JP2007022160A - Passenger guide system, communication terminal unit, and base station - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify a passenger of his scheduled getting-off or changing trains certainly in a position immediately before the point of getting off or changing trains without requiring a complicated management of ID numbers or position judgement using satellite electric waves. <P>SOLUTION: A passenger guide system is configured so that base stations 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b through 9a, 9b arranged to include the route of the line a certain distance advanced from stations 1-9 as a signal transmissible region are installed in the neighborhood of the points where the passenger is to get on or off, in which the base stations transmit departure signals at departing from the stations 1-9 to the cell-phone 200 carried by the passenger and also transmit the arrival signals when the train has arrived at the stations 1-9 in such a way as including in the electric waves. The cell-phone 200 carried by the passenger acquires in advance the route information 300 to the destination station of the passenger by a route information acquiring part 215 and stores the information in its RAM 213. Then the departure signals and arrival signals included in the electric waves transmitted from the base stations are received, followed by a comparison of the number of receiving times of arrival signals with the number of times of arrival signals set previously in the route information 300 to serve judging arrival at the destination station, the passenger to be notified of the result of judgement. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a passenger guidance system, a communication terminal device, and a base station for notifying arrival at a destination and a wrong boarding to a passenger using a transportation facility having a plurality of passenger boarding points.

  Passengers who use transportation such as trains have missed the station where they should get off after doing work such as reading or dozing, or because they are visiting for the first time, they get on a route different from the route that they should originally ride. May be frustrated. In this case, extra time is spent before arrival at the destination. Also, depending on the time of day, other transportation means must be used, and the transportation cost to the destination may be expensive.

There are techniques disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 as a method of notifying the passenger of arrival of a destination or a wrong boarding. The technologies described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 store a desired station identification number in a portable terminal of a wireless communication system that can be carried by each passenger, and have received the same station identification number as the station identification number. Sometimes a destination arrival notice or a transfer place arrival notice is given. The device described in Patent Document 2 uses GPS (Global Positioning System) to detect and compare the position information of the mobile terminal and the position information of the destination for notification.
JP 2002-108994 A JP 2002-204467 A

  However, in such a conventional overpass prevention device, the system described in Patent Document 1 has a drawback that the management of the station identification number becomes complicated. In addition, the apparatus described in Patent Document 2 has a disadvantage in that the accuracy of position detection is low in places where it is difficult to receive satellite radio waves such as mountainous areas, underground, and tunnels. In addition, when trying to realize a boarding error notification using the techniques of Patent Documents 1 and 2, all station identification numbers or positions that may be mistaken for all station identification numbers or position information on the route to be passed Information must be stored on the mobile device.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and does not require complicated identification number management or satellite radio wave position determination, and notifies the passengers to be able to transfer or get off at the position immediately before the transfer passenger boarding / exiting point. It is an object of the present invention to provide a passenger guidance system, a communication terminal device, and a base station that can perform the above.

  In addition, the present invention provides a passenger guidance system, a communication terminal device, and a base station that can notify a passenger that he / she has mistakenly got in the wrong route and can be notified so that he / she can return to the correct route. That is another purpose.

  The passenger guidance system according to the present invention includes a base station installed in the vicinity of each passenger boarding / exiting point of transportation so as to include a route of a route that has traveled a predetermined distance from the passenger boarding / exiting point as a transmittable area, and the base station A communication terminal device carried by a passenger who receives a radio wave transmitted from the base station, and the base station arrives at the passenger boarding point with a departure signal when the base station departs each passenger boarding point. A transmission means for transmitting an arrival signal included in the radio wave, and the communication terminal device stores storage information for storing route information to the target boarding / alighting point of the passenger, the departure signal included in the radio wave, A receiving means for receiving an arrival signal, a counting means for counting the number of received arrival signals, and the number of received arrival signals and route information are set in advance. A determination means for comparing the number of arrival signals that have been made and determining that the vehicle has arrived at the target boarding / alighting point; and a notification means for notifying the passenger that the vehicle has arrived at the target boarding / alighting point based on the determination result Take.

  The communication terminal device according to the present invention includes a radio wave transmitted from a base station installed so as to include, as a transmittable area, a route of a route that has traveled a predetermined distance from the passenger getting-on / off point in the vicinity of each passenger getting-on / off point of the transportation facility. A communication terminal device carried by a passenger who receives the storage means for storing route information to the passenger's destination boarding / exiting point, and a base when each passenger boarding / departing point departs and arrives Receiving means for receiving departure and arrival signals transmitted from the station, counting means for counting the number of received arrival signals, and the number of arrival signals received and the number of arrival signals preset in the route information And determining means for determining that the vehicle has arrived at the destination boarding point, and based on the determination result, the passenger has arrived at the destination boarding point A configuration and a notifying means for notifying and.

  The base station of the present invention is a base station that is installed in the vicinity of each passenger boarding / exiting point of transportation so as to include, as a transmittable area, a route that has traveled a predetermined distance from the passenger boarding / exiting point. The communication terminal device includes a transmission means that transmits a departure signal when the passenger departure / departure point departs, and transmits an arrival signal included in the radio wave when the passenger arrival / departure point is reached.

  According to the present invention, there is no need for complicated database management such as identification number management for identifying each passenger getting-on / off point or position determination by satellite radio waves that are difficult to receive in mountainous areas or underground, and the route and progress to the receiver By only storing the data for identifying the direction, notification can be performed so that the passenger can surely change or get off at the position immediately before the transfer passenger getting-on / off point or the target passenger getting-on / off point. Furthermore, when a passenger makes a mistake, it can be notified that the passenger has quickly got in the wrong way and can return to the correct route.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a passenger guidance system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. This embodiment is an example applied to a passenger guidance system that provides train transfer information and the like to a communication terminal device. Further, a cellular phone carried by a passenger is taken as an example of the communication terminal device.

  In FIG. 1, a passenger guidance system 100 includes stations 1 to 9 that are passenger boarding points of a railway network composed of route A, route B, and route C, and at least two locations along the route in the vicinity of each station 1 to 9. A plurality of base stations 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a-4f, 5a, 6a, 7a-7c, 8a, which transmit and receive radio waves to the communication terminal device 200 carried by each passenger. 9a and 9b, and a mobile phone (communication terminal device) 200 that acquires and stores route information 300 (described later with reference to FIG. 3) from the departure station to the destination station.

  The base stations 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a-4f, 5a, 6a, 7a-7c, 8a, 9a, 9b have departed from each station 1-9 to the mobile phone 200 carried by each passenger. In addition, a departure signal and an arrival signal for notifying arrival are included in the radio wave and transmitted. Communication means include the use of infrastructure such as radio waves and optical beacons, mobile communication using mobile phones and PHS, public telephones equipped with information outlets, bullet trains, communication combining wired and wireless from airplanes, etc. A network configured by communication or the like connected to a LAN or the Internet at a spot can be used, and the type of network and the type of protocol such as wired or wireless are not particularly limited.

  The mobile phone 200 is a mobile terminal such as a camera-equipped mobile phone / PHS (Personal Handy-Phone System) / PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) or a notebook personal computer (PC) / mobile PC. Here, a mobile phone carried by a passenger is taken as an example of the mobile terminal.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone 200, FIG. 2 (a) is an external view thereof, and FIG. 2 (b) is a block diagram showing its function.

  2A, the mobile phone 200 includes an LCD display unit 201, a key input unit 202, a terminal built-in speaker 203 for receiving a call, and an LED light emitting unit 204. The LCD display unit 201 displays various screens for the telephone function, icons indicating the operation state of the telephone function, and the like. The key input unit 202 includes a function key 202a for performing incoming call, outgoing call, telephone function switching, operation determination and the like, a cursor key 202b for moving a selection target in the vertical and horizontal directions, a numeric keypad 202c for dialing a telephone number and the like. The LED light emitting unit 204 emits light or blinks when the arrival signal is received by the number of arrival signals included in the route information, and notifies the passenger that the destination passenger boarding / exiting point has been reached.

  2B, a mobile phone 200 is composed of a CPU or the like, and performs control of the entire apparatus including execution of passenger getting-on / off point notification processing, a control unit 211, a ROM 212, a RAM 213, a wireless communication unit 214, a route information acquisition unit 215, An LCD display unit 201, a key input unit 202, a terminal built-in speaker 203, and an LED light emitting unit 204 are provided.

  The CPU executes various processes according to a program on the ROM 212 using a memory storing data used for calculation. The ROM is a read-only semiconductor memory that stores fixed data such as programs and control data required when the CPU operates. The RAM 213 is used as a so-called working memory that temporarily stores data related to route information acquisition processing and target passenger getting-on / off point notification processing, data used for calculation, calculation results by the control unit 211, and the like.

  A part of the RAM 213 includes an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) which is an electrically rewritable nonvolatile memory, and various specifications can be changed by changing a program written in the EEPROM. Further, if the program is downloaded and the program contents of the EEPROM are rewritten, it is possible to easily upgrade functions or change functions.

  The data of the route information is stored in the recording area of the RAM backed up by power or the EEPROM.

  Although not shown in the figure, the terminal includes an interface for connecting a timekeeping unit for measuring date and time or measuring the passage of a fixed time, an external recording device, and various devices. The route information acquisition unit 215 is configured by this interface, for example. In addition, it is equipped with an audio processing unit consisting of a microphone for inputting audio, an audio codec that digitally processes the input audio signal from the microphone, a speaker, a changeover switch, etc., and converts the audio signal input from the microphone into PCM data Or a voice response function that converts the PCM data received from the CPU into a voice signal and outputs the voice signal from the speaker. This voice response function has a function as a notification means.

  The route information acquisition unit 215 is an interface for connecting to Internet connection means for acquiring route information 300 (described later with reference to FIG. 3), an automatic ticket vending machine, or the like. Prior to boarding, the passenger accesses the database via an interface installed in an Internet connection means, an automatic ticket vending machine or the like, acquires route information from the departure station to the destination station, and stores it in the RAM 213.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the passenger guidance system configured as described above will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 1, for example, there is a railway network including a route A, a route B, and a route C. Route A consists of stations 1 to 4, route B consists of stations 4 and 7 to 9, and route C consists of stations 4 to 6. Station 4 is a transfer station where route A, route B and route C intersect, and station 7 is a transfer station where route B branches. At least two base stations 1a to 9a, 1b to 4b, 7b, 9b, 4c, 7c, 4d, 4e, and 4f are installed in the vicinity of each station 1 to 9 along the route traveling direction, and a plurality of routes intersect. In some cases, each route has a base station. These base stations 1a to 9a, 1b to 5b, 7b, 9b, 4c, 7c, 4d, 4e, and 4f have a radio wave receivable area in a range advanced by a predetermined distance along each neighboring route. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the station 1 is the departure station and the station 9 is the destination station, and the vehicle travels in the direction of the arrow. First, the passenger acquires route information from the departure station to the destination station from the external database by the route information acquisition unit 215 included in the mobile phone 200 before boarding.

  The route information acquisition unit 215 communicates a traffic route from a passenger boarding / exiting point on which a passenger has boarded to a passenger boarding / exiting point (hereinafter referred to as a target boarding / exiting point) to which the passenger has traveled by means of communication with an internet connection unit or an automatic ticket machine. , A plurality of traffic routes are selected in advance, and the selected traffic route is stored as route information 300 in the RAM 213 of the mobile phone 200.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of route information, and is route information of the route route shown in FIG.

  The route information 300 includes a route identification code, a departure signal, and a mobile phone 200 from the base station, with a passenger getting on / off point (hereinafter referred to as a transfer getting on / off point) on which a plurality of routes are on the selected traffic route being separated. Includes the number of arrival signals received, the route identification code that does not match the selected traffic route (hereinafter referred to as a wrong route code) and the departure signal (hereinafter referred to as a wrong departure signal) Yes. When the arrival signal encoded with the route identification code of the stored passenger guidance information is received as many times as the arrival signal number, a transfer notification or destination arrival notification is made, and it is encoded with a wrong route code When a wrong ride departure signal is received, a wrong ride notification is made.

  In FIG. 3, the route information 300 is divided into a transfer station, a destination station, and a station where a plurality of routes are used. , A wrong boarding route code 314, and a wrong boarding departure signal 315. For example, the route information on the first line in FIG. 3 is associated with a route from the station 1 as the departure station to the station 4 as the first transfer station. In accordance with the acquired route information 300, the mobile phone 200 counts the number of receptions of arrival signals transmitted by base stations installed in the vicinity of each station. When the departure signal 312 encoded by the route code 311 is received, the next arrival signal reception is counted. When the wrong boarding departure signal 315 encoded with the wrong boarding route code 314 is received, the wrong boarding is notified by sound, light, vibration or the like. In the present embodiment, the LED light emitting unit 204 emits light, the vibrator is vibrated, and the terminal built-in speaker 203 reports a sound. It is also possible to make a voice response from the terminal built-in speaker 203 by converting it into a voice signal.

  On the other hand, when the received arrival signal count reaches the arrival information count 313 of the route information, a transfer notification is performed. Thereafter, the reception signal and the arrival signal are alternately received until the arrival at the destination station, and the arrival notification is made when the destination station arrives. Since these notifications are not wrong rides, notifications that do not attract much attention, for example, message display on the LCD display unit 201 are preferable.

  Next, taking the route shown in FIG. 1 as an example, the passenger guidance process will be described.

  4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the passenger guidance process. This flow is executed by the control unit 211 when the mobile phone 200 is set to the passenger guidance mode. In the figure, S indicates each step of the flow.

  First, in step S <b> 1, the passenger acquires route information 300 from the station 1 to the station 9 and stores it in the RAM 213 of the mobile phone 200. Thereafter, the value of the counter C that counts the arrival signal is set in step S2 (here, since the number of arrival signals 313 of the route information 300 in FIG. 3 is 3, C = 3 is set), and in step S3, the counter C The passenger guidance is started according to the first line of the route information 300 until the value of becomes 0. That is, it was encoded with the uplink (departure signal 312 of FIG. 3) encoded with the route code of the route A (route code 311 of FIG. 3) or the route code of the route A (riding mistake route code 314 of FIG. 3). It waits for the reception of the descent (the wrong ride departure signal 315 in FIG. 3) (step S4).

  Next, in step S5, it is determined whether or not the route A is an uplink, and if the upstream departure signal encoded with the route code of the route A is not received, that is, the downlink encoded with the route code of the route A When the departure signal is received, in step S6, it is notified that the passenger has made a mistake and the present passenger guidance flow is terminated. When the upstream departure signal encoded with the route code of route A is received, the reception of the arrival signal is waited (step S7), the value of the counter C is decremented in step S8, and the processing returns to step S3. When the value of the counter C becomes zero in step S3, a transfer notification is made in step S9. Otherwise, the departure signal confirmation (step S4) is performed until the counter C value becomes zero. The process up to the value decrement process (step S8) is repeated.

  In step S9, after the transfer notification, passenger guidance is provided in the same manner as the next line of the route information 300 (see FIG. 3). First, the value of the counter C is set to 1 in step S10, and the passenger guidance is continued according to the next line of the route information 300 until the value of the counter C becomes 0 in step S11. In step S12, the process waits for reception of a departure signal encoded with a route code of route A, route B, or route C. When a departure signal encoded with the route code of route A, route B, or route C is received, whether or not a downlink departure signal encoded with the route code of route B is received in step S13. Is determined. When the downlink departure signal encoded with the route code of route B is not received, it is determined that the received departure signal is encoded with a route code other than route B, and the boarding is performed in step S14. An error notification is made and this passenger guidance flow is terminated.

  When a downlink departure signal encoded with the route code of route B is received in step S13, it is determined whether or not an arrival signal of route B is received in step S15. When the arrival signal for route B is received, the value of counter C is decremented in step S16, and the process returns to step S11. In step S11, when the value of the counter C becomes zero, the process proceeds to step S17 (FIG. 5), and a transfer notification is made in step S17.

  In step S17, after the transfer notification, the value of the counter C is set again according to the next route information 300, and the passenger guidance process similar to the above is performed. That is, the value of the counter C is set to 1 in step S18, and the passenger guidance is continued according to the next line of the route information 300 until the value of the counter C becomes 0 in step S19. When the value of the counter C becomes 0, arrival notification is performed in step S20, and this passenger guidance flow is terminated. If the value of the counter C is not 0, it waits for a down route B or a branch departure signal in step S21. When a downlink or branch departure signal is received on the route B, it is determined whether or not a downlink departure signal encoded with the route code of the route B is received in step S22. When the down departure signal encoded with the route code of route B is not received, a ride error notification is made in step S23, and the passenger guidance flow is terminated.

  When the downlink departure signal encoded with the route code of route B is received in step S22, it is determined whether or not the arrival signal of route B is received in step S24. When the arrival signal on route B is received, the value of counter C is decremented in step S25, and the process returns to step S19. In step S19, when the value of the counter C becomes zero, arrival notification is performed in step S20, and this passenger guidance flow is completed.

  Here, in order to prevent a passenger from getting on the wrong road, the name of the route to be boarded and the traveling direction may be displayed on the LCD display unit 201 of the mobile phone 200 during the passenger guidance. For example, when the mobile phone 200 is in the passenger guidance mode, the LCD display unit 201 displays the passenger guidance message 220 “Get on the up direction of the route A” shown in FIG. Although the display time is arbitrary, for example, the message 220 is displayed on the LCD display unit 201 until the value of the counter C becomes 0 in the loop processing from step S3 to step S8 in FIG.

  The notification of the message as described above is also effective in the case of notification of a wrong ride. If a mistake occurs or is about to occur, the passenger needs to be noticed in an urgent manner. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the LED light emitting unit 204, the vibrator, and the terminal built-in speaker 203 are used to notify the passenger of an erroneous ride using light, vibration, sound, voice, or the like. It is also possible to display an error message on the LCD display unit 201 in combination with this notification or as one of notification modes.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a base station installed in the vicinity of a passenger boarding / exiting point so as to include the course of a route that has traveled a predetermined distance from the station (passenger boarding / exiting points) 1 to 9 as a transmittable area. 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a-4f, 5a, 6a, 7a-7c, 8a, 9a, 9b are installed. This base station transmits a departure signal to the mobile phone 200 carried by the passenger when the station 1-9 departs, and includes an arrival signal when it arrives at the stations 1-9. Specifically, among the base stations, base stations (for example, 1a to 9a, 4c, 4d, and 4e) installed in front of the traveling directions of the stations 1 to 9 transmit different departure signals for each traveling direction, Among the stations, base stations (for example, 1b to 5b, 7b, 9b, 7c, and 4f) installed behind the stations 1 to 9 transmit passenger getting-on / off point arrival signals that differ depending on the traveling direction. Furthermore, in order to distinguish the route where each base station is installed from other routes, the departure signal and the arrival signal are encoded with a route identification code and transmitted. On the other hand, the mobile phone 200 carried by the passenger obtains in advance the route information 300 to the destination station (target destination) of the passenger by the route information acquisition unit 215 and stores it in the RAM 213. And, the base station 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a-4f, 5a, 6a, 7a-7c, 8a, 9a, 9b received departure signals and arrival signals included in the radio wave, The number of received arrival signals and the number of arrival signals preset in the route information 300 are compared to determine and notify that the destination station has been reached.

  In the above configuration, an arrival signal indicating arrival at the passenger boarding / exiting point is transmitted from the base station installed in the vicinity of the passenger boarding / exiting point to the mobile phone 200 of the passenger. The mobile phone 200 stores route information 300 in advance. By counting the number of times an arrival signal is received according to the route information 300, the passenger can be guided to the destination. Thereby, there is an effect that complicated database management such as identification number management for identifying each passenger getting-on / off point becomes unnecessary. In addition, since current position detection by GPS satellite radio waves is not required, even if it is difficult to receive GPS satellite radio waves such as mountainous areas or underground, passengers can surely change at the location just before the transfer passenger boarding point or the target passenger boarding point Alternatively, notification can be made so that the user can get off. As a result, it is possible to prompt each passenger to correct the track when changing, getting off, or making a mistake.

  In the present embodiment, once the arrival signal is received and counted in order to prevent the arrival signal from being counted multiple times at the same passenger boarding / exiting point, the next arrival is received until the departure signal is received at least once. Do not count signals. As described above, the mobile phone 200 alternately receives the departure signal and the arrival signal, so that it is possible to determine without error that the passenger has approached each passenger boarding point and notify the passenger.

  In addition, since the passenger guidance system is unnecessary and does not increase the number of parts, it should be widely applied to portable terminals such as mobile phones that are low in cost and easy to implement and often carried by passengers. Can do.

(Embodiment 2)
Embodiment 2 is an example of passenger guidance when a passenger makes a mistake in a route or traveling direction. Since the hardware configuration is the same as that in FIGS. 1 and 2, description thereof is omitted.

  6 to 8 are flowcharts showing a passenger guidance process of the passenger guidance system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. Processes that perform the same processing as the flow of FIGS. 4 and 5 are given the same step numbers and description thereof is omitted.

  As a premise of the present embodiment, a departure signal and an arrival signal that are different for each traveling direction have a regularity such as a reverse signal and bit inversion.

  After the same flow as in the first embodiment, a wrong ride is detected and a wrong ride notification (step S6, step S14, step S23) is made. Then, in each step S6, step S14 and step S23, the following process ( Steps S31 to S39) are added. Since this is the same process, the process (steps S31 to S39) added to the wrong board notification in step S6 will be described as a representative.

  First, a wrong boarding route code NGC is stored in step S31, and a wrong boarding departure signal NGS is stored in step S32. Next, in step S33, a counter N different from the counter C for counting the number of arrival signals of the regular route is prepared, and the value of the counter N is set to zero. This counter N counts the number of stations that have passed on the wrong route. In step S34, the reception of the arrival signal encoded by NGC is awaited, and it is determined whether the arrival signal received in step S35 is NGS or the reverse direction of NGS.

  If the received arrival signal is NGS, the value of the counter N is incremented in step S36. If the received arrival signal is an arrival signal in the reverse direction of NGS estimated by applying regularity to NGS, the value of counter N is decremented in step S37, and the value of counter N is determined in step S38. Check whether or not becomes 0. When the value of the counter N is not 0 or NGS is received, the reception of the departure signal encoded by NGC is waited in step S39. Thereafter, the process from reception of an arrival signal encoded with NGC to reception of a departure signal encoded with NGC is repeated until the value of the counter N becomes zero.

  Here, as in the first embodiment, it is preferable to display on the LCD display unit 201 of the mobile phone 200 the name of the route to be boarded and the traveling direction during the passenger guidance, in order to prevent passengers from getting on. In addition, on the LCD display unit 201 of the mobile phone 200, the name of the route to be boarded and the direction of travel to return to the regular route are displayed between the notification of the wrong ride and the return to the regular route so that the passenger can quickly return to the regular route. More preferably. For example, during the period from step S3 in FIG. 6 to “Yes” in step S38, the message “Please get on the upward direction of route A and return to the regular route” is displayed on the LCD display unit 201.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since a process for returning to the correct route is further added to the wrong board notification process of the first embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, passengers make a mistake. If you make a mistake, you can notify the passenger that he / she quickly notices that he / she got on the wrong route and can return to the correct route.

  The above description is an illustration of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, a mobile phone is taken as an example of a communication terminal device of a passenger guidance system, but the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone and can be applied to a device having a communication function or a combination thereof. For example, it may be an apparatus integrated with information device functions represented by PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) and small notebook personal computers, and can be applied to all systems.

  Moreover, although the example which applies to the route of a train as a transportation system and notifies the transfer, alighting, and boarding error was demonstrated, transportations, such as a bus route, may be used.

  In this embodiment, route information is acquired by means of communication with an Internet connection means or an automatic ticket vending machine, but the acquisition method, type of route information, setting items, format, encoding, etc. are as described above. It is not limited to form.

  In the present embodiment, the names of the passenger guidance system and the cellular phone are used. However, this is for convenience of explanation, and may be a mobile terminal, a passenger guidance system, a passenger guidance method, and the like.

  Furthermore, the mobile communication system used for the passenger guidance system may be any system such as a TDMA system or a CDMA system. Although this embodiment can be realized without a location information acquisition function, in addition to GPS, current location information is given to a user terminal such as a base station of a PHS / mobile phone, and the proximity check with the counterpart terminal is performed. A mode in which position detecting means for detecting the position is used in combination is also possible.

  The passenger guidance system described above is also realized by a program for causing the passenger guidance system to function. This program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium.

  The passenger guidance system according to the present invention is useful for a destination arrival notification system, a boarding error notification system, and a transfer notification system for passengers using a transportation facility having a plurality of passenger boarding points. In addition, since no special member is required and the number of parts does not increase, it is easy to implement at low cost and can be widely applied to mobile terminals such as mobile phones.

The figure which shows the structure of the passenger guidance system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The figure which shows the structure of the communication terminal device of the passenger guidance system which concerns on the said Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the structure of the route information of the passenger guidance system which concerns on the said Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the flowchart of the passenger guidance process of the passenger guidance system which concerns on the said Embodiment 1. The figure which shows the flowchart of the passenger guidance process following FIG. The figure which shows the flowchart of the passenger guidance process of the passenger guidance system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. The figure which shows the flowchart of the passenger guidance process following FIG. The figure which shows the flowchart of the passenger guidance process following FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1-9 stations (passenger boarding points)
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a-4f, 5a, 6a, 7a-7c, 8a, 9a, 9b Base station 200 Mobile phone 201 LCD display unit 202 Key input unit 203 Built-in speaker 204 LED light emitting unit 211 Control unit 212 ROM
213 RAM
214 Wireless communication unit 215 Route information acquisition unit

Claims (12)

Passengers who receive a radio wave transmitted from the base station, and a base station installed in the vicinity of each passenger boarding point of the transportation facility so as to include a route of a route that has traveled a predetermined distance from the passenger boarding point as a transmittable region A communication terminal device carried by
The base station includes a transmission unit that transmits a departure signal when the passenger boarding / departing point is departed to the communication terminal device, and includes an arrival signal in the radio wave when the base station arrives.
The communication terminal device
Storage means for storing route information to the passenger's intended getting-on / off point;
Receiving means for receiving the departure signal and arrival signal included in the radio wave;
Counting means for counting the number of received arrival signals;
A determining means for comparing the received arrival signal count with the arrival signal count set in advance in the route information to determine that the arrival point has been reached;
A passenger guidance system comprising: notification means for notifying the passenger that the vehicle has arrived at the target boarding / exiting point based on the determination result. The storage means stores, in the route information, a transfer getting on / off point and the number of arrival signals set for each transfer getting on / off point,
The determination means determines that the arrival point has been reached by comparing the received arrival signal count with the arrival signal count preset in the route information,
2. The passenger guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the notification means notifies the passenger that a passenger has arrived at a transfer boarding / alighting point based on a determination result. The storage means stores, in the route information, riding error information for identifying a route and a traveling direction,
The determination means determines that the passenger has made a wrong ride from the wrong ride departure signal transmitted from the base station and the wrong ride information,
The passenger guidance system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the notification means notifies the passenger of a mistake in getting on the basis of a determination result.   The departure signal and the arrival signal are different signals for each traveling direction, and the pair of the departure signal and the arrival signal have regularity between the traveling directions, and the passenger has made a mistake Sometimes, it further comprises a measuring means for measuring the number of arrival signals received in the case of making a wrong ride and the number of arrival signals whose traveling direction is estimated from the arrival signals, and the notification means is based on the measurement result. The passenger guidance system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the passenger is informed of returning to a regular route.   The passenger guidance and guidance system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the departure signal and the arrival signal are encoded with different code codes for each route of the transportation facility.   2. The passenger guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the counting unit does not count the next arrival signal until the next arrival signal is received after counting the received arrival signal. A communication terminal carried by a passenger who receives radio waves transmitted from a base station installed so as to include, as a transmittable area, a route that has traveled a predetermined distance from the passenger getting-on / off point in the vicinity of each passenger getting-on / off point of transportation A device,
Storage means for storing route information to the passenger's intended getting-on / off point;
Receiving means for receiving a departure signal and an arrival signal transmitted from a base station when each passenger boarding point is departed and when the passenger boarding point is reached;
Counting means for counting the number of received arrival signals;
A determining means for comparing the received arrival signal count with the arrival signal count set in advance in the route information to determine that the arrival point has been reached;
A communication terminal device comprising: notifying means for notifying that the passenger has arrived at a target boarding / exiting point based on a determination result. The storage means stores, in the route information, a transfer getting on / off point and the number of arrival signals set for each transfer getting on / off point,
The determination means determines that the arrival point has been reached by comparing the received arrival signal count with the arrival signal count preset in the route information,
The communication terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the notification unit notifies the passenger that a passenger has arrived at a transfer boarding / exiting point based on a determination result. The storage means stores, in the route information, riding error information for identifying a route and a traveling direction,
The determination means determines that the passenger has made a wrong ride from the wrong ride departure signal transmitted from the base station and the wrong ride information,
The communication terminal device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the notification unit notifies the passenger of a mistake in getting on the basis of a determination result.   The departure signal and the arrival signal are different signals depending on the traveling direction, and the pair of the departure signal and the arrival signal have regularity between the traveling directions, and the passenger has made a mistake Sometimes, it further comprises a measuring means for measuring the number of arrival signals received in the case of making a wrong ride and the number of arrival signals whose traveling direction is estimated from the arrival signals, and the notification means is based on the measurement result. The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 7 to 9, which notifies a passenger that the vehicle will return to a regular route.   8. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the counting means does not count a next arrival signal after counting the received arrival signal until receiving the departure signal. In the vicinity of each passenger boarding point of transportation, a base station installed to include a route of a route that has traveled a predetermined distance from the passenger boarding point as a transmittable area,
A base station comprising transmission means for transmitting a departure signal when the passenger boarding / departing point departs from the passenger terminal and transmitting the arrival signal in the radio wave when arriving at the passenger boarding point.

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