RU2697496C1 - Method of information support for public transport passengers and information support device for public transport passengers - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: information technology.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to mass media, in particular, to methods of providing public transport passengers with reference and advertising information. Essence of invention: method of information support for public transport passengers consists in the fact that computer is used to generate in advance a database on all routes of vehicles of an enterprise, information files, transferring said information to a monitoring and control means, recording and monitoring programs which also enable execution of control commands, route is selected, a control command is sent to generate and reproduce the block of required service and/or social and/or advertising information using an automatic control system as a monitoring and control means, in digital memory, additionally recorded is a database on geographical points of route recorded in digital format and their sequence, on the vehicle, navigation devices are installed, from which the vehicle location and the direction of movement are determined, the data corresponding to the given section and the route direction are selected, wherein control commands for selecting and reproducing the information unit are automatically transmitted based on the results of coordinates of two extreme points of reference lines, made before stops on the path of the vehicle along the route perpendicular to the direction of movement of the vehicle, wherein temperature sensors installed inside cabin and outside cabin are additionally used to display both inside and outside temperature on on-board scoreboard, in addition, in automatic mode, an interface device is used to determine signals coming from door controls, to provide, in conjunction with door control unit, according to passenger safety rules, order of informing passengers, which implies obligatory anticipatory voice warning of passengers on closing doors of vehicle cabin when starting, as well as automatic mixing of external input signals, audio files, microphone in preset priority in order of importance: microphone, audio files, external sound source. Information device for passengers of public transport includes databases with information for passengers and geographical information on the place of operation of the vehicle, information processing and control module, made in the form of a microcontroller with a control program recorded therein, a satellite navigation receiver and an information module connected to the information processing and control module, wherein information processing and control module is configured to receive signals from databases in one-way, microcontroller is additionally connected with user interface, driver microphone, three-channel adder audio signals, information display unit for driver, interface for matching and transmitting video text data to a module for displaying information for passengers inside and outside of the vehicle, an interface for processing signals from vehicles opening/closing controls, information module is made in the form of a unit of sensors and devices for sounding and indication of audio and video information, including at least one temperature sensor, one display panel of video information, acoustics unit, and databases with geographic information include coordinates of two extreme points of control lines conducted before stops on the path of the vehicle along the route perpendicular to the direction of movement of the vehicle.EFFECT: method is proposed for information support of public transport passengers and device for information support of public transport passengers.7 cl, 1 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the media, in particular to methods for providing public transport passengers with reference and advertising information.

Known information system on cars (RF Patent No. 2308770), containing a dispatching server, information board and subscriber terminal (AT), connected via a radio channel to the server, a satellite navigation receiver. The server in the known information system is configured to transmit advertising information to AT indicating the priority of its broadcasting and includes a database service configured to modify advertising information, a communication service, an operator's automated workstation and an administration service. A digital map of the taxi's workplace has been pre-recorded in AT memory. AT includes a car alarm module, a communication module configured to communicate with a dispatch service server, a radio navigation module, an information and control processing module, a radio antenna, an antenna or a receiver integrated into the antenna of an external radio navigation system, user identification means, sound signaling devices , visual alarm means, a terminal for exchanging text information, an audio communication terminal, a video terminal. The bulletin board is a liquid crystal panel connected to the AT. The latter is configured to receive data on the vehicle’s geographical coordinates from the satellite navigation receiver and to select, based on the vehicle’s geographical coordinates, advertising information previously transmitted from the dispatch service server for transmission to the liquid crystal panel and then transmitting to the server information about the location and time of broadcasting each advertising information, recorded in AT memory. The invention improves the safety of driving cars due to the complete automation of the transmission, reception and playback of advertising messages.

The known device is intended to provide advertising information to passengers of taxi cars, therefore informing is carried out about objects that are in the area of the car. At the same time, passengers are not informed about upcoming events.

There is a method of providing information for passengers of public transport (RF Patent 2275691), which consists in the fact that the database on all the routes of movement of the enterprise’s vehicles, sound files for stop names, sound files for constant words and phrases and sound files for advertising texts are preliminarily generated in a computer this information in the memory of the microcomputer entered into the information installation, in the memory of the microcomputer write programs that ensure the execution of external control commands, using external the authorizing team selects the route in the microcomputer's memory, when following the vehicle along the route before closing the doors at each stop and before each stop, an external control command is sent to the microcomputer's input, by which a block of information is programmed by playing sound files of words, phrases and texts, moreover, the information block generated by the external control command given before closing the doors at the stop includes a warning about closing the doors, the name of the next conductive stop and advertising information, and the block information generated by the external control command supplied before stopping includes stopping the name and, if necessary, a message about changing the route of the vehicle.

The presence in the microcomputer memory of information about all the routes of the enterprise’s vehicles allows the driver, before starting to move the vehicle along a specific route, to select this route in the microcomputer’s memory using an external control command. In addition, when changing the route of the vehicle using an external control command, the driver can select a new route in memory, while the fact of changing the route is automatically recorded in the memory of the microcomputer.

The software formation of information blocks ensures inclusion in the information blocks, the formation of which is triggered by external control commands supplied before the vehicle stops, messages about changing the route of the vehicle, if the fact of changing the route is recorded in the memory of the microcomputer. In addition, the program formation of information blocks ensures inclusion of information in the information blocks, the formation of which is triggered by external control commands issued before closing the doors at the stop, about the closing of doors.

The disadvantage of the method according to RF patent No. 2275691 is the need to submit an external control command to select a route and direction of movement, which distracts the driver.

As a prototype, the method of information support for passengers of public transport and the device for information support of passengers of public transport according to the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2411591 were selected.

The method according to the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2411591 consists in the fact that the database on all the routes of movement of the vehicles of the enterprise is preliminarily formed in the computer, information files are transferred to the control and management tool, and programs providing the execution of control commands are also written into the control and management tool , choose the route, submit the control team, which carry out the formation and reproduction of the block of necessary service, and / or social, and / or advertising information, In this case, an automatic control system (ACS) is used as a means of monitoring and control, an additional digitally recorded database of geographical points of the route and their sequence is added to the memory of the ACS, navigation devices are installed on the vehicle, which determine the location of the vehicle and the direction of movement , select the data corresponding to the given segment and the direction of the route path, and control commands for selecting and playing the information block are served virtually according to the results of comparing the coordinate marks of the route with the actual location of the vehicle and the direction of movement at each moment in time, moreover, the comparison is made continuously throughout the entire period of the vehicle following the route.

A device that allows to implement the above method includes a database with information for passengers and geographical information about the place of work of the vehicle, an information processing and control module, a satellite navigation receiver and an information display module connected to the information processing and control module, the information processing module and control is made in the form of a microcontroller with a control program recorded in it, the database is connected to the microcontroller with the possibility of mutual sex training and signal transmission, the information display module is connected to the microcontroller with the possibility of receiving signals from it, and the database includes data on the geographical points of the routes and their sequence depending on the direction of the vehicle. The device may further include a user interface connected to the microcontroller with the possibility of mutual reception and transmission of signals.

The disadvantages of the known method and device are:

1. The complexity and complexity of the operation of the device that implements the method because of the need to record the coordinates of all points on the route. In fact, in order to enter the coordinates of all points of all routes of vehicles, for example, the Moscow Region, you need to drive a car with a device recording geographical coordinates and drive through all the routes of the region. Accordingly, if the route will subsequently be adjusted, then you need to get behind the wheel again and go. And if there are temporary obstacles on the route at the time of travel, for example, a detour due to road repair, then the travel is unsuitable and you need to repeat it again later when the road is repaired.

2. The device is not safe in operation, as it does not have the ability to voice information about the stop in accordance with the recommendations of the rules for safe operation of the vehicle.

The rules for sounding audio information about a stop are as follows:

- in advance, so that passengers can prepare to leave the vehicle, the name of the stop must be announced;

- drive up to a stop, stop at it, open the doors of the vehicle, let out passengers who want to get off, and land passengers who want to go in;

- before closing the doors to ensure the safety of passengers, some of which, perhaps, have not yet had time to enter, you need to make a speech announcement warning of the closing of the doors and announce the next stop (usually the classic phrase "WARNING, DOORS CLOSE, NEXT STOP XXXXX" );

- only after a warning about closing the doors, the driver can close the doors of the vehicle and start moving further along the route.

The prototype device copes with the first task, but it cannot cope with the third, because does not receive information about closing doors and starting a vehicle. The prototype lacks binding to door controls.

An analogue device according to the patent of the Russian Federation 2275691 has the indicated service, but only in the manual (non-automatic) mode and accordingly unnecessarily loads the driver, lowering the safety of movement and passengers.

3. The device does not have some important service capabilities important for passengers:

 - does not have the function of indicating the air temperature in the street and in the cabin, the knowledge of which allows the passenger to get ready for the temperature difference before departure, avoid diseases, and take care of their health;

 - does not have the function of an automatic mixer for microphone audio signals, does not have an external audio input that allows three sources of audio information of the vehicle (microphone, audio files of stops, an external signal source) to work without interfering and without clogging each other. For example, if some background music sounds from an external source, then when the driver announces through the microphone or starts playing audio files from the memory, the music volume automatically decreases. If the information of the audio file from the memory sounds, then when the driver turns on the microphone, the volume of the audio file is automatically muted. Automatic mixing, firstly, increases traffic safety, because the driver is not distracted by having to lower the volume himself and then restore it to the same level, and secondly, increases the announcement service, because the attenuation may not be complete and passengers who do not care about driver information can still hear what the autoinformer says if the relative attenuation is not pre-set to 100%.

4. The device does not have additional interfaces for communication with other devices, for example, a satellite subscriber terminal or GSM modem, which could provide, according to an agreed protocol, the dispatcher with information from the device, for example, route number, shift number and schedule number in a shift set by the driver using the interface before starting the movement and making it easier for the dispatcher to control the vehicle, as well as broadcast the status of sensors or door controls and parameters the autonomy of the work of the route informant.

5. The device does not have the flexible ability to change parameters (for example, interaction protocols in external displays and devices. Changing the parameters or firmware is done by returning the device to the manufacturer and flashing the device by the manufacturer, which makes it difficult to upgrade and operate the devices from the customer.

The objective of the invention is to expand the functionality of the transport information system, improving the convenience and quality of its operation while maintaining its reliability.

This problem is solved by the method of information support for passengers of public transport, which consists in the fact that the database on all the routes of movement of the vehicles of the enterprise, information files are preliminarily created in the computer, information is transferred to the control and management tool, programs are also written to the control and management tool providing the execution of control commands, select a route, submit a control command, which carry out the formation and playback block of necessary service, and / or social, and / or advertising information, using the automatic control system as a means of control and management, in addition to the memory of the automatic control system, a digitally recorded database of geographical points of the route and their sequence on the vehicle install navigation devices, which determine the location of the vehicle and the direction of movement, select data corresponding to this segment and the direction of a route in which, according to the proposal, control commands for selecting and reproducing a block of information are automatically supplied based on the coordinates of the two extreme points of the control lines drawn before stops on the vehicle following the route perpendicular to the direction of the vehicle, while additionally using temperature sensors installed inside the cabin and outside the cabin to display both the one and the other temperature on the inside panel, additionally apply in automatic mode, an interface device for determining signals from door controls to ensure, together with the door control unit, the procedure for informing passengers in accordance with the passenger traffic safety rules, which implies mandatory proactive voice notification of passengers about closing the doors of the vehicle interior when starting places, and also apply automatic mixing of external input signals, audio files, a microphone in the installed priori etnosti in order of importance: a microphone, audio, external audio source.

It is also advisable to broadcast typical data from the following list to a remote server: geographical coordinates, status of connected analog and digital sensors, call the dispatcher for communication, call the Ministry of Emergency Situations, police, ambulance, and provide voice communication with the driver, as well as provide data to the server route informant from the following list: route number, shift number, schedule number in the shift, state of door sensors, readings of interior and street air temperature sensors, as well as parameters, characteristics Those who know the operability and proper functioning of the information device according to an agreed protocol.

It is also preferable to implement a change in the configuration of the device parameters and change its program from an external hard drive (external memory) or remotely via the built-in GSM-modem.

The information support device for passengers of public transport, which allows implementing the inventive method, includes databases with information for passengers and geographical information about the place of work of the vehicle, an information processing and control module made in the form of a microcontroller with a control program recorded in it, connected to the information processing module and control, a satellite navigation receiver and an information module, wherein, according to the proposal, the information processing and control module It is made with the possibility of receiving signals from the databases unilaterally, a user interface, a driver microphone, a three-channel audio signal adder, an information display unit for the driver, an interface for coordinating and transmitting video text data to the information display module for passengers inside and outside the vehicle are additionally connected to the microcontroller means, an interface for processing signals from controls for opening / closing vehicle doors, the information module is executed n in the form of a block of sensors and devices for scoring and indicating audio and video information, including at least one temperature sensor, one display panel of video information, an acoustics unit, and databases with geographical information include the coordinates of the two extreme points of the control lines drawn before stops along the route of the vehicle along the route perpendicular to the direction of movement of the vehicle.

It is advisable in the inventive device, the information processing and control module can be configured to quickly connect a solid-state information storage device and read information about programmed driving routes and preliminary configuration of sensors. For the same purposes of obtaining new information, you can install a satellite subscriber terminal or a GSM modem in the device.

A satellite subscriber terminal or GSM modem can also be used for regular data transmission to a remote server and / or voice communication with a dispatcher.

An example of the claimed device for implementing the proposed method of information support for passengers of public transport is shown in the block diagram.

The device itself is a conditional part 1 and 2, and part 3 is a set of devices for generating databases and writing generated information to external memory.

Part 3 includes a device 4 for providing access to electronic vector maps of the area in which vehicles are equipped with route informants, for example, the Internet; device 5 with a program for generating projects and recording them to an external removable medium, for example a personal computer. The device 5 is used for:

- recording and storing audio files of stop texts, service and advertising information messages read into the microphone by the speaker and editing text fragments;

- providing information on the coordinates of control lines of route stops;

- ensuring the binding of stop audio files to control line coordinate files;

- configurations of the stop pattern (setting the sequence of audio files for scoring and displaying information of a typical (initial, intermediate, final) stop on the route);

- route configurations (setting a list of stops in the forward and reverse directions);

- project configuration (setting a list of working routes);

- recording projects on an external memory device.

Part 1 may also include a speaker microphone 7 for recording voice announcements.

Part 3 includes the actual external memory 6, which is included in the inventive device, in particular part 1.

Part 1 of the inventive device is used for processing and issuing audio and video information. Part 1 includes: user interface 8 (for example, buttons for selecting a route number, buttons for setting the level of absolute and relative volume of external input signals, microphone, volume of audio memory files); driver microphone 9; block 10 determining the current coordinates of the vehicle (for example, a navigation module of the GLONASS, GPS, Galileo, etc.); module 11 information processing and control (performed, for example, on an Atmega 1280 microcontroller from Atmel); module 12 mixing (three-channel adder of audio signals) and adjusting the absolute and relative volume of the signals: microphone, external input and audio memory files; a driver information display unit 13; an interface 14 for coordinating and transmitting video text data to an information display unit (part of part 2) for passengers inside and outside the vehicle; an interface 15 for determining the state of the vehicle door controls.

Part 2 of the claimed device is a block of sensors and devices for scoring and indicating audio and video information. In general, part 2 includes: an air temperature sensor 16 outside the vehicle (on the street); a sensor 17 of the air temperature inside the vehicle (in the cabin); a display panel 18 for displaying video text information for passengers inside the vehicle (for example, a running LED line); a display panel 19 for displaying video text information for passengers in front of the vehicle (for example, a frontal (front) indicator of the route number, final and initial stops); a display board 20 for displaying video text information for passengers on the side of the vehicle (for example, an indicator of the route number, the final and intermediate stops); a display board 21 for displaying video text information for passengers at the rear of the vehicle (for example, a rear route number indicator).

Part 2 also includes: bodies 22 for opening / closing doors (for example, buttons or toggle switches for opening and closing doors) connected via interface 15 to module 11; block 23 controls the opening-closing of doors; satellite subscriber terminal or GSM modem 24 for regular transmission of vehicle geographical coordinates data to a remote server (not shown), voice communication with a dispatcher, sensor status, incl. the air temperature of the passenger compartment and the street and the closing / opening of doors, the number of the set route, the shift number of the vehicle and the schedule number in the shift, the health parameters of the information device for communication requests with the dispatcher, the panic button and the alarm; block 25 scoring audio information (block acoustics).

The device operates in automatic or semi-automatic mode as follows.

Using devices 4, 5, 7, databases are formed with information for passengers and geographical information about the place of work of the vehicle. The device 6 of the external memory is used to transfer information (databases) to part 1 of the inventive device. Module 11, receiving information from sensors 16, 17, and also accumulating information from sources 10, 22, 23, through interfaces 14, 15, coordinates, generates and transmits information (commands) for devices 18, 19, 20, 21-23, 25 At the same time, information is exchanged through modem 24 with a remote server and / or dispatcher, which allows you to remotely record and monitor all events related to a particular vehicle.

Bock 13 allows the driver of the vehicle to control the operation of all elements of the device. Interface 8 allows the driver to make the necessary adjustments to the operation of the device, and microphone 9 allows you to make emergency (unplanned) announcements for passengers.

Claims (7)

1. The method of information support for passengers of public transport, which consists in the fact that the database on all the routes of movement of the vehicles of the enterprise is preliminarily created in the computer, information files are transferred to the control and management tool, and programs that provide execution of control commands, select a route, submit a control command, by which the formation of the necessary service block is carried out th, and / or social and / or advertising information, using the automatic control system as a means of control and management, in addition to the memory of the automatic control system, a digitally recorded database of geographical points of the route and their sequence is added to the vehicle, devices are installed on the vehicle navigation, which determine the location of the vehicle and the direction of movement, select the data corresponding to this segment and the direction of the route, different t We note that control commands for selecting and reproducing a block of information are automatically given based on the coordinates of the two extreme points of the control lines drawn before stops on the vehicle following the route perpendicular to the direction of the vehicle, while additionally using temperature sensors installed inside and outside cabin for displaying both of these and other temperatures on the interior display, additionally use the interface a device for determining signals from door controls, to ensure, together with the door control unit, the procedure for informing passengers in accordance with the passenger safety rules, which requires mandatory proactive voice notification of passengers when the doors to the passenger compartment are closed when starting, and they use automatic mixing of external input signals, audio files, a microphone in the established priority in order of importance: the microphone, and diofayly, external audio source. 2. The method of providing information for passengers of public transport according to claim 1, characterized in that they transmit standard data from the following list to a remote server: geographical coordinates, status of connected analog and digital sensors, and also provide the ability to call the dispatcher for communication, call the Ministry of Emergencies, police, ambulance, and voice communication with the driver, and additionally provide the ability to transfer to the server data of the route informant from the following list: route number, number p shift, the number of the schedule in the shift, the state of the door sensors, the readings of the sensors of the air temperature of the passenger compartment and the street, as well as the parameters characterizing the operability and proper functioning of the information device according to the agreed protocol. 3. The method of information support for passengers of public transport according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the configuration of the device parameters and changes in its program are carried out from an external hard drive or remotely via a satellite subscriber terminal or built-in GSM modem. 4. A device for providing information to passengers of public transport, including a database with information for passengers and geographical information about the place of work of the vehicle, an information processing and control module made in the form of a microcontroller with a control program recorded in it, connected to a receiver information processing and control module satellite navigation and information module, characterized in that the information processing and control module is configured to receive signals about databases unilaterally, the user interface, a driver microphone, a three-channel audio signal adder, an information display unit for the driver, an interface for matching and transmitting video text data to the information display module for passengers inside and outside the vehicle, an interface for processing signals from controls for opening / closing the doors of the vehicle, the information module is made in the form of a block of sensors and sounding devices and indications of audio and video information, including at least one temperature sensor, one video display panel, an acoustics unit, and geographic information databases include the coordinates of the two extreme points of control lines drawn before stops along the vehicle along the route perpendicular to the direction vehicle movement. 5. The information support device for passengers of public transport according to claim 4, characterized in that the information processing and control module is configured to quickly connect a solid-state drive for information and reading information about programmed driving routes and preliminary configuration of sensors. 6. The information support device for public transport passengers according to claim 4, characterized in that it further comprises a satellite subscriber terminal or a GSM modem for regular data transmission to a remote server and / or voice communication with a dispatcher. 7. The device for providing information to passengers of public transport according to claim 6, characterized in that the information processing and control module is configured to remotely change the parameters and the algorithm of the device by self-flashing it through a satellite subscriber terminal or GSM modem.

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