JP2006319379A - Radio communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the efficiency of taxi allocation and customer service by omitting time and effort of a customer to repeat description and controlling customer information in a taxi company by printing a place where the customer gets on or off a taxi in a predetermined method. <P>SOLUTION: A radio communication system utilizes a taxi AVM system for performing radio communication with at least one mobile station from a control center via a radio base station. In this system, the mobile station has at least a communication means for performing audio or data communication with the control center; a position confirming means capable of confirming the position of its own station; a display means for displaying the position of the own station confirmed by the position confirming means; a converting means for converting the position information obtained by the position confirming means into numerals; a printing means for printing the position information converted by the converting means and a predetermined format of a receipt form. The control center acquires the position information converted into numerals owned by the mobile station from the mobile station and stores the position information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system such as an AVM (Automatic Vehicle Monitoring) system for taxi dispatch using commercial radio, and more particularly to a settlement process when a vehicle arrives at a destination.

With the development of wireless communication technology, the positioning technology using radio waves has developed greatly. Today, GPS (Global Positioning System) positioning systems using satellites, with the accuracy of GPS receivers alone, have an accuracy of about 10 m. You can get location information. This GPS technology is mainly used for car navigation, ship navigation, aircraft navigation, surveying, and the like.
Moreover, with the recent development of wireless mobile communication systems, mobile data communication for a wide area can be easily performed.
Fusion of these positioning technologies and wireless mobile communication systems has put mobile location management systems and text transmission systems into practical use, with the aim of improving the efficiency of delivery of home delivery vehicles and taxis through public and commercial radio. Has been used.

In a wireless mobile communication system such as a conventional taxi AVM system, there is at least one base station, which is connected to a management center and manages the dispatch of vehicles at the management center. In addition, a vehicle (taxi), which is a mobile station, uses a GPS response to transmit the current position to the management center by using a polling response signal, thereby improving vehicle allocation efficiency.
For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a related art related to a wireless communication system such as an AVM system for taxi dispatch.

JP-A-2005-57506

In the above prior art, when a customer requests a taxi, the customer needs to explain to the operator of the taxi company's dispatch room where the customer will be picked up. There is a problem in that it requires a lot of time and effort to the customer.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention can save the customer from having to explain repeatedly by printing the place of getting on or getting off the taxi by a predetermined method, and the taxi company also manages customer information. An object of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication system capable of improving vehicle allocation efficiency and customer service.

In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a radio communication system using a taxi AVM system that performs radio communication with at least one mobile station from a management center via a radio base station, the mobile communication system The station includes at least communication means for performing voice or data communication with the management center, position confirmation means for confirming the position of the own station, and display means for displaying the position of the own station confirmed by the position confirmation means; Conversion means for digitizing the position information acquired by the position confirmation means; and printing means for printing the position information converted by the conversion means and a predetermined format of the receipt format. The management center acquires and stores the digitized position information owned by the mobile station from the mobile station.

According to the present invention, it is possible to save the trouble of having the customer repeatedly explain by printing the place of getting on or getting off the taxi by a predetermined method. In addition, a wireless communication system capable of improving customer service can be provided.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a radio communication system according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 101- (a), 101- (b), 101- (c), 101- (d) are mobile stations, 102- (a), 102- (b), 102- (c) are base stations. A station 103, a management center 104, a GPS 104, and a communication area 105 of the base station 102- (c).
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In this embodiment, a case where the mobile station 101- (a) and the base station 102- (c) are selected will be described.
When a customer (not shown) calls for a taxi request, the management center 103 uses radio to the mobile station 101- (a) near the customer, and the customer's location information is voiced or a small amount of non-voiced. Communication (data transmission) is used to communicate via the base station 102- (c) (vehicle allocation). Upon receiving the dispatch, the mobile station 101- (a) picks up at the customer's location based on the notification (vehicle pick-up).
At this time, when the customer makes a taxi request, the customer needs to explain to the operator of the management center 103 where the customer will be picked up. After the customer gets on the mobile station 101- (a), the destination To the crew of mobile station 101- (a).
At this time, when the customer requests a taxi, the customer has a hard time instructing the place and destination to be picked up. In addition, when the operator of the management center 103 or the crew of the mobile station 101- (a) is immature, there may be a case where the location is unknown even if an instruction is received from a customer.

Therefore, there is a means to quantify the location and destination to be picked up and tell the customer.
For example, data of a digitized place (hereinafter referred to as position information code) is recorded on a card or the like, and is handed over to the customer in advance, so that the customer and the operator of the management center 103 or the crew of the mobile station 101- (a) By exchanging numerical values between them, it is possible to show the position on a map display system such as a car navigation system even when the location is unknown.

Further, there is a means for outputting the digitized position information code to a printer.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a mobile station used in the wireless communication system of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operating device installed in a mobile station, and FIG. 5 is an embodiment in which a position information code is printed together with a receipt format.

In FIG. 2, 201 is a wireless device, 202 is an operation device, 203 is a display unit provided in the operation device 202, 204 is an operation unit provided in the operation device 202, 205 is a position information code conversion means, Reference numeral 206 denotes a memory; 207, a car navigation system; 208, a map display unit installed in the car navigation system 207; 209, a position detection unit installed in the car navigation system 207; 210, a printer; Is shown.
Usually, the position detection unit 209 of the car navigation system 207 grasps the current position of the mobile station 101 and displays the current position on the map display unit 208. Further, an instruction from the management center 103 is displayed on the display unit 203 of the operation unit 202 as shown in FIG. 3 by data transmission using the wireless device 201, and a response to the displayed instruction is displayed on the operation unit. At 204.
Here, when the mobile station 101- (a) arrives at the customer's destination, the mobile station 102- (a) operates the charge meter 211 and transmits the charge data calculated by the charge meter 211 to the printer 210. The printer 210 outputs a paper on which a fee is written as a receipt in a predetermined format as shown in FIG.

At this time, the operating device 202 acquires information on the current position from the position detection unit 209 of the car navigation system 207 and sends the current position information to the position information code conversion means 205 to convert it into a position information code. The operating device 202 sends this position information code to the printer 210, and prints the position information code together with the receipt format in a form preset by the printer 210.
Note that the receipt format and position information code to be printed are not limited to those shown in FIG. 5, and it is possible to appropriately change necessary information such as the position information code of the boarding position and the getting-off position, the place name, the boarding or getting-off time Needless to say.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of customer information according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The position information or the position information code acquired from the position detection unit 209 when the receipt is output by the printer 210 described above is transmitted to the management center 103 by the wireless device 201 and stored in the management center.
The management center 103 manages the destination candidates of customers by organizing the pick-up position and destination for each use frequency of the stored information as shown in FIG.

As described above in detail, in the embodiment of the present invention, the position information code can be automatically printed, so that it is possible to prevent erroneous writing and listening errors. In addition, since printing is faster than copying, the time is shortened, and managing the customer's destination and pick-up position at the management center eliminates the need for the customer to repeatedly explain the next use.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the position information code is displayed as a numerical value, but may be displayed in a form that can be printed easily such as a barcode.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the position information code and the receipt format may be separated.

According to the present invention, there is provided a radio communication system using a taxi AVM system that performs radio communication with at least one mobile station from a management center via a radio base station, wherein the mobile station includes at least the management center and a voice. Alternatively, a communication means for performing data communication, a position confirmation means for confirming the position of the own station, a display means for displaying the position of the own station confirmed by the position confirmation means, and a position acquired by the position confirmation means Conversion means for digitizing information, and printing means for printing the position information converted by the conversion means and a predetermined format of the receipt format, and the management center is provided by the mobile station The possessed digitized position information is acquired from the mobile station and stored.
Moreover, the said position can also be visually recognized by printing together the acquired acquired digitized position information as character information linked | related with the address of map data.
Further, the customer information can be printed together with the customer information registered in advance.
Furthermore, the boarding position and the arrival position can be printed together.

The figure which showed an example of the radio | wireless communications system which is embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which showed an example of the mobile station utilized for the radio | wireless communications system of this invention. The figure which showed an example of the operation device installed in a mobile station. The figure which showed an example of the customer information which is embodiment of this invention. Display example of printing location information code along with receipt format.

Explanation of symbols

101 (a)-(d) ... mobile station,
102 (a) to (c) ... base station,
103 ... management center,
104 ... GPS,
105 ... Communication area of the base station 102- (c),
201 ... wireless device,
202 ... operating device,
203... A display unit installed in the operation device 202
204... Operation unit installed in the operation unit 202;
205 ... Position information code conversion means,
206 ... memory,
207 ... Car navigation system,
208: A map display unit installed in the car navigation system 205,
209 ... a position detection unit installed in the car navigation system 205,
210... Printer
211: Charge meter.

Claims (1)

A wireless communication system using a taxi AVM system that performs wireless communication with at least one mobile station from a management center via a wireless base station,
The mobile station is at least
Communication means for performing voice or data communication with the management center;
Location confirmation means that can confirm the location of your station,
Display means for displaying the position of the local station confirmed by the position confirmation means;
Conversion means for digitizing the position information acquired by the position confirmation means;
Printing means for printing the position information converted by the conversion means and a predetermined format of the receipt format,
The wireless communication system, wherein the management center acquires and stores the digitized position information possessed by the mobile station from the mobile station.