JP2008129762A - Transfer guiding method and system and transfer guiding program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transfer guiding method applicable to a sectional fare ticket or a prepaid card concerning a transfer guiding method and a system and a transfer guiding program. <P>SOLUTION: This transfer guiding system is configured of: a ticket reader 22 for reading the content of a ticket; a prepaid card reader 21 for reading the content of a prepaid card; an operation input part 23 for inputting various commands; a display part 24 for displaying various information; an output part 25 for outputting content displayed on the display part 24; a storage part 16 for storing a time table showing arrival/departure platforms, a route chart, a transfer station guide map and a fare-based destination station table; and a control part 11 configured of: a destination deciding means 11 for deciding destinations; a transfer decision means 12 for deciding transfer; an arrival/departure platform recognition means 13 for recognizing arrival/departure platforms; a guide map display means 14 for displaying the guide map on the display part 24; and a selection means 15 for selecting an output method. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention reads a section fee ticket and a prepaid card, selects a destination station, reads a current time and a timetable, determines an arrival home and a departure home determined at each time of a transfer station, and displays a combined guide map determined by time The present invention also relates to a transfer guidance method and system for outputting a guide map to a designated output destination, and a transfer guidance program.

  The present invention is installed in a station premises or on a ticket vending machine, and provides services to vulnerable people who do not use the route frequently. Recently, section fee tickets have become widespread, and the destination is not known even if the ticket is shown to the station staff. An elderly person who forgets things may forget where to go even if he / she has a ticket. Therefore, in the present invention, guidance at a transfer station determined for each train that has a possibility of boarding is output based on the current time to a designated output destination.

  In recent years, section fee tickets have also become popular for train tickets, and prepaid cards such as Suica (registered trademark of JR Corporation) and Passnet (registered trademark common to private railways) have become popular. For this reason, it may not be understood only by displaying the ticket how far it will go. Therefore, a guidance system for guiding a station in such a case has been considered. For example, a system is known in which information that supports movement within a station is stored in advance at a transfer station or a destination station, and information is displayed in a timely manner immediately before arriving at the transfer station or the destination station (for example, Patent Documents). 1). There is also known a system for creating and printing a route guidance map including route information from a starting point to a destination inputted in advance and necessary additional information (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

In addition, it identifies the train on board based on the train position, the current time, and the diagram, and searches for a station to transfer from the identified train to another train to reach the input destination. There is known a system that determines a transfer train and a transfer route at a station, and displays a transfer destination train and a transfer route when the current position of the train approaches the transfer station (see, for example, Patent Document 3). Also, for example, if you insert a ticket described as `` Omiya → Chiba '' into the ticket insertion slot, the operation information at the current time point is added based on the destination station name read from this ticket and the current time, There is known a system for displaying guidance information including a transit train that can go to Chiba with the latest operation information and a departure number at a transfer station (see, for example, Patent Document 4).
JP 2001-191923 A (paragraphs 0057 to 0076, FIG. 1) JP 2001-118180 A (paragraphs 0017 to 0030, FIG. 1) JP 2001-331603 A (paragraphs 0055 to 0060, FIGS. 1 to 4) JP 2004-334435 A (paragraphs 0017 to 0027, FIGS. 1 and 2)

None of the above-described conventional systems correspond to section fee tickets. Therefore, there are the following problems.
1) I want to deal with recently popular section fee tickets.
2) I want to support prepaid cards.
3) For those who do not use the railway in that section frequently, I want guidance at the transfer station.
4) There are cases where the arrival platform and departure platform at the transfer station differ from train to train, and we want a specific guide map from the transfer train to the transfer train. For example, whether it is the opposite platform, the Koshi Line bridge, the underground passage, the ticket gate, where is the next ticket gate, etc.
5) There is a demand for prepaid card users to know how much it costs.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object thereof is to provide a transfer guide method, a transfer guide system, and a transfer guide program corresponding to a section fee ticket or a prepaid card.

(1) In the invention described in claim 1, when a section fee ticket or a prepaid card is inserted, the local station code and the current time are read (step 1), the section fee ticket is read, and a destination route map in the section is obtained. Display (step 2), select and determine the destination station by fare based on the route map (step 3), and display the timetable, route map, and transfer station guide map in which the arrival / departure platform is described from the database. It is characterized by reading (step 4) and displaying a combination of home maps determined by time (step 5).
(2) The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that when a prepaid card is inserted, the prepaid card is read, a destination station is selected, and a charge to the destination station is displayed on the display unit.
(3) The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that when the fee to the destination station is insufficient, the shortage amount is displayed on the display unit.
(4) The invention described in claim 4 is a ticket reader for reading the contents of a ticket, a prepaid card reader for reading the contents of a prepaid card, an operation input section for inputting various commands, and a display section for displaying various information. And a storage unit for storing an output unit for outputting the contents displayed on the display unit, a timetable in which arrival / departure platforms are described, a route map, a transfer station guide map, and a destination station table by fee Destination determination means for determining a destination, transfer determination means for determining transfer, arrival / departure home recognition means for recognizing arrival / departure home, and guide map display means for displaying a guide map on the display unit A transfer guidance system comprising a control unit comprising a selection means for selecting an output method, and reading a section fee ticket, causing a destination station to be selected, current time and time Reading, it determines the arrival home and departure home determined at the time of transfer station to display a combination of guide map determined by time, and outputs the guide map to the specified destination.
(5) In the invention according to claim 5, the prepaid card is read, the destination station is selected, the charge is displayed, if there is a shortage charge, the current time and timetable are read, and the time of the transfer station is determined. An arrival home and a departure home are determined, a guide map determined by time is displayed in combination, and the guide map is output to a designated output destination.
(6) The invention according to claim 6 is a ticket reader, a prepaid card reader, an operation input unit, a display unit, an output unit, a timetable in which arrival / departure homes are described, a route map, and a transfer A transfer guide program that operates in a transfer guide system that includes a storage unit that stores a station guide map, a destination station table according to toll, and a control unit that performs various controls, and includes a destination determination process and a transfer determination process. And an arrival / departure home recognition process, a guide map display process, and an output method selection process. The section fee ticket and the prepaid card are read, the destination station is selected, the current time and timetable are read, and the transfer station The computer determines the arrival and departure homes determined by the time, displays the combined guide map determined by the time, and outputs the guide map to the specified output destination. And features.

(1) According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to read a section fee ticket or a prepaid card and display a combination of home maps determined by time.
(2) According to the invention described in claim 2, when a prepaid card is inserted, the destination station can be selected to display the charge to the destination station.
(3) According to the invention described in claim 3, when the charge to the destination station is insufficient, the shortage can be displayed.
(4) According to the invention described in claim 4, by reading the section fee ticket and selecting the destination station, the arrival platform and the departure platform determined by the time of the transfer station are determined, and the guide map determined by the time is combined. It can be displayed, and a guide map can be output to a designated output destination as required.
(5) According to the invention described in claim 5, by reading a prepaid card and selecting a destination station, it is possible to display a shortage amount in combination with a guide map determined by time.
(6) According to the invention described in claim 6, it is possible to determine different arrival and departure platforms at the time of the transfer station, and to display a combination of guide maps determined by the times, and output destinations designated as necessary A guide map can be output.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The sequence of the present invention is as follows.
1) Install at the station.
2) Read the contents of the section fee ticket and prepaid card.
3) Specify the destination.
4) Read own station code, time, timetable and route map.
5) Determine whether there is a transfer station.
6) Read the information map of the transfer station.
7) Index the time-based guide map from the timetable.
8) Combine the arrival time guide map and departure time guide.
9) Specify the output destination.
10) Output to the specified output destination.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the system of the present invention. The figure constitutes a transfer guidance system as a whole. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a control unit that controls the operation of the entire system, and for example, a computer is used. In the control unit 10, 11 is a destination determination means for determining an individual destination, 12 is a transfer determination means for determining transfer, 13 is an arrival / departure home recognition means for recognizing the arrival / departure home, and 14 is a guide map. A guide map display means, 15 is an output method selection means for selecting an output method of the guide map, and 16 is a storage section connected to the control section 10 for storing various information. As the storage unit 16, for example, a hard disk device is used. As information stored in the storage unit 16, for example, a railway timetable, a transfer station timetable, a route map, a destination station table by fee, and the like can be considered.

  Reference numeral 21 denotes a prepaid card reader connected to the control unit 10 for reading the contents of the prepaid card, 22 a ticket reader for reading the contents of the section fee ticket, 23 an operation input unit for inputting various commands, and 24 for displaying various information. A display unit 25 is a print output unit for printing output information. As the display unit 24, for example, a CRT or a liquid crystal display unit is used, and as the print output unit 25, for example, a printer is used.

  A communication output unit 26 is connected to the control unit 10 and transmits mail, and a network 27 is connected to the communication output unit 26. As the network 27, for example, the Internet is used. A mobile terminal 28 is connected to the network 27. For example, a mobile phone is used as the mobile terminal 28. Reference numeral 29 denotes a USB interface connected to the control unit 10, and 30 denotes a PDA connected to the USB interface 29. Here, PDA is an abbreviation for Personal Digital Assistants and is a personal portable information terminal.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a destination station table by fee. The destination table according to the fee is stored in the storage unit 16. (A) is a destination station table according to section ticket charges, and (b) is a prepaid card destination station table. In (a), in the case of this station 500 yen section ticket, the destination station which can go to the up direction and the down direction for 500 yen each is memorize | stored. In the case of a 1500 yen section ticket at this station, destination stations that can be reached for 1500 yen each in the upward direction and the downward direction are stored.

  In (b), the boarding station LL, the balance of the prepaid card, and the destination station that can go to the up and down directions of the section of the LL fee of 500 yen are stored. Moreover, the destination station which can go to the up direction and the down direction of the section of LL charge 1500 yen is memorized.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a route map, which is stored in the storage unit 16. Starting from this station (departure station LL), station names of a plurality of lines are displayed in the upward direction and the downward direction, respectively. In the drawing, black lines, red lines, yellow lines, green lines, pink lines, and blue lines are shown as line names. This station LL is located on the green line. In the figure, the station names in the 1500 yen section starting from this station are displayed. In addition, each transfer station is shown. In the case of the figure, A station, B station, C station, X station, Y station, etc. are shown.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a transfer station timetable. This transfer station timetable is also stored in the storage unit 16. For example, A station is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 3, the green line and the red line intersect at station A. Therefore, in the case of station A, timetables for ascending and descending are stored for each of the green line and the red line. First, the uplink will be described. Upstream train number 501 has an arrival time of 10:06, a departure time of 10:08, and a home number of 2. On the other hand, the train number 503 has an arrival time of 10:36, a departure time of 10:38, and a home number of 4. Even on the same green line, you can see that the home number is different depending on the time.

  Next, the downhill of the green line at station A will be described. Train number 502 has an arrival time of 10:16, a departure time of 10:18, and a home number of 1. The next train number 504 has an arrival time of 10:46, a departure time of 10:48, and a home number of 5. Even when going down, you can see that the home number is different depending on the time. Next, the same applies to the red line at station A. In the case of going up in direction B, the arrival time of train number 51 is 10:16, the departure time is 10:18, and the home number is 12 underground. In the case of train number 53, the arrival time is 10:46, the departure time is 10:58, and the home number is 8. The same applies to descending in the direction W. Such a timetable is stored in the storage unit 16 not only for the A station but also for all the stations on the route shown in FIG. 3 such as the B station on the red line and the B station on the yellow line. The operation of the present invention will be described with reference to a flowchart using the system configured as described above.

  5 and 6 are flowcharts showing an operation example of the present invention. When the operator presses the operation button of the apparatus, the control unit 10 reads the own station code LL (S1). Next, the current time is read (S2). Next, the operator inserts a ticket or prepaid card into the ticket reader 22 or the prepaid card reader 21. The control unit 10 checks whether it is an inserted ticket or not (S3). If it is a ticket, the contents of the ticket are read (S4). Then, charge determination and destination are read (S5). Next, it is checked whether there is a destination (S6). If there is no destination, the destination range is limited based on the fee recorded on the ticket (S7), and destination candidates are displayed (S8). Next, it is checked whether or not a destination candidate has been input from the operation input unit 23 (S9).

  If the ticket is not a ticket in step S3, the control unit 10 checks whether it is a prepaid card (S10). If it is not a prepaid card, the process ends. If it is a prepaid card, the boarding station is first displayed on the display unit 24 (S12), the destination and the fee are displayed (S13), and the destination and the fee are selected (S14). When the operator inputs a destination from the operation input unit 23, the control unit 10 checks whether the charge is insufficient (S15). If it is not insufficient, go to step S9 to select and input a destination. If the fee is insufficient, the fact is displayed on the display unit 24 (S16), and the destination is selected and input. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of the display unit 24 when the destination 1500 is selected with the prepaid card balance 1300 yen. “The balance is 1300 yen. The balance is insufficient” is displayed.

  When the destination is selected and input, the destination determination unit 11 determines the destination in the control unit 10 (S17). Next, when the destination is determined, the control unit 10 accesses the storage unit 16 and reads the timetable (S18). Next, the route map is read from the storage unit 16 (S19). The transfer determination means 12 of the control unit 10 determines the transfer station based on the route map (S20). The transfer determination means 12 determines whether there is a transfer station based on the route map (S21). If there is no transfer station, the process ends. If there is a transfer station, the arrival / departure home recognition means 13 reads the transfer station guide timetable from the storage unit 16 (S22), and indexes the transfer station arrival time and home number of the transfer train from the timetable ( S23).

  Next, the departure time and home number of the transfer train at that time are indexed (S24). When the index is completed, the guide map display means 14 combines the arrival home map and the departure home map (S25). Then, the combination guide map is displayed on the display unit 24 (S26). FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a combination guide diagram. (A) shows the case of arrival at 10:06 at station A, and (b) shows the case of arrival at 10:36 at station A.

  The case of (a) will be described. The arrival home is No. 2 home which is the green line up home. The platform of the departure train is in the direction of the Red Line B, and unlike this, it is the Red Line B12 platform, so a guide map from the second platform to the B12 platform is shown. That is, if you go down the stairs from the exit A (sign) to the underground passage and walk 50 meters along the underground passage, you can arrive at the 12th basement base, instead of the sign to the 12th basement platform.

  Next, the case of (b) will be described. The arrival home is home No. 4 which is the green line up home. On the other hand, the transfer platform will be in the direction of the red line B, and will be the 8th platform. Then, go up the stairs from Exit G (sign) and walk 30m to the ticket gate through the Koshi Line Bridge. And once there is a sign to the 8th platform after exiting the ticket gate, it is possible to change to the red line B direction and arrive at the 8th platform.

  Next, it is checked whether the operator prints out this display (S27). Usually, the operator does not get lost at the transfer station if he / she has a printout of this display. Therefore, when a print output is input from the operation input unit 23, the output method selection unit 15 selects the print output unit 25 as an output device, and outputs the map from the print output unit 25 (S28). If the print output is not performed, it is determined whether or not the USB output is performed (S29). In the case of USB output, the output method selection means 15 selects USB and outputs a combination guide diagram to the USB destination (S30). The USB interface 29 outputs the received content to the PDA 30. In this case, it is possible to output to the own PDA by connecting the own PDA to the USB interface.

  If the USB output is not performed, it is checked whether or not the mail is output (S31). If no mail is output, the process ends. When outputting the mail, the output method selection means 15 waits for the input of the mail address (S32), and when the mail address is input (S33), outputs it to the mail address (S34). The communication output unit 26 transfers the received mail to the portable terminal 28 via the network 27. In this case, it is possible to output a combination guide map to one's mobile phone by using the mobile phone as his / her mobile terminal 28 as the destination of the mail address. Following the displayed guidance, you can arrive at the departure platform.

According to the present invention, the above-described sequence can be stored in the main memory of the control unit 10 as a program. As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects are produced.
1) A section fee ticket or a prepaid card can be read, and a home map determined by time can be displayed in combination.
2) By selecting a destination station when a prepaid card is inserted, a charge to the destination station can be displayed.
3) When the charge to the destination station is insufficient, the shortage can be displayed.
4) By reading the section fee ticket and selecting the destination station, it is possible to determine the arrival platform and departure platform determined by the time of the transfer station, and to display a combination of the guidance map determined by the time, as required. The guide map can be output to the output destination.
5) By reading a prepaid card and selecting a destination station, it is possible to display a shortage amount in combination with a guide map determined by time.
6) An arrival platform and a departure platform determined by the time of the transfer station can be determined, a guide map determined by the time can be displayed in combination, and the guide map can be output to a designated output destination as necessary.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a transfer guide method, a transfer guide system, and a transfer guide program corresponding to a section fee ticket or a prepaid card.

It is a block diagram which shows one Embodiment of this invention system. It is a figure which shows the destination station table according to charge. It is a figure which shows an example of a route map. It is a figure which shows a transfer station timetable. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the case where the destination 1500 yen is selected with the prepaid card remainder 1300 yen. It is a figure which shows the example of a combination guide map.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Control part 11 Destination determination means 12 Transfer determination means 13 Arrival / departure home recognition means 14 Guide map display means 15 Output method selection means 16 Storage part 21 Prepaid card reader 22 Ticket reader 23 Operation input part 24 Display part 25 Print output part 26 Communication output unit 27 Network 28 Mobile terminal 29 USB interface 30 PDA

Claims (6)

When a sector fee ticket or prepaid card is inserted, the station code and current time are read (step 1),
Read the section fee ticket and display the destination route map for the section (Step 2)
Based on the route map, select and decide the destination station according to toll (step 3),
Read the timetable, route map and transfer station guide map describing arrival / departure platforms from the database (step 4),
Display a combination of home maps determined by time (step 5),
A transfer guidance method characterized by that.   2. The transfer guidance method according to claim 1, wherein when a prepaid card is inserted, the prepaid card is read, a destination station is selected, and a charge to the destination station is displayed on the display unit.   3. The transfer guidance method according to claim 2, wherein when the charge to the destination station is insufficient, the shortage amount is displayed on the display unit. A ticket reader that reads the contents of the ticket;
A prepaid card reader that reads the contents of the prepaid card;
An operation input unit for inputting various commands;
A display unit for displaying various types of information;
An output unit for outputting the content displayed on the display unit;
A storage unit that stores a timetable in which arrival / departure platforms are listed, a route map, a transfer station guide map, and a destination station table by fee;
Destination determination means for determining a destination, transfer determination means for determining transfer, arrival / departure home recognition means for recognizing arrival / departure home, guide map display means for displaying a guide map on the display unit, output A control unit comprising selection means for selecting a method;
A transfer guidance system comprising:
Read the section fee ticket, select the destination station, read the current time and timetable, determine the arrival and departure homes determined by the time of the transfer station, display a combination of the guidance map determined by the time, and the specified output destination A transfer guidance system characterized in that a guide map is output.   Read the prepaid card, select the destination station, display the charge, display if there is a shortage charge, read the current time and timetable, determine the arrival platform and departure platform determined by the time of the transfer station, 5. The transfer guidance system according to claim 4, wherein the fixed guidance map is displayed in combination, and the guidance map is output to a designated output destination. Ticket reader, prepaid card reader, operation input unit, display unit, output unit, timetable with arrival / departure homes, route map, transfer station guidance map, destination station table by fee A transfer guide program that operates in a transfer guide system that includes a storage unit that stores information and a control unit that performs various controls.
It consists of a destination determination process, a transfer determination process, an arrival / departure home recognition process, a guide map display process, and an output method selection process.
Read the section fee ticket and prepaid card, select the destination station, read the current time and timetable, determine the arrival and departure homes determined by the time of the transfer station, display a combination of the guidance map determined by the time, specified A transfer guide program characterized in that a computer executes a process of outputting a guide map to an output destination.

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