JP4541107B2 - Riding situation grasping system and riding situation grasping method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a boarding situation grasping system and a boarding situation grasping method.

There has been proposed a system that grasps the position and number of passengers in a train of transportation and provides information to the user as passenger number information and vacant seat position information (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below). In the transportation use information providing system disclosed in Patent Document 1 below, the position and number of passengers in the train are grasped by the monitor camera and the pressure sensor of the seat, and the congestion degree distribution and the vacant seat situation of the train are calculated. It is displayed on the display device.
JP 2001-328534 A

  However, since the conventional technology requires a monitor camera and a pressure sensor for seats in order to grasp the position and number of passengers in the train, in order to calculate the boarding situation such as the congestion degree distribution of the train and the seat availability. It is not easy to collect and grasp information necessary for

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a boarding situation grasping system and a boarding situation grasping method capable of easily collecting and grasping information necessary for calculating the boarding situation of passengers in a train. .

  The boarding situation grasping system of the present invention is a boarding situation grasping system which grasps the boarding situation of passengers who are on a vehicle constituting a train, and (1) the ticket gate device arranged at the boundary of a specific area A mobile terminal having entrance recognition means for receiving entrance information indicating that it has entered a specific area, and call execution means for starting a call for wireless communication in response to the entrance recognition means receiving the entrance information And (2) an antenna having incoming call reception means for collecting terminal information related to the mobile terminal in the vehicle in response to reception of an incoming call corresponding to an outgoing call of wireless communication; and (3) incoming call reception means. And a server having a situation calculation means for calculating a boarding situation in the vehicle based on the terminal information collected by.

  According to the boarding situation grasping system of the present invention, in response to the incoming call reception means possessed by the antenna accepting the incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call of the wireless communication started by the outgoing call execution means possessed by the mobile terminal, Since terminal information related to the mobile terminal is collected, information necessary for calculating passengers in the train can be easily collected. Moreover, since the situation calculation means calculates the passenger status of passengers in the train based on the collected terminal information, the passenger status of passengers in the train can be easily grasped by calculation.

  The antenna preferably includes information transmitting means for transmitting terminal information to the server, and the server preferably includes information receiving means for receiving terminal information from the information transmitting means. As a result, the server can easily and centrally collect information necessary for calculating passenger boarding conditions in the train.

  It is also preferable that the server has a situation transmitting unit that transmits the boarding situation to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal has a situation receiving unit that receives the boarding situation from the situation transmitting unit. Thereby, the mobile terminal can receive the boarding situation of the passenger in the train.

  It is also preferable that the wireless communication is performed by a Bluetooth method. As a result, since the mobile terminal uses radio waves in a frequency band different from the frequency band used in normal communication, the antenna does not interfere with the mobile terminal, so that passengers in the train can calculate the boarding situation Necessary information can be easily collected.

  In addition, it is preferable that the wireless communication is performed by the U. Brewby method. As a result, information is spread as data in a very wide frequency band, so that the antenna can easily collect information necessary to calculate passengers in the train without interfering with the mobile terminal. it can.

  Moreover, it is also preferable that terminal information contains the body number of a mobile terminal and the user information regarding the passenger who has a mobile terminal. Thereby, the information regarding the boarding conditions of passengers in the train can be increased.

  In addition, it is also preferable that the call execution unit stops the call of the wireless communication in response to receiving the entrance information after the entrance recognition unit receives the entrance information. Thereby, unnecessary consumption of electric power can be suppressed in a place where the mobile terminal does not perform the above-described wireless communication.

  Moreover, it is also preferable that the boarding situation includes a boarding rate of passengers in the train. Thereby, the information regarding the boarding conditions of passengers in the train can be increased.

  In addition, for passengers who have moved from a higher boarding rate to a lower one of two trains with different boarding rates, the points given to the privilege will be added, and will move from the lower boarding rate to the higher one It is also preferable that the server has a score calculation means for subtracting points for the passenger who has made a difference. Thereby, since the passenger who moves to the train with a lower boarding rate for the purpose of adding points is increased, the congestion of passengers in the train is alleviated.

  The boarding situation grasping method of the present invention is a boarding situation grasping method for grasping the boarding situation of passengers who are on a vehicle constituting a train, and (1) from the ticket gate device arranged at the boundary of the specific area. An entrance recognition step in which the mobile terminal receives entry information indicating that the mobile terminal has entered the specific area; and (2) the mobile terminal initiates a wireless communication call in response to the mobile terminal receiving the entrance information in the entrance recognition step. A call execution step to start; (3) an incoming call reception step in which the antenna collects terminal information about the mobile terminal in the vehicle in response to the reception of the incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call of the wireless communication; (4) a situation calculation step in which the server calculates a boarding situation in the vehicle based on the terminal information collected in the incoming call reception step.

  According to the boarding situation grasping method of the present invention, terminal information relating to the mobile terminal is collected when the antenna receives an incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call of the wireless communication started in the outgoing call execution step. Information necessary for calculating passengers in a train can be easily collected. Moreover, since the server calculates the passenger status of the passengers in the train based on the collected terminal information, the status of the passenger status in the train can be easily grasped by calculation.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a boarding situation grasping system and a boarding situation grasping method capable of easily collecting and grasping information necessary for calculating the boarding situation of passengers in a train.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  A boarding situation grasping system as an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a boarding situation grasping system 1. The boarding situation grasping system 1 includes a mobile terminal 2, an antenna 3, and a server 4.

  Apart from the boarding situation grasping system 1, there are a train 5 composed of vehicles 51, 52, and 53, and a specific area 6 including a station of a transportation facility and an area where the train 5 operates. Here, the train 5 is composed of three vehicles. Further, there is a communication network 7 interposed between the mobile terminal 2 and the antenna 3 and the server 4.

  Subsequently, each component of the boarding situation grasping system 1 will be described. Each mobile terminal 2 includes an entrance recognition unit (entrance recognition unit) 21, a call execution unit (call execution unit) 22, and a situation reception unit (situation reception unit) 23. A terminal that exists in the specific area 6 but does not exist in the train 5 is referred to as a mobile terminal 2A, and a terminal that does not exist in the specific area 6 is referred to as a mobile terminal 2B.

  The admission recognition unit 21 is a part that receives admission information 21a indicating that the vehicle has entered the specific area 6 from the ticket gate device 61 arranged at the boundary of the specific area 6 including the station premises. More specifically, the admission recognition unit 21 of the user's mobile terminal 2 who intends to enter the station premises which is the specific area 6 through the ticket gate of the station wirelessly communicates the admission information 21a from the ticket gate device 61 arranged in the ticket gate. Etc. Furthermore, when going out of the station premises, at the ticket gate which is the boundary of the specific area 6, after receiving the entrance information 21a, the entrance information 21a is received from the ticket gate device 61 again. The entrance recognition unit 21 and the ticket gate device 61 are not particularly limited. For example, the entrance recognition unit 21 may be a non-contact type IC card such as Suica (registered trademark) equipped with the technology of FeliCa (registered trademark). In addition, the ticket gate device 61 in this case may be a card read / write device or the like that can perform contactless communication with an IC card such as the above-mentioned Suica (registered trademark).

  The call execution unit 22 is a part that starts a call for wireless communication in response to the entrance recognition unit 21 receiving the entrance information 21a. More specifically, when the entrance recognition unit 21 receives the entrance information 21a, the entrance recognition unit 21 outputs instruction information to the call execution unit 22 so as to start a call. The call execution unit 22 starts a call for wireless communication in response to the output of the instruction information.

  This call for wireless communication is performed by the Bluetooth method. The Bluetooth method is a method for performing communication using radio waves in a frequency band (2.45 GHz band) different from the frequency band (800 MHz band or 1.5 GHz band) used by the mobile terminal 2 in normal communication. Thereby, interference with the mobile terminal 2 can be prevented.

  In addition, this wireless communication may be performed by a UWB method. The UW Brewby method is a method for performing communication by spreading information as data in an extremely wide frequency band of about 1 GHz. Thereby, interference with the mobile terminal 2 can be prevented.

  The situation receiving unit 23 is a part that receives the boarding situation 82 transmitted from the server 4. More specifically, the boarding situation 82 transmitted from the situation transmitting unit 43 provided in the server 4 is received via the communication network 7. Thereby, the mobile terminals 2, 2 </ b> A, 2 </ b> B can receive passenger boarding situations 82 in the vehicles 51, 52, 53. The users of the mobile terminals 2, 2 </ b> A, 2 </ b> B can check the boarding situation 82 and move between the vehicles 51, 52, 53.

  The antenna 3 is an incoming call corresponding to the call of the wireless communication from the call execution unit 22 in each of the vehicles 51, 52, and 53 constituting the train 5 regardless of the location of the mobile terminal 2 in the vehicle. It is arranged at a position where it can be received. The antenna 3 includes an incoming call reception unit (incoming call reception unit) 31 and an information transmission unit (information transmission unit) 32.

  The incoming call reception unit 31 is a part that collects terminal information 81 in each of the vehicles 51, 52, 53 in response to receiving an incoming call corresponding to an outgoing call of wireless communication. More specifically, after the train 5 leaves the station and completely leaves the station, the incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call of the wireless communication started by the outgoing call execution unit 22 is received. The terminal information 81 related to the mobile terminal 2 is collected from the mobile terminal 2. As described above, the incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call of the wireless communication is performed by the Bluetooth system, but may be performed by the U. Brewby system. Thereby, it is possible to easily collect information necessary for calculating passengers in the train 5 without interference with the mobile terminal 2. In addition, it can be recognized that the passenger has switched from the train 5 or the vehicles 51, 52, 53 to another train or vehicle because there is no incoming call corresponding to the call of the wireless communication. The terminal information 81 includes a vehicle number that uniquely identifies the mobile terminal 2, user information related to a passenger having the mobile terminal 2, and a vehicle No. of a vehicle in which the antenna 3 that transmits the terminal information 81 is arranged. (Vehicle number).

  The information transmission unit 32 is a part that transmits the terminal information 81 to the server 4. More specifically, this is a part that transmits the terminal information 81 collected by the incoming call reception unit 31 to the information reception unit 41 included in the server 4 via the communication network 7. Thereby, the server 4 can collect easily the terminal information 81 which is information required in order to calculate the boarding condition of the passenger in the train 5 centrally.

  The server 4 is disposed at a position where it can communicate with the antenna 3, and physically includes a storage device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), memory, and hard disk, a communication device such as a modem and a LAN card, an input device such as a mouse and a keyboard, It is configured as a computer system (or a collection of computer systems) provided with a display device such as a display. Also, functionally, an information receiving unit (information receiving unit) 41, a situation calculating unit (situation calculating unit) 42, a situation transmitting unit (situation transmitting unit) 43, and a score calculating unit (score calculating unit) 44 are provided. Yes.

  The information receiving unit 41 is a part that receives the terminal information 81 from the information transmitting unit 32 via the communication network 7.

  The situation calculation unit 42 is a part that calculates a passenger's boarding situation 82 in the train 5 based on the terminal information 81 received by the information reception unit 41. More specifically, based on the terminal information 81 collected by the incoming call accepting unit 31 and received by the information receiving unit 41, the information related to the regular ticket held by the passenger, and the information related to the boarding ticket, the situation calculating unit 42 determines whether the train 5 The passenger boarding situation 82 is calculated. The boarding situation 82 includes the boarding rate of passengers in the vehicle. The boarding rate can be calculated from, for example, the terminal information 81, the penetration rate of the mobile terminal 2, and the number of vehicles.

  The situation transmitter 43 is a part that transmits the boarding situation 82 to the mobile terminals 2, 2 </ b> A, 2 </ b> B. More specifically, the passenger's boarding situation 82 in the train is transmitted to the situation receiving unit 23 of each of the mobile terminals 2, 2A, 2B. Each user of the mobile terminals 2, 2 </ b> A, 2 </ b> B can check the boarding situation 82 and move between the vehicles 51, 52, 53.

  The score calculation unit 44 is a part that adds or subtracts points for which benefits are given to passengers who have moved between the vehicles 51, 52, and 53. More specifically, points where a privilege is given are added to two vehicles having different boarding rates, for example, passengers who have moved from a vehicle 52 having a higher boarding rate to a vehicle 53 having a lower boarding rate. Further, points are subtracted for passengers who have moved from the vehicle 53 having the lower boarding rate to the vehicle 52 having the higher boarding rate. Also, the points are subtracted when the vehicle does not move from a vehicle having a higher boarding rate (for example, 100%). This increases the number of passengers moving to the vehicle 52 having a lower boarding rate for the purpose of preventing point addition and subtraction, and as a result, congestion of passengers in the vehicle 53 is alleviated. . In addition, the user can receive a privilege such as a gift of a free gift or a discount purchase of a specific product, etc. by adding points and accumulating more than a predetermined amount.

  Here, the antenna 3 and the server 4 can communicate with each other via the communication network 7, but the server 4 is disposed on the train 5 and communicates with the antenna 3 and the server 4 without using the communication network 7. May be performed.

  The communication network 7 relays and transmits the terminal information 81 from the information transmission unit 32 to the information reception unit 41, and the boarding situation 82 from the situation transmission unit 43 to the situation reception unit 23 of each of the mobile terminals 2, 2A, 2B. Relay and send. The communication network 7 is used together with a public telephone line used by the mobile terminal 2, a wireless communication line, a dedicated line used by the Internet, and other LANs. In the present embodiment, the communication network 7 is the same communication network, but may be a different communication network.

  Subsequently, a method of using the boarding situation 82 received by the mobile terminal 2 by the user of the mobile terminal 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the arrival time and departure time at each station of the train 5, and FIG. 3 is an explanation showing a boarding situation 82 including a boarding rate for each vehicle in each current travel section of the train 5. FIG.

  In FIG. An example of arrival times and departure times of trains 5 having "0001" and "0002" at "stop stations on the Tokyu Toyoko Line" is shown. For example, train no. The train 5 having “0001” departs from Daikanyama Station at time “08:05:30” and arrives at Nakameguro Station at time “08:10:30”. Thus, for example, at time “08:08:00”, train No. The train with No. 0001 is running between Daikanyama Station and Nakameguro Station. A train with “0002” indicates that it is traveling between Shibuya Station and Daikanyama Station.

  In FIG. No. of vehicles traveling in each section on the Tokyu Toyoko Line at the time “08:08:00” for each of the trains 5 having “0001” and “0002”. An example of the boarding situation 82 including another boarding rate is shown. For example, train No. running between Daikanyama Station and Nakameguro Station at time “08:08:00”. Train 5 with "0001" is the vehicle number. Is composed of three vehicles with “001” to “003”, and the current boarding ratio of each vehicle is “99%”, “120%”, and “130%”.

  Here, a case is considered where the user of the mobile terminal 2 who is going to Yokohama Station is at Nakameguro Station at time “08: 08: 00: 00”. At this time, the user who has received the boarding situation 82 as shown in FIG. The train number of “0002” is lower for all vehicles than the train of “0001”. It can be recognized that the person who gets on the train of “0002” can avoid congestion more. Train No. Is “0002” and vehicle no. After the user gets on the vehicle whose vehicle number is “002”, the vehicle No. When the vehicle moves to a vehicle with “003”, it means that the vehicle has moved to a vehicle with a lower boarding rate, and a point at which a privilege is given to this user is added. Thereby, the passenger who moves to the vehicle of the train with a lower boarding rate has increased, and this also leads to alleviation of congestion of passengers in the train 5. The boarding situation 82 is also transmitted to the mobile terminal 2A of the user who is in the specific area 6 but not on the train 5, and the mobile terminal 2B of the user who is not in the specific area 6. It is also possible to plan to select a train consisting of a vehicle with a low vehicle. Thereby, the congestion of passengers in the train is further alleviated.

  Subsequently, each method of collecting the terminal information 81 and transmitting the boarding situation 82 and stopping the call using the boarding situation grasping system 1 will be described with reference to sequence diagrams shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. . FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the order from the collection of the terminal information 81 to the transmission of the boarding situation 82 in each of the mobile terminal 2, the antenna 3 and the server 4 provided in the boarding situation grasping system 1 of the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing the order until the mobile terminal 2 stops calling.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal information 81 is collected and the boarding situation 82 is transmitted. First, the entrance recognition unit 21 of the mobile terminal 2 receives the entrance information 21a from the ticket gate device 61 (step S11), and this entrance information 21a. In response to receiving the call, the call execution unit 22 starts calling for wireless communication (step S12). Step S11 corresponds to an entrance recognition step, and step S12 corresponds to a call execution step.

  The incoming call reception unit 31 of the antenna 3 receives the incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call of the wireless communication, and receives the terminal information 81 related to the mobile terminal 2 in each vehicle in response to receiving the incoming call. (Step S13). Next, the information transmitting unit 32 transmits the terminal information 81 to the server 4 (step S14), and the information receiving unit 41 of the server 4 receives the transmitted terminal information 81 (step S15). Step S13 corresponds to an incoming call reception step.

  Next, the situation calculation unit 42 of the server 4 calculates the passenger situation 82 in the vehicle 51 based on the terminal information 81 (step S16). The situation transmitting unit 43 transmits the boarding situation 82 to the mobile terminals 2, 2A, 2B (step S17). The situation receiving unit 23 of each of the mobile terminals 2, 2A, 2B receives this riding situation 82 (step S18). Moreover, the score calculation part 44 of the server 4 calculates the point where a privilege is given (step S19). Step S16 corresponds to a situation calculation step.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the admission recognition unit 21 that has already received the admission information 21a further receives the admission information 21a (step S21), as shown in FIG. In response to the reception, the call execution unit 22 stops the call for wireless communication (step S22). Thereby, when the mobile terminal 2 does not perform wireless communication such as when going out of the specific area 6, unnecessary power consumption can be suppressed. In addition, when the entrance recognition unit 21 further receives the entrance information 21a, the entrance recognition unit 21 recognizes that it has entered the specific area 6, and in response to this reception, the call execution unit 22 starts a call for wireless communication.

  The effect of this embodiment is demonstrated. When the incoming call reception unit 31 of the antenna 3 accepts an incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call of the wireless communication started by the outgoing call execution unit 22 of the mobile terminal 2, the terminal information related to the mobile terminal 2 Since 81 is collected, it is possible to easily collect information necessary for calculating the passengers 82 in the train 5. Moreover, since the situation calculation part 42 calculates the boarding situation of the passenger in the train 5 based on the collected terminal information 81, the boarding situation 82 of the passenger in the train 5 can be easily grasped by calculation. .

It is a figure for explaining boarding situation grasping system 1 of this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which showed the arrival time and departure time in each station of each train. It is explanatory drawing which showed the boarding condition containing the boarding rate according to vehicles in each current driving area of each train. It is a sequence diagram which shows the order from collection of terminal information to transmission of boarding conditions. It is a sequence diagram which shows the order until the call stop of a mobile terminal.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Boarding condition grasping system, 2, 2A, 2B ... Mobile terminal, 3 ... Antenna, 4 ... Server, 5 ... Train, 6 ... Specific area, 7 ... Communication network, 21a ... Entrance information, 21 ... Entrance recognition part, 22 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Calling execution part, 23 ... Situation reception part, 31 ... Incoming call reception part, 32 ... Information transmission part, 41 ... Information reception part, 42 ... Situation calculation part, 43 ... Situation transmission part, 44 ... Score calculation part, 51 , 52, 53 Vehicle, 61 ... Ticket gate device, 81 ... Terminal information, 82 ... Boarding situation, S11-S19, S21-S22 ... Step.

Claims (10)

It is a boarding situation grasping system for grasping the boarding situation of passengers who ride on vehicles constituting the train,
An admission recognition means for receiving admission information indicating entry into the specific area from the ticket gate device arranged at the boundary of the specific area; and
A call execution means for starting a call for wireless communication in response to the admission recognition means receiving the admission information;
A mobile terminal having
An antenna having incoming call reception means for collecting terminal information related to the mobile terminal in the vehicle in response to receiving an incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call of the wireless communication;
A server having status calculation means for calculating the boarding status in the vehicle based on the terminal information collected by the incoming call reception means;
A ride situation grasping system. The antenna has information transmission means for transmitting the terminal information to the server,
The server has information receiving means for receiving the terminal information from the information transmitting means;
The riding situation grasping system according to claim 1. The server has status transmission means for transmitting the boarding status to the mobile terminal,
The mobile terminal has status receiving means for receiving the boarding status from the status transmitting means.
The boarding condition grasping system according to claim 1 or 2.   The boarding situation grasping system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the wireless communication is performed by a Bluetooth method.   The boarding state grasping system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the wireless communication is performed by a Udruby method.   The boarding situation grasping system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the terminal information includes a body number of the mobile terminal and user information relating to a passenger having the mobile terminal.   The call execution means stops the call of the wireless communication in response to receiving the admission information after the admission recognition means receives the admission information. Riding status monitoring system described in 1.   The boarding situation grasping system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the boarding situation includes a boarding rate of the passengers in the vehicle.   For passengers who have moved from a higher boarding rate to a lower one of the two vehicles with different boarding rates, add points that are given benefits, and from the lower boarding rate to the higher one The boarding situation grasping system according to claim 8 with which said server has score calculation means which subtracts said point to a passenger who moved. A boarding situation grasping method for grasping a boarding situation of passengers riding on a vehicle constituting a train,
An admission recognition step in which the mobile terminal receives admission information indicating that it has entered the specific area from the ticket gate device arranged at the boundary of the specific area;
A call execution step in which the mobile terminal starts a call for wireless communication in response to the mobile terminal receiving the entrance information in the entrance recognition step;
An incoming call reception step in which the antenna collects terminal information related to the mobile terminal in the vehicle in response to an incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call of the wireless communication being received by the antenna;
A situation calculation step in which a server calculates the boarding situation in the vehicle based on the terminal information collected in the incoming call reception step;
A method for grasping the boarding situation.

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