JP2007193475A - Road obstruction report system and radio communication terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a road obstruction report system, capable of receiving report information such as road obstruction from a radio communication terminal device, and providing the reported information such as road obstruction to a plurality of radio communication terminal devices, and a radio communication terminal device therefor. <P>SOLUTION: The system comprises a radio communication terminal device 10 including a position detection part 12, an image photographing part 13, a direction detection part 14, and a report information processing part 15, and a road obstruction information collection delivery server 30 including a report information collection device 31, a report information database 32, a report information processor 34, a road obstruction information database 35, a countermeasure request information database 36, a countermeasure organization registration database 37, and a road information database 38. The radio communication terminal device 10 acquires and transmits road obstruction information of a current position as report information, and the road obstruction information collection delivery server 30 processes the received report information and outputs road obstruction information and countermeasure request information to a plurality of radio communication terminal devices. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a road fault notification system and a radio communication terminal apparatus using a radio communication terminal apparatus that reports a situation on a road by a radio communication terminal apparatus and provides the reported information to a plurality of radio communication terminal apparatuses. .

In a conventional car navigation device, a road map and additional information are stored in advance in the car navigation device, and the position information of a car on which the car navigation device is mounted is converted to a position such as a GPS (Global Positioning System). In general, the information is obtained using detection means, and the route guidance to the destination desired by the automobile driver is automatically performed using these. On the other hand, even if the road temporarily becomes inaccessible due to an accident, etc. on the road, information on the inaccessible road is acquired using the wireless communication function, and the inaccessible road A car navigation device is known that performs route guidance so as to avoid the situation and reach the destination (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, a system is known in which an owner of a wireless communication terminal device can easily realize a report requesting dispatch to a corresponding organization when a specific situation requiring an emergency occurs using the wireless communication terminal device. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent No. 3304210 JP 2002-8163 A

  However, in the conventional technology, the road information providing system and the emergency notification system are operated separately, so the information is provided from the notification to the car navigation device and the dispatch to the countermeasure organization is requested. Car navigation system with wireless communication function after the vehicle driver who is the user of the road confirms that the problem has occurred on the road and the notification is implemented. In the meantime, traffic congestion due to road problems occurs, so that the arrival of the countermeasure organization that handles the problem at the problem occurrence site is also delayed. As a result, the problem will be processed from the report, and it will take time for the road where the problem occurs to return to its normal function, and in the meantime, there will be a time and money loss for road users and road administrators. Had.

  The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and reports information such as road faults by a wireless communication terminal device, and provides the reported information such as road faults to a plurality of wireless communication terminal devices. An object of the present invention is to provide a road failure notification system and a wireless communication terminal device using the wireless communication terminal device.

  In order to solve the conventional problem, a road fault notification system using a radio communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention acquires road fault information of a current position and transmits the road fault information as report information, and the report information. The road fault information collection / delivery server is received, and the notification information is processed to output road fault information and countermeasure request information. With this configuration, information such as road faults reported from the wireless communication terminal device is provided to a plurality of wireless communication terminal devices.

  Further, the road fault notification system using the radio communication terminal device of the present invention is a radio communication terminal device that transmits report information, a position detection unit that acquires the current position, and an image shooting that captures the road fault status as an image. A direction detection unit that acquires the direction of the road obstacle site direction from the current position, and a notification information processing unit that generates notification information from each information of the position detection unit, the image capturing unit, and the direction detection unit. The report information to be transmitted to the road fault notification system is generated.

  Further, the road fault notification system using the wireless communication terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a road fault information collection / delivery server that outputs road fault information and countermeasure request information, and receives the report information via the network. A notification information database for storing the notification information, a road information database for storing road information, a countermeasure organization registration database for registering countermeasure organization information, and generating road fault information from the notification information and the road information, A notification information processing apparatus that generates countermeasure request information from the report information, the road information, and the countermeasure organization information; a road fault information database that stores the road fault information; and a countermeasure request information database that stores the countermeasure request information A road fault information distribution server that outputs the road fault information to the road information providing server, and the countermeasure request information. The and a countermeasure request information distribution server for output to the measures engine server, in which so as to generate the report information to be transmitted to the road failure reporting system.

  Further, the road fault notification system using the wireless communication terminal device of the present invention comprises means for receiving voice report information via a network, report information registration means in the report information database, and the report information processing apparatus. A voice response device having a means for operating to generate road fault information and countermeasure request information is provided, and voice report information is registered.

In the road fault notification system using the wireless communication terminal device of the present invention, the report information is ranked according to the degree of urgency, and road fault information and countermeasure request information are generated according to the ranking.
Further, the road fault notification system using the wireless communication terminal device of the present invention has a function in which the information processing apparatus deletes information registered in the report information database, the road fault information database, and the countermeasure request information database. The information processing apparatus can delete information in each database.

  Further, in the road fault notification system using the wireless communication terminal device of the present invention, the countermeasure request information distribution server includes a countermeasure completion information database for registering countermeasure completion information regarding road faults that have occurred in the past, and the registered countermeasure completion information. And a countermeasure request information distribution server can refer to information on road faults that have occurred in the past.

  Further, the wireless communication terminal device of the present invention has means for acquiring road fault information at the current position and transmitting it as report information, and receiving the report information and outputting road fault information and countermeasure request information. Connected to the information collection and distribution server. With this configuration, road fault information at the current position can be transmitted as report information in order to provide information such as road faults to a plurality of wireless communication terminal devices.

  According to the present invention, road fault information is reported to a countermeasure organization, the reported road fault information is quickly distributed to a plurality of general vehicles equipped with wireless communication terminal devices, and the general vehicle to the road fault occurrence site It is possible to guide the vehicle so as to suppress the entry of the earliest.

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

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1 to 4 are diagrams for explaining a road fault notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a road fault notification system according to the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a notification process executed by the wireless communication terminal device 10, and FIG. 3 is a notification process of the wireless communication terminal device 10. 3 (a) is a diagram showing a failure type selection screen, FIG. 3 (b) is a diagram showing a disaster situation selection screen, and FIG. 3 (c) is a road fault occurrence site. FIG. 3D is a diagram showing a report execution confirmation screen, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of report information transmitted from the wireless communication terminal device 10, and FIG. ) Is an example of report information in the case of a road disaster, and FIG. 4B is a diagram showing an example of report information in the case of a road accident.

  First, the configuration of the road fault notification system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, the road fault notification system includes a radio communication terminal device 10, a radio communication network 20, a road fault information collection / delivery server 30, a road information providing server 50, a car navigation device 60 with a radio communication function, and a countermeasure engine server 70. Configured. The wireless communication terminal device 10 is connected to the road fault information collection / distribution server 30 via the radio communication network 20 and transmits the notification information S20 or the voice S21 to the road fault information collection / distribution server 30. Further, the road fault information collection / distribution server 30 delivers road fault information S31 to the car navigation device 60 via the road information provision server 50, and delivers countermeasure request information S32 to the countermeasure engine server 70.

  The wireless communication terminal device 10 includes a wireless communication processing unit 11 that performs wireless communication of voice and data, a position detection unit 12 that detects its own position using GPS, an image capturing unit 13 that captures an image, and an image capturing when capturing an image. A direction information processing unit 15, a display unit 16, and an operation unit 17 that process notification information based on information of the direction detection unit 14, the position detection unit 12, the image capturing unit 13, and the direction detection unit 14 that detect the direction of the direction. And transmit and receive voice and data to and from the wireless communication network 20.

  The wireless communication network 20 includes a wireless communication base station 21 and is connected to the wireless communication terminal device 10 via a wireless communication line. Voice and data communication between the wireless communication terminal device 10 and the road fault information collection / distribution server 30 is performed. Take control.

  The road fault information collection / distribution server 30 includes a report information collection apparatus 31, a report information database 32, a voice response apparatus 33, a report information processing apparatus 34, a road fault information database 35, a countermeasure request information database 36, a countermeasure organization registration database 37, a road An information database 38, a road fault information distribution server 39, a countermeasure request information distribution server 40, and a countermeasure completion information database 41 are provided. The notification information collection device 31 sequentially registers the notification information S20 transmitted from the wireless communication terminal device 10 via the wireless communication network 20 in the notification information database 32. The voice response device 33 is a device operated by the operator based on the voice S21 transmitted from the wireless communication terminal device 10 via the wireless communication network 20, and the operator operates the voice response device 33 to enter the notification information database 32. Report information S30 is registered. The report information database 32 is a database for temporarily storing the report information S20 registered from the report information collecting apparatus 31 and the report information S30 registered from the voice response apparatus 33. The notification information processing device 34 generates road fault information S31 and countermeasure request information S32 from the notification information S20 and S30 registered in the notification information database 32. The road fault information S31 is registered in the road fault information database 35, and the countermeasure request information S32 is registered in the countermeasure request information database 36. The notification information processing apparatus 34 also has a function of deleting information registered in the notification information database 32, the road fault information database 35, and the countermeasure request information database 36. The operation of the notification information processing device 34 is performed by automatic processing based on a predetermined condition or manual processing based on an operation signal S34 from the voice response device 33 based on an operator's judgment. Here, the road fault information database 35 is a database for temporarily holding the road fault information S31, and the countermeasure request information database 36 is a database for temporarily storing the countermeasure request information S32. Further, the countermeasure organization registration database 37 is a database in which countermeasure organizations that correspond to the position information detected by GPS or the like and can cope with the contents of road faults are registered. The road information database 38 is detected by a position detection means such as GPS. It is a database in which road maps corresponding to the positional information are registered, and is referred to by the notification information processing apparatus 34. The road fault information distribution server 39 distributes the road fault information S31 registered in the road fault information database 35 to the road information providing server 50. The countermeasure request information distribution server 40 is connected to countermeasure engine servers of all countermeasure institutions necessary for removing road faults so that data can be transmitted through a wired communication line or a wireless communication line. Based on the countermeasure request information S32 registered in 36, the countermeasure request information S32 is distributed to an appropriate countermeasure organization, information necessary for the countermeasure is provided, and the countermeasure completion information database 41 is generated. Record road fault history. Here, the countermeasure completion information database 41 is a database that accumulates detailed information of road faults that have occurred and countermeasures in the past as countermeasure completion information S35, and each countermeasure organization can refer to the registered contents.

  The road information providing server 50 includes a road information providing radio base station 51 and is connected to the car navigation device 60 with a radio communication function via a radio communication line, and transmits road fault information S31 to the car navigation device 60 with a radio communication function. .

  The car navigation device 60 with a radio communication function includes a radio communication processing unit 61 and a car navigation unit 62 that sets and guides a travel route to a destination desired by a car driver. The wireless communication processing unit 61 performs data communication by wireless communication with the road information providing wireless base station 51. The car navigation device 60 with wireless communication function receives the road fault information S31 registered in the road fault information database 35 via the road fault information distribution server 39 and the road information providing radio base station 51.

  Next, the operation of the road fault notification system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The flow of notification processing in the wireless communication terminal device 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described along the flowchart of FIG. 2, and the screen transition of the display unit 16 of the wireless communication terminal device 10 corresponding to the flow of notification processing will be shown in FIG. explain.

  As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, the user of the wireless communication terminal device 10 discovers a road accident such as a road collision such as a vehicle collision or a vehicle fire or a road disaster such as a landslide, a road surface depression, or a flood on the roadway. If it does, the notification processing of the notification information processing unit 15 is started from the operation unit 17 of the wireless communication terminal device 10 (step S1). As the type of road fault found, it is selected whether it is an accident or a disaster (step S2). A screen of the display unit 16 in step S2 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3A, 100 is a display screen for selecting a fault type, 101 is an accident selection unit that selects that the type of road fault is an accident, and 102 is a disaster selection that selects that the type of road fault is a disaster. Part. When the accident selection unit 101 is selected, the screen transitions to an accident situation selection screen, and when the disaster selection unit 102 is selected, the screen transitions to a disaster situation selection screen.

  Here, a case where the disaster selection unit 102 is selected in step S2 will be described. FIG. 3B shows a disaster situation selection screen. In FIG. 3B, 200 is a display screen for selecting a disaster situation, 201 is a disaster situation selection unit that selects a disaster situation from a plurality of items, and 202 is a person who needs to be rescued such as an injured person due to a road fault. In this case, the number-of-rescue-requirers input unit that can input the fact as additional information, and 203 is another disaster situation selection unit that selects other disaster situations. In the disaster situation selection display screen 200, an item corresponding to a specific road fault is selected, and if there is a rescuer, the number of persons who need to be rescued is input (FIG. 2, step S3). Then, the image capturing unit 13 of the wireless communication terminal device 10 captures an image of the site where the road fault has occurred, and the azimuth detecting unit 14 detects the direction of the image capturing direction when the image is captured (step S4 in FIG. 2). As shown in the image shooting screen 300 at the road fault occurrence site in FIG. 3C, the image 301 of the road fault occurrence site and the direction of the shooting direction are displayed on the direction display unit 302. On the other hand, when an accident is selected in step S2 of FIG. 2, the type of road accident is selected in step 5, and in step 6, an image of the accident site is taken and the direction of the shooting direction is acquired. When step S4 or step S6 is completed, the wireless communication terminal apparatus 10 acquires a road fault reporting position by the position detection unit 12 (step S7). As shown in the notification execution confirmation screen 400 of FIG. 3D, the notification selection unit 401 or the cancellation selection unit 402 is selected after confirming whether the notification can be executed. When the notification selection unit 401 is selected, the wireless communication terminal device 10 transmits the notification information S20 to the road fault information collection / delivery server 30 via the wireless communication network 20 (FIG. 2, step S8). Examples of the notification information transmitted in step S8 are shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). FIG. 4A shows the content of the notification information S20 in the case of a road disaster, and FIG. 4B shows the content of the notification information S20 in the case of a road accident.

  Next, the operation of the road fault information collection / distribution server 30 will be described with reference to FIG. The notification information S20 transmitted from the wireless communication terminal device 10 is first received by the notification information collection device 31 of the road fault information collection and distribution server 30. The report information collection device 31 registers the received report information S20 in the report information database 32. When a report is made from the wireless communication terminal device 10 by voice S21, the operator operates the voice response device 33 based on the voice report contents, and the contents of the voice S21 (report information) are sent to the report information database 32. S30) is registered. The notification information S20 and S30 registered in the notification information database 32 is processed into road fault information S31 and countermeasure request information S32 by the notification information processing device 34 based on the contents. The road fault information S31 is information for providing the car navigation device 60 with a wireless communication function to the location where a road fault has occurred. The notification information S20, S30 is automatically notified by the notification information processing device 34 or with the operator's judgment, and when the road fault occurrence place is the same place and the same area, the information that has a large number of reports, or road fault If there is an image of the place of occurrence, or if the place where the road failure has occurred is a major road (a large amount of traffic, etc.) by referring to the road information database 38, the road road reported will affect many road users. The road is preferentially extracted and ranked with a high probability that the road is likely to reach a high risk or a road user's life may be at risk. Road fault information S31 and countermeasure request information S32 are generated according to this priority.

  The road fault information S31 is recognized and set as a road fault based on the report information illustrated in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B by automatic processing by the report information processing apparatus 34 or by the operator's judgment. For example, the road information corresponding to the position detection means such as GPS, which is registered in the road information database 38, and the positional information of the road fault occurrence site detected by the position detection means such as GPS, the azimuth information of the photographed image With reference to the map data, the operator confirms the state of the failure by the image, and then sets the corresponding point as a road failure point. The road fault information S31 registered in the road fault information database 35 is distributed by the road fault information distribution server 39 via the road information providing radio base station 51, and the car navigation device 60 with a wireless communication function is connected to the road fault information distribution server. On the basis of the road fault information S31 distributed from 39, the course is reset so as to bypass the fault on the course. Note that the user of the car navigation device 60 with the wireless communication function may be able to confirm the content of the road disaster.

  The countermeasure request information S32 is information for requesting a countermeasure from the most appropriate countermeasure organization based on the contents of the road fault and providing the situation of the road fault occurrence site. The countermeasure request information S32 is processed by automatic processing by the notification information processing apparatus 34 or by the operator's judgment based on the notification information illustrated in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, and is registered in the countermeasure request information database 36. This is composed of the road fault condition provided to the countermeasure organization that makes the report, the appropriate report destination, and, if the wireless communication terminal device 10 is a mobile phone, the mobile phone number, etc. Is. The countermeasure request information distribution server 40 makes a report to an appropriate countermeasure organization based on the information registered in the countermeasure request information database 36. Based on the countermeasure request information S32 sent from the countermeasure request information distribution server 40, each countermeasure organization dispatches to a road fault occurrence site. At this time, by referring to the mobile phone number of the reporter included in the countermeasure request information S32, the reporter and the individual countermeasure organization make a direct call and confirm the detailed situation of the road fault occurrence site. It is also possible to do. When each countermeasure organization completes the treatment for the road fault, each countermeasure organization transmits the fact that the treatment is completed and the content of the implemented treatment to the countermeasure request information distribution server 40. The countermeasure request information distribution server 40 registers the contents of the treatment by the countermeasure organization and the report information on the action in the countermeasure completion information database 41 as the countermeasure completion information S35. Further, the countermeasure request information distribution server 40 deletes the countermeasure request information S32 registered in the countermeasure request information database 36 for the road fault for which the countermeasure has been completed.

  Further, when the notification information processing apparatus 34 detects that the countermeasure request information S36 has been deleted in the countermeasure request information database 36, the notification information S20 corresponding to the deleted countermeasure request information S36 and the road fault information S31 are respectively notified as notification information. Delete from the database 32 and the road fault information database 35. As a result, the presence of a road fault is deleted from the guidance route of the car navigation device 60 with the wireless communication function, and thus the car navigation device 60 with the wireless communication function can again perform the guidance using the normal guidance route. .

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, the wireless communication terminal device is provided with means for collecting and processing road fault information and the like, receives and accumulates information such as road fault information transmitted from the radio communication terminal device, and stores it. A means for distributing the road fault information, etc., to a plurality of radio communication terminal devices and road fault countermeasure organization devices is provided, and when the owner of the radio communication terminal device finds a road fault, etc., the reported road fault, etc. By distributing the information to a plurality of wireless communication terminal devices and road trouble countermeasure organizations, it is possible to guide the general vehicle to enter the road trouble occurrence site at an early stage.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, information on road failures that have occurred in the past and measures taken by the countermeasure organization are registered in the countermeasure completion information database 41. For example, road failures occur multiple times at the same point. For example, the countermeasure organization may be configured to be able to refer to information that can be used to infer that there is some problem at that point.

  Since the road fault notification system and the wireless communication terminal device according to the present invention can be guided so as to prevent the general vehicle from entering the road fault occurrence site at an early stage, a system for monitoring road traffic information, road faults, etc. It is useful as a wireless communication terminal device for reporting the information.

The block diagram which shows the main structures of the road fault notification system using the radio | wireless communication terminal device in embodiment of this invention The flowchart showing the notification process performed with the radio | wireless communication terminal device in embodiment of this invention (A) The figure which shows the selection screen of the failure classification of the radio | wireless communication terminal apparatus in embodiment of this invention (b) The figure which shows the selection screen of the disaster condition of the radio | wireless communication terminal apparatus in embodiment of this invention (c) This The figure which shows the image photography and direction acquisition screen of the road fault occurrence spot of the radio | wireless communication terminal device in embodiment of invention (d) The figure which shows the report implementation confirmation screen of the radio | wireless communication terminal device in embodiment of this invention (A) The figure which shows the example of the report information in the case of the road disaster in embodiment of this invention (b) The figure which shows the example of the report information in the case of the road accident in embodiment of this invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Wireless communication terminal device 11, 61 Wireless communication processing part 12 Position detection part 13 Image photographing part 14 Direction detection part 15 Report information processing part 16 Display part 17 Operation part 20 Wireless communication network 21 Wireless communication base station 30 Road fault information collection and distribution Server 31 Report information collection device 32 Report information database 33 Voice response device 34 Report information processing device 35 Road fault information database 36 Countermeasure request information database 37 Countermeasure organization registration database 38 Road information database 39 Road fault information distribution server 40 Countermeasure request information distribution server 41 Countermeasure Completion Information Database 50 Road Information Providing Server 51 Road Information Providing Radio Base Station 60 Car Navigation Device with Wireless Communication Function 62 Car Navigation Unit 70 Countermeasure Engine Server 71 Countermeasure Engine A Server 72 Countermeasure Engine Server 73 measures engine C server

Claims (8)

A wireless communication terminal device that acquires road fault information at the current position and transmits the information as notification information, and receives and stores the notification information transmitted from the wireless communication terminal device via a network, and the stored notification information A road fault information collection / distribution server that processes road fault information and countermeasure request information, and receives road fault information from the road fault information collection / distribution server via the network, and a plurality of wireless communication terminal devices A wireless communication terminal device comprising: a road information providing server that transmits road fault information to a network; and a countermeasure engine server that receives countermeasure request information from the road fault information collection and distribution server via the network. There was a road fault reporting system. The wireless communication terminal device that transmits the notification information includes a wireless communication processing unit that communicates with a wireless communication network, a position detection unit that acquires a current position, an image capturing unit that captures an on-road obstacle situation as an image, An azimuth detecting unit that acquires an azimuth in a road obstacle site direction from a position, and a notification information processing unit that generates notification information from each information of the position detecting unit, the image capturing unit, and the azimuth detecting unit. A road fault notification system using the wireless communication terminal device according to claim 1. The road fault information collection and distribution server includes a notification information collection device that receives the notification information transmitted from a wireless communication terminal device that transmits the notification information via a network, a notification information database that accumulates the notification information, Road information database for accumulating road information, countermeasure organization registration database for registering countermeasure organization information, road fault information is generated from the notification information and the road information, and from the notification information, the road information, and the countermeasure organization information Report information processing apparatus for generating countermeasure request information, road fault information database for storing the road fault information, countermeasure request information database for storing the countermeasure request information, and outputting the road fault information to the road information providing server A road fault information distribution server that performs the countermeasure request to output the countermeasure request information to the countermeasure organization server Road failure notification system using a wireless communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that a broadcast distribution server. Voice having means for receiving voice report information via a network, means for registering report information in the report information database, and means for generating road fault information and countermeasure request information by operating the report information processing apparatus A road fault notification system using the wireless communication terminal device according to claim 3, further comprising a response device. The wireless communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the report information is ranked according to urgency, and the road fault information and the countermeasure request information are generated according to the ranking. Road fault reporting system. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information processing apparatus has a function of deleting information registered in the information database, the road fault information database, and the countermeasure request information database. A road fault notification system using the wireless communication terminal device described. 4. The countermeasure request information distribution server comprises a countermeasure completion information database for registering countermeasure completion information regarding road faults that have occurred in the past, and means for referencing the registered countermeasure completion information. Item 5. A road fault notification system using the wireless communication terminal device according to Item 4. From the road fault information collection / delivery server, the road fault information collection / delivery server that receives and accumulates the report information, processes the accumulated report information, and outputs road fault information and countermeasure request information. The road information providing server for receiving road fault information of the road and transmitting the road fault information to a plurality of wireless communication terminal devices, and the countermeasure request information from the road fault information collecting and distributing server are received via the network. A wireless communication terminal apparatus comprising: means connected to a road fault notification system including a countermeasure engine server for acquiring road fault information at a current position and transmitting the road fault information as report information.

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