JP2017058903A - Information processor, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor capable of outputting a piece of appropriate content depending on the situation.SOLUTION: The information processor includes: a wireless LAN interface 48 and a wireless LAN antenna 49 that acquire access information of outside terminals such as smart phone 20 connected to a router/access point (AP) from a tabulation server (SV); and a CPU 42 that determines a content which has an attribute corresponding to the acquired access information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program.

  In order to provide a video output device capable of enhancing the impression to the viewer, there has been a technique for outputting video content, for example, toward a human-shaped screen. (For example, Patent Document 1)

JP 2011-150221 A

  The technology described in the above-mentioned patent document makes the shape of the screen for projecting the image not a rectangle but a human shape or the like, and projects the image of the corresponding shape to enhance the impression to the viewer.

  In this way, the video is only output unilaterally, and for example, processing of characters or the like projected in accordance with the video is not considered.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of outputting appropriate content according to the situation. It is in.

  One aspect of the present invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires connection information of an external terminal connected to an access point, and a determination unit that determines content according to the connection information acquired by the acquisition unit. And

  According to the present invention, it is possible to output appropriate content according to the situation.

The block diagram which shows the connection structure of the whole signage system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of the signage apparatus single-piece | unit based on the embodiment. The block diagram which mainly shows the function structure of the electronic circuit of the signage apparatus which concerns on the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the processing content which an aggregation server performs in the 1st operation example which concerns on the embodiment. The figure which illustrated the content of the table of the communication terminal language information accumulate | stored and recorded on the database of an aggregation server in the 1st operation example which concerns on the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the processing content which a signage apparatus performs in the 1st operation example which concerns on the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the processing content which a count server and a signage apparatus perform in the 2nd operation example which concerns on the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in the case where the present invention is applied to a signage system using a signage terminal in a store will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Constitution]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a connection configuration of the entire system. A signage device 10 is installed in the store. This signage device 10 functions as a terminal for reproducing and outputting contents such as advertisements, and is connected to an external aggregation server SV via a public wireless LAN router / access point AP and a network NW including the Internet network.

  Similarly, a portable information terminal possessed by a customer who visits the store, for example, the smartphone 20, can be connected to the network NW including the Internet network via the router / access point AP of the public wireless LAN, and is installed in the smartphone 20. The browser function makes it possible to access any website on the Internet network.

  The aggregation server SV obtains information on the country name, region name, and language when using the browser function from an information terminal such as a smartphone 20 or other personal computer (not shown) wirelessly connected to the router / access point AP via the network NW. The information is acquired and aggregated in a database (DB), and information based on the aggregation result is transmitted to the signage device 10 installed in the store via the network NW and the router / access point AP.

  Therefore, the aggregation server SV can aggregate the country name, region name, and language information of the owner of the smartphone 20 and transmit the aggregation result to the signage device 10 sharing the router / access point AP.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of the signage device 10. This signage device 10 is an electronic mannequin using projector technology, and a replaceable signage board SB is erected on the upper front end side of the device housing 10A. This signage board SB has a translucent plate-like configuration having an arbitrary shape, which is installed so as to be within the originally rectangular projectable area of the signage 10.

  The signage board SB displays an image as illustrated, for example, by projecting a light image emitted from a rear projection projection lens (not illustrated) provided on the upper surface of the apparatus housing 10A from the back side.

  A plurality of, here four, operation buttons B1 to B4 are projected together on the lower side of the signage board SB, and when the viewer touches any of these buttons, they are arranged on the board mounting base. The operation position can be detected by a linear infrared sensor array (not shown) each having directivity.

  In the present embodiment, the four operation buttons B1 to B4 indicate four languages, for example, Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean, in the characters of the languages, and “blowout” of the signage board SB according to the order. An example of a state in which a message prompting an operation for selecting a language in the portion is projected in each corresponding language.

  Furthermore, an imaging unit IM for photographing the environment on the front side of the signage device 10 is provided on the front surface of the apparatus housing 10A.

  Next, a functional configuration of mainly the electronic circuit of the signage 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The content memory 31 stores a plurality of content data corresponding to a plurality of language versions, for example, for the same product. Each of these content data includes image data, sound data, control data, and the like. Image data in the content data is read by a CPU 42 to be described later and sent to the projection image driving unit 32 via the system bus BS.

  The projection image driving unit 32 multiplies a frame rate according to a predetermined format, for example, 120 [frames / second], the number of color component divisions, and the number of display gradations, in accordance with the transmitted image data. The micromirror element 33 as a display element is driven to display by faster time-division driving.

  The micromirror element 33 performs display operation by individually turning on / off each inclination angle of a plurality of micromirrors arranged in an array, for example, WXGA (horizontal 1280 pixels × vertical 768 pixels) at high speed. Thus, an optical image is formed by the reflected light.

  On the other hand, R, G, B primary color lights are emitted cyclically from the light source unit 34 in a time-sharing manner. The light source unit 34 includes an LED which is a semiconductor light emitting element, and repeatedly emits primary colors of R, G, and B in a time division manner. The LED included in the light source unit 34 may include an LD (semiconductor laser) or an organic EL element as an LED in a broad sense. The primary color light from the light source unit 34 is reflected by the mirror 35 and applied to the micromirror element 33.

  Then, an optical image is formed by the reflected light from the micromirror element 33, and the formed optical image is projected from the back side onto the signage board SB via the projection lens unit 36.

  The imaging unit IM includes a wide-angle imaging lens unit 37 facing the front direction of the signage device 10 and a CMOS image sensor 38 that is a solid-state imaging device arranged at the focal position of the imaging lens unit 37.

  An image signal obtained by the CMOS image sensor 38 is digitized by the A / D converter 39 and then sent to the photographed image processing unit 40. The captured image processing unit 40 scans and drives the CMOS image sensor 38 to execute an imaging operation, converts image data obtained by imaging into a data file, and sends the data file to a CPU 42 described later.

  The CPU 42 controls all the operations of the above circuits. The CPU 42 is directly connected to the main memory 43 and the program memory 44. The main memory 43 is constituted by an SRAM, for example, and functions as a work memory for the CPU 42. The program memory 44 is composed of an electrically rewritable nonvolatile memory such as a flash ROM, and stores an operation program executed by the CPU 42, various fixed data, and the like.

  The CPU 42 performs overall control of the signage device 10 by reading out the operation program, fixed data, and the like stored in the program memory 44, developing and storing them in the main memory 43, and executing the program. To do.

  The CPU 42 executes various projection operations according to operation signals from the operation unit 45. The operation unit 45 detects a key operation signal of several operation keys including a power key provided in the main body of the signage device 10 or an operation to a button virtually projected on a part of the signage board SB. A detection signal from the above-described infrared sensor array is received, and a signal corresponding to the received operation is sent to the CPU.

The CPU 42 is further connected to a sound processing unit 46 and a wireless LAN interface (I / F) 48 via the system bus BS.
The sound processing unit 46 includes a sound source circuit such as a PCM sound source, analogizes the sound data in the content data read from the content memory 31 during the projection operation, and drives the speaker unit 47 to emit sound, or as necessary. A beep sound is generated.

  The wireless LAN interface 48 is connected to the router / access point AP or the like via a wireless LAN antenna 49 and transmits / receives data, and communicates with the aggregation server SV via the network NW of FIG.

  The configuration of the hardware circuit of each of the information terminals such as the server computer, the smartphone 20 and the personal computer (not shown) constituting the aggregation server SV in FIG. 1 is the same as a known general one. The illustration and description thereof will be omitted.

[First operation example]
Next, a first operation example of the above embodiment will be described.
In this operation example, it is assumed that the default setting of the signage apparatus 10 is that content is repeatedly reproduced and output in the order of “English”, “Chinese”, “Japanese”, “Thai”, for example.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing contents executed by the aggregation server SV.
The aggregation server SV determines whether there is access to the Internet using a browser from an information terminal such as the smartphone 20 via the network NW and the router / access point AP (step S101).

  Here, when it is determined that there is no access to the Internet from the smartphone 20 or the like via the router / access point AP (No in step S101), the aggregation server SV then transmits a preset transmission timing to the signage device 10, for example, If the transmission cycle is set to transmit every hour on the hour, it is determined whether or not the hour has come on (step S102).

  If it is determined that the transmission timing is not reached (No in step S102), the aggregation server SV returns to the process in step S101.

  By repeatedly executing the processes of steps S101 and S102 in this way, the system waits for the access to the Internet from the smartphone 20 or the like via the router / access point AP or the transmission timing to the signage device 10.

  When there is an access to the Internet from the smartphone 20 or the like via the router / access point AP (Yes in step S101), the aggregation server SV adds to the HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) request of the browser used by the smartphone 20 or the like The language information in the user agent header to be acquired is acquired (step S103).

  In this case, the aggregation server SV uses “jp” instead of gTLD (generic TLD) in which the top level domain (TLD) in the domain name handled in the browser used by the smartphone 20 or the like is “com” “net” “org” or the like. When a ccTLD (country code TLD) such as “us” or “fr” is included, the ccTLD may be acquired as information indicating a country and a region.

  The aggregation server SV records the acquired language information in the database (DB) (step S104), and then returns to the processing from step S101 again.

  FIG. 5 illustrates the contents of the communication terminal language information table stored and recorded in the database of the aggregation server SV. In the figure, for example, a case where the percentage of people who use “English” and “Chinese” is high in the last 24 hours is illustrated.

  If it is determined in step S102 that the transmission timing to the signage device 10 set in advance is reached (Yes in step S102), the aggregation server SV obtains language information for the latest 24 hours from the contents stored and recorded in the database. Aggregation processing is performed (step S105).

  From the result of the aggregation processing, the top two language information, for example, information indicating “English” and “Chinese” is transmitted to the corresponding signage device 10 via the network NW and the router / access point AP ( Step S106), and then returns to the processing from Step S101.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the details of processing related to content playback, which is executed by the CPU 42 in the signage device 10. After the power is turned on, the CPU 42 selects a default initial language, for example, “English” (step C101), reads the content data corresponding to the selected language from the content memory 31, and reproduces it (step C102). .

  Then, it is determined whether or not it is time to switch the language depending on whether or not the reproduction of the content data in the language set at that time has been completed (step C103).

  If it is determined in step C103 that it is not yet time to switch the language (No in step C103), the CPU 42 then uses the wireless LAN antenna 49 and the wireless LAN interface 48 from the aggregation server SV via the network NW. It is determined whether or not data is received (step C104).

  If it is determined that no data has been received from the aggregation server SV (No in Step C104), the CPU 42 returns to the process from Step C102 as it is and continues to reproduce the content in the language selected at that time.

  In this way, the processes in steps C102 to C104 are repeatedly executed, and while the content in the selected language is reproduced, the timing for switching the language or waiting for the reception of data from the aggregation server SV is awaited.

  If it is determined in step C103 that it is time to switch the language (Yes in step C103), the CPU 42 selects the next language according to the set order (step C105), and the processing from step C102 is performed. Return to.

  If it is determined in step S104 that data has been received from the aggregation server SV (Yes in step C104), the CPU 42 rewrites the language setting to be reproduced based on the language information included in the received data ( Step C106).

  As described above, for example, in a state where the content is repeatedly reproduced in the order of “English”, “Chinese”, “Japanese”, and “Thai”, the same as the first two from the aggregation server SV side. When receiving information indicating “English” and “Chinese”, the CPU 42 inserts the received information into the third and fourth information and inserts “English”, “Chinese”, “English”, “Chinese”, and “Japanese”. Rewrite the settings so that the content is played repeatedly in the order of “Thai”.

  Thereafter, the CPU 42 determines whether or not the inserted language is the same as the language of the content being reproduced at that time (step C107).

  For example, when the inserted language is “English” or “Chinese” as described above, and the language of the content being played back at that time is “English” or “Chinese” (Yes in Step C107), It is determined that there is no need to change the reproduction state, and the process returns to step C102.

  If it is determined in step C107 that the inserted language is different from the language of the content being reproduced at that time (No in step C107), the CPU 42 selects a language so that the content is reproduced in the newly inserted language. After reworking (step C108), the process returns to step C102.

  In the above example, if the inserted language is “English” or “Chinese” and the language of the content being played back at that time is “Japanese” or “Thai”, the above-mentioned step C108 is performed. After selecting the inserted “English” in the rewritten language, the process returns to step C102.

[Second operation example]
Next, a second operation example of the above embodiment will be described.
In this operation example, it is assumed that the default setting of the signage apparatus 10 is that content is repeatedly reproduced and output in the order of “English”, “Chinese”, “Japanese”, “Thai”, for example.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing contents executed by the aggregation server SV and the signage device 10.
In the aggregation server SV, the access is made by repeatedly determining whether there is access to the Internet using a browser from an information terminal such as the smartphone 20 via the network NW and the router / access point AP. Waiting (step S201).

  If it is determined that there is access to the Internet from the smartphone 20 or the like via the router / access point AP (Yes in step S201), the aggregation server SV requests an HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) of the browser used by the smartphone 20 or the like. Language information in the user agent header added to is acquired (step S202).

  In this case, the aggregation server SV uses “jp” instead of gTLD (generic TLD) in which the top level domain (TLD) in the domain name handled in the browser used by the smartphone 20 or the like is “com” “net” “org” or the like. When a ccTLD (country code TLD) such as “us” or “fr” is included, the ccTLD may be acquired as information indicating a country and a region.

  The aggregation server SV transmits the acquired language information to the corresponding signage apparatus 10 via the immediate network NW and the router / access point AP (step S203), and then returns to the standby process of step S201 again.

  In one signage device 10, after power-on, the CPU 42 selects a default initial language, for example, “English” (step C 201), and reads content data corresponding to the selected language from the content memory 31. (Step C202).

  Then, it is determined whether or not it is time to switch the language depending on whether or not the reproduction of the content data in the language set at that time has been completed (step C203).

  If it is determined in step C203 that it is not yet time to switch the language (No in step C203), the CPU 42 then uses the wireless LAN antenna 49 and the wireless LAN interface 48 from the aggregation server SV via the network NW. It is determined whether or not data is received (step C204).

  If it is determined that no data has been received from the aggregation server SV (No in Step C204), the CPU 42 returns to the process from Step C202 as it is and continues to play back the content in the language selected at that time.

  In this way, the processes of steps C202 to C204 are repeatedly executed, and while the content in the selected language is reproduced, it is timed for the language switching timing or the reception of data from the aggregation server SV.

  If it is determined in step C203 that it is time to switch the language (Yes in step C203), the CPU 42 selects the next language according to the set order (step C205), and the processing from step C202 is performed. Return to.

  If it is determined in step S204 that data has been received from the aggregation server SV (Yes in step C204), the CPU 42 has the language information included in the received data the same as the language of the content being played back at that time. Is determined (step C206).

  For example, as described above, when the received language is “English” and the language of the content being reproduced at that time is also “English” (Yes in step C206), it is not necessary to change the reproduction state. It judges that it is a thing, and returns to the process from said step C202 as it is.

  If it is determined in step C206 that the received language is different from the language of the content being played back at that time (No in step C206), the CPU 42 selects the language so that the content is reproduced in the newly received language. After redoing (step C207), the process returns to step C202.

  In the above example, if the inserted language is “English” and the language of the content being played back at that time is “Chinese”, “Japanese” or “Thai”, the received “ After selecting “English”, the process returns to the process from step C202.

[effect]
As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to output appropriate content according to the situation.

  In the above embodiment, since the language, country name, and region name of the user who uses the information terminal such as the smartphone 20 are acquired, it is a major factor as the user attribute from the information obtained from the web browser connected to the Internet network. It is possible to easily acquire a certain language and determine appealing content.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, since the signage device 10 that shares the router / access point AP with the information terminal such as the smartphone 20 reproduces and outputs the content based on the information from the aggregation server SV, the information terminal such as the smartphone 20 It is possible to immediately provide appealing content to the user who uses, thereby enhancing the advertising effect and the like.

  In both the first and second operation examples of the above embodiment, if the language information received from the aggregation server SV is the same as the language information of the content being played back at that time, Since the reproduction of the content is continued without reselecting the language of the content, the reproduction of the content that seems to be effective can be maintained without switching the unnatural content during the reproduction.

  Further, in the first operation example of the above embodiment, the language information is accumulated and recorded in the database of the aggregation server SV, and the higher-level language information is transmitted to the signage device 10 from the aggregation result. Appropriate content can be determined efficiently depending on how time is set.

  Furthermore, in the second operation example of the above-described embodiment, when the aggregation server SV acquires language information from an information terminal such as the smartphone 20 via the router / access point AP, the router / access point AP is immediately updated with the acquired original information. Since it is transmitted to the compulsory signage device 10 and the content corresponding to the language information is reproduced and output by the signage device 10, the content using the information terminal such as the smartphone 20 is surely highly appealing. Can be provided.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a signage system using the signage device 10 as shown in FIG. 1 has been described. However, the present embodiment is not limited to this, and the router / access point AP is not limited to this, for example. By providing the function of the aggregation server SV, it is possible to easily introduce the signage device 10 having high appeal to customers into a store or the like simply by preparing an environment in which the signage device 10 can be connected to the Internet network.

  The signage device 10 has been described with reference to an example of a device that projects an image using a DLP (registered trademark) (Digital Light Processing) type projector technology. However, the present invention is a method for displaying image content and the like. It is not intended to limit.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Further, the functions executed in the above-described embodiments may be combined as appropriate as possible. The above-described embodiment includes various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by an appropriate combination of a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, if the effect is obtained, a configuration from which the constituent requirements are deleted can be extracted as an invention.

Hereinafter, the invention described in the scope of claims of the present application will be appended.
[Claim 1]
An acquisition means for acquiring connection information of an external terminal connected to the access point;
Determining means for determining content according to the connection information acquired by the acquiring means;
An information processing apparatus comprising:
[Claim 2]
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines a content having an attribute corresponding to the connection information acquired by the acquisition unit.
[Claim 3]
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the attribute is at least one of a language, a country name, and a region name.
[Claim 4]
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising content output means for outputting the content determined by the determination means.
[Claim 5]
A determination means for determining a match between the attribute of the content output by the content output means and the attribute of the content determined by the determination means;
Control means for switching the attribute of the content to be output by the content output means based on the determination result by the determination means;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:
[Claim 6]
A storage means for accumulating and storing the connection information acquired by the acquisition means;
The determination means determines contents by totaling connection information stored in the storage means.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus.
[Claim 7]
6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit acquires connection information by the acquisition unit and determines content that is immediately supported.
[Claim 8]
An acquisition step of acquiring connection information of an external terminal connected to the access point;
A determination step of determining content according to the connection information acquired in the acquisition step;
An information processing method characterized by comprising:
[Claim 9]
A program executed by a computer, the computer being
An acquisition means for acquiring connection information of an external terminal connected to the access point; and a determination means for determining content according to the connection information acquired by the acquisition means;
A program characterized by functioning as

10 ... signage device,
10A ... device housing,
20 ... Smartphone,
31 ... Content memory,
32. Projection image drive unit,
33 ... Micromirror element,
34. Light source part,
35 ... Mirror,
36 ... projection lens part,
37. Photography lens part,
38 ... CMOS image sensor,
39 ... A / D converter,
40. Photographed image processing unit,
42 ... CPU,
43 ... main memory,
44. Program memory,
45 ... operation unit,
46: Sound processing unit,
47. Speaker part,
48 ... Wireless LAN interface (I / F),
49 ... Wireless LAN antenna,
AP ... router / access point,
B1 to B4 ... operation buttons,
BS ... System bus,
IM: Imaging unit,
NW ... Network,
SB ... signage board,
SV: Total server.

Claims (9)

An acquisition means for acquiring connection information of an external terminal connected to the access point;
Determining means for determining content according to the connection information acquired by the acquiring means;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines a content having an attribute corresponding to the connection information acquired by the acquisition unit.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the attribute is at least one of a language, a country name, and a region name.   4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising content output means for outputting the content determined by the determination means. A determination means for determining a match between the attribute of the content output by the content output means and the attribute of the content determined by the determination means;
Control means for switching the attribute of the content to be output by the content output means based on the determination result by the determination means;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: A storage means for accumulating and storing the connection information acquired by the acquisition means;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines content by totaling connection information stored in the storage unit.   6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit acquires connection information by the acquisition unit and determines content that is immediately supported. An acquisition step of acquiring connection information of an external terminal connected to the access point;
A determination step of determining content according to the connection information acquired in the acquisition step;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: A program executed by a computer, the computer being
An acquisition means for acquiring connection information of an external terminal connected to the access point; and a determination means for determining content according to the connection information acquired by the acquisition means;
A program characterized by functioning as