JP4457683B2 - Congestion alleviation program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a program for charging a usage fee on a toll road, and more particularly to a traffic jam alleviating program that can alleviate a traffic jam that occurs immediately after an event at the nearest interchange in an event venue.

Conventionally, users return all at the event venue at the end of the event, and traffic jams occurred at the toll road interchange at that time. In addition, when such a traffic jam occurs, there is a case where a time for using an interchange is registered in advance, and a fee is discounted by entering the interchange at different times (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).
JP 2002-24982 A

  However, in the conventional method, since the time is used at different times, the user has to wait around the interchange until the time is reached, which is a waste of time.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and provides a traffic jam mitigation program that can alleviate the traffic jam that occurs immediately after the event at the nearest interchange in the event venue. With the goal.

  The traffic jam mitigation program of the present invention notifies a detour interchange to alleviate the traffic jam that occurs at the nearest event venue at the end of the event, and includes user ID information of the user who entered the event venue, It has a user database for receiving entrance interchange schedule information used by a user and storing the user ID information and entrance interchange schedule information. The entrance interchange schedule information of the user database and each interchange stored in advance A traffic jam prediction means for predicting a traffic jam interchange that will generate a traffic jam at the end of the event, and a bypass interchange for bypassing the traffic jam interchange if the traffic jam forecasting means predicts the occurrence of traffic jam Required detour interchange extraction means , And a notifying means for notifying the bypass interchange extracted in the bypass interchange extraction means said for each of the user ID.

  With this configuration, it is possible to notify a user of a traffic interchange that causes traffic jam at the end of the event and an interchange for detouring, and the user can avoid traffic jam.

  In addition, the discount rate applied when using the detour interchange notified by the notification means, the total number of users participating in the event and using the toll road, and the interchange beyond the detour interchange were registered as entrance interchange schedule information. A discount fee calculating means for calculating from the number of users scheduled to use, and user ID information using the detour interchange, and if the user ID information is in the user information database, the discount fee calculating means It has a discount charge application means for applying the calculated discount charge.

  With this configuration, use of the detour interchange is promoted for the user because the use fee is discounted when the detour interchange is used. In addition, since discount rates vary depending on the expected level of traffic jams, a balanced distribution becomes possible.

  Further, the user database further stores the exit interchange schedule information of the user, and the detour interchange extraction means is further applied in the up lane direction from the entrance interchange schedule information and the exit interchange schedule information of the user database. The upper lane detour interchange and the lower lane detour interchange applied in the down lane direction are obtained.

  This configuration avoids a situation where traffic congestion becomes even worse when the user using the up lane uses the detour interchange in the down direction or the user using the down lane uses the detour interchange in the up direction. It becomes possible.

  In addition, the discount charge of the discount charge application means varies according to the number of users in the upper lane and the lower lane.

  With this configuration, the discount rate varies according to the degree of traffic congestion on the upper and lower lanes, and therefore, a balanced distribution becomes possible.

  Further, when the interchange on which the user is stored stored in the user database is a detour interchange, the detour interchange information is stored in association with the user ID information as the entrance interchange information, and a discount charge is applied. The means is further characterized in that when the user leaves the toll road, the lane direction is specified from the entrance interchange information and the exit interchange information, and it is determined whether or not a discount fee is applied.

  With this configuration, it is possible to prevent unauthorized discount charges.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to calculate traffic jam prediction range information and discount amount information that fluctuate depending on the level of traffic jam, and to notify the user of such information, thereby reducing traffic jams.

  Exemplary embodiments of a traffic jam alleviation program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of the present invention.

  The in-vehicle terminal 10 is a terminal that is added to each vehicle, can transmit / receive data such as user information to / from the management server 30, and can be identified for each vehicle.

  The event management company terminal 20 is a terminal for each company that manages events, and transmits event information and toll road discount information to the management server 30 in advance. Further, it is installed at each event venue, and the vehicle information that has visited the event venue is transmitted to the management server 30.

The interchange 60 is a toll road interchange, manages vehicles that get on and off the toll road, and transmits vehicle data to the management server 30.
The network 90 is a network such as the Internet, and the management server 30 transmits and receives information to and from the in-vehicle terminal 10, the event management company terminal 20, and the interchange 60 via the network 90.

  The management server 30 has a management program 31 (not shown), and the management program 31 stores the discount amount of the toll road generated for each event from the input event information, discount information, user information, etc. Is calculated and transmitted to the in-vehicle terminal 10 and the interchange 60.

  The management program 31 also stores various information received from the in-vehicle terminal 10, the event management company terminal 20, and the interchange 30 to the management server 30, the event venue database 40, the user information database 50, the toll road information database 70, the discount. Store in the target vehicle database 80.

  Next, the configuration of each of the user information database 50, the event venue database 40, the toll road information database 70, and the discount object vehicle database 80 connected to the management server 30 will be described.

  FIG. 2 shows the data structure of the event venue database.

  The event site database 40 is a database related to the event site, and when the management program 31 receives event information from the event management company terminal 20, it creates a new data record and stores it in the event site database 40.

  The event name 41 is a name for identifying an event, and is registered in advance from the event management company terminal 20.

  The discount basic amount 42 is a basic discount fee applied to a user when a toll road is used from a detour interchange that is applied as a discount instead of a toll road interchange that is predicted to be congested at the end of the event. The amount of money is shown and is registered in advance from the event management company terminal 20. The amount setting of the discount basic amount 42 is arbitrarily determined by an event management company, an organization operating a toll road, a commercial facility in the surrounding area, or the like.

  The scheduled entrance IC number 43 is obtained by classifying entrance IC information used after the event received from the in-vehicle terminal 10 for each lane direction. In the record in this embodiment, the upper lane is the up lane and the lower tier is the down lane.

  The discount amount 44 is determined to be discounted at the end of the event, and is updated after calculating the discount fee.

  The discount target IC 45 stores the lane direction and the entrance interchange determined to be discounted at the end of the event.

  The event date / time information stores the event start date and time and the event end date and time, and is registered in advance from the event management company terminal 20.

  FIG. 3 shows the data structure of the user information database 50.

  The user information database 50 is a user information database and is created for each event name. This figure assumes a user information database whose event name corresponds to “AAA”.

  The event management company terminal 20 transmits information on the visit to the management server 30 when the vehicle visits the event venue.

  The management program 31 of the management server 30 is created by storing questionnaire information in the user information database 50 when the questionnaire information is transmitted to the in-vehicle terminal 10 and the questionnaire result is received from the in-vehicle terminal 10. .

  The in-vehicle terminal ID 51 is a number for identifying the terminal mounted on the customer's vehicle participating in the event, and is the vehicle number or the identification number of the in-vehicle terminal itself.

  The scheduled entrance IC number 52 is a toll road entrance interchange number used by the user who has received from the in-vehicle terminal 10 on the way home.

  The planned exit IC number 53 is a toll road exit number of the toll road that the user received from the in-vehicle terminal 10 uses on the way home.

  The direction 54 is calculated as to which of the upper and lower lanes the toll road that the user receives from the in-vehicle terminal 10 uses on the way home.

  FIG. 4 shows the data structure of the toll road information database 70.

  The toll road information database 70 is a database that stores information on toll road interchanges and event venues where discounts have been generated.

  The IC number 71 is a number for identifying an interchange on a toll road.

  In this embodiment, the value of the IC number 71 becomes smaller as the interchange becomes an upstream interchange.

  The IC name 72 is an interchange name corresponding to the IC number 71.

  The allowable number 73 is the number of vehicles allowed when vehicles concentrate at the entrance of each interchange.

  As the discount target event name 74, the event name is transmitted for the interchange corresponding to the event venue where the discount fee is generated.

  FIG. 5 shows the data structure of the discount target database 80.

  The discount target vehicle database 80 is a database of discount target vehicles, and each record is created when the vehicle is a discount target vehicle and a discount fee is generated when the vehicle passes the interchange 60.

  The in-vehicle terminal ID 81 is the in-vehicle terminal ID of the vehicle to be discounted.

  The entrance IC number 82 is an interchange number of an entrance interchange of a vehicle to be discounted.

  The discount direction 83 is a lane direction that is a discount for the discounted interchange.

  Next, a series of fee discount processing will be described.

  When the event name 41, the discount basic amount 42, and the event date / time information 46 are received from the event management company terminal 20 in advance, a new record is created and registered in the event venue database 40.

  The following is a flow of a series of processing from when a user arrives at the event venue until the discount fee is applied on the toll road.

  FIG. 6 shows a flowchart from when the user arrives at the event venue until the management server 30 receives the in-vehicle information and stores it in the database.

  When the user comes to the event venue, the event management company terminal 20 reads the in-vehicle terminal ID and transmits the in-vehicle terminal ID to the management server 30.

  When receiving the received in-vehicle terminal ID, the management server 30 transmits questionnaire information to the in-vehicle terminal ID (S101).

  The questionnaire information includes input screen information for allowing a customer to input whether or not to use a toll road after the event ends, and a boarding IC name and an exit IC name to be used when using the toll road.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a questionnaire screen displayed on the screen of the in-vehicle terminal 10. When the user presses the OK button after entering the scheduled return data, the data is transmitted to the management server 30.

When the user inputs and returns a toll road use schedule on the questionnaire screen displayed on the in-vehicle terminal 10, the management server 30 receives the questionnaire information and performs the following processing.

Based on the questionnaire result, the management server 30 checks whether or not the in-vehicle terminal 10 that is the current target uses a toll road on the way back. A customer who does not use the toll road does not store a discount because no discount is applied (No in S102). For the in-vehicle terminal 10 that uses the toll road (S102 Yes), the interchange name and the exit interchange name of the interchange used after the event ends are received from the in-vehicle terminal 10, and the interchange number corresponding to each interchange name is received. The lane direction to be used is obtained and registered in the user information database 50 (S103).
Further, the entrance interchange number is registered in the event venue database 40 (S104).
In this embodiment, the IC number is set to be smaller as the IC becomes higher. The upward direction and the downward direction are determined from the entrance interchange number and the exit interchange number, and stored in the user information database 50. The method of determination is to compare the entrance interchange number with the exit interchange number. If the entrance interchange number is large, the vehicle will be used in the up direction (S105 Yes), and if the entrance interchange number is small, the vehicle will be used in the down direction. (S105 No).

  If it is determined that the direction is the upward direction (S105 Yes), the vehicle is counted as a vehicle corresponding to the upward item of the scheduled entrance IC number 43 in the event site database 40 (S106), and stored in the user information database 50 as the upward direction 54. (S107).

If it is determined that the vehicle is in the down direction (No at S105), the vehicle is counted as a vehicle corresponding to the down item of the scheduled entrance IC number 43 in the event hall database 40 (S108), and the user information database 50 has a down direction 54 Remember (S109)
Every time a user visits until the end of the event, the questionnaire is compiled and data is accumulated.

  Next, processing performed by the management server 30 when the event ends will be described.

  8 and 9 show flowcharts at the end of the event.

The management server 30 checks the event date / time information 46 in the event venue database 40 at regular intervals, and checks whether there is an event with an end time close to that. The management server 30 reads the target event venue record from the event venue database 40 when the event is over or just before the end (S201).
From the scheduled entrance IC number 43, the IC with the maximum number of users in the up lane is stored as the maximum IC, and the IC that sounds the maximum number of users in the down lane is stored as the maximum down IC (S202).

The total number of users in the vertical direction is totaled for each IC of the planned entrance IC number 43 in the event hall database 40, and the planned number of IC use is calculated and stored for each interchange (S203). The allowable number 73 of each interchange is read (S204).
Next, it is determined whether or not there is an interchange that is predicted to generate a traffic jam due to the event.
The planned IC usage number of each IC calculated in S203 is compared with the allowable number 73 (S205). When the planned number of IC usage exceeds the allowable number (S205 Yes), occurrence of traffic congestion is predicted at the interchange, and it is stored as an excess IC (S206).
If the comparison between the planned number of ICs to be used and the allowable number 73 is not completed for all interchanges, the comparison is continued (No in S207), and if the comparison is completed for all interchanges (Yes in S207), it is determined whether there are excess ICs. (S208). If there is no excess IC, it is considered that there is no traffic jam, so the process is terminated as it is (No in S208). If there is an excess IC, the process for distributing users concentrated on the excess IC is continued (Yes in S208).

  When discounting an interchange in the down direction for a vehicle that uses the direction of the up lane, in the traffic jam forecast interchange, the user who bypassed the interchange that received the discount charge and the traffic jam forecast interchange were used as they were. There is a possibility that traffic jams will occur with users on the toll road. In addition, it is a waste of fuel cost to introduce a down direction interchange to a user who uses the up direction.

  Therefore, for users who are planning to use in the up lane direction, an interchange located further up is introduced than an interchange located at the most upside where traffic congestion is expected.

  Similarly, in the down direction, for the users who plan to use the down lane direction, the interchange located further down than the interchange located in the most down direction where traffic congestion is expected is introduced.

  The minimum value of the excess IC number is compared with the maximum IC number (S209), and if the minimum value of the excess IC number is larger (Yes in S209), the interchange located upstream from the excess IC has an up lane direction. It is speculated that there are interchanges that are frequently used by vehicles that use, and there is a possibility that users who bypass the excess IC number will concentrate on the interchanges.

  Therefore, the maximum IC number that is the interchange with the largest number of users who use the up lane is stored in the up lane traffic IC number as an interchange that is predicted to generate traffic in the up lane (S210).

  When the minimum value of the excess IC number is smaller (No in S209), the interchange that is the minimum value of the excess IC number is stored as the upper lane traffic congestion IC number (S211).

  Next, similarly for the down lane, the minimum value of the excess IC number and the maximum downlink IC number are compared (S212). If the maximum value of the excess IC number is smaller than the maximum downlink IC number (Yes in S212), The IC number of the maximum descending IC is stored as a traffic lane congestion IC number (S213).

  If the maximum value of the excess IC number is larger than the maximum downlink IC number (No in S212), the excess IC number is stored as a traffic lane congestion IC number (S214).

  Next, the flowchart 2 at the end of the event in FIG. 9 will be described.

  For each lane, calculate the discount amount when you get on from the discount interchange. The discount amount is calculated by multiplying the discount basic fee 42 in the event site database 40 by a certain ratio.

  An interchange having an IC number smaller than the upper lane traffic IC number is set as an upper lane discount application IC number (S215).

  The fixed percentage is calculated from the number of users using the IC number whose IC number is smaller than the IC number for traffic congestion on the upper lane and the total number of users using the toll road. A discount amount for the up lane is calculated (S216).

  For the down lane, the discount applicable interchange and the discount amount are calculated as in the up lane direction.

  An interchange having an IC number smaller than the upper lane traffic IC number is set as an upper lane discount application IC number (S217).

  The discount amount is calculated by multiplying the discount basic amount 42 in the event site database 40 by a certain ratio. The fixed percentage is calculated from the number of users using the interchange whose IC number is larger than the IC number of the traffic congestion on the lower lane and the total number of users using the toll road. A discount amount for the lane is calculated (S218).

  Next, processing for transmitting discount information to the in-vehicle terminal 10 is performed.

  The obtained discount amount in the vertical direction and the interchange to which the discount is applied are transmitted to the in-vehicle terminal 10 of the user (S219).

  FIG. 10 shows an example of a screen transmitted to the in-vehicle terminal 10 in S219.

  In this screen example, the in-vehicle terminal ID 51 of the user information database 50 is transmitted to “Y11a11-11”. Assume that IC (x) is Oi Matsuda IC. The in-vehicle terminal 10 displays a charge between interchanges input in advance by the user, a charge to which a discount is applied, and the interchange.

As described above, the user can determine whether or not to use from the discount fee and the interchange.
The management server 30 adds and updates the event name information and the lane direction to the toll road information database 70 for the interchange to which the discount is applied (S220).

  FIG. 11 shows a process when the vehicle gets on a discount application interchange.

When the in-vehicle terminal 10 passes through the interchange 60, the in-vehicle terminal ID is transmitted from the interchange 60 to the management server 30. The management server 30 receives the in-vehicle terminal ID of the in-vehicle terminal 10 from the interchange 60 in order to determine whether or not a discount is applied to the vehicle with the in-vehicle terminal ID (S301).
The management server 30 determines whether or not a discount is applied by performing the following processing. The IC number corresponding to the interchange 60 that has received the in-vehicle terminal ID is read, and it is determined whether or not the discount target event name 74 exists in the IC number 71 of the toll road information database 70 that matches the read IC number (S302). .

  If there is a discount target event name 74, the process of determining whether or not a discount is applied after S303 is continued (Yes in S302), and if there is no discount target event name 74, there is no discount information and the process ends (No in S302). .

  If there is a discount target event name 74, the user information database 50 corresponding to the discount target event name 74 is read (S303).

  It is determined whether there is an in-vehicle terminal ID that matches the in-vehicle terminal ID received from the interchange 60 in the read user information database 50. If there is no matching in-vehicle terminal (S304 No), search is performed for all discount target event names 74 corresponding to the IC number 71 (S305), and if all event names are checked, the target in-vehicle terminal is eligible for a discount. Therefore, the process is terminated (S305 Yes). If there is another discount target event name 74, the processing after S303 is performed again for that event name (No in S305).

  If there is a matching in-vehicle terminal (S304 Yes), the in-vehicle terminal ID, the entrance IC number, and the discount target direction are registered in the discount target vehicle database 80 (S306).

FIG. 11 shows a process when the vehicle gets off from the interchange 60.
When the vehicle gets off the toll road, it is determined whether or not a discount is applied to the vehicle.
The interchange 60 receives the in-vehicle terminal ID of the in-vehicle terminal 10 and transmits it to the management server 30 (S401).
The management server 30 searches the in-vehicle terminal ID 81 in the discount target vehicle database 80 and determines whether there is an in-vehicle terminal ID read in S401.
If the in-vehicle terminal ID is not in the discount target vehicle database 80, the process is terminated as it is (S402 No).
If it is in the discount target vehicle database 80 (S402 Yes), the discount direction 83 of the record corresponding to the in-vehicle terminal ID 81 is read, and it is determined whether the up and down lane direction matches the discount target. This method of determining the lane direction is obtained by the magnitude relationship between the IC number on board and the current IC number.

  If the upper and lower lane directions do not match (No in S403), the process ends. If the upper and lower lane directions match (S403 Yes), the calculated discount amount is discounted from the usage fee and the fee is settled at the interchange 60 (S404). ).

  The computer system of the in-vehicle terminal 10, the event management company terminal 20, and the management server 30 that executes the traffic jam alleviation program according to the present embodiment includes a main body, a display that displays information on a display screen according to an instruction from the main body, An input device for inputting various information to the computer system, a pointing device for designating an arbitrary position on the display screen of the display, and a network interface connected to the network. Here, the network connects other computer systems.

  The configuration of the main unit includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, a hard disk drive, a CD-ROM drive, an FD drive, an I / O interface, and a network interface.

  A management program executed in this computer system is stored in a portable storage medium such as a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD disk, a magneto-optical disk, and an IC card, and is read out from these storage media. To be installed.

  Alternatively, the traffic jam mitigation program is stored in a database of a server connected via a network interface, another computer system, and the like, read from these databases, and installed in the computer system.

  The installed congestion mitigation program is stored in the HDD and executed by the CPU using RAM, ROM, or the like.

System configuration Data structure of event venue database 40 Data structure of user information database 50 Data structure of toll road information database 60 Data structure of discount target vehicle database 80 Flow chart when data is received from in-vehicle terminal Sample questionnaire screen Flow chart 1 at the end of the event Flow chart 2 at the end of the event Output screen example Flow chart for boarding a discounted interchange Flow chart when getting off the toll road

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 In-vehicle terminal 20 Event management company terminal 30 Management server 40 Event hall database 50 User information database 60 Interchange 70 Toll road information database 80 Discount object vehicle database 90 Network

Claims (5)

A traffic jam alleviation program that notifies detour interchanges to alleviate traffic jams that occur at the nearest interchange at the event venue,
On the computer,
A user database that receives the user ID information of the user who entered the event venue and the entrance interchange schedule information used by the user, and stores the user ID information and the entrance interchange schedule information;
A traffic jam prediction means for predicting a traffic jam interchange where a traffic jam occurs at the end of an event, based on the entrance interchange schedule information of the user database and an allowable amount for each interchange stored in advance,
If the occurrence of traffic jam is predicted by the traffic jam prediction means, a detour interchange extracting means for obtaining a detour interchange for detouring the traffic jam interchange,
The detour interchange extracting means for notifying the detour interchange extracted by the user ID for each user ID;
Congestion alleviation program to function as. Discount schedule applied when using the detour interchange notified by the notification means, the total number of users who participate in the event and use the toll road, and the use schedule in which the interchange beyond the detour interchange is registered as entrance interchange schedule information Discount fee calculation means to calculate from the number of users of
Claims that receive user ID information using the detour interchange, and when the user ID information is in the user information database, further function a discount charge application means for applying the discount charge calculated by the discount charge calculation means Item 1. The traffic jam alleviation program according to item 1. The user database further stores user exit interchange schedule information,
The detour interchange extraction means further obtains an upper lane detour interchange applied in the up lane direction and a lower lane detour interchange applied in the down lane direction from the entrance interchange schedule information and the exit interchange schedule information of the user database. The traffic jam alleviating program according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above.   4. The traffic jam alleviating program according to claim 3, wherein the discount charge of the discount charge application means changes according to the number of users on the upper lane and the lower lane. If the interchange on which the user is stored stored in the user database is a detour interchange, the detour interchange information is stored in association with the user ID information as entrance interchange information,
The discount fee application means further specifies the lane direction from the entrance interchange information and exit interchange information when the user leaves the toll road, and determines whether the discount fee is applied or not. The traffic jam alleviation program according to claim 3.

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