JPH09292247A - Automatic guide system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Problem] To provide tourist information or a karaoke song list that is automatically adapted to the region or region in transit without relying on a guide. In addition, provide tourist information or karaoke song list according to the season and time. An automatic guide system includes an external storage device that stores a plurality of guide data regarding a specific area.
And the position date and time recognition unit 5 that obtains the position date and time information of the vehicle. The guide data corresponding to the position date and time obtained by the position date and time recognition unit 5 is selected from the external storage device 20 and displayed on the display unit 12. .

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic guide system for providing sightseeing information or karaoke songs on a sightseeing bus or the like, and in particular, it is possible to provide tourist information or karaoke songs in correspondence with position information or date / time information while moving. It relates to an automatic guide system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the case of traveling by a large sightseeing bus, various measures have been taken in order to spend the time during the movement meaningfully. For example, when a guide rides, a tourist spot that is passing while traveling may be introduced at the time of passing. Alternatively, some guides may explain that the product is a local specialty or point of shopping. Moreover, by providing a television and a video device, the user sometimes enjoys a television broadcast or a video program. In this case, the video software provided on the bus is only broadcast. Alternatively, he sometimes listened to music or enjoyed a karaoke performance by using a CD player or a cassette deck. Of these, the cassette deck usually plays back the songs recorded on the tape sequentially as they are. In addition, in the CD player, in addition to the sequential reproduction, the reproduction is performed at random, or a specific music piece is designated and reproduced.

[0003]

However, the present situation is that tourist guides rely on guides. Therefore, it is possible that there are individual differences depending on the guide or that the tourist information is forgotten due to a mistake. Moreover, training guides can be time consuming and expensive for tourism companies. Passengers will also be charged for getting a guide.

Therefore, in order to avoid having to carry a guide, tourist guides for a specific area such as a planned passage area or a destination may be collectively displayed on a video.
Even in that case, the videos are only broadcast sequentially. Therefore, it was impossible to provide tourist information in a timely manner in accordance with the area in transit. For this reason, it was desired that tourist guides that were easier to understand and that were tailored to the transit areas could be provided without a guide. Furthermore, if the same guide information is always provided to the same area and the information does not match the current season and time, it may be uncomfortable for the passengers watching. For example, no matter how beautiful it is, seeing Mt. Fuji in the snow in midsummer is just as fun as a guidebook. However, in the conventional video broadcasting system, it was completely impossible to properly broadcast the seasonal information and the information corresponding to the time.

Further, even when enjoying music, there is a demand not only for sequentially reproducing the songs recorded on the cassette or the CD but also for listening to the local songs in the region in transit. Furthermore, there is also a desire to sing those local songs as karaoke. In addition, there is also a demand for providing information preferentially so that a local song in a local area can be easily selected as a karaoke song according to the area in which the vehicle is passing while traveling a long distance on a sightseeing bus or the like.
For example, in some cases, even if you know a song, you can't come up with a title. With conventional karaoke services, it was difficult to find a large number of songs without knowing the song name. As a song about the area in transit, it was desired to have a service such as playing the relevant part a little along with the title. It was thought that it would be even more desirable as a service for passengers if it was possible to preferentially select and service songs that match the season or time, even among local songs.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and does not use a guide,
The purpose is to provide tourist information or a karaoke song list that is automatically adapted to the regions and areas that are passing through. Furthermore, it aims to provide tourist information or a karaoke song list according to the season and time.

[0007]

In order to achieve this object, an automatic guide system of the present invention is an automatic guide system having a display means for displaying guide information in a vehicle by video or audio, and relates to a specific area. A guide data storage means for storing a plurality of guide data, a position acquisition means for acquiring the position information of the vehicle through communication, and guide data corresponding to the position information acquired by the position acquisition means are selected from the guide data storage means. And an automatic guide means for displaying on the display means. Furthermore, the automatic guide system of the present invention has time acquisition means for acquiring the current date and time information, and the automatic guide means stores guide data corresponding to the date and time information acquired by the time acquisition means in the guide data storage. It is characterized in that it is selected from the means and displayed on the display means.

In these automatic guide systems, it is more preferable that the guide data includes karaoke video data and karaoke music data. This is because not only the images and explanations of tourist spots but also karaoke songs can show the local characteristics as tourist information. For example, while looking at Mt. Fuji and wanting to sing a song of Mt. Fuji, the title may not come up. Passengers can easily select by playing a part of the song related to the area in transit along with the title.

With the above structure, according to this automatic guide system, the guide data storage means stores guide data (including karaoke songs) relating to many areas. Here, the region is the location of each tourist resort (or a place corresponding to the lyrics of a karaoke song),
Degree, north latitude xx degree> further,
The position acquisition means and the time acquisition means acquire the position of the moving vehicle and the current date and time. As a means for knowing the position and time, so-called GPS widely used in car navigation systems.
Navigation can be used.

Then, the automatic guide means selects and displays the guide data corresponding to the current position and time. That is, when it is determined that the current vehicle position is within a specific distance range from the location of each tourist spot in the guide data to the tourist spot, the guide data of the tourist spot is displayed. Alternatively, in the case of a karaoke song, when it is determined that the vehicle is in the position range specific to the song, the song name of the corresponding song is displayed as a list for the karaoke user to select. Furthermore, if each guide data of the tourist spots corresponding to the current position stores data that matches the current season and time zone, it is automatically selected and displayed.
Similarly, for karaoke songs, select a song that suits the season and time and display a list.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the present embodiment. This automatic guide system is mainly composed of a CPU 1, which is the center of control, and has a program ROM 2 in which a control program is described, a RAM 3 as a temporary storage area for data, parameters or calculation results, and detection data from a GPS antenna 4. A position / date and time recognition unit 5 for recognizing the current position and date and time of the vehicle based on the above, a MIDI reproduction unit 8 for reproducing music, an amplifier 9,
Speaker 10 and input unit 11 for executing various operation inputs
And a display unit 1 that displays guide information and a karaoke song list
2 and an external storage device 20 that stores song data, guide data for guide information, and the like. Here, the position date / time recognition unit 5 corresponds to the position acquisition means and the time acquisition means of the present invention. Further, the display unit 12 corresponds to the display means, and the external storage device 20 corresponds to the guide data storage means.

The CPU 1 controls the operation of the entire automatic guide system according to the operation program stored in the program ROM 2. GPS antenna 4
Receives a 1.5 GHz radio wave from a GPS satellite and sends the signal to the position / date recognition unit 5. Location date recognition unit 5
Is the reception of radio waves from four or more receivable satellites among the operating GPS satellites, and the reception is performed based on the known satellite positions and the distance between each satellite and the reception point calculated from the received radio waves. The position of the point is acquired and the latitude / longitude data is notified to the CPU 1. Further, the position and date recognition unit 5 calculates the current date and time from the radio wave received by the GPS antenna 4, and the CP
Notify U1.

The MIDI reproducing section 8 inputs the music data stored in the MIDI standard, converts it into an audio signal, and outputs it. The audio signal output from the MIDI reproducing unit 8 is amplified by the amplifier 9 and output from the speaker 10. The input unit 11 performs an input for designating the operation of this device.
The display unit 12 displays the guide information as video or audio. Alternatively, a list of karaoke songs is displayed.
The external storage device 20 is provided with a guide data storage unit 21 that stores tourist information of each region as guide information with video and audio, and a song data storage unit 22 that stores karaoke songs as MIDI data.

The guide data storage unit 21 is composed of a guide data unit in which tourist guides for each tourist point are stored in video and audio, and a guide table unit shown in FIG. The guide table section, for each tourist point, "No." for correspondence with the guide data, "tourist point name" indicating the name of the tourist point, the position of the tourist point is the latitude (north latitude) and longitude (east longitude) ) Indicates the "position", "guide guide range" that indicates how close to the tourist point the tourist guide is given by the difference in latitude and longitude, "seasonal guide data" of the tourist guide data that differs according to the season, morning, It consists of "hourly guide data" that is tourist guide data that varies depending on the time of day, evening, etc.

For example, sightseeing point No. For example, assume that there is Mt. Fuji as shown in FIG. The position of Mt. Fuji is north latitude 1
It is 38.6 / East longitude 35.4. Since a large tourist spot such as Mt. Fuji can be seen from a distance, 0.3 / 0.3 is given as a guide guidance range. This is about 30km
Represents a remote location. In addition, it is shown that there are four kinds of seasonal guide data, namely spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and there are three kinds of hourly guide data, early morning, morning, and day. Here, as seasonal data, spring is March to May, summer is June to August, autumn is September to November, and winter is December to February.
As hourly data, 3-7 am is early morning, 7-11 am is morning, 11 am-3 pm is noon, and 3 pm-
7pm in the evening, 7-11pm in the evening, 11 pm-3am
Time is midnight. Note that these numerical values are examples for explanation, and do not correspond exactly to the actual position, season, etc.

Next, FIG. 3 shows an example of the guide data by using the example of Mt. Fuji mentioned above. The guide data for Mt. Fuji is <standard, spring, summer, autumn, winter, early morning, morning, daytime> 8
Types are available. For example, 10 am on October 1st
Assuming that the area is within 30 km from Mt. Fuji, standard video and audio will be guided first. Here, "It is the highest mountain in Japan at an altitude of 3776m and is very famous overseas. ] Is illustrated as an example. After that, the season applies in the autumn and the time zone applies in the morning. For example, in the autumn data, along with a beautiful image of autumn leaves, "autumn leaves are very beautiful. Guide sentences such as "" are introduced. Furthermore, as morning data, "Many climbers come to the summit. Is introduced.

On the other hand, the song data storage section 22 comprises a song data section in which karaoke songs are stored as MIDI data, and a song table section shown in FIG. The song table section indicates, for each song, a "Song No." for correspondence with song data, a "song name", and a position corresponding to the content of the song by its latitude (north latitude) and longitude (east longitude). ”,“ Performance range ”that indicates how close to the position of the song is the range of performance by latitude and longitude difference,“ Seasonal song data ”of the data of the song that matches the season, morning, noon, evening, etc. It consists of "time-dependent song data" of song data that matches the time zone of.

Next, the operation of the automatic guide system of this embodiment constructed as described above will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the automatic guide system according to this embodiment. When the system is activated, first ROM and RAM
The initialization operation such as the check is performed (S1). Then, it waits until either karaoke or guide is selected. When karaoke is selected (S2: YES), the process proceeds to the karaoke subroutine shown in FIG. 6 (S3). If karaoke is not selected (S2: NO) and a guide is selected (S4: YES), the process proceeds to the guide subroutine shown in FIG. 7 (S5). If no guide is selected (S
4: NO) Wait until any one is selected.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a subroutine to be executed when karaoke is selected. First, the GPS is used to obtain data on the current location of the vehicle, the current date, and the time (S31). Next, it is checked in the karaoke table section whether or not there is a karaoke piece in which the obtained current position of the vehicle is within the area range of the piece of music (S32). Then, it is checked whether or not there is a song that particularly fits the present time (S33). Further, it is checked whether or not there is a song applicable to the current season (S34).

If there is no song that meets any of the conditions (S35: NO), a preset song list, which is a preset set of songs that is not related to the region, time, or season, is displayed (S36). If there is a song that meets any of the conditions (S35: YES), the song is displayed as a list (S37). Along with the song name list, play a portion to help passengers select songs. The user selects a song desired to be played from this list and other songs in the system (S38). When a song is selected (S38: YE
S), the song is played (S39). If no song is selected (S38: NO), the corresponding song list or the preliminary song list is displayed one after another until the song is selected (S36, S3).
7).

When the performance of the music is completed, it is checked whether or not the current location and time zone have changed (S40). If it has not changed (S40: NO), the previous list is displayed again (S36, S37). If it has changed (S40: YE
In step S31, the area and time zone information is obtained again (S31), and the karaoke piece list is recreated and displayed according to the information. These operations are continued until the user inputs an instruction to stop karaoke.

On the other hand, when the guide is selected in S4 of FIG. 5, the process proceeds to the guide subroutine shown in FIG. Similar to karaoke, first, data of the current location of the vehicle, the current date, and the time is obtained using GPS (S51).
Next, it is checked in the guide table section whether or not there is guide information such that the obtained current position of the own vehicle is within the area range of the guide (S52). Then, it is checked whether or not there is a guide that particularly applies to the current time (S53). Then, it is checked whether or not there is a guide applicable to the current season (S54).

When there is no guide applicable to any of the conditions (S55: NO), information about destinations, special products, etc., which are set in advance, irrespective of region, time and season, are collected. A preliminary guide is displayed (S56). Alternatively, BGM may be played, television broadcast, a quiz, or the like. If there is a guide that meets any of the conditions (S55: YES), the corresponding guide information is displayed (S57).

When the display of the guide information is completed, it is checked whether or not the current location and time zone have changed (S58).
If it has not changed (S58: NO), the preliminary guide and the like are displayed (S56). If it has changed (S5
8: YES), information on the region and time zone is obtained again (S5
1), search guide information according to those information,
indicate. These operations are continued until the user inputs an instruction to stop the guide.

As described above, according to the automatic guide system of the present invention, the position and date recognition unit 5 obtains the position of the vehicle, selects the guide data corresponding to the passing position from the external storage device 20, and displays it on the display unit. It is displayed on 12, so even if there is no guide, do not forget to guide each tourist point that is passing during the movement at the time of passing. Further, since the position date and time recognition unit 5 obtains the current date and time, and the guide data corresponding to the current season and time is selected from the external storage device 20 and displayed on the display unit 12, it is possible to display the season and season even without a guide. Appropriate tourist information at the right time will be provided at the time of passage. Further, not only the tourist information but also the passage area and the karaoke piece data which are on the current date and time are selected from the external storage device 20,
It can be displayed on the display unit 12.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, by inputting a switch or the like, guide information of a season and a time zone different from the current season and time may be provided as a reference. Also, for example,
Although the method of selecting either karaoke or guide is used here, guide information may always be provided and karaoke may be automatically selected only when there is no guide information. Further, for example, here, the date and time information is also obtained through communication, but the date and time may have its own clock in the system. Further, for example, although only the season and the time are used as the conditions here, weather information may be obtained by providing equipment such as a sunshine meter and a barometer, and a guide corresponding to the weather of the day may be provided.

[0027]

According to the automatic guide system of the present invention,
The position knowing means and the time knowing means obtain the position of the vehicle and the current date and time, and the automatic guide means selects guide data or karaoke piece data suitable for the position and date and time from the guide data storage means and displays it on the display means. indicate. As a result, it is possible to automatically provide tourist information or a karaoke song list according to the region or area in which the vehicle is passing, without the need for a guide. Furthermore, it is possible to provide tourist information or a karaoke song list according to the season and time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic guide system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing stored contents of a guide table section.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of contents of guide data.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing storage contents of a music table section.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a main routine of the automatic guide system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a karaoke subroutine.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a guide subroutine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 Program ROM 4 GPS Antenna 5 Position Date / Time Recognition Section 8 MIDI Playback Section 11 Input Section 12 Display Section 20 External Storage Device 21 Guide Data Storage Section 22 Music Data Storage Section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic guide system comprising a display means for displaying guide information in a vehicle by means of video or audio, and a guide data storage means for storing a plurality of guide data relating to a specific area, and communication of the position information of the vehicle. And a guide data corresponding to the position information learned by the position-recognition means are selected from the guide-data storage means and displayed on the display means. An automatic guide system featuring. 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising: time acquisition means for acquiring current date and time information, wherein the automatic guide means corresponds to the time and date information acquired by the time acquisition means. An automatic guide system, wherein data is selected from the guide data storage means and displayed on the display means. 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the guide data includes karaoke video data and karaoke music data.