JP2002024996A - Vehicle operation management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle operation management system allowing the positive management of vehicles in the system. SOLUTION: When detecting the movement of a mobile station 101 into a range assigned on a monitor 12, that is, into a position shown by 62, information on a vehicle number and the moving state of the vehicle such as 'No.101 arriving vacant' as shown by 65 is displayed on the monitor 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle operation management system in a taxi company having a plurality of vehicles, a transportation company, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a GPS (global positioning system) used by a transportation company or the like has been developed.
In the vehicle operation management system adopting TEM),
In order to respond to inquiries from customers such as "when can we collect the goods?", It is necessary for the operation manager to know the operation status of the collected vehicles. In this case, in the vehicle operation management system, it is the current situation that the operation manager makes a judgment in consideration of the results up to arrival at the destination and the current position of the vehicle and responds to customer inquiries each time. Met.

[0003] In these methods, there is a possibility that a judgment different from the conventional standard may be made, for example, when the operation manager changes largely because the operation manager changes its skill and judgment ability. It is necessary to constantly monitor the operation management computer in order to grasp the overall delay, and the operation efficiency of the operation manager will not be improved. There are drawbacks such as the situation that you will know.

[0004] In some cases, a transportation company employing a vehicle operation management system needs to contact a vehicle or a customer immediately before arriving at the request of a specific customer. For example,
In taxi companies, there are cases where no empty vehicle exists around the customer who has requested the dispatch, and the customer has requested that it be OK even if it is a little late.

[0005] In such a case, in the conventional vehicle operation management system, the operation manager monitors the vehicle on the map screen, confirms that the target vehicle has entered the target position, and if the transportation company, If the taxi company is a taxi company, an operation manager issues a dispatch instruction to the vehicle.

[0006] These methods often rely on the dispatching ability of the operation manager, and in the case of monitoring while performing other tasks, the operation manager forgets to respond or delays the response. There are drawbacks that hinder smooth operation.

[0007]

In such a conventional vehicle operation management and operation system, there are many parts that depend on the skills and judgment of the operation manager. May make different decisions,
In addition, it is necessary to constantly monitor the operation management computer in order to grasp the current delay of the entire vehicle, so that the operation efficiency of the operation manager does not increase. There were drawbacks, such as the first time you would know the vehicle operating status.

Further, in the conventional vehicle operation management system, it often depends on the dispatching ability of the operation manager, and in the case of monitoring while performing other work, the operation manager forgets to respond. However, there were drawbacks that hindered smooth operation such as slow response.

Therefore, the present invention takes these problems into consideration,
An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle operation management system capable of reliably managing vehicles in the system.

[0010]

To achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a mobile station detects its own location information and transmits the detected location information to a management station. ,
In a vehicle operation management system in which a management station performs operation management of a mobile station based on the location information, the management station includes a setting unit that presets a specific range in which the mobile station moves, based on the location information, Detecting means for detecting that the mobile station is located in a specific range, and, when the detecting means detects that the mobile station is located in the specific range, a notifying means for notifying that, characterized by comprising I have.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle operation management system according to the first aspect, the mobile station detects its own location information using a GPS system. Is detected.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the first aspect of the present invention, the notifying means displays on the display means that the mobile station is located in a specific range. It is characterized by.

[0013] In order to achieve the above object, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a mobile station detects its own location information,
In the vehicle operation management system that transmits the detected position information to the management station and the management station performs operation management of the mobile station based on the position information, the management station is based on the position information.
Calculating means for the mobile station to calculate the arrival time to a specific range;
A comparison means for comparing the scheduled arrival time arriving in the predetermined range with the arrival time calculated by the calculation means, and a notification means for notifying a result of the comparison by the comparison means. .

In order to achieve the above object, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, the mobile station detects its own location information detected by using a GPS system. It is characterized by:

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the fourth aspect of the invention, the notifying means includes an arrival time calculated by the calculating means and an arrival time calculated by the calculating means by comparison by the comparing means. When the difference from the time is equal to or more than a predetermined value, the fact is notified.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) An embodiment of a vehicle operation management system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a vehicle operation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The vehicle operation management system according to the present invention comprises a command station 1, an MCA radio 2, and a mobile station 3.

The command station 1 includes an operation management computer 11 for instructing the mobile station 3 to dispatch the vehicle via the MCA radio 2, a monitor 12 for displaying the dispatch status of the mobile station 3, and a microphone / speaker for outputting sound. 13 and an input unit 14 for the operation manager to give various input instructions.

The MCA radio 2 fulfills the task of instructing the mobile station 3 via a radio signal a request from the command station 1 for an operation manager to dispatch a vehicle.

The mobile station 3 usually has a plurality of stations (3a, 3b... 3x in this embodiment).
, A dispatch instruction is issued according to an instruction from the command station.
The mobile station 3 here refers to a vehicle such as a taxi equipped with a wireless device.

Next, the mobile station 3 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the configuration of the mobile station 3a is described as an example, but the other mobile stations 3b... 3x have the same configuration.

The mobile station 3a includes an antenna 21 for communicating with the MCA radio 2 via a radio line, an MCA radio 22 for processing radio signals transmitted and received via a radio antenna 301, A speaker / microphone 23 for input / output and a GPS receiver 24 for receiving information on the position of the own device from the GPS are provided. Various changes are possible for other configurations.

The mobile station 3a receives the position information such as the latitude and longitude received by the GPS receiver 24, for example, using the MCA.
The signal is periodically transmitted to the command station 1 via the wireless device 22 and the antenna 21.

Next, the operation of notifying the operation manager that the mobile station has moved to the range designated in advance by the command station 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in the command station 1, the operation manager selects and sets a range to be notified in advance. This behavior is
As shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, this is executed in the alarm range selection process.

The operation manager operates the operation management computer 11.
The user selects the range of the destination point that the mobile device reaches by operating the input unit 14 (step 301). This selection is made by pointing the mouse which is one of the input units 14 on the screen of the monitor 12. The radius area can be designated, and the operation management computer 11 automatically monitors the area.

The range selected in step 301 is displayed on the screen of the monitor 12 (step 3).
02).

The range specified in this process is displayed as a selection range 52 on the screen of the monitor 12, as shown in FIG. By displaying the selection range in this way, the operation manager can easily grasp the selection range.

Next, the vehicle monitoring processing in the command station 1 will be described.

For example, the operation management computer 11
Monitors whether a vehicle (mobile station) specified by the operation manager in advance has moved to a selection range specified in advance (step 401). This determination is made based on the position information that the mobile station receives from the GPS and periodically transmits to the command station 1.

When it is detected that the vehicle wants to move within the selected range, an alarm indicating the fact is issued (step 402).

As an example of alarm notification, an example as shown in FIG. 6 can be considered. That is, when it is detected that the mobile station 101 has moved to the designated range on the monitor 12, that is, the position indicated by 62, as shown in 65, information such as the vehicle number such as "No. By displaying the information on the monitor 12 and prompting the operation manager to do so, the operation manager can easily grasp the operation status of the vehicle.

The position of the vehicle is updated on the screen based on the data automatically collected by the MCA radio.

When selecting the range shown in FIG.
It is also possible to specify a vehicle number, a vehicle group, and the like, and to issue a warning only when a vehicle meeting the conditions enters the selection range. Also, selection of a plurality of ranges can be an effective function. (Second Embodiment) The configurations of a system, a mobile station, and a command station are the same as those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, in the scheduled arrival time setting process shown in FIG. 7, the scheduled arrival time at which the vehicle arrives is set in advance at the command station 1 side.

That is, the operation manager selects a vehicle whose arrival time is to be set according to an instruction from the input unit 14 connected to the operation management computer 11 (step 702), and arrives at the place where the vehicle is heading. The time is set and stored in the operation management computer 11. Needless to say, this processing can be performed for a plurality of vehicles.

Based on the information thus stored, the operation management computer 11 of the command station 1 performs the vehicle monitoring shown in FIG.

When a specific vehicle (mobile station) arrives at a waypoint, the vehicle transmits position coordinates measured by GPS to the command station 1, and the operation management computer 11 transmits the transmitted position coordinates. Calculate the difference (whether the vehicle is late or not) from the scheduled procurement time of the vehicle (step 80).
1) If it is delayed by more than a predetermined time (step 80)
2), an alarm is issued as a delay occurrence (step 8)
03) The above operation will be described with reference to FIG.

For example, when the customer 46 makes an inquiry to the command station and answers the time until the pickup of the luggage of the vehicle 101, the operation manager of the command station 1 monitors the delay status to the destination via the destination. Since the information can be grasped by the display on the screen 41 of FIG. 12, it can be easily answered that the customer 46 is behind the expected arrival time.

Further, the operation manager does not need to watch the occurrence of the delay on the operation management computer 11 and can know which vehicle is behind by only paying attention to the delay alarm warning of the occurrence of the delay. In addition, the workability of the operation manager of the command station can be improved. As an example of the delay alarm warning, as shown at 47 in FIG.
It is appropriate to display "No. 101 is delayed for 5 minutes" or the like.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention,
If the location etc. are registered in advance, the vehicle position is automatically monitored by the operation management computer processing, and if the target conditions are met, a warning is displayed on the screen, the vehicle is operated with a warning sound etc. Since the manager is notified, the vehicle operation manager can concentrate on other tasks.

Further, according to the present invention, since the command station can automatically determine whether the vehicle has arrived or has arrived at the destination point specified in advance, the operation manager can reliably detect the destination even if he or she is performing other tasks. The effect that it can respond to vehicles is acquired.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a vehicle operation management system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile station according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an alarm range selection process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a display example of a monitor 12 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle monitoring process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a display example of a monitor 12 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a scheduled arrival time setting process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle monitoring process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a display example of a monitor 12 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Command station, 11 ... Operation management computer, 1
2 ・ ・ ・ Monitor, 13 ・ ・ ・ Microphone / Speaker, 14 ・
..Input unit, 2 ... MCA radio, 3 ... mobile station

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Claims (6)

[Claims] A vehicle operation management system in which a mobile station detects its own location information, transmits the detected location information to a management station, and the management station manages the operation of the mobile station based on the location information. Setting means for setting in advance a specific range in which the mobile station moves; detecting means for detecting that the mobile station is located in the specific range based on the position information; and When the station detects that the station is located in the specific range, a notifying means for notifying the fact is provided. 2. The vehicle operation management system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station detects position information of the mobile station using a GPS system. 3. The notifying means displays on a display means that the mobile station is located in a specific range.
The vehicle operation management system as described. 4. A vehicle operation management system in which a mobile station detects location information of its own station, transmits the detected location information to a management station, and the management station manages the operation of the mobile station based on the location information. The management station is configured to calculate, based on the position information, an arrival time of the mobile station in a specific range; an estimated arrival time to arrive in the predetermined specific range set in advance; and an arrival time calculated by the calculation unit. A vehicle operation management system, comprising: comparison means for comparing the comparison results; and notification means for reporting the result of comparison by the comparison means. 5. The vehicle operation management system according to claim 4, wherein the mobile station detects position information of the mobile station using a GPS system. 6. The notifying means, when the difference between the estimated arrival time and the arrival time calculated by the calculating means is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, based on the comparison by the comparing means, notifies the fact. 4. The vehicle operation management system according to 4.