JP2002117112A - Method and system for supporting bus operation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for supporting bus operation by which an optimal advertisement to be broadcasted in a bus, an optimal bus size and an optimal driver can be selected. SOLUTION: In this bys operation supporting method, inside the system capable of connecting an on-bus system and a server installed outside the bus through a network, the server selects the optimal bys to be operated and/or optimal bys driver on the basis of passenger data by collecting the passenger data in the on-bus system and receiving the collected passenger data and/or selects and provides services to be provided inside the bus in real time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bus operation support method and system for selecting an optimum service to be broadcast on a bus, particularly an advertisement and an optimum bus and / or an optimum driver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, advertisements broadcast during a bus run have been broadcast during a bus run based on a contract previously concluded between a bus company and an advertiser.

[0003] In other words, if the bus operation route and the operation time are different, the distribution of passengers based on attributes (sex, age, etc.) is also different. For example, there may be many young male customers at a certain service time on a certain service route. It is clear that advertising a women's clothing store on the bus at that time would not have any noticeable effect. However, the conventional method only broadcasts the advertisement stored in advance according to the schedule, and it is impossible to change the advertisement to be broadcast based on the judgment at the time of operation. May not get.
That is, conventionally, a static advertisement broadcasting method was used.

Conventionally, means for accurately grasping the number of bus users has not been used. Further, it is conceivable that the number of passengers may fluctuate depending on factors such as the weather at the time of operation and the time of operation, but the bus size is not selected in consideration of these factors. In other words, while the types of buses owned by each bus company are almost limited,
For example, a situation may occur in which a bus of a size that allows the number of passengers to significantly exceed the number of passengers is operated on a route or a time zone where the number of passengers is small. A problem caused by such a situation is that the fuel efficiency of the bus is impaired. That is, conventionally, a bus to be used and a driver who runs the bus are determined by rotation based on the rules of thumb of a bus company.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to support and broadcast an optimum advertisement according to the attribute distribution of bus users. . It is another object of the present invention to predict the number of bus users based on factors such as weather and time zone as accurately as possible, and to determine an optimal bus size based on the predicted data. It is another object of the present invention to calculate an optimum driver for driving the bus determined at the same time.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bus-mounted system which collects passenger data of a bus and provides a service provided in a bus in real time based on the collected passenger data of the bus. This is a bus operation support method to select and provide.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a system in which a bus-mounted system and a server installed outside the bus can be connected via a network, the server collects passenger data in the bus-mounted system. Selecting an optimal bus and / or an optimal bus driver to operate based on the passenger data by receiving the collected passenger data, and / or selecting a service to be provided in the bus in real time. It is a bus operation support method to provide.

A third aspect of the present invention is a bus operation support method including an advertisement broadcast in a bus as the service.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a bus operation support method including gender, age, and / or age as the passenger data.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is a bus operation support method for collecting passenger data of the bus by receiving information input by the bus driver.

[0011] The invention of claim 6 is a bus operation support method that includes a date and / or weather and / or an event as selection conditions when selecting the optimum bus.

[0012] The invention of claim 7 is a bus operation support method that includes a size of a operable bus and a work condition when selecting an optimal bus driver.

According to the invention of claim 8, the bus-mounted system collects passenger data of the bus, and selects, in real time, a service to be provided in the bus based on the collected passenger data of the bus. And a means for providing a bus operation support system.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in a system in which a bus-mounted system and a server installed outside the bus can be connected via a network, the server collects passenger data in the bus-mounted system. Means for receiving the collected passenger data, means for selecting an optimal bus and / or an optimal bus driver to operate based on the passenger data, and / or real-time services provided in the bus car And a means for providing and providing a bus operation support system.

A tenth aspect of the present invention is a bus operation support system including an advertisement broadcast in a bus as the service.

The invention according to claim 11 is a bus operation support system which includes gender, age, and / or age as the passenger data.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bus operation support system having means for collecting passenger data of the bus by receiving information input by the bus driver.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bus operation support system including a date and / or weather and / or an event as selection conditions when selecting the optimum bus.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bus operation support system including a size of a operable bus and a work condition when selecting an optimal bus driver.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of a bus operation support system 1 of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which the bus operation support system 1 includes a server 2 owned and directly operated by a bus company, and a bus mounting system 3 mounted on each bus. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which a bus advertisement is broadcast as a service provided in a bus car. However, other services such as providing a scent for advertisement of perfume and providing a free sample are provided. Services can also be provided.

The server 2 has a statistical database 4, a bus database 5, a driver database 6, a data receiving means 7, a vehicle allocation analyzing means 8, and a general information means 9.

The statistical database 4 receives information including the date (day of the week), weather, events held near the bus route section from the general information means 9, and stores the data once. Further, the statistical database 4 receives information including the gender, age (age), etc. of the passenger from the cumulative database 11 by the data receiving means 7, and sends the gender, age (age), etc. of the passenger to the vehicle allocation analyzing means 8. The information including the date (day of the week), the weather, and an event held in the vicinity of the bus route section is transmitted.

The bus database 5 receives, from the dispatch analysis means 8, information on the number of buses most suitable for the conditions at that time, and sends the information to the dispatch analysis means 8 from among the buses stored as a database. The most appropriate bus (size).

The driver database 6 stores the vehicle allocation analysis means 8.
The information of the bus (size) that is most appropriate for the condition at that time is received from the driver. Send

The data receiving means 7 includes a data transfer means 15
Information including gender, age (age) etc. of passengers from
The information including the gender, age (age), etc. of the received passenger is transmitted to the statistical database 4.

The vehicle allocation analysis means 8 includes information including the gender, age (age), etc. of the passenger from the statistical database 4, and further includes the date (day of the week), weather, events held in the vicinity of the bus route section, and the like. Receive information and store data once. Then, the vehicle allocation analysis means 8 stores the information including the stored sex and age (age) of the passenger, and further includes the information including the date (day of the week), the weather, an event to be held in the vicinity of the bus operation route section, and the like. And determine the most appropriate bus for the conditions at that time.

Further, the vehicle allocation analyzing means 8 transmits the information of the bus most suitable for the determined condition to the bus database 5. Then, the vehicle allocation analyzing means 8 selects the bus (size) most suitable for the condition at that time from among the buses stored as a database from the bus database 5.
And the information of the bus (size) most suitable for the condition received at that time is transmitted to the driver database 6.

The general information means 9 is directly input by the bus driver with information including the date (day of the week), the weather, events held in the vicinity of the bus operation route section, etc., and is directly input to the statistical database 4. The information including the input date (day of the week), weather, events held in the vicinity of the bus route section, and the like are transmitted. It is preferable to use, for example, a device such as a keyboard for information including the date (day of the week), the weather, an event to be held in the vicinity of the bus operation route section, and the like, which are directly input by each bus driver.

The bus-mounted system 3 comprises a passenger database 10, a cumulative database 11, an advertisement database 12, a passenger analysis means 13, an advertisement broadcasting means 14, a data transfer means 15, and a data collection means 16.

The passenger database 10 receives information including the gender and the age (age) of the passenger from the data collection means 16, and receives the information including the gender and the age (age) of the passenger received by the passenger analysis means 13. Send

The cumulative database 11 receives information including the gender, age (age) and the like of the passenger from the data collection means 16 and receives the gender of the passenger received by the data transfer means 15.
The information including the age (age) is transmitted.

The advertisement database 12 stores the advertisement broadcasting means 1
4 receives the most appropriate advertising information for the conditions at that time,
The advertisement information most suitable for the condition at that time is transmitted from the bus stored as a database to the advertisement broadcasting means 14.

[0034] The passenger analyzing means 13 is provided for the passenger database 1.
From 0, information including the gender, age (age), etc. of the passenger is received and the data is stored once. And the passenger analysis means 13
Analyzes the stored information including the gender, age (age), etc. of the passenger, and determines the most appropriate advertisement for the conditions at that time. Further, the passenger analysis means 13 is provided with the advertisement database 12
The information of the advertisement most suitable for the condition determined at that time is transmitted. Passenger analysis means 1 of passenger database 10
In the analysis method according to 3, for example, the standard deviation of the age (age) of the passenger is taken, and if the standard deviation is small, it is determined to be the originally determined advertisement, and if the standard deviation is large,
It is preferable to change the advertisement originally determined by its size so as to be most suitable for the condition at that time.

The advertisement broadcasting means 14 is a means for receiving the information of the most appropriate advertisement at that time analyzed by the passenger analysis means 13, extracting the advertisement from the advertisement database, and broadcasting the advertisement. As the most appropriate advertisement method at that time, which is stored as a database broadcasted on the bus, it is preferable to use a device such as a voice announcement or an electronic bulletin board.

The data transfer means 15 receives information including the gender and the age (age) of the passenger from the cumulative database 11, and receives the gender and the age of the passenger received by the data receiving means 7 provided in the server 2. Transmit information including (age) and the like. As a method of transmitting data to the data receiving means 7, for example, communication using a wire, short-range wireless communication using infrared rays, and long-range wireless communication using radio waves can be considered. Then
It is preferable to use a device called communication using a wire.

The data collection means 16 is directly input by the bus driver with information including the gender, age (age) and the like of the passengers, and the passenger database 10 and the cumulative database 1 are input.
The information including the gender, age (age), etc. of the passenger directly input to 1 is transmitted. It is preferable to use a device such as a numeric keypad (such as a numeric keypad with a button for selecting gender) for the information including the gender, age (age), and the like of the passenger directly input by the driver of each bus. is there.

The process flow of the bus operation support system 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

First, it is determined whether or not the bus is operating (S100). In this embodiment, after the operation of the bus, a process of transferring the operation data to the server 2 by a known method and performing a dispatch analysis of the bus is performed. Is also good.

If the bus is operating, it is further determined whether or not a passenger is on the bus in a bus operation route section such as a bus stop (S110).

When a passenger is on a bus in a bus operation route section such as a bus stop, the driver of each bus uses the data collection means 16 to determine the gender of the passenger,
Obtain information including age (age). Then, information including the gender, age (age), and the like of the passenger obtained by the data collection means 16 is added to and updated in the passenger database 10 (S120). At this time, the data collection means 16
As represented by a POS register, the attribute of the passenger can be input, and the bus driver inputs and collects the passenger's distinction, age, and gender using known input means such as a numeric keypad. is there.

Further, the information including the gender and age (age) of the passenger obtained by the data collection means 16 in (S120) is added to or updated in the cumulative database 11 (S120).
130).

If no passenger is on the bus in a bus route section such as a bus stop, it is further determined whether or not the passenger is getting off the bus in the bus route section such as a bus stop. A determination is made (S140).

When a passenger gets off a bus in a bus operation route section such as a bus stop, information including the gender, age (age), etc. of the getting off passenger is obtained by using the data collecting means 16 described above. Entered, passenger database 10
Is deleted and updated (S150).

In the case where a passenger does not get off the bus in a bus operation route section such as a bus stop (that is, a passenger who is merely getting on the bus and the passenger data is not subjected to any operation) ) Jumps to (S160).

It is determined whether or not a bus advertisement is to be broadcast in a bus route section, such as just before the next bus stop (S160).

When a bus advertisement is broadcast in a section of a bus route, such as just before the next bus stop, the passenger analyzing means 13 determines the gender of the passenger from the cumulative database 11.
Receives information including age (age) and stores data once. Then, the passenger analysis means 13 analyzes the stored information including the passenger's gender, age (age), and the like, and determines an advertisement most suitable for the condition at that time. (S170). As an analysis method at this time, a calculation is performed using a known mathematical method such as a standard deviation for each gender, age, and the like, and when the standard deviation is shifted by a certain value (that is, a certain tendency appears) Case), the corresponding tendency is determined.
If there is no deviation, a predetermined advertisement is broadcast. The advertisement is received from the passenger analysis means 13 and the corresponding advertisement is extracted from the advertisement database 12. After receiving the advertisement information from the advertisement database 12, the advertisement is broadcast by a known method.

In the bus route section such as just before the next bus stop, the advertisement broadcasting means 14 receives from the advertisement database 12 the information of the advertisement most suitable for the condition at that time stored as a database and broadcasts it ( S18
0).

If a bus advertisement is not broadcast in a bus route section, such as just before the next bus stop, (S
Return to 110).

Step 110 until the bus operation is completed.
To step 180 are repeated (S190).

After the bus operation is completed, it is determined whether to execute the bus allocation analysis or to transmit data from the bus mounted system 3 to the server 2 (S200). In this embodiment, data is first transferred from the bus-mounted system 3 to the server 2.
After the transmission, the bus allocation analysis is executed. However, it is obvious that this order may be changed.

After the operation of the bus, each bus driver (or person in charge) transmits the data accumulated in the accumulated database 11 during the bus operation from the bus mounted system 3 to the server 2 by a known method. Establishes a connection between the personal computer of each bus and the server of the bus company (S21)
0). There are several known methods, such as wireless communication, Ir
It goes without saying that there are methods such as DA (Near Field Infrared Communication) and wired, and any method may be used.

The driver of each bus uses the general information means 9 to input information including the date (day of the week), weather, events to be held in the vicinity of the bus operation route section, etc. to the server 2 by well-known input means (shown in FIG. ) Directly. And the date (day of the week) directly entered by each bus driver,
Information including the weather, events held in the vicinity of the bus route section is transmitted to the statistical database 4,
Once stored as data (S220). Known input means include a keyboard and a numeric keypad. Also, it goes without saying that the input may be made from a terminal or the like that is connected to the server 2 without directly inputting it to the server 2.

The information is transmitted by the data transfer means 15
Information including the gender and age (age) of the passenger is transferred from the cumulative database 11, and information including the gender and age (age) of the passenger is received in the statistical database 4 by the data receiving means 7, and the data is stored once. (S230).

Information including the date (day of the week), weather, events held in the vicinity of the bus route section and the like once stored in steps 220 and 230, as well as the gender and age (age) of the passenger are also included. The information is updated in the statistics database 4 (S240).

After the bus operation is completed, or when the bus company wants to execute the bus allocation analysis, the bus allocation analysis is executed.

When requesting a bus allocation analysis, the bus company uses the vehicle allocation analysis means 8 to obtain information including the gender, age (age), etc. of the passenger from the statistical database 4, as well as date (day of the week), weather, Receives information including events held in the vicinity of the bus route section and stores the data once. Then, the vehicle allocation analysis means 8 stores the information including the stored sex and age (age) of the passenger, and further includes the information including the date (day of the week), the weather, an event to be held in the vicinity of the bus operation route section, and the like. Is analyzed by a known method, and a bus most suitable for the condition at that time is determined (S250). The analysis method at this time can be achieved by adding a known mathematical method such as a standard deviation based on each parameter such as the event, the weather, the day of the week, and the like.

The vehicle allocation analysis means 8 transmits the information of the bus most suitable for the condition determined at step 250 to the bus database 5. Then, the vehicle allocation analysis means 8 receives information on the bus (size) most suitable for the condition at that time from the buses stored in the database from the bus database 5, and selects a bus (S260).

Further, the vehicle allocation analysis means 8 transmits to the driver database 6 the information of the (size) of the bus most suitable for the condition determined at (S220) at that time. Then, the vehicle allocation analysis means 8 stores the driver database 6
Then, the information of the driver most suitable for the conditions at that time is received from the drivers stored in the database as the database, and the bus driver is selected (S270). As a driver search method at this time, it is preferable to take into account driver scheduling, that is, work conditions, the size of a operable bus, and the like.

The bus company determines in step 260 and step 2
It is determined whether the bus and the bus driver selected in 70 are to be accepted (S280).

When the bus and the driver of the bus selected in steps 260 and 270 are approved, the bus operation support system 1 ends.

If the bus selected in steps 260 and 270 and the driver of the bus are not approved,
Return to step 260.

In carrying out the present invention, a storage medium storing a software program for realizing the functions of the present embodiment is supplied to the system, and the computer of the system reads and executes the program stored in the storage medium. Of course, it is also realized by.

In this case, the program itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program naturally constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, magnetic tape,
A non-volatile memory card or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the operating system running on the computer based on the instructions of the program. It goes without saying that a part or all of the processing is performed, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

Further, after the program read from the storage medium is written to a nonvolatile or volatile storage means provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program is read out. Based on the instructions, the arithmetic processing device or the like provided in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit may perform part or all of the actual processing, and the processing may realize the functions of the above-described embodiments. It is.

[0068]

According to the present invention, it is possible to support and broadcast an optimum advertisement according to the attribute distribution of bus users.
In addition, the number of bus users can be predicted as accurately as possible based on factors such as the weather and the time zone, and a bus having an optimal size can be selected based on the predicted data. In addition, it is possible to select an optimal driver for the selected buses of various sizes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a first half of a flowchart showing an example of the process of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is the second half of a flowchart illustrating an example of the process of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Bus advertisement broadcasting system 2: Server 3: Bus mounted system 4: Statistics database 5: Bus database 6: Driver database 7: Data receiving means 8: Vehicle allocation analysis means 9: General information means 10: Passenger database 11: Cumulative database 12: Advertising database 13: Passenger analyzing means 14: Advertising broadcasting means 15: Data transfer means 16: Data collecting means

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Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A bus mounted system for collecting passenger data of a bus, selecting and providing a service to be provided in a bus vehicle in real time based on the collected passenger data of the bus. Operation support method. 2. In a system in which a bus-mounted system and a server installed outside the bus can be connected via a network, the server collects passenger data in the bus-mounted system, and the collected passenger Selecting an optimal bus and / or an optimal bus driver to operate based on the passenger data by receiving the data; and / or
Alternatively, a bus operation support method characterized in that a service provided in a bus is selected and provided in real time. 3. The service according to claim 1, wherein the service includes an advertisement broadcast in a bus.
The bus operation support method according to any of the above. 4. The passenger data includes gender, age, and / or
The bus operation support method according to claim 1, wherein the bus operation support method includes an age. 5. The bus according to claim 1, wherein passenger data of the bus is collected by receiving information input by a driver of the bus. Operation support method. 6. The bus operation support method according to claim 2, wherein when the optimum bus is selected, a date and / or weather and / or an event is included as a selection condition. 7. When selecting the optimal bus driver,
The bus operation support method according to claim 2, further comprising a size of a operable bus and a work condition. 8. A means for collecting passenger data of a bus, a means for selecting a service to be provided in a bus on the basis of the collected passenger data of the bus in real time, and a means for providing. And a bus operation support system comprising: 9. A system in which a bus-mounted system and a server installed outside the bus can be connected via a network, wherein the server collects passenger data in the bus-mounted system and the collected passenger data. And / or means for selecting an optimal bus and / or an optimal bus driver to operate based on the passenger data, and / or selecting and providing a service to be provided in the bus in real time. Means for performing a bus operation. 10. The bus operation support system according to claim 8, wherein the service includes an advertisement broadcast in a bus. 11. The bus operation support system according to claim 8, wherein said passenger data includes gender, age, and / or age. 12. The bus according to claim 8, further comprising means for collecting passenger data of said bus by receiving information input by a driver of said bus. Bus operation support system described. 13. The bus operation support system according to claim 9, wherein when the optimum bus is selected, a date and / or weather and / or an event is included as a selection condition. 14. The bus operation support system according to claim 9, wherein, when selecting the optimum bus driver, the size of the operable bus and work conditions are included.