JP2001297396A - Method and system for getting on vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for getting on a vehicle, with which a user of a passenger transporting means can get on the vehicle at a desired place to get on the vehicle without waiting. SOLUTION: In the method for getting on vehicle for a user P, who is to utilize the passenger transporting means such as bus 11a on the regular route or taxi 11b, the user P performs two-way communication with the passenger transporting means through a portable communication terminal 13 and according to the present condition information of the passenger transporting means provided thereby, the user decides how to use the transporting means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a boarding method and system, and more particularly to a boarding method and system for passenger transportation such as a route bus and a taxi.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, route buses and taxis have been mainly used as short-distance public transport vehicles. The route bus is operated on a route predetermined for each destination via each bus stop provided at predetermined intervals on the route, and the number of buses operated is determined in advance according to the use situation.

[0003] When using this route bus, the bus user checks the bus stop time and the arrival time by looking at the bus operation timetable, then meets the arrival time, goes to the nearest bus stop, and confirms the arrival of the bus. Wait and get on.

[0004] In addition, a taxi can go to any destination desired by a taxi user, and can be used at a predetermined taxi stand or at a designated place or along a road where a telephone reservation has been made. Wait for the coming.

[0005]

However, in the case of a conventional route bus riding method, a bus user has to search for a predetermined bus stop and go to that bus stop. At this bus stop, if the bus operation is delayed due to traffic congestion on the bus operation route and the bus does not arrive on time, the bus will wait until the bus arrives. At this time, the bus user does not know when the bus will come until the bus comes.

In the case of a conventional taxi ride method, a taxi user goes to the nearest taxi stand, waits for an empty taxi in line, but does not know when an empty taxi will come. Will wait until comes. You have to wait until a vacant taxi arrives, even if you wait for a vacant taxi by telephone reservation or stopping along the road.

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to provide a boarding method and system in which a user of a passenger transportation means can board without waiting at a place where he or she wants to board.

[0008]

In order to attain the above object, the present invention provides a method for boarding a passenger using a passenger transportation means, wherein the user is connected to the passenger via a portable communication terminal. Two-way communication is performed with the transportation means, and the use behavior is determined according to the current situation information of the passenger transportation means obtained thereby.

[0009] With the above configuration, the user using the passenger transportation means performs bidirectional communication with the passenger transportation means via the portable communication terminal, and corresponds to the current status information of the passenger transportation means obtained thereby. And determine the usage behavior.
Thereby, the user of the passenger transportation means can get on without waiting at a place where he / she wants to get on.

[0010] The boarding method according to the present invention can realize the boarding method.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a boarding system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the boarding system 10 includes a route bus 11 which is a public passenger transportation means.
a, an on-board communication terminal (not shown) mounted on a taxi 11b, etc., and a mobile phone connected to the on-board communication terminal via the Internet 12 and carried by a user P such as a route bus 11a or a taxi 11b. Vessels and PDAs (pe
rsonal digital assistant
s) and the like.

The on-board communication terminal and portable communication terminal 13
GPS (global) receives radio waves transmitted from a plurality of satellites 14 (only one is shown) and measures the current position.
(Positioning system) function. Therefore, the on-board communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal 13
Can send their location information,
The mutual positional relationship can be confirmed based on the respective pieces of positional information received and obtained.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of a boarding operation on a route bus using the boarding system of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, first, the user P of the route bus 11a
Is a route bus 11a being operated by the mobile communication terminal 13.
Is confirmed, and the route bus 11a desired to be used is determined from the current position (step S101).

Next, the user P uses the portable communication terminal 13 to specify a desired boarding point on the operation route, and causes the portable communication terminal 13 to calculate a predicted time at which the route bus 11a passes the point. Is displayed together with the estimated time of passage based on the time (step S10).
2). The desired boarding point is not limited to the existing bus stop, and can be specified anywhere on the operation route of the route bus 11a.

Next, the user P goes to the designated boarding desired point by the predicted time. At this time, the mobile communication terminal 13 constantly checks the current position of the designated route bus 11a, calculates the predicted time of passage at the specified point, and displays the predicted time of passage and the required time to that point as needed. Update (step S103).

Next, the user P transmits the information of the boarding intention and the boarding designated point from the portable communication terminal 13 to the designated route bus 11a (step S104).

Next, when the designated route bus 11a receives the transmission information from the user P by the on-board communication terminal,
The driver of the bus goes to the designated point based on the received information, and upon reaching the designated point, stops the route bus 11a and puts the user P on (step S).
105).

In the case where the transmission information from the user P received by the on-board communication terminal indicates that there are many users P at the same time and relatively short distance with respect to the route bus 11a. Conversely, the on-board communication terminal determines the stop position of the route bus 11a, and transmits the stop position and time information to each user P.

In this case, each user P receives the information of the stop position and the time transmitted from the on-board communication terminal at the portable communication terminal 13 and moves to the stop position specified based on the received information. Wait for the route bus 11a to come.
When the bus driver arrives at the stop position specified by the on-board communication terminal, the bus driver 11a stops the route bus 11a, and the collected users P board.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a taxi ride operation using the ride system of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, first, the user P of the taxi 11b
Causes the mobile communication terminal 13 to display the respective positions of the vacant taxis 11b present in the arbitrarily designated distance area from the location of the user P at that time (step S201).

Next, the user P designates a desired taxi ride point, and then displays each of the displayed taxis 11b.
, The required time to the specified desired boarding point is calculated in consideration of the traffic congestion and the like (step S20
2). The calculated information is provided for each corresponding taxi 11b,
It is displayed on the mobile communication terminal 13.

Next, the user P determines the desired taxi 11b based on the displayed calculation information, and transmits information of the desired boarding point together with the determined will to be taken from the portable communication terminal 13 to the determined taxi 11b. (Step S20
3).

Next, when the driver of the designated taxi 11b receives the information of the intent to board and the desired point of boarding from the user P by the onboard communication terminal, the driver goes to the specified desired boarding point and stops at the specified point. The user P gets on the taxi 11b (step S204).

At this time, the portable communication terminal 13 constantly checks the current position of the designated taxi 11b, calculates the required time to the desired riding position, and updates the display of the predicted arrival time and the required time to that point as needed. I do.

As described above, according to the present invention, the on-board communication terminal provided in the passenger transportation means and the portable communication terminal 13 possessed by the user P send out the respective position information and obtain the obtained position. The mutual positional relationship can be confirmed based on the information.

That is, the route bus 11a which is a passenger transportation means
P, such as a taxi or a taxi 11b, grasps the operating status of the passenger transportation means from his / her own mobile communication terminal 13 and
Can predict and confirm the passage time or arrival time of the passenger transportation means at any desired place.

That is, the user P performs two-way communication with the passenger transport means via the portable communication terminal 13, and obtains the current status information of the passenger transport means obtained by this, for example, the current status of the operating route bus 11a. Location, or user P at that time
The use behavior is determined in accordance with the position information of the empty taxi 11b present in the distance area arbitrarily specified from the location of the taxi.

For this reason, the route bus 11a and the taxi 11
The user P such as b, at any point where the user P desires to get on, confirms the current situation of the passenger transportation means to be used, that is, knows the waiting time until the boarding time,
You can get on the passenger transportation.

Therefore, the user P does not have to wait for a long time at a bus stop, a taxi stand, along a road, or the like, and at the time expected at the point where he or she wants to get on, the route bus 11
a or the taxi 11b. In particular,
In the case of the taxi 11b, the user P can directly receive a request for boarding at any time and at any place without being restricted by a place such as a taxi stand, so that it is possible to improve the boarding efficiency.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the passenger transport means is not limited to the route bus 11a or the taxi 11b, but may be any other passenger transport means having similar functions, such as an employee pick-up bus or a water bus. If applicable.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user using the passenger transportation means performs two-way communication with the passenger transportation means via the portable communication terminal, and the passenger transportation obtained thereby is obtained. Since the use behavior is determined in accordance with the current status information of the means, the user of the passenger transportation means can get on without waiting at a place where he / she wants to get on.

Further, the boarding method according to the present invention can realize the above-described boarding method.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a boarding system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a flow of a bus ride operation using a ride system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a taxi ride operation using the ride system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 Riding system 11a Route bus 11b Taxi 12 Internet 13 Portable communication terminal 14 Satellite P user

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A passenger riding method using a passenger transport means, wherein the user performs bidirectional communication with the passenger transport means via a portable communication terminal, and the passenger transport means A riding method characterized by determining use behavior in accordance with current situation information. 2. The boarding method according to claim 1, wherein the two-way communication is performed via the Internet. 3. The boarding method according to claim 1, wherein the current status information allows mutual confirmation of a positional relationship between the passenger transport means and the user based on respective positional information. 4. The boarding method according to claim 3, wherein the confirmation of the positional relationship predicts and confirms a passage time or an arrival time of the passenger transportation means at an arbitrary place desired by the user. 5. A process for confirming a current position of a route bus which is the passenger transport means in operation, and determining a desired route bus for the user who wants to get on the route bus; A process of displaying to the user a predicted time at which the desired route bus passes the specified desired boarding point and the required time up to that time, and the prediction while the user is moving to the desired boarding point. A process of updating the display of the time and the required time at any time; a process of transmitting the information of the user's intention to board the desired route bus and a boarding designated point; and receiving transmission information from the user. And causing the user to get on by directing the desired route bus to the designated boarding point.
Riding method according to any of the above. 6. A process for displaying the position of an empty taxi located within an area designated arbitrarily from a location of a user who wants to take a taxi as said passenger transportation means, and to a designated taxi ride desired point. Calculating the required time of the taxi, displaying the calculated information to the user for each of the vacant taxis, determining the desired taxi based on the calculated information by the user, and intending to board the desired taxi And transmitting the information of the boarding designated point, and receiving the transmission information from the user, and directing the desired taxi to the boarding designated point to let the user get on the vehicle. Claims 1 to 4
Riding method according to any of the above. 7. A passenger boarding system using a passenger transportation means, wherein the user has communication means for performing two-way communication with the passenger transportation means via a portable communication terminal, and the communication means obtains the communication means. A ride behavior is determined in accordance with the current status information of the passenger transportation means. 8. The onboard communication terminal mounted on the passenger transportation means, which is connected to the portable communication terminal carried and used by a user of the passenger transportation means via the Internet. The riding system according to claim 7, characterized in that: 9. The on-board communication terminal and the portable communication terminal are both GPS (global position in).
9. The boarding system according to claim 8, further comprising a g system) function, wherein mutual positional relations can be confirmed based on each piece of positional information obtained by transmitting and receiving each piece of positional information.