JP2003091573A - Information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing system by which information effective at a depot of transportation can be correctly obtained by anyone, and by which waiting time can be effectively spent. SOLUTION: An image display means 4 is provided inside or around a building at the depot of transportation to display information related to the transportation and various information concerning peripheral facilities. A center control part 13 to provide image information transferred from plural image providers through a communication line 8 is provided on the image display means 4. Various information displayed in the image display means 4 can be obtained by receiving means 4, 5, and 6 through the communication line 8. Among obtained information, money-related settling action for shopping and various reservation is conducted using various certification means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides information that can obtain information about transportation facilities and various information about peripheral facilities in or around a building of a landing place for transportation facilities such as stations, airports, and bus terminals. The present invention relates to a purchase article transportation confirmation system capable of transporting an article purchased by a system and an information providing system and automatically confirming that the article has been transported.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In addition to product advertisements, advertisements such as weekly magazines and books, as well as tourist attraction information and event information along the railway lines, are installed on the walls and ceilings of trains that are in daily use. Has been.

[0003]

However, since the advertising matter can be installed only in a limited narrow space such as a wall surface or a ceiling in a train that does not disturb passengers, there is a limit to the number of advertising objects to be installed. there were. Therefore, passengers can only see advertisements in a predetermined field, and in recent years due to the rapid progress of computerization, there is a feeling of being out of date, and passengers are requesting improvements.
Further, in order to replace a large number of attached advertising materials with new advertising materials, it has to be done manually, so that the replacement work has been a troublesome and troublesome work. In addition, since such a troublesome replacement work cannot be frequently performed, the advertisement object once replaced is in a state of being attached for a certain period of time, so that the amount of information cannot be increased. Met.

By the way, although various kinds of information are also obtained by using an information network such as the Internet on a mobile phone, it is difficult to take out only the desired information from a large amount of information, and moreover, it is taken out. The communication fee is required only for the time up to, which is a burden to the user and is difficult to use. In addition, there is an inconvenience that people who do not have a mobile phone cannot use it.

In view of the above-mentioned situation, the present invention is to solve the problem by enabling anyone to obtain accurately the information that is effective at the arrival and departure place of the transportation and to effectively spend the waiting time. The point is to provide a provision system.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides information about a transportation system in or around a building at a landing place of a transportation system such as a station, an airport, a ship, and a bus terminal. A single or plural image display means for displaying various information of peripheral facilities is provided, and a central control unit for providing the image display means with image information transferred from a plurality of image providers through a communication line. Provided, various information displayed on the image display means is made available through a communication line to a receiving means such as a mobile phone, a mobile terminal, a public telephone, etc., and among the obtained information, article purchase and various reservations are made. The information providing system is configured so that the settlement act involving money such as can be performed using various authentication means. Passengers, people coming off or welcoming people, etc. are displayed on the image display means (large display, large screen, etc.) installed in or around the building of the landing place for transportation. In addition to being able to obtain various information directly from the image display means, it can also be obtained through various communication means such as mobile phones, mobile terminals, public phones used when you do not have a mobile terminal, or a mobile phone. be able to. Moreover, by using the authenticating means, it is possible to perform money-related payment activities such as purchase of articles obtained from various information and various reservations (reservation of tickets, travel and restaurant reservations). The authentication means may perform various authentications such as an IC card, a debit card, a credit card, and a cash voucher card, as well as a face or a fingerprint registered in advance. The money is handed over at the time of settlement, paid in cash when the goods are received, and paid by automatic transfer at a designated date later.

[0007] The number of times the information of the image information is acquired or the amount of money such as purchase of goods or various reservations is counted, and by providing the information acquirer with a privilege from the image provider according to the counted number, the information is acquired. Not only can the acquirer be urged to increase the number of times information is acquired, but also the purchase of goods and various reservations can be actively promoted.

The public telephone has a dedicated display section for displaying the image information displayed by the image display means and a reading capable of reading various cards such as an IC card, a debit card, a credit card and a cash voucher. By providing a department, you can purchase goods and make various reservations using public telephones (ticket reservations, travel and restaurant reservations)
It is possible to smoothly carry out payment transactions involving money such as.

A large number of the public telephones are installed in the vicinity of the departure / arrival area of the transportation facility, and detailed information on the specific peripheral facility can be obtained from the public telephone closest to a specific peripheral facility among the public telephones. By configuring as possible, it is possible to accurately obtain information on the target peripheral facility.

By connecting an uninterruptible power supply device and a bidirectional wireless device to the image display means through a control unit, it is possible to notify an emergency situation such as a power failure and display an evacuation route. It is possible to ensure the safety of passengers.

When providing information at the station,
By using the commuter pass as the authentication means, even the person who does not have various cards can use the information providing system.

By inserting the commuter pass into the public telephone and providing a reading means capable of reading the information, and authenticating the read information in a non-displayed state, the authentication information such as a personal identification number can be provided to another person. Never be acquired.

Information can be transmitted to the automatic ticket gates provided in the station from a sales outlet such as a convenience store installed in or near the station through a communication line, and the information providing system can be used. When you purchase goods, deliver the purchased goods to the nearest sales office of the station designated by the goods purchaser among the stations where you can get on and off with the commuter pass, and send the completed delivery information to the automatic ticket gate at that station The commuter ticket is provided with display means capable of displaying the delivery completion information on the commuter ticket by inserting the commuter ticket of the article purchaser into the automatic ticket gate, thereby configuring a purchased article transportation confirmation system. There is. When an item is purchased using the information providing system as described above, the item is delivered to the station designated by the item purchaser among the stations where the item purchaser can get on and off.
Then, the fact that the goods have been delivered to the designated station is transmitted to the automatic ticket gate of the station, and the commuter ticket of the goods purchaser is inserted into the automatic ticket gate, so that the delivery completion of the commuter ticket is confirmed. Information is displayed. Then, the item purchaser can confirm the arrival of the item and immediately go to pick up the item.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a plurality of vehicles 1 that drive railroad tracks (including subways operating underground railroads and trains operating aboveground railroads) that are examples of transportation facilities. (In actuality, there are often around 10 cars) This shows a state in which trains 2 that have reached each other arrive at both sides of the platform 3. Train 2 here
However, it may be a bus terminal that serves as a departure / arrival place for a bus, an airport, or a terminal for any transportation such as a ship. Note that FIG. 2 shows a case where two trains 2 are provided with separate platforms 3 and 3 instead of the common platform 3 as shown in FIG.

An information providing system is provided in the platform 3 of the station, and the information providing system will be explained. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the timetables, transfer tables, and tickets of the stations are shown. Liquid crystal as image display means for displaying information related to transportation such as information and event information on the station premises, and various information on facilities around the station, DL
A plurality of thin and large (about 50 inches) image display displays (or a large screen for displaying an image from a projector, etc.) 4 such as P and EL (six in the figure, but how many) May be installed in the home 3. The display 4 is provided with a speaker and is configured to be able to output sound at the same time, but it may be omitted. And in the home 3,
A mobile phone 5, a mobile terminal (personal computer) as a receiving means for displaying various information displayed on the display 4 as shown in the figure.
6. The public telephone 7 is configured so that it can be obtained through a public line (which may be a dedicated line) 8 which is a communication line.

The information providing system will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 4, as an image provider who provides an image to the display 4, a computer 9 of an image production company,
Computer 1 of news distribution company which distributes news
0, there is a computer 11 of an advertiser company that distributes corporate advertisements in a lump, a computer 12 of a railway operating company, etc., and a public line from these image providers (a large amount of information can be transmitted at high speed by configuring the line with optical fibers). A central control unit 13 is provided for gathering distribution data distributed via (8), but other cables may be used. Further, in the figure, the frequency band used is modulated in the 2.4 GHz band among the mobile phone 5 and the mobile terminal 6 which can obtain information via the display 4, the public telephone 7, the public line 8 and the wireless communication using weak radio waves. The method is spread spectrum technology of frequency hopping method, and the method is also a bidirectional wireless method.
Two homes 3 are shown in which a mobile phone 14, a mobile terminal 18, and the like that can obtain information via a communication device (see FIG. 3) 15 configured by oooth are shown. In addition, 19 shown in the figure
Is a control device for controlling image information for the display 4, and as shown in FIG.
Communication control section 21 for the uninterruptible power supply 2 for supplying power to the display 4 and the like in case of a power failure
3, the two-way wireless device 15, a calculation unit 23 that counts the number of times information is acquired, which will be described later, and a control unit 23 that controls the storage device 24 that stores the calculated result, an image on the display (image display unit) 4. And a control unit 27 for a sound generating unit 26 including a speaker for the image
It is equipped with a device, a storage unit, and a communication unit. 2 shown in the figure
Reference numeral 0 is a PHS antenna for the mobile phone 5 and the mobile terminal 6. And the two homes 3, 3 in different locations
Naturally, the information of the peripheral facilities will be different, but the timetables, transfer information, etc. will also be different, and these information will be controlled by the control computer 16 of the central control unit 13, and the information will be stored in the server 17, Information can be transmitted to the public line 8 via a communication device (not shown). Sending and receiving of the above information via Bluetooth
By using the th method, it is possible to standardize parts all over the world and realize cost reduction of parts, and it is possible to reduce the cost of parts by 1600 times a second, so that other wireless communication can be performed. There is an advantage that interference can be prevented, and it is particularly advantageous in the home 3 with many passengers using a mobile phone, a radio, or the like. In addition, by using a two-way communication means such as Bluetooth, for example, a molestering or theft in the home 3 or the train 2 parked in the home 3, as well as an emergency situation such as a fire or a sudden illness Has the advantage that it can be notified to the attendants, passengers, etc. through the display 4.

As shown in FIG. 5, the payphone 7 includes a main body portion 7A having a 10-inch (any size can be set) display portion 7H provided on the upper right side, and a receiver. It consists of 7B. On the left side of the main body 7A,
The IC card insertion portion 7C, the debit card or credit card insertion portion 7D, and the cash voucher card insertion portion 7E are provided in this order from the top to constitute a multifunction public telephone. The public telephone 7
It is possible to eliminate the need for other cards by providing an insert section into which the commuter pass can be inserted and using the commuter pass as an authentication means. It should be noted that when the information of the commuter pass is read, by making the information in a non-display state, there is no fear that another person may obtain the personal identification number or the like. The public telephone 7 is installed at each station, and a large number of public telephones 7 are installed everywhere in each station so that detailed information of peripheral facilities closest to the public telephone 7 installed can be obtained. This will allow you to reach your destination quickly.

The case of purchasing an airline ticket using the public telephone 7 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6A, the public telephone 7 calls the airline reservation center. When connected to the Airline Reservation Center, the screen shown in Fig. 6 (b) appears, and clicking on the reservation brings up the screen shown in Fig. 6 (c).
If you enter the required information in each field, you will be prompted to insert a credit card as shown in Fig. 6 (d).
As shown in FIG. 6E, a credit card (here, a credit card, but another card may be used) is inserted. When the payment by credit card is completed,
The screen of (f) is displayed, and it is possible to confirm that the reservation has been completed.

Explaining the case of making a reservation at an izakaya using the public telephone 7, as shown in FIG. 7 (a),
Connect to the guide map screen around the station. When the target izakaya is clicked from the guide map, the screen shown in FIG. 7 (b) is displayed. Next, when the reservation in the screen is clicked, the reservation screen shown in FIG. 7C is displayed, and by entering the necessary items, the screen shown in FIG. 7D is displayed. When necessary items are input on the screen of FIG. 7D, the reservation completion screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 7E, and the process ends.

In addition, the case of increasing the balance of an IC card (which may be a rewritable cash voucher card, a boarding card, etc.) by using the public telephone 7, that is, a case of performing so-called addition, will be explained. When you connect to a screen that can be displayed, the display shown in FIG. 8 (a) is displayed, and after clicking the telephone card, as shown in FIG. 8 (b),
An IC card 28 for a telephone card to be added is inserted. Then, the screen changes to the screen shown in FIG.
After clicking the credit card, the credit card 29 is inserted to switch to the screen shown in FIG. 8E, and the additional amount is input. Then, FIG. 8 (f)
As shown in (4), the personal identification number is input and the addition to the IC card 28 is completed.

Purchase by accessing the information providing system using the mobile phone 5, the mobile terminal 6, or the public phone 7 to purchase an article and confirming that the article has been transported to a predetermined sales office. An article transport confirmation system is configured, and the configuration will be described based on FIG. 9.

That is, the automatic ticket gate 3 provided at the station
The information can be transmitted from a sales office 31 such as a convenience store installed in or near the station to a communication line via the communication line, the public telephone 7 or another dedicated line, and the goods can be purchased from the image information. If done, the IC shown in FIG.
Of the stations where you can get on and off with a commuter pass 32 consisting of a card, deliver the purchased goods to the nearest sales office 31 of the station designated by the goods purchaser, and send the completed delivery information to the automatic ticket gate 30 of the station Then, by inserting or passing the commuter pass 32 of the purchaser of goods into the automatic ticket gate 30 (information can be read and written without contact in the case of an IC card), the delivery completion information is delivered to a specific portion 33 of the commuter pass 32. The commuter pass 32 is provided with a display section capable of displaying (commodity arrival in the figure). The commuter pass 32 may be composed of not only an IC card but also a magnetic card. In addition to exchanging information wirelessly (radio waves) between the sales office 31 and the automatic ticket gate 30, it may be configured to use a cable or the like. Although the delivery completion information is displayed on the commuter pass 32, the delivery completion can be transmitted to the purchaser of the goods by voice or video when passing through the automatic ticket gate 30. Good.

Explaining various information provided by the information providing system, information from various companies that provided information, commercials of general companies, information on new products,
While displaying information on facilities (including shops) near the station, today's news, etc. in sequence on the display 4, when an emergency situation occurs in or around the platform 3, or when an emergency situation occurs in each place, The information from the company will be temporarily stopped, and the content will be given priority. As the information to be projected, for example, in the morning, the content is mainly news, around lunch it is mainly focused on lunch and bargain information, after the evening it is mainly focused on bars and meals, etc. It is possible to improve the customer attraction rate for information by selecting and displaying content according to the time zone. If the information is accessed from the mobile phone 5, the mobile terminal 6, or the public telephone 7 while displaying the information, the other party is confirmed by the telephone number or password of the accessing side, and the arithmetic unit 23 Are counted and stored in the storage device 24. When the number of accesses reaches a predetermined number or more, useful information such as discount information is transmitted to the accessing side so that the image provider gives a privilege to the information acquirer. Further, in order to give a privilege to the information acquirer from the image provider, in addition to giving useful information such as discount information to the information acquirer as described above, the specified amount of money is selected from the information from the same image provider. If purchase of the above-mentioned purchase (may be a single purchase or a plurality of purchases) can be made to receive the discount of the article, the purchase will be increased.

[0024]

According to the invention of claim 1, various kinds of information displayed on the image display means installed in or around the building of the landing place of the transportation facility can be directly obtained from the image display means. , It can be obtained by various receiving means such as mobile phones, mobile terminals, public phones used when you do not have a mobile terminal or a mobile terminal via a communication line, and anyone can obtain valid information accurately. Not only can it be a convenient information providing system, but also waiting time can be effectively spent. Moreover, by using the authentication means, it is possible to carry out a payment action involving money, such as purchase of articles obtained from various information and various reservations, and it is possible to provide an information providing system useful for the information provider. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the number of times information is acquired from the image information or the amount of money such as purchase of goods or various reservations is counted, and the information provider is given a privilege from the image provider according to the counted number. By providing the means, not only can the information acquirer be prompted to increase the number of times of information acquisition, but also the purchase of goods, various reservations, etc. can be actively promoted, and the economic effect can be enhanced.

According to the invention of claim 3, the public telephone is
By providing a dedicated display unit for displaying the image information displayed by the image display unit and a reading unit capable of reading various cards such as an IC card, a debit card, a credit card, and a cash voucher, a public telephone It is possible to smoothly perform money-related payment activities such as purchase of goods and various reservations, and it is possible to increase the usage rate of public phones.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a large number of public telephones are installed in the vicinity of the arrival / departure area of the transportation facility, and the public telephone that is closest to a specific peripheral facility out of the large number of public telephones is specified. By making the detailed information of the peripheral facility available, it is possible to accurately obtain the information of the target peripheral facility and improve the utilization rate of the peripheral facility.

According to the invention of claim 5, by connecting the uninterruptible power supply and the bidirectional wireless device through the control unit, notification of an emergency situation such as power outage and display of the evacuation route can be performed. Therefore, it is possible to provide an information providing system that can improve the safety of passengers.

According to the invention of claim 6, when the information is provided at the station, the information providing system can be used even by those who do not have various cards by using the commuter pass as the authentication means. The utilization rate can be increased.

According to the invention of claim 7, the public telephone is provided with a reading means capable of inserting and reading the commuter pass,
By authenticating the read information in a non-displayed state, the authentication information such as the personal identification number is not obtained by another person, and the information can be used without anxiety.

According to claim 8, the article purchased using the information providing system can be received and brought back from a sales station such as a convenience store installed near the station or a station of the line that is regularly used. In particular, it is possible to provide a system for confirming the transportation of purchased articles, which is particularly useful for those who are absent. Moreover, there is an advantage that it is possible to know that the goods have arrived at the sales place by using the commuter pass, and it is possible to eliminate the trouble of confirming the arrival of the goods one by one.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a platform showing an information providing system installed in a common platform where two trains arrive.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a platform showing an information providing system in which two trains are installed in separate platforms.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of a control device for a display.

FIG. 4 is a control block diagram showing an entire information providing system.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a multi-function public telephone.

6 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),
(F) is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of purchasing an airline ticket by a multifunctional public telephone.

7 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) are:
It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of making a reservation to an izakaya by a multi-function public telephone.

8 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),
(F) is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of carrying out the addition of an IC card in a multifunctional public telephone.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a relationship between an automatic ticket gate, a sales office, a mobile phone, and the like.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a commuter pass.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 vehicle 2 trains 3 home 4 Display (image display means) 5 Mobile phones (reception means) 6 Mobile terminal (reception means) 7 Public telephone (reception means) 7A Main unit 7B Handset 7C, 7D, 7E card insertion part 8 public line (communication line) 9-12 computers 13 Central control section 14 Mobile phone 15 Communication device 16 Control computer 17 server 18 mobile terminal 19 Control device 20 PHS antenna 21 communication control unit 22 uninterruptible power supply 23 arithmetic unit 24 storage device 25 control unit 26 voice generation unit 27 Control unit 28 IC card 29 credit cards 30 Automatic ticket gate 31 Sales office 32 commuter pass 33 specific location (display)

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Claims (8)

[Claims] [Claim 1] Single or plural image display means for displaying information about transportation and various information about peripheral facilities in or around a building of a landing place for transportation such as stations, airports, ships, bus terminals, etc. And a central control unit for providing the image display means with image information transferred from a plurality of image providers via a communication line, and connecting various information displayed on the image display means to the communication line. Through a receiving means such as a mobile phone, a mobile terminal, a public telephone, etc., among the obtained information, payment operations involving money such as purchase of goods and various reservations are performed by using various authentication means. An information providing system characterized by being configured so that it can be performed. 2. An addition means for counting the number of times the image information is acquired or the amount of money for purchasing an item or making various reservations, and for giving the information acquirer a privilege from the image provider according to the counted number. The information providing system according to item 1. 3. A display unit dedicated to displaying image information displayed on the image display means and various cards such as an IC card, a debit card, a credit card, and a cash voucher can be read on the public telephone. The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising a reading unit capable of performing the reading. 4. A large number of the public telephones are installed in the vicinity of the arrival / departure area of the transportation facility, and the detailed information on the specific peripheral facility is the closest public telephone to the specific peripheral facility among the public telephones. Claim 1 or 3 which is configured to be available
Information provision system described. 5. An uninterruptible power supply and a bidirectional wireless device are connected to the image display means through a control unit.
Information provision system described. 6. When providing information at the station,
The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein a commuter pass is used as the authentication means. 7. A reading means capable of inserting the commuter pass into the public telephone to read the public telephone, and certifying the read information in a non-display state.
Or the information providing system according to item 6. 8. The information providing system is configured so that information can be transmitted from a sales place such as a convenience store installed in or near the station to a ticket gate provided in the station through a communication line. If you purchase the goods by using the commuter pass, deliver the purchased goods to the nearest sales office of the station designated by the goods purchaser among the stations where you can get on and off the commuter pass, and then use the information about the completed delivery to the automatic ticket gate of that station. A system for confirming transfer of purchased goods, wherein the commuter ticket is provided with a display means capable of displaying the delivery completion information on the commuter ticket by inserting the commuter ticket of the goods purchaser into the automatic ticket gate.