Information providing system, information providing method and program recording medium

An information providing method, wherein the method comprises:

• detecting an evaluation target person who is a potential user of a public transportation based on an image input from a camera;
• calculating at least one of a first evaluation value indicating a possibility of use of a public transportation by the evaluation target person and a second evaluation value indicating a possibility of use of an alternative transportation by the evaluation target person based on a timetable of a public transportation geographically nearest to a current location of the evaluation target person;
• and
• transmitting at least one of the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value to a predetermined terminal apparatus
• wherein the method further comprises:
• prospecting weather of a location of the evaluation target person based on a background image of the evaluation target person captured by the camera so as to correct the second evaluation value based on the prospected weather;
• and
• dispatching an alternative transportation vehicle to the evaluation target person if the second evaluation value is above a threshold and not dispatching the alternative transportation vehicle if the first evaluation value is above a threshold.

A non-transitory program recording medium, which stores program that causes a computer configuring an information providing system to execute:

• detecting an evaluation target person who is a potential user of a public transportation based on image input from a camera;
• calculating at least one of a first evaluation value indicating a possibility of use of a public transportation by the evaluation target person and a second evaluation value indicating a possibility of use of an alternative transportation by the evaluation target person based on a timetable of a public transportation geographically nearest to a current location of the evaluation target person;
• transmitting at least one of the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value to a predetermined terminal apparatus;
• prospecting weather of a location of the evaluation target person based on a background image of the evaluation target person captured by the camera so as to correct the second evaluation value based on the prospected weather;
• and
• dispatching an alternative transportation vehicle to the evaluation target person if the second evaluation value is above a threshold and not dispatching the alternative transportation vehicle if the first evaluation value is above a threshold.