JP2005266857A - Seat management method and seat management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seat management method for encouraging a passenger to give a seat, and easy to fit in for an operator side of transportation facilities. <P>SOLUTION: An incentive information generating means 33 extracts boarding and getting-off information of a nonpriority person from a boarding and getting-off information storage means 31 (a step S1). Seating and leaving seat information including a seating station and a leaving seat station in a range from a boarding station to a getting-off station of the extracted boarding and getting-off information is extracted from a seating and leaving seat information storage means 32 (a step S2). Then, when the seating and leaving seat information having passenger identification information identical to the extracted boarding and getting-off information out of the extracted seating and leaving seat information, and the seating and leaving seat information to a priority person having seat identification information identical to the seating and leaving seat information are in a time-series order, and the leaving seat station of the former seating and leaving seat information and the seating station of the latter seating and leaving seat information correspond, incentive information corresponding incentive to the passenger identification information of the nonpriority person is generated (a step S3). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a seat management method and a seat management system, and more particularly to a seat management method and a seat management system for managing a seat provided in a vehicle.

  Currently, in transportation facilities such as trains, for example, silver sheets are prepared as priority seats assigned to priority persons who should be given priority to seats such as elderly people, persons with physical disabilities, and pregnant women. In particular, in Japan, an aging society is expected in the future, and there are companies that are planning to make all seats silver seats in the train.

  However, where all seats are silver sheets as described above, the number of people who give up seats does not necessarily increase. Although the act of giving up a seat is a free act, it is considered that if the person who gives up the seat gives some kind of reward, the act of giving up the seat is encouraged as compared to simply adding priority seats.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technology is disclosed in which a reservation status of a seat occupied by a user is managed by a server, and a predetermined point is provided to a user who has given the seat when the seat transfer is established (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

  In this technology, a user who occupies a seat and surrounding users negotiate transfer of the seat through communication using a portable terminal, and when the transfer of the seat is established, the establishment of the negotiation is transmitted to the system. And the predetermined point is given with respect to the transferor by the system which received this.

  Further, as another technique for urging the transfer of seats, a seat management apparatus has been filed so far, such as Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-89222, which determines a seat transferee, a transferee, and a seat position on the system side. Yes.

In this seat management apparatus, the assignor, the assignee, and the seat position are determined on the system side. Thereafter, when a priority person who should be given a seat gets on the panel, the panel display prompts the determined assignor to give the seat to the priority person.
JP 2003-99654 A (paragraph numbers [0017] to [0018], FIG. 1)

  However, in the above seat management device, the system and the transferee and the transferee are specified by the system as well as the seat position to be transferred. There was a problem that it was difficult to be familiar with the business owner.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a seat management method that facilitates transfer of seats to a user and is easily familiar to the operator of the transportation facility. Another object of the present invention is to provide a seat management system that facilitates transfer of seats to the user and is easily familiar to the operator of the transportation facility.

  In the present invention, in order to solve the above problem, as shown in FIG. 1, in the seat management method for managing the seats provided in the vehicle, the reward information generating means 33 is information regarding the user getting on and off the vehicle. The priority information is stored with reference to the boarding / alighting information storage means 31 in which boarding / alighting information including the presence / absence of the user's priority on the seat and the boarding / alighting station of the user is stored. The first step S1 for extracting the getting-on / off information of the non-priority person who does not have the information, and the reward information generating means 33, the information on the seating of the user with respect to the seat is recorded, the presence or absence of the priority, With reference to the seating information storage means 32 in which seating information including the seating station and seating station of the user is stored, the extracted boarding / exiting information is in a range from the boarding station to the boarding station. Said wearing The second step S2 for extracting the seating / seating information including the station and the seating station, and the reward information generating means 33 includes the seating / seating information for the non-priority among the extracted seating / seating information. When the seating information corresponding to the same seat as the seating information is in chronological order with respect to the priority person having priority, the seating station of the former seating information and the latter seating of the latter If the seating information of the seating information matches, the third step S3 of generating reward information in which the reward is associated with the non-priority person is provided. .

  According to the above method, the reward information generating means 33 records information related to getting on and off the user's vehicle, and includes the presence / absence of priority for the user's seat and the boarding / exiting station including the user's boarding station and the boarding station. Referring to the boarding / alighting information storage means 31 in which the car information is stored, the boarding / alighting information of a non-priority person without priority is extracted. Then, the information regarding the seating / leaving seat for the user's seat is recorded, and the seating / seating information storage means 32 in which the seating information including the presence / absence of the priority and the seating / leaving station of the user is stored is referred to. In the extracted boarding / alighting information, the seating / seating information including the seating station and the seating station in the range from the boarding station to the boarding station is extracted. After that, out of the extracted seating information, if the seating information for the non-priority and the seating information corresponding to the same seat as the seating information, the priority seating with priority is in chronological order, If the seating station of the former seating information matches the seating station of the latter seating information, reward information in which the reward is associated with the non-priority is generated.

  In the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, as shown in FIG. 1, in a seat management system for managing seats provided on a vehicle, a purchase of a ticket is accepted from a user, and the user's The boarding ticket which has the information storage means which stored the user information regarding the said user including the reception means 11 which acquires the necessity of the priority with respect to a seat, and the presence or absence of the said priority corresponding to the necessity of the said priority A ticket issuing means 12 for issuing a ticket, a reward requesting means 13 for requesting a reward given to a non-priority person who does not have the priority, and a boarding / purchasing terminal 1 for getting on and off the user. Based on the notification from the boarding / alighting detection means 41 detected via the boarding ticket, the presence / absence of the priority included in the user information, the boarding station and the boarding station of the user, The ride Based on the notification from the boarding / alighting processing means 21 for creating the boarding / alighting information in which information relating to boarding / exiting is recorded and the seating / seating detection means 42 for detecting the user's seating / leaving seat via the boarding ticket, the use The seating / seating process for creating seating / seating information in which information on seating / seating to the user's seat is recorded, including presence / absence of the priority included in the user's information, and the seating station and seating station of the user A control device 2 comprising means 22, a boarding / alighting information storage means 31 for storing the created boarding / alighting information, a seating / seating information storage means 32 for storing the created seating / alighting information, The getting-on / off information of the non-priority person who does not have the priority right is extracted from the car information storage means 31, and the seating station and the leaving seat are within the range from the boarding station to the getting-off station of the extracted getting-on / off information. Station included Corresponding to the same seat as the information on the non-priority and the information on the non-priority seats, and the priority seat information. When the take-off and seating information for the priority person who has the right is in chronological order, if the take-off station in the former take-off and seating information and the seating station in the latter take-off and seating information match, Receiving a reward request from reward information generating means 33 for generating reward information in which rewards are associated with non-priorities, reward information storage means 34 for storing the generated reward information, and a ticket purchase terminal 1 A seat management center 3 comprising: a reward transmitting means 35 that refers to the reward information storage means 34 and transmits the reward included in the requested reward information of the non-priority person to the ticket purchase terminal 1; To have A featured seat management system is provided.

  According to said structure, in the ticket purchase terminal 1, the reception means 11 receives purchase of a ticket from a user, acquires the necessity of the priority with respect to a user's seat, and the ticket issuing means 12 Issuing a ticket having information storage means for storing user information about the user, including the presence or absence of priority corresponding to the necessity of priority, the reward requesting means 13 to non-priority who does not have priority Request rewards granted. Moreover, in the control apparatus 2, the boarding / alighting processing means 21 is based on the notification from the boarding / alighting detection means 41 which detects a user's boarding / alighting via a boarding ticket, the presence or absence of the priority contained in user information, and utilization The boarding / departure information including information on the user's boarding / exiting station, including information on the user's boarding / exiting station, is created, and the take-off / seating processing means 22 detects the user's take-off / seating seat via the ticket. Based on the notification from the take-off / seat detection means 42, information on whether or not the priority is included in the user information, the seating station and the leaving station of the user, and information regarding the seating of the user's seat was recorded. Create takeoff / seating information. In the seat management center 3, the boarding / alighting information storage means 31 stores the created boarding / alighting information, and the seating / seating seat processing means 22 stores the created boarding / seating information. Then, the reward information generation means 33 extracts the boarding / alighting information of the non-priority person who does not have priority from the boarding / alighting information storage means 31, and the seating station is in the range from the boarding station to the boarding station of the extracted boarding / alighting information. And the seating information including the seating station is extracted from the seating information storage unit 32, and the seating information corresponding to the non-priority among the extracted seating information and the seat corresponding to the seating information is prioritized. If the seating information of the former seating information is the same as the seating station of the latter seating information, the non-priority is rewarded. Reward information storage means 34 stores the generated reward information. Here, when the reward transmission means 35 receives the reward request from the ticket purchase terminal 1, the reward information storage means 34 is referred to, and the reward included in the requested non-priority reward information is referred to the ticket purchase terminal 1. Send to.

  According to the seat management method of the present invention, it is possible to determine transfer of a seat by using the seating information stored in the seating information storage means, and to give a reward based on the result. The seats can be managed so that the operator can easily become familiar with them.

  In addition, according to the seat management system according to the present invention, it is possible to determine transfer of a seat by using the seating information stored in the seating information storage means, and to give a reward based on the result, The user can be urged to transfer the seat, and the seat can be managed so as to be familiar to the operator.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram showing the principle of the seat management system of the present invention. The outline of the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

  The seat management system shown in FIG. 1 has a ticket purchase terminal 1, a control device 2, and a seat management center 3. This seat management system is constructed as a system for managing seats provided on vehicles such as trains.

The ticket purchase terminal 1 includes a receiving means 11, a ticket issuing means 12, and a reward requesting means 13.
The accepting means 11 accepts purchase of a ticket from a user who uses the vehicle. At that time, the necessity of the priority right to sit on the seat with priority is acquired from the user.

  The ticket issuing means 12 gives the user identification information for uniquely identifying the user. And the user information containing the presence or absence of the priority corresponding to the necessity of the priority of the user which the reception means 11 acquired, and user identification information is produced | generated. Here, the ticket purchased by the user is provided with information storage means such as an IC tag. The ticket issuing means 12 issues a ticket storing the user information in the information storage means.

  In response to a request from a non-priority person who does not have priority, the reward request unit 13 transmits user identification information of the non-priority person and requests a reward given to the non-priority person. In addition, when requesting a reward, it may be inquired whether a non-priority person is a target of reward grant. Such rewards include, for example, cashback.

The control device 2 includes a boarding / alighting processing means 21 and a seating / seating seat processing means 22.
The boarding / alighting processing means 21 receives a notification from the boarding / alighting detection means 41 for detecting a user's boarding / alighting through a boarding ticket. This notification includes information indicating getting on and off. And the boarding / alighting processing means 21 creates boarding / alighting information including the user boarding station and the boarding station, in addition to the user identification information stored in the boarding ticket information storage means and the presence / absence of priority. In this getting-on / off information, information on getting on / off of the user's vehicle is recorded.

  The take-off / seat processing means 22 receives a notification from the take-off / seat detection means 42 that detects the user's take-off / seat with respect to the seat via the ticket. This notification includes information indicating seating and leaving, seat identification information for identifying the seat, and the like. The take-off / seat processing means 22 includes user identification information stored in the information storage means of the ticket and presence / absence of priority, seat identification information for identifying the seat, and a seating station indicating the station where the user is seated. And seating / seating information including a seating station indicating a station where the user has left the seat. In this take-off seat information, information related to the take-off seat for the user's seat is recorded.

  The seat management center 3 includes a boarding / alighting information storage unit 31, a take-off / seat information storage unit 32, a reward information generation unit 33, a reward information storage unit 34, and a reward transmission unit 35. The seat management center 3 has a function as a center that supervises information on each vehicle and each station, for example.

  The boarding / alighting information storage means 31 stores the boarding / alighting information created by the boarding / alighting processing means 21. In addition, you may store in the boarding / alighting information storage means 31, after including the identification information etc. which were uniquely allocated with respect to the vehicle to drive | work in the produced boarding / alighting information. Further, a storage means is provided in the control device 2, and the created boarding / exiting information is temporarily stored here. For example, when the operation of the vehicle is ended, all the boarding / exiting information is stored in the storage means. You may make it store in the memory | storage means 31. FIG.

  The take-off / seat information storage unit 32 stores the take-off / seat information created by the take-off / seat processing unit 22. In the same manner as described above, the created seating information may include the identification information allocated to the vehicle and the like, and then stored in the seating information storage unit 32. Further, the prepared seat information is temporarily stored in the storage means provided in the control device 2, and for example, all the seat information in the storage means is stored in accordance with the end of the operation of the vehicle. 32 may be stored.

  The reward information generation means 33 extracts the non-priority boarding / alighting information from the boarding / alighting information storage means 31. Then, under a predetermined condition, it is determined whether or not the non-priority person whose entry / exit is recorded in the extracted getting-on / off information has transferred the seat to the priority person. If the seat has been transferred, reward information in which the reward is associated with the user identification information of the non-priority is generated.

The reward information storage means 34 stores the reward information generated by the reward information generation means 33.
The reward transmission means 35 receives a reward request from the ticket purchase terminal 1. At this time, non-priority user identification information is also received. Then, referring to the reward information storage means 34, the reward included in the reward information including the received user identification information is transmitted to the ticket purchase terminal.

Next, the operation of this seat management system will be described.
First, in the ticket purchase terminal 1, the reception means 11 receives purchase of a ticket from a user who uses the vehicle, and acquires the necessity of priority from the user. Then, the ticket issuing means 12 issues a ticket having information storage means for storing user information including user identification information and presence / absence of priority corresponding to the necessity of the user's priority.

  When a user holding such a boarding ticket uses a vehicle, in the control device 2, the boarding / alighting processing means 21 receives a notification about boarding / exiting the user from the boarding / alighting detection means 41. Thereafter, in addition to the user identification information stored in the information storage means of the boarding ticket and the presence / absence of priority, boarding / exiting information including the boarding station and the boarding station of the user is created.

  Also, the seating / seating processing unit 22 receives a notification regarding the seating / seating for the user's seat from the seating / seating detection unit 42. After that, in addition to the user identification information stored in the ticket information storage means and the presence or absence of priority, the seat identification information given to the seat and the seating station and user indicating the station where the user was seated Create / separate seat information including a seating station indicating a station that has left the seat.

In the seat management center 3, the boarding / alighting information storage unit 31 stores the created boarding / alighting information, and the seating / seating information storage unit 32 stores the created boarding / seating information.
Then, the reward information generation means 33 performs the following processing.

  First, the boarding / alighting information of the non-priority person is extracted from the boarding / alighting information storage means 31 (step S1). And the seating / seating seat information in which the seating station and the seating station are included in the range from the boarding station to the boarding station of the extracted boarding / alighting information is extracted from the seating / seating information storage means 32 (step S2). After that, out of the extracted seating information, the seating information having the same user identification information as the extracted boarding / alighting information, and the seating information that is the same as the seating information, the seating for the priority person When the information is in chronological order, it is assumed that the former station of the seating information of the former and the seating station of the seating information of the getting off coincide. At this time, it is determined that the seat has been transferred from the non-priority person to the priority person, and reward information in which the reward is associated with the user identification information of the non-priority person is generated (step S3).

Thereafter, the reward information storage means 34 stores the reward information generated by the reward information generation means 33.
On the other hand, when the reward transmission means 35 receives a reward request from the ticket purchase terminal 1, the reward information storage means 34 is referred to. Then, the reward included in the reward information including the received user identification information is transmitted to the ticket purchase terminal.

  As described above, the seat information is stored in the seat information storage unit 32 as a history, and after extraction under a predetermined condition, the seat assignment is automatically checked by examining the seat information in the same seat. It is possible to give a reward to a non-priority person who has determined and transferred the seat based on the result. Accordingly, the user is encouraged to transfer the seat through the reward, and the user is not required to be forced from the system. Therefore, the seat can be managed so that the operator of the transportation facility can easily become familiar.

  In the above explanation, the reward information is generated by matching the non-priority departure station and the priority seating station. After this condition is satisfied, the reward information is within the predetermined range around the assigned seat. It may be determined that all seats other than seats are full, and reward information may be generated when this condition is satisfied.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a seat management system to which the present invention is applied.
As shown in FIG. 2, the seat management system of the present embodiment is configured as a system that manages seats of a train 1000 formed by connecting vehicles 100.

  This seat management system is configured by a control device 110 and a communication device 120, one for each train 1000, a seat management center 50, and a ticket purchase terminal 60. The seat management center 50 and the communication device 120 provided in each train 1000 are connected by a network 210 using, for example, radio. Each ticket purchase terminal 60 is arranged, for example, at stations throughout the country, and these ticket purchase terminals 60 and the seat management center 50 are connected by a network 220.

  The seat management center 50 functions as a center that supervises information from each train 1000. In this embodiment, cash back is performed as a reward for the user. In the seat management center 50, the information from each train 1000 is stored in the database, and the cashback amount of each user calculated based on these information is stored in the database. Then, in response to a request from the ticket purchase terminal 60, the cashback amount is transmitted.

  The ticket purchase terminal 60 accepts purchase of a ticket from the user. At that time, the necessity of the priority right to sit on the seat with priority is acquired from the user. The ticket used in the present embodiment has an IC tag, and the ticket purchase terminal 60 issues a ticket in which information such as the presence / absence of the priority and the charge amount is written to the IC tag. To do. Therefore, it is possible to distinguish between users who have priority and those who are not based on the presence or absence of the priority written on the ticket (hereinafter, if necessary, the user who has priority will be designated as the priority). , Users without priority are called non-priority users).

  The control device 110 receives notifications from the sensors that detect the getting on and off and the seating provided on each vehicle 100 during operation of the train 1000, and creates boarding and getting-off information on getting on and off of the user and information on getting on and off the seat. And store it in the internal database.

  When such a seat management system is constructed, when a user who has a boarding ticket gets on and off the train 1000, a sensor provided in the vehicle 100 detects it and notifies the control device 110 of it. In response to this, the control device 110 creates passenger information and seating information and temporarily stores them in an internal database. These pieces of information are transmitted to the seat management center 50 via the communication device 120 after the operation of the train 1000 is completed.

  The seat management center 50 stores the boarding / alighting information and seating information transmitted from each train 1000 in a database. Then, based on the information extracted from each database, the cashback amount of each user is calculated, and the amount is associated with the user and stored in the database.

  On the other hand, when a request for cashback is received from the ticket purchase terminal 60, the cashback amount of the user is transmitted to the ticket purchase terminal 60 with reference to a database storing the cashback amount.

At the ticket purchase terminal 60, cash back for the user is performed based on the cash back amount received from the seat management center 50.
In this way, it is possible to automatically determine the transfer of seats and perform cash back based on the determination result.

Hereinafter, a method for realizing the above processing will be specifically described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the vehicle.
As shown in this figure, the vehicle 100 according to the present embodiment includes a seat 101, a seating / separating seat sensor 102, a seat group movement sensor 103, and an getting on / off sensor 104. Each of these sensors has a function of detecting an IC tag included in the boarding ticket and reading and writing information written on the IC tag.

  The take-off seat sensor 102 is provided for each seat 101. Each seat 101 is assigned a seat ID that is unique within the train 1000 to be operated, and the take-off and seat sensor 102 also holds the same seat ID as the corresponding seat 101. The seating / separating seat sensor 102 detects the seating / leaving of the user with respect to the seat 101 and notifies the control device 110 of it.

A seat group movement sensor 103 is provided for each seat group 105.
The seat group 105 is defined as a group of seats 101 within a predetermined range. Each seat group 105 is assigned a seat group ID that is unique within the train 1000 to be operated. The range of the seat group 105 can be freely set according to the vehicle structure.

  The seat group movement sensor 103 is arranged at a place that becomes a partition of the seat group 105, and holds each seat group ID assigned to each adjacent seat group 105 via the seat group movement sensor 103. When the user moves to another seat group 105, the seat group movement sensor 103 detects the direction and notifies the control device 110 of the seat group ID of the seat group 105 before and after the movement.

  The boarding / exiting sensor 104 is provided in the lower part of the door with which the vehicle 100 was equipped in this Embodiment. The getting-on / off sensor 104 detects whether the user getting on and off from the door gets on or off and notifies the control device 110.

Next, in order to implement this Embodiment, the function with which the control apparatus 110, the seat management center 50, and the ticket purchase terminal 60 are provided is demonstrated.
FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the control device used in the present embodiment.

In this figure, together with the functions of the control device 110, each sensor connected to the control device 110 and included in one seat group 105 is shown.
In the present embodiment, for one seat group 105, two getting on / off sensors 104, one seat group movement sensor 103, and each take-off and seat sensor 102 corresponding to each seat 101 included in the seat group 105 are included. . A single seat group 105 may include a plurality of seat group movement sensors 103. Each of these sensors is given a seat group ID of the corresponding seat group. However, the seat group movement sensor 103 also holds a seat group ID of an adjacent seat group.

  For the take-off and seat sensor 102 and the seat group movement sensor 103, a take-off and seat information temporary storage unit 106 and a seat group information temporary storage unit 107 are provided. These temporary storage parts are comprised by memory elements, such as a semiconductor memory, for example.

In the take-off and seat information temporary storage unit 106, the control device 110 temporarily stores the take-off and seat information of the user and deletes it together with the user's leave.
In the seat group information temporary storage unit 107, information about the priority person existing in the corresponding seat group 105 is stored by the control device 110, and the priority person moves to another seat group 105 and is deleted.

Hereinafter, each function which comprises the control apparatus 110 is demonstrated.
The control device 110 shown in FIG. 4 includes a boarding / alighting information database 111, a seating / alighting seat information database 112, a boarding / alighting processing unit 113, a seating / seating seat processing unit 114, a seat group processing unit 115, a train operation state management unit 116, and an end-of-service processing. Unit 117 and boarding / alighting information temporary storage unit 118.

  The boarding / alighting information database 111 and the take-off / seating seat information database 112 store boarding / alighting information and seating information, respectively. The boarding / alighting information includes information related to the boarding / exiting of the user, such as a user ID for identifying the user, the boarding station and boarding station of the user, and the presence of priority. Seating / seating information includes user ID, seating station indicating the station when the user is seated, seating station indicating the station when the user is seated, and seat ID, etc. Have. The detailed contents of boarding / alighting information and seating information will be described later.

  The boarding / alighting processing unit 113 receives the notification from the boarding / alighting sensor 104 and creates boarding / alighting information in the boarding / alighting information temporary storage unit 118. And according to a user's getting on and off, a boarding station and a boarding station are written in the boarding / alighting information. The boarding station and the getting-off station are acquired from the train operation state management unit 116. When the user gets off, the boarding / alighting information is transferred from the boarding / alighting information temporary storage unit 118 to the boarding / alighting information database 111.

  Moreover, the boarding / alighting processing unit 113 of the present embodiment updates the seat group information temporary storage unit 107 of the corresponding seat group 105 in accordance with the priority person getting on and off. That is, when the priority person gets on, information is created in the seat group information temporary storage unit 107 of the seat group 105 including the boarding / alighting sensor 104 at the time of boarding, and when the priority person gets off, The information created in the seat group information temporary storage unit 107 of the seat group 105 including the vehicle sensor 104 is deleted.

  In response to the notification from the seat sensor 102, the seat processing unit 114 creates seat information in the seat information temporary storage unit 106 of the corresponding seat 101. And according to a user's leaving and seating, a seating station and a seating station are written in the seating information. In addition, a seating station and a seating station are acquired from the train operation state management unit 116. When the user leaves the seat, the seat information is transferred from the seat information temporary storage unit 106 to the seat information database 112.

  The seat group processing unit 115 receives a notification from the seat group movement sensor 103 when the priority person moves to another seat group 105, and receives a notification from the seat group movement sensor 103 to temporarily store the seat group information associated with each seat group 105 before and after the movement. 107 is updated.

  The train operation state management unit 116 manages, as station information, at which station the train 1000 is currently stopped or between which station and which station is moving. Update from time to time. Then, station information is handed over in response to acquisition requests from the boarding / alighting processing unit 113, the take-off / seating seat processing unit 114, and the seat group processing unit 115. Moreover, when the operation of the train 1000 ends, the operation end time processing unit 117 is notified.

  When the operation end time processing unit 117 receives the notification from the train operation state management unit 116, the operation end processing unit 117 acquires all the information stored in the boarding / alighting information database 111 and the take-off / seating seat information database 112 and transmits them to the communication device 120. These pieces of information are passed to the seat management center 50 via the network 210.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the seat management center and the ticket purchase terminal used in the present embodiment.
The seat management center 50 shown in FIG. 5 includes a boarding / alighting information database 51, a seating / seating information database 52, a cashback information database 53, a boarding / alighting information acquisition unit 54, a seating / alighting seat information acquisition unit 55, a cashback information generation unit 56, A cash back amount transmission unit 57 is provided.

  The boarding / alighting information database 51, the seating / seating information database 52, and the cashback information database 53 store boarding / alighting information, seating information, and cashback information, respectively. The boarding / alighting information and the seating information are the same as the boarding / alighting information and the seating information stored in each database of the control device 110, and thus the description thereof is omitted. The cashback information includes information related to the user's cashback, such as the user ID and the cashback amount. Details of the cashback information will be described later.

The boarding / alighting information acquisition unit 54 acquires the boarding / alighting information transmitted from the control device 110 and stores it in the boarding / alighting information database 51.
The take-off seat information acquisition unit 55 acquires the take-off seat information transmitted from the control device 110 and stores it in the take-off seat information database 52.

  Based on the information extracted from the boarding / alighting information database 51 and the take-off / seating seat information database 52, the cashback information generation unit 56 uses a predetermined condition to determine whether the non-priority person has transferred the seat to the priority person. And calculating the user's cashback amount. If the seat 101 has been transferred, cashback information is generated by associating the calculated cashback amount with the user ID and stored in the cashback information database 53.

  When the cashback amount transmission unit 57 receives a request for cashback from the ticket purchase terminal 60, the cashback amount transmission unit 57 refers to the cashback information database 53. Then, it notifies whether or not the user is a cashback target, and transmits the cashback amount of the user if the user is a cashback target.

The ticket purchase terminal 60 includes a reception unit 61, a ticket issue unit 62, and a cashback target request unit 63.
The accepting unit 61 accepts purchase of a boarding ticket from a user from a display screen using, for example, a touch panel. At that time, the necessity of priority is acquired from the user.

  The ticket issuing unit 62 writes the user information regarding the user who purchased the ticket, such as the user ID for identifying the user, the presence / absence of the user's priority, and the charge amount, in the IC tag of the ticket. The detailed contents of user information stored in the IC tag will be described later.

  When the cashback target request unit 63 receives an inquiry about the cashback target from the user via the accepting unit 61, the cashback target request unit 63 transmits a user ID to the seat management center 50, and determines whether the user is a cashback target. Request notification. When the user is a cashback target and receives a cashback amount from the seat management center 50, it passes this to the ticket issuing unit 62.

Next, the user information stored in the IC tag of the boarding ticket and the data structure of each temporary storage unit and database used in the above seat management system will be described.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of user information stored in the IC tag.

The user information shown in FIG. 6 includes a common part and an individual part.
The common unit includes a “user ID” in which a user ID for uniquely identifying the user is stored, a “priority display” in which the presence / absence of the user's priority is “present” or “none”, and It consists of each item of “charge amount” in which the amount held by the user in the ticket is stored.

The individual section is composed of items of “departure station”, “target station”, “fare”, and “sitting history”.
The “departure station” and “destination station” store the station when the ticket was purchased and the destination station, respectively. The destination station is input through the screen of the ticket purchase terminal 60, for example. “Fare” stores the fare from the departure station to the destination station.

  In the “sitting history”, “present” is stored when the user is seated on the seat 101 in the train 1000 on which the user has boarded. After that, when the user gets off the train 1000, it is cleared to “None”. Thus, in the “sitting history”, it is managed whether or not the user has sat on the seat during one getting on and off.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the boarding / alighting information temporary storage unit.
The boarding / alighting information temporary storage unit 118 shown in FIG. 7 includes a common unit and an individual unit.
The common part is configured by items of “date” and “train ID” in which the date on which the train 1000 is operated is stored. In “Train ID”, for example, a train ID uniquely assigned to each train 1000 operated in a day is stored.

  The individual unit is a “user ID” that stores the user ID of each user who gets on and off the train indicated by the train ID, a “boarding station” that stores a station where the user has boarded, and a user who gets off the train It is comprised by each item of the "priority display" in which the "alighting station" in which a station is stored and the presence or absence of a user's priority are stored.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the seat group information temporary storage unit.
The seat group information temporary storage unit 107 illustrated in FIG. 8 includes a common unit and an individual unit.
The common part is configured by each item of “seat group ID” in which the seat group ID assigned to the corresponding seat group 105 is stored in addition to the “date of month” and “train ID” similar to the above.

  The individual unit stores “user ID” in which the user ID of each priority person existing in the seat group 105 indicated by the above-mentioned seat group ID is stored, and the station when the priority person enters the corresponding seat group 105. The “entrance station” and “transfer object display” items.

  In the “transfer object display”, “present” is stored when the station when the priority person enters the seat group 105 is the current station. Thereafter, in this embodiment, “None” is stored when the train stops at the next station. Thus, in the “transfer object display”, it is managed whether or not the priority person is a person who should be given a seat. This makes it possible to invalidate the transfer of the seat 101 to a priority person who has been standing at his will, the transfer of the seat 101 after a number of stations have passed, and the like. Can be determined.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of the take-off and seat information temporary storage unit.
The take-off and seat information temporary storage unit 106 illustrated in FIG. 9 includes a common unit and an individual unit.
In addition to the “Date” and “Train ID” similar to the above, the common part assigns the “seat ID” in which the seat ID assigned to the corresponding seat 101 is stored and the seat group 105 including the corresponding seat 101 The “seat group ID” and “seat state” items are stored.

The “seat state” stores “seat” if the user is seated in the corresponding seat 101, and “seated” if the user is not seated.
In addition to the “user ID” in which the user ID of the user who uses the seat 101 indicated by the seat ID is stored, the individual unit displays “priority display”, “transfer object display”, “seat station”, “ It consists of each item of “seating station” and “seating group status when leaving”.

The “priority display” and “transfer object display” store the presence / absence of the user's priority and the transfer object.
In the “seat station” and the “seated station”, a station where the user is seated and a station where the user is seated are stored. Further, in the “seating group state when leaving”, whether or not all the seats 101 other than the corresponding seat 101 are full in the seat group 105 including the seat 101 when the user leaves the seat is stored. The

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the boarding / alighting information database. In this figure, the data structure of the boarding / alighting information database 111 included in the control device 110 is shown.
The getting-on / off information database 111 shown in FIG. 10 includes “date of year”, “train ID”, “user ID”, “priority display”, “boarding station”, “get-off station”, and “time stamp”. Consists of each item.

  In each item excluding “time stamp”, data stored in each corresponding item in the boarding / alighting information temporary storage unit 118 is stored. At this time, the data stored in the common part of the boarding / alighting information temporary storage unit 118 is stored in the “year / month / day” and “train ID”. The “time stamp” stores the time when each record was created.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the take-off seat information database. In this figure, the data structure of the seating / seating information database 112 included in the control device 110 is shown.
The take-off seat information database 112 shown in FIG. 11 includes “date of year”, “train ID”, “seat ID”, “user ID”, “priority display”, “transfer target display”, “seat station”, It consists of the items “seating station”, “seating group state when leaving”, and “time stamp”.

  In each item excluding “time stamp”, data stored in each corresponding item of the above-mentioned seat / seating information temporary storage unit 106 is stored. The “time stamp” stores the time when each record was created.

  By the way, all records stored in the boarding / alighting information database 111 and the take-off / seating information database 112 of the control device 110 are transmitted to the seat management center 50 at the end of train operation, and the boarding / alighting information database 51 inside the seat management center 50 and The information is stored in the take-off seat information database 52, respectively. Accordingly, the data structure of the boarding / alighting information database 51 and the seating / seating information database 52 of the seat management center 50 is different from that of all trains 1000, and the boarding / alighting information database 111 and the seating / seating information database 112 of the control device 110. Since it is the same structure as, its description is omitted.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the cashback information database.
The cash back information database 53 shown in FIG. 12 includes items of “year / month / day”, “train ID”, “user ID”, and “cash back amount”.

  The “user ID” stores the user ID of the user to be cashed back. Further, the “date of month”, “train ID”, and “cash back amount” include the date of transfer of seats by the user, the train ID of the train at that time, and the cash calculated by the seat management center 50. Each back amount is stored.

Next, processing contents in the seat management system configured as described above will be described.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing processing when a user purchases a ticket at the ticket purchasing terminal. In the following, the process shown in this figure will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S10] The reception unit 61 of the ticket purchase terminal 60 asks whether or not the user purchases a ticket for the first time on an input screen configured by a touch panel or the like. Then, the user's input result is determined. If the user purchases a boarding ticket for the first time, the process proceeds to step S11, and if not, the process proceeds to step S12.

  [Step S11] The ticket issuing unit 62 assigns a user ID to the user, generates user information having the user ID, and generates a ticket in which the user information is written in the IC tag. Issue. Then, the process proceeds to step S12.

  [Step S12] The receiving unit 61 asks whether or not the user needs priority on a predetermined input screen. And the necessity of a user's priority is acquired and it passes to the ticket issuing part 62, and a process is advanced to step S13.

  [Step S13] The ticket issuing unit 62 receives the necessity of the priority acquired from the receiving unit 61, and if the user needs the priority, “Yes” is displayed in the “priority display” of the user information. If no priority is required, “None” is written in “priority display”. Then, the process proceeds to step S14.

  [Step S14] The accepting unit 61 asks whether or not the user makes an inquiry about a cashback target on a predetermined input screen. And a user's input result is acquired and if a user makes an inquiry, a process will be advanced to step S15, and if that is not right, a process will be advanced to step S16.

  [Step S15] The cashback target request unit 63 inquires of the seat management center 50 whether or not the user is a cashback target. Then, from the seat management center 50, the cash back amount of the user is also received together with the notification of whether or not it is a cash back target. Further, when the cashback amount is received, it is passed to the ticket issuing unit 62. The ticket issuing unit 62 adds the cashback amount to the charge amount of the user information and displays the amount on a predetermined screen. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S16. The detailed contents of this process will be described later as a cache back execution process.

  [Step S16] The accepting unit 61 asks whether the user purchases a boarding ticket on a predetermined input screen. And a user's input result is acquired, and if a boarding ticket is purchased, a process will be advanced to step S17, and if not, a process will be complete | finished.

  [Step S17] The ticket issuing unit 62 writes the station at the time of purchase in the “departure station” of the user information, and writes the station input as the destination of the user in the “target station”. Then, the process proceeds to step S18.

  [Step S18] The ticket issuing unit 62 calculates the fare from the departure station and the destination station of the user information, writes it in the “fare” of the user information, and subtracts the amount from the amount of “charge amount”.

  With the above processing, when purchasing a ticket, cash back is performed in response to a request from the user, and the presence / absence of the priority of the user can be recorded for the ticket purchased by the user. It becomes possible.

Next, processing when a user who has a boarding ticket as described above gets on and off the train 1000 will be described.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the user gets on and off the train. In the following, the process shown in this figure will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S20] When the user gets on and off the train 1000, the boarding / exiting sensor 104 detects it and transmits determination information for determining boarding / exiting to the control device 110. At the same time, the boarding / exiting sensor 104 reads the data written in the “user ID” and “priority display” of the boarding ticket and sends them to the control device 110.

  [Step S21] The boarding / alighting processing unit 113 of the control device 110 acquires the determination information and the ticket data sent from the boarding / exiting sensor 104. Thereafter, the boarding / alighting processing unit 113 determines whether the user gets on or off the vehicle based on the determination information. As a result, if the user gets on, the process proceeds to step S22, and if the user gets off, the process proceeds to step S25.

  [Step S22] The boarding / alighting processing unit 113 creates a record in the boarding / alighting information temporary storage unit 118 as boarding / alighting information corresponding to the user detected in step S20. Then, the user ID acquired in step S21 and the presence / absence of the priority are written in “user ID” and “priority display” of this record. Moreover, station information is acquired from the train operation state management part 116, and the acquired station information is written in the “boarding station” of the record. Then, the process proceeds to step S23.

[Step S23] If the priority acquired in step S21 is “Yes”, the boarding / alighting processing unit 113 proceeds to Step S24, and if “No”, the process ends.
[Step S24] The boarding / alighting processing unit 113 creates a record in the seat group information temporary storage unit 107, and writes the user ID in the “user ID” of the record. In addition, the station information is acquired from the train operation state management unit 116, the acquired station information is written in the “entrance station” of the record, and “present” is written in the “transfer target display”, and then the process ends. Here, since the user has boarded, the station at the time of boarding is written in “entrance station”.

  [Step S25] The boarding / alighting processing unit 113 searches the boarding / alighting information temporary storage unit 118 using the user ID obtained in Step S21 as a key, acquires station information from the train operation state management unit 116, and the corresponding record. The acquired station information is written in "Getting off station". Then, a record is created in the boarding / alighting information database 111, the said corresponding record is stored in this, and the time at that time is written in a "time stamp". At this time, the date and train ID stored in the common part of the boarding / alighting information temporary storage unit 118 are respectively written in the corresponding items of the created record. And the applicable record of the boarding / alighting information temporary storage part 118 is deleted, and a process is advanced to step S26.

[Step S26] If the priority acquired in step S21 is “Yes”, the boarding / alighting processing unit 113 proceeds to Step S27, and if “No”, the process ends.
[Step S27] The boarding / exiting processing unit 113 instructs the boarding / exiting sensor 104 to rewrite the “sitting history” of the boarding ticket on which the user ID is recorded. In response to this, the boarding / exiting sensor 104 rewrites “seating history” included in the user information of the boarding ticket to “none”. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S28.

[Step S28] The boarding / alighting processing unit 113 searches the seat group information temporary storage unit 107 using the user ID as a key, deletes the corresponding record, and ends the process.
With the above processing, it is possible to create information about getting on and off of the user as getting on and off information, and to store the getting on and off information of the user who gets on and off the train 1000 being operated in the getting on and off information database 111. Become.

Next, a process when a user who gets on the train 1000 moves the seat group 105 will be described.
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the user moves the seat group. In the following, the process shown in this figure will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S30] When the user moves the seat group 105, the seat group movement sensor 103 senses in which direction the user has moved, and sets each seat group ID assigned to the seat group 105 before and after the movement. It transmits to the control apparatus 110. At the same time, the seat group movement sensor 103 reads the data written in the “user ID”, “priority display”, and “seating history” of the ticket and sends them to the control device 110.

  [Step S31] The seat group processing unit 115 of the control device 110 acquires the seat group ID before and after the movement sent from the seat group movement sensor 103 and each data written in the boarding ticket. Thereafter, the seat group processing unit 115 advances the process to step S32 if the acquired priority is “present”, and ends the process if it is “not present”.

  [Step S32] The seat group processing unit 115 refers to the seat group information temporary storage unit 107 associated with the seat group 105 before movement, using the seat group ID before movement acquired in step S31. Then, the search is performed using the user ID acquired in step S31 as a key, and the corresponding record is deleted. Then, the process proceeds to step S33.

  [Step S33] The seat group processing unit 115 proceeds to step S34 if the seating history acquired in step S31 is “none”, and proceeds to step S35 if it is “present”.

  [Step S34] The seat group processing unit 115 refers to the seat group information temporary storage unit 107 associated with the moved seat group 105 using the moved seat group ID acquired in step S31, and records the record. create. Then, the user ID is written in the “user ID” of the record. Moreover, station information is acquired from the train operation state management part 116, and the acquired station information is written in the “entrance station” of the record. When it is determined that the train 1000 is moving based on the acquired station information, the immediately preceding stop station is written in “entrance station”. Furthermore, after “Yes” is written in the “transfer target display”, the process is terminated.

  [Step S35] In the same manner as described above, the seat group processing unit 115 refers to the seat group information temporary storage unit 107 of the moved seat group 105 and creates a record. Then, the user ID is written in the “user ID” of the record. Further, the station information is acquired from the train operation state management unit 116, the acquired station information is written in the “entrance station” of the record, and “None” is written in the “transfer object display”, and then the process is terminated.

  By the above processing, the information of the user who moves the seat group 105 is read by the seat group movement sensor 103, and each time the user having the priority right moves to another seat group 105, it corresponds to the seat group 105 before and after the movement. The attached seat group information temporary storage unit 107 can be updated. At this time, by setting the presence / absence of “transfer object display” in accordance with the “sitting history”, it is possible to more reliably determine whether or not the user is to be transferred.

Next, a process when the user leaves and sits on the seat 101 will be described.
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the user leaves and sits on the seat. In the following, the process shown in this figure will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S <b> 40] When the user has taken off and put on the seat 101, the take-off and seat sensor 102 detects this and transmits determination information for judging the seat to the control device 110. At the same time, the seat sensor 102 reads the data written in the “user ID” and “priority display” of the ticket, and in addition to those data, the seat ID and seat group assigned to the seat sensor 102. The ID is sent to the control device 110.

  [Step S41] The take-off and seat processing unit 114 of the control device 110 acquires the determination information sent from the take-off and seat sensor 102, the seat ID and the seat group ID, and each data written in the boarding ticket. Thereafter, the seating / seating processing unit 114 determines whether the user is seated or has left the seat based on the determination information. If the user is seated, the process proceeds to step S42, and the user is seated. If so, the process proceeds to step S47.

  [Step S42] Using the seat ID acquired in step S41, the take-off and seat processing unit 114 refers to the take-off and seat information temporary storage unit 106 associated with the corresponding seat 101, and sets “seat” as the “seat state”. Write. Then, the process proceeds to step S43.

  [Step S43] If the “priority display” acquired in step S41 is “present”, the take-off seat processing unit 114 proceeds to step S44, and if “not present”, proceeds to step S45.

  [Step S44] The take-off and seat processing unit 114 instructs the take-off and seat sensor 102 of the corresponding seat 101 to rewrite the “seating history” of the boarding ticket. In response to this, the seating / separating seat sensor 102 rewrites “sitting history” of the corresponding ticket to “present”. Thereafter, the seating / seating processing unit 114 advances the processing to step S45.

  [Step S45] The take-off and seat processing unit 114 refers to the seat group information temporary storage unit 107 associated with the corresponding seat group 105, using the seat group ID acquired in step S41. Then, the search is performed using the user ID acquired in step S41 as a key, and the “transfer object display” data of the corresponding record is acquired. Then, the process proceeds to step S46.

  [Step S46] The take-off and seat processing unit 114 creates a record in the take-off and seat information temporary storage unit 106 associated with the corresponding seat 101 as the take-off and seat information corresponding to the user detected in step S40. Then, in the “user ID” and “priority display” of this record, the user ID acquired in step S41 and the presence / absence of the priority are written. Moreover, station information is acquired from the train operation state management part 116, and the acquired station information is written in the “seat station” of the record. When it is determined that the train 1000 is moving based on the acquired station information, the immediately preceding stop station is written in “seat station”. Furthermore, after the presence / absence of the transfer target acquired in step S45 is written in the “transfer target display”, the process is terminated.

  [Step S47] The take-off and seat processing unit 114 refers to the take-off and seat information temporary storage unit 106 of the corresponding seat 101, and writes “seated” in the “seat state”. Then, the process proceeds to step S48.

  [Step S48] Using the seat group ID acquired in step S41, the seating / seating seat processing unit 114 is assigned the seating / seating seat information temporary storage unit 106 assigned with the same seat group ID, that is, the seat group ID is assigned. All the seating information temporary storage units 106 associated with the respective seats 101 in the seat group 105 are referred to. Then, those “seat states” are checked, and the process proceeds to step S49.

  [Step S49] Of all the seat / seating information temporary storage units 106 referred to in step S48, the seating / seating seat processing unit 114 stores “ If “seat state” is all “sitting”, the process proceeds to step S50. On the other hand, if not all “seated”, the process proceeds to step S51.

[Step S50] The seating / seating processing unit 114 sets the “seating group state when leaving” in the seating information temporary storage unit 106 of the corresponding seat 101 to “full”, and proceeds to step S52.
[Step S51] The take-off and seat processing unit 114 sets the “seated seat group state” in the take-off and seat information temporary storage unit 106 of the corresponding seat 101 to “vacant”, and proceeds to step S52.

  [Step S52] The take-off and seat processing unit 114 acquires the station information from the train operation state management unit 116, and writes the acquired station information in the “seating station” of the take-off and seat information temporary storage unit 106 of the corresponding seat 101. When it is determined that the train 1000 is moving based on the acquired station information, the next stop station is written in the “seating station”. Furthermore, either “full seat” or “vacant seat” determined as described above is written in “seating group state when leaving seat”, and the process proceeds to step S53.

  [Step S53] The take-off and seat processing unit 114 creates a record in the take-off and seat information database 112, stores the record in the take-off and seat information temporary storage unit 106 of the corresponding seat 101 in this record, and sets the time at that time to “time Write to "stamp". At this time, the date, train ID, and seat ID stored in the common part of the take-off and seat information temporary storage unit 106 are written in the corresponding items of the created record. And a record is deleted from the taking-off and seating information temporary storage part 106 of the said seat 101, and a process is complete | finished.

  Through the above processing, information related to the user's take-off seat is created as take-off / seating information, and information on the user's take-off / seat in the train 1000 being operated is stored in the take-off / seat information database 112. Is possible.

Next, processing when the train 1000 stops at a station will be described.
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a train stops at a station. In the following, the process shown in this figure will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S60] When the train 1000 stops at the station, the train operation state management unit 116 of the control device 110 updates the station information to the station where the train stops. And the stop of the train 1000 is notified to the seat group process part 115 with the updated station information.

  [Step S61] When the seat group processing unit 115 acquires the station information together with the notification from the train operation state management unit 116, the seat group processing unit 115 inquires all the seat group information temporary storage units 107 in the train 1000, and is created in each individual unit. The “admission station” of each record is referred to, and the process proceeds to step S62.

  [Step S62] The seat group processing unit 115 checks whether or not each “entrance station” referred to in Step S61 is the current stop station recorded in the station information acquired in Step S61. Then, if there is a record in which the “entrance station” is a stop, the record is extracted, and the process proceeds to step S63. If there is no such record, the process proceeds to step S64.

[Step S63] The seat group processing unit 115 writes “present” in “transfer object display” of each record extracted in step S62, and ends the process.
[Step S64] The seat group processing unit 115 writes “none” in the “transfer object display” of each record that is not the station where the “entrance station” stops, and ends the process.

  With the above processing, each time the train 1000 stops at the station, it is determined whether or not the priority is a person who should be given a seat, so invalidate the transfer of the seat 101 to the priority who has been standing after getting on, Transfer of the seat 101 can be determined more accurately. In the present embodiment, “transfer target display” is set to “none” when one station has elapsed after boarding, but the section of the station required for this determination may be further expanded.

Next, the process at the time of the completion | finish of operation of the train 1000 is demonstrated.
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the end of train operation. In the following, the process shown in this figure will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S70] When the operation of the train 1000 ends, the train operation state management unit 116 of the control device 110 notifies the operation end time processing unit 117 of the operation end of the train 1000. Thereafter, the operation end time processing unit 117 extracts all the records in the boarding / alighting information database 111 and transmits them to the seat management center 50 via the communication device 120. Thereafter, the boarding / alighting information database 111 is cleared, and the process proceeds to step S71.

  [Step S <b> 71] The operation end time processing unit 117 extracts all the records in the seating / seating seat information database 112 and transmits them to the seat management center 50 via the communication device 120. Thereafter, the seating information database 112 is cleared, and the process ends.

  With the above processing, it is possible to transmit all the getting-on / off information and take-off / seat information recorded during the operation of the train 1000 to the seat management center 50 together with the end of the operation of the train 1000.

Next, processing when the seat management center 50 generates cashback information using the passenger information and seating information transmitted as described above will be described.
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when generating cashback information. In the following, the process shown in this figure will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S80] The cash-back information generation unit 56 of the seat management center 50 refers to the boarding / alighting information database 51, and extracts a record in which the date of processing is recorded. Then, the process proceeds to step S81.

  [Step S81] The cashback information generation unit 56 sorts the getting-on / off information database 51 in the order of “train ID” and “time stamp”, and sets the take-off / seating information database 52 to “train ID”, “seat ID”, “ Sort by “Timestamp”. Then, the process proceeds to step S82.

  [Step S82] The cash-back information generation unit 56 extracts records with “priority display” “none” from the boarding / alighting information database 51 sorted in step S82. Then, the process proceeds to step S83.

  [Step S83] The cashback information generation unit 56 selects one record from the records extracted in step S82. Thereby, boarding / alighting information of a non-priority person is selected. Then, a record in which the selected record and the train ID match and the seating station and the leaving station are included in the range of the boarding station and the getting-off station is extracted from the seating / seating information database 52 sorted in step S81. As a result, all the seating information between the boarding station and the getting-off station in the train 1000 having the train ID is extracted in order of the time stamp for each seat ID. Then, the process proceeds to step S84.

  [Step S84] The cashback information generation unit 56 calculates a cashback amount based on the contents of the record extracted in step S83. The detailed contents of this process will be described later as a cashback amount calculation process. Then, the process proceeds to step S85.

  [Step S85] The cashback information generation unit 56 proceeds to step S86 if there is a cashback amount calculated in step S84, and proceeds to step S87 if there is no cashback amount.

  [Step S86] The cashback information generation unit 56 creates a record in the cashback information database 53 as cashback information corresponding to the non-user selected in step S83. Then, the train ID and user ID of the above-mentioned boarding / alighting information are written in the “train ID” and the “user ID”, and the “cashback amount”. Is written in the cashback amount calculated in step S84. Then, the process proceeds to step S87.

  [Step S87] The cache back information generation unit 56 checks whether all the records extracted in step S82 have been processed. If all records have been processed, the process ends. If not, the process proceeds to step S83.

Subsequently, the contents of the cashback amount calculation process performed in step S84 will be described.
FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of cashback amount calculation processing. In the following, the process shown in this figure will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S90] The cashback information generation unit 56 refers to one of the records extracted from the seating information database 52 in step S83, and the boarding / alighting information selected in step S83 matches the user ID. Find out if you want to. If the user IDs match, the record is selected and the process proceeds to step S91. If the user IDs do not match, the process proceeds to step S98.

  [Step S91] The cashback information generation unit 56 checks whether or not an addition process (to be described later) has been performed. If after the addition process, the process proceeds to step S92. If not, the process proceeds to step S93. .

  [Step S92] The cashback information generation unit 56 has temporarily transferred the seat 101 from the seating station of the record selected in Step S90 to the boarding station of the boarding / departure information selected in Step S83 because of the addition process. Suppose the person was sitting again. Then, the cashback amount corresponding to the range from the seating station to the departure station is subtracted from the already calculated cashback amount, and the process proceeds to step S93.

  [Step S93] The cashback information generation unit 56 checks whether the next record (hereinafter referred to as the next record) of the selected record is the same seat ID, and if it is the same seat ID, the process proceeds to step S94. If not ID, the process proceeds to step S98.

  [Step S94] The cashback information generation unit 56 checks whether the “priority display” and the “transfer target display” of the next record are both “present”. If both are “present”, the process proceeds to step S95. If both are “present”, the process proceeds to step S98.

  [Step S95] The cashback information generation unit 56 checks whether the seating station of the next record matches or is one station away from the seating station of the record selected in step S90. If there is a match or one station before, the process proceeds to step S96, and if not, the process proceeds to step S98. If the user leaves the seat while the train 1000 is moving, the next stop station is set as the seating station. Therefore, in order to determine transfer of the moving seat 101, it is necessary to add that the seating station is one station ahead of the leaving station.

  [Step S96] The cashback information generation unit 56 checks whether or not the “seating group status when leaving” of the selected record is “full”. If it is “full”, the process proceeds to step S97, and if it is not “full”, the process proceeds to step S98.

  [Step S97] The cashback information generation unit 56 assumes that a non-priority person who has transferred the seat 101 stands from the leaving station of the selected record to the getting-off station of the getting-on / off information selected in Step S83. Then, the cashback amount corresponding to the range from the above-mentioned unattended station to the above-mentioned getting-off station is added. If there is an already calculated cashback amount, the cashback amount is added to the amount. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S98.

  Thereby, the cashback amount corresponding to the section where the non-priority person was standing is calculated. Here, as described above, by setting the next stop station at the unattended station where the train 1000 is moving, the next stop station is the exit station, and the seat 101 is moved while the train 1000 is moving. In the case of transfer, even if it is determined that the seat 101 has been transferred, it is determined that there is no section that was standing. Therefore, the cashback amount is not added, and the non-priority performance can be more accurately evaluated.

  [Step S98] The cashback information generating unit 56 checks whether or not all the records extracted from the seating information database 52 in step S83 have been processed. If all records have been processed, the cashback amount calculation process is terminated. If not, the process proceeds to step S90.

  With the above processing, it is possible to automatically determine the transfer of the seat 101 and calculate the cashback amount corresponding to the section where the non-priority person stood as the performance of the non-priority person who gave the seat 101. .

  Further, by checking whether or not the “seat group status when leaving seat” of the user who transfers the seat 101 is “full”, the case where there is an empty seat is excluded, and the transfer of the seat 101 is more accurately performed. It becomes possible to judge.

Hereinafter, the above process will be described with a specific example.
FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a specific example for explaining the cashback amount calculation processing. FIG. 21A is a diagram for explaining a user's take-off seat between getting on and getting off. ) Is a diagram showing records extracted from the seating information database.

  FIG. 21 (A) shows a take-off seat of a non-priority person (user ID “AAA”) who gets on the train 1000 with the train ID “T01” and gets off at the F station. As shown in the figure, the non-priority seats after boarding at the A station and gives the seat 101 to the prioritizer at the B station. At the next station C, the priority person who gave up the seat 101 at station B stood up, so he was seated in the same seat 101 again. Then, after giving up the seat 101 to the priority person again at the D station, the user sits on another seat 101 at the E station and gets off at the F station.

  FIG. 21 (B) shows an example of the seating information between the A station and the F station with the train ID “T01” extracted from the seating information database 52. Actually, a larger number of seating information is extracted.

  The cashback information generation unit 56 refers to the first record for the seating information extracted as described above. Since the user ID of this record is “AAA”, the second record is further examined. As a result, since the conditions shown in steps S93 to S96 are satisfied, the cashback amount is added. Here, it is considered that the non-priority person has stood from the unattended station (B station) to the disembarking station (F station), and the cashback amount corresponding to this section is added. In this example, 60 yen is added as the cashback amount corresponding to the above section, and the total cashback amount is 60 yen.

  Next, the cashback information generation unit 56 refers to the extracted seating information, and examines the record with the user ID “AAA”. As a result, the third record is applicable. Since the addition process has been performed, it is considered that the non-priority is sitting from the seating station (C station) to the getting-off station (F station), and the cashback amount corresponding to this section is subtracted. In this example, 30 yen is subtracted as the cashback amount corresponding to the above section, and the total cashback amount is 30 yen.

  Subsequently, the cashback information generation unit 56 refers to the fourth record. As a result, since the conditions shown in steps S93 to S96 are satisfied, the cashback amount is added. Here, it is considered that the non-priority person has stood from the unattended station (D station) to the disembarking station (F station), and the cashback amount corresponding to this section is added. In this example, 20 yen is added as the cashback amount corresponding to the above section, and the total cashback amount is 50 yen.

  Next, the cashback information generation unit 56 refers to the extracted seating information. As a result, since the fifth record corresponds to the user ID “AAA”, the cashback amount is subtracted in the same manner as described above. Here, the cashback amount corresponding to the section from the seating station (E station) to the getting-off station (F station) is subtracted. In this example, 10 yen is subtracted as the cashback amount corresponding to the above section, and the total cashback amount is 40 yen.

  Furthermore, the cashback information generation unit 56 examines the sixth record, but this record skips the process because the seat ID is different from that of the fifth record. Thereafter, since there is no corresponding record with the user ID “AAA”, the cashback amount for the non-priority user ID “AAA” is calculated as 40 yen.

  In this way, the cashback amount corresponding to the section where the non-priority person who transferred the seat to the priority person stood, that is, the section from the B station to the C station and the section from the D station to the E station is calculated. be able to.

  Next, when performing cash back to the user using the cash back amount calculated as described above, the cash back execution processing of the ticket purchase terminal 60 performed in step S15 described above, and the seat accordingly Processing performed in the management center 50 will be described.

  FIG. 22 is a sequence diagram showing the cashback execution process of the ticket purchasing terminal and the process performed by the seat management center in response thereto. In the following, the process shown in this figure will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S100] The ticket purchase terminal 60 receives a cash back target inquiry from the user and starts a cash back execution process. The cashback target request unit 63 transmits the user ID to the seat management center 50, and requests notification of whether or not the user is a cashback target.

  [Step S101] Upon receiving the user ID sent from the ticket purchase terminal 60, the cashback amount transmission unit 57 of the seat management center 50 refers to the cashback information database 53. Then, the process proceeds to step S102.

  [Step S102] The cashback amount transmitting unit 57 checks whether there is a record in the cashback information database 53 corresponding to the user ID acquired in step S101. If there is a corresponding record, the process proceeds to step S103, and if there is no corresponding record, the process proceeds to step S104.

  [Step S103] The cashback amount transmitting unit 57 notifies the ticket purchase terminal 60 that the user is a target for cashback, and the cashback amount and year associated with the user ID. Send the date. Thereafter, the corresponding record is deleted from the cashback information database 53.

[Step S104] The cashback amount transmission unit 57 notifies the ticket purchase terminal 60 that the user is not eligible for cashback.
[Step S105] Upon receiving a notification from the seat management center 50, the cashback target request unit 63 obtains the cashback amount and date if the user is a cashback target, and proceeds to step S106. . If the user is not a cashback target, the process proceeds to step S107.

  [Step S106] The cash-back target request unit 63 displays a message stating that “there is a history of seat transfer” on the predetermined display screen together with the acquired date, and then issues the acquired cash-back amount to the ticket. Pass to part 62.

[Step S107] The cashback target request unit 63 displays a message “no history of seat transfer” on a predetermined display screen, and ends the cashback execution process.
[Step S108] The ticket issuing unit 62 adds the cashback amount to the “charge amount” of the ticket. Further, the added charge amount and cash back amount are displayed in a predetermined column of the display screen displayed in step S106. Then, the cash back execution process is terminated.

With the above processing, cash back is performed in response to an inquiry from the user, and the result can be displayed on the screen.
FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a display screen when the user is a cashback target, and FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the display screen when the user is not a cashback target. is there.

  When the user is eligible for cash back, as shown in FIG. 23, the display screen of the ticket purchase terminal 60 includes a message indicating that “the seat has been transferred” along with the user ID of the user. In addition, the date on which the seat was transferred is displayed. Further, the cashback amount received from the seat management center 50 and the charge amount after addition of the cashback amount are also displayed.

  If the user is not eligible for cash back, as shown in FIG. 24, the display screen of the ticket purchasing terminal 60 indicates that “there is no history of seat transfer” together with the user ID of the user. Display a message.

  As described above, in the seat management system according to the present embodiment, from the take-off seat information database 52 in which the take-off seat information of all the trains 1000 to be operated is stored, it is included in the range of the non-priority boarding station and the departure station. To obtain the cashback according to the section where the non-priority person stood, by automatically determining the transfer of the seat 101. Is possible. Accordingly, the cash-back prompts the user to transfer the seat 101, and the system 101 does not need to be forced to transfer the seat 101. Therefore, the seat 101 can be managed so as to be familiar to the transportation operator. It becomes possible.

  Further, when the assignment of the seat 101 is determined, by checking that all the seats 101 other than the corresponding seat 101 in the seat group 105 including the assigned seat 101 are full, It is possible to reflect whether or not the surrounding area is full, and the transfer of the seat 101 can be determined more accurately.

  The above processing functions can be realized by a computer. In that case, a program describing processing contents of functions that the control device 110, the seat management center 50, and the ticket purchase terminal 60 should have is provided.

  The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic recording device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, and a semiconductor memory. Examples of the magnetic recording device include a hard disk device (HDD), a flexible disk (FD), and a magnetic tape. Examples of the optical disc include a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a DVD-RAM (Random Access Memory), a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), and a CD-R (Recordable) / RW (ReWritable). Magneto-optical recording media include MO (Magneto-Optical disk).

In order to distribute the program, for example, portable recording media such as a DVD and a CD-ROM on which the program is recorded are sold.
The computer that executes the program stores, for example, the program recorded on the portable recording medium or the program transferred from the server computer in its own storage device. Then, the computer reads the program from its own storage device and executes processing according to the program. The computer can also read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. In addition, each time the program is transferred from the server computer, the computer can sequentially execute processing according to the received program.

(Appendix 1) In a seat management method for managing seats provided on a vehicle,
The reward information generating means stores information about the user's getting on and off the vehicle, and stores information on whether the user has priority on the seat and information on getting on and off the user, including the boarding station and the boarding station of the user. A first step of referring to the boarding / alighting information storage means and extracting the boarding / alighting information of a non-priority person who does not have the priority;
The reward information generating means records information related to the user's seating / leaving seat, and stores seating / seating information including the presence / absence of the priority and the seating station and seating station of the user. A second step of extracting the seating / seating information including the seating station and the seating station in the range from the boarding station to the boarding station of the extracted boarding / alighting information with reference to the seating / seating information storage means When,
The reward information generation means corresponds to the same seat as the seat information for the non-priority and the seat information for the non-priority in the extracted seat information, and the seat for the priority person having the priority right If the information is in chronological order, the award is associated with the non-priority if the seating station of the former seating information matches the seating station of the latter seating information. A third step of generating reward information,
A seat management method comprising:

  (Supplementary Note 2) In the third step, when the non-priority person leaves the non-priority seat in the seat group including the same seat, the reward information generation unit is fully occupied except for the same seat. The seat management method according to appendix 1, wherein the reward information is generated in the case of

  (Supplementary Note 3) In the third step, the reward information generation means further includes the reward information when a section that has passed since the priority member entered the seat group including the seat is within a predetermined range. The seat management method according to attachment 1, wherein the seat management method is generated.

(Supplementary note 4) The seat management method according to supplementary note 1, wherein the reward is determined according to a section in which the non-priority person was standing.
(Supplementary Note 5) In a seat management system that manages seats provided on a vehicle,
Accepting means for accepting purchase of a ticket from a user, and obtaining the necessity of priority for the seat of the user;
A ticket issuing means for issuing the ticket including information storage means for storing user information relating to the user, including presence / absence of the priority corresponding to the necessity of the priority;
A reward requesting means for requesting a reward granted to a non-priority who does not have the priority;
A ticket purchasing terminal comprising:
Based on the notification from the boarding / alighting detecting means for detecting the boarding / exiting of the user via the boarding ticket, the presence / absence of the priority included in the user information, and the boarding station and the boarding station of the user are included. A boarding / alighting processing means for creating boarding / alighting information in which information on boarding / exiting the vehicle of the user is recorded;
Based on the notification from the seat detection means for detecting the user's seating / leaving seat via the ticket, the presence / absence of the priority included in the user information, the seating station and the seating station of the user, and And a seating / seating seat processing means for creating seating / seating seat information in which information relating to the seating / leaving seat for the user is recorded,
A control device comprising:
Boarding / alighting information storage means for storing the created boarding / alighting information;
Seating / seating information storage means for storing the created seating / seating information,
The boarding / alighting information of the non-priority person who does not have the priority is extracted from the boarding / alighting information storage means, and the seating station and the separation station are within the range from the boarding station to the boarding station of the extracted boarding / alighting information. The take-off seat information including the seat station is extracted from the take-off / seat information storage means, and the extracted seat / separate seat information corresponds to the non-priority seat / separate seat information and the same seat as the seat / separate seat information. In the case where the take-off / seating information for the priority-priority is in chronological order, the take-off station in the former take-off / seating information matches the seating station in the latter take-off / seating information. A reward information generating means for generating reward information in which rewards are associated with the non-priority,
Reward information storage means for storing the generated reward information;
Upon receiving a reward request from the ticket purchase terminal, a reward transmission means for referring to the reward information storage means and transmitting the reward included in the requested non-priority reward information to the ticket purchase terminal. When,
A seat management center comprising:
A seat management system comprising:

(Appendix 6) In a ticket purchasing terminal that handles a ticket for using a vehicle,
Accepting means for accepting purchase of the ticket from a user, and obtaining the necessity of priority for the seat of the user;
A ticket issuing means for issuing the ticket including information storage means for storing user information relating to the user, including presence / absence of the priority corresponding to the necessity of the priority;
A reward requesting means for requesting a reward granted to a non-priority who does not have the priority;
A ticket purchasing terminal characterized by comprising:

(Supplementary note 7) In a control device that is provided on a vehicle and senses passengers getting on and off and seating to and from the seat,
Based on the notification from the boarding / alighting detection means for detecting the boarding / exiting of the user via a boarding ticket, whether or not the user has priority for the seat, the boarding station and the boarding of the user A boarding / alighting processing means for creating boarding / alighting information in which information on boarding / exiting the vehicle of the user is recorded.
Based on the notification from the arrival / departure seat detection means for detecting the user's arrival / departure seat via the boarding ticket, the presence / absence of the priority included in the ticket, and the user's seating station and the seating station are determined. Including a seating / seating seat processing unit for creating seating / seating seat information in which information about seating / seating for the user's seat is recorded;
A control device comprising:

(Additional remark 8) In the seat management center which receives the information from the control apparatus provided in the vehicle, and communicates with the ticket purchase terminal that handles the ticket for using the vehicle,
The boarding / alighting information created by the control device, including whether or not the user's seat has priority, and the user's boarding station and the boarding station, and information on boarding and exiting the vehicle of the user is recorded. Boarding / alighting information storage means for storing;
A release / seating information that is created by the control device and includes the presence / absence of the priority and the seating station and the leaving station of the user, and stores information about the seating / seating of the user with respect to the seat. Seating information storage means;
The boarding / alighting information of the non-priority person who does not have the priority is extracted from the boarding / alighting information storage means, and the seating station and the separation station are within the range from the boarding station to the boarding station of the extracted boarding / alighting information. The take-off seat information including the seat station is extracted from the take-off / seat information storage means, and the extracted seat / separate seat information corresponds to the non-priority seat / separate seat information and the same seat as the seat / separate seat information. In the case where the take-off / seating information for the priority-priority is in chronological order, the take-off station in the former take-off / seating information matches the seating station in the latter take-off / seating information. A reward information generating means for generating reward information in which rewards are associated with the non-priority,
Reward information storage means for storing the generated reward information;
Upon receiving the non-priority reward request from the ticket purchase terminal, the reward information storage means is referred to and the reward included in the requested non-priority reward information is transmitted to the ticket purchase terminal. A reward sending means to
A seat management center.

  (Supplementary Note 9) In the group of seats including the same seat, the reward generation means further includes the reward information when all the seats except the same seat are full when the non-priority person leaves the seat. 9. The seat management center according to appendix 8, wherein the seat management center is generated.

  (Additional remark 10) The said reward production | generation means further produces | generates the said reward information, when the area which passed since the said priority member entered the seat group containing the said seat is in a predetermined range. 8. Seat management center according to 8.

It is a principle block diagram which shows the principle of the seat management system of this invention. It is a figure showing the whole seat management system composition to which the present invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the structure of a vehicle. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function of the control apparatus used for this Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function of the seat management center and boarding ticket purchase terminal which are used for this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the user information stored in an IC tag. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of a boarding / alighting information temporary storage part. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of a seat group information temporary storage part. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the seating / seating seat information temporary storage part. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of a boarding / alighting information database. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the take-off seat information database. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of a cashback information database. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of a user purchasing a ticket at a ticket purchase terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of a user getting on and off a train. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of a user moving a seat group. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of a user leaving / seating to a seat. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence when a train stops at a station. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of the train operation end. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of producing | generating cashback information. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of cashback amount calculation processing. It is a figure which shows the specific example for demonstrating cashback amount calculation processing, (A) is a figure for demonstrating a user's seat / separation, (B) is a figure which shows the record extracted from the seating information database It is. It is a sequence diagram which shows the cash back implementation process of a ticket purchase terminal, and the process which a seat management center respond | corresponds to this. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a display screen when a user is cash back object. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a display screen when a user is not a cash back object.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,60 Passenger ticket purchase terminal 2,110 Control device 3,50 Seat management center 11 Accepting means 12 Passenger ticket issuing means 13 Reward request means 21 Boarding / alighting processing means 22 Seating / seating processing means 31 Boarding / alighting information storage means 32 Seating / seating information Storage means 33 Reward information generation means 34 Reward information storage means 35 Reward transmission means 41 Boarding / alighting detection means 42 Seating / alighting seat detection means 51,111 Boarding / alighting information database 52,112 Seating / alighting seat information database 53 Cashback information database 56 Cashback information generation Unit 57 Cash back amount transmission unit 61 Reception unit 62 Passenger ticket issuing unit 63 Cash back target request unit 100 Vehicle 101 Seat 102 Seat / seating sensor 103 Seat group movement sensor 104 Boarding / alighting sensor 113 Boarding / alighting processing unit 114 Seating / seating processing unit

Claims (3)

In a seat management method for managing seats provided on a vehicle,
The reward information generating means stores information about the user's getting on and off the vehicle, and stores information on whether the user has priority on the seat and information on getting on and off the user, including the boarding station and the boarding station of the user. A first step of referring to the boarding / alighting information storage means and extracting the boarding / alighting information of a non-priority person who does not have the priority;
The reward information generating means records information related to the user's seating / leaving seat, and stores seating / seating information including the presence / absence of the priority and the seating station and seating station of the user. A second step of extracting the seating / seating information including the seating station and the seating station in the range from the boarding station to the boarding station of the extracted boarding / alighting information with reference to the seating / seating information storage means When,
The reward information generating means corresponds to the same seat as the seat information for the non-priority and the seat information for the non-priority in the extracted seat information, and the seat for the priority person having the priority right When the information is in chronological order, the award is associated with the non-priority if the seating station of the former seating information matches the seating station of the latter seating information. A third step of generating reward information,
A seat management method comprising:   In the third step, when the non-priority person leaves the seat group including the same seat, the reward information generating unit is fully occupied except for the same seat. The seat management method according to claim 1, wherein the reward information is generated. In a seat management system that manages seats provided on vehicles,
Accepting means for accepting purchase of a ticket from a user, and obtaining the necessity of priority for the seat of the user;
A ticket issuing means for issuing the ticket including information storage means for storing user information relating to the user, including presence / absence of the priority corresponding to the necessity of the priority;
A reward requesting means for requesting a reward granted to a non-priority who does not have the priority;
A ticket purchasing terminal comprising:
Based on the notification from the boarding / alighting detecting means for detecting the boarding / exiting of the user via the boarding ticket, the presence / absence of the priority included in the user information, and the boarding station and the boarding station of the user are included. A boarding / alighting processing means for creating boarding / alighting information in which information on boarding / exiting the vehicle of the user is recorded;
Based on the notification from the seat detection means for detecting the user's seating / leaving seat via the ticket, the presence / absence of the priority included in the user information, the seating station and the seating station of the user, and And a seating / seating seat processing means for creating seating / seating seat information in which information relating to the seating / leaving seat for the user is recorded,
A control device comprising:
Boarding / alighting information storage means for storing the created boarding / alighting information;
Seating / seating information storage means for storing the created seating / seating information,
The boarding / alighting information of the non-priority person who does not have the priority is extracted from the boarding / alighting information storage means, and the seating station and the separation station are within the range from the boarding station to the boarding station of the extracted boarding / alighting information. The take-off seat information including the seat station is extracted from the take-off / seat information storage means, and the extracted seat / separate seat information corresponds to the non-priority seat / separate seat information and the same seat as the seat / separate seat information. In the case where the take-off / seating information for the priority-priority is in chronological order, the take-off station in the former take-off / seating information matches the seating station in the latter take-off / seating information. A reward information generating means for generating reward information in which rewards are associated with the non-priority,
Reward information storage means for storing the generated reward information;
Upon receiving a reward request from the ticket purchase terminal, a reward transmission means for referring to the reward information storage means and transmitting the reward included in the requested non-priority reward information to the ticket purchase terminal. When,
A seat management center comprising:
A seat management system comprising:

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