JP2002260182A - Bus passenger management system and bus operation method used for the system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bus passenger management system capable of increasing the convenience of passengers and the operating efficiency of a bus. SOLUTION: Positional information (a) is transmitted regularly from an on-bus device 3 on the bus during operation to a bus operation server 2. The bus operation server 2 manages a bus operation table based on the regular positional information (a), and the positional information (b) of the bus B during operation which is sent using networks such as cellular phone networks and the Internet is displayed on a portable terminal 1. When the passenger requests to ride on the bus B, a stop request (c) of the bus B together with the positional information is sent from the portable terminal 1 to the bus operation server 2. When receiving the stop request (c), the bus operation server 2 sends a stop instruction (d) to the bus B during operation. The on-bus device 3 sends a stop response (e) to the bus operation server 2 if the bus B can be stopped. When receiving the stop response (e), the bus operation server 2 sends a stop response (f) to the portable terminal 1 of the passenger.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bus passenger management system and a bus operation management method used therewith, and more particularly to a bus operation management method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a bus operation management method, a bus is operated so as to follow a pre-installed stop, and it is common to stop at a stop whenever there is a passenger getting on or off a passenger. .

That is, passengers of a bus need to go to a place where a stop is installed, and when the bus cannot be operated on a regular basis due to traffic congestion or the like, it is necessary to keep waiting until the bus arrives. .

[0004]

In the conventional bus operating method described above, it is necessary for the passengers of the bus to go to the place where the bus stops, and if the bus is not operating on a regular basis, it is necessary to wait until the bus arrives. is there.

[0005] In addition, although it is possible for passengers to grasp the operation status of the bus using a mobile phone terminal or the like, the bus driver must operate as if following a stop.
Flexible operation is not possible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a bus passenger management system and a bus operation management method that can solve the above-mentioned problems and can improve passenger convenience and bus operation efficiency.

[0007]

A bus passenger management system according to the present invention comprises a portable information terminal for receiving and displaying the current position information of a bus, and a call signal indicating that the user is to get on the bus from the portable information terminal. And notifying means for notifying the portable information terminal whether or not the bus can be stopped when receiving the position information and the position information.

[0008] In the bus operation management method according to the present invention, a first method for receiving current position information of a bus and displaying the information on a portable information terminal is provided.
And a second step of notifying the portable information terminal whether or not the bus can be stopped when receiving a call signal and position information indicating that the user gets on the bus from the portable information terminal. Have.

That is, the bus passenger management system of the present invention uses a network such as the Internet accessible from a mobile telephone network or a mobile telephone terminal capable of managing the position to identify the passenger's position together with a calling signal and a bus operating company. By notifying the driver, the bus stop location is determined when a request is received from a passenger via the network.

[0010] Thus, since the passenger bus it is possible to call the bus to call a taxi, to increase the passenger convenience, it is possible to improve the operating efficiency of the bus.

[0011]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a bus passenger management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. 1, a bus passenger management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a portable terminal 1 carried by a passenger and a bus company A.
And an on-board bus device 3 mounted on the operated bus B.

The portable terminal 1 and the bus operation server 2 can be connected via a portable telephone network (not shown), and the bus operation server 2 and the on-board bus device 3 are connected via radio. ing. In addition, the portable terminal 1 and the bus operation server 2
May be connected via a network (not shown) such as the Internet accessible from a mobile phone terminal or the like. Further, the bus operation server 2 and the in-vehicle bus device 3 may be a network in the bus company A via wireless.

The position information a is periodically transmitted to the bus operation server 2 of the bus company A from the on-board device 3 of the operating bus B. The bus operation server 2 is a bus on-board device 3
Manages the bus operation table based on the periodic position information a from the mobile terminal 1, and from the mobile terminal 1, it is possible to know the position information b of the operating bus B using a network such as a mobile phone network or the Internet. it can.

[0014] The passenger looks at the position information b of the bus B in operation and wishes to get on the bus B, and sends a stop request c of the bus B from the portable terminal 1 together with his own position information via the above network. And send it to the bus operation server 2.

When the bus operation server 2 receives the stop request c of the bus B from the portable terminal 1, it sends a stop instruction d to the operating bus B. On the bus B, if a stop is possible at the location indicated by the position information from the mobile terminal 1, the stop response e is sent to the bus operation server 2. The bus operation server 2 receives a stop response e from the bus B.
Is transmitted to the passenger's portable terminal 1 via the network.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the portable terminal 1 of FIG. In FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 1 includes a bus calling unit 11 and a position acquisition unit [for example, a GPS (Global)
Positioning System (Global Positioning System) and a mobile phone network receiving unit that can manage the position]
12, a position display unit 13, and a mobile phone communication control unit 14
And an antenna 15. Since the voice input / output portion, the call control portion, the key input portion, and the like of the mobile terminal 1 are known, the description of the configuration and operation is omitted.

The bus calling unit 11 is a portable telephone communication control unit 14
When the position information of the operating bus B is acquired from the bus operation server 2 through the, the position information is displayed on the position display unit 13. The position display unit 13 can be shared with a display screen for displaying a destination dial number, a source dial number, and the like, or can be independent. The position display section 13 can display the position information of the bus B on a map of a navigation system (not shown) or as a place name.

When the user (passenger) looks at the position information of the bus B displayed on the position display unit 13 and inputs an external signal of a stop request using a numeric keypad or the like, the bus calling unit 11 transmits the stop request to the position acquisition unit. The information is transmitted to the bus operation server 2 through the mobile phone communication control unit 14 together with the position information acquired in step 12.
When receiving the stop response from the bus operation server 2 through the mobile phone communication control unit 14, the bus calling unit 11 displays the stop response on the position display unit 13 or another display screen.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the bus operation server 2 of FIG. 3, the bus operation server 2 includes a bus operation management control unit 21, a radio unit 22, a bus operation database 23, a bus position notification unit 24, a passenger reception unit 25, a mobile phone communication control unit 26, an antenna 2
7, 28 are included.

The bus operation management control section 21 manages a bus operation table based on the position information periodically transmitted from the on-board bus device 3 of the bus B in operation through the radio section 22, and transmits the information to the bus operation. While accumulating in the database 23,
The information is sent to the bus position notification unit 24.

When a request to acquire a bus position is received from the passenger's portable terminal 1, the bus position notification unit 24 transmits the bus operation management control unit 2.
1 transmits the position information of the operating bus B passed to the mobile terminal 1 via the mobile phone communication control unit 26. As described above, the location information transmitted from the bus location notification unit 24 to the mobile terminal 1 may be location information on a map or a place name.

The passenger reception unit 25 is provided with a mobile phone communication control unit 26.
When a stop request is received from the mobile terminal 1 via the mobile terminal 1, the stop request is passed to the bus operation management control unit 21. When receiving the stop request from the mobile terminal 1, the bus operation management control unit 21 transmits a stop instruction to the on-board device 3 of the bus B in operation via the wireless unit 22 together with the position information of the passenger.

Thereafter, when the bus operation management control unit 21 receives a stop response from the on-board device 3 of the bus B in operation via the radio unit 22, the bus operation management control unit 21 passes the stop response to the passenger reception unit 25, and the passenger reception unit 25 A stop response is transmitted to the mobile terminal 1 via the mobile phone communication control unit 26. In this case, when the bus B moves from the assumed route to another route, the bus operation management controller 21 stores the information in the bus operation database 2.
3 and sent to the bus position notification unit 24.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the on-board bus device 3 of FIG. In FIG. 4, a vehicle-mounted device 3 includes a position acquisition unit (for example, a GPS) 31, a position information transmission unit 32, a wireless unit 33, a stop position information determination unit 34, a position display unit 35, and a stoppage determination unit. 36.

When the position acquisition unit 31 periodically acquires the position information of the current position of the bus B, the position information is passed to the position information transmission unit 32 and displayed on the position display unit 35.
The position information transmitting unit 32 transmits the position information acquired by the position acquiring unit 31 to the bus operation server 2 through the wireless unit 33.
The position information transmitted from the position information transmitting unit 32 to the bus operation server 2 may be the above-described position information on a map or a place name.

When the positional information of the passenger is received from the bus operation server 2 via the wireless unit 33, the stop position information determining unit 34 determines the position and causes the position display unit 35 to display the position of the passenger. At this time, the position of the own vehicle can be displayed based on the position information acquired by the position acquisition unit 31.

When a stop instruction is sent from the bus operation server 2 via the wireless unit 33, the stoppage availability determination unit 36 determines whether the stoppage information determination unit 34 determines the position information acquired by the position acquisition unit 31 Based on the position information and an external signal input by the driver's judgment and indicating whether or not the vehicle can be stopped, whether or not to stop the bus B is determined, and a stop response is transmitted to the bus operation server 2 via the wireless unit 33. Note that the stoppage availability determination unit 36 may be configured to determine whether or not the bus B can be stopped, including traffic information (congestion information) from a traffic control center (not shown) or the like.

In this case, the stoppage availability determination section 36 first determines whether or not the bus B can be stopped based on the position information of the own vehicle and the position information of the passengers, and displays the determination result on the position display section 35. When the driver makes a decision opposite to the result of the stoppage of the bus B displayed on the position display section 35, the position display section 35
Even if the stop of the bus B is displayed above, if it is determined that the stop of the bus B is possible, an external signal may be input to cancel the determination of the stop possibility determination unit 36.

FIG. 5 is a sequence chart showing the operation of the bus passenger management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the bus passenger management system according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The bus operation management control unit 2 of the bus operation server 2
1 manages a bus operation table based on the position information a periodically transmitted from the on-board device 3 of the bus B in operation through the radio unit 22, and stores the information in the bus operation database 23.
(S1 in FIG. 5), and sends the information to the bus position notification unit 24.

When a request to acquire a bus position is received from the passenger's portable terminal 1, the bus position notification unit 24 transmits the bus operation management control unit 2.
The location information b of the operating bus B passed from 1 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 1 via the mobile phone communication control unit 26.

When the bus calling unit 11 of the portable terminal 1 obtains the position information b of the running bus B from the bus operation server 2 through the portable telephone communication control unit 14, it displays the position information on the position display unit 13 (bus Position display, see S2 in FIG. 5).

When the user (passenger) looks at the position information of the bus B displayed on the position display unit 13 and inputs an external signal of a stop request using a numeric keypad or the like, the bus calling unit 11 obtains the position of the stop request c. The information is transmitted to the bus operation server 2 through the mobile phone communication control unit 14 together with the position information acquired by the unit 12.

When the passenger reception unit 25 of the bus operation server 2 receives the stop request c from the portable terminal 1 via the mobile phone communication control unit 26, the passenger reception unit 25 transmits the stop request c to the bus operation management control unit 2
Pass to 1. When the bus operation management control unit 21 receives the stop request c from the mobile terminal 1, it manages the operation of the bus B (see S <b> 3 in FIG. 5). A stop instruction d is transmitted to the on-board bus device 3 together with the positional information of the passenger.

In the on-board bus device 3, the stop position information judging unit 3
4, the position information of the passenger sent from the bus operation server 2 through the wireless unit 33 is displayed on the position display unit 35 (passenger position display, see S4 in FIG. 5), and the stoppage availability determination unit 36 transmits the information through the wireless unit 33. Position acquisition unit 3 in response to a stop instruction sent from bus operation server 2
1 to determine whether or not the bus B can be stopped based on the position information acquired in step 1, the position information of the passenger determined by the stop position information determination unit 34, and an external signal that is input by the driver's determination and indicates whether or not the vehicle can be stopped. Judgment is made, and the stop response e is transmitted to the bus operation server 2 through the wireless unit 33.

The bus operation management control unit 2 of the bus operation server 2
When the stop response e is received from the on-board device 3 of the operating bus B via the wireless unit 22, the bus 1 manages the operation of the bus B (see S5 in FIG. 5), and receives the stop response e from the passenger reception unit 2.
5 from the passenger reception unit 25 to the mobile phone communication control unit 26
A stop response f is transmitted to the portable terminal 1 via the terminal.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a moving route of the bus B of FIG. In FIG. 6, the bus B is operated flexibly so that its traveling route can be freely changed, except that the bus B is required to always pass through the stations C and D and points (stops, etc.) P1 to P4. Have been.

Therefore, the bus B does not necessarily have to travel on the shortest route that always passes the stations C and D and the points (stops, etc.) P1 to P4, and the passenger receives the stop request c before the point P1. When it comes, it is operated so that it travels to point P2 after passing through point P1 and the place where the passenger is.

As described above, the position of the passenger is notified to the bus operating company and the driver together with the call signal by using a network such as the Internet accessible from the mobile telephone network or the mobile telephone terminal capable of managing the position. By deciding where to stop the bus at the time of receiving a request from the passenger via the network, the passenger of the bus B can call the bus B as if calling a taxi. Operating efficiency can be improved.

In particular, when a passenger makes a request using the mobile phone network, the driver of the bus B changes the stop position each time according to the position information of the passenger and operates, thereby improving the convenience of the passenger. The bus operation efficiency can be improved.
In the above description, one bus B and one passenger have been described, but the present invention is also applicable to a plurality of buses and a plurality of passengers.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, the current position information of the bus is received and displayed on the portable information terminal,
When a call signal indicating that the bus is to be taken from the portable information terminal and the position information are received, whether or not the bus can be stopped is notified to the portable information terminal, so that passenger convenience and bus operation efficiency are provided. There is an effect that can be increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a bus passenger management system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile terminal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a bus operation server in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a vehicle-mounted device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sequence chart showing an operation of the bus passenger management system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a travel route of the bus in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile terminal 2 Bus operation server 3 Bus in-vehicle device 11 Bus calling part 12, 31 Position acquisition part 13, 35 Position display part 14, 26 Cellular phone communication control part 15, 27, 28, 37 Antenna 21 Bus operation management control part 22 , 33 Radio unit 23 Bus operation database 24 Bus position notification unit 25 Passenger reception unit 32 Position information transmission unit 34 Stop position information determination unit 36 Stop possibility determination unit

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A portable information terminal that receives and displays current position information of a bus, and a stop of the bus when a call signal indicating that the user gets on the bus and position information are received from the portable information terminal. Notifying means for notifying the portable information terminal of whether or not it is possible, wherein the bus passenger management system is provided. 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a management server having said notification means and managing operation of said bus.
Bus passenger management system as described. 3. The mobile information terminal notifies the management server of the call signal and the location information using at least one of a location-manageable mobile phone network and the Internet accessible from the mobile phone terminal. 3. The bus passenger management system according to claim 2, wherein: And means for notifying the management server of current position information of the own vehicle to the management server, and determining whether or not the own vehicle can be stopped based on the call signal and the position information from the management server. The bus is included in the bus.
Or the bus passenger management system according to claim 3. 5. A first step of receiving current position information of a bus and displaying the same on a portable information terminal, and receiving a call signal indicating that the user is to get on the bus and position information from the portable information terminal. bus operation management method characterized by having a second step of notifying whether it is possible stop of the bus to the portable information terminal. 6. The bus operation management method according to claim 5, wherein the second step is provided in a management server, and the operation of the bus is managed by the management server. 7. The portable information terminal notifies the management server of the call signal and the location information by using at least one of a location-manageable cellular phone network and the Internet accessible from the cellular phone terminal. 7. The bus operation management method according to claim 6, wherein: 8. A step of notifying the current position information of the own vehicle to the management server, and a step of determining whether or not the own vehicle can be stopped based on the call signal and the position information from the management server. The bus operation management method according to claim 6, wherein the bus is included in the bus.