JP5221045B2 - Direction navigation system, direction navigation method, and direction navigation program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is directed to an azimuth navigation system, an azimuth navigation method, and an azimuth for preventing an outing from being affected by an azimuth that is not azimuthally good (bad azimuth) when the azimuth of the destination is not azimuthally good. It is related to the navigation program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, systems and methods have been proposed that use azimuth (direction) to indicate the best azimuth and route in azimuth, and display a good direction of luck (good azimuth) on a map.

  For example, the azimuthally optimal route from the current position of the wireless mobile terminal to the destination of the terminal holder or the azimuth that is good when viewed from the current position of the wireless mobile terminal is displayed on the wireless mobile terminal. Patent Document 1 discloses a position display system using a wireless mobile terminal that gives specific action guidelines when a person moves.

  Also, the destination of the day is not fixed, but navigation devices and navigation software that simply show a good azimuth direction from the home, away from home, and the current position, that is, determine a direct azimuth good destination Patent Document 2 discloses this.

JP 2002-286493 A JP 2005-332155 A

  By the way, in Patent Documents 1 and 2, a place to go is determined, and it is necessary to go there. However, there is no description of means for solving when the orientation is not good in terms of orientation. Further, there is no description of means for determining the optimal going-out date in the direction when the going-out destination is determined but the going-out date is not determined.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and proposes an action guideline such as a route that can avoid the influence of a direction in which the destination is not good in orientation when the direction of the destination is not good in orientation. It is another object of the present invention to provide information that enables a user to act smoothly in accordance with the action guidelines.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the first aspect of the present invention shows a azimuthally good azimuth from the base point for each user by the azimuth navigation system, so that the birth date information, base point information, destination information from the user terminal and going out date information received via the network, it received user date of birth information, from the base point information and out date information, at least azimuth Studies on good orientation及BiRyo wards orientation relative origin on the go day Further, based on the direction determination result, it is determined whether the destination is a good direction with respect to the base point. Here, if the destination is an orientation that is not azimuthally good, one or more facilities of the final destination candidate in a azimuthally good orientation from the base point are searched from the map information database and the facility information database. Then, the facility information of the final destination candidate site is transmitted to the user terminal through the network together with the map information. In addition, a route search result from the base point to the final destination candidate facility via the destination is transmitted to the user terminal through the network together with the map information.

  According to the above configuration, if the determined destination is not good in orientation, the destination is used as a transit point, and another optimal orientation in the direction from the base point (source or departure point) is used as the final destination. By changing, it is possible to avoid that the original destination is affected by an orientation that is not good in orientation. Furthermore, the facility information of the final destination candidate different from the original destination is supplied, so that the user can obtain appropriate information and act smoothly even when he / she does not know.

In addition, the second aspect of the present invention shows the azimuthally good azimuth from the base point for each user by the azimuth navigation system, so that the birth date information, the base point information, the destination information, and the outing date information from the user terminal are displayed. received via a network, it received user date of birth information, from the base point information and out date information, determines at least azimuth Studies on good orientation及BiRyo wards orientation relative origin on the go day, further Based on the orientation determination result, it is determined whether or not the destination has a good orientation from the base point. Here, when the destination is an orientation that is not good in orientation, the orientation of the day before going out is determined, and based on the determination result, the orientation is good on the day before going out and within the orientation. Then, one or more places where the destination has a good orientation direction are identified on the day of going out, and accommodation facilities around the identified place are searched from the map information database and the facility information database. And accommodation facility information is transmitted to a user terminal via a network with map information.

  According to the above configuration, when the destination and the date of going out are determined, and the direction of the destination on that day is not good in orientation, the orientation is good on the previous day, and the date of going out is within that direction. By moving to a place where the destination has a good orientation, you can receive good fortune at the destination. In addition, because the information of the accommodation facility candidate on the previous day, which is different from the original destination, is supplied, the necessary information can be quickly obtained even for the accommodation facility that the user does not know, and smooth action such as accommodation reservation etc. is possible become.

  According to the present invention, when the azimuth of the place to go is not good in orientation, the action guideline such as a route that can avoid the influence of the direction in which the destination is not good in orientation is proposed, and along with the action guideline Information that allows the user to act smoothly can be provided.

  Hereinafter, examples of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[First Embodiment]
A direction navigation system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment of the present invention, when the direction of the determined destination is not azimuthally good with respect to the origin (base point or starting point), the destination is only a transit point and the final destination is the base point On the other hand, by changing to an azimuthally optimal azimuth, it is possible to avoid the influence of an azimuthally unfavorable azimuth.

  In addition, as a commentary on orientation, many books such as “Practical orientation that can be used immediately” written by Yasutani Nishitani (published by Sobun) are published. Explanation is kept to the minimum necessary and detailed explanation is omitted.

  First, the configuration of the entire network using the azimuth navigation system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. The system here refers to a logical collection of a plurality of devices (or functional modules that realize a specific function), and whether each device or functional module is in a single housing. It doesn't matter.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an entire network using a navigation system. In FIG. 1, a direction navigation system 1 is connected to terminals 3a and 3b used by a plurality of service users A and B via a network (communication network) 2 represented by the Internet or the like. The network 2 is formed by a dedicated line, a telephone line, a wireless line, or the like. The terminals 3a and 3b are composed of, for example, a personal computer (PC).

  The azimuth navigation system 1 distributes individual azimuth determination information and map information along the azimuth determination information to each of the service users A and B, and the service users A and B to the terminals 3a and 3b. Receive input information. This orientation navigation system 1 is assumed to be operated by a so-called application service provider. Alternatively, the Internet service provider (ISP) itself may operate the direction navigation system 1 as an additional service of the Internet connection service.

  The azimuth navigation system 1 includes a WWW (World Wide Web) server 5, a database server (hereinafter referred to as “DB server”) 6, and a map server 7.

  The WWW server 5 performs login control, Web content distribution, nine star determination, direction determination, map distribution, and the like. The WWW server 5 receives access requests from the terminals 3a and 3b via the network 2, performs data communication with the DB server 6 and the map server 7 as appropriate, and provides appropriate orientation determination information and map information for each service user. To deliver.

  The DB server 6 stores, manages, and controls various databases. As a database to be managed, there are a user information database 6a in which information of service users, for example, personal information and distribution history are registered, a nine-star information database 6b in which information on nine stars is stored, and a direction board in which information on direction boards is stored. There are an information database 6c, a facility information database 6d for storing information on accommodation facilities, and the like. The bearing board information database 6c includes a daily bearing board / zodiac management database and a nine-star compatibility management table, which will be described later.

  The map server 7 stores, manages and controls the map information database 7a. The map information is stored in the form of digital map data, and places such as a base point (start point), a destination, a final destination candidate, and a previous day's accommodation candidate are displayed on a map represented by the digital map data.

  The accommodation facility reservation site 4 is a site provided by an arbitrary application service provider on the network 2 and is used when an accommodation reservation is made in a facility displayed in the accommodation candidate described later. The accommodation facility reservation site 4 may be managed by the WWW server 5 of the direction navigation system 1.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the azimuth navigation system 1. In FIG. 2, the azimuth navigation system 1 includes a transmission / reception interface 11, a login control unit 12, a map distribution unit 13, a homepage (hereinafter referred to as “HP”) display unit 14, a main processing unit 15, and a user management unit. 16, nine star determination unit 17, orientation determination unit 18, facility search unit 19, background map creation unit 20, database 21, and orientation map creation unit 22. The database 21 is a generic name for the database group shown in FIG.

  The azimuth navigation system 1 may be realized by software in which the function of each unit is described as a computer system, or the function of each unit as if the azimuth navigation system 1 is configured by a dedicated device. May be realized by hardware.

  The transmission / reception interface 11 constitutes a reception unit and a transmission unit. The transmission / reception interface 11 receives information input by the service users A and B to the terminals 3a and 3b, and the login control unit 12 and the map distribution unit 13 according to the contents of the information. And output to the main processing unit 15 via the HP display unit 14. Information sent from the main processing unit 15 is received via the map distribution unit 13 and the like, and distributed to the terminals 3a and 3b used by the service users A and B.

  The login control unit 12 determines whether or not the service users A and B are regular members who can receive the direction navigation service provided by the direction navigation system 1 using a user ID (identification information), a password, and the like. . Only when the login is correctly confirmed, the map information including the direction information is distributed from the map distribution unit 13 to the service users A and B. In this example, it is assumed that a predetermined usage fee (for example, 300 yen) is charged in advance for each of the service users A and B who are members in advance, but charged each time the direction navigation service is used. A charge billing system may be constructed.

  The map distribution unit 13 also functions as a transmission unit, and transmits and receives map information such as a background map and a direction map created based on information such as a base point and a destination input by the service users A and B. Output to the interface 11.

  The HP display unit 14 also functions as a transmission unit, stores a homepage described later, and displays the homepage on the screens of the information user terminals 3a and 3b.

  The main processing unit 15 is a control unit configured by an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), for example, and controls basic operations of the azimuth navigation system 1 and processes in each unit. The main processing unit 15 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) that records information such as a program and setting values (not shown) and a RAM (Random Access Memory) that functions as a work area, and will be described later according to a program developed on the RAM. Perform predetermined control and processing.

  The user management unit 16 manages, for each service user, a user information database 6a in which information (user information) related to service users is registered in accordance with a control signal from the main processing unit 15.

  The nine-star determination unit 17 determines the service user's nine stars based on the service user's date of birth in accordance with a control signal from the main processing unit 15. In azimuthology, the star of the person (the favorite star) is determined from the year of birth. A birthday / nine-star association table is prepared in the nine-star information database 6b, the service user's star is determined from the input date of birth, and the determination result is notified to the service user's terminal. Note that the direction of the year is February 4th (the leap year is the fifth day) because the lunar calendar uses the lunar calendar.

  The azimuth determining unit 18 follows a control signal from the main processing unit 15 and based on the star determined by the nine-star determining unit 17, the azimuthally good azimuth (good azimuth) with respect to the base point (start point) on the specified date And an azimuthally bad azimuth (bad direction) are determined, and it is determined whether the destination designated by the service user is a good azimuth with respect to the base point. If the destination has a poor orientation, the facility search unit searches the map information for one or more final destination candidate facilities that have a good orientation with respect to the destination. Alternatively, the azimuth of the day before going out is determined, and based on the determination result, the azimuth is good on the day before the going out day, and the destination is good in azimuth on the day of going out within the azimuth. Determine the location of the bearing. In addition, when the going-out date is not fixed and the search period is designated, the date in which the azimuth is good with respect to the base point is specified within the search period.

  Here, the good azimuth is the direction where there is a star that is compatible with your nine stars. In addition, there are two types of bad headings, one for the board and another for the year, month, and day. The common ones include five yellow kills, sword kills, dead kills, and dead kills. There are year-end (year), month-end (month), and day-trip (day). In addition, there are various factors that influence the goodness and badness of the heading, such as Tendorichi and Daisetsu. For details, please refer to the book of bearing studies.

  In accordance with the control signal from the main processing unit 15, the facility search unit 19 searches the facility information database 6d in which the information on the accommodation facility or the like is stored for information on the accommodation facility or the like existing in the destination or in the good direction.

  In accordance with the control signal output from the main processing unit 15, the background map creation unit 20 includes a base point and a destination input by the service user from the map information database 7 a storing map information, and a final destination candidate site that is a determination result, A background map is created based on the location information such as the accommodation facility candidate on the previous day. The background map and the orientation map are distributed from the map distribution unit 13. If necessary, the orientation map may be superimposed on the background map and then delivered. Alternatively, the data may be combined by the main processing unit 15 and supplied to the map distribution unit 13.

  The azimuth map creation unit 22 creates an azimuth map indicating each azimuth including a azimuthally good azimuth determined by the azimuth determination unit 18 and a bad azimuth according to a control signal from the main processing unit 15.

  In addition, you may provide the route search part which searches for an optimal route using base point information and destination information. The route search result is transmitted to the user terminal together with the map information, and is appropriately displayed on the display screen. Alternatively, the main processing unit 15 may function as a route search unit.

  Next, the final destination candidate selection process by the direction navigation system 1 when the service user accesses the home page will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, the main processing unit 15 receives access from a service user to a home page that the HP display unit 14 discloses on the web via the transmission / reception interface 11, and inputs a user ID, a password, and the like to the HP display unit 14. Display a prompt login screen. Input signals such as the user ID and password of the service user input via the transmission / reception interface 11 are supplied to the main processing unit 15 via the login control unit 12, and the user management unit 16 is based on an instruction from the main processing unit 15. Determines whether to allow the service user to log in. When the login is permitted, a control signal is sent to the main processing unit 15, and a birth date input screen for prompting the HP display unit 14 to input the date of birth to determine the service user's nine stars (real star) is displayed. Make it visible.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the date of birth input screen. The service user inputs the year, month, and day of birth in the input field on the date of birth input screen using a keyboard or the like connected to the terminal (step S1). Then, when the service user clicks the search button displayed as an icon with a pointing device such as a mouse, the input signal is supplied to the main processing unit 15, and based on the instruction of the main processing unit 15, the nine-star determination unit 17 A nine-star determination process is executed with reference to the date / nine-star association table (step S2). After the nine star determination process is completed, the service user's favorite star is calculated and the result is displayed. In this nine-star determination process, nine stars corresponding to the date of the old calendar are defined in advance, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  After completion of the nine-star determination process in step S2, the main processing unit 15 displays a base point input screen (not shown) for inputting the starting point as the base point on the HP display unit 14, and designates the base point to the service user. (Step S3). At this time, the mouse pointer may be clicked (map designation) on the digital map, or an address may be designated (address designation) by inputting a character string using a keyboard or the like.

  Subsequently, the main processing unit 15 displays a destination input screen (not shown) for inputting the destination on the HP display unit 14, and allows the service user to specify the destination (step S4). At this time, like the above-mentioned base point designation, the mouse pointer may be clicked (map designation) on the digital map, or the address is designated (address designation) by inputting a character string using a keyboard or the like. May be.

  Further, the main processing unit 15 displays an outing date input screen (not shown) for inputting the outing date on the HP display unit 14 and causes the service user to specify the outing date (step S5).

  Next, the main processing unit 15 causes the direction determining unit 18 to determine the direction. An azimuth determination process for determining the fortune of the destination with respect to the base point on the entered outing date is executed (step S6).

  Here, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5, the azimuth | direction determination process (azimuth | direction determination process) by the azimuth | direction determination part 18 is demonstrated.

  First, the direction determination unit 18 searches for a direction board from the direction board information database 6c based on the nine stars calculated from the date of birth of the service user and the designated outing date (step S31). At this time, the bearing determination unit 18 identifies the bearing board with reference to the daily bearing board / zodiac management database (step S32). In the daily azimuth and zodiac management database, azimuth and zodiac signs are defined for each day.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a bearing board. In this example, the bearing board of November 3, 2006 AD and the zodiac fence of the day are displayed. For example, in the azimuth shown in Fig. 6, if your nine stars are "Ichihaku Mercury", the nine stars that have good compatibility are "Sanjo Jupiter", "Shiromoku Jupiter", "Six Platinum Star", and "Seven Red Venus". Therefore, the west, northeast, north, and southwest directions are good directions. Each angle around the bearing board is fixed, and 30 degrees and 60 degrees are alternately arranged such that the north is 30 degrees, the northeast is 60 degrees, the east is 30 degrees, and the southeast is 60 degrees.

  Next, a good orientation is determined with reference to the nine-star compatibility management table (step S33). In orientation, nine stars that are compatible with each of the nine stars are determined, and the orientation in which the nine stars that are compatible with the service user's nine stars (primary stars) are included in the orientation table is assumed to have good fortune in terms of orientation. Subsequently, after initializing the value of the azimuth determination counter provided in each azimuth (step S34), the azimuth in which five stars are entered and the opposite azimuth value are set to "-1" (step 35). Furthermore, the value of the service user's nine star orientation and the opposite orientation is set to "-1" (step S36). Then, the value of the direction opposite to the direction in which the zodiac on the outing day enters is set to “−1” (step S37). The bad direction is determined by the processing of these steps S35 to S37. The processing order of these steps S35 to S37 can be changed.

  Next, it is determined whether there is a negative value in each direction sequentially, for example, clockwise from the north direction (step S38). Since the bad direction has priority over the good direction, if there is a negative value, the process proceeds to step S41. If there is no negative value, it is determined whether the orientation is good (step S39). If the orientation is good in terms of orientation, the orientation is incremented by “+1” (step S40).

  Then, the sum of the counter values is calculated for each direction (step S41). Finally, the azimuth whose sum is positive is set as a azimuthally good azimuth, and the negative azimuth is set as a azimuthally bad azimuth (step S42). In particular, an azimuth with a large absolute value of a negative value is regarded as a great killer. When the process of step S42 is completed, the orientation determination process is terminated.

Note that the orientation determination process shown in FIG. 5 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, in steps S35 to S37 and step S40, the direction along the condition may be expressed using a flag instead of using a numerical value such as “−1” or “+1”. A flag is set for an azimuth that satisfies a bad condition, and a flag is set for an azimuth that satisfies a good condition. Then, the difference between the number of flags for the direction satisfying the bad condition and the number of flags for the direction satisfying the good condition is calculated. If there are many orientation flags satisfying a bad condition, the orientation is determined to be “a bad orientation”. Also, if there are many orientation flags that satisfy a good condition, the orientation is set as “azimuthally good orientation” or the like. In this case, the direction determination may be performed by confirming the difference in the number of flags, and complicated processing such as the positive / negative calculation in step S41 is not required.

  Returning to the description of the final destination candidate selection process in FIG. As a result of executing the azimuth determination process, it is determined whether or not the out-going azimuth is a azimuthally good azimuth (step S7). If the orientation is good, the main processing unit 15 causes the orientation map creation unit 22 and the background map creation unit 20 to create a map, and outputs the map from the map distribution unit 13 to the terminal.

  If it is determined in step S7 that the destination is in a bad orientation, the main processing unit 15 causes the HP display unit 14 to display a bad orientation avoidance method selection screen (not shown) to use the service. The user is prompted to select an avoidance method (step S8).

  In the process of step S8, when the service user selects an avoidance method in which a place different from the initial destination is set as the final destination, the facility search unit 19 is in a good direction on the going out date according to the control of the main processing unit 15. A facility is searched (step S9). After performing the process of step S9, it transfers to the process of step S16 which performs map output.

  FIG. 7 shows a display example of the final destination candidate output as a result of the final destination candidate selection process. The final destination candidate display screen 30 includes a base point map display region 31, a destination map display region 32, and a final destination candidate location map display region 33.

  The base point map display area 31 shows a map of a place that is a base point such as a departure point, and a background map and a direction map are combined to display a mark (sign) that shows the base point 34 at the center. “Yoshi”, “− (Normal)”, “Head”, and “Head” are displayed on the map for each direction around the base point 34. Actually, the direction from the base point 34 should be colored and displayed according to the fortune to make it easy to see. The base point map display area 31 is provided with a cursor key 37 that enables the area of the map to be displayed to move in the direction of the arrow, and a zoom key 38 that enables enlargement and reduction. These cursor key 37 and zoom key 38 are keys realized by so-called software.

  The destination map display area 32 shows a map of a place that is the original destination, and a mark representing the destination 39 is displayed at the center by combining the background map and the orientation map. The destination map display area 32 is also provided with a cursor key and a zoom key, and the displayed map can be moved, reduced and enlarged. The destination map display area 32 of this example shows that the destination 39 is in the bad direction 35 with respect to the base point 34.

  The final destination candidate map display area 33 displays a candidate site that should be the final destination or suitable as the final candidate site when the original destination is azimuthally or seriously ill. In this example, since the destination 39 is in the bad direction 35 when viewed from the base point 34, a plurality of facilities in the positive direction 36 with respect to the base point 34 are further extracted as final destination candidate destinations. On the map of the final destination candidate map display area 33, a mark indicating a destination candidate facility and a facility name are displayed. In the final destination candidate map display area 33 of this example, three facilities “AAA”, “BBB”, and “CCC” are displayed. Detailed information about the facility is displayed by clicking the mouse pointer on the mark on the map. Alternatively, simple information may be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to a mark on the map. The final destination candidate map display area 33 is also provided with a cursor key and a zoom key, and the displayed map can be moved, reduced and enlarged.

  As described above, in the first embodiment of the present invention, an outing destination (base point) and an original outing destination are specified on the map displayed on the screen, or an address is specified by a character string, thereby allowing the user to go out. When the direction of the direction is not azimuthally good, another final destination candidate is automatically searched, and the search result is displayed as the destination candidate place, or the facility name or facility information is displayed in text. As a result, the place to go is determined and must be taken, but if the direction is not good, it will not be affected by the bad direction. In addition, since the facility information of the final destination candidate different from the original destination is displayed, the user can obtain appropriate information and move smoothly even when he / she does not know.

  In addition, the final destination candidate display screen 30 searches the route from the base point (start point) to the destination (arrival point) by searching for a “transfer guide” button for displaying a train transfer procedure to the destination, and displays it on the terminal. The “route search” button to be displayed is displayed in icon form. By linking the facility display with the final destination candidate map display area 33 with transfer guidance and route search within the same screen, even if an unknown place becomes the final destination candidate, the facility, transfer procedure, route, etc. Can be examined without much trouble, and preparations for going out can be made in advance.

  The first embodiment is suitable for going out on the day, especially for a short time out within a few hours. In addition, when going out for a longer time than that, it is more preferable that the moon board is also taken into consideration with the above-mentioned day board as the center.

[Second Embodiment]
A direction navigation system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment of the present invention, when the place to go and the date to go out are determined, and the orientation of the place to go is not good in orientation, the orientation is good on the previous day, and the orientation By moving to a place where the destination is in a good orientation direction on the day of going out, it is possible to receive good fortune at the place of going. The azimuth navigation system in the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the azimuth navigation system 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIGS.

  Next, the previous day accommodation facility selection processing by the direction navigation system 1 when the service user accesses the home page will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the accommodation facility selection process on the previous day according to the second embodiment, steps S1 to S7 of the final destination candidate site selection process by the direction navigation system 1 of the first embodiment are common. Since the processing from step S1 to step S7 has already been described, a description thereof will be omitted. After the processing of step S1 to step S7 is completed, in step S8, the main processing unit 15 causes the HP display unit 14 to display a bad heading avoidance method selection screen (not shown) and prompts the service user to select the avoidance method. .

  Here, in the process of step S8, when the service user selects an avoidance method of moving to another place on the previous day, the direction determining unit 18 determines the previous day's direction with respect to the base point according to the control of the main processing unit 15. (Step S10). The azimuth determination processing at this time is performed according to the azimuth determination processing flowchart shown in FIG. However, a part of the azimuth determination process is processed using the date before the going out date, not the going out date. That is, in the process of step S31 of the azimuth determination process flowchart shown in FIG. 5, the azimuth determination unit 18 is based on the nine stars calculated from the date of birth of the service user and the date of the day before the specified outing date. A bearing board is searched from the bearing board information database 6c. Furthermore, in the process of step S37, the direction opposite to the direction in which the zodiac date of the day before the going out date is entered is processed as “−1”.

  After the process of step S10 is completed, the main processing unit 15 specifies a place where the orientation is good on the previous day and where the destination is a good orientation on the outing day within the orientation (step S11). . Then, according to the search condition on the overnight candidate display screen 40 described later, it is determined whether the location is close to the destination or the departure location (base point) (step S12). When the search condition of being close to the destination is selected, the facility search unit 19 searches for a facility close to the destination according to the control of the main processing unit 15 (step S13). On the other hand, if the search condition that is close to the departure place is selected, the facility search unit 19 searches for a facility that is close to the departure place (step S14).

  Then, the facility search unit 19 outputs the search result to the main processing unit 15 (step S15), and the main processing unit 15 sends the result to the HP display unit 14 and displays it on the home page superimposed on the map (step S16).

  FIG. 8 shows a display example of the overnight stay candidate output as a result of the previous day accommodation facility selection process. The previous day's accommodation candidate display screen 40 includes a base point map display area 41, a destination map display area 42, and a previous day's accommodation candidate map display area 43. In FIG. 8, an orientation map showing the fortune of each orientation is not displayed, but may be displayed in a colored manner as shown in FIG.

  Since the base point map display area 41 is substantially the same as the base point map display area 31 of FIG. 7, detailed description thereof is omitted. The destination display area 42 is substantially the same as the destination map display area 32 in FIG.

  The accommodation candidate map display area 43 on the previous day displays, on the map, accommodation facility candidates that should be stayed on the previous day or suitable for staying on the map when the destination becomes a bad heading or a big heading on the day of going out. For example, at a predetermined position on the previous day's accommodation candidate display screen 40, a going-out date input field and a menu for selecting whether to search for accommodation facilities closer to the base point or the destination are prepared. When the service user enters an outing date in the outing date input field, selects the search conditions for the previous day's accommodation, and clicks the search button indicated by the icon, the orientation on the day before the outing date is set in a good direction. Judgment is made and an appropriate accommodation facility is displayed on the map of the overnight stay candidate map display area 43. Note that “▼” shown in FIG. 8 indicates a pull-down function, but the menu for selecting an accommodation facility to be searched from the base point or the destination in this example is not limited to the pull-down function, and various operation methods are available. Is applicable.

  On the map of the overnight stay candidate map display area 43, a mark indicating the accommodation facility and the facility name are displayed. In the overnight stay candidate map display area 43 of this example, three accommodation facilities “hotel A”, “minshuku B”, and “hotel C” are displayed. By placing the mouse pointer on a mark on the map and clicking, facility information such as the name and address of the facility, accommodation fee, etc., URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the accommodation facility reservation site 4 (see FIG. 1) prepared elsewhere Detailed information such as) is displayed. The URL may be linked to the accommodation facility reservation site 4. Alternatively, simple information may be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to a mark on the map. The overnight stay candidate map display area 43 also includes a cursor key and a zoom key, and the displayed map can be moved, reduced, and enlarged.

  As described above, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the outing destination (base point) and the original outing destination are designated on the screen displayed on the screen, or the address is designated by the character string, thereby going out. If the orientation of the location is not good in terms of orientation, automatically search for suitable accommodations to move to the previous day, and display the names of the accommodations and facility information in the search results, or digitally map the candidate sites Display above. In addition, by searching for suitable accommodation facilities, it is possible to select and execute a place close to the place of going out and a place close to the place of going out. Since the information of the accommodation facility candidate on the previous day that is different from the original destination is supplied, the user can quickly obtain necessary information about the accommodation facility that the user does not know, and smooth action such as accommodation reservation is possible. .

  The previous day's accommodation candidate display screen 40 also searches for a “transfer guide” button for displaying a train transfer procedure to the destination, and a route from the base point (start point) to the destination (arrival point). The “route search” button to be displayed is displayed in icon form. Even if a place you do not know becomes a previous day's accommodation candidate by linking the facility display with the previous day's accommodation candidate map display area 43 with transfer guidance and route search on the same screen, the facility, transfer procedure, route, etc. Can be examined without much trouble, and preparations for going out can be made in advance.

[Third Embodiment]
A direction navigation system according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the third embodiment of the present invention, when an outing destination is determined but an outing date is not determined, an outing source (base point) and an outing destination are designated on the digital map, and the outing is automatically performed. This is to search for the date when the destination is in a good orientation. The designation of the place of going out and the place of going out may be a method of specifying a place by designating an address with a character string. The azimuth navigation system in the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the azimuth navigation system 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIGS.

  Next, the optimal going-out date selection process by the direction navigation system 1 when the service user accesses the home page will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  Steps S51 to S54 of the optimum going-out date selection process shown in FIG. 9 are the same as steps S1 to S4 of the final destination candidate site or previous day accommodation facility selection process shown in FIG. Since the processing from step S1 to step S4 has already been described, description of step S51 to step S54 is omitted.

  In FIG. 9, after the processing of step S51 to step S54 is completed, the main processing unit 15 causes the HP display unit 14 to display the optimal outing date display screen 50 including the search period designation area 52 shown in FIG. Prompt the user to specify the search period.

  Here, the optimal outing date display screen 50 in FIG. 10 will be described. The optimal outing date display screen 50 includes a base point map display area 51, a search period designation area 52, and a destination map display area 53. The base point map display area 51 is the same as the base point map display area 31 of FIG. 7, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The destination map display area 53 is the same as the destination map display area 32 of FIG.

  The search period designation area 52 is a menu for designating a period and searching for a good azimuthally specified date in order to determine an optimum outing date when the outing destination is determined. For example, in addition to the most recent, this week, and next week options, an input field is also provided in which an actual date can be entered to specify an arbitrary period. The search result display field displays the date when the destination searched for within the period set as the search period is in the good direction. In the example of FIG. 10, an outing date in which the outing destination is good is searched, and the fortune information and map around the destination are displayed by clicking the mouse pointer on the display portion of the good date. This example is an example of clicking “October 14, 2006” searched under the condition of next week (10 / 10-16), and the destination 56 is certainly included in the Yoshi direction 55. Recognize.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. The main processing unit 15 determines the designation status of the search period performed by the service user (step S55). When not the period but the latest is designated, the use date of the azimuth navigation system is set as the search start date (step S56). On the other hand, when the search period is designated, the first day of the designated period is set as the search start date (step S57). Then, after initializing a list (search result) to be described later, the direction determination process is looped from the start date of the search period to the end date of the search period.

  First, an orientation determination process is executed for the start date (step S58). This orientation determination process is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Next, it is determined whether the direction of the destination is good (step S59). If the direction of the destination is not good, the direction determination process of step S58 is performed again on the date obtained by adding 1 to the start date. On the other hand, when the direction of the destination is good, the date is added to the list (search result) (step S60).

  Then, it is determined whether the search period designation is the latest (step S61). If the search period designation is the latest, there is no date to search other than the start date, and the optimum outing date selection process is terminated. On the other hand, if the search period designation is not the latest and any period is designated, the azimuth determination process of step S58 is performed again on the date obtained by adding 1 to the start date. When this series of processing is repeated until the azimuth determination process is executed until the end date of the designated period, the optimum outing date selection processing is ended.

  As described above, in the third embodiment of the present invention, an outing source (base point) and an outing destination are designated on a map displayed on the screen, or an address is designated by a character string, and an arbitrary period is designated. Then, by searching for a going-out date that improves in orientation, it is possible to automatically search for a going-out date (year / month / day) in which the going-out location has a good orientation in orientation.

  In addition, the optimal departure date display screen 50 searches for the route from the base point (start point) to the destination (arrival point) and displays it on the terminal. The “Route Search” button is displayed in icon format. By linking the facility display on the optimal going-out date display screen 50 with transfer guidance and route search within the same screen, even if the destination is not well known, there is no hassle about facilities, transfer procedures, routes, etc. You can check out and prepare for going out in advance.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, personal computers (PCs) are used for the terminals 3a and 3b used by the service user. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, it is also possible to access the azimuth navigation system of the present invention from a wireless mobile terminal such as a mobile phone terminal and a navigation device mounted on an automobile, and obtain map information with a good destination as the destination. In this case, the current position information obtained from the GPS may be set as a base point (start point) using a GPS (Global Positioning System) function installed in the wireless mobile terminal. By doing so, it is possible to omit the work of the user specifying a base point or inputting an address on a map displayed on the screen.

  Further, a recording medium in which a program code of software that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is recorded is supplied to the system or apparatus, and a computer (or a control device such as a CPU) of the system or apparatus stores the recording medium in the recording medium. Needless to say, this can also be achieved by reading and executing the program code.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program code in this case, for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a DVD, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, or the like is used. Can do.

  Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (Operating System) operating on the computer based on the instruction of the program code, etc. Includes a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the actual processing.

  Furthermore, in each embodiment mentioned above, the direction navigation system 1 (FIG. 1, FIG. 2) provided with the WWW server 5, the map server 7, DB server 6, and various databases is provided separately from a user terminal, and a user is Although it is configured to communicate with the azimuth navigation system 1 via the network and enjoy this service, a part or all of the azimuth navigation system 1 depends on the performance of the user terminal, such as arithmetic processing capability and data storage capacity. These functions and data may be installed in the user terminal. When all the functions of the azimuth navigation system 1 are installed in the user terminal, each processing such as azimuth determination and bad azimuth avoidance can be completed in the user terminal, and it is necessary to access the azimuth navigation system 1 each time. Since there is not, the freedom degree of use of a direction navigation system increases.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the whole network using the azimuth | direction navigation system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of an example of an azimuth navigation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the final destination candidate site or the previous day accommodation establishment selection process based on the 1st and 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a birth date input screen. It is a flowchart which shows an azimuth | direction determination process. It is a figure which shows an example of a direction board. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the final destination candidate place which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the night candidate according to the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the optimal going out date selection process which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the optimal going out date which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Direction navigation system, 2 ... Network, 3a, 3b ... User terminal, 4 ... Accommodation facility reservation site, 5 ... WWW server, 6 ... DB server, 6a ... User information DB, 6b ... Nine star information DB, 6c ... Direction Panel information DB, 6d ... Facility information DB, 7 ... Map server, 7a ... Map information DB, 15 ... Main processing unit, 16 ... User management unit, 17 ... Nine star determination unit, 18 ... Direction determination unit, 19 ... Facility search unit , 20 ... Database (DB), 21 ... Direction map creation unit, 22 ... Background map creation unit, 30 ... Final destination candidate display screen, 31, 41, 51 ... Origin map display area, 32, 42, 53 ... Destination Map display area, 33 ... Final destination candidate map display area, 34, 44, 54 ... Base point, 35 ... Evil direction, 36, 55 ... Good direction, 37 ... Cursor key, 38 ... Zoom key, 39 ... Destination, 0 ... the day before of accommodation candidate display screen, 43 ... the day before of accommodation candidate map display area, 50 ... the best outing date display screen, 52 ... search period specified area, 56 ... destination

Claims (10)

A receiving unit for receiving birth date information, base point information, destination information and outing date information from a user terminal via a network;
Date of birth information of the user received by the receiving unit, from the base point information and out date information, determines at least azimuth Studies on good orientation及BiRyo wards orientation relative to the base point to the out date, the judgment result Based on the direction determination unit that determines whether the destination is a good azimuth direction with respect to the base point,
A map information database for storing map information;
A facility information database for storing facility information on the map information;
A facility search unit for searching for the facility information;
A transmission unit for transmitting the determination result and facility information to the user terminal via the network ;
A route search unit that searches for a route using the base point information and the destination information ,
As a result of the determination by the azimuth determination unit, if the destination is a azimuthally poor azimuth,
The facility search section, the map of final target candidate site facility in azimuth Studies on good orientation from the base point to search for more than one location on the information, the final purpose the transmitter unit facility information together with the map information of the candidate site Send more ,
The directional navigation system , wherein the route search unit transmits a route search result from the base point to the facility at the final destination candidate site via the destination together with the map information . The facility information of the final destination candidate displayed on the display screen of the user terminal superimposed on the map information is detected by the user, and the facility of the final destination candidate is detected on the user terminal. The directional navigation system according to claim 1, wherein the detailed information is transmitted. A receiving unit for receiving birth date information, base point information, destination information and outing date information from a user terminal via a network;
Date of birth information of the user received by the receiving unit, from the base point information and out date information, determines at least azimuth Studies on good orientation及BiRyo wards orientation relative to the base point to the out date, the judgment result Based on the direction determination unit that determines whether the destination is a good azimuth direction with respect to the base point,
A map information database for storing map information;
A facility information database for storing facility information on the map information;
A facility search unit for searching for the facility information;
A transmission unit for transmitting the facility information together with the determination result to the user terminal via the network,
The azimuth determining unit determines the azimuth of the day before the outing date when the destination is not azimuthally good, and based on the determination result, the azimuth is good on the day before the outing date. And at least one place where the destination is in a good orientation direction on the day of going out in the direction, and the facility search unit selects accommodation facilities around the location specified on the map information. Search and
The accommodation navigation system transmits the accommodation facility information together with the map information from the transmission unit. Whether the transmitter is to search for a facility near the destination, in a good direction on the previous day, and for a search for a facility around a place that has a good direction on the day of departure from a place with a good direction on the previous day, or the base point The azimuth navigation system according to claim 3, wherein a selection screen for selecting whether to search for a facility closer to the user terminal is transmitted to the user terminal. The apparatus detects that the accommodation facility information superimposed on the map information on the display screen of the user terminal is selected by the user and transmits detailed information of the accommodation facility to the user terminal. The azimuth navigation system according to claim 3 or claim 4. Further comprising a route search unit, the route search using the base point information and the destination information, the route search result to one of claims 3 to 5 and transmits it from the transmission unit together with the map information The azimuth navigation system described. In the azimuth navigation method performed by the azimuth navigation system showing a azimuthally good azimuth from the base point for each user,
Receiving birth date information, base point information, destination information and outing date information from the user terminal via the network;
It received user date of birth information, from the base point information and out date information, and determining at least azimuth Studies on good orientation及BiRyo wards orientation relative to the base point to the out date,
Determining whether the destination is an azimuthally good orientation with respect to the base point based on an orientation determination result;
If the destination is an orientation that is not azimuthally good, searching for one or more facilities of final destination candidates that are in a azimuthally good orientation with respect to the base point on map information;
Transmitting the facility information of the final destination candidate site together with the map information to the user terminal via the network;
Transmitting a route search result from the base point to the facility of the final destination candidate via the destination to the user terminal via the network together with the map information;
A direction navigation method characterized by comprising: In the azimuth navigation method performed by the azimuth navigation system showing a azimuthally good azimuth from the base point for each user,
Receiving birth date information, base point information, destination information and outing date information from the user terminal via the network;
It received user date of birth information, from the base point information and out date information, and determining at least azimuth Studies on good orientation and good ward direction with respect to the base point to the out date,
Determining whether the destination is an azimuthally good orientation with respect to the base point based on an orientation determination result;
If the destination is an orientation that is not azimuthally good, determining the orientation of the day before the going out date;
Based on the determination result, identifying one or more locations that are azimuthally good on the day before the going-out date, and that are azimuthally good on the going-out date in the azimuth, and
Searching for accommodations around the identified location on map information stored in a map information database;
Transmitting accommodation facility information together with the map information to the user terminal via the network;
A direction navigation method characterized by comprising: An azimuth navigation program for showing a azimuthally good azimuth from the base point for each user,
Procedures for receiving birth date information, base point information, destination information and outing date information from the user terminal via the network,
A procedure for determining at least azimuth Studies on good orientation及BiRyo wards orientation relative to said base received user date of birth information, from the base point information and out date information, the out date,
A procedure for determining whether or not the destination is an azimuthally good orientation with respect to the base point based on an orientation determination result;
If the destination is an orientation that is not azimuthally good, a procedure for searching for one or more facilities of final destination candidates in a azimuthally good orientation with respect to the base point on map information;
Transmitting the facility information of the final destination candidate site together with the map information to the user terminal via the network;
A procedure for transmitting a route search result from the base point to the facility of the final destination candidate via the destination to the user terminal via the network together with the map information;
A navigation program that causes a computer to execute An azimuth navigation program for showing a azimuthally good azimuth from the base point for each user,
Procedures for receiving birth date information, base point information, destination information and outing date information from the user terminal via the network,
A procedure for determining at least azimuth Studies on good orientation及BiRyo wards orientation relative to said base received user date of birth information, from the base point information and out date information, the out date,
A procedure for determining whether or not the destination is an azimuthally good orientation with respect to the base point based on an orientation determination result;
When the destination is an orientation that is not good in terms of orientation, a procedure for determining the orientation of the day before the going-out date,
Based on the determination result, a procedure for identifying one or more locations that are azimuthally good on the day before the going-out date, and that are azimuthally good on the going-out date in the azimuth,
A procedure for searching for accommodations around the specified location on the map information stored in the map information database;
A procedure for transmitting accommodation facility information to the user terminal via the network together with the map information;
A navigation program that causes a computer to execute