JP5810510B2 - Train congestion information service system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a train congestion information service system for notifying passengers waiting for a train at a train station platform of congestion information on the next train to arrive.

  It is known that the commuter train near the city has many passengers, especially the vehicles that stop near the stairs of the platform and the escalator, so many passengers get on the train, so the inside of the vehicle is very crowded. The fact that some of the vehicles on the train are congested compared to other vehicles has the disadvantage that passenger transport efficiency is reduced for the railway company and compulsory commuting is forced for the passengers. In order to eliminate such problems, the boarding rate as congestion information of each vehicle of the next arriving train is displayed, and passengers are encouraged to get on vacant vehicles avoiding crowded vehicles it can.

  In the conventional congestion information acquisition method, a weight scale is installed under the floor of each vehicle, and the passenger weight is calculated from the difference between the vehicle weight in the empty state and the vehicle weight in the passenger state. The boarding rate was calculated using the average weight per person (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In another conventional method for acquiring congestion information, a passenger who is waiting for a train at the home is photographed using a video camera installed at the vehicle unit at the home, and the number of passengers newly boarded in the vehicle unit from the photographed image. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

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  However, newly installing a weight scale under the floor of each vehicle has a problem that it involves a significant modification of the vehicle. In addition, trains with different stopping stations are operating one after another on the railway lines near the city, and it is difficult to distinguish between passengers waiting for the next train and passengers waiting for the train in the video camera image.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. A passenger who waits for the next train without using a major remodeling of the vehicle by using the gate management function of the movable platform fence. And a train congestion information service system that can distinguish passengers waiting for trains one after another.

The train congestion information service system according to the present invention is a train congestion information service system that notifies congestion information of the next train that arrives at the platform of a railway station, and calculates a control device that controls opening and closing operations of movable doors and passenger number data. Each vehicle in the train just before the passenger gets on the train at the railway station using the movable platform fence with obstacle sensors to be used, and the passenger count data and the get-off prediction data which is the forecast data of the number of passengers getting off at the railway station Train congestion information calculation device that calculates congestion information predicting the degree of congestion, and a guidance display device that displays evaluation data of congestion information of each vehicle calculated by the train congestion information calculation device, the obstacle sensor, Including the area between the door opening of the movable platform fence and the train at the time of stopping at the train platform, and larger than the area than the door opening The number of passengers is measured in the detection area including the area, and when the movable door is opened by the control device, measurement of the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable home fence is started, and when the movable door is closed by the control device, it is movable. The measurement of the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the home fence is finished, and the passenger number data is calculated based on the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable platform fence, and each railway station from the first station to the last station is calculated. The train congestion information calculation device is connected by a communication network, and the number of passengers data is transmitted from the train congestion information calculation device to the train congestion information calculation device at the next station, and the train congestion information calculation device is used to predict getting off at the railway station. And the congestion information at the railway station is calculated from the passenger number data transmitted from the train congestion information calculation device in front of the station.
The train congestion information service system according to the present invention is a train congestion information service system that notifies congestion information of the next train that arrives at a railway station platform. In the train just before the passenger gets on the train at the railway station using the movable platform fence with obstacle sensor that calculates the number of passengers and the getting-off prediction data that is the prediction data of the number of passengers getting off at the railway station It is equipped with a train congestion information calculation device that calculates congestion information predicting the degree of congestion of each vehicle, and the obstacle sensor includes an area between the train and the door opening of the movable platform fence when the train stops at the platform, And when the number of passengers is measured in the detection area that is larger than the area and includes the area closer to the platform than the door opening, the control device opens the movable door. Measurement of the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable home fence is started, and when the movable door is closed by the control device, the measurement of the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable home fence is terminated and the door opening of the movable home fence is opened. Passenger number data is calculated based on the number of passengers passing through, and the train congestion information calculation device of each railway station from the first station to the end station is connected by a communication network, and the passenger number data is the train congestion information calculation device. Is sent to the train congestion information calculation device at the next station, and the train congestion information calculation device determines the congestion at the railroad station from the getting-off prediction data at the railroad station and the passenger count data transmitted from the train congestion information calculation device one station ahead. Information is calculated.

  According to the present invention, using the gate management function of the movable home fence, the obstacle sensor measures the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable home fence. Since it is used when calculating information, it is possible to provide a train congestion information service system that can distinguish between passengers waiting for the next train and passengers waiting for the train one after another without significant remodeling of the vehicle.

It is an apparatus block diagram of the train congestion information service system in Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a top view of the movable home fence in the first embodiment. 2 is a front view of the guidance display device in Embodiment 1. FIG.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a device configuration diagram of a train congestion information service system for explaining Embodiment 1 to which the present invention is applied. This train congestion information service system is assumed to be installed at all railway stations from the first station to the last station on a predetermined railway line. FIG. 1 shows a device configuration per station, which includes a movable platform fence 10, a train congestion information calculation device 20, and a guidance display device 30. The movable home fence 10 includes a control device 11 that controls the opening / closing operation of the movable door, and an obstacle sensor 12 that is used to ensure safety around the movable door.

  FIG. 2 is a top view of the movable home fence 10. The control device 11 outputs a command for opening / closing operation to the movable door so as to be interlocked with the opening / closing operation of the vehicle door of the stopped train 40. At this time, the control device 11 outputs opening / closing information of the movable door to the obstacle sensor 12. The obstacle sensor 12 starts measuring the number of passengers when receiving the opening information of the movable door from the control device 11, and ends the measurement of the number of passengers when receiving the closing information of the movable door from the control device 11. A fan-shaped portion surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 2 indicates a detection area of the obstacle sensor 12. The obstacle sensor 12 is a laser sensor, for example, and repeats scanning every predetermined time. Since the obstacle sensor 12 or the sensor auxiliary board connected to the obstacle sensor 12 is provided with the flow line detecting means for detecting the flow line of the passenger from a plurality of scan data, whether the passenger is going to get on the train The obstacle sensor 12 can determine whether the passenger is going to get off the vehicle from the flow line of the passenger.

  FIG. 3 is a front view of the guidance display device 30. The guidance display device 30 is installed in the vicinity of the ticket gate or in the concourse, and informs passengers of the congestion information of the train. Although FIG. 3 shows an example in which the departure time, the destination, the stop, and the congestion information are displayed, the present invention is not limited to this. The passenger can specify the train to be used from the departure time and the destination, and the congestion information of the train may be expressed by a symbol or a color, or may be displayed by a numerical value such as a boarding rate.

  Next, a calculation method of train congestion information will be described. First, after the train 40 arrives at the first station, the control device 11 of the movable platform fence 10 outputs an opening operation command to the movable door in conjunction with the opening of the vehicle door, and the movable door to the obstacle sensor 12. Outputs the opening information of. Since the movable door has opened, the passenger gets into the train 40. At this time, since the obstacle sensor 12 has received the opening information of the movable door from the control device 11, the obstacle sensor 12 starts measuring the number of passengers that have passed through the door opening of the movable platform fence 10. Passengers who have passed through the door opening of the movable platform fence 10 get into the train 40 from the vehicle door facing the door opening. Therefore, by using the gate management function of the movable platform fence 10, from which vehicle door the passenger moves to the train 40 You can see if you got on.

  At the first station, there are only passengers who get on the train 40, but there are some passengers who get off after getting on. Therefore, the obstacle sensor 12 has a passenger counter function that can distinguish between passengers getting on and off from the flow line of the passengers and subtracting the number of passengers getting off by adding the number of passengers getting on. The obstacle sensors 12 are provided in all the movable platform fences 10 arranged in the platform, and each obstacle sensor 12 transmits the number of passengers data passing through the respective door openings to the train congestion information calculation device 20. . The train congestion information calculation device 20 can calculate the passenger number data of each vehicle of the train 40 using the passenger number data from the obstacle sensors 12 of all the movable platform fences 10 arranged in the platform.

  When the departure time of the train 40 comes, the control device 11 of the movable platform fence 10 outputs a closing operation command to the movable door in conjunction with the closing of the vehicle door, and sends the closing information of the movable door to the obstacle sensor 12. Output. Since the obstacle sensor 12 has received the closing information of the movable door from the control device 11, the measurement of the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable home fence 10 is finished. When the train 40 departs from the first station, the train congestion information calculation device 20 at the first station has a passenger of each vehicle of the train 40 at the first station with respect to the train congestion information calculation device 20 at the next stop station (second station). Send several data.

  The train congestion information calculation device 20 at the second station calculates congestion information that predicts the congestion level immediately before a passenger gets on the train 40 at this station. At this time, the train congestion information calculation device 20 at the second station uses the getting-off prediction data of each vehicle of the train 40 at this station and the passenger number data of each vehicle of the train 40 at the first departure station just received. The getting-off prediction data is prediction data of the number of passengers getting off at this station, and is stored in advance in the database of the train congestion information calculation device 20. The getting-off prediction data is created based on the number of passengers getting off at this station as past results, and is related to the vehicle number, departure time, day of the week, and the like.

  In short, the train congestion information calculation device 20 at the second station subtracts the number of passengers expected to get off at this station from the number of passengers who got on the first station, and the number of passengers predicted to remain in each vehicle of the train 40. Is calculated. For example, when the number of passengers predicted to remain is equivalent to, for example, those with a boarding rate exceeding 80%, “congested”, and for example, when the number of passengers exceeding 50% is equal to or less than 80%, “normal”. For example, if it corresponds to a boarding rate of 50% or less, it is determined as “vacant”.

  In this way, the train congestion information calculation device 20 at the second station uses the above-mentioned “congestion” and “normal” congestion information for each vehicle to predict congestion information immediately before passengers enter the train 40 at this station. , Evaluation is performed in three stages of “vacant”, and the evaluation data is transmitted to the guidance display device 30.

  The guidance display device 30 displays the congestion information of each vehicle as shown in FIG. In the case of display example 1, “congested” is represented by a symbol such as “×”, “normal” is represented by △, and “vacant” is represented by “◯”, and in the case of display example 2, “congested” is represented by red and “normal”. Is expressed in yellow, and “vacant” is expressed in green. Moreover, you may express a boarding rate with a numerical value as it is. A passenger who sees the congestion information on the guidance display device 30 can select a vehicle to get on with reference to the congestion information of each vehicle.

  When the train 40 arrives at the second station, the movable door of the movable platform fence 10 opens in conjunction with the opening of the vehicle door. Accordingly, the obstacle sensor 12 starts measuring the number of passengers that have passed through the door opening of the movable platform fence 10. First, a passenger getting off the train 40 passes through the door opening of the movable platform fence 10, and then a passenger who gets on the train 40 passes through the door opening of the movable platform fence 10. The obstacle sensor 12 can distinguish between passengers getting on and off from the flow of passengers, and has a passenger counter function of adding the number of passengers to be added and subtracting the number of passengers to get off. Each obstacle sensor 12 transmits the number-of-passengers data passing through each door opening to the train congestion information calculation device 20.

  The train congestion information calculation device 20 at the second station uses the passenger count data of each vehicle of the train 40 at the first departure station and the passenger count data measured by the obstacle sensor 12 at the second station to train at the second station. The number-of-passengers data of 40 vehicles is calculated. In short, the passenger number data of each vehicle of the train 40 at the second station is obtained by subtracting the number of passengers getting off each vehicle of the train 40 at the second station from the number of passengers of each vehicle of the train 40 at the first station. This is data obtained by adding the number of passengers who have entered each vehicle of the train 40 at two stations.

  When the departure time of the train 40 is reached at the second station, the movable door of the movable platform fence is closed in conjunction with the closing of the vehicle door, and the obstacle sensor 12 has the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable platform fence 10. End measurement. When the train 40 departs from the second station, the train congestion information calculation device 20 of the second station further compares the train congestion information calculation device 20 of the next station (third station) with the train 40 at the second station. The number of passengers data of each vehicle is transmitted.

  Such operation is repeated at all railway stations from the first station to the last station, and congestion information predicting the degree of congestion just before passengers enter the train 40 at that station is displayed as shown in FIG. Display on device 30. A passenger who sees the congestion information on the guidance display device 30 can select a vehicle to get on with reference to the congestion information of each vehicle. Note that, from the first station to the last station, the train congestion information calculation devices 20 of all the railway stations are connected by a communication network.

  In addition, by using the gate management function of the movable platform fence 10 by the obstacle sensor 12, it is possible to grasp from which vehicle door the passenger got on the train 40. Therefore, in order to acquire the congestion information of each vehicle of the train 40, the passenger waiting for the next train can be distinguished from the passenger waiting for the train one after another without significant modification of the vehicle.

  10 movable platform fence, 11 control device, 12 obstacle sensor, 20 train congestion information calculation device, 30 guidance display device, 40 train.

Claims (3)

A train congestion information service system for notifying the congestion information of the next train arriving at the train station platform,
Utilizing a control device that controls the opening / closing operation of the movable door and a movable platform fence provided with obstacle sensors for calculating the passenger number data, and the predicted arrival data that is the predicted data of the passenger number data and the number of passengers getting off at the railway station Then, a train congestion information calculation device that calculates congestion information predicting the congestion degree of each vehicle in the train immediately before a passenger enters the train at the railway station, and each vehicle calculated by the train congestion information calculation device And a guidance display device for displaying evaluation data of the congestion information of
The obstacle sensor includes an area between the train and the door opening of the movable platform fence when the train stops at the platform, and a detection area that is larger than the area and includes an area closer to the platform than the door opening. When the movable door is opened by the controller, measurement of the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable home fence is started, and when the movable door is closed by the controller, the movable door is moved. End the measurement of the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the home fence, calculate the passenger number data based on the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable home fence,
The train congestion information calculation device at each railway station from the first station to the last station is connected by a communication network, and the number of passengers data is calculated from the train congestion information calculation device to the next train congestion information calculation device. Sent to
The train congestion information calculation device calculates the congestion information of the vehicles at the railroad station from the getting-off prediction data at the railroad station and the passenger number data transmitted from the train congestion information calculation device one station ahead. A train congestion information service system. A train congestion information service system for notifying the congestion information of the next train arriving at the train station platform ,
A movable platform fence comprising obstacle sensor for calculating a control device and a passenger data to control the opening and closing operation of the movable door, get off the predicted data is a prediction data of the number of passengers to get off at the passenger data及beauty iron road Station using a train congestion information calculation unit customer riding Te to the train station calculates congestion information predicted congestion degree of each vehicle in the train immediately before boarding the train car,
The obstacle sensor includes an area between the train and the door opening of the movable platform fence when the train stops at the platform, and a detection area that is larger than the area and includes an area closer to the platform than the door opening. When the movable door is opened by the controller, measurement of the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable home fence is started, and when the movable door is closed by the controller, the movable door is moved. End the measurement of the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the home fence, calculate the passenger number data based on the number of passengers passing through the door opening of the movable home fence,
The train congestion information calculation device at each railway station from the first station to the last station is connected by a communication network, and the number of passengers data is calculated from the train congestion information calculation device to the next train congestion information calculation device. Sent to
The train congestion information calculation device calculates the congestion information of the vehicles at the railroad station from the getting-off prediction data at the railroad station and the passenger number data transmitted from the train congestion information calculation device one station ahead. A train congestion information service system.   3. The train according to claim 1, wherein the obstacle sensor distinguishes between passengers getting on and off passengers from a flow line of passengers, and subtracts the number of passengers getting off by adding the number of passengers getting on. 3. Congestion information service system.

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