# US 2025/0093162 A1 · Information provision apparatus, terminal apparatus, information provision method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0093162 A1 - Document ID: US20250093162A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/726,853 - Filed: 2022-01-14 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-14 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Takatoshi KINO; Masahiro SEKIGUCHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250093162A1 ## CPC - G01C 21/206: {specially adapted for indoor navigation} - G01C 21/36: Input/output arrangements for on-board computers - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) ## Abstract An information provision apparatus (10) includes an acquisition unit (110), a position determination unit (120), a route generation unit (130), an advertisement selection unit (140), and a transmission unit (150). The acquisition unit (110) acquires an image from a terminal apparatus 20 held by a user located in a facility. The position determination unit (120) generates, by processing the image, first position information indicating a position of the user. The route generation unit (130) generates, by using the first position information, route information indicating a route that the user is to move. The advertisement selection unit (140) selects, by using the first position information, advertisement information to be provided to the user. The transmission unit (150) transmits, to the terminal, the route information and the advertisement information being selected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information provision apparatus comprising: at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire an image from a terminal held by a user located in a facility; generate, by processing the image, first position information indicating a position of the user; generate, by using the first position information, route information indicating a route that the user is to move; select, by using the first position information, advertisement information to be provided to the user; and transmit, to the terminal, the route information and the advertisement information being selected. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information provision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image is captured in a facility, and the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to: acquire, from the terminal, second position information indicating a position of the user at a time of entry in the facility; facility, and determine the facility by using the second position information, and generate the first position information by using reference information being associated with the facility being determined. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information provision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to further select advertisement information by using a time or a date. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information provision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to further select the advertisement information by using an object captured in the image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The information provision apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the image includes a plurality of frame images, and at least one of the frame images being used by determining the position is not used by selecting the advertisement information, or at least one of the frame images being used by selecting the advertisement information is not used by determining the position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information provision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to further select selects the advertisement information by using a moving direction of the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information provision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to select the advertisement information by using at least one of clothing of a person captured in the image and air temperature. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information provision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to select the advertisement information by using at least one of attribution information and preference information that relate to the user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information provision apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the facility is a stop of public transportation, and the attribution information includes a purpose of movement using the public transportation by the user. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The information provision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to select the advertisement information by using a number of visits to the facility by the user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The information provision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the advertisement information relates to a shop in the facility, the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to: when information indicating that the advertisement information is selected is acquired from the terminal, add a shop corresponding to the advertisement information as a transit point, and generate the route information being updated; and transmit the route information being updated to the terminal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The information provision apparatus according to claim 11, wherein, the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to: when the route information being updated is generated, select the advertisement information being new; and transmit the new advertisement information being selected to the terminal together with the route information being updated. ### Claim 13 A terminal apparatus comprising: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire the advertisement information and the route information from an information provision apparatus; and display the advertisement information on a screen, and also display a mark on the screen by using a current position of a user and the route information, the mark indicating a direction in which the user is to move. move, wherein the information provision apparatus comprises: at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire an image from a terminal held by a user located in a facility; generate, by processing the image, first position information indicating a position of the user; generate, by using the first position information, route information indicating a route that the user is to move; select, by using the first position information, advertisement information to be provided to the user; and transmit, to the terminal, the route information and the advertisement information being selected. ### Claim 14 An information provision method comprising, by a computer executing: acquiring an image from a terminal held by a user located in a facility; generating, by processing the image, first position information indicating a position of the user; generating, by using the first position information, route information indicating a route that the user is to move; selecting, by using the first position information, advertisement information to be provided to the user; and transmitting, to the terminal, the route information and the advertisement information being selected. ### Claim 15 (canceled) ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute the information provision method according to claim 14. ### Claim 17 (canceled)