JP2003302923A - Information display system and information display method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To display information, it is possible to charge according to the display effect of the information. SOLUTION: A traffic information acquisition unit 101 acquires information on traffic of a person (referred to as “traffic information”), and an information output unit 102 selects information based on the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit 101. The display unit 103 outputs the information output unit 102
Displays the information selectively output at the place where the traffic is obtained by the traffic information acquisition unit 101. If the traffic information includes, for example, the traffic volume of a person, the information output unit 102 selects the information based on the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit 101, and displays the information on the display unit 103. Then, information is displayed according to the traffic volume of the person, and charging can be performed according to the display effect according to the traffic volume.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system, an apparatus and a method for displaying information, and more particularly to a system, an apparatus and a method for displaying information based on information about a person's traffic.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, outdoor advertisement is used to display information. Such outdoor advertisements are usually composed of printed matter, and still images are displayed.

In recent years, a display device has been installed,
It has become popular to display advertisements composed of moving images. Advertising using such a display device is often performed in a place where pedestrian traffic is heavy. In a place with a large amount of pedestrian traffic, a display device is installed on almost the entire wall surface of the building, and in addition to the displayed contents being a moving image, the display device is large, which makes it attractive. .

In the advertisement using such a display device, the advertisement fee is determined based on the average of the traffic of people for each time period. The advertiser decides how many times the advertisement should be displayed in which time zone by considering the advertisement fee for each time zone.

[0005]

However, the average of the traffic volume of people, which is the basis for calculating the advertising fee, often does not match the traffic volume when the advertisement is actually displayed. For example, due to bad weather, there may be less people passing than the average traffic volume. In addition, because the user is holding an umbrella because of rain, or because the sun is strong and holding a parasol, the number of people who do not see the advertisement displayed on the display device may increase the advertisement effect. Despite the fact that the advertising effect may fluctuate depending on the situation when the advertisement is actually displayed in this way, the advertiser
There is a problem of having to pay a predetermined advertising fee.

[0006] Further, although the number of people who carry a mobile terminal typified by a mobile phone has increased, a high advertising effect can be obtained by linking the advertisement displayed on the display device with the information displayed on the mobile terminal. Although it may be obtained, there is a problem that such a thing has not been implemented.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the advertisement effect is paid by paying the advertisement fee according to the advertisement effect, and the advertisement effect is obtained by linking the display device and the mobile terminal. The purpose is to increase.

[0008]

In order to solve this problem, the present invention firstly obtains information about a person's traffic, selects information based on the obtained information, and selects the selected information. There is provided an information display system and method for displaying the information in a place where people are passing.

As a result, the information is displayed at the place where the person actually passes, and it is ensured that the information is transmitted to the person who passes the information. When the information is an advertisement, the advertising effect is surely generated, and the advertiser can pay the advertising fee according to the advertising effect.

In addition, an image of a situation where a person is passing at the place where the information is displayed is taken. This allows
It becomes possible to inform the advertiser of the situation where the information is displayed.

Further, the request from the terminal near the information is displayed, and the information regarding the displayed information is returned to the terminal. As a result, the information displayed on the terminal is linked, and when the information is an advertisement, the advertising effect can be enhanced. Further, by changing the information to be returned to the terminal according to the position of the terminal, for example, it is possible to display information according to the relative positional relationship between the advertised store location and the terminal on the terminal. Become.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to these embodiments and can be implemented in various modes without departing from the scope of the invention.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 illustrates a functional block diagram of an information display system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

(First Embodiment: Structure) In FIG. 1, an information display system 100 includes a traffic information acquisition unit 101.
An information output unit 102 and a display unit 103
And are equipped with.

(Embodiment 1: Traffic information acquisition unit)
The “traffic information acquisition unit” 101 acquires traffic information. Here, the "passage information" is information regarding the passage of people. As the traffic information, for example, the presence / absence of people, the number of people passing by, the direction and speed of movement of people passing, the ratio of people holding an umbrella among those passing by, and the specific number of people passing The percentage of people facing the direction can be mentioned. Further, the traffic information is not limited to the information on the traffic of a walking person, but includes the information on the stationary person and the information on the traffic of a person who is in a train or an automobile.

(Embodiment 1: Method of acquiring traffic information)
There are various methods for acquiring the traffic information.
There is a method in which an infrared sensor is installed to detect when a person approaches. There is also a method of preparing a gate such as an automatic ticket gate and detecting a person who has passed through the gate to acquire traffic information. Alternatively, a place where a person passes may be photographed by a camera, and an image recognition technique may be used to automatically recognize the person and detect the number of persons passing, the direction of passage, and the speed. As a method of image recognition, for example, there is a method in which a skin-colored portion having a certain size or more is regarded as a face. Further, by recognizing, as human eyes, the black dots inside the flesh-colored portion and arranged horizontally, it is possible to obtain the direction in which the human face is facing.

Further, the total weight of the passengers may be obtained from the length of the spring of the train car, and the quotient at the average weight may be calculated to calculate the number of passengers in the car. The traffic information can also be obtained by measuring the traffic volume of the automobile.

(Embodiment 1: Operation of traffic information unit)
FIG. 2 illustrates a flowchart for explaining the operation of the traffic information unit.

In step S201, traffic information is acquired.

In step S202, traffic information is output. The output destination of the traffic information is the information output unit 1
02. The traffic information may be output as a digital signal, for example.

In step S203, it is determined whether or not the operation of the traffic information unit should be ended. If it is to be ended, the operation is ended, and if not, otherwise.
Return to step S201.

(Embodiment 1: Information output unit) The "information output unit" 102 selectively outputs information based on traffic information. The “passage information” here is the passage information output by the passage information acquisition unit 101.

"Selectively outputting information based on traffic information" means selecting information having some causal relationship with the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit and outputting it to the display unit 103. is there. For example, if the number of people passing by is used as the traffic information and the number of people passing by and the information to be selected are associated with each other, select the information associated with the number of people passing by. And output. If the speed of the vehicle is used as the traffic information and the speed of the vehicle and the information are associated with each other, the information associated with the speed of the vehicle is selected and output. This output is performed by, for example, a digital signal.

(First Embodiment: Operation of Information Output Unit)
FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information output unit.

In step S301, waiting is performed until the traffic information is obtained. In FIG.
A so-called busy loop is used to constantly monitor whether or not the traffic information is acquired. However, when the information display unit is realized by a program installed in the computer, for example, a read system call is executed and the traffic information is The operation of the program that realizes the information output unit may be stopped until it is read (the same applies to the flowcharts of the following embodiments).

In step S302, information is selectively output.

In step S303, it is determined whether or not the operation of the information output unit should be ended. If it should be ended, the operation is ended, and if not, otherwise.
Return to step S301.

(Embodiment 1: Display Unit) The "display unit" 103 displays information at a place where a person is passing. The “information” here means information selectively output by the information output unit. The “person” is a person who is related to the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit.

Since the information is displayed on the place where a person is passing by the display unit, when the acquisition of the traffic information to the display of the information is instantaneously performed, the traffic information is acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit. The display unit will be installed in a range that can be seen from the position of the person. In addition, when the traveling information includes the direction and speed of movement of a person, and when the information is displayed after a certain amount of time has elapsed from the acquisition of the traveling information, from the position of the person when the traveling information was acquired, Information is displayed on the display unit installed in a position that can be seen from a distance away from that direction by the distance obtained by multiplying the moving speed of a person by the time from the acquisition of traffic information until the information is displayed. Will be. Note that the number of display units on which information is displayed is not limited to one, and there may be multiple display units. In particular, in accordance with the movement of a person, the display unit installed closest to the person may be selected and information may be displayed on the selected display units one after another.

(Embodiment 1: Operation of display unit) FIG.
3 illustrates a flowchart for explaining the operation of the display unit.

In step S401, waiting is performed until information is acquired. In FIG. 4, a so-called busy loop is used to constantly monitor whether information has been acquired. However, when the display unit is realized by a program installed in the computer, for example, a read system call is executed, The operation of the program realizing the acquisition of the information of the display unit may be stopped until the information is read.

In step S402, the acquired information is displayed at the place where a person is passing.

In step S403, it is determined whether or not the operation of the display unit should be ended, and if it is to be ended, the operation is ended, and if not, in step S403.
Return to 401.

(Embodiment 1: Overall operation) FIG. 5 exemplifies a sequence diagram for explaining from the acquisition of traffic information to the display of the information.

In step S501, the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit is output to the information output unit.

In step S502, information is selectively output by the information output unit that has acquired the traffic information.

In step S503, the display unit that has acquired the information displays the information in a place where a person is passing.

FIG. 5 exemplifies one cycle from the acquisition of the traffic information to the display of the information. Actually, steps S501 to S503 are repeated. In addition, with respect to the output of information once in step S502, step S503 may not be executed only once, but may be displayed multiple times.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 6 illustrates a functional block diagram of an information display system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

(Second Embodiment: Configuration) In the present embodiment, the information display system 600 includes an information server 601 and
A traffic information acquisition device 602 and a display device 603 are provided. As will be described later, the traffic information acquisition device sends traffic information 604 to the information server, and the information server sends information 605 to the display device.

(Second Embodiment: Configuration of Traffic Information Acquisition Device)
FIG. 7 illustrates a functional block diagram of the traffic information acquisition device 602. In FIG. 7, the traffic information acquisition device 700 includes a traffic information acquisition unit 701 and a traffic information output unit 702.

(Embodiment 2: Traffic information acquisition device: Traffic information acquisition section) The "traffic information acquisition section" 701 acquires traffic information which is information relating to a person's traffic. The “passage information” has been described in the first embodiment. Therefore, for example, when the infrared sensor acquires the traffic information, the infrared sensor serves as the traffic information acquisition unit. Further, when the traffic information is acquired from the image captured by the camera, the portion that performs image recognition with the camera serves as the traffic information acquisition unit. When the traffic information is obtained by calculating the number of people in the vehicle from the length of the spring of the train car, the sensor of the spring of the vehicle and the part that calculates the number of people from the sensor It becomes the traffic information acquisition unit. Further, when the traffic information is acquired by measuring the traffic volume of the vehicle, the sensor for measuring the traffic volume of the vehicle and its control device serve as the traffic information acquisition unit.

The "passage information output unit" 702 outputs the pass information acquired by the pass information acquisition unit. The passage information is output as digital information, for example. In the present embodiment, the output destination of the traffic information by the traffic information acquisition unit is
The information server 601. For this output, the traffic information acquisition device and the information server may be connected by an electric communication line. Examples of the "telecommunication line" include a public telephone line and a dedicated telephone line. Further, the traffic information acquisition device and the information server may be connected to each other not only by wire but also by a wireless communication line.

(Second Embodiment: Operation of Traffic Information Acquisition Device)
FIG. 8 exemplifies a flowchart for explaining the operation of the traffic information acquisition device.

In step S801, the traffic information is changed to
It is acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit 701.

In step S802, the traffic information is
The information is output by the traffic information output unit 702.

In step S803, it is determined whether the operation of the traffic information acquisition device should be ended. If it is determined that the operation should be ended, the operation is ended, and if not, the process returns to step S801.

(Second Embodiment: Configuration of Information Server) FIG.
Illustrates a functional block diagram of the information server 601. In FIG. 9, the information server 900 includes an information storage unit 901.
A server traffic information acquisition unit 902 and an information selection unit 903
And an information output unit 904.

(Second Embodiment: Information Server: Information Storage Unit)
The “information storage unit” 901 stores a plurality of information. For example, when the information server is realized by a computer, the information is stored in a hard disk or a memory. The information to be stored may be not only still image data but also moving image data and audio data.

(Embodiment 2: Information server: server traffic information acquisition unit) The "server traffic information acquisition unit" 902 acquires traffic information from the traffic information acquisition device. That is, the traffic information output from the traffic information output unit 702 is output.

(Second Embodiment: Information Server: Information Selection Section)
The “information selection unit” 903 is a server traffic information acquisition unit 902.
The information stored in the information storage unit 901 is selected on the basis of the traffic information acquired in. “Based on traffic information” means that there is some relationship between the selected information and the traffic information acquired by the server traffic information acquisition unit 902. For example, when the traffic information indicates the number of people who pass, the number of people who pass in advance and the information to be selected are associated with each other, and the acquired traffic information is obtained based on the association. The information stored in the information storage unit is selected by.

(Second Embodiment: Information Server: Information Output Unit)
The “information output unit” 904 outputs the information selected by the information selection unit 903. The information output destination is the display device 603.
Is. In order to enable this output, the information output unit and the display device may be connected by an electric communication line. Further, the connection is not limited to wire, but may be connected by a wireless communication line.

(Second Embodiment: Operation of Information Server) FIG.
9 illustrates a flowchart illustrating the operation of the information server in the present embodiment.

In step S1001, the process waits until the traffic information is acquired.

In step S1002, the information stored in the information storage unit is selected based on the acquired traffic information.

In step S1003, the selected information is output.

In step S1004, it is determined whether the operation of the information server should be ended. If it is determined that it should be terminated, the operation is terminated,
Otherwise, the process returns to step S1001.

(Second Embodiment: Structure of Display Device) FIG.
3 illustrates a functional block diagram of the display device 603 in the present embodiment. In FIG. 11, the display device 1100 is
The information acquisition unit 1101 and the display unit 1102 are included.

(Second Embodiment: Display Device: Information Acquisition Unit)
The “information acquisition unit” 1101 acquires the information output from the information server 601. That is, the information output from the information output unit 904 of the information server is acquired.

(Second Embodiment: Display Device: Display Unit) The “display unit” 1102 displays the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1101 at a place where a person is passing. The “place where a person passes” is a place where a person whose passage information is acquired by the passage information acquisition device 602 is a passage place. The display unit has, for example, a display unit, and displays information on it. There are various types of display parts depending on the way people pass. For example, when a person is passing outdoors, it is installed on the wall of the building, and when a person is passing through an underground passage, it is installed on the wall of the underground passage. . In addition, when a person is passing by a vehicle, it may be installed inside the vehicle or may be installed in a place visible from the place where the vehicle is passing.

Further, a speaker or the like may be attached to the display unit so that the sound obtained by reproducing the sound data included in the information output from the information server is output.

(Second Embodiment: Operation of Display Device) FIG.
9 illustrates a flowchart illustrating the operation of the display device according to the present embodiment.

In step S1201, the process waits until information is acquired.

In step S1202, the acquired information is displayed.

In step S1203, it is determined whether to end the operation of the display device. If it is determined that it should be ended, the operation is ended, and if not, the process returns to step S1201.

(Second Embodiment: Overall Operation of Information Display System) FIG. 13 exemplifies a sequence diagram for explaining the overall operation of the information display system in the present embodiment.

In step S1301, the traffic information acquisition device transmits traffic information to the information server.

In step S1302, information is transmitted from the information server to the display device, and this information is displayed on the display device. This information is provided in step S130.
It is information selected based on the traffic information in 1.

FIG. 13 exemplifies one cycle from the acquisition of the traffic information to the display of the information. Actually, steps S1301 and S13
02 and so on are repeated. In addition, step S130
The step S1302 may not be executed only once for each transmission of the traffic information in the step 1, but the step S1302 may be executed a plurality of times.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 14 illustrates a functional block diagram of an information display system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

(Third Embodiment: Configuration) In FIG. 14, an information display system 1400 includes an information server 1401, a traffic information acquisition device 1402, and a display device 1403.

(Third Embodiment: Information Server) FIG. 15 exemplifies a functional block diagram of the information server 1401. Figure 15
In the information server 1500, the information storage unit 1501
And an information output unit 1502.

(Third Embodiment: Information Server: Information Storage Unit)
The “information storage unit” 1501 stores a plurality of information. For example, when the information server is realized by a computer, the information is stored in the hard disk.

(Third Embodiment: Information Server: Information Output Unit)
The “information output unit” 1502 outputs information selected from the information stored in the information storage unit 1501.

The determination of "selected information", that is, the selection of information may be performed by the information server or may be performed by other than the information server.

When the information server is used, the information referred to for selection is output to the information server. In the present embodiment, it is the traffic information acquisition device that will be described later that outputs this information, and the information for selection is traffic information or information obtained from the traffic information.

When the processing is performed by a server other than the information server,
For example, information is selected by the traffic information acquisition device, and the selection result is output from the traffic information acquisition device to the information server.

In the following description, it is assumed that information is selected by the information server and will be described first. That is, the information necessary for selecting the information is sent from the traffic information acquisition device to the information server, and the information is selected based on the information. When information is selected, the selected information itself may be output. Also, information for identifying the selected information, such as the identifier of the selected information, is output, and then information for identifying the selected information is sent to the information server, and the information is output accordingly. It may be output from the department. In the following, description will be given assuming the latter case. In addition, information for identifying the selected information will be referred to as a “selection result”.

(Third Embodiment: Traffic Information Acquisition Device) FIG.
Illustrates a functional block diagram of the traffic information acquisition device 1402. In FIG. 16, the traffic information acquisition device 1600 is
It has a traffic information acquisition unit 1601 and an information selection unit 1602.

(Third Embodiment: Traffic Information Acquisition Device: Traffic Information Acquisition Unit) The "traffic information acquisition unit" 1601 acquires traffic information which is information relating to a person's traffic. That is, the same definition as that of the traffic information acquisition unit 701 in the second embodiment applies.

(Third Embodiment: Traffic Information Acquisition Device: Information Selection Section) The “information selection section” 1602 includes a traffic information acquisition section 16
The information storage unit 15 based on the traffic information acquired in 01.
The information stored in 01 is selected. “Selecting information based on traffic information” means that there is some relationship between the selected information and traffic information. For this reason,
For example, the traffic information may be sent to a device other than the traffic information acquisition device, the information may be selected by a device other than the traffic information acquisition device, and the result of the selection may be sent to the information selection unit.
For example, the traffic information itself acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit or information obtained from the traffic information is sent to the information server, the information server selects the information, and the selection result is returned. Good.

The traffic information acquisition device and the information server are connected by an electric communication line, and an instruction for selecting information is output from the traffic information acquisition device to the information server by this electric communication line. May be.

(Embodiment 3: Operation of traffic information acquisition device)
FIG. 17 exemplifies a flowchart for explaining the operation of the traffic information acquisition device in this embodiment.

In step S1701, traffic information is acquired.

In step S1702, information is selected. That is, the traffic information itself or the information obtained from the traffic information is output to the information server to obtain the selection result.

In step S1703, the selection result is output. The destination of this output is the display device 1403.
For this purpose, the traffic information acquisition device and the information server may be connected by an electric communication line.

In step S1704, it is determined whether the operation of the traffic information acquisition device should be ended. If it is determined that it should be ended, the operation is ended, and if not, the process returns to step S1701.

(Third Embodiment: Display Device) FIG. 18 exemplifies a functional block diagram of the display device 1403. In FIG. 18, the display device 1800 includes an information acquisition unit 1801 and a display unit 1802.

(Third Embodiment: Display Device: Information Acquisition Unit)
The “information acquisition unit” 1801 is a traffic information acquisition device 1600.
The information is acquired based on the information selection in the information selection unit 1602. As described with reference to FIG. 17, since the selection result is output from the traffic information acquisition device, information is requested from the information server based on the selection result, and the information is acquired.

(Third Embodiment: Display Device: Display Unit) A “display unit” 1802 displays the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1801 at a place where a person is passing. The "place where a person passes" is a place where a person whose passage information is acquired by the passage information acquisition device is passing. In addition,
Although it is written that "display", the display unit may output the information as a voice through a speaker or the like.

(Third Embodiment: Operation of Display Device) FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the display device according to the present embodiment.

In step S1901, waiting is performed until the selection result is acquired.

In step S1902, information is acquired based on the acquired selection result. Since the selection result is the information for identifying the selected information accumulated in the information server, by outputting the selection result to the information server,
The selected information can be acquired. For this purpose, the display device and the information server may be connected by an electric communication line.

In step S1903, the acquired information is displayed on the display unit.

In step S1904, it is determined whether the operation of the display device should be ended. If it is determined that it should be ended, the operation is ended, and if not, the process returns to step S1901.

(Third Embodiment: Overall Operation of Information Display System) FIG. 20 exemplifies a sequence diagram for explaining the overall operation of the information display system in the present embodiment.

In step S2001, the traffic information acquisition device outputs the traffic information itself or information obtained from the traffic information to the information server.

In step S2002, information is selected by the information server, and the selection result is output from the information server to the traffic information acquisition device.

In step S2003, step S
The selection result of 2002 is output from the traffic information acquisition device to the display device.

In step S2004, a request for information selected based on the selection result is output from the display device to the information server.

In step S2005, step S
In response to the request output in 2004, the information is output from the information server to the display device.

FIG. 13 exemplifies one cycle from step S2001 to step S2005. Actually, from step S2001 to step S2
The procedure up to 005 is repeated.

(Third Embodiment: When Information Selected by Other Than the Information Server is Determined) In the description of the information output section of the information server, "the" selected information "is determined, that is, the information is selected" , The information server may or may not be executed by the information server. ", And the case where the" selected information "is determined by the information server has been described. Below, a case where the “selected information” is determined by a traffic information acquisition device other than the information server will be described.

(Third Embodiment: Information Server: Information Output Unit (Part 2)) In this case, the information output unit 1502 stores the information selected by the traffic information acquisition device in the information storage unit 1.
By acquiring and outputting from 501, "output the information selected from the information stored in the information storage unit 1501".

(Third Embodiment: Traffic Information Acquisition Device: Information Selection Unit (Part 2)) In this case, the information selection unit 1602
Selects information based on the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit 1601. For example, when the traffic information includes the traffic volume of a person, the information determined according to the traffic volume of the person is selected. Since the information selection unit does not store information, the result of this selection becomes information for identifying information. For example, an identifier of information can be given as an example.

When the information is selected, the traffic information selection section
(1) When outputting the selection result to the display device, (2) When outputting the selection result to the information server, (3) Requesting information specified by the selection result from the information server, and acquiring the information There are three cases: In the case of (1), the display device outputs the selection result output from the traffic information acquisition device to the information server, requests the information, acquires the information, and displays it. In the case of (2), the information server outputs the information specified by the selection result to the display device. In the case of (3), the acquired information is output to the display device, and the information is displayed on the display device.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the traffic information acquisition device in case (3).

In step S2101, traffic information is acquired.

In step S2102, information is selected based on the traffic information.

In step S2103, information is acquired from the information server.

In step S2104, step S
The information acquired in 2103 is output.

In step S2105, it is determined whether the operation of the traffic information acquisition device should be ended. If it is determined that the operation should be ended, the operation is ended. If not, the process returns to step S2101.

(Third Embodiment: Operation of Display Device) FIG.
6 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the display device in the case of (3) above.

In step S2201, the process stands by until information is acquired. That is, the traffic information acquisition device waits until the display device acquires the information after outputting the information in step S2104.

In step S2202, the acquired information is displayed.

In step S2203, it is determined whether the operation of the display device should be ended. If it is determined that it should be ended, the operation is ended, and if not, the process returns to step S2201.

(Third Embodiment: Overall Operation of Information Display System (Part 2)) FIG. 23 exemplifies a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the information display system in this case.

In step S2301, the traffic information acquisition device outputs a request for information selected based on the traffic information.

In step S2302, step S
The information server outputs the information requested in 2301 to the traffic information acquisition device, and the traffic information acquisition device acquires the information.

In step S2303, the information acquired by the traffic information acquisition device is output to the display device.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 24 illustrates a functional block diagram of an information display system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. The feature of this embodiment is that the traffic information 2404 is output from the traffic information acquisition device 2402 to the display device 2403, and the information accumulated in the information server is selected on the display device, and the result 2405 is output from the display device to the information server. Is output to the display device from the information server.

(Fourth Embodiment: Configuration) In FIG. 24, an information display system 2400 includes an information server 2401, a traffic information acquisition device 2402, and a display device 2403.

(Fourth Embodiment: Information Server) FIG. 25 exemplifies a functional block diagram of the information server 2401. Figure 25
In the information server 2500, the information storage unit 2501
And an information output unit 2502.

(Fourth Embodiment: Information Server: Information Storage Unit)
The “information storage unit” 2501 stores a plurality of information. For example, when the information server is realized by a computer, a plurality of pieces of information are stored in the hard disk.

(Fourth Embodiment: Information Server: Information Output Unit)
The information output unit outputs information selected from the information stored in the information storage unit. The "selected information" may be determined, that is, the information may be selected by (1) the information server or (2) other than the information server. Since the case (1) is almost the same as that of the third embodiment, the description will be given below assuming the case (2).

In the present embodiment, the selection of information is performed on the display device 2403 as described later.

(Fourth Embodiment: Traffic Information Acquisition Device) FIG.
Illustrates a functional block diagram of the traffic information acquisition device 2402. In FIG. 26, the traffic information acquisition device 2600 is
Traffic information acquisition unit 2601 and traffic information output unit 2602
And.

(Embodiment 4: Traffic information acquisition device: Traffic information acquisition unit) The "traffic information acquisition unit" 2601 acquires traffic information which is information regarding the traffic of a person. That is, the definition in Embodiment 2 or 3 can be applied.

(Fourth Embodiment: Traffic Information Acquisition Device: Traffic Information Output Unit) The “traffic information output unit” 2602 outputs the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit 2601. This output destination is the display device 2403. Therefore, the traffic information acquisition device and the display device may be connected by an electric communication line.

(Embodiment 4: Operation of traffic information acquisition device)
FIG. 27 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the traffic information acquisition device in this embodiment.

In step S2701, the traffic information acquisition unit acquires traffic information.

In step S2702, the traffic information output unit outputs the traffic information.

In step S2703, it is determined whether or not the operation of the traffic information acquisition device is to be ended. If it is judged that it should be terminated, the operation is terminated,
Otherwise, the process returns to step S2701.

(Fourth Embodiment: Display Device) FIG. 28 exemplifies a functional block diagram of a display device 2403 in the present embodiment. In FIG. 28, the display device 2800 includes a display device traffic information acquisition unit 2801, an information selection unit 2802,
The information acquisition unit 2803 and the display unit 2804 are included.

(Fourth Embodiment: Display Device: Display Device Traffic Information Acquisition Unit) The “display device traffic information acquisition unit” 2801 acquires the traffic information 2404 from the traffic information acquisition device 2402.

(Fourth Embodiment: Display Device: Information Selection Section)
The “information selection unit” 2802 is the display device traffic information acquisition unit 2
The information server 2 based on the traffic information acquired in 801.
The information stored in the information storage unit 401 is selected. “Based on traffic information” means that the result of the selection has some relation to the content of the traffic information. For example, when the traffic information includes the traffic volume of a person and the traffic volume and the information to be selected are associated with each other, the information is selected from the traffic information according to the association.

If the information is specified by the identifier, the identifier for specifying the selected information is output to the information server as a result of the selection. This output corresponds to the selection 2805 in FIG. Therefore, the display device and the information server may be connected by an electric communication line.

(Fourth Embodiment: Display Device: Information Acquisition Unit)
The “information acquisition unit” 2803 acquires the information selected by the information selection unit 2802. For example, when the information selecting unit 2802 outputs the identifier for specifying the selected information to the information server and the information server correspondingly outputs the selected information as described above, the output information is acquired.

Further, the information selection unit does not output the identifier for specifying the selected information to the information server, but outputs the identifier to the information acquisition unit, and the information acquisition unit outputs the identifier to the information server. The information output from the information server may be acquired correspondingly.

(Fourth Embodiment: Display Device: Display Unit) A “display unit” 2804 is a unit for displaying the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 2803 at the place where the person is passing. The "person" is a person whose traffic information is acquired by the traffic information acquisition device.

(Fourth Embodiment: Operation of Display Device) FIG.
9 illustrates a flowchart illustrating the operation of the display device.

In step S2901, waiting is performed until the traffic information is acquired.

In step S2902, the information selecting section selects information. The selected result may be output to the information server by the information selection unit, or may be output to the information acquisition unit and output from the information acquisition unit to the information server.

In step S2903, the information acquisition section acquires the selected information.

In step S2904, the display section displays the information.

[0146] In step S2905, it is determined whether the operation of the display device should be ended. If it is determined that it should be ended, the operation is ended, and if not, the process returns to step S2901.

(Fourth Embodiment: Operation of Entire Information Display System) FIG. 30 is a sequence diagram for explaining the entire operation of the information display system in the present embodiment.

In step S3001, the traffic information is output from the traffic information acquisition device to the display device.

In step S3002, the result of the selection of information on the display device is output from the display device to the information server.

In step S3003, the selected information is output from the information server to the display device.

After step S3003, information is displayed by the display device.

Note that FIG. 30 shows one cycle from the acquisition of traffic information to the display of information, and in reality, steps S3001 to S3003 are repeatedly executed.

(Fifth Embodiment) In the first to fourth embodiments, the information accumulated in the information server and displayed on the display device may be an advertisement.

An advertisement is information that should be widely known to people in the world. Typical examples of advertisements include commercial advertisements that encourage the use of products and services. In such commercial advertisements, the advertisement provider usually pays a fee according to the predicted number of people who see the advertisement and the predicted value of the advertising effect such as the degree of prediction that the advertisement is noticed. On the other hand, in the first to fourth embodiments, since the advertisement is selected and displayed based on the traffic information, the advertisement provider pays the advertisement fee according to the actual advertising effect calculated from the traffic information. Become. For example, if the traffic information includes the traffic volume of a person, it is determined that the advertising effect is obtained according to the traffic volume, and the advertising fee is determined.

[0155] Also, unlike the case where the same commercial is broadcast at the same time as in a television commercial, since the advertisement is selected and displayed according to the traffic information, different advertisements are displayed even at the same time. Will be. Therefore, the viewer of the advertisement will not be tired of it, and the advertising effect can be enhanced.

(Sixth Embodiment) FIG. 31 exemplifies a functional block diagram of an information server of an information display system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the second embodiment
The information server further includes a selection condition holding unit 3105.

(Sixth Embodiment: Information Server: Selection Condition Holding Unit) The “selection condition holding unit” 3105 holds selection conditions. The "selection condition" is an association between an index for selecting information and, for example, an identifier for specifying information. An example of the selection condition has a relationship with the traffic information when the information is selected. For example, when the passage information includes the direction of a person passing by, the direction is associated with the information to be selected, and the association is held by the selection condition holding unit.

As examples of other selection conditions, the time for which information is selected, the period for which information is selected, the weather for which information is selected, the time elapsed since the information was selected last time, and other information are selected. There is time elapsed since the start.

By setting the time when information is selected as a selection condition, for example, at lunch time, it is possible to provide information on a place to eat. Also, at midnight, it is possible to provide information on the time of the last train.

By using the period for which information is selected as a selection condition, it is possible to determine a period with the information provider and make a contract for displaying information.

By setting the weather for which information is selected as a selection condition, for example, during rain, it is possible to display an advertisement for a rainwear store or an advertisement for an indoor entertainment facility.

By using the elapsed time since the information was selected last time as a selection condition, it is possible to prevent the same advertisement from being repeatedly displayed without waiting time.

By setting the elapsed time since the selection of other information as the selection condition, it becomes possible to avoid continuous advertisement of competing products or services.

When the information server is realized by a computer, the selection condition can be stored in, for example, a table managed by the database management system. An index for selection is stored in one column, and an identifier for identifying information is stored in another column.

(Embodiment 6: Information Server: Information Selection Section)
In the present embodiment, the information selection unit 3103 selects information according to the conditions held in the selection condition holding unit 3105. For example, when the selection condition is stored as a table in the selection condition holding unit, necessary information is extracted from the traffic information, and the information suitable for it is selected.

(Embodiment 7) FIG. 32 illustrates a functional block diagram of a traffic information acquisition device of an information display system according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention. In this embodiment, the traffic information acquisition device of the third embodiment further includes a selection condition holding unit 3203.

(Seventh Embodiment: Traffic Information Acquisition Device: Selection Condition Holding Unit) The “selection condition holding unit” 3203 holds selection conditions. As described in the sixth embodiment, the “selection condition” is an association between an index for selecting information and, for example, an identifier for specifying information. An example of the selection condition has a relationship with the traffic information when the information is selected. For example, when the passage information includes the direction of a person passing by, the direction is associated with the information to be selected, and the association is held by the selection condition holding unit.

As examples of other selection conditions, the time for which information is selected, the period for which information is selected, the weather for which information is selected, the elapsed time since the last selection of information, and other information are selected. There is time elapsed since the start.

When the traffic information acquisition device is realized by a computer, the selection condition can be stored in, for example, a table managed by the database management system. An index for selection is stored in one column, and an identifier for identifying information is stored in another column.

(Seventh Embodiment: Traffic Information Acquisition Device: Information Selection Unit) In this embodiment, the information selection unit 3202 selects information according to the conditions held in the selection condition holding unit 3203. For example, when the selection condition is stored as a table in the selection condition holding unit, necessary information is extracted from the traffic information, and the information suitable for it is selected.

(Embodiment 8) FIG. 33 illustrates a functional block diagram of a display device of an information display system according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the display device of the fourth embodiment further includes a selection condition holding unit 3307.

(Embodiment 8: Display device: Selection condition holding unit) "Selection condition holding unit" 3307 holds selection conditions. The “selection condition” is, as described in the sixth or seventh embodiment, a condition in which an index for selecting information and an identifier for specifying information are associated with each other. An example of the selection condition has a relationship with the traffic information when the information is selected. For example, when the passage information includes the direction of a person passing by, the direction is associated with the information to be selected, and the association is held by the selection condition holding unit.

As examples of other selection conditions, the time for which information is selected, the period for which information is selected, the weather for which information is selected, the time elapsed since the information was selected last time, and other information are selected. There is time elapsed since the start.

When the display device is realized by a computer, the selection condition can be stored in, for example, a table managed by the database management system. One column stores the selection conditions that are selection conditions (time for which information is selected, time period for which information is selected, weather for which information is selected, elapsed time since last selection, etc.) The identifier for identifying the information is stored in the column.

(Embodiment 8: Display Device: Information Selection Section) In this embodiment, the information selection section 3302 selects information according to the conditions held in the selection condition holding section 3307. For example, when the selection condition is stored as a table in the selection condition holding unit, necessary information is extracted from the traffic information, and the information suitable for it is selected.

(Ninth Embodiment) FIG. 34 illustrates a functional block diagram of an information display system according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, in the information display system according to the second or third embodiment, the traffic information acquisition device 3402 outputs the traffic information 3401 to the information server 2401 by wireless communication, and the information server 3401 wirelessly communicates to the traffic information acquisition device 3402. The information is output by.

Since the traffic information acquisition device is often installed in a place where people pass, it is often difficult to output the traffic information by wired communication. Therefore, wireless communication is used in this embodiment. I did it. Since the traffic information acquisition device and the display device are often installed in a short distance, information is output from the information server to the display device via the traffic information acquisition device.

(Embodiment 9: Configuration of traffic information acquisition device)
In this embodiment, the traffic information acquisition device 3402 includes a traffic device information acquisition unit 3404 and a traffic device information output unit 34.
Further has 05.

Further, the traffic information output unit 3406 outputs the traffic information by wireless communication.

(Embodiment 9: Traffic information acquisition device: Traffic device information acquisition unit) The "traffic device information acquisition unit" 3404 acquires the information 3409 output from the information server 3401 by wireless communication.

(Embodiment 9: Passing information acquisition device: Passing device information output unit) The "passing device information output unit" 2405 outputs the information acquired by the passing device information obtaining unit. The output destination is the display device 3403.

(Ninth Embodiment: Configuration of Information Server) The information server 3401 further includes a server traffic information acquisition unit 3408.

(Embodiment 9: Information server: Server traffic information acquisition unit) The "server traffic information acquisition unit" 3406 acquires the traffic information 3401 output from the traffic information output unit 3401 of the traffic information acquisition device by wireless communication. .

(Embodiment 9: Information server: Information output unit)
The information output unit 3407 also outputs information to the traffic device information acquisition unit of the traffic information acquisition device 3402 by wireless communication. As a result, it becomes possible to output the information to the display device via the traffic information acquisition device.

(Embodiment 10) In Embodiments 2 to 4, the number of traffic information acquisition devices is not limited, but there may be a plurality of traffic information acquisition devices.

By using a plurality of traffic information acquisition devices, it is possible to improve the accuracy of traffic information and obtain traffic information of people who travel from various directions.

(Embodiment 11) In Embodiments 2 to 4, there may be a plurality of display devices. Since there are a plurality of display devices, different information can be displayed on the plurality of display devices, so that the information can be displayed in multiple directions. Further, by displaying one piece of information on a plurality of display devices, it is possible to display information in a large display size. Further, by selecting and displaying the display device in the direction in which people pass, it is possible to prevent unnecessary display of information.

(Twelfth Embodiment) In the second to fourth embodiments, there may be a plurality of information servers. Since there are a plurality of information servers, the information server can be installed in a “close” location to the information provider, and information can be updated easily. "Near" here means not only physical distance,
The logical distance, for example, the size of the capacity of the communication line between the information provider and the information server may be taken into consideration. In this case, it is assumed that the larger the capacity of the communication line, the closer to the logical.

Since there are a plurality of information servers,
It becomes possible to back up in case of failure of the information server.

(Embodiment 13) In Embodiments 2 to 4, there may be a plurality of traffic information acquisition devices and a plurality of display devices. In this case, the number of traffic information acquisition devices and the number of display devices may or may not be the same.

Since there are a plurality of traffic information acquisition devices and a plurality of display devices, it is possible to select the optimum display device for displaying information based on the traffic information acquired by a certain traffic information acquisition device. .

(Fourteenth Embodiment) In the second to fourth embodiments, there may be a plurality of traffic information acquisition devices, a plurality of information servers, and a plurality of display devices. in this case,
The numbers may be the same or different.

According to such an embodiment, the tenth embodiment
Nos. 12 to 12 can be obtained.

(Fifteenth Embodiment) In addition, in the twelfth or thirteenth embodiment, the display device may have a display selection unit.

FIG. 35 exemplifies a functional block diagram of the display device according to the present embodiment, and the information selection section 3502.
Exists between the information acquisition unit 3501 and the display unit 3503.

The "display selection section" selects which information server outputs the information to be displayed on the display section. This selection may be made based on, for example, the time, date and time, weather, traffic information, and which information server output the information being displayed.

The presence of the display selection section makes it possible to select the output information even when the information is output from a plurality of information servers at the same time.

(Embodiment 16) Embodiments 11 and 1
In any one of 3 and 14, the display device may be associated with the display installation identification information. The “display installation identification information” is information that identifies the installation location of the display device.
For example, the latitude / longitude of the place where the display device is installed, the place name, the lot number, or the like.

In this case, the information selection section selects information according to the display installation identification information. For example, the display installation identification information and the statistical information of the types of shops around the installation location are associated with each other, and the information suitable for the surrounding shops is selected.

With this embodiment, the information suitable for the installation location of the display device is selected and displayed.

(Embodiment 17) Embodiments 10 and 1
In any one of 3 and 14, the traffic information acquisition device may be associated with the traffic information acquisition installation identification information.
“Traffic information acquisition installation identification information” is information that identifies the installation location of the traffic information acquisition device. For example, the latitude / longitude of the installation location of the traffic information acquisition device, a place name, a lot number, and the like.

In this case, the information selection unit selects information according to the traffic information acquisition / installation identification information. For example, the traffic information acquisition / installation identification information is associated with the surrounding situation of the installation location, and information suitable for the surrounding situation is selected. For example, when the traffic information is acquired from the traffic information acquisition device installed in a place where people pass toward the station, the information selection unit selects the train operation information. Further, when the traffic information is obtained from the traffic information acquisition device installed in a place where a person passes through the baseball field, the information selection unit selects the progress of the baseball.

According to such an embodiment, it becomes possible to select and display information appropriate for a passing person.

(Embodiment 18) FIG. 36 illustrates a functional block diagram of an information display system according to Embodiment 18 of the present invention. The present embodiment is based on the second to fourth embodiments, in which the traffic information acquisition device 3602 locally accumulates information and outputs the information to the display device 3603 for display. As an example of the information accumulated locally, there is information to inform the public when a disaster occurs, for example, a blame route.

(Embodiment 18: Traffic information acquisition device) A traffic information acquisition device 3602 in this embodiment is a local information storage unit 3604 and an output judgment information acquisition unit 3605.
An output determination unit 3606 and a local information output unit 360
7 is further included.

(Embodiment 18: Traffic information acquisition device: Local information storage unit) "Local information storage unit" 3604
Accumulate information. Information is stored in the same manner as the information storage unit of the information server. One piece of information may be stored, or a plurality of pieces of information may be stored. When the traffic information acquisition device is realized by a computer, it may be realized by a hard disk, a flash memory, or the like.

(Embodiment 18: Traffic information acquisition device: Output determination information acquisition section) "Output determination information acquisition section" 3605
Acquires output determination information, which is information for determining whether to output the information accumulated in the local information accumulating unit 3604 to the display device 3603. "Information for output judgment"
Examples of traffic flow include the volume of people passing, the magnitude of earthquake sway, and the water depth during floods.

(Embodiment 18: Traffic information acquisition device: Output determination section) The "output determination section" 3606 is stored in the local information storage section based on the output determination information acquired by the output determination information acquisition section 3605. It is determined whether the information is output to the display device 3603 or not. For example, when the output judgment information is the magnitude of the shaking of the earthquake, it is judged that the information is output if the shaking exceeds a certain level.

[0209] The result of the judgment is the local information output section 360.
It is output to 7. Instead of outputting the determination result, the information stored in the local information storage unit may be output to the local information output unit. Also, based on the output determination information acquired by the output determination information acquisition unit,
Information may be selected from the local information storage unit and output to the local information output unit.

(Embodiment 18: Traffic information acquisition device: Local information output unit) [Local information output unit] 3607
When the determination result of the output determination unit 3606 is the determination result of outputting the information to the display device, the information is output to the display device.

When the information stored in the local information storage unit is output to the local information output unit instead of the output determination unit outputting the determination result, the information output from the output determination unit is output.

(Embodiment 18: Display Device) In a display device 3603 according to this embodiment, an information acquisition unit 3608 has a local information acquisition means 3609.

(Embodiment 18: Display device: local information acquisition means) The "local information acquisition means" 3609 acquires the information 3611 output from the local information output unit 3607 of the traffic information acquisition device 3602.

(Embodiment 18: Display device: Display unit) In the present embodiment, the display unit 3610 preferentially displays the information acquired by the local information acquisition means 3609. “Preferentially” means that if there is information displayed when the local information acquisition means acquires the information, the display of that information is interrupted and the acquired information is displayed on the local information acquisition means. .

(Embodiment 18: Effects) According to the information display system of the present embodiment, for example, it is possible to display appropriate information when a disaster occurs. For example, when the surrounding area where the traffic information acquisition device is installed is in a state where it cannot pass, the traffic information display device can display information that the surrounding area cannot pass and bypasses another passage. .

(Embodiment 19) FIG. 37 illustrates a functional block diagram of a display device of an information display system according to Embodiment 19 based on Embodiments 2 to 4 of the present invention. Like the eighteenth embodiment, the present embodiment is for locally accumulating and displaying information in preparation for a disaster, for example. The difference from the eighteenth embodiment is that information is locally stored in the display device.

(Embodiment 19: Configuration) In the present embodiment, the display device 3700 includes a local information storage unit 3701.
An output determination information acquisition unit 3702 and a display determination unit 37
03 and a local information display unit 3704.

(Embodiment 19: Local information storage section)
The “local information storage unit” 3701 stores information.
One piece of information may be stored, or a plurality of pieces of information may be stored. For example, when the display device is realized by a computer, it is possible to store information in the hard disk. It can also be stored in memory.

(Embodiment 19: Output determination information acquisition section)
The “output determination information acquisition unit” 3702 acquires output determination information, which is information for determining whether to display the information stored in the local information storage unit 3701 on the display unit 3705 or not. Examples of "output judgment information" are the traffic volume of people, the magnitude of earthquake shaking, the depth of water during a flood,
There is a temperature around when there is a fire.

(Embodiment 19: Display judging unit) A "display judging unit" 3703 displays the information accumulated in the local information accumulating unit 3701 on the basis of the output judging information acquired by the output judging information acquiring unit 3705. Or not to display. For example, in the case where the output judgment information is the magnitude of the shaking of the earthquake, it is judged that the information is displayed if the shaking exceeds a certain level. In addition, if it is a traffic volume of a person, it is determined that the information is displayed when the traffic volume exceeds a certain amount. When a plurality of information is stored in the local information storage unit, the information may be selected based on the output determination information.

(Embodiment 19: Local information display section)
The “local information display unit” 3704 is the display determination unit 370.
When the determination result in 3 is the determination result that the information is displayed on the display unit 3705, the information is displayed on the display unit 3705. In this case, the information stored in the local information storage unit may be preferentially displayed.

(Embodiment 19: Effect) According to the present embodiment, for example, it is possible to display appropriate information when a disaster occurs. For example, since a fire has occurred around the display device, it is possible to display information indicating that the user should not approach.

(Embodiment 20) Embodiment 20 of the present invention
Is a form in which the information display system according to the second to fourth embodiments further includes a photographing device.

The "photographing device" acquires an image of a situation where a person is passing through the place where the information is displayed. The "place where information is displayed" is the place where the information is displayed by the display device. Further, “acquiring an image” means acquiring by capturing an image. The image is acquired by, for example, a CCD camera.

The photographing device may be attached to the display device or installed in a close position. Further, if an image of a situation where a person who can see the information displayed by the display device is passing can be acquired, it may be installed at a place away from the display device.

Further, the image acquired by the photographing device may be a still image or a moving image. Further, the image capturing device may acquire a voice of a situation where a person is passing by using a microphone or the like.

By further equipping the photographing device in this way, it is possible to know the situation in which the information is displayed. Especially when the information is an advertisement, a clue to know the advertisement effect can be obtained.

(Embodiment 21) FIG. 38 illustrates a functional block diagram of an information display system according to Embodiment 38 of the present invention. The embodiment is based on the twentieth embodiment,
The information display system 3800 includes an information server 3801,
A traffic information acquisition device 3802, a display device 3803, and a photographing device 3813 are provided.

In this embodiment, the information server is provided with information (referred to as "transmission information") as to whether or not an image of a situation in which a person is passing by the image capturing device is captured while the information is being displayed by the display device. The image capturing apparatus stores the image according to the transmission information, and transmits the image.

(Twenty-first Embodiment: Information Server) In this embodiment, the information server 3801 includes a transmission information management section 38.
04, and the transmission information output means 3 is provided in the information output unit 3805.
806.

(Twenty-first Embodiment: Information Server: Transmission Information Management Unit) The “transmission information management unit” 3804 stores the information stored in the information storage unit in association with the transmission information indicating the presence or absence of image transmission. For example, when the information stored in the information storage unit is identified by an identifier called an information identifier, the transmission information management unit stores a table associating the information identifier with the transmission information indicating the presence or absence of transmission as shown in FIG. Will be done.

The transmission information may include not only the presence / absence of image transmission but also the image transmission destination (eg, host name, IP address, electronic mail address).

(Twenty-first Embodiment: Information Server: Transmission Information Output Means) The “transmission information output means” 3806 stores transmissions associated with information in the transmission information management section 3804 when the information output section outputs information. Output information. Here, “information” refers to information that is stored in the information storage unit and output by the information output unit. In this case, the transmission information is
It is output in association with the information. For example, when the information is identified by the identifier, the transmission information is output together with the identifier of the information.

The transmission information output when the information output unit outputs information may be transmission information associated with information or may be transmission information associated with other information. For example, it may be transmission information associated with information to be transmitted next.

(Twenty-first Embodiment: Display Device) In this embodiment, the display device 3803 has a transmission information acquisition means 3808 in the information acquisition unit 3807 and further an image transmission information output unit 3809.

(Twenty-first Embodiment: Display Device: Transmission Information Acquisition Means) The “transmission information acquisition means” 3808 is an information acquisition unit 3
The transmission information output by the transmission information output unit is acquired in association with the information acquired by 807.

(Twenty-first Embodiment: Display Device: Image Transmission Information Output Unit) The “image transmission information output unit” 3809 outputs the transmission information acquired in association with the information displayed on the display unit. The transmission information is for transmitting an image of a situation where a person is passing through the place where the information is displayed, so that the transmission information is output while the information is displayed on the display unit. Alternatively, the transmission information may be output together with the time when the information is displayed on the display unit.

(Twenty-first Embodiment: Photographing Device) In the present embodiment, the photographing device 3813 includes an image transmission information acquisition unit 38.
11 and an image transmitting unit 3812.

(Twenty-first Embodiment: Imaging Device: Image Transmission Information Acquisition Unit) The “image transmission information acquisition unit” 3811 acquires the transmission information output from the image transmission information output unit 3809.

(Embodiment 21: Photographing apparatus: Image transmission section)
The “image transmission unit” 3812 is the image transmission information acquisition unit 381.
The captured image is transmitted based on the transmission information acquired in 1. That is, if the transmission information does not require the transmission of the image, the captured image is not transmitted. On the contrary, if the transmission information is to transmit the image, the captured image is transmitted.

When the transmission information includes the time when the information is displayed on the display unit, the image taken at that time is transmitted. If the transmission information does not include the time at which the information is displayed, the image transmission information acquisition unit transmits the image when the transmission information is acquired or when a predetermined time has elapsed from that time.

If the transmission information includes the transmission destination, the image is transmitted to the transmission destination.

(Twenty-first Embodiment: Overall Operation of Information Display System) FIG. 40 is a sequence diagram for explaining the overall operation of the information display system in the present embodiment.

Steps S4001 and S4002
At, the information and the transmission information are output from the information server to the display device.

At step S4003, the transmission information is
Output from the display device to the imaging device.

When information is displayed on the display device in step S4004, shooting is performed in the shooting device in step S4005.

In step S4006, the photographed image is output from the photographing device as needed.

Note that FIG. 40 shows one cycle from the output of information from the information server to the transmission of images from the photographing device, and steps S4001 to S4.
The procedure up to 006 is repeated.

(Twenty-first Embodiment: Effect) According to the information display system of the present embodiment, it is possible to specify whether or not a picture is taken of a situation where a person is passing through the place where the information is displayed. If the information is an advertisement, the photographed image can be provided to an advertiser who wants to know the advertising effect.

(Embodiment 22) FIG. 41 illustrates a functional block diagram of an information display system according to Embodiment 22 of the present invention. In the present embodiment, Embodiments 2 to 4
Based on the above, the request from the terminal is accepted, and the information regarding the information displayed on the display device is returned to the terminal.

(Embodiment 22: Configuration) The information display system of this embodiment is based on Embodiments 2 to 4 and further has an information reply device 4106.

The information replying device 4106 has a request receiving section 41.
09 and the information reply part 4110.

(Embodiment 22: Information replying device: Request accepting unit) A “request accepting unit” 4109 is a request 4111 from a terminal 4108 in a closed area including the installation place of the display device 4103.
Accept. The “closed area” is an area that includes a plurality of facilities that are purposefully located. For example, it is an area including a shopping street and an area including a place of a complex living environment located for the purpose of approaching work and living. The “terminal in the closed area” is a terminal existing in the closed area.

Further, examples of the terminal include a personal computer, a mobile phone, a PDA having a communication function, and the like.

Further, the request 4111 may be output from the terminal to the request receiving section by a person carrying the terminal operating a button or the like, or the request may be issued when the terminal comes to a specific position. It may be output. For this purpose, a wireless tag or the like may be installed in the closed area to notify the terminal of the current position. Alternatively, the terminal may detect the position by using the global positioning system.

(Embodiment 22: Information replying device: Information replying unit) "Information replying unit" 4110 stores terminal provision information in terminal 4
Reply to 108. “Terminal provision information” means request 411
1 is information relating to the information displayed on the display unit 4103 when 1 is received by the request receiving unit 4109. Therefore, it may be the information itself displayed on the display unit 4103 or information related to the displayed information. For example, it may be music or voice information related to the displayed information.

When the terminal detects the position, the terminal-provided information may be returned to the terminal according to the position of the terminal. For example, when the display device is displaying an advertisement for a store, the distance from the position where the terminal exists to the store is included in the terminal provision information depending on the relative position of the terminal and the store, The provided information may include information for guiding a route from the position where the terminal exists to the shop.

(Embodiment 22: Mode of communication between request accepting unit and terminal) As a mode of communication between the request accepting unit and terminal, a communication method using a near field wireless link or a portable terminal may be used. Good. The “proximity wireless link” is a means of relatively short-distance wireless communication, such as Bluetooth or infrared communication. The "communication method using a mobile terminal" is a communication method for PHS and mobile phones, and generally enables communication over a longer distance than a nearby wireless link.

(Embodiment 22: Effects) According to the present embodiment, since the information regarding the information displayed on the display device is provided to the terminal, it is possible to provide the information in multiple ways.

(Embodiment 23) FIG. 42 illustrates a functional block diagram of an information display system according to Embodiment 23 of the present invention. In this embodiment, the information reply device of the information display system of the twenty-second embodiment further includes a request history information management unit 4213.

The "request history information management section" 4213 manages request history information. The “request history information” is the request 421 from the terminal 4208 received by the request receiving unit 4209.
This is information regarding the history of 1. Therefore, the request history information may be a history of requests from the terminal, or may be a history of information displayed on the display device 4203 when the request from the terminal is accepted. Further, it may be a history of the terminal-provided information returned in response to the request.

When the information reply device is realized by a computer, the request history information can be managed by storing the request history information by using a database management system.

(Twenty-third Embodiment: Effect) According to such an embodiment, by managing the history of request history information and processing the history, for example, when what information is displayed from the terminal You can know if there are many requests. As a result, a clue for estimating the degree of attention for each information can be obtained.

(Embodiment 24) FIG. 43 illustrates a functional block diagram of an information server according to Embodiment 24 of the present invention. In the information server 4300 of this embodiment, the information servers of the information display systems of the second to twenty-third embodiments are the display history information acquisition unit 4302 and the display effect information acquisition unit 4301.
And are further provided.

(Twenty-fourth Embodiment: Information Server: Display History Information Acquisition Unit) The “display history information acquisition unit” 4302 acquires the display history information 4304. "Display history information" 4304
Is information relating to the history of display of information on the display device. Since it is "information regarding the history of information display", it may be the history of information display on the display device,
It may be information related to it. In FIG. 43, the display history information 4304 is acquired from outside the information server, but it can be acquired inside the information server, such as the history of information output from the information server to the display device. May be

(Twenty-fourth Embodiment: Information Server: Display Effect Information Acquisition Unit) The “display effect information acquisition unit” 4301 acquires display effect information. The “display effect information” is information indicating the degree of information displayed to passers-by based on the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit and the display history information acquired by the display history information acquisition unit. is there. For example, when the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit of the traffic information acquisition device includes information on the traffic volume of a person, from the traffic information and the display history information acquired by the display history information acquisition unit. , Information indicating how many times the information was displayed when a number of people were passing through. The simplest way to obtain the display effect information is to calculate the product of the traffic volume of the person and the displayed time of the information.

When the traffic information includes the speed at which a person can pass, the display effect information can be obtained from the speed. That is, since the dynamic visual acuity, which is the degree of recognition of an object that moves relative to a person, is inversely related to the speed, the rate at which displayed information can be recognized as the speed at which a person travels increases. Is used to acquire the display effect information.

Also, the display effect information can be obtained depending on the direction in which a person passes. For example, when a person passes through the display unit of the display device, he is looking at the display on the display unit, but when a person passes in the direction away from the display unit, he is not looking at the display unit. There is no display effect.

The display effect information may be acquired from outside the information server, as shown in FIG. In this case, for example, the display device acquires the traffic information from the traffic information acquisition device, calculates the display effect information from the display of the traffic information and the information on the display unit, and outputs it to the information server.

The display effect information may be calculated inside the information server. In this case, the information server acquires the traffic information from the traffic information acquisition device, and calculates the display effect information from the display history information acquired by the display effect information acquisition unit 4302.

FIG. 44 shows the display effect information acquisition unit 4 when the display history information includes the identifier of the information displayed on the display unit.
An example is illustrated in which the display effect information acquired in 301 is stored in association with the identifier obtained from the display history information acquired by the display history information acquisition unit. In FIG. 44, the display effect information is the product of the traffic volume of a person and the time when the information is displayed.

(Embodiment 24: Effects) According to this embodiment, it is possible to obtain the display effect information of the displayed information,
It is possible to charge for the display of information according to the display effect information. As a result, the information provider pays according to the actual display effect of the information, and wasteful expenses can be suppressed.

(Embodiment 25) Embodiment 25 of the present invention
Is an information display method. The information display method of the present embodiment is a method including an information storage step, a traffic information acquisition step, an information selection step, and a display step.

(Twenty-fifth Embodiment: Description of Each Step) The "information storage step" is a step of storing information. The information accumulated in this step may be one or plural.

[0275] The "passing information acquisition step" is a step of obtaining the passing information which is information relating to the passage of a person. The "passage information" has already been described in the first embodiment.

The "information selecting step" is a step of selecting the information accumulated in the information accumulating step based on the traffic information acquired in the traffic information acquiring step.

The "display step" is a step of displaying the information selected in the information selecting step.

Embodiment 25: For example, the method of this embodiment is used in Embodiment 2. Therefore, the method of this embodiment can be used by the information display system in Embodiments 1 to 4. For example, in the information display system according to the second embodiment, the information storage unit of the information server executes the information storage step, the traffic information acquisition unit of the traffic information acquisition device executes the traffic information acquisition step, and the information selection unit of the information server The information selection step is executed, and the display unit of the display device executes the display step.

(Twenty-fifth Embodiment: Use of Telecommunications Line) In the present embodiment, the passage information acquired in the passage information acquisition step is transmitted through the telecommunications line so that information can be selected in the information selection step. The traffic information used is received through the telecommunication line, the information selected in the information selection step is transmitted through the telecommunication line, and the information displayed in the display step is that received through the telecommunication line. May be. In this case, for example, in the second embodiment, the traffic information acquisition device and the information server, and the information server and the display device may be connected by an electric communication line.

(Twenty-sixth Embodiment) Further, the information display method of the twenty-fifth embodiment may include a display history information acquisition step and a display effect information acquisition step.

(Twenty-sixth Embodiment: Description of Each Step) "Display history information acquisition step" is a step of acquiring display history information which is information relating to display of information in the display step.

The “display effect information acquisition step” means the degree of display of information to passers-by based on the traffic information acquired in the traffic information acquisition step and the display history information acquired in the display history information acquisition step. Is a step of acquiring display effect information that is information indicating

(Embodiment 26: This embodiment and Embodiment 2)
Therefore, the method of this embodiment is the method used in the information server in the twenty-fourth embodiment. That is, the display history information acquisition step is executed by the display history information acquisition section 4302, and the display effect information acquisition step is executed by the display effect information acquisition section 4301.

(Twenty-sixth Embodiment: When Information is Advertised)
In this embodiment, the information may be an advertisement. In this case, the information display method of the present embodiment may further include an advertisement fee calculation step of calculating an advertisement fee based on the display effect information acquired in the display effect information acquisition step. For example, based on the display effect information, when an advertisement having a high display effect is displayed, calculation is performed so that a high advertisement fee is added accordingly.

(Twenty-Seventh Embodiment) The information display method of the twenty-fifth embodiment may further include a request receiving step and an information returning step.

(Twenty-Seventh Embodiment: Description of Each Step) The "request receiving step" is a step of receiving a request from a terminal within a closed area including the place where the display by the display step is performed.

The "information returning step" is a step of returning the terminal-provided information, which is the information related to the information displayed by the displaying step when the request is accepted, to the terminal based on the request.

(Embodiment 27: This embodiment and Embodiment 2)
Therefore, the method of this embodiment is a method used in the information display system of the twenty-second embodiment. That is, the request reception step is executed by the request reception unit 4109, and the information reply step is executed by the information reply unit 4110.

(Twenty-seventh Embodiment: Including Request History Information Management Step) The information display method according to the present embodiment may include a request history information management step.

The "request history information management step" is a step of managing the request history information which is information relating to the history from the terminal accepted in the request acceptance step.

Therefore, the method including the request history information management step in the information display method of this embodiment is the method used in the information display system of the twenty-third embodiment. That is, the request history information management step is executed by the request history information management unit 4213.

(Embodiment 28) The image display step may be included in the information display method of Embodiment 25.

(Twenty-eighth Embodiment: Image Transmission Step) The “image transmission step” means that a person is passing to a destination associated with the information displayed in the display step at the place where the information is displayed. Is a step of transmitting an image obtained by photographing. This image may be a still image or a moving image.

[0294] Also, the sound obtained by a microphone or the like from the situation where a person is passing may be transmitted together with the image or separately from the image.

(Embodiment 28: Relationship with Embodiment 21)
Therefore, the information display method of the present embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment.
In the information display system of No. 1, it is a method used when the destination of the image is associated with the information displayed on the display device.

As a method of associating the destination of the image with the information displayed on the display device, the transmission information output means 380 can be used.
6, information is identified, for example, an identifier and transmission information,
There is a method of storing the image in association with the transmission destination. In this case, if the transmission destination of the image is associated with the transmission information output from the information server to the display device and the transmission information output from the display device to the imaging device, the image transmission unit 3812 transmits the image. You can get the destination.

[0297]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to charge the information provider according to the information display effect. In addition, by displaying information related to the displayed information on the terminal, it is possible to present information in multiple ways.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an information display system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the traffic information acquisition unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the information output unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the display unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the information display system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the information display system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of a traffic information acquisition device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the traffic information acquisition device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of an information server according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the information server according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram of the display device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the display device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the information display system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram of the information display system according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram of an information server according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram of a traffic information acquisition device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the traffic information acquisition device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a functional block diagram of a display device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the display device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the information display system according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the traffic information acquisition device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the display device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the information display system according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a functional block diagram of the information display system according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a functional block diagram of an information server according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a functional block diagram of a traffic information acquisition device according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the traffic information acquisition device according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a functional block diagram of a display device according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the display device according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the information display system according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a functional block diagram of an information server according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a functional block diagram of the traffic information acquisition device in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 33 is a functional block diagram of the display device according to the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 34 is a functional block diagram of the information display system according to the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 35 is a functional block diagram of a display device according to a fifteenth embodiment.

FIG. 36 is a functional block diagram of an information display system according to the eighteenth embodiment.

FIG. 37 is a functional block diagram of a display device according to the nineteenth embodiment.

FIG. 38 is a functional block diagram of the information display system according to the twenty-first embodiment.

FIG. 39 is an example diagram of information managed by the transmission information management unit in the twenty-first embodiment.

FIG. 40 is a sequence diagram illustrating operations of the information display system according to the twenty-first embodiment.

FIG. 41 is a functional block diagram of the information display system according to the twenty-second embodiment.

FIG. 42 is a functional block diagram of the information display system in the twenty-third embodiment.

FIG. 43 is a functional block diagram of an information server according to the twenty-fourth embodiment.

FIG. 44 is an example diagram of information accumulated by the information server according to the twenty-fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 information display unit 101 Traffic information acquisition unit 102 information output unit 103 display unit

Claims (42)

[Claims] 1. A traffic information acquisition unit for acquiring traffic information, which is information on traffic of a person, an information output unit for selectively outputting information based on the traffic information, and a method for passing the information by the person. An information display system that includes a display unit that displays the information at the location. 2. An information display system including an information server, a traffic information acquisition device, and a display device, wherein the traffic information acquisition device includes a traffic information acquisition unit that acquires traffic information that is information regarding traffic of a person. A traffic information output unit that outputs the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit; and the information server acquires the traffic information from the information storage unit that stores a plurality of information and the traffic information acquisition device. A server traffic information acquisition unit, an information selection unit that selects information stored in the information storage unit based on the traffic information acquired by the server traffic information acquisition unit, and information selected by the information selection unit. An information output unit for outputting, wherein the display device passes an information acquisition unit for acquiring the information output from the information server, and the information acquired by the information acquisition unit for the person. Place Information display system having a display unit for displaying on. 3. An information display system including an information server, a traffic information acquisition device, and a display device, wherein the information server stores an information storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of information, and the information storage unit stores the information storage unit. An information output unit that outputs information selected from the information; and the traffic information acquisition device, the traffic information acquisition unit that acquires traffic information that is information regarding traffic of a person, and the traffic information acquisition unit. An information selection unit that selects information stored in the information storage unit based on the acquired traffic information; and the display device based on selection of information in the information selection unit of the traffic information acquisition device. An information display system comprising: an information acquisition unit that acquires information; and a display unit that displays the information acquired by the information acquisition unit in a place where the person is passing. 4. An information display system including an information server, a traffic information acquisition device, and a display device, wherein the information server stores an information storage unit that stores a plurality of information, and the information storage unit stores the information. An information output unit that outputs information selected from the information, and the traffic information acquisition device acquires the traffic information acquisition unit that acquires traffic information that is information related to a person's traffic, and the traffic information acquisition unit acquired by the traffic information acquisition unit. A traffic information output unit for outputting traffic information; and the display device acquired by the display device traffic information acquisition unit for acquiring traffic information from the traffic information acquisition device and the display device traffic information acquisition unit. An information selection unit that selects the information stored in the information storage unit of the information server based on traffic information, an information acquisition unit that acquires the information selected by the information selection unit, and an information acquisition unit that acquires the information It Information display system comprising a display unit, a for information display in a location that passage of the person has. 5. The information display system according to claim 1, wherein the information is an advertisement. 6. The information server includes a selection condition holding unit that holds a selection condition for selecting information, and the information selection unit selects information according to the condition held in the selection condition holding unit. The information display system according to claim 2, wherein: 7. The traffic information acquisition device includes a selection condition holding unit that holds a selection condition for selecting information, and the information selection unit acquires information according to the condition held in the selection condition holding unit. The information display system according to claim 3, wherein the information display system is selected. 8. The display device includes a selection condition holding unit that holds a selection condition for selecting information, and the information selection unit selects the information according to the condition held in the selection condition holding unit. The information display system according to claim 4, wherein: 9. The selection condition includes a relationship with traffic information when information is selected, a time when the information is selected, a period when the information is selected, a weather when the information is selected, and information selected last time. 9. The information display system according to claim 6, wherein the information display system includes any one or more of an elapsed time from and an elapsed time from other information being selected. 10. The communication information acquisition device and the information server, and the information server and the display device are connected by an electric communication line.
Information display system described in. 11. The information display system according to claim 3, wherein the traffic information acquisition device, the information server, and the display device are connected by an electric communication line. 12. The traffic information acquisition device and the display device, and the information server and the display device are connected by an electric communication line.
Information display system described in. 13. The traffic information acquisition device, the traffic device information acquisition unit for acquiring the information output from the information server by wireless communication, and the traffic device information output for outputting the information acquired by the traffic device information acquisition unit. The traffic information output unit outputs the traffic information by wireless communication, and the information server acquires the traffic information output from the traffic information output unit of the traffic information acquisition device by wireless communication. The information output unit of the information server includes a server traffic information acquisition unit, and outputs information to the display device via the traffic information acquisition device by outputting information to the traffic device information acquisition unit of the traffic information acquisition device by wireless communication. The information display system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the information display system outputs the information. 14. The information display system according to claim 2, wherein there are a plurality of the traffic information acquisition devices. 15. The information display system according to claim 2, wherein there are a plurality of the display devices. 16. The information display system according to claim 2, wherein there are a plurality of the information server devices. 17. The information display system according to claim 2, wherein there are a plurality of the traffic information acquisition devices and a plurality of the display devices. 18. The information display system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein there are a plurality of the traffic information acquisition devices, a plurality of the information servers, and a plurality of the display devices. 19. The information display system according to claim 16, wherein the display device has a display selection unit that selects which information server outputs information to be displayed on the display unit. 20. The display device is associated with display installation identification information that is information for identifying an installation location, and the information selection unit selects information according to the display installation identification information. 18. The information display system described in any one of 18. 21. The traffic information acquisition device is associated with traffic information acquisition installation identification information, which is information for identifying an installation location, and the information selection unit selects information according to the traffic information acquisition installation identification information. The information display system according to any one of claims 14, 17, and 18. 22. The traffic information acquisition device includes a local information storage unit for storing information, and information for determining whether to output the information stored in the local information storage unit to the display device. Based on the output determination information acquisition unit that acquires certain output determination information and the output determination information acquired by the output determination information acquisition unit, is the information stored in the local information storage unit output to the display device? An output determination unit that determines whether or not to output, and a local information output unit that outputs the information to the display device when the determination result of the output determination unit is a determination result that the information is output to the display device. The information acquisition unit of the display device includes a local information acquisition unit that acquires information output from the local information output unit of the traffic information acquisition device, and the information table The information display system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the display unit of the display device preferentially displays the information acquired by the local information acquisition means. 23. The display device is a local information storage section for storing information, and an output which is information for determining whether to display the information stored in the local information storage section on the display section. An output determination information acquisition unit that acquires determination information, and based on the output determination information acquired by the output determination information acquisition unit, displays the information accumulated in the local information accumulation unit on the display unit, or displays the information. A display determination unit that determines whether or not to perform the determination, and a local information display unit that causes the display unit to display the information when the determination result of the display determination unit is the determination result that the information is displayed on the display unit. The information display system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, which has. 24. The information display system according to claim 2, further comprising a photographing device for acquiring an image of a situation where a person is passing at a place where the information is displayed. 25. The information server includes a transmission information management unit that associates information stored in the information storage unit with transmission information indicating whether or not an image is transmitted, and the information output unit includes an information storage unit. A transmission information output unit that outputs the transmission information accumulated in association with the information in the transmission information management unit when outputting the information, and the information acquisition unit of the display device associates the acquired information with the transmission information. It has a transmission information acquisition unit that acquires the transmission information output by the information output unit, and has an image transmission information output unit that outputs the transmission information acquired in association with the information displayed on the display unit, The photographing apparatus transmits a photographed image based on an image transmission information acquisition unit that acquires the transmission information output from the image transmission information output unit and transmission information acquired by the image transmission information acquisition unit. Picture Information display system according to claim 24 and a transmission unit. 26. A request receiving unit that receives a request from a terminal within a closed area including a place where the display device is installed; and information displayed on the display unit when the request is received based on the request. The information display system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further comprising an information replying device including an information replying unit that returns the terminal-provided information, which is information, to the terminal. 27. The information display system according to claim 26, wherein the terminal provision information is provided according to the position of the terminal. 28. The information according to claim 26, wherein the information reply device has a request history information management unit for managing request history information, which is information relating to a history of requests received from the terminal by the request receiving unit. Display system. 29. The request accepting unit and the terminal communicate with each other using a near field wireless link or a communication method using a mobile terminal. Information display system. 30. The information server according to any one of claims 2 to 29. 31. A display history information acquisition section for acquiring display history information, which is information relating to a history of display of information on the display device, traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition section, and display history information acquisition. 31. The information server according to claim 30, further comprising: a display effect information acquisition unit that acquires display effect information, which is information indicating a degree of display of information to a passerby based on the display history information acquired by the unit. 32. The traffic information acquisition device according to any one of claims 2 to 29. 33. The display device according to any one of claims 2 to 29. 34. The information reply device according to claim 28 or claim 29. 35. The terminal according to claim 26, which outputs a request to the request receiving unit of the information replying device and receives a reply corresponding to the output. 36. An information accumulating step of accumulating information, a traffic information acquiring step of acquiring traffic information which is information regarding a person's traffic, and the information accumulating based on the traffic information acquired in the traffic information acquiring step. An information display method comprising: an information selection step of selecting the information accumulated by the step; and a display step of displaying the information selected by the information selection step. 37. The traffic information acquired in the traffic information acquisition step is transmitted through an electric communication line, and the traffic information used for selecting information in the information selecting step is received through the electric communication line, and the selection is performed. 37. The information display according to claim 36, wherein the information selected in the step is transmitted through a telecommunication line, and the information displayed in the displaying step is received through the telecommunication line. Method. 38. A display history information acquisition step of acquiring display history information, which is information relating to the display of information in the display step, a traffic information acquired in the traffic information acquisition step, and a display history information acquisition step. The display effect information acquisition step of acquiring display effect information, which is information indicating the degree of display of information to a passerby based on the acquired display information, the information display method according to claim 36. 39. The information display method according to claim 38, wherein the information is an advertisement, and the method includes an advertisement fee calculation step of calculating an advertisement fee based on the display effect information acquired in the display effect information acquisition step. . 40. A request receiving step of receiving a request from a terminal within a closed area including a place where the display is performed by the display step, and the step of displaying by the display step when the request is received based on the request. 37. The information display method according to claim 36, further comprising: an information returning step of returning terminal-provided information, which is information related to the present information, to the terminal. 41. A request history information management step for managing request history information, which is information relating to a history of requests received from the terminals accepted in the request acceptance step.
The information display method described in 0. 42. An image for transmitting an image obtained by photographing a situation where a person is passing through the place where the information is displayed, to the destination associated with the information displayed in the displaying step. The information display method according to claim 36, further comprising a transmitting step.