JP4828134B2 - Information collection and provision system and information collection and provision method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention collects various information required when, for example, creating a city map or a so-called town information magazine, and provides an information collection and provision system and information collection and provision method for providing such information to a company. About.

  In recent years, various types of information have been bought and sold, and many companies are seeking various types of information. As an example, in the case of a company that produces map data for urban areas, for example, when a new building is constructed, the building has been constructed in order to reflect the building etc. in the map data. It is necessary to quickly know various additional information such as what kind of building the building is. In addition, for example, in the case of a company that publishes a so-called town information magazine, it is necessary to collect information on new stores, items that attract users, information on entertainment, etc., and further add value to increase the value of such information Information needs to be collected.

In JP-A-2002-73689, a data collection portable terminal collects and transmits data related to an object to be investigated, such as animals and plants, and transmits the data to a central management device. An information gathering system registered in the database is disclosed. In this information collection system, the information collection portable terminal is equipped with a digital camera, a GPS (Global Positioning System) device and a communication device, and the GPS object is used to measure the data obtained by photographing the investigation object with the digital camera. The transmitted position data is transmitted to the central management apparatus by the communication device. In addition, the central management apparatus registers the photographing data and the position data transmitted from the information collecting portable terminal in a database indicating the distribution of the investigation object. Thereby, according to the technique described in this publication, it is possible to easily create a database of survey objects such as natural animals and plants.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-73689 (FIGS. 1 and 2)

  By the way, in order to collect the information that each company needs, it is necessary to conduct information surveys such as dispatching many investigators to the city or conducting questionnaires. Work is a heavy burden.

  In addition, information collected only by dispatching investigators and conducting questionnaires is likely to be information that the company assumes in advance, and there is a high possibility that other useful information will not be collected.

  On the other hand, when all sorts of miscellaneous information are collected, they tend to contain a lot of information unnecessary for the company, wrong information, and the same information. It is necessary to select desired information on the side. When selecting the information, whether the selected information is accurate and really valuable information, in other words, whether the collected and selected information is information that meets market needs, etc. It must be judged each time, which not only puts a heavy burden on the company but also has to judge whether the information judgment is correct.

  Furthermore, when using an information collection system as described in the above-mentioned published patent publication of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-73689, photographing data and position data of the digital camera of the information collection portable terminal are collected by the central management device. However, since the survey objects in this system are animals and plants, and the usage of the collected data is the distribution of animals and plants, there is some error in the position of each survey object. Even if it contains, it is not considered as a problem. For this reason, it is unsuitable for the use for which high positional accuracy is calculated | required with respect to collection data like the map creation use of a city area, for example. Note that the positioning information obtained by the GPS device used in the information collection system includes a certain amount of error, and it is difficult to acquire an accurate position.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is an information collection and provision system and information collection and provision method capable of collecting and providing information that is accurate, meets market needs, and has high added value. The purpose is to provide.

The invention according to the present application has been made to solve the above-described problems, and the present invention is based on request information for requesting collection of desired information, and at least the captured image and the position of the terminal at the time of capturing the image. An information collection terminal that collects and transmits data indicating data, a database device that accumulates image and position data transmitted from the information collection terminal, and data that is collected and transmitted using the information collection terminal An information collection / providing system comprising a management server for managing, wherein the management server uses the request information including a request for an image and position data as e-mail information addressed to the information collection terminal or the information collection Request information generating means for generating posted information on a site on the Internet that can be browsed by the terminal, and the information collecting terminal When it is determined whether or not there is information missing for the image and position data that has been signal, it determines that the information for the transmitted image to identify the imaging direction and imaging position is insufficient, a request Correction request generating means for generating correction request information for requesting image information of position correction reference points laid near the user as information for specifying the image, position data suitable for the information, or the shooting direction and shooting position thereof Communication means for transmitting the request information and the correction request information to the information collection terminal, a re-captured image sent from the information collection terminal according to the correction request information, or a shooting direction and Based on the data for specifying the shooting position, at least one of the image and the position is corrected, or the data stored in the database device is replaced. And correction means the data after their modification or replacement is registered in said database device, and a data providing means for transmitting data stored in said database device to the data requester, a plurality of positions that are laid within a certain area At least a map database in which correspondence data between the correction reference point and the laying position is registered, and the correction means includes the captured image data and the position data of the position correction reference point sent from the information collection terminal, By comparing with the corresponding data in the map database, the difference between the laying position of the photographed position correction reference point and the laying position of the actual position correction reference point is calculated, and the collected image is calculated based on the difference. When the data location is corrected and an incident, accident, disaster, etc. occurs, the management server requests the status of the incident, accident, disaster, etc. Inquiry information is generated and transmitted to the information collection terminal, and at least the captured image data and the position of the terminal at the time of image capture transmitted from the information collection terminal by e-mail based on the inquiry information In order to determine whether or not the received data of the plurality of images and positions are information on the same incident, accident, disaster, etc., the data of the substantially same region stored in the database device is collected. A plurality of images and position data are immediately transmitted to a predetermined related organization, and the information collection terminal, based on the inquiry information, at least captures image data and data indicating the terminal position at the time of image capture. Collect and send the image and position data.

According to the present invention as described above, when the data collected by the information collection terminal is inaccurate data, the data can be corrected to the accurate data, and the data collected by the information collection terminal is out of the market needs. The data can be modified to meet the market needs. In addition, according to the present invention, a plurality of data collected by a plurality of information collection terminals that exist in substantially the same area can be immediately provided to a predetermined organization. Based on a plurality of data collected by the local information collection terminal, it is possible to grasp the situation of the area and judge the credibility of the data.

  As described above, according to the information collection and provision system and information collection and provision method of the present invention, it is possible to collect and provide information that is accurate and meets market needs and has high added value.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[System configuration of the first embodiment]
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of an information collection and provision system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information collection and provision system according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes at least a mobile phone 2 having a GPS function and a camera function possessed by a user 1, and the mobile phone 2. The mail center 4 that sends and receives e-mails between them and the information that the user 1 collects and transmits using the mobile phone 2 is managed, and the information is processed as necessary to other companies (businesses 15 and 16). Etc.) and the management server 5 for selling to.

  In addition, the information collection and provision system of the present embodiment includes a point server 8 that provides predetermined points that can be converted into money for the collection and transmission of information from the user 1, and manages the points, and the system The portal server 11 that manages the registration of the user 1 and the information management of the user 1 that has been input and presents the remaining point amount in response to the inquiry from the user 1, and the mobile phone carrier company 14 The billing server 12 is also provided for requesting the user.

  When the user 1 applies for membership through the mobile phone 2, the portal server 11 determines whether or not to join, and performs membership registration of the user 1 when it is determined that membership is possible. The member data of the user who has been registered as a member is uploaded from the portal server 11 to the management server 5. On the other hand, various information data related to the system is updated from the management server 5 to the portal server 11.

  The mail center 4 performs an e-mail exchange process when the user 1 uses the mobile phone 2 to send and receive e-mail with another person.

  The management server 5 generates request information for requesting collection of information to all users 1 registered as members in the system of the present embodiment, or to users 1 selected from all members, The request information is sent to the mail center 4 as an e-mail addressed to the mobile phone 2 of each user 1. As a result, the electronic mail of the request information is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 of each user 1.

  Further, for example, when a research request for desired information is sent from another company (such as companies 15 and 16), the management server 5 registers as a member in the system of the present embodiment based on the research request. Request information for all users 1 or users 1 selected as appropriate for the contents of the research request, and sending the request information to the mail center 4 as an e-mail addressed to the mobile phone 2 of each user 1 Do.

  The request information may be posted on a portal site managed by the portal server 11 in addition to the case where the request information is transmitted by e-mail.

  For example, when the user 1 receives an e-mail of request information requesting collection of images from the management server 5 or acquires the request information posted on the portal site, for example, An image corresponding to the request information is taken by the camera function. Then, when a transmission instruction is input from the user 1, the mobile phone 2 uses, for example, e-mail to send image data captured by the camera function and position data measured by the GPS function when the image is captured. And sent to the management server 5 (that is, to the address registered as the information transmission destination of this system).

  In this example, the user 1 takes an image according to the request information and transmits the image data and the position data. However, the user 1 arbitrarily captures the image data and the image data regardless of the request information. The position data may be transmitted to the management server 5.

  When the management server 5 receives the image data and the position data sent from the mobile phone 2 of the user 1, the management server 5 eliminates the duplicated data, for example, by not using the later data in the first-come-first-served basis. Control.

  Then, the management server 5 determines whether the image data and the position data transmitted from the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 are information corresponding to the request information transmitted earlier, whether there is insufficient information, etc. Judging.

  Here, when it is determined that the image data and the position data transmitted from the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 are information corresponding to the request information, or when it is determined that there is no insufficient information, the management server 5 Image data and position data are registered in the image database 6. In addition, the management server 5 updates the map data registered in the map database 7 after processing the image data and the position data as necessary.

  On the other hand, if the management server 5 determines that the data sent from the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 does not match the request information, for example, or determines that there is insufficient information, the management server 5 corrects them. Correction request information for requesting the user 1 is generated, and the correction request information is transmitted via the mail center 4 as an e-mail addressed to the mobile phone 2 of the user 1.

  That is, for example, when it is determined that the data sent from the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 does not match the previous request information, the management server 5 requests, for example, recollection and transmission of data that matches the request information. The correction request information is sent to the mobile phone 2 of the user 1. Further, for example, when it is determined that information for specifying the shooting direction of the image is insufficient, for example, the management server 5 sends correction request information requesting information for specifying the shooting direction to the user 1 Send to mobile phone 2. In addition, for example, the shooting position of the image is inappropriate compared with the actual map position registered on the map database 7, and there is insufficient information for accurately specifying the shooting position of the image. If it is determined, the management server 5 sends correction request information requesting information for accurately specifying the shooting position to the mobile phone 2 of the user 1.

  In response to the correction request information, the user 1 who has received the correction request information captures the image again, inputs information indicating the shooting direction, for example, text, or accurately sets the shooting position of the image. An operation such as collecting information for identification is performed, and the information is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the management server 5.

  At this time, the management server 5 replaces or corrects the previous image data or position data based on the information returned in response to the correction request information, and stores the replaced or corrected data in the image database 6. For example, map data with an image is generated by registering and processing the map data registered in the map database 7 using the image data and the position data. A specific example of correction of position data based on information for accurately specifying the shooting position will be described later.

  Thereafter, the management server 5 (that is, the company that operates this system) transmits (that is, sells) the processed data, that is, map data with an image, to another desired company. When data is collected by making a research request first, the collected data is transmitted (sold) to the companies 15 and 16 that have made the research request.

  Further, the management server 5 gives the user 1 who has collected and transmitted the above data the member information and point grant information of the user 1 in order to give a predetermined point according to the value of the data. Send to 8. In addition, when the information requested to the user 1 is information that is difficult to collect or information with special value, for example, the points to be given for the information collection are increased from the usual amount. It is also possible to increase the willingness to collect information of each member user 1 by, for example, performing point increase for a limited time. Of course, the compensation for the collection and transmission of data is not limited to the case of being returned by points, but may be returned by depositing into a bank account designated by the member user 1.

  Upon receiving this member information and point grant information, the point server 8 updates the member information in the member database 9 and the point information in the point database 10.

  Further, in the system of the present embodiment, the points managed by the point server 8 are, for example, compensation for the purchase price of goods at a predetermined shop opened on the Internet, so-called electronic money or another company's other Exchange with points is also possible. In this case, when the user 1 uses the mobile phone 2 to purchase a product at a shop, for example, or applies for exchange with electronic money or the like, the point server 8 sends the product purchase price or the amount of electronic money. The points corresponding to the points are reduced, and the point information is notified to the management server 17 of the shop and the management server 18 such as electronic money.

  Note that the point data of each member in the point server 8 may be managed for a fee such as a fixed monthly fee, or may be free of charge. Further, in the system of the present embodiment, when the management of point data is paid, the management cost of the point account of each member user is, for example, when the billing server 12 uses the storage agency service of the mobile phone carrier company 14, You may be charged along with your mobile phone fee.

[Time flow chart of the first embodiment system]
FIG. 2 shows a time flowchart in the information collecting and providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the user 1 first uses the mobile phone 2 to access a portal site managed by the portal server 11 via the Internet, for example, and on the portal site, Make a membership request (T1) to the system. The portal server 11 examines the membership request from the user 1, and when registration is approved and member registration is performed, a registration notification (T2) is returned to the mobile phone 2 of the user 1. Thereafter, the portal server 11 transmits the member data of the user 1 to the management server 5 (T3).

  The management server 5 transmits the member data sent from the portal server 11 to the point server 8 and the billing server 12 (T4, T5).

  Next, the management server 5 generates request information to be transmitted to the registered member user 1 (T6), and transmits the request information to the mail center 4 (T7). Then, the mail center 4 transmits an email of the request information to the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 (T8).

  Next, the image data taken by the user 1 using the mobile phone 2 and its position data are sent to the mail center 4 (T9), and the data is further transferred to the management server 5 (T10).

  The management server 5 that has received the image data and its position data determines whether or not the data needs to be corrected (T11). When determining that correction is necessary, the management server 5 generates correction request information and sends it via the mail center 4. To the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 (T12, T13).

  Next, when the correction data is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 (T14) and the correction data is received via the mail center 4 (T15), the management server 5 receives the correction data, for example, first. The corrected data is corrected (T16), and the corrected data is registered in the databases 6 and 7 (T17).

  Then, the management server 5 performs point update control (T18) of the point server 8 in order to give a predetermined point to the user 1. Thereafter, the point server 8 exchanges points (T20) of the user 1 with the shop management server 17 and the electronic money management server 18 as necessary.

  Further, the management server 5 sells the processed data (T19) to the companies 15, 16 and the like who desire to provide the data.

  Further, the billing server 12 collects point management costs (T21) using the storage agency service of the mobile phone carrier company 14.

[Example of data correction]
Next, in the information collection and provision system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, as a modification example of data collected by the user 1, a specific example in the case of correcting position data will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the map database 7, as shown in FIG. 3, the correspondence data between the image of each of the utility poles D1 to D9 and the utility pole number (hereinafter referred to as utility pole information) laid in a certain area and the installation position thereof are stored. The registered management server 5 has a function of correcting the position data sent from the user 1 by using the correspondence data between the utility pole information and the utility pole installation position in the map database 7.

  Here, the shooting position of the image sent from the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 is inappropriate compared to the actual map position registered on the map database 7, and the shooting position of the image Management server 5 generates correction request information for requesting utility pole information of a utility pole installed in the vicinity of user 1, and transmits the correction request information to mobile phone 2 of user 1 To do.

  The user 1 who has received the correction request information takes a picture of the nearby utility pole using the camera function of the mobile phone 2. Then, the user 1 transmits the captured image data of the utility pole and the position data measured by the GPS function at the time of capturing from the mobile phone 2 to the management server 5.

  The management server 5 that has received the captured image data and position data of the utility pole from the mobile phone 2 has been captured by the user 1 by comparing the captured image data and position data of the utility pole with the corresponding data in the map database 7. For example, the difference between the installation position of the utility pole and the actual installation position of the utility pole is obtained.

  Then, the management server 5 corrects (corrects) the position of the data previously collected by the user 1 based on the difference.

  In this example, the position is corrected based on the utility pole laying position. However, the position correction reference point is not limited to the utility pole laying position, and other things such as a post post laying position, It may be a manhole laying position, a garbage collection point position, a mobile base station setting position, or the like.

[Operations and effects of the first embodiment]
According to the information collection and provision system according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above, the information that meets the market needs can be provided to the companies 15 and 16 making the research request, and the data collected by the user 1 Since it is possible to send a correction request and perform correction using the data returned from the user 1 in response to the correction request, it is possible to collect accurate information.

[System configuration of the second embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 shows an overall configuration diagram of an information collection and provision system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and the description thereof is omitted.

  The information collection and provision system according to the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 includes an auction data server 22 that receives data collected by the user 1 as data to be auctioned (hereinafter referred to as auction data), and the user 1 The first auction database 23 that stores the auction data that has been submitted, and the auction data registered in the first auction database 23 are used for provisional bidding to determine and organize the value of the data The second auction in which the dummy bid servers 25 and 26 and the data after the value judgment and arrangement are made are stored as auction data that the auction member companies 29, 30, 31 and so on can actually bid and make a successful bid. Oakshi which manages the database 24 and bids and successful bids for these auction data A management server 27, and a settlement server 28 that performs a settlement process for the successful bid amount when a successful bid is made by an auction member company 29, 30, 31 or the like. The first auction database 23 and the second auction database 24 are controlled by the auction data server 22 to store and read the data.

  In the information collection / providing system of the second embodiment, the mail center 4 is the data collected and transmitted by the user 1 based on the request information from the management server 5, or the data arbitrarily collected and transmitted by the user. Are transferred to the auction data server 22 in real time as auction exhibition data (auction data).

  The auction data server 22 registers the auction data exhibited by the user 1 via the mail center 4 in the first auction database 23. At this time, the user 1 can browse the exhibited auction data via the mobile phone 2.

  The dummy bid servers 25 and 26 select data that the auction member companies 29, 30, and 31 are expected to bid and make a successful bid at a higher price from among a large number of data registered in the first auction database 23. In order to make a selection according to the value of the data, that is, in order to make a selection, a temporary bid is performed on the data in the first auction database 23. Then, the data whose value is determined and arranged by the temporary bidding at the dummy bidding servers 25 and 26 is subjected to the main bidding and bidding by the auction management server 27, and then entered into the second auction database 24 via the auction data server 22. be registered. The temporary auction may be performed by the auction management server 27. Further, the data registered in the first auction database 23 may be immediately registered in the second auction database 24 without going through a temporary bid by the dummy bid servers 25 and 26.

  The data registered in the second auction database 24 can be actually bid and bid by auction member companies 29, 30, 31 and the like. It should be noted that the data for the actual winning bid is transmitted from the second auction database 24 to the winning bidder only when the winning bid amount is received.

  Of the data registered in the second auction database 24, data that has not been awarded by the auction member companies 29, 30, 31 is awarded by the auction management server 27 at the lowest bid amount. Then, the data that has been successfully bid at the minimum bid amount is sent to the management server 5.

  At this time, the management server 5 performs the desired processing, merging, etc. on the data sent from the auction management server 27, so that the auction member companies 29, 30, 31 are expected to bid and make a successful bid. Generate data for Then, the processed data is sent back to the auction management server 27 and re-registered (re-exhibited) in the second auction database 24 via the auction data server 22.

  When the data listed in the second auction database 24 is awarded by the auction member companies 29, 30, 31, it corresponds to the winning bid amount (which may include the auction successful bid fee) from the auction member company that has made a successful bid. Amount information is sent to the settlement server 28.

  Then, the winning bid amount information is sent from the settlement server 28 to the auction management server 27, and this winning bid amount information is further sent from the auction management server 27 to the management server 5.

  At this time, the management server 5 gives the user 1 member information and point grant information to the user 1 in order to give a predetermined point to the winning bid amount, as in the first embodiment. In FIG. 4, the data is transmitted to the point server 8 not shown. Of course, the winning bid amount may be paid from the settlement server 28 to the bank account designated by the member user 1 as well as when the points are returned by points.

  In the system of the present embodiment, the auction management fee, the auction use fee, etc. of each member user are charged together with the mobile phone fee by the billing server 12 using the storage agent service of the mobile phone carrier company 14. Has been made.

[Time flow chart of the second embodiment system]
FIG. 5 shows a time flowchart in the information collecting and providing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, the same steps as those in the time flowchart of the system of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  4 and FIG. 5, when the auction data server 22 receives the image and position data from the user 1 via the mail center 4, the auction data server 22 accumulates the data in the first auction database 23. If the temporary bidding by the dummy bidding servers 25 and 26 is not performed, the data is immediately stored in the second auction database 24 and displayed (T31), while the temporary bidding by the dummy bidding servers 25 and 26 ( When the value judgment and arrangement according to T33) are performed, the data after the value judgment and arrangement are made a successful bid (T34) by the auction management server 27, stored in the second auction database 24 and exhibited.

  The auction management server 27 determines whether or not the data exhibited in the second auction database 24 has been successfully bid by the auction member companies 29, 30, and 31 (T35). The auction management server 27 makes a successful bid (T36) for the data that has not been successfully bid by the auction member companies 29, 30, and 31 with the minimum bid amount.

  When the data listed in the second auction database 24 is auctioned by the auction member companies 29, 30, 31 or when the auction management server 27 is awarded at the minimum bid amount, the successful bid information is: The data is sent from the auction data server 22 to the mail center 4 (T37), and further sent from the mail center 4 to the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 (T38).

  In addition, among the auction data exhibited in the second auction database 24, the data that has not been awarded by the auction member companies 29, 30, and 31 and has been awarded by the auction management server 27 at the minimum bid amount is the above management server. Sent to 5 (T39).

  At this time, the management server 5 performs desired processing, merging, etc. on the data sent from the auction management server 27 (T40). Then, the processed data is stored in the second auction database 24 by the auction data server 22 (T41) and re-listed in the auction (T42). Thereafter, the auction management server 27 makes a successful bid determination (T43) for the data exhibited in the second auction database 24.

  When the data displayed in the second auction database 24 is awarded by the auction member companies 29, 30, 31 or when the auction management server 27 makes a successful bid at the minimum bid amount, the settlement server 28 Is sent to the auction management server 27 and information on the amount of money for the successful bid is sent to the user 1 and points are returned according to the amount of money for the successful bid and payment to the account is performed (T44).

  In addition, the billing server 12 collects the auction management fee (T45) using the storage agency service of the mobile phone carrier company 14.

[Operation / Effect of Second Embodiment]
According to the information collection and provision system according to the second embodiment of the present invention described above, the auction member companies 29, 30, and 31 can receive provision of information desired by each. In addition, by performing temporary bidding on the data that has been submitted to the auction by the dummy bidding servers 25 and 26, the information that the auction member companies 29, 30, and 31 may desire from the large number of auction exhibition data, that is, the market Information that meets the needs can be selected, and as a result, the auction member companies 29, 30, and 31 can be provided with more valuable information. Furthermore, since the data that was not bid at the auction is awarded by the auction management server 27 with the minimum winning bid amount, the user 1 can receive a minimum price for collecting the data, while the data is managed. Since it is re-exhibited after being processed by the server 5, it is easy to make a successful bid.

[System configuration of the third embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 shows an overall configuration diagram of an information collection and provision system according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, the same components as those in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In the case of the information collection / providing system of the third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 6, the management server 5 is for the user 1 in the vicinity of the site 3 when, for example, an incident, accident, disaster, etc. occurs. Inquiry information for inquiring about the situation of the incident, accident, disaster, etc. is generated, and the inquiry information is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 via the mail center 4.

  When an image or position data is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 in response to the inquiry information, the management server 5 collects all the data transmitted from the mobile phones 2 of a large number of users 1 in the same region. Then, the data is transmitted in real time to related organizations, that is, for example, the police 41, the fire fighting 42, and the local public bodies 43 such as government offices. In addition, it is also possible to provide the information of the member user 1 who has provided the information to each related organization as necessary.

  As a result, the related organization that has received the data can know the situation such as an incident, an accident, or a disaster, and can cope with the situation. In addition, the related organizations can make a credibility judgment that eliminates false information such as pleasant crimes by determining whether a large number of received data is information on the same incident, accident, disaster, etc. it can.

  In the third embodiment, a predetermined point corresponding to the value of the data can be given to the user 1 who has collected and transmitted the data.

  Further, in the system of this embodiment, the points managed by the point server 8 are not only returned to the user 1, but also returned as donations to the areas where such incidents, accidents, disasters, etc. occurred, for example. You may do it.

[Time flow chart of the third embodiment system]
FIG. 7 shows a time flowchart in the information collecting and providing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 7, the same steps as those in the time flowcharts of the systems of the embodiments shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the management server 5 generates inquiry information about any incident, accident, disaster, etc. (T51) and transmits the inquiry information to the mail center 4 (T52). The mail center 4 transmits the inquiry information to the mobile phone 2 of the user 1 (T53).

  Next, the image data that the user 1 has photographed and transmitted using the mobile phone 2 and its position data are registered in the image database 6 and the like by the management server 5 (T17) and provided to various related organizations in real time. (T54).

[Operations and effects of the third embodiment]
According to the information collecting and providing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention described above, for example, when an incident, an accident, a disaster, or the like occurs, the related organizations can quickly know the situation at the site 3. It becomes like this. Further, according to this system, since a large number of information collected from the same area for the same purpose can be accumulated, it is possible to determine the credibility of the information.

  The description of each embodiment described above is an example of the present invention. For this reason, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made according to the design or the like as long as the technical idea according to the present invention is not deviated.

1 is a schematic overall configuration diagram of an information collection and provision system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a time flowchart of the information collection and provision system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure used for description of the example of correction of position data. FIG. 5 is a schematic overall configuration diagram of an information collection and provision system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a time flowchart of the information collection and provision system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a schematic overall configuration diagram of an information collection and provision system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a time flowchart of an information collection and provision system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1… Member user
2… Mobile phone
3 ... site
4 Mail center
5 ... Management server
6… Image database
7… Map database
8 Point server
9… Membership database
10 point database
11 ... Portal server
12 ... Billing server
14… Mobile phone carrier
15, 16 ... companies
17 ... Shop management server
18 ... Electronic money management server
22… Auction data server
23 ... The first auction database
24… Second auction database
25, 26 ... dummy bid server
27… Auction management server
28 ... Payment server
29, 30, 31 ... Auction member companies
41 ... Police
42… Firefighting
43… Local government

Claims (6)

Based on request information for requesting collection of desired information, at least an information collection terminal that collects and transmits a captured image and data indicating the position of the terminal at the time of image capture,
A database device for storing image and position data transmitted from the information collecting terminal;
An information collection and provision system comprising a management server that manages data collected and transmitted using the information collection terminal,
The management server
Request information generating means for generating the request information including a request for an image and position data as e-mail information addressed to the information collecting terminal or as posting information on a site on the Internet that can be browsed by the information collecting terminal When,
It is determined whether there is insufficient information about the image and position data transmitted from the information collection terminal, and it is determined that the transmitted image is insufficient for specifying the shooting direction and the shooting position. In this case, correction request information for requesting image information of a position correction reference point laid near the user is generated as information for specifying the image, position data matching the request information, or its shooting direction and shooting position. Correction request generation means for
Communication means for transmitting the request information and the correction request information to the information collection terminal;
Correct at least one of the image and the position based on the re-captured image sent from the information collection terminal according to the correction request information, or data for specifying the shooting direction and the shooting position, or the above Correction means for replacing the data stored in the database device and registering the corrected or replaced data in the database device;
Data providing means for transmitting data stored in the database device to a data requester;
A plurality of position correction reference points laid in a certain area, and at least a map database in which correspondence data of the laying positions is registered;
The correction means compares the captured image data and position data of the position correction reference point sent from the information collection terminal with corresponding data in the map database, thereby laying the position of the captured position correction reference point And the actual position correction reference point laying position is calculated, and based on the difference, the position of the collected image data is corrected,
When an incident, accident or disaster occurs,
The management server generates inquiry information for requesting the situation of the incident, accident, disaster, etc., and transmits the inquiry information to the information collection terminal, and is transmitted from the information collection terminal by e-mail based on the inquiry information. Collect at least the data of the captured image and the data indicating the position of the terminal at the time of capturing the image, and determine whether the received multiple image and position data are information on the same incident, accident, disaster, etc. In order to do so, immediately send a plurality of images and position data of the substantially same region stored in the database device to a predetermined related organization,
The information collecting terminal collects at least data of a photographed image and data indicating a position of the terminal at the time of photographing the image based on the inquiry information, and transmits the image and position data. Collection provision system.   The management server includes deduplication control means for performing control for eliminating duplicate data from a plurality of data transmitted from a plurality of or one information collection terminal and storing the data in the database device. Item 1. The information collection and provision system according to Item 1.   3. The information collecting and providing system according to claim 2, wherein the position correction reference points are a power pole laying position, a post box laying position, a manhole laying position, a garbage storage area position, a mobile base station setting position, and the like. . Based on request information for requesting collection of desired information, at least an information collection terminal that collects and transmits a captured image and data indicating the position of the terminal at the time of image capture,
A database device for storing image and position data transmitted from the information collecting terminal;
An information collection and provision method using an information collection and provision system comprising a management server for managing data collected and transmitted using the information collection terminal,
Posting the request information including the request for the image and the position data on the Internet site that can be browsed by the request information generation means of the management server as e-mail information addressed to the information collection terminal or by the information collection terminal Generating and sending as information,
Based on the correspondence data between a plurality of position correction reference points laid in a certain area registered in the map database provided in the management server and the laying position, the management server receives information from the information collection terminal. Manages correction request information for requesting image information of position correction reference points laid in the vicinity of the user when it is determined that the image and position data sent are insufficient for specifying the shooting position. A step of generating a correction request generation unit of the server;
A step of transmitting the correction request information generated by the correction request generation means to the information collection terminal by the communication means of the management server;
Based on the re-captured image sent from the information collection terminal according to the correction request information, or the data for specifying the shooting direction and the shooting position, the correction means of the management server at least either of the image or the position Correcting or replacing the stored data of the database device, and registering the corrected or replaced data in the database device;
The data providing means of the management server transmits the data stored in the database device to the data requester,
In the correction of the stored data of the database device, the captured position correction is performed by comparing the captured image data and position data of the position correction reference point sent from the information collection terminal with the corresponding data in the map database. The difference between the laying position of the reference point and the laying position of the actual position correction reference point is calculated, and based on the difference, the position of the collected image data is corrected by the correcting means,
If an incident, accident or disaster occurs,
The management server generates inquiry information for requesting those situations and transmits it to the information collection terminal;
Based on the inquiry information, a plurality of information collection terminals collect at least data of the captured image and data indicating the position of the terminal at the time of image capture, and the plurality of information collection terminals manage the image and position data. Sending to the server;
In order for the related organizations to determine whether the received plurality of images and position data are the same incident, accident, disaster, etc. information, a plurality of images of the substantially same region stored in the database device and A method for collecting and providing information, characterized in that the management server immediately provides the management server with a predetermined related organization.   The duplication control means of the management server includes a step of performing a control of eliminating duplicate data and storing it in the database device from a plurality of data transmitted from a plurality of or one information collection terminal. The information collection / providing method according to claim 4.   6. The method of collecting and providing information according to claim 5, wherein the position correction reference points are a utility pole laying position, a post box laying position, a manhole laying position, a trash accumulation place position, a mobile base station setting position, and the like. .

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