Positional Information Analysis Apparatus, Positional Information Analysis Method, and Positional Information Analysis System

• US 20100217672A1
• Filed: 05/19/2008
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: OKI Electric Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: OKI Electric Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Maeno, Kurato
• Application Number:
  US12/679,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20100217672A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.580
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/09 for tracking people
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0244 Accuracy or reliability of position solution or of measurements contributing thereto
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A positional information analysis device includes: a position detecting unit that calculates positional information of a mobile station unit; a positional information storage unit that stores the positional information as a history for the mobile station unit; a state attribute calculating unit that calculate state attribute information which indicates a state of the mobile station unit from the history of the positional information of the mobile station unit each time the position of the mobile station unit is calculated; a meaning conversion rule storage unit that stores a first identifier given to a meaning of a movement of a mobile station unit and a rule which detects the meaning of the movement so as to associate the first identifier and the rule with each other; and a rule-positional information correlation calculating unit that determines whether the rule is matched and outputs the first identifier associated with the rule.

Claims

1. A positional information analysis apparatus that analyzes, in real time, a state of a mobile station unit which is obtained from continuous positional information of the mobile station unit, the mobile station unit moving together with a detection target, comprising:

a position detecting unit that calculates positional information which indicates a position of a mobile station unit;

a positional information storage unit that stores the positional information calculated by the position detecting unit as a history for the mobile station unit;

a state attribute calculating unit that calculates state attribute information which indicates a state of the mobile station unit from the history of the positional information of the mobile station unit each time the position detecting unit calculates the position of the mobile station unit;

a meaning conversion rule storage unit that stores a first identifier which is given to a meaning of a movement of a mobile station unit and a rule which detects the meaning of the movement so as to associate the first identifier and the rule with each other; and

a rule-positional information correlation calculating unit that determines whether the rule is matched on the basis of the positional information and the state attribute information of the mobile station unit and outputs the first identifier associated with the rule which is determined to be matched.

2. The positional information analysis apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rule-positional information correlation calculating unit determines whether the rule is matched on the basis of the positional information and the state attribute information of the mobile station unit and further outputs a second identifier which identifies the mobile station unit which is determined to be matched with the rule.

3. The positional information analysis apparatus of claim 1, wherein the position detecting unit calculates the positional information which indicates the position of the mobile station unit on the basis of position specification information which specifies the position of the mobile station unit received from a fixed station unit and positional information of the fixed station unit.

4. The positional information analysis apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a search information input unit to which search information is input,

wherein the rule-positional information correlation calculating unit outputs the meaning of the movement of the mobile station unit that matches the search information as event information on the basis of the positional information and the state attribute information of the mobile station unit.

5. The positional information analysis apparatus of claim 1, wherein the state attribute calculating unit calculates movement attribute information which indicates the movement of the mobile station unit as the state attribute information.

6. The positional information analysis apparatus of claim 1, wherein the state attribute calculating unit calculates relation attribute information which indicates a relation of positions and movements between mobile station units as the state attribute information.

7. The positional information analysis apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rule-positional information correlation calculating unit outputs the first identifier each time the position detecting unit calculates the position of the mobile station unit.

8. The positional information analysis apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a notification information setting unit that generates, from the first identifier which is output from the rule-positional information correlation calculating unit, notification information which notifies a notification unit that accompanies the detection target.

9. The positional information analysis apparatus of claim 8, wherein the notification unit is the mobile station unit.

10. The positional information analysis apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an advertisement display unit management unit that transmits advertisement information which corresponds to the first identifier output from the rule-positional information correlation calculating unit to an advertisement display unit which displays the advertisement information; and

an advertisement display unit arrangement storage unit that stores a position of the advertisement display unit,

wherein the advertisement display unit management unit selects the advertisement display unit which is closest to the mobile station unit which corresponds to the rule associated with the first identifier, and transmits the advertisement information to the selected advertisement display unit.

11. (canceled)

12. A positional information analysis method that analyzes, in real time, a state of a mobile station unit which is obtained from continuous positional information of the mobile station unit, the mobile station unit moving together with a detection target, comprising:

calculating positional information which indicates a position of a mobile station unit;

storing the calculated positional information as a history for the mobile station unit;

calculating state attribute information which indicates a state of the mobile station unit from the history of the positional information of the mobile station unit each time calculating the position of the mobile station unit; and

determining whether a rule which detects a meaning of a movement of the mobile station unit is matched on the basis of the positional information and the state attribute information of the mobile station unit and outputting a first identifier which is given to the meaning of the movement of the mobile station unit and is associated with the rule which is determined to be matched.

13. The positional information analysis method of claim 12, wherein the outputting the first identifier further includes:

determining whether the rule is matched on the basis of the positional information and the state attribute information of the mobile station unit; and

outputting a second identifier which identifies the mobile station unit which is determined to be matched with the rule.

14. The positional information analysis method of claim 12, wherein the calculating the positional information further includes calculating the positional information which indicates the position of the mobile station unit on the basis of position specification information which specifies the position of the mobile station unit received from a fixed station unit and positional information of the fixed station unit.

15. The positional information analysis method of claim 12, further comprising acquiring search information,

wherein the outputting the first identifier further includes outputting the meaning of the movement of the mobile station unit that matches the search information as event information on the basis of the positional information and the state attribute information of the mobile station unit.

16. The positional information analysis method of claim 12, wherein the calculating the state attribute information further includes calculating movement attribute information which indicates the movement of the mobile station unit as the state attribute information.

17. The positional information analysis method of claim 12, wherein the calculating the state attribute further includes calculating relation attribute information which indicates a relation of positions and movements between mobile station units as the state attribute information.

18. The positional information analysis method of claim 12, wherein the outputting the first identifier further includes calculating the first identifier each time the position of the mobile station unit is calculated.

19. The positional information analysis method of claim 12, further comprising converting the output first identifier into notification information which notifies a notification unit that accompanies the detection target.

20. The positional information analysis method of claim 19, wherein the notification unit is the mobile station unit.

21. The positional information analysis method of claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting advertisement information which corresponds to the output first identifier to an advertisement display unit which displays the advertisement information,

wherein the transmitting the advertisement information further includes;

selecting the advertisement display unit which is closest to the mobile station unit which corresponds to the rule associated with the first identifier on the basis of a position of the advertisement display unit; and

transmitting the advertisement information to the selected advertisement display unit.

22. (canceled)

23. A positional information analysis system that analyzes, in real time, a state of a mobile station unit which is obtained from continuous positional information of the mobile station unit, the mobile station unit moving together with a detection target, comprising:

a fixed station unit that outputs position specification information which specifies a position of a mobile station unit; and

a positional information analysis apparatus that acquires meaning information of a movement of the mobile station unit on the basis of continuous positional information of the mobile station unit which is calculated from the position specification information,

wherein the fixed station unit includes;

a position specification information transmitting unit that transmits the position specification information which specifies the position of the mobile station unit to the positional information analysis apparatus, and

the positional information analysis apparatus includes;

a position detecting unit that calculates positional information which indicates the position of the mobile station unit on the basis of the position specification information received from the fixed station unit and positional information of the fixed station unit;

a positional information storage unit that stores the positional information calculated by the position detecting unit as a history for the mobile station unit;

a state attribute calculating unit that calculates state attribute information which indicates a state of the mobile station unit from the history of the positional information of the mobile station unit each time the position detecting unit calculates the position of the mobile station unit;

a meaning conversion rule storage unit that stores a first identifier which is given to the meaning of the movement of the mobile station unit and a rule which detects the meaning of the movement so as to associated the first identifier and the rule with each other; and

a rule-positional information correlation calculating unit that determines whether the rule is matched on the basis of the positional information and the state attribute information of the mobile station unit and outputs the first identifier associated with the rule which is determined to be matched.