JP2015080709A - Registration of place information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a topic providing device capable of making more familiar and realistic by reflecting an actual living place of each user on place information.SOLUTION: For place information, a user oneself can register the name and position information of a living place of each user, in some cases an image relating to the place.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

It is an application that is installed in information terminal devices such as personal computers, mobile phones, and game consoles that can be used mainly by individuals. It is mainly used for adventure games, romance simulation games, or dialogues with characters. An agent device that uses a character to obtain advice.

Conventionally, there are various places in a device that provides a topic through dialogue with a character, but such information has been conceived in advance and fixed.

They are the names of completely virtual places, or the names of specific places that actually exist, or use common names such as “neighborhood forests”.

Problems to be solved by the invention

Since these pieces of location information do not reflect the actual place of life of each user, it is an unreasonable way to behave as a familiar place for the user.

In addition, as a method in a genre such as a game that immerses the user in the virtual world, a name unique to the virtual world that is unfamiliar with the user's daily life often appears. There was a way.

Means for solving the problem

With regard to the existing location information, this can be solved by making it possible for the user himself / herself to register the name and location information of the actual living place of each user and, in some cases, an image relating to the location.

Effect of the invention

The application uses the name and location information of the actual living place of each registered user and, in some cases, images, so that the output content of the dialogue is more familiar and realistic. Can be immersive.

Moreover, since the positional relationship between the user's current position and the location, the relative position and distance information between the location and the location, etc. can be acquired from the registered location information of each location, the actual life of the user can be obtained. You can output topics and information close to.

Here, a mobile phone terminal is taken as an example of the information terminal.

It is assumed that the application of the topic providing apparatus according to the present invention is activated as a mobile phone application.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile phone.

The mobile phone is provided with a liquid crystal display unit 15 of about 4 inches, and input via the touch panel input unit 16 is possible. Further, the CPU unit 10, the memory unit 11, and the storage device 12 are provided, and a plurality of applications stored in the storage device 12 can be read into the memory unit 11 and executed by the CPU unit 10.

The application is one of a plurality of applications that can be stored and activated in the storage device 12, and is in the application list that is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 15 and includes a plurality of application icons. Is selected and activated.

In addition, the mobile phone includes a speaker unit 13 and a speaker 14, and can output a speech of the character from the speaker 14.

Further, the wireless packet communication unit 17 and the antenna 18 are provided, and connection and communication with an external communication network are possible, and information from the outside can be received through communication. For example, if necessary, information that changes from moment to moment such as a weather forecast can be acquired.

Moreover, the GPS receiving part 19 and the GPS antenna 20 are provided, and the present position information of a terminal can be acquired.

Next, the dialogue will be described.

The topic is communicated to the user through this dialogue.

Here, the character is a human female 30.

FIG. 2 shows a screen transition at the time of dialogue. The dialogue is performed by displaying a text 33 which is a dialogue of the character 30 and reproducing the sound.

The mouth 31 of the character is animated in accordance with the reproduction of the voice to express as if the character is speaking. In addition, depending on the content of the dialogue, an animation of the character's body and facial expression is accompanied.

When there is a question to the user during the dialogue, an input means for the answer is displayed, and the flow of the dialogue changes depending on the input result.

For example, in an application that generates a topic from the user's schedule information, if the character confirms to the user that "There is no English conversation scheduled next week, but is it okay?" If, for example, “OK” or “I forgot!” Is displayed on the touch panel, two buttons 34 are displayed, and if the user selects “I forgot!”, The next step is to create an “English conversation” schedule. The flow of dialogue changes depending on the user's selection.

There are many other types of user input means such as character string input means (FIG. 3), slider input means (FIG. 4), date input means (FIG. 5), and the like.

Next, registration of location information will be described.

For the convenience of explanation, it is assumed that proper nouns relating to the subsequent locations are those of actual locations.

In the location information registration screen 63 in FIG. 6, a name is input to the edit box 51 for the “neighborhood forest” of the general name 50 stored in the existing location information.

The user inputs “Nanazawa Forest Park”, which is a familiar place for the user.

If this is blank, it is determined that there is no input.

Regarding the position information, when inputting, the check box 52 is checked and the map 53 is validated. The validated map 53 is validated in a state where it is displayed around the current position from the current position information acquired by GPS.

The user touches and scrolls the map 53 to display the target position, and touches for a long time to place the position designation object 55. The latitude / longitude 56, which is the position information of the position designation object 55, is registered as the position of the place.

After entering the name and position information, the user presses an “OK” button 57 to confirm the registration.

If necessary, the screen transitions to a screen 64 for registering the image at that location.

On the image registration screen 64, a path 59 to a file storing images is input.

It is also possible to select a file from the tree display 60. When a file is selected on the tree display 60, the path to the selected file “Nanazawa Scenery.jpg” 61 is displayed on the path input unit 59. . Then, a preview 58 of the image file indicated by the path is displayed.

When the target image is selected, the “OK” button 62 is pressed to confirm the registration and the process ends.

From the above, it is assumed that the user has registered the name “Nanazawa Forest Park”, its location information, and the image “Nanazawa Scenery.jpg” with respect to the place “Nearby Forest”. After registration, the application can use the name, location information, and image for subsequent processing related to the location.

Next, an example of using the registered place name and image will be described.

In FIG. 7, “Neighborhood forest” in the dialogue 72 “Let's go to the neighborhood forest!” Is replaced with the registered name, and the dialogue 73 “Let's go to Nanasawa Forest Park!”. To change.

When an image is registered, the image 74 is displayed at the same time as the dialogue, and as a supplement to the dialogue, it can be expressed that the place is more familiar and realistic.

When the voice of the character accompanies, it is difficult to output the voice of the replacement name, but in such a case, “let's go to the neighborhood forest (Nanazawa Forest Park)!” Etc. was registered in parentheses etc. You may enter the name and display it, and say “Neighborhood Forest” without changing the voice.

Next, an example of using position information of a registered place will be described.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the distance between the current position acquired from the GPS and the position of the place becomes shorter than a certain time ago, for example, the topic 75 “Will you go to Nanasawa Forest Park?” When the distance between the current position acquired from the GPS and the position of the place falls below a certain value, for example, the topic 76 “Nanazawa Forest Park is near.” .
By registering position information for a place in this way, a more specific topic is generated.

Next, the living area will be described.

By registering positional information regarding each place, the user's living area can be determined. There are a plurality of algorithms for determining the area, and an algorithm suitable for each application should be adopted. Here, the following is shown as an example.

Although it is FIG. 9, it is determined that the registered location information is on the same two-dimensional plane, for example, the minimum inclusion circle 80 of the location information is determined as the user's living area, or the location information The convex hull 87 of information can be determined as the user's living area. In addition, a range in which the minimum inclusion circle 80 and the convex hull 87 are enlarged to some extent may be handled as a living area.

From the determination of whether the current position information is within the living area, it becomes possible to determine an unusual behavior such as outing. If it is expressed as a dialogue, it is possible to ask an example such as “Where are you going?”.

Next, as an example of how to use the registered image, the example 74 in which the dialogue is used supplementarily has been described above, but there are the following methods for more effectively using the dialogue.

As shown in FIG. 10, if the image 90 used as the existing background in the place is replaced with the image 91 registered by the user, the screen 92 becomes more familiar and realistic.

Mobile phone configuration diagram Screen transition during dialogue Character string input means Slider input means Date input means Location information registration screen Name and image usage example Examples of using location information Living area Example of using an image as a background

32 Speech balloon display 33 Serif display 34 Button input device on touch panel 36 Character input device on touch panel 38 Slider input device on touch panel 40 Date input device on touch panel 54 Name display on map 81 Name and position of actual place (Matakawa)
82 Name and location of the real place (Nanazawa Forest Park)
83 The name and location of a real place (Super Shinsen)
84 Real place name and location (home)
85 Names and locations of real places (Aisho Ishida Station)
86 Name and position of the actual place (Prefectural Hanedano High School)

Claims (5)

In a device that provides a topic through interaction with a virtual entity such as a character on an information terminal, the user can register name information and / or position information for existing location information. A topic providing apparatus that can use the name and position information registered by the user in the processing related to the place after registration. The topic providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the topic providing apparatus determines when the user has approached the position of the place registered by the user to a distance less than or equal to a distance in the real world, or when the user has left a distance beyond a certain distance. The topic providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the topic providing apparatus determines when the user is closer or further away from the location of the place registered by the user in the real world. The topic providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the topic providing apparatus determines the user's living area on the assumption that the location information of the place registered by the user is the user's living place. The topic providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user can register an image with respect to existing location information, and can use the image registered by the user in the processing related to the location after registration. .

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