JP6602040B2 - Server device, in-vehicle device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing a travel plan for avoiding traffic jams.

As a conventional technique, when a destination point is set and input, the optimum route search means uses information of each point stored in advance (for example, road distance / width, traffic jam information, etc.) from the current point to the destination point. It is known that the various routes up to the above are evaluated, the route with the best evaluation among these routes is selected as the optimum route, and the selected optimum route is displayed as the progress route. (For example, see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-6-309595 (first page, FIG. 1 etc.)

  However, in the conventional technology, it is possible to search for a route that avoids congestion, but when congestion is detected on a route indicated by existing route information such as route information set by route search or the like. There is a problem that it is difficult to provide an appropriate travel plan using existing route information. For example, it has been impossible to provide an appropriate travel plan that can avoid detected traffic jams while using existing route information. In addition, it was not possible to provide a travel plan that can effectively use the time to clear the traffic jam.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. When a traffic jam is detected, a server device that can provide an appropriate travel plan using existing route information is provided. The purpose is to provide.

  The server device of the present invention includes a route information storage unit that stores one or more route information that is route information in association with a device identifier that is an identifier of an in-vehicle device, and a route that is stored in the route information storage unit A detection unit that detects a traffic jam for information, a travel plan acquisition unit that acquires one or more travel plan information that is information indicating a travel plan using the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit has detected a traffic jam, and a travel plan acquisition A transmission unit that transmits the movement plan information acquired by the unit to the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier associated with the route information in which traffic congestion is detected.

  With this configuration, when a traffic jam is detected on the route indicated by the existing route information, an appropriate travel plan using the existing route information can be provided.

  In the server device according to the present invention, in the server device, the route information storage unit includes route information having destination information indicating a destination, and two or more pieces of route information associated with different device identifiers. The movement unit information stored by the movement plan acquisition unit is stored in the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier associated with the route information where the traffic jam is detected, and the route information associated with the device identifier. It is a server apparatus which transmits to the vehicle-mounted apparatus which the apparatus identifier matched with the route information which has the destination information which shows the same destination as the destination information shows.

  With this configuration, it is possible to show the same travel plan to users who are heading for the same destination.

  In the server device of the present invention, in the server device, point-related information, which is information associated with a device identifier and has one or more point identifiers that are point identifiers, A location-related information receiving unit that receives from the device, and the movement plan acquisition unit includes a device identifier associated with the route information in which traffic congestion is detected, or destination information included in the route information associated with the device identifier, The server device acquires movement plan information using a point identifier included in point-related information associated with a device identifier associated with route information having destination information indicating the same destination.

  With this configuration, it is possible to indicate a travel plan acquired using point-related information transmitted by a user heading to the same destination.

  In the server device according to the present invention, in the server device, the movement plan acquisition unit is information indicating a movement plan using the route information in which the detection unit detects the traffic jam, and the movement plan for avoiding the detected traffic jam It is a server apparatus which acquires the movement plan information which is the information which shows.

  With this configuration, it is possible to provide a travel plan that avoids traffic jams.

  In the server device of the present invention, in the server device, the movement plan acquisition unit is charged when the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit detects traffic jam has a toll road that is jammed. It is a server device that acquires travel plan information indicating a travel plan that passes through one or more points before entering a road.

  With this configuration, it is possible to provide a movement plan that moves before entering the toll road indicated by the existing route information.

  In the server device of the present invention, in the server device, the movement plan acquisition unit is charged when the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit detects traffic jam has a toll road that is jammed. It is a server apparatus which acquires the movement plan information which shows the movement plan which goes through one or more points in one or more rest areas provided in the middle of the road.

  With this configuration, it is possible to provide a travel plan that can avoid a traffic jam by using a point in a break area provided on a toll road indicated by existing route information.

  In the server device of the present invention, in the server device, the movement plan acquisition unit is charged when the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit detects traffic jam has a toll road that is jammed. The server device acquires movement plan information indicating a movement plan that is in the middle of a road and passes through one or more points.

  With this configuration, it is possible to provide a travel plan that once gets off at the entrance / exit of the toll road indicated by the existing route information and returns to the toll road again.

  The server device of the present invention includes a movement determination unit that determines whether one or more in-vehicle devices to which the transmission unit has transmitted movement plan information has moved according to the movement plan indicated by the movement plan information in the server device. The server device further includes a reward unit that performs a process for giving a reward to the user of the in-vehicle device that the movement determination unit has determined to have moved according to the movement plan.

  With such a configuration, a reward can be given to a user who has moved according to the movement plan.

  The server device of the present invention includes a movement determination unit that determines whether one or more in-vehicle devices to which the transmission unit has transmitted movement plan information has moved according to the movement plan indicated by the movement plan information in the server device. When the user of the in-vehicle device that the movement determination unit has determined to have moved according to the movement plan uses a toll road that has been congested, a reward is given to the user by performing a process of reducing the use fee of the toll road. The server device further includes a reward section for giving.

  With this configuration, the toll road usage fee can be reduced as a reward for the user.

  The in-vehicle device of the present invention includes a route information storage unit that stores one or more route information that is route information, a detection unit that detects traffic jams for the route information stored in the route information storage unit, A movement plan acquisition unit that acquires one or more movement plan information that is information indicating a movement plan that uses the route indicated by the route information that has detected, and an output unit that outputs the movement plan information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit It is the in-vehicle device provided.

  With this configuration, when traffic congestion is detected on the route indicated by the existing route information, an appropriate travel plan using the existing route information can be provided.

According to the server apparatus and the like according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a travel plan using existing route information that can appropriately avoid a traffic jam.

Block diagram of an information processing system in an embodiment of the present invention A flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device of the information processing system The figure which shows the routing information management table of the server apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the point information management table | surface of the server apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the movement plan information by the output part of the vehicle-mounted apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the point management table in the rest area of the vehicle equipment of the same information processing system The figure which shows the point related information management table | surface of the server apparatus of the information processing system The block diagram of the vehicle-mounted apparatus in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the computer system in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of a structure of the computer system The figure which shows the example of a display of the movement plan information by the output part of the vehicle equipment of the same information processing system (Drawing 11 (a)-Drawing 11 (c))

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a server device and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, re-explanation may be abbreviate | omitted.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing system 1000 in the present embodiment.

  The information processing system 1000 includes a server device 1 and one or more in-vehicle devices 2. In the figure, for convenience of explanation, a case where two or more in-vehicle devices 2 are provided as the in-vehicle device 2 is shown as an example. In the figure, two or more in-vehicle devices 2 are represented as in-vehicle devices 2a, 2b, 2c and the like. The server device 1 and the two or more in-vehicle devices 2 are connected so that information can be transmitted and received via, for example, a wireless or wired network or a communication line.

  The server device 1 includes a route information storage unit 101, a reception unit 102, a detection unit 103, a point storage unit 104, a point related information reception unit 105, a movement plan acquisition unit 106, a transmission unit 107, a movement determination unit 108, and a reward unit 109. Is provided.

  The in-vehicle device 2 includes an input reception unit 201, a current location acquisition unit 202, an in-vehicle transmission unit 203, an in-vehicle reception unit 204, and an output unit 205. In the figure, for convenience of explanation, only the configuration of the in-vehicle device 2a among the in-vehicle devices 2 is shown. However, in the present embodiment, the other in-vehicle devices 2 are the same as the in-vehicle device 2a. It is assumed to have a configuration.

  The server device 1 is usually realized by a computer or the like.

  The route information storage unit 101 stores one or more pieces of route information in association with a device identifier that is an identifier of the in-vehicle device 2. The route information is information indicating a route from the departure place to the destination, for example. The route information is information indicating a route acquired by, for example, a normal navigation device.

  The route information is information having two or more pieces of position information, for example. The route information is, for example, information indicating one or more points such as a combination of information of a link or a node that passes when moving and information indicating the passing order, a place name, an address, an intersection, etc. that pass when moving. In addition, the information indicating the point further includes information indicating the passing order of the point. The route information may include information indicating whether or not a road in the route is a toll road. The information indicating that the road is a toll road may be information indicating that the road is an expressway. The route information may include information indicating that the link corresponding to the toll road in the route is a link corresponding to the toll road.

  The route information includes, for example, destination information. The destination information is information indicating the destination. The destination is, for example, a point or area (for example, a region) that is the purpose of movement. The destination information may be information that can identify the destination. The destination information is, for example, a place name, an address, a landmark name, or the like of the destination. The destination information may be coordinates such as latitude and longitude of the destination. The size of the destination does not matter. For example, the destination may be a landmark such as “Kinkakuji” or “Sky Tree”, a building, etc., or a region such as “Takayama” or “Atami”.

  The device identifier is an identifier of the in-vehicle device 2. The device identifier is, for example, the manufacturing number of the in-vehicle device 2, the code or name assigned to the in-vehicle device 2, the IP address of the in-vehicle device 2, the MAC address of the in-vehicle device 2, the mobile phone number of the in-vehicle device 2, etc. It is. A user identifier such as a user who owns the in-vehicle device 2 or a user who uses the in-vehicle device 2 may be considered as the device identifier. For example, the user identifier is a user name, a user email address, an account such as a user short messaging service (SMS), a social network service (SNS), a user name, or the like. Further, when the device identifier is different from the user identifier, the device identifier may be associated with the user identifier.

  The device identifier is preferably information associated with information indicating the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2. For example, the device identifier may be information indicating the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2. The information indicating the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2 is, for example, information that can be used as a destination when transmitting information to the in-vehicle device 2, such as an email address or an account, or a transmission destination when transmitting information from the in-vehicle device 2. It can be used as information. When the device identifier is associated with information indicating a contact address, for example, information having the device identifier and the contact address associated with each other is stored in advance in a storage or the like (not shown) of the server device 1. Also good. The information indicating the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2 may be information indicating the contact information of the user of the in-vehicle device 2.

  The device identifier associated with the route information may or may not be included in the route information. When the device information is not included in the route information, the correspondence relationship between the route information and the device identifier may be managed in any way. For example, an identifier of route information and a device identifier associated with the route information may be stored in a database or the like (not shown) as two attribute values of one record.

  The route information storage unit 101 stores, for example, route information having destination information and two or more route information associated with different device identifiers.

  There is no limitation on the process, timing, and the like of the path information stored in the path information storage unit 101 in association with the device identifier. For example, the receiving unit 102 described later may store the route information received from the in-vehicle device 2 and the device identifier in the route information storage unit 101 in association with each other. Further, the receiving unit 102 associates the route information acquired by the receiving unit 102 described later using the route-related information received from the in-vehicle device 2 and the device identifier received together with the route-related information, and stores the route information. It may be stored in the unit 101.

  The path information storage unit 101 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium. The same applies to other storage units.

  The receiving unit 102 receives route-related information associated with each device identifier from one or more in-vehicle devices 2. The route related information is, for example, original information of route information or route information. The original information of the route information is information used for acquiring the route information, for example. For example, the receiving unit 102 receives information including a device identifier and route-related information from each in-vehicle device 2. Alternatively, the receiving unit 102 may receive route related information having a device identifier. The route related information is information having destination information, for example. The route related information may be, for example, route information or information used when acquiring route information. The route information here is, for example, route information indicating a route on which the user of the in-vehicle device 2 moves with a moving body such as an automobile.

  The route related information used when acquiring the route information is, for example, one or more of destination information, information indicating the departure place, information indicating the current location of the in-vehicle device 2, information indicating the waypoint, and the like. It is information which has. Information similar to the destination information can be used as information indicating the departure point, the current location, and the waypoint. In addition, the information on the departure place and the current location may be information indicating the departure location with respect to the destination and the direction and direction of the current location. Further, the route related information may have conditions (for example, availability of use of toll roads) used when performing route search.

  The route related information may include both information used when acquiring route information as described above and route information. In addition, the route related information includes the current time, the time when the user decided the route, the scheduled departure time when the user departs, the departure time when the user departed from the destination, and the destination and waypoint planned by the user. It may further include information on time such as estimated arrival time arriving at or predicted arrival time obtained by route search or the like. Note that the time here may further include date information and the like. The same applies to the following.

  The receiving unit 102 may further receive information on the current location of the in-vehicle device 2 associated with the device identifier (hereinafter referred to as current location information). The current location information is, for example, coordinates such as latitude and longitude of the current location, an address, a road identifier, and the like. For example, the current location information can be used in processing of the movement determination unit 108 as described later.

  For example, when the received route-related information includes route information, the receiving unit 102 associates the route information included in the received route-related information with the received device identifier and accumulates them in the route information storage unit 101.

  In addition, when the route related information is information used to acquire route information, the receiving unit 102 performs route search or the like using the received route related information, acquires route information, and acquires the acquired route. Information is stored in the path information storage unit 101 in association with the received device identifier. In addition, since the process which searches a path | route using the above-mentioned path | route relevant information is a well-known technique, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted here.

  In addition, unlike the case where route information is stored in advance in the route information storage unit 101, there is no need to accumulate the route information acquired using the route related information received by the reception unit 102 in the route information storage unit 101. In some cases, the receiving unit 102 does not have to acquire route information and store it in the route information storage unit 101.

  For example, the receiving unit 102 receives traffic jam information. For example, the receiving unit 102 receives traffic information transmitted by an information processing device (not shown) that provides traffic information regarding roads and the like. The receiving unit 102 may receive traffic information acquired and transmitted by one or more in-vehicle devices 2. The traffic jam information is, for example, information indicating one or more roads where traffic jams occur, the range where traffic jams occur, and the like. The traffic jam information is information having, for example, a road identifier for identifying one or more roads where traffic jam occurs, one or more point identifiers, and the like. The road identifier is information such as a name and a code assigned to the road, for example. Further, the traffic jam information may include information indicating a range where the traffic jam occurs on the road indicated by the road identifier using coordinates, an address, an intersection name, a toll gate identifier, and the like. The traffic jam information may further include information indicating whether or not the road indicated by the road identifier is congested. The road here may be considered as a link used for route search or the like. For example, the receiving unit 102 may receive traffic information about the link. In this case, the road identifier described above may be considered as a link identifier. The traffic jam information may include traffic jam attribute values, for example, information indicating the level and length of the traffic jam, the occurrence time of the traffic jam, the continuation time, the predicted end time, and the like. The traffic jam information received by the receiving unit 102 is, for example, traffic jam information included in road traffic information transmitted by an information communication system called VICS (registered trademark) (Vehicle Information and Communication System) or traffic jam information corresponding thereto. May be. Since the information processing apparatus that transmits the traffic jam information is a known technique, a detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The receiving unit 102 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The receiving unit 102 may or may not include a communication device. Further, the receiving unit 102 may have a configuration such as an MPU or a memory for performing a route search process or the like.

  The detection unit 103 detects a traffic jam for one or more pieces of route information stored in the route information storage unit 101. For example, the detection unit 103 acquires the route information in which traffic congestion is detected from the route information storage unit 101.

  For example, the detection unit 103 uses the traffic information received by the reception unit 102 to detect, from the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101, the route information including the route in which the traffic has occurred. For example, the detection unit 103 obtains route information having a road or a link indicated by a road identifier or a link identifier that matches a road identifier or a link identifier of a link in which one or more traffic jams indicated by the received one or more traffic jam information occurs. , Detected and acquired from the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101.

  Further, the detection unit 103 may further acquire traffic jam information that is information regarding the detected traffic jam. For example, the detection unit 103 acquires the traffic jam information when the route information where the traffic jam occurs can be searched using the traffic jam information. In addition, the detection unit 103 receives, for example, traffic information including one or more of a road identifier and a link identifier indicating a road and a link included in the route information detected as having occurred, and the reception unit 102 receives the traffic information. Detect and obtain from traffic information. Here, only a part of the traffic jam information, for example, acquiring the traffic jam occurrence time, the traffic jam end prediction time, etc., or acquiring the entire traffic jam information, is considered to acquire the traffic jam information. It's okay.

  The point storage unit 104 stores one or more pieces of point information. The point information is information regarding the point. The points here are, for example, landmarks, facilities, stores, scenic spots, buildings, and the like. The point may be a place where an event such as a festival is held (for example, a plaza) or the center of the area where the event is held. The facility is, for example, a tourist facility. Tourist facilities are, for example, amusement parks, bowling alleys, amusement facilities such as karaoke facilities, and recreational facilities such as hot springs and pools. The facility may be a shopping center or a commercial facility such as a department store. The point information is, for example, information having a point identifier and point position information. The point identifier is a point identifier, such as a point name, a landmark name, or a facility name. The location information of the location is information indicating the location of the location, for example, the coordinates of the location represented by latitude and longitude. Further, the location information of the point may be information such as an address that can be acquired by a technique such as geocoding or the like using the geocoding of the coordinates of the point or the like using map information or the like.

  The point information may further include information indicating the category of the point, standard stay time of the point, business hours of the point, a charge for using the point, and the like. The category of points is, for example, information indicating a classification name such as the above-mentioned amusement facility, recreation facility, or the like, or the usage fee is classified as paid or free. The standard stay time is a general stay time at the point, a recommended stay time at the point, a minimum time for applying for use of the point, and the like. In the case of a tourist attraction, the standard staying time is, for example, an average time required to go around the route for sightseeing. In addition, the standard stay time is a unit time for using a play facility, for example, if it is a game facility.

  The spot related information receiving unit 105 receives spot related information from one or more in-vehicle devices 2. The point related information is information associated with the device identifier, and is information having one or more point identifiers. The spot related information is, for example, text data having one or more spot identifiers transmitted by the in-vehicle device 2. For example, the point-related information is a user who uses the in-vehicle device 2 and information having a point identifier transmitted by a user using the same SNS (social network service), a user who uses the in-vehicle device 2 is a web log, etc. This is information having a point identifier to be transmitted at. The spot-related information receiving unit 105 stores the received spot-related information in a storage unit (not shown) or the like in association with the device identifier. For example, by acquiring point-related information from SNS or the like, information that is only known on the day, or rare information that is generally not known only by users belonging to the same SNS with similar hobbies, preferences, etc. You can get a travel plan.

  The point related information and the device identifier may be associated in any way. For example, the point related information may have a device identifier. Further, the spot related information receiving unit 105 may receive information having the spot related information and the device identifier.

  The location-related information receiving unit 105 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast. The point related information receiving unit 105 may or may not include a communication device.

  The movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires one or more pieces of movement plan information using the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit 103 has detected a traffic jam. The route information detected by the detection unit 103 is, for example, route information indicating a route including a section where a traffic jam occurs.

  The movement plan information is information indicating a movement plan. One movement plan information is, for example, information indicating one movement plan. The movement plan may be considered as a movement plan. Further, when the user's movement is a trip, the movement plan may be considered as a travel plan. A movement plan is a movement plan proposed with respect to the user of the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2 which the apparatus identifier which the detection part 103 detected shows, for example.

  The movement plan information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit 106 is, for example, information having information indicating one or more points of a movement destination (for example, a destination). The information indicating the point is, for example, a point identifier or position information (for example, coordinates) of the point. The information indicating the point may be point information. The movement destination here is, for example, one or more points different from information indicating the points included in the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101. For example, the movement plan information is information having information indicating one or more points to be added as new movement destinations (for example, via destinations) to the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101. In addition, the movement plan information may have arrival and departure times at each point. Further, the movement plan information may include information indicating the movement order of a plurality of points. When a plurality of points are arranged, this arrangement order may be considered as information indicating the movement order.

  In addition, the travel plan information indicates the departure place on the route when starting from the route indicated by the route information where the traffic jam indicated by the traffic jam information is detected and moving to the point indicated by the information indicating one or more points. You may further have the information to show. Similarly, there is further provided information indicating the return place on the route when returning from the point indicated by the information indicating one or more points to the route indicated by the route information where the traffic jam indicated by the traffic jam information is detected. You may do it. Here, it is preferable that the departure place and the return place are arbitrary positions in a section where no traffic jam is detected on the route indicated by the route information where the traffic jam is detected. Further, the departure place and the return place are preferably the same point, but may be different points.

  Further, the movement plan information may be, for example, a route for moving from one arbitrary point on the route indicated by the route information to one or more destinations or a route information indicating a reciprocating route. . The travel plan information includes travel time when traveling along the route indicated by the route information, estimated arrival time, information indicating the category of the spot included in the spot information corresponding to each spot identifier acquired above, and standard stay at the spot. You may further have information, such as time, the business hours of a point, and the charge which uses a point.

  The movement plan acquisition unit 106 is information indicating a movement plan using the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit 103 has detected a traffic jam, and is information indicating a movement plan for avoiding the detected traffic jam. To get. For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires traffic jam information regarding the traffic jam detected by the detection unit 103, and uses the acquired traffic jam information to indicate a travel plan using the route indicated by the path information detected by the detection unit 103. And the movement plan information which is the information which shows the movement plan which avoids the traffic jam which this detection part 103 detected is acquired. The traffic jam information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit 106 is traffic jam information related to the traffic jam detected by the detection unit 103, for example. For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires the traffic jam information received by the reception unit 102 and used when the detection unit 103 detects the traffic jam. Further, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 may acquire the traffic jam information created by the detection unit 106 for the detected traffic jam. The avoidance of traffic jams here means, for example, that the route on which the traffic jam has occurred is moved after the traffic jam occurring on the route is resolved. The travel plan for avoiding traffic jams here may be considered to exclude travel plans having a route that bypasses the traffic jam section. Therefore, the movement plan information acquired here is movement plan information indicating a movement plan that moves while waiting for a traffic jam occurring on the route to be resolved, for example, using the route indicated by the original route information. The travel plan indicated by the travel plan information here is, for example, a travel plan that travels a route including a section where the congestion of the route indicated by the route information occurs, and the congestion plan in the section where the congestion occurs. This is information indicating a movement plan that moves after waiting for cancellation. The travel plan information indicates, for example, one or more points to stop to resolve the traffic jam that occurs, or a point where time is spent so that the traffic jam is resolved when moving to a location where the traffic jam occurs Information having information, information indicating a route passing through such a point, and the like.

  The movement plan information using the route indicated by the route information for which the detection unit 103 has detected the congestion is, for example, the source of the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101 in advance by which the detection unit 103 has detected the congestion. It may be information indicating a movement plan in which a new route is added to the same route as the route indicated by the route information. For example, the movement plan information includes information for moving to one or more points as described above (for example, moving to one or more points) to the route information in which the traffic jam has been detected stored in the route information storage unit 101. For example, the route plan information may be acquired as travel plan information. In this case, for example, it is preferable to appropriately update and use values such as expected arrival time indicated by the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101. However, the same route here means that, for example, when moving with a travel plan, there is a highway at the exit of one interchange of the highway that was not scheduled to get off in the original route information, and the same again You may think that it is the concept which accept | permits the difference in a path | route with the original path | route which arises by getting on a highway from the entrance of an interchange as an error grade. The same route here may be considered as a route in which 90% or more is the same, for example.

  Alternatively, the movement plan information using the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit 103 has detected the traffic jam is, for example, the traffic information in the route information in which the detection unit 103 has detected the traffic jam indicates that the traffic jam has occurred. A route including the section shown may be used.

  The movement plan information of the movement plan using the route indicated by the route information where the detection unit 103 has detected the traffic jam is the route information indicating the portion of the route newly added to the route indicated by the route information (that is, the route of the additional portion). Alternatively, it may be information of a newly added point, or route information of a route obtained by adding a new route to the route indicated by the route information (that is, the entire route to which the route is added). Also good. The travel plan information is obtained when the detection unit 103 once leaves the route at one point on the route indicated by the route information where the traffic jam is detected, then stops at one or more points, and then returns to the one point again. Information indicating a route until returning to the route indicated by, information indicating a point to stop by, information indicating a point away from the route indicated by the route information in order to stop.

  Further, the movement plan information may include information for designating a staying time at a destination (for example, a transit point). This staying time is, for example, the time required to stay at the destination in order to wait for traffic congestion elimination. This staying time is, for example, a time obtained by subtracting the time for moving to the destination from a congestion waiting time described later.

  Hereinafter, an example of processing in which the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires movement plan information will be described.

(1) Acquisition Using Point Information The movement plan acquisition unit 106 detects, from the route information storage unit 101, route information for which the detection unit 103 has detected a traffic jam. In addition, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires the traffic jam information received by the reception unit 102. Then, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 moves from the point information stored in the point storage unit 104 to a departure place (hereinafter referred to as an uncongested section) in the route indicated by the acquired route information. One or more point information having position information indicating a position whose cost is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value is detected, and one or more point identifiers possessed by the detected one or more point information are acquired. Then, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 creates movement plan information having the one or more point identifiers. For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires one or more movement plan information having each acquired point identifier. The uncongested section may be considered as a section from the current location of the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier corresponding to the route information received by the receiving unit 102 to the location where the congested traffic indicated by the acquired traffic jam information occurs. .

  For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires position information from each piece of point information stored in the point storage unit 104, calculates a cost from the position indicated by the position information to an uncongested section, and the cost is a threshold value. One or more point identifiers possessed by point information having the following position information are acquired. The cost between the position indicated by the position information included in the point information and the uncongested section is usually the cost between the position indicated by the position information included in the point information and an arbitrary point on the uncongested section. is there. The cost between the position indicated by the position information included in the point information and any one point in the uncongested section is the same as the arbitrary point on the uncongested section and the position indicated by the position information included in the point information. It may be the cost of reciprocating between them, or the cost of only one way. The cost between the position indicated by the position information included in the point information and the uncongested section is between the arbitrary one point that is the departure point on the uncongested section and the position indicated by the position information included in the point information. This is the cost between the cost, the position indicated by the position information included in the point information, and any one point that is the return destination on the uncongested section. The arbitrary one point on the uncongested section is, for example, a point where the cost between the point indicated by the point information is the smallest.

  An arbitrary point on an uncongested section is considered to be substantially one point, although it is not strictly the same position as the entrance and exit of an interchange such as an expressway. It may be a point. One point of the non-congested section may be, for example, a point where the linear distance from the position indicated by the position information is the smallest, and moved along the road from the position indicated by the position information to the uncongested section. In this case, the cost is the minimum value. In addition, when the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires one spot identifier, information indicating one spot on the uncongested section used when calculating the cost for the spot corresponding to the spot identifier. (For example, position information of one point, a point identifier corresponding to this position information, etc.) may be further acquired as information indicating one point on an uncongested section corresponding to the one point identifier.

  Then, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires, for example, one or more movement plan information each having at least one or more point identifiers acquired as described above. For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 may acquire one spot identifier as one movement plan information. The movement plan information may further include information indicating one point on the uncongested section corresponding to each of the one or more point identifiers as described above. In addition, the movement plan information, for each point identifier acquired above, about a route moving from one point on the corresponding uncongested section to the point indicated by each point identifier, or about a round trip route, Information such as route information, travel time, and estimated arrival time may be included. In addition, the movement plan information includes information indicating the category of the point possessed by the point information corresponding to each point identifier acquired above, information indicating the staying time at the point, business hours of the point, charges for using the point, etc. The information may be further included. In addition, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 sets the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101 to the point indicated by the one or more point identifiers acquired as described above in the route information where the traffic jam is detected. A route that travels from any one of the points and returns to any one point (preferably, from one point on the non-congested section through the point indicated by one or more point identifiers, the same one The route information including the route returning to the point) may be acquired as movement plan information. In this case, for example, it is preferable to appropriately update and use values such as expected arrival time indicated by the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101.

  The movement plan acquisition unit 106 may acquire movement plan information having two or more of the acquired two or more point identifiers when two or more point identifiers are acquired as described above. For example, a combination of two or more point identifiers may be acquired from the two or more acquired point identifiers, and movement plan information having this combination may be acquired.

  In addition, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires the traffic jam end prediction time using the traffic jam information, and travel plan information that passes through the section where the traffic jam occurred after the traffic jam end prediction time. You may make it acquire. For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 calculates a movement time for moving in an uncongested section. Moreover, the movement plan acquisition part 106 calculates the time between the time which starts the movement of an uncongested section, and the estimated end time of a traffic jam, and subtracts said moving time from this time. The time obtained by this is referred to as a traffic jam waiting time here. Then, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires the movement time from the uncongested section to the point indicated by each of the one or more point identifiers acquired above and returning again to the uncongested section. From this, the travel time is subtracted. You may acquire the movement plan information which has the time obtained by this as stay time in the point which the one or more point identifiers acquired above acquired. For example, the movement plan information in this case includes information indicating one point of an uncongested section, a scheduled time to reach this point, and a route moving from this one point to the point indicated by the point identifier acquired above. Information, estimated arrival time at the location indicated by this location identifier, estimated departure time obtained by adding the stay time acquired above to the estimated arrival time, and the uncongested section from this location This information includes information indicating a route to return to one point and a scheduled time of arrival at the one point.

  It does not matter how the travel plan acquisition unit 106 acquires the predicted end time of the traffic jam using the traffic jam information. For example, when the traffic jam information has the predicted end time of the traffic jam, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires the predicted end time of the traffic jam information. Also, if the traffic jam information includes information such as the start time of the traffic jam or the length of the traffic jam, the traffic jam end prediction time can be calculated using a pre-designated algorithm or calculation formula. You may get it. For example, the time obtained by converting the time increasing in proportion to the length of the traffic jam into the start time of the traffic jam may be acquired as the predicted end time. In addition, since the process which calculates completion | finish prediction time is a well-known technique, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. The same applies to the following.

  Further, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 may use a value obtained by adding a predetermined fixed value to the start time of the traffic jam as the predicted end time. The fixed value specified in advance is stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown), for example. Further, the movement plan information acquisition unit 106, instead of using the traffic congestion waiting time acquired using the predicted end time, the algorithm or calculation formula specified in advance based on the traffic congestion waiting time specified in advance or the length of the traffic jam, etc. You may make it use the traffic congestion waiting time acquired by (1). The same applies to the following.

  In addition, the movement plan acquisition part 106 is 1 or 2 of the 1 or 2 or more points which 1 or 2 or more point information stored in the point storage part 104 shows from the arbitrary one points of an uncongested area. It is a route that goes around the above and returns to the original point, that is, the same arbitrary point as described above, and the total time with the travel time for moving on this cyclic route is the time corresponding to the above-described congestion waiting time. Movement plan information corresponding to the route may be acquired. In particular, when the point information has a standard stay time, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 indicates one or more point information stored in the point storage unit 104 from one point of the uncongested section. Or, a route that circulates one or more of two or more points and returns to the original point, and a travel time that travels along this route, and a standard stay time that is included in point information corresponding to each point that circulates The movement plan information corresponding to the route whose time corresponds to the above-described traffic jam waiting time may be acquired. The movement plan acquisition unit 106 may select two or more pieces of point information. For example, one or more combinations of two or more arbitrary point information may be acquired from the point information stored in the point storage unit 104. In this case, the upper limit number of point information to be combined may be designated in advance.

  The point of the non-congested section may be any point and may be determined in any way. For example, it may be a point designated by the user or a starting point of an uncongested section (for example, a starting point of route information). Moreover, it may be one of points on an uncongested section among points set in advance for links, roads, and the like. Further, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 may acquire the plurality of movement plan information by performing the above-described processing for each of a plurality of points in the uncongested section.

  The time corresponding to the traffic jam waiting time is a time when the absolute value of the difference from the traffic jam waiting time is within a value specified in advance, and if the difference is “0”, it becomes the traffic jam waiting time. Note that travel plan information indicating a travel plan having a combination of one or more pieces of point information in which the total of the corresponding standard stay times is equal to or more than the time corresponding to the congestion waiting time similar to the above may not be acquired.

  When the travel plan acquisition unit 106 acquires the travel plan information, the travel plan acquisition unit 106 determines whether the departure point (or current location) corresponding to the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101 corresponding to the traffic jam information and the destination. For the route between them, it is not necessary to perform a new route search, and route information corresponding to the traffic jam information already stored in the route information storage unit 101 may be acquired as appropriate.

(2) Acquisition by WEB search The movement plan acquisition unit 106 performs a WEB search or the like using a point identifier or position information of one or more points on the route indicated by the route information indicated by the traffic jam information as a key. The point corresponding to the point is searched, the position information and the information corresponding to the point information are acquired for the point detected by the search, and the information corresponding to the point information is stored in the point storage unit 104 as described above. The movement plan may be acquired by using instead of the point information. The process for acquiring the movement plan using the information corresponding to the point information is the same as the process (1) above, and a detailed description thereof is omitted here. The WEB search is a search using a search site on the Internet, for example. For example, by inputting position information (for example, an address) of a point on a route to one or more search sites specified in advance and executing a search, a point identifier (for example, a point around the point) (for example, (Name of facility) and its position information can be acquired. In addition, it is preferable that each point on the route in this case is a point in a non-congested section. Moreover, it is preferable that the departure place when moving to each point detected by the WEB search is a point on the route corresponding to the position information or the like input for the search.

(3) Acquisition using point-related information The movement plan acquisition unit 106 has, for example, route information where the detection unit 103 has detected a traffic jam, or destination information indicating the same destination as the destination information included in the route information. The movement plan information is acquired using the point identifier of the point related information associated with the device identifier associated with the route information. For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires destination information from the route information indicated by the traffic jam information, and is associated with one or more pieces of route information having destination information indicating the same destination as the acquired destination information. One or more device identifiers are acquired, and the point-related information associated with at least one of the one or more device identifiers and the device identifier associated with the route information indicated by the traffic jam information is It is detected from the spot related information received by the information receiving unit 105. And the point identifier contained in the detected point relevant information is acquired. For example, acquiring a movement plan using a point identifier acquired from point-related information associated with one or more device identifiers associated with one or more route information having destination information indicating the same destination Thus, it is possible to set a point of interest for other users moving to the same destination as a destination for waiting for the end of the traffic jam. Further, by acquiring a movement plan using a point identifier acquired from point-related information associated with the device identifier associated with the route information indicated by the congestion information, a user whose congestion has been detected on the moving route can be obtained. It becomes possible to set a point of interest as a destination for waiting for the end of the traffic jam.

  Destination information indicating the same destination, that is, two or more destination information indicating the same destination is, for example, destination information that matches the destination information itself (for example, a character string constituting the destination information itself). is there. The match here may be a partial match. In addition, when destinations indicated by two or more destination information are destinations in the same area, for example, it may be considered that the destination information indicates the same destination. The area here may be, for example, an area of a predesignated size having a predesignated shape, an area set by a government such as a municipality, a prefecture, a region or a region, etc. It may be a region indicated by. Further, when the distance between the destinations indicated by the two or more destination information is equal to or less than the threshold value, it may be considered as the destination information indicating the same destination.

  The location identifier can be acquired from the location-related information that is text data by using, for example, data mining or topic extraction technology. Moreover, you may acquire a point identifier using the technique etc. which acquire a morphological analysis or a clue phrase. For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires a noun phrase or the like from the text information received by the point-related information reception unit 105 by morphological analysis, and “center”, “store”, “ A noun phrase having a clue phrase such as “restaurant” is acquired as a point identifier. In addition, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 may acquire, for example, a point identifier that matches a point identifier stored in the point storage unit 104 or a storage unit (not shown) by searching or the like from the point related information. It should be noted that the clue phrase and the morphological analysis are only examples, and other clue phrases or parts of speech other than noun phrases may be used. Note that data mining, topic extraction technology, morphological analysis, and technology for acquiring clue phrases are well-known technologies, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  And the point information which has the point identifier which corresponds to the acquired point identifier is acquired from the point storage part 104, and the acquired point information is stored in the point storage part 104 of the process (1) described above. Instead, the movement plan information is obtained by performing the same processing as in (1) above. Even in this case, instead of acquiring the spot information from the spot storage unit 104, as shown in (2) above, information corresponding to the spot information is acquired by WEB search using the acquired spot identifier. The movement plan information may be acquired.

  When the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit 103 detects the traffic jam includes a toll road that is congested, the travel plan acquisition unit 106 selects one of the following You may make it acquire movement plan information like an example. The toll road here is, for example, an expressway. The movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires, for example, traffic jam information related to the traffic jam detected by the detection unit 103, and the acquired traffic jam information includes information indicating a toll road that is jammed. What is necessary is just to judge that the path | route which the route information 103 detected the traffic jam has a toll road with traffic jam.

(Toll road example 1)
When the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit 103 detects the traffic jam has information indicating the toll road in which the traffic jam is present, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 selects one or more points before entering the toll road. The travel plan information indicating the travel plan passing through is acquired. For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 includes a toll road in a road or a link indicating that the traffic information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit 106 is congested among the route information in which the detection unit 103 has detected a traffic jam. It is determined whether a road or a link indicating is included. If included, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires the point information of the entrance for entering the toll road including the road or the link indicating the traffic jam included in the route information for the first time. The entrance here is, for example, an entrance used when the user uses the toll road. Further, the acquisition of the spot information here may be acquisition of a spot identifier or position information included in the spot information. As described above, it may be considered that the point identifier or the position information included in the point information is acquired as appropriate, in the present embodiment. The same applies to the following. Further, instead of acquiring the spot information, when a spot identifier or position information included in the spot information is acquired, the spot identifier or the position information may be appropriately handled as spot information including these. The same applies to the following. Then, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 uses any one of the points (1) to (3) described above using the point information of the entrance of the toll road as an arbitrary point of the non-congested section. By performing the process, the travel plan information passing through one or more points is acquired before entering the toll road. The one or more points here are preferably points that are not included in the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101, that is, the original route information. The entrance for entering the toll road first is, for example, the entrance for entering the toll road for the first time according to the route indicated by the route information. The entrance for entering the toll road first may be considered, for example, as an entrance located at the end of the toll road on the starting point side in the route indicated by the route information. The same applies to the following. The entrance here is, for example, a toll road interchange.

  With this configuration, before getting on the toll road, the time until the congestion is resolved can be moved to another point that was not on the original travel route and consumed. For example, it is possible to effectively use the time when the traffic is encountered.

(Toll road example 2)
When the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit 103 detects the traffic jam has information indicating the toll road that is congested, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 has one or more provided in the middle of the toll road. The travel plan information indicating the travel plan passing through one or more points in the rest area is acquired. The toll road rest area here is preferably a rest area in a non-congested section. For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 includes a road or link indicating that the traffic information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit 106 is congested among the route information corresponding to the device identifier acquired by the detection unit 103. It is determined whether a road or a link indicating a toll road is included. If included, the travel plan acquisition unit 106 includes at least one of one or more rest areas provided in the route information and provided in the middle of the toll road including the road or the link indicating the traffic jam. Get point information about the point. The rest area is, for example, a highway service area or a parking area. The point in the break area is a facility in the break area, for example, a dining facility.

For example, a road or link corresponding to an area in which a rest area in a toll road is provided in advance, specifically a road identifier or link identifier, and point information about one or more points in one or more rest areas. Corresponding information is stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like in advance, and from this information, it corresponds to a road or link indicating that the traffic information of the road or link included in the route information is congested. Information on one or more points in one or more rest areas associated with one or more roads or links constituting the non-congested section of the attached toll road is acquired. Then, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires movement plan information each having a point indicated by the acquired one or more point information as a transit point.
Here, it is preferable that the one or more points of the rest area used in the travel plan are, for example, one or more points of the rest area located closest to the section where the traffic jam occurs.

  In addition, the movement plan acquisition part 106 is the point (here, the point in a rest area) which one or more acquired point information shows similarly to processes, such as a process acquired using the point information of said (1). It is also possible to acquire travel time information that further includes information indicating the stay time. Moreover, the movement plan acquisition part 106 may acquire the point information etc. in two or more rest areas, and may acquire the movement plan information which has these as a waypoint. In addition, when it is not necessary to specify one or more points within one break area, for example, when it is necessary to specify only one or less points within one break area, The point information about one or more points may be considered as point information about the first break area.

  In addition, when the standard stay time as described above is associated with the point information, using this standard stay time, the total of the corresponding standard stay time becomes one or more times corresponding to the traffic jam waiting time. You may make it acquire the movement plan information which acquires point information or a point identifier, and passes through the point which these show.

(Example 3 of toll road)
When the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit 103 has detected the traffic has information indicating the toll road that is congested, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 is in the middle of the toll road, and one or more The travel plan information indicating the travel plan passing through the point is acquired. In this case, for example, in the processing shown in the case of (toll road example 1) described above, an entrance for first entering the toll road where the traffic jam has occurred according to the route indicated by the route information is an arbitrary in the non-traffic zone. Instead of using it as one point, one or more entrances and exits (for example, highway interchanges, etc.) located in the non-congested section of the toll road are each described as any one point of the non-congested section (see above). By performing any one of the processes 1) to (3), it is possible to acquire travel plan information that is in the middle of a toll road and that passes through one or more points. In this case, it is preferable to acquire travel plan information for entering the toll road again from the entrance / exit where the user got off. Further, the entrance / exit here excludes the entrance for first entering the toll road shown in the case of (toll road example 1) described above. That is, the entrance / exit here may be considered to exclude, for example, the entrance / exit located at the end of the toll road in the route indicated by the route information. The one or more points here are preferably points that are not included in the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101, that is, the original route information. The exit here is, for example, a toll road interchange.

  By adopting such a configuration, the time it takes to get off the toll road and clear the traffic jam can be moved to another point that was not on the original travel route and consumed. For example, it is possible to effectively use the time when the traffic is encountered.

  The movement plan acquisition unit 106 may acquire movement plan information according to the current position and time of the in-vehicle device 2a. For example, when the in-vehicle device 2 is already moving on the route indicated by the corresponding route information, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 is on and after the current location of the in-vehicle device 2 on the route indicated by the route information. It is preferable to acquire movement plan information for points on the route. Further, when the current time is a time after the departure time of the route information corresponding to the in-vehicle device 2, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 passes at a time after the current time on the route indicated by the route information. It is preferable to acquire movement plan information for a point.

  For example, when the user has already entered one toll road indicated by the route information and is moving on this toll road, the travel plan information before entering the toll road as in (toll road example 1) described above is displayed. The processing shown in (Toll road example 2) and (Toll road example 3) described above is performed on the entrance / exit and rest area of the toll road existing in the route after the current location of the user without performing the acquisition process. It is preferable to acquire movement plan information.

  When a plurality of movement plan information is acquired, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 may acquire a part of the plurality of movement plan information, for example, only one plan information. For example, when the movement plan acquisition unit 106 once acquires a plurality of movement plan information that passes at least a point that is not included in the route information stored in advance in the route information storage unit 101, a part of the movement plan information is included. Only (for example, one) movement plan information may be acquired and the other movement plan information may be deleted. In this case, some movement plan information may be acquired in any way. For example, a part of the movement plan information may be acquired in order from the one with the lowest usage fee at the point where the movement plan indicated by the movement plan information passes. Alternatively, the movement plan information may be acquired in order from the route indicated by the route information stored in the route information storage unit 101, starting from the lowest cost to a point other than the original route indicated by the movement plan.

  Note that the process of acquiring the movement plan information described above is an example, and the movement plan acquisition unit 106 may acquire the movement plan information by a process other than the above.

  The movement plan acquisition unit 106 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the movement plan acquisition unit 106 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The transmission unit 107 transmits the movement plan information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit 106 to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier associated with the route information where the traffic jam is detected by the detection unit 103. For example, the transmission unit 107 has the same movement plan information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit 106 as the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier in which the traffic jam is detected and the destination information included in the route information associated with the device identifier. You may make it transmit to the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2 which the apparatus identifier matched with the route information which has the destination information which shows the destination is shown. Since the processing for detecting the in-vehicle device 2 having the same destination is described above, detailed description thereof is omitted here. For example, by transmitting movement plan information to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier associated with the route information having the destination information indicating the same destination, the same destination moving on the moving route where there is no traffic jam The same travel plan can be presented to other users heading to the location and can be used as a reference when reviewing the route that is currently traveling. For example, other users can move using the same movement plan.

  The transmitting unit 107 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit. The transmission unit 107 may or may not include a communication device.

  The movement determination unit 108 determines whether one or more in-vehicle devices 2 to which the transmission unit 107 has transmitted the movement plan information have moved according to the movement plan indicated by the movement plan information. For example, when the movement plan information includes information indicating one or more points not included in the original route information, the movement determination unit 108 is a device received by the receiving unit 102 of the server apparatus 1 or the like within a predetermined time. The current location information associated with the identifier includes current location information associated with the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2 that has transmitted the travel plan information, and is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 2 corresponding to the device identifier. Of the points indicated by the travel plan information, is there a point indicating a point that matches one or more points not associated with the original route information stored in the route information storage unit 101 in association with this device identifier? to decide. If there is one indicating the position of one or more points, the movement determination unit 108 determines that the movement has been performed according to the movement plan indicated by the transmitted movement plan information. When the transmission unit 107 transmits a plurality of travel plan information, the travel plan indicated by the travel plan information here may be any of these travel plans. The movement plan indicated by the one movement plan information designated by the user of the in-vehicle device 2 may be used. For example, when the in-vehicle device 2 receives a plurality of movement plan information, the in-vehicle device 2 displays the received plurality of movement plan information on a monitor or the like (not shown) and accepts an instruction to select one of them. In response to the instruction to perform, the in-vehicle device 2 transmits an instruction to specify the selected movement plan information to the server device 1. And the server apparatus 1 which received the instruction | indication which designates the one movement plan information transmitted from this vehicle-mounted apparatus 2 by the receiving part 102 grade | etc., Uses the movement plan information which this instruction | indication shows as movement plan information utilized for determination. May be.

  The original route information is, for example, route information stored in the route information storage unit 101 before the movement plan information is acquired. The one or more points that are not in the original route information may be all the points that are not in the original route information, or may be some of the points. The movement determination unit 108 may determine whether or not the point indicated by the current location information matches one point. For example, the coordinates indicated by the current location information and the coordinates of the one point are determined in advance. If the distance is less than the specified distance, it may be determined that they match. In addition, when the address indicated by the current location information is the same address as the address of the one point, it may be determined that they match. In addition, when a normal navigation device (not shown) determines that it has arrived at the destination or the waypoint, it may use a process for determining whether the current location matches the destination or the waypoint. .

  When the movement plan information is route information and includes a route that is not included in the original route information, the movement determination unit 108 uses the current location information received from the in-vehicle device 2 that has transmitted the one movement plan information, from the in-vehicle information. It may be determined whether or not the device 2 is moving along a route not included in the original route information of the movement plan information associated with the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2. Note that whether or not the route indicated by the route information is moving is known as a technology of the navigation device, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The time specified in advance is a time after the time when the travel plan information is transmitted or after the departure time indicated by the route information corresponding to the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2. Further, the time specified in advance may be within the time until the predicted end time of the traffic jam. Further, it may be a time between the start time and end time of the stay time at a point not included in the original route information indicated by the movement plan information.

  The reward unit 109 performs a process for giving a reward to the user of the in-vehicle device 2 that the movement determination unit 108 has determined to have moved according to the movement plan. For example, the reward unit 109 gives points specified in advance to the user associated with the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2 that the movement determination unit 108 has determined to have moved according to the movement plan. For example, the reward unit 109 adds a value designated in advance to the total value of points held by the user stored in a storage unit (not shown) in association with the user identifier associated with the device identifier. To do. The value designated in advance may be a value determined in any way, for example, may be a fixed value, and the original route information in the route traveled by the travel plan indicated by the travel plan information may be included. There may be a value that increases in proportion to the moving distance of the route or stepwise corresponding to the moving distance. Moreover, the value preset with respect to the point used as the transit point which is not in the original route information may be sufficient. The points here may be any points, for example, points that can be exchanged for goods or services, or points that can be used instead of money. The point here may be a point used in a so-called mileage service or the like.

  In addition, the reward unit 109 performs processing to reduce the usage fee of the toll road when the user of the in-vehicle device 2 that the movement determination unit 108 has determined to have moved according to the movement plan uses the toll road that has been congested. By doing so, the user may be rewarded. For example, when the toll road charge is automatically deducted from the user's bank account associated with the device identifier or automatically settled by the user's credit card, At the time of withdrawal or automatic settlement, the original toll road usage fee may be reduced. For example, in the case where the toll of the toll road is settled by, for example, a so-called electronic toll collection system (Electronic Toll Collection System), the use fee is reduced when the fee is settled using this system. May be.

  In addition, the reward unit 109, for example, a travel plan in which the travel plan indicated by the travel plan information passes through one or more points in the break area provided on the toll road as described above (toll road example 2). In this case, a fee specified in advance or a fee corresponding to the total time spent at one or more points may be reduced from the toll on the toll road. The charge corresponding to the total stay time is, for example, a charge that is proportional to the stay time or that increases in stages according to the stay time.

  For example, the reward unit 109 may transmit information for enabling the user of the vehicle-mounted device 2 to receive the reward as described above to the vehicle-mounted device 2. The information for making it possible to receive a reward is, for example, information such as a coupon code that can be applied when the usage fee is settled. The coupon code is information for, for example, discounting the usage fee at a predesignated ratio or reducing the predesignated amount. Information such as a coupon code is transmitted to an information processing apparatus (not shown) that performs settlement at the time of settlement. In addition, since the process etc. which discount a usage fee etc. using a coupon code etc. are well-known techniques, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted here.

  For example, the reward unit 109 may transmit information for giving a reward as described above to an information processing apparatus (not shown) for performing a process for giving a reward. The information for giving a reward is, for example, information including a reward to be given, a device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2 giving the reward, or a user identifier of a user associated with the device identifier. The information indicating the reward to be given is information indicating the number of points to be given, the amount to be reduced, the discount rate, or the like. However, when a user's reward management or the like is performed by a processing unit (not shown) of the server device 1, the processing unit may update the management of the reward according to an instruction from the reward unit 109.

  As described above, when the movement determination unit 108 moves according to the movement plan, the reward unit 109 gives a reward to the user, so that the user can be incentive to use the movement plan. In addition to alleviating traffic congestion, the user can be additionally moved to a point not included in the original route information, and new consumption can be created. In addition, since it is considered that the above-mentioned consumption is performed at the facility at the point newly added in the movement plan, the facility added in the movement plan will bear the source of the reward given by the reward unit 109. It may be.

  The in-vehicle device 2 is a device mounted on a moving body such as an automobile. The in-vehicle device 2 is usually a device capable of transmitting and receiving information and displaying information. The in-vehicle device 2 is realized by, for example, a navigation device such as a car navigation device, a multi-function mobile phone such as a so-called smartphone, a portable information terminal such as a tablet terminal, a portable computer, or the like.

  The input reception unit 201 receives input from the user. For example, input of destination information is accepted. Further, the input receiving unit 201 may receive information such as a waypoint. Further, the input receiving unit 201 may receive information such as conditions used for route search, for example, information such as departure time and availability of toll roads. Further, the input receiving unit 201 may receive input of information other than the above.

  Moreover, the input reception part 201 may receive the spot relevant information input from a user.

  The reception here is, for example, reception from the voice input unit of the touch panel, reception of an input signal transmitted from another device, reading of information from a recording medium, or the like. The input receiving unit 201 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a touch panel or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like.

  The current location acquisition unit 202 acquires current location information. For example, the current location acquisition unit 202 is realized by GPS or the like. There is no limitation on the timing at which the current location acquisition unit 202 acquires current location information. For example, the current location acquisition unit 202 acquires current location information at a predetermined time interval or an indefinite time interval.

  The in-vehicle transmission unit 203 transmits the route related information having the destination information to the server device 1 in association with the device identifier stored in the storage unit (not shown). For example, the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 transmits information such as destination information received by the input reception unit 201 to the server device 1 as route related information. Further, for example, the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 obtains route information by performing route search or the like using information such as destination information received by the input receiving unit 201, and uses the acquired route information as route related information. 1 to send. When acquiring the route information, the current location information acquired by the current location acquisition unit 202 may be used as a departure location. Since the route information usually has destination information, the route related information transmitted here is also information having the destination information.

  The in-vehicle transmission unit 203 may transmit the current location information acquired by the current location information acquisition unit to the server device 1 in association with a device identifier stored in a storage unit (not shown), for example. For example, the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 transmits the current location information to the server device 1 every time the current location acquisition unit 202 acquires the current location information.

  The in-vehicle transmission unit 203 may transmit, for example, the spot related information received by the input receiving unit 201 to the server device 1 in association with a device identifier stored in a storage unit (not shown).

  The in-vehicle transmission unit 203 may transmit information for paying a toll road usage fee or information for receiving a reward to an information processing apparatus (not shown) for paying.

  The in-vehicle transmission unit 203 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The in-vehicle transmission unit 203 may or may not include a communication device. The in-vehicle transmission unit 203 may have a configuration such as an MPU or a memory for performing a route search process or the like.

  The in-vehicle receiving unit 204 receives one or more movement plan information transmitted from the server device 1. The in-vehicle receiving unit 204 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The in-vehicle receiving unit 204 may or may not include a communication device.

  The output unit 205 displays the movement plan information received by the receiving unit on, for example, a monitor (not shown). Further, the output unit 205 may appropriately output a point on the route indicated by the movement plan information received by the reception unit or the route information indicated by the movement plan information by voice. The output here is, for example, display of images and characters, audio output, and the like. For example, the output unit 205 may output an image such as a map for navigation, navigation voice, and the like using information such as the current location acquired by the current location acquisition unit 202 and route information. The output unit 205 may or may not include an output device such as a monitor. The output unit 205 can be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  The in-vehicle device 2 may further include a processing unit (not shown) for performing navigation or the like. For example, the in-vehicle device 2 may include a processing unit or the like included in a normal navigation device. Moreover, the vehicle-mounted transmission part 203 grade | etc., May have the process part which performs such navigation.

  Next, an example of operation | movement of the server apparatus 1 of the information processing system 1000 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG. Here, as an example, a case will be described in which movement plan information is acquired only when the route indicated by the route information includes a toll road, and movement plan information is not acquired in other cases.

  (Step S101) The receiving unit 102 determines whether or not traffic jam information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S102. If not received, the process proceeds to step S110.

  (Step S102) The receiving unit 102 determines whether or not the traffic jam section indicated by the traffic jam information received in Step S101 is a toll road. For example, it is determined whether information indicating a road or a link indicating a traffic congestion section indicated by the traffic congestion information is information associated with information indicating that it is a toll road. It is judged that. If it is a toll road, the process proceeds to step S103, and if not, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S103) The detection unit 103 substitutes 1 for the counter m.

  (Step S <b> 104) The detection unit 103 determines whether or not the m-th route information is stored in the route information storage unit 101. If stored, the process proceeds to step S105. If not stored, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S105) Using the traffic jam information received in step S101, the detection unit 103 determines whether there is traffic jam in the m-th route information, that is, whether there is a zone where the traffic jam occurs. If there is a section, the process proceeds to step S106, and if not, the process proceeds to step S109.

  (Step S106) The movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires movement plan information for the m-th route information. Here, for example, the travel plan information is acquired by any one of the processes shown in (toll road example 1) to (toll road example 3) as described above, or a combination of two or more thereof. Further, when acquiring the movement plan information, the route information having the destination information indicating the same destination as the destination information included in the m-th route information in the point related information received in step S119, which will be described later, When there is point-related information associated with the same device identifier or point-related information associated with the device identifier associated with the m-th route information, the movement plan information is obtained using these point-related information. You may get it.

  (Step S107) The transmission unit 107 transmits the movement plan information acquired in step S106 to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier associated with the m-th route information. Note that the same movement plan information as the transmitted movement plan information is stored in a storage unit (not shown) in association with the device identifier.

  (Step S <b> 108) The transmission unit 107 uses the route information storage unit 101 to store the route plan information including the destination information indicating the same destination as the destination information included in the m-th route information in the travel plan information acquired in Step S <b> 106. Detected and transmitted to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier associated with the detected route information.

  (Step S109) The detection unit 103 increments the value of the counter m by 1. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S110) The receiving unit 102 determines whether route-related information associated with the device identifier has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S111. If not received, the process proceeds to step S112.

  (Step S111) The receiving unit 102 acquires route information using the route related information received in Step S110, and stores the acquired route information in association with a device identifier associated with the route related information. Stored in the unit 101. Then, the process returns to step S101. For example, when the route-related information includes route information, the receiving unit 102 may read and acquire the route information and store it in association with the device identifier. In addition, when there is no route information, a route search or the like is performed using information indicating a departure point included in route-related information or information indicating a destination, and the acquired route information is associated with a device identifier. You may accumulate.

  (Step S112) The receiving unit 102 determines whether the current location information associated with the device identifier has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S113. If not received, the process proceeds to step S117.

  (Step S113) The movement determination unit 108 determines whether there is movement plan information associated with the device identifier associated with the route-related information received in step S112. If there is, the process proceeds to step S114, and if not, the process returns to step S101. For example, when the movement plan information associated with the device identifier has not been acquired, or when the movement plan information has not been specified in step S117 even though it has been acquired, it is determined that there is no corresponding movement plan. You can do it.

  (Step S114) The movement determination unit 108 acquires movement plan information associated with the device identifier associated with the route-related information received in step S112 from a storage unit (not shown), and receives the current location received in step S112. Using the information, it is determined whether or not the movement of the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier is a movement according to the acquired movement plan information. When it is the movement according to movement plan information, it progresses to step S115, and when it is not the movement according to it, it returns to step S101.

  (Step S115) The reward unit 109 acquires information indicating a reward.

  (Step S116) The reward unit 109 associates the information indicating the reward acquired in Step S115 with the device identifier or with the identifier of the user associated with the device identifier, etc. It transmits to the information processing apparatus etc. which are not shown and managed. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S117) The receiving unit 102 determines whether or not information specifying movement plan information has been received for the movement plan information transmitted in step S107. The information specifying the movement plan information may be information having at least a device identifier that is a transmission destination of the movement plan information associated with the movement plan information, and information having an identifier associated with the movement plan information. It may be. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S118. If not accepted, the process proceeds to step S119.

  (Step S118) The receiving unit 102 associates the information specifying the movement plan information received in step S117 with the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2 that transmitted the movement plan information in step S107, and stores it in a storage unit (not shown). accumulate. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S119) The point-related information receiving unit 105 determines whether or not the point-related information associated with the device identifier has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S120. If not received, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S120) The point-related information receiving unit 105 accumulates the received point-related information in a storage unit (not shown) in association with the device identifier. Then, the process returns to step S101. In addition, when not using point related information when acquiring movement plan information, you may abbreviate | omit the process of step S119-step S120.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the case where the section where the traffic jam occurred is a toll road has been described as an example. However, the processing shown in the above flowchart is not the section where the traffic jam occurred. It can also be applied in some cases. However, in this case, it is not necessary to make a determination regarding the toll road, such as whether or not the section where the traffic jam has occurred is a toll road. In addition, when acquiring the travel plan information in step S106, the travel plan information may be acquired from (toll road example 1) through processes other than the processes shown in (toll road example 3).

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  Next, an example of the operation of the in-vehicle device 2 will be briefly described.

  The input receiving unit 201 receives input of destination information and the like from the user. Then, the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 transmits the route related information including the received destination information and the like to the server device 1 in association with the device identifier. Note that route related information having route information obtained by performing route search or the like using the received destination information or the like may be transmitted to the server device 1.

  The input reception unit 201 receives point-related information input from the user, and the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 transmits the received point-related information to the server device 1 in association with the device identifier.

  In addition, the current location acquisition unit 202 sequentially acquires current location information at a timing specified in advance, and the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 corresponds to the current location information acquired by the current location acquisition unit 202 with information indicating a device identifier and an acquisition time. At the same time, it is transmitted to the server device 1.

  The in-vehicle receiving unit 204 receives one or more movement plan information transmitted from the server device 1. Then, the output unit 205 displays the travel plan indicated by the received travel plan information on a monitor (not shown) or the like. Further, when the input receiving unit 201 receives an operation for selecting one of the movement plan information output by the output unit 205, the in-vehicle transmission unit 203, for example, stores information specifying the received movement plan information. To the server device 1.

  The output unit 205 may appropriately display the movement plan information selected above.

  Further, the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 may transmit information for paying a toll road usage fee to an information processing apparatus (not shown) or the like at the timing of getting on and off the toll road. In addition, when the in-vehicle receiving unit 204 receives information such as the coupon code described above for receiving the reward, etc., the output unit 205 sends the information to an information processing device (not shown) when paying the usage fee. You may send it and receive a reward.

(Specific example 1)
Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing system 1000 in the present embodiment will be described. The conceptual diagram of the information processing system 1000 is the same as FIG. Here, an example in which movement plan information is acquired when route information includes a toll road will be described. Here, the in-vehicle device 2 is a car navigation device, and the server device 1 and the in-vehicle device 2 are connected by a wireless network.

  For example, a user A who drives a vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle device 2a operates the touch panel of the in-vehicle device 2a, and the departure place “Suita IC”, the destination “Takayama Station”, and the departure date “2015/05 / When “03” and the departure time “11:20” are input, the input reception unit 201 of the in-vehicle device 2a receives the information. The departure date is assumed to be the date of input. Further, the departure time here is, for example, a scheduled time when the user leaves the departure place. “IC” means an interchange. The input reception unit 201 of the in-vehicle device 2a performs a route search using the received information, and acquires route information from the current location to the destination. This route information is route information having destination information indicating the destination. Further, this route information is assumed to have a predicted arrival time at a transit point or the like. It is assumed that information necessary for route search, for example, information such as map information and nodes and links is stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown), for example.

  Instead of the input reception unit 201 performing route search to acquire route information, the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 of the in-vehicle device 2a transmits route-related information to an information processing device (not shown) for performing the route search. Then, the in-vehicle device 2a may acquire the route information by executing the route search and receiving the route information as the execution result by the in-vehicle receiving unit 204 or the like.

  Then, the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 of the in-vehicle device 2a reads and reads “M001” (hereinafter referred to as the device identifier “M001”), which is the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2a stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown). The device identifier and the route related information having the route information and the departure date acquired by the input receiving unit 201 are transmitted to the server device 1.

  The receiving unit 102 of the server device 1 receives the route-related information transmitted from the in-vehicle device 2a and the device identifier “M001”. The receiving unit 102 acquires the route information having the destination information and the departure date from the received route related information, and stores the route information and the departure date in the route information storage unit 101 in association with the device identifier “M001”.

  FIG. 3 is a route information management table for managing route information stored in the route information storage unit 101. The route information management table has attributes of “device ID”, “date”, and “route”. “Device ID” is a device identifier. “Date” is the departure date. “Route” is route information. In the route information, here, the place names of the departure point, the destination, and the waypoint are shown in order from the left toward the destination. In addition, the time after the name of each place indicates the time of arrival at the point indicated by the name of the place and the time of departure from the point. “IC” indicates an interchange of an expressway that is one of toll roads, and “JCT” indicates a junction of an expressway that is one of toll roads. It is assumed that the road is a toll road, particularly a highway here. Note that the route information here is an example for explanation, and the route information may be any route information, and has information constituting route information other than the information shown here. May be. For example, the route information may include detailed route information indicating which road and how to travel between two points. The route information may include information such as nodes and links of the route to be used. In addition, here, for convenience of explanation, the starting point of any route information is shown as an example of a highway interchange, but the starting point of route information may not be an interchange. Needless to say. Further, the route information may include position information (for example, coordinates) of each point indicated by the route information.

  For example, it is assumed that the route information accumulated above is the route information of the record (row) in the first row from the top of the route information management table shown in FIG.

  At “9:00”, which is the time before the user A driving the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device 2a is mounted departs from the departure place “Suita IC”, the receiving unit 102 of the server device 1 “ It is assumed that the traffic information “direction: traffic jam 20 km, traffic jam estimated time: 14:00” is received from an information processing device or the like that provides road information (not shown). This traffic jam information is information indicating that a traffic jam of 10 km has occurred in the upward direction before the “Kiyomi IC” point on the expressway, and the estimated end time of the traffic jam is “11:00”. And The traffic jam information here is an example, and the format of the traffic jam information is not limited.

  When the reception unit 102 receives the traffic jam information, the detection unit 103 determines whether or not the traffic jam section indicated by the traffic jam information is a toll road. Here, since the place name indicated by the traffic jam information has a character string (cue phrase) previously associated with the highway “IC”, the detection unit 103 detects that the traffic jam section indicated by the traffic jam information is a toll road. Judge that there is. It is assumed that “JCT” is also a character string associated with the expressway in advance.

  For this reason, the detection unit 103 first reads the route information of the first record (row) from the top of the route information management table, and determines whether or not this route information includes the section indicated by the traffic jam information. First, the detection unit 103 determines that the read route information has a place name “Kiyomi IC”. Also, in the route information, the place name immediately before “Kiyomi IC” is “Ichinomiya JCT”, and the fact that these two sections are the sections of the upward direction of the expressway is based on map information etc. not shown. to decide. The route information may previously include information indicating that the two sections from “Ichinomiya JCT” to “Kiyomi IC” are upstream sections of the toll road (highway). For this reason, the detection unit 103 determines that the route information of the first record indicates a route including the traffic jam section indicated by the traffic jam information.

  Since it is determined that the traffic jam section is included, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 performs a process of acquiring movement plan information. First, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 has the in-vehicle device 2 already in the toll road that forms the route indicated by the route information of the first record with the current time “9:00” acquired from a clock or the like (not shown). It is determined whether or not it is a time indicating that. The time when the in-vehicle device 2 enters the toll road (highway) indicated by the route information of the first record is a time associated with a place name having a character string such as “IC” that appears first in the route information, Here, the time is “9:20” immediately after the character string “Suita IC”. Since the current time “9:00” is a time before this time, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 determines that the in-vehicle device 2 has not yet entered the toll road. The movement plan acquisition unit 106 may determine whether or not the in-vehicle device 2 is on a toll road using the current location information and the route information received from the in-vehicle device 2.

  For this reason, the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2 acquires movement plan information by a process as shown in the above-mentioned (toll road example 1). Specifically, since the location of the first entrance of the toll road indicated by the route information is the place name “Suita IC”, the travel plan information can be entered without entering the toll road from the entrance location “Suita IC”. It moves to one or more points, returns to the point of entrance “Suita IC” again, and acquires movement plan information for moving according to the route indicated by the route information described above.

  The movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires the traffic jam information received by the reception unit 102, and acquires “14:00” that is the predicted end time of the traffic jam from the traffic jam information. Further, when the departure place indicated by the route information departs at the departure time, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 stores in advance in the route information, a storage unit (not shown) or the like the time at which it arrives in the congestion section indicated by the congestion information. It is calculated using map information and link information. Here, it is assumed that the estimated arrival time to reach the traffic jam existing in the section 20 km before “Kiyomi IC” is “12:00”, for example. This indicates, for example, that the route indicated by the current route information arrives at “12:00” in the traffic jam section when the route is moved as scheduled. Next, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 calculates the difference between the predicted end time of traffic jam “14:00” and the predicted arrival time of traffic jam “12:00”. The calculated difference is 2 hours. This difference is the congestion waiting time. For example, two hours after the departure time, if the vehicle enters the toll road that the route indicated by the route information has, the traffic jam indicated by the traffic jam information can be resolved and the vehicle can reach the traffic jam section indicated by the traffic jam information. This indicates that a car with 2a is not in a traffic jam.

FIG. 4 is a point information management table for managing the point information stored in the point storage unit 104. The point information management table has attributes of “point ID”, “position”, and “stay time”. “Spot ID” is an identifier of a spot, and is, for example, a spot name, a landmark name, or a facility name. “Position” is position information of a point, and here, for example, it is assumed to be coordinates represented by a combination of latitude and longitude. The coordinates x ₁ and y ₁ are assumed to be arbitrary values of the x and y coordinates here. “Stay time” is the standard stay time.

  The travel plan acquisition unit 106 uses the predicted end time of the traffic jam indicated by the traffic jam information for 2 hours, which is the traffic jam waiting time calculated above, and “Fukida IC”, which is the location name of the location entering the toll road acquired above. And the movement plan information is acquired using “9:20”, which is information of the time of departure from this point “Suita IC”. Specifically, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 starts from the point “Suita IC” at the departure time “9:20” corresponding to this point, and the one piece of point information stored in the point storage unit 104 is stored. The time required to move to the indicated point, stay at this point for the standard stay time associated with this point, and return to the original point “Suita IC” is specified in advance as 2 hours, which is a congestion waiting time. One or more pieces of point information within the time range obtained by adding and subtracting the obtained values are detected from the point storage unit 104. The value designated in advance is, for example, a time between 0 and 30 minutes, and is assumed here to be 15 minutes. Therefore, the time range is between 1 hour 45 minutes and 2 hours 45 minutes. In addition, you may enable it for the user of the vehicle equipment 2a to set suitably this predetermined value.

For example, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 uses the coordinates (x ₁₀ , y ₁₀ ) indicated by the position information of the point “Suita IC” as route information of the first record of the route information management table shown in FIG. Obtain from map information. x ₁₀ and _{y 10,} respectively, and an arbitrary coordinate values indicating the latitude and longitude. The coordinates (x ₁₀ , y ₁₀ ) depart at the departure time “9:20”, and the “point ID” of the record (row) in the first line of the point information management table shown in FIG. It moves to the position indicated by the coordinates (x ₁ , y ₁ ) that are the attribute values of the “position” of the point that is “boring alley”, and the “stay time” attribute of the first record of the point information management table at this point After staying for the standard stay time “1 hour”, which is the value, the travel time and the route information when moving again to the place “Suita IC” are obtained by performing route search or the like. For example, it is assumed that the travel time of the point “Sumada IC” and the point “Sumada bowling alley” is 25 minutes, and the acquired travel time is 1 hour 50 minutes. However, the traveling time here includes the staying time at the point “Suita bowling alley”. Note that the route information acquired here is, for example, route information having “Suita bowling alley” that is an attribute value of “point ID” and having time passing through each point on the route. . For example, it is assumed that the route information acquired here is route information having the same configuration as the route information in the route information management table of FIG. For example, the acquired route information is “Suita IC (9:20), landing at Suita Bowling Alley (9:45), departure from Suita Bowling Alley (10:45), Suita IC (11:10)”. . The route information includes information indicating the position of the point information, for example, coordinates (x ₁ , y ₁ ) of the point information.

  It is assumed that information necessary for route search, such as map information and information such as nodes and links, is stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown), for example. Instead of the travel plan acquisition unit 106 performing route search to acquire route information, the transmission unit 107 or the like transmits the position information to an information processing device (not shown) for performing route search, and the route search. The route information and the time information may be acquired by the receiving unit 102 and the like receiving the route information and the movement time as the execution result.

  Then, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 determines that the acquired movement time “1 hour 50 minutes” is a value within a time range obtained by adding or subtracting a predetermined time to the above-described congestion waiting time, that is, 1 It is determined whether or not the value is within a range from 45 minutes to 2 hours and 45 minutes. Here, it is determined that the value is within the range.

  For this reason, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires the route information acquired above as one movement plan information and temporarily stores it in a storage unit (not shown) or the like. This movement plan information has the path information to be inserted before the path information of the first record (row) from the top of the path information management table shown in FIG. It may be considered as information indicating a difference of a new movement plan created using the movement plan indicated by the original route information which is the route information indicated by the first record (row) from the top of the information management table.

  When the acquired travel time is not a value within the time range obtained by adding or subtracting the time specified in advance to the above-described congestion waiting time, the travel plan acquisition unit 106 uses the point information to route The route information acquired by searching is not acquired as movement plan information.

  Similarly, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 performs the same processing as described above for the information of the second and subsequent records from the top of the point information management table shown in FIG.

  Then, the transmission unit 107 shows one or more pieces of movement plan information acquired and accumulated by the movement plan acquisition unit 106 when processing is performed for all the records in the point information management table of FIG. This is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 2a whose “device ID” of the first record from the top of the route information management table is “M001”. Here, for example, if the movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires two pieces of movement plan information including the movement plan information described above, an identifier of the movement plan information is assigned to the movement plan information, and the identifier 2 is assigned. Send travel plan information. The transmission unit 107 associates the transmitted movement plan information, the identifier of the movement plan information assigned to the movement plan information, and the device identifier “M001” of the in-vehicle device 2a that is the transmission destination, and stores the data (not shown). Accumulate in the department.

  In addition, in the point information management table, an attribute indicating the region identifier such as the region name or the prefecture name is further provided so that the region or prefecture where the entrance point of the toll road belongs to the same region or prefecture. Only the point information may be processed to acquire movement plan information.

  Further, the transmission unit 107 acquires destination information from the route information of the first record from the top of the route information management table shown in FIG. Here, “Takayama Station”, which is the name of the rightmost point of the attribute value of “route information”, is acquired as destination information. Then, the transmitting unit 107 obtains the destination information included in the route information sequentially from the record excluding the first record on the route information management table from which the movement plan information has been acquired, specifically, the second and subsequent records. It is acquired, and it is determined whether or not the destination indicated by the destination information matches the destination indicated by “Takayama Station” which is the destination information acquired above. Here, for example, the transmitting unit 107 determines whether or not the noun phrases indicating the place names match among the morphemes obtained by performing the morphological analysis on the point name of the destination indicated by the destination information. In this case, it is determined that the destination indicated by the destination information matches. For example, the destination of the second and subsequent records from the top of the route information management table is “Takayama”, and morphological analysis is performed to obtain “Takayama”, which is a noun phrase indicating a place name. Also. By performing morphological analysis on the above “Takayama Station”, “Takayama” which is a noun phrase indicating a place name is acquired.

  When the obtained noun phrases indicating the place names match, it is determined that the destinations indicated by the destination information included in the route information match, and the “device” in the second record from the top of the route information management table is displayed. The device identifier “M105” that is “ID” is acquired and temporarily stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like. If it is determined that the destination indicated by the destination information included in the route information does not match, the attribute value of “device ID” is not acquired.

  Then, the transmission unit 107 reads out device identifiers acquired and stored in a storage unit (not shown), and transmits the same movement plan information to the in-vehicle device 2 other than the in-vehicle device 2a indicated by these device identifiers. Thereby, the movement plan information for avoiding traffic congestion can be transmitted to the in-vehicle device 2 heading for the same destination.

  The movement plan acquisition unit 106 performs the same process on the route information of the second and subsequent records from the top of the route information management table shown in FIG. The plan information is acquired, and the acquired movement plan information is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 2 corresponding to each record.

  When the in-vehicle receiving unit 204 of the in-vehicle device 2a receives two pieces of movement plan information transmitted from the server device 1 and an identifier associated with the movement plan information, the output unit 205 of the in-vehicle device 2a receives the information. Two pieces of movement plan information are arranged and displayed on a template prepared in advance.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display example of movement plan information displayed by the output unit 205 of the in-vehicle device 2a.

  When the user A presses the selection button 51 arranged beside each movement plan information in order to select one of the displayed movement plan information, the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 moves the movement plan information corresponding to the selection button. The identifier of the movement plan information associated with is transmitted to the server device 1 in association with the device identifier “M001”.

  When the receiving unit 102 of the server device 1 receives the identifier of the movement plan information associated with the device identifier “M001”, the transmitting unit stores the unillustrated storage unit in association with the device identifier and the identifier of the movement plan information. , The movement plan information associated with the apparatus identifier “M001” and the apparatus identifier “M001” other than the detected movement plan information are detected. The movement plan information associated with is deleted. The remaining movement plan information is the movement plan information selected by the in-vehicle device 2a whose device identifier is “M001”.

  The current location acquisition unit 202 of the in-vehicle device 2a includes a GPS or the like, and repeats the process of acquiring current location information at a predetermined timing or indefinite timing, and the in-vehicle transmission unit 203 obtains the acquired current location information. The server identifier 1 is transmitted to the server device 1 in association with the device identifier “M001” of the in-vehicle device 2a. The current location information is, for example, the coordinates of the current location.

  When the receiving unit 102 of the server device 1 receives the current location information associated with the device identifier “M001”, the movement determining unit 108 does not show the movement plan information associated with the received device identifier “M001”. It is determined whether it is stored in the storage unit. Here, since it is stored, it is determined whether or not the position indicated by the coordinates of the point information included in the movement plan information matches the position indicated by the received current location information. Specifically, the distance between the point indicated by the coordinates indicated by the point information and the point indicated by the coordinates indicated by the current location information is calculated, and it is determined whether the distance is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. If there is, it is determined that they match, and if it is not less than the threshold, it is determined that they do not match. If it is determined that they match, the reward unit 109 performs a process of giving a reward to the user of the in-vehicle device 2a indicated by the device identifier “M001” associated with the current location information. Here, for example, the server device 1 transmits information for reducing the usage fee to the in-vehicle device 2a whose device identifier is “M001”. For example, it is assumed that this information is information for discounting the toll road usage fee and can be used when the in-vehicle device 2a automatically pays the toll road fee. Information for reducing the usage fee, for example, a code for instructing reduction of the usage fee. This information is, for example, information having information indicating the discount rate of the usage fee.

  When receiving the information for reducing the usage fee from the server device 1, the in-vehicle receiving unit 204 of the in-vehicle device 2 a accumulates the received information in a storage unit (not shown).

  The in-vehicle transmission unit 203 of the in-vehicle device 2a automatically adjusts the toll road usage fee by using the information for reducing the accumulated usage fee when the vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle device 2a passes through the toll road toll gate. It transmits to the apparatus etc. (not shown) which perform. When receiving the information for reducing the usage fee, the automatic settlement device automatically settles the amount obtained by subtracting the amount corresponding to this information from the usage fee for the highway of the automobile corresponding to the in-vehicle device 2a. Thereby, for example, it is possible to give a reward to the user of the in-vehicle device 2a for cooperating in solving the congestion by moving according to the movement plan information.

(Specific example 2)
In the specific example 1 described above, the process of acquiring the travel plan information when the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device 2a is mounted is not on the toll road when the traffic jam information is received has been described. Example of acquiring travel plan information by the process as described above (Example 3 of toll road) when the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device 2a is mounted is on a toll road when the traffic jam information is received explain. Since processing for receiving traffic jam information, processing for determining whether or not each route information includes a traffic jam section, and the like are well-known techniques, description thereof is omitted here.

  When the detection unit 103 determines that the route indicated by the route information of the first record (row) on the route information management table includes the traffic jam section indicated by the traffic jam information, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 first displays It is determined whether or not the current time acquired from a clock or the like that indicates that the in-vehicle device 2 has already entered the toll road that forms the route indicated by the route information of the first record. Here, it is assumed that the movement plan acquisition unit 106 determines that it is a time already in the toll road.

  Assuming that the receiving unit 102 stores the latest information on the current location information received from the in-vehicle device 2 in a storage unit (not shown) while sequentially updating the storage device in association with the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2. The acquisition unit 106 acquires the current location information associated with the device identifier “M001” of the in-vehicle device 2a by searching from the latest current location information of the in-vehicle device stored in the storage unit. Then, from the point indicated by the current location information on the route indicated by the route information in the first record (row) of the route information management table associated with the device identifier “M001” to the traffic jam section indicated by the traffic jam information. One or more entrance / exit points of the toll road provided, for example, an interchange point is detected from map information or the like (not shown). When the route information includes interchange information, the interchange information may be acquired. For example, in order to simplify the description here, an interchange point closest to the point indicated by the current location information is detected, and information indicating the point, for example, information on the name of the point and information on the coordinates are acquired. Then, using this point in place of the entrance point of the toll road in Specific Example 1 above, one or more travel plan information is obtained by the same processing as in Specific Example 1 above, and the device identifier “M001” is acquired. To the in-vehicle device 2a associated with the Note that one or more pieces of movement plan information may be acquired for each of a plurality of interchanges, and the acquired movement plan information may be transmitted to the in-vehicle device 2a.

  In this case, as the traffic jam waiting time, the difference between the predicted arrival time when moving from the current location to the traffic jam section and the predicted end time of the traffic jam may be used.

  Since other processes are the same as those in the first specific example, a detailed description is omitted here.

  In this case, it is necessary to once get off the toll road and return to the toll road at the entrance of an interchange or the like indicated by the travel plan information. Normally, on a toll road, when moving in one section, if the entrance / exit located in this section is used, the usage fee is often higher than when the entrance / exit is not performed. For this reason, as a reward in the specific example 2, it is preferable to reduce the amount that can at least offset the increase in the fee due to the departure at the doorway from the toll road usage fee.

(Specific example 3)
In this specific example 3, in the case of the specific example 2 described above, an example will be described in which movement plan information is acquired by the process as described above (toll road example 2).

  When the detection unit 103 determines that the route indicated by the route information of the first record (row) on the route information management table includes the traffic jam section indicated by the traffic jam information, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 first displays It is determined whether or not the current time acquired from a clock or the like that indicates that the in-vehicle device 2 has already entered the toll road that forms the route indicated by the route information of the first record. Here, it is assumed that the movement plan acquisition unit 106 determines that it is a time already in the toll road.

  Assuming that the receiving unit 102 stores the latest information on the current location information received from the in-vehicle device 2 in a storage unit (not shown) while sequentially updating the storage device in association with the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2. The acquisition unit 106 acquires the current location information associated with the device identifier “M001” of the in-vehicle device 2a by searching from the latest current location information of the in-vehicle device stored in the storage unit. Then, from the point indicated by the current location information on the route indicated by the route information in the first record (row) of the route information management table associated with the device identifier “M001” to the traffic jam section indicated by the traffic jam information. The location of the facility in the rest area of the toll road provided is detected.

  FIG. 6 is a break area point management table for managing one or more points in the break area accumulated in the point storage unit 104. The break area point management table includes “area ID”, “position”, and “stay time”. The “area ID” is an identifier of a point in the break area, and the break area name and the facility name in the area are connected by “:”. In this case, the point indicated by the facility name is one point in the break area. When there are no facilities in the break area, only the break area name is arranged, and the break area itself corresponds to a point in the break area. “Position” is the coordinates of the point indicated by “area ID”. “Stay time” is the standard stay time.

  For example, here, it is assumed that the congestion waiting time calculated using the congestion information and the current location information is “50 minutes”. As the traffic jam waiting time in this case, for example, the difference between the predicted arrival time when moving from the current location indicated by the current location information to the traffic jam section and the predicted end time of the traffic jam is used.

  The movement plan acquisition unit 106 uses the position value in the break area point management table shown in FIG. 6 as the position in the break area located in the section from the current position indicated by the current position information to the traffic jam section. From the detected points, a point in the break area where the corresponding “stay time” is “50 minutes” or more, which is a congestion waiting time, is detected, and one or more “area ID” indicating this point is detected Attribute value and congestion waiting time are acquired as travel plan information. For example, movement plan information having information indicating points in a break area such as “Otsu SA: restaurant” or “Yellow SA: restaurant” is acquired. And this movement plan information is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2a matched with apparatus identifier "M001". In the travel plan information, the traffic jam waiting time may be treated as information indicating the time for staying at a point in the break area, for example.

  In addition, when the route information has information indicating the point of the facility in the break area, the point in the above section is obtained from the information indicating the point of the facility without using the point management table in the break area. It may be detected.

  Since the subsequent processing is the same as in the above-described specific example 1, specific example 2, and the like, description thereof is omitted here.

(Specific example 4)
In this specific example, instead of using the point information in the point information management table when acquiring the movement plan information as in the above specific example 1, the destination information of the point information included in this point information management table is used. An example in which movement plan information is acquired by the same processing as in the first specific example described above using point information included in point-related information associated with device identifiers having the same ID will be described.

  It is assumed that a user A who uses one SNS or the like inputs information having a point identifier to the in-vehicle device 2a in order to transmit information related to movement, for example. For example, assume that the text “Osaka Restaurant Kita-Osaka is a restaurant you want to go to once” is entered. The receiving unit of the in-vehicle device 2a receives an input of text, and the in-vehicle transmitting unit 203 associates text data having the received point-related information with the device identifier “M001” of the in-vehicle device 2a as the point-related information, and performs SNS. Is transmitted to an information processing apparatus (not shown). Here, in order to simplify the description, it is assumed that the login identifier of the SNS, the user account, and the like are device identifiers used by the user. However, the login identifier, the user account, and the like may be information other than the device identifier associated with the device identifier.

  The server device 1 receives from the information processing device that provides the SNS, the point related information associated with the device identifier transmitted by the in-vehicle device 2 of one or more users who use the SNS. When the server device 1 is an information processing device providing SNS, the point-related information receiving unit 105 of the server device 1 receives the point-related information associated with the device identifier transmitted by the in-vehicle device 2. That's fine.

  The point-related information receiving unit 105 receives the point-related information and the device identifier associated with the point-related information, and stores them in a storage unit (not shown) in association with each other.

  FIG. 7 is a point-related information management table for managing the point-related information received by the point-related information receiving unit 105 and accumulated in a storage unit (not shown). The point-related information management table has “device ID” and “point-related information”. The “device ID” is a device identifier associated with the spot related information. The device identifier here is, for example, an identifier used as a user identifier such as an SNS used in the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier. Instead of “device ID”, a user identifier such as an SNS associated with “device ID” may be stored. In this case, a device identifier associated with the user identifier is acquired as appropriate. What should I do? “Point-related information” is point-related information, and here is assumed to be text data.

  Here, as in the case of the specific example 1 described above, when the movement plan information is acquired for the route information included in the record in the first row from the top of the route information management table illustrated in FIG. The device identifier “M105” that is associated with the route information having the destination information indicating the same destination as the destination information included in the route information is acquired. That is, the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2 having the same destination is acquired. This process is the same as the process for acquiring the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2 that is the transmission destination of the movement plan information in the first specific example.

  Then, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 associates the device identifier “M001”, which is the “device ID” of the record in the first line from the top of the route information management table, with the device identifier “M105” acquired above. The obtained point-related information is acquired from the point-related information management table shown in FIG. 7 using these device identifiers as search keys. For example, here, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 associates the device identifier “M001” with the location-related information “Osaka Restaurant Kita-Osaka is a restaurant that you want to visit once” and the device identifier “M105”. It is assumed that the associated point-related information “Is it OK to bowl at the Suita bowling alley if there is more time?” Is acquired.

  The movement plan acquisition unit 106 acquires a point identifier from the acquired point related information. Here, as an example, a character string that matches the attribute value of “Spot ID” of each record in the spot information management table shown in FIG. 4 is searched from each of the acquired spot related information. Then, the character string detected as matching is obtained as a transfer identifier. Here, the point identifier “Restaurant Kita-Osaka” is acquired from the point-related information associated with the device identifier “M001” described above, and the point-related information associated with the device identifier “M105” is “ It is assumed that the point identifier “Suita bowling alley” is acquired.

  For this reason, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 includes point information whose corresponding “point ID” is “Restaurant Kita-Osaka” in the point information managed in the point information management table shown in FIG. By using the point information whose corresponding “point ID” is “Suita bowling alley” as the point information that can be used when acquiring the movement plan information, the movement plan information is processed in the same manner as in the first specific example described above. To get. That is, the movement plan acquisition unit 106 selects a point for eliminating the congestion waiting time from the points indicated by these point information, and acquires the movement plan information.

  In such a specific example, since the travel plan information can be acquired using the point information included in the point related information transmitted by the user having the same destination, for example, the user having the same destination is interested. Can be set as a destination for waiting for the end of the traffic jam. Here, the point related information associated with the device identifier (for example, M001) associated with the route information indicating the route including the traffic jam section is also used, but this point related information is not used. You may do it. In addition, as a destination candidate for waiting for the end of the traffic jam, when a point of interest to the user having the same destination is not included, it is associated with route information indicating a route including the traffic jam section. Only point-related information associated with a device identifier (for example, M001) may be used.

  Further, in this specific example 4, the case where the same process as the specific example 1 is performed as the process of acquiring the movement plan information has been described. However, in this specific example 4, the specific example 2 and the specific example 3 are described. Needless to say, the process of acquiring movement plan information as shown in FIG.

(Specific example 5)
Hereinafter, a specific example of an operation for receiving an operation of selecting a movement plan acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit 106 in Specific Example 5 will be described. This operation is, for example, an operation that can be used instead of the operation shown in FIG.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram (FIGS. 11A to 11C) illustrating display examples by the in-vehicle device 3 at the time of an operation of selecting a movement plan.

  For example, during movement of a vehicle (not shown) on which the in-vehicle device 2 is mounted, the receiving unit 102 of the server device 1, a not-illustrated receiving unit of the in-vehicle device 2, etc. receives traffic congestion information about the moving route. Then, as shown in FIG. 11A, the output unit 205 of the in-vehicle device 2 displays information indicating that a traffic jam has occurred on the route indicated by the current route information. For example, this screen has an image showing the route indicated by the route information in a flowchart, and the location where the traffic jam has occurred is identifiable with respect to other portions, specifically, a balloon-shaped image 11a. Is displayed. In addition, here, as described above, the server device 1 acquires two pieces of movement plan information according to the traffic jam information and the current route information, and a button 11b for displaying the movement plan information is displayed as follows: It is assumed that it is displayed at the upper right of the screen shown in FIG.

  When the user presses the button 11b, the in-vehicle device 2 acquires, for example, the movement plan information from the server device 1, and a screen for selecting the movement plan indicated by the movement plan information as illustrated in FIG. Is displayed. It is assumed that the screen for selecting a movement plan has, for example, an image showing a movement plan indicated by two pieces of movement plan information in a flowchart.

  When the user presses the button 11c for selecting one piece of movement plan information, the output unit 205 of the in-vehicle device 2 displays route information in which the selected movement plan information is newly incorporated.

  In this way, by making it possible to select a travel plan, the travel plan can be easily incorporated into the current route.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a traffic jam is detected on the route indicated by the existing route information, an appropriate travel plan using the existing route information can be provided.

(Modification)
In the above embodiment, the server apparatus 1 performs the process of acquiring movement plan information and the like. However, in the present invention, the in-vehicle apparatus does not use the server apparatus 1 and the movement plan information and the like. May be obtained. Hereinafter, an example having such an in-vehicle device will be described.

  The in-vehicle device 3 includes an input reception unit 201, a current location acquisition unit 202, a route information acquisition unit 206, a route information storage unit 301, a reception unit 302, a detection unit 303, a point storage unit 304, a movement plan acquisition unit 306, an output unit 307, A movement determination unit 308 and a reward unit 309 are provided.

  Since the input reception unit 201 and the current location acquisition unit 202 are the same as the input reception unit 201 and the current location acquisition unit 202 of the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  For example, the route information acquisition unit 206 performs route search using the route related information received by the input reception unit 201, the current location information acquired by the current location acquisition unit 202, and the like, and acquires the route information. Then, the acquired route information is accumulated in, for example, a route information storage unit 301 described later.

  The route information storage unit 301 stores route information of the in-vehicle device 3 that is the device itself. For example, the route information storage unit 301 stores the route information acquired by the route information acquisition unit 206. Since the route information is the same as the route information stored in the route information storage unit 301 described above, detailed description thereof is omitted here. Further, the route information storage unit 301 is the same as the route information storage unit 301 described above except that only the route information of the in-vehicle device 3 that is its own device is stored, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here. To do.

  For example, the receiving unit 302 receives traffic jam information. The configuration and processing in which the reception unit 302 receives traffic jam information is the same as the configuration and processing of the reception unit 102 described above, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The detection unit 303 detects a traffic jam for one or more pieces of route information stored in the route information storage unit 101. The configuration and processing of the detection unit 303 are the same as those of the detection unit 103 described above except that the traffic jam information received by the reception unit 302 is used, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  Since the point storage unit 304 is the same as the point storage unit 104 described above, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The movement plan acquisition unit 306 acquires one or more pieces of movement plan information using the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit 103 has detected a traffic jam. The process in which the detection plan acquisition unit 306 acquires movement plan information is the same as the process in which the movement plan acquisition unit 106 of the above embodiment acquires movement plan information, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The output unit 307 is configured to output the movement plan information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit 306 instead of outputting the movement plan information received by the in-vehicle reception unit 204 in the output unit 205 described above. Since the configuration and processing other than are the same as those of the output unit 205, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The movement determination unit 308 determines whether or not the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device 3 that is its own device has moved according to the movement plan indicated by the movement plan information output by the output unit 307. The process of determining whether the movement determination unit 308 has moved according to the movement plan is the same as the process of the movement determination unit 108 described above except that the current position information acquired by the current position acquisition unit 202 is used. Detailed description is omitted here.

  The reward unit 309 gives a reward to the user of the own device when the output unit 307 determines that the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device 3 that is the own device is moved according to the movement plan indicated by the movement plan information. Perform processing. For example, information that instructs the user of the device to give points is transmitted to an information processing device that manages points (not shown). Alternatively, the processing for reducing the toll road charge may be transmitted to an information processing apparatus that collects the charge. Note that the processing and configuration for rewarding by the rewarding unit 309 are the same as the processing of the rewarding unit 109 described above, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  According to such an in-vehicle device 3, movement plan information can be acquired by performing substantially the same processing as the server device 1 and the like described in the above embodiment. Thereby, it is possible to acquire and output appropriate travel plan information for the route information in which traffic congestion is detected without using the server device 1, and achieve the same effect as the above embodiment. Can do.

  In each of the above embodiments, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  In each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication means (such as a receiving unit and a spot-related information receiving unit) existing in one device may be physically realized by one medium.

  In each of the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory. At the time of execution, the program execution unit may execute the program while accessing a storage unit (for example, a recording medium such as a hard disk or a memory).

  The software that realizes the server device in each of the above embodiments is a program as described below. In other words, this program stores, in the route information storage unit, a computer that can access a route information storage unit in which one or more route information that is route information is stored in association with a device identifier that is an identifier of an in-vehicle device. A detection unit that detects traffic congestion with respect to the stored route information, and a movement plan acquisition unit that acquires one or more movement plan information that is information indicating a movement plan using the route indicated by the route information for which the detection unit has detected the traffic congestion; This is a program for causing the movement plan information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit to function as a transmission unit that transmits to the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier associated with the route information in which traffic congestion is detected.

  In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, a function that can be realized only by hardware such as a modem or an interface card in an acquisition unit that acquires information or an output unit that outputs information is not included in the function realized by the program.

  Further, the computer that executes this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the external appearance of a computer that executes the program and realizes the server device and the like according to the embodiment. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

  In FIG. 8, the computer system 900 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) drive 905, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a monitor 904.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the computer system 900. In FIG. 9, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 905, a computer 901 is connected to an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing a program such as a bootup program, and the MPU 911, and receives instructions of an application program. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 913 that temporarily stores and provides a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, and a bus 915 that interconnects the MPU 911, ROM 912, and the like Prepare. The computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to the LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 900 to execute the functions of the server device and the like according to the above-described embodiment may be stored in the CD-ROM 921, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905, and transferred to the hard disk 914. Instead, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 914. The program is loaded into the RAM 913 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 921 or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the server device according to the above-described embodiment. The program may include only a part of an instruction that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the server device or the like according to the present invention is suitable as a device that provides a travel plan, and is particularly useful as a device that provides a travel plan that avoids traffic jams.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Server apparatus 2 In-vehicle apparatus 51 Selection button 101 Route information storage part 102 Receiving part 103 Detection part 104 Point storage part 105 Point related information receiving part 106 Movement plan acquisition part 107 Transmission part 108 Movement judgment part 109 Reward part 201 Input reception part 202 Current location acquisition unit 203 In-vehicle transmission unit 204 In-vehicle reception unit 205 Output unit 1000 Information processing system

Claims (10)

A route information storage unit that stores one or more pieces of route information that is route information in association with a device identifier that is an identifier of an in-vehicle device;
A point storage unit for storing one or more pieces of point information, which is information related to the point and is information having a standard staying time at the point;
A detection unit for detecting traffic congestion with respect to the route information stored in the route information storage unit;
Movement for acquiring one or more pieces of movement plan information that is information indicating a movement plan that uses the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit has detected a traffic jam and that avoids the detected traffic jam Plan acquisition department,
A transmission unit that transmits the movement plan information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit to the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier associated with the route information in which the traffic jam is detected;
The movement plan acquisition unit is configured to select a point indicated by one or more pieces of point information stored in the point storage unit from any one point in an uncongested section of the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit has detected a traffic jam. It is a route that returns to the original point after patroling, and the sum of the travel time to travel on this route and the standard stay time of the point information corresponding to each point to be visited is the time corresponding to the congestion waiting time The server apparatus which acquires the movement plan information which shows the movement plan corresponding to the route which becomes . The route information storage unit stores route information having destination information indicating a destination, and stores two or more pieces of route information associated with different device identifiers.
The transmission unit includes the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier associated with the route information where the traffic jam is detected, and the route information associated with the device identifier. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the server device transmits the information to the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier associated with the route information having the destination information indicating the same destination as the destination information. A point-related information receiving unit that receives information from one or more in-vehicle devices, which is information associated with the device identifier and has one or more point identifiers that are point identifiers;
The movement plan acquisition unit has a device identifier associated with the route information where the traffic jam is detected, or destination information indicating the same destination as the destination information included in the route information associated with the device identifier. The server apparatus according to claim 2, wherein movement plan information is acquired using a point identifier included in point-related information associated with an apparatus identifier associated with route information. The travel plan acquisition unit is stored in the point storage unit before entering the toll road when the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit has detected a jam has a toll road that is congested. The server device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein movement plan information indicating a movement plan passing through one or more points indicated by the one or more point information is acquired. The travel plan acquisition unit circulates a point indicated by one or more point information stored in the point storage unit from an entrance for first entering the toll road that is congested to the original entrance A travel plan corresponding to a route that is a return route, and that is the sum of the travel time traveled on this patrol route and the standard stay time of the point information corresponding to each traveled route is the time corresponding to the congestion waiting time The server apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the movement plan information indicating the information is acquired. A movement determination unit that determines whether one or more in-vehicle devices to which the transmission unit has transmitted movement plan information have moved according to the movement plan indicated by the movement plan information;
The mobile user to the determination unit vehicle device determines that it has moved according to the movement plan, the server apparatus of any one of claims 5 the process from further claim 1 and a reward unit performing for reward. A movement determination unit that determines whether one or more in-vehicle devices to which the transmission unit has transmitted movement plan information have moved according to the movement plan indicated by the movement plan information;
When a user of an in-vehicle device that has been determined that the movement determination unit has moved according to a movement plan uses a toll road that has been congested, the user is rewarded by performing a process of reducing the toll on the toll road. The server device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a reward unit that provides a reward. A route information storage unit that stores one or more route information that is route information;
A point storage unit for storing one or more pieces of point information, which is information related to the point and is information having a standard staying time at the point;
A detection unit for detecting traffic congestion with respect to the route information stored in the route information storage unit;
Movement for acquiring one or more pieces of movement plan information that is information indicating a movement plan that uses the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit has detected a traffic jam and that avoids the detected traffic jam Plan acquisition department,
An output unit that outputs the movement plan information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit;
The movement plan acquisition unit is configured to select a point indicated by one or more pieces of point information stored in the point storage unit from any one point in an uncongested section of the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit has detected a traffic jam. It is a route that returns to the original point after patroling, and the sum of the travel time to travel on this route and the standard stay time of the point information corresponding to each point to be visited is the time corresponding to the congestion waiting time An in- vehicle device that acquires travel plan information indicating a travel plan corresponding to a route . One or more route information that is route information is a route information storage unit that is stored in association with a device identifier that is an identifier of an in-vehicle device, information on a point, and information that has a standard stay time at the point. An information processing method performed using a point storage unit that stores one or more pieces of point information, a detection unit, a movement plan acquisition unit, and a transmission unit,
A detection step in which the detection unit detects traffic congestion with respect to the route information stored in the route information storage unit;
The movement plan acquisition unit is information indicating a movement plan using a route indicated by the route information in which the congestion is detected in the detection step, and is information indicating a movement plan for avoiding the detected congestion A travel plan acquisition step for acquiring travel plan information;
The transmission unit includes a transmission step of transmitting the movement plan information acquired in the movement plan acquisition step to an in-vehicle device indicated by a device identifier associated with the route information in which the traffic jam is detected ,
In the travel plan acquisition step, a point indicated by one or more pieces of point information stored in the point storage unit from any one point in an uncongested section of the route indicated by the route information in which the congestion is detected in the detection step. It is a route that returns to the original point after patroling, and the sum of the travel time to travel on this route and the standard stay time of the point information corresponding to each point to be visited is the time corresponding to the congestion waiting time An information processing method for acquiring travel plan information indicating a travel plan corresponding to a route . One or more route information that is route information is a route information storage unit that is stored in association with a device identifier that is an identifier of an in-vehicle device, information on a point, and information that has a standard stay time at the point. A point storage unit for storing one or more pieces of point information, and a computer accessible to the point storage unit ,
A detection unit for detecting traffic congestion with respect to the route information stored in the route information storage unit;
Movement for acquiring one or more pieces of movement plan information that is information indicating a movement plan that uses the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit has detected a traffic jam and that avoids the detected traffic jam Plan acquisition department,
The movement plan information acquired by the movement plan acquisition unit functions as a transmission unit that transmits to the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier associated with the route information in which the traffic jam is detected ,
The movement plan acquisition unit is configured to select a point indicated by one or more pieces of point information stored in the point storage unit from any one point in an uncongested section of the route indicated by the route information in which the detection unit has detected a traffic jam. It is a route that returns to the original point after patroling, and the sum of the travel time to travel on this route and the standard stay time of the point information corresponding to each point to be visited is the time corresponding to the congestion waiting time A program that acquires travel plan information indicating a travel plan corresponding to a route .

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