JPS6386100A - Arrival informing system for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] This invention relates to a vehicle arrival notification method for notifying the arrival of a taxi, truck, etc. This invention relates to a vehicle arrival notification system that not only informs only a designated location of the arrival of a vehicle, but also allows mutual confirmation between those locations to be determined.

[9! Technical background: When a taxi is requested to pick up or drop off by telephone, the taxi will wait at the front door of the client's house or at a nearby location, or the taxi will honk its horn to announce its arrival. Methods such as getting out of the car and going to make contact are being taken.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, waiting on a narrow road not only obstructs traffic, but also causes the client to stand in the gap when the required travel time is approaching. You need to wait and pay attention to the sound of horns.

Moreover, if a taxi is called in the neighboring neighborhood at the same time, there is a drawback that it is difficult to know which car has arrived at the request of the client.

Waiting for a car like this can be troublesome, such as having to worry about the arrival time or the sound of the car's exhaust or horn, even when delivering or transporting goods by car. It is required to notify the arrival of the vehicle.

An object of the present invention is to provide a system for communicating the arrival of various vehicles as described above by using weak radio waves without making the system large and expensive.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The vehicle arrival communication system of the present invention transmits a signal representing an arbitrary code number from a transmitter/receiver mounted on the vehicle into the atmosphere using weak radio waves, and sends the signal to a predetermined location. A preset code number signal is received by the installed fixed transceiver, and the detection signal is used to display the arrival of the vehicle via the display device, as well as to send a confirmation signal that the vehicle has been received. The signal is automatically transmitted to the vehicle's transmitter/receiver via a fixed transmitter/receiver, and the vehicle confirms the circuit connection with the other party using a discriminator that operates by receiving this automatic confirmation signal. It is characterized in that the operation signal of the manual operation switch is sent to the operation confirmation means of the partner force via each transmitter/receiver, thereby performing manual confirmation.

[For production]

When the vehicle arrives at the designated location, the transceiver transmits a signal with a predetermined code number using weak radio waves. The code number signal is received by a fixed transceiver and, if applicable, operates a display device to indicate the arrival of the vehicle. At the same time, the fixed transceiver transmits a confirmation signal confirming reception to the vehicle transceiver, and the determining means confirms the circuit connection with the other party.

On the side where the arrival of the vehicle has been indicated, a manual operation switch is operated to transmit an artificial confirmation signal to the vehicle's transceiver via the fixed transceiver, and the confirmation is performed by the vehicle's operation confirmation means. When the vehicle receives the artificial confirmation signal, the other party can also know that the vehicle has received the confirmation by transmitting the artificial confirmation signal from the vehicle to the other party.

[Example 1] This invention will be explained below by taking a taxi arrival notification system as an example. Taxi 1 has a numeric keyboard from O to 9 for inputting a code number and a pushbutton for confirming human operation. etc., and the code number instructed by this operation switch 2 is transmitted and received on a weak FM modulated wave with a range of 50 to 100 m using the frequency shift telegraph (FSX) method, for example. A transmitter/receiver 3, a display device 4 consisting of a lamp, etc., a buzzer circuit 5 for confirming human operation, and an antenna 6 are attached. The antenna 6 may be a common radio reception antenna or a wireless antenna for communication with a business office or the like.

Each household 7 that uses a taxi sets an appropriate area and assigns a predetermined code number to each household within the area. The home 7 has a transmitter/receiver 9 that transmits and receives weak radio waves via an antenna 8, and this transmitter/receiver 9 is set in advance to receive only the signal of the code number, and also receives the corresponding code. It is set in advance to automatically send a confirmation signal when a number signal is received. The transmitter/receiver 9 includes an operation switch 10 that is operated to send an artificial confirmation signal when reception is artificially confirmed, and a buzzer circuit or lamp lighting circuit to indicate that the corresponding code number signal has been received. A buzzer circuit 12 is provided which is operated by a display device 11 and a human confirmation signal from the vehicle 1. This buzzer circuit 12 is set to be automatically reset when receiving an artificial confirmation signal from the other party.

Note that the antenna 8 may be a common antenna for television reception.

Therefore, if you call a taxi at home 7 with the code number 1035, the taxi office or the office will instruct a nearby empty taxi to go to that home by radio. Taxi 1 that arrived near House 7 entered the code number 1 using the numeric keypad of operation switch 2.
Enter 035. As a result, a signal with code number 1035 is transmitted from the transmitter/receiver 3 via the antenna 6, and at the corresponding home 7, the signal is received from the antenna 8 via the transmitter/receiver 9, and the display device 11 displays a buzzer sound or lights up a lamp to notify the taxi. -1 has arrived. The transceiver 9 automatically transmits a confirmation signal confirming reception of the code number. This confirmation signal is displayed on the display device 4 of the taxi-1.

On the other hand, when confirming the operation of the display device 11 at home 7, if the operation switch 10 is pressed, the signal is sent from the transmitter/receiver 9 to the transmitter/receiver 3 of the taxi 1. It can be determined that the person has artificially confirmed the arrival of the car. Here, the driver of the taxi 1 presses the push button for human confirmation on the operating switch 2 to transmit a human confirmation signal via the transmitter/receiver 3. This artificial confirmation signal from the taxi 1 activates the buzzer circuit 12 via the transmitter/receiver 9 of the household 7, and notifies the driver that the confirmation has also been made. If the manual confirmation push button is pressed again in the taxi 1 and the home 7, both will enter the initial standby state.

The transceiver 3 of the taxi is configured to repeatedly transmit at predetermined intervals unless it receives a confirmation signal from the other party, and the transceivers 9 of the taxi 1 and the home 7 are configured to transmit signals repeatedly at predetermined intervals unless a confirmation signal is received from the other party. It is also preferable to configure the system so that this signal is repeatedly transmitted at predetermined intervals unless a confirmation signal is received.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention can reliably notify only the relevant location that a predetermined vehicle is approaching or has arrived within a set range, and the driver of the vehicle can communicate with the other party. It is possible to confirm that the line has been connected and determine that the other party has artificially confirmed the arrival of the vehicle. Furthermore, since the called party can also know that the driver has confirmed this human confirmation signal, the communication confirmation between the two parties is ensured. This method uses weak radio waves to target a limited area, making the system itself more compact and inexpensive, and can be implemented without any application based on the Radio Law.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, 1 is a taxi 12, and 0 is an operation switch. 3.9 is a transmitter/receiver, 4, 1■ is a display device, 5, 12 is a buzzer circuit, and 8 is a home.

Claims (5)

[Claims] (1) A signal representing an arbitrary code number is transmitted into the atmosphere from a transmitter/receiver mounted on a vehicle using weak radio waves, and is received by a fixed transmitter/receiver installed at a predetermined location. Detects a code number signal, uses the detection signal to display the arrival of the vehicle via a display device, and automatically sends a confirmation signal to the vehicle's transceiver via the fixed transceiver. and the vehicle confirms the circuit connection with the other party using a determining means that operates upon receiving this automatic confirmation signal, and
A signal is sent to the operation confirmation means of the other party through each of the transmitters and receivers by operating a manual operation switch of each of the vehicle and the fixed transceiver provided at the predetermined location,
A vehicle arrival communication method characterized by performing human confirmation using this method. (2) Arrival of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein each of the manually operated switches is configured to send a reset signal to the other party by operating the switch again after sending a signal by operating the switch. Contact method. (3) The vehicle arrival notification system according to claim 1, wherein the operation confirmation means is comprised of a buzzer circuit. (4) The vehicle arrival notification system according to claim 1, wherein the code number is a combination of a plurality of numbers and is set using a numeric keypad. (5) The vehicle arrival communication system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the display device and the determining means is constituted by a lamp circuit.