JP2015158819A - Statistical processing apparatus, statistical processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable statistical processing to be performed in accordance with an attribute associated with each group of people by complementing statistical processing that uses mobile phone probe data.SOLUTION: Mobile phone probe data containing position information of mobile phone terminals with associated time information is acquired and analyzed to statistically compute the number of people who were in the same place at the same time. Photograph information posted on Internet websites is collected together with accompanying information. From the collected accompanying information of the photograph information, or through image recognition of image information of the photograph information, available information from a group of shooting date/time information, shooting place information, and information of attributes associated with a group of each poster is acquired to be registered in association with the photograph information. Proportion of the number of people who were in the same place at the same time for each attribute is statistically computed based on the registered attributes associated with individual groups, and the number of people for each attribute is computed by dividing the number of people who were in the same place at the same time proportionally in accordance with the proportion of the attributes.

Description

  The present invention relates to a statistical processing device, a statistical processing method, and a program for statistically calculating the number of people present in the same place, facility, and event at the same time.

  A mobile phone company (mobile phone carrier) collects location information of mobile phone terminals of subscribers of the mobile phone company every moment via a base station in order to perform various services. That is, the cellular phone company collects correspondence information between time information and location information for each subscriber phone number as the location information of the cellular phone terminal every moment. Information including position information associated with the time information of the mobile phone terminal is referred to as mobile phone probe data in this specification. The mobile phone probe data does not include personal information such as a subscriber telephone number, and a unique ID (ID is identification information) that cannot identify an individual is assigned to each correspondence information between time information and position information. Yes.

  For example, by analyzing the collected mobile phone probe data, it is possible to detect the number of mobile phone terminals existing at the same place at the same time, and statistically exist at a given place at a given time. The number of people can be estimated. In addition, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-193078), a time-series change in cellular phone probe data is detected, and the degree of activity of people in a specific place such as an event venue is determined. It can also be evaluated.

JP 2011-193078 A

  However, in order to protect personal information, the cellular phone probe data provided by the cellular phone company is not accompanied by attribute information such as the age, sex, occupation, and preference of the owner of the cellular phone terminal.

  Therefore, as statistical processing using cellular phone probe data, limited statistical processing such as calculation of the number of people present at the same place at the same date and time for only the location information of the mobile phone terminal that changes from moment to moment I can only do that. Statistical results according to attributes related to individual groups of people who are in the same place at the same time, such as sex (group of men and group of women), age group (for example, group of 20s, 30s, etc.) If it can be obtained, the use of the statistical processing results will be greatly expanded and expected to be more useful. However, in order to protect the personal information of mobile phone probe data, only the mobile phone probe data can be used as described above. It was difficult to obtain statistical results according to the attributes associated with individual populations.

  In view of the above, the present invention provides a statistical processing device that can perform statistical processing according to attributes related to individual groups by complementing statistical processing using cellular phone probe data. For the purpose.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1
Means for acquiring and holding mobile phone probe data including position information associated with time information from a mobile phone terminal;
Means for collecting and maintaining photo information posted on internet websites along with accompanying information;
First calculating means for analyzing the mobile phone probe data and statistically calculating the number of people present at the same place on the same date and time;
From the incidental information of the collected photographic information, information that can be acquired from information on the shooting date and time of the photographic information, information on the shooting location, and information on attributes related to the individual groups of the posters is obtained. Means for acquiring and registering in association with the collected photo information;
Recognize the image information of the photographic information, acquire information that can be acquired from information on the shooting location, information on the number of subjects, and information on attributes related to individual groups of subjects, and collect the information Means for registering in association with the photograph information,
Based on the acquired shooting location information and shooting date and time information, and attributes related to the individual groups, the number of people who were present at the same location at the same date and time calculated by the first calculation means. A second calculating means for statistically calculating a ratio for each attribute related to the individual group;
The number of people who existed at the same place on the same date and time calculated by the first calculation means is prorated according to the ratio for each attribute calculated by the second calculation means, and the same place on the same date and time. A third calculating means for statistically calculating the number of persons according to the attribute,
A statistical processing apparatus is provided.

  In the statistical processing device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the first calculation means analyzes the collected mobile phone probe data and statistically calculates the number of people who existed at the same place at the same date and time. To do. The statistical processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention collects and holds photo information posted on an Internet website together with accompanying information. And, from the accompanying information of the collected photo information, obtain information that can be acquired from the information of the shooting date and time of the photo information, the information of the shooting location, the attribute information related to the individual group of the poster, It is registered and held in association with the collected photo information. In addition, the image information of the collected photographic information is image-recognized to obtain information that can be acquired from the information on the shooting location, the information on the number of subjects, and the attribute information related to each group of the subjects. The registration is held in association with the collected photo information.

  The second calculation means is present at the same place at the same date and time calculated by the first calculation means based on the acquired shooting location information and shooting date and time information and attributes related to the individual groups. Statistically calculate the proportion of each group related to each group.

  Then, in the third calculation means, the number of people who existed at the same place on the same date and time calculated by the first calculation means is prorated according to the ratio by attribute related to the individual calculated by the second calculation means. Statistically calculate the number of people by attribute related to each group that existed at the same place at the same date and time.

  That is, the mobile phone probe data and the photographic information posted on the Internet have no relationship between the calling terminal and the caller (poster). However, by associating using date and time information and position information, mobile phone probe data from mobile phone terminals of people at a certain location Pa at a certain date and time Ta, and the same date and time Ta and the same location Pa It can be associated with photo information posted about people.

  The total number of people at the location Pa at the date and time Ta can be statistically estimated from the cellular phone probe data. Further, from the position information and date / time information obtained from the photographic information and its accompanying information, and the attribute information related to the individual, the ratio by attribute related to each group of people at the place Pa at the date / time Ta is obtained. Can be estimated statistically.

  Therefore, the total number of people at the location Pa at the date and time Ta obtained by statistical estimation from the mobile phone probe data is statistically estimated from information obtained from photo information posted on the Internet website. Further, the number of persons by attribute related to the individual group of people at the location Pa at the date and time Ta is statistically divided by the proportion of the attribute related to the individual group of people at the location Pa at the date and time Ta. Can be estimated.

  According to the statistical processing device of the present invention, the cellular phone probe data is associated with the photo information posted on the Internet, which is associated with the date and time information and the position information, and can acquire attributes related to individual groups, and the accompanying information. By complementing the statistical processing result, it is possible to statistically calculate the number of people who existed at the same place on the same date and time statistically estimated from the mobile phone probe data for each attribute related to each group. Therefore, according to the present invention, more useful statistical data can be calculated as compared with statistical data that can be calculated only from cellular phone probe data.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of the communication system containing embodiment of the statistical processing apparatus by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the statistical processing server apparatus of embodiment of the statistical processing apparatus by this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart for demonstrating the processing operation example of the statistical processing server apparatus of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart for demonstrating the processing operation example of the statistical processing server apparatus of embodiment. It is a figure used in order to explain a part of composition of a statistics processing server device of an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of an output of the report result in the statistical processing server apparatus of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart for demonstrating the processing operation example of the statistical processing server apparatus of embodiment.

  Embodiments of a statistical processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The embodiment of the statistical processing device described below is a case where the statistical processing device is configured as a server device connected to a communication network including a mobile phone network and the Internet.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a communication system including a statistical processing server device 1 constituting a statistical processing device according to the present invention. The statistical processing server device 1 includes a communication network 4 including an Internet 2 and a mobile phone network 3. It is connected to the. The Internet 2 includes a mobile phone probe data collection server 5 managed by a mobile phone company, a blog site 6 (server), an SNS (Social Networking Service) site (server) 7, a photo sharing site 8 and the like. It is connected. A plurality of blog sites 6, SNS sites 7, and photo sharing sites 8 are connected to the Internet 2.

  A personal computer (abbreviated as PC in the figure) 9 is connected to the Internet 2. Furthermore, a mobile phone terminal 10 called a smartphone is connected to the Internet 2 via the mobile phone network 3.

  In the description of the communication system illustrated in FIG. 1, in order to clarify the usefulness of the processing result obtained by supplementing the statistical processing result of the mobile phone probe data with the net content, It provides an example of providing the requester with a report of the number of people by attribute associated with an individual group at a particular location or event. That is, the present invention is characterized in that the statistical processing result of the cellular phone probe data is complemented by the net content, and the statistical processing result of the cellular phone probe data is supplemented by the net content in response to the report request. Needless to say, this is an example of a usage pattern.

  From the personal computer 9 and the mobile phone terminal 10, a blog is posted to the blog site 6 through the Internet 2, and a message is posted to the SNS site 7. At that time, the message from the personal computer 9 is added with photographic information (including photographic image information and Exif (Exchangeable image file format) information as accompanying information) taken by the digital camera 11 and posted. There are many cases. In the Exif information, in addition to information such as shooting conditions at the time of taking a picture, information on the shooting date and time, and the digital camera 11 receives a signal from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite to detect the current position GPS. When a positioning function is provided, information on the shooting location is also included.

  In this specification, the photographic image information includes not only the still image captured image information but also the moving image captured image information.

  Photo information taken by the digital camera 11 may be transferred directly to the personal computer 9 via, for example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable, or personally via a card-type memory 12 such as an SD card. It may be transferred to the computer 9. The personal computer 9 stores the image information of the photographic information transferred from the digital camera 11 together with the accompanying information in a built-in memory, and reads and adds it when posting a blog or an SNS message. . Further, the personal computer 9 posts the photo information designated by the user among the photo information stored in the built-in memory to the photo sharing site 8 together with the accompanying information. At the time of posting the photo information at this time, the user can add a comment and post it to the photo sharing site 8.

  In addition, the mobile phone terminal 10 stores photo information (including Exif information) taken by a camera included in the mobile phone terminal 10 in a built-in memory. When the mobile phone terminal 10 has a GPS positioning function, the Exif information includes information on the shooting location (latitude / longitude position information) detected by the GPS positioning function in addition to the shooting date / time information. .

  Then, the cellular phone terminal 10 reads out the photo information stored in the memory and adds it when posting to the blog site 6 or posting a message to the SNS site 7 or to the photo sharing site 8. Used for posting. Further, the mobile phone terminal 10 cooperates with the digital camera 13 to directly share the photo information (including Exif information) taken by the digital camera 13 without storing it in the built-in memory of the mobile phone terminal 10. It can be uploaded to the site 8.

  Although illustration is omitted, the communication network 4 includes a network such as a wireless LAN, and a blog with photo information added or a message posted to the SNS site 7 from a pad-type terminal having a wireless communication function. Furthermore, it is possible to post photo information to the photo sharing site 8.

  The blog site 6 publishes the author's blog over the Internet in chronological order. When the blog has photo information, the photo image information is also released simultaneously. On the blog, for example, “I ate a nigiri sushi at a sushi restaurant in Shinjuku at noon today.” "I went to the XX concert held at the Budokan on the night of the day. It was really exciting and fun." And included information about dates such as "Yesterday" and "Yesterday." The location information may include location information such as location and facility, and event names such as “Sumida River Fireworks Display” and “XX Concert”.

  Even at SNS (Social Networking Service) site (server) 5, participants are among friends, for example, “I ’m watching the big fireworks of the Sumida River fireworks display”, “Now at the Budokan. When there is a lot of exchanging messages that include location information such as location, facility, event, etc. Is published, including its photo information.

  In the photo sharing site 8, posted photo information is stored together with Exif information, which is accompanying information. This photo information includes a title, comments by the photographer, etc., which are made public.

  There are various subjects of photographed photograph information, but there are many that can specify a photographing place from a photograph image. In addition, when the subject is a person, image recognition is performed on the photographic image so that it can be used for individual groups of people such as the sex of the subject person and the age (age) such as children, young people, middle-aged people, and elderly people. There are many things that can specify related attributes.

  The mobile phone probe data collection server 5 is connected to the mobile phone network 3, and is connected to a plurality of mobile phone terminals 10A and 7B connected via mobile phone base stations (not shown) of the mobile phone network 3. Collecting mobile phone probe data. The mobile phone terminal 10 has a GPS positioning function. Then, the base station of the mobile phone network 3 acquires the current position information detected by the mobile phone terminal 10 using the GPS positioning function in association with the date and time information at that time, The mobile phone probe data collecting server 5 has a function of transmitting the mobile phone probe data including date and time information and subscriber number information to the mobile phone probe data collection server 5.

  In this embodiment, the mobile phone probe data collection server 5 provides the collected mobile phone probe data directly to the statistical processing server device 1 through, for example, the Internet 2 or a dedicated line.

  The statistical processing server device 1 acquires mobile phone probe data from the mobile phone probe data collection server 5 and stores and holds it. Then, the statistical processing server device 1 analyzes the stored mobile phone probe data and determines the number of mobile phone terminals existing at the same place (may be facility names or event names) at the same date and time, that is, the mobile phone terminals. It has a function that counts the number of people owned by location, facility name, event name, etc., and saves the totaled data. Then, the statistical processing server device 1 accumulates the cellular phone probe data sent from the cellular phone probe data collection server 5 every moment, and performs the above-described operation so that the same location, facility name, event name, etc. You can also calculate the number of people for every hour.

  The statistical processing server device 1 crawls the blog site 6, the SNS site 7, and the photo sharing site 8 connected to the Internet 2 in parallel with the processing of the mobile phone probe data described above, and these blog sites 6 and the SNS site 7 and the photo sharing site 8, and the accompanying information such as the photo information and the accompanying Exif information and other comment message information, photo title information, and the like are collected. The statistical processing server device 1 stores and holds the collected photographic information and associated information.

  Then, the statistical processing server device 1 may be designated by the number of persons according to attributes related to individual groups of people who existed at a designated date and time at a designated location (may be a facility name or an event name; the same applies hereinafter). In addition, a service function is provided for receiving a report request for the transition of the number of persons for each attribute related to the individual group during a predetermined period and providing a report result corresponding to the report request. The statistical processing server apparatus 1 can accept the report request directly through the Internet 2, for example, or the statistical processing server apparatus 1 can accept the report request through an operator who has received a request from the report requester by telephone, fax, or mail. .

  Upon receipt of this report request, the statistical processing server device 1 first calculates the number of people present at the designated date and time at the designated location as the number of people estimated statistically from the analysis result of the mobile phone probe data. To do. In the case of a report of changes in the number of people in a predetermined period, the number of people in the predetermined period is calculated statistically.

  Next, the statistical processing server device 1 analyzes the photographic image information and the accompanying information from the photographic information collected and stored by crawling the Internet 2, and at the designated location and the designated date and time. Extract related photographic information. Then, the statistical processing server device 1 calculates the number of people at the designated location and the designated date and time obtained from the extracted photographic information. That is, when it is possible to deduce from the comments accompanying the photo information that the poster of the photo information was at the location and date / time when the posted photo was taken, the poster is designated as the designated poster. And the number of people at the specified date and time. Further, the number of persons in the photograph is calculated by image recognition of the photograph image information, and is included in the number of persons in the designated place and designated date and time.

  Next, the statistical processing server apparatus 1 uses the image recognition result of the photograph image information of the extracted photograph information, the comment message of the accompanying information, the title information of the photograph image, etc. When the attribute related to the group can be determined, the attribute related to the individual group is registered in association with the photo information. In addition, the statistical processing server device 1 uses the image recognition result of the photographic image information of the extracted photographic information, the comment message of the accompanying information, the title information of the photographic image, etc. When the attribute related to the group is recognized, the attribute related to the individual group is registered in association with the photo information.

  Then, the statistical processing server device 1 calculates the number of persons estimated to have existed at the designated location and the designated date and time, calculated from the photo information related to the designated location and the designated date and time. The ratio for each attribute related to each group is statistically calculated, and the calculated ratio data for each attribute related to each group is stored. In the case of a report on the number of people in a predetermined period, the ratio data for each attribute related to each individual group every moment in the predetermined period is statistically calculated.

  Then, the statistical processing server device 1 apportions the total number of people estimated to exist at the specified date and time at the specified location by the ratio data for each attribute related to the calculated individual group, Statistically calculate the number of people by attribute related to the group. Then, the statistical processing server device 1 provides the report requester with a report reflecting the number of persons for each attribute related to the calculated individual group.

  Note that the mobile phone probe data collection server 5 and the statistical processing server device 1 are not connected via the Internet 2 but directly connected via a dedicated line. You may comprise so that telephone probe data may be transmitted to the statistical processing server apparatus 1. FIG.

[Configuration example of statistical processing server apparatus 1]
In this example, the statistical processing server device 1 has a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. 2 in order to realize the processing functions described above. That is, the statistical processing server device 1 in this example includes a control unit 101, a communication interface 102, a mobile phone probe data acquisition and holding unit 103, a mobile phone probe data analysis unit 104, a photo information collection and holding unit 105 with respect to the bus 100. The information analysis unit 106, the image recognition unit 107, the attribute ratio calculation unit 108, the report request reception unit 109, the reporting statistical processing unit 110, the report result output unit 111, and the operation input unit 112 are connected to each other.

  The control unit 101 controls the overall operation of the statistical processing server device 1 and is configured by a computer.

  The communication interface 102 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 4 and transmitting / receiving information through the Internet 2.

  In this example, the mobile phone probe data acquisition and holding unit 103 acquires the mobile phone probe data sent from the mobile phone probe data collection server 5 through the Internet 2 every moment via the communication interface 102, and stores it therein. It is a functional unit stored and held in the unit.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the cellular phone probe data acquisition / holding unit 103. That is, based on the control of the control unit 101, the mobile phone probe data acquisition holding unit 103 monitors whether mobile phone probe data has been received from the mobile phone probe data collection server 5 (step S1), and the mobile phone probe. When it is determined that the data has been received, in this example, the data is divided and stored for each data having the same date and time based on the date and time information of the mobile phone probe data (step S2). And the control part 101 returns a process to step S1, and repeats the above process.

  As will be described later, the cellular phone probe data analysis unit 104 is specified in the location, facility, and event specified by the location report request received by the report request reception unit 109 based on the control of the control unit 101. The number of mobile phone probe data in the date and time or period is calculated by analyzing the mobile phone probe data held in the mobile phone probe data acquisition holding unit 103. Then, the mobile phone probe data analysis unit 104 sells the mobile phone terminal by the mobile phone company that operates the mobile phone probe data collection server 5 that sends the mobile phone probe data based on the calculated number of mobile phone probe data. In consideration of the share rate, the total number of people located at the specified date, time, or period in the specified place, facility, or event is statistically estimated and calculated. The calculated total number of people is supplied to the reporting statistics processing unit 110 under the control of the control unit 101.

  The photo information collection / holding unit 105 has a function of crawling and collecting photo information posted on the Internet. The photo information collection / holding unit 105 has a built-in photo information memory unit 105M and operates in cooperation with the accompanying information analysis unit 106 and the image recognition unit 107, so that the photo information can be classified by shooting date and time and shooting location. It has a function of registering (storing and storing) in the photo information memory unit 105M. In this case, the photo information collection / holding unit 105 assigns unique identification information for each piece of photo information to each piece of collected photo information. Then, the photo information collection / holding unit 105 passes the collected photo information to the accompanying information analysis unit 106 and the image recognition unit 107 in association with the identification information.

  The accompanying information analyzing unit 106 receives the photo information collected by the photo information collecting and holding unit 105, and the Exif information included in the accompanying information includes date information and location information (latitude / longitude information) about the place. If so, the date / time information and position information are extracted and associated with the photo information identification information and sent to the photo information collection / holding unit 105. The photo information collection / holding unit 105 stores and registers the date / time information and the location information received from the accompanying information analysis unit 106 in the built-in photo information memory unit 105M in association with the identification information of the photo information.

  Further, when the accompanying information analysis unit 106 can determine the shooting location of the photographic image from the comment message added to the photographic image included in the collected accompanying information or the photo title, The information is sent to the photo information collection / holding unit 105 in association with the identification information of the photo information. The photo information collection / holding unit 105 stores and registers the location information received from the accompanying information analysis unit 106 in the built-in photo information memory unit 105M in association with the identification information of the photo information.

  Further, the accompanying information analysis unit 106 determines attribute information related to individual groups such as the age and sex of the photograph contributor from the comment message added to the photograph image included in the collected accompanying information and the photograph title. When it is possible, attribute information related to each group such as the age and sex of the photograph poster is sent to the photograph information collection / holding unit 105 in association with the identification information of the photograph information. The photo information collection / holding unit 105 stores and holds attributes associated with individual groups received from the accompanying information analysis unit 106 in association with the identification information of the photo information in the built-in photo information memory unit 105M.

  The image recognizing unit 107 receives the photographic image information of the photographic information collected by the photographic information collecting and holding unit 105, recognizes the image, and can specify a pre-registered place (in addition to buildings, mountains and Pattern recognition is performed to determine whether or not the images match a natural landscape including rivers and waterfalls. Further, the image recognition unit 107 recognizes a person in a subject in a photographic image of photographic information, determines the number of persons, and attributes related to individual groups such as the age and sex of the recognized person. Recognize the pattern. In addition, if the people shown in the photograph wear unique uniforms according to their occupations, it is related to individual groups such as occupations of people shown in the photographs by recognizing the uniforms as patterns. You can also recognize attributes as patterns.

  The image recognizing unit 107 uses, as the identification information of the photographic information, the location recognized from the photographic image information, the number of people in the photograph, and attribute information related to each group such as the age and sex of each person. Correspondingly, it is sent to the photo information collection / holding unit 105. The photo information collection / holding unit 105 stores and holds the attribute information related to each group received from the image recognition unit 107 in the built-in photo information memory unit 105M in association with the identification information of the photo information. .

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining processing operations for collecting and holding photograph information by the photograph information collecting and holding unit 105, the accompanying information analyzing unit 106, and the image recognizing unit 107.

  That is, based on the control of the control unit 101, the photo information collection / holding unit 105 crawls the Internet 2 to collect posted photo information from the blog site 6, the SNS site 7, the photo sharing site 7, etc. Then, the identification information is given and temporarily stored in the photo information memory unit 105M, and the photo information together with the identification information is passed to the accompanying information analysis unit 106 and the image recognition unit 107 (step S11).

  Next, under the control of the control unit 101, the accompanying information analysis unit 106 analyzes the Exif information of the accompanying information included in the photographic information temporarily held by the photographic information collection and holding unit 105, and captures the imaging information included in the Exif information. The date / time information is extracted, transferred to the photo information collection / holding unit 105, and registered in the photo information memory unit 105M so as to be stored and held in association with the identification information of the photo information (step S12).

  Also, if the Exif information includes location information, the accompanying information analysis unit 106 extracts the location information, passes it to the photo information collection and holding unit 105, and identifies the photo information to the photo information memory unit 105M. Registration is performed so as to store the information in association with the information (step S13).

  Furthermore, if the attribute information related to the individual group such as the age and sex of the poster of the photo information is found from the comment message or the photo title attached to the photo information, the accompanying information analysis unit 106 can identify the individual information. The attribute information related to the group is transferred to the photo information collection / holding unit 105, and registered in the photo information memory unit 105M so as to be stored and held in association with the identification information of the photo information (step S14).

  Next, based on the control of the control unit 101, the image recognition unit 107 recognizes the photographic image information of the photographic information, determines the shooting location of the photo from things that appear in the photo, and the determined shooting The location information is transferred to the photo information collection / holding unit 105 and registered in the photo information memory unit 105M so as to be stored and held in association with the identification information of the photo information (step S15).

  In addition, the image recognition unit 107 recognizes the photographic image information of the photographic information, and when a person is captured, determines the number of persons in the photograph, and determines the individual gender and age of each person. Determine the attributes associated with a group. Then, the determined number of persons and the attribute information related to each group such as the gender and age of each person are passed to the photo information collection and holding unit 105, and stored in the photo information memory unit 105M in association with the identification information of the photo information. Registration is performed so as to be held (step S16).

  After step S16, the control unit 101 returns the process to step S11 and repeats the above process.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of storage contents of the photo information memory 105M in which various types of information are stored as described above. That is, for each of the identification information ID1, ID2, ID3,... Assigned to each of the collected photographic information, the photographic image information of the photographic information, the shooting location, the shooting date, the shooting location, and the shooting date were present. Attributes related to individual groups, such as the number of people, the shooting location, and the gender and age of the person at the shooting date and time, are registered. In FIG. 5, IMG1, IMG2, IMG3,... Are photographic image information included in the photographic information, and P1, P2, P3,. In this example, the shooting date and time information is represented by date, hour, and minute, such as January 10, 2014, 10:30.

  When the latitude / longitude position information is acquired from the Exif information as the shooting location, the statistical processing server device 1 accesses the map information providing server via the Internet 2 and the location name corresponding to the latitude / longitude. And the name of the facility are acquired, and the place name and the facility name are registered in the photo information memory 105M together with the latitude / longitude position information. Also, as shown in FIG. 5, when a place name or event name can be acquired from a comment message or title name attached to photographic image information, the event name is registered.

  Moreover, the age of the attribute relevant to an individual group is less than 20 years old in this example, 20s (20-29 years old), 30s (30-39 years old), 40s (40-49 years old), The age is determined such as 50s (50 to 59 years), 60s (60 to 69 years), 70 years or older. In this embodiment, this age determination is a determination based on the estimation of the result of pattern recognition of a person shown as a photographic image. Note that the determination of the attribute related to each group is also a determination based on the estimation of the result of pattern recognition of a person shown as a photographic image.

  As will be described later, the attribute-specific ratio calculation unit 108 uses a report request reception unit 109 based on the above-described registration information stored and held in the photo information memory unit 105M of the photo information collection and holding unit 105 based on the control of the control unit 101. Understand the location, facility, event, and all the photo information corresponding to the specified date and time specified by the location report request received in, and associate it with each of the identification information of the grasped photo information The total number of registered people is calculated.

  Further, the attribute-specific ratio calculation unit 108 grasps the attributes related to the individual groups of the gender and age of the grasped number of persons, and calculates the number of persons for each attribute related to the grasped individual groups. Then, for each attribute related to the identified group in the total number of people calculated from the photo information corresponding to the designated place, facility, event, and the designated date and time or period, in this example gender and age Calculate the percentage of each person. Then, the attribute-specific ratio calculation unit 108 supplies the calculated ratio information for each attribute related to each group to the reporting statistical processing unit 110 according to the control of the control unit 101.

  The report request accepting unit 109 accepts a report request sent via the Internet 2 and grasps designation of a position included in the report request, that is, designation of a place, facility, event, etc., and designation of a date and time or a period. . The report request accepting unit 109 similarly accepts a report request input by the operator through the operation input unit 112 and grasps the designation of the position and the date / time or the period included in the report request. Then, the report request accepting unit 109 supplies the grasped position designation and date / time designation information to the mobile phone probe data analysis unit 104 and the attribute-specific ratio calculation unit 106.

  The reporting statistics processing unit 110 includes a total number temporary storage unit 1101, an attribute-specific ratio temporary storage unit 1102, and a report information generation unit 1103.

  The location total number temporary storage unit 1101 includes the location, facility, and the like specified by the location number report request received by the report request reception unit 109, which is statistically calculated by the mobile phone probe data analysis unit 104 as described above. In the event, the total number of people located at a specified date and time or period is temporarily stored.

  Further, the attribute-specific ratio temporary storage unit 1102 is statistically calculated by the attribute-specific ratio calculation unit 108 as described above, and is designated by the location report facility request, the location, the facility, the event, and the specified The ratio of each attribute related to each group with respect to the total number of persons grasped from all the photo information corresponding to the date and time or the period is temporarily stored.

  Then, the report information generation unit 1103 distributes the total number of people stored in the total number of temporary storage units 1101 by the ratio of each attribute related to each group stored in the attribute-specific ratio temporary storage unit 1102. The number of people located at the designated date, time, or period in the location, facility, or event specified by the report request accepting unit 109, and the attributes related to individual groups such as gender, age, etc. Separately calculated statistically.

  Also, in this embodiment, when the number of people located in a designated period is designated, the change in the number of people during that period can be reported by calculating the number of people in the period. I am doing so.

  Then, the report information generation unit 1103 generates reporting information for visualizing the total number of people stored in the total number of temporary storage units 1101 and the information on the number of people by attribute related to each statistically calculated group. To the report result output unit 111.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of reporting information as visualization information. The example of FIG. 6 is a case where the report requester is “XX Zoo” and the report request content is the number of visitors to the park on December 20, 2013. In the example of FIG. 6, the total number of visitors is 1800, for example, of which the number according to the ratio of sex as an attribute related to each group and the number according to the ratio by age (by age) And the transition of the total number from the opening time (for example, 10:00) on December 20, 2013 to the closing time (for example, 20:00) and the number of people by gender are reported. The transition from opening hours (10:00) to closing time (20:00) is omitted for each age (by age), but also includes by age (by age). It goes without saying that it can be done.

  The report result output unit 111 provides the reporting information received from the reporting statistics processing unit 110 in the provision mode requested by the report requester. For example, if the report requester requests the provision of reporting information by e-mail, the reporting information is sent as an attached file to the report requester's e-mail address. If the report requester requests the provision of reporting information in hard copy (paper information), the reporting information including the visualization information as shown in FIG. 6 is printed and output. The prepared paper information is prepared for mailing to the report requester's address or facsimile transmission. When a report request is made through the Internet and a report result is requested in real time, the report result output unit 111 provides the report requester through the connected communication path.

  The operation input unit 112 is used by an operator to input a report request to the statistical processing server device 1 when the above-described operator request is received by telephone or facsimile. In addition, when an operation input is necessary, the operator performs the operation input through the operation input unit 112.

  In the configuration of the statistical processing server device 1 in FIG. 2, the mobile phone probe data acquisition holding unit 103, the mobile phone probe data analysis unit 104, the photo information collection holding unit 105, the accompanying information analysis unit 106, the image recognition unit 107, the attribute The processing functions of the separate ratio calculation unit 108, the report request reception unit 109, the reporting statistics processing unit 110, and the report result output unit 111 are software functions that the control unit 101 executes according to a program stored in a built-in memory. It can be configured.

[Processing operation example of complementary processing of cellular phone probe data in the embodiment]
In the statistical processing server device 1 configured as described above, the flow of the mobile phone probe data complementing processing operation when a report request is accepted will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The report request receiving unit 109 of the statistical processing server device 1 monitors whether or not a report request has been received (step S21). When it is determined that the report request has been received, the location, facility, event, etc. included in the report request The designation information about the information and the designation information of the date and time are recognized, and the recognized designation information is passed to the mobile phone probe data analysis unit 104 and the attribute-specific ratio calculation unit 108 (step S22).

  The mobile phone probe data analysis unit 104 is held in the mobile phone probe data acquisition holding unit 103 based on the designation information about the place, facility, and event and the designation information about the date and time or the period from the report request reception unit 109. The number of mobile phone probe data matching the specified information is calculated from the mobile phone probe data. Then, as described above, the mobile phone probe data analysis unit 104, based on the calculated number of mobile phone probe data, determines the number of people in the specified place, facility, and event at the specified date and time or period. The total number is calculated by statistical estimation, and the calculated total number is supplied to the total number temporary storage unit 1101 of the reporting statistical processing unit 110 (step S23).

  Then, the attribute-specific ratio calculation unit 108 uses the photo information memory of the photo information collection and holding unit 105 based on the designation information about the place, facility, and event from the report request reception unit 109 and the designation information about the date and time or the period. Extract all of the photographic information that matches the specified information from the information registered and held in the section 105M, and calculate the total number of registered people associated with each piece of identification information of the extracted photographic information (Step S24).

  Then, the attribute-specific ratio calculation unit 108 grasps each attribute related to the individual group such as the gender and age of each grasped number of persons, and calculates the number of persons for each attribute related to the grasped individual group. Then, the ratio of the number of persons for each attribute related to the calculated individual group to the total of the calculated number of persons is calculated. Then, the attribute ratio calculation unit 108 supplies the calculated ratio information for each attribute related to each group to the attribute ratio temporary storage unit 1102 of the reporting statistical processing unit 110 (step S25).

  Following step S25, the report information generation unit 1103 calculates the total number of people stored in the total number of temporary storage units 1101 for each attribute related to each group stored in the attribute-specific ratio temporary storage unit 1102. By the apportionment, the number of people located at the designated date / time or period in the location, facility, and event specified by the report request accepting part 109 received by the report request accepting unit 109 can be determined for each group such as gender and age. Statistically calculated for each attribute related to (step S26).

  Next, the report information generation unit 1103 reports the total number of people stored in the total number of temporary storage unit 1101 and the information on the number of people by attribute related to each group calculated statistically. Information is generated and supplied to the report result output unit 111 (step S27).

  Next, the report result output unit 111 that has received the reporting information from the reporting statistics processing unit 110 provides the reporting information in the provision mode requested by the report requester (step S28). Then, this processing routine ends.

[Effect of the embodiment]
As described above, according to this embodiment, by supplementing mobile phone probe data with photo information posted and published on the Internet, only the number of persons statistically calculated from mobile phone probe data can be obtained. Rather, it is possible to statistically calculate the breakdown of the number of persons by attribute related to each group obtained by collecting the photo information. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a very useful statistical result as compared with the statistical result of only the total number of people related to the position and the date and time.

  According to the above-described embodiment, it is not necessary to match the provider of the cellular phone probe data with the poster of the photo information. Therefore, the provider of the cellular phone probe data and the poster of the photo information are specified. do not have to. Therefore, it is not necessary to detect personal information (personal identification information) of the cellular phone probe data provider or the photograph information contributor, so that the personal information can be protected.

[Other Embodiments or Modifications]
In the above-described embodiment, the photo information collection / holding unit 105 cooperates with the accompanying information analysis unit 106 and the image recognition unit 107 to classify each location, facility, event, and date / time. In addition, pre-processing to pre-determine the attributes of the person who posted the photo information or the person shown in the photo was performed, but at the time of statistical processing including the above-mentioned interpolation, the processing corresponding to the pre-processing was also performed. Of course, it is possible. However, as in the embodiment, pre-processing has the effect of reducing the time for obtaining the necessary statistical processing results.

  The photo information is not limited to the photo information posted on the blog site, the SNS site, or the photo sharing site, but may be any photo information as long as it is published on the Internet. In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the attributes related to individual groups that can be determined from photographic information are exemplified by gender and age. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, whether or not the user is wearing glasses, hair Whether or not the person has a physical disability can be determined as an attribute related to each group, and the determination result can be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Statistical processing server apparatus, 2 ... Internet, 3 ... Mobile phone network, 5 ... Mobile phone probe data collection server, 6 ... Blog site, 7 ... SNS site, 8 ... Photo sharing site, 9 ... Personal computer, 10 ... Mobile Telephone terminal 11 ... Digital camera 101 ... Control unit 102 ... Communication interface 103 ... Cell phone probe data acquisition holding unit 104 ... Cell phone probe data analysis unit 105 ... Photo information collection holding unit 106 ... Attached information analysis , 107 ... Image recognition unit, 108 ... Ratio calculation unit by attribute

Claims (6)

Means for acquiring and holding mobile phone probe data including position information associated with time information from a mobile phone terminal;
Means for collecting and maintaining photo information posted on internet websites along with accompanying information;
First calculating means for analyzing the mobile phone probe data and statistically calculating the number of people present at the same place on the same date and time;
From the incidental information of the collected photographic information, information that can be acquired from information on the shooting date and time of the photographic information, information on the shooting location, and information on attributes related to the individual groups of the posters is obtained. Means for acquiring and registering in association with the collected photo information;
Recognize the image information of the photographic information, acquire information that can be acquired from information on the shooting location, information on the number of subjects, and information on attributes related to individual groups of subjects, and collect the information Means for registering in association with the photograph information,
Based on the acquired shooting location information and shooting date and time information, and attributes related to the individual groups, the number of people who were present at the same location at the same date and time calculated by the first calculation means. A second calculating means for statistically calculating a ratio for each attribute related to the individual group;
The number of people who existed at the same place on the same date and time calculated by the first calculation means is prorated according to the ratio for each attribute calculated by the second calculation means, and the same place on the same date and time. A third calculating means for statistically calculating the number of persons according to the attribute,
A statistical processing apparatus comprising: The statistical processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the accompanying information is Exif (Exchangeable image file format) information. The statistical processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the accompanying information is a title of a photograph or a comment added to the photograph information.   The statistical processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shooting location includes a facility name and an event name. A statistical processing method performed in a statistical processing apparatus connected to a communication network,
Acquiring and holding mobile phone probe data including position information associated with time information from the mobile phone terminal; and
Collecting and maintaining photo information posted on internet websites with accompanying information;
A first calculation step of analyzing the mobile phone probe data and statistically calculating the number of people present at the same place at the same date and time;
From the incidental information of the collected photographic information, information that can be acquired from information on the shooting date and time of the photographic information, information on the shooting location, and information on attributes related to the individual groups of the posters is obtained. Acquiring and registering in association with the collected photo information;
Recognize the image information of the photographic information, acquire information that can be acquired from information on the shooting location, information on the number of subjects, and information on attributes related to individual groups of subjects, and collect the information Registering it in association with the photograph information,
Based on the acquired shooting location information and shooting date and time information, and attributes related to the individual groups, the number of people who were present at the same location at the same date and time calculated by the first calculation means. A second calculation step for statistically calculating the ratio of each attribute related to the individual group;
The number of people who were present at the same place on the same date and time calculated in the first calculation step is prorated according to the ratio by the attribute calculated by the second calculation means, and the same place on the same date and time. A third calculation step that statistically calculates the number of people by attribute,
A statistical processing method. A computer included in a statistical processing apparatus connected to a communication network
Means for acquiring and holding mobile phone probe data including position information associated with time information from a mobile phone terminal;
Means to collect and retain photo information posted on internet websites with accompanying information;
A first calculating means for analyzing the mobile phone probe data and statistically calculating the number of people present at the same place at the same date and time;
From the incidental information of the collected photographic information, information that can be acquired from information on the shooting date and time of the photographic information, information on the shooting location, and information on attributes related to the individual groups of the posters is obtained. Means for acquiring and registering in association with the collected photo information;
Recognize the image information of the photographic information, acquire information that can be acquired from information on the shooting location, information on the number of subjects, and information on attributes related to individual groups of subjects, and collect the information Means for registering in association with the photograph information,
Based on the acquired shooting location information and shooting date and time information, and attributes related to the individual groups, the number of people who were present at the same location at the same date and time calculated by the first calculation means. A second calculating means for statistically calculating a ratio for each attribute related to the individual group;
The number of people who existed at the same place on the same date and time calculated by the first calculation means is prorated according to the ratio for each attribute calculated by the second calculation means, and the same place on the same date and time. A third calculating means for statistically calculating the number of persons according to the attribute,
A program for executing the functions of

Images