JPH10320597A - Terminal device, facility utilization system, method for providing information on facility utilization, and recording medium for recording control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable information on a facility to be provided to respective users so that they can more efficiently use the facility. SOLUTION: These devices and methods are installed in facilities of all sorts together with a mobile equipment 8 storing personal information and, by communicating with the mobile equipment 8, they read personal information stored in the mobile equipment 8; the devices and method are also equipped with a terminal device 4 which transmits to the mobile equipment 8 information on facility utilization corresponding to this personal information and output information transmitted from the terminal device 4 at the mobile equipment 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a facility use system for transmitting information to a portable device from a terminal device installed in a public facility or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, data relating to various tasks has been digitized, and automation using computers has been promoted. For example, a commuter pass or a ticket used for commuting or going to school by means of transportation such as a railroad is magnetically recorded with data indicating a section to be used and a validity period, so that machine processing can be performed. By inserting the commuter pass into the machine installed at the ticket gate when passing the ticket gate, the data of the section and validity period are read, and if the section and validity period are valid, the ticket gate is opened and the ticket passes. can do.

[0003] As described above, the commuter pass or ticket used for a ticket gate at a station is automatically read by a machine in terms of section and validity period, and the gate control is performed. Is reduced.

[0004] In recent years, with the digitization of data relating to various tasks, networking has also progressed, and terminals capable of accessing data have been installed at various places to receive services. ing. In addition, personally owned terminals tend to be miniaturized, portable, and multifunctional.

[0005]

As described above, in recent years, digitization and networking of data have been promoted, and portable terminals for personal use have become easier. These technologies will help users use facilities more effectively in public facilities used by an unspecified number of people, such as railway stations, airports, ports, government offices, libraries, ballparks, and concert halls. It is particularly desirable to apply.

[0006] That is, public facilities are used by an unspecified number of people, and it is difficult for each user to grasp the entire structure and the like in the facility. However, usually,
Information boards and signboards are provided inside the facility to provide various information to all users who visit the facility in the same way.Each user selects the necessary information from a lot of information I had to. In this case, it is not always possible to select the best information after grasping all the information in the facility, so it is not always possible to select the optimal information, and in order for users to use the facility more effectively, It was desired to provide necessary information according to the situation.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a terminal device and facility capable of providing information on facilities for each user so that users can use facilities more effectively. It is an object to provide a use system, a facility use information providing method, and a recording medium recording a control program.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a portable device storing personal information, and a portable device installed in various facilities. The portable device communicates with the portable device by communicating with the portable device. Read personal information stored in the device,
A terminal device for transmitting information on use of the facility corresponding to the information to the portable device, wherein the portable device outputs information from the terminal device.

[0009] Thus, information unique to a user who has the portable device is provided from the terminal device to the portable device existing in the facility. The user can effectively use the facility based on the information from the terminal device, and since the information unique to the user is provided, there is no need to perform an operation such as selecting information on the portable device. .

[0010] In addition, information of a train ticket is stored as personal information, and a portable device for displaying various kinds of information is installed in a station premises and communicates with the portable device. A terminal device for reading the information of the ticket stored in the portable device, and transmitting to the portable device the boarding position of the train corresponding to the information of the ticket, together with the information of the map of the station premises. The portable device is a facility use system that displays a boarding position of a train on a map based on information from the terminal device.

[0011] This makes it possible to target a station such as a railway as a facility, and uses information on a ticket, such as information on a section (destination), date and time, train name, designated seat, etc. as personal information. be able to. Based on the information on the ticket, it is possible to provide information unique to the user, such as indicating the boarding position of the train to be boarded on a map.

[0012] The personal information stored in the portable device includes information on tastes, and the terminal device reads the information on the tastes, and transmits information on equipment corresponding to the information to the portable device. It is characterized in that it is transmitted to a device.

[0013] Thus, by including information on tastes as personal information, for example, information such as smoking a cigarette and drinking coffee, it is possible to provide information on the tastes.

The information on the ticket includes information on the departure time of the train, and the terminal device transmits different information depending on the time from the present to the departure time.

[0015] This makes it possible to provide the portable device (user) with information according to the situation at that time based on personal information.

Further, the personal information stored in the portable device includes information about an age, and the terminal device reads the information about the age, and reads information about facilities corresponding to the information. The information is transmitted to the portable device.

[0017] Thus, by including information about the age as personal information, it is possible to provide information about facilities in the facility suitable for the age.

Further, the terminal device communicates with the portable device at various places in the station premises, and the terminal device determines a position of the portable device in the station premises based on a communication state with the portable device. Determining, transmitting information indicating the current position of the mobile device to the mobile device, the mobile device displaying the current position on a map based on the information indicating the current position from the terminal device. Features.

Thus, it is possible to provide not only fixed information from the terminal device but also information indicating the current position according to the user's movement within the facility.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facility use system according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the facility use system includes a terminal device 4 and a portable device 8. In the present embodiment, a station that is a public facility will be described as an example of a facility to which the present system is applied.

The terminal device 4 is installed, for example, near a ticket gate of a station, and communicates with a portable device 8 held by a person who passes the ticket gate, and the portable device 8 (plays the role of a ticket). It controls the opening and closing of the ticket gate based on the data acquired from the company, and provides the user with effective information unique to the user in using the facility. Details will be described later.

The portable device 8 has a function of presenting information provided from the terminal device 4 to a user, in addition to a function of playing a ticket for boarding an original train. Details will be described later.

The portable device 8 is realized by a computer (small electronic device) whose operation is controlled by a program recorded on a storage medium. However, it is assumed that the portable device 8 in the present embodiment is configured in a card type that is thin and easy to carry.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable device 8. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile device 8 includes a CPU 1
0, communication unit 12, storage device 14, input unit 16, display unit 1
8 and a memory 20.

The CPU 10 controls the entire portable device 8, and its operation is controlled by a program stored in the storage device 14 or the memory 20. CPU1
0 makes the portable device 8 function by controlling each unit based on the control program.

The communication unit 12 transmits and receives various data to and from the terminal device 4 under the control of the CPU 10 when the portable device 8 passes the ticket gate.

The storage device 14 stores various programs and data for controlling the operation of the CPU 10.

The input unit 16 is for inputting an instruction or the like from a user when using a function provided in the portable device 8, and controls input operations on a plurality of keys provided in the portable device 8. I do.

The display unit 18 displays on the display the contents of the data transmitted from the terminal device 4, a message when using the function provided in the portable device 8, and the like.

The memory 20 stores programs for controlling the operation of the CPU 10 and various data. The various data includes ticket data 20a and personal data 20b. The ticket data 20a includes data for a function serving as an original ticket. The personal data 20b is data relating to an individual holding the mobile device 8.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the data structure of various data stored in the memory 20. FIG. 3A shows the ticket data 20a, and FIG. 3B shows the personal data 20b.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the ticket data 2
In 0a, railway company name data 30 indicating the name of the railway company that issued the ticket, ticket type data 31 indicating the type of ticket (such as a ticket, limited express ticket, or reserved seat ticket), and the validity period of the ticket (destination) Data 32 indicating the departure date and time of the train scheduled to be boarded if the seat is a reserved seat ticket or date and time indicating the effective date if the ticket is an unreserved seat ticket, and the train scheduled to be boarded if the seat is a reserved seat ticket , And designated seat data 35 indicating a designated seat in the case of a designated seat ticket.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the personal data 20
b includes information on the individual using the portable device (ticket) (individuals 1, 2,...) and information on the personal preference (preferences 1, 2,...). Information on individuals includes, for example, "age" and "sex", and information on preferences includes, for example, "tobacco" and "coffee".

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal device 4 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG.
The terminal device 4 includes a CPU 60, a communication unit 62, a storage device 64, a network connection unit 66, a gate control unit 68,
It comprises a memory 70, a timetable database 72, a premises map database 74, and an incidental information database 76.

The CPU 60 controls the entire terminal device 4, and its operation is controlled by a program stored in the storage device 64 or the memory 70. C
The PU 60 causes the terminal device 4 to function by controlling each unit based on the control program.

The communication unit 62 transmits and receives various data to and from the portable device 8 under the control of the CPU 60 when the portable device 8 passes the ticket gate.

The storage device 64 stores various programs and data for controlling the operation of the CPU 60.

The network connection unit 66 searches various databases connected via the network to obtain necessary information.

The gate control section 68 controls the opening and closing of the gate through which the user of the ticket gate passes, depending on whether or not the contents of the ticket data 20a obtained from the portable device 8 when the ticket is passed are valid. .

The memory 70 stores programs for controlling the operation of the CPU 60 and various data.

The timetable database 72 includes information included in the timetable of trains, for example, train names, departure times of each train, destinations, boarding positions (home), supplementary information of each train, and the like.

The premises map database 74 includes map data indicating the structure of the station premises, including the train boarding position (home) and the ticket gate position.

The incidental information database 76 includes incidental information on various facilities and the like provided in the station premises, such as restaurants, coffee stands, shops, toilets, and stairs, which are associated with the map data registered in the premises map database 74. Information such as a position and an escalator position is registered.

FIG. 5 shows an external configuration of the portable device 8 in a state where a screen corresponding to the service data acquired from the terminal device 4 is displayed. As shown in FIG. 5, the portable device 8 is provided with a display surface 80 on which display is performed under the control of the display unit 18.
a, a screen showing the contents of the data stored as personal data 20b (such as the contents of a ticket), various settings (such as for inputting personal data), and the contents of information obtained from the terminal device 4 corresponding to the personal data (Specific examples will be described later) are displayed.

The portable device 8 is provided with a function key 82 and a drive key 84 as shown in FIG.

The function key 82 is a key for instructing various settings, for example, when registering the personal data 20b when using the function provided in the portable device 8.
The drive key 84 is a key for instructing activation of a function provided in the mobile device 8.

Next, the operation of the facility use system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to flowcharts. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the portable device 8 when passing through a ticket gate, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the terminal device 4, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the auxiliary data search processing during the operation of the terminal device 4, respectively. ing.

At the ticket gate, the terminal device 4 transmits a ticket request from the communication section 62 when the intrusion into the ticket gate is detected (FIG. 7, step B1). In the ticket gate, a ticket inspection is performed on the portable device 8 that performs the function of a ticket or a commuter pass, and the portable device 8 that performs the function of a commuter pass holds data such as a date and a section as commuter pass data. , And can communicate with the terminal device 4 via the communication unit.

On the other hand, when the CPU 10 of the portable device 8 receives the ticket request from the terminal device 4 from the communication unit 12 (FIG. 6, step A1), the ticket data 2 in the memory 20
0a is transmitted to the terminal device 4 (step A2).

When the personal data 20b is stored in the memory 20 (step A)
3) The personal data 20b is also transmitted to the terminal device 4 (step A4).

When the terminal device 4 receives the ticket data 20a from the portable device 8 by the communication unit 62 (step B2), the terminal device 4 shown in FIG.
Whether each of the data as shown in (a) is valid data is determined by referring to the data registered in the timetable database 72 through the network connection unit 66 (step B3).

If the ticket data cannot be received in response to the ticket request, or if the contents of the received ticket data (including the ticket data, etc.) are not valid, An alarm process is executed (Step B4). In the alarm processing, a predetermined output indicating a warning is output from an output device (a lamp, a display, a speaker, or the like) provided in the terminal device 4 or the like, and warning data for notifying the portable device 8 of the warning is transmitted. And so on.

On the other hand, if all the data are valid data, the CPU 60 sends the ticket data 2
If the personal data 20b has been received together with the personal data 20a (step B5), additional information corresponding to the received personal data is retrieved from the additional information database 76 through the network connection unit 66, and read out if the corresponding information exists (step B5). B6).

The CPU 60 of the terminal device 4
The premises map data is read from the premises map database 74 (step B7). The CPU 60 transmits the railway company name data 30, the ticket type data 31, the train name data 34, and the designated seat data 35 of the previously received ticket data 20a.
Based on the above, the location of the premises where the user of the portable device 8 will board the train is determined, and guidance data indicating this location is written in the premises map data (step B8).

Here, the CPU 60 stores the ticket data 20
From the date and time data 33 of a, it is determined whether or not the time until the departure time of the train to be boarded is within a predetermined time, that is, there is only a short time to go directly to the departure place of the train (step B9). .

If the time until the departure is within the predetermined time, the CPU 60 of the terminal device 4 transmits the premises map data to which the guide data is added from the communication unit 62 to the portable device 8 (step B10).

On the other hand, when the service data, in this case, the map data with guidance is received from the communication unit 12 (step A5), the CPU 10 of the portable device 8 displays a map of the premises on the display unit 18 based on the service data. Display. In the map on the premises, the departure location of the train that the user intends to board, that is, the boarding platform and its position are indicated using predetermined symbols or characters.

When the mobile device 8 has successfully received the service data, the terminal device 4 opens the gate of the ticket gate by the gate control section 68 so that the user can pass through the gate (step B11).

The terminal device 4 executes step B9.
In the case where the time until the departure time of the train to be boarded is not within the predetermined time, the accompanying data search process is executed (step B12). The supplementary data search processing is executed, for example, according to the procedure of the flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows the personal data acquired from the mobile device 8.
It is assumed that information of “age 65” and preference “tobacco” as shown in FIG.

First, the CPU 60 compares whether or not the age information “age 65” included in the personal data is equal to or greater than the preset “age 60” (step C).
1). As a result, when the age information indicates “age 60” or more, the location information of the escalator in the premises is searched and acquired from the supplementary information database 76 and added to the premises map data (step C2).

Next, the CPU 60 determines whether or not the preference includes "cigarette" (step C3). As a result, when the preference is “tobacco”, the location information of the smoking area in the premises is searched from the incidental information database 76 and added to the premises map data (step C4).

In addition, additional data corresponding to each data included in the personal data 20b is stored in the additional information database 76.
And adds it to the premises map data.

The CPU 60 determines that the ticket data 20a
From the date and time data 33, it is determined whether or not the time until the departure time of the train to be boarded is one hour or more (step C5). Here, if it is one hour or more before the departure time, the guide information of the restaurant is used as a place for the user to spend time until the departure time, and the supplementary information database 76.
And adds it to the premises map data (step C
7).

If the time until the departure time of the train to be boarded is less than one hour, the CPU 60
It is determined whether it is 0 minute or more and less than 1 hour (step C6). If the time is less than 30 minutes or more and less than one hour before the departure time, the guide information of the coffee stand is acquired from the supplementary information database 76 as a place where the user spends time until the departure time, and is converted into the premises map data. It is added (step C8).

If the time until the departure time of the train to be boarded is less than 30, the guide information of the shop is acquired from the supplementary information database 76 as a place for the user to spend time until the departure time. Then, it is added to the premises map data (step C9).

The guide information (restaurant, coffee stand, stand) to be uniquely added is not determined according to the time until the train departure time, but each guide information is determined according to the contents of other personal data. You may make it select from several candidates according to a time zone.

The CPU 60 of the terminal device 4 transmits the premises map data to which the guidance data and the supplementary data are added to the portable device 8 from the communication unit 62 (step B1).
0).

Further, when the reception of the service data is completed normally in the portable device 8, the terminal device 4 opens the gate of the ticket gate by the gate control section 68 so that the user can pass through (Step B11).

As described above, by storing the personal data 20b in the portable device 8 functioning as a ticket for boarding the train, the terminal device 4 can use the terminal device 4 at the facility corresponding to the contents of the personal data 20b when passing the ticket gate. The service data relating to use is transmitted to the portable device 8, and the information can be displayed on the portable device 8.

For example, along with a map showing the station premises, the boarding position (boarding platform) of the train to be boarded is shown in the map, and information according to the contents of the preferences in the personal data 20b and the train departure time Information and the like according to the time up to are provided.

In the above description, the portable device 8 is assumed to receive various information from the terminal device 4 only at the ticket gate. However, the communication terminals of the terminal device 4 are provided at a plurality of locations in the facility premises. Thus, communication with the terminal device 4 can be performed at a plurality of locations.

In this case, the terminal device 4 determines the position of the portable device 8 in the station premises based on the communication status with the portable device 8, and sends information indicating the current position of the portable device 8 to the portable device 8. Send.

For example, the terminal device 4 may be connected to the mobile device 8 at any of a plurality of communication terminals installed on the premises.
The position is determined based on whether or not communication with the communication has been established. In this case, the communicable range of the communication terminal is set to a range (relatively narrow) in which the position can be specified.

The portable device 8 displays the current position on the premises map using symbols or the like based on the information indicating the current position from the terminal device 4.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the contents according to the service data displayed on the display surface 80 of the portable device 8 and the information indicating the current position. As shown in FIG. 5, on the display surface 80, a map showing the entire layout of the station premises is displayed, and a boarding platform display 90 is displayed on the map as the boarding position of the train to be boarded. That is, the home position (the third home) and the position corresponding to the designated seat in the home are indicated by the symbols.

Further, since there is "cigarette" as a preference in the personal data 20b, a smoking place display 92 is added. Furthermore, since the time until the departure time of the train to be boarded is less than 1 hour and 30 minutes or more, the nearest coffee stand display 94 near the boarding position is added.

Also, in the example shown in FIG.
6 is added. In the example of FIG. 5, the current position display 96 is provided near the ticket gate position since it is immediately after passing the ticket gate. When the user carrying the mobile device 8 moves through the premises and communicates with another communication terminal to determine the current position, the current position display 96 is displayed each time.
Is changed.

In the above-described embodiment, the “age” of the personal data 20 b is
Although the description is made using the example of the preference "cigarette", any other personal information may be used, and a search of the incidental information database 76 for each information set in the personal data 20b is performed. It is assumed that the corresponding information is registered for each of them, and the corresponding information is searched. If there is any corresponding information, it is transmitted to the portable device 8 as service data.

Further, as information of a place to be added according to the waiting time, a restaurant, a coffee stand,
Although an example of selecting and adding information on a shop is used, the time interval and the place to be added are not limited to the example, and can be arbitrarily determined according to the facility.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the station has been described as an example of the public facility.
It is also possible to apply to other public facilities such as ports, government offices, libraries, ballparks, concert halls and the like. In facilities where seats are designated by tickets, such as stadiums and concert halls, the information of tickets is registered in the portable device 8 in the present embodiment, and the terminal device 4 is installed at the entrance, which is the same as described above. Can be operated.

In addition to the terminal device 4 provided at the entrance of the facility such as a ticket gate or in the facility as in the above-described embodiment, the terminal device 4 may be provided around the facility.

Further, as an output form of information in the portable device 8, a display under the control of the display unit 18 is described as an example, but voice data is transmitted from the terminal device 4 by transmitting voice data to the portable device 8 ( Text information or the like may be transmitted to the portable device 8 to generate audio data in the portable device 8), or printed out, for example.

The processing method in the terminal device 4 and the portable device 8 described in the above embodiment is as follows.
Examples of programs that can be executed by a computer include a magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD
Etc.), and can be realized by writing to a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory and providing it to various devices. The control program is not limited to the above-described recording medium, but may be transmitted to a communication medium and provided to various devices. The computer that realizes the present apparatus reads the control program recorded on the recording medium, and executes the above-described processing by controlling the operation of the program.

[0084]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to communicate between a portable device storing personal information and a portable device installed in various facilities. And a terminal device for reading personal information stored in the portable device and transmitting information on the use of the facility corresponding to the information to the portable device, and outputting the information from the terminal device in the portable device. Accordingly, it is possible to provide information on the facility for each user so that the user can use the facility more effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facility use system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile device 8 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing an example of a data structure of various data stored in a memory 20 of the mobile device 8 in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal device 4 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a state in which a screen according to service data acquired from the terminal device 4 is displayed on the portable device 8;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the portable device 8 according to the present embodiment when passing a ticket gate.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the terminal device 4 in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the accompanying data search processing during the operation of the terminal device 4 in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 ... Terminal device 8 ... Portable device 10,60 ... CPU 12,62 ... Communication unit 14,64 ... Storage device 16 ... Input unit 18 ... Display unit 20,70 ... Memory 20a ... Ticket data 20b ... Personal data 30 ... Railway Company name data 31 Ticket type data 32 Section data 33 Date and time data 34 Train name data 35 Designated seat data 66 Network connection unit 68 Gate control unit 72 Timetable database 74 Premise map database 76 Additional information Database

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A portable device that stores personal information, and a personal device that is installed in various facilities and that is stored in the portable device by communicating with the portable device. And a terminal device for reading information related to the use of the facility corresponding to the information to the portable device, and outputting information from the terminal device in the portable device. . 2. A portable device that stores information on a train ticket as personal information and displays various information, and is installed in a station yard and communicates with the portable device. A terminal device for reading the information of the ticket stored in the portable device, and transmitting the boarding position of the train corresponding to the information of the ticket to the portable device together with the information of the map of the station premises. The facility use system, wherein the portable device displays a boarding position of a train on a map based on information from the terminal device. 3. The personal information stored in the portable device includes information on a preference, and the terminal device reads the information on the preference, and transmits information on equipment corresponding to the information to the portable device. 3. The facility use system according to claim 2, wherein the information is transmitted to a device. 4. The information on the ticket includes information on the departure time of the train, and the terminal device transmits different information according to the time from the present to the departure time.
Facility use system as described. 5. The personal information stored in the portable device includes information on an age, and the terminal device reads the information on the age, and reads information on equipment corresponding to the information. 3. The facility use system according to claim 2, wherein the data is transmitted to the portable device. 6. The terminal device communicates with the portable device at various points in a station premises, and the terminal device determines a position of the portable device in the station premises based on a communication status with the portable device. Determine,
Transmitting information indicating the current position of the mobile device to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device displays the current position on a map based on the information indicating the current position from the terminal device. The facility use system according to claim 2. 7. A terminal device installed in a facility and communicating with a portable device existing in the facility, wherein a database in which various information related to the facility is registered, and the portable device is stored by communication with the portable device Information receiving means for receiving the information being received, corresponding to the information received by the information receiving means,
A terminal device comprising: a search unit that searches for information registered in the database; and a transmission unit that transmits information in the database searched by the search unit to the portable device. 8. From a terminal device installed in the facility,
A facility use information providing method for providing information to a mobile device existing in a facility, wherein personal information is stored in the mobile device, and communication is performed between the terminal device and the mobile device. Thereby, the personal information stored in the portable device is read by the terminal device, and the information on the use of the facility corresponding to the read information is transmitted from the terminal device to the portable device. Facility use information provision method. 9. A terminal device installed in a facility,
A control program for providing information to a mobile device existing in a facility, the communication device comprising: receiving information stored in the mobile device through communication with the mobile device, corresponding to the received information; A control program for controlling the terminal device so as to search for information registered in a database in which various types of information relating to facilities are registered, and to transmit the searched information in the database to the mobile device. Computer readable recording medium.