JP2007058413A - Meeting support device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a meeting support device capable of omitting checking departure time of a requested person for meeting. <P>SOLUTION: This meeting support device 4 receiving a request from a request terminal 2 portably carried by a meeting request person using a regularly-operated vehicle, and notifying a requested terminal 3 provided on the meeting requested person side about the meeting request estimates an arrival time (S4) when the request person arrives at a stop facility of the vehicle present within a predetermined distance from a position of the requested terminal 3, and a required time (S5) until the requested person arrives at the stop facility to notify the requested terminal 3 about the departure time (S6) for the requested person to depart (S7). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a queuing support apparatus that supports queuing between a requester and a requestee.

Conventionally, as an aid for meeting the requester and the requestee, the estimated time of arrival at the destination is calculated by predicting the time required to reach the destination set by the device on the requesting party. In some cases, when a preset contact condition is satisfied, an expected arrival time is notified to a preset contact information of the requestee (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-350165 (FIG. 2)

  However, in the conventional technology, the requester of the meeting can notify the requestee of the arrival time of arrival at the destination of the meeting, but the requestee arrives at the destination by the predicted arrival time. There is a problem that the requesting person for the meeting takes time and effort to check the departure time.

  The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an queuing support apparatus that can save labor for checking a departure time for a queuing requestee.

  The waiting support apparatus according to the present invention receives a request from a requesting terminal that is carried by a requesting client who uses a vehicle that is regularly operated, and is a requested terminal provided on the requested requesting side. In the meeting support apparatus for notifying the meeting request, the arrival time at which the requester arrives at the stop facility of the vehicle within a predetermined distance from the position of the requested terminal, and the requested person It has a configuration provided with departure time notifying means for notifying the requested terminal of the departure time that the requested person should depart by estimating the time required to arrive at the stop facility.

  With this configuration, the waiting support apparatus according to the present invention notifies the requestee of the departure time at which the requestee of the meeting should leave, so that it is possible to save time and effort for checking the departure time of the requestee.

  The departure time notification means may estimate the required time by searching a route from the position of the requested terminal to the stop facility.

  With this configuration, the waiting support device of the present invention can accurately estimate the time required until the requestee arrives at the stop facility.

  The departure time notifying unit may notify the requested terminal of the departure time and then transmit information representing the stop facility to the in-vehicle device associated with the requested terminal.

  With this configuration, the waiting support apparatus according to the present invention can save labor for the requestee who sets the destination for route search in the in-vehicle apparatus.

  Further, the departure time notification means may estimate the arrival time based on the operation information acquired from a storage medium storing operation information of vehicles that are regularly operated.

  With this configuration, the meeting support device of the present invention can accurately estimate the arrival time at which the client arrives at the stop facility.

  The departure time notification means may estimate the arrival time by estimating a route taken by the requester based on the position of the request terminal.

  With this configuration, the waiting support apparatus according to the present invention can save labor for the client who sets the route to the destination.

  In addition, the departure time notifying means may provide one stop facility according to the route estimated by the requester when there are a plurality of stop facilities within a predetermined distance from the position of the requested terminal. May be selected.

  With this configuration, the waiting support apparatus of the present invention can select a stop facility that is estimated to be easy for the client to arrive as a destination.

  Further, the departure time notifying means is configured such that when the current time has passed the departure time, the time when the requested person arrives at the stop facility is later than the time when the requester arrives at the stop facility. This may be notified to the request terminal.

  With this configuration, the waiting support apparatus of the present invention can notify the requester in advance that the requested person is delayed.

  In addition, the waiting support system of the present invention is a request terminal carried by a requesting client who uses a regularly operated vehicle, a requested terminal provided on a requested requester side for which the waiting is requested, In a waiting support system comprising a waiting support device that receives a request from a requesting terminal and notifies the requesting terminal of the request for waiting, the waiting support device has a predetermined distance from the position of the requested terminal. The departure time at which the requestee should depart by estimating the arrival time at which the requester arrives at the vehicle's stop facility and the time required for the requestee to arrive at the stop facility To the requested terminal.

  With this configuration, the waiting support system according to the present invention notifies the requestee of the departure time at which the requestee of the meeting should leave, so that the time required for checking the departure time of the requestee can be saved.

  The present invention can provide a meeting support apparatus having an effect that it is possible to save the trouble of checking a departure time for a meeting requestee.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a waiting support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a waiting support system 1 includes a request terminal 2 carried by a requesting client who uses a vehicle 20 that is regularly operated, and a requested terminal 3 provided on a requested client side to be requested for waiting. The apparatus includes a waiting support device 4 that receives a request from the requesting terminal 2 and notifies the requesting terminal 3 of a request for waiting, and an in-vehicle device 5 mounted on the vehicle 21 used by the requestee.

  Here, the vehicle 20 that is regularly operated refers to things that are operated in accordance with a timetable such as trains, buses, and trams.

  In the present embodiment, the meeting support device 4 is connected to the request terminal 2, the requested terminal 3, and the in-vehicle device 5 via a network 6 including an Internet network, a wireless telephone network, and a fixed telephone network. To do.

  1 shows one request terminal 2, requested terminal 3, waiting support device 4 and in-vehicle device 5, respectively, the request terminal, requested terminal, waiting support device and in-vehicle device which constitute the waiting support system. The number of devices is not limited.

  The request terminal 2 is configured by a mobile information terminal such as a mobile phone, a notebook computer, or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

  The requested terminal 3 is composed of, for example, a fixed information terminal such as a television, a telephone, a facsimile, or a personal computer, or a mobile information terminal like the requesting terminal 2.

  The in-vehicle device 5 is configured by a navigation device that is mounted on the vehicle 21 and performs a route search to a destination set by an occupant, navigation during driving, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the waiting support device 4 is connected to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a hard disk 13, and a network 6. The communication module 14 for communicating with each apparatus is provided.

  The CPU 10 reads each program stored in the ROM 12 and the hard disk 13 into the RAM 11 and executes the program loaded into the RAM 11 to control each unit such as performing communication control on the communication module 14. The CPU 10 that executes the program constitutes a departure time notifying unit in the present invention.

  The hard disk 13 stores map data and vehicle operation information for route search and navigation, in addition to programs to be executed by the CPU 10. Here, the operation information includes information such as a route map of the vehicle and a timetable at each stop facility.

  The operation of the waiting support system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 3, first, the request terminal 2 transmits request information indicating that the request for waiting is requested to the waiting support device 4 in response to the input of the waiting request by the requester (S1).

  Here, the request information includes a destination ID for identifying the destination of the client in the waiting support system 1, a requested terminal ID for identifying the requested terminal 3 in the waiting support system 1, and Information representing the latitude and longitude of the requesting terminal 2 obtained by using positioning means such as a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver is included.

  For the destination ID and the requested terminal ID, for example, it is desirable that default values that respectively represent the requested terminal 3 provided at home and at home are set. By setting default values for the destination ID and the requestee ID, the requester can be requested to wait with a simple operation.

  In the meeting support device 4 that has received the request information, the CPU 10 searches for a stop facility 22 (see FIG. 1) of the vehicle 20 within a predetermined distance from the position of the requested terminal 3 (S2). The stop facility 22 refers to, for example, a station when the vehicle 20 is a train, and a stop when the vehicle 20 is a bus or a tram.

  Here, when the requested terminal 3 is constituted by a fixed information terminal, the CPU 10 acquires the position information of the requested terminal 3 registered in advance in the hard disk 13 corresponding to the requested terminal ID. In addition, when the requested terminal 3 is configured by a mobile information terminal, the CPU 10 acquires the requested terminal 3 position information obtained from a GPS receiver or the like provided in the requested terminal 3 from the requested terminal 3. To do.

  Next, the CPU 10 estimates the route taken by the client based on the information indicating the latitude and longitude of the request terminal 2 included in the request information and the operation information stored in the hard disk 13 (S3). Here, when there are a plurality of stopping facilities 22 within a predetermined distance from the position of the requested terminal 3 in step S2, the CPU 10 stops one stop according to the vehicle 20 estimated to be used by the client. The facility 22 is selected.

  The request terminal 2 transmits information indicating its own latitude and longitude to the requested terminal 3 at a predetermined number of times and time intervals so that the requester can request a meeting even when the requester has already boarded the vehicle 20. Then, the CPU 10 of the meeting support device 4 may determine whether or not the requester has already boarded the vehicle 20 based on changes in the latitude and longitude of the request terminal 2.

  If the request terminal 2 is not equipped with a GPS receiver, the request terminal 2 requests vehicle identification information such as a train number for identifying the vehicle 20 on which the requester is getting on or is scheduled to get on. The vehicle identification information may be included in the request information.

  Next, the CPU 10 estimates the arrival time at which the vehicle 20 estimated to be used by the client arrives at the searched stop facility 22 based on the operation information stored in the hard disk 13 (S4).

  Further, the CPU 10 searches for a route 23 (see FIG. 1) from the position of the requested terminal 3 to the stop facility 22 based on the map data stored in the hard disk 13, and the requested person based on the searched route 23. Is estimated for the time required to arrive at the stop facility 22 (S5).

  Next, the CPU 10 calculates the departure time that the requested person should depart by subtracting the required time from the estimated arrival time (S6), and sets the calculated departure time, the requester, the stop facility 22 to be waited for, and the like. Request notification information including information to represent is transmitted to the requested terminal 3 via the communication module 14 (S7).

  The requested terminal 3 that has received the request notification information performs a request notification for displaying or requesting output of the requested information (S8). Here, when response information indicating whether or not to wait and the scheduled departure time and the like are input to the requested terminal 3, the requested terminal 3 transmits the input response information to the waiting support device 4. (S9).

  In the waiting support device 4 that has received the response information, the CPU 10 calculates an estimated arrival time by adding the required time to the estimated departure time indicated by the response information (S10), and includes information indicating the calculated estimated arrival time in the response information. The response information is transmitted to the requesting terminal 2 through the communication module 14 (S11).

  When the response information indicates that the waiting is possible, the CPU 10 sends the destination information indicating the stopping facility 22 to be waited for to the in-vehicle device 5 associated with the requested terminal 3 via the communication module 14. Transmit (S12). Here, it is assumed that the correspondence between the requested terminal 3 and the in-vehicle device 5 is registered in the hard disk 13 in advance.

  Upon receiving the response information, the requesting terminal 2 displays on the screen the possibility of waiting indicated by the response information, the scheduled departure time, the scheduled arrival time, and the like (S13). On the other hand, the in-vehicle device 5 that has received the destination information sets the stop facility 22 represented by the received destination information as a destination for route search (S14).

  In step S6, if the current time has passed the calculated departure time, the CPU 10 indicates that the requestee is delayed or the expected delay time before transmitting the request notification information. Information may be transmitted to the request terminal 2 via the communication module 14 to confirm whether or not to continue the request for waiting for the requester.

  Further, the in-vehicle device 5 sends information representing the estimated arrival time via the queuing support device 4 when it detects that the mounted vehicle 21 has departed toward the destination or when the estimated arrival time fluctuates. May be transmitted to the request terminal 2.

  Such a meeting support system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention notifies the requestee of the departure time at which the requestee of the meeting should depart, and thus saves the trouble of checking the departure time of the requestee. Can do.

  As described above, the queuing support system according to the present invention has the effect that it is possible to save the trouble of checking the departure time for the queried requestee. For example, the queuing support system supports the queuing between the requester and the requestee. This is useful as a waiting support device.

The block diagram of the waiting assistance system in one embodiment of this invention The block diagram of the waiting assistance apparatus in one embodiment of this invention The sequence diagram for demonstrating operation | movement of the waiting assistance system in one embodiment of this invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Waiting support system 2 Request terminal 3 Requested terminal 4 Waiting support apparatus 5 In-vehicle apparatus 6 Network 10 CPU
11 RAM
12 ROM
13 Hard disk 14 Communication module

Claims (8)

In response to a request from a requesting terminal carried by a requesting client who uses a vehicle that is regularly operated, the requesting terminal provided on the requested requesting party is notified of the waiting request. In the meeting support device,
Estimating the arrival time at which the requester arrives at the stop facility of the vehicle within a predetermined distance from the position of the requested terminal and the time required for the requestee to arrive at the stop facility The waiting support device is characterized by comprising departure time notifying means for notifying the requested terminal of the departure time at which the requested person should depart. 2. The meeting support device according to claim 1, wherein the departure time notification means estimates the required time by searching a route from the position of the requested terminal to the stop facility. 2. The departure time notifying unit, after notifying the requested terminal of the departure time, transmits information representing the stopping facility to an in-vehicle device associated with the requested terminal. The meeting support apparatus according to claim 2. The said departure time notification means estimates the said arrival time based on the said operation information acquired from the storage medium in which the operation information of the vehicle operated regularly is memorize | stored, The claim 2 or Claim 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Meeting support device. 5. The meeting support device according to claim 4, wherein the departure time notifying unit estimates the arrival time by estimating a route taken by the requester based on a position of the request terminal. The departure time notification means selects one stop facility according to the route estimated by the requester when there are a plurality of stop facilities within a predetermined distance from the position of the requested terminal. The waiting support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: The departure time notifying means indicates that when the current time is past the departure time, the time when the requested person arrives at the stop facility is later than the time when the requester arrives at the stop facility. The waiting support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the request terminal is notified of the request. A request terminal that is carried by a requesting customer who uses a regularly operated vehicle,
A requested terminal provided on the requested party to whom the waiting is requested; and
In a waiting support system comprising a waiting support device that receives a request from the requesting terminal and notifies the requesting terminal of the request for waiting,
The meeting support device includes an arrival time at which the requester arrives at a stop facility of the vehicle within a predetermined distance from a position of the requested terminal, and a time until the requestee arrives at the stop facility. A waiting support system, wherein the requested terminal is notified of a departure time at which the requested person should depart by estimating a required time.

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