JP6360266B1 - Bus stop management system - Google Patents

Abstract

Dynamic information provision for a non-powered stop is realized at a lower cost. A stop management system according to an embodiment includes a power feeding unit, a wireless communication unit, electronic paper, and a server device. The power supply unit is provided in a non-powered stop of the passenger vehicle and supplies power using a dry battery as a power source. The wireless communication unit is provided at the stop, and is provided so as to be capable of wireless communication by receiving power from the power supply unit only during communication. The electronic paper is provided at the stop and displays information related to the operation of the shared vehicle based on the data received by the wireless communication unit. Based on the information indicating the status of the stop, the server device generates the data and transmits it to the wireless communication unit so that the electronic paper is displayed according to the status of each stop. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The disclosed embodiments relate to a stop management system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is known that a stop pole called a pole is provided at a stop of a shared vehicle such as a bus, and a timetable, a route map, and the like are posted on a bulletin board included in the post.

  Posts for providing information related to the operation of shared vehicles, for example, need to be changed all at once by manual revision, for example, at the time of schedule revisions, and so on.

  Therefore, an information display device has been proposed for providing information related to the operation of a shared vehicle that can change dynamically (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is based on a receiver that receives a radio signal from a transmitter, an indicator that displays a scheduled passage time of a bus, and the like based on an output of the receiver. And a controller for controlling the vehicle, and when the receiver receives a radio signal including a vehicle code, the display on the display blinks to inform the waiting customer of bus approach information.

  In this technology, a number of hardware such as a receiver, a display device, and a controller are configured such that their driving power is covered by a solar cell attached to the top surface of the pole body.

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  However, the above-described conventional technology has room for further improvement in realizing dynamic information provision for a non-powered stop at a lower cost.

  Specifically, the bus stop can be roughly divided into a power supply type in which power is supplied from the outside and a non-power supply type in which power is not supplied. In this respect, according to the above-described prior art, it can be considered that the solar cell can be attached to a non-feed type. However, a liquid crystal display or an LED matrix display is used for the display, and it is always used. Since it is lit, it is considered that a large solar cell with a large light receiving area is required. For this reason, there is a possibility that the introduction cost is considerably increased even per one stop.

  In addition, the number of stops is generally overwhelming in the non-feeding type compared to the feeding type. That is, if it introduces all the non-power-feeding stops, the cost will be enormous.

  One aspect of the embodiments has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a stop management system that can realize dynamic information provision for a non-powered stop at a lower cost. .

A stop management system according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a power feeding unit, a wireless communication unit, electronic paper, and a server device. The power supply unit is provided at a non-powered stop of the passenger vehicle and supplies power using a dry battery as a power source. The wireless communication unit is provided at the stop, and is provided so as to be capable of wireless communication by receiving power from the power supply unit only during communication. The electronic paper is provided at the stop, and displays information related to the operation of the riding vehicle based on data received by the wireless communication unit. The server device generates the data based on information indicating the status of the stop, and transmits the data to the wireless communication unit so that the electronic paper is displayed according to the status of the stop for each stop. . In addition, the electronic paper individually displays at least the weekday, Saturday, and day / holiday timetables of the shared vehicle, and notification items regarding the shared vehicle operation as information related to the shared vehicle operation. A plurality are provided. The server device includes a monitoring unit that monitors the state of each of the electronic papers. When the monitoring unit detects the electronic paper in which the state is abnormal, the monitoring unit displays the display content of the electronic paper on any of the other electronic papers in which the state is normal.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, it is possible to realize dynamic information provision for a non-powered stop at a lower cost.

FIG. 1A is a schematic explanatory diagram of the stop management system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 1B is a schematic explanatory diagram of a bus stop according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the stop management system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example of operation information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of bus stop information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating an example of state information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4A is a diagram (part 1) illustrating a specific example of display data. FIG. 4B is a second diagram illustrating a specific example of display data. FIG. 4C is a third diagram illustrating a specific example of display data. FIG. 4D is a diagram (part 4) illustrating a specific example of display data. FIG. 4E is a fifth diagram illustrating a specific example of display data. FIG. 4F is a sixth diagram illustrating a specific example of display data. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the stop management system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6A is a diagram (part 1) illustrating an operation example of the stop management system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6B is a diagram (part 2) illustrating an operation example of the stop management system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the stop management system according to the third embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing personalized contents of display data according to the third embodiment. FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the stop management system according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of information provided to the user.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a stop management system disclosed in the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by embodiment shown below.

  In the following, “bus” is given as an example of a shared vehicle, and a bus stop is described as “bus stop”. Moreover, below, 1st Embodiment is described using FIG. 1A-FIG. 4F. The second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.

(First embodiment)
First, the outline | summary of the bus stop management system 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment is demonstrated using FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B. FIG. 1A is a schematic explanatory diagram of the stop management system 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 1B is a schematic explanatory diagram of the bus stop 2 according to the present embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1A, the bus stop management system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of bus stops 2 that are bus B stops, an operator device 3, and a server device 10. These various devices are communicably connected via a communication network N by wire or wireless.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the bus stop 2 is a non-feed type that is not supplied with power from the outside. As shown in FIG. 1B, the bus stop 2 includes a unit unit 21. The unit portion 21 is mounted on the pole body of the bus stop 2.

  The unit unit 21 includes a power feeding unit 21a, a wireless communication unit 21b, and a plurality of electronic papers 21c. The power feeding unit 21a supplies power using a dry battery as a power source.

  The wireless communication unit 21b is provided so as to be able to wirelessly receive power from the power supply unit 21a only during communication. That is, as shown in FIG. 1B, the bus stop 2 is connected to the business entity apparatus 3 and the server apparatus 10 via the communication network N so as to be communicable. Note that the wireless communication unit 21b is, for example, a small communication module that supports LTE category 1 (LTE Use Equipment 1) of the 3GPP standard.

  In the present embodiment, four electronic papers 21c-1 to 21c-4 are provided as the plurality of electronic papers 21c. Below, when these four are named generically, it describes as "electronic paper 21c", and when it is necessary to identify separately, it attaches | subjects and describes with the numbering of "-n" (n = 1-4).

  The electronic paper 21c displays information related to bus operation based on the data received by the wireless communication unit 21b. As is well known, the electronic paper 21c can be electrically rewritten in the display medium that maintains the visibility and portability, which is an advantage of paper, and consumes little power except during rewriting. It is provided as follows.

  There are several types of electronic paper 21c such as an electrophoresis method, an electronic powder method, a liquid crystal method, and a chemical change method, but the method is not particularly limited in the present embodiment. Further, the arrangement positions of the devices in the unit unit 21 shown in FIG. 1B are merely examples, and are not limited to those illustrated.

  Returning to FIG. 1A. As shown in FIG. 1A, the operator device 3 is an information processing device that is operated and managed by a bus operator, and provides operation data that is information related to the operation. The operation data includes timetables at the time of schedule revisions about twice a year, as well as temporary and urgent notices related to operations.

  And the server apparatus 10 which concerns on this embodiment produces | generates display data based on the information which shows the condition of the bus stop 2, and displays according to a condition for every bus stop 2 with respect to the electronic paper 21c, and is a radio | wireless communication part. By transmitting to 21b, dynamic information provision for the non-powered bus stop 2 is performed.

  Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 1A, the server device 10 acquires operation data and state data (step S1). Here, the status data is an example of information indicating the status of the bus stop 2, and includes, for example, the operating status of each electronic paper 21 c of each bus stop 2. Such an operating state can be known from the presence / absence of a response by the server device 10 periodically transmitting a packet for confirming the alive state to each device of the unit unit 21, for example.

  And the server apparatus 10 monitors the state of the bus stop 2 based on the state data acquired in this way (step S2). Moreover, the server apparatus 10 produces | generates display data based on the operation data acquired from the provider apparatus 3 according to the state of the bus stop 2 to monitor (step S3).

  Depending on the state of the bus stop 2, for example, if any of the plurality of electronic papers 21c is abnormal, the display content is switched between the electronic papers 21c. This will be described later with reference to FIG. 4C. Then, the server device 10 transmits the generated display data to the wireless communication unit 21b of each bus stop 2.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 1B, the electronic paper 21c displays the display data received by the wireless communication unit 21b (step S4). Thus, in the bus stop management system 1 according to the present embodiment, dynamic information provision for the non-powered bus stop 2 is performed at low cost.

  That is, in the bus stop management system 1, the power supply unit 21a supplies power using a dry battery as a power source, but the wireless communication unit 21b consumes power only during communication, and the electronic paper 21c uses almost no power except during rewriting. Does not consume. Therefore, the replacement frequency of the dry battery can be extremely reduced. That is, in the bus stop management system 1, the unit portion 21 of the bus stop 2 can be configured to be extremely power-saving, thereby providing information to the parasitic bus stop 2 at a low cost.

  Further, in the bus stop management system 1, the server device 10 can acquire the operation data acquired only when the schedule is revised twice a year or when a temporary or urgent notice is generated, and the status of each bus stop 2 acquired periodically. Display data is generated based on the data and transmitted to the bus stop 2 to be displayed on the electronic paper 21c.

  That is, in the bus stop management system 1, the server device 10 generates display data based on the status data of the bus stop 2 so that the electronic paper 21c is displayed according to the status of each bus stop 2, and the electronic paper 21c. The display contents are rewritten and not rewritten with a very high frequency. Thereby, dynamic information provision to the non-powered bus stop 2 can be realized at low cost.

  In the above description, the example of generating the display data based on the dynamic state of the bus stop 2 has been described. However, the display data is generated while reflecting the static information defined in advance for each bus stop 2. Also good. Specific examples thereof will be described later with reference to FIGS. 4D to 4F. Hereinafter, the configuration of the above-described stop management system 1 will be described more specifically.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the stop management system 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, constituent elements necessary for describing the features of the present embodiment are represented by functional blocks, and descriptions of general constituent elements are omitted.

  In other words, each component illustrated in FIG. 2 is functionally conceptual and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. For example, the specific form of distribution / integration of each functional block is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof is functionally or physically distributed in an arbitrary unit according to various loads or usage conditions.・ It can be integrated and configured.

  In the description with reference to FIG. 2, the description of the components already described so far may be simplified or omitted. Therefore, in the description using FIG. 2, a configuration example of the server device 10 will be mainly described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the bus stop management system 1 includes a bus stop 2, an operator device 3, and a server device 10. In FIG. 2, one bus stop 2 is shown. The unit section 21 of the bus stop 2, the business operator apparatus 3, and the server apparatus 10 can communicate with each other via the communication network N as described above.

  The server device 10 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a control unit 13. The communication part 11 is implement | achieved by NIC (Network Interface Card) etc., for example. The communication unit 11 is connected to the communication network N by wire or wirelessly, and transmits and receives information to and from the bus stop 2 and the business entity apparatus 3 via the communication network N.

  The storage unit 12 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. In the example of FIG. Bus stop information 12b and state information 12c are stored.

  The operation information 12 a stores operation data acquired from the business entity apparatus 3. Here, FIG. 3A shows an example of the operation information 12a according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example of operation information 12a according to the present embodiment.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 3A, the operation information 12a includes items such as “information ID”, “bus stop ID”, “paper ID”, “information type”, “display content”, and “application date / time”.

  “Information ID” indicates identification information for identifying each operation data. The “bus stop ID” indicates identification information for identifying the bus stop 2 corresponding to the “information ID”. “Paper ID” indicates identification information for identifying a plurality of electronic papers 21c of the bus stop 2 in question. In the following, identification information such as a paper ID may be used as a reference symbol used in the description. For example, a store whose paper ID is “01” may be expressed as “paper 01”.

  “Information type” indicates a type of operation data such as “timetable” and “notification item”. “Display contents” indicates display contents to be displayed on the electronic paper 21c. “Applied date and time” indicates the date and time when the display content is applied, in other words, the date and time when the electronic paper 21c is rewritten with the display content.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the bus stop information 12b will be described. The bus stop information 12b stores static information indicating the status of the bus stop 2, in other words, information on the environment for each bus stop 2 defined in advance. Here, FIG. 3B shows an example of the bus stop information 12b according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of the bus stop information 12b according to the present embodiment.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 3B, the bus stop information 12b includes items such as “bus stop ID”, “elderly person”, and “foreigner facility”. The “bus stop ID” indicates identification information for identifying the bus stop 2 and corresponds to the “bus stop ID” of the operation information 12a.

  “Elderly” indicates whether or not the bus stop 2 indicated by the “bus stop ID” is provided in an area where there are many elderly people. In the example shown in FIG. 3B, if a check mark is entered, it means that the area has many elderly people. An area with many elderly people can be extracted in advance, for example, according to a population of a predetermined age or older.

  “Foreign facility” indicates whether or not the bus stop 2 indicated by the “bus stop ID” is provided around the foreign facility. In the example shown in FIG. 3B, if a check mark is entered, it means that the area is around the foreign facility, that is, an area where there are many foreigners. Examples of foreign facilities include embassies, foreign language schools, and restaurants run by foreigners.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the state information 12c will be described. The status information 12c stores status data of each bus stop 2. Here, FIG. 3C shows an example of the state information 12c according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating an example of the state information 12c according to the present embodiment.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 3C, the state information 12c includes items such as “bus stop ID”, “monitoring target”, and “state”. The “bus stop ID” indicates identification information for identifying the bus stop 2, and corresponds to the “bus stop ID” of the operation information 12a and the “bus stop ID” of the bus stop information 12b. “Monitoring target” indicates each device and data that are monitored in the corresponding bus stop 2. “Status” indicates the current status of the corresponding monitoring target.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3C, in the bus stop 2 with the bus stop ID “0001”, the wireless communication unit 21b is in the state “OK”, the paper 01 is in the state “NG”, and the paper 02 is in the state due to life and death monitoring. “OK” means that the server device 10 is currently recognized. Further, it means that the number of communication is counted as “XXX” times. The number of communications can be used for estimating the remaining battery level.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the control unit 13 will be described. The control unit 13 is a controller. For example, various programs stored in a storage device inside the server device 10 by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like can use the RAM as a work area. This is realized by being executed. Moreover, the control part 13 is implement | achieved by integrated circuits, such as ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), for example.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 13 includes an acquisition unit 13a, a generation unit 13b, a transmission unit 13c, and a monitoring unit 13d, and realizes or executes functions and operations of information processing described below. . The control unit 13 performs overall control of the server device 10.

  The acquisition unit 13a acquires operation data from the operator device 3 and stores it in the operation information 12a. In addition, the acquisition unit 13a acquires the state data for the packet for checking the state of each monitoring target transmitted from the transmission unit 13c based on the instruction of the monitoring unit 13d, and stores it in the state information 12c.

  The generation unit 13b generates display data to be displayed on the electronic paper 21c based on the operation information 12a, the bus stop information 12b, and the state information 12c. The generation unit 13b generates display data so that the “bus stop ID” and “paper ID” specified in the operation information 12a are included as part of the destination.

  Here, a specific example of the display data generated by the generation unit 13b will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A to 4F. 4A to 4F are diagrams (part 1) to (part 6) illustrating specific examples of display data.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4A, the generation unit 13b generates display data for displaying the timetable on the electronic paper 21c based on each operation data of the information type “timetable” of the operation information 12a. The timetable is information that needs to be rewritten only at the time of diamond revision and is less frequently rewritten. Thereby, it can contribute to performing dynamic information provision at low cost.

  In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 4B, for example, the generation unit 13b includes a timetable for “weekdays” in the electronic paper 21c-1, a timetable for “Saturday” in the electronic paper 21c-2, and an electronic paper. Display data is generated so as to display the timetable for “Sundays and holidays” in 21c-3.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 4B, the generation unit 13b generates display data so that, for example, the display content of the information type “notification item” is displayed on the electronic paper 21c-4. Announcement items are also information that needs to be rewritten only in a temporary or emergency situation and is less frequently rewritten. Thereby, it can contribute to performing dynamic information provision at low cost.

  The generation unit 13b displays the display data so that the display content of the electronic paper 21c whose state is “NG” is switched to the electronic paper 21c whose state is “OK” based on the state information 12c. Can be generated.

  Here, as shown in the upper side of the sheet of FIG. 4C, for example, it is assumed that the state of the electronic paper 21c-1 displaying the timetable for "weekdays" is "NG". In this case, the generation unit 13b “switches” the timetable for “weekdays” to the electronic paper 21c-2 that displayed the timetable for “Saturday”, for example, as shown on the lower side of FIG. 4C. Display data is generated so as to be displayed.

  As a result, the most frequently used “weekday” timetable can be displayed by switching to the other electronic paper 21c. In such a case, the switching destination may be the electronic paper 21c-3 or the electronic paper 21c-4. Moreover, when the day on which it is detected that the state of the electronic paper 21c-1 is “NG” is not a weekday, the switching may not be performed.

  Moreover, the generation unit 13b can generate display data so as to be personalized based on the bus stop information 12b.

  For example, for the bus stop 2 corresponding to the bus stop ID for which “elderly” is checked in the bus stop information 12b shown in FIG. 3B, the generation unit 13b displays the size of the character as shown in FIG. 4D, for example. Display data personalized to increase the depth can be generated.

  Similarly, for the bus stop 2 corresponding to the bus stop ID in which the check mark is placed in “Foreign facilities” in the bus stop information 12b shown in FIG. 3B, for example, as shown in FIG. The personalized display data can be generated so that the display content is expressed in a foreign language. Of course, the examples shown in FIGS. 4D and 4E may be combined. Thereby, it can contribute to performing highly convenient information provision according to the information which shows the condition of each bus stop 2. FIG.

  Further, for example, the generation unit 13b can generate display data personalized so that the position of the timetable is “down-positioned” as illustrated in FIG. 4F for the above-described elderly. Thereby, for example, it is possible to provide highly visible information with a lowered line-of-sight position for elderly people who are estimated to be often shorter than foreigners and young people. Therefore, for foreigners and young people, for example, contrary to the example of FIG. 4F, personalized display data may be generated such that the position of the timetable is “positioned up”.

  Further, the “position lowering” and “position raising” described here may be performed by switching display contents between the upper electronic paper 21c and the lower electronic paper 21c.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the transmission unit 13c will be described. The transmission unit 13c transmits the display data displayed by the generation unit 13b to the wireless communication unit 21b of the bus stop 2 corresponding to the destination. Further, the transmission unit 13c transmits a packet for life / death confirmation or the like to each monitoring target based on an instruction from the monitoring unit 13d.

  The monitoring unit 13d monitors the status information 12c and periodically instructs the transmission unit 13c to transmit the packet. Note that the monitoring target with the status “NG” may be monitored at a high frequency and the monitoring target with the status “OK” may be monitored with a low frequency. Since the bus stop 2 has been described with reference to FIG. 1B, the description with reference to FIG. 2 is omitted.

  As described above, the bus stop management system 1 according to the first embodiment includes the power feeding unit 21a, the wireless communication unit 21b, the electronic paper 21c, and the server device 10. The power feeding unit 21a is provided in a non-powered bus stop 2 (corresponding to an example of a “stop”) of a bus (corresponding to an example of a “sharing vehicle”), and supplies power using a dry battery as a power source. The wireless communication unit 21b is provided in the bus stop 2, and is provided so as to be able to perform wireless communication by receiving power from the power supply unit 21a only during communication. The electronic paper 21c is provided at the bus stop 2 and displays information related to bus operation based on display data (corresponding to an example of “data”) received by the wireless communication unit 21b. Based on the information indicating the status of the bus stop 2, the server device 10 generates display data so as to display the electronic paper 21c according to the status for each bus stop 2, and transmits the display data to the wireless communication unit 21b.

  Therefore, according to the bus stop management system 1 according to the present embodiment, dynamic information provision for the non-powered bus stop 2 can be realized at a lower cost.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a stop management system 1A according to the second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, when the bus stop 2 cannot communicate via the communication network N, the combination of road-to-vehicle communication and vehicle-to-vehicle communication collectively referred to as V2X (Vehicle-to-everything) leads to the bus stop 2. A case where display data is displayed or information indicating the status of the bus stop 2 is acquired will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the stop management system 1A according to the second embodiment. Note that FIG. 5 corresponds to FIG. 2, and therefore, different components from FIG. 2 will be described here.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the bus stop management system 1A according to this embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that it further includes a bus B and a bus stop 2A. The bus B has an in-vehicle device B1. The bus stop 2A has a roadside machine 22A. It is assumed that the roadside machine 22A can communicate via the communication network N.

  The bus stop 2 is different from the first embodiment in that the bus stop 2 further includes a roadside device 22. The roadside machine 22 is provided so as to be able to acquire the state of each device of the unit unit 21. Moreover, between roadside machine 22-vehicle equipment B1 and between vehicle equipment B1-roadside machine 22A are provided so that bidirectional | two-way radio communication is possible by road-to-vehicle communication, respectively.

  In such a configuration, for example, the wireless communication unit 21b of the bus stop 2 is in a state in which communication via the communication network N cannot be performed. An example of the operation of the stop management system 1A according to the present embodiment in such a case will be described more specifically with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B. 6A and 6B are diagrams (part 1) and (part 2) illustrating an operation example of the stop management system 1A according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the bus stop 2 is “communication with the server device 10 is not possible” (event E1). In such a case, at the bus stop 2A that can communicate with the server device 10 via the communication network N, the roadside device 22A acquires display data for the electronic paper 21c at the bus stop 2 (step S11).

  When the bus B approaches the bus stop 2A, the in-vehicle device B1 of the bus B “transfers display data from the bus stop 2A to the bus B by road-to-vehicle communication” for the electronic paper 21c of the bus stop 2 (step S12), that is, the roadside The data is transferred between the machine 22A and the in-vehicle machine B1.

  Then, when the bus B approaches the bus stop 2, the display data for the electronic paper 21 c at the bus stop 2 is now “bus B → bus stop 2 transfer by road-to-vehicle communication” (step S <b> 13), that is, the vehicle-mounted device B <b> 1 to the roadside device 22. Transfer between.

  And the roadside machine 22 of the bus stop 2 passes display data to the unit part 21, and displays it on the electronic paper 21c.

  On the other hand, consider a case where status data indicating the status of the bus stop 2 is passed to the server device 10 in the same situation. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6B, when the bus B approaches the bus stop 2, “state data is transferred from the bus stop 2 to the bus B by road-to-vehicle communication” (step S21) of the bus stop 2, that is, from the roadside device 22 to the vehicle-mounted device B1. Transfer between.

  When the bus B approaches the bus stop 2A, the status data of the bus stop 2 held by the in-vehicle device B1 of the bus B is now “bus B → bus stop 2A transfer by road-to-vehicle communication” (step S22), that is, the in-vehicle device B1. To the roadside machine 22A.

  Then, the roadside machine 22A of the bus stop 2A transmits the transferred state data of the bus stop 2 to the server device 10 (step S23). In the server apparatus 10, the transmitted state data of the bus stop 2 is acquired and stored in the state information 12c.

  6A and 6B exemplify the case where road-to-vehicle communication is mainly used as an example, but in addition, data may be carried by a bucket relay system by means of inter-vehicle communication between buses B. Such a method is effective when, for example, it is desired to send data to the bus stop 2 at a remote location where communication is impossible.

  As described above, in the bus stop management system 1A according to the second embodiment, the bus stop 2 includes the roadside device 22, and the bus B includes the in-vehicle device B1. The in-vehicle device B1 acquires display data generated by the server device 10, and when the wireless communication unit 21b cannot be used at the bus stop 2, the display data is transmitted by road-to-vehicle communication when the bus B approaches the bus stop 2. The roadside unit 22 receives the signal. In addition, the electronic paper 21 c displays information related to the operation of the bus B based on the display data received by the roadside device 22.

  Further, the roadside device 22 acquires information indicating the status of the bus stop 2, and if the wireless communication unit 21 b is not usable at the bus stop 2, the state data of the bus stop 2 when the bus B approaches the bus stop 2 is routed. The vehicle-mounted device B1 is made to receive by inter-vehicle communication. When the bus B approaches another bus stop 2A that can be used by the wireless communication unit 21b, the in-vehicle device B1 causes the road side device 22A of the bus stop 2A to receive the state data of the bus stop 2 by road-to-vehicle communication. The roadside device 22A transmits the status data of the bus stop 2 to the server device 10 via the wireless communication unit 21b of the bus stop 2A.

  Therefore, according to the bus stop management system 1A according to the present embodiment, even if the bus stop 2 cannot communicate with the server device 10 via the communication network N, the display data generated by the server device 10 is displayed. It can be displayed on the electronic paper 21c. Further, the state data of the bus stop 2 can be passed to the server device 10.

(Third embodiment)
Next, the stop management system 1B according to the third embodiment will be described. In the third embodiment, personalized contents of output data that can be achieved when various sensors 21d are further mounted on the bus stop 2 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the stop management system 1B according to the third embodiment. 7 corresponds to FIG. 2 in the same manner as FIG. 5, and therefore, different components from FIG. 2 will be described here. FIG. 7 may correspond to FIG. That is, the third embodiment may be combined with the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the bus stop management system 1B according to the third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the bus stop 2 further includes various sensors 21d.

  The various sensors 21d are various sensing devices such as a camera, a temperature sensor, and an illuminance sensor. In the third embodiment, the generation unit 13b generates display data to be displayed on the electronic paper 21c while personalizing the display data according to the state data of the bus stop 2 indicated by the various sensors 21d.

  This will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing personalized contents of display data according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, it is assumed that a camera, a temperature sensor, and an illuminance sensor are mounted as the various sensors 21d.

  First, in the case of a camera, various identification objects can be identified from imaging data. For example, an “age group” can be identified as an identification target. In such a case, the generation unit 13b can generate display data while personalizing the size of characters, for example. For example, if it is estimated that the person waiting for the bus B at the bus stop 2 has the characteristics of an elderly person, the generation unit 13b can generate display data that is personalized so as to increase the size of characters. (See FIG. 4D).

  In the case of a camera, for example, “foreigner” can be identified as an identification target from the imaging data. In such a case, the generation unit 13b can generate display data while personalizing, for example, a foreign language expression. For example, if it is estimated that the person waiting for the bus B at the bus stop 2 has the characteristics of an English-speaking person, the generation unit 13b generates personalized display data so that the display content is expressed in a foreign language. (See FIG. 4E).

  In the case of a camera, for example, “height” can be identified from the imaging data as an identification target. In such a case, the generation unit 13b can generate display data while personalizing the display position, layout, and the like, for example. For example, if it is estimated that the person waiting for the bus B at the bus stop 2 has the characteristics of a person with a short height, the generation unit 13b displays the display data personalized so that the position of the display content is “lowered”. Can be generated (see FIG. 4F).

  In the case of a camera, for example, “sex” can be identified from the imaging data as an identification target. In such a case, the generation unit 13b may generate personalized display data so that, for example, if the notification item is that the bus B is heading toward the station, a connection guide to a women-only vehicle is displayed. it can.

  In the case of a camera, for example, “weather” can be identified from the imaging data as an identification target. In such a case, the generation unit 13b can generate display data personalized so that, for example, weather information is displayed.

  In the case of a camera, for example, “brightness” can be identified from the imaging data as an identification target. In such a case, the generation unit 13b can generate display data in which the thickness of characters is personalized, for example. When the electronic paper 21c has a front light, the generation unit 13b may generate personalized display data so that the brightness of the front light is adjusted according to “brightness”.

  In the case of a temperature sensor, the case of * in the figure and the case of an illuminance sensor are considered to be the same as in the case of ** in the figure, so the explanation is omitted.

  As described above, in the bus stop management system 1B according to the third embodiment, the bus stop 2 further includes various sensors 21d. The generation unit 13b generates display data that is personalized so that the content corresponds to the dynamic change of the bus stop 2 detected by the various sensors 21d, and displays the display data on the electronic paper 21c.

  Therefore, according to the bus stop management system 1B according to the present embodiment, it is possible to more dynamically realize information provision for the bus stop 2 with contents personalized according to the state of the bus stop 2.

(Fourth embodiment)
Next, a stop management system 1C according to the fourth embodiment will be described. In the fourth embodiment, description will be given of information provision that is possible for the user U existing near the bus stop 2 when the beacon terminal 24 is further mounted on the bus stop 2.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the stop management system 1C according to the fourth embodiment. 9 corresponds to FIG. 2 in the same manner as FIGS. 5 and 7, and therefore, different components from FIG. 2 will be described here. Note that FIG. 9 may correspond to FIGS. 5 and 7. That is, the fourth embodiment may be combined with the second embodiment or the third embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the bus stop management system 1 </ b> C according to the fourth embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the bus stop 2 further includes a beacon terminal 24.

  The beacon terminal 24 corresponds to a wireless communication standard such as BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy) protocol, and can perform extremely power-saving communication. For this reason, the button battery type can be used for the beacon terminal 24, for example.

  The beacon terminal 24 functions as a so-called position beacon. When the user terminal 5 of the user U who gets off at the bus stop 2 receives the radio wave emitted from the beacon terminal 24, the user terminal 5 receives the radio wave from the beacon terminal 24. For example, the server apparatus 10 is notified of the fact that it has been received.

  The server device 10 has, for example, association information between the beacon terminal 24 and the bus stop 2 at a position corresponding to the beacon terminal 24 in the bus stop information 12b, and further holds information provided to the user U regarding the peripheral facilities of the bus stop 2. ing.

  Based on this, the server apparatus 10 gets off the user terminal 5 that has received the radio wave from the beacon terminal 24, that is, gets off at the bus stop 2, and distributes the provided information to the user U near the bus stop 2.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of information provided to the user U. As shown in FIG. 10, for example, profit information around the bus stop is distributed to the user terminal 5. For example, the discount information is information such as a discount ticket at a nearby convenience store or a time sale at a nearby supermarket. Thereby, for example, the user U who gets off at the bus stop 2 can easily obtain information about the surrounding area even in a region where he / she first came.

  As described above, the stop management system 1 </ b> C according to the fourth embodiment further includes the beacon terminal 24 provided at the bus stop 2. The beacon terminal 24 causes the user terminal 5 of the user U existing in the vicinity of the bus stop 2 to receive radio waves. When the server device 10 receives a notification indicating that the radio wave from the beacon terminal 24 has been received from the user terminal 5, the server device 10 distributes information about the periphery of the bus stop 2 associated with the beacon terminal 24 in advance to the user terminal 5. To do.

  Therefore, according to the bus stop management system 1C according to the present embodiment, information provision to the user U existing in the vicinity of the bus stop 2 can be dynamically realized with contents personalized according to the peripheral facilities of the bus stop 2 and the like. it can.

(Other embodiments)
By the way, until now, although the case where the electric power feeding part 21a was a dry cell type was demonstrated, the electric power feeding part 21a may be comprised with a solar cell and a storage battery instead of a dry cell type. In each of the above-described embodiments, since both the wireless communication unit 21b and the electronic paper 21c have a power-saving configuration, the required driving power can be greatly reduced as compared with the conventional case. . For this reason, since it is not necessary for the solar cell to increase the light receiving area, it is possible to realize dynamic information provision for the parasitic bus stop 2 at a lower cost than in the past.

  Moreover, although the case where the number of the electronic paper 21c is four was mentioned as an example in embodiment mentioned above, the number is not limited.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the non-feed-type bus stop 2 has been described as an example. However, the above-described embodiments are applied to the feed-type bus stop 2 to which power is supplied from the outside. Also good.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the bus B has been described as an example of a shared vehicle, but of course, the type of the shared vehicle is not limited. Therefore, it may be a tram.

  Further effects and modifications can be easily derived by those skilled in the art. Thus, the broader aspects of the present invention are not limited to the specific details and representative embodiments shown and described above. Accordingly, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

1, 1A, 1B, 1C Stop management system 2, 2A Bus stop 3 Service provider device 5 User terminal 10 Server device 11 Communication unit 12 Storage unit 12a Operation information 12b Bus stop information 12c Status information 13 Control unit 13a Acquisition unit 13b Generation unit 13c Transmission Unit 13d monitoring unit 21 unit unit 21a power feeding unit 21b wireless communication unit 21c electronic paper 21c-1 to 4 electronic paper 21d various sensors 22 roadside machine 22A roadside machine 24 beacon terminal B bus B1 onboard machine N communication network U user

Claims (5)

A power supply unit that is provided at a non-powered stop of a passenger vehicle and supplies power using a dry cell as a power source;
A wireless communication unit that is provided at the stop and is provided so as to be capable of wireless communication by receiving power from the power supply unit only during communication,
Electronic paper that is provided at the stop and displays information related to the operation of the shared vehicle based on data received by the wireless communication unit;
A server device that generates the data and transmits it to the wireless communication unit based on information indicating the status of the stop so that the electronic paper is displayed according to the status of the stop for each stop. ,
The electronic paper is
As information on the operation of the shared vehicle, a plurality of timetables for weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays for the shared vehicle, and a plurality of notification items regarding the operation of the shared vehicle are individually displayed,
The server device
Monitoring unit for monitoring the status of each electronic paper
With
The monitoring unit
If the condition is detected the electronic paper is abnormal, stop managing the display content of the electronic paper, characterized Rukoto be displayed to any of the other of the electronic paper the condition is normal system. A power supply unit that is provided at a non-powered stop of a passenger vehicle and supplies power using a dry cell as a power source;
A wireless communication unit that is provided at the stop and is provided so as to be capable of wireless communication by receiving power from the power supply unit only during communication,
Electronic paper that is provided at the stop and displays information related to the operation of the shared vehicle based on data received by the wireless communication unit;
A server device that generates the data and transmits the electronic paper to the wireless communication unit based on the information indicating the status of the stop, so that the electronic paper is displayed according to the status of the stop for each stop
With
The said stop is equipped with a roadside machine,
The riding vehicle includes an in-vehicle device,
The in-vehicle device is
When the data generated by the server device is acquired and the wireless communication unit cannot be used at the stop, the roadside unit receives the data by road-to-vehicle communication when the shared vehicle approaches the stop. ,
The electronic paper is
Tomesho management system stops you and displaying the information about the operation of the vans vehicle based on the data received by said roadside equipment. The roadside machine
When the information indicating the status of the stop is acquired and the wireless communication unit cannot be used at the stop, the on-vehicle device transmits the information indicating the status of the stop by road-to-vehicle communication when the shared vehicle approaches the stop. To receive
The in-vehicle device is
When the riding vehicle approaches another stop where the wireless communication unit can be used, the roadside machine of the other stop receives information indicating the state of the stop by road-to-vehicle communication,
The roadside machine at the other stop is
The stop management system according to claim 2 , wherein information indicating the state of the stop is transmitted to the server device via the wireless communication unit. A power supply unit that is provided at a non-powered stop of a passenger vehicle and supplies power using a dry cell as a power source;
A wireless communication unit that is provided at the stop and is provided so as to be capable of wireless communication by receiving power from the power supply unit only during communication,
Electronic paper that is provided at the stop and displays information related to the operation of the shared vehicle based on data received by the wireless communication unit;
Based on the information indicating the status of the stop, a server device that generates and transmits the data to the wireless communication unit so that display according to the status of the stop is made for each stop on the electronic paper;
A beacon terminal that is provided at the stop and that allows a user terminal of a user existing in the vicinity of the stop to receive radio waves ;
Bei to give a,
The server device
When a notification indicating that a radio wave from the beacon terminal has been received is received from the user terminal, information related to the vicinity of the stop previously associated with the beacon terminal is distributed to the user terminal. that stop Tomesho management systems. The server device
The data is generated so that the size of characters displayed on the electronic paper is changed according to the situation of the stop.
The stop management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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