Abstract: A number-of-terminals estimation device has a unit to acquire location data; a unit to acquire location acquisition time information of second location data immediately preceding the first location data and third location data immediately following the first location data, from location data including the same identification information; a unit to calculate a feature amount of the first location data, based on at least two of the location acquisition time information of the first to third location data; a unit to acquire observation target location data including location acquisition time information after an observation start time and before an observation end time and including location information corresponding to observation area information; and a unit to estimate the number of terminals located in the observation area during the observation period, based on feature amounts of the observation target location data and the length of the observation period.

Abstract: A statistical information generation system includes a condition input section, an extracting section that extracts unidentifiable location data and unidentifiable attribute data, a magnification factor adding section that adds a magnification factor to the unidentifiable attribute data, a statistics section that calculates statistical data by using the unidentifiable location data, the unidentifiable attribute data, and the magnification factor, a counting section that counts the unidentifiable location data, a determining section that determines a magnitude of the number of pieces of data, and an output section that hides the statistical data to output the statistical data.

Abstract: A position information aggregation device includes a position information receiving unit receives position information related to the positions of a plurality of mobile communication terminals together with a user ID specifying a user of the terminal corresponding to each position information and an address code of the user, an acquisition rate calculating unit that calculates a position information acquisition rate of each address code of the plurality of terminals using population statistics data and position information of each narrow area in a predetermined broad area, and an aggregating unit that aggregates a population distribution in a certain area by extracting the position information corresponding to the certain area based on the position information received by the position information receiving unit and aggregating the position information in which the position information acquisition rate corresponding to the address code included in the position information is reflected.

Abstract: A terminal number estimation device includes a first location information acquisition unit containing a terminal ID and an area ID identifying a location area of a mobile terminal, a second location information acquisition unit that acquires second location information containing a terminal ID and coordinate information of the mobile terminal, a correspondence information generation unit that generates correspondence information based on the area ID and the coordinate information using the first and the second location information, an area information acquisition unit that acquires area information containing an area ID and area range information about an area range of an area identified by the area ID, an in-area terminal number acquisition unit that acquires the number of in-area mobile terminals, and a terminal number correction unit that corrects the number of terminals based on the correspondence information and the area information.

Abstract: A mobile station, a communication system, and a communication method that are capable of efficiently collecting location information of any user. A communicating module receives a positioning request including attribute specifying information from a management center, a determining module determines whether measurements of the location are necessary or not based on the attribute specifying information in the received positioning request and the attribute information stored in advance. Then, when the determining module determines that measurements of the location are necessary, a positioning module performs measurements of the location and sends location information thus measured to the management center. Accordingly, it is possible to collect the location information of the mobile station that agrees with an attribute that the management center desires and therefore, it is possible to provide an attentive service and the like based on the location information.

Abstract: A communication system aimed at easily and quickly collecting data regarding macroscopic population distribution, and easily and quickly obtaining survey results. An RNC of a communication system includes a signal-counting module that counts the number of signals indicating a quantity of signals transmitted and received between a mobile station and a BTS. An information analysis device includes a population distribution calculation module that calculates population distribution based on the number of the signals that the signal-counting module counts, and an output module that outputs the population distribution that the population distribution calculation module calculates.

Abstract: A household member number distribution estimation apparatus of the present invention includes a subscriber information acquisition unit that acquires subscriber information that is information regarding subscribers of mobile terminals of a specific carrier in a region within a predetermined range and with which user IDs and main line numbers of the mobile terminals are associated, a household terminal number extraction unit that, by referring to the subscriber information, extracts the number of household terminals that is the number of the mobile terminals for each main line number, a household number extraction unit that extracts the number of households per number of terminals, and a household number estimation unit that, by using a terminal subscription rate in the region within the predetermined range to correct the number of households per number of terminals, estimates the number of households per number of household members that is the number of households for each of the number of household members c

Abstract: Provided is a mesh data creation method allowing appropriate expression of population densities while making a balance between accuracy and granularity. In the mesh data creation method, when the number of samples in a region of reference mesh data with a predetermined size is not less than a threshold, divided mesh data is created by dividing the region of the reference mesh data. Namely, each portion with a high population density can be expressed by a fine region of mesh data and each portion with a low population density by a coarse region of mesh data. The above makes it feasible to prevent meshes from becoming too fine to ensure accuracy or, conversely, from becoming too coarse to maintain granularity, thereby resulting in failing to achieve a detailed grasp of population densities, and thus to achieve appropriate expression of population densities while making a balance between accuracy and granularity.

Abstract: An information processing device and a method for estimating a number of terminals, which can accurately count a number of mobile terminals in an analysis target region of which address attribute is an adjacent region, taking the intake phenomenon into account. A terminal counting portion counts numbers of first and second position information pieces. An intake coefficient calculation portion calculates an intake coefficient based on the numbers of position information pieces. An intaked terminal calculation portion calculates a number of intaked terminals based on the counted number of position information pieces at an analysis target time and the calculated intake coefficient, subtracts the number of intaked terminals from the number of position information pieces, and calculates an estimated number of mobile terminals.

Abstract: In a location identifying method, the sight of users of mobile communication terminals is estimated by calculating directions of the users based on position information of the mobile communication terminals, and the location where the lines of sight of the users are concentrated is identified based on the estimated sight. By identifying a location where the lines of sight of the users of the mobile communication terminals are concentrated, it is possible to identify an installation location where high advertising effectiveness can be achieved. Moreover, since only acquisition of the position information of the mobile communication terminals is needed, it is possible to efficiently identify an installation location of an advertisement, etc. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently identify an installation location of an advertisement or a billboard where high advertising effectiveness can be achieved.

Abstract: To estimate the number of mobile terminals that have been staying in an observation area for a desired period of time, the feature quantity calculation portion 17 calculates a feature quantity for observation target location data based on location acquisition time information contained in the observation target location data acquired by the observation target acquisition portion 15. The expected stay time calculation portion 18 calculates an expected stay time in an observation area to be observed and, based on the expected stay time, the passing/staying terminal selection portion 19 selects mobile terminals to serve as a target of terminal quantity estimation. Then, the terminal quantity estimation portion 20 estimates the number of mobile terminals calculated as the target of estimation. In this manner, the terminal quantity estimation device 10 estimates the number of mobile terminals that have been staying in the observation area for a desired period of time.

Abstract: A terminal number estimation device includes a first location information acquisition unit containing a terminal ID and an area ID identifying a location area of a mobile terminal, a second location information acquisition unit that acquires second location information containing a terminal ID and coordinate information of the mobile terminal, a correspondence information generation unit that generates correspondence information based on the area ID and the coordinate information using the first and the second location information, an area information acquisition unit that acquires area information containing an area ID and area range information about an area range of an area identified by the area ID, an in-area terminal number acquisition unit that acquires the number of in-area mobile terminals, and a terminal number correction unit that corrects the number of terminals based on the correspondence information and the area information.

Abstract: An area range estimation device includes a first location information acquisition unit that acquires first location information containing terminal identification information identifying a mobile terminal and area identification information identifying a location area of the mobile terminal, a second location information acquisition unit that acquires second location information containing the terminal identification information and location information indicating a location of the mobile terminal, a correspondence information generation unit that generates correspondence information based on the area identification information and the location information by using the acquired first location information and second location information, and an area range estimation unit that estimates a range of an area identified by the area identification information based on the generated correspondence information.

Abstract: A terminal-entry-count estimation device includes: an extraction unit for extracting a terminal estimated to be located in an observation area during at least a part of an observation period, or a piece of location data generated by the terminal in the observation period or in an extended period extended by a predetermined width from the observation period, based on location data which includes identification information to identify each terminal, location information about a location of the terminal, and acquisition time information when the location information is acquired and of which an acquisition time is within the observation period or within the extended period; and a terminal-entry-count estimation unit for estimating a terminal-entry-count in the observation area during the observation period, based on the number of extracted location data or the number of extracted terminals.

Abstract: An information analysis device includes: a receiving unit for receiving a location registration signal including a sector ID, location registration time information and a user ID subjected to location registration; an extracting unit for extracting a location registration signal of which the location registration time is immediately preceding a target time and a location registration signal of which the location registration time is immediately following the target time, from the location registration signal for each user; and a population distribution calculation unit for calculating population distribution by sector at the target time based on location registration time information and a location corresponding to the sector ID in the location registration signal immediately preceding the target time for each user, location registration time information and a location corresponding to the sector ID in the location registration signal immediately following the target time for each user, and the target time.

Abstract: A number-of-terminals estimation device includes: a location data acquisition unit to acquire location data which are a collection of multiple pieces of location information including location registration information; a first presence count estimation unit to estimate a first presence count to be the number of terminals in observation area during observation period, based on the location data; a signal removal unit to extract location data in accordance with a type of location data from the location data; a second presence count estimation unit to estimate a second presence count to be the number of terminals in observation area during observation period, based on extracted location data; and a third presence count estimation unit to estimate a third presence count to be the number of terminals in observation area during observation period, based on one or both of first and second presence counts.

Abstract: For easily and quickly collecting data regarding macroscopic population distribution, and easily and quickly obtaining the survey results, an RNC includes: a location registration signal receiver that receives location registration signals, and a signal number counting module that counts the number of the location registration signals for each sector, and an information analyzing apparatus includes: a population distribution calculation module that calculates population distribution information based on the number of the location registration signals; and an output module that outputs the population distribution information.

Abstract: A position information aggregation device includes a position information receiving unit receives position information related to the positions of a plurality of mobile communication terminals together with a user ID specifying a user of the terminal corresponding to each position information and an address code of the user, an acquisition rate calculating unit that calculates a position information acquisition rate of each address code of the plurality of terminals using population statistics data and position information of each narrow area in a predetermined broad area, and an aggregating unit that aggregates a population distribution in a certain area by extracting the position information corresponding to the certain area based on the position information received by the position information receiving unit and aggregating the position information in which the position information acquisition rate corresponding to the address code included in the position information is reflected.

Abstract: A number-of-terminals estimation device has a unit to acquire location data; a unit to acquire location acquisition time information of second location data immediately preceding the first location data and third location data immediately following the first location data, from location data including the same identification information; a unit to calculate a feature amount of the first location data, based on at least two of the location acquisition time information of the first to third location data; a unit to acquire observation target location data including location acquisition time information after an observation start time and before an observation end time and including location information corresponding to observation area information; and a unit to estimate the number of terminals located in the observation area during the observation period, based on feature amounts of the observation target location data and the length of the observation period.

Abstract: A population calculation system includes: an acquisition module acquiring the number of counted people who are counted as samples in a count area containing a target area; a first calculation module calculating population in the count area on the basis of the number of counted people acquired and a scaling factor for determining the population in the count area on the basis of the number of counted people; a second calculation module calculating population in the target area on the basis of the population in the count area thus calculated; a quantization module concealing the population in the count area or the population in the target area on the basis of a class interval that is a product of concealment reference that is a reference value of a minimum summation unit and the scaling factor in calculation processing; and an output module outputting concealed population in the target area.