Mobile device, information processing method, information processing program, and information processing system

Abstract

To provide a mobile device that allows external monitoring of whether a vehicle is moving along the route it should be moving. [Solution] In the NV navigation device that guides the movement of a vehicle under the management of an administrator, the management includes management using location information that indicates the point to which the vehicle should move, and management using designated route information that indicates the designated route that the vehicle should take. The device acquires either location information and designated route information, or designated route information only, detects the vehicle's current position, and transmits deviation identification information to an external source if the vehicle deviates from the designated route while being guided to move using the acquired designated route information, thereby identifying the deviation.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of mobile devices, information processing methods, information processing programs, and information processing systems. More specifically, it belongs to the technical field of mobile devices that guide the movement of a mobile object under the management of an administrator, information processing methods executed in the mobile devices, programs for the information processing, and information processing systems.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, navigation devices that search for a route to a destination to be traveled and perform guidance along the searched route are widely known. As a prior art document showing an example of such a navigation device, for example, the following Patent Document 1 can be cited.

[0003] The technique described in this Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which an interruption point at which route guidance should be interrupted is provided between a destination and a departure point.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0004]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] However, the prior art including the technique described in the above Patent Document 1 has a problem that it is not possible to externally monitor whether a mobile object such as a vehicle is traveling on the route that the mobile object should travel.

[0006] Therefore, this application was made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and one example of the problems it addresses is to provide a mobile device that can externally monitor whether a mobile device is moving along the route it is supposed to travel, an information processing method executed in the mobile device, a program for said information processing, and an information processing system. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] To solve the above problems, the invention described in claim 1 is a mobile device for guiding the movement of a mobile device under the management of an administrator, wherein the management includes: management of the mobile device using location information indicating a point to which the mobile device should move; and management of the mobile device using designated route information indicating a designated route which is the route the mobile device should take, and comprises: acquisition means for acquiring at least one of the location information or the designated route information; detection means for detecting the current position of the mobile device; and, when the designated route information has been acquired, transmission means for transmitting deviation identification information to the outside that can identify that the mobile device has deviated from the designated route when the mobile device deviates from the designated route during guidance of the movement of the mobile device using the acquired designated route information.

[0008] To solve the above problems, the invention described in claim 8 is a mobile device for guiding the movement of a mobile device under the management of an administrator, and is an information processing method performed in a mobile device comprising an acquisition means, a detection means, and a transmission means, wherein the management includes: management of the mobile device using location information indicating a point to which the mobile device should move; and management of the mobile device using designated route information indicating a designated route which is the route to which the mobile device should move, and includes an acquisition step of acquiring at least one of the location information or the designated route information by the acquisition means; a detection step of detecting the current position of the mobile device by the detection means; and when the designated route information has been acquired, if the mobile device deviates from the designated route during guidance of the movement of the mobile device using the acquired designated route information, a transmission step of transmitting deviation identification information to the outside by the transmission means which is capable of identifying that the mobile device has deviated from the designated route.

[0009] To solve the above problems, the invention described in claim 9 involves having a computer execute the information processing method described in claim 8.

[0010] To solve the above problems, the invention described in claim 10 comprises a mobile device described in any one of claims 1 to 7, and an administrator device on which the administrator designates the designated route. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0011] [Figure 1] This is a block diagram illustrating the schematic configuration of a mobile device according to an embodiment. [Figure 2] This is a block diagram showing the outline configuration of the information processing system according to the embodiment. [Figure 3] This is a block diagram showing the general configuration of a processing server, etc., according to the embodiment. (a) is a block diagram showing the general configuration of the processing server, and (b) is a block diagram showing the general configuration of a navigation device according to the embodiment. [Figure 4] This is a flowchart showing the information processing related to the example. [Figure 5] The figures show examples of screens displayed on a navigation device in the information processing according to the embodiment, where (a) is a figure showing example screen (I), (b) is a figure showing example screen (II), and (c) is a figure illustrating the content of an email according to the embodiment. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0012] Next, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to Figure 1. Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic configuration of a mobile device according to the embodiment.

[0013] As shown in Figure 1, the mobile device S according to the embodiment is a mobile device S that guides the movement of a mobile object under the management of an administrator, and comprises a designated route information acquisition means 1, a detection means 2, and a presentation means 3.

[0014] In this configuration, the designated route information acquisition unit 1 acquires designated route information indicating a designated route that is a route along which the mobile object should move.

[0015] The detection unit 2 detects the current position of the mobile object that is to move along the designated route.

[0016] Then, the presentation unit 3 presents an index indicating the position of the departure point on the designated route as viewed from the current position.

[0017] As described above, according to the operation of the mobile device S according to the embodiment, the index indicating the position of the departure point of the designated route along which the mobile object under the management of the administrator should move is presented, so that movement of the mobile object from the current position to the departure point of the designated route can be assisted.

Example

[0018] Next, specific examples corresponding to the above-described embodiment will be described with reference to Figures 2 to 5. The examples described below are examples in which the present application is applied to an information processing system in which navigation devices respectively mounted in a plurality of vehicles, an administrator device of an administrator who manages movement of the plurality of vehicles, and a processing server according to the examples are connected via a network such as the Internet. At this time, the vehicle corresponds to an example of the mobile object according to the embodiment.

[0019] Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the information processing system according to the example, Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the processing server and the like according to the example, Figure 4 is a flowchart illustrating information processing according to the example, and Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the navigation device in the information processing. At this time, in Figures 2 and 3, the same reference numerals as those of the respective constituent members in the mobile device S according to the embodiment illustrated in Figure 1 are used for the respective constituent members of the example corresponding to the respective constituent members in the mobile device S.

[0020] As shown in Figure 2, the information processing system SS according to the embodiment is configured such that an administrator device M used by an administrator who manages the movement of a plurality of vehicles, navigation devices NV1, NV2, ..., NVn (n is a natural number) respectively mounted on the plurality of vehicles, and a processing server SV are connected to be capable of transmitting and receiving data via the network NW. In the following description, when common matters are described for the navigation devices NV1, NV2, ..., NVn, these are collectively referred to as "navigation device NV".

[0021] In this configuration, the administrator using the administrator device M is responsible for managing the movement mode according to the embodiment of the vehicle equipped with the navigation device NV according to the embodiment. At this time, the movement mode refers to the points that each vehicle should stop by and the routes that should be taken when stopping at the points. There are the following two modes of management by the administrator.

[0022] That is, the first management mode is a management mode in which a list of point information respectively indicating the points that each vehicle should stop by (in other words, pass through) and the destination is transmitted to each vehicle, and each vehicle searches for a route to reach the destination via each point indicated by the point information, and moves the vehicle based on the search result. In the case of this first management mode, the administrator only instructs the points that each vehicle should move through (that is, pass through), and the route itself for moving via each point is based on the search result of the navigation device NV mounted on each vehicle. This first management mode is hereinafter referred to as "registered course management".

[0023] The second management method involves the administrator specifying not only the points each vehicle should visit and its destination, but also the route it will take to travel through each of these points. In this case, the route specified by the administrator for each vehicle's movement will be referred to as the "designated route." Under this second management method, each vehicle's NV navigation system does not independently search for a route, and even if a vehicle deviates from the designated route, the NV navigation system will not search for a new route to return to the original designated route or re-search for other routes to the destination (so-called rerouting). This second management method will be referred to as "designated route course management."

[0024] To perform the above management, the management device M generates either a list of location information or information indicating the designated route, and transmits these to each navigation device NV via the processing server SV. The processing server SV then functions to enable the administrator to manage the movement patterns by detecting the movement patterns of each vehicle (in other words, each navigation device NV) based on either the list of location information or the information indicating the designated route. In the following explanation, the information indicating the designated route will be referred to as "designated route information." When each navigation device NV receives either the list of location information or the information indicating the designated route, it guides the vehicle to move based on either of these, and if, for example, a deviation from the designated route occurs during designated route course management, it reports the occurrence of the deviation to the management device M via the processing server SV.

[0025] Next, the configurations of the processing server SV and each navigation device NV included in the information processing system SS according to the embodiment will be explained with reference to Figure 3.

[0026] As shown in Figure 3(a), the processing server SV according to the embodiment consists of an interface 10, a processing unit 11 consisting of a CPU, RAM (Random Access Memory), and ROM (Read Only Memory), a display 12 consisting of a liquid crystal display, an operation unit 13 consisting of a mouse and keyboard, and a recording unit 14 consisting of an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) or SSD (Solid State Drive).

[0027] In this configuration, under the control of the processing unit 11, interface 10 controls the exchange of data between each navigation device NV and the administrator device M via the network NW. Meanwhile, the operation unit 13 outputs an operation signal to the processing unit 11 corresponding to the operation performed by the user of the processing server SV. The processing unit 11 then uses the data recorded in the recording unit 14 to comprehensively control the information processing as the processing server SV according to the embodiment, based on the operation signal. At this time, the data recorded in the recording unit 14 includes, for example, a list of location information or designated route information associated with a vehicle ID (e.g., vehicle number) for identifying each vehicle from other vehicles, as well as a program for executing the information processing as the processing server SV according to the embodiment. The information necessary for the processing unit 11 to execute the information processing according to the embodiment is presented to the user via the display 12. The processing unit 11 also executes the information processing according to the embodiment as the processing server SV while exchanging necessary data with the administrator device M and each navigation device NV via interface 10.

[0028] On the other hand, as shown in Figure 3(b), each navigation device NV according to the embodiment is composed of an interface 1, a processing unit 2 consisting of a CPU, RAM, and ROM, a display 3 consisting of a liquid crystal display, an operation unit 4 consisting of a remote control and operation buttons, a recording unit 5 consisting of an HDD or SSD, a sensor unit 6 consisting of, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor and a self-contained sensor or an imaging camera, and a speaker 7. In this case, the interface 1 corresponds to an example of the designated route information acquisition means 1 according to the embodiment, the processing unit 2 corresponds to an example of the detection means 2 according to the embodiment, and an example of the "map presentation control means" and an example of the "search means" according to the present application, respectively, and the processing unit 2 and the display 3 correspond to an example of the presentation means 3 according to the embodiment. Also, as shown in Figure 3(b), the interface 1, the processing unit 2 and the display 3 constitute an example of the mobile device S according to the embodiment.

[0029] In this configuration, interface 1 controls the exchange of data with the processing server SV via the network NW under the control of processing unit 2. Meanwhile, operation unit 4 outputs operation signals to processing unit 2 corresponding to operations performed by passengers (including the driver) of the vehicle equipped with the navigation device NV. Processing unit 2 then uses the data recorded in recording unit 5 to comprehensively control the information processing as the processing server SV according to the embodiment, based on the operation signals. The data recorded in recording unit 5 includes, for example, map data for the map displayed on display 3 when guiding the movement of the vehicle equipped with the navigation device NV, as well as a list of the above-mentioned location information or designated route information acquired via the processing server SV in association with the navigation device NV (in other words, the vehicle). Furthermore, recording unit 5 also records programs for executing the information processing as the navigation device NV according to the embodiment. The information necessary for processing unit 2 to execute the information processing according to the embodiment is presented to the passenger by display on display 3 or by sound via speaker 7. Processing unit 2 also executes the information processing according to the embodiment as the navigation device NV while exchanging necessary data with the processing server SV via interface 1.

[0030] Next, we will specifically describe, using Figures 4 and 5, the information processing according to an embodiment that is mainly performed by the processing server SV and each navigation device NV included in the information processing system SS having the above-described configuration.

[0031] As shown in the corresponding flowchart in Figure 4, the information processing related to the embodiment of the processing server SV begins, for example, when the power switch of the processing server SV is turned on. After the information processing begins, the processing unit 11 of the processing server SV first obtains a list of the above-mentioned location information and the above-mentioned designated route information to be transmitted to the vehicle whose movement is to be managed, from the administrator device M via the network NW. The processing unit 11 then generates course data related to the embodiment, including the obtained list of location information and the designated route information, and transmits it via the network NW to the navigation device NV installed in the vehicle whose movement is to be managed (step S20). The processing unit 11 then monitors the transmission of the departure point route data from the navigation device NV, which will be described later (step S21).

[0032] On the other hand, the information processing related to the embodiment of the navigation device NV is started, for example, when the power switch for the navigation device NV is turned on. After the information processing starts, the processing unit 2 of the navigation device NV monitors whether or not the course data has been transmitted from the processing server SV (step S1; see step S20 above). If the course data has not been transmitted in the monitoring in step S1 (step S1: NO), the processing unit 2 continues monitoring in step S1. On the other hand, if the course data has been transmitted in the monitoring in step S1 (step S1: YES), the processing unit 2 then monitors whether or not a selection operation has been made, for example via the operation unit 4, by a passenger in the vehicle equipped with the navigation device NV, to move the vehicle under the registered course management or under the specified route course management (step S2).

[0033] Here, as part of the selection in step S2, the passenger separately contacts, for example, the administrator using the administrator device M, to confirm whether the vehicle they are driving should be moved under registered course management or designated route course management. The passenger then makes a selection operation as step S2 based on the result of this confirmation.

[0034] If registered course management is selected during monitoring in step S2 (step S2: registered course), the processing unit 2 then independently searches for a route to reach the destination via the points indicated by the point information included in the list of point information for the registered course management (step S3), and then starts guiding the vehicle's movement using, for example, the same guidance processing method as before (step S4). After that, the processing unit 2 monitors whether or not the starting point has been passed on the route searched in step S3 (in other words, whether or not movement has started) (step S5). If the starting point has not yet been passed during monitoring in step S5 (step S5: NO), the processing unit 2 returns to step S4 and continues guidance to the starting point. On the other hand, if the starting point has been passed during monitoring in step S5 (step S5: YES), the processing unit 2 generates starting point data indicating that the starting point has been passed (in other words, that movement to each point indicated by the list of point information has started) and transmits it to the processing server SV via the network NW (step S6). This origin route data includes at least identification data for identifying a vehicle that passed through the origin, and time data indicating the time of passage. The processing unit 2 then proceeds to step S13, which will be described later.

[0035] On the other hand, if specified route course management is selected during monitoring in step S2 (step S2: specified route course), the processing unit 2 then switches the navigation device NV itself to a mode that prohibits the rerouting search (step S7). At this time, the processing unit 2 may switch to the mode that prohibits rerouting search based on the selection of specified route course management in step S2, or, if the specified route information acquired in step S1 includes a prohibition flag that prohibits rerouting search, it may switch to the mode that prohibits rerouting search based on confirmation of the prohibition flag. In the former case, the processing unit 2 will independently switch to the mode that prohibits rerouting search, while in the latter case, it will switch to the mode that prohibits rerouting search based on instructions from the processing server SV.

[0036] After switching to a mode that prohibits rerouting in step S7, the processing unit 2 then detects the current location of the vehicle equipped with the navigation device NV based on current location data from the sensor unit 6. If the detected current location differs from the starting point on the designated route, the processing unit 2 displays the starting point indicator according to the embodiment on the display 3 along with a map of the area that includes the designated route and the current location.

[0037] To illustrate the departure point indicator displayed in step S8, for example, as shown in Figure 5(a), when the map MP, which includes the current location mark PS indicating the current position and the designated route OR (shown as a thick dashed line in Figure 5(a)) including the departure point ST, is displayed on the display 3, a simple straight line departure point indicator G (shown as a dashed line in Figure 5(a)) that is unrelated to the shape of the road, etc., is displayed. This departure point indicator G is a simple indicator that shows the position of the departure point ST of the designated route OR as seen from the current position of the vehicle under designated route course management. Furthermore, it is preferable that the display color of the departure point indicator G on the display 3 be different from the display color of the designated route OR on the display 3. In addition to the straight line departure point indicator G exemplified in Figure 5(a), the departure point indicator G may also be configured to indicate the direction of the departure point ST by an arrow indicating the direction of the departure point ST as seen from the current position, or it may be configured to indicate the direction of the departure point ST by sound via the speaker 7. In this case, the processing unit 2 of the navigation device NV, which is under designated route course management, does not perform route searching from the current location to the departure point ST, nor does it provide guidance using the searched route. Therefore, the passengers of the vehicle move the vehicle to the departure point ST by referring to the map MP displayed together with the departure point indicator G, for example.

[0038] After displaying the departure point indicator G in step S8, the processing unit 2 then monitors whether the vehicle has passed the departure point ST (in other words, whether it has started moving along the designated route) (step S9). If the monitoring in step S9 indicates that the vehicle has not yet passed the departure point ST (step S9: NO), the processing unit 2 returns to step S8 and continues to display the departure point indicator G. On the other hand, if the monitoring in step S9 indicates that the vehicle has passed the departure point ST (step S9: YES), the processing unit 2 generates departure point transit data indicating that the vehicle has passed the departure point ST (in other words, that it has started moving along the designated route) and transmits it to the processing server SV via the network NW (step S10). This departure point transit data includes at least identification data to identify the vehicle that passed the departure point and time data indicating the time of transit. The processing unit 2 then starts guiding the vehicle along the designated route (step S11).

[0039] Next, the processing unit 2 monitors whether a vehicle under designated route course management has deviated from the designated route during movement along the designated route (step S12). In step S12, the processing unit 2 monitors for such deviation based on the current position data from the sensor unit 6. At this time, even if the processing unit 2 detects that the vehicle's current position is outside the designated route, it does not immediately determine that a deviation from the designated route has occurred. For example, it only determines that a deviation from the designated route has occurred when the state of the current position being outside the designated route continues for a certain period of time (e.g., 1 minute) or when it is detected that the current position is a certain distance (e.g., 200 meters) away from the designated route.

[0040] If, during monitoring in step S12, no deviation from the designated route has occurred (step S12: NO), the processing unit 2 then monitors whether the vehicle under designated route course management has arrived at a waypoint included in the designated route (step S13). If, during monitoring in step S13, the vehicle has not yet arrived at the waypoint (step S13: NO), the processing unit 2 returns to step S11 and repeats the process described above. On the other hand, if, during monitoring in step S13, the vehicle has arrived at the waypoint (step S13: YES), the processing unit 2 generates waypoint arrival data indicating that the vehicle has arrived at the waypoint and transmits it to the processing server SV via the network NW (step S14). This waypoint arrival data includes at least identification data to identify the vehicle that has arrived at the waypoint and time data indicating the time of arrival.

[0041] Next, the processing unit 2 monitors whether the vehicle under designated route course management has arrived at a destination included in the designated route (step S15). If the vehicle has not yet arrived at the destination as of the monitoring in step S15 (step S15: NO), the processing unit 2 returns to step S11 and repeats the process described above. On the other hand, if the vehicle has arrived at the destination as of the monitoring in step S15 (step S15: YES), the processing unit 2 generates destination arrival data indicating that the vehicle has arrived at the destination and sends it to the processing server SV via the network NW (step S16). This destination arrival data includes at least identification data to identify the vehicle that has arrived at the destination and time data indicating the time of arrival.

[0042] Subsequently, the processing unit 2 determines whether to terminate the information processing related to the embodiment of the navigation device NV, for example, because the power switch of the navigation device NV has been turned off (step S17). If the determination in step S17 is to continue the information processing (step S17: NO), the processing unit 2 returns to step S1 and repeats the process described above. On the other hand, if the determination in step S17 is to terminate the information processing (step S17: YES), the processing unit 2 terminates the information processing.

[0043] On the other hand, if the monitoring in step S12 determines that a deviation from the designated route has occurred (step S12: YES), the processing unit 2 then performs the processing for when the designated route has been deviated from (step S18). In step S18, the processing unit 2 performs the following (i) and (ii). (i) Message output to passengers of vehicles equipped with the NV navigation system. (ii) Transmission of off-route data to the processing server SV via the network NW, indicating that a vehicle under designated route course management has deviated from the designated route. At this time, as part of the process described in (i) above, the processing unit 2 displays a message MG, as illustrated in Figure 5(b), on the display 3 along with a current location mark PS indicating the current location of the vehicle that has deviated from the designated route. In this case, the processing unit 2 may, for example, emit a warning sound from the speaker 7 indicating that the vehicle has deviated while displaying the message MG. Furthermore, the display of the message MG is repeated at predetermined intervals (for example, every 5 minutes).

[0044] On the other hand, as part of the process described in (ii) above, the processing unit 2 transmits the data indicating the vehicle that deviated from the designated route, and the time and location of the deviation, to the processing server SV.

[0045] Then, the passengers of the vehicle who have undergone the process described in (i) above will contact, for example, the administrator using the administrator device M, separately to ask for instructions on how to return to the designated route and what other actions they should take.

[0046] Subsequently, the processing unit 2 monitors whether the vehicle has returned to the designated route, for example, based on current location data from the sensor unit 6 (step S19). If the vehicle has not returned to the designated route (step S19: NO), it returns to step S18 and continues the process described in (i) above. At this time, the processing unit 2 may send the data indicating the vehicle is outside the designated route to the processing server SV only once, or it may repeat this process two or more times. On the other hand, if the determination in step S19 indicates that the vehicle has returned to the designated route (step S19: YES), the processing unit 2 proceeds to step S13 and performs the processing from step S13 onward.

[0047] On the other hand, in the monitoring described in step S21, if the processing unit 11 of the processing server SV does not receive the departure route data (see step S6 or step S10) from the navigation device NV (step S21: NO), it continues the monitoring. On the other hand, if departure route data is received (step S21: YES), the processing unit 11 reports the departure route to the administrator device M, including at least identification data to identify the vehicle that sent the departure route data and data indicating the route time (step S22). This report is made via the network NW.

[0048] Next, the processing unit 11 monitors the transmission of the waypoint arrival data (see step S14) from the navigation device NV (step S23). If, during the monitoring in step S23, the waypoint arrival data has not been transmitted from the navigation device NV (step S23: NO), the processing unit 11 continues the monitoring. On the other hand, if the waypoint arrival data has been transmitted (step S23: YES), the processing unit 11 reports the arrival at the waypoint to the administrator device M, including at least identification data to identify the vehicle that transmitted the waypoint arrival data and data indicating the time of arrival (step S24). This report is also made via the network NW.

[0049] Meanwhile, in parallel with the monitoring in step S23, the processing unit 11 monitors for the transmission of the specified route deviation data (see step S18) from the navigation device NV (step S25). If, in the monitoring in step S25, no specified route deviation data has been transmitted from the navigation device NV (step S25: NO), the processing unit 11 continues the monitoring. If, however, specified route deviation data has been transmitted (step S25: YES), the processing unit 11 reports the deviation from the specified route to the administrator device M, including at least identification data to identify the vehicle that transmitted the specified route deviation data, and data indicating the time and location of the deviation from the specified route, respectively (step S26). This report is also made via the network NW, but only once per reception of specified route deviation data. Preferably, this report is made by sending an email ML containing the content illustrated in Figure 5(c), for example, to the administrator device M via the network NW.

[0050] Subsequently, the processing unit 11 monitors the transmission of the destination arrival data (see step S16) from the navigation device NV (step S27). If, during the monitoring in step S27, the destination arrival data has not been transmitted from the navigation device NV (step S27: NO), the processing unit 11 continues the monitoring. On the other hand, if the destination arrival data has been transmitted (step S27: YES), the processing unit 11 reports the arrival at the destination to the operator device M, including at least identification data to identify the vehicle that transmitted the destination arrival data and data indicating the time of arrival (step S28). This report is also sent to the network. This is done via the network.

[0051] Subsequently, the processing unit 11 determines whether to terminate the information processing related to the embodiment as a processing server SV, for example, because the power switch of the processing server SV has been turned off (step S29). If the determination in step S29 is to continue the information processing (step S29: NO), the processing unit 11 returns to step S20 and repeats the process described above. On the other hand, if the determination in step S29 is to terminate the information processing (step S29: YES), the processing unit 11 terminates the information processing.

[0052] As explained above, the operation of the information processing system SS according to the embodiment displays a departure point index G that indicates the location of the departure point ST of the designated route OR to which the vehicle under the administrator's control should travel. Therefore, it is possible to assist the vehicle in moving from its current location to the departure point ST of the designated route OR.

[0053] Furthermore, since the starting point indicator G is a straight line connecting the current location and the starting point ST of the designated route OR (see Figure 5(a)), the relationship between the current location and the starting point ST can be intuitively recognized.

[0054] Furthermore, if the display color of the departure point indicator G and the display color of the specified route OR are different, the departure point indicator G can be easily recognized in distinction from the specified route OR.

[0055] Furthermore, if the map MP, which includes the current location and a designated route OR that includes the departure point ST, is displayed along with the departure point indicator G, it is possible to quickly move to the departure point ST.

[0056] Furthermore, under the designated route course management described in the above embodiment, the navigation device NV may be configured to search for a route from the vehicle's current position to the designated route's starting point ST, either while displaying the departure point indicator G (see Figure 4 step S8 and Figure 5(a)) or without displaying the departure point indicator G, and to guide the vehicle to the starting point ST based on the search results. In this case, since the route from the current position to the starting point ST is searched, even if the starting point ST of the designated route OR is far from the current position, the vehicle can be reliably reached. In this case, the display color of the route from the current position to the starting point ST may be set to be different from the display color of the designated route OR. In this case, it becomes easier for the vehicle's occupants to determine from which point they are entering the designated route OR.

[0057] Furthermore, in the designated route course management described in the above embodiment, if a vehicle that has deviated from the designated route returns to the original designated route (Figure 4, step S19: YES), the system may be configured to report this fact to the administrator device M via the processing server SV. [Explanation of symbols]

[0058] 1. Means for obtaining specified route information (interface) 2. Detection means (processing unit) 3. Display (presentation means) NV1, NV2, NVn Navigation System SV processing server M Administrator device G Origin Indicator S Mobile device OR specified route PS Current Location Mark ML (mailing list)

Claims

1. In a mobile device that guides the movement of a mobile object under the control of an administrator, The aforementioned management includes the management of the mobile body using location information indicating the point to which the mobile body should move, and the management of the mobile body using designated route information indicating the designated route which the mobile body should travel along. An acquisition means for acquiring at least one of the aforementioned location information or the aforementioned designated route information, A detection means for detecting the current position of the moving object, When the designated route information is acquired, and the mobile body deviates from the designated route during guidance of the mobile body's movement using the acquired designated route information, a transmission means transmits deviation identification information to an external source that can identify that the mobile body has deviated from the designated route. A mobile device characterized by comprising the following features.

2. In the mobile device according to claim 1, A mobile device further comprising notification means for notifying the driver that the mobile device has deviated from the designated route.

3. In the mobile device according to claim 1 or claim 2, The aforementioned deviation identification information is Identification information for identifying the moving object that has deviated from the designated route, The departure time information indicates the time when the moving object deviated from the designated route, A mobile device characterized by including the following:

4. In the mobile device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, A mobile device further comprising a display means for displaying an indicator showing the location of the starting point as seen from the current location, when the current location before moving according to the designated route is different from the starting point of the designated route.

5. In the mobile device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The mobile device is characterized in that the transmitting means transmits arrival information to an external party indicating that the device has arrived at either a waypoint on the designated route or the destination on the designated route.

6. In the mobile device according to claim 5, The mobile device is characterized in that the arrival information includes arrival time information indicating the time of arrival at any of the above locations.

7. In the mobile device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, The transmission means is characterized by transmitting return information to an external source when the mobile body returns to the designated route after deviating from the designated route.

8. A mobile device that guides the movement of a mobile object under the control of an administrator, comprising an acquisition means, a detection means, and a transmission means, and an information processing method performed in such a mobile device, The aforementioned management includes the management of the mobile body using location information indicating the point to which the mobile body should move, and the management of the mobile body using designated route information indicating the designated route which the mobile body should travel along. An acquisition step of acquiring at least one of the aforementioned location information or the aforementioned designated route information using the acquisition means, A detection step in which the current position of the moving body is detected by the detection means, When the designated route information is acquired, if the mobile body deviates from the designated route while being guided to move using the acquired designated route information, the transmission means transmits deviation identification information to the outside, which allows for the identification of the mobile body deviating from the designated route. An information processing method characterized by including

9. An information processing program characterized by causing a computer to execute the information processing method described in claim 8.

10. A mobile device as described in any one of claims 1 to 7, The administrator device on which the administrator designates the designated route, An information processing system characterized by comprising the following features.

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