JP2006127382A - Information distribution system, information distribution method, and information distribution program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the information of a specific area desired by a user. <P>SOLUTION: An information distribution system comprises an information acquiring means for acquiring the information on a moving area acquired by a mobile body via a network; an information distribution means for distributing the acquired information in response to a request from a user terminal connected with the network; a mobile body information storing means for associating the mobile body with the information about the moving area of the mobile body to store; an appointed area information receiving means for receiving the information for appointing the area from the user terminal; and a mobile body specifying means for specifying the mobile body corresponding to the information on appointed area received by the user terminal based on the information stored in the mobile body storing means. The information distribution means transmits the information acquired by the specified mobile body to the user terminals. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information distribution system, and more particularly to an information distribution system that provides a user with information acquired by a mobile object. The present invention also relates to an information distribution method and an information distribution program.

  Currently, the traffic information and weather information that can be acquired have a wide regional range, and there is a time lag, so it is difficult to accurately grasp the current situation. Furthermore, since rough expressions are used, it is often difficult to know a specific situation, for example, how much traffic is traffic information and how much snow is weather information.

  Therefore, a technique for acquiring road conditions in a specific area with image information is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below. Specifically, road traffic information is acquired by an image acquisition / transmission device installed such as a signal, a public telephone, a building, or a vehicle. In particular, an example in which a user designates a road and acquires image information of the road is disclosed.

JP 2002-48554 A

  However, in the technique disclosed in the above patent document, the image acquisition / transmission device must be installed on a road where traffic conditions are to be known, and there is a problem that it is costly to install on any road. In particular, it is difficult to realize the situation when it is desired to examine the condition of the road to a certain destination.

  On the other hand, in order to acquire an image on a specific road, a moving body such as the above vehicle can be considered. However, it is difficult to specify a moving body that travels on a specific road. Even if the vehicle is traveling, it is unclear whether an appropriate image can be acquired beyond that point. Further, the patent document does not disclose any means for specifying a vehicle corresponding to a road desired by the user, and it is difficult to specify an appropriate vehicle.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution system that can provide information on a specific area desired by a user.

Therefore, an information distribution system according to one aspect of the present invention is
Information acquisition means for acquiring information representing the state of the moving area acquired by the mobile body via a network, and information distribution means for distributing the acquired information in response to a request from a user terminal connected via the network; An information distribution system comprising:
Mobile body information storage means for storing the mobile body and the mobile area information of the mobile body in association with each other;
Designation information receiving means for receiving area designation information for designating an area from the user terminal;
Mobile body specifying means for specifying the mobile body corresponding to the area designation information received from the user terminal based on the information stored in the mobile body information storage means,
The information distribution means transmits information acquired from the specified mobile body to the user terminal.

  At this time, in particular, the information representing the state of the moving area acquired by the moving body is video information.

  According to the above invention, by designating a region where the user desires information, a moving body that moves in the designated region based on information stored in association with the moving region and the moving body is specified. Then, information indicating the state of the moving area such as a video acquired by the specified moving body is acquired and distributed to the user terminal. Accordingly, it is not necessary to configure a large-scale facility such as installing a camera at any location, and the user can acquire information on a desired area by the information acquisition means mounted on the moving body. In particular, by acquiring video information with a moving body, the user can acquire videos of every part during traveling, and more detailed information can be obtained.

  The designation information receiving means transmits map information stored in advance to the user terminal, and receives the area designated by the user terminal from within the map information as area designation information. Thus, the user can specify the area for which information is desired from the presented map, so that the mobile body in the area can be specified and the information can be acquired.

  The moving body information storage means stores the moving path information of the moving body as moving area information of the moving body, and the designation information receiving means specifies the predetermined moving path information of the moving body from the user terminal. It is received as information. At this time, the designation information receiving means transmits the movement route information stored in advance to the user terminal, and receives the movement route information designated by the user terminal from the movement route information as the area designation information. It is a feature.

  Thereby, the user can acquire information on and around the road from a moving body traveling on the road by designating a specific road. Therefore, the user can acquire more detailed regional information and can improve convenience.

  The designation information receiving means is characterized in that information for designating a moving body that moves in a predetermined area is received as area designation information from the user terminal. At this time, the designation information receiving means transmits the map information stored in advance and the mobile body information moving on the map to the user terminal, and the mobile body information designated by the user terminal is designated in accordance with this information. It is received as information.

  Thereby, the user can designate a predetermined moving body and can acquire information on the moving path of the moving body. Therefore, the user can acquire more detailed regional information and can check the traveling state of a specific moving body. In particular, it is possible to more easily select a moving body that obtains information by displaying a moving body that travels on a map and allowing the user to designate the moving body.

  Further, the information distribution means transmits the moving area information stored in the moving body information storage means of the moving body together with the information acquired from the identified moving body to the user terminal. Thereby, the user can know the course of the moving body, and can further use the acquired information.

Moreover, the information delivery server which is the other form of this invention is
An information distribution server connected via a network to a mobile body information storage server that associates and stores a mobile body and mobile area information of the mobile body, and a mobile body that acquires information on the mobile area,
Information acquisition means for acquiring information representing the state of the moving area from the mobile body, information distribution means for distributing the acquired information in response to a request from a user terminal connected via a network,
Designation information receiving means for receiving area designation information for designating an area from the user terminal;
Mobile body specifying means for specifying the mobile body corresponding to the area designation information received from the user terminal based on the information stored in the mobile body information storage server,
The information distribution means transmits the information acquired by the specified mobile body to the user terminal.

  Thereby, even if the information distribution server does not store the moving body and the moving area information in advance, the information distribution server operates in the same manner as the above-described system by reading from the moving body information storage server connected via the network. In this configuration as well, as described above, the user terminal may specify a moving body from which information is acquired by specifying a moving route or a moving body.

In addition, an information distribution method according to another aspect of the present invention includes:
An information distribution server connected via a network to a mobile body information storage server that stores the mobile body and the mobile area information of the mobile body in association with each other, and a mobile body that acquires information on the mobile area,
An information distribution method for acquiring information representing a state of a moving area from a moving body and distributing the acquired information in response to a request from a user terminal connected via a network,
The area designation information for designating the area is received from the user terminal, the mobile body corresponding to the area designation information received from the user terminal is identified based on the information stored in the mobile body information storage server, and the identified movement The information acquired by the body is transmitted to the user terminal.

Furthermore, an information distribution program according to another aspect of the present invention is
To an information distribution server connected via a network to a mobile body information storage server that stores the mobile body and the mobile area information of the mobile body in association with each other, and a mobile body that acquires information on the mobile area,
Information acquisition means for acquiring information representing the state of the moving area from the moving body;
Designation information receiving means for receiving area designation information for designating an area from a user terminal connected via a network;
Mobile object specifying means for specifying a mobile object corresponding to the area designation information received from the user terminal based on the information stored in the mobile object information storage server;
The information distribution program for realizing the information distribution means for distributing the information acquired by the specified mobile body to the user terminal is adopted.

  Even the server, method, and program having the above-described configuration operate in the same manner as the above-described system, and thus the above-described object can be achieved.

  Since the present invention is configured and functions as described above, according to this, since the user can obtain information on a desired area, it is possible to improve convenience when investigating the situation of the area. In addition, a company that provides such a system can be realized with simple equipment such as mounting an information acquisition means on a moving body, and cost reduction can be achieved.

  According to the present invention, when a user specifies an area where information such as road conditions and weather is desired to be acquired, a moving body that moves in the area is specified, and video information acquired by the moving body is stored in the user terminal. It is characterized by being delivered. Hereinafter, “bus” as an example of the moving body will be described in detail in Examples. However, although the moving body is preferably a route bus, a sightseeing bus, or a train with a predetermined moving route, it is not limited to these.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information distribution system, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a bus in-vehicle device, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information distribution server. 4 to 6 are diagrams for explaining information used in the present system. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation.

[Constitution]
As shown in FIG. 1, the information distribution system includes a bus in-vehicle device 1 mounted on a bus that is a mobile body connected to a plurality of user terminals U via a network N, and a bus on-route from the bus in-vehicle device 1. The information distribution server 2 that acquires information such as video information and distributes it to the user terminal U, and the bus company server 3 and the travel company server 4 that manage the bus travel route are provided. Hereinafter, these detailed structures will be described.

<User terminal>
The user terminal U is an information processing terminal equipped with a communication function such as a personal computer or a mobile phone owned by a general user and capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a computer on another network. Or it is the car navigation system with which the user's car which has a communication function was equipped. The user is a person who wants to acquire information on a certain area, road, specifically, the congestion situation of the road on the route to the destination, the weather, and the traveling situation of a moving body such as a bus. .

  Then, the user terminal U particularly desires to acquire information, for example, by accessing the information distribution server 2 on the network N and designating the area, bus route, and traveling bus to the information distribution server 2. It has a function to specify the area. In addition, it has a function of receiving and displaying information about a designated area such as a camera image of a bus specified from the information distribution server 2. And of course, it has the function which can select the item on a screen using a cursor, in order to perform the designation | designated of an area | region mentioned above, a screen display, etc. Each of these functions is constructed in the calculation unit by incorporating a predetermined program into the user terminal U.

<Bus onboard equipment>
The in-vehicle bus device 1 is mounted on a plurality of buses such as a route bus and a sightseeing bus that are in business operation, and can access the information distribution server 2 via the network N, and a camera 12 that can photograph the front of the bus. , A CPU 13 that is an arithmetic device, and a GPS device 14 that acquires current position information of the bus are provided. The camera 12 is a camera that captures a moving image or a still image that captures the state of the bus on the moving route, and is not necessarily limited to capturing the front of the bus.

  Further, the CPU 13 incorporates a predetermined program, thereby controlling the operation of the camera 12 and acquiring the video information captured by the camera 12 and the operation of the GPS device 14. The position information acquisition processing unit 17 that controls and acquires the position information by the GPS device 14 and the video information and the position information respectively acquired by the processing units 15 and 17 via the communication device 11 are information distribution servers. 2 is constructed. In particular, the acquired information transmission processing unit 16 uses the acquired video information and position information as identification information specific to the bus in-vehicle device (bus) stored in the bus in-vehicle device 4 in advance (or specific to the camera 12 and the GPS device 14). The identification information) is added and transmitted. Thereby, the information distribution server 2 which received video information etc. can recognize from which bus it received. The acquisition information transmission processing unit 16 operates to transmit video information and position information by a function incorporated in the acquisition information transmission processing unit 16 or by a control command from the information distribution server 2.

<Bus company server>
The bus company server 3 is a server computer that is managed by each bus company that operates the above-described route bus, has a communication function, and can access the information distribution server 2. Each bus company server 3 also has information on route buses that are in business operation, specifically which bus is attached with which camera, which bus (camera) runs on which route, etc. The operation information is registered, and a function of transmitting the operation information to the information distribution server 2 via the network N is constructed in the CPU that is the calculation unit.

<Travel company server>
The travel company server 4 is a server computer managed by each travel company that operates the above-described sightseeing bus, has a communication function, and can access the information distribution server 2. Each travel company server 4 also has information on sightseeing buses in business, specifically which tour buses are used for which tours, and what journeys are used to reach the destination. The process information is registered, and a function of transmitting the process information to the information distribution server 2 via the network N is constructed in the CPU that is the calculation unit.

<Information distribution server>
The information distribution server 2 is connected to the user terminal U, the bus in-vehicle device 1, the bus company server 3, and the travel company server 4 through the network N, and mainly acquires video information from the bus in-vehicle device 1. Is a server computer having a function of delivering the message to the user terminal U. A specific configuration will be described below.

  An information acquisition processing unit 21 (information acquisition means) that acquires video information, which is information representing the state of a moving area, from a bus by incorporating a predetermined program into the CPU (2A) that is a calculation unit of the information distribution server 2. ) And an information distribution processing unit 24 (information distribution unit) that distributes the acquired information in response to a request from the user terminal U. Also, a designation information reception processing unit 22 (designation information receiving means) that receives the region designation information that designates a region from the user terminal U, and a mobile unit identification processing unit 23 (movement) that identifies the mobile unit based on the region designation information Body identification means).

  The processing units 21 to 24 will be further described in detail. First, when acquiring the video information from the bus in-vehicle device 1, the information acquisition processing unit 21 temporarily stores it in the video storage unit 25 formed in the hard disk (2B) (HD) as a storage unit. At this time, the video information is received and stored together with a unique identification number (or camera identification number) for identifying the bus from the bus in-vehicle device 1. The information acquisition processing unit 21 also acquires position information from the bus in-vehicle device 1, and associates the bus identification information (or the identification number of the GPS device 14) transmitted together with the hard disk (2 B). It is stored in the position information storage unit 26 formed inside. At this time, the acquired position information is stored in association with a map stored in advance in the map information storage unit 27 of the hard disk (2B). Note that the information acquisition processing unit 21 may request video information and position information from the in-vehicle bus device 1 and thereby acquire the information.

  In addition, the designated information reception processing unit 22 transmits the map information stored in the map information storage unit 27 of the hard disk (2B) in response to a request from the user terminal U, and gives a predetermined area on the map to the user. Let them specify, and receive such region specification information. Then, the area specifying information received from the user terminal U is notified to the mobile unit identification processing unit 23.

  The mobile unit identification processing unit 23 that has received the region designation information is first transmitted from the travel information stored in the travel information storage unit 28 of the hard disk (2B), that is, from the bus company server 3 or the travel company server 4 described above. The stored bus operation information and itinerary information are read out. And based on this operation information and process information, and also the position information acquired from the bus in-vehicle device 1 and stored in the position information storage unit 26, within the area corresponding to the area specifying information specified by the user terminal U Check whether the bus is running and identify the bus. As the processing is further described in detail, the operation information and the stroke information will be described.

  An example of the operation information is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the operation information includes numbers (camera numbers 1 to 3 etc.) for identifying cameras mounted on the respective buses (A to C etc.) and GPS mounted on the buses similarly. The device number (GPS numbers I to III, etc.) and information (routes 1 to 3 etc.) indicating the route of each bus are included. The route information includes, for example, each bus stop name (bus stops A to E) located on the route, as shown in FIG. 4B.

  Next, an example of process information is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the operation information is composed of a number indicating the process of each bus (A to C, etc.) (process 1 to 3 etc.) and information indicating the specific contents of each process. For example, as shown in FIG. 5B, the process includes a name indicating a point that passes on the process.

  An example of bus identification by the mobile unit identification processing unit 23 will be described. First, the mobile unit identification processing unit 23 passes through a designated area with reference to the operation information and the travel information configured as described above. The route and process to be extracted are extracted. Then, a bus that travels on the route or the journey is extracted. Thereafter, by referring to the position information acquired immediately before in time, the bus currently running in the designated area is specified based on the current position information of each bus. Then, information specifying the bus is notified to the information distribution processing unit 24.

  The information distribution processing unit 24 includes camera video information 24a acquired on the notified bus, GPS map information 24b indicating the current position on the map, current date and time information 24c, route names and tour names, and more specifically A screen shown in FIG. 6 is generated by combining the operation information or the route information 24 d and 24 e such as a typical route or the route, and this is distributed to the user terminal U.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the information distribution system having the above configuration will be described with reference to the operation of the information distribution server 2 shown in FIG.

  First, position information and video information are always acquired from a plurality of buses, that is, the bus in-vehicle device 1 at regular time intervals, and transmitted to the information distribution server 1. Therefore, the information distribution server 1 stores the video information and position information of each bus in-vehicle device 1 in the hard disk (2B). In addition, location information of each bus and travel information including travel information and travel information are acquired in advance from the bus company server 3 and the travel company server 4 and stored in the hard disk (2B).

  And if the information delivery server 2 is accessed from the user terminal U, it will transmit map information to the said user terminal U (step S1), and will request | require area designation. In response to this, when receiving the area designation information that is information for designating a predetermined area from the user terminal U (step S2), the location information of each bus accumulated from the hard disk (2B), and the operation information and process The travel information consisting of the information is read (step S3), and a bus traveling in the designated area is searched (step S4). At this time, if there is no bus traveling in the area (determination is negative in step S5), the designated area is expanded by a predetermined range (for example, surrounding from the center of the designated area). The search for the bus is performed again for the area extended by 500 m (step S4 through step S6).

  If a bus exists in the designated area (or an enlarged area) (affirmative determination in step S5), the bus is specified, and video information and position information are acquired from the in-vehicle device 1 of the bus (step S7). Then, it processes into data for distribution from these information, operation information, etc. (Step S8), and distributes to user terminal U (Step S9).

  In this way, the user can confirm the video from the bus that is actually traveling in the area only by specifying the area, and obtain more specific traffic information / congestion information in real time. be able to. In addition, by confirming the video, specific weather information, road surface information, snow cover information, and the like can be acquired. Furthermore, when the bus is a route bus, it travels regularly on the main arterial road, so that the user can acquire information on the necessary area by video. Furthermore, it is possible to acquire travel bus travel information and to grasp the safety of passengers' families and the like. Also, by checking the bus operation status, the bus company can easily manage the operation and the travel company can easily manage the process.

[Constitution]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the basic configuration of the information distribution system is almost the same as that of the first embodiment described above, but information indicating the bus moving area such as operation information and travel information is the bus company server 3 and the travel company. The information is stored in the server 4 and the information distribution server 2 refers to this via the network N. Therefore, in the first embodiment, only the movement information 28 stored in the information distribution server 1 is stored in the external server.

[Operation]
First, as described above, position information and video information are always acquired from the bus onboard device 1 at regular time intervals and transmitted to the information distribution server 1 (not shown). And if the information delivery server 2 is accessed from the user terminal U, it will transmit map information to the said user terminal U (step S11), and will request | require area designation. In response to this, area designation information, which is information for designating a predetermined area, is transmitted from the user terminal U (step S12), and when this is received, position information of each on-vehicle device 1 is requested (step S13). In addition to acquiring this (step S14), the bus company server 3 and the travel company server 4 are accessed to request travel information including location information of each bus, operation information, and travel information (step S13). Obtain (step S15).

  Then, based on the acquired information, a bus traveling in the designated area is searched and specified (step S16). Thereafter, video information and position information are requested from the specified in-vehicle device 1 of the bus (step S17), such information is acquired (step S18), and the information and operation information are processed into data for distribution. (Step S19), it distributes to the user terminal U (Step S20).

[Constitution]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the basic configuration of the information distribution system is almost the same as that of the first embodiment described above, but the area where the user requests information from the information distribution server 2 is determined in advance on the bus. It differs in that it is specified by the travel route information representing the travel area. Therefore, the information distribution server 2 that has received the notification of such area designation information refers to the operation information and the route information in which the movement route (the details of the route and the route) is stored as shown in FIGS. Operates to identify buses traveling on a specified route.

[Operation]
First, as described above, position information and video information are always acquired from the bus onboard device 1 at regular time intervals and transmitted to the information distribution server 1 (not shown). Moreover, operation information is previously acquired from the bus company server 3 and stored (step S31).

  Then, when accessed from the user terminal U, the information distribution server 2 transmits route information of each bus included in the operation information to the user terminal U (step S32), and requests route designation. In response to this, information specifying a predetermined route is transmitted from the user terminal U (step S33), and when this is received, the location information of each on-vehicle bus device 1 is requested (step S34) and acquired. At the same time (step S35), the travel agency server 4 is accessed to request travel information consisting of travel information for each bus (step S34), and this is acquired (step S36).

  And based on the acquired information, the bus | bath which is drive | operating the designated route is searched and specified (step S37). Thereafter, video information and position information are requested from the specified in-vehicle device 1 of the bus (step S38), such information is acquired (step S39), and the information and operation information are processed into data for distribution. (Step S40), and distribute to the user terminal U (Step S41).

  Thereby, by specifying a route, it is possible to acquire more detailed road information, weather information, and the like of a desired area, and it is possible to grasp the operation status of route buses and sightseeing buses as described above.

[Constitution]
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 shows a diagram transmitted when the information distribution server 2 causes the user terminal U to specify an area for which information is requested in this embodiment. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the system in this embodiment.

  In this embodiment, the basic configuration of the information distribution system is almost the same as that of the first embodiment described above, but the area where the user requests information from the information distribution server 2 is determined as a predetermined area. It differs in that it is specified by information that specifies the moving object to move. Accordingly, the information distribution server 2 presents information on the bus that can be designated to the user in advance together with the map information, and accepts information that specifically designates the bus as regional designation information.

[Operation]
First, as described above, position information and video information are always acquired from the bus in-vehicle device 1 at regular time intervals and transmitted to the information distribution server 1 (step S51). And if the information delivery server 2 is accessed from the user terminal U, it will display on the map information which memorize | stored beforehand the positional information on each bus | bath. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the number of buses moving on the map (for example, 1, 2) is displayed. Then, the map information is transmitted to the user terminal U (step S52), and a bus designation is requested.

  In response to this, the user terminal U displays a map transmitted on the terminal, and the user looks at the map and the traveling direction of the bus and selects a bus from which desired area information can be obtained. For example, information specifying a bus is transmitted to the information distribution server 2 by selecting, for example, clicking a bus number (step S53). And the information distribution server 2 which received this requests | requires the positional information on each bus vehicle-mounted apparatus 1 (step S54), acquires this (step S55), and accesses the bus company server 3 and the travel company server 4 Then, the travel information including the operation information and the travel information of each bus is requested (step S54), and the information is acquired (step S56).

  Then, based on the acquired information, it is confirmed whether or not the designated bus is currently running, and specified as a bus from which video information and the like are acquired (step S57). Thereafter, video information and position information are requested from the specified in-vehicle device 1 of the bus (step S58), such information is acquired (step S59), and the information and operation information are processed into data for distribution. (Step S60), and distribute to the user terminal U (Step S61).

  As a result, it is possible to specify the bus specifically from the direction of travel with reference to the map, and to obtain road information and weather information of the desired area in more detail. You can grasp the operation status of route buses and sightseeing buses.

  The present invention can provide the user with information such as road congestion in the specific area, road surface condition, weather, etc., so that the terminal of the user scheduled to go to the specific area, for example, a mobile phone or a car navigation system In contrast, the present invention can be used industrially as a system for providing information.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information delivery system which is this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of a bus vehicle-mounted apparatus. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of an information delivery server. 4A and 4B are explanatory diagrams showing the contents of operation information provided by the bus company server. 5A and 5B are explanatory diagrams showing the contents of the travel information provided by the travel agency server. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the information delivered to a user terminal from an information delivery server. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the information distribution server in the first embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the information delivery system in Example 2. FIG. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation of the information distribution system according to the third embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the information transmitted in the case of bus designation from an information delivery server to a user terminal in Example 4. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the information delivery system in Example 4. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Bus in-vehicle device (moving body)
2 Information distribution server 3 Bus company server (mobile information storage means, mobile information storage server)
4. Travel agency server (mobile information storage means, mobile information storage server)
21 Information acquisition processing unit (information acquisition means)
22 Designated information reception processing unit (designated information receiving means)
23 moving object specifying processing unit (moving object specifying means)
24 Information distribution processing section (information distribution means)
28 Movement information storage unit (mobile body information storage means)

Claims (11)

Information acquisition means for acquiring information representing the state of the moving area acquired by the mobile body via a network, and information distribution means for distributing the acquired information in response to a request from a user terminal connected via the network; An information distribution system comprising:
Mobile body information storage means for storing the mobile body and movement area information of the mobile body in association with each other;
Designation information receiving means for receiving area designation information for designating an area from the user terminal;
Mobile body specifying means for specifying a mobile body corresponding to the area designation information received from the user terminal based on the information stored in the mobile body information storage means,
The information distribution system, wherein the information distribution means transmits information acquired from the specified mobile body to the user terminal.   The information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the information representing the state of the moving area acquired by the moving body is video information.   The designation information receiving means transmits map information stored in advance to the user terminal and receives an area designated by the user terminal from the map information as the area designation information. The information distribution system according to claim 1 or 2. The moving body information storage means stores movement path information of the moving body as movement area information of the moving body,
The information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the designation information receiving unit receives predetermined movement route information of the moving body as the area designation information from the user terminal.   The designation information receiving means transmits the movement route information stored in advance to the user terminal, and receives movement route information designated by the user terminal from the movement route information as the area designation information. The information distribution system according to claim 4, wherein:   The information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the designation information receiving unit receives, as the area designation information, information that designates a moving body that moves in a predetermined area from the user terminal.   The designation information receiving means transmits the map information stored in advance and the mobile body information moving on the map to the user terminal, and the mobile body information designated by the user terminal in response to the map information. The information distribution system according to claim 6, wherein the information is received as the area designation information.   The information distribution means transmits the moving area information stored in the moving body information storage means of the moving body to the user terminal together with the information acquired from the specified moving body. Item 8. The information distribution system according to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. An information distribution server connected via a network to a mobile body information storage server that stores the mobile body and the mobile area information of the mobile body in association with each other, and a mobile body that acquires information on the mobile area,
Information acquisition means for acquiring information representing the state of the moving area from the mobile body, information distribution means for distributing the acquired information in response to a request from a user terminal connected via a network,
Designation information receiving means for receiving area designation information for designating an area from the user terminal;
Mobile body specifying means for specifying a mobile body corresponding to the area designation information received from the user terminal based on the information stored in the mobile body information storage server,
The information distribution server, wherein the information distribution means transmits information acquired by the specified mobile body to the user terminal. An information distribution server connected via a network to a mobile body information storage server that stores the mobile body and the mobile area information of the mobile body in association with each other, and a mobile body that acquires information on the mobile area,
An information distribution method for acquiring information representing the state of a moving area from the mobile body and distributing the acquired information in response to a request from a user terminal connected via a network,
Receiving region designation information for designating a region from the user terminal, identifying a mobile unit corresponding to the region designation information received from the user terminal based on information stored in the mobile unit information storage server, and specifying the identification The information delivery method characterized by transmitting the information acquired from the made mobile body to the said user terminal. To an information distribution server connected via a network to a mobile body information storage server that stores the mobile body and the mobile area information of the mobile body in association with each other, and a mobile body that acquires information on the mobile area,
Information acquisition means for acquiring information representing the state of the moving area from the moving body;
Designation information receiving means for receiving area designation information for designating an area from a user terminal connected via a network;
Mobile body specifying means for specifying a mobile body corresponding to the area designation information received from the user terminal based on information stored in the mobile body information storage server;
An information distribution program for realizing information distribution means for distributing information acquired from the specified mobile body to the user terminal.

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