Information provision system, information provision device, information provision method, terminal device, and display method

• US 9,774,690 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2014
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sano, Akane, Asukai, Masamichi, Ito, Taiji, Sugino, Akinobu, Kamatani, Yoshiteru, Hayashi, Kazunori, Kon, Takayasu, Kamada, Yasunori, Takehara, Mitsuru, Sako, Yoichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Lau, Hoi
• Application Number:
  US14/465,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20140365552A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• Field of Search: 3405731, 340995, 3406916, 340907, 3406913, 3406861, 34028601, 3409951, 348135, 348153, 701400, 701434, 701409, 701414, 382103, 382115, 455457, 45545641
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/53 Recognition of crowd images, e.g. recognition of crowd congestion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19608 Tracking movement of a target, e.g. by detecting an object predefined as a target, using target direction and or velocity to predict its new position
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1961 Movement detection not involving frame subtraction, e.g. motion detection on the basis of luminance changes in the image
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19613 Recognition of a predetermined image pattern or behaviour pattern indicating theft or intrusion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

An information provision system includes a terminal device, and an information provision device that can communicate with the terminal device. The information provision device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the terminal device, a head count information managing section configured to manage current head count information for each position, and a crowd information generating section configured to determine a position for making a notification display based on the managed head count information, and generate crowd information containing information of the determined position, and a transmission control section configured to transmit the generated crowd information from the communicating section to the terminal device. The terminal device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the information provision device, and a control section configured to execute display of a map image on a display section, and execute a display based on the transmitted crowd information on the map image.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to;

receive, from a first terminal, first position information with first biometric information, the first biometric information being of a first person;

receive, from a second terminal, second position information with second biometric information, the second biometric information being of a second person;

determine a position of a hot spot based on at least one of the first position information or the second position information;

determine a status of the hot spot based on at least one first change in the first biometric information of the first person and at least one second change in the second biometric information of the second person, wherein the at least one first change in the first biometric information of the first person is indicative of a psychological state of the first person and the at least one second change in the second biometric information of the second person is indicative of a psychological state of the second person; and

provide notification information to a third terminal based on the position of the hot spot and the status of the hot spot.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the first biometric information includes psychological information of the first person,

the second biometric information includes psychological information of the second person,

the circuitry is further configured to determine the status of the hot spot using at least one of a user profile of the first terminal and a user profile of the second terminal, and

the notification information includes an indication of at least one of the psychological information of the first person and the psychological information of the second person.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the user profile of the first terminal and the user profile of the second terminal includes at least one of age, sex, hobby, and preference.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to identify hot spots in a specific area of a map displayed by the third terminal and provide the hot spots to the third terminal.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to provide biometric information for hot spots displayed by the third terminal on a map.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification information is displayed with the first biometric information and the second biometric information by the third terminal on a map.

7. An information processing method comprising:

receiving, from a first terminal, first position information with first biometric information, the first biometric information being of a first person;

receiving, from a second terminal, second position information with second biometric information, the second biometric information being of a second person;

determining a position of a hot spot based on at least one of the first position information or the second position information;

determining a status of the hot spot based on at least one first change in the first biometric information of the first person and at least one second change in the second biometric information of the second person, wherein the at least one first change in the first biometric information of the first person is indicative of a psychological state of the first person and the at least one second change in the second biometric information of the second person is indicative of a psychological state of the second person; and

providing notification information to a third terminal based on the position of the hot spot and the status of the hot spot.

8. The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein:

the first biometric information includes psychological information of the first person,

the second biometric information includes psychological information of the second person,

the method further comprises determining the status of the hot spot using at least one of a user profile of the first terminal and a user profile of the second terminal, and

the notification information includes an indication of at least one of the psychological information of the first person and the psychological information of the second person.

9. The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein at least one of the user profile of the first terminal and the user profile of the second terminal includes at least one of age, sex, hobby, and preference.

10. The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising identifying hot spots in a specific area of a map displayed by the third terminal and providing the hot spots to the third terminal.

11. The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising providing biometric information for hot spots displayed by the third terminal on a map.

12. The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein the notification information is displayed with the first biometric information and the second biometric information by the third terminal on a map.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving, from a first terminal, first position information with first biometric information, the first biometric information being of a first person;

receiving, from a second terminal, second position information with second biometric information, the second biometric information being of a second person;

determining a position of a hot spot based on at least one of the first position information or the second position information;

determining a status of the hot spot based on at least one first change in the first biometric information of the first person and at least one second change in the second biometric information of the second person, wherein the at least one first change in the first biometric information of the first person is indicative of a psychological state of the first person and the at least one second change in the second biometric information of the second person is indicative of a psychological state of the second person; and

providing notification information to a third terminal based on the position of the hot spot and the status of the hot spot.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13, wherein:

the first biometric information includes psychological information of the first person,

the second biometric information includes psychological information of the second person,

the method further comprises determining the status of the hot spot using at least one of a user profile of the first terminal and a user profile of the second terminal, and

the notification information includes an indication of at least one of the psychological information of the first person and the psychological information of the second person.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 14, wherein at least one of the user profile of the first terminal and the user profile of the second terminal includes at least one of age, sex, hobby, and preference.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13, the method further comprising identifying hot spots in a specific area of a map displayed by the third terminal and providing the hot spots to the third terminal.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13, the method further comprising providing biometric information for hot spots displayed by the third terminal on a map.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13, wherein the notification information is displayed with the first biometric information and the second biometric information by the third terminal on a map.

19. A third terminal comprising:

circuitry configured to;

receive notification information from a server device, the notification information being based on a hot spot and a status of the hot spot, the hot spot being based on at least one of first position information from a first terminal and second position information from a second terminal, the status of the hot spot being based on at least one first change in first biometric information from the first terminal and at least one second change in second biometric information from the second terminal, the first biometric information being of a first person, the second biometric information being of a second person, wherein the at least one first change in the first biometric information is indicative of a psychological state of the first person and the at least one second change in the second biometric information is indicative of a psychological state of the second person.

20. The third terminal according to claim 19, wherein:

the first biometric information includes psychological information of the first person,

the second biometric information includes psychological information of the second person,

the status of the hot spot is based on at least one of a user profile of the first terminal and a user profile of the second terminal, and

the notification information includes an indication of at least one of the psychological information of the first person and the psychological information of the second person.

21. The third terminal according to claim 20, wherein at least one of the user profile of the first terminal and the user profile of the second terminal includes at least one of age, sex, hobby, and preference.

22. The third terminal according to claim 21, wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive hot spots from the server device and display a map and the hot spots in a specific area of the map.

23. The third terminal according to claim 19, wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive from the server device biometric information for hot spots displayed by the third terminal on a map.

24. The third terminal according to claim 19, wherein the circuitry is further configured to display biometric information by the third terminal on a map.