JP2008281777A - Information provision device - Google Patents

Abstract

A user can provide information on a specific store without using a cursor or the like to perform a troublesome operation such as selecting the specific store.
A display content control unit for specifying display contents to be displayed in each arrangement area F of a reader / writer 3 and displaying the display contents in each arrangement area F, and a reader / writer 3 arranged on a projection surface. Among these, the communicating reader / writer identifying unit 8 that identifies the reader / writer 3 that has started communication with the mobile phone, the distribution content corresponding to the reader / writer 3 that has started communication, are identified, and the distributed content is And a distribution content transmission unit 9 that transmits the data from the reader / writer 3 to the mobile phone.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus that distributes detailed information related to a store or an advertisement displayed on a display device installed in a public space to a user's portable information terminal.

In recent years, portable information terminals such as mobile phones with built-in non-contact IC cards are becoming widespread.
In recent years, an information providing apparatus for distributing information to a mobile phone having a built-in non-contact IC card has been developed.

  That is, the information providing device, for example, arranges a reader / writer of a non-contact IC card in the vicinity of a large screen display device installed in a public space or a shopping mall, and the user holds the mobile phone over the reader / writer, When communication occurs between a contactless IC card in a mobile phone and a reader / writer, the reader / writer displays advertisements displayed on the large-screen display device, detailed information related to stores, coupons, etc. It is transmitted to the contact IC card (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  For example, when the user wishes to acquire detailed information on a specific store from the list of stores displayed on the large screen display device, the user operates a cursor or the like prepared on the large screen display device. Then, one store for which acquisition of detailed information is desired is selected, and then the mobile phone is held over a reader / writer to acquire detailed information on the store.

JP-A-2006-235365 (paragraph numbers [0010] to [0013], FIG. 1) JP 2006-31531 A (paragraph number [0021], FIG. 1)

  Since the conventional information providing apparatus is configured as described above, if a user operates a cursor or the like prepared on the large screen display device and selects one store for which detailed information is desired to be acquired, Detailed information about the store can be acquired. However, there is a problem that a user who is troublesome to select a specific store by operating a cursor or the like tends not to be used.

  This invention was made in order to solve the above-described problems, and information related to a specific store without a troublesome operation such as a user selecting a specific store using a cursor or the like. An object of the present invention is to obtain an information providing apparatus capable of providing information.

  An information providing apparatus according to the present invention refers to a table recorded in a table recording unit, specifies display content to be displayed in each area of a display device in which a reader / writer is arranged, and displays the display content on the display device. Content display means for displaying in each of the above-mentioned areas, in-read reader / writer specifying means for specifying a reader / writer that has started communication with the portable information terminal among reader / writers arranged in the display device, and table recording means A distribution content transmitting means for specifying a distribution content corresponding to the reader / writer specified by the communicating reader / writer specifying means and transmitting the distribution content from the reader / writer to the portable information terminal with reference to the table recorded in Is provided.

  According to the present invention, the display content to be displayed in each area of the display device in which the reader / writer is arranged is identified with reference to the table recorded in the table recording means, and the display content is specified in each area of the display device. Recorded in the table display means, the content display means to be displayed, the in-communication reader / writer specifying means for specifying the reader / writer that has started communication with the portable information terminal among the reader / writers arranged in the display device. A distribution content transmission unit that identifies a distribution content corresponding to the reader / writer identified by the communicating reader / writer identification unit and transmits the distribution content from the reader / writer to the portable information terminal. As a result, users can perform troublesome operations such as selecting a specific store using a cursor. Without an effect that can provide such information for a particular store.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information providing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, the projector 1 displays display content (for example, a store opening in a shopping mall) under the instruction of the display content control unit 7. The content representing the name of the product or the name of the sales floor) on the projection plane 2.
On the projection surface 2 of the projector 1, reader / writers 3 for non-contact IC cards are arranged in an array. FIG. 1 shows an example in which 70 (= 10 × 7) reader / writers 3 are arranged on the projection plane 2, but this is only an example, and 70 or more reader / writers 3 are arranged. Alternatively, less than 70 reader / writers 3 may be arranged.
The projector 1 and the projection surface 2 constitute a display device.

When the distance between the reader / writer 3 and the mobile phone (portable information terminal) in which the non-contact IC card is built is within a predetermined distance, the reader / writer 3 starts communication with the non-contact IC card in the mobile phone and transmits and receives various types of information. It has a function to do.
The display content storage unit 4 is a memory that stores various display contents.
The distribution content storage unit 5 is a memory that stores various distribution contents (for example, detailed information of stores).

The table recording unit 6 is a memory that records a table indicating the correspondence between the reader / writer 3 arranged on the projection surface 2 of the projector 1 and the distribution content and display content.
That is, the table recording unit 6 includes the ID of the reader / writer 3, the arrangement area F on the projection plane 2 of the reader / writer 3, the ID of the display content displayed in each arrangement area F, the ID of the distribution content corresponding to the reader / writer 3, and the like. The table that contains it is recorded.
The table recording unit 6 constitutes a table recording unit.

The display content control unit 7 refers to the table recorded in the table recording unit 6 and acquires the ID of the display content to be displayed in each arrangement area F of the reader / writer 3, so that the ID is displayed from the display content storage unit 4. Is acquired, and the projector 1 is controlled to display the display content in the arrangement area F of the reader / writer 3.
The display content control unit 7 constitutes content display means.

The in-communication reader / writer specifying unit 8 among the reader / writers 3 arranged on the projection surface 2 of the projector 1 is the reader / writer 3 (user) that has started communication with the non-contact IC card in the user's mobile phone. The process of specifying the reader / writer 3) over which the mobile phone is held is executed.
The communicating reader / writer specifying unit 8 constitutes a communicating reader / writer specifying means.

The distribution content transmitting unit 9 refers to the table recorded in the table recording unit 6 and acquires the ID of the distribution content corresponding to the reader / writer 3 specified by the communicating reader / writer specifying unit 8, thereby distributing the distribution content. The distribution content having the ID is acquired from the storage unit 5, and the distribution content is transmitted from the reader / writer 3 to the contactless IC card in the user's mobile phone.
The distribution content transmission unit 9 constitutes distribution content transmission means.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a table recorded in the table recording unit 6.
In the figure, the reader / writer ID indicates the ID of the reader / writer 3 arranged on the projection surface 2 of the projector 1.
An arrangement area F indicates the coordinates of an area where the reader / writer 3 is arranged.
The display content ID indicates the ID of the display content displayed in each arrangement area F.
The distribution content ID indicates the ID of the distribution content corresponding to the reader / writer 3.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the information providing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Next, the operation will be described.
First, the display content control unit 7 refers to the table recorded in the table recording unit 6 and acquires the display content ID of the display content to be displayed in each arrangement area F of the reader / writer 3 (step ST1).
That is, the display content control unit 7 acquires the display content ID of the display content displayed in the arrangement area F for every arrangement area F of the 70 reader / writers 3.
For example, “A01” is acquired as the ID of the display content displayed in the area (X1, Y2) where the reader / writer 3 with the reader / writer ID “# 11” is arranged, and the reader / writer ID is “# 12”. “A02” is acquired as the ID of the display content to be displayed in the area (X2, Y2) where the writer 3 is arranged.

When the display content control unit 7 acquires the display content ID of the display content displayed in the arrangement region F for each arrangement region F of the reader / writer 3, the display content control unit 7 acquires the display content having the display content ID from the display content storage unit 4. (Step ST2).
However, in the example of FIG. 2, the display content ID corresponding to the placement area (X1, Y1) or the placement area (X2, Y1) is “NULL” indicating that the display content is not displayed. , Y1) and display contents to be displayed in the arrangement area (X2, Y1) are not acquired.

When the display content is acquired from the display content storage unit 4, the display content control unit 7 controls the projector 1 to display the display content in the arrangement area F of the reader / writer 3 (step ST3).
Here, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the display content projected by the projector 1 under the instruction of the display content control unit 7.
FIG. 4 shows an example in which 11 display contents are displayed on the projection plane 2. For example, the arrangement areas F (X1, Y2), (X2, Y2), (X3, Y2), (X1, Y3), (X2, Y3), and (X3, Y3) are instructed to display the display contents A01 to A06, so that “restaurant A” is displayed in the arrangement area F.

The communicating reader / writer specifying unit 8 specifies the reader / writer 3 that has started communication with the non-contact IC card in the user's mobile phone among the reader / writers 3 arranged on the projection surface 2 of the projector 1. (Step ST4).
That is, the communicating reader / writer specifying unit 8 monitors the communication status of the 70 reader / writers 3 constantly or periodically and searches for the reader / writer 3 that has started communication.
For example, when a user desires to acquire detailed information of “Restaurant A” and holds a mobile phone with a built-in non-contact IC card over any area where “Restaurant A” is displayed (here Then, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the mobile phone is placed over the arrangement area F (X2, Y2)), and the reader / writer 3 with the reader / writer ID “# 12” arranged in the arrangement area F (X2, Y2) is Since communication is started, the communicating reader / writer specifying unit 8 notifies the distribution content transmitting unit 9 of the reader / writer ID “# 12”.

When the reader / writer 3 that has started communication is specified by the communicating reader / writer specifying unit 8 and the notification / reader / writer ID notification is received from the communicating reader / writer specifying unit 8 (step ST5). With reference to the table recorded in the table recording unit 6, the distribution content ID of the distribution content corresponding to the reader / writer 3 having the reader / writer ID is acquired (step ST6).
For example, when the notification of the reader / writer ID “# 12” is received from the communicating reader / writer specifying unit 8, the distribution content ID of “a” is acquired (see FIG. 2).

When the distribution content transmission unit 9 acquires the distribution content ID, the distribution content transmission unit 9 acquires the distribution content having the distribution content ID from the distribution content storage unit 5, and outputs the distribution content to the reader / writer 3. Processing to transmit to the non-contact IC card in the user's mobile phone is performed (step ST7).
For example, when the distribution content transmitting unit 9 transmits distribution content having a distribution content ID of “a”, detailed information of “Restaurant A” is transmitted to the user's mobile phone.

  As is apparent from the above, according to the first embodiment, the display content to be displayed in each arrangement area F of the reader / writer 3 is specified with reference to the table recorded in the table recording unit 6, and the display thereof Communication is started with the non-contact IC card in the user's mobile phone among the display content control unit 7 for displaying the content in each arrangement area F and the reader / writer 3 arranged on the projection surface 2 of the projector 1. The communication corresponding to the reader / writer 3 identified by the communicating reader / writer identifying unit 8 with reference to the communicating reader / writer identifying unit 8 that identifies the reader / writer 3 that is in communication and the table recorded in the table recording unit 6 It is configured to include a distribution content transmission unit 9 that identifies content and transmits the distribution content from the reader / writer 3 to a contactless IC card in the mobile phone. Since, the user uses the cursor or the like, without performing troublesome operations such as selecting a particular store, it offers an advantage of being able to provide such information for a particular store.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
5 is a block diagram showing an information providing apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG.
The table recording unit 21 is a memory that records the same table as the table recording unit 6, but unlike the table recording unit 6, it records a plurality of tables. The table recording unit 21 constitutes a table recording unit.
The table selection unit 22 performs a process of selecting one table from the plurality of tables recorded in the table recording unit 21 and outputting the table to the display content control unit 7 and the distribution content transmission unit 9. . The table selection unit 22 constitutes a table selection unit.

  In the first embodiment, the display content control unit 7 and the distribution content transmission unit 9 refer to the table recorded in the table recording unit 6. In the second embodiment, the display content control unit 7. And what the distribution content transmission part 9 refers to the table selected by the table selection part 22 out of the several table currently recorded on the table recording part 21 is demonstrated.

For example, when a store list of each floor in a shopping mall is displayed, a table is prepared for each floor, and a plurality of tables may be recorded in the table recording unit 21.
For example, when the user inputs a display content change request (for example, a request to display a list of stores on other floors) using a menu button (not shown) or the like, the table selection unit 22 displays the display content. Is changed, a table corresponding to the floor desired to be displayed included in the display content change request is selected from the plurality of tables recorded in the table recording unit 21.
Further, when the display content is changed when the preset display content switching time elapses, the tables in the preset order are selected from the plurality of tables recorded in the table recording unit 21. Select. Alternatively, a table is selected at random.

When the table selection unit 22 selects a table as described above, the table selection unit 22 outputs the table to the display content control unit 7 and the distribution content transmission unit 9.
Since the processing contents other than the table recording unit 21 and the table selection unit 22 are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the display content projected by the projector 1 under the instruction of the display content control unit 7.
FIG. 6 shows an example in which a list of stores on an arbitrary floor is displayed.

  As is apparent from the above, according to the second embodiment, when a plurality of tables are recorded in the table recording unit 21, a table for selecting a table to which the display content control unit 7 and the distribution content transmission unit 9 refer. Since it comprised so that the selection part 22 might be provided, there exists an effect which can be applied also, for example, when displaying a shop list for every floor of a shopping mall.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an information providing apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG.
The display device 31 is a display device such as a liquid crystal monitor, a plasma monitor, or electronic paper, for example, and displays display content under the instruction of the display content control unit 34.
On the display surface of the display device 31, an antenna portion 33 having transparency is arranged in an array instead of the main body portion 32 of the reader / writer of the non-contact IC card.
A method for manufacturing the antenna portion 13 of the reader / writer having transparency is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-195802.

  FIG. 7 shows an example in which the antenna portions 33 of 70 (= 10 × 7) reader / writers are arranged on the display surface of the display device 31, but this is only an example, and 70 or more antenna portions 33 are arranged. The reader / writer antenna portion 33 may be disposed, or less than 70 reader / writer antenna portions 33 may be disposed.

The display content control unit 34 refers to the table recorded in the table recording unit 6 and acquires the ID of the display content to be displayed in each arrangement area F of the antenna portion 33 of the reader / writer, whereby the display content storage unit 4 The display content having the ID is acquired from the above, the display device 31 is controlled, and the display content is displayed in the arrangement area F of the antenna portion 33 of the reader / writer.
The display content control unit 34 constitutes content display means.

In the first and second embodiments described above, the reader / writer 3 of the non-contact IC card is arranged in an array on the projection surface 2 of the projector 1, but the main body portion 32 of the reader / writer of the non-contact IC card is shown. Alternatively, the transparent antenna portion 33 may be arranged on the display surface of the display device 31.
In this case as well, the same effects as in the first and second embodiments are obtained, and the user holds the mobile phone over the desired display content without worrying about the shadow of the hand or the mobile phone. Only the desired detailed information can be obtained.

It is a block diagram which shows the information provision apparatus by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the table currently recorded on the table recording part. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the information provision apparatus by Embodiment 1 of this invention. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing display content projected by the projector 1 under the instruction of the display content control unit 7. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the information provision apparatus by Embodiment 2 of this invention. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing display content projected by the projector 1 under the instruction of the display content control unit 7. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the information provision apparatus by Embodiment 3 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Projector (display apparatus), 2 Projection surface (display apparatus), 3 Reader / writer, 4 Display content storage part, 5 Distribution content storage part, 6 Table recording part (table recording means), 7 Display content control part (content display means) 8) Reader / writer identification unit during communication (Reader / writer identification unit during communication), 9 Distribution content transmission unit (distribution content transmission unit), 21 Table recording unit (table recording unit), 22 Table selection unit (table selection unit), 31 display device, 32 reader / writer main body part, 33 reader / writer antenna part, 34 display content control unit (content display means).

Claims (4)

  A display device in which non-contact type reader / writers are arranged in an array, and a table recording means for recording a table indicating a correspondence relationship between the reader / writers arranged in the display device and distribution contents and display contents; By referring to the table recorded in the table recording means, the display content to be displayed in each area of the display device in which the reader / writer is arranged is specified, and the display content is displayed in each area of the display device. Recorded in the table recording unit, the content display unit that performs communication, the reader / writer in communication that identifies the reader / writer that has started communication with the portable information terminal among the reader / writers arranged in the display device Distribution corresponding to the reader / writer identified by the communicating reader / writer identifying means Identify content information providing device the distribution contents and a distribution content transmitting means for transmitting to said portable information terminal from the reader-writer.   The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display device includes a projection surface on which non-contact type reader / writers are arranged in an array, and a projector that projects display content onto the projection surface. apparatus.   In the case where a plurality of tables indicating the correspondence between the reader / writer, the distribution content and the display content are recorded by the correspondence recording means, a table selection means for selecting a table referred to by the content display means and the distribution content transmission means is provided. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that   4. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display device is provided with an antenna portion having transparency instead of a main body portion of the non-contact type reader / writer.

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