JP2006004164A - Alighting estimated time report system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alighting estimated time report system capable of calculating an alighting estimated time to an alighting scheduled station in use of a transportation vehicle, and automatically reporting it to a preliminarily registered specific report destination. <P>SOLUTION: An IC card is used as a boarding ticket. A user ID and alighting scheduled station information are read from the IC card in an automatic ticket gate, and the user ID is read from the IC card in a boarding/alighting part of a vehicle, whereby the vehicle the user used is specified, the alighting estimated time to the alighting scheduled station is calculated, and reported to the preliminarily registered specified report destination. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention uses, for example, a non-contact type (wireless) IC card as a ticket, calculates a scheduled drop-off time to a scheduled drop-off station when using a railway vehicle, and a pre-registered transmission desired mail address The present invention relates to a scheduled arrival time notification system that automatically notifies a specific notification destination such as.

For example, by developing personal information and fee information on an IC card that contains a CPU or memory function IC chip in a plastic card, a system used for security authentication, payment of usage fees in transportation, shopping, etc. has been developed. Has been put to practical use.
Recently, a system for rewriting information in an IC card by non-contact (wireless) communication has been put into practical use in the collection processing of usage fees in transportation facilities.

Using such an IC card, it is automatically notified to a specific pre-registered notification destination that the user has passed through an automatic ticket gate installed at the railway station (passing time, passing position, etc.) The technique to do is known (for example, refer patent document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-16011

However, since the technique of Patent Document 1 is a method for notifying the fact that the ticket has passed through the automatic ticket gate and the actual result of passing, it is possible to notify them to the notification destination, but notifying the scheduled departure time to the scheduled departure station. I can't do it.
Therefore, for example, when moving using a railcar and meeting at the destination (disembarking station), it is necessary to inform the other party when the train will arrive at the station where the disembarkation is scheduled. , You have to check the arrival time (scheduled time of arrival) yourself and contact in advance.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a scheduled getting-off time notification system that, when using a vehicle for transportation, can calculate a scheduled getting-off time to a getting-off scheduled station and can automatically notify a specific destination registered in advance. The purpose is to provide.

  The scheduled departure time notification system according to the present invention stores unique user identification information registered by a user who uses a vehicle of a transportation facility before using the vehicle and notification destination information for notifying the scheduled departure time. Storage means for reading, and reading means for reading the unique user identification information and the information on the scheduled departure from the information recording medium as a boarding ticket to be presented when the user enters the boarding station of the transportation facility, A notification destination acquisition unit that acquires notification destination information corresponding to the user identification information read by the reading unit from the storage unit, and a vehicle identification unique to the vehicle when the user entering the boarding station gets on the vehicle. Based on vehicle identification information acquisition means for acquiring information, vehicle identification information acquired by the vehicle identification information acquisition means, and information on scheduled departure stations read by the reading means A scheduled getting-off time calculating means for obtaining a scheduled getting-off time to the scheduled car station, and a scheduled getting-off time to the expected getting-off station determined by the scheduled getting-off time calculating means are addressed to the notification destination information acquired by the notification destination acquiring means. Notification means for notifying.

  According to the present invention, when a vehicle of transportation is used, a scheduled getting-off time notification system capable of calculating a scheduled getting-off time to a get-off scheduled station and automatically notifying a specific destination registered in advance. Can provide.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of a scheduled departure time notification system according to the present embodiment. This scheduled drop-off time notification system is installed in a contactless (wireless) IC card 11 as an information recording medium carried by a user as a boarding ticket, and is installed in a ticket gate of a railway station and wirelessly processes the IC card 11. Automatic ticket gate 12 equipped with an IC card reader / writer, a wireless IC card reader / writer 13 as an information recording medium processing device installed in a boarding / exiting section of a railway vehicle (train) and processing an IC card 11, a current train A train operation status database 14 in which schedule information reflecting the operation status of (vehicle) is recorded; a dedicated terminal device 15 equipped with a wireless IC card reader / writer installed at a railway station and processing the IC card 11; The automatic ticket gate 12, IC card reader / writer 13, train operation status database 14, and management device that is a host device of the dedicated terminal device 15 And it is configured from the management server 16 of the.
The automatic ticket gate 12, the IC card reader / writer 13, the train operation status database 14, the dedicated terminal device 15 and the management server 16 are communicably connected to each other via a wired or wireless network (not shown).

The management server 16 includes a user information database 17 and a mail creation processing unit 18 as storage means for storing (registering) user information. In the user information database 17, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a user ID as user-specific identification information (user identification information), a user's name, and a mail transmission request mail address as notification destination information , And a vehicle ID as identification information (vehicle identification information) unique to the vehicle (train) on which the user is currently boarding is associated (stored).
The management server 16 may be installed at each station, or may be a system in which several stations are centrally managed by one server.

  The management server 16 includes a mobile terminal device (for example, a mobile phone or a PDA) 20 carried by each user via a wired or wireless network 19 or a personal computer (at home of each user) ( PC) 21 is communicably connected, and the mobile terminal device 20 or the personal computer 21 is notified of the scheduled departure time.

Next, the operation in such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the user obtains (purchases) the IC card 11 as a boarding ticket at the boarding station. Here, the IC card 11 is a non-contact type (wireless type) IC card incorporating an IC chip having functions such as wireless communication, encryption processing, CPU, memory (storage means), etc. It shall be able to communicate. In addition to the information for automatic ticket gates, the memory stores in advance a user ID as user-specific identification information (user identification information) and alighting station information (for example, alighting station name). It shall be.

  Here, when the user wishes to use the mail notification service, the user sets the previously obtained IC card 11 in the reader / writer unit in the dedicated terminal device 15 installed at the boarding station, and then uses a keyboard (not shown) or the like. Register the data of name and email address you want to send. The dedicated terminal device 15 and the management server 16 are connected via a network, and data registered in the dedicated terminal device 15 is stored in the user information database 17 in the management server 16 as shown in FIG.

  When the registration of the user's name and the e-mail address desired to be sent is completed, the management server 16 issues a user ID to the user, and the issued user ID is stored in the user information database 17 in FIG. And is stored in the memo of the IC card 11 carried by the user by being transmitted to the dedicated terminal device 15. Here, the data structure stored in the user information database 17 is as shown in FIG. 2, and data items other than the user ID and the vehicle ID among these data can be arbitrarily changed by the dedicated terminal device 15. It shall be possible.

  Now, when the user passes through the automatic ticket gate 12 installed at the ticket gate of the boarding station for boarding, the user ID and the information on the scheduled departure of the train are recorded from the IC card 11 carried by the user. Read (step S1). Here, the information on the scheduled departure station may be fixed and recorded in the IC card 11 in advance, such as a commuter pass, or set and registered before boarding by the dedicated terminal device 15 installed at the boarding station. You may do it. Here, the processing in step S1 corresponds to the first reading means in the present invention.

  Next, the automatic ticket gate 12 checks whether or not the information on the scheduled departure station exists in the data read from the IC card 11 (step S2). As a result of this check, if there is information on the scheduled exit station, the automatic ticket gate 12 has the user ID and the scheduled departure station information together with the automatic ticket gate passage time when the user passed the automatic ticket gate apparatus 12 and the user The boarding station name (automatic ticket gate passing station name) that entered is transmitted to the management server 16 (step S3). Here, the processing in step S3 corresponds to the first transmission means in the present invention.

  When receiving the transmission data from the automatic ticket gate 12, the management server 16 searches the data in the user information database 17 using the user ID in the received data as a key (step S 4), and corresponds to the user ID. A user name and a mail transmission desired mail address are acquired (step S5). Here, the processing of steps S4 and S5 corresponds to the notification destination acquisition means in the present invention.

  When a user who enters the boarding station gets on the vehicle, the IC card reader / writer 13 installed in the boarding / exiting section of the vehicle reads the user ID from the IC card 11 carried by the user (step S6). Here, the process of step S6 corresponds to the second reading means in the present invention.

  Next, when the door of the boarding / exiting part of the vehicle is closed and the boarding of the user is completed, the IC card reader / writer 13 loads the vehicle ID together with the user ID read first from the IC card 11 carried by the boarded user. A vehicle ID, which is uniquely assigned vehicle identification information (assumed to be stored in advance in the memory in the IC card reader / writer 13), is transmitted to the management server 16 (step S7). Here, the process of step S7 corresponds to the second transmission means in the present invention.

  When receiving the transmission data from the IC card reader / writer 13, the management server 16 searches the data in the user information database 17 using the user ID in the received data as a key (step S8), and corresponds to the user ID. Whether or not the vehicle ID has already been recorded in the data to be recorded (step S9). If the vehicle ID has already been recorded, the already recorded vehicle ID is received data from the IC card reader / writer 13. It is checked whether or not the vehicle ID matches the vehicle ID (step S10).

  If the vehicle ID is not recorded as a result of the check in step S9, or if the vehicle IDs do not match as a result of the check in step S10, the management server 16 determines whether the vehicle in the received data from the IC card reader / writer 13 The data in the train operation status database 14 is searched using the ID and the information about the planned departure station previously transmitted in step S3 (step S11), and the operation status data of the vehicle (train) corresponding to the vehicle ID is acquired. As a result, the scheduled getting-off time to the getting-off station is obtained (step S12). In this case, when it is known that the user changes the route and heads for the scheduled departure station from the scheduled departure station information, the scheduled departure time is calculated in consideration of the time required for the transfer. Here, the processing of steps S11 and S12 corresponds to the scheduled getting-off time calculating means in the present invention.

  Next, the management server 16 describes the user name, the automatic ticket gate passage time, the boarding station name (automatic ticket gate passage station name), the scheduled departure station name, and the scheduled departure time obtained by the previous operation by the mail creation processing unit 18. A mail is created, and the created mail is transmitted to the mail transmission desired mail address obtained by the previous operation (step S13). Here, the process of step S13 corresponds to the notification means in the present invention.

  Here, regarding the timing of mail transmission, a sentence is automatically created when all the information described in the mail is obtained, and transmitted to the mobile terminal device 20 or the personal computer 21 via the network 19. . Note that the text of the created mail may be set by the user in advance. In that case, the mail text setting data is also stored in the user information database 17.

In addition, the process of step S8-S10 is performed for the following reasons.
That is, the reading operation of the user ID in the vicinity of the boarding / alighting part by the IC card reader / writer 13 installed in the boarding / alighting part of the vehicle is performed every time the vehicle arrives at the station and the door of the boarding / alighting part opens. For this reason, if the user has always been in the vicinity of the door, or if the user gets off the platform once because of congestion, the user does not actually get off. The ID and the vehicle ID are transmitted to the management server 16.

  Therefore, the vehicle ID on which the user is currently on is recorded in the user information database 17. And when the train ID transmitted from the IC card reader / writer 13 is different from the already recorded vehicle ID, it is assumed that the user has changed the vehicle, and by accessing the train operation status database 14 again, It obtains the scheduled getting-off time to the scheduled getting-off station, and sends an e-mail notifying the changed scheduled getting-off time and the user name.

  As a result of the check in step S10, if the two vehicle IDs match, or when the processing (e-mail transmission) in step S13 ends, the management server 16 sends the transmission data from the IC card reader / writer 13 and the ticket gate at the unloading station. It is checked whether the user got off the vehicle and passed through the automatic ticket gate 12 based on the participation data transmitted from the automatic ticket gate 12 installed in (Step S14).

  If the user ID of the user exists in the transmission data from the IC card reader / writer 13 and the participation data from the automatic ticket gate 12 as a result of the check in step S14, the management server 16 determines that the user Then, it is determined that the vehicle has entered, and the vehicle ID of the user in the user information database 17 is deleted (step S15), and the process for the user is terminated.

  As a result of the check in step S14, if the user ID of the user does not exist in the transmission data from the IC card reader / writer 13 and the participation data from the automatic ticket gate, the management server 16 has not yet identified the user. When it is determined that the player has not participated, the process returns to step S6, and the same operation as described above is repeated.

  As a result of the check in step S2, if there is no scheduled exit station information in the data read from the IC card 11, the automatic ticket gate device 12 displays the automatic ticket gate passage time and the boarding station name (automatic ticket gate passage station name) together with the user ID. It transmits to the management server 16 (step S16).

  When the management server 16 receives the transmission data from the automatic ticket checker 12, it searches the data in the user information database 17 using the user ID in the received data as a key (step S17), and corresponds to the user ID. A user name and a mail transmission desired mail address are acquired (step S18).

  Next, the management server 16 creates an e-mail that includes the user name, the automatic ticket gate passage time, and the boarding station name (automatic ticket gate passage station name) obtained by the previous operation by the mail composition processing unit 18. The mail is transmitted to the mail transmission desired mail address obtained by the previous operation (step S19), and the processing for the user is ended.

  As described above, when the information on the scheduled departure station is not recorded in the IC card 11 at the time of boarding, only the user ID is read from the IC card 11 and the procedure for calculating the scheduled departure time is omitted. Create and send an e-mail notifying the passing station name and user name.

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, when a railway vehicle is used, the scheduled time of getting off to the station scheduled to get off is calculated and automatically notified to a pre-registered mail transmission desired e-mail address. I can. Therefore, for example, even when waiting at the destination, there is no need to bother to check the arrival time and contact.

  In the above embodiment, the case where a non-contact (wireless) IC card is used as the information recording medium has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a contact IC card It may also be another information recording medium such as a magnetic card other than an IC card.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a scheduled getting-off time notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure for demonstrating the data structure in a user information database. The flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... IC card (information recording medium), 12 ... Automatic ticket gate device, 13 ... IC card reader / writer (information recording medium processing device), 14 ... Train operation status database, 15 ... Dedicated terminal device, 16 ... Management server (management) Device), 17 ... user information database (storage means), 18 ... mail creation processing unit, 19 ... network, 20 portable terminal device, 21 ... personal computer.

Claims (3)

Storage means for storing the corresponding user identification information registered before use of the vehicle by the user who uses the vehicle of transportation and the notification destination information for notifying the scheduled departure time;
A reading means for reading the unique user identification information and the information on the scheduled departure from the information recording medium as a boarding ticket to be presented when the user enters the boarding station of the transportation facility;
Notification destination acquisition means for acquiring notification destination information corresponding to the user identification information read by the reading means from the storage means;
When a user who enters the boarding station gets on the vehicle, vehicle identification information acquisition means for acquiring vehicle identification information unique to the vehicle;
A scheduled getting-off time calculating means for obtaining a scheduled getting-off time to a getting-off schedule station based on the vehicle identification information acquired by the vehicle identification information acquiring means and the getting-off schedule station information read by the reading means;
Notifying means for notifying the scheduled arrival time to the scheduled departure station determined by this scheduled getting-off time calculating means to the notification destination information acquired by the notification destination acquiring means;
An alighting scheduled time notification system comprising: An information recording medium as a ticket carried by a user who uses a vehicle of transportation, an automatic ticket gate installed at a transportation station and processing the information recording medium, and installed in a vehicle of transportation, An information recording medium processing device that processes the information recording medium, and a management device that is a host device of these automatic ticket gate device and information recording medium processing device,
The information recording medium is
At least the unique user identification information and the information about the station that will get off are recorded in advance.
The automatic ticket gate is
First reading means for reading the user identification information and the information on the scheduled departure from the information recording medium presented when the user enters the boarding station;
Along with the user identification information and the scheduled departure station information read by the first reading means, the passing time when the user passes through the automatic ticket gate and the name of the boarding station where the user enters are transmitted to the management device. 1 transmission means,
The information recording medium processing apparatus comprises:
A second reading means for reading user identification information recorded on the information recording medium carried by the user when the user entering the boarding station gets on the vehicle;
Along with the user identification information read by the second reading means, there is provided a second transmission means for transmitting vehicle identification information specific to the vehicle in which the information recording medium processing device is installed to the management device. ,
The management device
Second storage means for storing the name of the user, the unique user identification information, and the notification destination information for notifying the scheduled departure time that are registered by the user of the vehicle before using the vehicle in association with each other; ,
First receiving means for receiving the user identification information transmitted from the first transmitting means of the automatic ticket gate device, the scheduled departure station information, the passing time and the boarding station name;
Notification destination acquisition means for acquiring the name and notification destination information of the user corresponding to the user identification information received by the first reception means from the first storage means;
Second receiving means for receiving user identification information and vehicle identification information transmitted by the second transmitting means of the information recording medium processing device;
A scheduled getting-off time calculating means for obtaining a scheduled getting-off time to a scheduled getting-off station based on the vehicle identification information received by the second receiving means and the getting-off scheduled station information received by the first receiving means;
The scheduled getting-off time to the scheduled getting-off station determined by the scheduled getting-off time calculating means is the user's name acquired by the notification destination acquiring means, the passing time received by the first receiving means, the boarding station name, and A notification system for notifying a scheduled departure time, comprising: a notification means for notifying to the notification destination information acquired by the notification destination acquisition means together with the name of the departure station. The management device
The vehicle identification information received by the second receiving means is stored in correspondence with the user identification information corresponding to the user identification information received by the second receiving means in the second storage means. If the vehicle identification information received by the second receiving means is different from the vehicle identification information in the second storage means, it is assumed that the user has made a transfer, and the scheduled departure time is again 3. A scheduled getting-off time notification system according to claim 2, wherein the calculation means calculates the scheduled getting-off time and performs notification processing by the notifying means.

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