JP5165511B2 - Information system for the status of closed road work - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system using an Internet line for traffic accident information or road closure information on a highway or the like.

Provision of road traffic information on expressways is performed by road managers (company) within the road area and private companies outside the area using various media.
The provision of road traffic information provided by private companies is rarely provided using current probe technology etc., but most of them are provided by the Japan Road Traffic Information Center. The actual situation is that road traffic information collected centrally from an administrator is purchased, edited for users and provided as current traffic conditions.

Examples of the system that provides such traffic conditions include those described in the following patent documents.
The device described in Patent Document 1 transmits a simple map of a highway or the like registered in advance by a user with a mobile terminal on the user side, and displays the traffic congestion status and the regulation status of the road on this simple map. is there.
In the device described in Patent Document 2, a user registers a travel route such as a toll road in advance and transmits traffic information based on the registered contents.
JP 2005-207921 A JP 2005-107762 A

Conventionally, there are information providing systems related to various road conditions, all of which indicate the position of the accident site or the position of a closed road, etc., and the position or section of the road where these problems occurred It was not possible to obtain information about when it was restored and opened.
In other words, the data format included in the road traffic information provided by the Japan Road Traffic Information Center, which is used by most private businesses, is limited to places and events of traffic obstacles. There was nothing about the prospects for the release of the closed road, and meeting this demand was a long-standing issue.

While there are many requests from customers for the estimated time of road closure cancellation, applicants who manage and operate expressways are in a position to be able to obtain the local work schedule and work status for the cancellation of the road closure in real time when the road closure occurs. By providing these information to the customer, it was thought that the customer could use it effectively as a guideline for release or judgment material to some extent even if the release time was not specified in advance.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to realize an information providing system capable of predicting the closed time or date / time.

Further, in relation to this, if the customer portable terminal device has a GPS function, by providing its location information, it is possible to provide road conditions within a predetermined range from that location, and to use routes in advance. It is also an object of the present invention to be able to provide only road conditions on the route by registering.
In addition, since a CCTV camera or the like is installed in advance on an expressway or the like, the traffic information in the vicinity of the restricted place and the congestion situation such as a service area or a parking area are combined as image information using this device. It is also an object of the present invention to provide information to the WEB site.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention includes a road information providing WEB site on the Internet that provides information related to road conditions such as an expressway, a management center that manages and operates the WEB site, Email that consists of customer data registered on the site, and automatic guidance to the customer terminal is automatically registered in the customer data when the management center has entered new or updated information on the road status of the site In a road condition information providing system that is transmitted to an address and allows a customer to view a road condition input by accessing the WEB site, the information content of the road condition is traffic accident information or road closure information, Such information includes at least the location and the restoration work status at the site, the status confirmation stage, and each restoration work stage. From the restoration start stage such as the deregulation stage to the deregulation stage, it is displayed for each individual stage, indicating which stage is currently in real-time for each individual stage, such as “completed” or “completed” Deregulation by specifying work completion indications such as “work in progress” indicating “work in progress”, and / or “work in progress” indications indicating “work in progress” This is a system for providing information on the status of a closed road operation on a highway or the like, in which the customer can predict the approximate time from the customer terminal device.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, provision of information on the status of a road-blocking work on a highway or the like, characterized in that the road information provision WEB site can be freely and freely accessed from the customer terminal device System.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the customer terminal device has a location information transmission function such as a GPS device, and the customer terminal device transmits the information to the road information providing WEB site. An information provision system for a road-blocking work situation on a highway or the like, characterized in that a road situation within a predetermined radial distance from a position of a terminal device can be transmitted.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, a predetermined route such as an expressway is registered in advance from the customer terminal device, and information regarding road conditions on the route can be provided. This is a system for providing information on the status of closed roads on expressways and the like characterized by the above.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fourth aspects of the invention, based on the input position information about the restricted place, image information such as CCTV cameras before and after the restricted section is posted on the WEB site. This is a system for providing information on the status of closed roads on expressways and the like, characterized by being able to check nearby traffic conditions.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, based on the input position information about the restricted place, image information such as a CCTV camera in the service area or parking area immediately before the restricted place is stored on the WEB site. It is a system for providing information on the status of closed roads on expressways and the like, characterized by being able to grasp the congestion status by posting and providing it on the site.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, the guidance is automatically transmitted to the mail address of the customer terminal device by new information or information update regarding the road condition on the road information providing WEB site, and the customer browses the information. In addition, the content of the road condition is traffic accident information or road closure information, and the information is the location and the restoration work situation of the site by a plurality of individual stages from the start stage to the deregulation stage. Because it is made by display, the customer can grasp which stage the restoration work stage is currently in, and can predict the approximate time or time of deregulation. is there.

  In the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to freely access the WEB site from the customer terminal device irrespective of the guidance based on the new information or updated information of the road situation as in the first aspect. Is.

  In the third aspect of the present invention, for example, when a customer goes out to a destination using a highway by car, by accessing the WEB site from his / her mobile terminal device having a GPS function, for example, radius It becomes possible to obtain information on the road condition of the expressway within 200 km.

  In the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a customer registers a certain route such as a highway from a customer terminal device in advance, it is possible to obtain information regarding the road condition on the route.

  In the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above effects, image information obtained from CCTV cameras or the like automatically installed before and after the restricted section based on the input of new information on road conditions is displayed on the WEB site. It is also possible to check the congestion situation of cars near the restricted place by browsing and viewing this information.

  In the sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above effects, by posting an image of a service area (SA) or a parking area (PA) immediately before the restricted place based on the input of new information on road conditions The customer can also check the congestion status of the SA and PA from the terminal device.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram relating to an information providing system according to the present invention.
Reference numeral 10 denotes a management center that centrally manages the expressway, 20 denotes a customer terminal device, and the management center 10 manages its road status information on a specific server 31 on the Internet 30. To the WEB site, and the WEB site can be accessed from the customer terminal device 20.
The server 31 is provided with customer data storage means. The customer data includes at least a customer name or name, an ID number, a password, and an e-mail address.

This information providing system automatically adds new information to the road condition information at the customer mail address automatically stored in the customer data based on the new input or update input of the highway accident information or the road closure information from the management center 10. Is programmed to send a notification to inform that it has been entered.
The guidance transmitted to the customer terminal device includes the URL of the WEB site, and the customer can easily access the information site for road conditions from the terminal device based on the URL.

As the customer terminal device, a personal computer or a mobile phone owned by the customer can be used.
Of course, it is also possible to freely access the road condition information site from the customer terminal device at any time without being based on the automatic guidance from the server.
In that case, the WEB site can be accessed by the customer ID number and password.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a page of a road information providing WEB site according to the present invention, which is a page showing “blocking work information”.
This page can be entered from “road traffic information” (described later) as the front page, but the URL is displayed in the guidance sentence automatically transmitted to the customer terminal device by the automatic guidance, and this is clicked. As a result, the page of “blocking work information” is directly displayed.

As can be seen from this drawing, this “blocking work information” page is composed of the following items.
(1) Road name (2) Event (3) Closed section (4) Closed start time (5) Related vehicle (6) Work item.
Examples of “(1) road name” include “Meishin” and “Tomei”.
Examples of “(2) event” include “accident” and “construction”.
Examples of the “(3) closed road section” include “Toyonaka IC → Suita IC (up line)”.
“(4) Closed road start time” is, for example, “around 13:00”.
“(5) Related vehicle” is, for example, “about 10 (of which 2 are large)”.
“(6) Work item” is a characteristic part according to the present invention, and can be configured as follows, for example.

1) Situation confirmation 2) Injured person rescue 3) Fire fighting work 4) Wrecker work 5) Road restoration 6) Road surface cleaning 7) Preparation for deregulation As shown separately, the display of “completed”, “work in progress”, “scheduled”, etc. is assigned to each item, and the customer sees from the terminal device which stage the restoration work is currently in. Therefore, the recovery time can be predicted.

Needless to say, “Completed” indicates that the stage is complete, “Working” indicates that it is currently running, and “Scheduled” indicates that work is still in progress. It indicates that it is not completed and will be done in the future.
These indications are only examples. The indication of completion is “◯”, the indication of work (in progress) is “△”, and the indication of the schedule to be performed is indicated by a symbol such as “×”. Also good. In that case, what is necessary is just to add the description to the said WEB page.

The outline of the WEB site including the above-mentioned “blocking work information” page will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the front page of the WEB site having the “blocking work information” page according to the present invention, and only the screen is enlarged and displayed on the right side.
This page includes “1. Traffic information MAP”, “2. Search by area”, “3. Search by road name”, “4. Search within 200 km”, “5. Search by departure / arrival IC (interchange)”, Items of “6. My route” and “7. Mail setting / change” are provided.

When the item of “1. Traffic information MAP” is clicked, a route map of an expressway as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, and a page on which an accident or a closed place is displayed can be viewed on the route map.
Even if you click the items of “2. Search by area” and “3. Search by road name”, you can select a specific area or select a road name to cause an accident on that area or that road. Or you can browse closed places.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a page displayed when the item “1. Traffic information MAP” is clicked.
By clicking the “regulation / congestion information” button displayed in the lower part of the map of this page, a page on which character information of each accident or traffic restriction is written is displayed.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a page on which the character information of the restricted portion is posted.
The other mobile terminal screens are the same, but the display screens of FIGS. 4 and 5 are actually color displays, and symbols such as ■ and x are colored and displayed separately.

By clicking the item of “blocking work information (link)” in the lower part of the mobile terminal screen shown in FIG. 5, the “blocking work information” page described above with reference to FIG. 2 is displayed. Has been.
In this way, the viewer can view the “blocking work information” page as necessary from the road traffic information site.
Of course, by registering necessary information in the customer data of this site in advance, it is also possible to receive automatic guidance by e-mail when this closed road work information is updated or newly entered. It becomes.

Returning to FIG. 3, clicking on the item “4. 200 km range search” and transmitting the location information from the customer's mobile terminal device using the GPS function, the closed information within a radius of 200 km from the customer's current location. Etc. can also be obtained.
Here too, the page of “blocking work information” (FIG. 2) can be browsed from the blockage information.

  When the item “6. My route” in FIG. 3 is selected, the customer registers a commuting route and a delivery route in advance, and receives a service that can receive highway road closure information on this route by e-mail or the like. And optionally customers can access this page to get road information on the route.

Furthermore, when an accident or road closure is canceled from the screen of each page, registration can be set so that the cancellation information is transmitted to the customer's mail. For example, registration can be set by pressing the “email with release” button in FIG.
In addition, when the management center inputs a traffic regulation place where traffic is closed due to an accident or the like, image data obtained from a CCTV camera installed near the place is automatically obtained, and the road traffic information site is appropriately selected. You can also post this on the page.
Similarly, image data obtained from a CCTV camera installed in a service area or parking area immediately before the restricted place can be posted on an appropriate page of the site.
These image data can be automatically performed at the time of new registration of accidents or road closure information to the site by the management center.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is the information which enables a customer at the time of a restoration | repair prediction by providing a customer with step-by-step information about traffic information, especially road-closing information and its restoration work situation. A distribution system is provided, and specific individual display of the WEB site may be freely set within the scope of the claims as needed.

It is a conceptual diagram regarding the information provision system which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the page in the road information provision WEB site which concerns on this invention, and is a page which shows "blocking work information". It is explanatory drawing of the front page of the road information provision WEB site which has the "blocking work information" page of the said FIG. 2 based on this invention, The right side is the enlarged view of the portable screen. It is explanatory drawing of the page displayed when the item of "1. Traffic information MAP" of the front page of the said FIG. 3 is clicked. It is explanatory drawing of the page on which the item of the link to the traffic stop work information shown in the said FIG. 2 was displayed.

Explanation of symbols

10 Management Center 20 Customer Terminal 30 Internet Line 31 Server

Claims (6)

Information on road conditions on the Internet, including a road information provision WEB site on the Internet that provides information on road conditions such as expressways, a management center that manages and operates the WEB site, and customer data registered in the site When a new or updated input is made by the management center, automatic guidance to the customer terminal device is automatically sent to the e-mail address registered in the customer data, and the customer inputs by accessing the WEB site. In the road condition information provision system that can browse the road conditions
The information content of the road situation is traffic accident information or road closure information,
Such information consists of at least the location and the status of the restoration work at that site, displayed in multiple individual stages from the restoration confirmation stage, such as the status confirmation stage, each restoration work stage or the deregulation stage, to the deregulation stage. ,
For each individual stage, the work completion display indicating work completion such as “completed” or “completed”, the work in progress display indicating “work in progress”, and / or the work not yet performed are shown in real time. Closed work on highways, etc., characterized by allowing customers to predict the approximate time of deregulation from the customer terminal device by specifying the work incomplete display such as “schedule” indicating completion Status information system.   The system for providing information on the status of a closed road operation on a highway or the like according to claim 1, wherein the customer terminal device can freely access the road information providing WEB site arbitrarily.   The customer terminal device has a position information transmission function such as a GPS device, and by transmitting this information to the road information providing WEB site, it is possible to transmit a road condition within a predetermined radial distance from the position of the customer terminal device. The system for providing information on the status of a closed road operation on an expressway or the like according to claim 1 or 2.   3. A highway or the like according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a predetermined route such as a highway is registered in advance from a customer terminal device, and information on a road condition on the route can be provided. Information providing system for the status of closed road work.   The image information of CCTV cameras and the like before and after the restriction section is posted on the WEB site based on the input position information about the restriction place, so that the traffic situation near the restriction place can be confirmed. 5. An information providing system for the status of a closed road operation on an expressway or the like according to any one of 4 above.   Based on the input position information about the restricted place, it is possible to grasp the congestion situation by posting and providing image information such as CCTV cameras in the service area or parking area immediately before the restricted place on the WEB site. An information providing system for the status of a closed road operation on an expressway or the like according to any one of claims 1 to 5.