel information of the user who uses the terminal device M01 and has the identifier U0035 has a measurement time of 18:50:10, a travel distance of 2200 m, and a travel speed of 5.5 m. / S is recorded.

  When the travel information is received from the terminal device, the distribution data determination unit 33 manages the latest travel distance of the terminal device that transmitted the travel information and other users whose difference in travel distance is less than or less than the threshold value. The user's travel information extracted from the data is transmitted together with the user's identifier to the terminal device that transmitted the travel information via the transmission / reception unit 31. For example, when the threshold is 200 m and the latest travel information is received from the terminal device M01 in FIG. 4, the distribution data determination unit 33 extracts the terminal devices M03, M04, and M05 whose travel distance is in the range of 2000 m to 2400 m. The extracted travel information of the terminal device is transmitted to the terminal device M01 together with the identifiers of the users of these terminal devices.

  The terminal device that has received the travel information and user identifier of the other terminal device from the server device outputs the received data to the estimation unit 13. The estimation unit 13 estimates the travel distance of the user of each terminal device at the received time based on the travel distance of the other terminal device received from the server device and the difference between the travel speed and the measurement time and the current time. For example, as described above, when the terminal device M01 receives the travel information of the terminal devices M03, M04, and M05 shown in FIG. 4 at 18:50:12, the travel distance of the terminal device M03 is 2207 m, and the terminal device M04 Is estimated to be 2321 m, and the terminal M05 is estimated to be 2212 m. Further, the current travel distance of the own device is estimated to be 2211 m based on the latest travel state. If there is a latest measured value regarding the travel distance of the own device, it may be used.

  The comparison unit 14 uses other terminal devices based on the difference between the travel distance of each terminal device at the current time estimated by the estimation unit 13 and the travel speed included in the travel information received from the server device and the travel speed of its own device. The time at which the user is overtaken or the time at which the user of another terminal device is overtaken is calculated. For example, as described above, the value obtained by subtracting the estimated travel distance of the terminal device M03 from the estimated travel distance of the terminal device M01 is 4 m, and the value obtained by subtracting the speed of the terminal device M01 from the speed of the terminal device M03 is 0.5 m. Therefore, it is determined that the user of the terminal device M01 is overtaken by the user of the terminal device M3 after 8 seconds. Similarly, it is determined that the user of the terminal device M01 overtakes the user of the terminal device M05 after 5 seconds and overtakes the user of the terminal device M04 after 20 seconds.

  The notification unit 15 makes a sound corresponding to being overtaken or overtaken before the time determined by the comparison unit 14 or before the time, thereby allowing the user of the terminal device to know the relative running situation with other users. Notice. That is, for example, in the above-described example, overtaking the user of the terminal device M05 at 18:50:17, and overtaking the user of the terminal device M03 at 18:50:20 A sound is notified that the user of the terminal device M04 is overtaken in 32 minutes. Furthermore, an identifier of a user who is overtaken or overtaken or a running speed may be displayed on a display or the like. Further, instead of or in addition to a sound corresponding to overtaking or overtaking, a form of notifying a traveling speed difference with a user who is overtaken or overtaken by voice may be used.

  With the above processing, each user can run independently, but can share the driving experience in real time. In the above-described embodiment, when the terminal device 1 transmits the latest travel information, the server device 3 transmits the travel information of other users whose travel distance difference is within or less than the threshold. However, the terminal device 1 may be periodically distributed regardless of transmission of the latest travel information by the terminal device 1. Furthermore, instead of distributing the travel information of all users whose travel distance difference is within or less than the threshold, the users of each terminal device 1 are grouped, and the group identifier indicating the group is included in the management data of the server device, A mode in which the travel distance difference is within or less than the threshold and only travel information of users in the same group is distributed may be used.

  The server device 3 according to the present invention can be realized by a program that causes a computer to function as each unit in FIG. These computer programs can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or distributed via a network. Furthermore, the present invention can be realized by a combination of hardware and software.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Terminal device 11 Measurement part 12 Transmission / reception part 13 Estimation part 14 Comparison part 15 Notification part 2 Network 3 Server apparatus 31 Transmission / reception part 32 Traveling information management part 33 Distribution data determination part

Claims (3)

Means for obtaining the travel distance and travel speed;
Means for transmitting the travel information including the travel distance and the travel speed at the time, the travel distance and the travel speed at the time to the server device via the network that has established the wireless link ;
And traveling information of the user of the difference in travel distance acquired from the server device other terminals less than a predetermined value, based on the running information of the host device, a time or other users are passed by other users A means of calculating the overtaking time;
Means for notifying the user of the device that the other user is overtaken or overtaken by another user at the calculated time or a predetermined time before the calculated time;
A terminal device comprising: Receiving via a network from a plurality of terminal devices, and measurement time, it means for managing the travel information including the travel distance and the travel speed in the measurement time,
Means for transmitting, to each terminal device, travel information of a terminal device whose travel distance difference is less than a predetermined value;
A server device comprising: A system including a server device and a plurality of terminal devices,
Each terminal device
Means for obtaining the travel distance and travel speed;
Means for transmitting the travel information including the travel distance and the travel speed at the time, the travel distance and the travel speed at the time to the server device via the network that has established the wireless link ;
Based on the travel information of the other terminal device users whose difference in travel distance acquired from the server device is less than the predetermined value and the travel information of the own device, the time to be overtaken by other users or the time to overtake other users A means of calculating
Means for notifying the user of the device that the other user is overtaken or overtaken by another user at the calculated time or a predetermined time before the calculated time;
With
Server device
Means for managing the travel information received from a plurality of terminal devices via a network ;
Means for transmitting, to each terminal device, travel information of a terminal device whose travel distance difference is less than a predetermined value;
System with.

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